England’s joy matched by Jimmy
ENGLAND’S joy at watching a procession of Australian batsmen heading to and from the MCG pavilion on the second afternoon may have been matched only by the performance of their attack leader, Jimmy Anderson.
Seven wickets in the first three Tests had cost him 54 apiece. His pace looked down, he could find no swing – either conventional or reverse – and the first Test at Trent Bridge in July, where Anderson’s 10 wickets set England on their way to a 3-0 series win, felt a lifetime ago.
But three big scalps – as Australia slumped to 164 for 9 at stumps in reply to England’s 255 – went some way to redressing the balance of a miserable tour, and gave Alastair Cook’s much-mocked tourists their best day of the series.
The rewards were the scalps of Australia’s better batsmen, not to mention captain Michael Clarke.
And patience: Anderson has put England’s revival down to sticking to a ‘boring’ game plan devised by captain Cook.
Anderson put that down to their disciplined approach at the MCG.
He said: “We just stuck to our plan. There’s no demons as such in the pitch, it’s just hard to score on.
“We just tried to bang out our areas and be as boring and patient as possible throughout the whole day.
“Maybe in previous games we’ve got a bit excited and carried away and gone away from our plan, and that’s something that we’ve concentrated on this game.
“The frustrating thing is not getting the ball swinging as much as we thought, and there hasn’t been as much seam movement as there was last time we were here,” said Anderson, who claimed the wickets of Clarke, David Warner and George Bailey.
“I feel like I’ve been bowling okay, but just not getting the usual rewards for it.”
Rewind: James Anderson was a hero during England’s 3-0 Ashes win in July where he took 10 wickets.
Three years ago Anderson was at the heart of England’s first victory in Australia for 24 years, claiming 24 wickets at 26 apiece as Andrew Strauss’s side won three Tests by an innings.
But his Ashes figures between Nottingham and the end of the third Test in Perth took a rare old hammering: 19 wickets in seven Tests had cost 47 each.
He had been conceding 3.30 runs an over, and striking only once every 86 balls.
It was the performance expected not of an attack bowler but of a third-change seamer.
Intriguingly, Anderson received support from an unlikely source after he finished the second day with three wickets in the bag.
Australian opener Chris Rogers said: “I’ve found he’s bowled well at times in this series. Maybe because he’s carried a big load, it’s worn him down a bit.
“But facing him with the new ball, he’s bowled quite well.”
Anderson preferred to talk about a happier day for his side rather than dwell on his own recent struggles. “Days like that have been few and far between on this trip,” he said.
“We’re just really hungry to get something out of this tour, and we showed that today. I thought we fielded pretty well all day – well, most of the other guys.”
That was a reference to a pair of catches he dropped. One would have gone down as a classic, as Anderson dived to his right at midwicket and failed to cling on to a Steve Smith pull.
But the other was an old-fashioned howler, as Mitchell Johnson’s drive off Tim Bresnan picked Anderson out at short cover – and fell to ground.
Soon after, Anderson redeemed himself by catching Johnson at short midwicket, again off Bresnan – and was engulfed by grateful colleagues suddenly sensing the chance of their first Test win.
England’s resurgence has all been achieved without the help of his good friend Graeme Swann, whose shock retirement will not affect Anderson’s future.
“It’s been a disappointing tour, and I know we’ve got a lot more to show people. I want to be a part of that. Swanny was a big character in our dressing-room, but there are other big characters in there too.
“As harsh as it sounds – because he’s a good friend – but we’ve got to move on.
“It’s of course sad to see him leave, but we’ve got to concentrate on the future now. We want to get something out of this Test – and the next one.” – Daily Mail 21st Tokai Manor 16km, Tokai Forest Men: WPCC 4km time trial Start: Thursdays at 5:45 from the runners tap
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We examined 42 herpes gestationis sera with immunofluorescence of normal human skin sections, and found that anti-keratinocyte cell surface antibodies were detected specifically in 10 herpes gestationis sera. The diagnosis of these herpes gestationis cases was confirmed by detecting antibodies against the 180 kD bullous pemphigoid antigen with immunoblotting of its fusion protein. The results of immunoadsorption assay using baculoproteins of both pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus antigens indicated that the herpes gestationis sera did not recognize common pemphigus antigens. Immunoblotting of human epidermal extracts and immunofluorescence of various tissues also suggested that the sera did not recognize any other desmosomal components or paraneoplastic pemphigus antigens. The significance of this reactivity is unclear. However, because no control bullous pemphigoid sera showed this reactivity, it may suggest a different pathophysiology between herpes gestationis and bullous pemphigoid.
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Net Promoter Score®, or NPS, is an industry-agnostic index that measures the willingness of customers to recommend a company's products or services to others. We have licensed the use of the Net Promoter Score and leveraged the information provided by the survey for effective use in the rehab therapy world. The survey is used early in care to gauge a patient's loyalty to their clinic and to prevent early patient drop off, later in care the survey is used to gauge the patient’s overall satisfaction with the service provided by their clinic.
It’s simple. All you need to do is ask your patients one question: on a scale of zero to ten, “How likely is it that you would recommend [practice name] to a friend or colleague?” Once the patient selects a number the score is recorded and the patient is redirected to an additional webpage allowing them to provide additional comments is needed.
Then, based on their response you can calculate an overall score for your practice—between -100 and 100—and determine whether the patient is a promoter, passive, or detractor.
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- Detractors (scores between 0 and 6) are unhappy or dissatisfied patients who may communicate their dissatisfaction to their friends and family members, thus detracting from your practice. Detractors are also more likely to drop out of care early or actively seek services elsewhere. These patients offer the greatest opportunity for improvement. Reach is able to identify these patients early in care and notify clinics allowing the clinic/therapists to intervene, preventing an early drop-off in care.
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The 26-year-old Muriki scored 25 goals for Rizespor in the Turkish league last season and this secured him a transfer to Fenerbahce, where he continued to score. In the current campaign there are 25 games and 13 goals in the championship.
The striker also impressed with his performance in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. He scored one of the goals for the Kosovars in their 3: 2 victory against Bulgaria at the “Vasil Levski” stadium, scored 1: 1 against the Czech Republic and 2: 0 in the success. against Montenegro, and also scored a goal for England in the defeat with 3: 5.
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho wants to take Muriki for the reserve of Harry Kane, who missed a lot of games this season due to injury and this seriously affected the performance of the “spurs”.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Apparently there is a Matzo shortage. You'll be happy to know that our friendly neighborhood Carytown Kroger has a table with the product prominently displayed near the checkouts. In related news, the radio this morning told me there is food rationing happening in the Northeast and the West for items like rice and flour and some others. I don't really understand this, and there were no details. I don't want to get all DOOM AND GLOOM RECESSION ZOMG, THE WORLD IS ENDING, but are we really getting to the point of food rationing? Gas prices at $4, we're running out of oil, food prices are up, the world hates us, etc. Have we really just had our heads up our asses all this time? Should we be surprised at some of these things? I know for many of my generation, the idea of food rationing is just inconceivable. We've never known a world when things weren't plentiful. Last night at the grocery store, there were slim pick-ins. The banana section was completely empty and there was some note about there being a problem somewhere. Should we be expecting this more and more? Or is this just a series of isolated incidents?


