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This lesson will deal with a complex type that is related to DateTime, called TimeSpan. The TimeSpan type represents the amount of time elapsed between two DateTime objects. For example, if you want to determine how long you've been alive you could use today's date, along with your birthday, and the elapsed time in between would be represented using TimeSpan.
Step 1: Create a New Project
Begin by opening the provided project, or creating a project, calling it "CS-ASP_015," and setting up Default.aspx with the following Server Controls, and programmatic IDs:
In the okButton_Click event, create a TimeSpan variable and assign it the result of the TimeSpan.Parse() method, similar to how we used the DateTime.Parse():
You see here that the Parse() method takes in a string input, but the hint as to what this method does is unclear. To better understand what we can use as a valid input argument in this method, let's research it by navigating to Microsoft's documentation for this method:
The most important documentation on this page shows us exactly how to format the string argument:
"The s parameter contains a time interval specification in the form:
[ws][-]{ d | [d.]hh:mm[:ss[.ff]] }[ws]
Elements in square brackets ([ and ]) are optional. One selection from the list of alternatives enclosed in braces ({ and }) and separated by vertical bars (|) is required. The following table describes each element."
Using this guide, write out the intended formatting in a comment as a reminder. Pay extra care to the particular separator this method demands for each time element in the string – either a colon (:), or a period (.) :
Tip: This string appears to be formatted arbitrarily, and it appears that way because it is! Actually, to be precise, the programmer who wrote this method decided, somewhat arbitrarily, on this particular string formatting that the method accepts. As such, this is not a syntax pattern specific to C#.
Step 2: Use TimeSpan.Parse() to Return a TimeSpan
Using the comment as a guide, write an acceptable set of time elements as a string input for this method:
This is essentially assigning myTimeSpan with a TimeSpan that represents 1 Day, 2 Hours, 3 Minutes, and 30.5 Seconds. This doesn't appear immediately useful, so let's combine a TimeSpan with a DateTime to demonstrate its practical use:
What this is doing is:
Store a DateTime – returned for the Parse() method – into myBirthday
Take the DateTime given by DateTime.Now – which is the current date – and call the Subtract() method from it, inputting myBirthday as the required DateTime argument. And then store the returned result of that method into myAge.
That sequence may seem convoluted and that is partly because it mentions concepts that we haven't completely covered yet. However, the code is represented in a way that is readable and, hopefully, clearly communicates its intent.
Tip: You can add a link to important documentation directly in your code by making it a comment:
Now, by pressing ctrl+left-click on the link, you can view the web page directly inside of Visual Studio!
Step 3: Access Properties Available to a TimeSpan Variable
Now that we have a TimeSpan object, stored in myAge, we can comb through various properties of that TimeSpan (shown with the Intellisense icon that looks like a wrench):
The most interesting option from this list of methods and properties is to output the total days/months/hours within a given TimeSpan. Let's output the TotalDays property that, because it is a double, needs to be converted to a string with ToString():
With that, you have most of what you need to know about working with time in C#. With these two types – DateTime and TimeSpan – you will be able to represent, both, a specific moment of time and an elapsed period of time between two moments, as well as the various operations you can perform on these two time elements. Keep these concepts in mind as we continue forward. Good job!


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Conjure up a holiday with a difference on enchanting tour
I've been called a complete and utter witch in my time, so it was inevitable that I'd end up at Hogwarts.
Well, that and the non-stop nagging from my eight-year-old son. And if we were going, then Momo (granny), who has also read all of the books and seen all of the films, was coming too.
Now I hope I'm not upsetting anyone when I reveal that Hogwarts Castle doesn't exist as such.
Our destination was the Warner Brothers Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter (which is certainly a mouthful).
The WB Studios are actually outside of London and the Making of Harry Potter isn't some place you can go to on a whim, so forward planning is key for this trip.
Trust me, this was our second attempt at visiting, but it was definitely worth the wait.
The Making of Harry Potter is approximately three-and-a-half years old and located in the Warner Brothers Studio, where the majority of the films were made.
You don't have to be a Potter fan to enjoy the experience, but, having said that, there were plenty of them about.
Both my mother and I had read most of the books and watched all of the films available before the arrival of my son.
At age eight, my son thought he was a bit too old for the cape and scar, although he kept his new glasses on throughout as a tribute to Harry
He, in turn, became mildly obsessed – at the age of five he used to don fake glasses, paint a scar on his forehead, use my mother's anorak as a cape and a single chopstick as a wand.
Given those details, you'd think that would qualify us as fans, but it doesn't. Real Potter fans are hardcore.
At age eight, my son thought he was a bit too old for the cape and scar, although he kept his new glasses on throughout as a tribute to Harry.
All around us there were people, a lot older than my boy, dressed in gowns, various 'house' scarves and wielding brooms.
These are the 'real' fans, but you don't have to be one of them to enjoy the tour.
You also don't have to be a child – the Potter books are widely regarded as 'children's fiction' despite the fact that they are read by all ages – and the tour was made up not only of diverse nationalities, but people of all ages.
Kids get issued with a special Harry Potter passport that contains a treasure hunt for 13 golden snitches (the wee winged globe from Quidditch) located throughout the tour and a chance to get six different passport stamps.
My son wasn't all that bothered about looking for golden snitches, but my mother enjoyed it immensely!
It was just the same with the Butterbeer, which my son insisted on getting. He didn't like it at all, but Momo thought it was delicious.
The tour begins in the Great Hall, which had an array of delicious looking (but fake) food laid out on one of the tables.
Anne Marie and her son are big fans of the Harry Potter franchise
In the following room many of the original sets, props and costumes are on display, including the Weasley's Kitchen, Dumbledore's Office and the Ministry of Magic.
My son was eager to see the Gryffindor Common Room and the dormitory that Harry, Ron, Seamus (the Irish one), Dean and Neville Longbottom share.
He was a bit perturbed about the smallness of the beds, which I hadn't noticed. And indeed they are tiny – the beds were designed for the first film when the boys were pre-teens and not for the hulking men they were by the last film.
All three of us were thrilled to be able to climb aboard the 'real' Hogwarts Express where you can walk down the corridors, but not sit in the carriages. We had foolishly invested in the digital guides, when you really don't need them as the exhibits are self-explanatory and there is plenty of staff happy to talk to visitors and answer questions.
The tour takes part in two separate buildings and in between you can visit the real-life Knight Bus, Privet Drive and the Hogwarts Bridge.
Despite being really excited to see all of these familiar things, my son's favourite part of the tour was when we were taught wand-wielding.
If, like me, you thought that you just pointed the thing and shouted 'Avada Kedavra' and blasted your opponent into the hereafter, then think again.
There's a definite art to posing, which my son took to instantly. I, on the other hand, will not be adding 'wand pointing' to my CV any time soon.
Of course the very best bit is when we got to walk down the 'real' Diagon Alley. All three of us enjoyed that immensely.
My little boy said it was "brilliant", but would have been better if he'd been able to go into Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes joke shop – but after seeing the eye-wateringly expensive prices in the official gift shop (which would even scare the pants of 'he who must not be named') I was seriously glad the purveyors of Diagon Alley were closed for business.


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CHANGE OF VOTE -- (Senate - September 20, 2007)
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, as to the author of the amendment, no one should ever question his motivation, his patriotism. He has been a firm believer that we should be out of Iraq as soon as possible. Senator Feingold believes our continued presence in Iraq is creating more terrorism in terms of solving the problem; it is creating the problem in a larger sense. I personally disagree.
The reason al-Qaida went to Iraq is not because we were in Iraq. They went to Iraq because of what the Iraqi people are trying to do. We are all over the world. They have not followed us to every country we have been in. They have decided to make Iraq a central battlefront in their war against moderation because they fear a successful outcome among the Iraqis. The biggest fear of an al-Qaida member is that a group of Muslims will get together and be tolerant of each others' differences when it comes to religion, and elevate the role of a woman so she can have a say about her children. That is why al-Qaida is in Iraq.
