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This time the old lady did not call
for Potapitch; for that she was too preoccupied.
Though not outwardly shaken by the
event (indeed, she seemed perfectly calm), she was trembling
inwardly from head to foot. At length, completely absorbed in the
game, she burst out:
"Alexis Ivanovitch, did not the
croupier just say that 4000 florins were the most that could be
staked at any one time? Well, take these 4000, and stake them upon
To oppose her was useless. Once more the wheel revolved.
"Rouge!" proclaimed the croupier.
Again 4000 florins--in all 8000!
"Give me them," commanded the Grandmother, "and stake the other 4000
upon the red again."
I did so.
"Rouge!" proclaimed the croupier.
"Twelve thousand!" cried the old lady. "Hand me the whole lot. Put
the gold into this purse here, and count the bank notes. Enough! Let
us go home. Wheel my chair away."
THE chair, with the old lady beaming in it, was wheeled away towards
the doors at the further end of the salon, while our party hastened
to crowd around her, and to offer her their congratulations.
In fact, eccentric as was her conduct,
it was also overshadowed by her triumph; with the result that the
General no longer feared to be publicly compromised by being seen
with such a strange woman, but, smiling in a condescending,
cheerfully familiar way, as though he were soothing a child, he
offered his greetings to the old lady. At the same time, both he and
the rest of the spectators were visibly impressed. Everywhere people
kept pointing to the Grandmother, and talking about her. Many people
even walked beside her chair, in order to view her the better while,
at a little distance, Astley was
carrying on a conversation on the subject with two English
acquaintances of his. De Griers was simply overflowing with smiles
and compliments, and a number of fine ladies were staring at the
Grandmother as though she had been something curious.
"Quelle victoire!" exclaimed De Griers.
"Mais, Madame, c'etait du feu!" added Mlle. Blanche with an
"Yes, I have won twelve thousand florins," replied the old
lady. "And then there is all this gold. With it the total ought
to come to nearly thirteen thousand. How much is that in Russian
money? Six thousand roubles, I think?"
However, I calculated that the sum would exceed seven thousand
roubles--or, at the present rate of exchange, even eight
"Eight thousand roubles! What a splendid thing! And to think of
you simpletons sitting there and doing nothing! Potapitch!
Martha! See what I have won!"
"How DID you do it, Madame?" Martha exclaimed ecstatically.
"Eight thousand roubles!"
"And I am going to give you fifty gulden apiece. There they
Potapitch and Martha rushed towards her to kiss her hand.
"And to each bearer also I will give a ten-gulden piece. Let
them have it out of the gold, Alexis Ivanovitch. But why is this
footman bowing to me, and that other man as well? Are they
congratulating me? Well, let them have ten gulden apiece."
"Madame la princesse--Un pauvre expatrie--Malheur continuel--Les
princes russes sont si genereux!" said a man who for some time
past had been hanging around the old lady's chair--a personage
who, dressed in a shabby frockcoat and coloured waistcoat, kept
taking off his cap, and smiling pathetically.
"Give him ten gulden," said the Grandmother. "No, give him
twenty. Now, enough of that, or I shall never get done with you
all. Take a moment's rest, and then carry me away. Prascovia, I
mean to buy a new dress for you tomorrow. Yes, and for you too,
Mlle. Blanche. Please translate, Prascovia."
"Merci, Madame," replied Mlle. Blanche gratefully as she
twisted her face into the mocking smile which usually she kept
only for the benefit of De Griers and the General. The latter
looked confused, and seemed greatly relieved when we reached the
"How surprised Theodosia too will be!" went on the Grandmother
(thinking of the General's nursemaid). "She, like yourselves,
shall have the price of a new gown. Here, Alexis Ivanovitch!
Give that beggar something" (a crooked-backed ragamuffin had
approached to stare at us).
"But perhaps he is NOT a beggar--only a rascal," I replied.
"Never mind, never mind. Give him a gulden."
I approached the beggar in question, and handed him the coin.
Looking at me in great astonishment, he silently accepted the
gulden, while from his person there proceeded a strong smell of
"Have you never tried your luck, Alexis Ivanovitch?"
"Yet just now I could see that you were burning to do so?"
"I do mean to try my luck presently."
"Then stake everything upon zero. You have seen how it ought to
be done? How much capital do you possess?"
"Two hundred gulden, Madame."
"Not very much. See here; I will lend you five hundred if you
wish. Take this purse of mine." With that she added sharply to
the General: "But YOU need not expect to receive any."
This seemed to upset him, but he said nothing, and De Griers
contented himself by scowling.
"Que diable!" he whispered to the General. "C'est une
"Look! Another beggar, another beggar!" exclaimed the
grandmother. "Alexis Ivanovitch, go and give him a gulden."
As she spoke I saw approaching us a grey-headed old man with a
wooden leg--a man who was dressed in a blue frockcoat and
carrying a staff. He looked like an old soldier. As soon as I
tendered him the coin he fell back a step or two, and eyed me
"Was ist der Teufel!" he cried, and appended thereto a round
dozen of oaths.
"The man is a perfect fool!" exclaimed the Grandmother, waving
her hand. "Move on now, for I am simply famished. When we have
lunched we will return to that place."
"What?" cried I. "You are going to play again?"
"What else do you suppose?" she retorted. "Are you going only
to sit here, and grow sour, and let me look at you?"
"Madame," said De Griers confidentially, "les chances peuvent
tourner. Une seule mauvaise chance, et vous perdrez tout--surtout
avec votre jeu. C'etait terrible!"
"Oui; vous perdrez absolument," put in Mlle. Blanche.
"What has that got to do with YOU?" retorted the old lady.
"It is not YOUR money that I am going to lose; it is my own. And
where is that Mr. Astley of yours?" she added to myself.
"He stayed behind in the Casino."
"What a pity! He is such a nice sort of man!"
Arriving home, and meeting the landlord on the staircase, the
Grandmother called him to her side, and boasted to him of her
winnings--thereafter doing the same to Theodosia, and conferring
upon her thirty gulden; after which she bid her serve luncheon.
The meal over, Theodosia and Martha broke into a joint flood of
"I was watching you all the time, Madame," quavered Martha,
"and I asked Potapitch what mistress was trying to do. And, my
word! the heaps and heaps of money that were lying upon the
table! Never in my life have I seen so much money. And there
were gentlefolk around it, and other gentlefolk sitting down. So,
I asked Potapitch where all these gentry had come from; for,
thought I, maybe the Holy Mother of God will help our mistress
among them. Yes, I prayed for you, Madame, and my heart died
within me, so that I kept trembling and trembling. The Lord be
with her, I thought to myself; and in answer to my prayer He has
now sent you what He has done! Even yet I tremble--I tremble to
think of it all."
"Alexis Ivanovitch," said the old lady, "after luncheon,--that
is to say, about four o'clock--get ready to go out with me again.
But in the meanwhile, good-bye. Do not forget to call a doctor,
for I must take the waters. Now go and get rested a little."
I left the Grandmother's presence in a state of bewilderment.
Vainly I endeavoured to imagine what would become of our party,
or what turn the affair would next take. I could perceive that
none of the party had yet recovered their presence of mind--least
of all the General. The factor of the Grandmother's appearance in
place of the hourly expected telegram to announce her death
(with, of course, resultant legacies) had so upset the whole
scheme of intentions and projects that it was with a decided
feeling of apprehension and growing paralysis that the
conspirators viewed any future performances of the old lady at
roulette. Yet this second factor was not quite so important as
the first, since, though the Grandmother had twice declared that
she did not intend to give the General any money, that
declaration was not a complete ground for the abandonment of
hope. Certainly De Griers, who, with the General, was up to the
neck in the affair, had not wholly lost courage; and I felt sure
that Mlle. Blanche also--Mlle. Blanche who was not only as
deeply involved as the other two, but also expectant of becoming
Madame General and an important legatee--would not lightly
surrender the position, but would use her every resource of
coquetry upon the old lady, in order to afford a contrast to the
impetuous Polina, who was difficult to understand, and lacked
the art of pleasing.
Yet now, when the Grandmother had just performed an astonishing
feat at roulette; now, when the old lady's personality had
been so clearly and typically revealed as that of a rugged,
arrogant woman who was "tombee en enfance"; now, when everything
appeared to be lost,--why, now the Grandmother was as merry as a
child which plays with thistle-down. "Good Lord!" I thought
with, may God forgive me, a most malicious smile, "every
ten-gulden piece which the Grandmother staked must have raised a
blister on the General's heart, and maddened De Griers, and
driven Mlle. de Cominges almost to frenzy with the sight of this
spoon dangling before her lips." Another factor is the
circumstance that even when, overjoyed at winning, the
Grandmother was distributing alms right and left, and
taking every one to be a beggar, she again snapped
out to the General that he was not going to be allowed any of
her money--which meant that the old lady had quite made up her
mind on the point, and was sure of it. Yes, danger loomed ahead.
All these thoughts passed through my mind during the few moments
that, having left the old lady's rooms, I was ascending to my own
room on the top storey. What most struck me was the fact that,
though I had divined the chief, the stoutest, threads which
united the various actors in the drama, I had, until now, been
ignorant of the methods and secrets of the game. For Polina had
never been completely open with me. Although, on occasions, it
had happened that involuntarily, as it were, she had revealed
to me something of her heart, I had noticed that in most
cases--in fact, nearly always--she had either laughed away these
revelations, or grown confused, or purposely imparted to them
a false guise. Yes, she must have concealed a great deal from me.
But, I had a presentiment that now the end of this strained and
mysterious situation was approaching. Another stroke, and all
would be finished and exposed. Of my own fortunes, interested
though I was in the affair, I took no account. I was in the
strange position of possessing but two hundred gulden, of being
at a loose end, of lacking both a post, the means of subsistence,
a shred of hope, and any plans for the future, yet of caring
nothing for these things. Had not my mind been so full of Polina,
I should have given myself up to the comical piquancy of the
impending denouement, and laughed my fill at it. But the thought
of Polina was torture to me. That her fate was settled I already
had an inkling; yet that was not the thought which was giving me
so much uneasiness. What I really wished for was to penetrate her
secrets. I wanted her to come to me and say, " I love you, " and,
if she would not so come, or if to hope that she would ever do so
was an unthinkable absurdity--why, then there was nothing else for
me to want. Even now I do not know what I am wanting. I feel like
a man who has lost his way. I yearn but to be in her presence, and
within the circle of her light and splendour--to be there now, and
forever, and for the whole of my life. More I do not know. How
can I ever bring myself to leave her?
On reaching the third storey of the hotel I experienced a shock.
I was just passing the General's suite when something caused me
to look round. Out of a door about twenty paces away there was
coming Polina! She hesitated for a moment on seeing me, and
then beckoned me to her.
"Hush! Not so loud."
"Something startled me just now," I whispered, "and I looked
round, and saw you. Some electrical influence seems to emanate
from your form."
"Take this letter," she went on with a frown (probably she had
not even heard my words, she was so preoccupied), "and hand it
personally to Mr. Astley. Go as quickly as ever you can, please.
No answer will be required. He himself--" She did not finish her
"To Mr. Astley?" I asked, in some astonishment.
But she had vanished again.
Aha! So the two were carrying on a correspondence! However, I
set off to search for Astley--first at his hotel, and then at
the Casino, where I went the round of the salons in vain. At
length, vexed, and almost in despair, I was on my way home
when I ran across him among a troop of English ladies and
gentlemen who had been out for a ride. Beckoning to him to
stop, I handed him the letter. We had barely time even to look
at one another, but I suspected that it was of set purpose
that he restarted his horse so quickly.
Was jealousy, then, gnawing at me? At all events, I felt
exceedingly depressed, despite the fact that I had no desire
to ascertain what the correspondence was about. To think that
HE should be her confidant! "My friend, mine own familiar
friend!" passed through my mind. Yet WAS there any love in
the matter? "Of course not," reason whispered to me. But
reason goes for little on such occasions. I felt that the
matter must be cleared up, for it was becoming unpleasantly
I had scarcely set foot in the hotel when the commissionaire
and the landlord (the latter issuing from his room for the
purpose) alike informed me that I was being searched for high
and low--that three separate messages to ascertain my
whereabouts had come down from the General. When I entered his
study I was feeling anything but kindly disposed. I found
there the General himself, De Griers, and Mlle. Blanche, but
not Mlle.'s mother, who was a person whom her reputed
daughter used only for show purposes, since in all matters of
business the daughter fended for herself, and it is unlikely
that the mother knew anything about them.
Some very heated discussion was in progress, and meanwhile the
