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Georgianna Stockwell, a free-spirited young woman from the East, moves to the wilds of the Tonto Basin in Arizona and she creates a violent culture clash. She has been sent there by her parents and doctor for a change of scenery. It seems Georgianna had gotten herself lung problems due to all of her dancing and gadding about. Fortunately, her sister, Mary Stockwell is on the scene ready to take care of her younger sister and to show her how life should really be lived. But it seems Georgianna has realized something perhaps Mary has not. Men and women did not/do not stand on equal terms and this is something Zane Grey lets on that he was aware of as well by writing Georgianna's character. Cal Thurman is the love that is set aside as Georgianna's suitor. Mary and Enoch also come together in "Code of the West", although without all of the bumps of Cal and Georgianna's relationship.
Riders of the Purple Sage
The Light of Western Stars
The U.P. Trail
The Lone Star Ranger
To The Last Man
The Call of the Canyon
The Border Legion
The Young Pitcher
The Mysterious Rider
The Young Forester
The Man of the Forest
The Spirit of the Border
The Young Lion Hunter
The Rustlers of Pecos County
The Day of the Beast
The Heritage of the Desert
The Last of the Plainsmen
The Rainbow Trail
OF the many problems that had beset Mary Stockwell during her two years of teaching school in the sparsely settled Tonto Basin of Arizona, this last one was the knottiest, the one that touched her most keenly. For it involved her little sister, Georgiana May, who was on her way to Arizona to be cured, the letter from their mother disclosed, of a slight tendency toward tuberculosis, and a very great leaning toward indiscriminate flirtation.
This day Mary was unusually tired. She had walked all the way up to the little log school-house on Tonto Creek–six miles–and back again to the Thurman ranch at Green Valley, where she boarded. Her eighteen pupils, ranging from six-year-old Mytie Thurman to sixteen-year-old Richard, had broken all records that day for insubordination. Then the hot sun of the September afternoon and the thick dust of the long dry road through brush and forest had taxed her to extreme weariness. Consequently she was not at her best to receive such a shock as her mother's letter had given her.
"Well, there's no help for it," she thought wearily, taking up the letter again. "Georgiana is on her way–will arrive in Globe on the ninth. Let me see. Goodness, that's tomorrow–Tuesday. The mail stage leaves Globe on Wednesday. She'll get to Ryson about five o'clock. And I can't get away. I'll have to send someone to meet her…. Dear little golden-haired Georgie!"
Miss Stockwell seemed divided between distress at this sudden vexatious responsibility, and a reviving tender memory of her sister. What would she do with her? How would the Thurmans take this visit? Georgiana had looked very much like an angel, but she most assuredly had belied her appearance. Taking up the letter again, the perplexed schoolmistress hurried to that part which had so shocked her and scattered her wits:
…Dr. Smith says Georgie's right lung is affected, but Dr. Jones, whom father swears by, says Georgie had just danced and gadded herself into a run-down condition. But I think Dr. Smith is right. I never could bear that man Jones. You remember Mrs. Jones–what airs she put on. Anyway, Georgie is in a bad way, besides being possessed of a variety of devils.
Daughter, you've been away from home going on six years, and part of the time you've been living in the backwoods. You've been better off, thank Heavens, but you're buried alive as far as knowing what's come over the world. Since you left we've had the Great War, and then after-the-war, which was worse. I'm sure I don't know how to explain what has happened. At least I can give you some idea of Georgiana. She is now seventeen, and pretty. She knows more than you, who are twice her age. She knows more than I do. Whatever the modern girl has developed, Georgie has it. It seems to me that no one can help loving her. This is not a mother's foolish vanity. It's based on what I see and hear. All our friends love Georgie. And as for the boys–the young men–they are wild about her, and she does her best to keep them that way. I hate to admit it, but Georgie is an outrageous flirt.
But to come to the point–Georgiana absolutely will have her own way. All these modern girls are alike in this respect. They say we parents are "out of date," "we do not understand."–Perhaps they are right. Father thinks Georgie has not been held back by any restraint or anything we have tried to teach her. But worried and sick and frightened as I am about Georgie, I can't believe she is really bad. I realize, though, that this may be merely a mother's faith or blindness or vanity.
Georgiana has graduated from high school. We want her to work. But she will never work in Erie, and perhaps any hard application now–if Georgie could perform such a miracle–might be worse for her health.
Friends of ours, the Wayburns, are motoring to California, and offered to take Georgie West with them. You may be sure we grasped desperately and hopefully at the idea of sending her. That thrilled her. We are not so well off as formerly. But we made sacrifices and got Georgie all she wanted, and we will arrange to pay her board indefinitely out there. Maybe the West you tell so wonderfully about will cure her and be her salvation. Most assuredly her coming will be a trial for you. But, daughter, we beg of you–accept it, and do your best–for Georgie's sake.
The second perusal of that amazing letter left Miss Stockwell saddened and thoughtful, but free of her former perplexity and worry. Her mother had done her best. If Georgiana could stand the rugged, virile, wild Tonto Basin, she would not only regain her health, but she would grow away from the falseness and over-sophistication that followed the war. Buried in the wilderness as Miss Stockwell had been, nevertheless she had kept up an active interest in the outside world. And all that periodicals could supply of information concerning news and progress of the times she had assimilated. Not improbably, she understood better that precocious new American type–the modern girl–than did her mother. She welcomed the coming of her sister. It might be difficult for her, but that did not matter. It could not help but be good for Georgiana.
Then suddenly she was confronted with another aspect of the case–the effect Georgiana would have on this environment, on the Thurmans, and all these good simple primitive people who must come in contact with her sister. She had grown fond of the Tonto and its rugged simplicity. She had long been conscious of how she was helping the children, and through them their parents. Was there not a deeper and more personal reason why she had become content with life there? A warmth tingled in her cheeks as she shirked the query. But in regard to Georgiana–there was bound to be an upheaval at Green Valley. Georgiana might pursue the audacious tenor of her frivolous life back there in Erie, but she could not do it in Arizona. Miss Stockwell vaguely realized how impossible it would be, though she could not then tell just why.
But the thought brought home to her a true appreciation of the boys and young men with whom she had become acquainted. The sons of the three Thurman families she knew especially well, for she had lived a year in their homes. Young men all, mostly in their early twenties, they were; though Enoch Thurman was over thirty, and Serge, his cousin, was a few years younger. All of them were hard riders of the high bare ranges of the Tonto. Only one of them had a wife. And sweethearts were so scarce that the boys were always fighting over one. They drove cattle in all seasons, helping one another, hewed timber, tilled and harvested fields of corn and sorghum, hunted the bears and lions that preyed on their stock. And the money they earned, which was not much, they gave to their mother. Seldom did any of them ride farther from their homesteads than Ryson. The lure of city life had not penetrated here. Several of the Thurmans had been in the training-camps during the war, and one of them, Boyd Thurman, the best rider, roper, axman, and hunter of the lot, had seen service in France. He had returned uninjured, and seemingly unchanged by all he had gone through. That fact, more than any Miss Stockwell could name, marked the individuality of the Thurmans and the character of the Tonto. Old Henry Thurman was wont to brag: "Nary a black mark ag'in' Boyd–in camp or war!"
During her years of teaching in the Tonto, Miss Stockwell had never seen a Thurman, or any of their relatives, under the influence of liquor. They did not lie. If they made a promise it would be kept. Clean, fine, virile, manly young giants they all seemed to her. They smoked cigarettes, of their own making, and they would fight at the drop of a sombrero. They were cool, easy, tranquil, contented young backwoodsmen, strong and resourceful in the open, full of a latent fire and reserve force seldom called upon. They loved jokes, tricks, and dances. Among these hardy and daring young mountaineers a girl of Georgiana's kind would be like a firebrand in the grass of the prairie.
The sharp clip-clop of trotting horses outside on the road interrupted Miss Stockwell's meditations. The riders were returning from the range. She thought it would be well for her to go out at once and make arrangements with one of the boys to go to Ryson next day to meet the stage.
"I wonder what Georgie will think of this ranch," mused Miss Stockwell, as she went out.
The old ranch house, part logs and part frame, moss-covered and weather-beaten, with its rambling additions shaded by trees, had grown to be a picturesque and satisfying sight to her. But at first it had struck her, as had almost everything, as crude and primitive, and suggestive of raw pioneer life.
She walked back of the house, through the yard, where chickens and calves and dogs had free access, to the corrals. They were huge round pens, made of bare poles, growing old and dilapidated now. The gates were made of roughly sawed yellow-pine boards from Henry's sawmill. Enoch's white mule, old Wise, came toward her. He was a famous mule in Arizona, past his prime now, but still vigorous. His color was a speckled white, and he was far from beautiful. But he had a keen well-formed head and most intelligent eyes. Old Wise was renowned for many things, but especially for his kick. But he would not kick anyone he liked, and he certainly adored Miss Stockwell. This day, however, she had no sugar or candy for him, and passed the old beast by with a pat and a pull of his long ears.
The adjoining corral was large, and always, in spite of its space, had been a bewildering place to Miss Stockwell. One corner was heaped full of old wagons, buggies, farm implements, and worn-out autos, so that it was merely a junkheap. A long rambling barn ran the whole length of the corral, and in fact constituted the barrier on that side. Like the house, additions had been built to it from time to time, so that it seemed a jumble of peaks, roofs, lofts, and wide-open doors showing broken stalls. The corral was crowded with dusty rolling horses. These features, perhaps, were what usually bewildered Miss Stockwell, though she liked to see the sweaty horses roll. They manifestly enjoyed it so hugely. They would bend their legs, lie down on one side, and groan and heave and strain until they rolled clear over. Then they would lunge, snorting, to their feet, and with a violent wrestling shake of their bodies send off the dust in a cloud. Their next move was to make a bee line for the open gate to the wide green pasture that gave the valley its name.
