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Reason I ask this question:
I flashed the firmware on my router and reset it to factory default, but I forgot to set up IPv6 in the router. Previously IPv6 was working in the same router, so I know it works fine. I'm seeing no real difference in my connection with IPv6 off.
If I were to turn it back on, should I use google's dns servers for IPv6, since TWC uses their IPv4 dns for IPv6? Currently the router handles TWC DNS and does a great job.
Modem is Arris sb6183, with an ac1900 Asus router.
Solved! Go to Solution.
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No... in 99% of homes
I agree. It is not necessary now but over time it will become necessary since their is no more IPV4 address's so their will eventually be IPV6 only websites in the future going forward.
Is there a performance difference running IPv6?
To be truthful, it doesn't feel any different with it enabled or disabled in the router.
Just to clarify for the rest of the readers (since what you wrote here only applies as far as internet/WAN servers go and could be misintepreted as internal LAN stuff).
Also worth pointing out, there is no speed advantage of IPv6 over IPv4, it's just an address. No more, no less. Where IPv6 matters is with internet servers because of how many servers there are out there. IPv6 won't last indefinitely, but it'll give a whole lot more unique addresses and keep the internet growing.

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – UCSB (13-12) dropped its first two games of the San Diego State/San Diego Classic II with a narrow 4-3 loss to Colorado State followed by a 12-3 loss to San Jose State.
Arianna Palomares led the team with three hits, including two against the Spartans, while Jacqueline Hinojosa, Melanie Menor, and Samantha Stark each recorded two hits.
UCSB's bid for a comeback win came up short in the bottom of the seventh, as Colorado State held on to take the first game of the weekend 4-3.
Rams pitcher Holly Reinke (7-5) stayed in the circle for the entire game, as she allowed three runs (one earned) from six hits, while striking out seven Gauchos en route to her seventh win.
UCSB had its two freshman pitchers split time on the field, as Veronika Gulvin (4-6) started and Ashley Wright was called to finish the final 1 2/3 innings. Gulvin was credited with the loss after allowing two earned runs and four hits, while Wright saw two runs score (one earned).
As a team, the Gauchos came up with six hits, all singles, as they tallied the majority of their runs in the bottom of the seventh in facing a 4-1 Colorado State lead.
Samantha Stark opened the inning with a single hit to right field, as she later moved to second during Jessica Tetzlaff's at bat following a fielding error by Rams third baseman XXXX. Both runners moved up a base after Kristen Clark grounded out to the pitcher, which was also the second out.
Still down by three, Arianna Palomares kept the Gauchos alive with an RBI single, and the team picked up another run thanks to a pass ball that sent Tetzlaff across home plate and pinch runner Stacy Cavazos to second.
Reinke, though, would cut the comeback effort short with a strikeout to seal the victory for the Rams.
UCSB was the first team to find the scoreboard in the bottom of the first when Sierra Altmeyer knocked a single up the middle to bring Clark home from second.
That one-run Gaucho lead held up until the top of the sixth when Colorado State came up with all four of its runs. After the leadoff batter lined out to center, Kristina Akiona tied the game with a solo homer to left field. That at bat was followed up with a single to center field, which brought Wright into the circle. The Rams would eventually load the bases after drawing a pair of walks and they would go on to score on three straight plays with a wild pitch, a fielding error, and a sac fly. Wright halted the scoring with a fly out for the third out.
Before that inning, the Gauchos had saw just three Colorado State runners reach scoring position, as Gulvin also tossed a pair of three-up, three-down frames. Wright also limited the Rams to three batters in the seventh before the Gauchos tried to answer back in the bottom half of the inning.
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TANCE CAT the main character of HESOKURI is copyright-free.
Everyone who stimulates this project is free to use without permission.Of course, commercial use is also not restricted.
You can draw illustrations by yourself.you also can use illustration in the site. Illustrations made by HESOKURI team will be added from time to time.
We are very pleased if you can use it with SNS etc.
Please refrain from using them in erotic sites.
Telegram is the first Japanese client version of the messenger application (Telegram) and security application(Secure MSG) that is said to have the world's most secure level.
It is used as a telegram sticker.
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Discord 【informal HESOKURI community】
Discord is a service to enjoy text chat and voice chat easily. You don't need to open the port and drop the server for client. You can create your server immediately by user registering. Only name is required to participate in the server (registration is required for image posting etc.).。
(HESOKURI members made this)
↑Enter from here.
From now on we think that it would be good if products and services of Tance Cats appears without permission. For example, a LINE stamp appeared without permission, a trading card of Tance Cat, a four-frame comic starts o n a blog and a Tance Cat version of board g ame 【cash flow101】of " a rich dad and a p oor dad". And an application may be developed and HESOKURI can be used in the application ... ← It is too early. . .
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Frosty weather set in at the end of November. I know this for a fact because if it had not yet snowed prior to my birthday, as sure as there are stars above, it would snow on November 30th. Always. Until the oft referred to 'global warming' began melting icebergs in Antarctica.
On December 21st, I realized that as the days draw nigh earlier, my awakened state is diminished. I long to rest in the green leather wing back recliner poised near the Christmas tree. Through the sheer patterned curtains I observe the blue-black of a night sky scattered with stars. As I wrap my hands around a hot cup of peach herbal tea, my contentment is complete. I am at ease in my domicile on these long winter nights.
I refrain from reading news updates these days; the sensational and the aberrant impinge upon my tranquility. I seek refuge from the restlessness of the world. I envy the luxurious slumber of beasts that snooze throughout the winter. Each morning I coax myself into abandoning the warmth of my bed in order to march once again into the breach that is the working world.
There is nothing that makes the winter solstice more comforting than knowing I will converge with friends over the course of the frosty weekends over brunch, dinner, or drinks. I bask in the witty discourse and laughter of friends and family. Yet I likewise cherish the solitude of my quiet life, my writing life, my inner creative life. Yes, the comfort of winter brings serenity to my spirit each time I observe Fellini and Coco Chanel asleep next to the Christmas tree. We should all be so relaxed and peaceful.
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We used Heartbeat as a high availability solution for one of our customer at web, database and file system layers. The web and database cluster uses heartbeat to check the availability of the primary node, and to handle IP fail over to a peer node in case of a malfunction. The shared file system is configured with NFS, which is stored on a DRBD partition. Heartbeat manages the mounting of the DRBD partition and the start up of NFS. In case of failure, the services are moved to a peer node. The system was design for high availability at each level and is expected to offer a reliable service to over 1500 users.
In another scenario, we use Heartbeat in combination with DRBD for Mysql highly availability. This setup has been live and working for a long time and Heartbeat is managing the fail over in a professional manner.


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Asked Wednesday whether she still believed that Mr. Stevens should resign, Ms. Palin was circumspect, saying only that the people of Alaska "just spoke" on the issue at the ballot box and that "they want him as their senator." She said Mr. Stevens should decide "what happens next." (Mr. Stevens could still be forced to step down, and Ms. Palin is widely viewed as a potential candidate for his seat if he does.) [emphasis added]
You know something? If those are the choices – a convicted felon and Sarah Palin – I'd rather have the felon. At least Stevens is merely a corrupt fucking bastard rather than a batshit insane, lying, scheming, stealing, power-abusing, dead-ignorant, frothing fundie fucktard.