The military surge has produced results beyond my expectation. The old strategy clearly was going nowhere. After about my third visit to Iraq, after the fall of Baghdad, I had lost faith in the old strategy and those who were proposing it was working. This new general has come up with a new idea. This is not more of the same with more people. You are getting out behind walls. You are getting out into the community. We are living with the Iraqi Army and police force--very good gains in terms of operational capabilities of the Iraqi Army. We are going to have to start all over with the police.
But the surge has allowed a real diminishment of the al-Qaida footprint in Anbar Province. Anytime Sunni Arabs turn on al-Qaida anywhere in the world, that is good news. So the surge has provided us a level of security not known before. It has been al-Qaida's worst nightmare. There is still a long way to go.
Senator Feingold's amendment would basically bring the surge to a halt. It would withdraw troops at a very rapid pace. We would be out of Iraq by June of next year. My big fear is, instead of reinforcing reconciliation, it would freeze every effort to reconcile and people would start making political decisions based on what happens to their country when there is no security.
The American mistake of the ages was letting Iraq get out of control, not having enough troops. We paid heavily for that mistake. Now we have it turned around. Militarily, politically they are not where they need to be in terms of the Iraqis. But the best way, I believe, to get political reconciliation to happen in Baghdad is to make sure those who are trying to reconcile their country--families--are not killed. So the better the security you can provide, the more likely the reconciliation.
One thing is for sure: more troops have helped embolden the Iraqi people in terms of extremists. They are taking on extremists after the surge better than they had ever done before the surge. I think this confidence given to the Iraqi people by a surge of military support has paid dividends.
We need political, economic, and military support to continue, not just because of Iraq but because of our own national interest. If I thought it were only about who ran Iraq, I would be willing to leave. It is not about who controls Iraq. It is about whether we can create a stable, functioning government in Iraq that would contain Iran and deny al-Qaida a safe haven. If it were only about sectarian differences and a power struggle for Iraq, it would be a totally different dynamic.
To me, Iran is ready to fill a vacuum. If we have a failed state, that is a military, political, and economic problem far worse than the ones we are dealing with now. A failed state is a state that breaks apart, people stop trying to work with each other, and regional players come in and take sides.
A dysfunctional government is what we have in Iraq, probably what we have here. A dysfunctional government has hope of getting better because people keep trying. So the way to have a government go from a dysfunctional status to a secure, stable status is to provide security. I want this dysfunctional government to act sooner rather than later, just as you do, I say to the Presiding Officer. The best way to make that happen is to ensure that the politicians involved understand we have a commitment to their cause that will embolden them.
The Feingold amendment, no matter how well intentioned, will reenergize an enemy on the mat and make it harder to reconcile Iraq. That is why I urge a ``no'' vote.
I yield back.
Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, the choice for the Congress is whether or not we retreat from a policy that appears to be working by adopting this amendment which would redeploy troops in a fashion very inconsistent with what we are doing on the ground.
What we are doing now is a long overdue change in strategy. We have more forces than we have ever had before, and they are very much needed.
The one thing I can say without any doubt is the old strategy, before the surge, was not producing the results we were hoping for in terms of security and political reconciliation. After about the third trip to Baghdad, it was obvious to me the game plan we had in place after the fall of Baghdad was not working. I was told time and time again, we have enough troops, the insurgency is in its last throes, and there are a few dead-enders. Well, that was the furthest thing from the truth.
The truth is the security environment in Iraq got completely out of hand, al-Qaida flourished under the old strategy, they were able to thrive in parts of Anbar, and it was evolving into complete chaos. Thank God we had the ability and the willingness as a nation, through our Commander in Chief and through this Congress, to appoint a new general with a new idea. The idea that he is employing now is long overdue. More troops have provided better security, and they have been able to accomplish this by partnering with the Iraqi Army in a new way.
The old strategy, which we are trying to go back to with this amendment, had us in a training role. We were living behind walls, training during the day, and pretty much disengaged from the fight. We are now out from behind those walls, living with the Iraqi troops in joint security stations all over Baghdad and all over the country. We are living, eating, training, and fighting with the Iraqi Army. And General Jones tells us they are getting better.
Anbar Province is dramatically different. Six months ago, it was reported by the Marine Corps to have been lost to the enemy called al-Qaida. Well, a couple of things happened that are indeed good news. No. 1, the people who lived in Anbar, who had a taste of al-Qaida life, decided they did not want to live that way. Why? Well, what happened in Anbar Province when al-Qaida was in charge? Awful, terrible, vicious things that really cannot even be talked about on the floor of the Senate. They imposed a way of life on the Anbar Sunnis that did not meet the test of human decency, and the people living in Anbar rejected al-Qaida because they overplayed their hand.
The difference between us and our enemy in Iraq, al-Qaida, is pretty obvious. This organization that is tied to bin Laden, but also has Iraqi members, they are the type of people if you don't do what they say, they will take the family out into the street, take a 5-year-old child in the presence of the parents, cover the child in gasoline, and set the child on fire. That is our enemy. That is the enemy of everybody who loves freedom and human decency. That happened in Anbar, and things like that happened time and time again.
The agenda that al-Qaida has for the world is a very dark view of the world, particularly for women. And, thank God, it has been rejected by those in Anbar. The surge gave the ability to those living in Anbar to make a choice they never had before. The additional military support provided by the surge came along at a magic moment in time when the people in Anbar were ready to take on al-Qaida. This additional combat capacity cannot be underestimated in terms of how it has changed Iraq. It certainly liberated Anbar from the clutches of al-Qaida. And the fact that Sunni Arabs are willing to turn on al-Qaida and join coalition forces is good news for the world.
This amendment would basically undo many of the successes we have had in terms of adding more combat power. Things are getting better around Baghdad. There is still a lot of fighting. Al-Qaida has not been completely vanquished, but they are certainly diminished. Iran is playing hard in Iraq right now. They understand what is going on on the floor of the Senate.
Why are the Iranians trying to kill American forces? What is the goal of the Iranian regime when it comes to Iraq? I think the goal is to drive us out. Does Iran want a completely chaotic Iraq? No. Does Iran want a representative government in Iraq? Absolutely not, because the biggest threat to this Iranian theocracy would be a representative government on their border where Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds would live together and elect their own leaders. The biggest threat to Syria, this dictatorship in Syria, would be a representative democracy on their border.
So if you are waiting on Iran and Syria to come in and help us form a moderate way of doing business, where people can elect their leaders and accept each other's differences and live together with tolerance, you can forget it because it is a threat to the dictatorships and the theocracies that exist.
I think it is in our national security interests to allow General Petraeus to continue a strategy that is bringing about better security than we have ever seen before. Now is not the time to pull back. Now is the time to recommit American forces, and the political, military, and economic power to finish the job that has been started.
I think the idea that the war in Iraq is a civil war just misses the boat. The truth is, there are many things going on in Iraq. Some of them are local to Iraq, but many of them have international implications and longstanding national security consequences for this country. Why did the Iranian President say he stood ready to fill any vacuum created in Iraq? Because he would like to expand his power. The question for us is, is it in our national security interest to allow a vacuum to be created?
Now, my good friend, Senator Levin, has a view that the more troops we have in Iraq, the longer we stay there with large numbers, the less likely the politicians in Baghdad will reconcile their differences through the political process. I have a totally opposite view. I understand what he is saying, but there is no evidence that less troops will provide quicker reconciliation. The Iraqis are dying three to one compared to our deaths and our injuries. The sacrifices of this country are enormous, but do not forget the Iraqi people are fighting and dying against extremist forces, and they are not indifferent to their fate.
The political reconciliation necessary to occur to bring this war to a successful conclusion has not occurred in Baghdad, but it is occurring at the local level. So, in my opinion, it is just a matter of time before the local reconciliation we see in Anbar and other places in Iraq comes to Baghdad. And the best pressure to put on any politician in any place in the world where people vote to elect their politicians is for all people to speak up and put pressure on their elected officials--not for Senator Graham or Senator Levin or Senator Clinton or Senator McCain to tell the Maliki government what to do, but their own people telling them what to do.
After being there eight times, the people in Iraq I meet are more war weary than ever. They are coming together more at the local level than at any other time. Better security is emboldening the Iraqi people to make the hard decisions that will eventually reconcile their country. The idea of terminating this operation now, putting a deadline or a timeline to withdraw will undercut everything we have achieved. The politicians will change their attitude. Instead of looking at how to reconcile their country, they will be looking at how to protect their families when the Americans leave.