Miss Stockwell found the riders, nine of them, grouped before one of the wide doors of the barn. She had a singular feeling that these young Westerners had suddenly become more important and significant to her.
In a group these boys all looked strangely alike. It was necessary to pick one out and study him individually to see where he differed from his comrades. They were all tall, lean, rangy, with the round powerful limbs, the small hips, the slightly bowed legs of the born horseman. If they were of different complexions it could not be discerned then, for each of them was black from dust and brush. They wore huge sombreros, mostly black, some of them gray, and all were old, slouched, and grimy. Blue jeans, jumpers, and overalls seemed the favorite garb. Several had discarded their chaps, to reveal trousers stuffed into high-topped, high-heeled boots, shiny and worn, bearing long spurs with huge rowels.
They responded to Miss Stockwell's greeting with the slow, drawling Texas speech that never failed to please her.
"Boys, I want one of you to do me an especial favor," she said.
Enoch Thurman came from behind the group. He was the chief of this clan, a lofty-statured rider, the very sight of whom had always fascinated her.
"Wal, Miss Mary, if it's takin' you to the dance, I'm shore puttin' up my bid," he drawled. He had wonderfully clear light-gray eyes, and the piercing quality of their gaze was now softened by a twinkle. A smile, too, changed the rigidity of the dark lean face.
It occurred to Miss Stockwell that from the date of Georgiana's arrival she would have to attend the dances. The prospect was alarming. The few functions of this kind in which she had participated had rendered her somewhat incapable for teaching the next day. For these boys had kept her dancing unremittingly from dark till dawn.
"I accept your kind invitation, Enoch, but that's not the favor I mean," she said, with a smile.
Then Boyd Thurman lunged up, smiling. He was stalwart, big-shouldered, of strong rugged face, hard as bronze, and his blue eyes were as frank as a child's. He tipped back his sombrero, showing a shock of tow-colored hair.
"Teacher, what is this heah favor?" he inquired.
"Reckon we're all a-rarin' to do you any favor," said Wess Thurman. He was a cousin of Boyd's and Enoch's, twenty-two, with the Thurman stature and wide-open eyes.
"It's to go to Ryson tomorrow to meet my sister," responded Miss Stockwell.
The announcement was not a trivial one in its content. Indeed, it seemed of tremendous importance. The boys reacted slowly to its significance.
"Tomorrow," spoke up Enoch, regretfully. "Wal, I'm shore sorry. But I can't go, Miss Mary. We rode Mescal Ridge today, an' I drove some yearlin's inside our drift fence. They belong to that Bar XX outfit, an' shore there's no love lost between us. I'm drivin' them off our range tomorrow."
Judging from the eagerness of the rest of the boys, with the exception of Cal Thurman, they all preferred meeting Miss Stockwell's sister to driving cattle. And for several moments it appeared that Enoch would not have much help on the morrow.
"Goodness! I don't want you all!" she protested. "One of you will do. If it's such an occasion, you might draw lots."
But this suggestion did not meet with the approval of the majority. They argued about it. Miss Stockwell had long been used to their simplicity, their earnestness and loquacity, and when opposed, their singular perversity to one another's ideas and persistence in their own. They argued so determinedly that the teacher feared one of the quarrels which were of daily, almost hourly, occurrence. If one of these boys wanted to do something especially, that was a cue for the others to oppose him.
"Say, can she dance?" suddenly inquired Serge Thurman, brother of Wess. He was a yellow-haired young giant, sunburnt, with eyes reddened by heat and dust and wind. Serge was the most gallant, as well as the best dancer, of all the Thurmans. His query opened up a new train of thought, manifestly of intense interest to the boys.
Miss Stockwell had to laugh. Assuredly the advent of Georgiana would be worth seeing. "Why, I'm pretty sure she dances," she replied, thoughtfully. It began to dawn upon her that she might repay these Thurmans for some of the innocent little tricks they had played on her.
More arguments followed this tentative admission by Miss Stockwell, and it was in no wise concluded when several of the boys asserted they were going to Ryson, and alone.
"Now, Miss Stockwell, what's this heah sister of yourn like?" queried Pan Handle Ames. He was one of the several men employed by Enoch, like most of them of Texas stock, and a rider of the desert Pan Handle of Texas before he came to Arizona. He had a homely face and serious air. And his question precipitated such renewed interest that it seemed absolutely vital to the issue.
The teacher studied these friendly, queer young men, laughing to herself, thrilling for them, and slowly yielding to machinations of her own. How likable they were! They would spend hours over this simple matter, unless she settled it.
"I'll tell you, boys," she asserted. "I have a picture of her. I'll fetch it–and then you can decide who really wants to meet her."
That, at last, was one thing they approved of with instant unity. Miss Stockwell hurried to her room, and with growing consciousness of her opportunity, searched in her effects for the picture of a maiden aunt who was noted for her plain, severe face. She felt a twinge at thought of the use she meant to make of this likeness of the good aunt whom she loved, but did not let such trepidations dissuade her from her purpose. Armed with the photograph, she hurried back to the group of boys in the corral.
"There!" she exclaimed, holding it out.
All of them but Cal Thurman crowded round her, eager to see the likeness of her sister. Cal seemed amused at their actions…. He was Enoch's youngest brother, a boy of nineteen, and apparently the only one of the clan not particularly interested in girls.
There was a moment of strained, silent attention, then one of them burst out:
"Aw, Miss Mary, she ain't a bit like you."
"Not much," said Serge, decisively, with a finality the teacher did not fail to note.
"Wal, is this–is she really your sister?" queried Enoch, slowly, as if trying to remember. "Shore I thought you once showed me a picture."
"Ahuh!" added Pan Handle Ames. "Nice sweet-appearin' lady." He said it with aloof nonchalance, with obvious insincerity.
Then, as a group they became silent, rather awkwardly and slowly realizing that the situation had subtly changed. They backed away from the teacher's side and assumed former lounging positions, most of them calmly resorting to the inevitable cigarette. Enoch regarded his clan with undisguised mirth. They had placed themselves in an embarrassing position.
"Wal, I reckon you-all are rarin' to chase them Bar XX steers in the mawnin'," he drawled, with dry sarcasm. Enoch knew his clan.
The riders had drifted imperceptibly, as if by magic, back into that cool, easy serenity that usually characterized them. No hint of embarrassment or concern or consciousness of Enoch's half-veiled scorn showed in look or action.
"Enoch, you cain't drive that bunch of yearlin's without me an' Boyd," asserted Serge, calmly.
Boyd nodded his assurance of this, and his big eyes shone with a glare as he spoke: "Reckon thet new Bar XX foreman won't like you any better, Enoch. An' considerin' how much thet was, he's goin' to be riled when he finds out. He's always achin' to start a fight. An' if you don't drive thet bunch off our range he'll swear we're rustlin'."
Enoch took this seriously, as if there was a good deal in it.
"Boyd, I was only doin' Bloom a favor," he replied. "It was near dark when we rounded up that bunch. An' his outfit is ridin' Mescal Ridge tomorrow."
"Shore. But my advice is to get them cattle on his range before the day's busted," went on Boyd. "An' it mightn't be easy to find them all."
Enoch then turned to Miss Stockwell with more of a serious consideration of the matter. "Miss Mary, I'm needin' Serge an' Boyd tomorrow, an' so none of us can meet your sister. But shore any of the rest of my obligin' an' lady-killin' outfit can get off for the day."
"Thank you, Enoch," replied the teacher, and thus fortified by his permission, she turned again to the boys to inquire sweetly: "Now which one of you will do me this favor?"
As her gaze surveyed them all collectively they remained mute, thoughtful, very far away; but when she singled out Pan Handle Ames to look directly at him, he drawled:
"Miss Mary, air you forgettin' how I drove you home from the school-house one day?"
"Indeed I'm not!" returned Miss Stockwell, with a shudder. "Driving automobiles is not your forte."
"Wal, it shore ain't. But all the same, I'd 'a' got you home if the car had held together," replied Pan Handle, and then settled back coolly to enjoy his cigarette. He knew he was out of the reckoning.
Then it seemed incumbent upon the others to face Miss Stockwell, ready to answer her appealing and reproachful gaze, when it alighted upon each of them.
Dick Thurman was the youngest of the boys, and he was still in school. "You know, teacher, I'd go, if it wasn't for lessons. I'm behind now, you say, an' father keeps me busy before an' after school."
Lock Thurman was the dark-skinned, dark-eyed, and dark-haired member of the family, a young man of superb stature, and the quietest, shyest of all the clan.
"Lock, please, won't you go?" asked the teacher.
He shook his head and dropped it, to hide his face. "I reckon I'm afeared of women," he said.
"Huh! Why don't you say you're afeared of thet there girl of yourn–Angie Bowers?" retorted his brother Wess.
"I ain't no more afeared of her than you are of her twin sister Aggie," responded Lock.
"Wal, when you cain't tell which is Angie an' which is Aggie–all the time mixin' up your gurls–you oughta be scared. What'll you do if you ever git married?" spoke up Serge.
This might have led to another argument had not Miss Stockwell broken in upon them by appealing to Wess.
"Teacher, I just hate to tell you I cain't go for your sister," replied Wess, in apparent deep sincerity. "I got a lot to do tomorrow, an' shore need that day off Enoch said we could have. My saddle's got to be mended, an' my boots need half-solin', an' father's at me to begin doctorin' the dog's feet–for we'll be chasin' bear soon–an' mother wants a lot done–an' I just cain't go to Ryson. Ask Arizona there. He can leave off cuttin' sorghum for tomorrow."
Thus directed, Miss Stockwell turned to the young man designated as Arizona. If he had another name she had never heard it. He was the only one of small stature in the group, a ruddy-faced, blinking-eyed rider, with a reputation for humor that his appearance belied.
"Aw, Miss Stockwell, I'm 'most sick because I cain't oblige you," asserted this worthy, in the most regretful of voices. "But old Hennery gave me plumb orders to cut thet sorghum before it rains."
"Wal," spoke up Wess, "it hasn't rained for a month an' it'll go dry now till October."
"Nope. It's a-goin' to rain shore aboot day after tomorrer. See them hazy clouds flyin' up from the southwest. Shore sign of storm. You get Con to go."
Con Casey, the comrade now referred to by Arizona, was a newcomer to the Thurman range, an Irishman only a few years in America and not long in the West. He was the most earnest and simple-minded of young men, and a source of vast amusement to his comrades. They liked him, though they made him the butt of their jokes and tricks.
When the teacher appealed to Con he sat up, startled. His solemn freckled face lost its ruddy color, his big pale-blue eyes dilated and stared. There was no mistaking his sincerity or his fright.
