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Okay, so first of all: I'm Sorry. I know, I know. These are the Worst Photos Ever. But here's the thing. I would like nothing better than to spend all my time making beautiful, photogenic desserts, and taking photos of them with various gorgeous props, from several angles, under ideal light conditions. While sipping a glass of Dom Perignon, and laughing gaily at the incredibly witty remarks being made by the terribly efficient person who is cleaning my house. For free.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, I actually put the finishing touches on this cheesecake five minutes before leaving the house to take it to a friend's house for dinner, after having spent all afternoon at my daughter's friend's sixth birthday party, after having spent all morning making a stuffed elephant for said daughter's friend's present. Yeah.... Gorgeous, well-thought-out photography is not something I often get a chance to do, especially for what I like to call "right-now" desserts. Cookies I can keep for a few days until I have a chance to take a few snaps of them. Cheesecakes not so much.
So anyway. When The Hungry Australian announced the theme of this month's Sweet Adventures Blog Hop - "Berry Nice To Meet You!" - I was thrilled. I love berries, and I especially love raspberries. Plus I'd been wanting to make a cheesecake for ages. There are an awful lot of raspberry cheesecake recipes about, but strangely enough, I find that most of them are actually plain cheesecake recipes with a raspberry puree swirl. And there's nothing at all wrong with that, but it just wasn't what I had envisioned. I wanted my cheesecake to have a dark chocolate base, a contrasting pretty pink filling, and a sweet raspberry tang all the way through. And it did!
370g plain chocolate-flavoured biscuits (eg Chocolate Ripple)
120g butter, melted
3 teaspoons powdered gelatine
60mL water
500g cream cheese
1/3 cup caster sugar
300mL cream
1 tsp icing sugar
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp powdered gelatine
First, line a 20cm diameter springform cake tin with plastic wrap (this makes it easier to get out later).
To make the base: Process the biscuits in a food processor until fine crumbs. Add the melted butter and blitz again briefly until combined. Press the mixture onto the base and sides of the prepared tin, and refrigerate one hour.
To make the filling: Heat the 2 cups of raspberries in a saucepan until they boil, then press them through a sieve to remove all the seeds. Set aside. Mix the gelatine into the water in a heatproof cup or bowl. Stir over a small saucepan over simmering water until the gelatine has dissolved. Let it cool for a minute or two and then stir in 3/4 cup of the raspberry puree.
Beat the cream cheese and caster sugar in an electric mixer until soft and smooth. Beat in the cream, then stir in the raspberry mixture. Pour filling into the crumb base and refrigerate overnight.
To make the topping: Pick over your raspberries, and set the best ones aside (about half of them). Heat the remaining raspberries with the icing sugar, then sieve them to remove the seeds. Mix the water and gelatine as was done for the filling. When dissolved, cool slightly and mix into the raspberry puree (you will probably only get about 1/4 cup). Pile the photogenic raspberries onto the top of your cheesecake, and pour the gelatine-y puree over the top. This step may be done just before serving (in which case the puree will behave a bit like a sauce), or ahead of time (in which case you will pop the cheesecake back in the fridge and the raspberry puree will set into a jelly. This also "glues" the pretty raspberries to the top, which is useful if you are transporting it to someone's house for dessert).
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Some photographs of me donating blood. The first is, I think, an Asian rock pool mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus; formerly known as Aedes japonicus japonicus). The second is an Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Introduced to New Jersey in 1998 and Texas in 1985, respectively. Both photographs were taken in Pennsylvania.
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Mutant milkweeds
Below are some photographs of strange growths on a patch of Asclepias syriaca I visited several weeks ago. From the few publications I've found, enations can be caused by viruses (Geminiviridae, Luteoviridae, etc.), and thus could be transmitted to nearby individuals via insect vectors or by the connected roots (milkweeds are clonal). Could be a genetic mutation, too, I suppose — could be spread by seed or via clonal growth. Anyone seen this before?
Photographed at Hildacy Farm Preserve in Media, PA.
Antibiotic confusion in the Wall Street Journal
If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know I have a thing against antibiotics. I love to take them when I have a bacterial infection, but I think it's a terrible synonym for 'antibacterial', an older word that doesn't mislead people into thinking the drug can work against viruses and other microorganisms. The problem with "antibiotic" is that people (as in "folks" who are not scientists, doctors, and science journalists) typically assume that they can treat non-bacterial infections, and this encourages people to demand antibiotics for anything that ails them. Part of this confusion is from the word itself (it sounds like it should work against all types of microorganisms). In addition to it sounding like it should be broad drug that can kill all things living, many dictionaries actually suggest exactly that, and that's actually what the word used to mean. Unfortunately (and this seems to be the bigger problem), scientists, doctors, and science journalists don't think "antibiotic" is at all confusing to lay people.
So last week I begged Ben Zimmer (Wall Street Journal) on Twitter to explore the origin of the word "antibiotic", with the hope that people (folks and otherwise) would listen to him. Here's his column: A Cure for 'Antibiotic' Confusion? It's short and sweet, so just read it, but here's my favorite sentence:
In current usage, "antibiotic" is roughly synonymous with "antibacterial," though technically speaking antibiotics can act on microbes other than bacteria. [italics mine]
Two comments about the column.
First, I wish the article had explored just how common the confusion is. It's not just that some people are confused. I think most people are confused. Again, I'm talking about "folks", not the overeducated people who might be reading this nerdy blog post. But to be honest, some of the overeducated people I've talked to don't understand antibiotic specificity, either. Because terrible word.
Second, Zimmer asked two people whether "antibacterial" could ever float as a substitute for "antibiotic". They answered that it couldn't because (essentially) the disinfectant lobby would object. That's an odd reason because just as antibacterial wipes kill bacteria, antibacterial drugs kill bacteria. That's because they both contain antibacterials, though the sources might differ. Zero conflict. Similarly, disinfectants and pills can contain antivirals. Or antifungals. And if there really was a conflict, I think the original use of antibacterial should trump the wipe lobby. Regardless, some scientists and physicians are already using "antibacterial" as synonym for antibiotic, so it's not like there isn't a precedent; it's just too rare that they are doing so.
