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Aaron Gwin's winning World Cup ride has some gratuitous air and speed on offer, as well as behind-the-scenes footage in the mechanic tent and on the rollers before the event, courtesy of Trek World Racing.
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Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry and a DevCon5 Sponsor, looks to push HTML5 application development instead of native coding in a somewhat desperate effort to stop coders from going elsewhere, such as iOS and Android. Slash Gear reports developer interest in BlackBerry 10, its propriety operating system due out later this year, is slumping in the company's home turf of Canada. Sales were below iPhone's last week.


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Q:random question: Hi, english isn't my first language and I saw some anon was talking about his/her squish. What is it? :d
A squish is an aromantic crush! AVEN puts it like this:
Crushes and Squishes
A crush is a romantic attraction to someone, a desire for a romantic relationship of some kind, a desire that is possibly temporary in nature, possibly never to be acted upon. A squish is an aromantic crush, a desire for a strong platonic relationship with someone; this envisioned relationship is usually more emotional intimate than a typical friendship.
There is a fine line between a crush and a squish. Both crushes and squishes could involve persistent thoughts about the person of interest, self-consciousness around that person, desires to be with him or her, fantasies about physical (not necessarily sexual) contact with him or her, or any combination of these. However, crushes typically entail jealousy of partners of the person of interest, desires for romantic contact (such as kissing), a dating relationship, or marriage, while squishes do not.
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At six weeks of age, the body weight of ringed seal pups is about 50% fat (2).
Seal pups are abundant from their birth in April to the breakup of the sea ice in early summer. The pups are easier for polar bears to catch because they are inexperienced. As a result, the bears are usually able to refill much of their dwindling energy stores every spring, stalking seals on the sea ice.
Polar bears need stable sea ice as a solid surface on which to hunt ringed seals. Anything that affects the distribution and annual duration of sea ice has a profound effect on the health and well-being of polar bear populations (3). Since 1981, ice breakup on Hudson Bay has occurred earlier and earlier, forcing bears to come ashore in progressively poorer condition (4). Their hunting season cut short, they do not have enough time to regain their energy stores.
Increased temperatures caused by human-made greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for melting the arctic ice out from under the bears' feet.
Ringed seals are an important food source for Polar Bears. They also depend on stable, landfast sea ice and adequate snow cover to rear pups (5).
Beluga whales are found in Hudson's Bay, and almost always close to sea ice. They prefer to forage at ice edges and cracks (6).
In Canada, general warming is allowing red foxes to expand their range northward (7). Unfortunately for arctic foxes, redfoxes are better suited to living in a warmer environment.Arctic foxes are retreating further north as their habitat shrinks.
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Renee is out to dinner with her son, AJ, & his girlfriend. Michael is on his way because Renee wants him to meet AJ. Too soon, Renee! What has it been? Two dates?! Michael was late, but Renee forgives him because he is hot & dresses well. He "does" music videos for rappers. What does that mean? He directs? Produces? AJ is being kind of rude & uh-oh Michael's not eating because he has a dinner meeting to attend later on that night. Whaaa?! Aww hell no! Homeboy is halfway out the door. Renee apologizes for her behavior the other night with Natalie, who had the nerve to compliment Michael on his cologne. Michael & AJ start to bond over Renee's insane temper. Michael leaves for his "dinner meeting". Wow. Things aren't looking good.
Natalie & her bf London are getting tapas. They start talking about the night Renee went ham on her for saying Michael smelled delicious. Even London tells her that she shouldn't curse at Renee, because she's from a different world. The old school gangster world. Natalie thinks that Big Ang & Drita should've came to her defense. Is she delusional? Natalie said that she is a younger version of Renee, therefore, is not going to put up with the bull. London tries to talk some sense to her, specifically for business purposes. Natalie is the face of Mob Candy. Not a bad gig, so she should really be more humble to her boss.
Big Ang, Alicia, Drita, & Renee are at a golf course to eat. Drita is mad at Lee because he is not helping her renovate the house. Alicia says that they are all in need of a girls weekend, but she needs permission from her parole officer because she is on bail. Only on Mob Wives people, only on Mob Wives. They decide on Las Vegas & I cannot wait because you know sh*t's gonna get cray cray. Alicia says that she is going to invite Natalie. Sh*t's about to get even cray cray-zier.
Renee is going off about how Natalie acted the other night. She is blaming Natalie for Michael distancing himself from her. She feels that Natalie should have called her to apologize. Her rules are 1. Don't ever disrespect her & 2. Don't ever do anything rude to anyone around her. Drita said that Natalie seems like the kind of girl you want to go away with for a girls weekend, but she is also the kind of girl your husband NEVER wants you to go away with for a girls weekend. Big Ang, ever the optimist, thinks it'll be alright… as Renee talks about burying Natalie in the desert.
Drita is at the home improvement store because Lee ain't sh*t. Lee calls her & tells her that he doesn't give a f about the home renovations & he ain't doing sh*t. Drita uses this as a leeway, pun intended, into bringing up the girls trip to Vegas. She needs a vacation, Lee. Lee is mad he can't go anywhere because he is on parole, so he isn't too happy about being "Mr. Mom" while Drita vacations with her girlfriends. Uh, Drita was "Mr. Mom" & "Mr. Dad" for many years while your ass was "away" so, I think you can handle it, LEE.
Alicia's boutique is being featured at Philly Fashion Week, so she is preparing for the show. Natalie is there to watch. I like Natalie & Alicia's friendship. It seems genuine. Alicia invites Natalie to Vegas, on the condition that there is peace. Natalie says that she has apologized multiple times to Renee. At this point, the "He smells delicious" comment talk is getting ridiculous. Let's move on,
Renee people. Natalie says that she has a man & is not into Michael, because he looks like a turtle. I happen to love turtles, & think they're adorable, so yea. Anyways, Alicia says that Renee thinks it is Natalie's fault that Michael is distancing himself from her & Natalie says that she doesn't blame him! She then agrees to go to Vegas.
Big Ang picks up Renee to go to Vegas. Awesome! I thought I would have to wait until at least the next episode for sh*t to go down. Renee is in a crappy mood over Mob Candy, being the boss, juggling everything, Natalie drama, etc. Renee is stressed out & having anxiety. She wants to take a couple Xanax to calm down. Not good.
Alicia & Natalie are on their way to Vegas too. Natalie says that her nickname is "Vegas". Natalie says that she is going to tune Renee out. Easier said than done.
They arrive at the Sky Villa at the Palms hotel. They have an elevator in their room! And a pool! Renee starts getting her drinkS on. Emphasis on the capital S. Big Ang is worried about the 8 Bloody Marys Renee had on the plane. Damn, girl. Renee is drunk & starts dropping things while saying, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". Big Ang tells her that she needs to get over Natalie & the delicious comment. Yes, please. Renee starts bugging out, talking about drowning Natalie in the pool. Natalie better watch out! And she better not even think of saying the word "delicious" the entire trip.
Drita arrives & she is ready to gamble. Drita can't get over how gangsta the suite is. Big Ang & Drita catch up on Renee's drinking. Big Ang says she is scared that Vegas is NOT the place they should've taken her. I was thinking, "Ya think!", just as Drita said it. Swear to God.