So I am not for an unending, unlimited commitment of 160,000 troops. I am for keeping an American military presence in Iraq that helps my country--helps our country. We need to look at every decision we make in Iraq now and in the future from the viewpoint of, does it enhance our national security? Is it better to have 160,000 American forces in Iraq now to stabilize a dysfunctional government or is it better to bring them home, knowing the most likely result will be a failed state?
A dysfunctional government exists in Iraq and here in Washington. But there is a big difference between a dysfunctional government and a failed state. A dysfunctional government is one that keeps trying but fails to do the hard things. A failed state is a place where no one tries anymore. They go back to the corners of their own country and the regional players begin to take sides and you have absolute chaos. Iran is the biggest winner of a failed state because they will dominate the southern part of Iraq.
Another problem of a failed state is that the Kurds will likely go to war with Turkey over an independent movement in the north. If the Sunnis think they are going to win in Iraq and have the good old days of Saddam come back by using force, they are crazy and they are naive. If the Shias think they are going to create a theocracy in Iraq, like Iran, and no one will say anything about it, they misunderstand the region.
I am convinced all three groups are better off working together than trying to work apart. I know this: We are better off if they do that. If they break apart and this country becomes a failed state, 160,000 troops for a limited period of time will not be what our country will be faced with in terms of choices. We will have a large American military presence in the Mideast, containing a variety of conflicts that do not exist today because the problems in Iraq will spill over in the region.
I believe that is a likely consequence. That is a reasonable consequence of a failed state. I cannot promise that they will go from a dysfunctional government to a stable government, a secure government, one that is an ally on the war on terror with us that would reject al-Qaida and contain Iran. But I believe this: the best shot to bring that about is to continue the mission and the surge as planned out by General Petraeus, to continue the strategy that we have now that has shown results we have never known before. If we pull back now, it will undo all the accomplishments that have come from a lot of sacrifice, a lot of blood, and a lot of treasure.
At the end of the day, the Iraqi political leadership has to embrace the hard decisions necessary to pull their country together. They are more likely to do that when they are less worried about their families being killed as they reach across the aisle.
It is hard to reach across the aisle here. The Presiding Officer and I have worked on immigration. We know how hard it is. We will keep coming back and bringing up hard issues such as Social Security and immigration until we find a solution. But imagine reaching across the aisle in Iraq where the consequence would be that your family is murdered.
The better security we can bring about in terms of Iraq for the judges, the politicians, and the population as a whole, the more likely they are to do the hard things. And I do believe they are ready to do the hard things because they have had a hard life. The Iraqi people are not perfect. I don't think we realized how hard it was to have lived in that country under Saddam Hussein. The fear that if your daughter walked down the street, she might catch the eye of one of Saddam's sons; the way they have had to live under Saddam Hussein is unimaginable, and the chaos that they have experienced from al-Qaida coming there, throwing bombs at different mosques and bringing up old wounds has been very difficult to deal with. But they keep trying. When one police officer is killed, someone else takes their place. When an army person is killed, someone else joins the army. When a judge is assassinated, somebody else comes forward to be a judge.
They are trying. And I do believe, if we will continue the strategy employed by General Petraeus, even though political reconciliation is lagging behind security, it will not be much longer until the politicians in Baghdad embrace the hard decisions necessary to bring reconciliation to their country. And I believe that for a couple of reasons. No. 1, their people want it; and, No. 2, they have the opportunity now, through better security, to bring it about.
So to my good friend, Senator Levin, I understand exactly his concern. It is a judgment call. I think when you are dealing with extremists, when you are dealing with the Iranian President, the last thing in the world you do is to show weakness. You make sure they understand, al-Qaida and Iran, and any other extremist group, that America is going to do what is necessary to defend her vital interests and that we are going to stand with forces in moderation.
My biggest fear, if we begin to withdraw now and redeploy to the old mission, is that all of those who have risked their lives to help us will surely meet the fate of that 5-year-old boy. And that is not in our national interest. That is not the right thing to do. We will come home. But as Senator McCain says, we need to come home with honor. Equally important, we need to come home with a more secure America.
I think we are on the road to bringing about withdrawal with honor and a more secure America by having a more stable Iraq. The worst thing to do now is to go back to a strategy that has failed when the one that we have in place is beginning to work.
Mr. President, I yield the floor.
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We describe a cross-correlation-based frequency-resolved optical gating (XFROG) technique for simultaneously measuring the amplitude and phase of two ultrashort pulses that have different wavelengths but are derived from a common mode-locked oscillator. A measurement is presented in which mid-IR pulses from a synchronously pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) are characterized by mixing with the 770-nm OPO pump pulses. Details of the pulse-retrieval algorithm are included, together with examples of pulse data retrieved from the experimentally measured XFROG trace.
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Note that finding a job as an expat in Bangkok can be quite difficult although the city is rich in economic activities.
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TORONTO — Things didn't work out quite the way the Rays planned Thursday night, not with Troy Percival blowing his first save, with opportunities to retake the lead going unredeemed as extra innings mounted.
But they eventually still worked out, with Dan Wheeler and J.P. Howell pitching in, and a 13th-inning rally capped by Dioner Navarro's grand slam, for a road-trip-capping, potentially inspiring 8-3 win over the Jays.
"We had it, we gave it up and then we got it back," manager Joe Maddon said. "That's the kind of game, man, that, hey, if you lose that game going into tomorrow it's really rather devastating. But then again, when you win it with this kind of script, it can be something that catapults you in a positive way."
"We just kept battling, doing whatever we had to do to stay in that game," Navarro said. "This is big for us. I think it's gonna get us pumped up."
After eight stellar shutout innings from Edwin Jackson, who was aggressive from the start and "spectacular" for the night according to Maddon, the Rays (18-16) had a 3-0 lead with three outs to go.
But Percival, who had allowed just three baserunners (two hits and a walk) in starting the season with 11 scoreless innings, gave up three runs in the ninth.
"It was just one of those days where they beat me," Percival said. "I had good enough stuff to get through that inning."
He allowed a leadoff single to Scott Rolen, a one-out homer to Vernon Wells, a two-strike double to Lyle Overbay and an RBI-single to Aaron Hill.
"Percy just didn't get it done today, but that's going to happen," Maddon said. "But to his credit he did not let the fourth run get in."
The Rays won the game in the 13th, scoring five times on singles by Jason Bartlett and Akinori Iwamura, a sac fly by Carl Crawford and Navarro's grand slam. It was a familiar scene as ex-Ray Shawn Camp, now a Jays reliever, trudged off the mound after allowing the decisive runs.
But just as important, the Rays didn't lose the game in the 10th, when Wheeler did a masterful, and somewhat creative job, of pitching out of a severe threat.
"What Wheels did was nothing short of miraculous," Maddon said. "To pull that off in that inning the way it was set up was a tremendous piece of pitching on his part."
Alex Rios led off with a triple on a fly to left-center that eluded Jonny Gomes, who was playing because Crawford was the DH.
But Wheeler struck out Shannon Stewart, intentionally walked Rolen, then struck out Matt Stairs. That left two on and two out. Even Maddon, who had already made one trip to the mound so he couldn't go back out, wondered what was next. Wheeler decided to pitch around Wells in something of an unintentional intentional walk, with Navarro saving him at least twice by blocking pitches in the dirt. Then he struck out Rod Barajas.
A night that started with the first 14 Rays going down in order against former Trop bat boy Jesse Litsch ended a lot better 4 hours, 4 minutes later.
"I'm really pleased with the grit of the group," Maddon said.
