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Germans from the City of Odessa and the Black Sea Region Exhibit Catalog
An Exhibit of the Vocational Job Training Center,
Augsburg, Germany
Clay Building Trade Program in Collaboration with
The German Cultural and Meeting Center "Bayerisches Haus" Odessa,
To secure the complete exhibit catalog with many photographs, Deutsche aus Odessa und dem Schwarzmeergebiet, (1996) Click here.
Pages from the Catalog Translated from German to English
The director and the employees of the Bayerische
Haus in Odessa
Wladimir Köhn, Alexander Archipow, Elvira Plesskaja, Sergej Schip
The Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland
The Kulturrat der Deutschen aus Rußland
The Südostdeutsches Kulturwerk
The Institut zur Erforschung der deutsch-ukrainischen Beziehungen
at the Freie Ukrainische Universität
The Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Bayern
North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA
Publisher: Berufsbildungszentrum Augsburg der Lehmbaugruppe Production, composition and layout: Gruber und König, Augsburg Printing: Druckerei Kessler, Bobingen Augsburg, November 1996
Comment on transcriptions:
Again and again questions on transcribing first and last names, street and place names were raised during the development of the exhibit and during the development of this publication.
The authors of the individual contributions each decided on different kinds of methods which remain unchanged. Phonetic transciption was chosen for the exhibit with the exception of few naturalized deviations having found their way into the usage of the German language. Street names were not translated into German and the adjunct "street" i.e. "ulica" was omitted. Russian street names are based on transcriptions because they are used primarily in the city of Odessa and by Black Sea Germans.
Picture Credits
The pictures shown in the exhibit were the result of a close collaboration with institutes and private persons in the city of and in the region of Odessa. Alexander Archipow took the photos.
Photographs relating to the Black Sea Germans in North Dakota are compliments of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo.
We Thank
The director and the employees of the Odessa State
W.M. Maltschenko and O.W. Konowalowa,
The director's office of and the employees of the Science Library at the University of Odessa
The department head for rare books, E.W. Sawelewa,
The second director of the Archaeology Museum, Odessa, S. B. Ochotnikow
The librarian of the museum G.P. Ukrainskaja,
The director and the employees of the museum
"Priavate Collection of Bleschtschunow" in Odessa,
The employees of the rare books, and the department
"Odessika" at the Gorki-library, Odessa,
The employees of the museum for history in Odessa, G.O. Perlow,
The employees of the museum at the factory "Odessapotschwomasi" W.N. Woskresenskij
and employees in the administration for the district of the city of Odessa, I.W.
for their kind support in gathering materials;
The citizens of the town and of the region of Odessa,
who provided information and pieces for the exhibit:
Irma Stotz, Johann and Maria Isajko, Nadezhda Fetscher, Ljudmilla Riesling, Rosa Rainer, Philipp and Maria Schmalz, Lydia Schterbin, Vera Kryzhewskaja, Oxana Golubow
Julia Sörgel, Munich, took pictures for the Topics: "Black Sea Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany" and "Ukrainians in Germany."
Pictures were also made available by:
Anton Bosch, Nürnberg
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart
Landsmannschft der Deutschen aus Rußland, Stuttgart
Prof. Michael M. Miller, North Dakota State University, USA
Alfred Eisfeld, Institut für Deutschland- und Osteuropaforschung, Göttingen
Table of Contents
[Selected pages translated from German to English from catalog]
|Picture credits
|p. 6
|Opening speech
|p. 8
|The development of the exhibit
|p. 9
|Black Sea Germans from the Ukraine
|p. 32
|German colonies in the Odessa region
|p. 32
|The colonies of Großliebental
|p. 34
|The Kutschurgan colonies
|p. 35
|The Beresan colonies
|p. 37
|The history of the Black Sea Germans since the middle of the 19th century
|p. 53
Opening Speech
A strong desire for political and cultural self determination resulted in independence for the Ukraine in 1991. In the period following, this led the people living there increasingly to remember history and culture. When the city of Odessa was celebrating its 200th anniversary in October, 1994, the ethnic diversity of this region was impressively presented in a cultural program. Only few know about the history and work of the more than 450,000 Germans who used to live in Southern Ukraine in the 19th century and who have made a considerable contribution to the development of the city of Odessa and to the Black Sea region. They had followed the invitation by Czarina, Catherina II, to settle this area of Russia with the promise of special rights.
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Odessa the exhibit "The History and Work of the Germans in the Black Sea Region" developed in German-Ukrainian collaboration was opened to the public at large as the peak of the "German week" and later on in other Ukrainian states. I welcome the fact that this exhibit, meanwhile revised and expanded around the subject area "integration of ethnic German immigrants", gives the population now the opportunity in various German cities beginning with Augsburg to inform itself about the history, the culture and about the economic situation of the German Russians in the Black Sea region. In this way the understanding of the Germans living there and of the ethnic German emmigrants having come to the Federal Republic can be strengthened.
I want to thank all who helped with this exhibit and wish a good success for the presentation.
Manfred Kanthner
Bundesminister des Inneren
Preface: The development of the exhibit
Contacts existing for centuries between Germany and the Ukraine have become closer in the last few years. Ukrainians and Germans moved closer to each other in politics, culture and economics but also in numerous personal contacts between individual and various other organizations. The good relationship between both countries brought more public interest to the Ukrainians living in Germany and to the Black Sea Germans living in the Ukraine. The State of Bavaria as a partner region takes on a special position here.
Accepting an invitation of the Russian Czar the first German emigrants reached the Odessa region by land or via the Danube at the beginning of the 19th century. They settled there and, enjoying numerous privileges, founded thriving colonies. However, even before WWI the first colonists were expelled from their chosen homeland by Russian powers. Some emigrated from the Black Sea region to America where they, as an ethnic group, maintain their roots to this day. Numerous Germans fell victim to the collectivization of agriculture and Stalin's "purging." However, from 1941 to 1945 many of them were resettled in the German Reich by the German army and, after the war ended, were deported to Siberia and Central Asia by Russian occupational forces. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union a large number of Black Sea Germans and their descendants left these areas for the Federal Republic of Germany under pressure of ethnic tensions and economic hardship.
Some 1,000 Black Sea Germans are living in the Ukraine to this day or were able to return there. They have intensified their efforts to remember their language and their culture which they largely lost under the pressure of political and historical events. Aside from the German society "Wiedergeburt", the German Lutheran community as well as informal meetings and circles, the German Cultural and Meeting Center `Bayerisches Haus' which aside from German language courses offers a number of cultural events, operates a kindergarten and regularly gives crash courses to participants in practical job training in Germany since 1993. The house furthered by the Bavarian Department of Labor and Social Order could be instituted thanks to the involvement of the Department for Social Protection and National Minorities in Kiev, and municipal and regional authorities in Odessa as well as the German Lutheran Community in Odessa and its partner, the Evangelical-Lutheran national church in Bavaria and has become known beyond the Ukrainian border as a place to go for Germans as well as for persons interested in the German language and culture.