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So I have really been feeling Pinterest-y lately and have had a go at making my own thank you cards from our Hawaii nuptials last month.
What do you think??
I bought most of my crafts from Michaels, and saved a ton as well. My total came to over $100 but this coupon knocked it down to $77. I bought stickers, crafts for our upcoming dinner centerpieces, sand, and seashells. Not a bad price including tax, for almost 15 pages of scrapbooking stickers, 3 glass vases, 2 packs of sand and seashells.
I still need a picture frame for our reception, so I'll be back for that – if I can, I'll come back before the promo code expires 5/22!!
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This is the third post in a series describing assistive tech and adaptations related to J's first season of Challenger League Baseball. First, I adapted a baseball glove for J to wear in the field. Then I adapted a ball cap for J to wear with J's headrest. Today I want to share my first attempt at helping J further participate in the field.
As you may remember, J's favorite part of baseball is batting. In fact, J's favorite position is Designated Hitter (it's a good thing we got on the Blue Jays, an American League team ). I believe part of the reason that J is not too fond of fielding has to do with what fielding entails from J's point of view.
When we head out to the field, I help J put on her adapted a baseball glove and then wheel out our spot at second base with J's friends. We get ready for the other team to bat. Any time a ball is hit, we either charge the ball, backup first base, or cover second base depending on the situation. For J, the running can be fun but if the play involves the ball coming to us it really means that dad catches and then helps J throw the ball. Not a lot of independence there.
I started to think of ways to increase J's direct participation in the field. My first thoughts were around helping J throw the ball. I imagined a scenario where we would charge a ground ball. I would field the ball, load it into something, J would activate that something, and the ball would be thrown/shot/flung/whatever across the field to a teammate. Now that might increase J's interest in fielding.
Again going with my first thought, I started to imagine a switch adapted pitching machine. After all, pitching machines already exist and are designed to throw a baseball. I thought someone must have already switch adapted one. Then I remembered an internet video I saw somewhere. It was taken by a dad, and showed his two sons. One was pitching batting practice to his brother. The brother pitching happened to have Cerebral Palsy and was using, you guessed it, a switch adapted pitching machine. I knew I was on the right track.
I did a quick Bing search for "switch adapted pitching machine". Among the hits were a patent for exactly what I was looking, and a "Wireless Pitching Machine" from Enabling Devices.
Wireless Pitching Machine from Enabling Devices
It looked promising, so I ran the idea past AT Mom, got approval( ), and made the purchase. I then waited and watched the front porch for what seemed like 5 – 7 business days. When it arrived, I tore into the box, did some finishing assembly (Enabling Devices does most of the assembly for you), and scoured the house for the needed batteries.
Enabling Device's Wireless Pitching Machine with J's switch connected.
I was glad to see that the pitching machine came with both the wireless controller (which has a switch port) and a direct switch port to the machine itself. I like plugging J's switch directly into the what it is going to control. I feel it makes it more obvious to J: "press this switch and that thing it is connected to will do something."
I turned on the pitching machine, loaded the three foam balls that came with it, and pressed the pitch button. I could hear the flywheel spin into action. WWWWWWHHHHHRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! Then out came the first ball – thup! I caught it and started to see J using this on the ball field when all of a sudden – thup! A second ball flew at me. Followed by – thup! The third ball flew through the air towards me. Well, that was my first hiccup.
It turns out that the Fisher-Price pitching machine that Enabling Devices adapted was intended to be used as a batting practice trainer. Of course that makes sense. Kid presses the button, grabs the bat, and gets three pitches to hit – thup, thup, thup! Still it was not what I was hoping for as an AT solution for helping J throw the ball while fielding.
I thought, "no big deal, just load one ball and after it throws that one it will just spin and not throw anything else." But like I said, that was just the first hiccup.
J about to throw a few balls AT Dad's way.
The next thing I did was grab one of J's Challenger League baseballs. They may be a touch smaller than a traditional baseball (or about the same size), but they are much softer (in case anyone gets hit by one). I loaded it into the machine, hit the button, and ……… nothing. The weight of the baseball was too much for the loader mechanism and the ball was jamming the flywheel. I pushed it through with my bare hands. Hmmmm….
Then I got the idea to start the flywheel before loading the baseball. I pressed the button, the flywheel whirred up to speed, I dropped the ball into the loading tube, and ……… flup. The ball sputtered out onto the floor after a two foot flight with an apex of about 6 inches above the ground. Not exactly throwing anyone out from second with that. Hmmmm….
Then I got the idea to use a tennis ball. Challenger Baseball is a wonderfully accommodating environment. They use whatever type of ball a batter needs to be able to make contact. Bright balls that are easier to see. Softballs that are easier to hit. Racquetballs that fly off the bat a bit further. Why not change the ball in the field to accommodate a player's throwing ability?
I acquired a pack of tennis balls and loaded one into the machine and knew we had a problem. The smaller size of the tennis ball and the additional weight (when compared to the foam balls that came with the machine) meant the tennis ball fell right past the loader mechanism into the bottom of the machine. I turned the thing upside down and extracted the tennis ball. Hmmmm….
What about starting the flywheel first again? I pressed the button, the flywheel whirred up to speed, I dropped the tennis ball into the loading tube, and ……… flup. The tennis ball sputtered out onto the floor after a three foot flight with an apex of about 8 inches above the ground. Better but still not throwing anyone out at first. Hmmmm….
What about the foam balls that came with the machine? I loaded up the three balls to see how far they flew, hit the button, heard the flywheel whirr up to speed, then THUP! then THUP! then THUP! All three flew between 9 and 9-1/2 feet with an apex of about 24 – 28 inches. All of those measurements were on the flattest trajectory setting (there are three trajectory angles) and with the machine sitting on the floor. Increasing the trajectory angle shortened the distance and increased the apex of the ball flight, as expected.
Well it looks like this idea was a bust for helping J participate further in the fielding aspect of baseball. However, it has become a very fun activity to play catch with daddy. I bring the machine out on the back deck and place it on our table or we go in the front yard and I place it on a deck chair. I load all three foam balls and let J decide when to press the switch. I then go crazy trying to catch all three balls. There are times I miss one or two and have to go chase it across the deck/yard. There are other times I attempt crazy diving catches because I was "caught out of position". J also likes to catch me when my guard is down – activating the switch after I turn my back or go for a drink of water.
Hey dad, catch!
I haven't given up yet though. The next step is a bit more advanced. I am just waiting for the right time try some voltage modifications on the machine. I am hoping that increasing the voltage provided to the motor will increase the flywheel speed which will result in further throwing distances. Just don't tell AT Mom before I can get a chance to try.


