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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in the October 2013 issue of Our State.
Everybody at the fair meets at the waterfall.
With good reason. The waterfall at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds is wonderful — it's tall, it's soothing, and at night, it lights up in pretty colors. Which makes it a shock that of the two structures at the fairgrounds' central spot, the waterfall is by far the least interesting.
The other is Dorton Arena, which everybody kind of knows about, but nobody really knows about. Yet Dorton Arena happens to be the most architecturally important and influential building in Raleigh, and probably in North Carolina. By a lot. In 2002, its 50th birthday, the arena was dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, although it's been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. Among architectural types, it's been famous for way longer than that. When construction was complete in 1952, it won First Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects and the Gold Medal in Engineering of the Architectural League of New York. Five years later, the Milan International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts and Modern Architecture exhibited a model, and the American Institute of Architects called it one of the 10 buildings constructed in the 20th century most expected to influence the future of architecture. Which is exactly what happened, but — Dorton Arena? Our little Dorton Arena? Where Kellie Pickler sang?
You recognize it, of course: It's the one with the crazy saddle-shaped roof — a hyperbolic paraboloid, as it happens. You might not call it that, though. It is actually sometimes called the "paraboleum," a word invented either in 1948 by its designer, Matthew Nowicki, acting head of the North Carolina State University Department of Architecture, or by a contest of State College English majors in 1965 — depending on which story you believe. Nowicki (pronounced no-VIT-ski) died in a plane crash in 1950, before construction even began. But it was built, and the world took note.
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Ice, fog, and George Jones
North Carolinians don't fuss much about it. If you've lived in Raleigh long enough, you probably remember when sportswriters made an effort to get people to call Dorton "The Chip," or sometimes "The Big Chip," because to modern eyes, the roof of Dorton Arena looks like nothing so much as a giant Pringles potato chip. Sports guys called it The Chip when the IceCaps — Raleigh's popular East Coast Hockey League franchise that predated the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes — played there during the 1990s. The building is not air-conditioned, so the IceCaps used to skate around in the swirling fog that resulted from the surface of the ice meeting warm, humid Carolina spring weather. The 'Caps are long gone: If you want to see sports now, you'll go see the Carolina Rollergirls roller derby team. It's hot and humid, but you won't see fog.
You also might have seen the old ABA Carolina Cougars play there in the early '70s, and no doubt you've seen plenty of might-bes and has-beens there on State Fair evenings, though the George Joneses and Tammy Wynettes of this world have played there, too, as did — believe it — Jimi Hendrix (April 11, 1969).
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Engineering wonder
Now forget all that. Because nothing that ever happened inside Dorton Arena is as important as the arena itself — specifically, how the place works. It all comes down to that Pringles roof, resting atop arcing steel cables suspended from the sides of the building.
As striking as Dorton Arena is from the outside, with its crossing arcs and swooping roof, to stand inside is to enter a kind of warped space. You notice the way the ceiling bends and twists into a saddle, the way the windows and seats climb and fall in a gentle curve, following the shape of the roof. What you may not notice, though, is what made the building a breakthrough. The building's curves come organically from its construction. Dorton Arena was the first permanent building in the world to support its roof by suspended steel cables, which hang in tension from two 90-foot parabolic concrete arcs that cross, each set at an angle with their feet buried deep in the earth. It's a little like a suspension bridge, but think instead of an open bear trap, only with the hinge partway up the jaws. That is, the two arcs lean away from each other, their legs crossing about 26 feet above ground, held in place by the steel cables up top — and by more steel cables encased in concrete a dozen feet below ground, holding together the arcs' feet. The enormous concrete arcs are thus self-supporting, needing no additional columns.
You realize what a dazzling feat of engineering this is once you understand what's happening. The hanging ceiling meant that the building needed no internal columns, which made it perfect for its function as the State Fair livestock-judging pavilion it was designed to be. It was dazzling enough that when Nowicki died, his drawings — which originally showed no walls or windows at all, just an open-air roof and startling girders angling away from the roof — were too challenging for the people charged with actually building the thing. "The columns were put in just to shut [critics] up," says facility engineer Bill McClure, who's been looking after Dorton since 1988. The columns along the sides of the building actually support almost no weight — they just hold up the windows.
McClure tells the story about how the building almost didn't go up at all. He says the general contractor, William Muirhead of Durham, told him a story and made him promise to retell it. It seems a highway patrolman brought Muirhead the completed contract and escorted him to the worksite, where he was instructed to begin construction. "He got a wheelbarrow and a hoe and dug a hole and poured a little concrete" under the watchful eye of the trooper, McClure says. And when Muirhead drove home, he heard President Truman announce, as a result of the Korean War, a suspension of construction on all projects that had not yet been started. "I've been sharing that story for years," McClure says. "As I promised."
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Symbol of progress
Dorton went up at a time when Raleigh — and North Carolina — wished to project an image of boldness and advance. "Raleigh's population was something like 65,000 people," says Roger Clark, professor of architecture at the NCSU College of Design. "Suddenly here was this building that really spoke of progress and modernity, this emblem that existed in a tobacco-road small town."
"It could only have evolved in Raleigh immediately post-World War II," agrees College of Design Dean Marvin Malecha. "The country was surging, here comes this architect from Poland, who really represents this feeling of optimism. It was a real liberal moment: Architecture was making a new way of thinking about things."
The building has had just as much influence as the American Institute of Architects thought it would. The Ingalls Rink at Yale University (often called "the Yale Whale"), designed by Nowicki's friend Eero Saarinen, pays obvious homage to Dorton, as does the Saddledome in Calgary, Canada, Clark says. He also notes Saarinen's similarly spreading design for the Dulles International Airport terminal in Washington, D.C. And even the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is little more than a large version of one of Dorton's self-supporting arcs. You could call it a block off the old chip?
Malecha sees Dorton's influence everywhere he looks. "It's not just a building for Raleigh," he says. "It's a statement of Raleigh for the world. A symbol of the progressive attitude, a willingness to explore new ideas. It's this pure expression of a spirit of the new, the open. You can look at the wonderful new art museum or the new [NCSU] library or the new airport. All of them owe homage to Dorton Arena."
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This was on my friends site. He lives in South Africa and asks us to pray for that Country.
Month: December 2008
Today I fell off my bike, well actually my bike fell off me! It rained over night and the water had collected on top of the iced up bridge. I didn't see the ice before it was too late. According to my 11 year old son who was following me I looked as if I was doing a stunt for a James Bond film, the type where they slide under vehicles. I must explain that the bridge is at the entrance to0 the Estate on which I live. If you have seen "Monarch of the Glen" you will know the sort I mean. Single track.
I was relatively unhurt except that I smacked the back of my head on the road,and am now sporting a large egg shaped lump. The nice thing about Caprington is that we have a small "village " type community.As neighbours we look out for each other,although there is a rather old fashioned "pecking order".
My reason for mentioning that is because each neighbour has come to the door this morning to check that I am alive and well, including my landlady and her son.It does have it's downside if you want privacy, nothing anyone does here goes unnoticed by the rest of us.
This is how communities should be, and were when I was a child, perhaps if we cared alittle more about our neighbours life would be a little easier.


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Perhaps the most notable example is the not widely publicised visit Burma's military dictator Than Shwe paid to Colombo recently. Than Shwe rarely travels outside his country, yet he was impressed by the "victory against terrorism" in Sri Lanka. He went there to see if he could employ some of the techniques against the ethnic groups that have been fighting the Rangoon government for long.
Thailand faces a Muslim rebellion in its southernmost areas. But Prime Minister Abhisit Vijjajiva is facing a threat from political opponents in Bangkok itself and there is serious talk of a possible civil war in the country. The tactics Sri Lanka used against the LTTE won't work against the political opponents or the Muslims in the South because the circumstances are vastly different. Even so, he found time to exchange notes with Lankan leaders.
Bangladesh sent a military delegation to Colombo to see what lessons it could learn from the "war for peace" Sri Lanka fought. For all we know, P.Chidambaram himself must have secretly wished that he could do in Dandewada what Rajapakse did in Elam territory.
But, thank God, he can't. What Rajapakse did, no democratic country can do. His military operations elicited serious charges of war crimes by Western governments. Besides, the campaign against the LTTE was part of a larger political agenda that would perhaps suit Burma, but not others.
For one thing, Rajapakse only defeated Prabhakaran's LTTE, not solved the wider cause of Lankan Tamils, an integral part of Lankan polity. Prabhakaran was a cruel extremist who eliminated several Tamil leaders and his own eventual elimination was welcomed by large sections of Tamils themselves. But Rajapakse did not have the wisdom to see Prabhakaran as separate from the Tamils of his country whose claims for fairplay were, and remain, legitimate.