In the spring of 1994 the employees of the cultural center began with preparations for an exhibit of the history and work of Germans in Odessa and the Black Sea region. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the city the exhibit documented the contribution of Germans to the emergence and development of the city of Odessa. Thus, for the first time in this form it was reported positively about the presence of Germans in this area of the Ukraine who after 1945 were generally condemned as public enemies and therefore suffered from discrimination until recently.
The material for the exhibit was collected from archives, museums and libraries. There were trips to the former German colonies in the Odessa region and Germans still living there were interviewed. Private individuals in Odessa also provided detailed information and exhibits so that an extensive exhibit with current and historic material could emerge and give the visitor a vivid impression of the works of the Germans in the south of present day Ukraine and in the city of Odessa.
On October 2, 1994, the exhibit was ceremoniously opened ending the "German week" in Odessa. Among those present were representatives of municipal and regional authorities of the city of Odessa, representatives of federal organizations and associations working in Odessa, representatives of the Department of the Interior and of the Bavarian Department of Labor and Social Order, family, women and health as well as representatives of federal associations of German Russians.
In the course of the next months the exhibit was shown in various Ukrainian locations and was met with great interest everywhere. In May, 1995, the acting Secretary for Nationalities and Migration in Kiev, Oleksandr Haschyzkyi, emphasized in his opening speech of the exhibit the necessity of rehabilitating Germans in the Ukraine and thus left hope for an officially new interpretation of the history of the Germans in the Ukraine. The exhibit had thus achieved one of its main concerns.
Subject areas were added for the display in Germany. In light of the background of the increasingly more difficult integration of ethnic German emigrants the concern of this accompanying text of the exhibit is to sensitize the vision for the history and presence of ethnic German emigrants.
|Founding the port city of Odessa
|Since 1804
|Suffering from the consequences of the Napoleonic Wars numerous farmers, trade and crafts people decide to emigrate from South Germany. The first settlers reach the Black Sea area in the so-called `Ulmer Schachteln' (row boats) by going down the Danube or by land.
|Rise of the Großliebental, Kutschurgan, Glückstal and Beresan colonies near the city of Odessa. The status of the colonists and the privileges connected with it made it possible for the settlers to produce agriculturally, which resulted in considerable wealth.
|Middle of
the 19th
|The rising national identity lets hear initial opinions in Russia demanding restrictive politics towards foregin settlers. The privileges of the settlers are aborgated step by step.
|Founding of the German Reich. Further deterioration of the situation for the settlers. Numerous Black Sea Germans emigrate to America.
|Beginning of WWI. Due to the "settlement laws" Austrians, Hungarians and Germans in the border areas are expropriated and deported to Siberia.
|Revolution and civil war, expropriation of farmers. Numerous farmers lose their property. Further deportation to Siberia.
|Since 1920
|The politics of ethnic minorities of the Soviets brings temporary improvements in the situation for national minorities. National village councils and German national districts emerge even in the Ukraine.
|The political situation deteriorates drastically, disintegration of national districts and bans against teaching the German mother tongue.
|Beginning of World War II
|Odessa is occupied by Romanian and German troops. All Germans in these occupied areas are registered in "Volkslisten."
|Retreat of the German army. Resettlement of Germans in present Polish areas by the army, deportation of German Russians from Germany by the Soviet army to labor comps and special settlements in Siberia and Central Asia.
|Official end of the state of war between the Soviet Union and Germany, visit by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to the USSR and start of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
|End of 1955
|Easing of restrictions for Germans in the areas of deportation. Numerous Black Sea Germans get the opportunity to resettle from the special settlements to Central Asia and the Baltic Republics. A return to the Black Sea region is not possible.
|Partial rehabilitation of German Russians.
|Lifting of sanctions for freedom of movement in the USSR.
|Revision of the Soviet regulation for emigration for the purpose to unify families. The numbers of ethnic German emigrants increase noticeably for the first time.
Black Sea Germans from the Ukraine
The history of the Black Sea Germans is more than 200 years old. At the end of the 18th century Russia conquered in the war against the Turks vast areas of the steppe by the Black Sea; the cultivation of which was to be implemented immediately. As serfdom limited the Russian peasants in their freedom of movement and thus made an immediate settlement of the new area impossible, foreign settlers were recruited. Already in July 1763, Czarina Catherine II issued in a manifesto the permit to all foreigners coming to Russia to settle in gouvernements of their choice and granted them special rights. The Czarina's manifesto guaranteed foreign settlers also the right of free religion and self government aside from various economic and political privileges. The call of Catherine II was most welcome in the German small states where economic hardship, denominational differences and wars wore down the population.
Alexander I. was determined to continue the colonization politics in South Russia begun by Czarina Catherine II. Based on the colonization program drawn up by Secretary of the Interior, Count W. Kotschebej, the gouvernements of Cherson, Jekaterinoslav and Taurien were settled and as of 1812 also Bessarabia. In 1803 the first settlers from the town of Ulm arrived via the Danube at the quarantine ward of Dubossar. Thus the massive colonization of the Black Sea region began.
The settlers having arrived at the mouth of the Danube had a long and difficult journey behind them and in many cases had lost relatives during their travel. After a two week stay at the quarantine ward they could continue to travel to Odessa where they spent the winter. In the spring of 1804 the distribution of land got started. The decree for the colonization by foreigners provided for the distribution of large connected tracts of land at good sites.
German Colonies in the Odessa Region
"The colonists founded well organized colonies in the inhospitable areas settled by them; they turned barren steppes into healthy fields, reforested, put in orchards and vegetable gardens and introduced many useful innovations in the area of agriculture." South Russian Department of State Property, 1854.
Many historians dealt with the works of the colonists and acknowledged it. In the beginning the strange geographic and climatic conditions created great difficulties for the German farmers. They were forced to develop new methods of land cultivation. They worked mainly raising cattle in the first phase of their adaptation to these new circumstances. In 1805, sheep with fine wool were brought to the cities of Odessa and Dnepropetrowsk and the breeding of these animals began in New Russia. This wool was soon the most important product of the colonists. The Germans also managed to adapt East Frisian cattle to the adverse conditions of the steppes. The new breed was soon known as 'German-Red Cattle' or 'Colonists'-Cattle'. Later the colonists began to extensively grow grain, sunflowers, wine, vegetables, fruits, tobacco and silk. They worked as beekeepers and in forestry. There were brickyards, wineries, breweries, cheese factories and oil mills in many colonies. Soon water-, wind- and steampowered mills, stud farms and cloth factories emerged.
The German colonists soon obtained, for these conditions, an unusual amount of wealth. It was not only the decree of land distribution and the structure of the community that contributed to it. The community which had received land for settlement functioned as the landowner. Part of the land was made available for the common use of pasture for cattle. Beyond that all families were left equally with land for their yard, fields and meadows for their own use. As a rule it was approximately 60 hectares. A "farm" or "family piece" of that property formed together with other farm buildings a "farm" or "farmstead" which was not allowed to be split, sold or mortgaged; the inheritance laws took this into account. One of the direct descendants of the owner took over the yard which could not be divided but on the condition that the community proclaimed him able to manage the "farm". Young people who could not remain on the parental farmstead pursued a career in trade or industry, founded new colonies on retained pieces of land or acquired or leased land themselves.
