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HELEN, however, did not stay to debate as to the state of her emotions. She had had more than enough of reflection of late. Now action invited her. She responded. The sweep of her turquoise‐blue, cloth skirts sent the fallen Judas‐blossoms dancing, to left and right, in crazy whirling companies. She did not wait even to put on her broad‐brimmed, garden hat,—the crown of it encircled, as luck would have it, by a garland of pale, pink tulle and pale, pink roses,—but braved the sunshine with no stouter head‐covering than the coils of her honey‐coloured hair. Rapidly she passed up the central alley between the double row of glossy leaved camellia bushes, laughter in her downcast eyes and a delicious thrill of excitement at her heart. She felt strong and light, her being vibrant, penetrated and sustained throughout by the bracing air, the sparkling, crystal‐clear atmosphere. Yet for all her eagerness Helen remained an artist. She would not forestall effects. Thriftily she husbanded sensations. Thus, reaching the base of the black‐and‐white marble wall supporting the terrace, where, midway in its long length, it was broken by an arched grotto of rough‐hewn stonework, in which maiden‐hair fern rooted,—the delicate fronds of it caressing the shoulders of an undraped nymph, with ever‐dripping water‐pitcher upon her rounded hip,—Helen turned sharp to the left, and arrived at the bottom of the descending flight of steps without once looking up. That Richard Calmady still leaned on the bulustrade, some twelve to fourteen feet above that same cool, green grotto, she knew well enough. But she did not choose to anticipate either sight or greeting of him. Both should come to her as a whole. She would receive a single and unqualified impression.
So, silently, without apparent haste, she passed up the flight of shallow steps on to the edge of the wide, black‐and‐white, chequerboard platform. It was sun‐bathed, suspended, as it seemed, between that glorious prospect of city, mountain, sea, and the page: 388 unsullied purity of the southern heavens. It was vacant, save for the solitary figure and the sharp‐edged, yet amorphous, shadow cast by that same figure. For the young man had moved as she came up from the garden below. He stood clear of the balustrade, only the fingers of his left hand resting upon the handrail of it. Seeing him thus, the strangeness, the grotesque incompleteness, of his person struck her as never before. But this, though it did not move her to mirth, as in her childhood, moved her to pity no more now than it then had. That which it did was to deepen, to stimulate, her excitement, to provoke and to satisfy the instinct of cruelty latent in every pagan nature such as hers. Could Helen have chosen the moment of her birth she would have been a great lady of Imperial Rome, holding power of life and death over her slaves, and the mutes and eunuchs with which the East should have furnished her palace in the eternal city, and her dainty villa away there on the purple flanks of Vesuvius at Herculaneum or Pompeii. The delight of her own loveliness, of her own triumphant health and activity, would have been increased tenfold by the sight of, by power over, such stultified and hopelessly disfranchised human creatures. And the first sight of Richard Calmady now, though she did not stop very certainly to analyse the exact how and why of her increasing satisfaction, took its root in this same craving for ascendency by means of the suffering and loss of others. While, unconsciously, the fine flavour of her satisfaction was heightened by the fact that the victim, now before her, was her equal in birth, her superior in wealth, in intelligence and worldly station.
But, as she drew nearer, Richard the while making no effort to go forward and receive her, buoyant self‐complacency and self‐congratulation suffered diminution. For, rehearsing this same meeting during those rain‐blotted days of waiting at Perugia, imagination had presented Dickie as the inexperienced, tender‐hearted, sweet‐natured lad she had known and beguiled at Brockhurst four years earlier. As has already been stated her meetings with him, since then, had been brief and infrequent. Now she perceived that imagination had played a silly trick upon her. The boy she had left, the man who stood awaiting her so calmly were, save in one distressing peculiarity, two widely different persons. For, in the interval, Richard Calmady had eaten very freely of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and that diet had left its mark not only on his character, but on his appearance. He had matured notably, all trace of ingenuous, boyish charm having vanished. His skin, page: 389 though darkened by recent sea‐faring, was colourless. His features were at once finer and more pronounced than of old—the bone of the face giving it a noticeable rigidity of outline, index at once of indomitable will and irreproachable breeding. The powerful jaw and strong muscular neck might have argued a measure of brutality. But happily the young man's mouth had not coarsened. His lips were compressed, relaxing rarely into the curves which, as a lad, had rendered his smile so peculiarly engaging. Still there was no trace of grossness in their form or expression. Hard living had, indeed, in Richard's case, been matter of research rather than of appetite. The intellectual part of him had never fallen wholly into bondage to the animal. He explored the borders of the Forbidden hoping to find some anodyne with which to assuage the ache of a vital discontent, rather than by any compulsion of natural lewdness.
Much of this quick‐witted Helen quickly apprehended. He was cleverer, more serious, and mentally more distinguished, than she had supposed him. And this, while opening up new sources of interest and pricking her ambition of conquest, disclosed unforeseen difficulties in the way of such conquest. Moreover, she was slightly staggered by the strength and inscrutability of his countenance, the repose of his bearing and manner. His eyes affected her oddly. They were cold and clear as some frosty, winter's night, the pupils of them very small. They seemed to see all things, yet tell nothing. They were as windows opening onto endless perspectives of empty space. They at once challenged curiosity and baffled inquiry. Helen's excitement deepened, and she was sensible it needed all the subjective support, all the indirect flattery, with which the fact of his deformity supplied her self‐love to prevent her standing in awe of him. As consequence her address was impulsive rather than studied.
"Richard, I have had a detestable winter," she said. "It wore upon me. It demoralised me. I was growing dull, superstitious even. I wanted to get away, to put a long distance between myself and certain experiences, certain memories. I wanted to hear another language. You have always been sympathetic to me. It was natural, if a little unconventional, to take refuge with you."
Madame de Vallorbes spoke with an unaccustomed and very seductive air of apology, her face slightly flushed, her arms hanging straight at her sides, the long, pink, tulle strings of the hat she carried in her left hand trailing upon the black‐and‐white squares of the pavement.page: 390
"To do so seemed obvious in contemplation. I did not stop to consider possible objections. But, in execution, the objections become hourly more glaringly apparent. I want you to reassure me. Tell me I have not dared too greatly in coming thus uninvited?"
"Of course not," he answered. "I hope you found the house comfortable and everything prepared for you? The servants had their orders."
"I know, I know. That you should have provided against the possibility of my coming some day moved me a little more than I care to tell you."—Helen paused, looking upon him, and that look had in it a delicate affinity to a caress. But the young man's manner, though faultlessly courteous, was lacking in any hint of enthusiasm. Helen could have imagined, and that angered her, something of irony in his tone.
"Oh, there's no matter for thanks," he said. "The house was yours, will be yours again. The least I can do, since you and de Vallorbes are good enough to let me live in it meanwhile, is to beg you to make any use you please of it. Indeed it is I, rather than you, who come uninvited just now. I had not intended being back here for another month. But there was a case of something suspiciously like cholera on board my yacht at Constantinople, and it seemed wisest to get away to sea as soon as possible. One of the firemen—oh, he's all right now.—Still I shall send him home to England. He's a married man—the only one I have on board. A useful fellow, but he must go. I don't choose to take the responsibility of creating the widow and the fatherless whenever one of my crew chances to fall sick and depart into the unknown."