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THERE WAS no institution in the ante-bellum South, not even slavery, about which there were so many prejudices as about the family. In the pulpit, on the oratorical platform, and in the legislative hall, speakers heralded the family as "the cradle of morality" and the "nursery of patriotism." In 1833 James Seawell declared before the General Assembly: "The social relations of family connections . . . constitute the most lasting cement of the political permanency of any country. Indeed, what else is it but the social ties of family connections, when rendered happy and prosperous by their own industry, that stamps a value upon society?" 1
If a young man wished to enter courtship under propitious circumstances, he first obtained permission from the head of the family. When an Edenton physician fell in love with fourteen-year-old Maria, her father being dead, he obtained her mother's consent before he "paid his addresses" formally to the young girl. 2
In deciding upon the eligibility of a prospective son-in-law, parents usually looked well to his family connections and his immediate wealth. 4
I, my dear, could never never ratify such an engagement, were you to make it--Every thing, therefore, in relation to this matter, must be conditional. It cannot be positive; for, however meritorious a man may be, & how high-soever he might be in my opinion or esteem, I could not sanction his connexion with a daughter of mine, in "the Holy Estate," with the prospect of poverty & wretchedness before her. . . . W-- is a meritorious & respectable young man, an honour to his family, & worthy of general esteem; and had I a fortune, my daughter, to give you, or the means of making you independent, I see nothing in his character to object to,--But his inability to support a family, as long as it lasts, is an insurmountable objection. 5
Dr. Norcom was of the opinion, and there were many who agreed with him, that a woman should never consider seriously the attentions of one beneath her social class. On writing to his son, James Norcom, Jr., concerning the marriage of a cousin, he said:
To Mr.-- I have no objection, he is a prudent & an industrious young man, and I hope will do well--but his connexions are of the lower class & not such as can be agreeable to your cousins character or disposition. I have always thought it of the utmost consequence that young people should be very choice and particular with respect to their associates, & this perhaps is the best reason that can be assigned why persons about to be married should object to a partner who is poor; for poverty generally subjects a man to the evil of vulgar connexions & is too apt to vitiate his manners & corrupt his character--Nor does any merit in the individual certainly protect him from such a fate; for merit in poverty like merit in obscurity, is, for the most part, neglected or oppressed. 6
An eligible suitor was himself frequently looking for an eligible bride. 7
The desire to build up a large estate was sometimes the motive for the intermarriage of near relatives. When a gentleman of New Bern married a close relative in 1834, Frederick S. Blount wrote in disapproval, "He has made some considerable acquisition to his estate--but I must say that he has done it at the sacrifice of some very proper scruples, which any man of refinement must acknowledge, who marries a lady so nearly related to him." 891011
The opportunities for association between the sexes were too great to make the custom of obtaining parental consent prior to courtship a rigid one. In case a young man was forbidden to call on a young woman at her home, there were then, as now, ways of communication between the two. Even a strict disciplinarian who rigidly observed the proprieties of his day and kept a watchful eye on his daughters was not always successful in maintaining his authority. The eldest daughter of a distinguished Edenton physician
Lemuel Sawyer of Camden County, several times representative in Congress, was not satisfied after the death of his first wife to wait "for the usual tedious process of courtship." A Washington acquaintance "informed me that he knew of a good opportunity of my being accommodated, as there were two sisters who occupied a part of the same house with his family. He offered to introduce me, and I accordingly accompanied him to the house, . . . I called again the next afternoon, and, observing the younger sister, . . . busily employed in the labor of the house, I approached her, and after a few preliminary remarks, opened at once the business of my negotiation. . . . I did not leave their door" until her parents "had given their approbation to the match. Thus, within three days after I first saw the young lady, she became my wife." 1314
Young girls of marriageable age were by no means inaccessible creatures in ante-bellum days. A correspondent of the Western Carolinian found them in 1820 parading the streets of Salisbury, staring at the men "with a fixed and intent gaze." At first it was a shock to him to see the streets crowded with young girls, but he soon became accustomed "to encounter the gazers." "I take it as a matter of course," said he, "and always place my hat on one side, when about to pass in review before them. But my aunt Dorothy tells me it was not so when she was young; then, if the gentlemen wished to see the young ladies, they had to enter the house, where they found them employed either in reading or sewing;
It was within the bounds of propriety for a young man to take his sweetheart for a ride or to accompany her on a walk. They might be seen together at church or at the races, although it was customary for a young lady to accompany the family to a ball rather than to be escorted by her lover. Among the yeomanry, however, and even among the middle class the young men usually would "gallant the girls to the frolic." 16
John Y. Mason, later Secretary of Navy, gives a vivid description of a lovers' stroll which he observed in Raleigh in 1816. "As I rode into the city," he wrote, "the first objects which struck my attention . . . were an elegant couple very familiarly walking arm in arm. On nearer approach I discovered them to be J-- T-- and E-- M--. Miss E. very politely invited me to call on her before I left the city. . . . The playful vivacity with which E. anticipated her beau, in every observation, which he wished to make during our short conversation, indicated the ascendancy which she had acquired over him. And the winning smile with which she apologised for her conduct, sufficiently manifested her partiality for him. . . ." 17
The methods for winning the approval of the opposite sex were the same then as at present. Coquetry and dress were woman's stock in trade but to these she added other accomplishments. In 1810 a correspondent of the Star declared that women thought it was only necessary to know how to play the piano in order to get a husband. 1819
The age-old custom of making and receiving gifts had lost none of its ability to win favor during the ante-bellum period. When J. Johnston Pettigrew, later a hero of the Confederacy, desired to present a young woman whom he had admired with a small piece of jewelry he accompanied it with the following note:
Although I have not the presumption to claim any but an undistinguished place among the number of your admirers--will you allow my respect for your father to obtain for me the privilege of . . . adding this little ornament as a token of the good wishes for your perfect felicity. . . . 20
The coquette was fond of boasting of the number of her admirers, and she was even more fond of keeping them dangling while she enjoyed the sensation of being much sought after. 22
She confessed today that she had the greatest esteem for me and considered herself favoured by my attention She begged me not to discontinue my attention on any account. . . . I mentioned every thing that was calculated to forward my undertaking [;] begged her to assign her reasons for rejecting me. Asked her if she had ever heard any thing that would tend to lower me in her estimation. To all this she replied that she did not feel a greater partiallity for me than some others. That she had never heard from any one vices alleged against me but on the contrary my character stood with her unimpeached--She said that I took her on surprise. I begged that she would then defer her answer untill time would enable her to determine an affair of so much importance. She answered that perhaps she would by so doing only excite hopes which she might never have it in her power to gratify. I told her then I awaited a decisive answer Yes or No I would be satisfied with nothing else She then answered that she thought I kneed [sic] never hope. . . . When we parted I pressed her hand and told her I would still continue to love her but that I hoped we would never meet again. Great God I was not dismissed even with a tear which I would have kissed away--Joe I am heartily tired of Columbia . . . send for me as soon as you get this. . . . That splendid gig of Fathers would not be greatly damaged by a summers trip of this kind. . . . Believe me every hour I now spend in this place would not be worsted by being spent in Hell. 24
But the little coquette had no idea of dismissing him so soon. She left a comb and a white kid glove in his hat the afternoon of the proposal and the rejected lover called again, "determined