The issue is more that it's hard for older people to avoid a word they have been happily using for their entire life. Good examples are "life preserver" (now "personal floatation device") and suntan lotion (now "sunscreen" or "sunblock"), words that will probably only fully die when we do. But if properly motivated, people can make switches much faster. Two good examples are demonstrated by the employees of BackRub.com and Beaver College, now Google and Arcadia University, respectively. So I think a bunch of PhDs and MDs can summon the mental power to say "antibacterial" when speaking with impressionable patients or when designing outreach graphics. But they'll only do so if some higher power (CDC, WHO) makes it clear that doing so might reduce overprescription of antibiotics. Even if using "antibacterial" would only reduce overprescription by 5%, the change would be worth doing.
I'm not suggesting that we stop using the word, "antibiotic". The word is totally fine for conferences, publications, and situations where the context is clear or when there is plenty of time to clarify that they are antibacterials. The word is also invaluable when socializing with people from the powerful wipes lobby.
Thanks, Ben Zimmer!
Here are my previous posts on the topic, if you're interested. If you conduct "science literacy" polls, you should read them. The reason is that asking something like, "Will antibiotics treat colds?" is a terrible question. You should be asking, "Do antibacterials kill viruses". That will assess the science literacy more directly. Sticking with the old question just demonstrates that pollsters are unfamiliar with what "antibiotic" actually means.

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NEW MILFORD -- State Department of Environmental Protection officials met Wednesday with an often hostile group of 25 residents from the five towns surrounding Candlewood Lake.
The informal information-gathering meeting at New Milford High School was held to allow the DEP to get residents' input on a draft regulation limiting the length of boats on the lake.
But it often degenerated into angry discourse about lake residents' dissatisfaction with the law passed by the Legislature in May, requiring boat lengths to be under 26 feet.
Jim Markay, president of Club A on the lake, said, "Limiting the size of boats is not the answer.
"The problem on the lake now is wakes. A 16-foot boat going at 3 knots can cause more wake than a 45-foot pontoon boat," Markay said. "A lot of the 100 boats on the lake over 26 feet are pontoon boats."
DEP officials at the meeting said the time for expressing dissatisfaction with the legislation has passed. They were under mandate to write the regulation.
"We have no choice in the matter," said Timothy Delgado, a DEP analyst on boating. "The DEP is required by law to propose a regulation regarding vessel length."
Delgado said the DEP is trying to create the best regulation it can -- one that is fair to lake users while meeting the letter of the law.
While the draft regulation limits the length of vessels allowed on the lake, it grandfathers the current fleet of boats that exceed this length and have been primarily used on Candlewood for the life of the boats.
Delgado explained the length of a boat will be determined by its registration document, on record with either the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles or another state's registering agency.Read more at http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Candlewood-Lake-boat-length-regulation-sparks-719158.php
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When Great Britain make their return to the World Group against the USA between January 31 and February 2 next year, the ties will be played on Clay - tournament organisers have announced.
The venue in San Diego, will be Petco Park, a ground used for baseball and is the home of the San Diego Padres.
A court will be created in the outfield of the pitch and a temporary stand built around it, with the capacity to hold around 8,000 people.
It will be the first time ever that a home American tie has been played in an open-air US Baseball stadium and the first time since 1992 that they have elected to play a home tie on clay.
Great Britain will be looking to make a winning return to the World Group and relinquish the demons of their last outing at this level which saw a hammering at the hands of Argentina, 4-1, in 2008.
America have always been a 'bogey' team for Great Britain in the Davis Cup though, as America have won all four of their last ties against them, with Britain's last win coming in 1935.
The surface could play a huge part in proceedings, as it is well documented that Andy Murray doesn't experience the same success on clay as on other surfaces.
However, in the play-off win over Croatia to re-enter the world group, Murray was sensational on clay and inspired the side to a famous victory.
Furthermore, with John Isner and Sam Querrey very likely to head up the American team, it could be a huge disadvantage, as Isner's serve is his main weapon, which will be slowed by the clay, not giving him the edge that a hard court would for instance.
It therefore appears that Great Britain have a realistic chance of success against the American side that is likely to be comprised also of the Bryan brothers.
It could all hinge on the race for Murray to bit fit in time, as recovery from a back operation could see him miss the Australian Open and quite possibly not be fit to compete in Britain's crucial Davis Cup tie.
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Traveling Luck for Upper Land Cayman Islands (general), Cayman Islands
The timezone in Upper Land is America/Cayman
Morning Sunrise at 06:49 and Evening Sunset at 18:28. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 19.3500°, Longitude. -81.3833°
Morning Sunrise at 06:49 and Evening Sunset at 18:28. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 19.3500°, Longitude. -81.3833°
Weather near Upper Land Last report from Owen Roberts Airportgrand Cayman, 10.3km awayTemperature: 27°C / 81°F
Wind: 12.7km/h East
Cloud: Few at 1800ft
Satellite map of Upper Land and it's surroudings...