Richard talked on, very evidently for the mere sake of passing the 'time. And all the while those eyes, which told nothing, dwelt quietly upon Helen de Vallorbes until she became nervously impatient of their scrutiny. For it was not at all thus that she had pictured and rehearsed this meeting during those days of waiting at Perugia!
"We got in last night" he continued. "But I slept on board. I heard you had just arrived, and I did not care to run the risk of disturbing you after your journey."
"You are very considerate," Helen remarked.
She was surprised out of all readiness of speech. This new Richard impressed her, but she resented his manner. He took her so very much for granted. Admiration and homage were to her as her daily bread, and that any man should fail to offer them caused her frank amazement. It did more. It raised in page: 391 her a longing to inflict pain. He might not admire, but at least he should not remain indifferent. Therefore she backed a couple of steps, so as to get a good view of Richard Calmady. And, without any disguise of her purpose, took a comprehensive and leisurely survey of his dwarfed and mutilated figure. While so doing she pinned on her rose‐trimmed hat, and twisted the long, tulle strings of it about her throat.
"You have altered a good deal, Richard," she said reflectively.
"Probably," he answered. "I had a good deal to learn, being a very thin‐skinned, young simpleton. In part, anyhow, I have learned it. And I do my best practically to apply my knowledge. But if I have altered, so, happily, have not you."
"I remain a simpleton?" she inquired, her irritation finding voice.
"You cannot very well remain that which you never have been. What you do remain is—if I may say so—victoriously yourself, unspoiled, unmodified by contact with that singularly stupid invention, society, true to my earliest recollections of you even"—Richard shuffled closer to the balustrade, threw his left arm across it, grasping the outer edge of the broad coping,—"even in small details of dress."
He looked away over the immense and radiant prospect, and then up at the radiant woman in her vesture of turquoise, pink, and gold.
And, so doing, for the first time his face relaxed, being lighted up by a flickering, mocking smile. And something in his shuffling movements, in the fine irony of his expression, pierced Helen with a sensation hitherto unknown, broke up the absoluteness of her egotism, stirred her blood. She forgot resentment in an absorbed and absorbing interest. The ordinary man of the world she knew as thoroughly as her old shoe. Such an one presented small field of discovery to her. But this man was unique in person, and promised to be so in character also. Her curiosity regarding him was profound. For the moment it sunk all personal considerations, all humorous or angry criticism, either of her own attitude towards him or of his attitude towards her. Silently she came forward, sat down on the marble bench, close to where he stood, and, turning sideways, leaned her elbows upon the top of the balustrade beside him. She looked up now, rather than down at him; and it went home to her, had nature spared him infliction of that hideous deformity, what a superb creature physically he would have been! There was a silence, page: 392 Helen remaining intent, quiet, apprehension and imagination sensibly upon the stretch.
At last Richard spoke abruptly.
"By the way, did you happen to observe the decorations of your room? Do you like them?"
"Yes and no," she answered. "They struck me as rather wonderful, but liable to induce dreams of Scylla and Charybdis, of the Fata Morgana, and other inconvenient accidents of the deep. Fortunately I was too tired last night to be excursive in fancy, or I might have slept badly. You have gathered all the colours of the ocean and fixed them, somehow, on those carpets and hangings and strangely frescoed walls."
"You saw that?"
"How could I fail to see it, since you kindly excuse me of being, or ever having been, a simpleton?"—Helen spoke lightly, tenderly almost. An overmastering desire to please had taken her. "You have employed a certain wizardry in the furnishing of that room," she continued. "It lays subtle influences upon one. What made you think of it?"
"A dream, an idea, which has stuck by me queerly, though all other fond things of the sort were pitched overboard long ago. I suppose one is bound to be illogical on one point, if only to prove to oneself the absolutism of one's logic on all others. Thus do I, otherwise sane and consistent realist, materialist, pessimist, cling to my one dream and ideal—take it out, dandle it, nourish and cherish it, with weakly sentimental faithfulness. To do so is ludicrous. But then my being here at all, calmly considered, is ludicrous. And it, too, is among the results of the one idea."
He paused, and Helen, leaning beside him, waited. The sunshine covered them both. The sea wind was fresh in their faces. While the many voices of Naples came up to them confused, strident, continuous, with sometimes a bugle‐call, sometimes a clang of hammers, or quick pulse of stringed instruments, or jangle of church‐bells, or long‐drawn bellow of a steamship clearing for sea, detaching itself from the universal chorus. Capri, Ischia, Procida, floated, islands of amethyst, upon the sapphire of the bay, and the smoke of Vesuvius rolled ceaselessly upward.
"You see and hear and feel all this?" Richard continued presently. "Well, when I saw it for the first time I was pretty thoroughly out of conceit with myself and all creation. I had been experimenting freely in things not usually talked of in polite society. And I was abominably sold, for I found the enjoyment page: 393 such things procure is decidedly overrated. Unmentionable matters, once fully explored, are just as tedious and inadequate as those which supply the most unexceptionable subjects of conversation. Moreover, in the process of exploration I had touched a good deal of pitch, and, the simpleton being still superfluously to the fore in me, I was squeamishly sensible of defilement."
The young man shifted his position slightly, resting his chin in the hollow of his hands, speaking quietly and indifferently, as of some matter foreign to himself and his personal interests.
"I have reason to believe I was as fairly and squarely wretched as it is possible for an intelligent being to be. I had convinced myself, experimentally, that human existence, human nature, was a bottomless pit and an uncommonly filthy one at that. Reaction was inevitable. Then I understood why men have invented gods, subscribed to irrational systems of theology, hailed and accredited transparently ridiculous miracles. Such lies are necessary to certain stages of development simply for the preservation of sanity, just as, at another stage, sanity, for its own preservation, is necessarily driven to declare their falsehood. And so I, after the manner of my kind, was driven to take refuge in a dream. The subjective, in some form or other, alone makes life continuously possible. And all this we now look at determined the special nature of my attempt at subjective support and consolation."
Richard paused again, contemplating the view.
"All this—its splendour, its diversity, its caprices and seductions, its suggestion of underlying danger—presented itself to me as the embodiment of a personality that has had remarkable influence in the shaping of my life."
So far Helen had listened intently and silently. Now she moved a little, straightening up her charming figure, pulling down the wide brim of her hat to shelter her eyes from the heat and brightness of the sun.
"A woman?" she asked briefly.
Richard turned to her, that same flickering of mockery in his still face.
"Oh! you mustn't require too much of me!" he said. "Remember the simpleton was not wholly eradicated then.—Yes, very much a woman. Of course. How should it be otherwise? It gave me great pleasure to look at that which looked like her. It gives me pleasure even yet. So I wrote and asked de Vallorbes to be kind enough to let me rent the villa. You remember it was not particularly well cared for. There was an air of fallen page: 394 greatness about the poor place. Inside it was something of a barrack."
"I remember," Helen said.
