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Posted By Ravi Sinha | On 01st, Jun. 2015 Under News
The first batch of free games on Xbox One and Xbox 360 via Xbox Live's Games With Gold offer are now available. This enables Xbox Live Gold subscribers access to some key titles that they'd otherwise have to pay for.
Xbox One players get Double Fine Productions' Massive Chalice, it's second major crowd-funded title which focuses on strategy. There is also Pool Nation FX which was available last month and has been carried over into June.
Xbox 360 players have it much better. Just Cause 2, Avalanche Software's breakout open world action title, will be available till June 15th for free. On June 16th to June 30th, Eidos Montreal's Thief will be available for free. That's a fairly decent selection, even if Thief isn't exactly what we'd call "stellar".
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No, I wasn't in a big sulk yesterday. The reason I didn't post was because I was busy being a proper writer, or trying to... and *finishing* draft #1 of Ill Met By Moonlight!!!!
Yep, I finished the sucker, and I'm mighty pleased with myself about that. It's only really taken me around 30 days to finish it, and that's even allowing for some days when I have actually been sulking and not producing any work... Granted the final scene and the epilogue are a bit of a dog's breakfast of bodgery, but I'm sure I can smoothe things out and improve them in the editing.
Anyway, to celebrate this mighty achievement, while I was waiting for himself to get ready to go out last night, I designed a faux cover for my little novella... and here it is!


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Markets Hub: Stocks Rise on Jobs, Housing Data
Stocks rose early Wednesday on better-than-expected employment and housing data. Plus, jobless claims dropped but still point to persistent weakness in the jobs market. (Photo: AP Photo.)
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The chart shows how several brokers' EURUSD spreads looked at-around the NFP announcement, time is in GMT. The red line represents the most scrambled situation at 12:32, when aggregated spreads got the widest. The brokers are ordered by their 12:32 spreads, thus tightest brokers are on the left, least competitive brokers are on the right. Apparently, some brokers decided to sit on the bench until situation calmed down.
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The next chart shows how EURSD spreads got somewhat wider right before the economic event, how they sky-rocketed right after the announcement and how they consolidated after a couple of minutes at a slightly higher level. The y axis shows the actual aggregated spread of 90+ brokers expressed in percentage of its 12:25 value. In plain English, the peak around 500% means that the monitored 90+ brokers' spreads got 5x wider at the busiest time.
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A Record Year of Death and Demonization for Journalism Globally
After the savage murder of Jamal Khashoggi, major organizations monitoring the freedom and safety of journalists worldwide are reporting, albeit coincidentally, that 2018 has been an exceptionally dangerous year everywhere. The deaths of journalists have risen sharply, to 53 from 47 in 2017, the Committee to Protect Journalists announced on Dec. 19. "The recent uptick … Read more


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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Some 80,000 demonstrators walked silently through the Belgian capital Sunday to protest the killing of a teenager who refused to give his digital music player to two young robbers.
Police have yet to announce a breakthrough in the case despite nationwide distribution of video images of the suspects who ambushed Joe Van Holsbeeck and a friend on April 12.
The 17-year-old was stabbed to death at the busy Brussels Central train station, a killing that shocked the nation.
"The demonstration is an important signal which I fully back," said Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said. "We will put more effort into combating youth crime."
Van Holsbeeck's parents had asked for a nonpolitical, silent march, and requested that political parties remain in the background. The march went by the central train station, where protesters laid hundreds of flowers.
Van Holsbeeck's father, Guy, said he was heartened by the show of support.
"There is a lot of emotion and it somewhat soothes our pain," he told the VRT television network.
Police estimates said the number of protesters was around 80,000. It was thought to be the biggest protest march since more than 300,000 people in this nation of 10.5 million took part in a 1996 demonstration to protest police handling of a pedophile kidnapping and murder case.
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Great Comic Pages: All Star Superman #5, pg18
It's not hard to love All Star Superman. If you like comics, and you've read All Star Superman, you like it. Period. It's Grant Morrison's perfect little ode to everything great about 1960s Weisinger-edited Superman, with his own manic creativity and favorite toys (Qwewq the Infant Universe! Solaris the Tyrant Sun!) pulled in. But it's Quitely's art that takes it to the next level.
Now, admittedly, he's not quite as brilliant here as is in We3. He's working within the confines of a superhero book this time, and doesn't have the excuse of replicating the experience of cyborg pet killing machines. The panel structure tends to be traditional, designed to invoke Silver Age memories. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any non-rectangular panels - except for the two on this page.
That visual representation of the force of Superman inducing an earthquake to send Parasite through the floor is just amazing - notice how the right side of the second panel, which is the side closest to Parasite, is crumbling, with bits beginning to fly out of the panel's rectangle. But on the left side, where Superman is stomping, the floor is flatter, the walls less cracked - in fact, if you don't look carefully at Superman's feet and see that his right foot is in the air, with his left foot hitting the floor and creating a crack, it'd be easy to believe the same thing Luthor does, that Parasite's weight is causing the "quake".
And then on the third panel, the floor - and the negative space between panels - collapses. The bordering white is used to represent both the collapsing floor, and the buckling floor below. By showing the very structure the page is built on breaking, cracking, and warping, we get an almost visceral sense of the force of Parasite's fall. He hits so hard that he causes waves in the floor - that's just nifty.
Strangely shaped panels, panels breaking through their borders, etc - this can all serve as valuable storytelling tools, but they lose a lot of their force when they're used all the time. By sticking to the rectangular panel so rigorously up until this point, Quitely gets more of an impact when he does break out of it.