"My Gawd!" he ejaculated, in deep solemn tones, "Miss Stockwell, shure I niver was alone wit' a woman in me loife."
The boys guffawed at this, and cast sly banter at him, but there was no doubt that they believed him.
Miss Stockwell wore a manner of great anxiety which was really not in strict harmony with her true feelings. She was enjoying the situation hugely, and saw that it would probably work out exactly as she had hoped. Then what a climax on the morrow, when Georgiana appeared on the scene!
Tim Matthews, another rider, added his ridiculous excuse to avoid meeting the teacher's sister; and the last one, excepting Cal Thurman, nonchalantly made a statement that he was not very well and might soon be having the doctor from the village.
At that Cal slouched up with all his five-foot-eleven of superb young manhood and surveyed his brothers and comrades in amused derision.
"You're a lot of boobs, I'll tell the world," he said.
Miss Stockwell thrilled at this, and felt the imminence of something she had hoped for. This nineteen-year-old son of Henry Thurman's was, in her opinion, the finest of the whole clan. He had all the hardiness, simplicity, and ruggedness of the Tonto natives, and somewhat more of intelligence and schooling. He seemed more modern and was fairly well read. Cal had spent his last year of school under Miss Stockwell and he had been a good student. His grandfather had been a Texan and a Rebel noted for his wild fiery temperament, which, according to family talk, Cal had inherited.
"Teacher, I'll be glad to go meet your sister," he declared, turning to her. "I was only waitin' to see how they'd wiggle out of it."
"Thank you, Cal. I'm certain you won't be sorry," replied the teacher, gratefully. She was indeed pleased, and now began to revolve in mind just how to prepare Cal for the advent of Georgiana. Certainly up to that moment it had not occurred to her to go on with the deception.
"She's to come on the stage from Globe?" inquired Cal, as he walked with Miss Stockwell toward the corral gate.
"Yes. Tomorrow."
"What'll I take–the buckboard or car?"
The teacher thought that over a moment.
"It's an awful old clap-trap–that bundle of rusty iron," observed the teacher, remembering her few experiences in the family automobile. "I don't believe it's as safe as the buckboard."
"Sure I'll get her here safe," replied Cal, with a laugh.
By this time they had reached the corral gate, which he opened for her. Suddenly loud cries of mirth resounded from the boys back by the barn. The teacher turned with Cal to see what had occasioned them such amusement. Some of them were standing with their heads close together and were apparently conversing earnestly. Their very air intimated deviltry and secrecy.
Cal gazed at them suspiciously, and a darker fire gleamed in his eyes. He had a smooth, almost beardless face, clear brown tan, and less of the leanness and craggy hardness that characterized his brothers' features. He looked something better than handsome, the teacher thought.
"Say, that outfit is up to tricks," he muttered. And he pushed back his huge sombrero to run a sinewy hand through his brown hair.
"Tricks?" echoed Miss Stockwell, vague. Had she better not divulge her own duplicity?
"Sure. Just look at Tim. He's plannin' something now. He always wags his head that way when he's… Aw, I can read their minds."
"What are they going to do?" inquired Miss Stockwell, curiously.
"They'll be in Ryson tomorrow when I meet your sister," he answered, grimly.
"What! They will?" cried the teacher, almost too eagerly. Cal looked at her dubiously, and again he brushed back his hair. He wanted, and meant, to be obliging, but evidently he did not have any delightful anticipations at the prospect before him. Almost like a flash came the inspiration to Miss Stockwell to go on with the deception and not enlighten Cal as to the truth regarding Georgiana. He would be all the more amazed and dazed when the realization burst suddenly upon him. How supremely happy he would be to lord it over his tricky comrades! And as for Tim Matthews, and those few evidently elected to have great fun at Cal's expense–what poignant consternation and regret they would suffer! Miss Stockwell reveled in her idea. Georgiana, too, would make the best of it.
"Let me see that picture you showed the boys–so I'll know her," said Cal.
Miss Stockwell handed it to him without a word. Cal gazed at it for a moment.
"Can't see any resemblance to you," he remarked, presently. "She's homely an' you're good-lookin'."
"Thank you, Cal," replied Miss Stockwell, demurely. "I appreciate your compliment. But you didn't have to say so just because you found my–my sister plain."
"Say!–I mean it, teacher. Why, Enoch thinks you're the best-lookin' woman he ever saw. An' sure he's a good judge."
Miss Stockwell felt a little warmth on her cheek that was not all the westering sun. She liked the boy's faith in Enoch. There was a singularly fine relation between these brothers, and one that augured well for the boy's future.
"Cal, I think I'd take the buckboard instead of that old car," suggested Miss Stockwell. She was thinking of the spirited black horses usually driven with the buckboard, and how much more they might appeal to a girl.
"Aw, she won't mind the looks of that old gas-wagon. An' sure I don't care," said Cal, with a laugh. "You see, the stage gets in late sometimes, an' if I take the car I can drive your sister out here quick, before dark. It's fifteen miles to Ryson, you know, an' would take me several hours with the team. I'd like to get home before dark."
"Why–so particularly? I've heard how you can ride the trails after night."
"Aw, that outfit will be up to some trick, an' between you an' me I'd rather not be caught along a dark road with that old–I mean–your sister," replied Cal, finishing lamely.
"Oh, I see," mused Miss Stockwell, slowly, studying the perplexed face of the young man. "Very well, Cal. You do as you think best. But take a hunch from me, as you boys say. You won't be sorry I inflicted this job on you."
"Aw, now, teacher, I didn't mean you'd done that," he protested. "It's only Tim an' those darn fools. They've got a chance to get even. You don't know what I did to them last dance."
"Well, I don't care what you did to them or what they do to you–tomorrow. You're not going to be sorry you went. You might be very glad."
"Why?" he asked, with a dawning of curiosity. He eyed her in confidence, yet withal as a boy who realized an unknown quantity in women. He had not the slightest idea what she meant, yet he had acquired an interest apart from his kindliness or desire to oblige her. "Maybe she's rich an' will give me a new saddle or somethin'," he remarked, jokingly.
"Maybe. She'll give you something, that's certain," replied Miss Stockwell, mysteriously.
She left him at the corral gate, holding it open for her, a pleased and rather vaguely expectant smile on his face as he turned to look back at his scheming comrades.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Ranch Tacos is the perfect freezer meal to make! It is so easy to prep by putting the ingredients in the freezer bag and then straight into the freezer. Just pull it out when you want to make it and dump it right in the crockpot. I made this freezer recipe when I was making 15 Freezer Meals for my family! You can also prep it as is and place it straight into your slow cooker.
So I got busy creating recipes so I could take an afternoon to prep freezer meals and have meals ready to go for my family. This yummy crockpot recipe has been one of my favorite dinners so far out of all the slow cooker meals, but I also love Mexican inspired recipes too. I served the delicious Chicken Tacos with refried beans. I also used a 4 QT slow cooker to make the Chicken Ranch Tacos in.
This is an Easy Keto Diet Recipe too! Just serve on a bed of lettuce or low carb tortilla and enjoy! This is perfect if you are eating Keto but your family isn't because you can prepare this recipe and everyone will be happy!
Slow Cooker Chicken Ranch Tacos is so good and it's an easy freeze slow cooker supper that everyone will love. My whole family loved this complete crockpot dinner meal and they want me to make it again soon! Be sure to make this crockpot freezer meal, you will not be disappointed. It is a great recipe to use for Taco Tuesday! Plus the slow cooker does all the hard work!
Favorite toppings such as tomatoes cheese, lettuce etc.
For freezer meal you need to label ziploc bag with recipe name, date and directions.
Place in freezer flat, until ready to use.
Thaw overnight in fridge and then place in slow cooker (I used a 4qt).
Place lid on and let cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Shred chicken and stir well.
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THE fifth and final of Britain's next-generation patrol ships is preparing to leave the Clyde before the end of the month after successful trials.
HMS Spey is undergoing fine-tuning and final tweaks following an intense ten-day workout around the Firth of Clyde and waters of western Scotland before preparing for a long-term mission thousands of miles from the UK.
The 2,000-tonne patrol ship is at the vanguard of the Royal Navy's ongoing programme of stationing warships around the world in areas key to Britain's interests.
HMS Forth and HMS Medway are already deployed to the Falklands and Caribbean, with the patrol areas of HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey herself yet to be announced.
For now, the ship's company and shipwrights and technicians from BAE Systems in Glasgow are making the final preparations for Spey's 700-mile journey from the Clyde to the Solent at the end of October.
As with her maiden voyage, the delivery trip will see the ship crewed jointly by Royal Navy personnel and merchant crew –- Spey will enter Portsmouth under the Blue Ensign (denoting a vessel in government service, rather than one in the Fleet).
Her trials focused largely on the basics of seafaring, testing machinery, propulsion, steering, sensors, winches and cranes, and communications.
The ship's guns, led by her main 30mm armament –- fired remotely from the operations room –- were flashed up off the island of Ailsa Craig against a giant red 'killer tomato' inflatable target.
Spey also encountered one of her first-generation River-class sisters, HMS Mersey –- although she had to slow down from her regular 24kts speed to allow the 17-year-old fishery protection vessel to keep pace with her.
Blessed with perfect weather conditions, all trials were completed on time and met the high standards demanded of them, much to the delight of Spey's first commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Ben Evans. "It was great to see how the ship performed at sea," he said.
"These trials allow the ship to really be put through her paces for the first time, and we were able to witness firsthand how the last of the five brand new offshore patrol vessels performs.
"It has taken a lot of planning and hard work to get to this point, made especially difficult due to the ongoing pandemic, and I am thankful to everyone involved for getting us to this milestone.
"Everything has been conducted with safety in mind and I am really pleased with the results."
Once in Portsmouth there will be further trials and training, the ship will be formally transferred to the Royal Navy and commissioned, before being ready for front-line operations by the early summer of 2021 so she can take her place alongside her four sisters.
She'll also foster closer ties with her affiliated county of Moray in Scotland –- the river Spey flows through it into the North Sea -– and its principal town, Elgin.


