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MONTPELIER — Addison County will reap more than $2.5 million from the fiscal year 2007 state capital bill, money that will be used to pay off a new vocational education building; complete a new Vermont State Police barracks in New Haven; and purchase a harvester to trim milfoil from the southern portion of Lake Champlain.
Sen. Phil Scott, R-Montpelier, confirmed on Monday that Senate and House negotiators had agreed on all money items to be included in the capital bill, which includes a list of more than $50 million in construction projects throughout Vermont that have been budgeted for the next fiscal year.
MIDDLEBURY — The Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) is planning a new school in Middlebury that would cater to local students who cannot thrive in traditional public school settings due to severe emotional and behavioral problems.
Counseling Service officials brought their CSAC school proposal to the Middlebury Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday. They are seeking the board's permission to establish the new school in 1,450 square feet of space in the Middlebury College-owned office building located off Route 7 South, across from the A&W Restaurant.
Robert Thorn, executive director of CSAC, said his agency would work with local middle and high schools to identify students who might benefit from the Counseling Service program. Those students, according to a CSAC project narrative, would have "severe emotional disturbance and behavioral and emotional issues that prevent public school placement.�
ADDISON COUNTY — Green Up Vermont and volunteer coordinators around state are distributing 40,000 green trash bags so that Vermonters can clean up the highways and byways of their towns this Saturday, Green Up Day 2006.
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Fund to Help Struggling Homeowners, California Update
Oct 8, 2012
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently directed mortgage companies to work with eligible homeowners to help them qualify for Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) assistance. Since 2010, HHF has provided $7.6 billion through select state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs). State programs vary but may include mortgage assistance for homeowners who:
- Are unemployed or underemployed homeowners
- Are delinquent on their mortgage payments
- Need help paying down their principal balance for a more affordable monthly payment
- Need help paying down/eliminating a second mortgage
- Are transitioning out of their homes and into more affordable places of residence
How to Apply
To determine your eligibility, contact your mortgage company or state HFA. Find links to the state HFAs on the "Take Action" tab on our HHF Page. State HFAs have until the end of 2017 to utilize HHF funds.
Related: California Ups Offer
Keep Your Home California (KYHC)—California's $2 billion foreclosure prevention effort established under HHF—recently announced expansion of its programs.
- Eligible California homeowners can receive up to $25,000 to catch up on their mortgage payments.
- Mortgage assistance to help homeowners pay down the principal balance of a mortgage loan can now be funded 100 percent through the state's HHF program as long as servicers recast the payment schedule or provide a rate and/or term modification; the new payment must provide for an affordable, sustainable monthly mortgage for an eligible homeowner.
- Also under new changes for modification assistance funds to help homeowners pay down the principal balance of a mortgage loan and allow for a more affordable monthly payment, the dollars are disbursed to the servicer on behalf of the homeowner in the first year, rather than over three years, and the forgivable loan for the homeowner is extended from three to five years.
- The KYHC program cap was increased such that eligible homeowners can receive in total up to $100,000 assistance per household.
View eligibility criteria or call KYHC at 888-954-5337.

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Last night I was invited to quite a popular fashion event that is happening in Bucharest which is Soirees de la mode where Wilhelmina Arz (who also initiated this event ten years ago) presented her Spring Summer 2012 collection in the royal ballroom at the Hilton Hotel. I was so amazed as usual by the wonderful decorations and the attention to details, and I felt again trapped in another epoch.
Now onto the collection. It's called "Imagine" and as I heard it was inspired by the Japanese traditional theatre, but as the models came and went, I barely saw Japan in those silhouettes. Maybe the flowers in their hair (which by the was I thought of it as a very lovely and feminine idea, it probably was my favorite detail from the collection) and some prints but not enough, and I thought the collection was not very well put together, the pieces separately, yes, they looked okay, but not all together. But I let you speak your opinion.
The music was great and so was the space, I met again some bloggers and I chatted for a bit with them, always a pleasure!
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I found myself in a contemplative mood again recently and began to analyze who I have become in a mere 56 years. I reached several conclusions.
I am not a particularly bad person. I rarely beat my wife. In fact, she recently pointed out to me that there is no one on God's good earth who is remotely afraid of me. Not my children. Not my friends. Not any enemies if there be such. And certainly not my wife. She admitted this while laughing, somewhat rudely I thought.
She allowed as how that was a good thing, not the rude laughter but that I am not a scary person. Perhaps, but it does lessen the self-reliant, man against the odds vision I've always aspired to.
I concluded that I am not as shy as I once was. I decided I don't ever want to belong to a civic organization again. They suck your blood.
I also admitted that there remain quite a few things I don't understand about myself. For instance: We recently joined a gym in an effort to eliminate some of the excess baggage we've accumulated in 56 years of riotous (ha) living. We stretch, work out on machines designed by the Marquis de Sade, swim in the freezing cold lap pool and them warm up in the hot as Hades whirlpool. Why they don't just pour the whirlpool water into the lap pool is more than I can fathom. It would save time.
What I don't understand is why I will drive all around the parking lot looking for a space close to the door so I don't have to walk far to get to the place where I plan on exercising. Why do I do that? I don't understand.
Neither do I understand why someone who really dislikes being cold will stand up to his chest in ice water, waving a long stick with a little piece of fur and feather on the end of a long piece of string trying to convince a trout someone just released into the stream to bite and then, on the rare occasions when it does, looking it over for a few seconds and turning it loose.
I've stood in that cold water for as long as eight hours with scant success but with each cast expecting a 6-inch trout to lose its sanity and bite a wad of fur. I've waded in a trout stream for so long at a time that I couldn't hold the rod still in my hand because every muscle in my body was shivering. And this hours after the first back spasm hit and doubled me over in wretched pain almost severe enough, but not quite, to convince me I had had enough for the day and to go home, swing by the gym, crawl into the whirlpool and eat a handful of pain relievers. It borders on insanity. I don't understand it.
Nor do I understand why I would ever disagree with my wife. In just a bit more than 25 years of wedded bliss I can never recall coming out on the good side of a disagreement with her. She's way too slick for a mere country boy to best in a battle of wits.
Well, I do understand why I do it now. It's great fun.
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People working in groups have a harder time coming up with new ideas than alone, a new study shows:
Researchers speculate that when a group of people receives information, the inclination is to discuss it. The more times one option is said aloud, the harder it is for individuals to recall other options.
Yeah, groupthink sucks, but do meetings really quash creative thinking the way this study proposes? Tell us what you think.