Geographic features & Photographs around Upper Land in Cayman Islands (general), Cayman Islands
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Upper Land (0km)
- Botabano (5.5km)
- Coral Gables (5.9km)
- West Bay (5.9km)
- Vicksville (5.9km)
- Battle Ground (6.1km)
- Dusty Place (6.1km)
- Birch Tree Hill (6.1km)
- Mount Pleasant (6.1km)
- Water Ground (6.1km)
- The Common (6.1km)
- Hell (7.6km)
- Town Hall Crescent (7.6km)
- Old Stores (8.7km)
- Breezy Castle (8.7km)
- Whitehall Estate (8.7km)
- Omega Gardens (11.4km)
- Red Bay Estate (12.2km)
- Tropical Gardens (12.2km)
point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Dolphin Point (3.8km)
- Long Point (3.8km)
- Timms Point (3.8km)
- Welch Point (3.8km)
- North West Point (5.9km)
- Palmetto Point (6.1km)
- Head of Barkers (6.1km)
- Low Point (6.1km)
- Boatswain Point (7.6km)
- Double Head (8.2km)
- Conch Point (8.2km)
- Jackson Point (11.3km)
bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- West Bay (2.6km)
- Boatswain Bay (7.6km)
- Hog Sty Bay (8.3km)
- Spanish Bay (8.7km)
- Crawl Bay (12.2km)
lake a large inland body of standing water.
- Jacksons Pond (2.8km)
- Vulgunners Pond (5.5km)
- Sea Pond (8.2km)
Accommodation around Upper Land
The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa PO Box 30620, Seven Mile Beach
Sunshine Suites Resort 1465 Esterley Tibbetts, Seven Mile Beach
inlet a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water.
- Salt Creek (0km)
- Little Salt Creek (2.8km)
rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.
- Flat Rocks (7.6km)
- Eden Rocks (11.3km)
section of populated place a neighborhood or part of a larger town or city.
rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.
- Sanders Rock (6.1km)
- Fisherman's Rock (8.3km)
anchorage an area where vessels may anchor.
- West Bay Anchorage (5.9km)
populated locality an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings.
- Half Way Pond (11.3km)
airport a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Owen Roberts International Airport (12.2km)
island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Vidal Cay (7.6km)
harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.
- Morgans Harbour (3.8km)
cove(s) a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay.
- Miss Eden Bay (8.3km)
peninsula an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water.
- Barkers (6.1km)
meteorological station a station at which weather elements are recorded.
- Grand Cayman City (8.7km)
lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.
- North Sound (8.3km)
beach a shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves.
- Seven Mile Beach (0km)
marine channel that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable.
- Big Channel (6.1km)
channel the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.
- Main Channel (7.6km)
capital of a political entity the capital of the country or state.
- George Town (8.3km)
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Governors Creek (0km)
Wikipedia entries close to Upper Land
- Owen Roberts International Airport airport airport
- George Town (Kaimaninseln) city i city
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Reuters has reported that the European Union has set a deadline of 2015 for its 14 member states with nuclear power industries -- comprising a total of 143 atomic reactors -- to come up with plans for "deep geologic disposal" sites for burial of their high-level radioactive wastes. However, the EU admits it will take as long as 40 years to construct those repositories. Deutsche Welle also reported on this story, including on the loophole in the new EU directive that will still allow high-level radioactive waste exports to foreign countries for reprocessing, so long as those countries also have deep geologic repositories.


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Red Velvet Coffee
Coffee carts (permanent) in key inner city brisbane venues such as Fortitude Valley, West End etc
Located in very trendy suburbs with lots of potential competition—needs to stand out -- in elegant way!
Catering for the coffee lovers in office buildings in the area
As well as coffee, will have pre-made, quality sandwiches and snacks (such as cupcakes for sale)
Contemporary, Modern, Edgy feel -- think Melbourne coffee but sunnier!
Outdoor carts in beautiful sub-tropical weather
As reference only-- the name 'red velvet' refers to 'Red Velvet Cupcakes' are New York Style cupcakes -- see magnolia cupcakes website for reference -- NOTE: Red Velvet Coffee is inspired by this name and should not be referenced back to cupcakes at all.
Beautiful coffee, trendy locations, fantastic service
Mostly takeaway but some seating available for casual 'meetings'
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Those who like getting out of the office for a good coffee and fresh air
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Not Saturn. Jupiter. Yes, Jupiter has rings. Did we just blow your mind?
It's surprising how few people know about the ring system of our solar system's largest planet. Then again, spotting the Jovian ring system from Earth is next to impossible; in fact, it wasn't until 1979, when Voyager I returned some of its first images of the gas giant, that anyone even knew it existed.
Since then, astronomers have used data from NASA's Galileo satellite to determine that the planet's faint, circumscribing bands likely formed in the aftermath of impact events on its surrounding moons. The resulting rings are certainly less conspicuous than those of its neighbor Saturn, but I'd argue they're just as beautiful when viewed in the right light. Here, the ring system appears dramatically as Jupiter passes between the Sun and the Galileo spacecraft. Be sure to check it out in hi-res; breathtaking doesn't begin to describe it.


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
|Dev: Omega Force
|Pub: Tecmo Koei
|Release: July 16, 2013
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Alcohol Reference, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence
This carbon-copy mission format unfortunately tends to make Dynasty Warriors 8 slog quite frequently. You'll play three missions, get tired of button mashing your way through the same objectives over and over again, and then put the game down. However, the sheer flashiness of the game never lets you put it down for long. Give it a couple hours and you'll be drooling at the prospect of stabbing everyone in China, only to pick up your controller, play three missions, and put it down once again.
The Story mode of the game is broken up into historical campaigns and what-if scenarios. Granted, "historical" is kind of a debatable term in the anime-esque Dynasty Warriors world, but I digress. Dynasty Warriors 8's Story mode hasn't really changed much from 7's. You'll be given several different missions across four campaigns that have to be undertaken with a variety of different characters, which level up and gain new gear as they complete the missions they are given. The basic pattern of complete a mission, see a little bit of story, and completing another mission returns, and it's about as compelling as it was before. The biggest thrill here is the search for hidden objectives that open up the what-if stages, and the Free mode, which allows you to grind for items and experience on stages you have already completed.