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Postcard collecting by deltiologists became very popular at the turn of the century. An interesting and very creative artistic postcard is a montage stamp postcard. Various images were usually formed completely or partially from used, cut-out stamps, and then an artistic expression complementing the stamp mosaic was painted in the scene. Because of the originality of this procedure, this postcard is not only unique but truly one of a kind. In this case, the fisherman's postcard is highly desired not only by a collector but also by a snowy white egret!


While the Nvidia press conference is currently happening over at Twitch, we have price points for the new line of Nvidia graphics cards. They are called RTX and will be the 20x line.
The current models shown above are currently available for pre-order and will release on September 20th (one day after my birthday if anyone wants to gift me one..lol). I'm assuming that the 2060 and 2050 will arrive later on. Hopefully, these new cards will not suffer the same issues of going double their price due to people buying them in bulk.
The RTX stands for Raytracing. Without getting into full nerd details, Nvidia is focusing on illumination and lighting. With this technology, it will be easier to provide more realistic lighting and shadows. All I know is that I need a small loan of $1200 so I can upgrade!
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The net is made from 18,000 heavy duty polyester mesh, which can also withstand a barrage of punishment.
We do not have a scale that will be able to calculate the weight of the net once assembled.
Is this 36" tall or wide? What is the other dimension?
36" is the width of the net. The dimensions are 36" X 24" or 91.4cm X 61.0cm.