door of the study was open--an unprecedented circumstance. As
I approached the portals I could hear loud voices raised, for
mingled with the pert, venomous accents of De Griers were
Mlle. Blanche's excited, impudently abusive tongue and the
General's plaintive wail as, apparently, he sought to justify
himself in something. But on my appearance every one stopped
speaking, and tried to put a better face upon matters. De
Griers smoothed his hair, and twisted his angry face into a
smile--into the mean, studiedly polite French smile which I so
detested; while the downcast, perplexed General assumed an air
of dignity--though only in a mechanical way. On the other hand,
Mlle. Blanche did not trouble to conceal the wrath that was
sparkling in her countenance, but bent her gaze upon me with
an air of impatient expectancy. I may remark that hitherto
she had treated me with absolute superciliousness, and, so far
from answering my salutations, had always ignored them.
"Alexis Ivanovitch," began the General in a tone of
affectionate upbraiding, "may I say to you that I find it
strange, exceedingly strange, that--In short, your conduct
towards myself and my family--In a word, your-er-extremely"
" Eh! Ce n'est pas ca," interrupted De Griers in a tone of
impatience and contempt (evidently he was the ruling spirit
of the conclave). "Mon cher monsieur, notre general se
trompe. What he means to say is that he warns you--he begs of
you most eamestly--not to ruin him. I use the expression
"Why? Why?" I interjected.
"Because you have taken upon yourself to act as guide to this,
to this--how shall I express it?--to this old lady, a cette
pauvre terrible vieille. But she will only gamble away all
that she has--gamble it away like thistledown. You yourself have
seen her play. Once she has acquired the taste for gambling,
she will never leave the roulette-table, but, of sheer
perversity and temper, will stake her all, and lose it. In
cases such as hers a gambler can never be torn away from the
game; and then--and then--"
"And then," asseverated the General, "you will have ruined
my whole family. I and my family are her heirs, for she has
no nearer relatives than ourselves. I tell you frankly that
my affairs are in great--very great disorder; how much they are
so you yourself are partially aware. If she should lose a
large sum, or, maybe, her whole fortune, what will become of
us--of my children" (here the General exchanged a glance
with De Griers)" or of me? "(here he looked at Mlle.
Blanche, who turned her head contemptuously away). "Alexis
Ivanovitch, I beg of you to save us."
"Tell me, General, how am I to do so? On what footing do I
"Refuse to take her about. Simply leave her alone."
"But she would soon find some one else to take my place?"
"Ce n'est pas ca, ce n'est pas ca," again interrupted De
Griers. "Que diable! Do not leave her alone so much as
advise her, persuade her, draw her away. In any case do not
let her gamble; find her some counter-attraction."
"And how am I to do that? If only you would undertake the
task, Monsieur de Griers! " I said this last as innocently as
possible, but at once saw a rapid glance of excited
interrogation pass from Mlle. Blanche to De Griers, while in
the face of the latter also there gleamed something which he
could not repress.
"Well, at the present moment she would refuse to accept my
services," said he with a gesture. "But if, later--"
Here he gave Mlle. Blanche another glance which was full of
meaning; whereupon she advanced towards me with a bewitching
smile, and seized and pressed my hands. Devil take it, but how
that devilish visage of hers could change! At the present
moment it was a visage full of supplication, and as gentle in
its expression as that of a smiling, roguish infant.
Stealthily, she drew me apart from the rest as though the more
completely to separate me from them; and, though no harm came
of her doing so--for it was merely a stupid manoeuvre, and no
more--I found the situation very unpleasant.
The General hastened to lend her his support.
"Alexis Ivanovitch," he began, "pray pardon me for having
said what I did just now--for having said more than I meant to
do. I beg and beseech you, I kiss the hem of your garment, as
our Russian saying has it, for you, and only you, can save us.
I and Mlle. de Cominges, we all of us beg of you--But you
understand, do you not? Surely you understand?" and with his
eyes he indicated Mlle. Blanche. Truly he was cutting a
At this moment three low, respectful knocks sounded at the
door; which, on being opened, revealed a chambermaid, with
Potapitch behind her--come from the Grandmother to request
that I should attend her in her rooms. "She is in a bad
humour," added Potapitch.
The time was half-past three.
"My mistress was unable to sleep," explained Potapitch; "so,
after tossing about for a while, she suddenly rose, called
for her chair, and sent me to look for you. She is now in the
"Quelle megere!" exclaimed De Griers.
True enough, I found Madame in the hotel verandah -much put
about at my delay, for she had been unable to contain herself
until four o'clock.
"Lift me up," she cried to the bearers, and once more we set
out for the roulette-salons.
The Grandmother was in an impatient, irritable frame of mind.
Without doubt the roulette had turned her head, for she
appeared to be indifferent to everything else, and, in
general, seemed much distraught. For instance, she asked me no
questions about objects en route, except that, when a
sumptuous barouche passed us and raised a cloud of dust, she
lifted her hand for a moment, and inquired, " What was that? "
Yet even then she did not appear to hear my reply, although at
times her abstraction was interrupted by sallies and fits of
sharp, impatient fidgeting. Again, when I pointed out to her
the Baron and Baroness Burmergelm walking to the Casino, she
merely looked at them in an absent-minded sort of way, and
said with complete indifference, "Ah!" Then, turning
sharply to Potapitch and Martha, who were walking behind us,
she rapped out:
"Why have YOU attached yourselves to the party? We are not
going to take you with us every time. Go home at once." Then,
when the servants had pulled hasty bows and departed, she
added to me: "You are all the escort I need."
At the Casino the Grandmother seemed to be expected, for no
time was lost in procuring her former place beside the
croupier. It is my opinion that though croupiers seem such
ordinary, humdrum officials--men who care nothing whether the
bank wins or loses--they are, in reality, anything but
indifferent to the bank's losing, and are given instructions
to attract players, and to keep a watch over the bank's
interests; as also, that for such services, these officials are
awarded prizes and premiums. At all events, the croupiers of
Roulettenberg seemed to look upon the Grandmother as their
lawful prey--whereafter there befell what our party had
It happened thus:
As soon as ever we arrived the Grandmother ordered me to stake
twelve ten-gulden pieces in succession upon zero. Once,
twice, and thrice I did so, yet zero never turned up.
"Stake again," said the old lady with an impatient nudge of my
elbow, and I obeyed.
"How many times have we lost? " she inquired--actually
grinding her teeth in her excitement.
"We have lost 144 ten-gulden pieces," I replied. "I tell you,
Madame, that zero may not turn up until nightfall."
"Never mind," she interrupted. "Keep on staking upon zero,
and also stake a thousand gulden upon rouge. Here is a
banknote with which to do so."
The red turned up, but zero missed again, and we only got our
thousand gulden back.
"But you see, you see " whispered the old lady. "We have now
recovered almost all that we staked. Try zero again. Let us do
so another ten times, and then leave off."
By the fifth round, however, the Grandmother was weary of the
"To the devil with that zero!" she exclaimed. Stake four
thousand gulden upon the red."
"But, Madame, that will be so much to venture!" I
remonstrated. "Suppose the red should not turn up?" The
Grandmother almost struck me in her excitement. Her agitation
was rapidly making her quarrelsome. Consequently, there was
nothing for it but to stake the whole four thousand gulden as
she had directed.
The wheel revolved while the Grandmother sat as bolt upright,
and with as proud and quiet a mien, as though she had not the
least doubt of winning.
"Zero!" cried the croupier.
At first the old lady failed to understand the situation; but,
as soon as she saw the croupier raking in her four thousand
gulden, together with everything else that happened to be
lying on the table, and recognised that the zero which had
been so long turning up, and on which we had lost nearly two
hundred ten-gulden pieces, had at length, as though of set
purpose, made a sudden reappearance--why, the poor old lady
fell to cursing it, and to throwing herself about, and wailing
and gesticulating at the company at large. Indeed, some
people in our vicinity actually burst out laughing.
"To think that that accursed zero should have turned up NOW!"
she sobbed. "The accursed, accursed thing! And, it is all
YOUR fault," she added, rounding upon me in a frenzy. "It
was you who persuaded me to cease staking upon it."
"But, Madame, I only explained the game to you. How am I to
answer for every mischance which may occur in it?"
"You and your mischances!" she whispered threateningly.
"Go! Away at once!"
"Farewell, then, Madame." And I turned to depart.
"No--stay," she put in hastily. "Where are you going to? Why
should you leave me? You fool! No, no... stay here. It is I who
was the fool. Tell me what I ought to do."
"I cannot take it upon myself to advise you, for you will only
blame me if I do so. Play at your own discretion. Say exactly
what you wish staked, and I will stake it."
"Very well. Stake another four thousand gulden upon the red.
Take this banknote to do it with. I have still got twenty
thousand roubles in actual cash."
"But," I whispered, "such a quantity of money--"
"Never mind. I cannot rest until I have won back my losses.
I staked, and we lost.
"Stake again, stake again--eight thousand at a stroke!"
"I cannot, Madame. The largest stake allowed is four thousand
"Well, then; stake four thousand."
This time we won, and the Grandmother recovered herself a
"You see, you see!" she exclaimed as she nudged me. "Stake
another four thousand."
I did so, and lost. Again, and yet again, we lost. "Madame,
your twelve thousand gulden are now gone," at length I
"I see they are," she replied with, as it were, the calmness
of despair. "I see they are," she muttered again as she
gazed straight in front of her, like a person lost in
thought. "Ah well, I do not mean to rest until I have staked
another four thousand."
"But you have no money with which to do it, Madame. In this
satchel I can see only a few five percent bonds and some
transfers--no actual cash."
"And in the purse?"
"A mere trifle."
"But there is a money-changer's office here, is there not?
They told me I should be able to get any sort of paper
security changed! "
"Quite so; to any amount you please. But you will lose on the
transaction what would frighten even a Jew."
"Rubbish! I am DETERMINED to retrieve my losses. Take me
away, and call those fools of bearers."
I wheeled the chair out of the throng, and, the bearers making
their appearance, we left the Casino.
"Hurry, hurry!" commanded the Grandmother. "Show me the
nearest way to the money-changer's. Is it far?"
"A couple of steps, Madame."
At the turning from the square into the Avenue we came face to
face with the whole of our party--the General, De Griers, Mlle.
Blanche, and her mother. Only Polina and Mr. Astley were
"Well, well, well! " exclaimed the Grandmother. "But we have
no time to stop. What do you want? I can't talk to you here."
I dropped behind a little, and immediately was pounced upon by
"She has lost this morning's winnings," I whispered, "and
also twelve thousand gulden of her original money. At the
present moment we are going to get some bonds changed."
De Griers stamped his foot with vexation, and hastened to
communicate the tidings to the General. Meanwhile we
continued to wheel the old lady along.
"Stop her, stop her," whispered the General in consternation.
"You had better try and stop her yourself," I returned--also in
"My good mother," he said as he approached her, "--my good
mother, pray let, let--" (his voice was beginning to tremble
and sink) "--let us hire a carriage, and go for a drive. Near
here there is an enchanting view to be obtained. We-we-we were
just coming to invite you to go and see it."
"Begone with you and your views!" said the Grandmother
angrily as she waved him away.
"And there are trees there, and we could have tea under them,"
continued the General--now in utter despair.
"Nous boirons du lait, sur l'herbe fraiche," added De Griers
with the snarl almost of a wild beast.
"Du lait, de l'herbe fraiche"--the idyll, the ideal of the
Parisian bourgeois--his whole outlook upon "la nature et la
"Have done with you and your milk!" cried the old lady. "Go
and stuff YOURSELF as much as you like, but my stomach simply
recoils from the idea. What are you stopping for? I have
nothing to say to you."
"Here we are, Madame," I announced. "Here is the
I entered to get the securities changed, while the Grandmother
remained outside in the porch, and the rest waited at a
little distance, in doubt as to their best course of action.
At length the old lady turned such an angry stare upon them
that they departed along the road towards the Casino.
The process of changing involved complicated calculations
which soon necessitated my return to the Grandmother for
"The thieves!" she exclaimed as she clapped her hands
together. "Never mind, though. Get the documents cashed--No;
send the banker out to me," she added as an afterthought.
"Would one of the clerks do, Madame?"
"Yes, one of the clerks. The thieves!"
The clerk consented to come out when he perceived that he was
being asked for by an old lady who was too infirm to walk;
after which the Grandmother began to upbraid him at length,
and with great vehemence, for his alleged usuriousness, and
to bargain with him in a mixture of Russian, French, and
German--I acting as interpreter. Meanwhile, the grave-faced
official eyed us both, and silently nodded his head. At the
Grandmother, in particular, he gazed with a curiosity which
almost bordered upon rudeness. At length, too, he smiled.
