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The Suffering Places Gamers Inside the Unsettling and
Seedy Underbelly of a Haunted Maximum-Security Penitentiary
LOS ANGELES – May 14, 2003 (E3 Booth # 800, South Hall) –
Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher
and developer, announced today that The Suffering?, an all-new, action-packed
survival horror game, is scheduled to ship fall 2003 for the PlayStation2
computer entertainment system, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube.
Midway captures the disturbing and terrifying nature of the horror genre
with The Suffering, a compelling third-person action/adventure game
set in the mature and gritty world of a maximum-security prison.
"The Suffering redefines terror with a chilling look into a penitentiary
invaded by executed prisoners grotesquely reincarnated as the methods
of execution that befell them," said Helene Sheeler, vice president
of marketing, Midway.
Unleashing the horror throughout nine levels, The Suffering features
dynamic lighting that illuminates frightening visions of horror-filled
exploration and frantic combat sequences. In the dark world of The Suffering,
creatures attack from the shadows and emerge from jail cells, chambers,
the ground and trees, surprising the player in the most disturbing ways
possible. As Torque, the main character, players encounter a cast of
uniquely hardened criminals, prison guards and grotesque apparitions.
Jailed for a murder he may or may not have committed, Torque is next
in line for execution when apparitions besiege the prison and inadvertently
free him. Utilizing more than ten deadly weapons, Torque sets out to
uncover his past and unlock the deadly secrets of The Suffering. In
the game, players can transform Torque into his monstrous alter ego
and unleash the power of his primal fury while battling 12 horrific
creatures. Depending on how they play the game, players will arrive
at three distinct endings for a unique gaming experience.
Stan Winston, renowned creature designer, enhanced The Suffering's
horror-filled experience by creating the disturbing character artwork
featured in the game. For more than 30 years Stan Winston has created
characters, creatures and monsters for motion pictures and television.
The four-time Academy Award winner is responsible for creating many
of the most enduring creatures of the big screen, including the dinosaurs
of "Jurassic Park," the extraterrestrial monstrosities of
"Aliens" and the fanciful character of "Edward Scissorhands."
Nominated for an Academy Award for "A.I.," Stan Winston
is currently working on the upcoming "T3" starring Arnold
The Suffering Key Features:
• Nine Terrifying Levels –Traverse indoor and outdoor terrain
with horror lurking in every dark corner.
• Frightening Character Morphs – Fill the rage meter and
transform Torque into a hideous and powerful creature.
• Deadly Weapons – More than 10 deadly weapons from the
shiv to the tommy gun to aid in the survival of this freakish nightmare.
• Horrific Monsters – A dozen monsters, each representing
the methods of execution that befell them.
• Gory Detail – Blood and gore, dripping, pooling and splattering
at every level of the fright-filled journey.
• Disturbing Choices – Interact with different hardened
criminals and determine their fate.
• Unique Endings – The game ends differently depending on
how it is played.
• Taboo Environments – Explore the deepest recesses of the
most wicked prison environment.


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Rejoice, all ye lands. CUPS 1.1.2 packages are in woody. All the build problems are gone, and upgrades from 1.0.4 should be smooth as silk.
On an unrelated note, gtaylor popped a note to me about integrating gs with CUPS. One thing led to another, and we got to talking about his foomatic project, which it looks like I'm going to package for Debian. This will likely be the mechanism for integrating gs into CUPS, although the package scope will go far beyond CUPS itself. This will be mondo cool, I think, and has the potential to make printing on Linux infinitely better, whether you use CUPS, PDQ, lpd, LPRng, or whatever.
I just read the humorous piece about Wall Street "rejecting" Linux. The "rejection" itself isn't too bad; how long has Bob Young been saying that his goal is to reduce OSes to commodities? It's the implications in the article that kill me. The fact that Linux isn't the darling of Wall Street somehow has implications in the IT workplace in terms of Linux's appropriateness in day-to-day operations. I wonder if Red Hat systems somehow start breaking if RHAT drops below 50 on NASDAQ. Anyone know? (Debian, of course, crashes constantly, since it's run by a non-profit, and Windows is the most stable of the bunch, although the antitrust trial has caused a few more BSODs than usual recently. :-)
Next on the agenda: diald. Grandma's in town with the wife and kids, giving me play time. :-)

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Press Center
New Olympus VN-Series Digital Voice Recorders Are Twice As Nice With Double The Memory
VN-6200 PC is World's Most Affordable WMA Digital Voice Recorder
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., June 15, 2009 – Just in time for the back-to-school shopping season, Olympus, the world's leading manufacturer of voice recorders, launches the VN-6000 and VN-6200 PC. The latest VN series digital audio devices now deliver double the storage capacity of previous models with 1GB of internal memory. The VN-6000 features 604 hours of recording time, while the VN-6200 PC allows users to transfer the Windows Media Audio (WMA) files it records to any PC or Mac. Both models also feature multiple recording modes, large LCD screens and functional design elements that make them ideal for the classroom, boardroom and dorm room alike.
"Olympus is continuously improving our voice recorders to make them even more functional," said Amy Leslie, product manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc. "Whether you're a student or a professional on the go, the VN-6000 and VN-6200 PC offer superior sound quality with double the capacity of previous models."
In addition, the new VN series recorders have the following unique features:VN-6000
- 604 hours of recording time
- HQ, SP & LP sound quality
- 39 hours of battery life
- 444 hours of recording time
- Windows Media Audio (WMA) recording
- USB 2.0 high-speed connectivity to your PC/Mac
Quality Meets Quantity
Designed with three high-quality audio recording modes that enable recording times of various lengths, the VN series recorders capture remarkable audio using the HQ mode or the SP and LP modes for extended recording.
Both VN series recorders feature the Variable Control Voice Actuator (VCVA) function, extending recording time by recording only when the microphone senses sound at the preset level. This function is a significant time-saver, reducing the need to fast-forward past pauses in conversation. This function allows a student to set up the VN-6000 or VN-6200 PC to start recording a class before it starts. When the recording is played back later, avoid listening to dead air because the recorder has only picked up the professor's lecture.
Make the Connection
The new VN-6200 PC incorporates a PC Link, enabling users to transfer audio files and other data to any PC/Mac using the included USB cable. It is not necessary to download any software to the PC to use this function, and Mac users only need to download a free WMA player. This feature enables users to connect with speed and ease, and once downloaded, files can be archived or emailed to friends and family.
Playback Options
Users of the new VN series digital recorders will welcome the control provided by the various playback settings. The Index Mark setting allows them to pinpoint specific pieces of the audio per file to simplify future searches. The VN-6200 PC can hold up to 16 Index Marks per file, while the VN-6000 can hold 10 per file. After a recording is captured, the slow playback option allows recordings to be played at 25 percent slower than real time, assuring more efficient note taking or transcription. The fast playback is 50 percent faster than real time, allowing users to skip ahead to essential segments.
The VN-6000 comes equipped with an alarm playback mode, allowing you to manage your time appropriately and play the selected audio.
Intelligent & Stylish Design
Given their thin, lightweight, compact design, the VN series digital audio devices make ideal travel companions. Both devices have large, easy-to-read LCD screens that reveal file information and recording time.
A speaker for audio playback is located on the back of each recorder. Both models are equipped with easy-to-reach buttons allowing the user to play, stop, fast-forward and rewind with a simple touch of a figure. The record and erase buttons are positioned individually for easy access and to eliminate confusion when handling.
The VN-6000 makes a fashion statement with a sleek brown design, while the VN-6200 PC has a lustrous silver body.
File Management
The VN series digital audio devices deliver an easy-to-use interface that enables users to accurately arrange digital files with unparalleled organization for meetings, dates and reminders. The VN-6000 has four folders (each holds 100 files) and the VN-6200 PC has five folders (each holds 200 files). The VN-6200 PC also includes multi-language support in English, French and Spanish.