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MARY HIGGINS CLARK AND S&S/POCKET BOOKS TO INK BOOK AGREEMENT NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestselling suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark and Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, which have enjoyed a long relationship since the author's first book in 1975, announced the successful completion of negotiations for a long-term, multi-book agreement. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed by the publisher. The new agreement -- which is for four novels, a new collection of short stories and a memoir -- is the second in four years between Mary Higgins Clark and her publisher. Under the terms, Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books hold world publication and audio rights, while the author has reserved all motion picture and TV rights. Seven of her works have been made into motion picture or TV films. Both deals were negotiated by Eugene H. Winick of McIntosh & Otis, Inc. Mary Higgins Clark's books, of which there are ten, are worldwide bestsellers. In the U.S. alone, there are over 22 million copies of her books in print. Her latest novel, All Around The Town, is her most successful to date, with over 550,000 hardcover copies in print and reaching the top of the bestseller list by its second week of publication. Her next novel, I'll Be Seeing You, will be published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in May 1993. "I am proud of continuing my long association with Simon & Schuster, my first and only publisher, particularly at a time in our society when it's considered "normal" for athletes, business executives, movie stars and -- authors -- to change affiliations almost as often as they change their clothes," said Mary Higgins Clark. "I also am delighted to be continuing my relationship with Jack Romanos (president of S&S Consumer Group), Carolyn Reidy (president and publisher of the Trade Division), Michael Korda (editor-in-chief of the Trade Division), Jack McKeown (senior vice president and director of publishing operations) and Bill Grose (vice president and editorial director of Pocket Books)," she added. "I feel very fortunate to have Dick Snyder, with whom I enjoy a warm personal relationship, at the helm of my publishing house." Speaking on behalf of the publisher, Mr. Romanos said, "Simon & Schuster and Mary Higgins Clark have a truly unique relationship dating back to the 1970's, when we published Mary's first book. We're obviously happy about the agreement, but even more so for what it represents -- the continuation of a long, mutually admiring and fruitful association for many years to come." Mary Higgins Clark is the author of nine best-selling novels, Where Are My Children?, A Stranger is Watching, The Cradle Will Fall, A Cry in the Night, Stillwatch, Weep No More, My Lady, While My Pretty One Sleeps, Loves Music, Loves to Dance and All Around the Town, and one collection of short stories, The Anastasia Syndrome & Other Stories, all published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster. The books also are available in paperback. All Around the Town will be published by Pocket Books in January 1993. Simon & Schuster is the publishing operation of Paramount Communications Inc. MARY HIGGINS CLARK: "The Queen of Suspense" One of America's most dynamic and most admired suspense writers, Mary Higgins Clark is the author of nine bestselling novels, Where Are the Children?, A Stranger is Watching, The Cradle Will Fall, A Cry in the Night, Stillwatch, Weep No More, My Lady, While My Pretty One Sleeps, Loves Music, Loves to Dance and All Around the Town and one collection of short stories, The Anastasia Syndrome & Other Stories, all published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster. The author's books also are available in paperback from S&S' Pocket Books. All Around the Town will be published by Pocket Books in January 1993. The key to Mary Higgins Clark's phenomenal popularity is the loyalty of her readers. During book signing sessions across the country, she is delighted to meet her many fans who are longtime readers of her stories and who own most, if not all, of her books. Mary Higgins Clark has distinguished herself by writing about nice people who are abruptly plunged into menacing situations. The characters are individuals with whom her readers identify -- people going about their daily business, not looking for trouble. The inspiration for her plots comes from real life and she attends criminal trials regularly as background for her material. "Coincidence is a major element in crime," she comments. "I have been shocked and saddened to see how life and death can hinge on tiny twists of fate." For all of her books, Mary Higgins Clark does extensive research. In her bestseller, Loves Music, Loves to Dance, for example, she utilized the personal ads phenomenon. For her current bestselling novel, All Around the Town, her most successful book ever, she researched multiple personality disorders, which became the central theme of her psychological thriller. Currently recognized as "The Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark always wanted to be a writer. "From the time I was seven, I started writing diaries," she says. Yet, her road to becoming a world-renowned author held formidable obstacles. Her father died when she was 11 years old. Her mother rented rooms to keep the house going for Mary and her two brothers. "A number of paying guests served as models for the characters in my books," she recalls. After graduation from high school, Mary Higgins Clark went to secretarial school, then worked in an advertising agency. An itch for travel led to her taking a job as a Pan Am stewardess. "My run was Europe, Africa and Asia," she explains. "I was in a revolution in Syria and on the last flight into Czechoslovakia before the Iron Curtain went down." She married a neighbor, Warren Clark, quit her stewardess job and signed up for a fiction writing course. Widowed at 36 and supporting five children, she went to work writing radio scripts. To continue writing fiction, she would awaken at 5 a.m. each day and write at the kitchen table until seven a.m., before getting the kids ready for school. "When Simon & Schuster gave me a down payment in 1974 for my first suspense novel, Where Are the Children?, I thought I had gone to heaven," says Mary Higgins Clark. The book became her first bestseller and is now in its 71st printing. The success of Where Are the Children?, published in 1975, gave her the opportunity to catch up on things she always wanted to do, the most important of which was going to college. She enrolled at Fordham University in New York, where she attended evening classes for five years. In 1979, she graduated summa cum laude in philosophy. Mary Higgins Clark has since received four honorary doctorates. In 1980, she received the Grand Prix de Literature of France. She was chairman of the last International Crime congress, held in New York. She is a past president and current board member of the Mystery Writers of America. -0- 10/14/92 /CONTACT: Joe Bereswill of Simon & Schuster, 212-698-7111, or Lisl Cade, publicist for Mary Higgins Clark, 212-595-6225/ CO: Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books ST: New York IN: PUB SU:
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Ready, Set, Go & Grow! The IAA Foundation proudly presents its 7th Annual 5K Grow & Go to celebrate Illinois farm families and the important role they play in putting food on your table. Learn more about our roots in agriculture while supporting a great cause. Proceeds from this race beenfit Illinois Ag in the CLassroom (IAITC), a program that provides free resources to teachers in an effort to help students make the connection between food, fiber, fuel & farming.
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Hello Winter! – Warmed Salad/Squash Cous Cous
The Winter months have arrived, so it's time get harvesting!
October's always a great time of year to get in the garden with your kids. The weather's still relatively mild, so you can get them dressed up in jumpers and they'll be fine without woollens, as long as they keep moving.
Here in Dilwyn, you can feel the chill in the air but it tends to have an enlivening effect on the kids. The changing of the seasons is something us adults get accustomed to, but that's not so for our kids.
If you've got young ones below 10, you'll understand what I mean by this. Although their attention spans and memories can be a little selective, they still delight in the novel – and the winter months are a great chance to exploit this.
If your veg garden is anything like mine, you'll still be overrun with beans and peas from the summer. Thanks to our (mostly temperate) September we can let these quick creepers grow up until mid-October. Past that they tend to die off, so now's a good time to get your nippers to work harvesting all those delicious morsels. Obviously you'll have to help them reach the taller sprouts – just get a big pot so they can dump the fruits of their labour in them and try not to let them eat them all – there'll be a recipe at the end, that will be well worth the wait.
Before you go crazy and try pulling everything out of the ground – stop!
Make sure to leave the roots of the peas in the ground – these are packed full of nitrogen which will seep into the ground slowly, getting the soil ready for the next loads of veg that you can plant in a month or so.
Now, if you've been playing a game of cat and mouse with your squashes, it's time to move first. Leave those beauties out any longer and they will turn to mush. I'm afraid it's time to get your hands dirty and get those guys out of the ground.
Chuck them all in a basket, along with the bowl of greens and stick them in the kitchen ready to get washed.
Before you head inside to get cooking, there's one more task left to fully prepare your garden for winter: rescue the Herbs!
Many of the classic British herbs, like Rosemary and Thyme will be able to brave the winter months, but for the sake of ease you may as well take them all in. Softer mainstays such as Basil and Coriander need saving from the harsh winter months, so get them potted and stick them on the window sill to get maximum daylight.
Now you've got your stunning winter harvest in hand, it's time to make a delicious warming meal for yourself and your hungry sprogs!
This recipe is an absolute must for a weekend afternoon, it'll use a load of your winter harvest up and stores easily in the fridge.
Warmed Green Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash Cous Cous
[For one hungry parent and 2-3 sprogs]
For the Salad:
- 3 Handfuls of Peas/Beans
- 1 Handful of Fresh Coriander
- 2 Handfuls of Kale
- 1 tsp Ground Cumin
- Glug of Olive Oil
For the Cous Cous:
- 200g Cous Cous
- 1 Organic Vegetable Stock Cube
- 1 Good-sized Butternut Squash
- Few Sprigs of Fresh Thyme
- 1 tsp Chilli Flakes
- Glug of Olive Oil
Firstly, pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius and drizzle a roasting tray with some olive oil.