If anything, this might be just the ammunition you need to convince your boss to reign in those endless, mandatory brainstorming sessions.
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One of the defining characteristic of mothers with the good fortune of living in developed nations is having the means to control childbearing to promote their health and their family's welfare. The vast majority of women in the United States have used a family planning method at some point in their reproductive lives. And for all practical purposes, this cuts across all religious, social and cultural groups.
It is in this context, that as a Christian, I am mystified by the recent political debates about providers restricting access to family planning methods, because I believe the practice of fertility control is one of the core values of responsible parenthood. I am speaking from the perspective of a health professional who has worked for over 45 years on public health programs in developing countries and has seen the devastating consequences for women and their families when they have not had the freedom, the information and means to exercise fertility control.
Bangladesh provides a good example. For eight years in the period between 1965 and 1979, I lived and worked in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan before 1971). When I first arrived in 1965, women were averaging six births, but almost 20 percent of the children died before the age of 5. And women had a lifetime risk of greater than 1 in 16 of dying in childbirth.
When Bangladesh gained its independence from Pakistan in 1971, it was considered one of the world's basket cases due to poverty, illiteracy, a lack of any industrial base or natural resources, and a very high population growth rate of over 3 percent per year.
The Bangladesh government was beginning to respond, but the national family planning program, largely based on clinical services, was very weak. Beginning in 1976, USAID supported a series of rural family planning projects that demonstrated the effectiveness of trained female field workers going house-to-house to deliver pills, injections and condoms backed by the full range of clinical services (intrauterine devices and sterilization) in helping women to achieve their fertility control goals. In three years, the use of family planning rose from 4 percent to 30 percent and birth rates dropped by 25 percent in the project area. Over the next three years, the government of Bangladesh adopted this strategy, recruiting more than 30,000 women field workers to reach a national population of over 85 million.
Over the next three decades, the fertility transition was dramatic. Around 55 percent of women in Bangladesh are now practicing family planning and the fertility rate has declined to 2.3 births per woman. Correspondingly, child mortality has fallen by 75 percent and the risk of death in childbirth has dropped by 70 percent. Over this same period, as mothers have gained control over their reproductive lives, social and economic development has rapidly advanced. For example, now 90 percent of children go to elementary school.
I could recount similar stories in many other parts of the developing world where mothers have gained control of their fertility and experienced great improvements in health and welfare. To me, a value central to motherhood is the ability to choose when she will bear children, and how many she will have. We know from the experience in our own country that given the knowledge and means, the overwhelming majority of women will exercise this choice by practicing family planning when they wish to delay or prevent a pregnancy. The global tragedy is that there are upwards of 215 million women around the world who have an "unmet need" for effective family planning, and thus cannot fully share in the joys of being a mother who can responsibly care for her family.
Returning to the debate mentioned earlier, I should note the fact that there is no controversy about family planning among the vast majority of Christian organizations actually working in the field of international health. In 2008, Christian Connections for International Health, a network of 160 Christian organizations working in international health around the world, conducted a survey of its members. The results revealed the majority were providing family planning services and saw family planning as an important component of international health. Furthermore, in June 2011, at a major interfaith consultation in Nairobi, Kenya, an Interfaith Declaration supporting family planning as an essential component of maternal and child health and family welfare was crafted with participation by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and both Catholic and Protestant Christians.
The provision of modern family planning services does not exclude Catholics, since American Catholics use all the same modern methods used by non-Catholics. In addition, the World Health Organization now recognizes a natural method known as the Standard Days Method as a modern method of family planning. Natural methods are used widely by Catholic health programs.
Fortunately, the international community interest in supporting family planning has been reinvigorated in the past few years. I am encouraged to see the interest of philanthropist Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaking from her Catholic background, in getting this issue back on the global health agenda. Her talk April 5 at the TEDxChange made the case that there is no legitimate reason family planning should be controversial and that it enables couples to give their children a chance for a healthy and productive future. I agree. Let's return the discussion of family planning back to the health issue it is, and not the political issue it has become.
W. Henry Mosley, MD, MPH, is professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also a member of Christian Connections for International Health.
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In this lesson students investigate the effects of black carbon on arctic warming and are introduced to a mechanism of arctic warming that is not directly dependent on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere: black carbon deposition on Arctic snow and... (View More) ice. It can also be used to introduce the concept of albedo. Prerequisite knowledge: students understand the concepts of absorption and reflection of light energy. This lesson is designed to be used with either an Earth/environmental science or chemistry curriculum. It may also be used as an enrichment activity in physics or physical science during a unit on energy. Includes suggested modifications for students with special needs and low technology option. Requires advance preparation, including freezing ice samples overnight. (View Less)
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Several months ago, based on several far from minor out-of-the-gate mistakes, I characterized the candidacy of the Democratic Party's challenger to incumbent Republican Governor John Kasich as "the wreck that is Edward FitzGerald."
In the past week, FitzGerald has utterly imploded. The latest revelation Tuesday afternoon, namely that he had "no license to drive at all from 2002 to 2008," leaves one wondering whether his party vetted him at all. Former Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial director Brent Larkin calls this "at or near the top of the list" of "bizarre developments" he's seen in 45 years of covering politics. Despite the fact that Ohio is a key battleground state and that Kasich had in some quarters been seen as vulnerable after his attempt at Scott Walker-like reforms went down in flames in 2011, national news about Fall-Apart FitzGerald is sparse — and when it appears, it's often made to look like a GOP dirty tricks exercise.
At the Politico, neither Mike Allen's Wednesday morning Playbook nor the web site's Morning Score mentioned the Fitzgerald license follies at all. Ah, but Tuesday's Morning Score clearly betrayed the perceived relevance and importance of the Buckeye State governor's race, including "RGA Hits FitzGerald" in its headline, and describing the horrors of ads planned by the Republican Governors Association (bolds are mine throughout this post):
AD WATCH: The RGA is going negative in its latest volley in Ohio, hitting Democrat Ed FitzGerald over a spate of negative headlines related to his run as Cuyahoga County executive (though it doesn't touch the woman-in-car story the Plain Dealer broke last week). In an ad released by the association today, a young woman looks up Fitzgerald on the Internet while we listen to her internal monologue. "A scandal?" she asks. "FitzGerald gave a government contract to his former campaign manager's lobbying firm. Not a good sign. FitzGerald used a county employee to vet his political donations, was called 'totally inappropriate.' Ugh." This is the start of an approximately seven-figure advertising push, said a Republican familiar with the plans. It comes as the candidates themselves prepared to roll out new ads this week, according to the Columbus Dispatch: a positive spot from GOP Gov. John Kasich and a contrast spot from FitzGerald.