However, it's the Ambition mode that is easily the coolest new mode in Dynasty Warriors 8. Your goal is to impress the Emperor with your awesome military palace. You'll start with little more than a weapon shop, and you'll have to fight in skirmishes in order to find new materials and items to upgrade your base of operations. Defeating enemy officers in battle allows you to recruit them, which not only allows you to take them into battle, but also makes your palace grow. You'll also have to go on raids to increase your fame, which will make it more likely that the Emperor will take notice and visit you. This mode is kind of like a stripped down version of Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends, something more akin to an RPG or a sim game than a hack-and-slash action game, and it works. It's incredibly addictive, far more so than the simple story mode, and it will likely be where you spend most of your time.
Dynasty Warriors 8 is a simple, solid title that does the Dynasty Warriors franchise proud. It's not really reinventing the wheel, nor is it trying to cater to fans outside of its small demographic. It just wants to be the best button-mashy, Chinese-soldier murder simulator it can be, and in that, it succeeds. If you are a fan of the Dynasty Warriors franchise, definitely consider picking Dynasty Warriors 8 up.
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I believe you ought to start with Help:Contents if you are going to welcome users with it ;). Maybe you should link make links to the main page or move the FAQ here.
BTW, Why does andLinux use HDD so much (4GB seems to be not enough to start it)? Would it help if would change the amount of RAM used for andLinux?
Oh, could you consider changing andLinux:Copyrights to dual-licence GFDL and CC-BY-SA?
Nux 13:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, from me too.
I'd like to see a page where we can add questions and see answers added too, so that it evolves into a FAQ. Can I add such a page, or is there any special policy what is expected from the users of the wiki what they are allowed to do and what is not wanted?
My expierience with andLinux (which I just installed in the RC6 KDE version on my Vista 32 bit Sony Notebook, as a service, using a file share/samba) is that it installs nicely and also starts well (both your part, it seems). I also see the little K-Menu button near the clock at the right bottom and when I click on it, I can see the menu.
However, whichever menu item I click, I get an error message that it can't connect to 192.168.11.150:81 (Same when I direct start start the exe files in c:\Program Files\andLinux\Launcher ). I opened port 81 in my (standard vista) firewall but that did not help. I additionaly also excluded TAP-Colinux from the firewall - Vista warned against it- but again this did not help. I even disabled the vista Firewall completly. Again it did not help. So the problem seems not to be a firewall issue.
Instead, when I issue a "ipfonfig /all" on the windows cmd line, I see all kind of ipadresses (including 4 "tunel adapter" 6, 9, 18 and 20, which were not present before teh instalation of addlinux, I think), but none of these are in the 192.168.11.* range (2 are in the 192.168.172.* range). So this looks to me as if the ipadress 192.168.11.150, to which addLinux wants to connect, is simply not present on my notebook. But the addLinux services are running in the background.
Update (19:24): The problem has been solved after I rebooted another time (I had already rebooted teh computer once after the update before). Now I see with "ipconfig /all" the "TAP-Win32 Adapter V8 (coLinux)" at 192.168.11.1 and so now I can start applications from teh little K-Menu near the clock without error messages. Great work! (When I first read about it in the current ct magazine, I thought it might be a candidate for the april joke article).
Something different: the current k-menu only offers a small percentage of the applications installed in the addlinux kde distrubution (however some of the most important ones). Is there a possibility to add more applications also with submenus? Related to this: where in the filesysten is the linux fileystem? Could one add applications from that Linux file system by adding them to Launcher/menu.txt ? (Is there somewhere a documentation for addlinux that answers such questions, beside the few items on the addlinx pages and the - new and therfor nearly empty - wiki?).
[Feel free to move this to a better suited page] Kai 16:17, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I finally did it to here! thanks for your help. As suggested above, I would consider changing the copyrights to GFDL + CC, because the GFDL had not been made for online content originally. --Mathieu Perrin 15:30, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, this indeed makes sense. I've extended the andLinux:Copyrights accordingly. --Joachim 11:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)


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Whenever I am in a new country/city, I like to try different types of food, drinks and sweets (but mainly sweets) but I guess that is what each and everyone of us is tempted to do, so during my stay here I indulged myself with all sorts of delicacies - see pictures below (and try not too drool) after which I feel satisfied for a whole...month, perhaps.
I could do this every day, maybe I should've chosen a profession in the field of Gastronomy, I am such a fond of dainties!
Ice-cream and delightful frappes..
Cocktails so good you could drink them like water, and then you'll see double, haha.
And coconut flavored cakes - my favorite!
The one in the background was with chocolate and orange flavor
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2009 Media Releases
The Lincoln Commission on Human Rights (LCHR) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have launched new Web sites providing information on civil rights issues in a variety of languages.
At lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: rights), LCHR has anti-discrimination and informational brochures available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Arabic.
HUD's Limited English Proficiency Web site provides free information in English and 12 different languages: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese.
"Our new Web site gives us a more cost-effective way to share information and updates with Lincoln's diverse and growing community," said Larry Williams, LCHR Executive Director and City Equal Opportunity Officer. "An attractive and helpful Web site is just one more way that LCHR remains accountable to the people of Lincoln."
"Not only does the new Web site make our process more efficient, but it is also empowering," said Margie Kniep, an LCHR civil rights investigator. "The best part of using these technologies and media in the area of civil rights is the ability to further empower the people of Lincoln."
LCHR is the primary City agency responsible for the resolution of discrimination complaints brought by individuals and serves as the civil rights law enforcement agency for Lincoln. The Commission also provides diversity education, conducts outreach, and offers technical assistance in order to foster more inclusive community relations.


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The AH- 1 metal fragment was well packaged and I can't believe that it is lost. I did not forget to include the fragment. I can assure you it was in the small round box, directly on the top in plain sight in the box.
This UFO evidence stuff is an interesting game to play. Seems to be a great deal like cat and mouse, cloak and dagger and chess all wrapped in one.
I hate to say this but I was warned and should have never trusted sending an
alloy fragment to anyone, universities, or private labs I should have hand delivered it to the SIMS lab. So its my word against everyone else's; and its my fault. The stupid mistake I make will not happen again.