Chop your squash into kid-sized 2cm chunks and throw them into the tray along with the stripped thyme leaves and chilli flakes and give it a good shake.
Once your oven's hot, season the squash and roast for an hour, turning occasionally to get even colouring.
Whilst your squash is roasting, prepare your salad.
Give your beans a good rinsing and chuck them in a decent sized bowl along with a pinch of salt, the cumin and the oil. Give it a good stir.
15 minutes before your Squash comes out, fill the kettle and stick on some hot water for your Cous Cous and Kale.
Pour over enough boiling water to cover the Cous Cous in a heatproof bowl, crumble in the stock cube and leave covered.
Boil the Kale on the hob for 5 minutes, drain well and mix in hot with the other greens. Have a little taste and season with more cumin and salt if needed.
Lastly, get that lovely roasted Squash out of the oven and mix in with the fluffy Cous Cous.
Serve in bowls with a little bread roll and tuck in.…


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Ooh... Apple has a 20 minute guided tour video up on the iPhone site now...
Ooh... Apple has a 20 minute guided tour video up on the iPhone site now...
All right, folks, I just watched the Welcome video, and took notes. Here's the info you may not have already known... with pictures!
To completely turn off the iPhone, you hold down the Sleep/Wake button on the top right of the phone for a few seconds, and you get this screen, where you can slide to power off.
Here's a good view of the on-screen video controls, both in movies and in YouTube. The YouTube controls also include an "Email to friend" icon which brings up an email with a link to that video.
A shot of the various views from within the iPod mode.
Pressing configure while in iPod mode brings up this screen, which allows you to choose the bottom 4 icons you see while in iPod mode. Maybe you want Podcasts there instead of Playlists, etc...
The mic is pretty nifty, allowing you to press the button once while listening music to pause, and tap twice to resume. When a call comes in, the song will fade out as the ringtone fades in. Pressing the button after the call fades your music back in.
These are the options you get when you press the options button on a photo.
This is the confirmation screen when you set a photo as a specific contacts picture id.
When in Safari, you can click New Page to have multiple pages open. This is the initial screen you see, you can click New Page in the bottom left to start another page...
Pressing Edit while in Mail brings you to the Edit Mode, where you can press the red button to the left of a message to delete it. You can also slide your finger to the right on any message in regular Mail mode to bring up the delete option.
SMS in the iPhone is easy, and appears just like an iChat conversation.
While in Google Maps, pressing the screen with two fingers zooms out, while pressing with one zooms in.
Google Maps also allows you to have bookmarked areas such as home, work, etc, similar to how Google Earth allows you to.
Maps also gives you an up to date traffic view.
Google Maps gives directions as well, with turn by turn specifics.
Here's a shot of the Settings page for your iPhone.
Yup, there is in fact an Airplane Mode.
Here's your Sound Settings menu...
Your wallpaper options..
The wallpaper confirmation screen...
And finally, the Mail Settings page.
That about sums it up, folks, the rest is stuff we already knew! Enjoy...
you took pretty good noes. i just watched it lol
I can tell the lines are getting longer every time someone watches this video.
I agree... makes me wanna stand in line twice, ha...
So much for the question of "what are all these at&t and apple sales people gonna do on launch day when they've NEVER seen or USED an iPhone?"
Simple really, if you're selling it... you watch the 20min video and there's your training!
You have to love Apple, always elegant - even in the execution of a landmark product rollout.
this video makes me want to spend my money on an iPhone.
I hate windows..
Have a look and see me changing my mind day to day, lol.
lol come to the dark side
Don't call it the dark side just because most people don't have their lights on, its a bright future ahaed in World Wide iCommunications.
If you watch closely, as Engadget pointed out, emails seem to support MS Office documents and PDFs as well
Yes they do, although still no word on whether you can actually edit those documents, or if its read-only...
I'm guessing for the time being, it will be read only. And I love the power off method.


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Situated midway between Maryport and Cockermouth, luxury West House Farm Cottages are three stunning cottages sleeping 2 to 4. Two barn conversion, The Old Byre and Little Meadow both sleeping 4, are 5 Star Gold Award cottages with luxury Jacuzzi hot tubs included. Cottages retain original features such as exposed beams and vaulted ceilings, and accommodation is perfect for special occasions, romantic honeymoons, birthdays and celebrations. We'll happily organise special chocolates, gifts, balloons and flowers on request and all cottages include complementary flowers and a welcome pack on arrival.
Guests are welcome to explore the farm and walk the farm tracks. Children adore our friendly farm animals and will love collecting eggs for breakfast or feeding the calves. Perfect for couples, families and for large groups when booked together, the cottages sit in a beautiful rural location within easy reach of Maryport on the Cumbrian coast, Keswick and the Northern Fells. Cockermouth is just 3 miles away.
Fresh flowers decorate the cottages and a complementary welcome pack is available on arrival. These truly unique self catering cottages have full oil fired central heating throughout.
Beds are made up on arrival with bed linen, complimentary toiletries and towels provided. Free WiFi internet access is available throughout.
We are situated close to Cockermouth, Keswick, the Lake District National Park, Maryport and the Solway Coast so you get the best of both worlds - lakes and mountains to the south and east and sandy beaches and unspoilt coastline to the west.
Short breaks are available throughout the year for 3 to 4 nights – Please contact us for further information.
Travelling from the North and South, exit the M6 at junction 40/Penrith. Travel west along the A66 towards Keswick and Cockermouth. Continue straight on over the roundabout and take the first exit heading towards Maryport.
Follow the A594, passing through the village of Dovenby. Take a first right when your reach to the top of the hill after you've past the Ship Inn signed to Dearham.
West House Farm is 1/4 mile along this road on the right hand side.


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Star Wars: Year by Year Book
Once upon a time
Painstakingly produced, superbly illustrated, Star Wars: Year By Year - A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition presents the full history of the amazing Star Wars phenomenon as you've never seen it before. See more
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This updated edition includes a whole new chapter covering Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as the ongoing animated TV series Star Wars Rebels and new Star Wars themed lands coming to Walt Disney World Florida and Disneyland California. Produced in full collaboration with Lucasfilm and written by renowned Star Wars experts, Star Wars: Year By Year - A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition provides a unique timeline of every facet of Star Wars history, as well as the saga's impact on popular culture and world events.
- Written by Daniel Wallace
- Hardcover
- 368 pages
- Ages 8+
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- Published by Dorling Kindersley
- Paper
- 12 1/2'' H x 10 1/2'' W
- Made in U.S.A.
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Interactive virtual iOS 7 preview hits the web
You may be someone who likes to play around with new technology, but you also may be someone who either A) doesn't have access to an iPhone, or B) is too lazy/paranoid to put in the work required to load up your iPhone with iOS 7. Luckily, Recombu has you covered with a new interactive virtual preview of iOS 7.
Fair warning, the preview may take longer than you expect to load, and it seems to work better in Chrome than any other browser. It's also obviously not a full preview with access to everything you would expect, but it should give you an idea of the design choices that Apple has made with iOS 7, and the general feel of the OS. You'll be able to see the design of the stock apps, Siri, the multitasking menu, Control Center, and you'll even be able to take a picture of yourself if you're using Firefox or Chrome.
It's definitely a fun few minutes of poking around, and certainly a lot easier than trying to load up the iOS 7 beta on your device (especially since you might end up having to roll back).
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posted on 18 Jun 2013, 15:52 4
1. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
It would be interesting if PhoneArena.com had such tool with huge database of different phones. Nothing really groundbreaking but as Michael says, it's definitely a fun few minutes of poking around. :)
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 16:17 0
2. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Where is the link??
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 16:21 0
3. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 16:23 1
4. ZeroCide (Posts: 785; Member since: 09 Jan 2013)
Server down.
