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1 Samuel said to Saul, "I am the one the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the LORD. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.' " 4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites, "Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed. 10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel: 11 "I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions." Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the LORD all that night. 12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal." 13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, "The LORD bless you! I have carried out the LORD's instructions." 14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?" 15 Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but we totally destroyed the rest." 16 "Enough!" Samuel said to Saul. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." "Tell me," Saul replied. 17 Samuel said, "Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.' 19 Why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the LORD?" 20 "But I did obey the LORD," Saul said. "I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king." 24 Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned. I violated the LORD's command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them. 25 Now I beg you, forgive my sin and come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD." 26 But Samuel said to him, "I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel!" 27 As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. 28 Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you. 29 He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind." 30 Saul replied, "I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God." 31 So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. 32 Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites." Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." 33 But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women." And Samuel put Agag to death before the LORD at Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul. 35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." 2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me." The LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' 3 Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate." 4 Samuel did what the LORD said. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him. They asked, "Do you come in peace?" 5 Samuel replied, "Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed stands here before the LORD." 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either." 9 Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, "Nor has the LORD chosen this one." 10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, "The LORD has not chosen these." 11 So he asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?" "There is still the youngest," Jesse answered. "He is tending the sheep." Samuel said, "Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives." 12 So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one." 13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah. 14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him. 15 Saul's attendants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better." 17 So Saul said to his attendants, "Find someone who plays well and bring him to me." 18 One of the servants answered, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him." 19 Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." 20 So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul. 21 David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers. 22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, "Allow David to remain in my service, for I am pleased with him." 23 Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.


