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So a new journey begins, eh, old fellow? Barnabas Collins asked himself as he stared out the train's window at Maine's coast rolling by. He smiled ruefully to himself. Back to your roots.
Since childhood, the orphaned Collins had immersed himself in reading book upon book detailing the exploits of the American branch of his troubled family history. Sequestered in the home of his godfather, Nile Bradford, the boy through his solitary reading became naturally moody and taciturn, only brightening when imagining himself the hero of any given generation of the Collinsport Collins.
Eventually the patient, understanding Nile Bradford was able to channel his charge's wild imagination and infatuation with the past into more studious fields, and after years of intensive schooling, old Bradford was proud that just before his death he was able to see his beloved godson on his way to becoming a professor of Colonial American History at Oxford.
Poor Nile, thought Barnabas morosely. Luckily, old friend, you didn't have to witness how it all turned out.
"Hey." Barnabas was jolted from his brooding by the porter. "We're in Collinsport, buddy."
He straightened immediately from his meditative posture, grabbing his sparse luggage. "Oh, ah, yes. Thank you." Squeezing past the porter, he exited the train.
"Good Lord," he muttered to himself, taking in the thick fog and empty platform. "You can take the man out of the London fog, but you can't take the London fog out of the man's eyesight." He pulled up his coat collar, shivering from the damp sea air. Outside of the impenetrable mist, everything was pitch-black this autumn night.
In truth, this gloomy, foreboding greeting only increased the excitement Barnabas was only just keeping at bay in his breast.
For all the shame and disappointed ambition that had brought him to this crossroads in life, Barnabas felt an eerie calling stirring in his veins as he stood in the cold, vacant station. Here, perhaps, more than the quiet home on Oxford Street, or the hallowed halls of University, was home.
…An impression that grew slightly less convincing as a half-hour passed and no signs of the promised car appeared to whisk him away to Collinwood.
Checking his wristwatch, Barnabas tapped his foot absently for another forty-nine seconds before heading with imperious impulsiveness to the payphone near the station house.
"Oh, goodness, Mr. Collins!" the exaggerated, breathless voice of the housekeeper spoke from the other end when Barnabas explained his marooned status. "Oh, dear me. Mrs. Stoddard will be furious with Willie! Willie Loomis, that is. That's our groundskeeper, you know. Worthless wreck of a boy. Probably out getting drunk at The Blue Whale. That's our local tavern, you know. Well, Mr. Collins, If you're willing to wait just another half-hour or so, I'm sure that when Mr. Collins comes home—er, Mr. Roger Collins, that is—he can take one of the cars and"—
"Oh, no, no, no! Thank you. I wouldn't hear of it," Barnabas cut in quickly. The night air was getting chillier by the minute and as the station house was closed this time of night, Barnabas was far from willing to extend his current occupation of pacing the dark platform for another weary half-hour. "I wouldn't want to put anyone out. I realize this is all just a misunderstanding. Oh, wait one moment!" He put down the phone and waved as he saw a taxi approach. The car reluctantly slowed. Barnabas held up a finger to let the driver know to wait, and then put the phone to his ear again. "Happily, Madame, it looks like help is at hand. A taxi just arrived. Tell Mrs. Stoddard I'll hopefully be at Collinwood's gate shortly."
So enthused was he that he cut off the voice on the other end in hanging up, grabbing his bags and racing toward the cab.
The irate driver's face glared at him from behind the rolled-down window of the passenger's seat.
"Look, pal," he said, halting Barnabas from opening the car door. "This ain't New York with empty cabs running around 24/7. I'm off duty, all right?"
Barnabas's heart sank. "Oh, please. Just a moment. I'd have to wait another half-hour in this miserable cold for a ride to come if you don't help me out. I'll make it worth your while, and where I'm heading can't be too far away. I'm going to Collinwood. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's an old mansion at"—
"Collinwood?" The driver asked incredulously, eyes wide and eyebrows up in his broad round face. "You're goin' to Collinwood?"
"Er, yes."
"What the hell you want in a joint like Collinwood? Nobody in their right mind goes there."
"To work."
"To work?"
Barnabas took a deep, impatient breath, willing himself not to snap at his only hope for salvation to please stop repeating incredulously everything he said.
"Yes, work."
"Work at what?"
"As tutor to young David Collins."
The man's face brightened eagerly as he turned back to the wheel. "Oh, this I gotta hear. Hop in, pal."
"Boy," the driver said, shaking his head as he pulled in front of the tall iron gate in front of Collinwood about thirty minutes later. "Wait till I tell the guys at Blue Whale about this. Right out of some gothic horror story you comin' here. Anyways, there's the madhouse in question, Mister," he jerked his thumb toward the gate.
Barnabas handed him the American currency Elizabeth Stoddard had wired him in case of emergency.
"Thank you very much for your trouble."
"No problem. Hey," he said, turning around to grab Barnabas's arm as he was about to leave the cab. "Good luck. And be careful. This place is chock full of nut-jobs and weirdoes. If you want, I can take you to the Collinsport Inn where you can spend the night and leave on the morning train back to New York or to Bangor. It ain't too late to turn back, y'know."
Unable and unwilling to express that these warnings only increased his perverse anticipation, Barnabas politely replied, "Thank you for your generous offer, but that won't be necessary. I believe I shall be fine."
Shrugging, the driver released him. "Have it your way, bud. Your funeral."
Closing the car door, Barnabas waited until the cab was out of sight before facing the steely black gate guarding the home of his American ancestors and current distant cousins.
Stamping down again on the excitement fluttering in his chest, Barnabas pushed at the rusty gates until they eventually gave way. He walked slowly down the weed-strewn path before him, observing as much of his surroundings as he could through the darkness.
From what he could see, the twisted vines and overgrown grass indicated the garden was in a state of total disrepair. Whoever this Willie is certainly isn't only neglecting his duties as chauffeur.
Following the light provided by the almost-full moon, Barnabas eventually reached the end of the crooked path, and stood in awe of the sight before him.
Collinwood loomed large like a gray Goliath. The moonlight silhouetted the spiraling steeples, gables, grimacing gargoyles, and outsized structure of the house in stark relief. Barnabas turned to his right at the sound of crashing waves, just able to make out the black waters crashing against the shore, the shore Collinwood imperiously overlooked.
The dreary environs and Collinwood's brutal design made descriptions of Castle Udolpho look meek in comparison, made Castle Dracula look tastefully subdued, made Norman Bates's house look positively sane.
Barnabas Collins was falling more and more madly in love by the minute.
Relishing Collinwood's exterior, Barnabas headed toward the front door, anxious to inspect the interior.
His knocks were answered by a flustered-looking older woman, a dishrag in hand as she wiped away the sweat from her forehead.
"Mr. Collins?" She asked.
"Yes. How do you do?"
"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm Mrs. Johnson. I'm the one you spoke to on the telephone."
"Ah, yes."
"Come in, come in! Were you able to get here without much trouble? I was starting to tell you over the phone that taxis don't run this late in Collinsport, but you'd already hung up."
"Oh, yes, I'm sorry about that. I was just so anxious to arrive. No, everything went fine, really. Once I mentioned where I was heading, I held the driver's undivided attention the whole way."
Mrs. Johnson nodded wryly. "Yes, I'm not surprised. We're always the talk of the town one way or the other. Here, let me take your coat for you."
"Thank you," Barnabas said absently, taking in Collinwood's expansive entryway. "It's just like it was described in the original plans."
"What's that, Mr. Collins?"
Barnabas blinked, shaking his head. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson. But my parents inherited a great many of the papers and books from the Collinsport branch of our family tree, and since childhood I've absolutely devoured them, particularly those pertaining to Collinwood's construction. And I must say, every detail exceeds my expectations."
"Yes, it's a beautiful old house," Mrs. Johnson conceded as she hung up his coat and moved his bags closer to the staircase. "Of course, these recent years haven't seen the place at its best."