Lasting Power, Lasting Value
The VN series digital devices allow for extended continuous recording (39 hours for the VN-6000 and 36 hours for the VN-6200 PC) made possible by the long battery life of two AAA alkaline batteries. The new devices also feature a one-year warranty.
The VN-6000 and VN-6200 PC will be available in July 2009. Both ship with a carrying case, two AAA alkaline batteries, an instruction manual and an Olympus warranty card.
U.S. Pricing
VN-6000 Digital Voice Recorder Estimated Street Price: $39.99 (U.S.) VN-6200 PC Digital Voice Recorder Estimated Street Price: $59.99 (U.S.)
Journalists interested in further information, review units, product specifications and high-resolution images of the VN-6000 and VN-6200 PC should contact Jeff Hluchyj, (978) 468-8939 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Jennifer Lyons, senior public relations manager, Olympus Imaging America Inc., 484-896-5350, firstname.lastname@example.com, Olympus Imaging America Inc., 3500 Corporate Parkway, Center Valley, Pennsylvania 18034, or the Olympus Web site: www.getolympus.com.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering award-winning products for consumer and professional markets.
Olympus Imaging America Inc. works collaboratively with its customers and its ultimate parent company, Olympus Corporation, to develop breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality that enhances peoples' lives every day. These include:
- Digital and Film Cameras
- Professional Digital SLR Imaging Systems
- Related Underwater Products and Accessories
- Digital and Microcassette Recorders
- Digital Media
- Binoculars
Olympus Imaging America Inc. is responsible for sales in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. For more information, visit: www.olympusamerica.com.Company Contact:
Olympus Imaging America Inc.
Jennifer Lyons, senior public relations manager
(484) 896-5350
Agency Contact:
Mullen Public Relations
Jeff Hluchyj
(978) 468-8939


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I uploaded my kanji Missile Command typing game thingie to GitHub (the ugly code is here). Is there a license like the WTFPL, but, er, nicer?
I really want to finish this game. However, my desktop machine at home decided to finally bite the dust this week, after many years of heroic struggle. Gah.


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Size16 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Pets allowed
- Air conditioning
- Breakfast
- Elevator in building
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Wenzigova, 120 00 Prague, Czech Republic
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|2 days ago
FREE Wi-Fi
Check in time is from 14:00
Check out prior 12:00
Breakfasts from 7:00 till 10:30
Royal Court Hotel is a brand new, modern and comfortable hotel, which is located in a fully restored and renovated XIX century building of the former Royal Court. It is located in the central part near the medieval sights and the quay of the river Vltava with some of the most beautiful bridges in Europe stretching across it.
Our friendly English-speaking personnel will surround you with care and attention and will make sure you have the warmest memories of your visit to Prague.
We are pleased to offer you a classic cozy double room, which is equipped with all the necessary things for your comfortable stay. You can choose rooms with either a double bed or two large beds. The rooms are equipped with:
Shower cabin, hairdryer, towels
Shower gel/shampoo
Aroma soap for hands
Air conditionKettle
Tea set
Welcome coffee and tea
Extra services (paid):
Extra cleaning
Airport transfer
Public transport tickets
Parking for middle-sized cars costs 15-25 euro/day (at the building near apartments). The price depends on the size of your car.\r\n\r\nIf you have some more questions, feel free to ask me about!
House rules
Children older than 2 y.o. are for the price of adult.
|Price for > 2 guests
|£ 9 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews for this host's other properties
We received a very ♡ Lich. The rooms are very nice and modern. It has very good care of us and we were certainly not the last time in the royal court studio apartments.
Wir wurden sehr ♡lich empfangen. Die Zimmer sind sehr schön und modern. Man hat sich sehr gut um uns gekümmert und wir waren sicher nicht das letzte mal in den royal court studio Apartments.
The living room and 'was really beautiful. The apartment is very nice, in a very central (near the national museum and the square Venceslau), all studied in detail, complete with all the cooking utensils, a microwave oven and a coffee machine .. The staff is very friendly and helpful and the cleaning of the 'apartment is done every day, including a change of cloths bagno.Sono very happy to have us stay, impeccable, I would recommend it to everyone. 5 stars deserved.
Il soggiorno e' stato davvero bellissimo. L'appartamento è graziosissimo, in zona molto centrale (vicino il museo nazionale e la piazza Venceslau), tutto curato nei minimi dettagli, completo di tutti gli utensili da cucina, il fornetto microonde e la macchinetta per il caffe..Lo staff è molto gentile e disponibile e la pulizia dell' appartamento viene fatta ogni giorno, compreso il cambio delle tovaglie da bagno.Sono molto felice di averci soggiornato,impeccabile; lo consiglierei a tutti. 5 stelle meritatissime.
Very friendly welcome, clean apartment. Center can be reached on foot and by public transport. Apartment is quiet sufficient even though the house is located on a main road. The kitchen is well equipped and the beds are comfortable.
Sehr freundlicher Empfang, saubere Wohnung. Zentrum gut zu Fuß und mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erreichen. Wohnung ist ausreichende ruhig obwohl das Haus an einer Hauptstraße gelegen ist. Die Küche ist gut ausgestattet und auch die Betten sind bequem.
Excellent experience a warm and welcoming apartment clean really excited
Ottima esperienza un appartemento pulito caldo ed accogliente davvero entusiasta
I was satisfied with the apartment was the one seen on the internet while we were disappointed and unhappy because of the parking lot at the time of booking for the apartment we had also asked for the parking of the building at a cost of 15 Euros per day, and there are many but to prague there are no parking spaces if not the suburbs. Upon arrival we were informed that the parking lot was full and they sent us to a mile away in a hotel where we paid 19 euro a day, patience distance but at least they had to keep the price of 15 euro as I had booked it there bothered a lot
sono stata soddisfatta dell'appartamento era quello visto in internet mentre siamo rimasti delusi e scontenti del parcheggio in quanto al momento della prenotazione per l'appartamento avevamo chiesto anche il parcheggio interno allo stabile al costo di 15 euro al giorno e non sono pochi ma a praga non ci sono parcheggi liberi se non in periferia. All'arrivo ci hanno comunicato che il parcheggio era tutto pieno e ci hanno mandato a un chilometro di distanza in un hotel dove abbiamo pagato 19 euro al giorno,pazienza la distanza ma almeno dovevano mantenere il prezzo di 15 euro come avevo prenotato la cosa ci ha disturbato parecchio
Great place. Great appartment and.friendly people.
We are very pleased with the apartment. The only drawback is that it was a bit noisy due to the central location at night. The subway station is only a few steps. You can see the old town but also within walking distance. The decor is very modern and the staff very friendly and helpful.
Wir sind mit dem Apartment sehr zufrieden. Das einzige Manko ist, dass es durch die zentrale Lage in der Nacht etwas laut war. Die U-Bahn Station ist nur ein paar Schritte entfernt. Man kann die Altstadt aber auch zu Fuß gut erreichen. Die Einrichtung ist sehr modern und das Personal sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Friendly welcome. Beautiful and cozy apartment
Freundlicher Empfang. Schöne und sehr gemütliche Wohnung
A very modern, nice, clean and spacy apartment centrally located! Very friendly staff. Five out of five stars! - Very modern, nice, clean and spacious apartment in a central location! Very friendly staff. Five out of five stars!
A very modern, nice, clean and spacy apartment centrally located! Very friendly staff. Five out of five stars! - Sehr moderne, schöne, saubere und große Wohnung in zentraler Lage! Sehr freundliches Personal. Fünf von fünf Sternen!
At the Royal Court, we were completely satisfied. Nice quiet room, good unobtrusive service.
Bei Royal Court waren wir vollauf zufrieden. Schönes ,ruhiges Zimmer, guter unaufdringlicher Service.