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6 types of Scottsdale spas
No city anywhere near its size is as famous as Scottsdale is for spas. "Scottsdale spas" is among the most searched phrase with a city combined with a business.
That should be no mystery as Scottsdale is known for its resorts, golf, restaurants, and other tourism activity. So a high hit number for "Scottsdale spas" is understandable.
But what is meant by the term. What are people looking for.
There are really six types of spas in the city. Let's examine them.
Scottsdale resort spas
Probably the best known internationally are the luxurious Scottsdale resort spas (which include Paradise Valley in their communal marketing), such as the Boulders, Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Four Seasons, the Phoenician, and the Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Spa (there are many more resort Scottsdale spas).
Facilities at these often over-the-top luxury hospitality destination are world famous. In addition to the high end spa services and finishings, these resorts offer to-die-for Sonoran Desert views, luxurious accommodations, world class restaurants, designer pools for adults and kids, and vacation opportunities fit for royalty. Many have hosted presidents, celebrities, and the icons of business and arts worldwide.
These tend to be the pricier of the spas, although Scottsdale locals should pay attention to the summer deals at these iconic resorts. They are also the most lavishly appointed and offer the widest and often most unique range of services.
Scottsdale medspas
Like the name implies, Scottsdale medspas have a much more intensive medical tone to them. While resort spas have luxury and relaxation built into them, medspas focus is on body and health improvement. You may or may not feel better after visiting a medspa, but the idea is that you will look better, at least eventually.
Scottsdale is home to many stand-alone medspas that provide these face and body improvement services without being attached to an internationally famous resort. That doesn't mean those services aren't available at the resort spas as most have a medspa within the resort. But the stand-alone medspas often operate in convenient retail space and are more oriented toward local clients or visitors who stay at the less inclusive Scottsdale hotels.
Scottsdale medspas offer services such as fat-freezing, where technicians "freeze" internal fat with the promise that it will slowly remove itself from the body over time; injectibles like botox, lip augmentation, and B12 shots; laser services such as hair and tattoo removal; light treatments to improve the skin and under the skin; and micro-needling and microderm abrasion, used to improve skin, aid hair growth and other benefits.
Depending on the range of services offered, medspas have medical directors to oversee the treatments. You can find these medspas all around Scottsdale, such as Revive Med Spa and Regenerative Medicine in South Scottsdale, the more central Zona on 91st Street, and Bare Laser Med Spa farther east on Frank Lloyd Wright – plus countless other medspas throughout the city.
Scottsdale day spas
Perhaps the most widely available Scottsdale spa service are the day spas, which range from a hair salon with a few other services like aesthetics and massage to big franchise operations with national marketing and a wide array of services, including laser and the other more advanced procedures.
Generally these are stand-alone operations tucked into retail or office space all around Scottsdale. While most take appointments, many of these offer walk-in services depending on demand. These are the most numerous of the Scottsdale spas.
Examples around the city include New Serenity Spa on North Hayden, Spa810 on North Scottsdale Road, and Serene Life Day Spa in South Scottsdale.
Master-planned community spas
These are spas attached to generally luxury developments like Silverleaf in Scottsdale and generally function to make living in the community more attractive. They are amenities designed to push luxury home buyers to buy a home there.
Usually the spa is but one of many fine features available to residents that can be as luxurious and inclusive as some resort spas. Other attractions can include golf, gyms, pools, sport courts, dining, entertainment, interest groups, events and more. The Silverlead clubhouse, for example, is 50,000 square feet of those features, and includes am 18 hole championship golf course designed by Tom Weiskopf.
Some MPC spas for residents/members only, and others allow non-members to take advantage of services (sometimes at a higher price).
Home spas
A quietly growing trend in new home development has been spa rooms designed into the home for use there.
These can range from a spare room with a massage table and sink to a full-blown treatment center built into a specially designed casita overlooking the pool and garden. They can be equipped with massage chairs, tanning lights, soothing music and natural sounds, showers or soaking baths, a wine bar and other mellowing features.
You also can get spas services in your home either through many brick-and-mortar businesses or independent experts who will come to your home and perform services in your own private area.
There's even an app for that. Many, actually. l Widely available apps like Secret Spa and Ruuby allow you to schedule home visits from professionals ranging from massage to more elaborate or specialized services. So you can have many of the services offered at spas right in the privacy of your own home.
School spas
Students being trained to perfom all these treatments need practice, and many trade schools offer reduced price treatments for those who are willing to receive them from people learning the procedures. This is almost always under the guidance of teachers and trainers who have years of experience performing and teaching the applications.
Expect the treatments to take a little longer than at a more traditional spa. But if you truly want the results and can't (or don't want to) pay for the service.
One such places are the National Laser Institute med spa at 16601 North 90th St., which trains techs nationwide, and the Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy at the Pavilions at Talking Stick, 8939 Talking Stick Way #B2.
More of Scottsdale's Best Spas & Salons >>
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1. The Commission continues its assessment of the consequences of the expiry of certain provisions in the Protocol on Accession of China to the World Trade Organisation on 11 December 2016. Any changes to the treatment of China in anti-dumping investigations would require an amendment of the basic anti-dumping Regulation through ordinary legislative procedure involving the European Parliament and the Council All options are being examined in the framework of the in-depth impact assessment. A public consultation was launched on 10 February 2016.
2. Regarding Belarus, as always, the Commission will open an investigation when it has sufficient prima facie evidence that dumping or subsidisation takes place and the Union industry is suffering material injury, caused by the dumped or subsidised imports. Such evidence has to be brought forward by the affected industry, which may likewise invoke the 'threat of injury'.
3. Pursuant to the basic anti-dumping regulation, the Commission has to decide on the adequacy of a complaint and whether or not it will investigate it, at the latest within 45 days from the date of lodging of the complaint. As regards a quicker imposition of anti-dumping measures, the Commission always tries to assess each case in the most expedite way; however, time is needed to ensure that any action taken is in line with the EC law and the relevant WTO Agreements.
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Gautam Gambhir''s announcement of his retirement is upsetting
The solid, dependable opener found himself falling out of favour with the team management over the last few years
Published 19.12.18, 4:51 PM
Updated 19.12.18, 4:51 PM
Gautam Gambhir's valuable contribution to Indian cricket in all formats will not be forgotten Photo by Debajyoti Sarkar
Sir — The decision of the the former Indian cricketer, Gautam Gambhir, to retire from all forms of the game after playing his last Ranji Trophy match could not have come at a more appropriate time. Gambhir was the highest scorer in the World Cup in 2011. In spite of this, the solid, dependable opener found himself falling out of favour with the team management over the last few years. On many occasions, much to his regret, he was kept on the sidelines even though he had a commendable record in the Indian Premier League tournament and in domestic cricket.
Many people attribute Gambhir's exclusion from Indian team to his less-than-ideal relationship with the squad's current skipper, Virat Kohli. Gambhir had shared a good rapport with the former captain, M.S. Dhoni, during whose reign he had played some memorable innings. Even though he batted with the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid in the initial stages of his career, Gambhir's attempts to find a place among the playing eleven in the last few years were regularly rebuffed.
It is, thus, in the fitness of things that Gambhir has decided to hang up his boots and spare himself further humiliation. However, his valuable contribution to Indian cricket in all formats will not be forgotten.
Aditya Mukherjee,
Sir — It was upsetting to read that Gautam Gambhir has announced his retirement. He has been one of India's most successful opening batsmen. It was always a pleasure to watch him bat. It is not surprising that he was named the Test player of the year by the International Cricket Council in 2009 — he scored 4,154 runs, including nine centuries, at an average of 41.96 in 58 matches. He was instrumental in India's success in both the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and the ICC World Cup in 2011 — his knocks in the finals of both tournaments helped the team win. It is a pity that the team management did not care to make proper use of his talent and expertise after M.S. Dhoni renounced his captaincy. If this is the manner in which valuable players are repeatedly treated, the team management will gain a dubious reputation for itself.
Janet James,
Sir — It will be interesting to remember that India never lost the matches in which Gautam Gambhir was the captain. Even though these were just six matches, the quality of his leadership must have been such that the team felt motivated enough to give their best and win. He is also the only Indian cricketer to have scored five consecutive Test tons, a feat that put him in the same club as Jacques Kallis, Mohammad Yousuf and the greatest cricketer in the history of the game, Sir Donald Bradman. Gambhir may have had a few downward spirals in his career, but none of that justifies the ignominious way in which he was excluded time and again from the team in the past few years.
Ronit Sinha,
Calcutta's Park Street on Christmas Eve, 2017. We are almost at that time of year when app-based cabs charge passengers exorbitant amounts of money The Telegraph file picture
Trouble ahead
Sir — Now that Christmas is around the corner, the Park Street area of Calcutta will be lit up with festive lights, and food stalls will dot the pavements. While this evokes a sense of excitement, it is also accompanied by a feeling of looming dread. It will, again, be that time of year when app-based cabs such as Uber and Ola charge passengers exorbitant amounts of money for rides. During Durga Puja, the surge pricing bordered on the criminal; riders were often expected to shell out hundreds of rupees even for very short rides. If such practices are repeated during this festive season, the app cab services must be penalized.
Atreyee Ghosh,
Inclusive dream
Sir — The Cricket Association of Bengal should be praised for taking the all-important initiative of helping differently-abled cricketers ("CAB lends a hand to disabled cricketers", Dec 13). The CAB has decided to look into providing proper practice facilities, coaching and supplying kits for such players. It will also ensure that they have access to grounds for their practice sessions and tournaments.
It is heartening that the cricket body has called for tenders to build an easily-accessible area with 50 seats for differently-abled spectators in the G Block of Eden Gardens. It also intends to construct two toilets for those who use wheelchairs. Cricket must be made an inclusive sport, and it is a matter of pride that the CAB has taken cognizance of this fact and is acting on it. Players with special needs will surely benefit from this initiative.
Sourish Misra,
Parting shot
Sir — Over the last two weeks, I have frequently travelled to Barrackpore using the Dhobighat ferry route from Serampore at around 9 am. I was shocked to witness the way in which garbage was regularly being set on fire, throwing up a thick column of toxic smoke in the front yard of a school. There is also another school in the same vicinity. This was being done in spite of the presence of a yellow board put up by the Barrackpore Cantonment Board, bearing a prominent message in English asking everyone to keep the area clean and green.
Kausik Ray,
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Aged Care Placement Services is an Australian based company helping people to find a suitable aged care home. I was consulted to improve the existing prototype of an iOS app that was built in 2015 and used internally by the company to manage placement processes of their elderly clients. The objective was to review its functionality, to improve usability of the app and the visual look and feel. The intention for the overhaul of the app was to build a commercially viable product.
I led the redesign of the existing app for iOS and Android in 2016. I worked closely with the project manager to uncover insights and translate concepts into features that address user needs to improve the workflow. I executed journeys, wireframes, prototype and design specs and presented works to the client.
The existing Aged Care Placement Services app was very basic and linear. It did not have a clear user flow and was simply capable of storing client and facility data. There was no intuitive and useful workflow.
My challenge was to develop a tool aged care consultants will love and use on a daily basis to manage and access information and schedule their work tasks.
I needed to understand the existing processes and functionality of the app and learn how an aged care consultant is using the app – what do they love about it and where are the pain points. I developed personas and mapped out their journey through the process. Identifying and prioritizing features and functionalities.
My process involved sketching and white-boarding concepts and flows which I then transferred into low-fidelity design comps which I wanted to test before taking the design any further. I sliced the comps and pieced them together in InVision for testing.
I found that prototyping was the most effective way to gain meaning feedback from the project team and the client.
The only visual guidance that existed for Aged Care Placement Services was a very basic brand style guide. This gave me a lot of freedom to develop a visual identity for the app. I created a documentation for the engineering team which consisted of the customer journey and the visual design specs and keylines.
During the build process, I worked closely with the engineering team to ensure the questions are answered quickly. Communication was especially needed for transitions and micro interactions.
A low-fidelity solution was designed, tested then constantly refined in a collaborative way with the client and developers. We focused on the user needs, functionality, user interactions and design for best practice in all areas.
Once the prototype was successfully refined and approved by the client, we worked on refining the visual design of the app which we then handed over to the developers. I worked collaboratively with the developer to build the App for iOS and Android. It was essential for the team to have good communication to ensure the implementation process ran smoothly and productively.