Social life in the colonies was based on self government. The highest organization of power was the city council which involved one representative from each farmstead. The local council selected a mayor and two representatives to appoint a secretary. She coordinated the payment of taxes and other obligations, discussed questions of general interest and complaints, employed clergy, decided the exclusion of colonists from the colonist status. Every question was settled with a so-called 'dictum.' The mayor was elected every three years. His tasks were to look after the condition of the colony, agricultural implements and cattle, to ensure the timely start of working in the fields and to supervise the cleanliness of the farmsteads. The administration of grain supply, of the school system, the responsibility for public buildings and roads was the responsibility of the communities. The local Russian administration was called on exclusively in questions which were beyond the competence of the colonies. Observers were sent to the colonies; they supervised on the spot the activity of the German administration and gave reports to the office of social services which was responsible for the colonies.
The Colonies of Großliebental
Overall, more than 500 colonies were founded in present day region of Odessa east of the Dnjepr River and approximately 40 in the area of Nikolajew and approximately 150 in Bessarabia. The colonists often named the villages after their home towns. Thus, the villages of Baden, Rastadt, Kassel, München, Straßburg and others originated in South Russia. As the growing colonies needed more land, daughter colonies, which carried the name of the mother colony with the prefix 'new', emerged. Later the colonies had to be partially renamed. In 1819, under Alexander I, the German villages got names in memory of Napoleon's victory such as Tarutino or Borodino.
The colonies of Großliebental were in close proximity to the city of Odessa. Großliebental (today Welikodolinskoje) was the center of the region densely populated by Germans; it included the colonies of Lustdorf (Tschernomorka), Kleinliebental (Malodolinskoje), Alexanderhilf (Dobroalexandrowka), Franzfeld, Neuburg (Nowogradowka), Mariental (Marjanowka), Josefstal (Jossipowka) and Peterstal (Petrodolina). The colonies maintained close ties to the city of Odessa. As of 1907, a street car line connected the town with Lustdorf, the charming resort town by the Black Sea which attracted many people seeking rest and relaxation. The former street car depot in Lustdorf now serves -- as does the villa where the Russian poet, Anna Achmatowa, was to have lived -- as an apartment building.
The residents of the colonies belonged, as a rule, without exception to one and the same denomination. "Catholic," "Lutheran" or "Mennonite" meant far more than a tradition or customs, a certain way of life and a specific German dialect. The churches built by believers of various denominations were expropriated in the '30s. During the Soviet regime they were unoccupied, destined for ruin or were used for other not intended worldly purposes. Some German church buildings survived in the area of the former Großliebental colonies. The buildings serve as cultural centers and youths clubs with exception of the church in Großliebental itself; it is being remodeled to an orthodox church.
The Kutschurgan Colonies
The significant colonies of the Kutschurgan area were Straßburg (today Kutschurgan), Baden, Selz, Kandel (today Limanskoje), Mannheim (today Kamenka) and Elsaß (by Stepnoje). The Kutschurgan River is a small tributary of the Dneister River. At the same latitude as the colony of Baden it flows into the liman with the same name which now forms the border between the Ukraine and Moldova. In 1808, almost 400 families from southern Germany founded the Kutschurgan colonies on its banks; supposedly they were backed by the governor of the Odessa region, Duke Arman de Richelieu, himself. Grain and vegetables, melons, sunflowers, flax and wine were grown in the colonies. Cattle were bred and mills, blacksmith shops and other trade shops were operated. The city of Odessa was vitally important for the economic development of the colonies. The trading of grain and wine was handled at the docks; furthermore, the colonists regularly sold vegetables at the "Priwos" and the "New Bazaar" in Odessa. They met in the tavern "Maibach" where they exchanged information, discussed prices and did business.
The Beresan Colonies
The Beresan district was one of the largest districts in the Black Sea region. Today it is located partially in the district of Odessa, partially in the district of Nikolajew. The colonies of Karlsruhe (Stepowoje), Rohrbach (Nowoswetlowka), Worms (Winogradnoje), Rastadt (Poretschje), München (Gradowka) and others belonged to this district. In the Beresan colonies were remarkable facilities which, after all, shed light on the material wealth and cultural prosperity of the German settlers. Alluded to is the school for the deaf and dumb in Worms, which was founded due to the initiative of the Evangelical pastor Daniel Steinwand (1857-1919). Besides general and parochial schools, an agricultural technical college was located in Landau, the center of the district. In addition, a theater with orchestral accompaniment existed in Landau. It is remarkable that theaters remained reserved for cities, even during the heyday of the colonies. The colonies of Rastadt and München were located northwest of the district of Landau. Many silent witnesses of the past are preserved in these locations.
The History of the Black Sea Germans
Since the Middle of the 19th Century
The emergence of 'Panslavism,' the changed national identity and because of the founding the German Reich the increased need for polarization led increasingly to criticism of the concentration of real estate in the hands of nonslavic immigrants. One warned of a "peaceful conquest" and of the "Germanization" of Russia. In 1887, a law for foreigners was enacted which very much restricted foreigners' rights to lease and acquire property especially in areas near the borders. As of 1871, the privileges for colonists were abolished and Russian i.e. Ukrainian as the official language was introduced to the German colonies.
By the end of the 19th century, lack of land and increasing political pressure had a great effect on the livelihood of Germans. Many of them decided therefore to leave the Black Sea region. As the German Empire was willing to take in only a small number of Black Sea Germans, many settlers participated with Russian and Ukrainian farmers in colonizing Siberia within the framework of the agrarian reform and founded new colonies there. Thousands emigrated to America at the beginning of the 20th century and settled in the states of North and South Dakota among other places. A second wave of emigration reached this area at the end of WWII. The colonists evacuated from the Black Sea region to Germany by the German army tried by escaping to the USA to avoid extradition to the Red Army by the allies.
Whoever travels today from the Black Sea region to North and South Dakota will be surprised of the huge number of parallels which exist between the "Ukrainian" and the "American" Black Sea Germans. The emigrants, like their ancestors in the Black Sea region one century earlier, set up their lives on the prairies of North America. Their new hometowns have the same names as the German settlements by the Black Sea, the tough living conditions on the prairie resemble the adverse conditions under which the steppe of Southern Russia had to be cultivated. However, above all, the Black Sea Germans brought with them to America their distinctive way of life. Today in Europe and in the USA they attempt successfully to enter again into relations with their scattered relatives and to weave torn threads once again. The collapse of the Soviet Union has made it possible that they meet by the Black Sea or elsewhere.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the political and economic living conditions of the German settlers by the Black Sea continued to deteriorate. As WWI was approaching, drastic measures were adopted against German settlers in order to prevent from the beginning any potential confrontation with the adversary. Even before the armed struggle in which approximately 300,000 Black Sea Germans participated at the Russian front lines, the so-called settlement laws were enacted. They provided for dispossession and deportation of all citizens with Austrian, Hungarian and German heritage living within a 150 Km wide strip of land along the Western border.