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Last year, if you recall, Belkin announced a partnership with Jarden (the company behind brands like Mr. Coffee, Sunbeam and Crock-Pot), promising we'd eventually see kitchen appliances with Belkin's WeMo home automation control built in. Now, at CES 2014, Belkin finally has a real product to show for it: The company just announced the Crock-Pot WeMo Slow Cooker (how's that for a name?). Being a smart product and all, you can use the WeMo app for iOS or Android to remotely turn it on or off, adjust the temperature or change the time settings. You can also receive reminders so that you don't let it sit too long. Look for it to ship this spring for $100, with an air purifier, space heater and coffee maker to follow later this year.
Additionally, Belkin introduced the WeMo Smart LED Bulb, a dimmable light that can be controlled remotely using the same WeMo app you'd use to control the slow cooker. In particular, you can control the bulbs individually or in groups, and also set them to dim as you sleep and wake up. Once it goes on sale this spring, you'll need to shell out $130 for the starter kit, which includes two bulbs (60W-equivalent) and a bridge that plugs into an outlet. Thereafter, the lights cost $40 apiece and are said to last up to 23 years. Also, the bridge can connect to up to 50 bulbs, so odds are you'll never have to buy another. Last up, there's the WeMo Maker kit, which lets modders manage anything with a simple DC switch -- gates, garage doors, blinds, AC units, you name it. That will also arrive this spring, but no word on price.


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Investing may be the furthest thing from your mind financially when you are in your 20s. Adjusting to the workforce and life after college tends to be a shock. Your expenses increase, and you may have student loans and other debt. But your young adult years are the best time to start planning for the future. There is no magic investment that is guaranteed to make you rich. Instead, focus on investments that are low cost and will build in value over time. If you start investing by the time you are 25, you will have considerably more money when you are 65 than if you wait until you are 30 to start investing.
Exchange-Traded Funds
When you are young and do not have much extra money, exchange-traded funds are a way to get your foot in the investing door. ETFs usually have lower barriers to entry. For example, you may need a minimum of several thousand dollars to invest in a mutual fund. The minimum is considerably lower or non-existent for an ETF. The cost of commission is also lower, since you pay per trade instead of a maintenance fee. If the cost per trade is $10, and you invest $1,000 at a time, you only pay a commission of 1 percent. Some ETFs do not have a commission at all. An ETF is a wise choice if you plan on keeping the investment for a long time, instead of selling it quickly.
Your 20s are the time to start saving for retirement. If you have a job that offers a 401(k) plan, start investing in it. Many employers match your contributions up to a certain percentage. Check with your employer to see if it offers a match and up to how much. The matching contribution is free money for your future. The money you put in a 401(k) is not taxed, so you will save money on your income tax bill as well. When you start withdrawing at the faraway age after 59 1/2, you'll have to give the IRS its due.
If your employer does not offer a 401(k) plan or you are self-employed, you can start saving for retirement by opening an IRA, or individual retirement arrangement, also called individual retirement account. You have two options for an IRA, traditional or Roth. You pay tax on the money you invest in a Roth IRA in the year you earn the money. You do not pay tax on the original amount or the earnings when the time comes for you to withdraw the money. You do not pay tax on the money you invest in a traditional IRA in the year you earn it. Instead, you are taxed on it after you start taking distributions. You can invest your money in an IRA in mutual funds, stocks or certificates of deposit.
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In some cases, you may be better off focusing on paying down debt rather than investing in your 20s. If you owe on a credit card that has an interest rate of 15, 18 or 20 percent, paying the balance off will provide a better return than investing in an ETF that has a rate of return of 6, 8 or 10 percent. Focus on paying off consumer debt or any debt with a high interest rate first, then turn your focus to investing for the future.
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Whether or not the face is the 'window to the soul', it certainly can provide a way to assess someone's internal state
The Varieties of Human Facial expression, 12-bit version by Arthur Elsenaar and Remko Scha, videography by Josephine Jasperse
There are seven universally recognised emotions shown through facial expressions: fear, anger, surprise, contempt, disgust, happiness and sadness. This universality was noted by Charles Darwin, among others. (See Face the facts for more.)
Expressions depend on the characteristic arrangement of facial features, which can be 'read' by observers, though some are easier to identify than others (surprise and fear are often hard to tell apart). Face-reading skills appear very early. Even seven-month-old infants pay more attention to fearful faces.
In fact, fear appears to be a very powerful expression. We recognise fear in someone's face even before we have identified who that person is, and even subconscious detection of fearful faces can profoundly influence our behaviour, much more so than subconscious detection of other emotions.
Fear processing is associated with activity in the amygdala, a part of the brain that plays a key role in developing responses to sensory information like sound and pain.
The importance of facial expressions reflects the importance of social communication to humans. Our success as a species has depended on our ability to cooperate and act together. A key aspect of our cognitive powers is our ability to judge what others are thinking and hence how they might act.


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Osram Edition 1906 are illuminants made from high quality materials with modern inner workings. The LED filament lamps with a gold tint are available in four classic shapes. The PenduLum pendant lamp features appealing straight lines and a minimalistic design, and combining satin aluminium with a textile cable makes for a very elegant look. Combined, Edition 1906 lamps and illuminants are an eye-catcher in any room - from hotel lobbies to the living room.