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A Georgia homeowner shot one of three burglars who had broken into his Decatur home Monday afternoon during broad daylight.
The man, buy more about who has not been publically identified, was coming home on his lunch break when he got a call from his alarm company warning of a possible break-in, a local NBC affiliate reported. When the man got home, he went to the back of the house and could see three men inside. He immediately called 911.
But while he was still on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, the three men came out of the house. Rather than taking off, the trio came towards the man. But what the men didn't know was that the homeowner was armed and, apparently feeling threatened by the suspects, pulled out his gun and fired it.
One of the suspects was struck by the gunfire, but the other two ran off. The injured suspect was later found in the area suffering from a non-fatal gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital where he was being treated for his injury.
Police are still searching for the other two suspects, but no description was provided.
Authorities did not indicate whether the suspects got away with any of the homeowner's belongings, but did confirm that the house had been ransacked.
To make matters worse, the homeowner had likely finished cleaning up his home from another break-in which had occurred just five days prior. Police did not indicate whether they believed the two break-ins were related.
The homeowner was not injured during the ordeal and police stated that it does not appear that he broke any laws and will likely not face any charges. -[source]
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It was January 2021 and Lady Penelope was taking tea in the drawing room of Creighton-Ward Mansion when her chauffeur, Parker, appeared at the door.
'I'm sorry to bother you milady' he began, 'but the Secretary of State for Health is on the phone. He's at some Downing Street party and wondering if you'd care to join him'.
'Not him again,' replied Lady Penelope striding over to where Parker was holding the phone. 'When will that lecherous little man realise I don't want to have anything to do with him. And, what's more, to attend a social gathering in the present circumstances is completely wrong and whilst some in government may consider themselves above the law, this lady of the realm most certainly does not! Give me the phone Parker, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind'.
Lady Penelope took the phone from Parker and, before the caller could say a word, that's exactly what she proceeded to do.
'Mr Secretary of State' she growled down the line, 'you should be ashamed of yourself, partying whilst daily Covid deaths sore ever higher. You need to do something and do something quick. If you had any sense you'd be calling on those who can always be relied upon in an emergency. If I was you, I'd be calling on the new primary care wing of International Rescue.'
And with that Lady Penelope ended the call and threw herself down onto the chaise lounge that was situated by her side.
'That's the way to deal with men like that Parker. Now, if you would be so good as to bring me another pot of Earl Grey I'd be most awfully grateful. And, perhaps, a large measure of Talisker to accompany it. Speaking to people like that leave one somewhat in need of a restorative.'
Meanwhile, far away on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific, Jeff Tracey was in a meeting with two of his five GP sons, the other three joining them via Zoom from International Rescue's space station. Also present were other allied members of the organisation. They were all discussing what their response should be to the news they had recently received from Lady Penelope. In her role as special agent in London, she had discovered that their evil nemesis, 'The Hood', had managed to infiltrate British politics and subsequently risen to become Prime Minister. By employing his powers of hypnosis he had even managed to convince a large proportion of the electorate that he was both a competent and respectable national leader.
Their deliberations were interrupted when the phone on Jeff Tracey's desk flashed red indicating that a distress call was being received. Picking up the phone and listening to the voice on the other end of the line, he echoed back the callers opening words.
'You say you've had a wonderful idea?' He said, his voice suggesting that he doubted that such a thing was possible. Covering the mouthpiece of the phone he indicated to the others that it was the Secretary of State for Health who was calling. He then continued the call, repeating key statements so as to convey to the gist of what was being said to everyone one else who was in the room. 'No I didn't see the announcement on the television this evening…a national vaccination programme to commence tomorrow you say…with jabs being made available in local centres right across the country.'
When at last the caller had finished speaking, Jeff paused for a moment, considering his reply.
'Well you might have thought to speak to us before you made such an announcement to the general public. General Practice may well be ideally positioned and though the efforts of those who work within it are not infrequently superhuman, it remains the case that each and every person who makes up the primary care workforce, as well as those who work elsewhere in the NHS, are ordinary individuals whose willingness to help cannot, and must not, be taken for granted in this way. Even so, since International Rescue exists for the sole purpose of saving human life, we will do all we can to help. You can rely on us.'
Ending the call Jeff looked around the room and formulated his plan. First he gave instructions to his bespectacled lead scientist.
'Brains, you and Tin Tin, must work alongside those infinitely resourceful and wonderfully capable practice managers and coordinate the implementation of the delivery of the vaccine.'
'Just as you say, Mr Tracey. We'll get on to it immediately'. Brains and his trusted assistant stood up and made their way to the door. Then Jeff Tracey turned to the two sons who were present with him in the room.
'Scott, you take Thunderbird 1. I want you to be first on the ground overseeing the set up of vaccination centres across the country. Tap into the eagerness to help, not only of GPs but also of practice nurses, admin staff and receptionists and thus pull together a team capable of delivering the largest vaccination program in history. And Virgil, with Pod 6 packed full of vials of Pfizer, Modena and AZ vaccines, you are to take Thunderbird 2 and distribute them the length and breath of the UK. Have you got that boys.'
'F.A.B. Father. Thunderbirds are Go!'
And so began the roll out of the highly effective national vaccination programme, the like of which the country had never seen before. Shy of publicity, and eager to keep their identity a secret, International Rescue members smiled inwardly to themselves as those in Government sought, perhaps, to take a little too much credit for what was actually achieved as a result of the tireless efforts of countless individuals. Still, it was enough for those involved to know that there's was a job well done.
A year or so later, a lone GP sat at his desk and waited for the lateral flow test that he had just taken to reveal it's result. It had been another long day and as the last consultation had drawn to a close Dr Mungo had begun to feel slightly unwell. Perhaps he was just worn out given how impossible the job had become. Workload had never been so heavy and patient demand had never been so high. It was no surprise of course, given the ever lengthening list of those waiting for hospital treatment, the surge in patients suffering with poor mental health and a workforce crises that was resulting in the collapse of GP practices right across the country. Furthermore, GP morale, already at an all time low, was only being made worse by criticism in the press, a criticism, tacitly endorsed by some in government, that suggested that it was simply lazy and overpaid GPs who were responsible for the problems that the NHS was experiencing.
'Oh that you could get an ambulance as quickly as the result of a Covid test', Dr Mungo said to himself recalling how he'd had to wait three hours for an emergency response vehicle to arrive having called for one earlier in the day for a patient experiencing marked difficulty in breathing. 'Well that's me working from home for the next week or so.' he sighed as the second red line appeared in the window of the plastic test that lay on the desk in front of him. He didn't relish the prospect. It wasn't only that his being away would put additional strain on the practice, it was also that he did so hate consulting remotely and not being able to see his patients face to face.
As he sat with his head in hands, he remembered something that an aristocratic friend of his had once said to him. Penny, as he had known her, had told him that, were he ever to find himself in dire need of help, there was a number he could call that would be sure to lead to him receiving the assistance he required. He'd kept a note of number she'd given him ever since and he now scrolled through his contacts desperate to make use of it. At last he found it. 'Under I', he said to himself smiling, 'just as you'd expect.'
He entered the number into his phone and waited for what seemed like an age. Eventually a voice came onto the line.
'Hello' it said hesitantly. 'Can I help?'
'Is that 'International Rescue?' Dr Mungo asked, questioning for a moment if he might have misdialled given how uncertain the one who answered his call seemed.
'Well it used to be', came the reply. 'I'm just the caretaker. Most of the others have gone now, what with all the changes we've had round here. It's the funding you see. We used to get some government support but that all dried up, as a result of all the money that was wasted on the crippling expensive, not to mention disastrously ineffective, test and trace service, the budget for which was greater than that for the whole of primary care. And then there was the stress of it all. Scott left to take up a job stacking shelves in a local supermarket and Virgil eventually burnt out and joined the ranks of the long term sick, his precarious mental state evidenced by the fact that he began writing pastiches whose storylines were as stilted as the movements of the characters in a Gerry Anderson TV series of the 1960s. The Thunderbirds themselves have all been decommissioned and sold for scrap – except for Thunderbird 4 that is. Dr Gordon Tracey continues to offer a service as best he can but, without Thunderbird 2 to transport the yellow submersible, it isn't always possible to reach people in as timely a fashion as he would like. Even so, I'm sure he'll do what he can if you know someone who's drowning.'
'Oh I know a few of those', Dr Mungo whispered in response, 'but not in the way you're thinking. I'm not sure your submarine will be of much help to them.'
And with a 'Thanks anyway' not dissimilar to those he'd heard from patients who had sometimes left his consulting room seemingly dissatisfied with what he'd been able to offer them, Dr Mungo said his goodbyes and ended the call.
'Thunderbirds are go' he thought to himself. Not any longer. Now it was more a case of 'Thunderbirds are gone'.
And he wondered how long it would be before the same would be said of General Practices too.
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'Looking' Episode Five: Patrick & Richie 4Evah
Once again Patrick says the wrong thing, several times, but not only do we get our first bare ass shot in this episode, we also get to see a very sweet day-long date across our pretty city.
Things open with Patrick waking up next to Richie, in Richie's bed, after what's apparently their fourth or fifth date. Jonathan Groff shows us his butt before pulling on some underwear, which he does, oddly, right before getting in the shower. And we see him do that morning-after-in-a-strange-apartment thing where you brush your teeth with toothpaste on your finger, which, by the way, is a useless exercise. Then he's greeted to a song by Richie, who we learn plays the bass. "The instrument of love," he says, but I've never heard it called that. I just thought it was the instrument of lesser talented guitarists.
They start making out and fooling around again after Patrick's fully dressed, and he keeps saying he's late to work. He even gets all the way out the door before he decides to turn back and have more sex, and call in sick.
The episode turns out to be all about this day they have together, and while the frustration about the show's pacing remains — with a mere three episodes to go it feels like we still barely know these people and they're not even half way from A to B in their story arcs — it is sweet and intimate and evocative, much in the languid style of director Andrew Haigh's acclaimed film Weekend.
There are a few things that happen in this episode that have never, to my knowledge, happened on a TV show before. 1) a very realistic gay blowjob that we see most of, through some clever camera angles, without seeing actual penis; 2) a discussion of dating someone HIV positive when one is HIV negative (Patrick also asks Richie if he swallows cum "a lot," as if this is something a polite person would ask); 3) a frank discussion of bottoming, topping, versatility, and "bottom shame," none of which has been tackled this concisely in film even; 4) someone doing a spot-on impression of Chunk from The Goonies.
Patrick finds some Goonies trading cards at St. Francis Fountain, which would be awesome if it were based in reality, and he admits it is is his favorite movie of all time. He also admits something that many gay men of his generation can probably relate to, which is having a childhood crush on a tween Sean Astin in braces. Then they take the J train from the Mission to Stanyan Street (don't even start), and they walk through the park to go to the planetarium at the Academy of Sciences. It's here that they have a talk about who's the top and who's the bottom, using Ross and Rachel from Friends as stand-ins. (Rachel is the top, obvi.) Patrick admits that he's mostly a top because he just doesn't like bottoming that much, which is "kind of a surprise, to be honest" to Richie — and everyone watching the show. And Richie suggests that Patrick may have a bit of "bottom shame," asking, "Do you think you'd be embarrassed if your parents thought you were a bottom?" Now, this is a question every gay man can relate to.
Also, Richie turns out to be more insightful and multi-dimensional than I thought at first, saying that the terms "top" and "bottom" are "terms for guys on websites," and "How do you know what you're into sexually with someone until you're with them?"
I've heard it said that one advantage gay people have in dating is being able to share coming out stories. It happens usually in the first few dates, and it's something all gay people share, and one's story usually ends up being fairly telling about one's family and upbringing, etc. Patrick and Richie share theirs, and then they talk about the idea of marriage and how they feel about it before sitting out at Land's End overlooking the ruins of the Sutro Baths. Then we get this weird, kind of classist moment when Richie says that all he worries about is getting his paycheck and paying his rent, suggesting that Patrick's neuroses are some kind of privileged, bourgeois thing. And he brings up his "señora," a fortuneteller whom they then go see, but they end up leaving before Patrick gets his fortune told because he freaks out, and because he doesn't speak Spanish.
In the end, Patrick says he wants to bottom, but not today, and we close on a shot of him in bed getting ready to top again, having a condom thrown at his face as Morrissey's "Every Day Is Like Sunday" comes on over the credits. (Did anybody else find themselves wondering how much Morrissey charges for the rights to his songs these days?) So, yes, the episode is sweet, and quietly groundbreaking in its off-hand approach to gay sex. But is this the last we'll see of naked Patrick this season? Stay tuned.
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Rich colors, loud clanging, hordes of people, and an overwhelming sense of pride took over San Francisco's annual Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday. Photog Erik Wilson was there to capture the people