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THE family of a bread man who was murdered at a petrol station on the northside of the city say his children have been left “heartbroken and devastated”.
Father-of-two, Daniel Treacy (35) died after he was shot four times in the head and groin while delivering bread to the Topaz petrol station on the Ennis Road, early on the morning of February 22, 2010.
Yesterday, following a two week trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, John Coughlan, aged 33, of Pineview Gardens, Moyross was found guilty of murdering Mr Treacy.
It was the prosecution case that the electrician had shot Mr Treacy in revenge for the killing of his brother, Darren, who died in November 2005 after he was attacked at Old Cratloe Road by a group of young men including a brother of deceased man.
Lawyers representing Coughlan, claimed he was ill at the time and had diminished responsibility.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Ian Bownes told the court the accused man was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the Central Mental Hospital a number of months after the killing
Dr Bownes said it was probable that Coughlan was suffering from the recognised mental illness at the time he shot Mr Treacy.
The court heard Mr Coughlan told him his mind had “snapped” and that he “just went into the shop and shot him”.
Following their deliberations, the jury returned a guilty verdict shortly after midday yesterday.
Delivering a victim impact statement, Daniel Treacy’s sister, Aishling, described her brother as “one in a million”. She thanked the jury and the gardai for giving her family justice.
“Daniel loved life, he lived for his beautiful children Danielle and Kieran, his partner Amanda, his family and his occupation as a baker and deliveryman,” she said.
Aishling told the court the murder of Daniel had left members of his family with anguish and loss, which she said could net be adequately described.
“We now live a life of unending sorrow, grief, heartache and sadness. Knowing that Daniel is no longer with us,” she told the court.
Aishling said that the lives of Daniel’s children would never be the same again as their father would not be around to see them through significant milestones.
“Daniel was not here to see his son Kieran make his first Holy Communion, instead he had to visit his father’s grave.”
Aishling said that Daniel’s partner Amanda now “has to live her life without her best friend and partner who she loved and adored with all her heart.”

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FIFA 16 has returned and is sitting at number 3 on the Christmas games chart, according to The Independent,
The Microsoft Xbox Store Countdown Sale has deals on Xbox One and Xbox 360 running over the Christmas holidays. Additional Daily Deals have just kicked off and will run until 31st December.
FIFA 16, a traditionally strong performer, was expected to top the chart but was pipped by FPS Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in the race for the 2015 UK number 1, as reported by Metro. Star Wars Battlefront on PS4was expected to be the all-platforms number 1 this year, thanks to a strategic release date at the peak of the Star Wars film hype, but it ended at number 2 on the chart, as reported by PlayStationLifeStyle.
Gazette Review had some criticisms of the well-received game, saying that FIFA 16 is a little slower this time. The game designers have opted to reverse the FIFA 15 trend of allowing players to leave defenders behind with ease. In FIFA 16, “players rarely have the chance to leave defenders behind as they can easily catch up.” Stars in FIFA 15 would often run past defenders for an easy goal, causing frustration for players who like to defend.
The frustration will be eased in FIFA 16, but at the expense of a degree of realism:
“The change [in FIFA 16] benefits the players that like to defend and makes it more difficult for those who have stars on their team to score fast. This isn’t a big problem but it sometimes seems unrealistic as some low rated players can easily catch up to the stars.”
The game was praised for very good goalkeepers (“almost too good” — it can be very difficult to score close to them). Many reported a problem with finding opponents due to issues with Ultimate Team, such as disconnections and players being randomly logged out of the servers.
It is not very fun to come back after being logged out and seeing a loss and less coins for the next match you play.
Gamespot reports that FIFA 16 is “a tough game to review,” and it’s hard to know how you feel about a version until you’ve played it for months.
“[The new game is] an aggregation of several years’ worth of features and modes, all of which are changed and updated to varying degrees with each iteration.”
‘The midfield is now a battlefield’, one reviewer observed, describing the frustrating and ‘muddy’ way he had to work the ball across the field, fighting off those newly-empowered defenders.
Defenders urge themselves towards the ball wherever possible, pressing and lunging and reaching out feet. It can get scrappy, with miscontrols and turnovers spilling messily around for a few seconds at a time, but it feels like an organic sort of mess, a footballing mess.
A FIFA 16 patch to tackle referee decisions, passing, player positioning, and that defensive pressure that is bothering some people will be available soon. PS4 and Xbox One features drag behind the PC — many of the patch benefits are already available in the PC version.
The EA patch will allow: improvements in how quickly fatigue effects occur for players, correction of instances where no auto tackle is launched even when positioned properly, and improvements in the positioning system to allow for better attacking runs and support.
Minor changes to passing, interceptions, and long shot boosts controlled through Chemistry in Ultimate Team have also been made.
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I wrote a short piece for Run Riot about my upcoming show, Ways To Submit, which is at The Yard 5th-9th February. It is a bit about the show, a bit about making processes, and a bit about uncertainty.
“…I have thought more and more about the relationships between gender, power, and desire, both in my personal life and in terms of the art I have been making. This is also often the way, my living and my making bleed into each other, and I rarely feel a curiosity satisfied or an idea ‘done with’ by the process of making a show. It’s more like adding fuel to the fire.”
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After being on the road for four contests, Burlington High School’s varsity sluggers will stick around Merchants Park, where they look to advance their 6-2 record when hosting Union Pacific league contests against Genoa-Hugo/Karval Thursday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. and Stratton Monday, April 22, at 4 p.m.
“We are looking forward to hosting Genoa-Hugo/Karval, which is a team we need to come out strong against early and put the pressure on the Pirates to play from behind,” noted head coach Tyson Weisshaar.
“Then, we come back to host Stratton. I never know what kind of focus the kids will have on a Monday, especially after the Easter weekend, but we will have to be ready to play ball.”
Genoa-Hugo/Karval’s record is 2-7, while Stratton sits at 3-5.
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Hello, SeventhChimera here. I'm number one on the leaderboards for a level in the PS4 version of this game. I challenge you whiners to beat my score on the 'Champions are made' level. You say the controls are clunky, but it's probably your reflexes or lack of understanding with trajectory.
Comparable to Rayman Legends, Earthworm Jim, and Dust: An Elysian Tail. Have you ever played Chuck Rock on the SNES? The slime stuff and a few of the enemies remind me of that game too. This is a game that many 80's and 90's gamers will enjoy. If you grew up with Sega and SNES then you'll feel at home with this game too. The price was a bit steep before it became free this month on PS4 so get it while you can.
Sound and BGM:
Day, Dusk, Night, Dawn, and the end game. Five BGM tracks, and very good sound design. I have to admit that you don't get much bgm for $15, but what is there is very well done.
Level Design, Mechanics, and Replay Value:
28 levels as far as I can tell. I'm very close to the end though, so the game is rather short. There is a leaderboard system in place, and until the PS4 is hackable, the scores posted will remain legit. Since I don't play the PC version, so I can't claim that the controls are well done for PC, HOWEVER... they are very fluid on PS4. I have no clue what you guys are complaining about. If you want another game that lets you map your controls then this isn't one of them.