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Hennadij Olehowytsch Korban (; * 24. Mai 1970 in Dnipropetrowsk, Ukrainische SSR) ist ein ukrainischer Geschäftsmann und Politiker.

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Hennadij Korban kam als Sohn einer jüdischen Ingenieursfamilie im sowjetischen Dnipropetrowsk zur Welt. Von 1988 bis 1990 leistete er seinen Wehrdienst bei der Roten Armee. Er studierte von 1994 bis 1997 Ökonomie an der Nationalen Bergbauuniversität der Ukraine in Dnipropetrowsk.

Seit 1999 arbeitet er mit Ihor Kolomojskyj und dessen Privat-Gruppe zusammen.
Von 2001 an war er der Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende des Südlichen-Minen und Prozess-Kombinats und seit 2005 ist er Aufsichtsratsmitglied von Ukrnafta, dem größten ukrainischen Öl- und Gasförderunternehmen.
Laut Forbes-Ukraine war er 2014 mit einem Vermögen von 108 Mio. US-$ Nummer 71 im Ranking der 100 reichsten Ukrainer.

Vom 16. März 2014 bis zum 24. März 2015 war er unter dem Gouverneur der Oblast Dnipropetrowsk Ihor Kolomojskyj dessen Stellvertreter in der Oblast.
Im September 2014 erhielt er den ukrainischen Orden "Für Tapferkeit" 3. Klasse. Seit der Gründung der Partei  "UKROP" im Juni 2015 war er deren Parteivorsitzender und trat im Oktober 2015 als Kandidat der Partei bei den Kommunalwahlen in der Ukraine als Bürgermeisterkandidat von Kiew an, wo er 2,61 % der Wählerstimmen erhielt.

Am 31. Oktober 2015 wurde Korban in Dnipropetrowsk verhaftet.
Ihm wird vorgeworfen, vier Paragraphen des Strafgesetzbuches verletzt zu haben: § 255: Schaffung einer organisierten kriminellen Vereinigung, § 191: Unterschlagung, Veruntreuung, § 349: Festnahme von einem Behördenvertreter und § 289: Entführung im Straßenverkehr. Am 28. Dezember 2015 wurde die Inhaftierung von Korban um 60 weitere Tage verlängert und am 29. Dezember 2015 veröffentlichte die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft der Ukraine einen Teil der Akten des Falles Korban.
Am 23. Januar 2016 wurde er auf einer Sitzung des politischen Rates der Partei "UKROP" als Parteivorsitzender abgesetzt.

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Korban ist verheiratet und Vater von vier Söhnen. Sein Hobby ist das Sammeln zeitgenössischer Kunstwerke.

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We will be entering a dangerous period starting tomorrow through Aug 10th.
I just read something about 10 earthquakes in the ocean off the coast of southern Oregon in the morning. no damage on shore.
A geophysical or terrorist event could be coming up.
S&P500 is still making new record.
I will repeat...starting tomorrow through Aug 10th. It is not specifying an exact date.
I'm out of here for cataract surgery.
If you are not comfortable with a trade get out of it.
Sorry to hear about the eye surgery. Apparently in Vedic astrology the Sun and the Moon govern the eyes.


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using Abot.Core;
using Abot.Poco;
using NUnit.Framework;
using System;

namespace Abot.Tests.Unit.Core
{
    [TestFixture]
    public abstract class HyperLinkParserTest
    {
        HyperLinkParser _unitUnderTest;
        Uri _uri = new Uri("http://a.com/");
        CrawledPage _crawledPage;

        protected abstract HyperLinkParser GetInstance(bool isRespectMetaRobotsNoFollowEnabled, bool isRespectAnchorRelNoFollowEnabled, Func<string, string> cleanUrlDelegate, bool isRespectUrlNamedAnchorOrHashbangEnabled, bool isRespectHttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoFollow);

        //        [SetUp]
        //        public void Setup()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage = new PageRequester(new CrawlConfiguration()).MakeRequest(new Uri("http://localhost.fiddler:1111/"));

        //            //Make the real request above look like it came from the fake uri
        //            _crawledPage.ParentUri = _uri;
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(_uri);

        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, false);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_AnchorTags_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://aaa.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_AreaTags_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<area href=\"http://bbb.com\" /><area href=\"bbb/b.html\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://bbb.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/bbb/b.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_AnchorTagsUpperCase_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://aaa.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_AreaTagsUpperCase_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<AREA HREF=\"http://bbb.com\" /><AREA HREF=\"bbb/b.html\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://bbb.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/bbb/b.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_NoLinks_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_AnyScheme_Returned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(5, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("mailto:aaa@gmail.com", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("tel:+123456789", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("callto:+123456789", result.ElementAt(2).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("ftp://user@yourdomainname.com/", result.ElementAt(3).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("file:///C:/Users/", result.ElementAt(4).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_InvalidFormatUrl_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_LinksInComments_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = @"
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //                    </html";

        //                IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //                Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_LinksInScript_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = @"
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //                    </html";

        //                IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //                Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_LinksInStyleTag_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text =  @"
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //
        //                    </html";

        //                IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //                Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_DuplicateLinks_ReturnsOnlyOne()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_NamedAnchorsOrHashbangs_Ignores()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html/", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_NamedAnchorsOrHashbangs_Enabled_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, true, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(4, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html#top", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html#bottom", result.ElementAt(2).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html/#someaction/someid", result.ElementAt(3).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_EmptyHtml()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text =  "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_WhiteSpaceHtml()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "         ";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_ValidBaseTagPresent_ReturnsRelativeLinksUsingBase()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<base href=\"http://bbb.com\">";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://aaa.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://bbb.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_RelativeBaseTagPresent_ReturnsRelativeLinksPageUri()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text =  "<base href=\"/images\">";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://aaa.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_InvalidBaseTagPresent_ReturnsRelativeLinksPageUri()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text =  "<base href=\"http:http://http:\">";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://aaa.com/", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        [ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))]
        //        public void GetLinks_NullCrawledPage()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(null);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_ResponseUriDiffFromRequestUri_UsesResponseUri()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            //This sets the Address properties backing field which does not have a public set method
        //            ValueHelper.SetFieldValue(_crawledPage.HttpWebRequest, "_Uri", new Uri("http://zzz.com/"));