Barnabas had to agree with her there. As Mrs. Johnson headed upstairs to inform Elizabeth Stoddard of his arrival, Barnabas noticed the classic architecture and winding staircase were offset by the inclusion of collecting dust and cobwebs. While some beautiful original pieces remained such as the tall grandfather clock and antique chairs, much of the décor was heavily influenced by the garish bright articles of the day, such as shag rugs and lava lamps.
Yet Barnabas's good opinion was restored when inspecting the walls he found the family portraits staring down at him, defiant in the face of changing times, dating all the way back to the 17th Century.
"What a history," he murmured proudly.
"Why, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see you with my own eyes," a melodious voice spoke from the stairs.
Barnabas turned to see a beautiful and regal middle-aged woman with a stiff up-do and elegant evening dress descend the steps, a gracious, subtly sad smile on her face.
"I don't believe I have to ask who you are, Mrs. Stoddard," he said with friendly deference, warmly shaking her hand as she approached.
"Please, Cousin Barnabas, no need for such formality. Call me Elizabeth, please."
"Gladly, Elizabeth."
"And I'd never have to ask who you are, even if I didn't know you were coming."
He tilted his head questioningly. "How's that?"
"Why, your portrait, of course."
"My portrait?"
"I'm just being flippant. The painting of the original Barnabas Collins, your namesake, resides in the Old House, a little ways from here. It's been…some years since I've been to the Old House, as it's very dilapidated now. But even though I haven't seen the portrait in a while I can still remember enough to know the resemblance between you two is absolutely uncanny." Her eyes ran over his face with muted surprise.
Barnabas's smile widened. "Ah yes, the original Barnabas! Always my favorite when I'd read up on the family history, at the risk of sounding conceited."
Elizabeth nodded, family pride written in her own face. "Yes, he was the one who really got the cannery business off the ground, and the one who started construction of the new house." She continued staring unabashedly into Barnabas's face. "The resemblance is so eerily striking."
Barnabas's masculine pride couldn't help but be tickled here, to be compared so closely to his namesake, one of the more dashing and romantic figures in the Collins history.
"Considering his contributions to the Collins name, I do believe I will take that as a compliment, Elizabeth."
"As you should. But you must forgive me, my surprise at your appearance kept me from greeting you properly: welcome to Collinwood, Barnabas Collins."
"I am honored to be here," he said genuinely.
Approving, Elizabeth continued, "If you follow me now to the dining room, I've asked Mrs. Johnson to prepare some supper for you."
"That's very kind," Barnabas said, following her down the long, stately corridor. "But it's really not necessary. I don't want to put you or your staff to any trouble."
"Nonsense," Elizabeth dismissed the issue with the wave of her hand. "It is we who put you through so much trouble. I do apologize for you being left abandoned at the train station. A nice hello, wasn't it? As for our staff, there's only Mrs. Johnson," she inhaled sharply, her face grim and disapproving, "and Willie Loomis."
"Ah, yes, the groundskeeper, so I've heard."
Elizabeth laughed shortly. "If you can call him that. I took him on as..." she hesitated uncomfortably for a moment, looking away. "As a favor to an…old friend. Willie's a total waste of a human being, spending most of the time drunk and ending up in more fights than doing any actual work. He should be in shortly to take up your luggage, however."
Oh, lovely, Barnabas thought bleakly. He was glad there was nothing worth stealing in his possessions after hearing this cheerful description of Collinwood's only manservant.
The dining room was perhaps the most dreary place he'd yet come across. It was about two sizes too big, and sitting across from Mrs. Stoddard at the long thin table gave one a very hopeless, lonely feeling.
As he ate, Elizabeth cleared her throat carefully. "Barnabas, I decided before you came here not to ask any pressing questions concerning your…dismissal from Oxford."
Barnabas slowly laid down his fork.
Elizabeth continued. "The past is the past. I know how untruthful and hurtful gossip can be"—
Barnabas held up his hand, gently stopping her. "Please, Elizabeth. I admire your sensitivity, but I would feel more at ease if you let me explain everything."
"Now, really, it's not"—
"I must, if we're to have total honesty between us, as is befitting family members." He stared at his hands for a moment, resting tensely on either side of his plate. Finally he looked up and spoke. "I'm not sure how much of the scandal you've heard, but I might as well start at the beginning. I had recently received my fellowship at Oxford, and enjoyed the close friendship and endorsement of Dr. Sky Rumson, a prominent dean and donor to the school. Unfortunately," he paused. "Unfortunately, I also enjoyed the dubious privilege of being the subject of his wife's affections."
Noticing Elizabeth shifting in her seat, Barnabas locked eyes with her quickly. "But I assure you with every fiber of my being, I never encouraged her or reciprocated her advances. But after I had only been about a year teaching, Sky discovered her feelings and in a rage threw her out and destroyed my career. With his clout and reputation, he was easily able to secure my dismissal. Having just started my career, and without any friendships yet established in Oxford beyond his, I was an easy target for slander. My reputation was tarnished past the point of anyone hiring me. I am, essentially, persona non grata in London's academic circle."
He exhaled an uneasy breath at the end of his confession. He stared at his hands again, waiting for Elizabeth to speak.
"I know what it is like to be gossiped about, to be slandered," she said with quiet empathy. "Sometimes the charges were true, but most of the time they've been false. If I've learned anything from life, it's that everyone deserves a second chance, innocent or guilty. I appreciate your candor, Barnabas."
"And I yours, Elizabeth," he returned softly. "But…might I ask how it is you learned I was in need of a position? Your letter was rather vague on that point."
"Oh, that," she said easily. "Roger—my brother, you'll probably meet him tomorrow—was in London on business a few months ago and heard odd rumors about the incident. Although I sympathized with you, for I've heard Sky Rumson often abuses his power, I decided that it was at least a fortuitous stroke of luck where David was concerned."
This piqued Barnabas's interest. "Ah, yes, David! I've been remiss in not inquiring after my new pupil."
Elizabeth's easy manner was replaced by obvious consternation. She took a few moments before answering. "You appreciated my candor earlier, so I'll not let you down now. David is a disturbed young man. We had to pull him out of school, because he was disruptive, moody, and frightening the other children."
It was Barnabas's turn to be uneasy. "I must confess, Elizabeth, I don't have much prior experience with children, much less troubled ones."
"I know. That's why I chose you. David isn't like other children. Oh, he's fanciful, very fanciful. That's part of the problem. But he's also very precocious. He won't take being talked down to. Keep the curriculum simpler than what you'd teach at Oxford, of course, but don't treat him any differently than you would your other students. He'll pick up on any condescension." She smiled at him apologetically. "I fear this position is a step down for you, Barnabas."
"Not at all, Elizabeth. I'm grateful for the work. And I must admit to having rather selfish motives for coming here as well," he said, eyes twinkling. "Ever since I was a child I've wanted the chance to reside at Collinwood, to stand at Widow's Hill and watch the waves crash against the shore."
Elizabeth laughed. "Well, I'm afraid you won't find much romance here, Barnabas. We're all pretty set in our ways." She stood. "Hopefully Willie's back by now. He'll escort you to your room."
As they made their way back down the corridor, Barnabas found himself again engrossed by the various paintings that followed them, and stopped to study a photograph at the end of the hall: a family portrait of the current Collins family.
Elizabeth sat in the center, ever regal and lovely. A bored, rigid-looking man some ten years younger stood at her right, apparently too consumed with ennui to smile beyond a tired smirk. To Elizabeth's left stood a pretty blonde teenager, whose exaggerated bright smile failed to mask her petulant and angry eyes. In front of the man was a boy of about ten years old. The lad stared with penetrating glum eyes out of the picture frame, not even making a cursory attempt to look more cheerful.
Elizabeth joined Barnabas in studying the unconventional group. "This was taken last Christmas. It's one of the few times I've been able to convince everyone to appear in a picture together"—
"—Yeah, we're usually smart enough to realize nobody wants to see another portrait of the Collins family," a pert voice interrupted.
At the end of the hall, leaning lazily against a wall with her feet and arms crossed, smiled the blonde teenager from the picture.
"Barnabas," Elizabeth said stiffly. "This is my daughter, Carolyn."