You dash with L1 and Teleport with R1 and R2. That's three buttons, the x button mafia probably hates this, but guess what? How many simple x-button masher games do you people need before you have had enough? That being said, the bumper controls are what make this game unique, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Here is the reason people are low balling the game. This game plays out like Super Meat Boy when you're approaching the end. There is a single level that I had some trouble with, 'Hopeless' because you have to use everything that you've learned through the past three boards, very rapidly AND you have to let yourself fall, then teleport, then dash. So it uses gravity, teleport, and tests your ability to split-second dash your way through breakable walls all while avoiding spikes and thorns.
One hit completely decimates you in this game, making you start back at the last checkpoint, (some of which are unfairly placed.), and so I think a lot of you guys are just butthurt that you can't even beat some of these levels and get easy achievements. The shoulder buttons are flat this time around (On the PS4), so if you're playing on the PS3, yeah, you have every reason to gripe about the controller, because the PS3 controller's shoulder buttons ****.
All in all, I can't recommend it on PC or PS3, because I could see how complicated the controls would be on those two platforms. I do, however, recommend it on PS4 because of the redesigned ergonomic controller. My only gripe about this game is the difficulty.
Aaru's Awakening has a steep learning curve for those of us that are not naturally good at trajectory or banking shots off of corners. This is a game for you if you are one of those pool shark kinda people, you'll absolutely love the mechanics. There is a lot of thought needed to get around some of the challenging obstacles that the levels throw at you.
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Aaru's Awakening is great fun for pool sharks and people that enjoyed Contra or Worms.
Don't quite get the harsh reviews the game is seemingly getting.
First of all, if you are not an indie gamelover, you should not be buying this game(Unless it really attracts you).
The handling of the game is similar to what we were used too in the "Good old days".
For the graphics part, I find the game to be extremely beautiful! The graphics aren't too high standard nor are they by any means low.
When it comes to the actual playing of the game, I quite enjoy it. BUT it's often a really HARD game!..
Which I LOVE, so many games these days are just plain EASY!
This game gives you a real challenge, if you think you will not be able to handle a difficult game that might test your nerves, don't buy it.
I haven't yet had any issues with bugs/crashes, so I will not comment on that part.
All in all, it's a GREAT game but only for the RIGHT people.
Compare it to the category it's in, which is Indie Gaming!
Almost forgot to mention that visually this is an masterpiece.
Aaru's Awakening has a serious difficulty curve, but when you combine the twitch-based controls, the confusing art style or the camera zoom, you end up with an experience that, once completed, doesn't offer a feeling of joy or accomplishment. You just feel like you've finally completed a tedious task.
Aaru’s awakening is a gorgeous game with a great story. Due to the sheer difficulty of the game, replayability is very low. Once I got through each level, especially the boss level, I did not want to go back and play it again. As a matter fact it makes you lose interest in the game period.
I am a **** for stylized, artistic, games. Its no surprise then that Aaru's Awakening caught my attention. The cel-shaded environments combined with the beautifully painted backgrounds make this a truly gorgeous game. However, it takes more then really good art to make a really good game. Thats not to say this is a bad game but it certainly carries with it some baggage that weighs down the overall experience. This test of reflexes and patience may not be for everyone.
The story of Aaru's Awaking is a tale of four gods. The gods decided long ago to split the day into four equal parts Dawn, Day, Dust, and Night. You play as Aaru. A buff looking creature that lies to serve Dawn. You're warned by you're master of an evil presence invading Night and must traveling through all four kingdoms to face this threat. As Aaru travels through the realms the other gods sow seeds of doubt into his mind and he begins to question if he is on the right path. This makes for a pretty interesting story which is narrated though story book cut-scenes between each realm.
After seeing someone play it on Youtube, Aaru's Awaking quickly caught my attention. I proceeded to download a demo and was instantly impressed. Not only was the game fun to look at but the mechanics were very clever. Aaru was fairly maneuverable but the key mechanic of the game is teleportation. This is accomplished by pressing the left mouse button to project out a ball of light then press the right mouse button to appear at the balls current location. This makes for some unique platforming especially when combined with Aaru's dash ability.
For a simple concept the developers certainly push it to its absolute limits. The later levels become extremely technical requiring immense speed and precision. Although the first couple stages help get the player into a rhythm it still seems like the difficulty ramps up a bit too quickly. I don't mind a challenge but I definitely didn't realize what I was getting into. Towards the end of the Night chapter, especially the boss stage, it became so hard I just wanted to pull my hair out. This was the point where I stopped having fun and I decided to stop playing soon after. (About 80% through the game)
I'm glad I tried this game. It had a really unique mechanic at its core and some pretty clever level design. My favorite part is still the wonderful art and original soundtrack. That being said, I was so focused on trying to stay alive I didn't get to enjoy the music that much. (Not to mention in the end I got so sick of hearing Aaru die I took off my headset.) Whether or not you'll like this game really comes to down to how much you like a challenge. I don't quiet have the reflexes to really enjoy this game to the end but I'm sure there are gamers out there who do.
Fun at first for maybe a few minutes but everything about this game is repetitive. The sound and graphics are the only positive for me and even those aspects don't break any new ground.
Graphics: 1 Story: 0 Sound: 1 Performance: 0 Gameplay: 1
Unfinished game: avoid like the plague. Even with patches.
- Nice graphics
- Enjoyable music
- Tons of bugs and glitches
- Combat system (teleportation and charging)
- Controls are clunky and do not flow well
- Terrible frame-rate, complete lack of optimization
- Laughable dialogs (narrator voice)
- Game crashes frequently and at random

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Billy Hamilton carted off with knee injury during Royals-Mariners game
Kansas City Royals outfielder Billy Hamilton was carted off the field Thursday after a collision with the outfield wall against the Seattle Mariners.
MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan reported via Twitter that an MRI revealed a mild left knee sprain:
Hamilton, who spent the first six seasons of his big-league career with the Cincinnati Reds, was injured as he pursued a triple off the bat of Mitch Haniger in the 9th inning of Kansas City's 7-6, 10-inning loss to Seattle. Hamilton had entered the game late, as a defensive replacement. He did not make a plate appearance.
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On Tuesday, Hamilton wowed fans by scoring from second base on a sacrifice fly to deep center field in the Royals' 6-3 loss to the Mariners.
Hamilton is hitting .237 with five runs scored and two stolen bases.
Hamilton made a diving catch during a Spring Training win against the San Diego Padres. Hamilton said last month in Arizona that he has no hard feelings toward the Reds and still supports his former teammates.
Hamilton, who hit .245 with 277 stolen bases in 690 games over six seasons for the Reds between 2013 and 2018, thanked the organization and fans with a Tweet in December as the Royals announced an agreement with the free-agent outfielder.
Hamilton became a free agent after Cincinnati did not offer him a contract in advance of the non-tender deadline.
Hamilton is a five-time Rawlings Gold Glove finalist, but he has lost each time - including to the Atlanta Braves' Ender Inciarte last November.
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A second-round draft pick of the Reds in 2009, Hamilton made his big-league debut with Cincinnati in 2013. He finished second to the New York Mets' Jacob deGrom in National League Rookie of the Year voting in 2014.


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There can be more addition to this article. This document is what you will show potential investors and financial institutions if you need to borrow capital. These down payments are supposed to cover insurance, cost of radios and meters, and miscellaneous expenses.