The 1906 Edition line was named for the trademark registration year and follows the aesthetics of the turn of the century. The vintage shapes have become quite popular again. They resemble the vintage shapes yet meet today's standards. The lamps are available in the classic globe, Edison, oval and tubular shape. The gold tint of the glass bulbs further brings out the vintage design. The low wattages of the lamps provide subtle lighting whilst their unusual shapes make them an eye-catcher - whether in your living room at home, at a restaurant, or a hotel lounge.
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It's a known fact that obesity is linked with many other medical conditions, the most common of which are cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. It's also a known fact that the prevalence of obesity in the United States is rising steadily. It isn't common knowledge, however, that obesity and rheumatoid arthritis are two conditions that are also closely linked.
People who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis generally tend to be less physically active, as compared to people who suffer from non-inflammatory arthritis, mainly due to the swelling, stiffness, and deformity, as well as the pain associated with it. This, in turn, makes them even more prone to develop obesity. It's even worse for rheumatoid arthritis patients who are already obese since they encounter more difficulties moving around. Read on to find out how obesity affects people with rheumatoid arthritis.
#1 Rheumatoid Cachexia
Rheumatoid Cachexia is a condition that is also referred to as muscle wasting. It means that people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis lose muscle mass and muscle strength because of their condition. What's even sadder about rheumatoid cachexia is that it targets fat-free mass.
Moreover, people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis lose thirteen to fifteen percent of their body cell mass. This is problematic because as little as a 5% loss will already result in visibly reduced muscle strength and higher risks of infections. Furthermore, a body cell mass loss of 40% is already associated with death. Rheumatoid cachexia itself does not cause death but it makes the patient susceptible to many infections and diseases that lead to morbidity.
For rheumatoid arthritis patients who are already obese, rheumatoid cachexia can significantly increase the risks of cardiovascular diseases. This is because cachexia eats away the skeletal muscles and leaves the fat mass behind. Thus, it leaves the patient with a higher body fat index, which then leads to higher risks of stroke, cancer, diabetes, and other heart diseases.
The situation is different but no less dire for rheumatoid patients who are already thin, to begin with. Since these patients do not have any excess skeletal muscle mass that they can afford to lose, when rheumatoid cachexia attacks, it can lead to extreme frailty and a significant decline in muscle strength.
Rheumatoid cachexia also increases their risks of falling and fractures. Either way, whether the patient is obese or thin, rheumatoid cachexia, when unchecked, can lead to disabilities which can further limit the patient's mobility.
#2 Reduced Responsiveness To Treatment
One study investigated the relationship between body mass index and responsiveness to infliximab, which is a medication used for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and Crohn's disease. Eighty-nine patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis participated in the study.
Unfortunately, those who had a high body mass index did not respond well to the medication even after 16 weeks of treatment. Only half of those who had BMI >30 kg/m2 showed positive response to the medication and improvement in their condition whereas for those who had BMI levels of 20–30, 75% showed improvements.
Other studies also confirmed that obese rheumatoid arthritis patients showed less responsiveness to treatments. Different medications were used in the various studies and the test periods also differed, some were only for 3 months while others were for 6 months. The common result was that obese rheumatoid arthritis patients always showed poorer results. However, the mechanism by which adipose tissues or fats interfere with rheumatoid arthritis treatments is still not clear so further studies are still needed.
#3 The Obesity Paradox
Despite the fact that obesity is associated with many serious medical conditions, in rheumatoid arthritis patients, obesity has a positive side to it. A recent study analyzed the cause of death of male United States veterans who had rheumatoid arthritis.
The top causes of mortality were cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and respiratory disease. Surprisingly, obesity is not among the factors linked with all-cause mortality which included smoking, prednisone use, and older age.
With regard to body mass index, the study showed that those who had a BMI greater than 25 but less than 30 kg/m2 appeared to have lower risks of death due to a cardiovascular disease while those who had less than 20 kg/m2 BMI were more likely to die due to respiratory diseases.
What was surprising was that there appeared a protective association for those who had a BMI of 30-35 kg/m2, the BMI range for class 1 obesity. This means that participants in this BMI range had significantly lower associations with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease-related mortality, cancer-related mortality, and even respiratory-related mortality.
Another study attempted to explain the obesity paradox to better understand why obese rheumatoid patients appeared to have lower risks of early death. The researchers point to change in weight and body mass compositions as possible explanations. The study highlights the significance of rapid weight loss within a one-year period as a predictor of mortality for rheumatoid arthritis patients.
This means that rheumatoid patients who may have been obese previously but experienced sudden and unplanned rapid weight loss over a year, have higher risks of dying. But when an obese rheumatoid patient does not go through the same rapid weight loss, his original risks of mortality are not compounded by the additional risks of dying associated with sudden loss of weight.
In short, it's not that being obese protects these patients from early death, but that sudden rapid loss of weight, which makes the patient no longer obese, significantly increases the risks of early death.
Simple And Easy Exercises
Although it may be doubly difficult for obese people who have rheumatoid arthritis to engage in physical activities, there are a few easy exercises they can benefit from. Simple stretching like reaching for the toes will not put a lot of pressure on the joints but instead, help with flexibility and improve range of motion.
Walking, yoga, and tai chi are also great ways to burn off extra fat and improve balance and flexibility. There's no need to be intense about it, but regular exercise does have positive effects on both obesity and rheumatoid arthritis so these exercises can really help a lot.


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Before it got super cold and rainy here in LA, we had pretty nice weather for a bit. It was Winter but it was warm enough to just walk out in a t-shirt with a light jacket on top. I guess that's the perks of living in LA - warm enough weather even though it's Winter.