He bowed his head. "Very glad to meet you, Carolyn."
"Likewise." She skipped over to him, holding her hand up, eyelids batting as she indicated he should kiss it.
Unable to stifle his grin at her impertinence despite her mother rolling her eyes, Barnabas complied. "The picture doesn't do you justice. You're even prettier in person."
She giggled. "Oh, wow! Love the accent." Happily, Barnabas noticed that this time her eyes seemed to match her big grin. "What's London like, anyhow?"
"Carolyn," her mother softly but firmly interjected. "Mr. Collins has had a very long voyage. In the space of a few days, he took the boat from Southampton to New York, then the train from New York to here. Why don't we let him get a good night's rest before bombarding him with nosy questions?"
Carolyn did a fair imitation of her mother by rolling her own eyes. "Ugh! Fine. Just trying to make conversation. Anyways, I'm only here because I heard Willie pull up in his car and thought you might like to know." She swallowed a mischievous giggle. "He's stinko again."
Elizabeth closed her eyes. "It figures."
"Well," Carolyn said, winking at Barnabas, "Good luck, teach!" She bounced off down the hall.
"Charming girl," Barnabas said.
"Yes, she is when she wants to be," Elizabeth said sardonically, leading him toward the entryway. "I love that girl more than life itself, but there's no denying she can be a bit of a trial. Unlike you, she's never treasured Collinwood for its history, but instead feels stifled by it. It's not the most exciting place for a young girl in this day and age."
She halted in her tracks and stared crossly at the figure in the entryway.
The young man slammed the door behind him, swaying on his feet.
"Willie," she said sharply.
The boy's bleary eyes met hers. "Yeah?" He asked snappishly. His beat-up leather jacket was torn at the sleeve, and his sandy hair was disheveled. He had a small bruise under his eye. He reeked of beer.
Elizabeth gave him the once-over. "You've been in another fight."
He grinned cockily as he stuck a cigarette in his mouth.
"No smoking in the house," she said with a forceful note in her even voice.
Raising his eyebrows, he took it out, hands in the air in a mock display of peace. He leaned against the doors, steadying himself.
"This is Mr. Barnabas Collins, Willie."
"Hello, Willie," Barnabas said with stiff propriety, masking his disapproval of the wild-looking youth.
"Hiya," Willie mumbled disinterestedly.
"You were supposed to pick up Mr. Collins at the train station, Willie," Elizabeth said icily.
"Got held up," Willie answered unrepentantly. He moseyed casually over to Barnabas's suitcases. "This all you got?"
"Yes," Barnabas said uneasily, noticing how the man still didn't seem to possess a healthy sense of balance. "Are…are you sure you can handle them, young man?"
"What, cuz I'm wasted?" He laughed unpleasantly. "Brother, I've handled a lot worse with a lot more liquor in me."
"Willie, please," Elizabeth said, quietly mortified that her sophisticated cousin should see her groundskeeper this way.
"What, he's a man of the world! Am I right, Mr. Collins?" He said, exaggerating the title.
"Please, call me Barnabas," Barnabas replied hesitantly.
"As you wish, Barnabas." He jerked his head upstairs. "Come on. I'll take you to your room. Get you away from the rest of this dump." He stomped loudly and unevenly up the stairs, dragging the cases behind him.
Barnabas turned to bid his cousin goodnight, who was frowning in embarrassment. "Well, I hate for your first night here to end in such a mean way, Barnabas," she said by way of apology. "But I do sincerely welcome you. I'll introduce you to David and his father tomorrow morning."
Barnabas took her hand again. "Excellent. And I thank you, Elizabeth. I thank you…for the second chance."
Willie was waiting for him at the top of the stairs, the cases nearly coming out of his grasp.
"Uh, here," Barnabas said awkwardly. "Hate to load you with all these. Why don't you let me take one?"
"Suit yourself," Willie said, tossing him the heaviest. He grinned as Barnabas caught it with an "oof!"
"This way."
Barnabas soon forgot his unease when he noticed again all the portraits gracing the wall. Unlike Elizabeth, Willie had next to no knowledge of the Collins family tree, and in response to Barnabas's questions about various ancestors portrayed in the paintings, he'd answer with grunts that he didn't know and didn't care.
Bemused, Barnabas asked, "Don't you know anything about the Collins ancestry?"
Here Willie stopped for a moment, and eyed him slyly. "Sure. I know about one. And she's in your room."
Barnabas was perplexed.
"C'mon, I'll show you," Willie whispered in a nasty voice that almost overwhelmed Barnabas with its heavy stench of alcohol.
He kicked open the last door on the left.
"Ta-dah!" He sang out sarcastically, turning on the light.
Barnabas entered the neat room and then stopped, transfixed.
He didn't see the tidy space. Didn't see the warm, welcoming bed, tired as he was.
What he saw was she.
She looked at him from where she sat gracefully above the vanity, her doe eyes tender and bright, vivacious. Her silken hair flowed in loose ringlets down her shoulders, a lilac sash tied just below her bosom on her white dress. A large ruby ring graced one of the fingers that demurely clutched a bouquet of jasmine to her chest.
But what caught him most was the singular expression on her face, so much more alive and loving than any of the other stiff and formal faces on the paintings outside. She was ethereal in a most uncanny way, and her large eyes drew Barnabas in until he felt himself almost hypnotized.
It was the most stimulating and disturbing sensation Barnabas had ever felt.
He licked his lips, which had suddenly become dry. "Who…?" He managed to ask at last.
"Josette DuPres," came Willie's cunning voice at his shoulder.
"Josette DuPres!" Barnabas recognized the name instantly. "Fiancée to Barnabas Collins!"
"Huh?" Willie asked, confused. "Your fiancée?"
"No, no, not my fiancée," Barnabas answered hastily. "My namesake's. She returned to Martinique soon after his death. No one knows for sure what became of her after that. There's speculation she entered a convent and never saw man again."
"Oh, yeah? How'd lover boy die?"
"He fell off Widow's Hill."
Willie laughed. "Ha, really! How do you just fall off that thing?"
Barnabas shook his head, never taking his eyes off Josette's image. "No one knows if it was on accident or on purpose." His stare intensified. "It couldn't have been on purpose. What man would kill himself when engaged to such a vision?" He asked mostly to himself. He frowned as he thought of something else. "Odd."
"What's odd?"
"That Josette's portrait should be here and Barnabas's in the Old House. The Old House is technically the property of the DuPres family. After Collinwood was built, Barnabas gave the deed to the Old House over to Josette's father, Andre DuPres. It was supposed to be handed down from one generation of DuPres to the next. Sadly," he continued in a lower voice, "Josette's little brother Stefan died, and with no other sons, along with Andre's return to Martinique with his daughter, the place has remained neglected ever since. I don't know if there are even any remaining DuPres out there. Still, you'd think the one portrait of a DuPres available would grace their abandoned home."
"I can answer that, bud," Willie answered. "This here was to be the honeymoon suite for Barnabas and Josette, so I've heard. Old Barnabas must've put the portrait here or whatever beforehand. I didn't know that junk about the guy dyin', but every other head of the household has left this place as it is. Anyways, who gives a rat's ass? That ain't the reason I showed ya this."
Amused, Barnabas asked, "Oh, and why are you so interested, Willie? Taken by the girl's beauty?"
Willie made a face. "Hell, no. Too old-fashioned for my tastes. All that princessy crap. Plus, I ain't no perv. I like my chicks alive. No, it's that I'm interested in."
He pointed at the ruby ring.
He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. "What do ya think?"
Barnabas shrugged, at a loss.
Willie reached into his pocket and took out an aged piece of paper. Various marks and lines similar to those found on a treasure map were sprawled all over the yellow material. "You know what this is?" Willie asked with husky greed in his voice. "This here's a map to the Collins family tomb. To the secret room behind the wall."
Barnabas rolled his eyes, smiling wryly. "Ah, yes. The secret room. Who hasn't heard about the secret room who's read anything about the family history?"
Willie glowered. "What, you don't believe in it?"