"Pray recollect yourself!" cried the old lady. "And may my
money choke you! Alexis Ivanovitch, tell him that we can
easily repair to someone else."
"The clerk says that others will give you even less than he."
Of what the ultimate calculations consisted I do not exactly
remember, but at all events they were alarming. Receiving
twelve thousand florins in gold, I took also the statement of
accounts, and carried it out to the Grandmother.
"Well, well," she said, "I am no accountant. Let us hurry
away, hurry away." And she waved the paper aside.
"Neither upon that accursed zero, however, nor upon that
equally accursed red do I mean to stake a cent," I muttered to
myself as I entered the Casino.
This time I did all I could to persuade the old lady to stake
as little as possible--saying that a turn would come in the
chances when she would be at liberty to stake more. But she
was so impatient that, though at first she agreed to do as I
suggested, nothing could stop her when once she had begun. By
way of prelude she won stakes of a hundred and two hundred
"There you are!" she said as she nudged me. "See what we
have won! Surely it would be worth our while to stake four
thousand instead of a hundred, for we might win another four
thousand, and then--! Oh, it was YOUR fault before--all your
I felt greatly put out as I watched her play, but I decided to
hold my tongue, and to give her no more advice.
Suddenly De Griers appeared on the scene. It seemed that all
this while he and his companions had been standing beside us--
though I noticed that Mlle. Blanche had withdrawn a little
from the rest, and was engaged in flirting with the Prince.
Clearly the General was greatly put out at this. Indeed, he
was in a perfect agony of vexation. But Mlle. was careful
never to look his way, though he did his best to attract her
notice. Poor General! By turns his face blanched and reddened,
and he was trembling to such an extent that he could scarcely
follow the old lady's play. At length Mlle. and the Prince
took their departure, and the General followed them.
"Madame, Madame," sounded the honeyed accents of De Griers as
he leant over to whisper in the Grandmother's ear. "That
stake will never win. No, no, it is impossible," he added in
Russian with a writhe. "No, no!"
"But why not?" asked the Grandmother, turning round. "Show
me what I ought to do."
Instantly De Griers burst into a babble of French as he
advised, jumped about, declared that such and such chances
ought to be waited for, and started to make calculations of
figures. All this he addressed to me in my capacity as
translator--tapping the table the while with his finger, and
pointing hither and thither. At length he seized a pencil, and
began to reckon sums on paper until he had exhausted the
"Away with you!" she interrupted. "You talk sheer nonsense,
for, though you keep on saying 'Madame, Madame,' you haven't
the least notion what ought to be done. Away with you, I say!"
"Mais, Madame," cooed De Griers--and straightway started
afresh with his fussy instructions.
"Stake just ONCE, as he advises," the Grandmother said to me,
"and then we shall see what we shall see. Of course, his
stake MIGHT win."
As a matter of fact, De Grier's one object was to distract the
old lady from staking large sums; wherefore, he now suggested
to her that she should stake upon certain numbers, singly and
in groups. Consequently, in accordance with his instructions, I
staked a ten-gulden piece upon several odd numbers in the
first twenty, and five ten-gulden pieces upon certain groups
of numbers-groups of from twelve to eighteen, and from
eighteen to twenty-four. The total staked amounted to 160
The wheel revolved. "Zero!" cried the croupier.
We had lost it all!
"The fool!" cried the old lady as she turned upon De Griers.
"You infernal Frenchman, to think that you should advise!
Away with you! Though you fuss and fuss, you don't even know
what you're talking about."
Deeply offended, De Griers shrugged his shoulders, favoured
the Grandmother with a look of contempt, and departed. For
some time past he had been feeling ashamed of being seen in
such company, and this had proved the last straw.
An hour later we had lost everything in hand.
"Home!" cried the Grandmother.
Not until we had turned into the Avenue did she utter a word;
but from that point onwards, until we arrived at the hotel,
she kept venting exclamations of "What a fool I am! What a
silly old fool I am, to be sure!"
Arrived at the hotel, she called for tea, and then gave orders
for her luggage to be packed.
"We are off again," she announced.
"But whither, Madame?" inquired Martha.
"What business is that of YOURS? Let the cricket stick to
its hearth. [The Russian form of "Mind your own business."]
Potapitch, have everything packed, for we are returning to
Moscow at once. I have fooled away fifteen thousand roubles."
"Fifteen thousand roubles, good mistress? My God!" And
Potapitch spat upon his hands--probably to show that he was
ready to serve her in any way he could.
"Now then, you fool! At once you begin with your weeping and
wailing! Be quiet, and pack. Also, run downstairs, and get my
"The next train leaves at 9:30, Madame," I interposed, with a
view to checking her agitation.
"And what is the time now?"
"How vexing! But, never mind. Alexis Ivanovitch, I have not a
kopeck left; I have but these two bank notes. Please run to
the office and get them changed. Otherwise I shall have
nothing to travel with."
Departing on her errand, I returned half an hour later to find
the whole party gathered in her rooms. It appeared that the
news of her impending departure for Moscow had thrown the
conspirators into consternation even greater than her losses
had done. For, said they, even if her departure should save
her fortune, what will become of the General later? And who
is to repay De Griers? Clearly Mlle. Blanche would never
consent to wait until the Grandmother was dead, but would at
once elope with the Prince or someone else. So they had all
gathered together--endeavouring to calm and dissuade the
Grandmother. Only Polina was absent. For her part the
Grandmother had nothing for the party but abuse.
"Away with you, you rascals!" she was shouting. "What have my
affairs to do with you? Why, in particular, do you"--here
she indicated De Griers--"come sneaking here with your goat's
beard? And what do YOU"--here she turned to Mlle. Blanche
"want of me? What are YOU finicking for?"
"Diantre!" muttered Mlle. under her breath, but her eyes
were flashing. Then all at once she burst into a laugh and
left the room--crying to the General as she did so: "Elle
vivra cent ans!"
"So you have been counting upon my death, have you?" fumed
the old lady. "Away with you! Clear them out of the room,
Alexis Ivanovitch. What business is it of THEIRS? It is not
THEIR money that I have been squandering, but my own."
The General shrugged his shoulders, bowed, and withdrew, with
De Griers behind him.
"Call Prascovia," commanded the Grandmother, and in five
minutes Martha reappeared with Polina, who had been sitting
with the children in her own room (having purposely
determined not to leave it that day). Her face looked grave
"Prascovia," began the Grandmother, "is what I have just
heard through a side wind true--namely, that this fool of a
stepfather of yours is going to marry that silly whirligig of
a Frenchwoman--that actress, or something worse? Tell me, is
"I do not know FOR CERTAIN, Grandmamma," replied Polina; "but
from Mlle. Blanche's account (for she does not appear to think
it necessary to conceal anything) I conclude that--"
"You need not say any more," interrupted the Grandmother
energetically. "I understand the situation. I always thought
we should get something like this from him, for I always
looked upon him as a futile, frivolous fellow who gave himself
unconscionable airs on the fact of his being a general (though
he only became one because he retired as a colonel). Yes, I
know all about the sending of the telegrams to inquire
whether 'the old woman is likely to turn up her toes soon.' Ah,
they were looking for the legacies! Without money that
wretched woman (what is her name?--Oh, De Cominges) would
never dream of accepting the General and his false teeth--no,
not even for him to be her lacquey--since she herself, they
say, possesses a pile of money, and lends it on interest, and
makes a good thing out of it. However, it is not you,
Prascovia, that I am blaming; it was not you who sent those
telegrams. Nor, for that matter, do I wish to recall old
scores. True, I know that you are a vixen by nature--that you
are a wasp which will sting one if one touches it--yet, my
heart is sore for you, for I loved your mother, Katerina. Now,
will you leave everything here, and come away with me?
Otherwise, I do not know what is to become of you, and it is
not right that you should continue living with these people.
Nay," she interposed, the moment that Polina attempted to
speak, "I have not yet finished. I ask of you nothing in
return. My house in Moscow is, as you know, large enough for
a palace, and you could occupy a whole floor of it if you
liked, and keep away from me for weeks together. Will you
come with me or will you not?"
"First of all, let me ask of YOU," replied Polina, "whether you
are intending to depart at once?"
"What? You suppose me to be jesting? I have said that I am
going, and I AM going. Today I have squandered fifteen
thousand roubles at that accursed roulette of yours, and
though, five years ago, I promised the people of a certain
suburb of Moscow to build them a stone church in place of a
wooden one, I have been fooling away my money here! However,
I am going back now to build my church."
"But what about the waters, Grandmamma? Surely you came here
to take the waters?"
"You and your waters! Do not anger me, Prascovia. Surely you
are trying to? Say, then: will you, or will you not, come
"Grandmamma," Polina replied with deep feeling, "I am very,
very grateful to you for the shelter which you have so kindly
offered me. Also, to a certain extent you have guessed my
position aright, and I am beholden to you to such an extent
that it may be that I will come and live with you, and that
very soon; yet there are important reasons why--why I cannot
make up my min,d just yet. If you would let me have, say, a
couple of weeks to decide in--?"
"You mean that you are NOT coming?"
"I mean only that I cannot come just yet. At all events, I
could not well leave my little brother and sister here,
since,since--if I were to leave them--they would be abandoned
altogether. But if, Grandmamma, you would take the little ones
AND myself, then, of course, I could come with you, and would
do all I could to serve you" (this she said with great
earnestness). "Only, without the little ones I CANNOT come."
"Do not make a fuss" (as a matter of fact Polina never at
any time either fussed or wept). "The Great Foster--Father
[Translated literally--The Great Poulterer] can find for all
his chicks a place. You are not coming without the children?
But see here, Prascovia. I wish you well, and nothing but
well: yet I have divined the reason why you will not come.
Yes, I know all, Prascovia. That Frenchman will never bring
you good of any sort."
Polina coloured hotly, and even I started. "For," thought I to
myself, "every one seems to know about that affair. Or
perhaps I am the only one who does not know about it? "
"Now, now! Do not frown," continued the Grandmother. "But I
do not intend to slur things over. You will take care that no
harm befalls you, will you not? For you are a girl of sense,
and I am sorry for you--I regard you in a different light to
the rest of them. And now, please, leave me. Good-bye."
"But let me stay with you a little longer," said Polina.
"No," replied the other; "you need not. Do not bother me, for
you and all of them have tired me out."
Yet when Polina tried to kiss the Grandmother's hand, the old
lady withdrew it, and herself kissed the girl on the cheek.
As she passed me, Polina gave me a momentary glance, and then
as swiftly averted her eyes.
"And good-bye to you, also, Alexis Ivanovitch. The train
starts in an hour's time, and I think that you must be weary
of me. Take these five hundred gulden for yourself."
"I thank you humbly, Madame, but I am ashamed to--"
"Come, come!" cried the Grandmother so energetically, and
with such an air of menace, that I did not dare refuse the
"If, when in Moscow, you have no place where you can lay your
head," she added, "come and see me, and I will give you a
recommendation. Now, Potapitch, get things ready."
I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour
I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand. So
the crisis had come! I needed time for its consideration. To-
morrow I would have a talk with Polina. Ah! The Frenchman! So,
it was true? But how could it be so? Polina and De Griers!
What a combination!
No, it was too improbable. Suddenly I leapt up with the idea
of seeking Astley and forcing him to speak. There could be no
doubt that he knew more than I did. Astley? Well, he was
another problem for me to solve.
Suddenly there came a knock at the door, and I opened it to
find Potapitch awaiting me.
"Sir," he said, "my mistress is asking for you."
"Indeed? But she is just departing, is she not? The train
leaves in ten minutes' time."
"She is uneasy, sir; she cannot rest. Come quickly, sir; do
I ran downstairs at once. The Grandmother was just being
carried out of her rooms into the corridor. In her hands she
held a roll of bank-notes.
"Alexis Ivanovitch," she cried, "walk on ahead, and we will
set out again."
"But whither, Madame?"
"I cannot rest until I have retrieved my losses. March on
ahead, and ask me no questions. Play continues until
midnight, does it not?"
For a moment I stood stupefied--stood deep in thought; but it
was not long before I had made up my mind.
"With your leave, Madame," I said, "I will not go with you."
"And why not? What do you mean? Is every one here a stupid
"Pardon me, but I have nothing to reproach myself with. I
merely will not go. I merely intend neither to witness nor to
join in your play. I also beg to return you your five hundred
Laying the money upon a little table which the Grandmother's
chair happened to be passing, I bowed and withdrew.
"What folly!" the Grandmother shouted after me. "Very well, then.
Do not come, and I will find my way alone. Potapitch, you must
come with me. Lift up the chair, and carry me along."