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 16:29 0
5. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
Yes, but few minutes ago was working fine, try to check it later. I was in time to try that. :)
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 17:20 0
6. jibraihimi (Posts: 770; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Even in browser those icons looks so cartooney....... Hope they are not final icons, just a placeholder, and Apple will show finalized icon along with next iPhone..........
posted on 19 Jun 2013, 12:40 0
10. PunyPoop (Posts: 752; Member since: 18 Jan 2013)
But looks nicer than GS4 cartoonish kiddy UI.
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 21:51 0
7. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
That was pretty crappy. Nothing really changed except the look.
posted on 18 Jun 2013, 23:52 0
8. biophone (Posts: 1994; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
I liked the new look of IOS 7 more then I thought I would. Really cool tool.
Interactive virtual iOS 7 preview hits the web


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Edgar Allan Poe
Born: January 19, 1809
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.Born in Boston, he was the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Over the years Poe became in debt and did not have enough money to support himself so he joined the military and did other jobs. He is considered one of the world's greatest poets.
Poe's career in poetry has spanned all his life. He has written numerous poems that have left many marks on American culture. Poe is said to have influenced short stories, mystery, and even science fiction. In my opinion, Edgar Allan Poe was a literary genius and will be remembered for years to come.
A stanza from Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.


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EVS International, the leader in solder recovery, announces that it has been awarded a 2014 NPI Award in the category of Soldering – Other for its EVS 500. The award was presented to the company during a Tuesday, March 25, 2014 ceremony that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during the IPC APEX EXPO. With the new EVS 500, EVS has managed to drastically reduce the size, weight, complication and footprint, while improving the tried and tested performance of the larger EVS systems. The system was officially released for sale at the IPC APEX EXPO and already received its second award on opening day of the show.
The new patented technology inverts the solder / dross separation pot, and adds an innovative 180° rotating facility. As no teeth are used to separate the solder/dross, the ingot coming from the machine is very clean. The EVS 500 has a small footprint, yet is fully automatic. Once the operator loads the machine, everything else works in an automatic mode. Additionally, the EVS 500 offers all of the same safeties and locking systems of the larger EVS 8K/10K models.
EVS has continually improved the performance of the EVS units and the new EVS 500 is no exception. EVS is running at record recovery rates on its beta test production facilities with experienced users of the current range being pleasantly surprised by the improvements in recovery rates. With the new concept of improved performance plus the significant reduction in price enabling everyone to enjoy the savings an EVS solder recovery system can offer.
The EVS 500 has been designed to be the same size as a printer and is aimed at multiple markets. The customer with one lead wave and one lead-free wave, the customer who uses Nitrogen or wants to reduce their Nitrogen usage, the customer with selective solder pots who only removes small amounts of dross every hour or the customer with multiple waves where one EVS 500 is connected to each wave to ensure that the maximum recovery is maintained throughout the life of the wave solder system. Users can quickly recover up to 80 percent of pure solder with a higher ROI from the waste dross.
The simple but ruggedly designed unit is highly ISO14001 compatible as it lives by the ISO mantra of reduce – reuse – recycle, enabling the customer to reduce solder consumption by up to 50+ percent, an unheard of reduction in the electronics production industry. The EVS 500 also can help to reduce dedrossing time by 75 percent and waste dross off-site by up to 85 percent. The system meshes perfectly with environmental control systems and also helps to reduce customers' carbon footprint, an important environmental imperative, by utilizing the latent heat already imputed to the dross to help the recovery process.
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Stay Away, Joe
Cushman, Dan
Place Published: Great Falls, MT
Publisher: Stay Away, Joe Publishers
Date Published: 1965
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG
Book Id: 11807
SIGNED - Octavo. Bright red cloth spine and boards w/black lettering. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with light accompanying rubbing, most noticably at the front corner of the spine's tail, where the cloth is frayed. Slight spine lean toward the front of the book. Light rubbing at the tips of the corners. Previous owner's name and return address sticker on the front endpaper. Signed by the author on the free front endpaper in black pen. No dust jacket. 249 pages.


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Guide Part 8 - The Vale of Tears
The Vale of Tears
The Vale of Tears
Now that Alice has drunk the shrinking potion, she is able to follow the White Rabbit through the giant garden. Her first journey will be through the watery Pool area.
EditPool of Tears
The first area in the Vale of Tears is the Pool of Tears. Alice will start at the foot of a very large cliff, with two Army Ant Soldiers at the top tossing rocks down on top of her. Run to the left side of the cliff, and you will be able to jump across to the walkway. As you walk up, you will see cut scenes of the Ants tossing the giant boulders in your direction, and these things can kill you in one hit.
For the first rock, as soon as you have control after the cinema, duck behind the waterfall to the left. If you need health, there will be a large Meta-Essence canister inside. Once the coast is clear, you can continue your ascent up the mountain. When you see the second boulder tossed at you, do not move until you see it pass out of the way on the walkway ahead of you. After the coast is clear again you can safely climb to the top of the cliff by running along the walkways.
At the top, you'll have to do battle with two Army Ant Soldiers, which are best defeated using the secondary attack on the Croquet Mallet, which will be able to hit them from a distance as their melee skills are deadly. The other thing you have to worry about are the flying beetles that toss exploding grenades at you. They can be killed by the Croquet Mallet's ranged attack, but are best avoided all together.
Follow the stream to a large pool where you will find the Mock Turtle crying. Talk to him and he will tell you if you get his shell back from the Duchess, he will tell you where you can locate the Caterpillar.
After you are done talking with the Turtle, a leaf will fall from the sky and land in the water. If you stand on this you'll be able to ride it pretty safely down most of the river. After you pass out of this pool area, and are still on the leaf, it will pass under some logs where you'll have to jump off the leaf, and then back on when it comes back into view.
Stay on the leaf, and then it will fall down one waterfall followed by another. Right after the second waterfall, jump onto the shore to the left where you'll have to fight two Army Ant Soldiers. As soon as you are done with them, there will be another leaf waiting for you in the water. Ride the leaf down the river some more and once you start to hear falls coming up, get ready to jump to the right where you can see a small walkway (it's right before the falls, you can see it via the dark soil).
From your high vantage point, you can see that there is a leaf down in the water waiting for you, so get down on it and once again continue your journey down the river. When you see the Mock Turtle run across a small bridge, that is your cue to get ready to jump to some rocks on the left at the very last minute before the end of the ride. There is also a vine here that you can grab onto, but that is easier to miss and will cause you to fall down into the spikes, so jumping to the left onto the rocks is much safer. Climb up the rocks and then run down the path to find the Turtle on another leaf, and a leaf waiting for Alice. Board that leaf, and ride down the river once again to view a cut-scene that leads to the next area.
EditHollow Hideaway
When you recover from your large drop from the top of the waterfall, you will find yourself on dry ground for a moment. Run around the corner to the right to find two more Army Ant Soldiers who can once again be quickly taken out by using two Croquet Balls. Then use the two lily pads to get onto the large tree trunk to the right. From there, follow the path around to find a new leaf that you once again must ride on.
As you ride down the river once again, you must be careful to strafe left and right to avoid the thorns that are on the logs that you pass under. If one hits you, you may be knocked off the leaf, which is something you do not want to happen, as there is a very large fish that will swallow Alice whole if she falls into the water. There is nothing you can do to avoid the fish, so if you fall into the water, you are basically dead. The thorns are the only things you need to worry about, as this trip down the river is much slower than the previous one.
Ride the leaf until it comes to a stop near a small shore, and then jump off and run up the shore onto a small plain. You'll find Mushrooms, Red Roses, and Army Ant Commanders up here. You can kill both the Commanders and Roses using the ranged attack of your Croquet Mallet, but the Mushrooms are best avoided for the time being. The Mallet doesn't do too much damage against them, and you don't have a more powerful weapon yet (although you will be getting one soon), so keep your distance from them and they won't even wake up to attempt to attack you.
Run up the hill where you will find an Army Ant Soldier and Red Rose. Since the Rose will toss thorns at you, try to take it out first by using the secondary attack of the Mallet while strafing to the left and right to avoid the flying thorns, and then turn your attention to the Soldier. By now, the Soldiers will be no problem for you to defeat, so continue along the path until you find another leaf.