The Associated Press covered the FitzGerald driver's license story today, but oh so predictably (as of 9 PM ET) had no story at its national web site. Mark Gillispie's coverage inexplicably focused on the past five years, when FitzGerald allegedly didn't have a "valid" driver's license, and ignored the period the Plain Dealer identified as when he had no license at all. But Gillispie did raise a valid point tying into to the "woman-in-car story" the Politico only vaguely referenced:
FitzGerald lacked driver's license for 4 years
Motor vehicle records show Democratic governor's race candidate and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald didn't have a valid Ohio driver's license for nearly five years starting in 2008, raising further questions about a 2012 incident in which he was found in a car with a woman who wasn't his wife at 4:30 a.m. in a suburban industrial park.
FitzGerald had only a temporary instruction permit when a worker called police in the Cleveland suburb of Westlake on Oct. 13, 2012, to report suspicious activity at the park. FitzGerald later identified the woman in the car as Joanne Grehan, who was part of an Irish delegation visiting the region. He said Friday the group of people with whom he had been traveling had gotten lost and he was trying to connect with them.
One of his top aides, however, has disputed his version of events: Nate Kelly has said he was chauffeuring members of the delegation as a designated driver and didn't get lost.
A police officer noted in a brief report having talked to Fitzgerald but did not cite him.
If Grehan had a valid Irish driver's license at the time, it would have been legal for FitzGerald to drive with her in the car. Ohio law requires that a motorist with a temporary permit have a sober, licensed driver 21 years or older in the passenger seat next to him.
But if FitzGerald dropped Grehan off at her hotel and drove home or anywhere else by himself, he would have broken the law, a minor misdemeanor with a maximum $150 fine.
FitzGerald did not have a driver's license when he applied for a one-year, temporary permit on March 20, 2008. After it lapsed in March 2009, he went without any kind of permit or license until he applied for a second permit on Oct. 22, 2010. He applied for another permit on Nov. 15, 2011, and finally received a driver's license a year later.
It's unclear why FitzGerald, a 46-year-old former FBI agent, assistant county prosecutor, suburban mayor and county executive, the most powerful elected position in Cuyahoga County government, went so long without a driver's license or why he allowed the temporary permits to lapse.
Though the Plain Dealer has covered the two major developments well, it oddly decided that devoting an entire story to the idea that (gasp!) "The Republican Governors Association ... requested information from the Westlake Police Department about a report of a suspicious car that led officers to FitzGerald and a woman who was not his wife in a parked car before dawn in October 2012," was an appropriate use of paper and bandwidth. Imagine that: Political parties do aggressive opposition research, and sometimes it pays off. Who knew?
The award for the most bizarre recent coverage goes to Laurie Bischoff at the Dayton Daily News, who found all kinds of people who should (and I believe do) really know better to say that FitzGerald still has a reasonable chance of winning. But then again, what choice do they have, given that it's legally too late for the Democrats to change horses? Here are excerpts:
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Governor candidate admits he drove without a valid driver's license.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald indicated Tuesday that he is staying in the race despite the latest revelation that he drove without a valid driver's license for years.
... FitzGerald would have had to withdraw from the ballot yesterday for the Ohio Democratic Party to then field a substitute by Monday, according to the Secretary of State's office.
... Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said in her view FitzGerald apologized for driving without an Ohio license and explained the 4:30 a.m. traffic stop. "I just don't see this to be a really big deal right now."
Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Jim Ruvolo agreed. " Obviously, he has not been having a good 10 days here, but none of it is fatal," Ruvolo said.
University of Akron political scientist John Green agreed. "It's too early to give up on the FitzGerald campaign based on other campaigns that we've seen here in Ohio. Campaigns often have bad weeks and many times they're able to recover by emphasizing their positive message, whatever that might be. And sometimes the other candidate has trouble at one time or other. Challenging an incumbent is difficult and often challengers run behind in the summer and into the early fall."
... Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland said Kasich does not have the race in the bag yet and FitzGerald can win, though he needs to raise more money to get his message out to voters.
Just wondering: Can't you, or shouldn't you, get arrested — or at least issued a citation — if you admit to a driving without a license for an extended time after the fact? And isn't it amazing, given the circumstances, that Bischoff couldn't find a single person with the opinion that FitzGerald's goose is cooked?
I doubt that Ted Strickland, the first incumbent Buckeye State governor to lose a reelection contest in 36 years, really believes that FitzGerald's most important problem is money. And though it's too early to definitively declare that there's more to come on the scandalous behavior front, there are strong indications that, well, there's more to come on the scandalous behavior front.
Larkin now believes, with good reason, that FitzGerald "is not just headed for defeat but could also take the whole Democratic statewide ticket down with him."
As far as the rest of the nation goes, it will apparently be a very quiet defeat. After all, the establishment press would rather die than see scandalous behavior by a Democrat in one state affect the party's nationwide perception in voters' minds. They sure haven't felt that way about New Jersey's Chris Christie, have they? — and after mountains of coverage, the evidence that there has been any kind of scandal at all in the Garden State is remarkably thin.
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Color and leaf grades for the 2010 cotton crop were exceptional in almost every region of the Cotton Belt, according to a report from the Agricultural Marketing Service, Bartlett, Tenn.
"Overall, the quality of the U.S. cotton crop has been on an upward trend thanks primarily to the large percentage of it now being grown in Texas (48 percent in 2010), as well as significant quality improvements in the Texas crop over the last few years," said Robbie Seals, grading branch chief for USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service, cotton and tobacco programs.
Ninety-three percent of the U.S. cotton crop was classed at a color grade of 41-32 and higher. "We may see that go even higher because it looks like the remaining million bales to be classed are going to be of high quality," Seals said.
The average leaf grade, at 2.9, and extraneous matter, at 7 percent, were the lowest in five years. The micronaire average of 4.5 was the highest in the last five years and was up significantly in the Southeast and Mid-South. Strength of 30 grams per tex was the highest average since the advent of HVI testing. The staple average, at 35.4, was down slightly from 2009. Base quality and higher, at 55.2 percent, is up from 48 percent in 2009.
As of Jan. 4, USDA had classed 16 million bales of upland cotton, with expectations of another 1.1 million bales to be classed. Seals said 294,000 bales of Pima had been classed of an estimated 475,000 bales.
The final total of upland and Pima cotton classed is expected to be around 17.6 million bales, "which is a little less than what we had anticipated. We thought we were going to bump close to the 2007 crop of 17.9 million bales."