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Vans Inc. to Build Skate Park at Mall in Orange
Moving to cash in on the popularity of skateboarding and in-line skating, an ambitious new retail and entertainment center in Orange will feature what’s being billed as the nation’s largest and most technically advanced skate park.
Footwear company Vans Inc. said Thursday that it has broken ground on the skate park at the new mall, which has been named the Block. The $165-million center is being built on the site of the former City shopping center by Mills Corp., the developer of the enormous Ontario Mills shopping center.
The 46,000-square-foot skating facility, due to open in late November, will have 34-foot ceilings and 6,000 square feet of outdoor space. It will also feature an 80-foot vertical ramp, a 20,000-square-foot street course and two cement skate “pools” built into the ground.
The skate park, which the company hopes will be the first in a chain of such facilities around the country, takes what have largely been street-based sports to a new level. Existing skate parks are primarily mom-and-pop operations or are run by parks and recreation departments.
The decision by a well-known corporation to invest in skate parks is a major step for skateboarding and skating, which are still struggling to be recognized as legitimate sports, industry sources say.
With an estimated 8 million skateboarders and 30 million in-line skaters throughout the nation, there’s a huge demand for such facilities, said Gary Schoenfeld, chief executive of Santa Fe Springs-based Vans.
However, some industry sources noted that indoor sports facilities are expensive to build and operate, and it might be difficult to make a profit on them.
Neal Lyons, senior vice president at Vans, said the skate park is envisioned as a magnet for families. The park will have facilities designed for everyone from professionals to beginners and will include a large mezzanine area where viewers can watch.
Vans is a 32-year-old company that for years was known for its sturdy canvas shoes. In recent years it has remade itself into a youth-oriented marketer of athletic and casual footwear and has proved adept at staying in tune with its customers through such methods as sponsorship of an extreme-sports tour and support of professional skateboarders.
Despite its cool, somewhat anti-establishment image among adolescents, Vans is a financially sound, conservatively managed company, said analyst John D. Olinksi at Wedbush Morgan Securities in Los Angeles.
Its shoes are sold by mainstream shoe retailers and department stores, as well as in 95 company-owned stores. In the nine months ended Feb. 28, Vans’ profit rose 19% to $9.2 million, and its net sales grew 18% to $141.7 million, while many other athletic shoe companies have experienced flat growth.
Larry Siegel, Mills’ chairman and chief executive, said the skate park fits in with the eclectic theme of the mall, which will be anchored by a 30-screen AMC theater, and include a Virgin Megastore, Alcatraz Brewing Co., Graham Central Station nightclub complex and specialty shops.
Arlington, Va.-based Mills Corp. develops malls nationwide.
The hugely successful Ontario Mills, which opened in late 1996, attracted 17 million visitors last year, more than Disneyland.