This journey down the river will be extremely short. After a minute or two, you'll see a group of Army Ants standing near some torches. When the leaf gets near a large log, jump across and run up towards at Ants. If you want to fight them you can, but it is really just as waste of life and energy as you will have a boss fight coming up in just a second. Run past the group of Ants and head to the doorway of the house.
As soon as you approach the door, Bill McGill will appear and a cut scene will begin. Alice will learn that she has arrived at the Duchess's house, and the door will open and suck her into the house.
EditBoss Fight: The Duchess
Alice's first battle against a boss in the game isn't as tough as it could have been, as you receive a brand new weapon right before the fight begins.
When you first enter the area, you will be in a narrow hall. Run down the slope to enter a large room with Meta-Essence capsules lining the walls, and the Jackbomb weapon floating on one of the center tables. Jump onto the table to collect the weapon (and then arm it), then you'll view a cut-scene of the Duchess arriving to do battle with you.
The best way to take out the Duchess is to use the Jackbomb's secondary attack. Back away, and toss the Jackbomb in the direction that the Duchess is running, and she will get caught in the flames. Repeat that attack a couple of times, and she will die. If you happen to get low on life or weapon energy, you can collect the Meta-Essence that is on the wall shelves.
After you defeat the Duchess, the Mock Turtle will appear and congratulate you on retrieving his shell. He will then lead you through an underwater tunnel to the next area of the game, that journey can be found below.
EditWholly Morel Ground
The trip through the underwater tunnel isn't too long, but it is not without it's dangers. Mock Turtle will swim just ahead of you, and leave a trail of bubbles that will supply you with air. You'll want to stay relatively close to him so you won't run out of oxygen, but you'll still want to be on your toes.
You're first real danger in the area will be objects falling from the ceiling. Whenever you see dust falling, that means that something big and heavy is about to drop on your head. When you see that, stop for a second and wait for it to fall before continuing on. This is also the most crucial thing to avoid, as most slabs of rock can kill you in one hit.
The next obstacle will be air vents that will try to blow you into spikes hanging from the ceiling. These are easily avoided by swimming around to the right or left.
When the Turtle leads you through a temple, you'll also have to look out for small fish who want to take a bite out of you. As with all other fish, these can be killed by one swipe of your Vorpal blade, but if you swim quick enough you may be able to avoid them.
The final major obstacle in the swim is right after the room with the falling columns. The Turtle will swim through a door, and immediately after that a giant fish will leap out of the ground and try to swallow Alice whole. Wait for him to get back into the hole he came out of, and then continue with the swim, which will end with the Turtle smashing through a wall.
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On 17/01/2012 01:15, Konstantin Kolinko wrote: > 2012/1/17 Mark Thomas <firstname.lastname@example.com>: >> On 16/01/2012 19:04, Sylvain Laurent wrote: >>> >>> On 16 janv. 2012, at 10:44, Rainer Jung wrote: >>>> >>>> 1) Unit test failure due to missing target directory in src dist >>>> ================================================================ >>>> >>>> I noticed that test/webapp-3.0-virtual-library/target is missing from the src dist. So when rebuilding from src dist and running unit tests, I get a failure in TestVirtualContext, because some resource which is usually retrieved form the target dir is missing: >>>> >>>> Testcase: testVirtualClassLoader took 7.434 sec >>>> FAILED >>>> expected:<200> but was:<404> >>>> junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: expected:<200> but was:<404> >>>> at org.apache.catalina.loader.TestVirtualContext.assertPageContains(TestVirtualContext.java:302) >>>> at org.apache.catalina.loader.TestVirtualContext.assertPageContains(TestVirtualContext.java:294) >>>> at org.apache.catalina.loader.TestVirtualContext.testVirtualClassLoader(TestVirtualContext.java:100) >>>> >>>> AFAIK the root cause is, that we exclude **/target/** in the ant target dist-source from being copied. >>>> >>>> Note that there is also test/webapp-3.0-virtual-library/target. >>>> >>>> I don't know, whether we can simply drop this exclude, or should rename the directory. I CC'd Sylvain explicitely, maybe he can comment on it. >>> >>> If there are no side effect to dropping this exclude, you may do it (I really don't know enough of the build system of tomcat). >>> Otherwise I can rename those directories so that it is not excluded. Just let me know. >> >> If I recall correctly, those directories are excluded because some IDEs >> use that name by default. If you could rename them that would be great. > > Not IDEs, but Maven. It writes its output into directories named > "target", in each of its modules. (I guess that is not configurable, > grr...) > > That is why "target" was present in .gitignore when it was first added, > [1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1187740 > > This fault is a combination of mine > [2] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1204938 > > that applied patterns from gitignore to src distribution and of Sylvain's > [3] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1209731 > > when Sylvain removed that line from ".gitignore" > and used that name in his commit. Thanks for the full explanation. I didn't have time to look into that yesterday. In that case, I agree with your plan below and will do that shortly. Mark > I am generally in favor of using more targeted patterns in "dist-source" target, > (That is, comment out "**/target/**" for now, with a comment that we > use that name, > and add the same comment to .gitignore > and later exclude more specific patterns when a need comes) > but consider if one of developers used Maven to work on something in modules. > > Currently modules/jdbc-pool and modules/tomcat-lite have pom.xml, > though svn:ignore property on those directories does not list "target" > as excluded. > > Best regards, > Konstantin Kolinko > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com > For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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I sat there on the ground, cold, alone, and breathless. I could feel blood pouring out of me, from my face and my ass. He was merciless to me. I could still feel the extreme pressure and pain from this man inside me. I had never been so scared in my life, and he left me for dead as far as he knew. I don't know how, but I was able to make it out of the alley where the incident occurred and out onto the street corner. I leaned up against the corner, and when my head hit the wall, I blacked out.
I awoke to someone rubbing my arms, trying to wake me.
When my eyes opened I saw the most beautiful piercing blue eyes I had ever seen Then I saw the face around them, the smooth, perfect, pale skin, with the pearl colored hair. He was perfect.
I had almost no energy at this point, so the only words I could muster were "he...raped....me" before I passed out again.
The next time I wake up, I am in a hospital bed, with beeping all around me.
I realized that there was a hand lain over mine, but I didn't see who it was until my eyes adjusted.
When I could finally see, again I was in the presence of the most beautiful person I had ever seen.
"I am so happy to finally see you awake" he said in the most serene voice.
"by the way my name is Cloud, I found you on the street corner last night."
I was barely able to make the words "I..am....Micah"
"I hate that I had to meet you this way Micah. I am so sorry this happened to you."
"how are you feeling?"
"thank... you... first...need...water" I replied, with a parched throat.
"oh, ok, here you go" he said, tipping the cup to my dry, cracked lips.
"much better, thank you, but, why are you here with me? Don't you have your own life? I questioned.
"yes, but I have already told them I would be here, and I feel like I need to be with you after what happened. Even though I don't know you, I feel a connection to you."
I was speechless. Never had anyone say something like this. I was the one always pushed around at school, I had never dated anyone, and I never had any friends.
My name is micah Thompson, I live in New Orleans, LA. I just turned 18 last week. I am a senior in high school. I am 5'4, and 120 pounds. I am very skinny, with slightly tanned skin, and jet black hair. Im not the best looking person, most people think of me as innocent. If you ask people I know from school they would call me the "faggot twig" or worse.
I guess because of the shocked expression on my face, cloud continued "I hope that's not weird, because it looks like I scared you."
"no, no, its ok, it just shocked me, no one has ever said anything like that to me."
Cloud then tried to lean in for a hug and just sat perfectly still and starting crying. It was too much for me. I didn't realize how much last night had affected me. I couldn't even come into contact with anyone now.
When he realized I was crying he back away "whats wrong?" he asked.
Once the tears subsided, I replied
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"so where is your family or friends?" he asked
" I have no friends, and my parents don't even live in the state." I said.
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"im ued to it by now, I've never really had friends, and the past 2 years, I have gone to school here, while my parents live in Detroit."
"so what is your story?" I asked.
"well, my name is Cloud Cortes, I am 18, I am originally from Madrid, but my dad was transferred to New Orleans for his job last week, so I just moved here. I have 2 sisters, Carmen, and Claudia. Claudia is my twin."