"Well, I restored and refurnished it—specially the rooms you now occupy—in accordance with what I imagined to be her taste. The whole proceeding was not a little feeble‐minded, since the probability of her ever inhabiting those rooms was more than remote. But it amused, it pacified me, as prayer to their self‐invented deities pacifies the devout. I never stay here for long together. If I did the spell might be broken. I go away, I travel. I even experiment in things not usually spoken of; but with a cooler judgment and less morbidly sensitive conscience than of old. I amuse myself after more active and practical fashions in other places. Here I amuse myself only with my idea."
The even flow of his speech ceased.—"What do you think of it, Helen?" he demanded, almost harshly.
"I think it can't last. It is too intangible, too fantastic."
"I admit that to keep it intact needs an infinity of precautions. For instance, I can make no near acquaintance with Naples. I cannot permit myself to see the town at close quarters. I only look at it from here. If I want to go to or from the yacht, I do so at night and in a closed carriage. I took on de Vallorbes' box at the San Carlo. If any good opera is given I go and hear it. Otherwise I remain exclusively in the house and garden. I am not acquainted with a single soul in the place."
"And the woman?" Helen exclaimed, a singular emotion at once of envy and protest upon her. "Do you treat her with the same cold‐blooded calculation?"
"Of the woman I know just as much and just as little as I know of Naples. It is conceivable there may be unlovely elements in her character, as well as unlovely quarters of this beautiful city. I have avoided knowledge of both. You see the whole arrangement is designed not for her benefit, but for my own. It's an elaborate piece of self‐seeking on my part; but, so far, it has really worked rather successfully."
"It is preposterous. It cannot in the nature of things continue successful," Helen declared.
"I am not so sure of that," he replied calmly. "Even the most preposterous of religious systems proves to have a remarkable power of survival. Why not this one? In any case, neither the success nor the failure depends on me. I shall be true, on my part. The rest depends on her."
As Richard spoke he turned, leaning his back against the page: 395 balustrade, his face away from the sunlight and the wide view. Again the extent of his deformity became arrestingly apparent to Madame de Vallorbes.
"Has this woman ever been here?" she asked.
"Yes—she has been here."
"And then? And then?" Helen cried.
The young man looked up at her, his face keen yet impassive, his eyes—as windows opening onto endless perspectives of empty space—telling nothing. She recognised, once again, that he was very strong. She also recognised that, notwithstanding his strength, he was horribly sad.
"Ah! then," he said, "the last of the poor, little, subjective supports and consolations seemed in danger of going overboard and joining their fellows in the uneasy deeps of the sea.—But the history of that will keep till a more convenient season, Cousin Helen. You have stood in the mid‐day sun, and I have talked about myself, quite long enough. However, it was only fair to acquaint you with the limited resources in the way of society and amusement offered by your present dwelling. There are horses and carriages of course. Give what orders you please. Only remember both the town and the surrounding country are pretty rough. It is not fit for a lady to drive by herself. Always take your own man, or one of mine, with you if you go out. I hope you won't be quite intolerably bored. Ask for whatever you want.—You let me dine with you? Thanks."


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Taking summer classes at Fairmont State University can help students get a head start on the fall semester and bring their graduation date closer. A wide range of courses are offered in Fairmont, Clarksburg and online
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It's almost impossible to miss the news of the birth of Prince George, the newest heir to the British throne. The birth of any child is a major event in any family and for our community. If there is a newborn in your own family, that news is just as exciting and important to you as it is to Will and Kate. Since the National Public Health Information Coalition has proclaimed August to be "National Immunization Awareness Month," there are some important reminders for children of all ages.
It's almost impossible to miss the news of the birth of Prince George, the newest heir to the British throne. The birth of any child is a major event in any family and for our community. If there is a newborn in your own family, that news is just as exciting and important to you as it is to Will and Kate. Since the National Public Health Information Coalition has proclaimed August to be "National Immunization Awareness Month," there are some important reminders for children of all ages.
Preventing disease is important for our youngest children
Vaccines give parents the safe, proven power to protect their children against 14 serious diseases before they turn 2 years old. Every dose of vaccine is important to protect against infectious diseases like the flu, measles and whooping cough (pertussis) that can be life-threatening for newborns and babies.
Pregnancy is a great time to plan for your baby's immunizations – and to make sure you have the vaccines you need to protect yourself and pass protection to your baby during the first few months of life. In addition to the vaccines recommended for adults, women need to have a flu shot every year, and the Tdap vaccine to protect against whooping cough with every pregnancy.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory disease that is often thought of as a disease of the past. While we no longer see the number of cases we did before the vaccine was available, it is a growing health concern. The U.S. experienced a nearly 60-year record high number of cases in 2012, with preliminary data showing more than 41,000 reported cases and 18 deaths.
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Although it's only been a few weeks since school ended, the stores are already full of "back to school" ads and we are frequently reminded on television and other media that school will be starting around Labor Day. While most school supplies or new clothes can be obtained at a moment's notice from the nearest mall, there are some things that may require an appointment with your family physician or, at least, a visit to the nearby Minute Clinic at CVS or a community health center. One of the most important is to obtain the appropriate vaccinations.
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While everyone is enjoying the summer – and hopefully, avoiding other health risks like Sunburn, mosquito and tick bites, Poison Ivy, swimming and traffic accidents – don't forget to plan for a health fall season as well.
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Thread: Dirty Oscar Tank Help!
11-13-2012, 06:04 PM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Dirty Oscar Tank Help!
I just set up a 100 gallon hexagonal tank a few months ago. I have 3 tiny oscars and a jack dempsey. Maybe about 3 inches in length each. So far they don't seem to be trying to kill each other. Also have a giant pleco (about 10 inches)
The pleco is not doing his job! I have one little live plant at the very bottom and I thought the roots were just growing like crazy! Took a closer look and nope it's fish poop. Just sitting there covering a solid half of the tank bottom. Ick!
Can I put another type of fish in there to help get rid of this? Petsmart mentioned a cat fish when I was first setting up the tank but I'm skeptical it wouldn't get eaten.
Maybe something to move the water around to help the filter catch it?
The pleco seems to love the piece of wood that I put in there so I think he's not hungry enough to keep the tank clean anymore.
What should I do? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Pleco's are not in the tank to eat poop. They are there to eat algae. They are poop machines themselves. It's your job to keep the tank clean. You will not be able to keep 3 Oscars, a pleco and a Jack in your tank. That's too many heavy-hitters.
NO fish eat poop. That's what gravel vac's are for.
11-13-2012, 06:21 PM #3Junior Member Guppy
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LOL Thanks... I'm going to pretend I'm not co much of a beginner moron...
I bet the pleco is the cause for all the poop! Do they really eat the wood? He's spent the past solid month sucking on that thing. Maybe I should take it out...
That's funny since the petsmart people were trying to get me to add even more fish to the tank! I told them no since I knew these guys were going to grow large. Think they will be ok for a year? What size tank should I upgrade to?
Thanks for your super quick help!
55g of water volume per oscar
40g of water volume for 1 jd
75g of water volume for 1 pleco
300g (at least) 8 foot long tank with a sump is what you will need in less than 6 months.