- Quality assured accommodation
- Every host is verified by telephone
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Nik Anis Nik Zakaria
General Manager, Corporate Communications
Nik Anis is the General Manager of Corporate Communications for Malaysia Airports.
She holds a BSc. in Economics from Northern Illinois University, USA, and has 20 years of working experience in various capacities. This includes managing sales and marketing, customer service and operations and corporate communication in a public listed IT company prior to joining Malaysia Airports in 2009.
Her corporate communication portfolio includes marketing and brand communication, employee communication, customer satisfaction management, corporate responsibility programs, public relations and media relations.
She is a former president of International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Malaysia Chapter, a global association that promotes communication excellence within the industry.


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While waiting for Guile 2.0 to come out, I decided to eat some of my own dog food, so to speak, and take on a serious project that made use of Guile's new support for R6RS. I'd been meaning to revisit SDOM for some time now, in order to address some of the shortcomings I'd noticed through using it over the years -- primarily its adherence to SXML's expression format, which was a performance drain when it came to doing things like looking up attribute values and child and parent nodes; and which required a fair amount of nastiness to manage things like metadata on text nodes. Plus I can't think of any other DOM implementations out there that store data "inline" with an XML representation (unless, I guess, they do parsing as well as DOM manipulation).
So I rewrote the thing as an R6RS library using R6RS records to model the Node interface and its children, and released the result as SDOM 0.5. The process was time-consuming but not hellish, per se, mostly due to the fact that I'd had a fairly extensive test suite in place. And working with records instead of semi-circular lists is just so much neater and easier. I'm still trying to gauge its performance relative to the older version; I'm still doing some complicated things, mostly to optimize the read case for complex properties like "wholeText." And, in theory, the whole thing is now portable to every Scheme that supports R6RS, which is getting to be most of them.
Except that...
...doesn't have a "standard" R6RS library packaging. At the
moment, there are a couple of distributions that some
industrious people have assembled -- I'm thinking of Wak and Xitomatl
-- but these both provide SXML as part of (and with
dependencies on) a larger framework of code that I'm just
not interested in (and I think one or both of them is
missing the crucial I wonder if guile-lib's version (now incorporated into Guile
2.0) might make a good candidate for a "universal" SXML R6RS
library distribution.
make-parser macro). My
feeling is that an XML parser is such a fundamental library
for a language platform that it's gotta be pretty much an
atom. I should just be able to say
(import (sxml
and be done with it.
I wonder if guile-lib's version (now incorporated into Guile 2.0) might make a good candidate for a "universal" SXML R6RS library distribution.


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It's Showtime Japan News and Notes
- Published in Kickboxing
- Written by Dave Walsh
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It's Showtime Japan held a press conference today, where they formally announced It's Showtime Japan's "Countdown" show schedules, the shows will be split with REBELS Muay Thai events as well as M-1 shows in Japan. The schedule looks as such
July 18 (Mon) REBELS Differ Ariake
August 28 (Sunday) Festival Shinzyuku Huziwara FACE
September 11 (Sun) M-1 Differ Ariake
Oct 23 (Sun) REBELS Differ Ariake
November 13 (Sun) M-1 Differ Ariake
Dec. 23 (Fri.) Huziwara Korakuen Hall Festival
On top of that, two feature bouts for the first event on July 18th have been announced, which is headlined by Giorgio Petrosyan vs. HINATA at 70kgs.
65kg It's Showtime Championship Challenger Bout: Mosab Amrani vs. Chi-Bin Lim.
61kg It's Showtime Rules: Genki Yamamoto vs. Kan Itabashi
We'll have more on It's Showtime Japan as the Countdown-1 event approaches. [source]


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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
A Dutch Shopping Trip by bike
Now, imagine doing this on cycle infrastructure so good that you can hold a digital camera in one hand in front of you while doing it. 2km, on a loaded bike one-handed.
Impossible? In Darlington: yes. In Assen, where bike paths are gritted, well surfaced, get right of way when crossing roads, bypass traffic lights and traffic lights, and are of a decent width: no.
David Hembrow explains how it is possible on his excellent blog, A View From the Cycle Path and you can watch it for yourself in the video below.
2 comments:
"good cycle facilities are also useful for people with disabilities".
A good comment to make next time you pass a wheelchair user on a cycle path.
- 9:28 am, December 03, 2008
- David Hembrow said...
I should perhaps point out that it is very common to see those electric buggies on the cycle paths here. They provide somewhere safe to use them.
You also see a lot of handcycles (some children ride handcycles to school, so disabled children also get to cycle to school).
Let's not forget that normal bicycles are also very useful for people who are not necessarily able to walk terribly well. They reduce the impact of walking, so many people can cycle further than they can walk. Walking stick and crutch holders attached to front forks are a fairly common sight (I think the hospital hands them out with crutches).
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Web Stories
Date set, volunteers sought for staff picnic, June 10
Posted May 14, 2004; 01:04 p.m.
The University's annual staff picnic is planned for noon to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at Princeton Stadium. The event, featuring food, music, door prizes and other activities, will take place rain or shine.
Volunteers are needed to help set up, run activities or clean up. Those who volunteer will receive a free 2004 picnic T-shirt. Those interested in volunteering should contact Lisby Ritchie by Friday, May 28.
For more information, visit the picnic Web site .
Contact: Lauren Robinson-Brown (609) 258-3601


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No EU at Woodland Hills (none according to computer either), none at Porter Ranch (again none showing in computer), none at Van Nuys. Van Nuys did hav 3 cases in the back though, but all ESB revisions. Picked up a scanning crew, Black Bespin Guard, SS Luke, couple Gungans and a legacy chewy for extra/customs. Didn't want to pass up the last chance for 3.xx figures.
Van Nuys has Force Unleashed packs sitting on shelf too.


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Lovely presentation of a good interpretation of the dangers which await us if we keep consuming outrageously with such lack of embarrassment.
Zoek en Vind in deze ruimte – Search & Find what you are looking for
Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe.
Enkele persoonlijke gedachten en reacties van Marcus Ampe.
- Follow Marcus Ampe's Space on WordPress.com
Find also texts from guestwriters and interesting reblogged articles
Naast mijn eigen bedenkingen kan u op mijn ruimte ook gedachten van anderen vinden die onder de hoofding van de Gastspreker staan.
Besides my own text material you can also find thoughts of others in my blog-space, which are presented under the heading of the Guestspeaker.
- Guestspeaker
- Marcus Ampe
- 2016 in review Obituary
- 2016 in review Politics #2 Persons of the year
- 2016 in review Politics #1 Year of dissonance
- At the closing hours of 2016 #2 Low but also highlights
- At the closing hours of 2016 #1 Looking down at terror
- A strong and wise fighter who keeps believing in America
- Nigel Farage called Donald Trump's victory 'bigger than Brexit'
Categorieën – Categories
- Aankondiging (2)
- Announcement (15)
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- 2016 in review Obituary
- 2016 in review Politics #2 Persons of the year
- 2016 in review Politics #1 Year of dissonance
- At the closing hours of 2016 #2 Low but also highlights
- At the closing hours of 2016 #1 Looking down at terror
- A strong and wise fighter who keeps believing in America
- Trump et al.— The Global Storm
- Nigel Farage called Donald Trump's victory 'bigger than Brexit'
- Brexit No. 2 Blow-up
- Some quotes Americans should remember when going to the ballot office
- When so desperate to hold onto power
- Are United States of America citizens going to show their senses
- Matte verklaring van Junckers
- For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end
- France and the Burkini
- On French beach French police forces woman to undress in public
- Toots Thielemans passed away at 94
- 31st Olympic Games
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|Pacific Northwest Sea Run Forum No such thing as rainbow trout, only landlocked steelhead
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RE:Exploring the Green
Hey Juro et all,
The word on the Green is that the summers haven't show up high yet. There have been several big chromers taken lower (around Soos Creek, Golf Course, and the Slaughterhouse) but nothing higher.