domain: economics


text:
«WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
DORAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL»
Family is our priority
Better quality of life
Smart & Eco- City
Juan Carlos Esquivel
He moved to the United States from his native Venezuela in 1977. Member of a tight-knit family, Esquivel has seen activism and community involvement from his Cuban immigrant father since very early in his life. He is a loving husband to his wife Nancy, has seven siblings, four children, and three grandchildren.
He is 54 years old and for more than 30 years has worked on logistics, creating jobs and generating economic activity not only in Doral but in others cities in the United States. He has brought his vast leadership experience in the private sector to serve as director of non-profit organizations, Ekklesia Miami and Mission Child, where he has worked on community advocacy, youth empowering, fostering civic values, and providing assistance to families and especially children affected by natural disasters.
WHY NEXT LEVEL
I believe that businesses are the basis of the local economy in any city!
For over 17 years, most elected officials have allowed disproportionate housing developing and growth without worrying about our roads and of course this has generated traffic more trash in our city! Leaving behind the importance of supporting small and large businesses.
I am Juan Carlos Esquivel, Candidate for Doral City Council Seat No. 3 – This November I ask for your vote so that together we will seek a balance in government and be able to take our city to the next level.
My congratulations to Juan Carlos Esquivel
For running his family contributed to the growth of International Trade to Latin America and Caribbean from South Florida.
President RACAR Properties
Voto por Esquivel por su experiencia gerencial
Cantante / Enterpreneur
Mi Voto es por Esquivel
Yo Voto por Esquivel
Jose Victor Dugand
Pastor Ekklesia Miami
Porque conozco a esquivel!
Porque es Auténtico, siempre es el mismo!
Conoce la ciudad
que porque voto por esquivel?