I kept Oscars for awhile, would always take them back when they got to big for tank, but you will definately have to become familiar with your gravel vac. I think oscar poo is the reason I am trying a community tank this time. Good luck!55 Gallon community tank that is probably a bit overstocked....dont judge me
11-13-2012, 07:03 PM #6Member Swordtails
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Hats off to LadyHobbs for the concise explanation! :) I'm so glad you came here to a forum instead of just listening to the pet shop sales person! See below for why...
Also, plecos don't eat the wood--- it's probably grazing the wood because there are things growing on it that he can eat.
Pet stores like the one you go to will often try to sell you more than you need, or more than what your equipment can handle. They're there to make sales. It's always good to consult a book or a forum :) before purchasing anything, where there are no ulterior motives to sell you unnecessary stuff.
I just had to say it again: Fish don't eat poop. :)
Best of luck!! Hope this helps.
I loved my Oscars when I had them but they are dirty dirty fish. They not only poop a lot they are messy eaters and what falls out of their mouth does not get picked up again off the bottom like some fish do. I can't even imagine how you could keep a tank with that combination of fish clean.30 gal Freshwater
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11-29-2012, 01:33 PM #8Junior Member Guppy
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really knowing the difference
I had a large flowerhorn that just passed away now I'm beginning to think it may have been a lodge red devil how do you really tell the difference between the 2 he was approximately 13 inches long 4 to 5 inches tall 1 and a half inches thick with the largest bump on his head I've ever seen he was white with gold true colors sorry it seems I posted this in long section just getting to learn the site
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11-29-2012, 01:42 PM #9Senior Member Red tailed catfish
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johnydogs - you might want to post your question in your own thread where it will get more attention : )
+1 to Lady Hobbs - LFS's will tell you what you want to hear if it means they can sell you a fish. Also, from my understanding, plecos use driftwood to help them in digestion.
Also it is never a good idea to place an O which is a potentially 16" fish, a JD which is a potentially 12" fish and a common pleco which is a potentially 18" fish in a hexagon shaped tank that is probably no more than around 30" in diameter.3x75 gallons|2x55 gallons|2x50 gallons|3x40 gallons|1x29 gallon|1x10 gallon


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Dave, Ive been down the Current, Jacks fork and Eleven point - I hope your experience on this vacation was a heck of a lot better than that and less dueling banjo music !!
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Sandy finally hauled me out of bed at 10:00 to walk around Aswan. We left the boat and I thought the shops she was looking for were right...she thought left. And after about a mile of walking to the right with no shops, we turned around and walked back past the boat...sure enough a great little bazaar. My sense of direction is usually very good, but I forgot, we were on her territory...SHOPPING! She can smell those stores like I can smell golf courses!!!
We found a couple of good little shops where the shopkeepers weren't "hounding us" to buy something. I like the more subtle approach. Sandy found some great hand blown glass in this one shop. When we bought half a dozen of them (for a whopping $26 American), you'd have thought we had made this guy's year. He was blessing us and blessing all Americans (it was his first sale of the new year and apparently a very important one). Sandy also got a scarf and a present for Bryan's girlfriend's little girl. Sandy was delighted with her purchases. I was delighted by a shop that sold spices...I had never seen frankincense and myrrh...all I needed was gold for all three gifts of the Magi....very cool.
Back to the boat and time for lunch. We sailed at 2:00pm theoretically, but more passengers were still getting on at 2:30, so we actually got under weigh at 2:45. I spent the rest of the afternoon at the front (is that the bow?) of the boat in a little spot where I could see everything, but was out of the wind...oh, yea, drinking a beer! I called it heaven! Sandy split her time between reading, Laura and me.
You know I've canoed some rivers before...and I love them. Canoed the Current, Jack's Fork, The Eleven Point, and even the locals, Mackinaw, etc. besides Chicago to St. Louis one time and K.C. to St.Louis another. I like the way you pass things slowly on the river. It almost makes time stand still. Today I saw a lot of mosques, men feeding their goats, camels, cows and water buffalo. I sat here thinking...people have been traveling down this river for more than 5000 years, and they saw the same things I'm seeing today. How cool is that? The terrain is interesting...river to the right and left, then green trees, fields, and pastures, but then just sometimes 50 or 100 yards later, they fade into stark dessert and mountains...very cool. Took lots of pictures, especially at sunset.
Docked at Kom Ombo, where we walked to the temple of the same name, dedicated to the Hawk-headed god, Harwar and the crocodile god, Sobek. It was lit up and beautiful in the evening.
On the way and back we had run the gauntlet of little kids (som as young a 4 years old) hawking all sorts of goods...only one dollar....only one dollar. Tough to ignore, but you've got to. Sandy just got rid of one kid nagging her when someone started tapping on my arm, saying five dollars...no...five dollar...no...five dollars. I've gotten good at just ignoring them and walking straight ahead, when I hear Sandy start to laugh, I turn around and it's one of our fellow passengers, playing a joke on me...we all had a good laugh about it.
Back to the boat, dinner and early to bed....we sail overnight to Edfu. We have a 5:45 am wake-up call for a 6:20 departure for the temple of Edfu. Pleasant dreams!
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Rode the Elected.
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- Rodrigo said...
I really hope wich you start bloging again , your deep knowledge of the low level details of delphi like the VMT, interfaces and RTTI as been an unvaluable source of knowledge and inspiration for me and for many delphi developers.
- 04 November, 2011 16:05
- Dan Miser said...
I agree with Rodrigo. You've been missed! :) While I'm not doing Delphi anymore, I still have you on my list and would eagerly read anything you write. But I certainly understand the time factor.
What have you been doing for exercising? Hope things are well otherwise.
- 04 November, 2011 16:17
- devstonez said...
The vacantion should be over now ;) ... I definitelly miss your TDM hacks and all the other goodies...
Here is some "meat" for you: new RTTI, Delphi anonymous methods/clojures, AOP with virtual interceptors, DUnit/TDD considerations, mocks ... :)
- 04 November, 2011 16:19
- wiert said...
It would certainly be very interesting to see new technical info on your blog.
But I totally agree on the way you prioritize. Please continue making the right decisions ;)
- 04 November, 2011 16:31
- Anthony Mills said...
Hope to be seeing more of you then. :)
- 04 November, 2011 16:40
- masonwheeler said...
Hey, it's good to see you're back! As you can probably tell, you've been missed. We're all looking forward to more fun articles. :)
- 04 November, 2011 17:55
- gabr said...
Hallvard! Great to hear from you again!
- 04 November, 2011 18:59
- Lachlan said...
Very pleased to see you're back. I've no doubt you'll find something interesting in the internals of XE2 that hasn't yet been brought to light.
- 05 November, 2011 01:09
- Nick said...
I'm quite delighted at the notion of you blogging about all the crazy cool stuff you can figure out how to do with generics, anonymous methods, etc. ;-)
- 05 November, 2011 17:11
- Chee Meng said...
Welcome back! :)
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Many loyal Bruins followers took heart a little over one year ago when the Boston Bruins ownership and management announced that NHL Hall of Famer Cam Neely was joining the Black and Gold front office as a Vice President, and would carry a strong voice in the day-to-day operations of the then-beleaguered hockey franchise.
Unlike many figurehead alumni that can potentially skulk around the building and smile for photo ops while hanging on their former club's payroll, Neely has intensely dug into the fray with both hands — as he does with just about everything in his life — and the prototypical power forward has had a Jedi Master-like effect on promising players like his young apprentice Milan Lucic and the skilled Blake Wheeler.