The ladies head to dinner as Alicia & Natalie show up. They feel like they got the crappy rooms. The ladies are all gambling & Renee & Natalie are keeping a safe distance from each other. Until Renee starts talking sh*t & giving Natalie dirty looks from across the room. Renee is slurring her words & is one big hot mess, as Alicia put it. Everyone is trying to stay clear of her. Renee decides to call it a night & goes back to the suite. On the way up, she mutters to herself, "I'll give you f-ng delicious." Lol, I love this show.
The ladies keep gambling & Drita is going hardcore at gambling. She is playing $500 a hand! Alicia says she gambles like a dude. Natalie can't believe how long Drita has been gambling & how much money she is putting down. Drita is now hell bent on winning her money back. She loses again & has lost a total of $2,000.
At 5:00am, they head back to the suite. Big Ang starts stripping. Everyone is laughing & having a great time. They all run to the rotating bed, complete with a mirror on the ceiling. They are scared sh*tless when Renee is sitting in the pool alone, Paranormal Activity style. Creepy!
The girls run down to her & she is f-ed up, looking all possessed. At this point, my 14-year-old stepdaughter looked up from her iPhone & her Vines & was all, "She looks like one of those people who kills people in their sleep." Yess, girl, yes. Renee tells them to go away. NOW. Natalie says that she is bolting her door tonight, & that is the BEST idea Natalie has had all season.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at the 16th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at the 16th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
From the National Weather Service:
A large swath of the North Central United States is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring. This area extends from northeastern Montana through western Wisconsin and along the Mississippi River south to St. Louis. For the third consecutive year, forecasters predictmajor flooding along the Red River of the North, which forms the state line between eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
Some advice to prepare for spring flooding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) blog:
- Make a plan – Your family may not be together when a flood hits, so it's important to know how you will contact one another, how you will meet up in a safe place and what you will do in case of an emergency. Not sure where to start? Ready.gov has a great checklist for making your family emergency plan.
- Get a kit – An emergency kit can be your life line after an emergency. It should sustain yourself and your family for up to three days. For flood prone areas, keeping your important documents in a sealed, airtight container will keep them safe from water damage. See other tips on getting your emergency kit in tip-top shape.
- Know your risk – One of the most important steps of being prepared is to find out if your home is at risk for flooding. After you know you risk, check out this tool to estimate the financial impact a flood could have your home.
- Protect your property – A final step to make sure you're prepared for flooding is to purchase flood insurance. Unfortunately, most homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage. Talk to your insurance provider about your policy and consider flood insurance coverage.
Flood policies typically take 30 days to become effective, so make sure to purchase flood insurance as a way to prepare before potential flooding.
After coming to life in December 2010—following more than 80 years of silence—Kizimen Volcano in Russia showed no signs of slowing down in February 2011.
This false-color satellite image shows a vigorous volcanic plume streaming northeast from the summit. The white portion of the plume is likely rich with steam, while the tan plume is primarily ash. To the northwest, forests that have not yet been coated with ash are red. The ground east of Kizimen is coated in newly-fallen ash that has not yet covered by snow. Several dark streaks lie to the south of the summit—probably traces of pyroclastic flows.
Learn more at NASA's Earth Observatory.
U.S. rescue team on mission in Christchurch, New Zealand. By Rebecca Gustafson on Twitter.
Rebecca Gustafson works for USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), and has written a great post on USAID's blog about the work being done to save lives and alleviate suffering caused by the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22.
Knowing there is significant search and rescue capacity in the region that is best placed to assist in Christchurch, I went to work Tuesday morning thinking it would be another busy day in the office. It is a good thing I am always packed and ready to deploy because I and five of my OFDA colleagues were headed to Christchurch just after noon.
We are meeting up with the Los Angeles County Urban Search and Rescue team and then heading directly into Christchurch. Once on the ground, we will immediately go into rescue mode. Our Urban Search and Rescue team will join forces with the Urban Search and Rescue personnel from New Zealand and other international teams they train with all year to assure that every place a survivor might be found is thoroughly searched.
You can follow Rebecca's work on Twitter at @DARTgirl.
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Robonaut 2, pictured above, will be journeying to the space station aboard space shuttle Discovery during the STS-133 mission this afternoon. It will be the first dexterous humanoid robot in space.
Learn more about Robonaut 2 and the STS-133 mission at NASA.gov.
Like its more familiar counterpart (the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights), the Aurora Australis is caused by the solar wind passing through the upper atmosphere. But the Aurora Australis is much less frequently observed because so few people are in Antarctica during the austral winter.
The United States maintains three research stations in Antarctica. The National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) operates them all.
See more photos from the National Science Foundation on Flickr.
January's unemployment rate was 9%, and that means that there are a lot of Americans who still need jobs.
The local paper is a good way to find jobs close to home, and these days many jobs are posted online. Don't forget that there are lots of government jobs out there too.
If you're looking for a job or an internship with the federal government, you'll find all federal job openings announced to the public at USAJOBS. Check out your state job bank for even more job opportunities in your area. If you need a job-seeking advice, look up your local Department of Labor office and see what services they offer to job seekers in your area.
And if the job sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Be aware of job scams.
How often do you receive offers in the mail for a credit card or insurance that you've been pre-approved for?
If you just end up throwing the envelopes into the trash unopened, you might be interested in learning you can opt out of receiving mail like this.
You have two opt-out options: A five-year opt-out period or permanent opt-out.
If you aren't currently in the market for a new credit card or insurance policy, but know you might be in the future, the five-year opt-out period would probably work for you. If you don't want to see offers like this in your mailbox at all, you could consider the permanent option.
To opt out you can call 1-888-5-OPTOUT or visit optoutprescreen.com. The phone number and website are operated by the major credit reporting companies and will stop all pre-approval solicitations based on lists organizations receive from the credit reporting companies. Opting out will not prevent you from receiving solicitations from local merchants, membership organizations and and other groups that don't get their mailing lists from the major credit reporting companies.
Have you ever opted out of pre-approval offers or do you like getting the offers in the mail so you can learn about what options you have?
The U.S. Government Printing Office runs an excellent blog called Government Book Talk in which they highlight remarkable government publications. Today's blog post highlights Surging South of Baghdad: The 3rd Infantry Division and Task Force Marne in Iraq, 2007-2008, a book describing "the experience of one unit participating in its third deployment to Iraq."
From Government Book Talk:
This book is a detailed look at how the surge was implemented from a "boots on the ground" viewpoint, enriched by the perspective that a participant with analytical skills can bring to the description of historical events – a tradition in writing military history since Thucydides. You can read it via the [Center of Military History] Web site, get your own copy from the Government Printing Office, or find it at a library.
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is designed to help low-income households, particularly those that use a large portion of their income to pay their energy bills. This is especially important during winter months when paying a heating bill can become a matter of life and death.
If you, or someone you know, might benefit from LIHEAP, please call 1.866.NRG.NEAR (1.866.674.6327). You can also access state-specific LIHEAP information on our page about LIHEAP.
Based on when we signed the Declaration of Independence, the United States of America is about 234 and a half.