Later, of course, i'm sure they'll be up around Palmer Rearing Ponds, the Headworks, etc.
Anyway, it was a great day on some classic summer steelhead water! Thanks for the suggestions - will definitely camp at Horseshoe sometime later this summer.
RE:Exploring the Green
Try floating it with the Puma from the Geyser down to Soos Creek... I'll bet you see two dozen summer runs holding or moving around. For shore fishing you'd be better off fishing up around Palmer State Park -or- even the Headworks Dam.
Is anything holding in Horseshoe Pool? Probably dozens of big slabs. Climb up the ridge on the right bank and take a look in the pool mid day, try not to fall off when you see the slabs finning there. Best way to score is to get there 1 hour before the ranger shuts the gate and fish it over the rock garden (head of the bend) with a purple butt spey or similar fly. Very best is to camp in the park and take the three hours before they open the gate at 8am to tease up a mondo trout.
Like all rivers, it takes time to learn it.... Good luck!
The first stretch along the gravel road at the Headworks Dam holds beaucoup summer fish, and getting there early usually means fish on. Walk up and swing the fly as you work down. Keep going downstream past the pump house and work a muddler in the rapids.
RE:Exploring the Green
Hey Doublespey, head to the Sky. It is dropping nicely and looking fishy. I hit it yesterday morning for a few hours and got rewarded with a nice line stripping pull but no hookup.
Exploring the Green
Went down to the Green to explore one of Juro's old haunts. I'd never really appreciated how nice a summer steelhead flyfishing stream the Green below Flaming Geyser is - just the right size for a 7136, with lots of slots and riffles for the fish to hold in and overhanging trees to provide cover.
I fished a 12' Type 6 tip and assorted small black patterns in hopes of eliciting a take from a silver rocket, but what I got was a lot of attention from the smolt. These little buggers were in each of the prime steelhead lies - and I sure hope they make it down to the ocean so they can come back in a couple years and take my fly again!
It was beautiful cloudy/sunny afternoon on Saturday, and a great day to be on the water. Think I'll try the Sky closer to home next time - I've been hearing enough success stories and some of them might even be true <g>
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65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
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Around 1900, when electrified toy trains were in their infancy, a battery-powered railroad car appeared in the show window of Robert Ingersoll's novelty store on Cortlandt Street in downtown Manhattan. It wasn't intended as a toy. Rather, the little car that tirelessly circled its loop of track was meant to draw attention to the other items on display.
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Board decided to partially restrict hunting in state parks
MADISON, Wis. - A Madison woman whose border collie died in a hunting trap isn't buying Wisconsin's new plan to allow dog-safe traps in state parks.
A new law that takes effect on Jan. 1 allows hunters to trap animals for the first time in about two-thirds of state parks.
There are restrictions, but animal activists argue they won't protect people or pet dogs.
"I get really upset sometimes," said Carolyn Schueppel, whose unleashed dog died in a hunting trap on private, Town of Oregon property.
"The first time, locals told me it was OK because they'd been coming out there 25 years and their dogs were running free, too," Schueppel said.
Since she can't bring herself to buy another dog, Schueppel has become an advocate instead and spoke up at Tuesday's Natural Resources Board meeting.
The board on Tuesday approved a law allowing trapping on 62,000 acres of state parks, leaving a third of them free from hunting. But the board's decision disappointed some opponents of the law.
"They were really sad because they were going to be losing their parks and their opportunities to have fun," said Schueppel of the people at Tuesday's meeting.
But Wisconsin State Parks Director Dan Schuller said the board put hunting restrictions in place because of concerns from the public.
"This is just another new complement of users, and we expect all the other users of state parks to not see their activities affected at all," Schuller said. "I think the board was trying to strike a balance and our recommendation tried to do the same."
The board limited hunting seasons to one month in autumn and another in April, and traps can't be within 100 yards of high-use areas. The state's trapping association touted specific traps that prevent catching dogs.
"If somebody makes a mistake, like the guy did in my case, there's really no compensation or justice," Schueppel said.
The law only restricts dog-safe traps to dry land. Hunters can still use water set ones elsewhere.
For a listing of all the parks that will open to hunting and trapping starting Jan. 1, go to dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/hunt.
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Lawyer Takes On Beauty Care
Jon Flint was getting his hair trimmed in Boston eight years ago when his longtime stylist suggested he meet a colleague in New York who dreamed of starting his own hair-care company.
It was Mr. Flint's lucky day. He later founded a business inspired by that meeting.
A former litigator turned venture capitalist, Mr. Flint was intrigued by the prospect of breaking into the beauty industry, a multibillion-dollar sector with huge profit margins. Reading investment-banking reports, he noticed that existing beauty companies spent most of their money on marketing and design rather than product innovation and figured there might be an opportunity for a new player.
His Boston-based venture-capital firm, Polaris Partners, typically invested in biotech and Internet companies. So Mr. Flint bought dozens of skin- and hair-care products to learn more about them.
He and his partners then showed the ingredients to Robert Langer, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Dr. Langer runs one of the largest biomedical-engineering labs in the world, and a Polaris partner had worked there as a Ph.D. student.
The group discovered that many hair-care products used the same ingredients and made unsupported scientific claims. For instance, Mr. Flint says, most anti-frizz products over the past 30 years contained silicone, which is ineffective at blocking out humidity.
Mr. Flint gave Dr. Langer $1 million in initial funding to see what solutions he could apply to hair and skin, and the team hired five scientists who had never worked in beauty, including former cancer researchers. After three years of research and testing, they invented several new molecules to fight common hair problems, including OFPMA, which shields hair from oil and dirt.
Their brand, Living Proof, launched in Sephora and on the home-shopping TV network QVC in 2009. Its products, such as a $24 hair-texture volumizer and a $36 anti-frizz styling cream, are now sold in beauty-supply chains and high-end hair salons in the U.S., Australia and the U.K.
Mr. Flint, who is 61 years old, stepped down as CEO in 2011 but remains chairman of the Cambridge, Mass., company, which employs 75 people world-wide. He recently helped to bring the actress Jennifer Aniston into the business as a co-owner. In February, Living Proof announced it had secured $30 million from investors, and it's expected to unveil a line of skin-care products within the next year.
Last week, he spoke with The Wall Street Journal. Edited excerpts:
WSJ: How did you get involved with beauty?
Mr. Flint: We never in a million years thought we'd be investing in a beauty business...but there was clearly room to take a novel scientific approach. We wanted to come up with proprietary materials that other people couldn't copy.
From the beginning, our idea was to create the Apple of the beauty business. Apple combines brilliant technology with brilliant design, and people really trust the Apple brand. I don't think the beauty business necessarily has that reputation. It's more hope in a bottle. We wanted to create proof in a bottle.
WSJ: What were some early mistakes?
Mr. Flint: We went international too fast. We tried to sell our products all over Europe, and we didn't have the management or the capital to do that. It's really important for young companies to focus, and we got a bit unfocused on the distribution. We pulled back and focused on Sephora, QVC and Ulta. Now that we've got this great business team, we're on the right track and going international in the right way.
WSJ: Who are your biggest competitors?
Mr. Flint: Every prestigious hair product. It's so competitive. All you have to do is walk into Sephora and look around. When we first started, I thought that if we came up with brilliant products and a beautiful design, that would be enough to really grow into a big company. I underestimated how truly competitive this business is.
WSJ: Why did the testing phase take so long?
Mr. Flint: It took a long time because we were creating new molecules. Skin has taken even longer. We started looking into anti-aging skin technologies at the same time we started with hair care. For example, wrinkles happen because the collagen underneath the skin degrades, and it's hard to get active ingredients through the skin to improve the infrastructure underneath. The molecules people have out there are too big to get through. Getting rid of bags under the eyes or dark circles is also very hard. Those are the kinds of issues that have been very difficult to solve without surgery or Botox.