It was not until six years later that he married another, but he had learned his lesson. This time he wrote to his brother, "I am engaged to be married . . . and as matters now stand it rests altogether with myself in setting upon the time for the celebration of our nuptials." 26
What was the fate of the South Carolina coquette has not been recorded. Perhaps she met a better fortune than a young lady of Edenton, who for five or six years held all the beaux in Eastern North Carolina by the ears. Her fate, as William B. Shepard related it, was "a most terrible and afflicting calamity." "-- --, the beautiful and accomplished, is no more," he wrote to his sister. "She married a few days ago a man named Thompson near fifty years old, and a bankrupt not worth one cent. . . . Her exit ought to be an awful lesson to all fine ladies who sport with fortune, for instance, Miss M.-- J.-- runs some risk, that she may be reduced to the sad necessity, of marrying some advanced cock fighter." 27
Just as there were coquettes, so were there also "coxcombs," and it was the duty of the ante-bellum father and brother to protect the daughters of the family against these conceited fops. After a young lady had received "marked attentions" from a young man, her family had the right to expect "an address" to follow; and, unless it did follow, the young man might have her brother calling on him at his office or plantation and asking what his intentions
This same young man had several years earlier warned his sister against coxcombs. "Tender words are but uncertain signs of a tender heart," he cautioned her. "Flirtation is not courtship. All men are villains. Keep very shady as to your own feelings. Always try to draw the enemy out first. Mention casually that pistol shooting is a gift of your family, and that your grown up brothers are all crack shots, and single men. If matters come to the worst, and you are formally called upon to surrender, look sweet and tell your fond adorer to 'ask Pa.' . . . Above all never refuse a man until he offers himself, or run away with a sentimental looking young gentleman by moonlight. They are both blunders, which you know are worse than crimes." 29
There seems to have been no special public ceremony associated with the marriage engagement. Neither the present-day announcement party nor the public statement made by the parents of the bride-to-be through the society page of the local newspaper were in common practice in ante-bellum days. A few intimate friends were told of the engagement and soon the fact was common knowledge. The period of engagement was usually brief. In 1804 a young man of Edenton declared to his friend, Ebenezer Pettigrew, that a young girl whom he was courting would "run crazy if she thought she had to wait two years" to be married. 3031
Despite the fact that no public announcement was made of the marriage engagement, custom and law regarded the betrothed ones as owing each other certain obligations. When an Edenton gentleman wrote to his fiancée in 1810 to pursue "the course I have laid down for you," he justified himself by saying, "It is my duty to instruct you in that course of life & conduct which will not only be most conductive to my happiness, but to yours also." 3233
The age at marriage during the ante-bellum period depended somewhat upon the economic status of the individual. The gentry class tended to marry several years earlier than the yeomanry, although only the most general conclusions can be drawn in this connection. Judge William Gaston's first wife was sixteen when she was married, as was also Dr. James Norcom's second wife. Dr. Norcom, however, was strongly opposed to a man's marrying before he was settled in a profession. "To see a youth," said he in a letter to his son in 1819, "talking of marriage, & about to place himself in a situation to be encumbered with the cares of a family without any determined character or settled principles, moral, social, or religious, without a profession, & not having thought of an occupation or employment by which he is to gain for himself the comforts & conveniences of life, is certainly the greatest of all absurdities!" 343536
In 1820, upon the resolution of Edward F. Graham of New Bern, a bill was drafted and passed "concerning the marriage of infant females" which forbade the marriage of girls under fifteen
Second, third, and even fourth marriages were favorably looked upon if not too soon after the death of the last mate. But a hasty remarriage was invariably ridiculed. The Star, announcing the marriage of a certain Charles Hood of Johnston County in 1810, remarked that he had taken a second wife "after enduring the forlorn condition of a widower, with the most exemplary patience and fortitude, for the tedious space of nearly two months." 41
Bachelors and spinsters were out of place in the social order. In 1800 the General Assembly considered a bill "for the further taxing of bachelors, and to forward the population of the State, by promoting and encouraging matrimony," which proposed a special tax upon all unmarried men. 424344
The consent of parents was even more necessary for marriage than for courtship. A daughter and even a son who defied the parental wish ran the risk of being disinherited. When a young lady of Edenton eloped, the first letter she dared address her parents was on the occasion of the death of her first child more than two years later. "Ask Pa to forgive and forget all" she entreated her mother. "If I could be with you once again, My dear Parents, I would prove by my devotion to you both, how sincerely I regret the pain I occasioned you, and that we could not have been married with your consent--for now I can appreciate all your motives, and understand all your feelings-- . . . but if you could throw aside your prejudice, . . . your feelings I'm sure would change, for no one ever had a kinder, a better husband." 46
In 1833 a seventeen-year-old wife petitioned the Legislature for a divorce on the ground that her father had compelled her to marry a man whom she did not "favour." She "consented to pass through the ceremony provided no license should be had," intending, as she said, "to have the license afterwards obtained and the marriage consumated" if she could become reconciled to him. Much to her distress, she found that the marriage was legal. 47
From colonial days marriage was considered a civil contract in North Carolina. As stated by Chief Justice Ruffin in his review of the history of the marriage contract in State v. Samuel, "in this state there never was a jurisdiction similar to that of the spiritual courts in England; and it is plain from the earliest period of our legislation, that in consequence thereof, it has been constantly required as an essential requisite of a legal marriage that it should either be celebrated by some person in a sacred office, or be entered into before some one in a public station and judicial trust." 49
The act of 1741 called for the publication of banns or the issuance of a license prior to the wedding ceremony. 5051
This procedure was evidently subject to abuse, for the attempts to amend it and the protests against its laxity were common in the ante-bellum period. In 1801 and again in 1803 the Baptist Society "residing in sundry counties in this State" petitioned the General Assembly for a more rigid law, saying that "the good people of this state have suffered great inconveniences from the present law." 52
The method most frequently suggested for preventing abuse of the marriage law was that of registration of marriages. In 1807, 1808, 1817, 1821, 1827, and especially in 1850 efforts were made to obtain the passage of an act requiring registration. This movement was sponsored by such political leaders as Jesse Pearson of Rowan; Henry Irvin Toole of Edgecombe; John M. Morehead of Rockingham, later of Guilford; and Thomas N. Cameron of Cumberland. In 1850 the first and only registration act of the antebellum period was passed. It required the person who performed the marriage ceremony to return the license with a certificate of marriage to the county clerk within three months under a penalty of $25 for failure to do so. 54
The colonial laws attempted to restrict the performance of the wedding ceremony to the clergy of the Church of England. The act of 1741 gave this privilege to "every clergyman of the Church of England," but for lack of such to "any lawful magistrate within this government"; the magistrate, however, was not to perform the ceremony under a penalty, "in any parish where a minister shall reside and have a cure" without permission from the minister. Even then the fees for the marriage belonged to the minister unless he had refused to perform the ceremony. By 1766, however, the Presbyterian denomination had obtained the passage of an act making it lawful for their ministers to perform the ceremony. 55
The performance of the wedding ceremony by a minister or by a justice of the peace was the chief essential of a valid marriage, according to two important decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. In 1845, in the case of State v. Robbins, Judge Nash held that:
It is not necessary to the validity of a marriage, that the parties should have obtained a license from the Clerk of the County Court. The omission of the license only subjects the minister or the justice performing the ceremony to a penalty.