I had just picked up the shirt from Zara literally the day before this shoot, and I happened to pick up those shoes about a week before I got the shirt. It just made so much sense in my head to pair these up together, that I had to just go for it. And of course, I gotta get photos taken for my blog as well.
Shirt - Zara (www.zara.com)
Jacket - BCBG (www.bcbg.com)
Pants - Zara (www.zara.com)
Shoes - Steve Madden (www.stevemadden.com)
I'm sure you can tell, but these shoes are half a size bigger than my normal shoe size. People say don't ever go for shoes that are not exactly your size, and I have to say... that is quite true. However, I have wide feet and so this somehow worked out for me. One thing for sure is because there isn't any platform in the front, I couldn't walk around in it for too long without feeling pain in my toes.
I believe myself to be not too shabby at walking in heels but this was actually kind of painful.
I picked them up for about $23 at Ross (What a steal, these are Steve Madden shoes!) and I just couldn't pass on it because it was not only very pleasing to the eyes, but it was just such a great deal.
Because it was a little loose, I went and got myself a jelly patch to put on the heel of the shoes not only to fill the little gap but also to give my heels a relief when breaking into the shoes.
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Mass Attacker Used Knife Instead Of Gun, Main Stream Media Can't Use That
An attacker injures 14 at a suburban Houston College and the media is silent on gun-control. Oh that's right, the attacker used a knife.
The president has promised to ramp up the push for more control as the Senate prepares to vote on more frightening gun-control restrictions. The main-stream media has ramped up their, what could you call it besides, threats at Republican lawmakers who have threatened to filibuster any such legislation.
Msnbc's Martin Bashir: Do Republican Senators Need To Have Their Family Members Killed To Prevent Gun Control Filibuster?
Why the increased rhetoric? Gun-grabbers do not yet have the votes to push through their measures, so this last campaign before a vote is being done to demonize anyone standing up for our rights, intimidating to get needed votes.
Here is another threat received from a friend:
This person is obviously disturbed, wishing death on my friend and his family, but these are not isolated incidents. There are many of these people who want others to die, to make their point, a flawed point and it is nothing but evil.
Could it be that if someone has suffered violence from an attacker, they know the best way to defend themselves is with a firearm? Anyone remember the Holocaust? This crazy idea that somehow, being a victim is morally superior to being a gun owner, is exactly what many anti-gunners try to foist on the American people, all the while intending to keep their guns and body-guards. This is the same type of mind-set tyrants and criminals have. They want you disarmed because then, you can be controlled.
All this, while ignoring the real issue of psychotrophic (mind/mood-altering) drugs and they role they have played in everyone of these attacks, whether a gun was used or not. Why are they not addressing that issue, you ask? Because there is lots of money to be made in these pharmaceuticals and many are heavily invested in the market.
Keep fighting for your rights because, if the 2nd Amendment goes, how do you intend to defend the rest?


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Transcription of the final pages of this extensive project of the Civil War Letters of Private David Coon was completed April 10, 2013.
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The following letters, written by David Coon to his wife and children, are here collected, carefully copied from the originals. Many of the letters were written on such scraps of paper as were available, the ink being often very poor — in one instance at least, made from the juice of pokeberries gathered on the battlefield, — so that they have become greatly faded by the lapse of time, and a number are quite difficult to decipher.
It is desired in this way to preserve for his children and grand-children, the letters, giving in a simple and direct way, some of the experiences of a private soldier through a por-tion of one of the greatest campaigns of the Civil War.
David Coon enlisted from Green Lake County Feb. 26, 1864, in Co. A, 35th Wisconsin infantry. With his regiment he remained at Camp Randall until May 10, when he was ordered to join Hancock's Corps in Virginia, participating in many of the great battles of that terrible campaign until Aug. 25, 1864, when he, with nearly the whole regiment, was captured at the battle of Ream's Station. He was taken first to Libby prison, Richmond, and afterward transferred to Salisbury, N. C., where he died Nov. 2, 1864.
David Coon was a good man, a kind husband and father, a true soldier of the American type, not only a patriot but a philosopher.
In loving remembrance these words are penned by his son,
John W. Coon, M. D.
Wales, Wis., July 16, 1913.
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By H. W. Hood.
(From the Madison Democrat, January 12th, 1913.)
A goodly number of survivors of the 36th Wisconsin infantry are dwelling upon the Pacific Coast. They hold reunions from time to time, and it goes without saying that they heartily enjoy themselves when together.
In August, of 1903, when the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held at San Francisco, several members of the regiment from east of the Rocky Mountains were in attendance, and on the 18th day of the month they met with their comrades of the coast, and then had an unusually good time together. At that meeting Colonel C. E. Warner, of Windsor, was chosen President and James M. Aubery, secretary. Aubery enlisted February 29, 1864, in Company G of the 36th, and was, September 1, '64, promoted to the position of sergeant major of the regiment. November 1, same year, he was made quartermaster sergeant, and on the 15th of June, 1865, was commissioned second lieutenant of Company G, but was not mustered as such. In the year 1900, he published a history of the service of his regiment, — a book containing 430 pages. It has about it many excellent features, and is good reading. It would be a good thing if every regiment could have had so able a historian.