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://zzz.com/aaa/a.html", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://zzz.com/bbb/b.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HtmlEncodedHref_UrlDecodes()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            //This sets the Address properties backing field
        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/search?rls=en&q=stack+overflow", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndexNoFollowNotSet_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndexNoFollow_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndexNoFollowUpperCase_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<META NAME=\"ROBOTS\" CONTENT=\"NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndexNoFollowUsingNone_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"none\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndexNoFollowUsingNoneUpperCase_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<META NAME=\"ROBOTS\" CONTENT=\"NONE\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoFollow_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"nofollow\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_MetaNoIndex_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(true, false, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex\" />";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoIndexNoFollow_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() {{ "X-Robots-Tag", "noindex, nofollow" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoIndexNoFollowUpperCase_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() { { "X-Robots-Tag", "NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoIndexNoFollowUsingNone_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() { { "X-Robots-Tag", "none" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoIndexNoFollowUsingNoneUpperCase_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() { { "X-Robots-Tag", "NONE" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsNoFollow_ReturnsEmptyList()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() { { "X-Robots-Tag", "nofollow" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_HttpXRobotsTagHeaderNoIndex_ReturnsLinks()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.HttpWebResponse.Headers.Add(new NameValueCollection() { { "X-Robots-Tag", "noindex" } });
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, null, false, true);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_RelNoFollow_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, true, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_RelNoFollowUpperCase_NotReturned()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, true, null, false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_CleanUrlDelegateSet_ReturnsCleanLinks()
        //        {
        //            _unitUnderTest = GetInstance(false, false, (x) => x.Replace("a", "x").Replace("b", "y"), false, false);
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";

        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://x.com/xxx/x.html", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://x.com/yyy/y.html", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test] //https://github.com/sjdirect/abot/issues/15
        //        public void GetLinks_ColonInUrl_DoesNotThrowException()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "";
        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/numen/index.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;summary", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }

        //        [Test]
        //        public void GetLinks_LinkRelConical_ReturnsLink()
        //        {
        //            _crawledPage.Content.Text = "<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http://a.com/page1\" />";
        //            IEnumerable<Uri> result = _unitUnderTest.GetLinks(_crawledPage);

        //            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/page2", result.ElementAt(0).AbsoluteUri);
        //            Assert.AreEqual("http://a.com/page1", result.ElementAt(1).AbsoluteUri);
        //        }
    }
}

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North American Studies Programme (14) Apply North American Studies Programme filter
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Film Screening: Ché
12 December 2012 - 5:30pm
Latin American Centre Seminar Room
Film Series: Legendary Figures of Latin America Ché (Hernesto Guevara) By Steven Soderbergh Steven Soderbergh's Ché Guevara stars Benicio Del Toro as the legendary Argentine revolutionary. The film... Read more
'Was Brazil's independence from Portugal inevitable? A new interpretation of the history of the Luso-Atlantic world, 1770-1850'
3 December 2012 - 3:30pm
HILARY TERM 2013 Latin American Centre seminar series
East Asia Seminar
Conference: From a British to a Chinese Colony? Hong Kong Society in the Past and Today
1 December 2012 - 8:45am
Asian Studies Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
From Popular Revolution to Semi-Democracy: Egypt's Transition to Praetorian Parliamentarism
Alexander Kazamias (Coventry University)
68 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, the Middle East Centre
Nissan Seminar: Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
Dahrendorf Room, Founders' Building, St. Antony's College, Oxford
Dr Clare Pollard, (Curator of Japanese art, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan More information about the Exhibition. From its start in the 1980s... Read more
Coffee's commodification: from the spice trade to European colonialism to Latin American export crop
Professor Steve Topik, University of California, Irvine
African Studies Seminar: Trust, Goodwill and Islam in Eastleigh, Nairobi's Boom Town
Speaker: Dr Neil Carrier (African Studies Centre, Oxford)
Venue: Fellows' Dining Room, St Antony's College
Nissan Seminar: A Third Type of University Press: "Translation" of Western Models of Scholarly Publishing in Japan through the 1950s to the 1970s
Please note this seminar is on a Thursday. Professor Ikuya Sato, (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) A Third Type of University Press: "Translation" of Western Models of Scholarly Publishing in Japan... Read more
Middle Eastern Studies Research Colloquium
Ezgi Ulusoy Aranyosi (D.Phil Candidate St. Antony's College), Kyle Haddad-Fonda (D.Phil Candidate Magdalen College), Peter Hill (D.Phil Candidate St. John' College), Graham Jevon (D.Phil Candidate St. Antony's College), Steven Wagner (D.Phil Candidate University College)
House Ertegun house, St. Giles 37A
Ertegun House, the Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College and Oxford Middle East Studies Graduate Group are pleased to announce the first 'Middle Eastern Studies Research Colloquium'. The... Read more
Power and Influence: Centre vs Periphery
Zaki Laidi (Sciences Po, Paris)
Democracy and its Discontents in Latin America
Joe Foweraker, Latin American Centre
South Africa Discussion Group: Land and Settlement in Bushbuckridge, 1900-1970
Jamie Cockfield (Oxford)
27 November 2012 - 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Seminar Room, African Studies Centre
African History & Politics Seminar: Freedom and Unity? The Construction of Political Community in Late Colonial Kenya and Tanganyika
Edward Goodman (Oxford)
Seminar Room 2, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road
"Britain's Moment in the Middle East" seen fifty years on
Peter Mangold (St Antony's College)
Nissan Seminar: Time Travel Narratives in Japanese Manga - Control, Loss and Experience of Time in the Age of Crisis
Dr Ulrich Heinze, (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures) Time Travel Narratives in Japanese Manga - Control, Loss and Experience of Time in the Age of Crisis From its start... Read more


CLARE property owners who haven't registered and paid the Non Principal Private Residence (NPPR) charge, including any late payment penalties have until August 31 to discharge their liability before additional penalties are added to the charge, under new legislative changes announced by Government.
The NPPR charge applies to any residential property in which the owner does not reside as their normal place of residence such as holiday homes, second properties and rental properties, Clare County Council has advised. The charge also applies to vacant residential property and properties where the owners live abroad. The NPPR was in place for five years from 2009 to 2013.
The payment Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides for a period, March 2 to August 31, 2014, during which time no new late penalties will be applied to existing liabilities. As and from September 1, additional penalties of over 50 % will be applied to existing arrears resulting in a liability of up to €7,230 per property becoming due.


Today, while waiting for the usual bus to go home after work, I was expecting to see the usual landscape (nowhere-land basically…) as every working day.
Then suddenly I raised my head towards the sky and I found myself… outside Switzerland!
It seemed to be somewhere else on a nice countryside in spring, with a cotton sky surrounded by enchanted yellow trees!
I tried to keep my head up as much as possible… because, if not, it would have just been again a normal 12th of November in the city of Schneisingen, in the Canton of Argovia, in the Swiss Confederation!


Here is where you can find tree services for Nevada County, CA. Below is a directory with links to their web pages where available. This free business directory is provided by Nevada County Commerce. Do you have a business that should be here - but it isn't? Is there some information listed here that is not correct? Just provide us with the information, and the next time we update the directory we will include your business name, phone number, and website address. This service is provided at no charge. The update link is at bottom of the directory.
Michael's Personalized Tree Service, Inc.
Mountain Clearing & Brushing Inc.