This woodcut by Margaret Burroughs is called The Faces of My People. It's part of The Kinsey Collection which is on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture through May 1, 2011.
From the National Museum of African American History and Culture's website:
Margaret Burroughs has been a force in the Chicago art community for decades. She also has devoted herself to African American history and culture by co-founding the city's Du Sable Museum. Burroughs sees her art as a catalyst for bringing people together. This tableau of diverse individuals illustrates her commitment to mutual respect and understanding. She has expressed the desire that her "art speak not only for my people — but for all humanity," explaining that her "subject matter … seeks to improve the condition of life for all people."
Reminding you that February is National African American History Month.
U.S. citizens in Egypt who require assistance, or those who are concerned that their U.S. citizen loved one in Egypt may require assistance, should contact the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Cairo at:
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More information about the current situation in Egypt from the State Department.
Do you file your federal taxes electronically, or are you still using the paper forms? The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) says that almost 100 million taxpayers e-filed their taxes last year. Even I'm surprised that many of us e-file.
There are three ways to e-file:
E-filing can even help you avoid the processing delay caused by the tax legislation enacted late last year. If you're somebody who claims itemized deductions on Schedule A, the higher education tuition and fees deduction on Form 8917, or the educator expenses deduction, you can e-file and get a head start because many major software providers have announced they will accept these impacted returns immediately. The software providers will hold onto the returns and then electronically submit them after the IRS systems open on Feb. 14.
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TI 83 Scatter Plot: Overview
Making a scatter plot on a TI-83 graphing calculator is a breeze with the easy to use LIST menu. In order to graph a TI 83 scatter plot, you'll need a set of bivariate data. Bivariate data is a set of data that you can plot on an XY axis: you'll need a list of "x" values (for example, weight) and a list of "y" values (for example, height). The XY values can be in two separate lists, or they can be written as XY cordinates (x,y). Once you have those, it's as easy as typing the lists into the calculator, and choosing your graph.
TI 83 Scatter Plot: Steps
Sample problem: Create a TI 83 scatter plot for the following coordinates (2,3), (4,4), (6,9), (8,11), and (10,12).
Step 1: Press STAT, then press ENTER to enter the lists screen. If you already have data in L1 or L2, clear the data: move to cursor onto L1, press CLEAR and then ENTER. Repeat for L2.
Step 2: Enter your x-variables, one at a time. Follow each number by pressing the ENTER key. For our list, you would enter:
2 Enter
4 Enter
6 Enter
8 Enter
10 Enter
Step 3: Use the arrow keys to scroll across to the next column, L2.
Step 4: Enter your y-variables, one at a time. Follow each number by pressing the enter key. For our list, you would enter:
4 Enter
9 Enter
1 1 Enter
1 2 Enter
Step 5:Press 2nd and then press STATPLOT.
Step 6:Press ENTER to enter StatPlots for Plot1.
Step 7:Press ENTER to turn Plot1 "ON."
Step 8:Arrow down to the next line ("Type") and highlight the scatter plot (the first image).
Step 9:Arrow down to "Xlist." If "L1″ isn't showing, press 2nd and 1. Arrow down to "Ylist." If "L2″ isn't showing, press 2nd and 2.
Step 10: Press ZOOM and 9. This should bring up a scatter plot on your screen.
Tip: Hit trace and press the right and left arrow buttons to move from point to point, displaying the XY values for those points.
That's how to make a TI 83 Scatter Plot!
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Happiness starring Dylan Baker, Jon Lovitz, Lara Flynn Boyle, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Cynthia Stevenson, Jane Adams
Happiness -- A man commits himself to a future. But with things breaking down around him, and a chance meeting with his female neighbour who's in need of help; how does he do the right thing? And in helping her can he still fulfil his promise?
Happiness -- Three middle-class New Jersey sisters all have their problems with their families and sex lives.
Three middle class New Jersey sisters all have problems with their families and their sex life.
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Parsons Dance Company Performs at Kean University
UNION, N.J. –Parsons Dance Company will bring a sampling of its repertory of exuberant, athletic, exciting and provocative choreographic masterpieces to the Wilkins Theatre at Kean University on Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.
David Parsons, the company founder, is one of the most beloved and inspiring choreographers in the world. He recently won a Dance Magazine 2000 Award for satisfying "a public hungry for not just entertainment, but for imagination, beauty, innovation and enlightenment." His company has received public funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts since 1989. It has also been featured on PBS; cable networks Bravo and A&E Television, The Discovery Channel; and stages around the world to rave reviews. "David Parsons is the master of nearly everything that can be learned about modern dance: its potential for stylistic variety, athletic excitement, sexy glamour and technological novelty," wrote Lewis Segal of the Los Angeles Times.
Wilkins Theatre is located at 1000 Morris Avenue in Union, N.J. Tickets
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Politifact Rates Gov. Walker Statement False...Again
Governor Walker looked at the results of this survey and said "the overwhelming number of districts saw that staffing was the same or greater."
As Politifact explained, "the survey actually shows the opposite of what he said."
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Crazyswordsman - Final Fantasy VI, because Drake says he wants to link to FF7 every day, which is bad because that game is so far inferior to FF6.
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Just a note: you can categorize during the upload process.
Yes. Just type [[Category: (game name here) Images]] in the edit summary.
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The latest hires FF4 images arent complete as there are some sort of white boxes that ruined the image.
Thanks for uploading images for the enemies on FFX. Its been a real big help. I really need to fire up the scanner and upload others but most of my time spent here is when I am away from my scanner.
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Thank you! I've been looking everywhere for higher-res versions of the FF4DS renders. Oddly, I was just saving the low-res ones to my HD when suddenly higher-res ones cropped up. I wtf'd and then realized you were simultaneously uploading them. XDYou seem to have a lot of art I haven't seen elsewhere. Do you by chance know if there's an Amano sketch of Celes with Minaba's design? There's a Kefka one, after all. And how about the Minaba's Kefka?


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James Rufus Agee (/'edi/ ay-jee; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize.. American novelist screenwriter journalist poet film critic
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Meat pies are a must in all of the Levant, however, each region or community prepares them a bit differently; my grandmother used to add drained yogurt (labneh) to hers; these have pomegranate molasses which gives the pies a bit of a fruity flavor.
The dough is made with yogurt and is easy to work with; I let the dough rise all night covered in the fridge.
INGREDIENTS: 35 to 40 pies
For the dough: (recipe for the dough from alef ba' al-tabekh, adapted)
- 5 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 1/4 cup of yogurt
- 4 teaspoons of instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 1/2 cup of olive oil
- Oil, as needed to stretch the dough into pies
- 1 pound of fatty lamb
- 1 tablespoon of red pepper paste or tomato paste
- 1/4 cup of pomegranate molasses
- 1/2 cup of pine nuts (preferably Lebanese or Turkish); can substitute other nuts
- 2 medium yellow onions
- Spices: 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon, white pepper; 1/2 teaspoon of allspice, 1 teaspoon of hot Aleppo pepper (can substitute hot paprika or chili powder)
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (can substitute grape or carob molasses)
- 1 tablespoon of butter (to fry the pine nuts)
- Warm the yogurt one minute in the microwave; in the meantime, dilute the yeast with the sugar in 1/2 cup of warm water and let it bubble up. Place the flour in a large mixing bowl with the salt and mix for a couple of minutes. Add the warm yogurt, active yeast, and olive oil and mix until the dough is compact and still moist but not too sticky. Dampen your hands with oil and transfer the dough to a bowl to rise, all covered in a thin film of oil, for about two hours or overnight in the fridge (covered in plastic wrap).