On the occasion of this reunion, there were present,
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Colonel Warner, wife and daughter; Captain Austin Cannon, Company H, who came from Pennsylvania; Charles A. Storke, Company G, of Santa Barbara, daughter and son-in-law; Judge James Paris, Company H, and wife, of Long Beach; A. T. Large, Company D, Los Angeles; William Patton, Company H, Berkeley; William Bright, Company I, Santa Cruz; David Kribs, Company I, and wife; Frederick Jennings, Company H, Lamorie; J. W. Thomas, Company K, and wife, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; George Clark, Coimpany B, Midway; James LeTellier, Company C; W. S. Hengy, Company B., and wife, Oroville; James M Aubery and two daughters, Los Angeles; Mrs. Skeels, Menomonie, Wisconsin; E. M. Chamberlain, Company D, and wife, Albany, Wisconsin.
After a season spent in reminiscences and renewing their ancient comradeship, they sat down to a feast — twenty-eight of them — given by Comrade Large. The spread before them made it plain that their host was not only Large by name, but of heart. They had a jolly time of it.
On the 12th of last September several of those old badgers gathered again at table, at Los Angeles, Comrade Storke being the genial host. He was chosen chairman of the meeting and Comrade Aubery, secretary. On that occasion there were present, Comrades Storke, Aubery, Clarke and wife, Jennings, Parish, and Large, of those mentioned above; also F. A. Wilde, Company F, Kingman, Arizona; Robert Moorhouse, Company G, Heber, California; J. V. Bartow, Company G, Long Beach; Edward Parish, Company H, Los Angeles, wife and daughter; Captain Wesley S. Potter, Company D,
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Pasadena; George W. Raymer, Company D, Madison, Wisconsin; Benjamin Bailey, Company A, San Diego.
I have been looking over the records to see how the comrades named above fared in their term of service of a year and a third. Colonel Warner was so wounded at the battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 14, '64, that it was necessary to amputate his left arm. Chales A. Storke was taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, June 1, '64. W. H. Patton was wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864. William Bright was wounded at the same place, same day. David Kribe was taken prisoner at Ream's Station. Frederick Jennings was wounded in the battle at Petersburg, June 18, '64, J. W. Thomas was wounded at Petersburg, George Clarke was sun-struck July 14, '64, Edward Parish was wounded June 18, '64, at Petersburg, F. A. Wilde was taken prisoner June 1, '64, at Cold Harbor, Robert Moorhouse was taken prisoner the same day, George W. Raymer was wounded near Petersburg, June 18, '64.
The Thirty-sixth was recruited under President Lincoln's call, February 1, 1864, for 500,000 men. It was quickly recruited at Camp Randall to the maximum number under direction of Colonel Frank A. Haskell, who had been adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin. He was commissioned colonel on the 23d of March. The regiment left Camp Randall on the 10th of May and was in Washington on the 14th. It served till the close of the war in the first brigade, second division, second army corps.
This is a brief sketch of the service of the regiment:
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It was at Spottsylvania May 18-21, North Anna river May 23-26, Totopotomy May 28-31, Bethesda Church June 1, Cold Harbor June 1-12, before Petersburg June 16-18. It was in the siege of Petersburg from June 16, '64 to April 2, 1865. In the meantime it was on the Weldon railroad June 22-23, demonstration north of James river at Deep Bottom August 13-20, where Colonel Warner lost his left arm, Ream's Station August 25, Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 17-28, Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865, Watkin's House March 25. It was in the movement, March 28-April 9, that terminated in the surrender of General Lee. On the second day of May it started for Washington, where, on the 23d of that month, it marched in the Grand Review that was the formal close of the war. On the 17th day of June the regiment left Washington for Louisville, Kentucky, going into camp on the north side of the river, at Jeffersonville, Indiana. There on the 12th of July it was mustered out of the service and started for Madison, where it arrived on the 14th, and was disbanded on the 24th.
Colonel Haskell was killed at Cold Harbor June 3, '64, and Colonel John A. Savage, who succeeded Haskell, died July 4, '64, of wounds received June 18, at Petersburg. Colonel Harvey M. Brown, of Columbus, who succeeded Savage, was, because of wounds received June 18, discharged October 27, '64. He was succeeded by Colonel Warner.
No other Wisconsin regiment lost so many men during a corresponding term of service as the Thirty-sixth. The original
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Strength of the regiment was 990. It received twenty-four recruits, making in all, 1,014. Of these, 156 were killed in action or died of wounds, 172 died of disease and 12 of accidents, — making a total loss of 340, or 43-1/3 per cent. Of all who enlisted in the regiment.
I am taking these figures from the report of the adjutant general of the state in 1866. Comrade Aubery, in his history of the regiment, makes his figures a little different. Abuery says that during the first two months of the real campaigning of the regiment there were losses as follows: 273 killed and wounded— averaging 34 every week, five a day; 61 killed outright— eight a week, one a day; 221 wounded— 26 ½ a week, nearly four a day; 336 killed, wounded and prisoners— 42 every week, six a day. At the charge of Cold Harbor there were 17 killed and 53 wounded in about the time it takes to tell it. At Bethesda Church there were killed, in the charge, 49, wounded, 79.
The Thirty-sixth was one of the hardest fighting regiments of all in the service from all of the states and its losses were among the greatest. Every survivor feels proud of having been a member of it.
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Camp Randall, Madison, Reb. 28th, 1864.
Dear Wife and Children:-
Well, I didn't go back to bid you good-bye. I found it necessary when I got to Berlin to come right on to this place in order to get in in time to make arrangements to secure my bounty, &c. I have enlisted in the 36th regiment, and yesterday was taken into a room with nine others and stripped naked, and passed examination so slick that there wouldn't have been any chance at all of getting clear if I had been drafted, but Orange Snell was thrown out, the last man I should have thought of.