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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry history
Scope and Content This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten document "Condensed History of the Campaigns of the 3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," by Charles H. Andrews.
Dates: approximately 1885
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / 3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry history
Abbie M. Brooks diaries and church invitation
Collection number: ahc.MSS39f
Scope and Content This collection contains two diaries of Abigail M. Brooks, which date from 1865 and 1870 along with typed transcriptions of both. In addition, there is an invitation to attend church which dates from 1858. In the 1865 diary, Brooks describes life in rural Tennessee, near Nashville, where she teaches in a one room school house. Later in the year, Abigail moves to Edgefield, Tennessee, also near Nashville, and starts her own school. She describes life in Edgefield, trials with her students, the...
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Abbie M. Brooks diaries and church invitation
Alfred Rolf letters
Scope and Content The collection contains twenty-three letters written by Corporal Alfred Rolf to his parents and brother in Quebec. Between June and September 1864, Rolf traveled through northwestern Georgia, writing from Lost Mountain, Marietta and at a location described as "Chavotia River." He wrote that he was wounded during fighting on July 28, 1864, was captured and escaped. In April 1865, he wrote from Raleigh, North Carolina and mentioned the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses S....
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Alfred Rolf letters
Alonzo Miller Civil War papers
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection consists of typed transcripts of Private Miller's daily diary and letters to his family during his time as a soldier. The letters and diary chronicles the 12th regiment's march from Wisconsin through Tennessee and Alabama and into Georgia. His papers provide detailed descriptions of the towns and countryside through which he travelled and include observations on the daily activities of soldiers, such as training and foraging, as well as comments on the weather and the general...
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Alonzo Miller Civil War papers
Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum records
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspapers, reports, and documents pertaining to the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum, the history of the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, and the history of the Battle of Atlanta painting. Documents contained within this collection pertain to the maintenance and restoration of the painting as well as operation of the museum. These materials include correspondence between museum executives and conservators, office memos, research, narration scripts, and...
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum records
Barkley & King family Civil War correspondence
Scope and Content The letters from Martin Barkley and George R. Barkley to their family members at the beginning of the war describe the hard living conditions, the health and wellbeing of the soldiers. Towards the end of the war the letters describe the demoralized attitudes of the soldiers, the regular occurrence of soldiers deserting their duties, and the significant loss of life. The letter from Edward King to his aunt, Elizabeth Barkley describes the hardships towards the end of the war.
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Barkley & King family Civil War correspondence
Bomar-Killian family papers
Scope and Content These papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, and scrapbooks.
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Bomar-Killian family papers
Bomar-Killian family photographs
Scope and Content This collection contains images of members of the Bomar and Killian family and their close friends. It also contains images of Atlanta street scenes from the early 19th and mid 20th centuries.
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Bomar-Killian family photographs
Bruce Elmore letter
Scope and Content This collection consists of a letter written by Bruce Elmore on July 29, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, to his wife, Libbie. The letter provides a firsthand description of the Atlanta Campaign, describing sharpshooter fire, changes in Union leadership after the death of General James McPherson, and an attack involving the 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps. He also thanks his wife for the cigars she sent, asks about the farm, and expresses the hope that he will soon send money home.
Dates: 1864 July 29
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Bruce Elmore letter
Captain Evan P. Howell Civil War Letters
Scope and Content This collection contains transcriptions and photostats of two Civil War letters written in Atlanta, Georgia by Captain Evan P. Howell to his wife. The first letter, written on July 28, 1864, states that there is light fighting during the day and Yankee attacks on the city each night. He also informs her that one of his grandfather's slaves has joined him and is now taking care of him. The next letter, written on August 4, 1864, discusses the heavy fire he is experiencing, his health, and the...
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Captain Evan P. Howell Civil War Letters
Carrie Berry papers
Scope and Content This collection contains four items including an original diary kept by Carrie Berry from 1864-1866; an original diary kept by her from 1868-1874; a friendship book published in 1870, which is titled Mental Photographs an Album for Confessions or Tastes, Habits, and Convictions; and a letter written to Carrie Berry and Blanche Hardin from Clement A. Evans dated 2 February 1872, which was written while Carrie was a student at the North Georgia Female Academy. In the diary kept from 1864-1866,...
Dates: 1864-1874; 1897
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Scope and Content This collection consists of six letters written by Charles R. Pomeroy, Jr. to his family while serving in Company A, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War. Five are addressed to his sister and one to his father. The letters describe conditions faced by Union soldiers during the campaign including the lack of adequate shelter from the weather; the difficulties they experience while trying to flank Confederate forces; the exhaustion brought on by almost...
Dates: 1864, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Charles R. Pomeroy, Jr. Civil War letters
Cornelius Hanleiter Papers
Scope and Content The collection includes five bound volumes of Cornelius Hanleiter's war diary from 1861 – 1865, along with correspondence, including a letter from Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. The collection also contains sketches of Hanleiter's outpost in Savannah, and other documents relating to his service in the Army of the Confederacy. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to the careers of C.R. Hanleiter, Lemuel P. Grant, Colonel Tom Harvard, Anton L. Kontz, and Jonathan...
Dates: 1825-1944, undated, (bulk 1861-1865)
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David Gilmer Watts and Clara Watts papers
Scope and Content This collection primarily consists of letters written between Clara and Gilmer Watts between August 1862 and July 1864. Her letters deal with her management of the family and her new occupation as a teacher. Clara's letters also include her encouragement of Gilmer's desire to become a preacher, as well as occasionally soliciting his advice. Gilmer writes about his sicknesses, poor rations, sporadic pay, and vagaries of camp life. His letters document his unit's movements through Kentucky and...
Dates: 1855- 1889 ; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
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Scope and Content The majority of this collection consists of correspondence between John and Julia Davidson before and during the Civil War. The letters capture a sense of their courtship prior to their wedding in 1855, as well as the physical and spiritual challenges John faced as a soldier in the Confederate Army and those Julia endured in the besieged city of Atlanta. The collection contains several letters written by John Davidson to Julia's parents who lived in Atlanta and were the proprietors of...
Dates: 1851-1970, bulk 1861-1865