"Let me guess, Willie: you've heard all about the secret coffin within that secret room, filled with the family's jewels. Am I correct?"
Willie looked at him cagily. "You think it's bull?"
"It must be bull."
"Yeah, well, you're wrong," Willie spat out. He hit the piece of paper in his hand. "This here's proof the stuff exists!"
Barnabas glanced at it skeptically. "Where did you even find this, Willie?"
Willie clucked his tongue malevolently. He tapped on Josette's frame. "Behind this old girl."
Barnabas stared at him shocked. "Behind here? What on earth made you look behind here?"
"You talk around town to some of the old codgers and you hear things after awhile. You hear all about this ring, and how it and many other jewels are hidden somewhere's in that old tomb. It's just a matter of finding the map. And guess what," he leered, leaning in. "I found it. I looked at that damn ring, put two and two together, lifted the frame, and tucked away behind it was this little darlin'." He kissed the dusty piece of paper. "A map. Found it just yesterday as I was preparing this room for your arrival." He punched Barnabas lightly in the shoulder. "Thanks, man," he sneered.
Barnabas remained skeptical. "Willie, there are about a hundred different things that 'map' could signify."
"Oh, yeah?" Willie challenged. "Like what?"
"I don't know, but"—
"But nothin'! It's gotta be the map."
"All right, all right," Barnabas held up his hands, echoing Willie's gesture of compliance from before. "So be it, then. And what precisely do you plan to do with this map now that you've got it?"
Willie rubbed the back of his neck, expression growing more and more scheming. "Why, uh, I already took it to, uh, Mr. Collins. Mr. Roger Collins, that is. He, uh, he gave me the go-ahead to, y'know, check it out. Say," he said silkily, trying and failing to appear affable. "You know I'll probably need some help with all this. I'm sure I could get Mr. Collins to give you a cut if, ah, you help me out some. You know, with opening up the coffin and that sort of thing. What do you say, huh? You game? It should probably be tonight, y'know, because-"
Barnabas's voice was oblique and censuring. "I don't believe you, Willie."
"Huh? What?"
"I don't believe you've told Roger Collins anything."
"C'mon, what do you take me for?"
"I don't know that I take you for anything. But don't you understand how ugly and debasing a crime grave-robbing is?"
"Hey!" Willie snapped. "Don't you judge me, Mr. Fancy Ex-Oxford Man! I got a right to what's comin' to me!"
"Oh, and why is that?"
"I been bustin' my ass off at this dump for three years now! And believe you me, there ain't no action in this damn little ghost town to make up for it. I'm a young man. I got things I wanna do."
"All right then, Willie," Barnabas said with a hint of challenge in his own voice. "I'll help you."
"Yeah? You will?" He asked eagerly.
"Yes, once I've spoken to Mr. Collins about it."
"Nuts to you!" Willie said, accompanying this biting witticism with a choice gesture. "Don't come whinin' to me when I'm richer than in your wildest dreams, you damn hypocritical failed professor! Yeah, word gets around! I know all about you, you lousy loser jerk! Sleep tight, asshole!" Stuffing the map back in his pocket, Willie slunk out of the room, slamming the door vengefully behind him.
Barnabas whistled in disbelief. It was his earnest belief—and hope—that the man was too drunk to try anything with that map tonight. Barnabas prayed Willie would sober up in the morning and realize what a wasted dream he was nurturing.
Meanwhile, Barnabas turned back to Josette's painting.
Once again, he was transfixed by her image.
The way the head was posed on the slender neck, the delicacy of her hands as they held the jasmine flowers, the soft lips partly opened.
And the eyes. The haunting eyes.
He'd seen those eyes before. Somewhere primal in his heart confirmed this. He'd seen that face, those hands, that hair, those lips. Those eyes. But where, and why? Who was he to feel such things for a woman long dead?
As he stared an eerily high-pitched voice answered him: "You're a ghost."
Barnabas's heart stilled in his chest. He whipped around.
"You're a ghost," the voice repeated.
Barnabas had it now. It came from behind the curtains.
His heart in his throat, Barnabas raced to the window and tore the curtains open.
Familiar glum eyes stared up at him out of a young face.
Barnabas relaxed. He smiled graciously. "Master David Collins, I presume?"
The boy leaped forward, face vicious. "You're not who you say you are. You're a ghost."
Barnabas had never seen such sickly fire in anyone before, much less a child so young. The boy was pale with dark circles under his eyes, reedy but with surprising strength in his wiry little limbs. Despite the intimidating figure the child cut, Barnabas kept his composure. "Indeed. And let me guess, I am the ghost of Barnabas Collins, died in 1795?"
David nodded, his eyes searing contemptuously into Barnabas's countenance.
"Have you ever seen my ghost before?"
David shook his head, still glaring.
Barnabas indicated Josette. "What about her?"
Another curt shake.
"Come, now. Tell the truth, my boy. Have you ever actually seen a ghost, or is your imagination running away with you?"
"I've seen a ghost, stupid," David shot back, acid dripping from his tone. "I see one all the time. Stefan."
Barnabas's eyes widened. "Stefan DuPres?"
"That's right. And he warned me you'd be coming, along with her ghost!" He pointed angrily at Josette.
"Ah, well. Nice family reunion, then. No, honestly, David. I'm no ghost. I'm but a man, made of the same stuff as you. I'm your cousin from England, Barnabas Collins." He smiled ingratiatingly, holding out his hand to the boy.
David only looked at the outstretched hand as if it were a decaying rat. "You're here to teach me, aren't you?"
"That is the general idea, yes."
"Then I hate you." His eyes were more venomous than even before. He sped out of the room, the second person in the space of a few minutes to slam the door on Barnabas tonight.
He sat down heavily on the bed.
He hadn't been in Collinwood for more than a few hours and already he'd made two enemies despite himself.
He stared wearily at Josette's portrait. "What have you gotten yourself into, old boy?" He asked himself aloud.
Willie trudged across the lawn, swearing, smoking, and kicking at various objects in his path. Stick-up-their-asses jerks. The whole lot of 'em, including that penniless leach upstairs, thinks they're too damn good for Willie. He'd show 'em. He'd show those rich bastards.
He was halfway to his car when a familiar voice barked at him. "Willie!"
He groaned as he turned around to face an irate Roger Collins heading his way, back from the cannery.
"What do ya want, Collins?"
"I've just spoken with my sister," the man said with his usual in-born sneer plastered on his face. "She said once again you got drunk and started a fight at Blue Whale. Is this true?"
"I dunno what she's talkin' about," he slurred.
"Don't play innocent with me, Loomis!" Roger yelled. "I can smell a rat from a mile away, especially one who's been drinking cheap beer all night! And worst, you forgot to pick up my cousin! Jesus, what must he think of us?"
"That's all that matters to you assholes, isn't it?" Willie retorted. "What people think of you. Well, news flash, Roger, everybody in town thinks your lousy family stinks. Put that in your damn pipe." He ambled off to his car.
"Don't you walk away from me, Willie Loomis! I might not have the authority to fire you over my sister, but I won't hesitate to get the law on you so quick it"—
He leapt back for dear life as Willie backed up his car violently and then tore out of the driveway, leaving Roger Collins sputtering in his wake.
All was silent in Collinwood. In his bedroom, Barnabas had just turned off the light and lied down in bed, closing his eyes and willing himself to sleep. However, an irresistible impulse made him turn the lamp back on.
He slowly left his bed and stood once more in front of the likeness of Josette DuPres.
He stood for five minutes, eyes never once leaving her face, a face vivid even in the dim light.
Eventually he tore himself away. With heavy steps he returned to bed. He turned off the lamp and rolled over.
As sleep gradually overtook him, he could almost hear a sweet voice in his subconscious, smelling of jasmine bloom, say, "Soon, my love. Soon."
All was darkness in the cold, barred-off room, as it had been for centuries. Shocking as a bullet came the sudden sound of a gate screeching open, and footsteps lurching across the pavement on the other side of the wall. Heavy breathing, followed by tapping, tapping, tapping against the wall.