At the time of his hiring, Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli was wholeheartedly on board with the move and his ability to evaluate hockey talent — both on the Bruins and within the league — has already provided dividends to the B's front office. Bruins fans knew that the proud, almost-regal Neely was going to do everything possible — short of dropping the gloves and pummeling mediocrity with those powerful fists — to get the Boston hockey club headed in the right direction.
Well, it's time for Chiarelli, Benning, Neely and Co. to take a bow — and perhaps start talking contract extension with the Jacobs Family — and continue promoting the brilliant, rugged, compelling product they've pieced together on the ice. In that vein, here's the transcription of an interview Neely gave with 850 WEEI's "The Big Show" yesterday afternoon that covered a whole range of subjects. Here's the interview:
So much has been made of Tim Thomas, but a lot hasn't been made about the depth that you have this year and that you're able to throw three lines out there. How has that made a difference? CM:Well, I think it's made a big difference and I would even make the argument that we can throw four lines out there. Our fourth line has contributed in a number of different ways and the other night we actually got a couple of goals from them as well. I don't know how many other teams can say that.
We have three lines that we're talking about that can create offense and give other teams fits in the offensive zone, and then our fourth line we've seen over the course of the season will actually carry play against the fourth lines of other teams.
Are you surprised that the team has had the success that they'd had thus far despite the fact that a number of veterans have struggled a bit in the early going? CM: From an organizational standpoint we looked at last year's playoffs as an extraordinarily big learning curve for a lot of the young guys on this team. For them to understand what it takes to play in this league on a regular basis, and then this year come in with the attitude that 'we did a little bit more than was expected, but we've also got to keep reaching for that next rung on the ladder.'
The young guys have certainly come in and done that. Some of our older or veteran players maybe haven't found their stride yet, but they're contributing in different ways and maybe just not yet necessarily on the score sheet. You guys brought up the depth part of it and it does really show the depth we have as an organization. The younger guys have been able to contribute and you've seen that Claude has really shuffled the deck with the lines over the course of the year to reward some of the younger guys with ice time. He's done that without taking away how he distributes the ice time.
With all of the success that you've had thus far, do you have an eye ahead to getting past the first round of the playoffs and how does that manifest itself early in the season? CM: From a player's perspective, you don't want them thinking too far ahead about the playoffs. You're thinking about how you're playing today and what do I have to do to get ready for tomorrow. That's the mindset that Claude and the coaching staff have in that locker room to focus on who your opponent is that night and then who you're playing next.
From a management perspective, you're certainly looking at how this team is shaping up heading into the second half of the year and then into the playoffs. We've got a really good hockey club here that can make some noise in the playoffs, and we're always constantly looking at how we can improve and that doesn't matter how well we're doing in the standings right now.
Knowing that the fans in Boston really enjoy the physical brand of hockey and that you're playing that style, how much is that going to play into getting fans back into that building? CM: You have to win and that's obviously staring you right in the face. But I can tell you this, we know what our fans like and what kinds of players they like. You can go back to that Dallas game and that was an entertaining hockey game that's got everything that our fans love about the game of hockey.
One of the things that happened is when the league expanded you tried to cater to a newer fan, and unfortunately to a degree the older cities, the Original Six cities, kind of have to suffer along with that. We're trying to get that back a little bit about how our fans grew up watching [the game]. For example, if I'm introducing my children to the game now then it's not the game that my father introduced me to, nor is it the game that maybe my grandfather introduced to my father.
It's a little different in that generation, but it's very clear when we're talking to our scouting staff that we're looking for Bruins-type players. Obviously you want skill because skill helps you win hockey games and win championships, but we want that skill but also with an element of what a Boston Bruin really is.
So you're talking about the physical aspect of the game, but you're not going to go back to the Don Cherry fighting videos? CM: Yeah, I don't know if the league is going to let us go back to that.
Talking about Blake Wheeler, he's so young and he seems to be getting better all the time. CM: He's got a lot of skill and he certainly is going to improve as time goes on. He's somebody that personally I'd love to see shoot a little more at times. At times I see him looking for the pass and he's not a very selfish player, but at times you have to be a selfish player in this game. He protects the puck well and he's got a good shot.
He's a guy in our organization that we're fortunate to have. He wasn't one of our draft picks, but we ended up getting him for nothing and he's going to end up being a very good player for us. I know people around here appreciate watching a player like that.
What is it going to take for people outside this area to recognize how good a job Tim Thomas has done? CM: It's an interesting question and something we really don't have an answer for. To be left off the ballot was really shocking to a lot of us especially considering that he played in the All-Star game last year, so you would think he'd automatically be on the ballot this year.
A lot of it has to do with, quite honestly, the lack of success that the team has had over the last couple of years while Tim has been playing here. If you're not really showcased in the playoffs then people begin to forget pretty quickly what you did in that season. I know Tim's making a lot of noise this year with how he's played and statistically he's among the leaders if he's not leading them. I think it's going to make people sit up and notice Tim Thomas, but having said that — let's be honest — players generally make names for themselves playing in the playoffs. If the way Tim's playing now continues through the season and then into the playoffs, then people will notice what type of job he's done for us.
How much of it is also perception that he's a lifelong backup or journeyman? CM: There's no question. You in the media would probably know better than me what the perception of somebody is.
Clearly Thomas is your Number One goaltender, correct? CM: Claude is going to go with the guy that he feels will have the most success against a certain team, and as you saw on the West Coast trip…he went with Tim because of how he played in Edmonton and Vancouver. We are fortune that Manny plays very well for us whenever he's in the lineup and he gives the guys the same kind of confidence as when Tim is in the lineup. It's not a bad problem right now to have when you have two goalies that can win you a hockey game.
I think the other aspect of who's going to play is who's hot, does somebody need a rest or what kind of success have they had against the opposing team.
You've got to really hope the success just keeps on coming for a team that's white-hot right now. CM: It's exciting and I know a lot of people are excited and there's a lot of talk away from the building about the Bruins, which is nice. I certainly know through the years that this is a very strong hockey market and they've been anxiously awaiting a reason to come back. It's nice to see them bet back in the building, and it's a style of play that our fans are excited to watch, we're winning some hockey games and it's good to see them back.
People argue that it's a baseball town, it's a football town, it's a hockey team…it's a winning town. If the team is winning then the base is already there to build on, and people are already seeing the difference. There's also a lot of afternoon games coming up, which is great around the holidays. CM: When I first got here it was really the first time — I remember we didn't have any afternoon games in Vancouver — but I thought it was the best thing in the world that you just get up in the morning and go play.
The type of fans in that building you're able to get a lot of kids into the building, and the youth hockey players from the area. I think it's fantastic and those guys are fun for the family and quite frankly the players love playing in those games as well because they see all the families in the stands. And every player remembers what it was like to go into a building to watch their first hockey game.


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"I goes into the woods and comes out with a fishing boat."
There is not a chance of hearing a line like that anywhere else in the world but Newfoundland. The truth and the humour in it, the brevity — everything about that line demonstrates Newfoundland wit at its best.