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Scope and Content This collection consists of photocopies of letters written by A. W. Davidson, James Gunter, E. G. Davidson, Peter Terry, Mary Davidson, and John Terry from various locations in Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia. Letters were written primarily during the Civil War. Some letters are illegible.
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1980 Men's Ice Hockey Team
Gold medal, Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games
Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Steve Christoff, Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, John Harrington, Steve Janaszak, Mark Johnson, Rob McClanahan, Ken Morrow, Jack O'Callahan, Mark Pavelich, Mike Ramsey, Buzz Schneider, Dave Silk, Eric Strobel, Bob Suter, Phil Verchota, Mark Wells
Herb Brooks
Photo courtesy International Olympic Committee
The 1980 U.S. Men's Ice Hockey Team of college players and minor leaguers pulled perhaps the biggest upset ever in Olympic history, pulling off the "Miracle On Ice" to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games.
Gold medal, Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games
First Round (Pool Play)
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U.S. 7, Czechoslovakia 3
U.S. 5, Norway 1
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U.S. 4, Finland 2
With a roster comprised of college players and minor leaguers, the U.S. Men's Ice Hockey team was not considered much of a contender entering the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games. The Americans had been routed 10-3 by the powerful Soviet Union in an exhibition less than two weeks before The Olympics.
It was the Soviets who came to Lake Placid as favorites, having won four consecutive gold medals and losing just once in Olympic play during that span.
Just getting to the Medal Round was an achievement for the Americans, who needed a last-minute goal by Bill Baker to muster an opening-game 2-2 tie against Sweden. However, following wins over Czechoslovakia, Norway, Romania and West Germany, the Americans advanced to the final four round-robin, with the result against Sweden carrying over.
On a cold evening, the Lake Placid Fieldhouse overflowed with fans and the patriotic chant of "U-S-A" filled the building. Trailing 3-2 entering the third period, the United States pulled even at 3-3 on a power-play goal by Mark Johnson. Then, exactly midway through the period, team captain Mike Eruzione corralled a loose puck in the slot and scored the go-ahead goal. As the final seconds ticked off the clock, broadcaster Al Michaels delivered what would become one of the most famous calls of all time: "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
"I don't think you can put it into words," Eruzione said. "It was 20 guys pulling for each other, never quitting, 60 minutes of good hockey. I don't think we kicked their butts. We just won.
"It's a human emotion that indescribable."
Two days later, the Americans rallied from a 2-1 deficit entering the third period to beat Finland, 4-2, to claim the gold medal. In 1999, Sports Illustrated named the Miracle on Ice as the top sports moment of the 20th century, while in 2008 ESPN viewers voted Eruzione's goal the greatest highlight of all time.
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Judith Of The Plains
by Marie Manning
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The "XXX" men, who had remained aloof from the dancers and the merriment, keeping a faithful vigil in the bunk-room, where the hospitable bottles were to be found, seemed to awaken from the spell that had bound them all day. Henderson, the foreman, whose face had not lost its tallow paleness despite the number of his potations, put his head through the door to have a look at the dancing Mrs. Dax, was caught in the outermost eddy of the whirling throng, and was soon dancing as madly as the others. The rest of the "XXX" party still hugged the bunk-room, where the bottles gleamed hospitable. They were still dusty from their long ride of the early morning, and more than once their fear-quickened imaginations had been haunted by the spectre of the dead cotton-woods, from which something heavy and limp and warm had been swaying when they left it. Henderson had secured the dancing Mrs. Dax for a partner. The "caller-out," stationed between the two rooms, warmed to his genial task. He improvised, he put a wealth of imagination and personality into his work, he showered compliments on the nimbleness of Mrs. Dax's feet, he joked Henderson on his pallor, he attempted a florid venture at Kitty. Miguel put fresh magic into his bowing, Jose's fiddle rioted with the madness of it.
Judith stood for a moment in the kindly enveloping darkness, and her heart cried out in protest at the thing she must do. It was the utmost cruelty of fate that forced her here to dance on the evening of the day that they had killed him. But she must do it, that his children might evade the stigma of "cattle-thief," that the shadow of the gallows-tree might not fall across their young lives, that the neighbors might give credence to the tale of Jim's escape from his enemies, that Alida and she might earn the pittance that would give the children the "clean start" that Jim had set his heart on so confidently. And she must dance and be the merriest of them all that these things might happen, but again and again she deferred the dread moment. The light, the music, the voices, the shuffle of the feet came to her as she stood forlorn in the grateful darkness. On the wall the shadows of the dancers, magnified and grotesque, parodied their movements, as they contended there, monstrous, uncouth shapes, like prehistoric monsters gripping, clinching in some mighty struggle; and above it all sang out the wild rhythm of Miguel's fiddle, and young Jose's bow capered madly.
Judith drew close to the window, and the merriment struck chill at her heart like the tolling of a knell. She saw the pale face of Henderson gleam yellow-white among the dancers, and, watching him, the blood-lust of the Indian woke in her heart. The rest of the room was but a blur; the dancers faded into swaying shadows; she saw nothing but Henderson as he danced that he might forget the gray of morning, the black, dead trees, and the grotesque thing with head awry that swayed in the breeze like a pendulum. He dreaded the long, black ride that would bring him to his camp, for he alone of the lynchers remained. Something was drawing his gaze out into the blackness of the night. He struggled against the temptation to look towards the window. He whirled the Dax woman till her twinkling feet cleared the floor. He sang to the accompaniment of Miguel's fiddle. He was outwitting the thing that dangled before his eyes, having the incontrovertible last word with a vengeance. And as he danced and swayed, all unwittingly his glance fell on the window opposite, and Jim Rodney's face looked in at him, beautiful in its ecstasy of hate—Rodney's face, refined, sharpened, tried in some bitter crucible, but Rodney's face! Henderson could not withdraw his fascinated gaze. He stood in the midst of the dancers like a man turned to stone. He put up his hand to his eyes as if to brush away a cloud of swarming gnats, then threw up his arms and rushed from the room. The dancers paused in their mad whirl. Miguel's bow stopped with a wailing shriek. Every eye turned towards the window for an explanation of Henderson's sudden panic, but all was dark without on the prairie. The magic had gone from the dance, the whirlwind of drapery that had swung like flags in a breeze dropped in dead air. "What was it?" the dancers asked one another in whispers.
And for answer Judith entered, but a Judith that was strange to them. There was about her a white radiance that kept the dancers back, and in her eyes something of Mary's look, as she turned from Calvary. The dancers still kept the position of the figures, the men with their arms about their partners' waists, the women stepping forward; they were like the painted figures of dancers in a fresco. And among them stood Judith, waiting to play her part, waiting to show her world that she could dance and be merry because all was well with her and hers. But the bronzed sons of the saddle hung back, they who a day before would have quarrelled for the honor of a dance. They were afraid of her; it would be like dancing with the death angel. She looked from face to face. Surely some one would ask her to dance, and her eyes fell on Henderson, returning from the bottled courage in the bunk-room. Some word was due from him to explain his terror of a moment ago.