All at once, the intruder found what it was he was looking for, and the heavy wall slowly opened.
Willie didn't have much time.
He grabbed his flashlight, a smile of utter lunacy on his drunken face. He stumbled forward, and an ecstatic gleam infused him as the flashlight illuminated what he was searching for.
A single coffin in chains.
He laughed in gleeful shudders for a few moments. Then placing the flashlight on the coffin's lid, he grabbed his toolbox.
Minutes passed, then an hour.
Finally, rusty chains gave way.
Willie was exultant. Pushing aside his tools, his flashlight tucked into his elbow, he triumphantly raised the coffin lid.
The flashlight shone on the treasure within.
Willie's face shifted from ecstasy to unspeakable, unbearable terror in the blink of an eye.
So paralyzed was he that he couldn't find strength to call out.
A small, white, graceful hand reached out, clutching him by the throat. The hand wore a large ruby ring on one of its fingers.


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Head Over Tails – Coin Toss Date Idea
Thanks for visiting Never a Dull Date. If you subscribe to our RSS feed, you'll get creative date ideas sent to you weekly!
This week's date idea is all about luck. Usually we plan our date ideas (somewhat) together, or in the very least I tell Adam what I'm planning on doing. For this date I told him nothing except that as usual we'd be having a date night on Friday. He asked a few times, but I did my best to be very vague about my plans.
At lunch on Friday I sent Adam an e-mail listing the top 5 reasons why I am lucky to have him. While it may have been out of the ordinary for us, I wanted to set the tone for the evening.
By the time we got home from work Adam was very curious to see what we would be up to. I showed him a quarter and told him we were going to leave our date to chance. Heads we would go out; tails we would stay in. I let him flip the coin and it landed on heads. Next I told him to pick one restaurant and I would pick another. We'd then let the lucky coin decide where we would go. I chose sushi and he chose our local pub. I flipped the coin and he called it in the air – our local pub it was!
For the rest of the evening, any decision we had to make was decided by the coin. What should we do for dessert – go for ice cream or order dessert at the restaurant? After dinner we flipped the coin to decide if we would go see a movie or go bowling. When it landed on the movies I chose Friends with Kids and he chose Safe House. We even went as far as letting the coin choose if we would order popcorn or candy.
After the movie we stopped at our local convenience store and tried our luck out once more. Should we buy a lottery ticket or a scratch card? We ended up with a Cash for Life scratch card and unfortunately our luck didn't run that far – we didn't win anything
While the date wasn't anything different – we ended up going for dinner and a movie (which is pretty much the standard date) – the way the night unfolded was so much fun. Not knowing what was coming up next, betting against each other, and doing exactly as our coin commanded, all added to the excitement. Plus, as someone who struggles making decisions, this took all of the pressure off!
I really like this date idea because you can replicate it any way you want to. If you end up staying in, here are a few things you can bet on:
- Make dinner or order in?
- What type of food to make or order?
- What to have for dessert?
- After dinner should you go for a stroll or take turns giving each other massages?
- Watch a movie or play a board game?
The possibilities are endless. You can make it even more fun by raising the stakes and each choosing an activity that you would prefer to do. Is there a movie that you're always bugging your partner to watch? Maybe an activity you've always wanted to try, but your partner hasn't seemed as eager? Bet on it – maybe you will get lucky!
Another great aspect about this date idea is that you can try it again and again with different outcomes! On the next coin toss date night you could end up mini-putting, or playing twister. Not knowing what to expect is most of the fun.
Next time you are looking to add a little excitement to your date night or can't agree on a date idea, why not try flipping a coin – you never know how it will land.
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This date idea definitely caught me off guard but it was simple and a lot of fun. We usually look for new things to do on our date nights but the coin toss worked so well because it was all the same activities with a twist.
The best part was not having to make any decisions on a Friday evening - exactly what I want after a week at work.
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What a fabulous idea! I might use this idea for other decisions… Stopping by from SITS.
Good Morning! I'm visiting from SITS! That is such a cute idea and sounds like it was a hit for both of you!
Hi Adam and Ashley!
Love this idea! Tried it yesterday when choosing whether to eat at a Mexican or Japanese restaurant (wound up being Mexican – the Enchiladas were delicious and there was no "debate of which restaurant would be better" to worry about – "the flip has spoken" )
Thanks for the great idea!
Hi there! Visiting from Sits. Cute date- I just may give it a go .
Great idea! I love the coin toss. And I love not having to make decisions
Happy SITS day!
What a fun idea, especially when you have the foundation of feeling that you're lucky to have each other.
What a cool idea! I'll have to try that sometime!
Visiting from SITS.
That sounds like a GREAT date night! Happy SITS Day!
This sounds like a fun idea. I'm always up for a gamble!
I love flipping a coin! I do it with the kids…and it works out when I want something in my favor (wink, wink).
This is a great idea! I love that the coin makes the decisions!
This sounds like a lot fun! It sounds like you both win either way. Happy SITS Day!
I love this idea! For everything! I am totally trying it with my kids, my hubby, my life! Happy SITS day!
I am a planner, but the idea of leaving the date details up to chance is interesting!
I love how you are committed to dating your husband and all of the great ideas you have for dates!
This sounds like a fun and novel date to try.
I like the idea of sending the list of 5 reasons you're lucky to have him. That's also something I'd like to read : )
Happy SITS day! Sounds like a fun way to take a chance and not have things so planned, which I tend to do. I like it!
{Melinda} Absolutely adore the concept of your blog. This idea sounds like so much fun. My husband and I can never agree on what to do on our date nights (which are far too rare, I might add). This would make our inability to agree kind of fun!
Subscribing to your blog for more great ideas! Happy SITS Day!
Thanks for sharing about your lives, what a cute blog idea!
Happy SITS to you!
HAPPY SITS DAY!! This is a great idea! My fiance and I have done this multiple times when we couldn't decide what we should do. Never thought to use it all night.
Wow, what an awesome idea! We typically do some variation of dinner and a movie, never once thought to try this. It's great, because often we're both tired and don't want to make a decision. I'm going to introduce this on our next date
How fun! Love this idea. Stopping by from SITS. Have a great SITS day!
Sounds fun. Reminds me of the penny walks my friends and I went on as kids. Every time you come to a corner you flip a penny. Heads, you turn right. Tails, you turn left. The walk can end up long or short depending on chance. Fun.
I love the coin. We have trouble making decisions and years ago we decided that the person driving would pick the dinner spot. We go out of town once a week and alternate cars, so that is kind of our coin toss. Definitely going to try that for other decisions. I guess we're both too polite. Thanks. BTW, love your site. The fonts, etc are very nice.
This is a great idea! I may have to do this really soon! we are in need a date night… Might even apply it to staying in and watching a movie, having dinner and playing board games. I tend to think that date night automatically means going out, but that is not the case. Just need to get a little more creative. Oh and by the way, Happy SITS day. I'm new so it was nice to get to know you and read your blog… and your about page.
I love this idea. Me and boyfriend always have the back and forth of 'you pick' 'no, you pick' so this way we can both pick and leave it to chance. I'll have to bring up the idea to him someday soon.
Great Idea! I might just steal this and use it with my three year old as well!
What a fun idea! I am HORRIBLE with making decisions too, so this would be perfect for me! And I love that you both add to the blog – it's good to hear the guy's perspective too! Congrats on being featured on SITS!
I've been married 13+ years and we always struggle with what to do to keep things fresh. I love this idea. Such a good, yet simple, one. Thanks! Happy SITS day!
Brilliant. Definitely want to try this.
visiting from sits! loving your blog, and this idea is great for indecisive people like myself! "Where you do want to eat?" takes awhile for my husband and I to answer (seriously…forever) so this would be fun & simple to just get what we toss! <3
Happy SITS Day! Fun idea and pondering using it for other areas…the options are endless. Thank you!
Happy SITS day! As someone who has a really hard time making decisions, this is a great idea! I think my husband would really like it as well. We will have to try this next time we are having trouble figuring out what to do!