Secondly, Rajapakse's basic agenda is different. A glance at the power structure is enough to bring this out. He as President directly handles defence,finance, planning and a dozen other portfolios. Brother Gotapaya functions as defence secretary with direct control of the armed forces, immigration and urban development. Brother Basil is Economics Development Minister. Brother Chamel has resigned as minister and assumed the office of Speaker of the House. Son Namal has been elected to Parliament. The Constitution is being amended to make presidential powers virtually absolute. This is the real Sri Lanka Model. Who will dare follow it, other than Burma?
There is another model not far away. This is Indonesia's "Detachment 88", a 400-strong elite special operations unit of the police that functions as the country's counter-terrorism squad. That it is a police, not a military, unit is itself indicative of the government's thinking. The Indonesian military is still associated with the long dictatorship years and the present democratic leadership wanted to avoid any stigma arising from that history.
Detachment 88 has to deal with Indonesia's resident terrorists who are Wahabi-influenced Muslim fundamentalists. The unit is tough with them when required, but treats them now correctly, now sympathetically, never in harsh ways. Suspects are openly prosecuted. Members of the D-88 act also as spiritual counsellors, eating with the arrested men, praying with them. Muslim religious teachers are brought in for discussions on the Koran and Islam. The aim is to de-radicalise the suspects. Interestingly, anti-terrorist squads from Thailand and even Pakistan have attended training camps in D-88's centre in central Java.
The choice is clear. It is not between the Sri Lankan model and the Indonesian model. It is between family dictatorship and democracy.
TJS George, is an Indian writer, journalist and a biographer. He has achieved distinction internationally as a professional author and a serious political columnist. Apart from his involvement with well known journals such as'The Searchlight' and the 'Far Eastern Economic Review', he was the founding editor of 'Asiaweek' magazine. He currently works as the Editorial Advisor of The New Indian Express.
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Is it fair to manipulate a landscape photo?
I took this landscape photo during our workshop at Nine Mile Pond. My goal was to capture the beautiful light in the sky, and it's reflection in the water. I wanted to simplify the image as much as possible, but ripples on the pond made the surface choppy, and made the scene seem too busy. The solution? A long shutter speed. I placed a Neutral Density Filter on my lens to reduce the amount of light reaching the sensor, and set my aperture to f/8. A shutter speed of 30 seconds removed any trace of the ripples on the water – leaving the surface smooth and soft.
So – just to stir things up a bit… what do you think? Is it ever OK to manipulate a landscape photo? In February, one of our students came to me with a question. "Isn't processing a photo using Photoshop a 'manipulation'?" he said. "Isn't that tantamount to removing the integrity of a photograph?" Let's put aside for a moment the general lack of knowledge that led to this question. To be fair – this student had very little background information to draw from, and didn't know how a camera processes a JPG photo, or even the difference between a JPG and a RAW file. His question wasn't meant to be offensive – though I'm sure many of you are cringing out there.
Still – it's a loaded question if I ever heard one. It used to be that you weren't considered to be a "real" photographer unless you developed your own film, and printed it in a darkroom. Sending it off to a lab was the sure sign of an amateur. (Now, there's a whole different argument there, I know! And for the record – I don't believe it's true.) So, by that logic – does it make sense to say that one who processes their own photos using a digital darkroom – the RAW converter or Photoshop – is less of a photographer than one who allows the camera to choose the settings? Is a photographer who puts in the extra effort to finish an image doing something wrong?
All right – so, what does that have to do with this photograph? Well – the fact is, I manipulated this scene. But not in Photoshop. I manipulated it in the field. The scene didn't look like this in reality. The colors are true to my recollection – but the surface of the water was certainly not smooth. I used a Neutral Density filter and a long shutter speed to completely alter the reality of the scene. So, is this any different than manipulating reality in the dark room, or in Photoshop? Is the photograph a lie? Or is it simply art? No more and no less.
Here are few other ways to manipulate the photo without using Photoshop:
For me, the answer is simple. My landscape photographs are just art. And that simplifies things even further. When you are making art – the artist gets to make the rules – and worrying about what others think is just a distraction. So I'll continue to make art – with a little help from Nature. 🙂
But, what do you think?
Is it "fair" to manipulate a landscape photo? Does it make a difference if the manipulation happens in-camera or in Photoshop?
I'd like to hear what you have to say. Seasoned photographers and amateurs alike. What do you think?


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What It Really Means to "Pace Yourself"
Experts explain how balancing daily life with rest to manage arthritis symptoms can work for you.
If you have arthritis, you've likely heard that you need to "pace yourself " to help manage your condition. But what does that mean, exactly?
"The general idea is to plan for a 'just right' amount of activity, balanced with mini rejuvenating breaks," says Stacey Schepens Niemiec, PhD, assistant professor of research in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. "The aim is threefold: preventing symptoms from limiting what you can do; reducing the need for long periods of inactivity that come after overdoing it; and, ultimately, increasing function."
Pacing, stresses Anna L. Kratz, PhD, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, isn't always about avoiding doing too much. It's also about staying out of a cycle of doing too little.
"Figuring out how to stay physically active is one of the cornerstones to aging well with arthritis," says Kratz. "Pacing is one way to plan and moderate activity so the timing and intensity work for you."
Learning to Pace
There is no one-size fits all approach, and experts stress that figuring it out will require some trial and error.
Self-awareness. "You have to recognize patterns to address them," says Niemiec. "Try keeping a diary to track your activities and subsequent symptoms for a couple weeks."
It's not just physical activities like yardwork or exercise that can flare symptoms, says Kratz. "Oftentimes, things like dealing with the stress of a toxic person or a long call with tech support or a credit card company lead to the most exhaustion and pain," she says.
Prioritizing. Making space for the activities most important to you – and letting go of less meaningful ones – can help. "When you have arthritis, you need to prioritize your health in a new way," says Kratz. "This can be hard because it can get at the core of how you see yourself – someone who keeps a spotless house or is always on the go, for example."
Planning. Making a plan – rather than reacting to symptoms – is the foundation of pacing, says Douglas Cane, PhD, a clinical psychologist specializing in pain management at the Nova Scotia Health Authority in Canada.
Think about how a given activity is likely to affect you, and make a plan that's likely to get you through it without causing a flare. Planning may include choosing your "best" time of day to tackle a stressful task or making sure you get good sleep and nutrition in the days before an important event.
Consistency and repetition. Things aren't going to be a lot better tomorrow just because you paced well today, says Cane. "Doing it consistently for months – not days or weeks – may allow people to gradually increase their overall functioning."
Niemiec stresses that activity pacing takes practice, motivation and perseverance. "It's OK to experience setbacks. In fact, they are inevitable," she says. "The trick is to pick yourself up and try again."
Real-World Balance
Studies of activity pacing show it can be hard to do in the real world. One reason, says Cane, is that it can conflict with our basic self-view.
"When people first start trying to pace to manage symptoms, it often doesn't feel very good emotionally," he says. "It ties in to your whole sense of self-identity and self-worth. Often who we are and how we feel about ourselves is tied up in what we do and the roles we fill."
Getting past that barrier typically means doing some re-evaluation and putting the brakes on our tendency to judge ourselves. "Many people have a set of standards about what they need to do or be, and those standards are often not up to date with where they are physically," says Cane.
Practicing self-compassion can help you bring your expectations in line with your current physical reality, says Kratz. She advises dealing with yourself the same way you would a close friend.
"Imagine your friend came to you and said, 'I know I don't have the energy or stamina to do everything I used to do, but I feel I have to do these to be a good mom,'" she says. "What would be your own best advice for your friend? You need to be more like your own best friend and be more compassionate and understanding of yourself and your situation."
Tips for Pacing
Experiment. Learn how much you can do on both "good" and "bad" days without flaring symptoms. Give yourself time to figure it out and don't compare yourself with others – or with what you could do before arthritis.
Consider your pain expectations. With a chronic condition like arthritis, you may never be 100% pain-free. Pacing can't eliminate pain, but can help you stop before pain gets out of control.
Get expert help. Occupational therapists can help tailor pacing strategies to fit your unique needs and challenges.
The Arthritis Foundation is the leading organization
providing support and funding research to improve the
lives of individuals with arthritis. You can help!


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This year's annual Good Neighbour Awards competition – and a cheque for £750 – has been won by the Hartcliffe & Withywood Teenage Parents Project in Withywood, with the £350 second prize going to Off the Record in Horfield Road, St Michael's Hill.
Hartcliffe & Withywood Teenage Parents Project
The prizes are awarded to the community groups in Bristol and North Somerset that best demonstrate a commitment to the neighbourhood in which they operate.
The awards scheme is organised by Miss Millie's Fried Chicken, the South West fast-food chain. The scheme is now in its 22nd year and is supported and judged by leading authorities including Avon & Somerset Constabulary, Avon Fire Brigade, Bristol City Council, the Bristol Evening Post, and Jack fm radio.