The metal fragment was in the round plastic box. The round plastic container has a small metal fragment about 1.5 x 2 mm in size. It was directly on top of the black material and visible just about dead center through the plastic top. The plastic container was wrapped in a small amount of bubble wrap and taped at both ends and placed in small brown padded envelope which was also taped and stapled at the top; this was placed in a Fed-EX mailer. Very static sensitive as I mentioned in the note in the package. There was no standard because it takes weeks to get those from ALCOA.
No other fragments will be sent to anyone. All specimens will be delivered by me, under private armed guard if needed, every step of the analysis will be supervised by me and a trusted scientist or individual.


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OKANOGAN One of Okanogan County's murder defendants is undergoing a mental evaluation at Eastern State Hospital and another remains under medical care at the Airway Heights Corrections Center.
Trials for both men have been postponed.
Don Arthur Moore, 65, is at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake.
The Riverside resident was charged April 24 in Okanogan County Superior Court with first-degree murder in the April 20 shooting and stabbing death of Bruce R. Molony.
A review hearing was planned for Nov. 12.
An Oct. 1 trial date was stricken earlier.
Don Moore called the Sheriff's Office at 4:13 p.m. April 20 to report the incident. He reported he had been stabbed and that the person who stabbed him was dead after being shot and stabbed.
He was arrested at Molony's home on Foggy River Loop Road near Riverside and booked into the county jail. Bail was set at $1 million.
Moore had previously reported several items missing from his home at 30007 U.S. Highway 97, Riverside, and that he suspected Molony of taking them.
He later allegedly discovered a clutch missing from a truck and confronted Molony, who allegedly came after Moore with a knife, court documents show.
Moore allegedly responded by pulling out a .22-caliber pistol. Molony was shot eight times and stabbed eight times, an initial autopsy report showed.
The suspect was treated at Mid-Valley Hospital and then taken to jail. He later was sent to Medical Lake for an evaluation.
In an unrelated case, Ronald Eugene Moore, 31, is recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in March as the county Special Response Team attempted to rescue Ronald Moore's father, Raymond E. Moore, 62, from their rural Okanogan home.
The Special Response Team found Raymond Moore dead. Ronald Moore allegedly pointed a gun at deputies.
Ronald Moore was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center and later transferred to the Airway Heights facility.
He was charged March 26 with murder, theft of a firearm, two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
Bail was set at $1 million.
Ronald Moore's first-degree murder trial had been scheduled for late October, but has been moved to March 4, 2014.
In a third death-related case involving a defendant with the last name of Moore, Omak resident Michael Martin Moore, 30, pleaded guilty Sept. 6 to vehicular homicide in the April 28 death of a passenger in a vehicle Michael Moore was driving.
Ryan L. Porter, 21, Omak, died in the crash on Rodeo Trail Road.
Michael Moore was sentenced to 41 months in prison.
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Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday weight gain season for many of us, and the best way to help us curb those nasty food cravings is a vigorous exercise routine. Research has shown that if you exercise vigorously to moderately for forty five minutes first thing in the morning you can actually curb the desire for excess food throughout the day. So, the best thing to do is try to fit your fitness routine in early in the morning before your schedule gets too hectic, and you will reap the best benefits too.
Most of us celebrate the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the holiday season. It is the day when everyone goes out in search of the best deals for Christmas. We could all use the extra exercise after our big turkey dinners, so why not take advantage of the time we spend shopping as a great way to fit in some well deserved physical activity. You can use a pedometer to help keep track of how much you walk from one store to another, and instead of getting angry or frustrated when you can not find a close parking spot use it to your advantage. You can watch your pedometer throughout the day and feel happy that you are working on your fitness goals during a time when it is hard to stay focused on them.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Given his checkered record so far, investors could be forgiven for thinking that Brazil's quiet, bespectacled central bank chief Alexandre Tombini is a pushover on inflation.
Since Tombini took the job in early 2011, annual inflation has often hovered above 6 percent, dangerously close to the top of the bank's target range. An unexpected spurt in prices this year scared consumers, smothered the economy and contributed to a wave of massive protests against President Dilma Rousseff's government.
The price instability, particularly sensitive in a country still haunted by 2,500 percent hyperinflation in the 1990s, led to whispers among investors that Tombini was too weak to get the problem under control - or worse - that he allowed Rousseff to pressure him into a 14-month campaign of rate cuts that many say has backfired and undermined the bank's credibility.
But those who know Tombini well - a small group, given his private nature - told Reuters they see the story differently. They say the central bank chief is likely to be more hawkish than most people think, and that he will do whatever he believes necessary in the coming months to recover the confidence of consumers and investors.
They say the recent setbacks resulted not from weakness, but from a kind of betrayal by other parts of the government including the finance ministry, which had tacitly agreed to control spending so that Tombini could keep interest rates low.
Once Tombini realized the pact had been broken - too late, some critics say - the 49-year-old career government technocrat pivoted to the orthodox training he learned two decades ago at the University of Illinois. Tombini started raising interest rates at a rapid pace in April, even as the Brazilian economy remained stuck in a two-year-long rut.
"I believe Tombini realized this: 'I have no help from the fiscal sector, so I'll fulfill my mission (myself)'," said Antonio Delfim Netto, a former finance minister in the 1960s and 70s who retains significant influence with Rousseff and senior members of her economic team.
"I have no doubt he will raise interest rates as much as he sees fit to bring inflation expectations back to 4.5 percent," the midpoint of the bank's price target range, Netto said.
That will be a big task. Consumer prices rose 6.27 percent in the 12 months through July. Although economists on average forecast the annual number will come down a bit to 5.74 percent by the end of 2013, they expect little relief next year, with inflation remaining at 5.8 percent.
Next week's rate-setting meeting will reveal a lot about Tombini's strategy to try to regain the market's confidence. Most analysts expect the central bank to raise its benchmark Selic rate, now at 8.5 percent, by half a percentage point.