Not so much of a luck-believer, I believe in blessings Hope you had an awesome SITS day! xx
What a creative idea! I am going to have to try this with my hubby!!!
What a cute idea! Definitely gonna have to give this one a try. Happy SITS day!
I am in love with you blog, what a GREAT idea!! I really love the coin toss date idea, such a great idea to keep things spontaneous! Stopping by from SITS and I'm so glad I did! You definitely have a new follower!:)
Oh, my hubs and I totally need to do this … we have a running dialogue that goes something like "what do you want to do" "I dunno what do you want to do." and on and on until all the time is sucked away and we just watch TV and go to bed. Let's just say I'll be following this site…because we need to spice things up a bit. {visiting from SITS}
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A new class of well behaved anisotropic super-dense stars has been derived with the help of a given class of charged fluid distributions. The anisotropy parameter (or the electric intensity) is zero at the centre and monotonically increasing towards the pressure free interface. All the physical parameter such as energy density, radial pressure, tangential pressure and velocity of sound are monotonically decreasing towards the surface. The maximum mass measures 3.8593 solar mass and the corresponding radius is 21.2573 km for n=1 i.e. N tends to infinity.
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- Anisotropic stars
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- Y. K. Gupta (2)
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The Ohio Real Estate Tax Limits Amendment, also known as Amendment 1, was on the November 5, 1929 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure authorized classification of property for tax purposes and provided for a 15 mill tax limit on real estate.[1][2][3]
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|Shall Article XII, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio be amended and Article XII, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio be repealed?[5]
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The measure amended Section 2 of Article XII of the Ohio Constitution.[6]
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring therein: That there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for their approval or rejection, at the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1929, a proposal to amend section 2 of article XII and to repeal section 3 of article XII or the constitution of the state of Ohio; said section 2 of article XII, when amended, to read as follows:
Sec. 2. No property, taxed according to value, shall be so taxed in excess of one and one-half per cent of its true value in money for all state and local purposes, but laws may be passed authorizing additional taxes to be levied outside of such limitation, either when approved by at least a majority of the electors of the taxing district voting on such proposition, or when provided for by the charter of a municipal corporation. Land and improvements thereon shall be taxed by uniform rule according to value. All bonds outstanding on the first day of January, 1913, of the state of Ohio or of any city, village, hamlet, county or township in this state, or which have been issued in behalf of the public schools of Ohio and the means of instruction in connection therewith, which bonds were outstanding on the first day of January, 1913 and all bonds issued for the world war compensation fund, shall be exempt from taxation, and, without limiting the general power, subject to the provisions of article I of this constitution, to determine the subjects and methods of taxation or exemptions therefrom, general laws may be passed to exempt burying grounds, public school houses, houses used exclusively for public worship, institutions used exclusively for charitable purposes, and public property used exclusively for any public purpose, but all such laws shall be subject to alteration or repeal; and the value of all property so exempted shall, from time to time, be ascertained and published as may be directed by law.
If the votes for the proposal shall exceed those against it, the amendment shall go into effect January 1, 1931, and original sections 2 and 3 of article XII of the constitution of the state of Ohio shall be repealed and annulled; but all levies for interest and sinking fund or retirement of bonds issued, or authorized prior to said date which are not subject to the statutory limitation of fifteen mills on the aggregate rate of taxation then in force, and all tax levies provided for by the conservancy act of Ohio and the sanitary district act of Ohio, as said laws are in force on said date, for the purposes of conservancy districts and sanitary districts organized prior to said date, and all tax levies for other purposes authorized by the General Assembly prior to said date or by vote of the electors of any political subdivision of the state, pursuant to laws in force on said date, to be made outside said statutory limitation for and during a period of years extending beyond said date, or provided for by the charier of a municipal corporation pursuant to laws in force on said date, shall not be subject to the limitation of fifteen mills established by said amendment; and levies for interest and sinking fund or retirement of bonds issued or authorized prior to said date, shall be outside of said limitation to the extent required to equalize any reduction in the amount of taxable property available for such levies, or in the rate imposed upon such property, effected by laws thereafter passed. Be it further resolved, That at the election, above referred to, the ballots to be used for the submission of this amendment shall set forth the full text of article XII, section 2, as proposed to be amended and the schedule thereof. Adopted March 19, 1929.
See also
- Ohio 1929 ballot measures
- 1929 ballot measures
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio
External links
- ↑ Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "Ohio Constitution: Table of Proposed Amendments," accessed February 6, 2015
- ↑ Ohio Secretary of State, "Amendment and Legislation: Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Initiated Legislation, and Laws Challenged by Referendum, Submitted to the Electors," accessed February 6, 2015
- ↑ State Library of Ohio, "Proposed constitutional amendments, initiated legislation and laws challenged by referendum, submitted to the electors," accessed February 6, 2015
- ↑ Painesville Telegraph, "Political Advertisement," November 2, 1929
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
- ↑ Sandusky Register, "Legal Notice," October 25, 1929
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UCSD's push to test therapies gets a lift
The University of California San Diego received a $37.2 million, five-year grant from the federal government today to speed the process of moving basic science research out of the laboratory and into doctors' hands.
The money will help address a basic problem in the development of drugs and medical devices.
When scientists make new discoveries, the research can stall in the petri dish unless private investors step up to fund the costly process of testing the experimental treatment in humans.
As a result, many prospective therapies die in the chasm between the lab and retail health market because they fail to attract the interest of biotechnology companies, which are increasingly averse to sinking tens of millions of dollars into unproven, early-stage research.
It's especially problematic for experimental therapies for rare diseases and conditions that don't carry the prospect of becoming billion-dollar blockbuster drugs.
The National Institutes of Health created the Clinical and Translational Science Awards in 2006 to help fill that gap.
"Our goal is not simply to develop our own research and development," said Dr. Gary Firestein, director of the UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute and dean of translational medicine at the university's School of Medicine. "It's also to aid and boost (research and development) at our partner institutions and in the private sector."
The effort is equally valuable to the makers of drugs and biological treatments that need a steady supply of new products coming from basic science researchers to fill their development pipelines, said Joseph Panetta, chief executive of the local industry group BioCom.
That's particularly important in San Diego County, where more than 620 life science companies operate, according to a recent report by San Diego State University researchers.
"The translational research arena is like a halfway house where both sides can meet and work together," Panetta said.
The average cost of developing a new medical compound is about $170 million, according to one estimate. The Phase 1 clinical trial portion alone, which is the segment targeted by the translational research grant, averages more than $32 million.
The difficult task of raising that much money from investors has only become more challenging since the recession took hold and dried up venture capital funding, Panetta said.
The UCSD institute became the second center in San Diego County to win the special funding. The first local award of $20 million went to the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla in May 2008.
The latest round of grant recipients included UC Irvine and the University of Southern California. The national consortium of award winners now includes 55 institutions in 28 states and Washington, D.C. A final round of grants will be awarded to five more research centers in July 2011.
At UCSD, the new money will be used at the Hillcrest and La Jolla sites, to speed the initial testing of therapies in people by using high-tech imaging machines, wireless sensors and tests for the specific genetic markers, chemicals or proteins that indicate a treatment is working, Firestein said.


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From August 3rd to August 17th, I went to North America for the first time. I spent 2 days in Washington DC, 1 week in New York City and 5 days in Toronto. Below is a gallery of some of the pictures I took while on the trip. [ngg_images gallery_ids="5″ display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails"]
I created a side scrolling shoot'em up called Stellar Trail as part of the final year of my computer engineering degree.
Myself and a friend planned to produce a Let's play of the amazing game Bushido Blade. We recorded an episode but the footage turned out to be pretty useless. I did however create an intro for it that I am pretty proud of. I also created a pretty rubbish first draft animation.
As part of my MSc, I was required to write a multiplayer version of Asteroids. I implemented the game in C#, using Farseer for physics and lidgren for networking. All the assets were generated in Blender 3D.
Here is some footage my friends and I took on our one month trip to Japan back in 2010.