An auditor tests the procedures used to meet this objective and determine their effectiveness. Are paid for by the brokers and installed by a servicing company.
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The other two companies still manage to thrive in spite of the fact that they have much smaller income bases and essentially are driving outdated equipment in poor condition. Despite the problems just presented, for the most part, cash flow is easier to manage in this business than in many others, and cash flow at Lakeview Taxi would help get the business launched and running with almost instant revenue at start-up.
Documentation[ edit ] To maximize their effectiveness, disaster recovery plans are documented in written form and in a manner that is easily understood by those who will need to use it. In fact, inspecting the fleet becomes much easier for management when they do not have to attend to the myriad of other details that goes into running a company-owned fleet.
Vendor manuals can also assist in determining how best to proceed. It should be updated regularly throughout the life of your business, because your business will change over time. Typical structure for a business plan for a start up venture  cover page and table of contents.
The taxi service will be located in Toledo, Ohio in an office located on South Williams avenue. This is actually where most new entrepreneurs miss it; they build a business around themselves.
Use SWOTs to help identify possible strategies by building on strengths, resolving weaknesses, exploiting opportunities and avoiding threats. It creates motivation and provides you with a certainty that the final outcome will be worthwhile, preventing any wasted time and effort.
The savings on maintenance costs alone justifies using this tactic. Other companies' careless use of taxi insurance has lead to the high rates. This is a free sample business plan for Hair and Beauty Salon. To see more business plan examples, business plan software, and other business planning tools visit thesanfranista.com Free Editable Report Cover Page Templates for Business Documents First impressions are critical, especially in the corporate world.
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On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to answer a question about Special Counsel John Durham’s latest filing, she directed the reporter to Department of Justice.
The Biden administration is keeping its distance, referring questions to the Department of Justice and refusing to comment.
Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked Psaki, “Durham says there was an outside company with ties to the Clinton camp monitoring server data info on the executive office of the President through the Obama administration, possibly into the Trump administration.”
“Do you know if there’s still a system picking up server data on the EOP, and if not, when it stopped?” Heinrich asked.
Psaki responded, “Again, I know you asked my colleague a few questions about this the other day, but I would point you, any questions about this, to the Department of Justice.”
Heinrich wasn’t satisfied and pushed further, asking “Is what was described in the filing there, monitoring internet traffic, is that, generally speaking, would that be considered something along the lines of spying?”
Psaki’s answer? DOJ.
On Friday Special Counsel John Durham filed a motion regarding conflicts of interest by Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann, who has been indicted for lying to the FBI about this issue during a 2016 meeting.
The court filing reads, “The Indictment alleges that the defendant lied in that meeting, falsely stating to the General Counsel that he was not providing the allegations to the FBI on behalf of any client.”
“In fact, the defendant had assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including (i) a technology executive (“Tech Executive-1”) at a U.S.-based Internet company (“Internet Company- 1”), and (ii) the Clinton Campaign,” the filing continued.
The Sussmann case led Durham to what some have described as spying on Trump:
The Tech Executive and his associates exploited domain name system (DNS) internet traffic pertaining to “(i) a particular healthcare provider, (ii) Trump Tower, (iii) Donald Trump’s Central Park West apartment building, and (iv) the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP).”
Sussmann has denied any wrongdoing, according to The Hill.
When Heinrich pushed Jean-Pierre on this front on Monday, the deputy press secretary replied, “My answer is not going to change. I refer you to the Department of Justice.”
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In a groundbreaking development, the distinguished Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has harnessed a potential solution to combat the persistent air pollution crisis in Delhi and its neighboring regions. Their innovative strategy revolves around the concept of “artificial rains” induced via cloud seeding, intended to alleviate the concentration of pollutants and dust in the atmosphere.
This ambitious initiative has been the subject of intensive research and development efforts by IIT Kanpur for over five years, culminating in successful trial runs conducted in the month of July. Notably, the institute has secured essential clearances from government regulatory bodies, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), enabling the practical application of cloud seeding as a pollution mitigation technique.
Nevertheless, it is imperative to acknowledge that the realization of artificial precipitation necessitates specific meteorological conditions, namely the presence of moisture-laden clouds and favorable wind patterns. It is worth emphasizing that cloud seeding remains an evolving scientific endeavor, and its effectiveness during pre-winter months or at a larger scale is yet to be ascertained.
Moreover, executing such an innovative strategy requires a multitude of approvals, encompassing entities such as the DGCA, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Special Protection Group responsible for the safeguarding of the Prime Minister’s security, owing to the necessity of flying aircraft over the beleaguered national capital yearning for fresh and unpolluted air.
In a related development, Delhi’s environment minister, Gopal Rai, unveiled the city government’s intentions to embark on cloud seeding as part of its winter action plan to combat the daunting issue of air pollution. This decision was substantiated with a comprehensive presentation offered by experts from IIT-Kanpur, further exploring the feasibility of artificial precipitation. According to Manindra Agrawal, a prominent figure in this pioneering project and a professor at IIT Kanpur, artificial rains hold the potential to provide momentary respite for the residents of the National Capital Region (NCR), ameliorating their living conditions during periods of aggravated air quality.
Considering the recent escalation of air pollution, which has led to Delhi’s air quality being categorized as ‘severe plus’ for the second time in three days, stringent measures are being enforced under stage IV of the graded response action plan. These measures include restricting the entry of non-compliant vehicles, granting exemptions only to vehicles compliant with CNG, electric, and BS VI standards from other states, and further regulating the movement of medium and heavy goods vehicles not associated with essential services.
The pioneering efforts of IIT-Kanpur symbolize a remarkable stride toward mitigating the persistent issue of air pollution in Delhi, signifying a ray of hope for the residents of the NCR, particularly in combating the health hazards associated withair pollution.


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Nordstrom's website is crashing on one of the retailer's biggest shopping days of the year
"I can't even get into the customer service line because the phone is ringing busy," one person wrote on Nordstrom's Facebook page. "Probably won't be able to get the pre-sale items I want by the time functionality is restored. I will be cancelling my Nordstrom account after 20 years!""Chat isn't working, checkout keeps booting me out when it's not emptying my cart, I keep getting signed out, and the phone lines are busy," another person wrote on the Facebook page. "I've never seen Nordstrom so totally unprepared for a sale, and this is by far your worst showing."
Nordstrom apologized for the site issues in a Twitter post on Thursday.
We apologize for the site issues many of you are experiencing. Our teams are working hard to restore. Thank you for your patience.- Nordstrom (@Nordstrom) July 13, 2017
- SEBI asks PNB Housing to halt ₹4,000 crore preferential issue of shares
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Module 5: Focus on Ferrous Metals
This module includes series of webinars related to surface technology. You are invited to register for the webinars to get the link for attending.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1.9 million to a team of universities, led by Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech, to detect and control lead in drinking water. Edwards is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and an ENR Award of Excellence winner for his work in bringing lead problems to light in Flint, Mich. Researchers from Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, the University of Iowa and Louisiana State University will “establish one of the largest citizen science engineering projects in U.S. history,” Edwards said, to test for and educate about lead in drinking water in underserved areas of the U.S.