- Prepare the filling: place the onions, cut in quarters, in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the onions are chopped fine. Add the meat, pepper or tomato paste, pomegranate molasses, spices and sugar and process for a minute until all the ingredients are well combined. Add the pine nuts (which have been previously fried in butter till caramel-colored).
- To make the pies: pour about 1/4 cup of oil in a small bowl and keep it nearby; dip your fingertips in the oil and take each small ball of dough and pat it to form a small pie; do this on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Place two generous tablespoons of filling on each pie and pat with the back of a spoon or your fingertips to make sure it gets incrusted in the dough.
- Bake the pies in a 400F oven for about 12-15 minutes, until the edges of the dough are golden and crisp. Serve warm or at room temperature with a side bowl of yogurt if desired and (or) some lemons, quartered.
NOTE: If you want to skip making the dough, an alternative is to use prepackaged biscuit dough in a can; you will 3 cans of 12 biscuits each.
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McQuaid & Wozniewski Earn First Recalls to NHL Bruins
Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins, in their 18th year in the American Hockey League, announced that the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins have recalled defensemen Adam McQuaid and Andy Wozniewski, both on an emergency basis. With the moves, the P-Bruins have 23 players on their active roster, including 14 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.
McQuaid, 23, is in his third professional season, all spent with Providence. He ranks third among P-Bruins defensemen with 10 points this season, including three goals and seven assists in 29 games. His best contest came on November 22 against the Manchester Monarchs, registering three points, including his first career two-goal game, and a plus-four rating to be named the game's second star. The blue-liner also leads the team with a plus-13 rating, tied for seventh in the AHL, and he sits second on the club with 66 penalty minutes. The NHL recall is the first of McQuaid's young career.
As a pro, McQuaid has appeared in 175 regular season games, totaling 34 points (8g, 26a) and 280 PIM, along with three assists and 35 PIM in 26 playoff contests. Last season, the native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, set career-highs with four goals, 11 assists, 15 points and 141 PIM in 78 regular season games to earn Providence's Fan Appreciation Award. As a rookie with the P-Bruins in 2007-08, McQuaid was named the team's Man of the Year and Community Service Award winner.
Prior to entering the pro ranks, McQuaid enjoyed four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Sudbury Wolves, scoring 86 points (19g, 67a) and 392 PIM in 292 games between the regular season and postseason. He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets 55th overall in round two of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and was later traded by Columbus to Boston on May 16, 2007 for the 129th overall pick (Jamie Benn) in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
Wozniewski, 29, is in his first season in the Bruins organization after signing a one-year contract with Boston on September 9. The defenseman is off to the best start of his career offensively with 23 points in 29 games for Providence, including six goals and 17 assists. His 23 points, helped by five multiple-point outings, rank him tied for first among all AHL blue-liners in scoring. Wozniewski was named the P-Bruins October Player of the Month after recording 15 points (5g, 10a) in just 10 games.
The seventh-year pro split the 2008-09 season between the AHL's Peoria Rivermen and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. He began the year with Peoria, appearing in 56 games while registering 17 points (g, 16a) and 56 penalty minutes, before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Danny Richmond on March 4. Wozniewski subsequently finished the year with the AHL Penguins, where he tallied four points (2g, 2a) and 26 PIM in 18 regular season games, along with two points (g, a) in six postseason contests. The native of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, also suited up in one NHL game for St. Louis, going scoreless in 6:44 of ice-time at Columbus on February 3. Overall in 2008-09, Wozniewski dressed for 75 regular season games and scored 21 points, including three goals and a career-high 18 assists. He also set a personal-best with 82 PIM.
In his pro career, Woznieski has appeared in 305 games, including the playoffs, amassing 108 points (28g, 80a) and 302 PIM. He has enjoyed several NHL stints, playing 77 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis, scoring 12 points (2g, 10a) and 81 PIM. In 2007-08, Wozniewski dressed for a career-high 48 NHL games for Toronto, posting nine points (2g, 7a).
Prior to turning pro in 2003-04 with the St. John's Maple Leafs, the undrafted Wozniewski played at the college ranks for four seasons, the first for the UMass-Lowell River Hawks and the final three with the University of Wisconsin Badgers. His NCAA career finished with 40 points (11g, 29a) and 213 PIM in 133 contests.
Providence is back in action with two home games next weekend. On Friday, the P-Bruins host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 7:05 p.m. for Mikko Lehtonen Poster Night. The game on Saturday is at the Springfield Falcons at 7 p.m. Then, the P-Bruins return home on Sunday to host the Lowell Devils at 4:05 p.m. for a Family Game. Fans can buy one ticket, hot dog and soda for one low price. To purchase 2009-10 season tickets, Flex Tix or individual game tickets, please call the Providence Bruins ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or log on to the team website at providencebruins.com.


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Simonsig: had been as short as 4-11 for Saturday's 2m1f contestPICTURE: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)
Simonsig ruled out of Newbury contest
SIMONSIG, odds-on favourite for the Racing Post Arkle Trophy following two easy wins over fences, will miss the Betfair Super Saturday Chase at Newbury after a trachea wash test was marginally short of 100 per cent, trainer Nicky Henderson announced on Thursday.
Saturday's contest, registered as the Game Spirit Chase, would have played host to Simonsig facing some experienced chasers as he stepped out of novice company for the first time. However, those plans had to be shelved following the results of a routine test.
"Simonsig's trachea wash result today was 95 per cent but we'd only run if it was 100 per cent," revealed Henderson. He added: "Accordingly, we'll give him a week ticking over at home and then make a decision over whether to run before the festival."
Simonsig, a best-priced 5-6 with Coral to add the Arkle to his Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle victory at last year's festival, had been as short as 4-11 for Saturday's 2m1f contest, for which final declarations are revealed on Friday morning.
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New Song: BIRD DOG THING recorded live @ Firehouse 13 Providence 2/1/13 thanks to George McT for the footage. Look for the song on our upcoming EP being recorded next month with old pal and former member of B'caster Moe S. !
A great article by Eric Smith from the Providence Monthly about Drunkards Walk and what we've been up to since then! I love it when a writer gets our influences right and gets what we're about!
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New Broadcaster tune pulled from a crappy rehearsal recording. Tune is tentatively called "Drug Mule Blues"…It's catchy, even in the low-fidelity state heard here. Tell us what ya think and win a prize!*
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Rarely does a freshman college football player make as much of an impact as Marcus Lattimore has made for the South Carolina football team this year. He has ran with speed and power and is going to the the Gamecocks to the SEC Championship game in a few weeks. He is also an excellent receiver out of the backfield. He is on pace to have over 20 touchdowns and should be one of the top NFL prospects in the next few years.