Last year's winner was the Crossroads Young Carers Service in North Somerset for its work in supporting children aged from five to 18 who care for family members suffering from a serious illness or disability. The Bristol Dial-a-Ride scheme won the £350 second prize for a programme to help its 14,500 disabled and elderly members across Bristol.
Previous winners have included the I Am Me information project, Bristol Sands bereavement support service, Hartcliffe & Withywood Kick Start (HAWKS), Bristol Nightstop's Caring at Christmas project, the Badminton Road Methodist Youth Centre, the Jessie May Trust and the Hartcliffe and Withywood Race Equality Project.


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Cardiac Team Meeting - Royal Stoke University Hospital
Friday 24th August 2018
Wil Woan, CEO will be visiting the Cardiac Team at Royal Stoke University Hospital.
to learn more about their services, clinicians and patient care. He will also be reunited three of our cyclists from the 2018 London to Paris Cycle Ride who will be presenting the money they raised in support of the event.


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Located in the central Birrambla square in Granada, Bonnoir is an establishment for chocolate-lovers. The minimalist space created by Humberto Torres, with the emerald lighting and whitewashed walls combined with bare brickwork, is neither lavish nor elaborate in its design, but simple and tasteful.
In order to avoid fainting from overexcitement it is recommended that you pace yourself when trying these little pieces of chocolate heaven - go slowly, as if you were sipping a fine wine. "The Bonnoir range focuses on quality above all else. There may be chocolate that is just as good, but never better. If it doesn't meet our standards then we won't even consider it" explains María Jesús Almagro, the heart and soul of Bonnoir. The rules are strictly applied and there are no exceptions. So wherever you look and whatever you try, you will never be disappointed.
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Three master pastry chefs, one from France and two from Catalonia, create products exclusively for Bonnoir. Every season the brand hosts a tasting session in order to try the new creations. "We spend two years developing a liquorice flavoured chocolate until we come up with the perfect recipe. Our most recent creation is salt chocolate. The intensity of the dark chocolate weakens the dominant flavour of the salt," explains Almagro.
Even a quick browse through this store will make your mouth water. They even sell edible 23 carat gold for decorating food, KKO (cocoa essence) and glasses of fondue au chocolate. Despite taking pride in the appearance of the products, Almagro constantly emphasises the importance of quality. "The product doesn't need frills. It doesn't sell itself on the way it looks, but by how it tastes. It's a question of not underestimating the chocolate. Furthermore, the customer will buy whatever they want to buy, not want we want to sell them," she explains.
Bonnoir was created in 2006 and has an annual turnover of 140,000 Euros. As well as selling to the public, they also prepare corporate gifts and make up orders for different events. Such great care and specialist expertise encourages customers to visit the store time after time. "We have some very exclusive customers who are quite discerning. Our job is about being able to offer them a variety that suits their taste. Nowadays clients are requesting a higher percentage of cocoa solids in their products, even reaching 100% in some cases," Almagro points out. It is easy to be lured into this world; you just have to let the chocolate seduce you. It is best to close your eyes and let those black cotton gloves (they do not affect the temperate of the chocolate) choose the option that will send your taste buds into overdrive.
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Some of our ammonites have been polished or split in half to reveal the inner chambers filled with an infinite variety of colors, designs and even crystal formations.
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Ammonites were a type of cephalopod that appeared in the fossil record during the Devonian Era. They are related to squid and octopus. The nautilus is their closest living relative.
Ammonites were one of the most successful animals of all time. As a group they roamed all of the earth's oceans for over 350 million years! During that time they thrived in huge numbers and thousands of different species.
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Ammonite suture patterns All of these species fall into 3 orders based on the shape of the septa, Goniatitida, Ceretida, and Ammonitida.You can see examples of these 3 septe shapes at the right.
The ammonite shell had sections, with the living animal occupying only the section of the shell closest to the head. As the soft-bodied ammonite got larger, it grew a new shell section and sealed off the old one with a layer called the septa.The shape of the septa varied from species to species. They grew more complex shapes over time from a smooth curve in the early Paleozoic Era to complexly convoluted in the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.
The old sections were connected by a tube called a siphuncle. Using the siphuncle the ammonite could adjust its bouyancy to move higher or lower in the water table. It did this by pumping gases or liquids into the old chambers. Because all ammonites were carnivores this helped them find better hunting grounds. The ammonites became extinct 65 million years ago during the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period.You can learn more about ammonites here


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by Timmy Gelles GAZETTE NEWSPAPER Staff Writer
It's a cold Saturday evening in late February and 50 firefighters have been battling a blaze at a single-family home for over an hour. Nearby, a large RV is parked and helping the effort, not by providing water to battle the fire, but to stave off dehydration.
And inside, helping firefighters and paramedics is H. Edward "Eddie" Ricks. "I can't do heavy lifting or fight fires, but this I can do," Ricks, 64, said. "When you hydrate somebody, it's as important as fighting the fire, or anything else at the scene of an emergency."
The Laurel native operates Laurel's Rehabilitation/Canteen Unit. The 44-foot long vehicle provides free beverages, food, restroom facilities and shelter during emergencies or festivals. It includes grilles, microwaves, coolers and other amenities. Ricks is a former city councilman from the 1980s, firefighter and director of the Family Court Operations Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Three years ago at a fire on Route 197, Ricks said he saw the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department's Ladies Auxiliary Unit providing food and beverages out of the back of a pickup truck.
Knowing Bowie and Prince George's County had their own canteen trucks and heeding Mayor Craig A. Moe's desire for the city to be self-sufficient, he said he was inspired to find ways for the city to have its own. Ricks said Moe had him search for a vehicle that could provide rehabilitation services, including provisions and minor medical care like triages. Since purchasing the $35,000 1989 canteen truck from the Anne Arundel County Alarmer's Association in August, Ricks said he and 23 other volunteers have replaced the sinks, microwaves, grilles, refrigerators and coolers to meet health codes and allow for quicker cooking times, all while remaining well under the $70,000-plus operating budget provided by the city.
"That's a major commitment of tax dollars for something you don't use everyday," he said. "But when you need it, you need it." Ricks added that a new canteen vehicle would have cost the city at least $175,000. Ricks is currently a member of the city's Emergency Services Commission and, when not responding to an emergency or attending a festival with the canteen, finds ways to replace or update the vehicle's cooking and cleaning amenities.
Robert "Pop" Grant, Laurel Volunteer Fire Department vice-president, said Ricks' involvement with the canteen is an extension of his personal goodwill. "He's out to help the community as a whole.
And whenever he can, he does," he said of his colleague of 27 years. Jim Collins, city spokesman, said Ricks remains a public servant, even in retirement. "Some people as they get older slow down but he keeps going like the Energizer Bunny," he said. "The canteen is another extension of what he's done his entire life, and that's take care of people."
E-mail Timmy Gelles at email@example.com.
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter, EMT or an administrative member should visit their local Fire/EMS Station or call 301-583-1914.


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Truck Spill Kits – Don't Let a Spill Become a Nightmare
When you're transporting oil, chemicals, or other hazardous materials, are you making sure that you're doing so safely? Are you taking measures to protect the environment? Truck spill kits can really help you here.
Truck Spill Kits – Do You Really Need Them?
Those trucks may look big and invulnerable, but when they transport hazardous materials, they may be big, but definitely not invulnerable. As a matter of fact, their huge loads can be a setup for big environmental problems.
For starters, their size alone makes them hard to maneuver. Along with the fact that they're top heavy, that means that they can easily get into a roll-over accident. All it takes is a curve that turns out tighter than expected.
But the danger of environmental contamination doesn't occur just during major accidents. Sometimes all it takes is a leaky gasket. No matter what, you need to be ready to take care of things by having truck spill kits with you at all times. Calling for assistance when the leak or spill has already happened will cause you to lose valuable time. And that means a risk of major damage.
So what do you need to do to be ready for all eventualities? Will truck spill kits really do the trick? They will definitely help. But do make sure you have the equipment to take care of small leaks as well as big spills.
How To Select Your Truck Spill Kits
Smaller spills can be handled quite easily with appropriate truck spill kits. Get one or more of those for the kind of substances you usually transport. So if you're transporting oil or oil-based chemicals, be sure to get oil-only truck spill kits. If you're transporting hazmats, you need hazmat truck spill kits. And if you transport a variety of liquids and chemicals, some water-based, and some oil based, you might want to add some universal truck spill kits to your supplies.
What about the size? That will depend on the usual size of the typical spills or leaks you're dealing with – and on the amount of space you have available to stash your truck spill kits.
Fortunately, they come in a range of sizes, from buckets to large containers. Take some time to visit a reputable dealer (or check out some high quality websites) to see which truck spill kits might be right for you.
Truck Spill Kits May Not Be Enough
What about larger spills? For those, you need a two-step process and certain extra equipment in addition to your truck spill kits…
First, you must contain the spill in order to make sure it won't spread any further and cause more damage to the environment.