Many years ago I planned to create the ultimate zombie survival game. I filled several notebooks with plans for how I was going to create it. Eventually, I decided to sit down and design, program and release the game. It took me 4 months. I programmed my own map editor in Java, wrote the game…
A few years ago, I attended the Dublin Gamecraft event with a friend of mine. Two words were selected from a hat and everyone had to make a game based on those words. The words selected were Dinosaur and Angst so we created Freudian Dinosaur Catastrophe in just under 8 hours. The Pygame engine was used despite both…
As part of my MSc course, we were required to make a game of our choice. I made a sort of horror themed first person game called Space BeTrail (deliberate spelling). Below you can see videos I created at each stage of making the game.
As part of my MSc, I implemented a cartoon hair animation and rendering system. I used OGRE for the rendering engine due to its very nice compositing system and the physics were implemented using Bullet Physics. Below you can see a series of youtube videos that documented my progress towards the final system. The thesis…


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I love how the DM is painting the picture of benefit scroungers like the evil Philpotts as having all the latest gadgets and bucking the system. Which eneded in tragedy for the 6 children.
People like Philpott whilst yes they do live on benefits but come on they are getting money "elsewhere". That's why they can afford everything and live.
Of course not every one who bucks the system goes to the lenghts he did (thank god). However they do get their money some how and its either cash in hand or something else. These people do get caught however they stick together and don't shop one another.
Now the people who are surviving on benefits alone and doing everything by the book. They do not have Sky TV, Plasma's, Playstation's etc. Unless they are second hand or bought with high interest rates from places like Brighthouse. It really sickens me that people who have become unemployed and are now trying to get back on their feet are tarred with the same brush as the criminal element benefit scroungers.
I personally know of two people who on become unemployed have had to pawn most of their luxury goods as they needed the money to feed themselves and to afford heating for this year. One of them has 3 children, so is he now a "breader".
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FMLY Fest assembles dozens of musicians for DIY weekend
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Hollow Boys embrace the dark on third album
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I can't think of many underground denizens I respect more than Calvin Johnson, the deep-voiced DIY lifer who, in 1982, founded K Records in order to put out music by his friends and his own seminal twee-pop outfit, Beat Happening. But I can think of about two dozen folks who I'd rather hear describe their desire for "something sweet...if you know what I mean," as Johnson does in "Booty Run," a track from this set of remade tunes from throughout Johnson's long career in indie rock. (In addition to Beat Happening, Johnson's also played with the Go Team, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and the Halo Benders, the latter alongside Doug Martsch of Built to Spill.)
Sexual innuendo was a big part of Beat Happening's childlike jangle, but in those days the double entendres carried the whiff of punk-scene subversion; here, thanks in part to a relationship with pitch that's only grown more casual with age, Johnson just sounds like a drunk uncle commandeering the mic at his niece's wedding reception. Creepy!
Johnson fares much better when he relies on his latter-day James Brown impression: "Banana Meltdown," for instance, works up a goofy funkiness that wouldn't threaten a Dap-King, but probably proves a hell of a party-starter out in Olympia.
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Tofuro is one of my all-time favorite Izakaya (Japanese Tapa style pub). Here you can enjoy everything Japanese food has to offer.
The architecture of Tofuro is one of the important aspects of creating that unique atmosphere. Wood screens and wood benches, Irori (open hearth) in the middle cooking fresh fish on the sticks. If you would like more privacy, you can ask for a private room looking down the crowd downstairs.
Food is another important aspect of what makes Tofuro my favorite. Along with regular menu, you will get a piece of paper that has special dishes for the day. Depending on what is fresh that day, or maybe how the chef feels like on that day, you will get something different all the time. Most importantly, whatever dish you choose you are guaranteed to get tasty, fresh food.
Don't be reluctant to ask for a English menu if you are not familiar with the language. Some stuff can also speak very good English and would be very happy to help you choose food.
Favorite Dish: As I described above, whatever you get would be very nice but especially any kind of law fish (sashimi) is very nice. Look out for what is fresh on the piece of paper that I mentioned.
If you are not too keen on low fish, try their Irori grilled fish or skewered meat (kushiyaki).
They have a killer drink menu as well and my all-time favorite is Ume-shu (plum wine) on the rocks.
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The British Museum said it will lend Iran an ancient artifact known as the Cyrus Cylinder for a period of four months, allowing the treasure to be featured in an exhibition opening Sept. 12 at the National Museum of Iran.
The British Museum said it will prolong its loan to Iran of an ancient artifact for three more months, meeting a request by the Iranian authorities.
The British Museum's exhibition on Colombian gold conjures up a conquistador's dream. Its precious treasures gleam in mysterious twilit galleries.
At least 3,500 visitors to the British Museum in London were evacuated today after an odd smell caused eye and throat irritation, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported on its Web site.
Senior political figures appeared at the opening reception for the British Museum 's new exhibition "Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World." Speeches were made by the U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague and Afghan President Hamid Karzai , the latter dressed in his trademark robes. Other leading politicians were in the audience.
Death in ancient Egypt was far from straightforward. A new and splendid exhibition at the British Museum -- "Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead" -- makes that clear.


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Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-hour Full-Coverage Foundation SPF 15
594 reviews
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Package Quality: 4.2
Price: $$$
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Price: $$$
INGREDIENTS6% Titanium dioxide 3% Zinc Oxide Inactive Ingredients: Water, cyclopentasiloxane, octldodecyl neopentanoate, butylene glycol, plyglyceryl-4 isostearate, dimethicone crosspolymer, PEG/PPG-18/18 dimethicone, dimethicone, silica, cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone, stearic acid, aluminum hydroxide, sodium dehydroacetate, phytantriol, hexyl laurate, triethoxycaprylysilane, nylon-12, sodium chloride, kaolin, tocopherol, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, polyvinylalcohol crosspolymer, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, zinc chloride, lysine, sodium hyaluronte, hexylene glycol, caprylyl glycol, phenoxyethanol. potassium sorbate, titanium dioxide, iron oxides, mica Made in USA
on 4/27/2014 12:54:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Black
Ah, how tedious the search for the perfect foundation is. So far, this one's my HG for these reasons:
- Doesn't look cakey, even without applying primer first
- Perfect tone for me (although this is a very personal reason)
- Blends in majestically with my bronzer, concealer, etc.
- Actually long-lasting
I can't tell you how perfect this tone (Tan) is for me. It looks closest to my natural skin tone and even gives me a VERY SUBTLE looking tanned appearance.
- Feels a little heavy
The only con, aside from the price, is that it felt heavy enough to clog my pores. I already have a bit of acne cosmetica, so for a month or two I switched to the 4-in-1 Pressed Mineral Foundation by Pür Minerals, as I was told by the Ulta consultant that it was more lightweight than this one. It just wasn't the same. Tone was off and didn't settle into my skin as well.
Oh well. The struggle of choosing between having clean, clear skin or looking temporarily nice when I leave my house continues.
on 4/22/2014 6:52:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love this foundation! perfect for acne prone skin! no parabens or harsh chemicals :)
I bought the brush that is suggested for this foundation. I have realized that i tend to use to much product with that brush. Has anyone tried applying it with their hands? It works very well as odd as that sounds. Overall this is an amazing foundation. I would say it is medium coverage. It has more pink undertones than yellow so watch out for that one! It is amazing for oily skin. It controls the oils and does not accentuate dry patches either!
on 4/22/2014 12:25:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This may just be my new HG foundation..