EPA Awards $1.9M to Marc Edwards Team for Drinking Water Testing
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Despite returning to the state house of Assembly as its speaker, the former acting Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri, has continued with his appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court which removed him from office and
ordered the swearing-in of Bala Ngilari as governor.
Fintiri raised eight grounds of appeal upon which he is urging the court of Appeal to rely on and set aside the judgment of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court.
As an alternative prayer, he is asking the court to refer the case back to the Federal High Court Abuja for trial before another Judge and by way of writ of summons instead of originating motions under which the matter was tried.
Umaru argued that the judge was wrong when he refused to convert the suit from originating summons to writ of summons because the
conflict was not such that could be resolved by examining documents.
“There was a conflict between the parties as to whether the 5th defendant
(Murtala Nyako) wrote Exhibit AU2; the letter of the then governor of Adamawa State to the Speaker nominating Hon. Adamu Kamalle as
the Deputy Governor, the plaintiff having resigned his position.”
He also faulted the judge’s decision that the case could only be heard and determined on the basis of the votes of proceedings of the Adamawa State House of Assembly.
According to him, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and the house have no role to play in the resignation of the plaintiff.
“There is no requirement under Section 306 of the Constitution for Nyako to inform the speaker in the letter of nomination of a
deputy governor that he had received the resignation letter of the plaintiff,” he added.
He also accused the judge of admitting uncertified documents contrary to the
Evidence Act, which specified the conditions for the admissibility of public documents.
Fintiri is represented by former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Bayo Ojo (SAN)

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My first full 3D character model :)
She is based off of Aztec mythological goddess "Itzpapalotl" whose name translates to "the Obsidian butterfly." She is a goddess of mortality, typically described as being skeletal with obsidian tipped wings and claws. I enjoyed coming up with a character concept for her!
Unfortunately the only way I could add the marmoset viewer was to put the textures on lowest settings. Hopefully I'll find a better solution for the viewersize/quality ratio

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Layers of enameling glass were sifted onto a domed copper disc then fired with a torch until glossy and fused. The cloud is sifted onto the piece and the entire piece is fired again until glossy and fused. Sterling Silver Cloud and Lightning bolt Charms and Swavorski Crystals. . Sterling silver popcorn 18” chain necklace.
One of a kind, for the person in your life who appreciates handcrafted jewelry.
Clouds and Lightning Copper Enamel Necklace
To keep your enamel looking new and vibrant please keep it away from lotions, shampoos and cleansers. Avoid swimming in salt and chlorinated water, and heavy perspiration during exercise. Never Clean Enamel in ultrasonic jewelry cleaners or with ammonia based cleaners. Wipe clean with a damp gentle cloth only. Handle as glass.


Icy roads are suspected in a two-vehicle crash in New Hampshire that killed a Malden High School student and left her mother and sister injured Saturday morning, Jan. 11.
Julia Vanella, 16, was in the front passengers seat when the Toyota 4Runner her mother, Lisa Vanella, was driving drifted across the center lane of Route 16 and collided with a Jeep Liberty at approximately 10 a.m. in Wakefield which is located on the Maine border, reported wmur.com .
Lisa Vanella and her six-year-old daughter, who was riding in the back of the vehicle, were injured and are being treated in an area hospital.
Julia Vanella was a popular junior at Malden High School, a fan of the Boston Bruins and an accomplished dancer since childhood.
The driver of the Jeep Liberty sustained serious injuries and remains hospitalized as does his two passengers, including a 13-year-old girl.
Wakefield Police Chief Ken Fifield said police were looking into the drivers’ actions, but icy road conditions were a factor in the mid-morning crash.
“Conditions were very slick and very treacherous,” he told the New Hampshire Union Leader.
While temperatures in southern New Hampshire reached the low 50s, the area of the accident remained near freezing all day.


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text: In case you haven't figured it out based on the other reviews, the Rock Band 3 wireless Fender Stratocaster guitar controller is simply a less colorful carbon copy of its Rock Band 2 predecessor, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. You won't find any extras here. It doesn't work with the much-hyped exclusive RB3 pro-mode. It doesn't add anything that wasn't already there, and it certainly won't improve how well you play. It is, quite simply, a monotone redress with some new branding and a nicer instruction manual. That is, however, fine by me. Harmonix almost perfected the standard RB2 Stratocaster, so there wasn't much room for improvement aside from some minor user preferences. While many liked the colorful wooden sunburst finish, I have always been a fan of the traditional black and white Stratocaster popularized in the movies and used in the first Rock Band. The original Rock Band Stratocaster wasn't wireless and had a colorless plastic neck among many other early deficiencies, but I always liked the monotone color scheme. There really isn't any legitimate reason I can recommend this over it's Rock Band 2 counterpart aside from the new branding and updated instruction manual, but it's certainly not a bad controller. It is fully compatible with every version of Rock Band and most Guitar Hero games. If you like to collect fake plastic guitar controllers or simply want the traditional RB3 version, this is the one to get.


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How much homework is too much?
Homework is one subject on which teachers and parents differ considerably. Teachers believe it's an essential part of the learning process while some parents believe teachers are passing some of their work to them. Some parents have gone as far as suggesting that authorities should intervene on the amount of homework given to their children.
Redi Tlhabi today spoke to education expert Nikki Bush about the contentious subject. She invited listeners to share their experiences about the subject and how they and their children are coping with the increasingly demanding school curriculum.
Listen to the conversation below:
One father called about his seven-year-old daughter who has a "hectic schedule" and is "always exhausted". Bush suggested that parents need to be creative about homework that doesn't need to be handed in. This helps take the boredom element out of the task.
... When you think outside the box, you can be your child's homework hero. It's important to do this when your child is lacking energy. Know how to flip a switch for a child.Nikki Bush, education expert
Another parent complained about the "information overload" children are subjected to nowadays. Bush suggested that the amount of time spent on homework needs to be monitored.


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O SON OF THE THRONE! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy
sight is My sight, do thou see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou
mayest testify unto My exalted sanctity, and I within Myself may bear
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Atenas, Costa Rica
Because of Christmas traffic going to & from the beaches and long waits on the slow ferry, I chose to fly to Tambor and back and from what I have heard from people who drove, it was a good decision! And for the first time on a small plane here the flight plan took us right over Atenas on the way back to San Jose. So I quickly made these cellphone photos of my hometown. Fun!

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Minnesota suffers from “systemic and complex” shortcomings in the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults, according to a state task force that is set to recommend a series of reforms for the Legislature, police and sheriffs’ departments and the judiciary.
“Law enforcement investigations of sexual assaults should treat victim-survivors with respect and dignity, hold offenders accountable, and protect the public from sexual violence,” according to a draft report prepared by the panel and obtained by the Star Tribune. “Yet, recent reports have shown significant areas for improvement … in Minnesota.”
Task force members on Tuesday talked about possible reforms, including improving officer training while reducing caseloads and creating a special board to better hold law enforcement accountable for the quality of its work.
The task force, which met for the sixth time on Tuesday, expects to release a final report with recommendations for the 2019 Legislature at its final meeting on Dec. 18.
State Attorney General Lori Swanson created the task force in September following a Star Tribune investigation that found widespread lapses in the way police handle reports of rape and sexual assault. Subsequent stories examined failures in police training and staffing, and documented that prosecutors often fail to bring charges against suspects, even in cases with compelling evidence.