WSJ: Are you trying to get more celebrity investors?
Mr. Flint: Nope. Jennifer is all anybody needs.
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Well I am all out of tags and I have a garage to build. I started with 2 weeks in the Mark Twain in SE mo. Tagged 2 good birds there. More men again this year. All were from out of state. Ran into 4 guys in one morning. Both of the Mo birds were very nice 2 year olds. Came back to Pa and called up a good gobbler for my 14 year old son, je just could not get a shot. I hunted Monday the 5th and had my #1 brd on the ground and then on the 6th #2 came to the call at 0700. I could guess he was a 3-4 year old.
SO now it is all about getting Jr. his two and working on the 32x48 garage. Good luck to everyone who is still chasing them, and remember, it all could be over in 30 seconds.
The Fullfan
Mo #1- 23.50lbs
10.50 Beard
1" spurs
Mo #2- 22 lbs
10 Beard
1" spurs
PA #1 20 lbs
10 .50 beard
1" spurs
Pa #2 21.50 lbs
9.50 beard
1 1/8 spurs
Here are a few other pic's from Mo. One of the local boys got two great mulit bearded birds, shot them in the same woods one day appart.
Local husband and wife team, it was her first bird.
Mo. bird I called up for my father in-law. We were setting side by side. Great hunt, When we get together most times something is going to get shot at or killed.


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Hmm. The lock vulnerability is pretty interesting. I don't know why I didn't come up with that idea myself, since it's so simple.
I've run a few numbers on the problem, and it appears that even if you have some pretty nice locks with 100 million possible keys, you can find a master key with only 40-80 tries. Of course, I hear that locksmiths have plenty of tricks that are even more effective than that..
I'm wrapping up stuff at work (sort of -- there's some documentation that I've been avoiding writing). Last day will be tomorrow, barring something strange happening out of the blue.


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If you are a student and would like to paid $4500.00 by Google to work on AbiWord or a related project over the Summer, I have put together a few wiki pages describing what you need to do, along with a template (stolen from the perl project) that provides a framework to clearly address the selection criteria. Using this template will significantly enhance your chances of being accepted by Google.
The start point is here:
Google is accepting applications until May 8th.
Good Luck!


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APRIL softened into May, and the hawthorns were in blossom before Richard passed any other very noteworthy milestone on the road of personal development. Then, greatly tempted, he committed a venial sin; received prompt and coarse chastisement; and, by means of the said chastisement, as is the merciful way of the Eternal Justice, found unhoped of emancipation.
It happened thus. As the spring days grew warm Mademoiselle de Mirancourt failed somewhat. The darkness and penetrating chill of the English winter tried her, and this year her recuperative powers seemed sadly deficient. A fuller tide of life had pulsed through Brockhurst since Colonel Ormiston's arrival. The old stillness was departing, the old order changing. With that change Mademoiselle de Mirancourt had no quarrel, since, to her serene faith, all that came must, of necessity, come through a divine ordering and in conformity to a divine plan. Yet this more of activity and of movement strained her. The weekly drive over to Westchurch, to hear mass at the humble Catholic chapel tucked away in a side street, sorely taxed her strength. She returned fortified, her soul ravished by that heavenly love, which, in pure and innocent natures, bears such gracious kinship to earthly love. Yet in body she was outworn page: 118 and weary. On such occasions she would rally Julius March, not without a touch of malice, saying:—
"Ah! très cher ami, had you only followed the ever blessed footsteps of those dear Oxford friends of yours and entered the fold of the true Church, what fatigue might you not now spare me—let alone the incalculable advantages to your own poor, charming, fatally darkened soul!"
While Julius—who, though no less devout than of yore, was happily less fastidiously sensitive—would reply:—
"But, dearest lady, had I followed the footsteps of my Oxford friends, remember I should not be at Brockhurst at all."
"Clearly, then, everything is well ordered," she would say, folding her fragile hands upon her embroidery frame, "since it is altogether impossible we could do without you. Yet I regret for your soul. It is so capable of receiving illumination. You English—even the most finished among you—remain really deplorably stubborn, and nevertheless it is my fate perpetually to set my affections upon one or other of you."
It followed that Katherine devoted much of her time to Mademoiselle de Mirancourt, walked slowly beside her up and down the sunny, garden paths sheltered by the high, red walls whereon the clematis and jasmine began to show for flower; or took her for quiet, little drives within the precincts of the park. They spoke much of Lucia St. Quentin, of Katherine's girlhood, and of those pleasant days in Paris long ago. And this brought soothing and comfort, not only to the old lady, but to the young lady also—and of soothing and comfort the latter stood in need just now.
For it is harsh discipline even to a noble woman, whose life is still strong in her, to stand by and see another woman, but a few years her junior, entering on those joys which she has lost—marriage, probably motherhood as well. Roger Ormiston and Mary Cathcart's love‐making was restrained and dignified. But the very calm of their attitude implied a security of happiness passing all need of advertisement. And Katherine was very far from grudging them this. She was not envious, still less jealous. She did not want to take anything of theirs; but she wanted, she sorely wanted, her own again. A word, a look, a certain quickness of quiet laughter, would pierce her with recollection. Once for her too, below the commonplaces of daily detail, flowed that same magic river of delight. But the springs of it had gone dry. Therefore it was a relief to be alone with Mademoiselle de Mirancourt—virgin and saint—and to speak with her of the days before she, Katherine, had sounded the lovely depths of that page: 119 same magic flood—days when she had known of its existence only by the mirage, born of the dazzle of its waters, which plays over the innocent, vacant spaces of a young girl's mind.
It was a relief even, though of sterner quality, to go into the red drawing‐room on the ground floor and pace there, her hands clasped behind her, her proud head bowed, by the half‐hour together. If personal joy is dead past resurrection, there is bitter satisfaction in realising to the full personal pain. The room was duly swept, dusted, casements set open to welcome breeze and sunshine, fires lighted in the grate. But no one ever sat there. It knew no cheerfulness of social intercourse. The crimson curtains and covers had become faded. They were not renewed. The furniture, save for the absence of the narrow bed, stood in precisely the same order as on the night when Sir Richard Calmady died. It was pushed back against the walls. And in the wide, empty way between the two doors, Katherine paced, saturating all her being with thoughts of that which was, and must remain, wholly and inalienably her own—namely her immense distress.
And in this she took the more comfort, because something else, until now appearing wholly her own, was slipping a little away from her. Dickie's health had improved notably in the last few weeks. His listlessness had vanished, while his cheeks showed a wholesome warmth of colour. But his cry was ever—"Mother, Uncle Roger's going to such a place. He says he'll take me. I can go, can't I?" Or—"Mother, Mary's going to do such a thing. She says she'll show me how. She may, mayn't she?" And Katherine's answer was always "Yes." She grudged the boy none of his new‐found pleasures, rejoiced indeed to see him interested and gay. Yet to watch the new broom, which sweeps so clean, is rarely exhilarating to those that have swept diligently with the old one. The nest had held her precious fledgling so safely till now, and this fluttering of wings, eager for flight, troubled her somewhat. Not only was Dickie's readiness to be away from her a trifle hard to bear; but she knew that disappointment, of a certainty, lay in wait for him, and that each effort towards wider action would but reveal to him how circumscribed his powers actually were.