You can easily contain almost any size spill with spill berms. If your route takes you near water on a regular basis, you may also want to keep a few spill booms handy.
Here's what you do with your supplies:
So once you do have a spill, just arrange the spill berms around it. Then deploy your truck spill kits and clean things up.
The key is to have them ready to go BEFORE the spill happens. Just visit your favorite quality safety equipment vendor who will be glad to help you with the right kinds of truck spill kits for your situation so you can be prepared.


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Call Good Shepherd Mediation Program at 215-843-5413. Both parties must agree to mediate. The Mediation Program does not have the power to subpoena anyone to come to mediation. If you request mediation, Good Shepherd Mediation Program will contact the other party for you, if you wish, to explain the mediation process and ask if the other party is interested in mediating.
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PSAT prep: 7 things to expect
Junior year of high school is when most students start thinking about scholarships and universities. But before applying to schools, you're required to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, or PSAT. The PSAT is important because it prepares you for the SAT, which helps colleges evaluate your academic performance. The PSAT is divided into three sections: reading, writing, and math. Each section contains multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank statements, and written responses. Doing well on the PSAT can help qualify you for the National Merit Scholarship Program and get you money for college.
There are tons of study guides and classes to prepare for the PSAT. But while knowing the subjects is important, it's also necessary to mentally prepare yourself for the process. Follow these tips to keep your cool and know what to expect.
1. The silence
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When you're under pressure, silence can be more stressful than the loudest noises. Try to focus on taking the test and ignore your surroundings. Find your happy place, but keep your focus on the test, because there is a time limit.
2. Ridiculous questions
Yes, the rumors are true. Standardized tests love to invent questions with unrealistic scenarios. When asked "how many sides does a circle have?" or "if Jimmy buys 60 watermelons," don't get flustered or lose time wondering why Jimmy needs so many watermelons. These questions are made to confuse you, challenging your ability to extract the relevant details. Don't dwell on the lack of logic, focus on the facts.
3. No essay!
The PSAT consists of multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, written responses, equations, and critical readings. No essay. But don't celebrate too soon because there is an essay on the SAT.
4. The heavy breather
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Now that you've conquered the silence, it's time to face the heavy breather. There's always that one kid who breathes like he just ran a marathon. They're unavoidable and will get on your nerves. Like the silence, don't let this overwhelm you or distract you from your test.
5. The proctors
The PSAT proctors are a lot scarier than they seem. The policies they read before each section are mandatory. They'll help to prepare you for the actual SAT, which is taken very seriously because it plays a large part in the college acceptance process. You'll find that the proctors repeat themselves before every section. Instead of groaning through their instructions, use this time to relax and take a deep breath before starting the next section.
And be nice to the proctors! They don't want to be at school on a Saturday, either.
6. Skipping questions
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Don't get down on yourself for not knowing the answer. There's nothing wrong with skipping a question. If you don't understand a question, try to guess logically from the given information. If you just can't figure it out, it's OK to skip it. It won't count against your points. Just remember, you can't go back to previous sections and fill in a skipped question.
7. Feeling rushed
The PSAT isn't only a test of academic knowledge, but also a race against the clock. Don't let the ticking clock distract you. Keep your focus and work on the questions. More than likely you'll be waiting for what seems like forever at the end of each section, so keep cool and don't feel rushed.
Good luck on your PSAT! We hope these tips make the test a little more manageable. Now's the perfect time to start looking for scholarships. The sooner you start, the better your chances. Find scholarships that are just right for you with our Scholarship Match.
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Madison (Mattie) is a sophomore at Colby-Sawyer College, majoring in creative writing and minoring in art history. Very involved in theater and music, her love for piano is almost as strong as her Vermont pride.


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We here in California regularly see newspaper headlines about businesses and people decamping from here to Texas. The problem is that newspapers rarely provide statistical context, and so there seems to be a presumption that Texas will eventually swallow up California.
Data suggest otherwise. The American Community Survey provides estimates of how many people move from one state to another each year. If we look at 2007-2009, three years where California's economy performed especially poorly (and, relatively speaking, Texas' economy performed quite well), we see that about twice as many people moved from California to Texas as Texas to California.
This sounds impressive, until one realizes that the share of people in each state who made either move was tiny. About 72,000 people per year moved from California to Texas, and about 37,000 moved from Texas to California, for a net migration from California to Texas of about 35,000. California had about 37 million people in 2010, so the impact of Texas-California migration was less than 0.1 percent per year.
It appears that 2007-2009 was the peak period for moving from California to Texas. In 2012, a net of 19,000 people moved from California to Texas, for a net of .05 percent. So yes, Texas is attracting people away from California--just not that many.


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There will be times while working in your yard or garden when you might feel a little like Goldilocks.
If your soil is hard and dense, the water and nutrients your plants need will be unable to reach their roots. If your soil is loose and crumbly, water will drain from the soil before your plants can absorb it.
Your goal is to get your soil just right so that your lawn or garden can thrive.
Because clay soil is so dense, some gardeners, farmers, and lawn care professionals consider it the most challenging type of soil.
However, working with clay soil isnt an impossible task. All you need are the right kinds of material to add to it and a garden tiller to blend it all together to get healthy, bountiful soil.
All soil is a mixture of four components:
You might be surprised to learn that the ideal soil for growing crops contains only five percent organic matter! Air and water take up a full 50 percent of the soil space, and minerals make up the remaining 45 percent.
That mineral portion is what determines whether you have clay soil. When it comes to soil, minerals are divided into three categories:
Dont worry. You dont need to take out a ruler and try to measure tiny bits of rock in your lawn or garden bed.
The important point to know is that clay soil contains a lot of small, fine particles. They pack tightly and make it difficult for water and nutrients to move where they need to go. They also can block the growth of your plants roots.
Theres an easy test that gardeners have used for a long time, no microscopic rulers required:
In most situations, a picture is worth a thousand words. Testing your soil's texture is no exception:
Image credit: Soil texture, Lynn Ketchum/Oregon State University. Made available through a Creative Commons 2.0 License.
The feel of your soil will help you figure out if its heavy in clay, too. Wet clay soil tends to feel sticky, while dry clay soil tends to feel hard and almost brick-like. Its easy to imagine just from your sense of touch how those small mineral particles can cause big problems in a yard or garden.
You cant simply purge all the clay particles from your soil, and you wouldnt want to, either. Having some clay in your soil will prevent water and nutrients from leaching away before your plants can use them.
However, you can improve the balance of your soils solid components, also called its structure. The best way to do that is by mixing in other materials, which, when added to soil, become known as amendments.
You have several possible amendments you can use to improve clay soil:
No matter which amendment you choose, youll need to mix it into your soil. This is where your garden tiller becomes essential.
To get the most out of your soil amendment, till it into your soil as deeply as you can. Although most cultivators can dig deep enough, you might find a garden tiller more efficient if your clay soil is especially dense. Tilling to a depth of six to eight inches will encourage healthy growth in your plants roots.
The best time to till is the beginning of the growing season before youve sown your seeds. Avoid tilling when your soil is wetit will be heavier and more difficult to till and will likely become compacted. Soil thats slightly moist is ideal for tilling.
The opposite of clay soil is sandy soil. Its lighter in color than clay soil, will be difficult to roll into a ball, and wont form a ribbon.
Sandy soil presents a completely different problem than clay soil. Because its particles are so big and have such large spaces between them, it doesnt hold on to water or nutrients long enough for plants to absorb them.
Although the problem is different, the solution is the same. Adding several inches worth of organic matter such as compost and tilling it in as deeply as possible will form manageable clumps in your soil and leave a healthy amount of space between them.
The ribbon test is just as helpful after you've added your amendments.
Form your ball of soil and push it upwards with your thumb to create a ribbon, just as you did earlier. If your ribbon breaks when it gets to be about an inch long, your soil has a good consistency.
You can further check your soil by wetting a pinch of it and rubbing it between your thumb and forefinger. Healthy soil should feel neither gritty nor silky smooth, but in between those two textures.
These simple tests will let you know that your soil is just right. When you use your tiller to mix amendments into your difficult lawn or garden soil, youll find that you can build soil where you can grow your plants happily ever after.