The task force report, which stresses the need to improve public understanding of sexual assault, cites several of those findings as well as national research showing that only a small percentage of rape victims ever file a report with police and that false accusations are extremely rare.
“It is important to give victim-survivors who do complain confidence in the integrity of the process, so that they will continue the participation needed to bring offenders to justice,” the report says.
The task force includes representatives from law enforcement agencies, county prosecutors’ offices, victim advocacy groups, the Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Its chair is former Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson.
The report, written by Deputy Attorney General David Voigt and Assistant Attorney General Jason Marisam, noted that sex assault cases are some of the most difficult to prosecute. “At the same time,” they wrote, “some sexual assault cases are not prosecuted due to inadequate investigations, misunderstandings, or lack of awareness for the role of trauma-victim survivors.”
At its meeting on Tuesday, the group discussed options for holding law enforcement agencies accountable for the quality of their investigations, such as creating a statewide oversight group. A similar statewide group, the Violent Crime Coordinating Council, provides guidance for drug and gang cases.
“Maybe that’s the place that brings that all together, is the coordinating body,” said Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Paul Schnell, a member of the task force.
The group also wants to improve officer training while reducing heavy caseloads for investigators. St. Paul Police Sgt. Nichole Sipes, a veteran sex crimes investigator, said she was recently at a conference where she learned the national average for caseloads was 30 to 50 a year. “In 12 months, I investigated 245 cases,” she said.
The Star Tribune found training for officers who investigate sexual assaults is a chronic problem across Minnesota. Most of the state’s largest law enforcement agencies don’t require it, nor does the state board that oversees the licensing and training of police officers.
Sipes said she would like to see more training in investigating such cases. The challenge will be funding the reforms, but several in the group suggested that grants from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension could help.
The task force report will be provided to the Legislature in time for the 2019 session.
“It will be distributed as widely as we can,” Voigt said. “The idea is to come up with a public report that’s understandable to anyone that’s interested.”


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Homes For Sale
Welcome to Plymouth’s popular Green Meadows Homes For Sale! This classic Plymouth subdivision consists of 376 lots and is located on the east side of Sheldon between Ann Arbor Rd and Joy. Construction in this historic Plymouth neighborhood began in 1949. There is a wide variety of architectural styles, including colonials, ranches, and also a few newly constructed homes. Contact your friends at Kime Realty today to learn more about Green Meadows Homes For Sale.
The first home was constructed in Green Meadows Subdivision in 1949. Let’s take a step back in time to discover what life was like in Plymouth in the charming year of 1949.
Life in Plymouth, Michigan in 1949
Plymouth, Michigan, in 1949 was a snapshot of classic American life, complete with small-town charm and a burgeoning post-war optimism. Here’s a glimpse into the life and times of this beautiful town in ’49:
Post-War Optimism: 1949 marked the post-war era, and the entire nation was buzzing with optimism. The return of soldiers from World War II had spurred economic growth and a sense of hope. In Plymouth, this optimism was palpable, with residents looking forward to a bright future.
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Galleri Thomas Wallner is pleased to present Missed Mother by Anders Krisár who focuses primarily on sculptural objects and photography. What defines Krisár’s particular worldview is his keen sense of aesthetics, which manages to balance his need to investigate deep-rooted traumas with stringent conceptualism.
For the first time Krisár is showing works in marble. The stone as a geological object is here critical for the meaning of the work. One of the works features Krisár’s and his mother’s faces cut from the same block of marble. Their facial features were sculpted out of the stone as if they had been subterraneously facing each other nose-to-nose with eyes closed for millions of years. In another related work, the mother’s face is fashioned from a block of marble in the negative, with the chiseled remnants laid to rest in a delicate pile of flakes and dust inside the stone from which they were carved. Both of these works thematize separation and loss in terms that are equally conceptual and concrete. This oscillation between revealing and concealing, accessibility and inaccessibility, is at the core of this project.
For Eva (2016), the face of the artist’s recently deceased mother was cast in gold from her death mask. The funds for the work were derived from the entirety of the inheritance that the artist and his brother received from the sale of their mother’s home. Gold, no matter how rare, is replaceable and exchangeable.
The complex singularity of a person, however, is absolutely irreplaceable. And so in Eva, it is not the preciousness of the gold that adds value to face of the person, but the preciousness of the person that adds value to the gold.
Unlike his previous interlaced bodies and torsos that are both one and two, Half Girl (right) and Half Girl (left) (both 2016), introduce an infinite distance within the self to which no reconciliation seems possible. Half Girl (left), made recently after Krisár’s mother’s passing, is the first sculpture in his oeuvre that does not have the sense of an inner force; it is the only figure of which gravity seems to take hold.
In many works the function and nature of the materials used seems like an attempt to rationally compare and understand the nature of emotional attachments and intimate and complex human relationships. The character and qualities of the chosen materials, be it bronze, wax, gold or marble are often themselves important bearers of metaphor, integral links in a chain of meaning.
Anders Krisár lives and works in Stockholm. He has recently exhibited at Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa; The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine; The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou, Belgium;
and Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm. This fall Krisár is included in Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan.


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Admiral de la Vallee, who seemed to be half asleep in his armchair, said in a voice which sounded like an old woman’s:
“I had a very singular little love adventure once; would you like to hear it?”
He spoke from the depths of his great chair, with that everlasting dry, wrinkled smile on his lips, that smile à la Voltaire, which made people take him for a terrible skeptic.
I was thirty years of age and first lieutenant in the navy, when I was intrusted with an astronomical expedition to Central India. The English Government provided me with all the necessary means for carrying out my enterprise, and I was soon busied with a few followers in that strange, surprising, prodigious country.
It would take me ten volumes to relate that journey. I went through wonderfully magnificent regions, and was received by strangely handsome princes, who entertained me with incredible magnificence. For two months it seemed to me as if I were walking in a poem, and that I was going about in a fairy kingdom, on the back of imaginary elephants. In the midst of wild forests I discovered extraordinary ruins, delicate and chiseled like jewels, fine as lace and enormous as mountains, those fabulous, divine monuments which are so graceful that one falls in love with their form like one falls in love with a woman, and that one feels a physical and sensual pleasure in looking at them. As Victor Hugo says, “Whilst wide-awake, I was walking in a dream.”
Towards the end of my journey I reached Ganhard, which was formerly one of the most prosperous towns in Central India, but is now much decayed and governed by a wealthy, arbitrary, violent, generous, and cruel prince. His name is Rajah Maddan, a true Oriental potentate, delicate and barbarous, affable and sanguinary, combining feminine grace with pitiless ferocity.
The city lies at the bottom of a valley, on the banks of a little lake which is surrounded by pagodas, which bathe their walls in the water.
At a distance the city looks like a white spot which grows larger as one approaches it, and by degrees one discovers the domes and spires, all the slender and graceful summits of Indian monuments.
At about an hour’s distance from the gates, I met a superbly caparisoned elephant, surrounded by a guard of honor which the sovereign had sent me, and I was conducted to the palace with great ceremony.