It is sufficient proof of a marriage, that the ceremony was performed by one, who was in the known enjoyment of the office of a justice of the peace, and notoriously acting as such. 57
As has already been indicated, the actual wedding ceremony varied according to the practice of the person officiating. In State v. Patterson, reviewed by the Supreme Court in 1842, it was brought out by several witnesses that the common ceremony in both Tennessee and North Carolina was similar to that used at the marriage of Thomas Patterson and Diemena Kidwell in 1823:
. . . the marriage ceremony was performed by one Isaac Barton, an old Baptist preacher, . . . The witness stated that it was not a large wedding, nor a very small one; he supposed about twenty persons were present; that Barton stood up in the floor, Patterson and Miss Kidwell standing before him; Barton asked for the license; Patterson handed
For most North Carolinians, therefore, the wedding ceremony was simple and soon over. The feasting and frolicking which so often accompanied it were more impressive than the ceremony itself. The duration and extravagance of the festivities depended, of course, upon the economic status of the bride's family. In 1818 Dr. James Norcom described the marriage festivities of a relative in a letter to his son John:
We have all been eating & drinking in very considerable style here for 5 or 6 days past in consequence of Jas. Horniblows marriage to Miss Eliza Brewer, on the 15.th Inst. On the 17.th . . . I gave the wedding party a dinner & a tea drinking at my house & tomorrow we shall have the scene repeated at Mrs. Horniblows; a few days afterwards at Mrs. Blounts on the sound; & about the close of the week we shall wind up at Mr. Jas. Wills's--I shall be heartily glad when the giddy round is ended; for it is far from being agreeable to me, & keeps my family in great confusion. 61
Henry Macky had his Fiddle he & his fiddle were both in good tune It would have done you good to have heard it They was a fine crowd of Ladyes & Gentlemen Mr. McWilliams and Lady you know was old hands they know so many plays 6263
Wedding trips were indulged in only by the most affluent. The bridal tour of Henry W. Conner, later a political leader in both of the Carolinas, was also a business trip in which he looked after
A month before her marriage in November, 1860, young Mary Norcott of Eastern North Carolina was in New York at the St. Nicholas selecting her trousseau. "What dreams of beauty my dresses were!" she wrote later. Her honeymoon was a two-month tour of the South, including a six-day voyage down the Mississippi from Memphis to New Orleans on the steamer Ingomar in company with seven other bridal couples. 67
There were those who married in North Carolina without obtaining a license, without publication of banns, or observance of the common ceremony, 68
Undoubtedly ante-bellum society frowned upon extra-marital relations, but it did not frown sufficiently to prevent them. The extent of intimacy during courtship usually varied with the family discipline and training of the lovers. In 1810 "Observer" protested through the columns of the Raleigh Star against such games as "selling the thimble," played at tea parties, which required that the loser pay a kiss as a forfeit. "To my understanding it is pretty evident," he wrote, "that the young lady, who in a promiscuous company of segar and pipe-smokers, and perhaps debauchees, suffers herself to be kissed, by any one whom chance may select, either wants a just sense of that virtuous delicacy, which heightens beauty and adorns virtue; or that having this sense, she scruples not to violate it for the wretched fear of being accounted singularly modest." 7172
In 1813 a young man wrote his sister, about to leave her home in the country for a visit in the city, that he hoped she could "associate with those who are called the polite and well bred, the gay and fashionable ladies of the present day, without assuming their manners, and adopting their free and forward airs, without, like them, admitting the gentlemen among your acquaintances, to liberties, to familiarities, which, if they are not criminal, are at least inconsistent with that modesty, and chastity of manners, which constitute the first female charm, . . ." He thought that "those
Against such conduct as this, the camp-meeting leaders hurled their thunder. The whole strength of organized religion came in time to oppose "gaieties of fashionable life." Even as late as 1859, the Reverend John Bayley, Methodist minister of Virginia, writing on the duties of a faithful wife, declared, "She does not injure her constitution . . . by midnight revelings, . . . or any sensual indulgence whatever. . . . Instead of running night after night to the haunts of fashionable folly, . . . she will retire early, rise with the lark, and find her pleasures in the face of day, . . ." 74
The petitions to legitimate children, submitted to the General Assembly between 1800 and 1827, show that couples sometimes had one or more children prior to marriage. The petitioners in most cases belonged to the upper classes, for they were men who had property to bequeath. These petitions do not represent the extent of the custom, but only give some indication of the number of children born to a couple prior to marriage. Forty of the 171 petitions which have been preserved in the Legislative Papers state definitely that the petitioner later married the mother. 75
|22 petitioners had 1 child
|born prior to marriage with mother
|7 petitioners had 2 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
|4 petitioners had 3 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
|2 petitioners had 4 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
|3 petitioners had 5 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
|1 petitioners had 6 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
|1 petitioners had 7 children
|born prior to marriage with mother
Some idea of the extent of illegitimacy can be obtained from the bulk of these petitions. The following frequency table made from the 171 extant petitions submitted between 1800 and 1827, shows the number of illegitimate children per parent:
|Number of Children
|Number of Parents
|Per Cent
|7 to 9
|10 and over
An examination of the records of the county courts of six counties, representing different sections of the State, also reveals some data concerning illegitimacy, for the county courts had jurisdiction over bastardy cases. The number of cases appearing on the dockets of these county courts during three different periods between 1800 and 1860 is shown in the following table:
It would seem that the tendency was toward a decrease in the amount of illegitimacy; yet such a conclusion might be inaccurate, for the number of cases appearing on the docket was largely dependent upon the vigilance of the justices of peace in bringing these cases to court. The case of Edgecombe County is significant, for there were more than twice as many cases on the docket from 1851 to 1855 as from 1801 to 1805.