However, recent turmoil in Brazilian financial markets - including a 5 percent selloff in the currency in the last week - has fed some bets that Tombini and his board could be even more aggressive, and raise the Selic by 75 basis points.
Tombini declined repeated requests to be interviewed for this story. A spokesman for Finance Minister Guido Mantega declined to comment as well.
Tombini's fortunes have to some extent mirrored Brazil's abrupt fall from grace among global investors during the past two and a half years.
When Rousseff nominated him to the post in 2010, Latin America's biggest economy was in the midst of a boom that would see it grow 7.5 percent that year, seemingly cementing its reputation as a dynamo in the mold of India or China.
Tombini was seen as a discreet career technocrat at the central bank who would be a safe guardian of Brazil's financial stability, forged at great pains since the chaos of the 1990s.
While little was known about Tombini personally, apart from the fact he - like almost all Brazilians - loves soccer, his relative blandness was also seen as a plus in a country with a long history of colorful, but ineffective public figures.
Even former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, one of the most prominent voices of Brazil's opposition, praised Rousseff's choice and remembered Tombini had been instrumental in designing an inflation-targeting plan in his own government in 1999. "I remember he helped us with a lot of problems," Cardoso said at the time.
However, it has been downhill ever since. The economy hasn't grown above 3 percent since 2010, and is now expected to expand just 2.2 percent this year and 2.5 percent in 2014.
Inflation expectations remain stubbornly above 5.5 percent for the foreseeable future, according to the average forecasts of private economists polled by the central bank.
"They did a very, very bad job since 2011 and they let inflation expectations become un-anchored. I think this has had a very negative impact on actual inflation," said Tony Volpon, head of emerging markets research for Nomura Securities.
While the slow global economy has played a role in Brazil's troubles, economists agree that many of its problems have been self-inflicted. And perhaps none of the decisions have been quite as controversial, or enshrouded in mystery, as the management of interest rates in the past two years.
What is known for sure is this: Starting in August 2011, Tombini unexpectedly began slashing the Selic, taking it from 12.50 percent to a record low of 7.25 percent by October, 2012.
The rate cutting was welcomed by most people in Brazil, which despite the economic successes of the 2000s continued to have some of the world's highest interest rates, due to the legacy from the hyperinflationary years.
In speeches, Rousseff championed the lower Selic as one of her main accomplishments, vowing it would never again return to previous highs.
Where the story becomes murkier is just how the decision to cut the Selic was made, and what guarantees Tombini received from the government in return.
Many market analysts are convinced that Rousseff herself ordered Tombini to cut the Selic to record lows. Rousseff, a trained economist, has often relished making financial policy decisions since becoming president, aides say. Brazil's central bank does not enjoy formal independence, and Rousseff has the power to replace its chief if she so desires.
However, Brazilian officials including Rousseff's spokesman, Thomas Traumann, rigorously deny that the president ordered the rate cuts. They say Tombini has de facto authority to set the Selic as he sees fit.
Werner Baer, Tombini's economics professor at the University of Illinois and one of the most respected foreign experts on Brazil's economy, agrees with Netto's more nuanced narrative of how the Selic was cut.
The story: That shortly after Tombini took the job, a pact was made between the central bank and other branches of government to work together to bring down Brazil's borrowing costs to "civilized" levels.
As part of the deal, the finance ministry and other departments would curb spending to lower the burden on monetary policy, the government as a whole would push for reforms to boost investment, and the central bank would cut interest rates.
Unfortunately, only the central bank has been able to deliver its part of the bargain.
Scared by the magnitude of the economic slowdown, Finance Minister Mantega unleashed a slew of tax breaks and cheap loans to stimulate domestic consumption.
As a result, Brazil's primary surplus, or the excess government revenue before debt payments, dropped to 2.0 percent of gross domestic product in the 12 months through June. That is far less than the 2.71 percent recorded during the same period a year ago, and also below a target of 2.3 percent for the year.
Meanwhile, investment has remained stagnant at around 18 percent of GDP - one of the lowest ratios in Latin America, and well behind the 46 percent seen in China.
The result has been severe bottlenecks in the supply of goods and continued poor infrastructure, with pressure also coming from government spending: a recipe for high inflation.
A source at the finance ministry argued it is unfair to blame fiscal policy for the shortcomings of monetary policy.
While the person said he was unaware of any pact in 2011 between the finance ministry and central bank to lower interest rates, he did say there was policy coordination to ensure rates could come down, including a decision to freeze an additional 10 billion reais from the 2011 budget.
The source also said the deterioration in the primary surplus in 2012 and 2013 resulted not from overspending, but a series of tax breaks, "which have a positive impact on the economy and inflation, besides making companies more competitive."
With so little help from other parts of the government, University of Illinois' Baer said, "the only thing Tombini can do now is to raise interest rates....
"He's done remarkably well," Baer said in an interview. "He's very smart, very discreet, and he is in a very difficult situation."
The Selic has already come up 125 basis points since April. Economists expect a rate of 9.25 percent by the end of 2013, although some such as Bradesco Asset Management and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi bet it will reach 10 percent by year-end.
Even some of the Brazilian government's harshest critics seem to put Tombini in a category by himself, saying he seems determined to get prices under control.
Nomura's Volpon, who regularly sends out scathing e-mails about Brazil's policy mistakes, said: "I do see now the central bank willing to take expectations seriously."
Volpon's main criticism against Tombini is that he took too long to react to a clear deterioration in Brazil's fiscal policies. "The fiscal pact was broken and the central bank kept cutting rates. That was the mistake."
Marcelo Kfoury, who helped Tombini design the central bank's inflation-targeting regime before becoming the head of the economic research department of Citi Brazil, said his former colleague will not hesitate to do what is needed to control prices, keeping them within the target band.