I came across those 12 words in an 86-page booklet published nearly 45 years ago in (and I have to be careful here) Dunville, Argentia, Fox Harbour and Placentia. I'm not sure if Jerseyside should be mentioned, but I'll leave it in just to be safe.
I am referring to "Home of Wooden Boats and Iron Men," compiled by the women of the re-established Dunville Branch of the Women's Institutes of Newfoundland and Labrador. They came together in 1969 although, like a good many other places in Newfoundland and Labrador, the region's first acquaintance with the organization went back to the 1930s.
The women down Dunville way in the late 1960s brought a tiny local history together with input from quite an assortment of contributors. It is that fact that makes it both fascinating and jumbled. Every page offers something you can enjoy or get your mental teeth into.
All told, the booklet is a delightful read, even if there are frequent 360-degree turns in its road. Picking through it, I was reminded of the Newfoundland soup which in places was called "All-hands-in." That soup was created (in the days when leftovers had real value) from a bit of everything served up during the week.
It beggared description but the end result was tasty and nutritious.
In one tiny part, the booklet talks about effluent from the ERCO phosphorus plant. And then it turns and talks about the coming of the French, the English, the Irish and the Americans.
It mentions the tri-community being rated by the 1955 Forestry Survey for poor timbers, "thus, lumbering has been mainly small sawmills supplying local needs or ship repairing necessities."
Coming out of the 86 pages you retain a picture of a cluster of communities that, given the character of the people, the natural forces (especially as they impact their efforts to make a living) and the huge outside forces which played upon it, together hold the makings of a much larger book.
Remarkable endurance
"Home of Wooden Boats and Iron Men" discusses bounty and famine, the mundane, and the challenging, especially of people against the forces of ice, tide and wind. "Endurance" might be a good title for this book. Here, for example, is Endurance with a capital E. This excerpt is verbatim:
"In November of 1915 the schooner Maddona, owned by Richard Tobin, of Dunville, under the command of Capt. Bob Sparrow of Ship Harbour with a crew of two, James Darmody, and his son Michael of Dunville, left St. John's bound for Placentia loaded with puncheons of molasses, barrels of sugar, tubs of butter, barrels of pork, beef, etc. The boat was rigged for sail, and as it neared Gull Rock it struck Little Gull Rock and was destroyed. The water is very deep and the main boom from the schooner swung across the rock and the three men climbed unto the rock. Those three shipwrecked men clung to the rock from Saturday to Tuesday, without food and the only water they had to drink was rain water they caught in a Lincoln (an oil skin hat). Pat Abbot of Oderin spied a man on the rock and tried to find help.
"Mr. Pomeroy of Merasheen rescued the men and took them to the home of R.J. McGrath, the Magistrate of Oderin. The rescued man was young Michael Darmody — his nails were worn to the quick where he had tried to cling to the rock and had held the body of his drowned father. The body of the drowned father was retrieved and coffined, waked, and the next boat to Placentia carried Michael and his father's body home. The body was buried on Dixon's Hill. The body of Bob Sparrow was never retrieved. Michael Dormody survived and lived to 70 years. He passed away in the U.S.A. in 1968."
Profile facts, figures
In reference to the port at Argentia and its use by the American base, the booklet notes, "along the wharf the water is 24 feet deep. The tide rises 6.3 feet spring and 4.9 mean. Anchorage is available one mile from the wharf … no bunker coal is available except by rail and there are no dry docks or slips … pilots and tugs are not usually necessary but the Navy has tugs available" …
This part of the book reads rather like a business profile and so it might be — to "sell" the area to business.
"With a bus and taxi service running each day to and from St. John's connecting Dunville, Fox Harbour and Argentia with all provincial opportunities. Walking, sleds, horses and boats are now replaced with the most modern modes of travel."
In a chapter titled "Industry," we have a glimpse of sawmilling, but more than that, once again it is a picture of endurance:
"Seventy years ago in Dunville (making that 1900) Mr. Tom Smith Sr. operated a water mill. He dammed Little Wise's Pond (where Dunville now gets its water supply). Every morning he would walk the length of the Low Road along North East Arm, about 4.5 miles, to open the dam. Each evening he would return to the dam and close the water supply. Mr. Edward Power Sr. of Dunville and Mr. Jim Davis of Fox Harbour recall the sawmill at Dunville at Jordan's Cove. Their fathers operated it, cutting wood for Dawe's lumber. Logs were cut in North East River or on the dam at Fox Harbour, came into Jordan's Cove where it was cut and loaded on motor boats and scows and taken to Jersey Side where Ben O'Keefe hauled it by horse to the rail head."
Families removed from Placentia
From a description of Placentia, penned in 1705, we learn that the settlement was strongly fortified by French soldiers, Canadians and aboriginals. In a sentence that is left hanging, we are informed that in 1709, "Twelve Savages of War came from the River." And then, that same year, "the Micmac families were removed from Placentia for atrocities." The book adds that it was reportedly for cutting children's throats.
A sad little story is to be found in the middle of road and rail anecdotes.
"In 1906 a freight train locomotive number 61 left St. John's for Placentia with a load of freight for the steamship Leopard. The conductor was Jim Mitchum. Tom Foley was engineer, John Hutchings was brakesman and a very young man named Tom Hennesburg was on board. The train, however, never reached Placentia, as the locomotive was derailed at Curve Pond, a distance of approximately one and a half miles east of the Dunville station. It was provincial (sic) election day and Foley assured his mother he would be home to Whitbourne in time to vote, but he was killed. John Hutchings was also killed. Hennesburg walked to Placentia to break the news. For years after, a pile of coal could be seen beside the track where the locomotive had been derailed."
Spiced Newfoundland herring, page 26, contains what I supposed might be an Iron Man recipe. It includes salt, vinegar, granulated sugar, pepper and cloves, bread crumbs and water. And, of course, herring.
In last week's column on Sir Robert Bond, the Grange, its garden and Whitbourne, I noted that the Bonavista branch railroad joined the main line at Whitbourne. Several readers have since pointed out that it joined at Clarenville. One reader even noted that this latter place was once known as "Dark Hole."


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Exclusive apartment l in Palma
Size30 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
- Disabled access
- Pool
Accommodation summary
|Mussol, 07013 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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|A few hours
|Calendar updated
• Good Sized, 30 m2 with a double room and a sofa bed for two persons.
• WiFi, kitchen, washing maschine
• Clean & Tidy
• With your own private garden of 15m2. Parking in front of the apartment!
• Clean & Tidy !!
• A Nesspresso machine and cofee is provided in your room 'Help-Yourself'
• Central and Safe and green Area/Zone
• Bus (line 7) 100m from the house (2 minutes)!
• Great for Palma Airport (15 mins way)
• Bathroom with shower all in marble!
• Great situation for people who would like to explore the island and Palma!.
• Totally independent!!
This style apartment in a quiet neighbourhood has the capacity to accommodate up to 4 visiting guests comfortably within its total 30m2. We offer to you a private double bedroom, and a living room with a sofa bed, kitchen , washine maschine and a beautiful garden (15m2). The apartment is the first floor of a bigger house but is complete independent. Is clean and spacious, very bright and airy, and it's tastefully decorated. TV programmes are available in Spanish and some in English.