One of the chief values of the data collected from the county court dockets is the information given in regard to the offenders. For instance, Millicent Newby of Pasquotank County charged a certain William Lane with being the father of her illegitimate child born in 1803, but two years later she had another child by a different man. 78798081
Some offenders were men and women who figured prominently
Society was much more severe upon the woman offender than upon the man. In 1809 the Star related the story of the suicide of a young girl in Cabarrus County who hanged herself by a bandanna handkerchief to the limb of a peach tree. "She became the victim of seduction, yet retained so much of the pride of human nature, that, when her situation could no longer be concealed, she declared her resolution of escaping the scoffs of an unfeeling world, by destroying herself." 8586
A significant instance of concealing the birth of an illegitimate child occurred in Fayetteville. In 1850 a number of residents of that town petitioned the Legislature to emancipate Lucy, "the daughter of a respectable white woman." "To protect the reputation of the real mother, Lucy at her birth was placed in charge of
In 1844 the Biblical Recorder began an attack upon what later has been called the "double standard" of morality by a severe article on "the seducer," and other papers in the State took a momentary interest in the fight. The Biblical Recorder thus expressed itself:
It has long been manifest that something is wrong, not only in the laws, but also in public opinion. It is repugnant to every principle of Justice as well as of common decency, that, while the miserable victim of seduction is consigned to hopeless and irremediable infamy, the seducer is not only permitted by the law to exult in his villany, but is even honored and caressed by the best circles of society. It has appeared strange to us that virtuous and respectable females should so far lose sight of what was due to themselves, to society, and to common decency, as to accept of the attentions of men, who are known to be foul and unprincipled libertines. 89
The act of 1741 "to suppress vice and immorality" was the basis of the law during the ante-bellum period concerning extra-marital relations. The act of 1741 stated "that if any person commit fornication, upon due conviction, each of them shall forfeit and pay twenty-five shillings . . . for each and every such offence." 96
The procedure in bastardy cases as set down by the act of 1741 was slightly altered by the acts of 1799, 1814, 1832, and 1850, in each instance looking to a more liberal interpretation of the law. 98
It was recognized that the bastardy law was subject to abuse. If a designing woman chose to accuse a man, he might have difficulty in proving his innocence. Or, on the other hand, a man might attempt to escape payment of the yearly fee to the mother either by making a compromise with her or by deliberately neglecting to pay the sum. 101
There is ample evidence to show that all of the largest towns in the State had their "lewd houses," 102
Strolling prostitutes were always present at any large gathering. 107108
Several cases of incest attracted public attention during the ante-bellum period, one that of a member of the Legislature who was forced to resign his seat because of the fact but was promptly returned by his constituents. 109
The question of divorce was one of the most vexed of all problems relating to the family during the period from 1800 to 1860. Agitation for a divorce law began as early as 1790, but the Legislature steadfastly set itself against such an innovation until 1814. Practically every year, from 1799 when a bill "authorizing the judges of Superior Courts to grant divorces, whenever a husband and wife should shew cause which to them appeared sufficient" was rejected on the second reading in the Senate 112
"A Friend to Good Order and Religion" discussed this situation when the divorce bill became an issue in 1809. He said quite truthfully:
It is supposed that there are from thirty to sixty Petitions presented to the Legislature every year, praying for relief in cases of this kind, and that a large standing Committee is regularly appointed by the Assembly, to consider and report them, which must employ a very considerable part of the time of the Legislature and of course consume a considerable part of the taxes which are paid every year by the people. It has been said that one Divorce which was granted some years ago (Naylor & Wife) 113
The divorce bill of 1808, which was published with the laws of that year for the general consideration of the public, provided relief for three sets of injured persons: (1) for such as were married to those incapable through impotence of performing the duties of the married state, (2) for such as were injured by a violation of the marriage contract, and (3) for wives barbarously treated by their husbands. In the last instance, the wife was to be allotted a third of the husband's annual income. The bill was widely discussed and the newspapers were full of articles on the subject. 115116
Nevertheless, the increasing number of petitions indicated that there was a real demand for a divorce law. In 1812 the Senate was found sending an urgent appeal to the House of Commons for the appointment of a "joint select committee" to inquire if any "provisions can be made by law to prevent this growing evil." 117118
The act of 1814 followed closely the bill of 1808. It permitted a complete divorce for impotence and adultery, provided the petitioning party was not also guilty of adultery, and a divorce from bed and board to wives cruelly treated by their husbands. In the latter case, the wife might be granted alimony "as her husband's circumstances will admit" not exceeding one third of his
The act of 1814 served to give the General Assembly only a brief respite from divorce petitions. By 1824 they were coming again in large numbers. In 1827, therefore, the Legislature relinquished its right to have the last word in divorce cases by giving sole and original jurisdiction to the superior courts. 122123124
Prior to the passage of the act of 1827, those who considered themselves injured were meeting the situation in various ways. Some entered into "separation contracts" which contained provisions as various as those signing them. In 1786, for instance, Benjamin Coakley entered into bond with security never thereafter to intermeddle with his wife's person or property which remained with her by his consent. 125
This Indenture made this 24 Day of May 1803 . . . Between John Farrow of the State of North Carolina and County of Currituck . . . of the one part and Rebekah Farrow his wife of [the] other part witnesseth That whereas some unhappy Differences have arisen Between them in consequence of which they have Mutually agreed to separate themselves and are at this time in separate condition we the aforesaid John & Rebekah do firmly agree with Each other to finally Desolve the Marrage Contract once made between us and that Either of us may and Shall have Free and undenied Liberty to Live Single or to Entermarry again with any other person without any manner of hindrance or denial of the adverce party and we . . . do further agree that if Either of the partners should in Future marry again with any other person that we will not carry on any prosecution against the other so marrying . . . and we . . . do further agree that all children hereafter Begotten by Either of us shall not in any wise stand chargeable to the adverce party . . . in as full and ample manner as if the Former marrage had never been contracted in Witness whereof we have here unto set our hands & seals the day and date above written.
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Still others, without show of legality, were remedying their situation as best they could. As William Kerr of Stokes County stated to the Legislature in 1808, ". . . it is extremely hard to be bound during life by the laws of this country in consequence of that violated and broken covenant between her and him in respect to which I have a good conscience." 127128
The causes which were deemed sufficient for a divorce by petitioners to the Legislature as set forth in 266 applications which
|Number of Petitions
|Per Cent
|Desertion to live with another
|Cohabitation with a Negro
|Not stated
|Wasting property
|Bringing another into the house
|Attempt on petitioner's life
|Married while drunk
|Non-support and cruelty
|Ill temper
|Indecent conduct
|Partner is fugitive from justice
|Refused to Cohabit
Of the causes listed, more than a third, or 37.2 per cent, were for desertion, and a little more than half of the desertion cases were desertions to live with another partner. A large number of the deserters were cited as having gone to "the western country." Some went expecting to return, while others went openly declaring their intention of being rid of the worries of a burdensome family. Still others "eloped to the Louisiana country," carrying with them the objects of their illicit love. Some, however, were bold enough to live with another in the same neighborhood as the lawful mate. The law against bigamy recognized the frequency of desertions by declaring that it was "not to be applied to a person whose husband or wife shall have been absent seven years, without knowledge of his or her existence." 130
The charge of cohabitation with a Negro was made by 7.5 per cent of the petitioners. In 1832 Judge Ruffin held in Scroggins v. Scroggins that the birth of a mulatto was not always sufficient cause for a divorce under the act of 1827. His opinion was as follows:
Fraud in the contract of marriage, to entitle a party to a divorce, must consist of something more than mere concealment of defects--there must be such misrepresentations as would deceive a person of ordinary prudence; and where the husband, at the marriage, might have known that this intended wife was pregnant, and five months afterwards she had a mulatto child, it was held that he was not entitled to a divorce. 131
The causes listed as miscellaneous contain fifteen categories, among which were the following charges: husband charged petitioner with adultery, each has had children by another, separation with division of property, incest, wife lives with another while petitioner is away on business, wife cursed petitioner and called him an "amaffarrodite," wife in love with another, family feud, petitioner had obtained her property rights by legislative enactment and thought she had a right to remarry, wife pregnant by another man when he married her. It is surprising that the last cause named was listed by only two petitioners especially since an attempt was made in the Legislature in 1834 and again in 1852 to specify this as another cause for divorce. 132
Aware of the difficulty of obtaining a divorce by legislative enactment, many women often closed their petitions with the request that, if the divorce was not granted, a law might be passed to secure to them such property as they might thereafter acquire. Two hundred and thirty-eight such petitions, not included in the list of petitions for divorce, have been preserved in the Legislative Manuscripts. 133
Despite the fact that many each year sought to break their marriage vows, the family was "the most lasting cement of the political permanency" of ante-bellum North Carolina. Courtship among the gentry was conducted with formalities which have since been sloughed off, but courtship itself was essentially the same then as now. Illegitimacy was probably greater, but family ties were nevertheless compelling. Although the household revolved around the father as the legal head, the strong emotional appeal of wife and children greatly modified the asperity of the law.