"If there is a threat for inflation to breach the upper limit, he is 100 percent focused on inflation," Kfoury said.
Additional reporting by Patricia Duarte in Sao Paulo and Alonso Soto in Brasilia, Editing by Brian Winter, Kieran Murray and Leslie Gevirtz


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Made from 2002 to 2005, the Hyundai XG350 is basically an XG300 with an engine upgrade. Tasked with the tough job of competing with the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, the XG350 cannot get the job done despite Hyundai's best efforts.
This four-door sedan includes a lot of features for the price, but lacks in other important areas. However, it marks a valiant attempt to break into a tough and well-established market with an unusual amount of brand loyalty. The people who drive Camrys and Accords are hard to sway, and it would take a truly amazing vehicle to take any sizeable portion of sales in this car class.
This attempt by Hyundai to go somewhat upscale in the midsize sedan market has some selling points. The list of features compares well to the price, and the materials have a respectable quality. It has a nice and classy look for a car built on the Sonata platform. Hyundai vehicles offer an impressive and generous warranty, yet all this in the XG350's favor still isn't enough.
This means that used XG350s can be found at good prices. One of these in good condition would make a great college car or back-up vehicle. For little on the used market you can have a nice interior, possibly some warranty time left, and a whole lot of features in a decent sedan that looks good, gets decent fuel economy, and offers a safe enough ride. The XG350 seems much more recommendable as a used and discontinued midsize sedan than it was as a new model.
Some find it hard to believe that the XG350 meant to compete with entry-level offerings from Lexus, Infiniti, and Acura. It's a good buy for the cost, but it lacks the performance and sophistication of the luxury maker's offerings.
For a car that doesn't cost that much, the XG350 projects some class. With nice lines, and a slightly luxury-looking outward appearance, it can pull up to restaurant with class. Some call it a plain design, but sometimes a sleek, classy look doesn't dazzle as much as it appeases.
The two available trims include base and L. The base has Projection fog lamps, wide waistline moldings, vertical back-up lamps, and alloy wheels with 16-inch tires. The L upgrades to 12-spoke wheels and adds a power sunroof. Both models use a 3.5-liter V-6 rated at 194 horsepower and 216 lb-ft of torque. The five-speed automatic transmission permits manual gear selection. This particular engine does not offer much in the way of performance. Fine for a reasonably priced pseudo-luxury sedan, the power output fails to compete with any of the other vehicles in its class. Hyundai designed the XG350 to be a reliable and well-priced car that looks good and gets the job done.
Climbing into the XG350, one can easily date its production run. It lacks a navigation system and the sound system has a cassette player and an eight-disc CD changer in the trunk. No one can hook up an iPod; it does not have a touchscreen or anything else a buyer expects from a midsize luxury sedan. Still, for the price and time period, the XG350 is alright. The wood trim adds a luxury car touch. The base model offers automatic-temperature air-conditioning, power front seats, and remote keyless entry. The XG350L adds a leather-wrapped steering wheel with wood grain inserts, tilt-down mirrors, heated front seats, and a seat/mirror memory system.
The model seats five with a rear bench seat, which folds down to add cargo space. If a buyer wants to spend well under 10,000 dollars on a reliable used sedan that looks like an entry-level luxury car, the interior of the XG350 won't disappoint until the driver tries to play music or find his way. One can always add navigation and an up-to-date stereo to an inexpensive but nice used car.
This is not a high-performance sport sedan. It will get you places safely with anti-lock brakes, traction control, and some airbags. It will not really impress with sporty handling, acceleration, or general handling. It offers an easy, well-mannered drive, but the XG350 never emphasized performance, and it shows. To be fair, it handles precisely, especially given the original price, and it offers a comfortable enough ride for this type of vehicle.
In 2002, Hyundai's XG300 became the XG350. The engine changed slightly from a 3.0-liter to a 3.5-liter and added 39 lb-ft of torque to total 217, for quicker acceleration. In 2004, the XG350 received a minor facelift to the interior and exterior.
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The first destination for most tourists on reaching San Antonio will be the Alamo, site of the battle where American folk heroes Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett both met their ends. South of downtown Saint Antonio, any family members with an interest in history will want to wander the streets of the King William Historic Area, 25 blocks of very well-preserved 19th Century buildings. The River Walk is also an essential tour which can be done by foot or by guided barge tours, and you will also find many excellent restaurants along the way. The San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium should appeal to members of the family of all ages, however, with over 750 species and open every single day of the year. If you tire of taking in all the sights on foot, you can even take helicopter tours of the city and surrounding areas, with some breathtaking views of downtown San Antonio and Texas Hill Country.
With many rental apartments and condos available in San Antonio there are some great deals to be found for a family holiday, with prices starting at around £600 for a week in an apartment big enough for a family of four or more. This tends to work out at a low cost compared to staying in hotel rooms, and with some historic 19th Century buildings among the rental homes available, it feels like a much more authentic way to experience a stay in San Antonio. Fully equipped with all modern comforts, usually including air conditioning, broadband, DVD players and TVs, an apartment rental holiday gives you a much greater sense of privacy and relaxation, and with the self-catering facilities, you can make day trips out into the surrounding countryside without worrying about basing your day around the opening times of a hotel restaurant.


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What's the next iOS device you plan on buying? I'm guessing a lot of the TiPb Nation is waiting for the iPhone 5, but is anyone going to skip it and hold out for the iPhone 6? Maybe you hope that Apple discounts the existing iPhone 4 like usual, or puts out a budget iPhone nano instead?
The iPad 3 sounds like it's not coming this fall after all, but are you planning to get it shows up this spring? Or does a new iPod touch 5 fit your needs better?
What if Apple finally makes a real iOS powered iPod nano, one that works amazingly well as a watch and shows all your notifications? Anyone else besides me really want one? And if they finally let Apple TV go a full 1080p, would that be on your shopping list?