The original floor is wood. Your bedroom is equipped with clock radio, iPod dock, a wonderful hand-madewardrobe, air conditioning , heater and a beautiful german writing desk. We use high quality cotton towels, Siberian Goose Down pillows. The room has an external terrace with a table and chairs . Since the apartment is in a quiet neighborhood there's no traffic noise and it's very tranquil. The swimming-pool and the single padel course is in a privat condominium about five minutes walking .
Located in the most fancy and expensive neighborhood of Palma you are able to make beautiful walks in the mountains of Son vida with beautiful views of the sea and Palma.
The safe neighborhood of Son Rapinya offer an excellent variety of interesting shops, cafes & restaurants and it's out of the main tourist trap of Old Palma (but is only 10 minutes in the car away). In addition, there's a large supermarket (Mercadona) very close.
For any further information or details then please don't hesitate to get in touch - you'll receive a prompt reply. I'm available to answer any type of question you may have - making your stay as easy as possible.
Relax and enjoy your trip to this beautiful island.
NOTE. In the other house live two cats, Be aware that even that they are very good sometimes like to say hi to the guests!
House rules
You are not allowed to make parties in the apartment At midnight we kindly ask to make less noise as possible a we respect our neighbors.
The guest are require to do their own cleaning.
Due to the number of pre-reservation we strongly recommended to reserve as soon as possible. We will only keep the reservation for 24 hours-48 hours maximum.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 17 US per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|On arrangement
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Reviews of this property
Mireya is a very good host.
She's helpful and very nice. Her house is very pretty. Good location, where is quiet.
not very far to downtown.
Had a very good Time in palma.
Thank you for your welcome Mireya :)
Reviews for this host's other properties
We spent 3 weeks in this apartment until Easter Sunday. The apartment is on the second floor of an old building in the centre of the old town near the Plaza Mayor in a predominantly pedestrianised shopping area. No lift but this was not a problem. everything in the apartment was fine and working and the apartment was comfortable for 2 people but I am not sure about more since the bathroom is en-suite in the bedroom. There are plenty of supermarkets as well as the main market (fruit, vegetables, meat, fish) very close tothe apartment. The street below is noisy until quite late due to the number of people going past. Also, there was work in the aparetment block for most of the day and also in the block oppositein the narrow street; although the work in the block had finished just before Easter, the work opposite was still going on when we left. The Easter parades in the street below were enjoyable but very noisy until late although of course this was seasonal.
Nice flat in the middle, brilliantly located in the old town. In the immediate vicinity
nice shops, nice bars. In order should arrive in the apartment you
be physically fit, as it is located in the upper area (old building with no elevator).
Nette Wohnung mitten in der Altstadt, genial gelegen. In unmittelbarer Umgebung
schöne Geschäfte, nette Bars. Um in die Wohnung zu gelangen sollte man
körperlich fit sein, da sie sich im oberen Bereich (Altbau ohne Fahrstuhl) befindet.
Mireya is a super nice hostess! She gave us a very warm welcome and even given the same tips, which you should really go out in Palma and where there is the best food.
The apartment is in the historic center of Palma, directly on a shopping street. At night it is very quiet, also each room had air conditioning, so the windows can remain closed. So centrally located to reach the Cathedral of Palma or the market hall in 10-15 minutes.
Mireya ist eine super nette Gastgeberin! Sie hat uns sehr herzlich empfangen und auch gleich Tips gegeben, wo man in Palma wirklich hin gehen sollte und wo es das beste Essen gibt.
Das Apartment ist mitten in der Altstadt von Palma, direkt an einer Shoppingstraße. Nachts ist es aber sehr ruhig, außerdem hatte jedes Zimmer eine Klimaanlage, so dass die Fenster geschlossen bleiben können. So zentral gelegen erreicht man die Kathedrale von Palma oder die Markthalle in 10-15 Minuten.
We have been fully satisfied with our stay in your apartment and the good service we got from Mireya.
Vi har været fuldt ud tilfreds med vores ophold i jeres lejlighed og den gode service vi fik af Mireya.
We were very pleased with the accommodations. It is esp. Very central. While this brings a certain noise level at night with them, but this is only natural if you want to take all the other Annehmlichkleiten a central residential area to complete.
Personal contact with Mireya was also very nice. She was very helpful, always approachable and has provided us with many suburban useful tips.
I can only recommend!
Wir waren mit der Unterkunft sehr zufrieden. Sie ist insb. sehr zentral. Dies bringt zwar nachts einen gewissen Geräuschpegel mit sich, was aber nur natürlich ist, wenn man all die anderen Annehmlichkleiten einer zentralen Wohnlage in anspruch nehmen möchte.
Der persönliche Kontakt zu Mireya war zudem sehr nett. Sie war sehr hilfsbereit, immer ansprechbar und hat uns vorort mit vielen nützlichen Tips versorgt.
Kann man nur weiterempfehlen!
The apartment was more than the middle of it, a great location and perfect for a city stay. Contact with Mireya was absolutely straightforward and reliable. Highly Recommended!
Die Wohnung war mehr als mitten drin, großartig gelegen und für einen Städteaufenthalt perfekt. Der Kontakt mit mireya war absolut unkompliziert und zuverlässig. Absolut empfehlenswert!
Mireya is a fabulous host, very friendly - full of knowledge of Palma. Her adivices are always worth to be followed. The flat is clean and cozy. During daytime is a little luod, just 3 levels over the crowdy and busy carrer near Plaza Mayor it can't be soundless. But we can recommend it without any doubt.
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Still hawking the one visible role she ever had, Kristanna Loken attends the geek-fest known as Wizard World Comic Con pushing the Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Blu-Ray release. If you think that you haven't seen much of Kristanna since T3, you'd be right. She'd done crappy movie after crappy movie since the film, and her latest one, a "drama" from video-game adapter Uwe Boll called Darfur doesn't look to be any better. I am always skeptical at any movie this guy does, especially now that he's veering towards more "artistic" films. Call me skeptical, but any guy who elists Z-list stars like Stephen Dorff, Edward Furlong, and Tara Ried to star in his movies wouldn't have the gnads to come up with anything good. If he convinces Meryl Streep to be in one of his films, then I'd have respect for the guy.


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A revealing photo of a bikini-clad rugby administrator remains on a Northland rugby website despite an apology to the rugby union that asked the club to remove the "inappropriate" image and its suggestive caption.
The photo of Northland Rugby Union's new referee administrator Alanna Clare was taken from her Facebook profile and posted to the Kerikeri Rugby website with a story about her new role.
Along with the photo was the suggestive caption: "Northland Referees blowing their whistle prematurely in 2013 could spend time in the Sin Bin, if this is anything to go by!"
When the union became aware of the photo, it asked the website to remove it. The website's administrator complied and apologised to the union and Ms Clare.
But the photo has reappeared on the website - this time censored - after media publicity yesterday.
The website's administrator, who identified himself only as Murray, wrote that he had posted the censored photo because "people want to know what all the fuss is about".