I should have liked to have taken the time to put on my gala uniform, but royal impatience would not admit of it. He was anxious to make my acquaintance, to know what he might expect from me, and then he would see.
I was introduced into a great hall surrounded by galleries, in the midst of bronze-colored soldiers in splendid uniforms, while all about were standing men dressed in striking robes studded with precious stones.
I saw a shining mass, a kind of sitting sun reposing on a bench like our garden benches, without a back; it was the rajah who was waiting for me, motionless, in a robe of the purest canary color. He had some ten or fifteen million francs worth of diamonds on him, and by itself, on his forehead glistened the famous star of Delhi, which has always belonged to the illustrious dynasty of the Pariharas of Mundore, from whom my host was descended.
He was a man of about five-and-twenty, who seemed to have some negro blood in his veins, although he belonged to the purest Hindoo race. He had large, almost motionless, rather vague eyes, fat lips, a curly beard, low forehead, and dazzling sharp white teeth, which he frequently showed with a mechanical smile. He got up and gave me his hand in the English fashion, and then made me sit down beside him on a bench which was so high that my feet hardly touched the ground, and I was very uncomfortable on it.
He immediately proposed a tiger hunt for the next day; war and hunting were his chief occupations, and he could hardly understand how one could care for anything else. He was evidently fully persuaded that I had only come all that distance to amuse him a little, and to be the companion of his pleasures.
As I stood greatly in need of his assistance, I tried to flatter his tastes, and he was so pleased with me that he immediately wished to show me how his trained boxers fought, and he led the way into a kind of arena situated within the palace.
At his command two naked men appeared, their hands covered with steel claws. They immediately began to attack each other, trying to strike one another with this sharp weapon, which left long cuts, from which the blood flowed freely down their dark skin.
It lasted for a long time, till their bodies were a mass of wounds, and the combatants were tearing each other’s flesh with this sort of rake made of pointed blades. One of them had his jaw smashed, while the ear of the other was split into three pieces.
The prince looked on with ferocious pleasure, uttered grunts of delight, and imitated all their movements with careless gestures, crying out constantly:
“Strike, strike hard!”
One fell down unconscious, and had to be carried out of the arena, covered with blood, while the rajah uttered a sigh of regret because it was over so soon.
He turned to me to know my opinion; I was disgusted, but I congratulated him loudly. He then gave orders that I was to be conducted to Couch–Mahal (the palace of pleasure), where I was to be lodged.
This bijou palace was situated at the extremity of the royal park, and one of its walls was built into the sacred lake of Vihara. It was square, with three rows of galleries with colonnades of most beautiful workmanship. At each angle there were light, lofty or low towers, standing either singly or in pairs: no two were alike, and they looked like flowers growing out of that graceful plant of Oriental architecture. All were surmounted by fantastic roofs, like coquettish ladies’ caps.
In the middle of the edifice a large dome raised its round cupola like a large white woman’s breast, beside a beautiful clock-tower.
The whole building was covered with sculpture from top to bottom, with those exquisite arabesques which delight the eye, of motionless processions of delicate figures whose attitudes and gestures in stone told the story of Indian manners and customs.
The rooms were lighted by windows with dentelated arches, looking on to the gardens. On the marble floor were designs of graceful bouquets in onyx, lapis-lazuli, and agate.
I had scarcely had time to finish my toilet when Haribada, a court dignitary who was specially charged to communicate between the prince and me, announced his sovereign’s visit.
The saffron-colored rajah appeared, again shook hands with me, and began to tell me a thousand different things, constantly asking me for my opinion, which I had great difficulty in giving him. Then he wished to show me the ruins of the former palace at the other extremity of the gardens.
It was a real forest of stones inhabited by a large tribe of apes. On our approach the males began to run along the walls, making the most hideous faces at us, while the females ran away, showing their bare rumps, and carrying off their young in their arms. The rajah shouted with laughter and pinched my arm to draw my attention, and to testify his own delight, and sat down in the midst of the ruins, while around us, squatting on the top of the walls, perching on every eminence, a number of animals with white whiskers put out their tongues and shook their fists at us.
When he had seen enough of this, the yellow rajah rose and began to walk sedately on, keeping me always at his side, happy at having shown me such things on the very day of my arrival, and reminding me that a grand tiger-hunt was to take place the next day, in my honor.
I was present at it, at a second, a third, at ten, twenty in succession. We hunted all the animals which the country produces in turn; the panther, the bear, elephant, antelope, the hippopotamus and the crocodile — what do I know of, half the beasts in creation I should say. I was disgusted at seeing so much blood flow, and tired of this monotonous pleasure.
At length the prince’s ardor abated and, at my urgent request, he left me a little leisure for work, and contented himself by loading me with costly presents. He sent me jewels, magnificent stuffs, and well-broken animals of all sorts, which Haribada presented to me with apparently as grave respect as if I had been the sun himself although he heartily despised me at the bottom of his heart.
Every day a procession of servants brought me in covered dishes, a portion of each course that was served at the royal table; every day he seemed to take an extreme pleasure in getting up some new entertainment for me — dances by the Bayaderes, jugglers, reviews of the troops, and I was obliged to pretend to be most delighted with it, so as not to hurt his feelings when he wished to show me his wonderful country in all its charm and all its splendor.
As soon as I was left alone for a few moments I either worked or went to see the monkeys, whose company pleased me a great deal better than that of their royal master.
One evening, however, on coming back from a walk, I found Haribada outside the gate of my palace. He told me in mysterious tones that a gift from the king was waiting for me in my room, and he said that his master begged me to excuse him for not having sooner thought of offering me that of which I had been deprived for such a long time.
After these obscure remarks the ambassador bowed and withdrew.
When I went in I saw six little girls standing against the wall motionless, side-by-side, like smelts on a skewer. The eldest was perhaps ten and the youngest eight years old. For the first moment I could not understand why this girls’ school had taken up its abode in my rooms; then, however, I divined the prince’s delicate attention: he had made me a present of a harem, and had chosen it very young from an excess of generosity. There, the more unripe the fruit is, in the higher estimation it is held.
For some time I remained confused and embarrassed, ashamed in the presence of these children, who looked at me with great grave eyes which seemed already to divine what I should want of them.
I did not know what to say to them; I felt inclined to send them back; but one cannot return the presents of a prince; it would have been a mortal insult. I was obliged, therefore, to keep them, and to install this troop of children in my rooms.
They stood motionless, looking at me, waiting for my orders, trying to read my thoughts in my eyes. Confound such a present! How dreadfully it was in my way. At last, thinking that I must be looking rather ridiculous, I asked the eldest her name.
“Châli,” she replied.
This little creature, with her beautiful skin, which was slightly yellow, like old ivory, was a marvel, a perfect statue, with her face and its long and severe lines.
I then asked, in order to see what she would reply, and also, perhaps, to embarrass her:
“What have you come here for?”
She replied, in her soft, harmonious voice:
“I have come to be altogether at my lord’s disposal, and to do whatever he wishes.”
She was evidently quite resigned.
I put the same question to the youngest, who answered immediately in her shrill voice:
“I am here to do whatever you ask me, my master.”
This one was like a little mouse, and was very taking, just as they all were, so I took her in my arms and kissed her. The others made a movement to go away, thinking, no doubt, that I had made my choice; but I ordered them to stay, and sitting down in the Indian fashion, I made them all sit round me, and began to tell them fairy-tales, for I spoke their language tolerably well.