Before I could reply, the doctor walked in. "ahh, great to see that you are awake Mr. Thompson. How are you feeling?"
"well, im still in a lot of pain, and I have lots of bruises that are hurting,"
"well we will get you some pain for that, and could Mr. Thompson and I have some privacy for a moment?" he asked, looking at Cloud.
I chimed in "he is fine doctor, whatever you say, he can hear."
"ok, fine by me. first off, your tests came back, and you did not contract any diseases from the person who did this. Also, the semen we found in you came back with a DNA match in the polices' system, so they are trying to find the man who did this."
"also, you are going to make a full recovery, and since you had no previous sexual activity to the rape, your recovery on your backside may take a little longer, but you should be perfectly fine to leave here by the end of the day."
"thanks so much doc." I said, before he walked out
"so were you ok hearing all that?" I asked cloud.
"I am fine with it, thank you for letting me be here."
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"sooo I have to bring this up, the doctor said you had no sexual activity prior to the rape, what does he mean?: cloud asked.
"well he means I am a virgin, which I have never done anything with anyone...well, until now" I said
"im so sorry micah, I wish I could've stopped him from doing that, I feel like I owe you."
"cloud, you don't owe me anything, you saved my life."
"anyone would have done that micah."
"not in this city they wouldn't have. They would've just thought I was another bum on the street."
"well im glad I didn't see that in you." He smiled at me I blushed like a little girl "so is this the connection you felt?"
"yes it is"
"micah, can I try to hug you now?"
"yea, you can."
When I felt his touch this time, my whole world lit up, it felt like something popped, all my pain went away. All thoughts of the rape were gone, it was all replaced by this beautiful specimen who is wrapped around me.
He let go of and looked me straight in the eyes, our noses touching together. I couldn't help myself. I leaned in closer and pushed my lips against his. Again, fireworks. It felt like my life had just been flipped upside down.


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Ok so i met this really nice guy he told me from the start that he wants a relationship and that he knew he liked me as soon as he met me. We have only been on 3 dates and talk every single day there's definatley a spark there and we have a lot in common and we instantly clicked and felt compfortable around eachother, and we are very attracted to eachother but it's not about sex. All his friends know about me and I have even met some family members. So are last date was great he sang me a song on his guitar we went got food then went ciname, he asked me if I wanted to meet his mate and his girlfriend for a drink but I was like meh so we watched a bit of t. v then I headed home so that was on the Thursday. Then on the Saturday he was spending the night with the lads drinking and gamen and watching a match that was on at 3 in the morning, so I never heard from him that night or the morning so on Sunday evening i text him saying whats going on and he explained he was up till 6 and he was hungover all day which is understandable but then I went all scary mary and said "if this is one sided ill back of i can't keep making the effort anymore haha" why did i say that he replied "I don't want to rush anything im just playing it cool and taking it slow there no rush is there? see what happens xxxx" so I replied all chilled "yea me too thats what i want hope i didn't put pressure on you" he replied ohnestly i did feel a bit pressured or like it was going to fast and thats why i slowed it right down ye know" so i said yea totally know what you mean it's all good and he was like cool sorry anyway. So now I don't know what to think, I mean taking it slow is a good thing right? specially because i was in a pretty bad relationship last year and he was in a 4 year relationship. Is he trying to fade away and dissapear? I don't even wanna talk to him now because I'm afraid of somthing awkward being said I should obviosly wait until he asks me out again. Do guys not take is fast if they meet a girl there into?
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so u mean u r da one who maks all first moves and u ask for dates pretty often? if that's so then i believe he doesn't make first moves on purpose... he was clear about him needin to take things slowly, since he felt kinda pushed.
so better wait a lile bit like 1-2 weeks then after some time passed make some contact then.00|00|0
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well he did say he was very suprised and taken back when he met me. So I will just give him space!
yup... that's wot i was tryin to say ;)
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Marco Werman: I'm Marco Werman and this is The World, a coproduction of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH in Boston. Three weeks after the city was stunned by the blast near the Boston Marathon finish line, the body of deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has yet to be buried. An uncle has claimed the remains currently inside a funeral home in Worcester, west of Boston. Funeral director Peter Stefan is trying to find a cemetery that would accept the body, but it's been difficult, as Stefan told reporters from The Worcester Telegraph and Gazette yesterday.
Peter Stefan: The guy has to be buried. In this country we bury people, whatever it is. And people ask oh, you'd bury Hitler and Stalin? Yes, absolutely, I'm not gonna be inconsistent with it; we bury the dead, that's it.
Werman: City officials in Cambridge, where Tamerlan Tsarnaev lived, officials have refused to allow his burial there, and they're not alone in not wanting to get involved. We made several calls to Muslim religious leaders in the Boston area, some of whom have themselves declined to help in the Tsarnaev burial, but none of them called back. We had to go as far as Winnipeg in Canada to find a Muslim leader willing to speak with us about this. Shahina Siddiqui is president of the Islamic Social Services Association in Winnipeg. She says she's upset by the problems the family is having in finding a resting place for the Boston bombing suspect.
Shahina Siddiqui: I'm quite sad about this development because I really feel that regardless of how a person has lived their lives, everyone should get the last rites, even for murderers, even serial killers. They get their last rites, right? So I think it's important that we remember that the gentleman is with God and he will have to answer for his actions. And as a Muslim we believe in Heaven and Hell as well, right, like real places. So God knows where he is going to end up. I know people are angry and people are afraid, but I think we have to rise above this negativity and just quietly do what we have to do and leave the judgement to God.
Werman: Tell us what is involved in giving last rites in Muslim tradition.
Siddiqui: It's very simple. It's a washing of the body, a ritual washing. Then the body is wrapped in white cotton sheets and then a prayer is said over. There is no prostration or bowing in the funeral prayer. It takes not more than five minutes. You first recite the opening chapter of the Koran in the first section. The second session you would call on God to forgive and have mercy on all Muslims who've gone before and who are to follow. And then you send salvation on the prophet Muhammad and on prophet Abraham and his progeny, and that's it.
Werman: Are there different interpretations of the ritual that vary from country to country or from group to group?
Siddiqui: No, this is the basic. Some may add something to it. For example, in North America we bring the body to the mosque for the funeral prayer and then we proceed to the cemetery. In most Muslim countries the prayer is done right at the place of burial.
Werman: Where were those rules prescribed? Is it in the Koran?
Siddiqui: They are in the Koran and they also have been further explained and demonstrated by the prophet. So the Koran will tell you you have to bury your dead as soon as possible, right, like under the Jewish tradition, cremation is not permitted. The prophet also said to have unmarked graves, so if you go to Saudi Arabia, the graves are not marked.
Werman: So do you look at what's happening here in the Boston area and the controversy over Tamerlan Tsarnaev and what to do with him, people have been coming up with various reasons on why he should not be buried. Do you just look at those as excuses?
Siddiqui: I look at them as knee jerk reactions. Who are we to take on the role of God and decided you know, dust to dust, we all have to go. What kind of eternal life he has whether in Heaven or Hell is up to God to decide. But I think this is a dangerous recipe to condemn, because what we are actually saying is he wasn't a good enough Muslim, or we don't accept him as a Muslim or any other faith and we will decide how his last rites will be done. And I think where do you stop? Tomorrow we could say alcoholics, and after, you know, wife abusers. So I think that's a slippery slope. I can see that there's a lot of fear in the Boston community and people are afraid of backlash against the mosque if it carries or the imam if he carries it on, but I think instead of making it into such a big deal, if it was done quietly…and also, you know, we are only thinking of him right now. We also have to think about his family that needs to move on.
Werman: Have you ever encountered a case like this where the subject is socially reprehensible to the point no one will accept the corpse?
Siddiqui: I have had this experience because I do the washing and relative care as a volunteer. And I have come in a situation where I was questioned why we were giving a Muslim a funeral who was known to be an alcoholic all his life and never practiced the faith. And my answer to them was how do you know that the last breath he did not seek forgiveness? Can anybody guarantee me that? And so we went ahead and we did the funeral.
Werman: Shahina Siddiqui, president of the Islamic Social Services Association in Winnipeg, Canada. Thanks so much for your time.
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