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It's no secret that I love Amy Krouse Rosenthal's books. At least it's no secret in the Children's Room. I just love her charming characters and the way she plays with words and typography. My favorites are the books she has done with Tom Lichtenheld. With Amy and Tom together, it's sure to be a great book. The newest is called Exclamation Mark! and it's a great story about the importance of celebrating our differences and being happy about what makes us special. I love that this book teaches such an important concept in a fun way and that in the end the differences between Exclamation Mark and his friends, make the entire group stronger! You can find more of Amy's books here. And more Tom Lichtenheld books here.
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I tend to think that her intent is to get away with this because the CIA can't release the memos that detail the briefings. However, you can bet that every reporter that has a contact in the CIA will either approach or be approached by the contact.
I was curious about her comments that her staffer had attended the meetings but then didn't relate the contents? She's got to be kidding. A control freak that sends a staffer in her place and then doesn't get the truth out of him? Bet she wishes she'd used "enhanced techniques" on the staffer.
It's going to get ugly early. Wonder if she'll have a press conference today.


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Fall 2017
Our online application is now available on the UH Hilo Kanohona Housing portal .
Students must logon to the portal using their hawaii.edu / MyUH username and password. Students that have been accepted to UH Hilo or HawCC will be allowed to apply. You will need your student ID number available to complete the application.
- Fall 2017 / Spring 2018 Housing Calendar and Rates (Subject to Change)
- Cancellations and Refunds
- Deferred Payment
On-Campus Housing
UH Hilo University Housing
200 W. Kāwili St.
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
Phone: (808) 932-7403
Fax: (808) 932-7402
Email: uhhhouse[at]hawaii.edu
Important Deadline Information
- Applications for the Fall semester will be accepted beginning January 2nd
- Fall semester priority deadline for residents of the State of Hawaiʻi is March 1st.
- Applications for the Spring semester will be accepted beginning September 1st
Housing Services
The residence halls for students attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo are a special part of the University community. Residence halls house students from all the islands of Hawaiʻi along with students from the mainland and foreign countries. The UH Hilo University Housing Program is dedicated to providing you with an atmosphere that will give you a sense of belonging to the campus and help you quickly become a part of campus life.
The residence hall living experience will provide you with numerous personal and academic growth opportunities. All residence halls have trained staff to assist students with academic and personal development. They support and assist students in achieving the goals they have set for themselves and will help complement the academic education with exposure to cultural and social situations that enable students to develop and expand their"coping with life" skills.
General Terms Of Assignment
All campus-housing applicants must be accepted into classified programs of study at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo or Hawaiʻi Community College before being eligible for housing placement. Note that UH Hilo provides housing for Hawaiʻi CC students.
Residents must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours (undergraduate) or 6 credit hours (graduate) for the duration of their housing contract.
Hale Ikena Apartment Complex is available to students who have completed 30 college credit hours or are 21 years of age of older.
For first and second priority consideration, housing applications must be received at the University Housing designated deadlines (Please see "Important Deadline information" noted above)
The housing contract is not transferable; residents may not sublease their assigned space.
Hall requests are accommodated according to priority and order of receipt. Applicant preferences cannot be guaranteed. Applicants may elect to remove themselves from the assignment process if none of their choices are available.
Requests for specific roommates or rooms are given consideration but are not guaranteed. Roommate requests must be mutual and must have matching hall preferences.
Participation in the meal program is required for those living in the residence halls (Traditional and Suite Style).
University Housing reserves the right to reassign students as necessary.
Assignment Priorities
First Priority:
All Traditional freshmen who apply by the application priority deadline receive the highest housing priority. Traditional freshmen are defined as students who graduated from high school in the spring prior to enrolling at the university. This priority reflects the university's position that living in a residential community is highly beneficial for first-year undergraduate students.
Second Priority:
All students from rural Hawaiʻi (Big Island) and the neighbor islands; Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Molokai, Niʻihau and Oʻahu living in the halls and apply by the application priority deadline. Rural areas include and extend outward from the towns of Volcano, Pāhoa and Laupāhoehoe.
Third Priority:
All students from the Continental US and Foreign countries who apply by the application priority deadline.
Fourth Priority:
Residents living in the Hilo vicinity, including all areas within the boundaries of Volcano, Pāhoa, and Laupāhoehoe who apply by the application priority deadline.
Special Living Arrangements
Students with Physical Disabilities
Two apartments at Hale ʻIkena and several rooms at Hale Kehau are designed to meet the needs of students with physical disabilities who are capable of living independently. Applicants for these accommodations should indicate on their application the nature of their disability as it relates to the request for a housing accommodation and must apply by regular housing deadlines. Applicants must also contact the University Disabilities Service Office at (808) 932-7623; TTY (808) 932-7002 regarding their disability eligibility status. Efforts will be made to provide a suitable living arrangement based on disability need.
Married Students
Married students are permitted to reside in University Housing provided that at least one spouse per married couple is a full-time student who qualifies under the geographical area provisions of the BOR's applicable priority system, the other spouse being a full time or part-time student.
Special Dietary Needs
The Dining Hall offers a varied menu and is capable of creating a program to meet most special dietary needs of the residents. Residents should not assume that they will be exempt from the meal plan due to their dietary needs. Students with 30 credits or who are at least 21 years of age may choose to live at Hale 'Ikena.
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If an individual has reason to believe that a student who resides on campus is missing, he/she should notify Campus Security (808) 974-7911, the Dean of Students (808) 932-7472, or the University Housing Office (808) 932-7403. In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the University will follow certain procedures to assist in locating missing persons who reside on campus. Please see the University's Missing Student Notification Policy and Procedures


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The anticipation for the 2014 Wine + Food Festival increased as guests gathered at the Mixson Bath and Racquet Club in North Charleston for the Ticket Launch Party. The event, presented by Limehouse Produce, offered guests a taste of what's to come during the festival on March 6-9, including specialty cocktails and gourmet food samples.
The only swim and social club of its kind in Charleston, Mixson Bath and Racquet Club provided the perfect setting for this unique occasion. A small oasis in the heart of North Charleston, the venue had a dreamy, vintage quality, despite its modern, industrial buildings. The scene of the event looked like something out of an old photo album, as guests mingled on the pool deck among striped umbrellas and palm trees strung with light bulbs. Charleston Symphony Orchestra provided the background music, sending sweet, high notes of violin floating on the cool fall breeze.
The crowd—a mix of young and old—shared a common passion and deep appreciation for the abundant food and beverages displayed among the booths lining the pool. Dishes included Cajun-inspired shrimp with pimiento cheese grits from Slather Brand Foods, grouper and shrimp sliders with tomato marmalade and pickled red beets from Fish, herb gnocchi from The Grocery, Callie's famous cheese biscuits, and Fleet Landing's pan-seared lionfish with balsamic strawberry relish. Wine was flowing, along with libations from Craftsmen Kitchen & Tap House, High Wire Distillery, Bloody Marys from Fat and Juicy Cocktails, and creative takes on classic cocktails from Gin Joint, including their new crowd-pleasing Bittermilk Tom Collins with elderflower and hops, a glass of pure sunshine.
The Wine + Food Festival strives to give back through educational opportunities and culinary scholarships, benefitting the College of Charleston Department of Hospitality and Tourism, the Culinary Institute of Charleston, and the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Charleston.