The #21 South Carolina jersey will be a huge seller this fall!
Marcus Lattimore Jersey Here – Goto Jerseys and sort by Football!
Lattimore has excelled in a tough conference and against some of the toughest defenses in the country. If you go down to SC you will see many of the fans wearing their Marcus Lattimore jersey to support the team in their drive to an SEC crown. Spurrier has these guys playing at a very high level and they already beat a top 3 ranked Bama earlier in the year.
South Carolina will have a tough time in the SEC title game but if they play the same way they have all season they should have a chance. They have to have a balanced attack and not turn the ball over, as turnovers really kill any chance you have of winning the football game.
Even if they do not win it and go to a BCS bowl, he will be back for at least one more year and probably more. Running backs normally do best staying in school a few years and maturing before making the leap to the big leagues.
If he can keep this up I bet he will be a top 5 candidate for the Heisman trophy next year when he returns as a sophomore. When you play in the SEC you get noticed really quickly if you have a few big games against some of the toughest teams in the nation. It should be an interesting end to college football season over the next month or two.


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|C. S. Lewis
|Cover artist
|Harold Jones
|United Kingdom
|Space Trilogy
|Science fiction novel
|John Lane (first)[1]
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|264 pp (first edition, hard)
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|This article possibly contains original research. (March 2008)
First edition
|C. S. Lewis
|Cover artist
|Harold Jones
|United Kingdom
|Space Trilogy
|Science fiction novel
|John Lane (first)[1]
Publication date
|Media type
|Print (hardcover & paperback)
|264 pp (first edition, hard)
|Preceded by
|Followed by
Out of the Silent Planet is a science fiction novel by the British author C. S. Lewis, published in 1938 by John Lane, The Bodley Head.[2] Five years later it was published in the U.S. (MacMillan, 1943). Two sequels were published in 1943 and 1945, completing the so-called Cosmic Trilogy or Space Trilogy.[a]
The fragment of another sequel, evidently set prior to Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, was published as "The Dark Tower" in a 1977 collection of short fiction by Lewis (deceased 1963) and essays by four others, The Dark Tower and Other Stories (Collins, ISBN 0-00-222155-1)
the trilogy was inspired and influenced by David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus (1920).[3]
According to biographer A. N. Wilson, Lewis wrote the novel after a conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien in which both men lamented the state of contemporary fiction. They agreed that Lewis would write a space-travel story, and Tolkien would write a time-travel one. Tolkien's story only exists as a fragment, published in The Lost Road and other writings (1987) edited by his son Christopher.
A "NOTE" precedes the text of the story: "Certain slighting references to earlier stories of this type which will be found in the following pages have been put there for purely dramatic purposes. The author would be sorry if any reader supposed he was too stupid to have enjoyed Mr. H. G. Wells's fantasies or too ungrateful to acknowledge his debt to them."
The story begins with Dr. Elwin Ransom, a philologist, on a walking tour in the English Midlands. As dusk falls, he seeks lodging and comes to a small estate that he later learns is called the Rise, belonging to Professor Weston, a physicist. Weston's visiting colleague, as Ransom also later learns, is a gentleman from London, Mr. Dick Devine (later Lord Feverstone), whom Ransom discovers to be his former schoolfellow, a person whom he cordially disliked.
At the front door of the Rise, Ransom hears shouting and struggling inside. When he hurries around back, he sees Weston ("the thicker and taller of the two men"[4]) and Devine trying to force Harry, a dull-witted young man, to enter a structure on the property against his will. Ransom intervenes in the struggle, and Devine sees him as a better prospect than Harry for what he and Weston have in mind. With Weston's grudging consent, Devine offers Ransom a drink and accommodations for the night.
After enjoying what he thinks is a glass of whisky and soda, Ransom realizes that he has been drugged. He tries to escape but is subdued by Weston and Devine ("slender, and apparently the younger of the two"[4]). When he regains consciousness he finds himself in a metallic spherical spacecraft en route to a planet called Malacandra. The wonder and excitement of such a prospect relieves his anguish at being kidnapped, but Ransom is put on his guard when he overhears Weston and Devine deliberating whether they will again drug him or keep him conscious when they turn him over to the inhabitants of Malacandra, the sorns, as a sacrifice. Ransom is put to work as cook and scullion, but appropriates a knife and plans to escape when he gets the chance.
Soon after the three land on the strange planet, Ransom gets his chance to run off into the unknown landscape, just after he sees the Sorns—tall alien creatures who terrify him. Ransom wanders around, finding many differences between Earth and Malacandra, in that all the lakes, streams, and rivers are warm; the gravity is significantly less; and the plants and mountains are strangely tall and thin.
Ransom later meets a civilized native of Malacandra, a hross named Hyoi, a tall, thin, and furry creature. He becomes a guest for several months in Hyoi's village, where he uses his philological skills to learn the language of the hrossa and also learns their culture. In the process he discovers that gold, known to the hrossa as "sun's blood", is plentiful on Malacandra, and thus is able to discern Devine's motivation for making the voyage thither. Weston's motives are shown to be more complex; he is bent on expanding humanity through the universe, abandoning each planet and star system as it becomes uninhabitable.
The hrossa honour Ransom greatly by asking him to join them in a hunt for a hnakra (plural hnéraki), a fierce water-creature which seems to be the only dangerous predator on the planet, resembling both a shark and a crocodile. While hunting, Ransom and his hrossa companions are told by an eldil, an almost invisible creature reminiscent of a spirit or deva, that Ransom must go to meet Oyarsa, the eldil who is ruler of the planet—and indeed that he already should have done so. He hesitates to respond to the summons, as he wishes to proceed with the hunt. Hyoi, after killing the hnakra with Ransom's help, is shot dead by Devine and Weston, who are seeking Ransom in order to take him prisoner and hand him over to the séroni. Ransom is told by Hyoi's friend (another hross named Whin) that this is the consequence of disobeying Oyarsa, and that Ransom must now cross the mountains to escape Weston and Devine and fulfil his orders. On his journey, Ransom finally meets a sorn, as he long feared he might. He finds, however, that the séroni are peaceful and kindly. Augray (the sorn) explains to him the nature of Oyarsa's body, and that of all eldila. The next day, carrying the human on his shoulders, Augray takes Ransom to Oyarsa.
After a stop at the dwelling place of an esteemed sorn scientist, wherein Ransom is questioned thoroughly regarding all manner of facts about Earth, Ransom finally makes it to Meldilorn, the home of Oyarsa. In Meldilorn, Ransom meets a pfifltrigg who tells him of the beautiful houses and artwork his race make in their native forests. Ransom then is led to Oyarsa and a long-awaited conversation begins. In the course of this conversation it is explained that there are Oyéresu (the plural) for each of the planets in our solar system; in the four inner planets, which have organic life (intelligent and non-intelligent), the local Oyarsa is responsible for that life. The ruler of Earth (Thulcandra, "the silent planet"), has turned evil (become "bent") and has been restricted to Thulcandra, after "great war," by the Oyéresu and the authority of Maleldil, the ruler of the universe. Ransom is ashamed at how little he can tell Oyarsa about Earth and how foolish he and other humans seem to Oyarsa. While the two are talking, Devine and Weston are brought in guarded by hrossa, because they have killed three of that race. Oyarsa then directs a pfifltrigg to "scatter the movements that were" the bodies of Hyoi and the two other hrossa, using a small, crystalline instrument; once touched with this instrument, the bodies vanish. Weston makes a long speech justifying his proposed invasion of Malacandra on "progressive" and evolutionary grounds, which Ransom attempts to translate into Malacandrian, thus laying bare the brutality and crudity of Weston's ambitions.