Meanwhile, however, Richard enjoyed himself recklessly, almost feverishly, in the attempt to disprove the teaching of that ugly dream, and keep truth at bay. There had been further drives, and the excitement of witnessing a forest fire—only too frequent in the Brockhurst country when the sap is up, and the easterly wind and May sun have scorched all moisture from the page: 120 surface of the moorland. He and Mary had bumped over fir roots and scuttled down bridle‐paths in the pony‐carriage, to avoid the rush of flame and smoke; had skirmished round at a hand gallop, in search of recruits to reinforce Ormiston, and Iles, and a small army of beaters, battling against the blazing line that threatened destruction to the fir avenue. Now and again, with a mighty roar, which sent Dickie's heart into his mouth, great tongues of flame, clear as topaz and ruby in the steady sunshine, would leap upwards, converting a whole tall fir into a tree of fire, while the beaters running back, grimed with smoke and sweat, took a moment's breathing‐space in the open.
There had been more peaceful pastimes as well—several days' fishing, enchanting beyond the power of language to describe. The clear trout‐stream meandering through the rich water‐meadows; the herds of cattle standing knee‐deep in the grass, lazily chewing the cud and switching their tails at the cloud of flies; the birds and wild creatures haunting the streamside; the long dreamy hours of gentle sport, had opened up to Dickie a whole new world of romance. His donkey‐chair had been left at the yellow‐washed mill beneath the grove of silvery‐leaved, ever‐rustling, balsam poplars. And thence, while Ormiston and Mary sauntered slowly on ahead, the men—Winter in mufti, oblivious of plate‐cleaning and cellarage, and the onerous duties of his high estate, Stamp, the water‐bailiff, and Moorcock, one of the under‐keepers—had carried him across the great, green levels. Winter was an old and tried friend, and it was somewhat diverting to behold him in this novel aspect, affable and chatty with inferiors, displaying, moreover, unexpected knowledge in the mysteries of the angler's craft. The other two men—sharp‐featured, their faces ruddy as summer apples, merry‐eyed, clad in velveteen coats, that bulged about the pockets, and wrinkled leather gaiters reaching half‐way up the thigh—charmed Richard, when his first shyness was passed. They were eager to please him. Their talk was racy. Their laughter ready and sincere. Did not Stamp point out to him a water‐ouzel, with impudently jerking tail, dipping and wading in the shallows of the stream? Did not Moorcock find him a water‐rail's nest, hidden in a tuft of reeds and grass, with ten, yellowish, speckled eggs in it? And did not both men pluck him handfuls of cowslips, of tawny‐pink avens, and of mottled, snake‐headed fritillarias, and stow them away in the fishing‐baskets above the load of silver‐and‐red spotted trout?
Mary had protested Dickie could throw a fly, if he had a light enough rod. And not only did he throw a fly, but at the page: 121 fourth or fifth cast a fish rose, and he played it—with skirling reel and much advice and most complimentary excitement on the part of the whole good company—and brought it skilfully within range of Stamp's landing‐net. Never surely was trout spawned that begot such bliss in the heart of an angler! As, with panting sides and open gills, this three‐quarter‐pound treasure of treasures flopped about on the sunny stream bank all the hereditary instinct of sport spoke up clearly in Dickie. The boy—such is youthful masculine human nature—believed he understood at last why the world was made! At dressing‐time he had his sacred fish carried on a plate up to his room to show Clara; and, but for strong remonstrance on the part of that devoted handmaiden, would have kept it by his bedside all night, so as to assure himself at intervals, by sense of touch—let alone that of smell—of the adorable fact of its veritable existence.
But all this, inspiring though it was, served but as prelude to a more profoundly coveted acquaintance—that with the racing‐stable. For it was after this last that Dickie still supremely longed—the more so, it is to be feared, because it was, if not explicitly, yet implicitly forbidden. A spirit of defiance had entered into him. Being granted the inch, he was disposed to take the ell. And this, not in conscious opposition to his mother's will; but in protest, not uncourageous, against the limitations imposed on him by physical misfortune. The boy's blood was up, and consequently, with greater pluck than discretion, he struggled against the intimate, inalienable enemy that so marred his fate. And it was this not ignoble effort which culminated in disobedience.
For driving back one afternoon, later than usual,—Ormiston had met them, and Mary and he had taken a by‐path home through the woods,—the pony‐carriage, turned along the high level road beside the lake, going eastward, just as the string of racehorses, coming home from exercise, passed along it coming west. Richard was driving, Chaplin, the second coachman, sitting in the dickey at the back of the low carriage. He checked the pony, and his eyes took in the whole scene—the blue‐brown expanse of the lake dotted with water‐fowl, on the one hand, the immense, blue‐brown landscape on the other, ranging away to the faint line of the chalk downs in the south; the downward slope of the park, to the great square of red stable‐buildings in the hollow; the horses coming slowly towards him in single file. Cawing rooks streamed back from the fallow‐fields across the valley. Thrushes and blackbirds carolled. A wren, in the bramble‐brake close by, broke into sharp, sweet song. The page: 122 recurrent ring of an axe came from somewhere away in the fir plantations, and the strident rasping of a saw from the wood‐yard in the beech grove near the house.
Richard stared at that oncoming procession. Half‐way between him and the foremost of the horses the tan ride branched off, and wound down the hillside to the stables. The boy set his teeth. He arrived at a desperate decision—touched up the pony and drove on.
Chaplin leaned forward, addressing him over the back of the seat.
"Better wait here, hadn't we, Sir Richard? They'll turn off in a minute."
Richard did not look round. He tried to answer coldly, but his voice shook.
"I know. That's why I am going on."
There was a silence save for the cawing of the rooks, ring of the axe, and grinding of wheels on the gravel. Chaplin, responsible, correct, over five‐and‐thirty, and fully intending to succeed old Mr. Wenham, the head coachman, on the latter's impending retirement from active service, went very red in the face.
"Excuse me, but I have my orders, Sir Richard," he said.
Dickie still looked straight ahead.
"Very well," he answered, "then perhaps you'd better get out and walk on home."
"You know I'm bound not to leave you, sir," the man said.
Dickie laughed a little in uncontrollable excitement. He was close to them now. The leading horse was just moving off the main road, its shadow lying long across the turf. How was it possible to give way with the prize within reach?—"You can go or stay Chaplin, as you please. I mean to speak to Chifney. I—I mean to see the stables."
"It's as much as my place is worth, sir."
"Oh! bother your place!" the boy cried impetuously.—Dear heart alive, how fine they were as they filed by! That chestnut filly, clean made as a deer, her ears laid back as she reached at the bit; and the brown, just behind her—"I mean, I mean you needn't be afraid, Chaplin—I'll speak to her ladyship. I'll arrange all that. Go to the pony's head."
At the end of the long string of horses came the trainer—a square‐built, short‐necked man, sanguine complexioned and clean shaven. Of hair, indeed, Mr. Chifney could only boast a rim of carroty‐grey stubble under the rim of the back of his page: 123 hard hat. His right eye had suffered damage, and the pupil of it was white and viscous. His lips were straight and purplish in colour. He raised his hat and would have followed on down the slope, but Dickie called to him.
As he rode up an unwonted expression came over Mr. Chifney's shrewd, hard‐favoured face. He took off his hat and sat there, bare‐headed in the sunshine, looking down at the boy his hand on his hip.
"Good‐day, Sir Richard," he said. "Anything I can do for you?"
"Yes, yes," Dickie stammered, all his soul in his eyes, his cheeks aflame, "you can do just what I want most. Take me down, Chifney, and show me the horses."
Here Chaplin coughed discreetly behind his hand. But that proved of small avail, save possibly in the way of provocation. For, socially, between the racing and house stables was a great gulf fixed; and Mr. Chifney could hardly be expected to recognise the existence of a man in livery standing at a pony's head, still less to accept direction from such a person. Servants must be kept in their place—impudent, lazy enough lot anyhow, bless you! On his feet the trainer had been known to decline to moments of weakness. But in the saddle, a good horse under him, he possessed unlimited belief in his own judgment, fearing neither man, devil, nor even his own meek‐faced wife with lilac ribbons in her cap. Moreover, he felt such heart as he had go out strangely to the beautiful, eager boy gazing up at him.