Color grades were exceptional in almost every region, according to Seals.
USDA reported the lowest leaf grade average (under a 3.0) since USDA began separating out color and leaf. "It was lower in all regions, as much as half a grade in the Mid-South and Texas."
Percent extraneous matter was also very low, 3.7, thanks in large part to significant reductions in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, Seals noted. Percent extraneous matter in the region was down to 7.6 percent from 30 percent in 2009 and around 50 percent in 2008.
Average micronaire in the 2010 crop was reported higher than usual, 4.54, compared to 4.2 in 2009. "We think that's going to come on down a little bit as more bales are classed," Seals said.
The Southeast experienced its highest mike crop in several years, with 32 percent of its crop in the discount range. Texas and California had very little high mike.
Highest strength ever
The 2010 U.S. cotton crop had the highest strength average ever at 30, according to Seals. "The next closest year was 2008, at 29.6. The average could increase since the bulk of the remaining crop to be classed is in west Texas, which traditionally produces a high strength crop."
Strength increased in every region except the Desert Southwest.
There was little change in average staple length across the crop, at 35.4, according to Seals. There was a slight decrease in staple length in the Mid-South.
Average staple of the U.S. crop has increased since 2006, also due to improvements in Texas, Seals noted. "Texas staple length had been below the U.S. average prior to that. In 2006, it jumped above the average and has stayed above the average ever since."
The percent of cotton at base quality (41-4-34) with 3.5-4.9 mike; no extraneous matter; and strength; 26.5 or higher was 55.2 percent, the second highest ever.
The percentage of Pima cotton at Pima grade 3 (color 3, leaf 3) and higher, was 95 percent, up a little from last year, but not as high as the previous three years. Average mike was measured at 3.8. Pima recorded the longest staple since HVI classing, at 48.2, and one of the highest ever for strength, 41.7.
The information comes from 11 USDA classing offices. The Phoenix, Ariz., and Birmingham, Ala., classing offices are no longer operating. Cotton formerly classed at the Phoenix office has been moved to the Visalia, Calif., office, while cotton classed at the Birmingham office has been moved to either Memphis or Macon, Ga.


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Aztecs butchered, ate invaders
Aztecs butchered, ate invaders. This grisly story is from today's online edition of CNN. Domestic nations have tried many tactics over the ages to repel invading armies. The Aztecs were no different and a recent find indicates they even resorted to sacrificing and eating hundreds of people in 1520.
The article notes, "Skulls and bones from the Tecuaque archeological site near Mexico City show about 550 victims had their hearts ripped out by Aztec priests in ritual offerings, and were dismembered or had their bones boiled or scraped clean, experts say."
Most of the victims were not Spanish soldiers. The were part of a large party that was made up mostly of the mulatto, mestizo, Maya Indian and Caribbean men and women given to the Spanish as carriers and cooks. As such, it was a slow moving group and proved an easy target to the Aztecs who were normally unable to defeat the Spanish in battle.
The prisoners were kept in cages for months on end and each day a few were dragged out and killed at dawn until all were dead. Fortunately, the Aztecs showed some mercy. The article notes, "Some may have been given hallucinogenic mushrooms or pulque -- an alcoholic milky drink made from fermented cactus juice -- to numb them to what was about to happen."
When the Aztecs learned the Spanish were coming to the sacrifice site, they threw all the evidence down wells. This hid the evidence from the Spanish but preserved it for future generations to find. I have a great deal of respect for Aztec culture and I do not mean to sound ethnocentric. However, I do not have much respect for this barbaric act against a group made up primarily of non-combatants. The Spanish conquest of Mexico and destruction of Aztec culture was wrong. But so was human sacrifice...
3 comments:
- Jennie W said...
I'm suitably disgusted now. Lunch is not sounding so good....
- Steve Muhlberger said...
Long ago I read Prescott's book on the conquest of Mexico and learned that the Aztecs lost because so many of their subjects hated them.
- d said...
Fortunately, the Aztecs showed some mercy. The article notes, "Some may have been given hallucinogenic mushrooms or pulque -- an alcoholic milky drink made from fermented cactus juice -- to numb them to what was about to happen."
If only my university were so generous before faculty senate meetings.
Thanks for the link. I'll be using that article next week in class...


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Other Names: Fayetteville Road, Blue's Farm
Location: Hoke County
Campaign: Campaign of the Carolinas (February-April 1865)
Date(s): March 10, 1865
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick [US]; Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton [CS]
Forces Engaged: Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division (1,850) [US]; Wheeler's and Hampton's Cavalry Division (3,000) [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 269 total (US 183; CS 86)
Description: As Sherman's army advanced into North Carolina, Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division screened its left flank. On the evening of March 9, two of Kilpatrick's brigades encamped near the Charles Monroe House in Cumberland (now Hoke) County. Early on the 10th, Confederate cavalry under the command of Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton surprised the Federals in their camps, driving them back in confusion and capturing wagons and artillery. The Federals regrouped and counterattacked, regaining their artillery and camps after a desperate fight. With Union reinforcements on the way, the Confederates withdrew.
Result(s): Inconclusive
CWSAC Reference #: NC018
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The most provocative revelation in the response is that the Feb. 26 text messages between W8 and TM show they were hostile and angry toward each other at various points throughout the day. Perhaps that explains W8's feelings of guilt. The response doesn't mention it, but it also seems like the text messages are possibly relevant as impeachment, since she gave no indication of anything like that in the interviews.
"(R)eputation evidence 'must be based on discussions among a broad group of people so that it accurately reflects the person's character, rather than the biased opinions or comments of . . . a narrow segment of the community. ...On cross-examination however, the (character reputation) witness acknowledged that her basis of knowledge as to the victims reputation was one brief meeting with the victim, and a remote conversation with the victims ex-girlfriend. In fact, up until the time of trial, the witness did not know the victims real name.We agree with the trial court that the witnesss knowledge of the victims reputation for violence derived from too narrow a segment of the community to be sufficiently reliable.
In the just released photo the light grey sweatshirt has a hood. In the original, there is no hood. Surely they wouldn't have washed or bleached it out.
So the current understanding is that TM wore two gray sweatshirt like garments, the one on top having a hoodie and turns dark blue-black in 711 light?
Next week I expect BDLR to file a new motion: State's Motion Requesting Court to Order Defendant to Comply with Their Discovery Obligations but Not Quite That Much.
Motion to preclude defense from eliciting testimony or mentioning to the effect that the state's failure to call certain witnesses is because those witnesses were not favorable to the state.I now suspect the motion was mostly about Tracy Martin.