The dispossession and deprivation of rights of the Germans in the Black Sea region reached its first peak with the settlement laws and then, until 1917, lasting measures were to implement them. In 1917, a large part of the colonies fell to the just founded Ukrainian Peoples' Republic. Even during WWI, the Peoples' Republic was occupied by German and Austrian-Hungarian troops. The German colonies were under their protection, and at first this brought in a sense of ease to the situation for the German population.
Coercive sanctions by the state to get food and a drastic drop in agricultural production followed the October Revolution. Further dispossession and deportation were the consequences of collectivization and robbed large parts of the rural population of their existence. As the German population represented a large percentage of prosperous farmers with relatively much real estate, it was affected more than the average by the measures against the kulaks. There were famines even though Lenin's "new economic politics" introduced in 1921 brought temporarily ease to agriculture. The grain supplies stored by German communities before the Revolutions were forcefully removed.
At the same time the ethnicity politics of the Soviet Union brought about an expansion of cultural freedom for the Black Sea Germans. In the `20s the Soviet government favored the formation of national administrative districts where the particular mother tongues of people could be used as the official language. Seven German national districts, where Germans represented more than 70% of the population, emerged in the `20s in the Ukraine. The break up of national councils and districts as well as the deportation of people began in the course of Stalin's "purge" increasingly operated from 1936; the Germans were affected by this purge as much as the rest of the population.
German national districts in the Ukraine (1936)
During WWII the fate of the Black Sea Germans was determined by the swift occupation of the Black Sea region by Rumanian and German troops. While the Germans living east of the Dnjepr river were deported to Siberia, the Germans living west of the Dnjepr were initially under the protection of the German Reich. They were registered in the so-called "List of German people" which later on served as the basis for handing out German certificates of naturalization. By the end of 1943 the resettlement of Black Sea Germans from the occupied areas to the so-called Warthegau began with the advance of the Red Army.
As far as they survived the difficulties of the flight, the Germans were settled on farmsteads of expelled Polish people with the goal to "germanize" the region. The events of the war soon forced the settlers to continue fleeing westward. After the war, part of the Germans from the Black Sea region who stayed in the western occupied zones of Germany managed to go into hiding in order to escape the extradition to Soviet occupational forces and repatriation into the Soviet Union. Others could travel to America. However, a large number of Black Sea Germans were handed over to Soviet commando units and with huge losses deported to Siberian special camps and labor camps.
Translation from German to English by Brigitte von Budde, German translator for the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo.
Printed with permission of the Berufsbildungszentrum Augsburg der Lehmbaugruppe, Augsburg, Germany, 1997.


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But I don't understand the downright cruelty of some of my villains. The tithemonger, for example, who flew into a rage and beat up John Clibborn's son Joshua, nearly killing him. In the story recorded in the Book of Sufferings, written by the pacifist Irish Quakers in the 17th century, the man's rage seems to come out of nowhere. For me, as a writer, he needs backstory.
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I wondered if it was in retaliation for some similar act the English had done. The English army certainly abused the Irish inhabitants, and people still remembered high Irish fatalities in the Cromwellian invasion and war of 1641. I found these balanced summaries about those conflicts, but nothing about mass stripping.
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About 1690, Rapparees or bandits stole leather goods and stripped William Edmundson's "ancient" wife naked. She caught a fatal case of pneumonia on the long walk home.
Ironically, the only example I've found of the English army stripping any Irish involved Edmundson himself (a Quaker minister) trying to stop the practice. Earlier in the conflict, he saved two Irish men from hanging and fussed at the English soldiers for stripping them. He forced the soldiers who had taken their clothes to return them, saying "Besides it might be a precedent to the Irish to strip the English." (WE's journal)
The conflicts in Ireland go way back, each side retaliating for something the other side did like an Appalachian family feud. But does anybody know of earlier precedents for taking the population's clothes?
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I'm not crazy about Disney storytelling, but I have to admit that their cartoons sure are fun to look at - and even when they are translated into books by great artists like Mel Crawford and Al Dempster.
Mel Crawford has a more distinct style and his details are clearer, but on the other hand, Dempster's compositions and moods are wonderful.
Is there really any doubt that this wasn't a Golden Age for kids? What do we have today that can come even close to the fun and beauty of these?
These illustrations are from Barbie's collection, which she is kind enough to share with the world.
Barbie's Disney BooksI have no idea who this artist is, but he sure as hell can draw!
Look at the perspective and positioning of Alice's cankles. Fantastic drawing!
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Sampson joins Stanley on loan
Youngster Jack Sampson has joined Accrington on a one-month loan deal from managerless Championship outfit Bolton.
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Youngster Jack Sampson has joined Accrington on a one-month loan deal from managerless Championship outfit Bolton.
The 19-year-old striker, who enjoyed a spell with Southend last season, is eligible to make his debut for Paul Cook's men at Torquay this weekend and is making no secret of his goalscoring ambitions.
"I'm very happy to come to Accrington," said Sampson. "Hopefully I can crack on and start the game on Saturday. I've got a little bit of experience at this level and it took me quite a while to get used to the facilities in League Two but I think that'll help me and I can cope well.
"People say loans are to get minutes on the pitch but I want to get goals. I want to try and average a goal a game. There was interest from teams lower down this division but I wanted to come to a club with a winning mentality that wants to do well and win games."
Cook added: "We're very thankful to Bolton for letting us have Jack. He's a lad we've trailed for some time now.
"He's got experience in this league with Southend, who got into the play-offs last season, and he's a left sided striker with a bit of physical presence about him which is something we've lacked."


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For a great taste of summer, stop in to Eat'n Park and try one of my rockin' new specials! Each recipe was developed to emulate the feeling of summer, from the cool, clean, natural tastes of fresh fruit salad to the vibrant colors of the Pasta Primavera. In the test kitchen, John and I took into consideration every aspect of summer when developing these recipes. The char-grilled Bacon and Cheddar Burger and the Georgia Peach Chicken give you that feel of cooking out in the backyard, and the peach salsa just screams fresh. You know, we make that salsa fresh every day. No readymade product here!
Pasta is a year-round favorite, but for summer, we wanted to create one with a light sauce and an array of fresh-cut vegetables. The Pasta Primavera was born. We also know that during the summer, you need a hint of barbecue, so we brought back our popular BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich. And finally, summer just wouldn't be summer without our Fresh Fruit Salad and our famous dipping sauce.
What's my favorite, you might ask? Well, they are all great, but today my favorite is the Chicken Caesar Wrap. It has a wonderful aroma of Caesar dressing, the crispness of fresh-cut Romaine lettuce, a burst of garden-ripe cherry tomato, and the heartiness of seasoned, grilled chicken all tossed together with shredded Asiago cheese. And best of all, it is great for those on the move during the busy summer months.