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Away, away, in the chutchyard's _ That' lays like bight 'mbng the flon bloom, Where the long grass bends in the"; A loved form ia slum'bring in 144»1 'T^tMueiuJ- inomwyi*r- Away,a way, in a distaint clime. Where Lore droops not 'neath the hand of time, Through the fadeless realms of a sti irlit rest. Flows the gentle strain of a spirit b eased, »Tis thine'my mother. Galway, W. Y, Sep, 1854 alladium. BY DAK.' n MOKE. NBWOA8TLB HaTe you. heard .of a collier of hon<st. renown. Who A welt/on the borders ]of.Newcastle town? Hik: name it was Joseph—you bett< If I tell you lie always was called r may know, Patient Joe. Whatever betided, he thougiit it was right, And Providence f#ill he kept ever in sight; To those who loved God, let thiiig ould. He was^tjrtaiii thht all worked togt ther for good. 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Though his ^vife was but sickly, h s getfings but. -small,' o- ]■■•- ,| j-'J " Vet, a mind su suTjqiissivn prepnro I him foj- all; He lived on his 'gains,; were ithey | greater or-less, And the.Giverhe ceased not each m When another child came he received him with joy. , 4 .... And Providence blest.whn3iad scut him the boy: Tfiit tvhen tTitrciniilTdtCHt, mid pior "I'itj content; • |j. •• '.rT For God hath a riglit to recall what he lent." It. was Joseph's ill-f<»rtuiie ,to work in a pit. With some who-beslieved . that jiiofancpess was «. i, . 'J ... I- .. "j . , ( pleasure they will tliia work wit: When disaster; showed. And' laughed,: ' for good'/" Ijcftill him much nd Said, "Joseph, in his wealth. holy jwill: itt<-rs;went ill, uiuler8t<K>d • hg for good. j' he.declared is Were ile ir, Hg to. fear: orgood. inient, to'bU'^s. But ever, when those would profanelyndv.ince That this liappeued by luck, aud that happened •- by chaiice, '■ J ..' ! . ;. ' ' j'. ■' Still Joseph insisted Mo chance couhl be found/ Not a sjiairow Uy accident falls to the ground. Among his companions who worked in the pit, And lmade him the butt of their proflipite wit, Was .idle Tim Jenkins, who drank and who < gamed, .'. j-| •• . ' Who mocked at his Bible, amd was not-iashained. One .day nt the pit his old comrades he found, And1 they chatted,pr^iaring to go under ground: Tim Jenkins, as usual,' was turning ^o jest Joe's notion—that all things w:hicli happened '• we're best. .'. j |- ■ As .Toe on the ground had unthinkingly laid " His provision* for dinner, ot bacon Sana bread,. A dog on the watch seized the bread and the- . meat, •! . |. - And off "with his prey ran with footsteps so fleet Now,; to see the delight that Tim Jenkins 'expressed, " : j "Inthe loss of thy dinner :too, Joe, for the best?" ('No doubt on'.t/' said ifoe, *'butas I must eat, .. Tis my duty to try toirecover my meat!' So saying, he followed jtlie dog a long ronnd, While-Tim, laughing apd'awearing, Went down ' underground: j . Poor. Joe soon returned,' though his baeon was lost, . I, i For the dog a good dinper had( made at his cost. When Joseph came back he expected a sneer, But the face of each collier spoke horror and -fear: "What a narrow escape jhast thou had,", they all said; V h'jV''': J' - "This pit has fall'n in, and Tim Jenkins is dead." How sincere was-the gratitude Joseph expressed, How warm the compassion which gloWed in, his /'breast;. - •' Thus events, great and! small, if'aright under- stood, H • i ,.t ; ' - '' .' ■' Will be found to to working together for good, "When my meat," Joseph cried; "was just now stolen away, j F\* ; i ^ And l had no prospect of eating to-day. How cpuld it appear to a short-sighted sinner. That iny life .would be 6av'd by. the loss of my dinuer?" j p i For the Pallkdium. IN THE OKOVB. . BY j. IIODOESS.' / In the cool and fragrpiit grove. On Earth's carpet green I lie; And my eyes are cast above, \ To the soft and tranquil sky; Azure -clouds are floating o'er me, I3eauty smiles where e'er I turn, Nature's book is sprekd before me, From which we aU! may read and learn. Flowers aU around me bloom, • And the toft breeze whispers through, Their soft voices to me come, ' Ever is their;-teachlng true; Though they stand with eyes all tearless, ' With their smile^. they seem to teU,. That the Earth is dark and -cheerless, • . And sorrow in each; heart dbth dwell. Bongs are borne npqn ,the-breeze, | Nature moves'witlx jnerry tread, .-- Sunbeams dance among the trees, - Birds are singing.o'W my head:/! v - But to all this jby andlgladness. Which around onr way doth flow, v We must look tlpoughl clouds of Badness, : For. all the Earth is [filled with woe. Dundee, III, 1854.' '!{!.■ ESSIE GATE. OK 4 TALEoiFTHETIMES. BT JfR8. M. WKB8TKB AUDNUTT. The ul tra-fashionable Mrs. Bare toe, wife of John Barstoe, jEsqr., tho wealthy miller prince, of the city of R , had beeh invi- ted to rwt Mrs.: Grant, for the piirpose of meeting Mrs. Neil, * former resident of the city, and a friend of both tadioe; but who. haa been1 for the last oimitrtwem Just as the kettle was singing its last strain, preparatory to being remdved from the fire, in th^ preparatiori.for tea, Mrs." Bar- stoe, dressed with the most perfect taste, and in the extreme" of fashion, was ubhered into Mra, Grant's parlor, where; Mm.] Neil had been some-two or throe h6uiis aWaiting her arrival. Mutual greetings were exchanged with the utmost cordiality, and in' the genial atmosphere if plain Mrs. Grant's .society,, even the aristocratic Mrs. Barstoe forgot pride and dignity, and was really, as she well knew how to-be, friendly and social. ' After tea, Mrs. Grant was called-,from the room to superintend some domestic concerns and Mrs. Barstoe took the opportunity of saying:—You reside in the neighbourhood of Essie'Cnve, the Poetess, I believe, -Mrs. Neil, are you acquainted with her/-" i "Oh, very well, indeed! I knew her befbro we removed from II-and they are now quite near-neighbors, living only a mi|e or so from us." - " , I ' " j "I have a great curiosity to meet her," said Mrs. Barstoe,-^1 have- heard her spoken : very highly of, as a lady of talent and refine- ment, and I liiU'o rej.idand admired her poet-! "ry in our journals |or a- long time." ; "Besides that," stu^.Mrs." Neil, smiling, "if Dame Rumor says! trulyi you have a fnore active stimulaiit>td^our curiosity than a mere desire to see. tlio authoress of a- few pretty" scraps of poetry,. j-It is currently- reported, and is currently believed, in our neighbor- hood, that she is sqon to be your daughter!" . "Yes, I suppose it. is.so," said Mrs. Bt——,' with the /riumphant air of a person | wel}, plcasfed, "f'supposei it is so.- You kno\y By-? ron spent the greater part'of the fall" and winter iii her inimediate neighborhood, su- perintending the flouring mills which1 Mr.! Barstoe has.recently, purchased -in tliat vicin-i- ity; and lie seems to regard her as but little lower than ^ tlio angels. - He told mo a' few days ago, that they were to be iliarried the coming fall.and wished ine to'..congraJ;ulate- him upon his good fortune in S2curing the .hand ofonej for wliom' there are so many Competitors, and of ono, who, young : as oli^ is, has already wan for herself no inconsider- able name among our literati: ^ ' ■' "Her narrie among the literati is th&j/casi upon Which you have to congratulate him, Mrs. Barstoe," said Mrs. Ned seriously.— "Essie Cave is one of the best girls I ever knew, and, will pot only be to1 Byron a true, earnest,- and .loving 'wife, but an invaluable treasure, audit comfort to all with whom she may become con ngctied." - "I do-not doubt it in the least, I know. Byron's taste and discernment among the la- dies is indisputable, and whomsoever he has selecte I for a wife "must be the very personi- fication of elegance. and delicacy. Bosides her writings bespeak a mind free from and above all that is low or plebian. I cannot restrain the pritie I ftJei at the connection By- ron is about to! forirn." h ' Tho entrance of MrsjGrrant put an; end to' ithe conve.rs;ition, but Mrs. Neil's face wore a most comical expression for some. momentB afterwards ; and i esutned it again and again, every time the namo of Essie Cave w;as men- tioned, which it happened to b6 several times in'the course of the evening ; Mrs. B. being too much -pleased with the) honor intended her family, to forbear- aud - leave- the { poeteM alo,ne. '.' -I ' ■ "Gome out as soon as you can, Mr3- Bar- stoe," said Mrs. Neil at parting that night, come out to pur farm and spend a few- days with me, and I will bring you to a sight of the lady you so much wished to see." . "I certainly will do so the first leisure J have I" and the emphatic tone jn which th<3 words were pronouiiced, left no doubt in the hearer'smind but that the promise would be fulfilled. "-v-V '.t Accordingly }ri a few weeks, Mrs. Barstoe droVe-out to Mrs. Neil's one Saturday, in- tending to stay oyer the Sabbath, and »thus have an opportunity of- seeing the object of her curiosity at church. The very costliest and most elegant outfit of a very costly and elegant wardrobe, waS taken in ^fhich to make her debut' in the little church at Willow Run' and do honor-in the eyes of the elegant and refined Essie Cive, to the mother of her accepted lover; but unfortunately "The best laid schemes o'mice and mqn ga'pg aft agl.ee;" ■ '/ J / and