"Nothing 'ud give me greater pleasure in life, Sir Richard," he said, "if you're free to come. We've waited a long time, a precious long time, sir, for you to come down and take a look at your horses."
"I'd have been to see them sooner. I'd have given anything to see them. I've never had the chance, somehow."
Chifney pursed up his lips, and surveyed the distant landscape with a very meaning glance. "I daresay not, Sir Richard. But better late than never, you know; and so, if you are free to come"—
Again Chaplin coughed.
"Free to come? Of course I am free to come," Dickie asserted, his pride touched to arrogance. And Mr. Chifney looked at him, an approving twinkle in his sound eye.
"I agree, Sir Richard. Quite right, sir, you're free, of course."
Stolen waters are sweet, says the proverb. And to Richard Calmady, his not wholly legitimate experience of the next hour page: 124 was sweet indeed. For there remains rich harvest of poetry in all sport worth the name, let squeamish and sentimental persons declaim against it as they may. Strength and endurance, disregard of suffering, have a permanent appeal and value, even in their coarsest manifestations. No doubt the noble gentlemen of the neighbourhood, who "lay at Brockhurst two nights" on the occasion of Sir Denzil's historic house‐warming, to witness the mighty bear‐baiting, were sensible of something more in that somewhat disgusting exhibition, than the mere gratification of brutal instincts, the mere savage relish for wounds and pain and blood. And to Sir Denzil's latest descendant the first sight of the training‐stable—as the pony‐carriage came to a standstill alongside the grass plot in the centre of the great, gravelled square—offered very definite and stirring poetry of a kind.
On three sides the quadrangle was shut in by one‐storied, brick buildings, the woodwork of doors and windows immaculate with white paint. Behind, over the wide archway,—closed fortress‐like by heavy doors at night,—were the head‐lad's and helpers' quarters. On either side, forge and weighing‐room, saddler's and doctor's shop. To right and left a range of stable doors, with round swing‐lights between each; and, above these, the windows of hay and straw lofts and of the boys' dormitories. In front were the dining‐rooms and kitchens, and the trainer's house—a square clock tower, carrying an ornate gilt vane, rising from the cluster of red roofs. Twenty years had weathered the raw of brick walls, and painted the tiling with all manner of orange and rusty‐coloured lichens; yet the whole place was admirably spick and span, free of litter. Many cats, as Dickie noted, meditated in sunny corners, or prowled in the open with truly official composure. Over all stretched a square of bluest sky, crossed by a skein of homeward‐wending rooks. While above the roofs, on either side the archway, the high‐lying lands of the park showed up, broken here and there by clumps of trees.
Mr. Chifney slipped out of the saddle.—"Here, boy, take my horse," he shouted to a little fellow hurrying across the yard. "I'm heartily glad to see you, Sir Richard," he went on. "Now, if you care, as your father's son can't very well be off caring, for horses"—
"If I care!" echoed Dickie, his eyes following the graceful, chestnut filly as she was led in over the threshold of her stable.
"I like that. That'll do. Chip of the old block after all," the trainer said, with evident relish. "Well then, since you do care for horses as you ought to, Sir Richard, we'll just make you page: 125 free of this establishment. About the most first‐class private establishment in England, sir, though I say it that have run the concern pretty well single‐handed for the best part of the last fifteen years—make you free of it right away, sir. And, look you, when you've got hold, don't you leave hold."
"No, I won't," Dickie said stoutly.
Mr. Chifney was in a condition of singular emotion, as he wrapped Richard's rug about him and bore him away into the stables. He even went so far as to swear a little under his breath; and Chifney was a very fairly clean‐mouthed man, unless members of his team of twenty and odd naughty boys got up to some devilry with their charges. He carried Richard as tenderly as could any woman, while he tramped from stall to stall, loose‐box to loose‐box, praising his racers, calling attention to their points, recounting past prowess, or prophesying future victories.
And the record was a fine one; for good luck had clung to the masterless stable, as Lady Calmady's bank‐books and ledgers could testify.
"Vinedresser, by Red Burgundy out of Valeria—won two races at the Newmarket Spring Meeting the year before last. Lamed himself somehow in the horse‐box coming back—did nothing for eighteen months—hope to enter him for some of the autumn events."—Then later:—"Sahara, by North African out of Sally‐in‐our‐Alley. Beautiful mare? I believe you, Sir Richard. Why she won the Oaks for you. Jack White was up. Pretty a race as ever I witnessed, and cleverly ridden. Like to go up to her in the stall? She's as quiet as a lamb. Catch hold of her head, boy."
And so Dick found himself seated on the edge of the manger, the trainer's arm round him, and the historic Sahara snuffing at his jacket pockets.
Then they crossed the quadrangle to inspect the colts and fillies, whose glories still lay ahead.
"Verdigris, by Copper King out of Valeria again. And if he doesn't make a name I'll never judge another horse, sir. Strain of the old Touchstone blood there. Rather ugly? Yes, they're often a bit ugly that lot, but devilish good 'uns to go. You ask Miss Cathcart about them. Never met a lady who'd as much knowledge as she has of a horse. The Baby, by Punch out of Lady Bountiful. Not much good, I'm afraid. No grip, you see, too contracted in the hoofs. Chloroform, by Sawbones out of sister to Castinette."
And so forth, an endless repetition of genealogies, comments, page: 126 anecdotes to which Dickie lent most attentive ear. He was keen to learn, his attention was on the stretch. He was in process of initiation, and every moment of the sacred rites came to him with power and value. Yet it must be owned that he found the lessening of the strain on his memory and attention not wholly unwelcome when Mr. Chifney, sitting beside him on the big, white‐painted corn‐bin opposite Diplomacy's loose‐box, began to tell him of the old times when he—a little fellow of eight to ten years of age—had been among the boys in his cousin, Sam Chifney's famous stable at Newmarket. Of the long, weary travelling, before the days of railways, when the horses were walked by highroad and country lane, ankle deep in mud, from Newmarket to Epsom; and after victory or defeat, walked by slow stages all the way home again. Of how, later, he had migrated to Doncaster; but, not liking the "Yorkshire tykes," had got taken on in some well‐known stables upon the Berkshire downs.
"And it was there, Sir Richard," he said, "I met your father, and we fancied each other from the first. And he asked me to come to him. These stables were just building then. And here I've been ever since."
Mr. Chifney stared down at the clean, red quarries of the stable floor, and tapped his neat gaiters with the switch he held in his hand.
"Rum places, racing‐stables," he went on, meditatively, "and a lot of rum things go on in 'em, one way and another, as you'll come to know. And it ain't the easiest thing going, I tell you, to keep your hands clean. Ungrateful business a trainer's, Sir Richard—wearing business—shortens a man's temper and makes him old before his time. Out by four o'clock on summer mornings, minding your cattle and keeping your eye on those shirking blackguards of boys. No real rest, sir, day or night. Wearing business—studying all the meetings and entering your horses where you've reason to reckon they've most chance. And if your horse wins, the jockey gets all the praise and the petting. And if it fails, the trainer gets all the blame. Yes, it's wearing work. But, confound it all, sir," he broke out hotly, "there's nothing like it on the face of God's earth. Horses—horses—horses—why the very smell of the bedding's sweeter than a bunch of roses. Love 'em? I believe you. And you'll love 'em too before you've done."
He turned and gripped Dickie hard by the shoulder.