I hope you enjoy these specials as much as John and I enjoyed creating them for you. To read more about each new item, just click here. Have a great summer and be sure to stop in and give one of my specials a try. Then come back to the blog and let me know which one is your favorite!
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You can play around with the colors but I would like to see the traditional yellow. You can also play with the idea of clothing; possibly a shirt, pants maybe sunglasses.
The text that should be included in it "Radio Pile" no quotes.
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- Cute Baby Chick but for it to appear tough as well
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- Do not incorporate any pictures of baby chicks that you find online. Drawing should be original!!!
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ATLANTA (AP) — Clayton Kershaw struck out 12 during seven dominant innings, Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the bumbling Atlanta Braves 6-1 in Game 1 of the NL division series Thursday night.
The Dodgers jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the fourth against Kris Medlen, taking advantage of some shoddy Atlanta defense even though the Braves were generously not charged with an error.
Kershaw limited Atlanta to Chris Johnson's run-scoring single with two outs in the fourth. The Dodgers' ace allowed three hits and finished in style, striking out the side in the seventh to match his season high for Ks. Medlen gave up nine hits and five runs in four-plus innings.
Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Friday night in Atlanta. Mike Minor (13-9, 3.21) faces the Dodgers' Zack Greinke (15-4, 2.63).
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Super Ball Escape Review
- Publisher: Thomas Meyer
- Genre: Adventure
- Released: 17 Feb, 2011
- Size: 44.7 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Precise tilt controls; once calibrated you can almost spin on a dime.
- Huge maze-like levels; 12 story missions to complete.
- Clever power-up concepts; hide in plain sight or try something with more of a punch.
- Repetitive gameplay and visuals; collecting power-ups feels like an unnecessary time-sink and the visuals get tiring very quickly.
- Extremely low sound quality; sound artifacts pop and burble, ruining the atmospheric audio.
- No alternative controls.
You won't need to stretch your mind too far to overcome the challenges in Super Ball Escape, but the combination of finely-balancing yourself on thin platforms, avoiding enemies and solving basic puzzles does a good job of filling this gap.
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Super Ball Escape by Playlithium may look like a fairly prototypical Labyrinth-inspired tilt-based game and you'd be right, well at least for the first few minutes of the game, but it doesn't take long before you're morphing and trying to trick your way past defenses to escape the crazy maze you're stuck in.
But first things first - at what point in the future did humanity decide to design their buildings out of corridors and thin platforms that drop off in to a near-bottomless void? Shouldn't someone call a Health and Safety representative to sort this out? At any rate, the AI-spheroid you control is stuck trying to escape after the scientist who created it was told to remove its emotions (you know, because the evil corporation said so).
No other options for controlling the sphere are available besides the default tilt controls, however after calibration the responsiveness is accurate enough to make traversing even tiny platforms relatively simple. That isn't to say you aren't going to die though, especially given the extreme size of each of the game's 12 story levels where patrolling robots, security cameras and the ever-present pit of death will conspire against you at every turn.
Unfortunately Super Ball Escape is prone to feeling repetitive as power-ups earned by upgrading your sphere are lost at the start of each new level and need to be repurchased to continue. While this does encourage customization of your sphere to tackle the challenges however you want, it also means you're forced to repeat the time-sink of searching for upgrade-bots. Ultimately it's a time-wasting chore that could have otherwise been spent on dealing with smarter robot opponents or other potential puzzles.
Given the size of each level you'll be kept busy for a long time trying to survive in Super Ball Escape and if you enjoy Labyrinth-style games you'll definitely get a kick out of this casual title.
DescriptionSuper Ball Escape is an action adventure game that will challenge your balance and agility skills to the max! Take control of your robot ball and help him in his epic escape from the evil corporation that created him. Using precise tilt control from your device, roll your ball with skill and dexterity through many fun levels to escape to your freedom.
Appsafari : "Super Ball Escape is fun puzzle app that uses the tilt motion controls"
Kotaku : Gaming App of the Day
Applicationiphone : "Smart, subtle and very well done"
iPhonefreak – "Super Ball Escape is a solid entry into the ball-rolling genre"
Appgamer – rated 8/10 :"Super Ball Escape is a wonderful little game that requires both a careful hand and a puzzle solving brain to escape each level"
iFanzine : "A-maze-ingly Addictive"
Appsdoiphone : "This game is really a jewel for those who like balance games"
Apps-spot : rated 9.5/10 "Game of the Week"
Featured by Apple in "What's Hot"
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#13 in FRANCE
TOP 100 in The US, CANADA, HONG KONG, GERMANY, SPAIN, ITALY, SWITZERLAND...
The game has multiple mazes with many traps. Being spotted by patrol robots can be lethal! You will need to move with stealth precision to avoid being seen and you can choose to unlock any of seven upgrades to help you progress through the maze. Will you choose to infiltrate or use force to overcome enemies blocking your way ?


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Contoh Naskah Pidato Bahasa Inggris tentang UFO, Crop Circle, dan tentang kepercayaan masyarakat Indonesia tentang hal-hal Gaib juga fenomena alam disekitarnya.
Assalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb
To the teachers who I respect, to my beloved friend, and everyone who attending in this place, thank you very much to give me time so I can stand up here in front all of you to deliver a speech.
On this happy morning, let us reflect and pray together for a moment, hopefully we are up this morning still blessed with happiness by God the Almighty, given the power to give thanks always. And let us prove to keep running and stay away from the obligation imposed by Allah the Lord is the Most Just.
Well, in this very special occasion, let me stand here to deliver a speech on the Indonesian Society of Easy Believe it Invisibility.
As we know, today, our country fuss with the Crop Circle, our country also fuss by bridge magic, and what the Indonesian people have to say? They believed that it was a UFO, that it is a ghost.
Yet all that is wrong, we should learn first, we should examine it to find a solution or a powerful explanation. But what happened? The people in Indonesia, with the faster when he saw a direct supernatural thing said "It was a ghost" or "it is God demonstrated to us that is beyond our reasoning. " In fact, not all things supernatural, we must examine it first. It would bother people and make their kids believe in the myth or the occult.
For example, when yesterday in Yogyakarta, there was a Crop Circle, many people said it was UFO. Though astronomers Institute of Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN) Thomas Djamaluddin, said that crop circles are not caused by a UFO, but a man-made. According to Thomas, the same phenomenon in many other countries prove that crop circles are man-made engineering whose goal can be as a work of art, commercial, creative or just a joke. Although the crop circle patterns described sometimes seem complicated and difficult, many people who make crop circles in various other countries.
That's wrong, folks! Do not always say that an apparition is a ghost, but it could have been engineered photos, do a little bit saying that aliens, or that the occult. Let us first review until we know what really happened.
There is a Qur'anic verse that explains that we do not know the things unseen. In An Naml 65 : Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah , and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected." Or in Al Jinn 26 : [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone.