after all Mrs, BaretoeV painstaking,' Es- sie was not at church ; so the rich si)k dress, white crape shawl, and lace hat, were thrown away- upon the vulgar herd of iplebian far- mers and their dowdy wives and daughters, as Mrs. B. remarrked in a disappointed toney as sho and Mre. Neil, were onrthe road hnme. "Never mind," said t Mrs. Neil good hu- moredly, but at tho same'time, with the old quizzical look in her face; "I will take you out to ride in the morning, and we can pass her father's house. I willfind some excuse to call her out to the carriage, and you shall not return disappointed to R-" And now, dear1 reader, while' this combina- tion is form'ed against her, let nao introduce to youMissEssie Caveas she is. The daugh- ter of a farmer, and unfortunately pfla for- mer with a considerable mortgage upon his farm to be cleared'off;-and having luckily an excellent manager and house keeper for a mother, EsSie had been early initiated into all the mysteries of house work—and farm-; work too, for that matter; and there were few things out or in doors but what she could turn her hand to. Her father and brothers were strong advocates for woman's rights; and Essie used to declare laughing, that she wished Mrs, Bloomer and. Bundry others of her class, only had her father and brothers to deal with; they would soon cry lo—to carry occasionally iondly either, pails! [of in their new domicile—1 and not .very <»cci . sour milk and other adjuncts of a former's kitchen, cothmonly yclepi "swill, .to a? pen full of spring j%sj daily growing mora and more; fit, under Miss Essie's care', for the. re- sponsible position pf roasters—aud even dnce on the great occasijonJdfthr<»hin£,-when one d happened to ho'Sikert suddenly iiick, an/d in coiisequeniki the whole concern i of ;ht horses and twelve or fifteen men came- a dead stand still, and seemed incviti.bly doomed to remain so till another hand could b^ procured, her llrotlier Zeb suddenly -be- thought' himself tliat it was Essie's; right | to' fill the place of tlid invalid, and accordingly she was installed at her post and scratdied awiiy straw with the best of them,, for;an hour ; when the .anjxiously. sought reinforce- ment arrived. Bcjsides.this, she had agsne-. ral eye to tho goojd condition of tho b irns and lauds adjoining the! house, during the absence of the metii «■ at tljo other side of the farm; was errand boy for her mother, and even HlIed the. place of dog, aiid. drove ;0fi sundry stray-pigs and cattle which meditated foraging expeditions into tho corner potato fields, when old Rbvef .chanced to be beyond icall. Amid ali bis multiplicity of duties,, with spirits as light and suftShiny as a sun- shiny day in sumijner, tlipuglits and feelings It wfts her fathery8 sottl ed Conviction tliat the women ougty and when he c^iii from the neighboi frequently obliged without straining j bring hii^eelf to :^ flnh{irnes8 -and stal him. his oats after (harvest time; '^d-hungty, citjr, where' he . was i business, he cou"d in the least, •Essie's right i lto Prince, and give jecQtae sutfeiently ...... :.e had . cool to eat them.*"|Her ;t rothers, too> w^ere real women's rights met, Tt right; to It was Essie's or griudstone, when the hay or ] Uine by a n' " pail of coffee in tl train ' ^metiims, i -in danger of- a c^re, and the boys t was too dark to a' huge basket of d an equally huge ir, half a mile to the harvest field, aboutthree o'clock in the after- noon of. every sul esting period of day, during that inter- esting—to watch the rows of bee hives and than run a mile, mile' and a half, or two miles, as be, whenever a juv the paternal mansion, and launch into ' tho case might ve would come gushingir the.,d.epths of the clothe tne forth from audi ifilairc! of had poetry iij spite of] all surroundings. It was Monday morning. Essie been deep in' the mysteries of tlie washjtjib, sincojearly dawn till about^ ;eleven o'clock, when, having fini hed washing,, and having ; been favored duripg tlic time with a visit from tho iij uses, (who | generally choose that tiine to pay their devoirs,)'she left her.motheripre-; paring dinner, ajid ran ofF up stairs, to jot down upon paper tho thoughts aud .words that had been crowding.her. brain during the process of refreshing tlie family lin'jn. Seat- ed at her little desk, with pen, ink and paper, she was soon absbrbed, jmd forgot a»l outdoor and indoor opehnitions, till her mothers voice was heard at tliei foot of the stairs,-r-"E|ssie! EssieI there are some hogs in the corn I; you mu§t run and drive them out!" H Throwing down -pen and paper, and catlch-j ing up a sun bonnet, which a day or j- two before had served "the puppy for a foot-ball, and from which he had chewed and j torn nearly all the cape, and calling to Itover, who was her friend and ally in all such emergen- cies-1—when he was' 'to^jfe--found, "which was not more'than half the tiine-;—Essie ran out of tho front docjr, across the road," and! into the orchard, which was planted to corn, now just beginning to be fit for roasting. Letting downlhe bars and catching sight of the dep- redators, Essie, jwith olcl Rover at her heels, ran through tlio corn until she had collected ail the maurautfers befeii e her, and then < Irove them safely to the bars, which opened oil the main road. Passing through herself .she waited just outside for Rover to do his' duty and drive forth the tresspassers; j ' And now rjeader, have you her in your minds .eye, in! her faded and not en irely. whole (for there were two or three great rents in the skirt,) chintz washing dress—hei tat- tered, almost capeless sun bonnet—her huge biue and white checked woolen apron, held up by the' corners, and stuffed as.full as it could hold with rips earjy apples, and ears of corn, which she had gathered itr her dodging*, In and out among tho; rows ?— While sbe Btatfds-quietly, for tho last huge porker to makefln eitra effort, '^sisjtw, by Royer in the roar, to, step over the lower bar a. carriage in which aro .two ladies hak ap- proached close to her without bjeing npjHced,' the inmates of which are earnestly regarding her ; one with a whimsicai expression of sup-" pressed- mirth, the other with an 'equally plain expression!of disgust; while thidy are speaking of the house opposite as being the residence of tjU fastidious Essie Cave, j. At this moment, Essie, startled by the 6ound of wheels so near, turns hastily round, meets a laughing, cordial "good morhing," from the quizzical looking lady, a cold a|ston- ished stare from the strange lady, an^ the canfiage passes on;. .- .- i;j^ "You seem to'be on quite intimate jterms th Mrs/Cave's servantsaid Jthe fastidious rs. BarstoeJ (for it, was that lady and! Mrs. Noil,) ittasIighttone ofsAm. ' j] . "That wasn't a'servant, jit was Essie (pave," said Mre. Neil, unable to restrain her laugh- ter any longer. "Essie Cave, herself."; ■ ' • "Essie 'Cave! the Essie Cave ihat writes poetry 1 can it be possible 1" and Mrs: Barstoe suhk back astonishment It was so: heraelfsuffici when she .rror-eitrnck, and in s; e minutes before she recovered dy to make any comment, and only ,to beg Mn J Neil Cave, or ihy pile else _ dy was thathad beeu visit- ing her, or the olgect of; that visit; and as soon as they reach^ M.re. Neirs, and dinnor had been <1% " " " " to say ni , astowhom .V,f sh6 : ordered! hor car- rr.?£i|t0 feelings of fication,' 8ucff[a v casioned her.-i-Mre. Neil would made some ; explanations, plr. sail to soothe Mre. Barstoe's irritated feeling: >*? but whenever she thought to pake the attempt, she recollection of . the manner in B. had previously spoken of E pride with which ;bhe had eon] "" into her self upon the i tuuited h a pattern, of \plegance., delicacy, and menty overcame her,, and she felt she i not control the risible muscles 'sufficien: 6ne Vv^ngfia few days after thiis « as Byroa Barstoe wi»a about leayin r tfc house,. after tea,--for the office, the sc< iie jof his Vlaily toils, his mother followed bin kinto the ball,- and said: 1 j **1 wish, if1 you are not particul.u-1 jr gaged this evening, you would come ?p to my room,' I have something to say to j Struck, by her manner, tlie y6ungi m: ,n down the hat he had just takdn up, and #i out a word, followed his mother Upstairs. ?What is; it, mother.' Have you beard any bad news $ said he, in a voice' of a nxjo- ty, as sheclosed the door after their enttande. ''No, I have heard' notliing;—whatl w"1' to speiik about,; is your marriage with E: Cave."' -,j.[ . :j -'; . "And what of that, mother? speak, quick! your manner really alarms me ! Haw you heard anything-—do you know anything—ris anything the' matter ?" '■ j i- "No, no, Byron, don't be alarmed. ^ I wish to Say, is, that I fear you ha\ deceived in this young lady;'that she what you imagine her to be." u "Been deeeived in her? In what mannk? What' do. you mean ?" said the youn in a tone no less disturbed than befor "Why, I mean simply this; that afraid, instead of being as wc have. supposed her, refined and lady-like, decidedly low and vulgar." "Low and vulgar, mother ?" sai while tho hot'blood crimsoned his and his dark eyes flashed fire: dared to tell you that ?