Oyarsa listens carefully to Weston's speech and acknowledges that the scientist is acting out of a sense of duty to his species, and not mere greed. This renders him more mercifully disposed towards the scientist, who accepts that he may die while giving Man the means to continue. However, on closer examination Oyarsa points out that Weston's loyalty is not to Man's mind - or he would value equally the alien minds already inhabiting Malacandra, instead of seeking to displace them in favour of humanity; nor to Man's body - since, as Weston is well aware of and at ease with, Man's physical form will alter over time, and indeed would have to in order to adapt to Weston's programme of space exploration and colonisation. It seems then that Weston is loyal only to "the seed" - Man's DNA - which he seeks to propagate. When Oyarsa questions why this is an intelligible motivation for action, Weston's eloquence fails him and he can only articulate that if Oyarsa does not understand Man's basic loyalty to Man then he, Weston, cannot possibly instruct him.
Oyarsa, passing judgment, tells Weston and Devine that he would not tolerate the presence of such creatures, but lets them leave the planet immediately, albeit under very unfavourable orbital conditions. To Ransom, Oyarsa offers him the option of staying on Malacandra, but Ransom decides he does not belong there, perhaps because he feels himself unworthy and perhaps because he yearns to be back among the human beings of Earth. Oyarsa gives the men ninety days' worth of air and other supplies, telling the Thulcandrians that after ninety days, the ship will disintegrate—so that whether they make it back to Earth or not (which is unlikely given the orbital conditions), they will never return to Malacandra. Weston and Devine do not further harm Ransom, focussing their attention on the perilous journey home. Oyarsa had promised Ransom that the eldila of "deep heaven" would watch over and protect him against any attacks from the other two Thulcandrians, who might seek to kill him as a way of economizing their air and food supplies; at times, Ransom is conscious of benevolent presences within the spaceship—the eldila. After a difficult return journey, the space-ship makes it back to Earth, and is shortly "unbodied" according to Oyarsa's will.
Ransom himself half-doubts whether all that happened was true, and he realizes that others will be even less inclined to believe it if he should speak of it. However, the author (Lewis), who did not previously know of Ransom's adventure, fortuitously writes to Ransom asking whether he has heard of the medieval Latin word "Oyarses" and knows what it meant. This prompts Ransom to let Lewis in on the secret. Ransom then dedicates himself to the mission that Oyarsa gave him before he left Malacandra of stopping Weston from further evil. Ransom and Lewis then collaborate—in the story, not in real life—to compose and publish Out of the Silent Planet under the guise of fiction. They realize that only a few readers will recognize their story as describing "real" events, but since they anticipate that further conflict with Weston or the Bent Oyarsa of Earth will be forthcoming, they also desire simply to familiarize many readers with the ideas contained therein.
Dr. Bruce L. Edwards, in The CS Lewis Review, writes that a long-time correspondent, nun Sister Penelope of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, asked him about the provenance of the novel. He replied, "Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people's minds under cover of romance without their knowing it" (9 August 1939, in The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis) - "in science fiction, Lewis himself had discovered a worthy vehicle for reinvigorating and reinserting relevant discussion of Christian ideals and the biblical worldview into popular discourse."[10]
The eldila, who work for Oyarsa as messengers and maintainers of the planet, are meant to supply the role of angels, although the text of the book reveals that they are not identical to angels despite their similarities. Oyarsa is a more powerful eldil, akin to an archangel or patron deity. Oyarsa tells Ransom that "the least of my servants" (Chap. 18) possesses the power to un-make any spaceship sent from Earth intending evil to Mars and its denizens.
In this way, Oyéresu have some traits of the Ainur of the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, who was a friend of Lewis. Oyarsa's superior, Maleldil the Young, represents Jesus. The 'Old One', the creator of Mars, is God the Father. Part of the background in Out of the Silent Planet is that Earth's Oyarsa (who is obviously Lucifer) became "bent" (corrupt), destroyed most of the life on Mars, and was forcibly imprisoned inside the Moon's orbit, leaving him to rule the inhabitants of the Moon and the (subsequently created) humans of Earth. (Robert McClenaghan says, "Although the novels' Christian subtext is veiled in references to 'Maleldil' and 'dark eldils,' the outlines of the cosmic struggle are clear. The rebellion of the earthly oyarsa suggests the rebellion of Satan—which, Ransom learns, was redeemed by the sacrifice of Maleldil the Young (Christ)."[11]) His attempts to convince the inhabitants of Mars to flee the devastated planet to other worlds were stopped by the Oyarsa who killed the rebels and subsequently reshaped some parts of the planet's surface to continue to support life. This was, however, billions of years ago.
Mars' Oyarsa also asks Weston, "What do you do when a planet is dead? ... Then what when all are dead?" To Weston, such a "defeatist" attitude is intolerable, although had the Martians settled Earth, nascent mankind would have obviously received short shrift. On hearing it he declares himself on the side of the Bent One and his defiant attitude ("He fights, jumps, lives, not like Maleldil who lets everybody die").
The concepts of space and other planets in this novel are largely taken from medieval cosmology. For more information on it, see C. S. Lewis's The Discarded Image, a series of lectures on this cosmology that were published after his death.
Lewis depicts Mars based partly on what was known of it at the time and partly on legend. For example, Mars' atmosphere was known to be thin and unbreathable, but he decided to treat the canals of Mars as real though he was already aware that they probably did not exist.[12] Lewis reconciles this by having Mars' breathable atmosphere concentrated in the canals, or handramits, and some blotchy lowland areas where the pfifltriggi live, while the bare surface of Mars, or harandra, is cold and lifeless. This state, according to the novel, is the result of the ancient attack on Malacandra by the Bent One, and the livable areas are the product of Oyarsa's subsequent emergency excavations. While journeying through a trench in the harandra with Augray the sorn, Ransom had to breathe out of an oxygen bottle, and the sky was pitch black, except when a dust storm colored the sky ochre (of course, this ochre colour is permanent in the real Mars' sky). Larry Niven's planet Canyon in the Known Space series likewise shares the feature of having a trench with breathable air while most of the world's air is too thin. Lewis also depicts things on Mars as having vertical exaggeration relative to their closest Earth counterparts, which he felt to be appropriate for Mars' lower gravity—although the humans on Mars apparently observe its lower gravity only inferentially from this vertical exaggeration, and generally do not directly experience their own decreased weight.