Qu,ran is a scripture that would just have to say that people will not know the things unseen except those willed by God. Yes, it's true that everything in the world comes from God, God who created. However, all that can we accurately with scientific without saying that a thing that is uncertain is magical.
I think it's enough, I'm so sorry if I had some mistakes. Sorry if it offended anyone. Thank you for your attention.
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Handmade Holiday Gifts: Wrapping Paper Framed Prints
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Love these. Simple, clean and could be hung just about anywhere. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
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so cute Anna, and lovely paper choices!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Such a great idea!!! xoxoReplyDelete
Great idea. I love the Eiffel Tower paper. It looks great in that frame. The clean lines are perfect.ReplyDelete
Been racking my brain what to do with all these thrift store frames I have have bought over time and have just been sitting around. Could not have come across this at a better time. Love this. Doing this. Thank you. :)ReplyDelete
This is such a sweet idea! Homemade gifts really are the best.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Oh my gosh how clever, and also a great way to save wrapping paper that you don't want to part with!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for introducing me to Midori! Loving it!ReplyDelete
love this idea! I love handmade gifts.ReplyDelete
I really love how easy and pretty this is. And home made gifts just feel more special as well :) Thanks for sharing Anna!ReplyDelete
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I love doing this! We just framed wrapping baby for artwork in my nursery.ReplyDelete
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Great idea! I have so many thrifted frames, I think I'll paint them up nicely and do this. :)ReplyDelete
Genius idea! I love the paper; and it's such a fun way to add a whimsical touch!ReplyDelete
This is such a great idea! I love the way yours turned out. I'm going to have to try this. :)ReplyDelete
I love this - I have done it before with fabric but never gift wrap.ReplyDelete
Ohmygosh this is a genius idea, Anna! We have a few cute lil paper shops here that carry high-quality papers with the cutest designs. I'm definitely going to "borrow" your idea this Christmas! Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
How cute are those?! Love the Eiffel Tower one! I need to make one for me! lolReplyDelete
I love that Eiffel Tower paper! I might need to get some for myself. Also, I love these handmade gift ideas. Keep them coming! Thanks!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful idea! There have been times where I wanted to save wrapping paper I really liked but had no idea what to do with it!ReplyDelete
Such a great idea! So simple and so cute. -Heidi http://fabricandfrosting.blogspot.no/ReplyDelete
I have a piece of Japanese Paper from Paper Source framed and people are so surprised when I tell them it's just paper!ReplyDelete
very cute idea! love those prints!ReplyDelete
Lovely idea! Will have a go at this as soon as time allows.. Love your blog! :)ReplyDelete
Such a simple and stunning DIY. It would be so easy to coordinate this gift to a person's taste.ReplyDelete
Pretty! A great easy idea!ReplyDelete
What a great little gift idea. Simple, inexpensive and totally doable for anyone! I love framing pretty paper...and even cute cards!ReplyDelete
I always frame paper! There is a gorgeous paper store in Ann Arbor that I could spend an entire day in. It's such a fun way to spice up frames instead of pictures.ReplyDelete
Super easy and creative idea Anna :) I love this kind of DIY and I'm trying to propose it in my blog too. I could also use this idea for myself or anyone who gets easily bored with art on their space. Just switch the paper and hello new art!! You are amazing:)ReplyDelete
What a great idea! Some wrapping papers seem just too precious to use and then be recycled. Thanks for sharing this!ReplyDelete
Love that pretty paper. I'm somewhat obsessed with Paper Source these days. What a clever idea to frame it!ReplyDelete
I love their papers! This is such a great idea for gift giving! I can't wait to see your gift guide roll out :)ReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE this!! That Eiffel Tower paper is calling my name.ReplyDelete
With so much gorgeous paper out there, the possibilities are endless!ReplyDelete
I got a sample of a wallpaper that I absolutely loved and framed it in a similar way. I love how easy and cheap it was! Plus, this is perfect for switching up the decor come holiday time :-) Smart idea Anna!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 12, 2012 at 12:41 PM
This is such a cute idea! I will definitely have to try it out for gifts and even for wall decorations for myself. The Eiffel Tower paper is adorable.ReplyDelete
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What an awesome gift giving idea!!! <3ReplyDelete
what a wonderful idea!! great way to decorate the house and change things up a bit as well as wrap some gifts!ReplyDelete
So creative! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I love this idea! I have a limited budget for gifts this Christmas, but giving these out is perfect!ReplyDelete
you are perfect! I am loving the eiffel tower paper, my mom would be all over that!ReplyDelete


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Dolphins left tackle Jake Long lost his one-on-one battle with Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney on Sunday, and Long admits that individual battle was a big part of Miami losing the game in Indianapolis.
"It starts with me," Long said on Monday, via the Sun Sentinel. "I've got to do better. That wasn't good enough."
Freeney beat Long for a sack on one play, beat Long to hit Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill as he was passing and force a third-down incompletion on another, and he got pressure on Tannehill a few other times. Long didn't need to be told that, because he was already dwelling on it.
"I'm really hard on myself," Long said. "I hate it. It kills me. I'm going to make sure I don't let it happen again."
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Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis.
As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in suburbs surged 67% between 2000 and 2011 -- a much bigger jump than in cities, researchers for the Brookings Institution said in a book published today. Suburbs still have a smaller percentage of their population living in poverty than cities do, but the sheer number of poor people scattered in the suburbs has jumped beyond that of cities.
Authors Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube cited a long list of reasons for the shift.
More poor people moved to the suburbs, pulled by more affordable homes or pushed by urban gentrification, the authors said. Some used the increased mobility of housing vouchers, which used to be restricted by area, to seek better schools and safer neighborhoods in suburbia. Still others, including immigrants, followed jobs as the booming suburbs demanded more workers, many for low-paying, service-sector jobs.
Change also came from within. More people in the suburbs slipped into poverty as manufacturing jobs disappeared, the authors found. The housing boom and bust also walloped many homeowners on the outer ridges of metropolitan areas, hitting pocketbooks hard. On top of that, the booming numbers of poor people in the suburbs were driven, in part, by the exploding growth of the suburbs themselves.


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Intel, on the other hand have to ensure that their processors make a profit and can be manufactured by the million by a fairly conservative manufacturing process.
No, they don't have to ensure that their processors make a profit, just aim for a profitable processor business, which means the ASP across the whole market has to exceed the average cost of design, fabrication (which for Intel includes building the fabs), marketing etc.
And no, they are doing the exact opposite of having to ensure their designs can be manufactured on a conservative process.


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I realize this is my second posting for today, but I'm so excited I just couldn't wait until tomorrow to share this info with you. Family historians with Irish roots will be able to explore the country's 1901 census online for the first time starting tomorrow after the completion of a major digitisation project by the National Archives of Ireland (NAI).
The complete set of census returns, containing details of four and a half million people, will be available to browse free of charge at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/. The records will be fully searchable and, just as the 1911 census before it, will feature a wide range of personal information including: name, location, age, occupation, religion, and marital status.