Tomorrow we are to be mustered in. We expect our company will be "A", as it is the first one of all. Messs. Vergin, Putnam, Dewey, Wm. Luckey, Gordon and Mart Haskill are all in the same company; all accepted but the two last, their case is not decided yet. Luckey is my bunk partner. Thos. And Jess Brown are in the same reg. but another Co. We are in Luman's quarters to-day, as there was no good chance for writing in the barrack. Palen and Sol. Reynolds go into the 18th Colts Co. Little Lester Stephens goes into the 16th.
Now about the pay and bounty. I expect $165 local bounty, which I think we had better pay for the sugar bush, 40, and all of our other debts, and you will get $5.00 a month from the state, and I think I can send home $5.000 a month more; and I hope Herbert will be able to raise your own provisions and some to spare. Plant an acre of beans, and Emma must help hoe them and work in the garden, &c.,
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and do the best you can, all of you.
The Government bounty I want to have salted down, so that it will keep. I got 44 brooms and sold at $2.00 per doz. Poor little things. Got the things you sent for and left them at L. A.'s. I wish you had them. I had a chance to get the brooms and myself bro't down to Berlin, and did not get a chance to go to see Hiram and Dennis, and I have thought that it was best perhaps that I should have left the way I did, as it spared us all the pain of parting that we should have experienced had I not expected to return before my final departure. Herbert, I expect Mr. Dunlap will send for a hundred buckets, and I want you to tighten the hoops and let him have as good as there is. I have been thinking that we are a good deal better off than the rest in the neighborhood that have left, in having a team and a boy old enough to use it and take care of things, and I hope you will succeed and take good care of things. I must close for this time, hoping to write again in a few days when we get a little settled. You needn't write until I write again.
Your affectionate husband and father,
D. Coon.
P.S. – Herbert, try and get Mr. Locke to take that lumber to Berlin if he is going, so that he can to to Brushes, and get that, and the rest from Poysippi.
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Camp Randall, March 2, 1864.
Dear Wife and Children:
Well, we were mustered into Uncle Sam's service yesterday, and here we are tight, to-day not allowed to go out of camp, and we can't go out any day without a pass from headquarters, and the orders are not to give any of us a pass to-day. There was several hundred left camp yesterday for Dixie for the old regiment.
Now I will give you a history of the time I had about my local bounty. There was a man from Green Lake town on the care that wanted a few men for their town to fill their quota. They offered $200.00, to be deposited in the bank at Ripon by the first of April. He took my name for one, but found on getting here that he didn't want me, so I engaged to another man for $165 cash down, but found afterwards that he didn't take down my name, and got the number he wanted without me, so I was out again and the bounties were falling. I then heard that my Green Lake man's men hadn't all come on and he still wanted more. I then went to him (I knew where he put up) Monday morning engaged to him, making the thing sure this time. That same afternoon I saw the Captain. He told me that he had done the best for me, got me into some town for $150.00 cash down. I told him I didn't want to be credited to that town, I had made other arrangements, that I couldn't afford to lose $50.00. He said they had to make out the muster roll in order to muster us in and they couldn't make out the roll without crediting us to some town and that was the best chance they could find, and when the roll was made out they couldn't be altered, &c.
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I gave them to understand that I wasn't satisfied, so they concluded to make out a new muster roll and put me into Green Lake, and so it is at last.
Joe Howard, Wormwood, his boy, T. L. Hall and Jesse Brown was all thrown out on examination. Paln, J. Snell, Cross, Sol. Reynolds not mustered in yet. L. A. gave me an empty housewife. If we should stay a good while here we may get a chance to come home, but it is doubtful. I can't think of the name of the place where that cousin Margaret lives. Please tell me. As I couldn't get out to get writing materials I borrowed what I could get, but such a place to write, playing cards, swearing and all sorts, but I am thankful that all are not of that kind. I attended the best prayer and conference meeting last night that I have attended in the state. A Miss Hobart is lecturing in camp on temperance, &c. She is to lecture tonight. I wish you would write as soon as you can. You may expect a letter from me as often as once a week while we stay here. I must stop. Kiss the babies for pa. Herbert had better let Chas. Have that calf skin towards the shoes, if he will take it.
Yours affectionately,
D. Coon.
P. S. – Direct Co. A. 36 Reg., Campb Randall, Madison.


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Good morning and a very warm welcome to you. We invite you to join us after the service for a hot drink and fellowship.
Today we welcome Andrew Burgess, the Dean of BTC (Bishopdale Theological College). He will be speaking to us from Acts as we continue our series.
Not long now until we host Synod – have you put your name down to help? If you are baking for the morning teas, could you please bring the baking in on Thursday 4 August? The church will be open if you could drop food off in the church kitchen. If you have put your name down to help in some other way we will be putting up rosters, with times and places in the next couple of weeks, thank you all so much.
Some thoughts from my readings this week…
Jesus turned the world upside down. He taught that the first would be last and the last would be first (Matthew 20:16). He said, 'Blessed are those who mourn … Blessed are those who are persecuted … Blessed are you when people insult you' (Matthew 5:4-11). He reversed the values of the world.
Supremely, on the cross he turned the world upside down. In an act of ultimate humiliation and apparent defeat he brought the greatest victory the world has ever known.
In Psalm 118:22–23 The psalmist writes: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. O Lord, save us; O Lord, grant us success'.
Jesus quoted this passage to the teachers of the law and the chief priests at the end of the parable of the wicked tenants in Luke 20. Jesus saw himself as the stone rejected by the builders that became the cornerstone.