Why wouldn't the defense want to call Tracy?
Section 90.608(1), Florida Statutes (2010), provides that a party may impeach a witness by introducing statements of the witness which are inconsistent with the witness's present testimony. However, "if a party knowingly calls a witness for the primary purpose of introducing a prior statement which otherwise would be inadmissible, impeachment should ordinarily be excluded."


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Law & Human Rights, Combined Law & Human Rights in South Africa by Elen Christiane Watanabe
My name is Elen and I am 26 years old. I am Brazilian, and have lived in Japan for 3 years. Since I was very young I have been interested in volunteering, but I had never done any kind of volunteer work before going to the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office in South Africa last November.
I had my first month-long holiday after four years of working hard, and wanted to work or study abroad, learn new things, meet new people, improve my English and enjoy myself without spending too much money. I looked for an ideal programme online in Japanese and in English and found many exchange programmes, study tours, volunteer opportunities and internships. Among these choices, I decided on volunteer work because I wanted to help people in need and learn from them, and I also found that the volunteer work was more economical than many other programmes. Among all the different types of volunteer work, the Human Rights Programme was in particular the best choice for me because I had graduated in International Relations with the intention to complete a Master's Degree in Poverty Issues. When I found the Projects Abroad website, which provided information about the Human Rights Programme, my decision was made.
I sent an email to the Projects Abroad Office in Japan, and then Projects Abroad representatives from different countries contacted me. I made a small deposit and received special access to information on their website concerning life in South Africa, accommodation and placement.
I was initially very afraid of the crime in Cape Town, because friends had told me terrible things about the dangers of the city. Nevertheless, when I arrived in Cape Town there was a Projects Abroad staff member waiting for me, which made me feel better. The driver took me to my host family's house. I shared a room with two girls, Diana, from Germany, and Diane, from France, who became very good companions. Diane and I worked together at Projects Abroad Human Rights Office (PAHRO), so we went to and from work together on the train. When we wanted to return home after 7 p.m., we preferred to take a taxi instead of the train as the distance between the train station and our host family's house was fifteen minutes on foot, too far to walk safely. Taking these basic precautions, I had no troubles with crime at all.
Spending time with my host family was a good opportunity to experience African culture and get familiar with the Afrikaans language. I took part in some activities with my host family such as going to church and on a tour of Cape Town, where I made friends with university students from Johannesburg, South Africa – and Luanda, Angola. I also had the opportunity to be with my host mother on her birthday, when we had a party with her big family and their friends.
My work was from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday. We had a schedule of activities for each week, and each volunteer decided which activity he or she would take part in. I visited a refugee camp, a prison, shelters for women (most of them victims of domestic violence) and took part on seminars about human rights where it was possible to exchange ideas with other South African Non-Governmental Organisations. Besides these activities, Fabian, a volunteer at PAHRO, and I developed a questionnaire to ascertain the percentage of Cape Town's people who live in poverty. We distributed these questionnaires on trains and received up to one-hundred filled-out questionnaires in three days. Based on that research and some readings about poverty, I wrote a paper, which I still want to improve and send back to my project supervisor, Theodore Kamwimbi.
There were approximately seven volunteers at Projects Abroad's Human Rights Office, but this number changed weekly because volunteers worked only for a few months. All the volunteers engaged in Projects Abroads's projects in Cape Town, including ours, numbered twenty people. After work we frequently explored Cape Town together. Most of the volunteers were from the United States, Canada, France, Holland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia. I was the only one from Brazil and there was nobody from Japan. I hope my story can be a stimulus for South American and Asian people to have this kind of experience in their lives as well.
As I had applied for a month-long programme, I couldn't learn everything and didn't get to all the places I could have if I had stayed for two or three months. Nevertheless, I am very happy having chosen to do volunteer work in South Africa for the Projects Abroad's Human Rights Office. The fruits of my work were many: I improved my research skills, established contact with NGO's in Cape Town, made good friendships in South Africa, improved my English, opened my mind to better job opportunities in the future and was able to learn about a part of Africa's vast culture.
I realised some months after returning to Japan that I had started trying to do little things for others without expecting anything in return. Before volunteering in South Africa, I thought I could not help people due to a lack of specialised knowledge, but I learned that little things do make a difference. My supervisor, Theodore Kamwimbi, always said to us "If you realise you can help anybody in anything, don't hesitate, go there and do it".
I am thankful to everybody I met in South Africa. I miss that time very much, but it was a starting point for the new projects ahead.
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I have enjoyed the nature, mountain hiking and the peace within the place, and its safety Yass, I really enjoy my weekend away, what a weekend to remember the 2nd-4th of November 2018.
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The small river hamlet of Magaliesburg is a retreat to where Gauteng's high-flying capitalists escape. Less than an hour's drive west of Johannesburg, Magaliesburg lies in a green valley situated in the north-western region of the Gauteng Province.
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Magaliesburg's climate ranges between 17° and 27° year round with summer rainfalls.
Nearby is the ancient and dramatic Magaliesberg mountain range, unbroken for roughly 125km in a dog-leg-shaped area known as the Transvaal Basin.
Said to be the birthplace of mankind, the Magaliesberg region was proclaimed a World Heritage Site in 1999 and the nearby Cradle of Humankind recently announced the startling discovery of a new human relative, Homo Naledi.
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The historic Blaauwbank Gold Mine and Museum is a treat to visit. It's the oldest gold mine in Gauteng and here you get to crush ore and pan for gold. You may even get to take the gold home…
The rugged gorges cut into the Magaliesberg Mountains are utopia for serious rock climbers.
For panoramic views of the Magaliesburg valley and the surrounding Magaliesberg Mountains, try a hot air ballooning experience operated by Flying Pictures. Choose the early morning champagne flight to watch a glorious African sunrise.
A visit to the Cradle of Humankind cannot be missed. It is South Africa's best known world heritage site where hominid fossils, significant in the path of evolution, have been discovered. Two of the best known sites here are Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves.
Travel to the City of Gold, Johannesburg, and a leisurely 1 hour drive to visit the major attractions of this bustling city: Sandton City is Africa's largest shopping mall, Monte Casino is a stylish casino and entertainment centre and Gold Reef City offers various rides, museums, gumboot dancing displays and a trip down a mine shaft.
The Cog & Sprocket Mountain Bike Club has three testing mountain bike trails snaking through the area's green valleys, bushveld, lush forests and mountainside.