Peter Nicholls describes Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra as "planetary romances with elements of medieval mythology. Each planet is seen as having a tutelary spirit; those of the other planets are both good and accessible, while that of Earth is fallen, twisted and not known directly by most humans. These two books are powerfully imagined, although their scientific content is intermittently absurd."[13]
Anna K. Nardo (in Extrapolation, summer, 1979) wrote that "as the reader travels with Ransom into Deep Heaven, he too is introduced to worlds where myth comes true and where what are merely artificial constructs to delineate kinds of poetry on earth become living realities in the heroic world of Mars and the pastoral world of Venus. Through identification with Ransom, the reader tastes what, Lewis seems to believe, is almost impossible in the modern world: pure epic and pure lyric experiences."[7]
Robert McClenaghan writes, "Out of the Silent Planet, the shortest and most straightforward of the [Space Trilogy] books, incorporates many of the elements of classic science fiction, including a space flight, meetings with fantastic aliens, and an extended depiction of another planet. Were it not for the theological backdrop (which comes into focus only toward the story's end), Out of the Silent Planet could pass as merely a well-written and exceptionally erudite pulp novel."[14]
John Gosling, on his website devoted to The War of the Worlds, wrote that the novel "is a very well written and important piece of Martian science fiction."[15]
On Malacandra there are three native hnau, reasoning species such as humans ("sentient races" in popular science fiction terms).
The hrossa (singular hross) resemble bipedal otters or seals, and are somewhat taller and thinner than humans. Ransom finds them beautiful: "covered, face and all, with thick black animal hair, and whiskered like a cat ... glossy coat, liquid eye, sweet breath and whitest teeth" (p. 59, Chap. 9). They live in the low river valleys (handramit in the speech of the eldila) and specialize in farming, fishing, and performing arts such as dancing and poetry. They are especially gifted in making poetry; yet they refuse to write it down as they believe that books ruin words and poems. Their technical level is low, and they wear only pocketed loincloths. The boats that they build are similar to our canoes. They add an initial /h/ sound to their words. Their sense of humor is "extravagant and fantastic" (Chap. 18).
The séroni (singular sorn; the plural is sometimes given as sorns) are thin, fifteen-foot-high humanoids having coats of pale feathers and seven-fingered hands.[b] They live in mountain caves of the high country (harandra in the speech of the eldila), though they often descend into the handramit where they raise giraffe-like livestock. They are the scholars and thinkers of Malacandra, specializing in science and abstract learning. Their technical level is high, and they design machinery, which is built by the pfifltriggi. Although they can write, they do not compose written works of history or fiction as they feel the hrossa are superior at it. Their sense of humor "seldom got beyond irony" (Chap. 18).
The pfifltriggi (singular pfifltrigg) have tapir-like heads (with a bulge at the back containing the brain) and frog-like bodies; they lean their elbows on the ground when at rest, and sometimes when working with their hands. Their movements are quick and insectlike. They are the builders and technicians of Malacandra. They build houses and gadgets thought up by the séroni. They are miners who especially like to dig up "sun's blood" (gold) and other useful and beautiful minerals. They are the only species said to wear a form of clothes, other than the hrossa, and even wear goggles to protect their eyes. Their sense of humor is "sharp and excelled in abuse" (Chap. 18).
Malacandra's hnau are "unfallen": free of the tendency to evil and sin that plagues humans. Ransom describes the emotional connection between the races as a cross between that of equals and that of person to an animal, mirrored in the way that humans tend to anthropomorphize pets. Members of the three races do not believe any one of the races to be superior to the others; they acknowledge, rather, that no single race can do everything.
In the sequels it is made clear that the language of the hrossa is the primary Old Solar language, and that the languages of the other two species are late derivatives of it. This represents Lewis' view that the symbolic and mythopoeic imagination is the primary language of the human mind and that scientific and technological analysis is a later development. In the essay Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare[16] he argues that, though reason is the organ of truth, imagination is the organ of meaning.
The speech which Weston delivers at the book's climax (in Chapter 20), and Ransom's effort to render it into the Old Solar spoken by the Malacandrians, demonstrate the enormous gulf in cultural and moral perceptions, which renders Weston's value judgements utterly untranslatable and may be said to make them absurd; thus creating a sort of social criticism. The "translation" that we read is to be understood as a back-translation into English of what Ransom said in Old Solar.
|Weston's speech in English
|Ransom's rendering into Old Solar
|To you I may seem a vulgar robber
|Among us, Oyarsa, there is a kind of hnau who will take other hnau's food and - and things, when they are not looking. He says he is not an ordinary one of that kind.
|but I bear on my shoulders the destiny of the human race.
|He says what he does now will make very different things happen to those of our people who are not yet born.
|Your tribal life
|He says that, among you, hnau of one kindred all live together
|with its stone-age weapons
|and the hrossa have spears like those we used a very long time ago
|and bee-hive huts
|and your huts are small and round
|its primitive coracles
|and your boats small and light and like our old ones
|and elementary social structure
|and you have only one ruler
|has nothing to compare with our civilization -
|He says it is different with us.
|with our science
|He says we know much.
|There is a thing happens in our world when the body of a living creature feels pains and becomes weak, and we sometimes know how to stop it.
|and law,
|He says we have many bent people and we kill them or shut them in huts and that we have people for settling quarrels between the bent hnau about their huts and mates and things.
|our armies,
|He says we have many ways for the hnau of one land to kill those of another and some are trained to do it.
|our architecture,
|He says we build very big and strong huts of stones and other things - like the pfifltriggi.
|our commerce
|And he says we can exchange many things among ourselves
|and our transport system which is rapidly annihilating space and time.
|and can carry heavy weights very quickly a long way.
|Our right to supersede you is the right of the higher over the lower.
|Because of all this, he says it would not be the act of a bent hnau if our people killed all your people.
The hrossa's word for "to eat" contains consonants unreproducible by the human mouth. It is not clear how that word would be pronounced on Venus, where Ransom, in the sequel, finds humans speaking the same language spoken by the hrossa.
(Information has been gleaned from the Library of Congress, the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, and WorldCat.)
|ISBN (available occasionally)
|John Lane, The Bodley Head
|1st edition.
First published 1 April 1938. John Lane issued many reprints.
|The Macmillan Company
|Title: Der verstummte Planet: Roman, trans. by Else von Juhàsz.
|Avon Reprint Edition.
On cover: "Complete and unabridged."
On cover: "Reads like the best of Merritt and Burroughs - D. A. Wollheim"
Colorful cover art, by Ann Cantor, shows Ransom in a boat with Hyoi and two séroni on the shore.[17]
|José Janés Editor
|Title: Fuga a los Espacio ("Space Flight"), trans. by Manuel Bosch Barrett.
Series: Cosmic Trilogy #1.
|Pan Books
|First Pan paperback printing. Second Pan paperback printing appeared in 1955.
Cover art by George Woodman.[18]
|Title: Le silence de la Terre ("The Silence of Earth"); trans. by Marguerite Faguer.
Series: Le Rayon Fantastique #12.
Colorful cover illustration, possibly by Christian Broutin, shows a man in middle distance, a boat on water to his right, twisting mountains in the background, a twisted tree to the left, and a green sky with wispy white clouds.
|Title: Utflykt från tyst planet ("Flight Out of Silent Planet"); trans. by Karin Hartman and Erik Egberg.