The release of this data will prove particularly valuable as the 1901 and 1911 surveys are the only full surviving censuses for pre-independence Ireland. The website, which already features returns from the 1911 census, will also be updated over the coming months with background information and a series of contemporary photographs.
"The 1911 census website has received almost 260 million hits since its launch in late 2007, and we expect the 1901 data to attract a similar level of interest," says the National Archive Ireland's Catriona Crowe. "Because this census can be searched by name for the first time, people who have found it impossible to locate their ancestors will now have a very good chance of doing so."
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Anyone played anything lately that they'd recommend? My wife and kids are traveling at the moment, which suddenly leaves me with some free time on my hands. I'm tempted to splurge on Bioshock Infinite or Skyrim.
PS3 or any PC game that isn't too demanding of a video card. I'm into a lot of things, although my preference is to steer away from scrollers or anything that requires twitch-style reflexes. I was a WoW addict from 2006 - 2009. So I'm thinking that Skyrim might be worth exploring. But I'm also intrigued by The Secret World. Has anyone given that a shot? http://store.steampowered.com/app/215280/
I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for another free roaming game like Skyrim ?I'm not into industrial/zombies and the like. The beauty of the Skyrim landscape was one of its big appeals for me.


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TV's "Pawn Stars," already so well known that fans gather to try to catch a glimpse of the show's filming, may be drawing even bigger crowds thanks to daily autograph sessions at the featured Gold & Silver Pawn shop. And it's for a good cause.
Each day, more than 4,000 fans of the History Channel series visit the store at 713 Las Vegas Blvd. S., not only to shop but also for a chance to watch as segments of the show are shot. Fans by the hundreds often can be seen lined up on the sidewalk, waiting to get inside.
Now, fans can meet the stars. The three generations of Harrisons who run the shop -- Richard, son Rick and grandson Corey -- promise to take one break a day to greet guests, pose for photos and sign autographs. If a customer chooses to buy an item and have a member of the Harrison family sign his name on that purchase, 100% of the sale price will be donated to various charities.
The Harrisons will be holding autograph sessions Mondays through Fridays through Feb. 22 and March 11-April 5. Additional dates are planned later in the year, though sessions will be worked in around the shooting schedule, so precise times will be random.


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FDA clears more saline imports to address shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are allowing a U.S. medical supply company to import saline solution from its Spanish plant to address a national shortage of the hospital staple.
The Food and Drug Administration announcement is the latest effort to increase U.S. supplies of the salt solution, which is used to rehydrate hospital patients and assist in the delivery of drugs.
The agency said late Monday that it cleared Baxter Healthcare to import saline solution from its facility in Spain after FDA inspectors verified that it meets U.S. standards. Last month the FDA cleared another company, Fresenius Kabi, to import saline from its Norway plant.
The FDA began receiving reports of a supply problem from hospitals in December due to production delays, maintenance problems and other issues.
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Offering an outdoor swimming pool, located in Udaipur. Free wired internet is available in the public areas of the property. Each room has a private bathroom that comes with shower and free toiletries.
you will find a 24-hour front desk and a terrace. An array of activities can be enjoyed on site or in the surroundings, including cycling. The property offers free parking.
If you feel like visiting the surroundings, check out the Govardhan Sagar Lake that is 3.1 km and the Lake Pichhola that is 5.6 km. The Udaipur Bus Station is 1.7 km and the Udaipur Railway Station is 2.6 km. This homestay is 21 km from Maharana Pratap Airport.
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A Least Two Cars Necessary For A "Leaving The Scene" Situation
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Court of Appeals says at least two cars must be involved for someone to be charged with leaving the scene of an accident. The court sided with Richard W. Wright, who in 2009 slid off an icy northern Idaho road and knocked over a speed-limit sign before continuing on to work. The Spokesman-Review reports the court overturned his misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident conviction.


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Heath bar… a delightfully sweet and cruncharific candy bar. Super sweet English toffee with a hint of almonds coated in milk chocolate for the candy that will demand you to finish it.
Toffee is toffee and toffee will get stuck in your teeth, but it won't stop you from enjoying every sugary mouth watering bite of this thin candy bar.
In 1914 L.S. Heath opened a confectionary store in Illinois. His sons, Bayard and Everett Heath, ran the store and perfected the Heath toffee bar recipe in 1928; by 1932 the bar was on the market. The Heath bar was made fully by hand for ten years until the company modernized its plant.
The Heath brothers came up with a great marketing scheme in which they made the candy bar available for delivery via Heath dairy trucks along with milk and cottage cheese. This marketing idea must have worked better than the one that marketed the bar as healthy: "Heath for better health!"
I just don't think there is and chocolate covered toffee bar out there that can actually be considered healthy. The Heath bar was another candy bar that the government had distributed to the military during World War II. Leaf North American Confectionary bought Heath in 1989 and Hershey took that over in 1996.
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- Tiernan Finishes 1st, Frederic Rookie of the Year, Bonilla Places 9th at Skyline Cross Country Championship -
Bronx, N.Y. - For the second consecutive year, Farmingdale State senior Sean Tiernan (Staten Island, N.Y.) took the individual title as he cruised to a winning time of 27:39.06 on the 8,000-meter course at the Skyline Conference Cross Country Championships on Sunday, November 20th at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, N.Y.
Rams sophomore Melissa Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) finished 9th individually for the women's team in a time of 21:53.37. Freshman William Frederic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) finished in 10th for the men in a time of 29:50.08. All three FSC runners received All-Conference distinction for their Top-14 place finishes in the race. Frederic was named the Skyline Rookie of the Year after posting the top freshman time in the race. The men's team took 4th place, while the women took 6th.
St. Joseph's-L.I. captured both the men's and women's team titles for the second straight season, led by senior Eric Haun's (28:19.76) runner-up finish, the Golden Eagles placed five runners in the top six and seven of the top 12 overall. Sophomore Evan Haun, the 2010 Skyline Rookie of the Year, finished third in a time of 29:09.47, followed by seniors Mike Merolle (29:20.51) and Jon Heitner (29:24.85). SJC junior Mike Lombardi (29:36.96) and senior David Sweet of Yeshiva (29:39.27) also garnered first-team All-Conference distinction after finishing sixth and seventh respectively.
St. Joseph's amassed 20 points to seize its third crown in four years, followed by Maritime (84), Yeshiva (87), Farmingdale State (90), The Sage Colleges (116), Purchase (157), Mount Saint Mary (191), NYUPoly (202) and Old Westbury (264).
On the women's side, teammates Christine Cristobal and Gillian Goodwin finished first and second as St. Joseph's-L.I. seized its eighth conference title in program history. Cristobal registered a winning time of 20:08.10 on the 5,000-meter course, while 2010 champion Goodwin earned runner-up distinction with a mark of 20:23.08. SJC teammates Caitlyn Ryan (20:54.46) and AnnMarie Zigrosser (21:08.61) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, with Zigrosser garnering 2011 Skyline Rookie of the Year honors.