"For we'll make a thorough‐paced sportsman of you yet, Sir Richard," he said, "God bless you—danged if we don't."page: 127
Which assertion Mr. Chifney repeated at frequent intervals over his grog that evening, as he sat, not in the smart dining‐room hung round with portraits of Vinedresser and Sahara and other equine notabilities, but in the snug, little, back parlour looking out on to the yard. Mrs. Chifney was a gentle, pious woman, with whom her husband's profession went somewhat against the grain. She would have preferred a nice grocery, or other respectable, uneventful business, in a country town, and dissipation in the form of prayer rather than of race‐meetings. But as a slender, slightly self‐righteous, young maiden she had fallen very honestly and completely in love with Tom Chifney. So there was nothing for it but to marry him and regard the horses as her appointed cross. She nursed the boys when they were sick or injured, intervened fairly successfully between their poor, little backs and her husband's all‐too‐ready ash stick; and assisted Julius March in promoting their spiritual welfare, even while deploring that the latter put his faith in forms and ceremonies rather than in saving grace. Upon the trainer himself she exercised a gently repressive influence.
"We won't swear, Mr. Chifney," she remarked mildly now.
"Swear! It's enough to make the whole bench of bishops swear to see that lad."
"I did see him," Mrs. Chifney observed.
"Yes, out of window. But you didn't carry him round, and hear him talk—knowledgeable talk as you could ask from one of his age. And watch his face—as like as two peas to his father's."
"But her ladyship's eyes," put in Mrs. Chifney.
"I don't know whose eyes they are, but I know he can use 'em. It was as pretty as a picture to see how he took it all."
Chifney tossed off the remainder of his tumbler of brandy and water at a gulp.
"Swear," he repeated, "I could find it in my heart to swear like hell. But I can find it in my heart to do more than that. I can forgive her ladyship. By all that's"—
"Thomas, forgiveness and oaths don't go suitably together."
"Well, but I can though, and I tell you, I do," he said solemnly. "I forgive her.—Shoot the Clown! by G—! I beg your pardon, Maria—but upon my soul, once or twice, when I had him in my arms to‐day, I felt I could have understood it if she'd had every horse shot that stood in the stable."
He held the tumbler up against the lamp. But it was quite empty.
"Uncommon glad she didn't though, poor lady, all the page: 128 same," he added, parenthetically, as he set it down on the table again.—"What do you say, Maria—about time we toddled off to bed?"


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Timor-Leste: Past, Present and Future
Monday, September 26, 2016
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Alger Hall 110
Rhode Island College
Networking Luncheon and Workshop: How to Connect to Success?
Friday, April 22, 2016
11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Student Union Ballroom
Rhode Island College
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Rodrigo Xavier: E agora, Brasil?
Thursday, April 28, 2016
12 p.m.
Rhode Island College
Department of Modern Languages
Craig-Lee Hall 231
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Fado Workshop
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Student Union Ballroom
Rhode Island College
Modern Languages Speaker Series: "Hidden and Forgotten Histories"
Dr. Claire Andrade-Watkins
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Faculty Center South Dining Room
Donovan Dining Center
Rhode Island College
Fado Workshop
Thursday, October 16th, 10:00 - 11:45 AM
Alger 110, Rhode Island College
Open to All
An Afternoon Film Journey to the Azores Islands
Film: Viagem Autonómica. April 23, 2014 with guest speaker: Mr. João Pacheco, Conselheiro das Comunidades Portuguesas.
Portuguese Conversation Hour
Português: Hora de Conversação
Come practice Portuguese in a relaxed setting. All levels of fluency! All topics of conversation!
Wednesdays 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Craig Lee 132 (Modern Languages Lounge)
Book Presentation
Book presentation: Kicking the Sky by Canadian Author Anthony de Sa
Meet the Author: Anthony de Sa. April 3, 2014
Adams Library, Fortes Room (4th floor)
Modern Languages Speaker Series
The Modern Languages Speaker Series at Rhode Island College and the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies present:
Dr. Kimberly DaCosta Holton (Rutgers University, Newark)
"A Nova Geração de Fadistas nos E.U.A."
February 20, 2014
Craig-Lee 228
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Placemaking in Action - Thursday, November 14
One day of poetry performance and conversation at Rhode Island College featuring Portuguese-American poets
Placemaking and Poetry
Alger 110
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Poetry and Nourishment
Craig-Lee 104
2:00to 4:00 p.m.
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- RIC welcomes the President of the Republic Cape Verde - http://www.ric.edu/news/details.php?News_ID=1915
The Modern Languages Speaker Series at Rhode Island College Presents:
Dr. Fernando Arenas (University of Michigan): "Africans and Afro-descendants in Portugal: Continuity and Ruptures from Late Medieval to Postcolonial Times"
November 8, 2012
2:00-4:00 pm
Modern Languages Lab Lounge
This lecture is part of a larger ongoing study of the cultural production related to sub-Saharan African immigrants and their descendants in contemporary Portugal. In this study, I investigate how this production reflects the changing Portuguese nation, where the boundaries between postcolonial Portugal and its former African colonies, as well as the notions of what constitutes "being African" or "being European," are being redefined. I wish to critically probe ideologies of exceptionalism such as Lusotropicalism, based on the notion of a benign and miscegenating Portuguese colonizer that have shaped the Portuguese empire and overdetermined in paradoxical and contradictory ways postcolonial Portugal. This dynamic is most apparent vis-à-vis the phenomenon of African migration, along with the ensuing emergence and growth of Afro-diasporic populations and identities, where marginalization, discrimination, and lack of citizenship have prevailed. By the same token, I aim at bringing attention to economic shifts in the power relations between Portugal and its former African colonies, especially Angola, with important geopolitical and social consequences for both countries.
Fernando Arenas is Professor of Lusophone Studies at the University of Michigan with a dual appointment in the departments of Afro-American and African Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures. His work centers on cultural expressions such as literature, film, and popular music, which he studies through an interdisciplinary and theoretical prism centering on the dyad of post-colonialism and globalization. He received his Ph.D at the University of California, Berkeley in 1994 and taught for 16 years in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Utopias of Otherness: Nationhood and Subjectivity in Portugal and Brazil (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) and co-editor together with Susan C. Quinlan of Lusosex: Gender and Sexuality in the Portuguese-Speaking World (University of Minnesota Press, 2002). He has been a visiting professor at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro) and at Harvard University. In 2005-06 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the completion of the book manuscript, Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence (University of Minnesota Press, 2011).
This lecture is sponsored by the College Committee on College Lectures and is open to the community. For questions, please contact Dr. Sílvia Oliveira at (401)456-8748 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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By M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
With two notable exceptions – "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" – most attempts to take the "Star Trek" TV franchise to the big screen have been mediocre at best.
But director J.J. Abrams and his team are two for two with the series reboot that began in 2009 with "Star Trek" and continues with "Star Trek Into Darkness."
For the uninitiated, the 2009 film introduced a time anomaly that allows the new series to start over without strict adherence to past "Star Trek" plots. The storytelling universe is wide open, but the filmmakers refuse to make a wholesale break.
"Into Darkness" is a clever tale that takes themes and characters from past "Star Trek" productions and delivers a fresh experience. Most fans probably know the big secret surrounding English actor Benedict Cumberbatch's character, but you won't read about it here. I'll only say the twist is just shy of brilliant.
Kirk (Chris Pine), Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the crew of the USS Enterprise are faced with a terrorist enemy, who doesn't care about collateral damage. Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) sends the Enterprise on a revenge mission with a payload of secret missiles, which are clearly meant to remind viewers of the drones the U.S. has used in its fight against terrorists.
An already dangerous mission becomes more complicated, as Kirk and his team deal with the terrorist and other surprises.
The heart of the film is the growing friendship between Kirk and Spock, but Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Bones (Karl Urban), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Sulu (John Cho) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) have their own story arcs.
Abrams knows how to share the wealth with his actors. That helps explain how he and his team are two for two when it comes to making outstanding "Star Trek" movies.
"Into Darkness" is an action film, but it's more precise to describe it as a story about humans who cope with adrenaline-filled situations in ways that reveal character.
I give "Star Trek Into Darkness" an A.
It's showing at Malcos in Tupelo, Oxford, Corinth and Columbus, as well as Hollywood Premier Cinemas in Starkville and Movie Reel 4 in New Albany.
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