Control Center 1.0.9/Resource Manager 5.0.9 (and earlier versions) can experience a runaway CPU condition (100% usage) if the serviced service shell or serviced service run commands are used. This KB describes recommendations and an alternate approach to running commands that will not trigger this issue.
Because this issue is fixed in later versions of the product, Zenoss recommends upgrading to Control Center 1.1.10/Resource Manager 5.1.1, if possible. If upgrade is not possible, proceed to the following section, Workaround.
If upgrading the Control Center and Resource Manager is not an option, use the following workaround procedure to avoid using the serviced service shell or serviced service run commands. To prevent the issue of 100% CPU usage, attach to the container and run the command(s) from inside the container.


The $60 million hotel will be carved into the cliff under Story Bridge and will feature 166 guest rooms, with custom contemporary furnishings and original artworks and giclee prints.
Inspired by and dedicated to Australia's most contemporary artists, the six-storey hotel will also offer four distinct food and beverage outlets as well as a rooftop pool, bar, gym and three conference rooms.
"The stunning new flagship hotel at Howard Smith Wharves is a strong sign of Accor's belief in the much-loved brand and will kick start our plans for future growth across Australia and New Zealand," said AccorHotels Pacific chief operating officer Simon McGrath.
Reservations will open from November 30.


Why do we play? The simple answer is because it's fun. But it's not so easy to describe why something is fun. Even activities that look like work, digging a hole, for example, might be fun depending on who's digging with you, how many stones are in the way, or whether you are digging for treasure.
I think, ultimately, play is fun because it can tap into any combination of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators.
We are all influenced by both extrinsic motivators (rewards, punishments) and intrinsic motivators (autonomy, belonging, competence, destiny). In play, we might be motivated to win or to avoid a penalty of some sort (an extrinsic reward or punishment). But we also might be motivated intrinsically in our play by being able to make choices (autonomy), by the chance to be a team member (belonging), by the opportunity to refine one of our skills (competence), or by the ability to achieve a goal (destiny).
Games are engaging because they tap into a combination of extrinsic and intrinsic motivators. Traditional competitive games tend to motivate us more extrinsically. We play to win or avoid losing. In cooperative games, the motivation might be more focused on being with other people, beating the clock, achieving a higher combined score among teams, or just keeping the game going. But there is nothing absolute about this division. To find out what motivates a player, you have to ask them. One basketball player may be trying to win points while another in the same game is trying to perfect their layup and yet another is playing to keep their place on the team.
We tend to be less familiar with intrinsic motivators. Because they are internal to each of us, they are harder to notice, but they are important in moving us to action. For example, tapping into a person's long term goals for health and fitness is usually a more effective and longer lasting motivator than offering them a reward of money each time they play tennis.
Because we are so familiar with competition and winning or losing to motivate people in games, we may not take advantage of the wider motivational opportunities available through autonomy, belonging, competence, and destiny. Here are a few ways you can use each of these intrinsic motivators to make the games you design more playful.
Autonomy: We always have constraints in whatever we do but we also always have choice within those limits. Most of us prefer to make those choices on our own even if those choices are minimal. Provide opportunities for meaningful decision-making. Make game rules fair and logical. Let people decide whether to play or be an observer.
Belonging: We are social beings who want to be respected and accepted by our peers. We are motivated to perform well for those we care about and respect. Provide opportunities for team formation, sharing of experiences individually or in small groups, and celebration. Promote trust.
Competence: We do things to gain a skill or to demonstrate our abilities. Motivation drops off if we don't know how to do something or it's too difficult. Provide opportunities to share expertise and build skills. Too much reliance on chance events in a game may make people feel their level of competence is not important.
Destiny: We become motivated when we see the connection between our actions and our sense of purpose. Make sure people know why they are playing a game, what they will learn, and how it fits with the organizational mission, business goals, or personal desires.
When you are able to make a game more intrinsically motivating, I believe you are tapping into the elements that make play inherently fun. The more elements you include the more fun you probably will have. You can learn more about the elements of play in the article in this issue of SIMAGES titled "Start Goofing Around".
Brown, Stuart, Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, Penguin Group, New York, 2009.
Csikszentmihalyi, MIhaly, Creativity, Harper Collins, New York, 1996.
Deci, Edward and Flaste, Richard, Why We Do What We Do, Penguin Books, New York, 1996.
Gagne, Marylene and Deci, Edward, "Self-Determination Theory and Work Motivation," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2005.
Kohn, Alfie, Punished by Rewards, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1999.
Pink, Dan, Drive, Riverhead Books, New York, 2009.
Ryan, Richard and Deci, Edward, "Self-Determination Theory and the Facilitation of Intrinsic Motivation, Social Development, and Well-Being," American Psychologist, January 2000.