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The US Army has launched a high-profile online recruitment drive, which is seeing them take full advantage of the recruitment power of social media and video streaming sites.
Video advertisements posted on YouTube and linked through to sites like Facebook and Twitter emphasise the online portals available through which recruits can join up. Lieutenant General. Benjamin C. Freakley, who commands the Army Accessions Command, which oversees recruitment, said highlighting the goarmy.com website is tapping to the channels young men and women are most familiar with these days.
"We're working hard to increase our social media," he said. "We fully recognise that young people TiVo over commercials or are multitasking on their smartphones when the commercials come on."
They are not skimping on the talent they are using to create the adverts either, with one of the main voices used being that of actor Gary Sinise, most familiar for his roles in the television series CSI:New York and as Lieutenant Dan in the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump.
The army has also signed a deal with the distributors of the new sure-to-be-blockbuster X-Men: First Class film. Users of the army's Facebook recruitment page will be able to view exclusive footage and previews of the film prior to its release this summer as, according to Lt. Gen. Freakley, there are more similarities than most people think between the superheroes and the soldiers.
"The movie is about young people who are ordinary doing extraordinary things," he said. "Ordinary people come in the Army and do extraordinary things every day."
Geoff Newman from online recruiter RecruitmentGenius.com points to similar success in the UK's military with social media.
"Similar activity has already been seen by all divisions of the military with games such as 'Start Thinking Soldier'. Even our domestic secret service, MI5, are now using online games and social media. If done well, it can be engaging, reach a diverse audience whilst also helping in selection by quantifying relevant skills.


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The Indianapolis Star editorializes today against House Speaker Brian Bosma's legislative plan to mandate the teaching of intelligent design alongside scientific theories such as evolution. The Star said, "A broader question, one raised by Gov. Mitch Daniels on Thursday, has to be answered first: Should the state legislature dictate specific topics to be discussed in schools across Indiana? We would vote to leave the decision-making in the hands of local boards and administrators as often as possible." And let Eric Miller go from school to school and lobby for an intelligent design curriculum, which he no doubt will do if he does not succeed, just as he does with regard to sex education curriculum now.
In a follow-up story to the Star's front-page story yesterday, Brian Bosma wanted to make it clear that he did not participate in the meeting with Trinity Broadcasting Network host Carl Baugh to discuss the intelligent design legislation; however, we learn that the meeting did take place in Bosma's office on September 29, 2005, and that his chief of staff, Leslie Hiner, participated in the meeting. And that regular church-going guy Bosma also attended a worship service at Zion Unity Missionary Baptist Church the day before the meeting to meet Baugh. Doesn't that make all the difference?
As to whether the intelligent design legislation is a priority for the 2006 session, Bosma told the Star he wouldn't say that intelligent design is a legislative priority, but then again, he wouldn't say it isn't a priority. He said he supports the teaching of intelligent design and would consider mandating it. "I think it's fair to allow and perhaps require students to be taught that there may be more than one explanation for the creation of the world," Bosma said. What would we do without guys like Rev. Bosma telling us what to think and how to act? He is such a role model after all. Just ask his interns.


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In this subject, I learn how to write a good essay. Sir Izuan always guide me and my classmates to do essay follow step by step from the outline, first draft and lastly is final draft. It is difficult if we not follow the step that he teach.
Actually it is not a tough subject. It just need the understanding and many practice then only we can know that it is quite simple subject. But the only thing which is difficult in this subject is we have so many tables to do! I afraid if I can't remember the formula and confuse what should I put and what shouldn't I put in the table for several chapters.
This is my favourite subject. I love calculation and the calculation in this subject is easier than costing that I take on last semester. Eventhough there are many chapters to cover, but all of the chapters is a short chapter so it is easy for me to catch up.
I'm not really like this subject because it just give me a burden. But what I like most about this subject is the lecturer. Mdm Zarina always make the class rilex and enjoy. We also can ask anything easily because we are closed with Mdm Zarina. She also always make her students to think outside the bowl and open our mind to think something far and different.
It is about Islamic Economy. In this semester, I learn the system that have been used in the country and about Islamic system. Islamic system is very simple compared to capatalism. Nowadays, there are many bank used Islamic system to attract customers. Islamic banking is good because there have no 'RIBA' and it fair towards all things.
It is an enjoy subject. Now, I can speak in Mandarin a little bit. The cute lecturer for this subject is Miss Chong Peng Hwa. She did her work very well and now all of her students can speak in Mandarin. This subject is also an easy subject because it has no final exam and what make it more easier is everything that I learn in this subject just like Bahasa Malaysia that I learn when I was standard 2.
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Capiapo, Chile (CNN) -- Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said on Sunday they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.
The idea, which is Plan C, could be the fastest of the three options currently underway. However, the drill needs to be transported first from Iquique, a city in northern Chile, and then installed.
The drill is expected to be up and running around the middle of September, Chilean government officials said in an electronic presentation given to CNN.
Still, the estimated time it will take to rescue the workers has not changed, they said. Depending on ground conditions and the technology used, officials guess the workers will not be hauled above ground until November, or early December.
The 33 miners have been stuck inside the Chilean mine since August. They were found alive -- safe in a shelter some 2,300 feet (701 meters) underground -- nearly three weeks after a cave-in.
See details of the plans (in Spanish PDF)
Meanwhile, rescue workers are moving forward with their first two plans. All three can happen at the same time as they approach the mine from different directions.
On Friday, a new drill arrived that engineers hope could reach the miners in as little as two months. The drill, which is normally used to bore water holes, is part of Plan B. It is untried technology in a mine rescue.
The first plan, Plan A, involves using a drill placed directly above the shelter where the miners are hold up. Engineers say the drill would need to reach a distance of some 701 meters. They have estimated this plan would take between three and four months to complete.