Likewise, the apostle Peter quotes these verses as referring to Jesus. Jesus is the stone that the builders rejected which has now become the cornerstone of the church. He is the stone on which the whole building rests. In 1 Peter 2:4 Peter writes:
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Typhoid bacteria take cover on gallstones
Typhoid fever bacteria can live on gallstones in people who carry the disease without showing any symptoms, scientists have found.
This could explain how the disease — which causes fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite and diarrhoea — continues to be spread despite having no environmental reservoir.
It has been known for decades that Salmonella enterica typhi can accumulate in the gallbladders of people who have recovered from typhoid fever – and sometimes in people who have never experienced any symptoms.
Antibiotics tend to be ineffective against chronic typhoid infection and gallbladder removal is a common treatment.
Research published by Mexican and US scientists in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last month (22 February) suggests that the bacteria collect in 'biofilms' — communities of microorganisms — on gallstones (stones that form, often harmlessly, in the gallbladder). This may explain how the disease persists and spreads.
The authors observed the formation of biofilms in gallstones of mice infected with a version of typhoid fever and found that they had more Salmonella typhi in their gallbladder tissue, bile and fecal matter than gallstone-free mice.
These biofilms were also observed on the gallstones of patients in Mexico City — where typhoid is common — who were found to be carrying typhoid when they had their gallbladders removed.
John Gunn, professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics at Ohio State University in the United States and one of the authors of the study, told SciDev.Net that much of the human-to-human spread of typhoid was due to chronic carriers and eliminating this transmission "could save untold lives worldwide".
He said the next step was to identify the bacteria's 'Achilles' heel' by understanding how they bind to gallstones and how the bacteria interact with each other to form a stable community.
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On August 9th, we published an open letter to FEC. The letter was cc'd to Emma Williamson, the Assistant Director of planning at Haringey. Emma has sent the below response to our e mail confirming that the consultation period has … Continue reading
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Open Letter to FEC
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An Adult Fairy Tale without a Fairy-tale Ending.
Every now and again, I read a book by an author new to me that makes a real impression, and I wonder why their work, being so well crafted and written, is less lauded and well known than that of many other contemporary authors. The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood was one such book, and if you've not read it, and have a taste for the Gothic and folk horror, then I heartily recommend it.
In The Hidden People, Littlewood has woven a lyrical tale of enchantment, delusion and jealousy, in which urban Victorian rationality collides with lingering rural folk belief, with neither emerging unscathed. Whereas the much-lauded The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry aspires to explore these themes and fails to deliver upon its promise, this cannot be said of The Hidden People, for it is by far the better-written and more satisfyingly plotted book of the two. It is a novel steeped in the Gothic, in which the wild and outlandish sentiments of the uneducated country folk are rendered in a rich Yorkshire vernacular, which contrasts with the staid speech of the middle-class London protagonist, Albert Mirralls, whose presence is at best viewed as an unwelcome intrusion into what appears to be an everlasting bucolic summer.
Fairy lore and the spirit of Wuthering Heights loom large in this story, where the power of belief in the malign power of the fairy folk and changelings is convincingly portrayed, leaving the reader guessing as to what is real, and what is not, in a world refracted through the first-person narrative of 'Albie' Mirralls. It is his obsession with his cousin, Lizzie Thurlston, that provides the thread which the reader must follow with a compulsive zeal until the final revelation with which the book concludes. There is also a powerful underpinning theme of loss and yearning, which is expressed through the blindness of the central character to what he has, whilst he remains locked into the pursuit of his idée fixe, to the detriment of himself, and to those closest to him. It is a novel sure to appeal to those with a taste for historical fiction, mysteries, and psychological horror. That said, if forced to pigeonhole this work into a single genre, its best fit would be folk horror with a pronounced Gothic streak.
Another historical tale set in Yorkshire and drawing upon local folklore that might be to your taste is the occult mystery Upon Barden Moor, in which an Edwardian summer's day swiftly yields to something altogether darker.
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Well, first let me say – it has been a long time. September 2014 was my last post and that is because of that one sperm that wouldn't give up and won the prize of becoming Ayla, our daughter. That's the fancy way to say I had a baby. And she's great, and I'm great and so grateful.
In September, after I found out I was pregnant I had to admit to myself that what I really wanted was to just be pregnant. To take the time to slow down and be with the baby. So I did.
And Ellen Bowers died. I met Ellen in my early days in Los Angeles and she was a kind, loving and bookish writer. She always wore a little piece of flair – like a flower in her hair or a beautiful scarf. She was the kind of person that could slip in and out of a room unnoticed but when she focused her gaze on you, you felt like you belonged. We shared our grief when our fathers died. She told me about riding a bike all over town when she was pregnant. She was an enthusiastic and committed fan of Room One, commenting on almost every blog post. She was so engaged that sometimes I felt I was having a conversation with her about art and writing through this project. And I loved that. And I loved her. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I just wish Ellen, Georgia and I could continue that conversation.
Lately, I feel my fingers itching to be tap tap tapping at the keyboard searching out the rhythm of the project. I just wasn't seeing how I could continue with a life so changed by this new role. But today I watched the movie Room – which is wonderful in so many ways – and I remembered that the inspiration for this project was to build rooms, to build environments to live in by searching for the artifacts that create these women. And part of the question was always how does that process change me? I realized also that this being a long duration project meant I could make it a little longer duration. So without knowing the end date, I begin again.