■—who has cluce, in.this imanner, my ^chosen w own mother." / "Nobody^ my. son, no one 'has aught against her,—I have seen self. You know I have been spene in<j a few days with' Mrs. Neil, and while tli we passed Mr. Cave's and frhat d^ you think ye saw Essie.doing f" "Milking" perhaps," said tho yojing quietly.; for he began to fcc by this What the mischief was, .V - I "No, but she was out in a torn :lrep and bonnet, a blue checkcd woolen apron Ion, a huge, overgrown dog at her heela, driving liogs out 6f;!fcr fftther'n ojm field." "Is that all ?" 'said Byron, laughirjg. thought by"yottr look and manner^ she been guilty of murder at'the. very * while he assured her si; foreign all such thougli! to liis owh heart; and I witliold her consent to make shipwreck of his tin and again, how and .feelings were •sought her not to u his wife, and thus are.-<t hopes, though he could; well see the paui aud mortification' she must sutler in entering tl'ie family • under Such auspices. •'* I ' "No,"| said Essie gently}-ntr length; • ^no dear Byron; it:would your happiness as well .*1 Wrong to sacrifice mv own, to c*>ti|ld foolish ptejudicbs of yojtr mother's. -The arjv •!y Kcerte. shall not be within her- obsor I man r^. d; Byijon, foiehead, has Why mother," continued he gaily,j"tl|e aw" contraetinj; wplat for father last fall, and she n, and time I ever s^w Tier, was when I vyasj a|bout nd she was then in the barn, holding opeij tl|eJbags while her father filled them-with I fell in love with her at Qnco." "You may makeilight of it if yoii- will," aid his mother angrily, "but I toll | you Much 6aid w r . a girl is no fit associate for your motlieij and sisters. What would 'you think if yqu — your sister Eugenia dressed so lik mon washerwoman?" "Just as much ot her as I do now, .and if saw om- sho were really washing, a great d«al |more," replied he goocj, humoredly. "I what mother," he continued, "Essii can wash and iron, milk and make and cheese, and bread, can darn S and mend old coats, equal to anybod while she lias been learning all tell; you Cave butter kings, but. things, rough- aej highly e can fjmt; or cats sketch iatid inine- k__rt she has also found time to cultivate ly a naturally fine mind, and becoi accomplished too. I don't think make tissue paper flowers, or wax- torture green "dogs, of orange col 6i out of zeptiyr worsted; but shei ca n from nature with the skill of an ar she can play the piano better tha tenths of the so-called musical "All that Sounds very, fine!" Barstoe, the angry spot growing her cheek; "but I don't think itm a son of John Barstoe to marry aj. wife who can -support .herself by washing.; I really wish you would discard this'j|irl aiid chperae instead, one1 among the circle of yoi associates, Mary Granger for instar is a sweet girl." j■■■■■' ;; , ' "Yes,.tweet enough," said Byror, a|i|l that is all she is. She- isn't good for thi least thing, but to look at. Ten dozen ju|t likfe her wou|(ln't get a hungry man a dinner;:and as for its not being necessary for my soh to marty a wife who can support by washing,1 that may be true now, bt|t who can tell how; it may be in a few years/ j For tunes are priocarious things in thisj cojtintry. The rich mkn to-day, may be the jpodr man to-morrow, and the millionaire of thisj year, may not be worth a sou in five, aye, ip ;one year hence. - "But,'? continued he s« "I am sorry to hear you spea]f in; thii of Essie. You have always, heretofore. ed" to Iw;verv much pleased and fiatf mychoicei'| .... i , "That wis before' I had ever see n when you had made mo think she was gel.' Now I;have seen her for myseljf, and can judge better. You oan ao ur |si8ter s She bservation; and por- va few voare shb will loam to know; ttdri and love me.r _ . v r h! she must, she will !" exclaimed By- ron, while tlje tears started in his eyes, and he drew Essie proudly and fondly to his heart. . ' . ; : . i In a few weeks the .vehl'ng took place, but neither Mrs. Barstoi nor her daughters condescended to graet their jpresence. Mr. Ba the occasion with rstoe, a fine-hearted, benevolent man, was thuonly^nember of the bridegroom's family present; and, as Byron knew| that Essie Would only meet neglect and, contempt at- the hands of hist mother and 8isters,] ho did not take her to see them at all, but pir<$ceeded immodjaiely to the now home hiB father had generously provided for them in one pf our. thriving Vy estern States. Five years from that time saw Byron's words verified. The millionaire ° gar. f Mr. Barstoe was lie was an honest and h a poor bankrupt, (The were all met,* but it wi everything. His fine a bankrupt, and as onorable man, he was jialms ofhis creditore x s at the expense of liouse, furniture, pic- ture^ plate," all went, aisd at the ago of sixty, he was left without a penny. Byron, and Essie immediately, conie forward, and offer- ed in the most cordial terms to share their, homo with t^eir-parents, and though Mr- Barstoe would gladly have availed himself of the offer, his wife would not consent., Never, during the past five - ye ir=, had she written one line :to Essie, or showed, byword or deed, that?she was a member of the family, and it ^yas morffthan her prot d spiriUteould brook now, to become' dependent upon Essie for a home. For two.'or tliren j'ears they tried liv- ing first with on6 daug iter, and then with the other, but as they had both, married for- tune hunters, and as their husbands found, that instead of a fortune they had nothing, it come pretty hard tc support father anjd mother top, and their homes in consequence, wliere anything .but phasant. At last Byron canie iri person: to urge a request from Essie that: his parents would :omo and try a home in tho West. Mrs. Barstoe consented, and in The old leases were destroyed and a new one delivered in form to the French genlJg,- man, giving'him possearion of the premifiM for "such !a period a§; thp leaser may desiro the same, he paying] the rent thereof prompt Iy,"etc. -< The next momirig,. ou was passing j the house jr man's last load of fornitu ed from the door, and, an servant called on him w the rent for eight days, note as follows: crafty lahdldrd as the Fronch-i,, was being! start-1 tj ur afterwards,'a i legal , tender-for mpanied'with a ze house vot I hav^ fc: period as I-may desire.' ' '&» a> long as:I dam hous' jea i er of zis vil^giv yc>u Mtmtieur." •for zd oy.' 2&» jour', -■ i--','T.'-'P - v>--r: - It is needless to add - that our Yankee : landlord has never since bee a known to give ihi bird in the hand for. one in. the bush. Boston Simes. tST Some -two or three years "Bell" Smith, as she was formerly called, daughter of Mr.' Wm. S. Smith, -the cele- brated horticulturist ahd frujtist, residing ifi the town of Farmington, Ontario .County Nevy Yorbj some four miles' distant from - Palmyra, married a young mail named* A<f- ? disoin J. BJennett ' It wasa/runaway match,' , and the marriage was mtjch against the wish of her parent Mr., Smith and his father, Asa B; Smith managed : by some means to get, the gifl away from::.her bus- band, and took her bbtoo to h^r father's.; house.' Bennett prosecuteid; them'for forci- bly restraining his dear "Belle''; from living with him, and recovered jsoqie 1,&00_ dam- ages. Whether he recovered his^ wife, we i are not informed. The Smiths, however, inheriting: Somo of ithe Bhrpwdnegs of the watched him closely., They traced.-the- ob- noxious relative to New York the latter part of last May; Desiring to "see th6 elephant,? young Bennett-'visited .houses' of rather questionable reputation while stopping in tho great city, ! Whether tempted to do soj, or • who tempted him, we know not, But ccp- ' j- i tain it is that unbecoming conduct growing :j . out of visits' to the houses' aforesaid, "undid' j - him. The affectionate Bennett has lost his j.; beautiful "Belle." "Belle," of her bar-. | ;j ^hiu, "by her next friend," her^dovoted fhth-, ' .j er applied to the Court for di'ir&rco frpna her 't.. unfaithful husband. The . proems takon . proved the commission of several infractions : ^ • of the marriage vow by the defendant duripg the months of Ma' i} f .May and June, of New York, has ON. a few days we're on their way to Illinois. -—---»---... .. They have liveeUjvo years with Essie,and final dfecree of divorce to the complainaht.— Mrs. B. cannot"6iifybS II- iu 8Bd"fiBpidaughter -Q?r<>y-~T'VmAS* —. in-law Wash, but can herself help wash. She has no child like "our Essie," ana the last time I was there on a visit, when I came within sight of the house, the aristocratic Mrs. Barstoe stood hole .ing open the garden gate, while Essie's oldest boy, a white-haired urchin, drove the pigs jut of the potatoes, Burlington, K., Apr 1,1854. ONE WAY TO NULLIFY A BAD "" LEASE. ' J,.