They listened very attentively, and trembled, wringing their hands in agony. Poor little things, they were not thinking any longer of the reason why they were sent to me.
When I had finished my story, I called Latchmân, my confidential servant, and made him bring sweetmeats and cakes, of which they ate enough to make themselves ill; then, as I began to find the adventure rather funny, I organized games to amuse my wives.
One of these diversions had an enormous success. I made a bridge of my legs, and the six children ran underneath, the smallest beginning and the tallest always knocking against them a little, because she did not stoop enough. It made them shout with laughter, and these young voices sounding beneath the low vaults of my sumptuous palace, seemed to wake it up and to people it with childlike gaiety, filling it with life.
Next I took great interest in seeing to the sleeping apartments of my innocent concubines, and in the end I saw them safely locked up under the surveillance of four female servants, whom the prince had sent me at the same time in order to take care of my sultanas.
For a week I took the greatest pleasure in acting the papa towards these living dolls. We had capital games of hide-and-seek, puss-inthe-corner, &c., which gave them the greatest pleasure, for every day I taught them a new game, to their intense delight.
My house now seemed to be one large class, and my little friends, dressed in beautiful silk stuffs, and in materials embroidered with gold and silver, ran up and down the long galleries and the quiet rooms like little human animals.
At last, one evening, without my knowing exactly how it happened, the oldest of them, the one called Châli, and who looked so like an ivory statue, became my wife.
She was an adorable little creature, timid and gentle, who soon got to love me ardently, with some degree of shame, with hesitation as if afraid of European justice, with reserve and scruples, and yet with passionate tenderness. I cherished her as if I had been her father.
I beg your pardon, ladies; I am going rather too far.
The others continued to play in the palace, like a lot of happy kittens, and Châli never left me except when I went to the prince.
We passed delicious hours together in the ruins of the old castle, among the monkeys, who had become our friends.
She used to lie on my knees, and remain there, turning all sorts of things over in her little sphinx’s head, or perhaps not thinking of anything, retaining that beautiful, charming, hereditary pose of that noble and dreamy people, the hieratic pose of the sacred statues.
In a large brass dish I had brought provisions, cakes, fruits. The apes came nearer and nearer, followed by their young ones, who were more timid; at last they sat down round us in a circle, without daring to come any nearer, waiting for me to distribute my delicacies. Then, almost invariably, a male more daring than the rest would come to me with outstretched hand, like a beggar, and I would give him something, which he would take to his wife. All the others immediately began to utter furious cries, cries of rage and jealousy; and I could not make the terrible racket cease except by throwing each one his share.
As I was very comfortable in the ruins I had my instruments brought there, so that I might be able to work. As soon, however, as they saw the copper fittings on my scientific instruments, the monkeys, no doubt taking them for some deadly engines, fled on all sides, uttering the most piercing cries.
I often also spent my evenings with Châli on one of the external galleries that looked on to the lake of Vihara. Without speaking we looked at the bright moon gliding over the sky and throwing a mantle of trembling silver over the water, and down there, on the further shore, the row of small pagodas like elegant mushrooms with their stalks in the water. Taking the thoughtful head of my little mistress between my hands, I printed a long, soft kiss on her polished brow, on her great eyes, which were full of the secret of that ancient and fabulous land, and on her calm lips which opened to my caress. I felt a confused, powerful, above all, a poetical, sensation, the sensation that I possessed a whole race in this little girl, that mysterious race from which all the others seem to have taken their origin.
The prince, however, continued to load me with presents. One day he sent me a very unexpected object, which excited a passionate admiration in Châli. It was merely one of those cardboard boxes covered with shells stuck on outside, and they can be bought at any European seaside resort for a penny or two. But there it was a jewel beyond price, and no doubt was the first that had found its way into the kingdom. I put it on a table and left it there, wondering at the value which was set upon this trumpery article out of a bazaar.
But Châli never got tired of looking at it, of admiring it ecstatically. From time to time she would say to me, “May I touch it?” And when I had given her permission she raised the lid, closed it again with the greatest precaution, touched the shells very gently, and the contact seemed to give her real physical pleasure.
However, I had finished my work, and it was time for me to return. I was a long time in making up my mind, kept back by my tenderness for my little friend, but at last I was obliged to fix the day of my departure.
The prince got up fresh hunting excursions and fresh wrestling matches, and after a fortnight of these pleasures I declared that I could stay no longer, and he gave me my liberty.
My farewell from Châli was heartrending. She wept, lying beside me, with her head on my breast, shaken with sobs. I did not know how to console her; my kisses were no good.
All at once an idea struck me, and getting up I went and got the shell-box, and putting it into her hands, I said, “That is for you; it is yours.”
Then I saw her smile at first. Her whole face was lighted up with internal joy, with that profound joy when impossible dreams are suddenly realized, and she embraced me ardently.
All the same, she wept bitterly when I bade her a last farewell.
I gave paternal kisses and cakes to all the rest of my wives, and then I started.
Two years had passed when my duties again called me to Bombay, and, because I knew the country and the language well, I was left there to undertake another mission.
I finished what I had to do as quickly as possible, and as I had a considerable amount of spare time on my hands I determined to go and see my friend the King of Ganhard and my dear little Châli once more, though I expected to find her much changed.
The rajah received me with every demonstration of pleasure, and hardly left me for a moment during the first day of my visit. At night, however, when I was alone, I sent for Haribada, and after several misleading questions I said to him:
“Do you know what has become of little Châli, whom the rajah gave me?”
He immediately assumed a sad and troubled look, and said, in evident embarrassment:
“We had better not speak of her.”
“Why? She was a dear little woman.”
“She turned out badly, Sir.”
“What — Châli? What has become of her? Where is she?”
“I mean to say that she came to a bad end.”
“A bad end! Is she dead?”
“Yes. She committed a very dreadful action.”
I was very much distressed. I felt my heart beat, and my breast was oppressed with grief, and insisted on knowing what she had done and what had happened to her.
The man became more and more embarrassed, and murmured, “You had better not ask about it.”
“But I want to know.”
“She stole — ”
“Who — Châli? What did she steal?”
“Something that belonged to you.”
“To me? What do you mean?”
“The day you left she stole that little box which the prince had given you; it was found in her hands.”
“What box are you talking about?”
“The box covered with shells.”
“But I gave it to her.”
The Indian looked at me with stupefaction, then replied: “Well, she declared with the most sacred oaths that you had given it to her, but nobody could believe that you could have given a king’s present to a slave, and so the rajah had her punished.”
“How was she punished? What was done to her?”
“She was tied up in a sack, and thrown into the lake from this window, from the window of the room in which we are, where she had committed the theft.”
I felt the most terrible grief that I ever experienced, and I made a sign to Haribada to go away, so that he might not see my tears; and I spent the night on the gallery that looked on to the lake, on the gallery where I had so often held the poor child on my knees.
I pictured to myself her pretty little body lying decomposed in a sack in the dark waters beneath me, which we had so often looked at together formerly.
The next day I left again, in spite of the rajah’s entreaties and evident vexation; and I now still feel as if I had never loved any woman but Châli.
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