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The place to find and apply for federal government grants. It is monitored by the department of Health and Human Services.
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A listing of the recent funding opportunities at the National Science Foundation.
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A searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions.
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Q: How to get string values between a regex match? Hi I need to split and get the following fields from a text:
08 SET
Paypal *Dibp    370,34
08 SET
IOF de "Paypal *Dibp"   23,63
12 SET
Pagamento recebido  -4.151,76

For each of this entries I needed to extract:
(day month) (Description of transaction) (+ or + Numeric value)
I tried[1] with a lookahead assertion regex, seeking for the ',' but, then I don't know how to look back and match the number.
[1] ^(\d\d\s.)\n(.)(?=,)(?<=)

A: You have a good start there. I think you can actually match it all without using lookaheads with this:
^(\d\d \w+)\n(.*)\s+(-?[\d,\.]+)$

*

*\d\d \w+ in the first set of parens will match the day and month.

*.* in the second set of parens will match the description.

*The \s+ will match the spaces between the description and the amount.

*-?[\d,\.]+ will match a positive or negative amount.

*$ matches the end of a line.

With this expression, your day and month will be in $1, the description in $2, and the amount in $3.

A: Finally I got to something that is solving my problem. Not a bit elegant but, seems its working:
^(\d\d\s.*)\n(.*)(\s-{0,1}\d{1,3}[,.]\d{2,3},{0,1}\d{0,2})


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Explore your interests & find your niche
St. Pius X has over 25 Student Clubs that cover diverse topics such as science, foreign languages, cheerleading, student council, academics and community service. Click on the links below to learn more about the many extracurricular activities at SPX:
Black History Club
Dominican High School Preaching Team
Energy Team
The TAPPS Academic Team is a group of students who are extremely familiar with general knowledge trivia and is the only student organization dedicated to practicing for and participating in Quiz Bowl tournaments. If you love trivia, consider joining our TAPPS Academic Team.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Abigail Reed & Sr. Kelly Biddle, O.P.
Anime Club meets to discuss, show, and promote anime and also focuses on broadening Japanese cultural understanding.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Mildred Johnson
Art Club meets to foster awareness of the spirit of art and allow students at SPX to make and enjoy art while interacting with other students with similar interests.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Susan Wallace
The rhythm of football games and pep rallies springs from the St. Pius X Band. Our full marching band plays at each football game to spur on our team, but its influence extends throughout the school. We play at pep rallies and games, we challenge ourselves through competitions, and we perform for the community through concerts.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Robert Carlin
This group is dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Wayne Cherry
The Black History Club is dedicated to celebrating and increasing awareness for the contributions, sacrifices, and improvements made by African Americans throughout our history.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Eva Dix
The SPX Cheerleaders perform at football and basketball games, pep rallies and more.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Gloria Kimball
Close-Up is a weeklong government studies program sponsored by the Close-Up Foundation that takes place in Washington, D.C. This program is for juniors and seniors only and usually takes place in late January or early February. Students will receive limited information in May of junior year and detailed information in September of senior year.
Gives students an opportunity to discuss historical and cultural events. It also allows them to think creatively and research topics in depth to get a better understanding of how events took place.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Stephen Gonzalez
Dominicans share their faith by preaching. We preach through words, arts, music and action. We preach not only by what we say and how we live, but also by who we are.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Patrick Spedale
The Energy Club serves the diverse needs and interests of its members who are either a) pursuing careers within the energy industry, or b) simply interested in learning about energy issues.
The Film Group dives into the creative side of filmmaking, discussing the talents and contributions of writers, visual artists, and technicians in the process of filmmaking.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Christian Zela
The French Club offers an opportunity for French students to hone their language skills by engaging in fun, after-school activities.
Video game club is an opportunity for students to socialize and have fun together based on their hobby of playing video games. Students will have an opportunity to play multi-player games against each other, play single player games, and spend time discussing gaming strategies and preferences.
Beppo's Bells Handbell Choir is one-of-a-kind, representing a different and wonderful type of music ministry. We develop our musical skills and ability to work with each other as team players.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Paul Jurick
The purpose of the Student Honor Board is to allow SPX students to actively participate in the school's disciplinary system, to give them ownership in the disciplinary system, and to allow opportunities for student leadership. The board will deal with cases involving theft, lying, cheating, plagiarism, excessive detentions, and any case thought appropriate by the Dean of Students.
The Honor Board is made up of seniors, juniors, sophomores, and in the second semester, freshmen. Membership will be nominated by faculty members and appointed by the Dean of Students. There will be co-presidents of the SHB.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Caitlin Boydstun
The goal of SPX International Club is to create awareness, introduce and share the many cultures present in our campus to all the SPC community. Our purpose is to promote international understanding and build bridges and connections between cultures. The International Club meets twice a month, second and fourth Friday, at room 213. Membership is open to all members of the SPX community.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Laura Celis-Black
Junior Catholic Daughters of America
Literary Magazine
Raffle Promotions Committee
Scouts Club
VU Crew
Troupe 5571 of the International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for the theater arts program of the St. Pius X High School. The charter was granted in 1996. Since then the society has participated in outstanding theatrical accomplishments, supported fine arts in and around the St. Pius X High School community and provided a widened perspective of the contribution of theatre arts.
Students wishing to gain membership must attain 20 points of theater service (approximately 200 hours), maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.25 or better and have attended SPX for one full semester. The sponsor and the scribe will calculate eligibility for selection in the second semester. Selected students are inducted in a special ceremony held in conjunction with the Theater SPX Banquet in May.
A senior member in good standing graduates with the ITS seal on the diploma, symbolic of membership if the sponsor validates the following qualifications:
Cumulative GPA at the end of eight semesters of high school is 2.25.
And the member has actively participated in theater arts.
Honor Thespians also graduate with the honor cord awarded at the Theater SPX banquet if they meet the following criteria:
The senior meets all qualifications for "member in good standing".
The senior has earned 60 thespian points.
The executive officers of Troupe 5571 of the International Thespian Society for the academic year include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Scribe.
The Junior Catholic Daughters of the Americas have four basic goals to accomplish - develop as a Christian, learn to work for the good of others, grow spiritually, and be creative and flexible.
Faculty Adviser: Mrs. Angela Stinner-Trimble & Mrs. Denise Lloyd
Key Club is a student-led service program. Key club promotes leadership through serving others.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Claudia Valbuena
A dedicated set of student editors and a faculty advisor curated the student submissions of writing, drawings, sculpture and photography to craft the 60-page, soft cover volume "Of Paws and Pens". Learn more about the Literary Magazine.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Jean Darnell
National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Rachel Ware & Ms. Christina Guajardo
Pantherettes build school spirit through performances on campus and within community
Faculty Adviser: Mrs. Julie Dorman
The Raffle Promotions Committee is a student lead committee to promote the sales of tickets among SPX students and faculty in order to have the most success possible.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Mary Hall
Robotics Club promotes experimentation with electronics, provides a forum for discussion and sharing information, and gives its members a community to participate in and learn about the field of robotics and machine technology.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Trisha Dunn
Science Club finds fun, educational ways to spread the love of science to the SPX and outside community.
The boy and girl scout club was established by Head of School, Carmen Garrett Armistead, to promote recognition of scouting at SPX. It assists scouts in volunteer hours and with gold and Eagle scout projects at the school.
Current leadership:
President - Justin C.
Vice President - Zander J.
Secretary - Jacob S.
Treasurer - Aaron G.
Chaplain - Andrew M.
The Spanish Club offers an opportunity for Spanish students to hone their language skills by engaging in fun, after-school activities. The group also serves the SPX community by participating in rememberance of Dia de los Muertos and raising money for Casa de Esperanza de los niños, a place for mistreated and abandoned children.
Sports Medicine club is for students who show an interest in health care professions. They assist the athletic trainer with treatments and hydration for SPX athletes.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Jeremy Kallus
The Squires program strives to provide "the spiritual, cultural, civic, social and physical improvement of its members, and the development of their leadership qualities." It is an international fraternity of Catholic young men, ages 10 to 18.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Victor Takacs
Student Ambassadors serve the St. Pius X Community Directly through tours and other activities that promote St. Pius X. Students are not asked to complete outside service to be considered.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Jeffrey Guedry
The Student Council helps share students' ideas, concerns and interests with faculty and administration. They also actively participate in fundraisers for school-wide activities, community projects and advocate for people in need and school reform.
Learn more about Student Council.
Faculty Adviser: Mrs. Kim Holik & Ms. Katie Anderson
Theatre SPX students deliver three distinct shows per year, giving our students the chance to practice their craft and makes our theatre an integral part of the St. Pius X community.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Gloria Fant & Ms. Ashley Fant
The Vu Crew are the guardians of the Panther spirit as they make up the backbone of our student fan base in cheering our teams on to victory.
Organized by a group of seniors, all students are welcome to join. They sit together in the bleachers and typically all wear their Vu Crew shirts or dress alike according to a theme that they've come up with. They also have organized chants that can be heard at these athletic contests. The Vu Crew are the "Keepers of Beppo" as well. They transport the statue of the Beppo Panther to the football field to be with them and also have him present with them at the basketball games.
Club Officers:
Yearbook Club designs, promotes, and sells the Del Sarto Yearbook. Assisted by a faculty adviser, students are primarily responsible for taking the pictures that will end up in the yearbook in order to capture the everyday happenings and atmosphere of SPX.
Faculty Adviser: Ms. Georgi Beissner