Plan B would drill at a roughly 80 degree angle into an area of mine shaft that is used as a mechanical workshop. That distance, engineers estimate, is around 620 meters. Plan C would need to drill some 600 meters, they said.


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Diesel is known to most petrolheads as the devil's fuel. But here are 10 cars which give diesels a much better name…
the guys at Car Throttle took it upon themselves to put together some of the best of the best when it comes to diesel powered black smoke production.
This time they're showcasing the trend or rolling coal, when one disables any clean burning engine programs in a diesel power vehicle. It's a way of visibly and deliberately polluting the air just so a driver can make his ride look more like a beast . you will see different models of Mercedes, Audi, Volvo and others and also you will see Dodge Ram also for a while which will make u amuse more
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Joe Jonas hits the pavement as he picks up a few gifts for the holiday season in Hollywood on Wednesday afternoon (December 14).
The 22-year-old musician, who wore Superdry, tweeted earlier this morning, "time to christmas shop for the family… ideas?"
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Angela Valles was born and raised in the Victor Valley and is vehement about improving the quality of life in the High Desert. Angela is no stranger to overcoming difficult obstacles. Angela became a mother at the age of 16, had to drop out of school and focus on becoming a mother. Angela had to grow up fast, but that didn't stop her from pursuing her dreams.
Angela went back to school to earn her associate's degree in 1996 from Victor Valley College, where she later taught Administration of Justice classes in her spare time in 2003. After receiving her associate's degree she entered the male-dominated industry of corrections, where she had to not only earn the respect of her colleagues, but also of the adult male prisoners being housed there. In just eight years she worked her way up to the position of warden at the Victor Valley Medium Community Correctional Facility, which was later bought by San Bernardino County in 2005.
While working for the correctional facility, education came calling again and she worked to get her bachelor's degree in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University in 2004.
In 2005 Angela was hired at Victor Valley Waste Water Reclamation Authority where she is currently the Director of Finance. Angela went on to receive an International Master's degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University in 2006.
Angela decided to use her talent in leadership to serve her community and was successfully elected to the Victor Valley College Board of Trustees in 2007 and served as College Board President in 2009. In 2010 Angela was again elected with top vote to serve on the Victorville City Council from until 2014.
Angela achieved all of these goals while raising two beautiful and successful children. Angela's son Emmanuel is an Air Force Veteran that currently works in management for BNSF and graduated from Azusa Pacific University. Angela's daughter Alissa is a Hearing Aid Specilaist and is in college. Both of her beautiful children are married and have blessed her with grandchildren Ethan, Cruz and Sophia.
Angela truly believes in service above self and serves on several other boards and committees in her community. Angela's experience in Organizational Development helped her make a great difference on the Victorville City Council, College Board, and VVWRA to build community, fiscal responsibility and transparency.
All of Angela's life she has sought out challenges and risen above them. Angela's passion is to make a positive difference in her community. In everything Angela does she tries to reflect the sentiment of her favorite Erma Bombeck quote: "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me".


text: The Altamira lobby of the St. Regis Resort in Punta Mita, Mexico is named after the "father of tequila," the Marquis of Altamira, who established the world's first tequila distillery in 1600 in this region. The space nods to both the old world and the new, with antique French chandeliers, works by local artisans, and furnishings imported from Belgium and Spain. Take a seat and enjoy the ocean and pool views.


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Colorful chicken with purple potatoes
This recipe is not for the faint-hearted — it requires some frying skills, but makes a really tasty, delicious meal with a massive wow-factor without any extra hassle :-) I actually got the idea for this, when my local grocery store offered special 1kg packages of Vitelotte, a.k.a. purple potatoes. I wanted to make something tasty, but also colourful and festive, thus this crazy, colourful and festive meal was born! ---|
On good thing about these potatoes is, they seem to lower blood pressure and have inflammatory components, which might be a good thing for a winter meal :-)
Salami frittata
Hot, savory and full or aroma, that's literally an omelette on steroids that smashes my hunger during dark, cold autumn days :-) It's also extremely easy and pretty fast to cook!


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NCEZID: Vector-borne Diseases (caused by bites from mosquitoes, ticks, or fleas)
Everyone—in the United States and around the world—is vulnerable to diseases spread by infected insects or ticks, also called vectors. Increasing global travel and urbanization are contributing to vector-borne disease outbreaks in new regions and countries. These diseases can be difficult to prevent and control, particularly since vaccines are available for only a few of them. NCEZID's work, directed by national and international leaders in vector-borne pathogens, is focused on priority diseases, including:
- Zika (causes severe birth defects), chikungunya (causes debilitating joint pain), and dengue (can be deadly), which are caused by bites of infected Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Forty percent (40%) of the world' s population is at risk for dengue infection.
- West Nile virus is now native to the United States, and outbreaks are reported each summer. The deadliest West Nile virus outbreak in the United States occurred in 2012. Although most people infected with West Nile virus will have no symptoms, about 1 in 5 will experience fever with other symptoms, and less than 1% will develop a serious, sometimes fatal disease.
- Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States, with an estimated 300,000 infections occuring each year. Other tickborne diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever are also a serious public health problem and can be deadly within days if not treated promptly with antibiotics.
What we're doing:
- NCEZID has worked with partners on recent vector-borne outbreaks including Zika and chikungunya in Latin America, dengue in Hawaii, plague in Yosemite National Park, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona and New Mexico.
- Early in the Zika outbreak, NCEZID scientists developed a new test called the Trioplex Cdc-pdf[66 pages] that detects Zika virus, dengue, and chikungunya in a single test.
- CDC is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Health and the Mayo Clinic to obtain up to 30,000 clinical specimens from patients with suspected tickborne illness over a 3-year period. CDC will use genetic sequencing methods to identify the specific tickborne bacterium that caused these patients' illnesses.
- NCEZID scientists have found nootkatoneExternal, an ingredient found in Alaska yellow cedar trees, some herbs, and citrus fruits, to be an effective repellent and insecticide for use against mosquitoes, ticks, and other pests. Efforts are now underway to bring this product to market.
Since 2004 in the US, scientists have discovered 7 new tickborne viruses in people.
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text: I'm proud to announce that I'll be presenting at Colorado State University Pueblo on October 25. The talk will focus on Colorado's remarkably diverse shortgrass prairie and grassland conservation. I'll present images from my Prairie Thunder book project, ongoing conservation outreach work, with both historical and new imagery. This free program is an All Pueblo Reads event. This year's book is Plainsong by Kent Haruf – I plan to bring this excellent fictional novel to life. We hope to see you there!


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I've been looking for an off-white or gold outfit for a close friend's wedding which is coming up soon, and this outfit was right up my street, flowy, modest (the one I saw had full sleeves on it too) and the embroidery and embellishment is beautiful. These colours are not ones that I often go for, I tend to go for deep or rich colours and this makes a fresh change for me - I was also glad about how flattering these colours looked on my skin tone too.
Not sure I'd shell out the money for this outfit itself (it retails for about £900) but I love the shape of this outfit, and the colour-combination is definitely one I'd like to try.
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