Saddle Creek Ranch offers stimulating horse rides into the bush. The ranch has horses to suit both learner and advanced riders.
The Magaliesburg Station Market is held most Saturdays, enquire with your host. The market sells fresh goods, artwork, gifts, books, crystals, etc. Fun activities for the kids. Unusual purchases include goat's milk soap!
Expect to find fascinating rock formations on the Mountain Sanctuary Park hiking trail.
The creators of the Magaliesberg Canopy Tours zip lining course have put together 10 adrenalin-pumping slides ranging from 30m-140m above the canopy, all blending in perfectly with the mountainous surroundings.
A day trip to Hartbeespoort Dam is highly recommended. Only 50km from Magaliesburg, the area offers watersports, boat cruises, a snake & animal park, African crafts at the Chameleon Village, an aerial cableway and the Bush Babies Monkey Sanctuary. Several restaurants and beer gardens positioned around the dam.
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The family-oriented Trading Post Coffee Shop & Deli in the town has a relaxing outdoor area and the owners pride themselves in producing food from their gardens or sourced locally. Tasty light meals and good kiddies menu. Try the homemade ginger beer.
Located in an attractive garden setting under shady trees, Melon Rouge Eatery is decorated with interesting art and antique pieces to hold your attention while waiting for the freshly prepared, scrumptious light meals available on the menu.
Bright, friendly atmosphere with a small outdoor area, Le Classique Restaurant has a menu consisting of toasted sandwiches, pizzas and grilled meat dishes. Order a side dish of mielie pap (a South African version of polenta).
Enjoy a sunset cruise or 3-course buffet lunch aboard the Prime Time operated by the Harties Boat Company on the Hartbeespoort Dam.
The easy going Route 24 Pub & Grill restaurant offers excellent value meals served indoors to watch sporting events on the big screen or outside on the verandah. A few vegetarian dishes on the menu.
The fantasy-themed Goblins Cove restaurant is designed to look like a fairy's cottage deep in an enchanted forest. Whimsical, however, the restaurant has a surprisingly sophisticated menu. Fun venue for the kids.
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Bundu Coyote Bar in Hartbeespoort gets really lively when the beers and Jägermeisters flow.
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Magaliesburg has a wealth of accommodation ranging from luxury country lodges and spas to well-appointed guest houses and comfortable self-catering cottages. Most conveniences are included and Magaliesburg is an easy drive from the two main cities, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Air The nearest international airport to Magaliesburg is OR Tambo Airport, 98km away. Lanseria Airport is 57km from Magaliesburg region but this airport serves only domestic and privately chartered flights.
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The winding and picturesque road via Magaliesburg, Hartbeespoort Dam and Hekpoort is extremely popular with motor bikers who travel this road every Sunday. Known as the Breakfast Run, most restaurants along the route specifically cater to the event.
The town of Magaliesburg, the Magalies River and the Magaliesberg Mountains were all named after Mohale Mohale, a chief of the Po tribe who occupied this area in the mid-1800s.
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- On the present participle: he presents for them 2 possible charts that differ by the stem. that is, the stem either ends in ovt and nominative wv, ouca and ov; or in ovt avt evt uvt, ending in s in the nominative masc. How the hell can I know to which class the verb belongs? knowing not the stem previously? [at least he says something about the mi which goes into the second]
- On the mi verbs, there are also four (with the pres and imper for each) charts for the mi's differing only by the vowel in the duals and plurals, how can I know to which chart the verb belongs?
- Also, how do their 3rd persons behave when followed by vowel? it is ci does the i drops and the c goes s, or there is nu movable thing? or both?
- He asks to memorize all 11 forms of the participle. but there are only 10
act: ps aor fut perf, medial: these and fut perf, passive: aor
- Finally do the existence of a principal forms implies the existence of the derived forms? and does its inexistence implies the inexistence of the derived forms? I ask this because of the olekei, which has imperfect, but not the others.


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It's time for another update from our man with a plan, Zach, a web merchant here at our home office. As you'll recall from his earlier entries, Zach has been trying hard to balance work, family life and time on the bike as he gets ready to take on one of the hardest gran fondos in the US, Jeremiah Bishop's Alpine Loop Gran Fondo in September. Read on below to find out how he's doing and what bikes he's tested in an effort to find the perfect setup for the ride.
My overall training is going well. I'm still working hard, riding 4-5 times a week, and doing off-the-bike workouts. I do feel as though I've hit a plateau with my progress and weight loss, but this is to be expected after three months of training. I took a short rest period of about a week or so, and now the next month and a half will be full of weekend climbing trips.
One of these weekend training trips will actually be up to Harrisonburg, VA to ride with Jeremiah Bishop and his posse. I'm super excited to go up for a weekend and pick his brain about training, get a preview of the route, and enjoy the cool mountain air! If you've got any questions for him, post them on the comments here and we'll be sure to ask him.
Also, I was inspired by the charitable mission of the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo, and decided to raise money to support the fight against Prostate Cancer during my training. Prostate cancer is a growing health threat for men, and I want to do my part to raise awareness and help fight this disease. All funds I raise during the preparation of this ride will go to the Prostate Cancer Awareness Project. If you're so inclined and are feeling generous, I'm taking donations on my personal fundraising page. Every dollar and penny will go a long way to help fight this disease, as well as push me a little harder towards the finish line!
So that's my personal training update. Now let's talk about bikes!
This ride has around a total of 11K + feet of climbing, so to say it's hilly would be an understatement. It's on pavement and dirt/gravel roads. It's long, excruciating, and will be awesome. This unique ride definitely requires just the right bike with a unique setup.
Thanks to our friends at Fuji Bikes, I've been trying out a few bicycles during lunch rides and weekend training rides to see what feels like the right fit for the Gran Fondo. So far I've tested the Fuji SST 2.0 and the Fuji Altamira Di2 Limited Edition. I made some tweaks to the spec of each bike, such as changing out the wheelset to either a pair of Mavic Ksyrium SLs, which are one of the best all around wheelsets I've ever ridden, or a pair of Reynolds DV3K carbon clinchers, which are very aero, stiff, and fast, but don't climb quite as well as the Ksyrium SLs. For each bike I also changed out the stem and handlebars to achieve the appropriate fit for me. Proper bicycle fit is the most important thing I've experienced in my four years as a cyclist. I've felt the difference in having a bicycle that has been professionally fit to my specific body needs, and I applied that fit to each of these bicycles.