This time I'm bringing the fortifying thought that I was able to push out a baby. I'm bringing a changed body and a level of exhaustion like I've never experienced before. I'm bringing a broken heart, and I'm bringing a rusty tool. I'm bringing the deepest yearning to connect to you through Georgia and the hope that, through her, we will both feel that we belong.


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I get to keep you," he said, staring at me with an intensity that made me shiver. "Keep me?" I asked, reaching up to kiss his chin and trail kisses down his perfect neck. "Not here. I can't take much more, Pagan. I'm only so strong," he said in a husky voice as he pulled me against his chest. "You're mine now. While you walk the Earth you belong to me. Nothing can hurt you." I heard a touch of humor in his voice. "It's pretty impossible to hurt what Death protects.
I want to be with you." My words brought a hugegrin to his incredibly beautiful face. "You're my present and my future,Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy." He leaned down and touched his perfect lips to mine, and my heart took flight. I would never get tired of his kiss. Jax Stone was my everything.
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It's time again for Take Five, when HOH talks with a member of Congress about topics relatively unrelated to legislative work.
This week, Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., sat down to talk about the cold and all things Minnesotan. But alas, no hotdish . Q. What is the best piece of advice you have ever gotten? A. You only have to look at one face in the mirror every morning; you'd better like what you see looking back at you.
Q. What is your favorite type of ice cream? A. I was warned that this might be a question, I was told, "Don't say something," but I was like, "Well, that is my favorite!"
Vanilla is my favorite, but ... I was told that was so Minnesotan. I love the homemade stuff with the rock salt and the — no Mikayla [Hall, deputy communications director], I'm not going to be pretentious and say "vanilla bean."
You know, there is nothing like it. On a Fourth of July day, when it's hot, there's nothing like good, homemade vanilla ice cream. [Communications Director Becky Alery's] rolling her eyes at me. That's like the rest of my family. They'd all tell you chocolate.
Q. If you had to choose one place to live (outside of the United States) for the rest of your life, where would you go? A. [Laughs.] Well, I'd probably go to Canada [continues laughing]. Look, I'm not built for the heat, as they will tell you around here. I like it cool and dry.
I just came back from Asia. I will describe it as we were in the mouth of a dog for a week.
Q. Do you have a favorite book or author? A. Well, nowadays we don't get to read fun stuff. Well, I shouldn't say that. I just read a biography on Benjamin Franklin which was interesting. I think from years past, when it was more casual-type stuff, I loved, when I was younger, "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White. When I did more casual reading stuff it was probably [John] Grisham stuff. And every children's book I ever read to the kids. "That's Not My Dingo" is one of my favorites. [Laughing.]
Q. Do you have a favorite pastime? A. Anything with the family. ... Personally, I love to get on the rink, especially with the kids. Love to fish, love to hunt, just about anything with the kids.
Correction 12:36 p.m. An earlier version of this post misstated Communications Director Becky Alery's title.
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Singing in the Rubble
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I think the images of that horrific earthquake in Haiti will be with us for a long, long time. For a while there we were looking for any hope we could get, because it was just all about so much death and disaster. You remember that when it seemed that no one else could still be alive in all those collapsed buildings, a boy thought he heard a voice from the rubble of a bank building. The husband of a woman who worked there had been frantically trying to find his wife. When the boy told that man about what he had heard, that husband went for a nearby rescue team from California. And they found her! Buried deep in there, and they found her singing. Over a week after that quake leveled much of Port-au-Prince, a woman was still alive. And when she wasn't singing, they said she was praying, "Jesus, help me! Jesus, help me!" And when they brought out this miracle lady, yep, she just kept on singing. Actually loudly, the rescuers said.
Again, that defiant quakeproof faith was on display for all the world to see on television. That is a faith rooted in a man named Jesus, who has sustained His children through life and through death across the centuries.
I know this Jesus, too. My prayer is that I, too, can hold Him so tightly in my personal quakes that I can also sing in the rubble, because nothing validates the reality of a living Savior more than having His peace when your world's come down around you. All eyes are on you at a time like that.
Our word for today from the word of God is about God's first century ambassadors, Paul and Silas, and it's found in Acts 16:25 (there's an earthquake here, by the way). They had been brutally beaten, unjustly imprisoned and locked up in stocks. But it says, "About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them." That was right before a violent earthquake that helped liberate Paul and Silas and drove their jailer to ask them how to know the Jesus who gave them songs at midnight.
This is the peace Jesus promised to His friends the night He would be arrested; the night their world would collapse. He said, "Peace I leave with you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." "I have told you these things so that in Me you might have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world" (John 14:27; 16:33).
If you have this Jesus, you can have this peace, even when there seems to be no reason. In the Bible's words, "The peace of God...transcends all understanding" (Philippians 4:7). One Haitian rescued from a collapsed school was asked what he was saying to himself in those long hours when he didn't know if he would live or die. He said, "As a Christian, I'm saying, 'Jesus, my life is in Your hands.'"
You know, I wonder if you could say that, that you've placed your life in the hands of Jesus? There comes a time when we realize that all the places we look for answers have not answered our questions, and all the places we have looked for love and satisfaction have left us empty and disappointed. It's at a point like that that we find our way to the cross where Jesus died to bring us together with God by paying for our sin.
I still remember the moment when I said, "Jesus, I'm Yours." Do you have a moment like that? If you haven't, let this be the day you do that. Let this be the day that you say, "Jesus, I want to pin all my hopes on You" so that you can begin to have the peace that withstands every quake.
If you'd like to know more about how to begin a relationship with Him, go to our website. It's YoursForLife.net.
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I pray that God will give me the grace to sing in the rubble.
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