"Oh, Miss Judith, I thought you was a ghost when I seen you at the window."
"A ghost that's ready to dance." She held out her hand to him. In her gesture there was something of royal command, and Henderson, reading the meaning in her eyes, stepped forward. Her face, almost a perfect replica of the dead man's, looked at him.
"I bring you greeting from my brother," she said. "He has gone on a long journey."
Henderson started. Through the still room ran the murmur, "Rodney's outwitted them; he's played a joke on the rope!" And Judith, his dare-devil sister, had come with his greetings to Henderson, leader of the faction against him! The tide had turned. The applause that is ever the meed of the winner was hers to command. The cattle faction were ready to sing the praises of her splendid audacity. In their hearts they were glad in the thought that Jim had outwitted them.
Miguel's bow dashed across the strings, and he drew from the little brown fiddle music that again made them merry and glowing. The magic came back to the dance, the blood leaped again with the merry madness, and they swept to the bowing like leaves when the first faint wail of winter cries in the trees.
Hamilton, standing apart with Kitty Colebrooke, had been a dazed witness of the scene. With the rest he had watched the entrance of Judith, had been stunned by the change in her appearance, had seen her triumph and heard the rumor of Jim's escape, and his heart had warmed with the good word. She had probably managed the plan, and had come to-night, in the joy of her triumph, to hurl in their faces that she had outwitted them. And she had paid the penalty of her courage—her face told that. What a woman she was! Her heart would pay the penalty to the last throb, and yet she could dance with the merriest of them. And as she danced she seemed to Peter Hamilton, in her white draperies, like a cloud of whirling snow-flakes drifting across the silence of the desert night. She was the one woman in all the world for him, though his blind eyes had faced the light for years and had not known it. He had squandered the strength of his youth in the pursuit of a little wax light, and had not marked the serene shining of the moon.
"And a man there was and he made his prayer—" he quoted to himself. Well, thank God that it had not been answered. He would take her away from here. She could take her place in his family and reflect credit on his choice. His family, his friends—he winced at the thought of their possible reception of the news. But Judith's presence would adjust these difficulties. He would present her to Kitty now, that his old friend might see what manner of woman she was. Kitty, he felt, would be kind in memory of the old days. She would give to them both in friendship what she had denied him in love. And as he warmed to the thought he turned to the woman of his youth. And she read a look in his face that had not been there in a long time. Had he, then, come back to her? Was the distance from bark to shore lessening as the sea of misunderstanding diminished?
"Kitty, we were speaking a moment ago of Miss Rodney. You would like to know her, I'm sure. We've been such good friends all these years while you were deciding that what I wanted was not good for us—and deciding wisely, as I know now. Look at her! You'll understand how she has helped me keep the balance of things. When she's finished dancing you'll let me bring her to you, won't you?"
And Kitty, who had expected much different words, struggled with the meaning of these unexpected ones. The strangeness of the pain bewildered her. Her dazed consciousness refused to accept that Peter was asking permission to present to her a woman whom she thought should not have been permitted to enter her presence. There was about her a white flame of anger that seemed to lick up the red blood in her veins as she turned to answer:
"She is undeniably handsome, Peter, but I do not care to meet your mistress."
He bowed low to her as Lieutenant Swift, of Fort Washakie, who was of the Wetmore party, came to claim Kitty's hand for the next dance. Judith and Henderson were leading the last figure, their hands clasped high in an arch through which the dancers trooped in couples. Again and again he tried to catch Judith's eye, but her glance never once met his. Her great, wide eyes had a far-away look as if they saw some tragedy, the shadow of which would never fall from her. She was, indeed, the tragic muse in her floating white drapery, the tragic muse whose grief is too deep for tears. He watched her as she swept towards him in the figure of the dance, the head thrown back, slightly foreshortened, the mouth smiling with the smile that knows all things, the eyes holy wells of truth. He saw in her something of the tenderness of Eve, for all the blending of the calm modern woman, capable in affairs, equal to emergency. It was like her to contrive her brother's escape and then to dance with the very men who had knotted the noose for his hanging. Henderson was bowing to her, the dance was over, and the next moment she was alone.
"Is it you, Peter?" She thrust a strand of hair back from her temple. Her eyes rested on him for a moment, then wandered, till in their absent look was the rapt expression of the sleep-walker. The dark-rimmed eyes had in their depths the quiet of a conflagration, and Peter, seeing these things, and knowing the gamut of all her moods, saw that he had been mistaken. She had not come, to dance in triumph, in the face of her brother's enemies. There was no triumph in her face, but white, consuming despair.
"Did you ask me to dance?" Again she put back the strand of hair. "Forgive me for being so stupid, but I've kept post-office to-day, and had a long ride, and I danced with Henderson."
He drew her arm within his and led the way out through the crowd of dancers to the star-strewn night. She did not speak again, nor did she seem to notice that they had left the room with the dancers. She turned her face towards the lonely valley, where the drama of her brother's passing had been consummated, and something there was in her look as it turned towards the hills that told Peter.
"Tell me, Judith, 'what has happened?"
For answer she pointed towards the valley. "They did it last night at the dead cotton-woods. Henderson led them. I could not stay with Alida. I had to come here to dance that no one might suspect."
Her voice was steady, but low and thrilling. In its deep resonance was the echo of all human sorrow. There was no hint of accusation, yet Peter felt accused. He felt, now when it was too late, that his position had been one of almost pusillanimous negligence. From the beginning he had taken a firm stand against violent measures. He had talked, argued, reasoned, inveighed against violence; no later than a week ago he had ridden across the desert to tell Henderson that the Wetmore outfit would take no part in violence of any sort, and that the cattle outfit that did resort to extreme measures would miss the support of the "W-Square" in any future range business. But it had not been enough. He should have made plain his position in regard to Judith. With her as his future wife the tragedy of the valley would not have been possible.
From the ranch-house came the swell of the fiddles, the rhythmic shuffle of feet, the song of the dancers, dulled by distance. Beside him was Judith, a white spirit, the woman in her dead of grief. And yet, through all the grim horror of the tragedy she remembered the part that had been allotted to her, threw all the weight of her personality on the side of the game she was playing.
"You must be on our side, Peter, and when there is talk of Jim's absence you must imply that he is East somewhere. You will know how to meet such inquiries better than we women. Henderson will be only too glad. You should have seen the wretch when I held out my hand to him and told him to dance with me. He came, white and shambling; we have nothing to fear from Henderson. Alida has no money to go away with. She and I must stay here and make a beginning for the children, and, Peter, we want you to help us."
He had no voice to answer her brave words for a minute, and then his sentences came uncertain and halting.
"You must think me a poor sort of friend, Judith, one who has been blind till the eleventh hour and is then found wanting. I feel so guilty to you, to your brother's wife, to that little child who put out his arms so trustfully to me that night, but I never imagined that things would come to such a pass as this. The smaller cattle outfits have been doing a good deal of blustering, but the more conservative element supposed that they had them in check, and did not for a moment think that they would take the law into their own hands. Believe me, this lawlessness has been in the face of every influence that could be brought to bear, and it shall not go unpunished."