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ライトニングリターンズ ライトニング、ついに本気を出す! (戦闘シーン抽出MAD)This looks very nice indeed.
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But fuck, c'mon. Shitting or not, it's just a damn funny looking pooch.
Is that what Angelo looks like when the screen is close to it?
But he does get the award for being a part a really stupid-looking limit break.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Kossin's technique: "spontaneous, intense and gritty"
Again, powerful and dramatic is the best way to describe all these illustrations. This spread is the perfect example of mixing abstraction and realism to portray the sheer essence of this story. Kossin scrubs in a dark abstract pattern and then brilliantly contrasts it with nearly pure white shapes that carves out recognizable forms. Notice on the left, the figures merge from the dark,
and on the right Kossin uses counter-change in the distance with nearly black silhouettes of figures, set against a sea of white.
There is a driving force from right to left that is heightened by his excellent use of perspective. The fallen soldier lying in an awkward upside down position on the ground, stops us and sends us back into the illustration.
Kossin's technique is spontaneous, intense and gritty... an ideal way to describe intense combat scenes. He cleverly shows how texture, contrast, functional shapes and a minimum use of color, can speak volumes.
My thanks to Tom Watson, who clipped the these pages for his files back when this issue of Life magazine first came out, in May of 1963. This week Tom provides his insightful analysis as well as all the scans, giving me a nice break!
My Sandy Kossin Flickr set.
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Thank You, Tom, for sending this wonderful series and for your fascinating analyses of Sandy Kossin's beautifully composed and executed illustrations. It's been a long while since I saw this series but I was knocked out by it then and impressed even more this time around. You referred to Kossin's use of large masses of dark shapes. Keeping detail and contrast within the dark shapes to a minimum made his important light areas ( such as those near heads) all the more effective. His use of dark holding essential light is masterful. His drawing is great, including the expressions, both body and facial. And, the textures are still gorgeous.
thanks again.
Can you mention what media these artists use in your blog? It'd help a lot, thanks!ReplyDelete
When possible, I will mention what media the artists used but, as I'm sure you can appreciate, most of the time we can only guess - since there's very little documentation about these artist (in most cases).
As luck would have it, you're going to get to learn all about Sandy Kossin's work process some time soon here at Today's Inspiration, thanks to this week's guest host, Tom Watson. ;-)


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Re: Limited Command Buffer space?
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I'm reposting this old post from a few years back because Cisco's The Traitor is finally going to come out--from Prime Books. Don't miss it. Very sorry Ministry went on hiatus before we could publish it.
Michael Cisco is a criminally underrated author, in part because his work is sometimes difficult (in the best sense of the word), sometimes morally ambiguous, and because he's an original. It hasn't helped that many of his manuscripts have been tied up at various publishing houses for literally years and years--or that Mythos Books has been lethargically slow in putting out a Cisco short story collection that when it now appears will be hopelessly out-of-date, no longer reflective of the writer's progress.
In late 2004, or early 2005, the Ministry will publish Michael's novel The Traitor. I just finished reading the manuscript, and all I can say is that he's somehow managed to create a unique existential horror story, complete with beautiful, blood-curdling scenes--it's an amazing mix of Gene Wolfe, William Burroughs, and Samuel Beckett, with a touch of Thomas Ligotti. I'm excited about all of Michael's work, but I'm very excited about this novel--I think it's a true classic in the making.
I'll leave you with an excerpt. The Traitor is set in an imaginary land in which spirit eaters exist to literally absorb and thus get rid of spirits that would otherwise harass the living. The spirit eaters must then discharge the "ectoplasmic" energy they "eat" by letting it flow into other people, usually in a way beneficial to those who receive it (healed wounds, etc.) The Traitor describes the life of the spirit-eater first person narrator and his interactions with a spirit eater called White. White is a renegade. He does not discharge the energy from eating spirits. Instead, he keeps it for himself--it makes him incredibly powerful, but it also burns him up from the inside. Among the many stunning scenes in the book is the one where the narrator, part of a group charged with bringing White to justice, begins to catch up with White:
Whenever I picture White to myself, I picture him running in the cold humid air between the trees. We caught sight of him time and again, always in front of us, sometimes off to one side and then almost immediately he would be off to the other side. I could make him out only as an obscure patch moving in and out of view in the distance. There was no place he did not seem to be. He appeared and disappeared. I saw him only intermittently, but despite this, I could see very clearly that he was somehow on fire. He was enveloped in fire. A transparent flame played about his body from head to foot, and his body seemed to emit, even in complete silence, as I discovered later, a thunderous, inaudible roar that made the air shudder rigidly as he passed through it. At one point, he appeared close by. He jumped from a bluff overhanging a dry riverbed, and landed on his feet with a deafening report, and the sand around his feet flew back in a circle. White merely straightened himself and vanished into the trees again. The men pursued him, and I followed. They were frightened, and eager, and carried rifles which they held low to the ground, hovering just above the ground. We were all going faster every moment. At this point we had fanned out in a long line several riders deep. The dogs, and the birds in the trees, together with the hooves of the horses and the random shot, were all I could hear - except that at times I would hear White scream from far ahead, this from the great effort he was making. White's screams were brittle and metallic, and they hung motionless in the air, they hung motionless in the air like hanged men. I was terrified, but unable to control my horse, and it followed the others. We were so deep in the woods that on all sides there were nothing but trees, very old, very black, and their boughs closed out the sun, whose light was greyed, flattened and diffused by the clouds. White was all around us, he seemed to flash in and out among the horses, and I saw his pale ghostly face, glaring, furious, flashing past ahead of me in the shadows of the trees. Wind flooded over me and I saw it brought with it the flavor of something invisible that was coming, and then I heard men and horses screaming ahead of me, and dogs howling, my horse jerked back as if he'd been shot and I was nearly knocked from my saddle, leaving me hanging from its side, and I jumped down. My horse staggered back past me.