\ Tliere is a shrewd and wealthy old Yan- nee landlord away down in Maine, who is koted for driving his "sharp bargains"—-by which he has assumec a large amount of property. He.is the c wner of a greatjnuni- ber of dwelling houses and it is said of him that ho is not over, scrupulous in his rental eltarges, whenever he finds a customer whom he knows to bo responsible. His object is always to lease his housss for a term of years,..to the best tenauts and get the utmost farthing in the shape of rent A diminutive Frenchman filled on him, last "winter to liire'a duelling he owned in Portland, and -which! had long remained empty. References given, and the Yankee landlord ascertaining that his apph- cant was a man "after jhis own heart" for a tenant, immediately him. Hefound that, ed to suit the little commenced to "jew" the tenement appear- Frenchinan, and he seriously, not compromise oiir dignity in thi! man ler." "I certaiply shall marry her," sriiil the young man firmly; "unless^" he ald4d, ^nnfl his voice grew suddenly sad, "unless Essie should herself refuse to enter the; family un- der such circumstances;" and bowing t<i> his mother, without another word he. feft room* . -if f I The nest evening found Byrdn an in the quiet parlor at Mr. Caves. The vereation between -his mother and; softened as± mjioh, as possible, { peafod to-Easie, but her quick tectedall he would willingly Tia and she sa^ the truth at once. the face haid flushed, the eyes darl Jndignatio: , , ''' '"i!- ik from placed an exorbitant )rico upon it; but the lease was-drawn and t uly executed, and the tenant moved into his;new quarters. , Upon the kindling jof fires in.the house, it was found that thp chimneys wouldn't "draw," and the building was filled with smoke. The winddw sashes rattled in the wind 'at* night, and jthe cold ait rushed through a hundred crevices about_the house, until now unnoticed, j The snow melted up- on the roof, aud attics were drenched from leaking.. The rain pelted,and our French- found a "natural bath; room upon the cellar floor"—but the lease was signed, and the landlpM chuckled.1 . f-';"' ; •j "I have been vat you call 'stick in,' viz zis dam motion?.—mattered our victim to himself, a week afterwards—"but riimporte —ve sal see vat ve sal see1." _ Next morning lie rbso bright and early, and passing down tovi'n, he encountered .the landlord. . . i j . j ; "A-ha !•—Bon jour monsieur, jhis happiest manner^ "Good day, sir. How do you like your house 1?" • . jj'. • «Ah J Monsietir—efegant, heautiful—mag- nificint! Eh, bein, tvjiuieur, I have butzo ope regret—" j ; ' "Ah| what is that;?" "Mpnsieur—I sal |ive ifi zat house but tr^ littel year."* •« •- ■' "How so!?' , . . . f I-have find, | by vpt you sal call, zelease, zat "ypu hav giv me | ]ze house for but tree year aii' I hay ver' mcbch sdrrow for zat." "But you'can baviei it longer, if you- wish - ' [] ■ Ah, Monsieurr—I iial be ver mooch glad if I can have zat house io long at Iptease—-Qb monsieur ?". " ''_. 1 "Oh, certainly sir.' ., . .s : . "Tret ii'eh monsieur ' I sal valk rite to /«," said lie your bffice—^an' you «al give me vot you call frv.satmaisdn Itu tit long at I.tdl monsieur!" "Certainly, sir. Ytou shallstaythere your vant ze house. risen fi have verr mooch tanla r*m i , , o o n s it mpt i Mr, Willis, one - of the editors of the Homo Journal,; has closed his series of inter- > esting papers from "Idlewild." - He-has for i months been au invaiid, yet in tho series haa written several article on the preservation of health, which have been widely copied. In his last and closing letter, speaking of con- sumption, he writes: : • . ; ' i - I Consumption, mourned oyer as it is,, seems , > to me a gentle untying of; the knot of.-.life,'/ instead of the sudden and harsh tearing asunder of its threads by other disease—f-d |, tendemie88 in the destroying angel, as it were,. which greatly softens, forsome his inevitable errand to dlL}. It is a decay with a littlo or no painj insensible almost in its progress, ide- I layed, sometimes, year after year, ip its more I fa^al approach.' And it is not alone in this j indulgent ^prolonging, and; defemng, that J comsuniption is like a blessing. J jThd cords" which it first loosens are the _ coarser ones most confining to the mind.-;'. The weight of the material senses is, graduidly takep I from the soul with tho lightening of their food and tho -lessening of their stre.ngth. '-Prob- oWyj; till be owns himself an invalid, no man has ever given the wings, of his: spirit irewW Enough—few, if any, haye thought to adjust the ministerings to body and soul' so "as to subdue the senses to their secondary ; place . ^ and play. With illness enough, for this, and • not enough to distress1 or weaken—with con- sumption in other words, as most comrponly experienced—tho mind becomes conscious of a wonderfully new-freedom add predomi-. nance. Things around alter their,,value.-*- Estimates of personsi and pursuits strangely change. Nature seems as newly beautiful as if a filih had fallen, from the eyes. The urer affections, tho. simpler motives, the umbler and more Secluded reliances. for sympathy are foupd to have been thet closest '.; .....' rhts bolder and freef. Who , linked with tho has not wonderi at the cheerfulness fof con-: 8umptive persons? It is because1, with the senses! kept undiir by invalid treatment, there : is no "depression of spirits." Wjth .careful . , regimen and the system purifie<l jand discij- plined, life, what.there is of it,'is ;n the" most : exhiliarating balanpe of its varied. propor tipns. Death ffl not dreaded whore there is thus, such a conscious breaking.thrdagh of another life, -freei and higher..; v . "Barkiso cp tub Wrong Tr£e".— * The Cleveland Plaindealer sa^s that on tho last trip of the steamer Ocean, "ai young, blackleg, srying to play «smart,'wont up to a. gentleman who was laylug on one of tho lounges, and who, as ho thought, was .'a pas- sengei and tappei-him on the shotild-rrf and very pqlitely requested his fare, upon which he snquired of him how much -it w^, and - was informed byithe Itght Sneered-^i»th|t he should charge him two shillings "for Jib lodging, upon for tl .nuich he commenced feeling & and requested the aelf-apr pointed! collector of faro' to go intothe:cabin, so he could seo and make chonge, wdich he -, hesitated to do,' whep'ihe; seized thr rogue. 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In 2014, American synthpop band Future Islands—who spent the first four years of their career, until 2008, releasing music independently—had their "big break," a spot on the Late Show with David Letterman. "That really got our music out to a much wider audience," says William Cashion (bass, acoustic, and electric guitars). Watching even a snippet of that performance (on YouTube, of course) can help you reach the same conclusion I have: These guys are passionate about their music. Lead vocalist Samuel T. Herring (who writes the lyrics as well) has some sweet dance moves and a Johnny Cash-like intensity on stage. Whatever they're selling, I'm buying.
Based in Baltimore, Maryland, the band booked themselves from 2003–2010 and managed themselves until 2013 when they signed on with 4AD. "Dan Deacon and Valient Thorr introduced us to the world of house shows and the DIY touring circuit. When those bands started to get national and international recognition, it felt like, 'Hey…we can do that too!,'" Cashion says. "Success didn't seem as far away and unattainable as it used to. They showed us that you can create your own path." Their 2014 release, Singles, launched them to new heights as a household indie band that's "made it," hopefully passing that same hope along to other fledgling artists, Cashion says.
And they have made it, if you can measure success in crowd sizes and festival stages—after all, they've toured across Europe to giant rooms filled with fans and performed on the main stages at Coachella and Bonnaroo. Cashion says it's nice to take stock and realize that many of their dreams have come true: "The first time we toured Europe, I was still doing all of our booking in North America…and when we all of a sudden found ourselves in Germany playing to large crowds, I remember we were all kind of like, 'What did we do right? How did we get here?'" But while the crowds are nice, they're not the ultimate measure of success. What is? Knowing that their music has shaped other people. "We're just returning the gift," Cashion says. "Our music is honest. We hope that our music moves people in some way. It's exciting that our music can become such an important part of other people's lives. It's always nice to hear that our music has helped people out."
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still trying to get ducks in a row for starting my job as a fundraiser for the pet connection. i know it will be a trial by fire of sorts but i still need more background on exactly what i'm trying to do here. part of me is hesitating to get started because i know that once i'm making a living, martin & i will separate for real (as opposed to the miserable co-habitating with little communication and no love). i know it will be good for both of us to move on -- it's just not the picture i'd painted in my head.
alright, the other kids will be home from school soon. that's a wierd thing for me to have to say.


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He has spent a lot of time cuddling Niko.
I don't blame him. Niko is so sweet-tempered.
A rare sort of consolation in difficult circumstances.
Zoia had requested a maxi skirt, so I made one of those, too. As she was asleep, I just guessed on the measurements. I probably could have made it a little fuller, but it's cute as is too. I used the same waistband method on the skirt, and finished the hem with a rolled edge.
My model, though thrilled to pieces about her skirt, was unenthused about posing for photos.
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