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Sumitomo Fāma (), ehemals Dainippon Sumitomo Seiyaku, ist ein japanisches Pharmazieunternehmen.

Zur Produktpalette des Unternehmens zählen unter anderem Neuroleptika und Antidepressiva sowie Medikamente zur Behandlung von Diabetes Typ 2, Morbus Fabry und Parkinson. Weiterhin werden Lebensmittelzusatzstoffe, Chemieprodukte und Produkte für die Tiergesundheit hergestellt.

Geschichte
Das Unternehmen Dainippon Sumitomo Seiyaku entstand 2005 durch die Fusion der Pharmaunternehmen Dainippon Seiyaku und Sumitomo Seiyaku. Dainippon wurde bereits 1897 unter dem Namen Ōsaka Seiyaku gegründet und entwickelte sich im Laufe der Jahre zu einem der größten Pharmaunternehmen Japans. Der Firmenname Dainippon wurde nach der Übernahme des gleichnamigen halbstaatlichen Unternehmens Dainippon Seiyaku aus Tokio im Jahr 1898 angenommen. Sumitomo Seiyaku entstand 1984 durch eine Ausgliederung des Pharma-Geschäfts aus dem Sumitomo-Chemical-Konzern. In das neu entstandene Pharma-Unternehmen wurden zeitgleich die Pharma-Vertriebsaktivitäten des Handelshauses Inabata (Teil von Sumitomo Chemical) eingegliedert. Dainippon Sumitomo Seiyaku firmierte im April 2022 zu Sumitomo Fāma um.

Aktionäre
Der Chemiekonzern Sumitomo Chemical hält selbst eine absolute Mehrheit an Dainippon Sumitomo Seiyaku und ist weiterhin mittelbar über das Handelshaus Inabata am Pharmakonzern beteiligt.

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Q: Giving wrong records when join statement used for two queries I am developing an ASP.NET MVC application. I have two queries and I want to get comment record from those two queries.
Query one
  var poList = (from po in db.PurchaseOrders
                where po.Id > 0
                select po into newPO
                select new { Name = newPO.PONo,  Id = newPO.Id });

Query Two
var poList2 = (db.Employees.Where(x => x.Id == 25)
              .Select(po => new { Name = po.PONo, Id = po.Id }));

Now I am trying to get common records from above two queries, using below statement
poList.Join(poList2, a => a.Name, b => b.Name, (a, b) => new { Name = b.Name, Id = b.Id });

but I am not getting common records at all.
What change I have to made in the statement ?

A: If "common records" mean records with same Name and Id, you can use Intersect extension method.
var result = poList.Intersect(poList2);

A: Did you try?
poList.Concat(poList2).Distinct().ToList()


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Gopal Ghosh's painting exhibition
03rd-Oct-2014
Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Gopal Ghosh was one of the founder members of the well-known 'Kolkata Group.' Proficient with several mediums, Gopal was adept not only with watercolour, but also with tempera, pen and ink, and brush and pastel. His economical technique of swift sweeping brushwork in Gopal's landscapes was especially admired, including by the likes of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Among his contemporaries, he stood out, both as a draughtsman and as a skilled water-colourist. Gopal Ghosh was born at Shyambazar in Kolkata on December 5, 1913. Since his father served in the army, he spent his childhood shifting between Simla, Benares and Allahabad. It was as early as 1927 that his father recognised his son's interest in visual art and gifted him John Ruskin's 'Elements of Drawing.' Beginning with a pictorial language inspired by his tutor and mentor Devi Prasad Roy Chowdhury at the Government School of Art in Chennai, Gopal Ghose transformed during the 1940s. His sketches of the infamous manmade famine of 1943 and the paintings executed during his association with the collective Kolkata Group, testify his shift to a more contextually relevant pictorial diction. During the early 1940s he was based in Kolkata and taught at the Indian Society of Oriental Art. Later, he joined the Govt School of Art in Kolkata, where he taught till 1972.Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in association with Indian gallery Akar Prakar organised a three-week long solo painting exhibition of Gopal Ghosh featuring the works of the prominent Indian artist. Veteran water-colourist, puppeteer and cultural personality Mustafa Monwar and noted theatre personality Ramendu Majumdar jointly inaugurated the exhibition. The exhibition, curated by Sanjay Kumar Mallik, has been organised to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Gopal Ghosh, this exhibition has travelled to the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi and Mumbai, as well as Kolkata, with the release of a seminal book on his life and works. A total number of 103 artworks of Gopal Ghosh are on display in the exhibition. Gopal Ghosh travelled extensively within India to paint his landscapes. He taught at the Indian Society of Oriental Art, in Kolkata from 1940-45. He died in 1980. The exhibition will continue till October 18. n


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All Friday and Sunday, fest-goers get down to top-notch blues artists such as last year's headliners Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal. (2010 line-up announced May 15.) The same goes for Saturday, but with an added bonus—unlimited samples from over 50 breweries, mostly smaller ones that Colorado is famous for even if the breweries themselves aren't famous yet. Alas, it overlaps this year with Colorado's other beer fest, GABF, but the scenery inside a convention center can't compete with mountains and a view of Bridal Veil Falls.
Think Chicago and you think blues, jazz and Chess Records. Clubs like Buddy Guy's Legends and B.L.U.E.S. are must-hears. And now housed in the former Chess offices, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven is museum for music lovers. Dixon once said, "The blues are the roots. The rest are the fruits." Among the fruits, Pitchfork is a three-day fest in Union Park celebrating independent rock, folk and more, and this year's lineup boasts Broken Social Scene, Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon and 20-year veterans of the indie scene―making it difficult to call them college rock―Pavement. Just note, the fest's "premium beer" lineup consists of Heinie, Heinie Light and Amstel Light.
Lollapalooza takes place in Grant Park and headliners include Soundgarden, Green Day and Lady Gaga, with supporting acts across the aural spectrum from Devo to Erykah Badu to the gotta-see-'em-live Balkan Beat Box. Beers in the Lederhosen's biergarten are all AB-InBev brands.
Music fests take over New York during the summer months and include weekly events at Summer Stage in Central Park. Siren is a free all-day indie-rock bonanza at Coney Island. Electric Zoo is an electronic music gathering at Randall's Island Park (between Harlem and Astoria) headlined by the Chemical Brothers and Armin Van Buuren. And don't forget the granddaddy, CMJ Music Marathon, which is a bit later in early autumn.
Canada's largest music fest spans 11 days of diverse musical programming―can you believe that Canada's national treasure, Rush, will be performing at it for the first time? Other artists receiving top billing are British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston and German dance-metal outfit Rammstein. As is to be expected, Molson is a corporate sponsor, so quench your thirst with Molson Dry and maybe some Molson Canadian.