She spoke to him from the darkness, as the spirit of grief might speak. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, that is the justice of the plains. But, Peter, it is but poor justice. What's done is done, and fresh violence will not give back Alida her husband nor the little ones their father. What we need is friends, one or two loyal souls who, though knowing the hideous truth of this thing, will stand by us in our pitiful falsehood. I have told no one, nor shall I, but you and—Peter, you must not laugh at your fellow-conspirator—Leander."
He took her hands in his and pressed them; big hands they were, and hardened by many a homely task, but withal tender and with the healing quality of womanliness in the touch of their warm, supple fingers. But to-night she did not seem to know that he held them, nor to be conscious of his presence. The woman in her was dead of grief. The white spirit in her place, that plotted and planned that Jim's children and Jim's wife might not from henceforth walk in the shadow of the gallows, was beyond the prompting of the flesh. And again she spoke to him in the same far-away voice, with the same far-away look in her eyes.
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Peter hoped that she would accuse him of his half-heartedness indirectly, if not openly. It would have made his conscience more comfortable, and his conscience troubled him sorely to-night. It was that fatal habit of procrastination that had brought this thing about. He had hesitated all these weeks about Judith, and while he had threshed out the pro and con of her disadvantageous family connection, this hideous tragedy had happened.
"Peter"—and now her eyes seemed to come back to earth again, to lose something of the far-away look of the sleep-walker—"Peter, I'm cruel to speak to you of these things now. When your heart is full of your own happiness, I come to you like a dark shadow with this tragedy. But I am glad for the good that has come to you, Peter. Perhaps Miss Colebrooke told you of the day I met her in the wood, the day of the wolf-hunt. She was so beautiful, I understood—"
"Judith, I hardly know how to say what I am going to, I feel that I have been such a bad friend to you, but you must hear me patiently. Together, if you are willing, after knowing all of me that you do, we must look after your brother's children. That night in the little house in the valley, when the little chap came to me, don't you remember, there was something fine and fearless in the way he did it. 'You may belong to the cattle side of the argument,' he seemed to say, 'but I trust you.' Now, Judith dear, that boy's faith in me is not going to be shaken. We must look after them together. It is a very little thing you have asked of me, my dearest, but a very big one that I am asking of you. Do you understand, my Judith, it is you that I want? Don't think of me as I have been, Judith, but as you are going to make me. I want you to give me the right now, this evening, to share all this trouble with you. Do we understand each other, Judith? Is it to be? And will you come back with me now, into the room where they are dancing, and let me present you to them, to the Wetmores, as my Judith, my betrothed?"
"But, Peter, I don't understand. I—I thought you and Miss Colebrooke were—"
"That's all over, Judith. I did love her once. Oh, you dear, brave woman, I'm not a hero from any point of view, and you know it. It's but a sorry lover that's making his prayer to you, my dearest; but you won't judge, I know, beloved, you will love me instead?"
Judith turned towards the valley. Her whole being throbbed with a passionate response to the man who stood so humbly before her, but there were duties that came first. Her mind was full of Alida and her children, and her eyes still sought Peter's imploringly.
"You will be a good friend to them, Peter—to Jim's people? I cannot talk to you of anything else to-night. Your heart is big, Peter, but you cannot feel, perhaps—"
"Listen, Judith. Whatever friendship and protection I can give your family you may count upon from now till the end of time. I will be theirs as I am yours. I feel your grief, but I want to soothe it, too. And if you love me, and I feel, Judith, that you do, you must let them all see to-night, these people who know us both, that we stand together before all the world for better or worse. Think, Judith, and you will see that you owe it to yourself, to me, to all these men, who reverence you as the one woman, the one ideal in their lonely lives."
She could not speak. The moment was too full, the strain had been too great; but she smiled surrender, and Peter caught her tenderly in his arms and kissed her once—his Judith she was now, his heroine. Then, without another word, he drew her arm through his and led her back to the lights, where the dancers still held high carnival.
Judith's half-sister, Eudora, was making a pretty quarrel by perversely forgetting the order in which she had given her dances. The girl was so undeniably happy that Judith dreaded the grim news she must tell her. Eudora blushed as she encountered Judith's eye. Her half-sister ever offered a check on Eudora's exuberant coquetry, with its precipitation of discussions that often ended in bullets. Leander stood on the outermost fringe of Eudora's potential partners. He would not have dared to maintain it openly, yet he was sure the pretty minx had promised that dance to him.
"Dance with Leander, dear, and don't let those men begin quarrelling. I've something to tell you, presently," said Judith.
Texas Tyler stood glowering at them from the doorway. He would not catch Judith's eye as she tried to speak to him. Kitty sat alone for the moment. She had sent the young lieutenant to fetch her a cup of coffee, but as Peter approached with Judith she averted her eyes.
"Kitty, may I present to you my fiancee, Miss Rodney?"
Kitty rose superbly to the situation. She might, indeed, have made the match she was so overjoyed in the good-fortune of her old friend Peter. She made no reference to the woodland meeting—she hoped for the happiness of seeing them in town. And she bade Peter tell the good news to Nannie Wetmore, they would be so glad. Nannie swallowed a grimace and proffered a cousinly hand. She had suspected some such news as this when she saw that things were not going well with Kitty and Peter.
"Better one dance with a good partner that can swing ye than several with a feeble partner that leaves ye to swing your own corners!"
Judith looked up, smiling. She recognized the characteristic utterance of her old friend Mrs. Yellett. The matriarch had sustained a breakdown, and arrived, in consequence, when the dance was half over, but she was philosophical, as always, in the face of misfortune, and loudly attested her pleasure in the renowned pedal feats of her partner, Costigan.
Behind came Mary Carmichael, looking brown and happy. From the attitude of the group around Judith and Peter Mary divined what had happened, and came to add her congratulations. Even Mrs. Yellett forgot to choose an axiom as her medium of expression, and kissed Judith publicly, with affectionate unction. Henderson had effaced himself, and Leander, proud of his triumph and Judith's commendation, sat in a corner and smiled contentedly. Ignorant of the drama to which they had played chorus, the dancers still riotously swung one another up and down the length of the room, and from the little brown fiddles came the gay music of Judith's betrothal.
*THE END*


For the Mount of similar appearance, see Brain Scrambler (item).
A Scutlix is a Hardmode, post-Golem enemy that spawns during the Martian Madness event. It consists of the Scutlix creature, ridden by a Scutlix Gunner character, both of which have individual health meters and can be killed independently. When one is killed, the other will continue to attack.
If the Scutlix itself is killed before the Gunner, the rider will change into a normal Ray Gunner, meaning it no longer drops its unique Banner or the Brain Scrambler item. The rider must be killed while still mounted to count as a Scutlix Gunner. The use of Lava traps is counter-productive in this regard, damaging firstly the mount.
The Scutlix itself has the highest damage of any non-Boss enemy in the Martian Madness event.
Using the UFO Summon invoked by the Xeno Staff also helps taking out the Gunner before killing the Scutlix, helping on the farm for the Brain Scrambler item.
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