The Who were playing the last two shows of a European tour in Denmark tonight in 1965, when at the end an argument over something stupid no one can remember broke out among all four band members. As often happened in the early days, singer Roger Daltrey was quick to use his fists, and gave drummer Keith Moon a knuckle sandwich that knocked him out cold. The others were appalled, and Roger, who'd been the band's leader and financial manager in the early days, was kicked out of the band. As often happened in the early days, all was forgiven the next day.
Pink Floyd played the first of three nights at the Fillmore in San Francisco tonight in 1967, their first American dates ever.
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones was in a London court today in 1968, being fined £50, plus 100 Guineas in court costs, for possession of cannabis.
The Beatles released Abbey Road today in 1969, their 11th and final studio album, though the aborted Get Back project would later be gussied up by producer Phil Spector and released as Let It Be after they'd broken up. It would be the last time they recorded with George Martin at EMI Studios, which would be forever known as "Abbey Road". Though none of them referred to it as their last album at the time, they all knew this would be the final Beatle product, and wanted to go out on a high note. Reviews were mixed initially, with some calling it "inauthentic" and criticizing Martin's studio wizardry, but many more consider it their finest work, and Abbey Road remains their best-selling album.
Singer Bruce Dickinson left his band Samson, who he felt were only interested in drugs, alcohol, and getting laid, and joined Iron Maiden today in 1981, who he'd seen when they opened for Samson. "'I wanna f***ing sing for that band. In fact, I'm going to sing for that band! I know I'm going to sing for that band!', he said later, "I just thought, 'This is really me. Not Samson." He is not to be confused with the fictional record producer Bruce Dickinson, as portrayed by actor Christopher Walken in a Saturday Night Live sketch parodying a VH1 "Behind The Music" episode featuring Blue Öyster Cult and a whole lotta Cowbell..
The Go Go's made history today in 1981 as the first all-female rock and roll band to both write and perform their own songs to top the album charts, when their debut album Beauty and The Beat started a 6 week run at #1.
AC/DC released their 12th studio album Ballbreaker today in 1995. Using uber-producer Rick Rubin, the record featured the return of drummer Phil Rudd, who'd been booted out the band in 1983 for drinking and drug problems, and getting in a fist fight with rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and long-pant wearing leader Malcolm Young.
British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Robert Palmer died today in 2003 at age 54, not because he was "addicted to love", but of a heart attack in Paris where he'd been "on holiday" with his close friend Jack Bruce of Cream, who left us as well in 2014.
Jerry Lee Lewis released Last Man Standing today in 2006. The title referred to the original Sun Records roster of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johny Cash, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee "The Killer"Lewis himself, who was the only one not dead yet. The record was a series of duets with other famous performers: Jimmy Page, Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, John Fogerty, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Eric Clapton, Don Henley, Kris Kristofferson, Toby Keith, Buddy Guy, Delaney Bramlett, Little Richard, Willie Nelson, Rod Stewart, and for some reason, Kid Rock.
Rock and Roll Birthdays
The Youngbloods drummer Joe Bauer would be 76. He died of a brain tumor in 1982.
Clive Powell is 75, better known by his stage-name Georgie Fame, one of a handful of good looking early British singers managed by the flamboyantly gay impresario Larry Parnes, who was adamant about his performers adopting stage names he made up, like Tommy Steele (Thomas Hicks), Billy Fury (Ron Wycherley and later some other guy), Vince Eager (Roy Taylor), Dickie Pride (Richard Kneller), and Johnny Gentle (John Askew, who in '60 used The Silver Beatles as his backing band for a tour of Scotland, with Parnes famously dismissing his suggestion that he sign them). Unlike these other late 50's and early 60's Brit Crooners, Powell could play, and still does gigs on keyboards with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and Van Morrison's band.
Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry (CBE) is 73. He's also somewhat famous for sleeping with all the models who appeared on Roxy Music album covers, including the French Amanda Lear, who later dated David Bowie, and Texan model Jerry Hall, who left him for Mick Jagger.


Graphics card temperatures
To begin, we will focus on idle temperatures of desktop GPUs as reported by thermal sensors in software. Generally, temperatures below 50 degrees Celsius are acceptable, while temperatures below 40 degrees Celsius are commendable. To provide additional context, we have included temperature data from several other GPUs we recently tested in a chart. However, when it comes to gaming, the temperature of the GPU can significantly increase. To measure the highest temperature reached during intense gaming sessions, we conducted stress tests while monitoring the GPU temperature as reported by the thermal sensor. It's worth noting that all tests were conducted in a room with a temperature of 20-21 degrees Celsius, and we used a GPU stress loop to achieve peak performance.


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Long overdue recognition may be coming to a group of World War II heroes.
The Senate passed legislation that would award members of the 6888th Battalion the Congressional Gold Medal.
That group was the only Black unit of women in Europe during the war, and its members are credited with solving a growing mail crisis at the time.
"I wasn't expecting it, and so here I am. The sad part of it is that we have so few girls who are still alive, who belong to that unit," said Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon. "I just wish there were more people to — if it comes through — there were more people to celebrate it."
There are believed to be just seven surviving members from the unit including retired Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon. The unit had roughly 850 members during the war.
The bill still needs to pass in the House.

domain: sociology


The Rolling Stones Release 'Gimme Shelter'
Gimme Shelter is a compilation by The Rolling Stones released on the Decca label in 1971.
It reached #19 on the U.K chart.
This is not a soundtrack album from the movie of the same name. Side one is composed of previously-released studio recording from 1968 and 1969. Side two is previously-released live recordings from October 1966.
The first album released by the Rolling Stones' former U.K. record company, Decca, following the band's departure to Atlantic in 1971, Gimme Shelter set the stage for the somewhat disreputable aura that still hangs over each of the compilations that the label unveiled during the early '70s.
The Rolling Stones History


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As a third world archipelagic nation, the Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries to to climate change. People in Need began its operations here in 2013 after the devastating Typhoon Haiyan struck and caused severe damage. It remains one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded--one which people are still recovering from to this day. In addition, Filipinos suffer from political as well as social conflicts and poverty which concerns as much as one-fifth of the population. The country is also currently under one of the longest and strictest lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Yolanda) ravaged Eastern Samar, one of the poorest provinces of the country. The instant and large-scale emergency response provided by international organizations helped provide solutions to short-term problems and attended to the immediate needs of those affected. Now, we are focusing on the long-term recovery of the Philippines. We help revive and improve local markets and ensure new, alternative sources of livelihood for people. For instance, we introduced growing cacao, and connected poor farmers with customers and suppliers, without the interference of third parties and middlemen.
The Philippines also faces political and social conflicts, including disputes over exclusive land ownership, forced displacements, and ineffective governance. Therefore, we support local communities and human rights organizations protecting people’s right to land. These organizations also monitor land grabbing, organize awareness campaigns and public debates with politicians, and provide legal advice.
In 2017, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a result of the Battle of Marawi, the longest urban war in the modern history of the Philippines. In cooperation with local partners, we helped young people affected by the conflict, distributed school uniforms, and provided legal advice and psychosocial support. We also provided sub-grants to local civil society organizations, and organized initiatives to empower the youth towards advocating for increased tolerance and respect for other religions and cultures.
Today, we are operating in some of the most impoverished and climate-vulnerable areas of the country such as Northern Samar, to provide access to renewable energy capable of powering both households and livelihoods. Through this, we aim to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities and their ability to cope with the consequences of future disasters. We are also taking strides to address the COVID-19 pandemic through engaging in information, education and communication campaigns that combat misinformation and prioritize public health and welfare.