First up was the Altamira Di2 LE, which may have spoiled the party for the rest of the candidates. The Shimano Dura Ace electronic shifting, the overall balance of compliance, comfort, sprinting and climbing capability, and the responsiveness of the bike make it a likely candidate right off the bat. It's extremely comfortable on 100+ mile rides, yet with its carbon frame and oversized BB86 bottom bracket, it sprints and accelerates up the hills with quick precision and ease. It will be hard to pass this one up. The only problem could be the gearing setup. It has a standard double 53/39 crankset on the front, with a ten speed 11-25 cassette on the back. While the bike has been great around the rolling hills of the Piedmont of North Carolina, it's definitely not set up to be a climbing bike. I took this bike to Western North Carolina and while I made it up some 14% pitches, I definitely needed lower gearing. Turning a low cadence/high power pedal stroke is doable for 50 miles or so, but wastes a lot of energy, and will not be suitable for the long steady climbs of a Gran Fondo. This will ultimately affect my decision and though the Fuji Altamira set the bar high, it may not be the best option.
My second ride was the Fuji SST 2.0. The SST is a lot different that the Altamira. Aside from the components, the biggest difference was the stiffness and the overall aggressive geometry of the frame. Once over 18 miles an hour the bike was extremely fast and required little effort to keep up its momentum. There was no problem sticking with the group on our weekly 40 at 20 rides (40 miles with a 20mph+ average speed). Sprinting on it was also fun. It was quick off the jump and I could feel every bit of power output being spit out the back wheel. Climbing was fairly sluggish, however. The bike seemed a bit unresponsive for me during long hills, and when stacked up against my other hill times, I was slower on the SST. The bike is also a little heavier than the Altamira. I'm sure there are other technical features I could talk about, but the overall difference was that it just didn't feel right to me for a climbing machine. I love the fact that it's super fast and sprints great. If I had room in the garage this would be a great addition to the stable of bikes at home, but as a climbing machine for the Gran Fondo, it's not the one.
I'm still riding the Fuji SL1 Comp and the Gran Fondo, so I'll write about those next, and make my decision after riding all four. I'm looking forward to getting out on those and finalizing my bike selection. Thanks for reading, and I'll have another update soon!


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This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 30 dog, seconds dog! … Now read without the word dog.
My ex girlfriend's status said suicidal and standing on the edge. So I poked her.
Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others.
Got a problem with me? Solve it. Think i'm trippin? Tie my shoes. Can't stand me? Sit back down. Can't face me? Turn around.
Facebook should have a "no one cares" button.
If your relationship status says, "It's complicated" then you should stop kidding yourself and change it to "Single".
I'd really post your name here every minute if facebook keeps on asking me what's on my mind.
That awkward moment when you change your Facebook status to 'single' and your ex likes it.
Delete me , Poke me, Like me, Limit me ..The choice is yours.. Welcome to facebook, where no one is really your friend. =P
I'm wondering why logging onto Face book has become part of the everyday routine?… Do I really have nothing better to do!


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Blood Is the New Black
An installation by Jason Lujan
January 24 – March 14, 2007
Toward a Liberated Condition (detail),
2007, inkjet on card
I actively work as an artist to document Native American experiences within global environments. Using all my senses to log every bit of data available, I seek connections between Native cultures and the world at large. In doing so, I create new associations and recode meanings to represent a hybridized Indian identity within contemporary society. I constantly hear about Indians existing "between two worlds," to which my response is, "Why stop at two? Why not three? Why not ten?"
Those quick Internet news blurbs, collaged against each other and juxtaposed alongside unrelated advertisements and animated images, trigger in me a conceptual reorientation. I am curious about the fact that beings and things exist in the world in ways other than those identified by external traditions and internal voluntary constraints.
The title of this exhibition, for example, suggests multiple meanings derived from a clichéd phrase. I have a feeling that the word "blood" carries a different meaning for the average American than for the average American Indian. This doesn't indicate that one meaning is superior to the other or that the difference between the two is necessarily vast, just that there are experiences, both personal and cultural, whereby different results are reached. It's important for me to try to access as many of these results as possible.
The lecture is supported by the Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment for Fine Arts.


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A fresh wave of industrial action will be held this week against the government's controversial public sector pension reforms, with union leaders predicting that up to 400,000 workers could be involved.
Civil servants, lecturers, health workers, Ministry of Defence staff, immigration officers, off-duty police officers and members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be among those joining strikes and other forms of protest on Thursday.
The walkout follows last November's huge stoppage by over one-and-a-half million workers in protest at the planned changes to their pensions.
Most public sector unions remain opposed to the reforms, which they warned would leave millions of workers having to pay more into their pensions, retire later and receive less when they stop work.
Off-duty rank-and-file police officers will also march through central London on Thursday, passing by the Home Office, in a protest over proposed changes to their pay and conditions.
Along with the armed forces and prison officers, the police are banned in law from taking industrial action.
Many officers are angry with the government in the wake of 20 per cent budget cuts and proposals for the most wide-ranging reform of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years.
The Police Federation said its protest would show "the unprecedented attack on policing by this government and the consequences that these cuts will have for public safety".
The pensions dispute has been raging for over 18 months, with warnings of further strikes in June and throughout the summer.
Ministers insist the current level of public sector pensions is unsustainable and reforms are needed, saying workers will still receive decent payments on retirement.
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, said: "The coalition has reduced tax for super-earners while making cuts to vital public services like jobcentres, borders and tax collection.
"Public sector workers have seen thousands of their colleagues sacked, their pay has been frozen for two years, and they are being told they must pay much more, and work for up to eight years longer for smaller pensions.
"That's why hundreds of thousands of workers will be striking on Thursday in opposition to the government's prescription of austerity and misery that has plunged the UK back into recession."
Job centres, airports, tax offices, colleges, driving test centres, museums and military sites will all be hit by this week's strike.
Picket lines will be mounted outside government buildings, Parliament, museums and galleries, while rallies will be held across the country, including London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Liverpool.
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, said: "It is very disappointing that a minority of union insist on carrying on with a futile and disruptive strike action which will benefit no one. We would urge union leaders to reconsider their position. Pension talks will not be reopened and members are risking losing a day's pay for nothing.
"In March we set out our final proposed agreement on pension reform following more than a year of intensive discussions with trades unions. Our reforms ensure that public sector pensions will remain among the very best available and that they can be sustained for the future."


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California public health officials are bracing for an increase in new flu patients in the coming weeks as the influenza outbreak that has engulfed 47 other states gears up here.
Flu activity in California has been accelerating since late December and usually doesn't peak until February or March, state health officials said Friday. In Los Angeles County, 17 of the 71 confirmed flu cases this season have been recorded since Jan. 4.