Cover art by Cliff Nielsen shows a grenade-like spaceship, with a man preparing to exit from it, landing on a Mars that is more greenish than red.
|Cover art by Everett Kinstler shows a rocket and Ransom, distraught, looking over his shoulder at an enormous eye in the sky, all against a red background.
|Rowohlt Verlag
|Title: Jenseits des Schweigenden Sterns; trans. by Ernst Sander.
1st German ed.
Series: rororo Taschenbuch, Ausg. 289.
Cover illustration shows a green planet.
|3rd Avon printing.
Cover artist, uncredited, appears signed as Suss or Siess.
|Pan Books
|Great Pan "New Edition" 1960. The three previous printings in Pan were 1952, 1955 and 1956.[19]
On cover: "A strikingly original story of man's leap into space - and what he finds there."
Cover art, reminiscent of the work of Richard M. Powers, shows what might be two séroni, one with Ransom on his back; or possibly eldil.
|Ten Have
|Title: Ver van de zwijgende planeet, trans. H. C. Weiland.[20]
|1st pbk. ed.
Issued for a juvenile audience. Publisher's summary: ... Dr. Ransom is kidnapped and spirited by spaceship to the mysterious red planet of Malandra [sic]. He escapes and goes on the run, jeopardizing both his chances of ever returning to Earth and his very life... Lewis modeled Dr. Ransom after his dear friend J.R.R. Tolkien... [The novel] brings to life strange and magical realms in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. But in the many layers of its allegory, and the sophistication and piercing brilliance of its insights into the human condition, it occupies a place among the English language's most extraordinary works for any age, and for all time...
|160 pp.
Cover art by Bernard Symancyk.[21]
|Introduction and notes by David Elloway.
Series: Heritage of literature series, Section B, no. 87.
|Hardcover omnibus.[23]
|Trilogy title: Le silence de la Terre / Voyage à Vénus / Cette hideuse puissance. Translated by Marguerite Faguer and Frank Straschitz.
Numbered and limited printing of 4000+150 copies.
Cloth cover in magenta with illustration of spaceship (or meteor) in goldenrod color.
|The Bodley Head
and ISBN 978-0-370-00536-2
|Stated Eleventh Impression.
|ISBN 0-02-086880-4 ; and ISBN 978-0-02-086880-4
|(Published as Space trilogy, according to WorldCat.)
|Publicações Europa-America
|Title: Para Além do Planeta Silencioso; trans. by Maria Luísa Gonçalves dos Santos.
Series: Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #80
|Megaforce Worldwide/Atlantic
|Sound recording (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.)
|Publisher's description: A philologist is kidnapped and taken via space-ship from England to Malacandra where he escapes and goes on the run.
|Scribner Paperback Fiction
|ISBN 0-684-82380-2 and ISBN 978-0-684-82380-5
|First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition.
Cover design by Kevin Mohlenkamp.
|Scribner Classics
|ISBN 0-684-83364-6 and 978-0-684-83364-4
|Cover art by Kinuko Y. Craft. Reprinted often.
|G.K. Hall & Company
|ISBN 0-7838-0411-3 and ISBN 978-0-7838-0411-8
|Published December, 1998. Large-print edition.
|Voyager / HarperCollins
|ISBN 0-00-628165-6 and 978-0-00-628165-8
|Trade paperback
|Published June, 2000. Colorful cover art by Kinuko Craft shows Mars with pink foliage and teal river.
|Simon & Schuster
|Issued 17 March 2003.
|Kabalcı Yayınevi
|Published July 2005. Named "Sessiz Gezegenin Dışında"
|ISBN 0-00-715715-0 and 978-0-00-715715-0
|Trade paperback
|Published December 2005.
Cover art by Cliff Nielsen same as 1955 edition above.
|Éditions Gallimard
|Title: Au-delà de la planète silencieuse, trans. by Maurice Le Péchoux. Cover illustration by Emmanuel Malin.
|Electronic Book
|EPub Edition
The hrossa, séroni, and pfifltriggi are several of the races living on Mars in Larry Niven's 1999 novel Rainbow Mars; they are referred to as the "Pious Ones" by the Barsoomian races. The hrossa are called the "Fishers", the pfifltriggi the "Smiths", and the séroni the "High Folk". The pfifltriggi are one of the races who chose to ride to Earth on Yggdrasil.
The séroni appear at the beginning of the second volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as one of the Martian races allied against the "mollusc invaders" (the Martians from The War of the Worlds).
In Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, a hieroglyphics-filled chamber seems to show the hrossa, séroni, and pfifltriggi as the original races of Mars, that were wiped out by the arrival of the War of the Worlds Martians.


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My little blog turned one!
On November 17th, 2010 I decided to stop just stalking reading my favorite health and fitness blogs, but to start one of my own in hopes that somewhere a few other healthy college girls, fellow runners or passionate foodies may benefit along the way.
I am so happy to have found such a great community of bloggers! I love catching up with you guys every day through your blogs and comments, and hope you know what your virtual friendship means to me :)
A lot has changed in a year! Since the start of my blog, I have…
Moved home to Colorado!
Completed my first half-marathon
Declared my major!
Received my first F on a test :-/
Started a long-distance relationship
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Discovered and tried tons of great new recipes, like these awesome no bake granola bars I made today.
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Conquered lots of new and awesome workouts, like this one I stole from Tessa the other day
It was awesome!! Definitely had me sweating and out of breath.
Truth be told, I feel like so much about me has changed in the past year. And a huge part of it is because of this blog and the community I have found because of it. I love my growing passion for fitness and food and being able to share that with others. I am so thrilled to have had the opportunity to "meet" all of you, and can't wait for more years to come :)
Although, there may be a blog name change coming your way soon…stay tuned!
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What's the biggest thing about you that has changed in the past year?
Favorite workout/new recipe as of late?
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Cost with electrical access: $18.00/night.Cost without electrical access: $8.00/night.Season rate: $299. **The season rate does not guarantee a space. First come, first served.**Payment can be made in the ticket office. Cash or check, no credit cards.
We provide electricity only. There are 6 electrical pedestals with 2-20A and 2-30A plug-ins. Sewer and water are not available. Guests can dump holding tanks at the 49er RV Park in Chewelah.
RV parking is on a first come first served basis. This policy applies to anyone who brings their RV to the mountain, including those who purchase the season rate. We do not reserve spaces. Please do not save spaces for others.
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Pretty Parlor a GoGo, SF's first beauty truck, rolls into town
Trucks aren't just for food and fashion anymore: this weekend, San Francisco will see its first truck dedicated to mobile beauty when Pretty Parlor a GoGo parks at Sunday's Urban Air Market in Hayes Valley. A new venture from Pretty Parlor, the truck will offer a select menu of the Mission destination's beauty services in […] [Read More]
Shop ops: Alameda Point Vintage Fashion Faire + Urban Air Market
Go and explore a vintage fashion extravaganza, in the form of the Alamada Point Vintage Fashion Faire, featuring styles from the '40s all the way to today, by top dealers showcasing a wide array of women's and men's clothing, couture, jewelry, accessories, textiles, fine linens and more at the "O" Club. The Friday night show […] [Read More]