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There has been relief in the cases of corona in the country for the second consecutive day. On Saturday, 39,061 cases of infection were registered. During this, 43,928 people defeated the disease, while 491 people died. With this, there has been a decline of 5,372 in the active cases of Corona. On Friday also, there was a decrease of 1948 in active cases.
A person getting infected from a corona patient
According to the Institute of Mathematical Science, Chennai, the rate of R value in the country has increased from 0.93 to 1.01 percent within a month. That is, now a corona patient is spreading the infection to more than one person. The highest R value is in Madhya Pradesh (1.31) and Himachal Pradesh (1.3). Apart from this, the rate of R value in Maharashtra and Delhi is 1.01 percent. The R value in Kerala is 1.06%. More than 20 thousand cases are being reported here daily.
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine got emergency approval in the country
Amidst the increasing cases of Delta variant of Corona, a good news has come to the fore. The government has approved the emergency use of Johnson’s single-dose vaccine of American company Johnson & Johnson. Now the hope of getting it soon in the Indian market has increased. The company had applied for emergency approval on Friday itself and the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) gave its approval on that day itself. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya gave this information on social media on Saturday.
Corona epidemic figures in the country
Total new cases came in last 24 hours: 39,061 Total cured in last 24 hours: 43,928 Total deaths in last 24 hours: 491 Total infected so far: 3.19 crore recovered so far: 3.10 crore Total deaths so far: 4.27 lakh Total number of patients currently undergoing treatment: 4.00 lakh
Restrictions like lockdown in 8 states
There are restrictions like complete lockdown in 8 states of the country. These include West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Goa and Puducherry. Strict restrictions have been imposed here as in the previous lockdown.
Partial lockdown in 23 states/UTs
There is a partial lockdown in 23 states and union territories of the country. There are exemptions along with restrictions here. These include Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat is included.
On Saturday, 20,367 people were found infected here. 20,265 people were cured and 139 people died. So far 35.33 lakh people have come under the grip of infection. Of these, 33.37 lakh people have been cured, while 17,654 people have died. Presently 1.78 lakh patients are undergoing treatment.
On Saturday, 6,061 people were found infected here. 9,356 people were cured and 128 people died. So far 63.47 lakh people have come under the grip of infection. Of these, 61.39 lakh people have been cured, while 1.33 lakh people have died. Presently 71,050 patients are undergoing treatment.
72 people were found corona positive in Delhi on Saturday. During this 22 people were cured and 1 patient died. So far 14.36 lakh people have come under the grip of infection. Of these, 14.11 lakh people have been cured, while 25,066 patients have died. 565 patients are being treated here.
4. Uttar Pradesh
On Saturday, 27 people were found infected here. During this 58 people were cured and 2 also died. So far, more than 17.08 lakh people have been infected in the state. Of these, 16.85 lakh have been cured, while 22,773 patients have died. 586 patients are being treated here.
On Saturday, 19 people were found corona positive in the state and 27 patients were cured. So far, about 8.25 lakh people have come under the grip of infection. Of these, 8.14 lakh people have been cured, while 10,077 patients have died. Treatment of 196 infected is going on here.
6. Madhya Pradesh
13 new cases were reported here on Saturday and 15 patients were cured. So far 7.91 lakh people have come under the grip of infection in the state. Of these, 7.81 lakh people have been cured, while 10,514 people died. 156 patients are currently undergoing treatment.
Here on Saturday 19 people were found corona infected. During this 15 patients were cured. So far 9.53 lakh people have come under the grip of infection in the state. Of these, 9.44 lakh people have been cured, while 8,954 patients have died. Presently 237 patients are undergoing treatment.

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In line with the Perak State’s target of planting some 100 million trees in the next five years (2021 to 2025), a community tree planting session was held at Taman Rishah Indah here.
On hand to perform a symbolic tree planting ceremony was Ipoh Mayor Dato Rimaizi Baharin@ Md Daud along with state assemblyman for Buntong, A. Sivasubramaniam, Councillor Ipoh Zone 7 Buntong, A Ganasen and community leaders.
“In line with the state’s initiative which was launched on Jan 5 to plant some 100 million trees in the state under the “Our Trees, Our Life” programme, today’s programme is highly commendable.
“Today’s programme is part of making our country “Green” to safeguard the green areas in the country. Our efforts are also aimed at creating awareness among the public on the need to maintain a green environment.
“This programme will also engage government agencies, the private sector and institutions of higher education and the general public to embrace the culture of planting trees,” said Rumaizi in his speech.
He also added that despite the current Covid-19 pandemic, the Ipoh City Council will still continue its efforts to promote the green project.
“I am made to understand that some 10 seedlings of the “Caesalpinia Ferrea” or commonly known as the Brazilian Ironwood will be planted this morning.
“I sincerely hope that our session today will motivate all parties gathered today to inculcate and create more awareness so as to improve the ecosystem and biodiversity of our country,” added Rumaizi.
Finally, he also called all parties to ensure that the state’s target of planting 100 million trees is achieved by the year 2025.

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- The Failure
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- This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake
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If you want to know the way to a man's heart, give him food; if you want to know the way to a woman's heart, give her chocolate. But now, thanks to new players in the market, this concept has stepped up a gear - and eating chocolate can have the simultaneous benefit of enhancing beauty. Sounds too good to be true? Probably, but manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic are profiting from this type of new product development.
A chocolate bar from Mars, Dove Beautiful, contains ingredients that claim to nourish the skin, including vitamins C and E, biotin and zinc. "It also contains the natural goodness of cocoa flavanols to help hydrate from within to support beautiful looking skin," says David Jago, trends and innovations director, Mintel GNPD. It is currently priced at $2.09 in the USA.
And if you think that's all a bit crackers, Barilla Wasa in the Netherlands has extended its Crisp'n Light range to include a 'beauty' cracker, containing fibres and vitamin B that have a beneficial effect on skin, hair and nails. "This is clever marketing at its best," says Jago. "In terms of NPD there is no real evidence yet of a fall in the number of introductions as a result of the credit crunch. But companies will have to keep launching something new to attract and maintain consumer interest in a competitive marketplace."
He says that going forward the main focus will be value for money, so manufacturers of more premium-end products will need to play up the benefits of their products over other cheaper alternatives.
"People will now, more than ever, want to really feel they're getting more in terms of flavours or health benefits if they're going to be persuaded to continue paying a premium for food and drink," Jago asserts.
A good example of this, he says, is Unilever US's Slim Fast Protein Snack Chews, a slimming product containing only 100 calories per snack pack and 6 grams of protein per serving. It claims to help control hunger and maintain metabolism with B vitamins. This in itself is not a unique branding opportunity, as slimming products have been on the market for a long time, but Unilever stresses that the product comes with the added benefit of containing 20% of daily calcium and 15 vitamins and minerals.
Enter the recessionista
So consumers are starting to do their homework and are demanding more from manufacturers. This supports findings from grocery think-tank IGD's report Adapting to Change, which found that a quarter of shoppers are spending more time shopping and 27% said they had started to shop around.
And there is now a new word to describe savvy women that are demanding the extra mile from their shopping treats. A 'recessionista', according to the national press, is a woman who refuses to let the credit crunch put a dampener on her shopping spirit, and instead of spending less is spending money more carefully.
Although 71% of women said that they are worried about the credit crunch affecting their lifestyle, 83% said they would still shop for beauty products, clothes and accessories at least once a week, up 2% from six months ago, according to a survey by Grazia magazine.
So despite the current economic climate and the pervading sense of doom and gloom, shoppers are still shopping and manufacturers are still launching innovative products into the market. And it would appear that drinks are storming the beauty sector.
In the US, 'Beauty Drink' was launched by Nestlé in September, under the brand Glowelle.
"The drink claims to help protect the skin against damage caused by environmental factors such as pollution and sun exposure, said to create free radicals that cause fine lines, wrinkles and uneven skin tone. It apparently nourishes the skin from within," says Jago.
The drink is formulated with a proprietary blend of antioxidant vitamins (A, C and E), real tea, phyto-nutrients, botanical and fruit extracts, said to work better together. It is available in juice and powder packet forms. Flavours include Natural Raspberry Jasmine and Natural Pomegranate Lychee, and it is exclusively available at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores.
In Italy, an 'anti-ageing drink' has been launched by Santal i 5 Colori della Salute by Parmalat. It is a fruit juice based drink with polyphenols, lycopene and vitamin C, for natural help against free radicals and with anti-ageing properties.
"As well as the physiological, most consumers will have a psychological experience when eating food," says Louise Dye, reader in human appetite research at the Institute of Psychological Sciences at the University of Leeds.
"Consumers will usually have an emotional investment in their food, which determines what they buy and when they buy it."
Dye says that this is certainly true of beauty foods, but at the same time it is also true of the opposite end of the spectrum. One pie manufacturer, after reformulating its recipes, highlighted on the label that it had reduced its fat and salt content. The sales on the product fell in an instant because the type of people buying the product associated these ingredients with taste.
"Our brains have a lot to do with what we buy, and marketing messages play a very critical role at the centre of this," adds Dye.
Get yourself noticed
So what's the best way to convey marketing messages to the consumer, thereby ensuring that, despite the credit crunch, products don't get left on the shelf? Healthy Marketing Team, a company which helps food brands with advertising campaigns, says that manufacturers have just six seconds to persuade a consumer to choose their product over a competitor's.
According to Neal Cavalier-Smith, md and brand strategist at Healthy Marketing Team, when marketing beauty and functional foods there are four questions that go through the mind of a consumer, which manufacturers should address when marketing a product. Who is the product for? Is the benefit understood? Is the benefit acceptable? Is the brand trustworthy?
"If a manufacturer can communicate these essential points in a clear and concise way, then they are much more likely to a attract the consumer within the six-second rule," says Cavalier-Smith.
"Now, more than ever, it's a battleground, as manufacturers compete for consumers' attention. They are preoccupied with rising prices, the credit crunch, overwhelming choice and increasingly confusing health claims."
In the current climate, and like many in the industry, Cavalier-Smith believes that it's not advisable for manufacturers to reduce their brands to a discounted range.
"It will be much better for them in the long run if they accentuate the positives. After all, economising is not the same as down-trading, and shoppers are searching for a distraction in the midst of financial gloom." FM


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The TNELTUEB Dog Pooper Scooper is the ultimate solution for pet owners who want a convenient and efficient way to clean up after their dogs. Its durable construction, long stainless handle, and metal tray and rake design make it the best choice for large dog owners. Say goodbye to the mess and hassle of cleaning up after your furry friend and get your TNELTUEB Dog Pooper Scooper today!