"Right now in Los Angeles, we're on the upswing," said Dr. Sharon Orrange, an internist and clinical professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the state Department of Public Health, urged Californians to get flu shots if they hadn't already. The vaccine is closely matched to the strains in circulation this year, he said Friday. State and local officials stressed that plenty of doses are available.


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Continuing our theme of the last couple of months of air travel, this activation from WestJet has a nice sentiment to it. Surprise the families traveling for Xmas with some VERY NICE surprises. Essentially get their wishes before they take off and hand out presents when they land – right on the baggage belt.
It is in the same vein as the Anthon Berg case – Generous Upgrades, I shared a couple of months ago. Although not quite as smart: https://digitalvinyl.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/anthon-berg-generous-upgrades/


text: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Johnson, who served from 1865 to 1869, was the first American president to be impeached. A tailor before he entered politics, Johnson grew up poor and lacked a formal education. He served in the Tennessee legislature and U.S. Congress, and was governor of Tennessee. A Democrat, he championed populist measures and supported states' rights. During the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), Johnson was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union. Six weeks after Johnson was inaugurated as U.S. vice president in 1865, Lincoln was murdered. As president, Johnson took a moderate approach to restoring the South to the Union, and clashed with Radical Republicans. In 1868, he was impeached by Congress, but he was not removed from office. He did not run for a second presidential term.


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I'm a South Bay LA 'FLIP' by way of Washington, DC and then some. A retired club kid of sorts but still a house-head to the core! This blog has been active in one way or another since 2002. I seem to have a whole lot to say about nothing, huh? This is just a placeholder for now, I post mostly to flip4bearz.tumblr.com
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Digital SLR Photography No.68 - July 2012
English | PDF | 164 Pages | 120.46 Mb
English | PDF | 164 Pages | 120.46 Mb
Digital Slr Photography is the UK's leading magazine for digital SLR photographers of all levels from beginner to enthusiast and professionals. An expert team of photographers provide inspirational images, practical technique advice and authoritative equipment reviews. Expert Advice for Todays Photapher Digital SLR Photography addresses the needs of today's photographer in a lively, informative and stylish format. Dedicated to digital SLR photographers of all abilities, from beginner through enthusiast to professional it will inform and entertain you through a unique blend of technique articles, inspirational images, news and authoritative reviews. Covering topics such as landscapes, portraits and close up photography, this magazine provides a focused and comprehensive read guarenteed to help you get the most out of your photography.
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I need some help regarding choosing the right kite in between Park and Rally. I have the last couple of years sailed Naish Park and been very happy with them. I have sailed most freestyle and a little bit of waves. Now I have chosen mainly to sail waves strapless and has ordered a skater in size 5 * 9 I weigh 85 kg and have been well covered with 12,9,7 - 2012 park for freestyle. I have heard Rally would be better to waves and is considering to change. Will it be a better choice? and what 3 sizes will you choose? Or will it be a better choice to continue with the Park 2013 (The old kites have been sold to a friend), I have heard the new Park has become more freestyle?
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Since repartioning my hard drive and reinstalling FE, my HD graphics card (R7 250X) boots into a blank screen (I see the early boot screens, but the monitor goes blank when Workbench is due to load).
Since the card previously worked fine with FE and my older graphics card works OK, I guess it is a problem with the drivers/libs.
Could someone please confirm which combination of drivers/libs (and their versions numbers) I should have for the HD card to work?
I have OS4.1 FE plus the Enhancer pack installed.


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This point of reflection, as I wrote in our original list, goes like this: We should not be co-opted into someone else's ministry. The Holy See actually says this quite strongly: we are not supposed to be substitutes for priests or anyone else, nor are we supposed to take on ministries that rightly belong to others. Here's the actual quote from the Congregation for the Clergy's 1998 document, The Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons:
In every case it is important, however, that deacons fully exercise their ministry, in preaching, in the liturgy and in charity to the extent that circumstances permit. They should not be relegated to marginal duties, be made merely to act as substitutes, nor discharge duties normally entrusted to non-ordained members of the faithful. Only in this way will the true identity of permanent deacons as ministers of Christ become apparent and the impression avoided that deacons are simply lay people particularly involved in the life of the Church (#40).Sounds like threading a needle to me!
First, "in every case" deacons are supposed to exercise their ministry fully, and the text specifies the triple functions of word, sacrament and charity: ALL of them are important, and ALL of them are to be exercised, and exercised "fully." So far so good, although many deacons complain that, in real life, their pastors often circumscribe their duties, but for now, let's just get the theory down.
Second, we get to the actual "assignment" of the deacon. We are told that deacons are not to be marginalized (as in, "Well, I've got a deacon at the parish, but I don't intend to use him."). Also, deacons are not "substitutionary" for someone else. In particular, we should look at this the way a parishioner or the pastor might. I once had a parishioner come up to me and tell me how glad she was that the church had deacons now, "since we're running out of priests, and you guys can fill in." Substitutes until the number of priests goes back up. But the Congregation is being very clear here: Deacons are not substitutes for ANYONE else's ministry. This doesn't mean we can't help out as we can, of course! But how often are deacons "filling in" for someone else?
We continue to read that deacons should not be doing things that would normally be exercised by lay persons. So, deacons aren't substitutes for anyone else, including the priests, on the one hand, while on the other hand, deacons are not to usurp things which are legitimately to be the responsibility of lay people.
And yet, in real life, what do most deacons hear in conversation? "Deacon, what can't you do that the priest can?" "Wow, deacon, you do almost everything a priest does!" Or, alternatively, "Deacon, now that you're here, take over the responsibilities of the DRE." "Deacon, run the liturgy committee of the pastoral council." "Deacon, serve on the finance council." Now I'm not saying that deacons should NOT help out in these areas, but only if there is some particular need for it. Simply to do such things "just because he's a deacon" is not a good reason! These are the responsibilities of the baptized faithful and they need to be encouraged and inspired to take them on, and should not be set aside when a cleric becomes available.
So, for reflection: If you're already a deacon, are you serving in ways that can and probably should be done by others? If you're not a deacon, but perhaps a priest or a parishioner, do you find yourself trying to put the deacon into roles that ought best be done by another?


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Intended for very short "well done" situations in games, so that the flow of play is not interrupted.
Underground jazz club full of men and women, most of them fans and friends of the big band. A round of applause after one of their favorite songs is played by the band.
Ideal for "good job" messages when a player is successful in fast-paced puzzle games.
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