I have been using this for a month now, I had just switched from my old foundation which was making me break out horribly, and thank goodness I found this! So the texture is like a thick mousse which feels really lovely and airy on the skin. I'd never tried a foundation with a mousse consistency before so this was a pleasant surprise for me. I apply it with a damp beauty blender and it looks beautiful. The coverage is medium. I have huge pores and acne- prone skin with hyper pigmentation scars and this does a great job of camouflaging without covering too much and making me look fake and cakey. I have oily skin and this lasts all day. Lasts about 9 hours, 12 hours on a good day. Definitely recommend this to anyone with oily skin looking for decent coverage.
on 4/19/2014 12:05:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
It was such a cakey disaster when i applied with my regular flat-top foundation brush (bare minerals precise angle) i hated it. It looked like i has put on a mask and this made me really sad because the formula and shade were perfect for me. Anyways i tried again with a damp sponge and it was perfect! Not as full a coverage as with a brush but that also meant not cakey. I had it on for literally 12 hours and it lasted me the whole day with no touch-ups! Just a little blotting with tissue after 10 hours. Btw im usually nw25 and i have this in the shade light sand. Fair skin with yellow undertones.
on 4/15/2014 3:19:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I really liked how well it went on; it was nice and smooth and it did last all day. You know how I could tell? Because even the lightest shade was still too dark for me. I was actually waiting for it to start rubbing off. Had to return, very disappointing.
on 4/15/2014 12:30:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I purchased in an attempt to find something that is heavier coverage than clinique acne/sensitive foundation.
I was told it is great for both sensitive and oily skin and they WEREN'T LYING!
It is rare to find something that my skin doesnt react to, so i do love this product BUT
1-it is VERY thick. more full cvg than i originally wanted
2- i think it is VERY expensive.
that being said, it has lasted a few months so far. The tube however is difficult to get the last bit of product out of it so a lot goes to waste.
on 4/13/2014 2:52:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This foundation is kind of thick, but it applies on my face nicely. It has build-able coverage (remember to let the 1st layer settle in) and still looks quite natural for the second layer. I can still somewhat see my blemishes, but it evens out everything. I would say that it lasts for 12 hours, but if you have oily skin like mine, the foundation could come off whenever you touch your face. When that happens, I usually use oil blotting papers or tissues to lightly pat my face to remove most of the oils. Since I have oily skin, it doesn't dry out my face, and it also doesn't make me break out, which is great because my skin is acne-prone. I've used this for more than a year now, and I wouldn't mind buying another bottle after the current one runs out, but it is pricey. I also noticed recently is that it is oxidizing/turning slightly orange. This didn't happen before, but now I'm on a search for a new foundation that doesn't oxidize as much, otherwise you can tell the difference between the shade of my face from my neck.
TL;DR: Thick foundation, better applied with clean fingers than a brush, build-able coverage that looks pretty natural for the 2nd layer, lasts for 12 hours, doesn't dry out skin or contribute to break outs, started to somewhat oxidize after months of using it.
on 4/7/2014 2:39:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I wanted to try a more organic foundation... I regret it. I ended up breaking out horribly in less than a week! This looked good upon first application at Ulta...but overall this is cakey and mask like. It also is not long wearing....I look patchy by the end of the day. It is a mousse like consistency too..supposed to be light weight but it feels heavy to me. The only plus is the packaging is easy for travel and it is 1.7oz where other brands offer 1.0 oz. I would not recommend this product. I'm returning it. Now I have to fix my skin that was blemish free prior to trying this.
on 4/7/2014 1:44:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I have fair skin So i liked the fact that this foundation actually came in nice fair skin colors. I also liked the fact that it did not oxidize over time . It had a nice feel to it and the coverage was good . however for myself it dried out my skin, mainly my forehead. SO all in all it is a good foundation however i would recommend trying it out first to see if it works for your skin . i have combination skin (oily in the summer dry in the winter , o the joy) I would have loved to keep using it but it just dried out my skin to much. great texture I liked the clay feeling .
hope this helps those who are looking to purchasing this product.
on 4/6/2014 10:27:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is the best foundation I have ever used and I've used many HE brands - Dior Forever (which is pretty good), Chanel Perfection Lumiere (so so, no staying power), YSL Éclat (sinks into my pores), Guerlain Perure Lumiere (also not bad). Where the Tarte foundation stands out is it's texture, consistency and the beautiful finish it leaves.
As I am older (fair with normal skin veering to combination t-zone) and live in the tropics, I pile on a lot of products before foundation - toner, skin lightener, 2 types of serum, moisturiser, SPF and primer - and I thus have quite a sticky sometimes greasy and slippery surface before my foundation goes on and any foundation has to contend with all these other products that I have applied ahead of it. No easy task, and through much trial and error, I know that liquidy and compact (solid) foundations don't work as well, owing to the slippery/sticky base that I already have on. So it's not the fault of the other brands that many have given me average results because I know I have not given them an easy base to work with/blend into.
Enter this Tarte foundation. Its texture is more creamy and thicker than liquid so there is less slip, and when buffed into my skin with a stippling brush, it absorbs and blends so well with all my other creams and SPF that it gives me such a flawless and seamless canvas that is matte yet glowy and not shiny and does not cake or emphasise lines at all. Many other good foundations used to leave me looking greasy because of the other products I have on but this one has such good synergy with everything else underneath, it is quite unbelievable. I don't even have to powder much, I just lightly dust with the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder. I live in a humid country as well, but the foundation doesn't melt off or disappear. If it helps, I use a light water based SPF and the Hourglass mineral veil primer before applying the foundation.
All in, I am very impressed and can't believe how beautifully it works, and compared to other HE brands, the price is totally worth it. To be honest, I will gladly pay double the price, given the fantastic results. This is really a keeper, and I couldn't be happier.
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By Jessica Hopper, The Miami Herald
Jun. 18–Customer service, not higher fares and additional fees, is the reason passengers' satisfaction with airlines is at its lowest level in three years, according to a new study by J. D. Power and Associates.
The decline in satisfaction with "people" factors — courteousness, helpfulness, friendliness and knowledge of airline staff — was more than twice as great as the decline in satisfaction with price, the consumer research firm reported.
"We see a very strong correlation in employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction, and this is an example of that," said Linda Hirneise, the firm's executive director.
American Airlines, the largest carrier at Miami International Airport, ranked "about average" among traditional large airlines. Its 644 score out of 1,000 marked the first time the airline has fallen below the traditional network carrier average. This year's average was 650.
"This survey confirms what we are seeing — that we continue to make progress and gains on the customer satisfaction front," said Martha Pantin, a spokesman for American Airlines. "It also tells us we still have additional work to do, and it's our intention to work as hard as we can to continue our progress on this front."
Pantin would not comment on the study's specific findings.
American received its lowest score in three years. The two areas that declined the most for American were satisfaction with the flight crew and satisfaction with in-flight services, Hirneise said. Both of these factors decreased by 33 index points each, she said.
Continental Airlines and Alaska Airlines scored the highest of traditional network carriers with 684.
Low-cost airlines fared better than traditional network carriers. The average satisfaction rating for low-cost airlines was 730, 80 points higher than the large carrier average.
Spirit Airlines, a Miramar-based low-cost airline, was not listed in the study because it did not meet the criteria of having a billion dollars in passenger revenue. JetBlue ranked highest of the low-cost carriers.
Hirneise said the simple, no-frills business plan of low-cost carriers explains their higher satisfaction ratings.
"They haven't been subjected to pulling peanuts, pulling movies and pulling meals," Hirneise said.
Hirneise said industry-wide staff cutbacks, furloughs and budget cuts have left travelers feeling the pain too.
"Airlines must invest, must continue to train, educate and motivate and keep employees informed in this ever-changing environment. We are not blaming staff. They have been stripped of hours, pay and benefits over the last seven years," Hirneise said.
Christopher Elliott, a reader advocate for National Geographic Traveler and The Miami Herald's Travel Troubleshooter columnist, said customer service has been an ongoing problem in the airline industry.
"I believe it's a chain reaction that starts with ineffective management," Elliott said. "When employees feel as if they are not appreciated, when they are furloughed, laid off, their salaries are cut and their pensions are eliminated, then it should come as no surprise when those employees treat customers like cargo."
Both American Airlines and Spirit Airlines have announced possible staff cutbacks. Earlier this month, Spirit Airlines said 60 percent of its flight attendants may be displaced or laid off in August. American Airlines said in May it would eliminate an unspecified number of jobs to reduce its domestic capacity up to 12 percent in the fourth quarter.
Elliott said airlines can improve customer satisfaction by treating their employees better.
"In order to fix this, airlines have to start respecting their own employees. When they do that, their employees will begin treating their customers well," Elliott said.
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