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Wave Tracking Simplifies Load Harmonic Measurements
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Bellevue, WA, March 10, 2016 -- The Wave Synchronization Module (WSM) software from Microstar Laboratories, Inc., maker of Data Acquisition Processor (DAP) systems for PC-based high-performance measurement applications, applies a mathematical alignment of data streams to power system cycles at the prevailing frequency, making harmonic analysis for power distribution systems as easy as it gets.
Hazards for Load Harmonic Measurements
Power harmonics in loaded power distribution systems occur because of nonlinearity -- in magnetic windings, switching power supplies, and so forth. Distortions become worse as feeder voltages droop, and can result in costly penalties or restrictions on service. The first step to controlling harmonic distortions is to measure them.
A standard technique is to measure 4096 voltage points, spanning 10 power cycles, and then apply an FFT analysis with power spectral density post-processing. This supplies enough data to distinguish the harmonic frequencies from each other and from random noise events. However, if this data set doesn't match an exact number of power system cycles, the phenomenon of spectral leakage attenuates sharp harmonic lines of the spectrum into smeared wedge shapes, with variously reduced amplitudes.
Even if you could configure the data acquisition clocking to perfectly match the power system frequency, the short-term operating frequency of the power system routinely drifts 0.1% or more from nominal frequency, particularly under stressed conditions when accuracy is most needed. These disturbances are enough to shift some of the harmonics to the wrong locations in the calculated power spectrum. The DSP technique of windowing can be used to mitigate this problem somewhat, but at the cost of further attenuation and smearing of the harmonic terms. Using this conventional approach, a net measurement error of +/-20% through the first 40 harmonics might be considered success.
The Wave Synchronization Module Solution
All of the above problems result because the data acquisition system operates at one frequency while the power system operates at another. The harmonic analysis requires strict alignment. That is exactly what the Wave Synchronization Module gives you. You configure it for the number of samples you want, equally spaced per wave cycle, and that is exactly what you get, regardless of frequency drift. Once your data set aligns with the power cycles, you don't get the leakage distortions, you don't need the windowing, and you get maximum accuracy. No special equipment is required beyond the minimum necessary to observe the voltage waveform.
If you just want results, and don't want to deal with some kind of complicated software environment for the FFT power spectrum analysis, you have additional options to stream your raw data sets to embedded processing commands, so that the spectral analysis is done before delivering data to your application. Or, if you want to be even more elegant and selective, you can isolate and deliver only the relevant FFT power spectrum terms corresponding to the harmonic frequencies.
The Wave Synchronization Module is available with the purchase of DAPtools Standard software with a new xDAP data acquisition system from Microstar Laboratories, or as a software upgrade for an existing xDAP system. The DAPtools Standard software includes the DAPL 3000 system, the processing engine that controls all of the real-time processing within the embedded xDAP environment. The current DAPtools release supports Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, and Windows Server on the PC host system. Also included with the DAPtools Standard software are modules for digital countermeasures to aliasing, and various data management, transform, and filtering operations.
The Wave Synchronization Module is available now. Contact Microstar Laboratories to obtain a copy for your xDAP system. The one-time license fee for the DAPtools Standard package, with the Wave Synchronization Module, is $195.00 USD.
The Wave Synchronization Module from Microstar Laboratories provides a modern, DSP-based approach that can align data samples to a power system frequency, enabling straightforward and accurate measurement of harmonic distortion. The results are better than you can get using conventional measurement methods, such as specialized frequency-tracking clock-oscillator hardware or DSP windowing compensation, and the method is simpler to configure and apply.
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Microstar Laboratories announced the Wave Synchronization Module software, now available with DAPtools Standard software. This module provides a real-time software-oriented approach to the problem of aligning data streams to the local power system frequency, obtaining greatly improved load harmonic measurements by avoiding data corruptions that are otherwise caused by sampling rate misalignment or power frequency drift. This software runs on xDAP data acquisition systems and is hosted by the DAPL 3000 embedded operating system, included with the DAPtools Software.
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Wave Synchronization Module aligns measurements to local power frequency.
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What is the telepathy method? telepathy, direct transference of thought from one person (sender or agent) to another (receiver or percipient) without using the usual sensory channels of communication, hence a form of extrasensory perception (ESP).
What is telepathic communication called? Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, tele meaning “distant” and πάθος/-πάθεια, pathos or -patheia meaning “feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience”) is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person’s mind to another’s without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.
What is telepathic love? Telepathic love is passionate and intense. Telepathy is a form of communication between people using their psychic abilities. When it comes to telepathic love, people directly understand whether the other person has fallen in love with them or not, by identifying the signs and using psychic abilities.
How do you know if someone is telepathically communicating? One of the most common telltale signs that someone is sending telepathic messages to you is if their silence says a thousand words when you are with them. When you’re with them, they will often talk about their own thoughts and feelings, which can be a sign that they are trying to communicate something to you.

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The attack came suddenly, with a twinkle in its eye. Out of nowhere, bits of wisdom and humor began invading the premises, showing up in unlikely places: A quote from Abraham Lincoln – posted in the Hat Check Room; poems by Maya Angelou – taped to a treadmill in the Gym. A Yogi Berra classic – stuck to a stained glass window in the Chapel.
When an international dignitary found a monologue from King Lear taped to his toilet seat, a SWAT team of lawyers parachuted in, Hotel Security slammed into action…and bureaucrats huddled up. It was adjudicated that these slices of truth and inspiration were being weaponized against those who enjoyed sleepwalking, or found curiosity burdensome.
Bob Dylan was Disturbing the Peace. Thomas Jefferson was Damaging Public Property. A $5,000 reward was offered for information leading to the culprit’s arrest. Months later – there were no clues, no suspects, no witnesses. Eventually a nickname rose up to fill the void.
The Ninja of eloquence would be called Quota!
As the rain(reign) of quotes continued, Quota’s legend took on mythic proportions…Quota was a dead poet who wandered the halls…a literary agent from another dimension…on and on. In the end, the Hotel had a celebrity phantom to rival any opera company’s – beloved by most guests, disliked by all Management.
Frustration mounting, officials called a town-hall meeting, everyone invited. Despite best efforts, the true identity of Quota remained unknown, so the law was now focusing on motive. What was she/he trying to do? Why would anyone risk life and limb to harpoon the building with thoughts that forced you to think!!!
Lively debate immediately descended into personal insults…then rabid polarity, dividing people into separate bristling camps. But somewhere in the mix a few folks started laughing about the absurdity of it all…which also caught a little fire.
An hour later, the town-hall meeting had morphed into a high octane blend of street party, bar room brawl and literary discussion group.
The next day, Quota struck again. Waving like a flag from the top of the floating stairway, words from the poet Rumi called out across the entire Hotel:
Let the beauty we love, be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel
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- Friday, Jan 17, 2020 at 9pm
- The Keen & The Kind
- X-Cues Cafe & Lounge
- 551 Sargent Ave, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Introducing Nineteen! This is their debut live performance!
Powerfully emotional vocals, the familiar comfort of acoustic guitar, memorable heart breaking lyrics and unexpected profanity. Nineteen is an acoustic duo breaking the boundaries of jazz, folk, indie, and pop.
Stacey James: https://www.facebook.com/staceyjameswriter
Favorite sounds from soul, funk, pop, blues and rock all mixed up to make a batch of different. Stacey's main instrument is the keyboard but over time has added trumpet, saxophone, fiddle, bass, electric and acoustic guitar to the mix as some of her songwriting tools. The new single, "I Can See" with Stacey James Band lineup is now available on all digital platforms.
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Holly Rose is a Metis Singer Songwriter with a voice that will set your soul on fire. Best known for being the lead vocalist of former metal band Quoth the Sun, Holly has been involved with a number of musical projects around Winnipeg since 2011, with Quoth The Sun forming in 2013. Holly is currently working on her solo project.
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