Mount Saint Mary senior Cassandra Gucciardo placed third overall in a time of 20:41.76, while teammate Nicole Zazzero notched a fourth-place showing with a time of 20:47.85. Purchase freshman Laurel Squadron also earned first-team All-Conference honors as she finished seventh overall in a time of 21:47.59.
SJC compiled 25 points and was followed by Mount Saint Mary
(38), Maritime (105), Purchase (105), Yeshiva (132), Farmingdale
State (134), NYU-Poly (205) and Old Westbury (236).
Jim Crowley of St. Joseph's-L.I. was named the 2011 Skyline Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, while Mount Saint Mary earned the Team Sportsmanship Award on the men's side, while St. Joseph's-L.I. took home the women's Team Sportsmanship Award.
Runners placing in the top seven overall were named First-Team All-Conference, while runners finishing 8-14 garnered Second-Team All-Conference distinction.
Men's First-Team All-Conference
- Sean Tiernan, Farmingdale State (Champion)
- Eric Haun, St. Joseph's-L.I. (2nd)
- Evan Haun, St. Joseph's-L.I. (3rd)
- Mike Merolle, St. Joseph's-L.I. (4th)
- Jon Heitner, St. Joseph's-L.I. (5th)
- Mike Lombardi, St. Joseph's-L.I. (6th)
- David Sweet, Yeshiva (7th)
Men's Second-Team All-Conference
- Jake Agosto, Purchase (8th)
- Jonathan Afanador, St. Joseph's-L.I. (9th)
- William Frederic, Farmingdale State (10th)
- Samuel Cohen, Yeshiva (11th)
- Michael Buscemi, St. Joseph's-L.I. (12th)
- Matthew Taraboletti, Maritime (13th)
- Luke Milano, Maritime (14th)
Women's First-Team All-Conference
- Christine Cristobal, St. Joseph's-L.I. (Champion)
- Gillian Goodwin, St. Joseph's-L.I. (2nd)
- Cassandra Gucciardo, Mount Saint Mary (3rd)
- Nicole Zazzero, Mount Saint Mary (4th)
- Caitlyn Ryan, St. Joseph's-L.I. (5th)
- AnnMarie Zigrosser, St. Joseph's-L.I (6th)
- Laurel Squadron, Purchase (7th)
Women's Second-Team All-Conference
- Rachel Sleeter, Mount Saint Mary (8th)
- Melissa Bonilla, Farmingdale State (9th)
- Emily Stafford, Mount Saint Mary (10th)
- Maureen Quinn, St. Joseph's-L.I. (11th)
- Jackie Bellisari, Maritime (12th)
- Jessica Cowell, Mount Saint Mary (13th)
- Ally Waka, St. Joseph's-L.I. (14th)


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Greater China
Map by Wisse
Original Guide by gameplayer, Revamped Guide by danryan
Greater China is a basic country map developed by Wisse, with graphics help from WidowMakers. The map has 29 regions divided into into 8 bonus zones, making it one of the smaller maps playable on Conquer Club. Because of the small region count and easy bonus zones, 1v1 games can be very luck dependent. However, 4 player doubles games and any games with 3-5 players are a lot of fun on this map, quick to play and finish but with enough skill required to be enjoyable. A fun map for anyone to play!
It is important to note that some of the map connections aren't immediately clear, especially due to two one-way connections from E. Xizang to W. Xizang and from Gansu to Nei Mongol. The map also features bombardment from Chinese Kashmir to E. Xizang.
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ORANGE COUNTY – Donna Coffey, Chair of the Orange County Board of Education, says newly-named Superintendent Dr. Gerri Martin's experience and strong communication skills make her the best fit to lead the school system.
Coffey says the Orange County Schools Board of Education reviewed 30 applications, with applicants from 11 states.
"Dr. Martin definitely stood out as the best candidate to our board," Coffey says. "Her credentials, her skills, her passion, her dedication, along with her experience just led us to believe that she will serve our students, our staff and our community for many years to come."
Martin comes from the McDowell County Schools in Marion, N.C., where she served as superintendent. She's been working in education for 27 years, including four years as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction prior to her role in McDowell.
"She has worked at all levels in schools, from teaching on up through the central office administration, and she's had a little bit more than a year's experience being superintendent," Coffey says.
Martin received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Politics from WakeForestUniversity and is fluent in Spanish. Coffey says about 14 percent of Orange County Schools students' are Hispanic
"I think she is just going to bring a whole other level to our non-English speaking students and their parents," Coffey says. "She will help us lead the way in providing more services."
Martin received a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from Appalachian State University and continued her education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received her Doctorate of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations.
Martin succeeds Patrick Rhodes, who retired in June. Del Burns has served as interim superintendent and will remain in the position until Martin takes over sometime in October.


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Wow, you guys don't know about true power of vampire well.
I'll tell my first secret tip <3.
Vampire has good advantages with some item.
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Teddy Bear(Patch) : Teddy Bear is Vampire's best friend <3. Teddy has many great things what Vamp needs. Vamp immune at mana-burn and poison.
Dragon Shield : More resist? More blood!
RBS+Plate Mail : you chose RBS?, Why not Plate Mail? You are already slow and won't loss any blood with low level monsters.
Wicked Guitar : Time to invest your blood banks
Avatar Codex + BURNDAYRAZ : The boss is blood less? Be magician!
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RBS : Goo will participate your member of blood banks, and ghost will be weaken, but don't need to use If there is no phys res monsters in the map.
High Resist + Platemail : Hit me! I will take your blood!
GETINDARE : No RBS and Platemail? Don't worry, GETINDARE will give free blood to you!
HALPMEH : You can easily control your blood and mana against Exhausted mode.
Transmutation seal + Sensation stone combo : I'll be a royal vampire.
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Platemail : I don't have GETINDARE or I should fight with same or high level.
BURNDAYRAZ : I don't drink the last annoying small amount of blood :p. Burn it plz!
Venom Dagger : BRB, I forgot to give food to my blood banks.
Extra Attack Boosters : You will need this. Right?
Tower Shield : Cheap and Good
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Eleven Boots : If you are rich and don't need to use the money? choose it.
Base Damage items : You can drink more blood? You need these.
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Quick silver potion : YAY! free blood.
Reflex potion : YAY! free blood.
Edit: Lujo: right, BURNDAYRAZ is good for magician vampire.


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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
British judge
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), better known as Lord Mansfield, was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. He served as a Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, where he was noted for his "great powers of eloquence" and described as "beyond comparison the best speaker" in the House of Commons. He thereafter became Attorney General, and then Lord Chief Justice of England.
- An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.
- Fisher v. Prince (1762), 3 Burr. Part IV. 1365.
- Anciently, the Courts of justice did sit on Sundays.
- Swann v. Broome (1764), 3 Burr. Part IV., p. 1597.
- The last end that can happen to any man, never comes too soon, if he falls in support of the law and liberty of his country: for liberty is synonymous to law and government.
- Rex v. Wilkes (1769), 4 Burr. Part IV., p. 2563.
- As mathematical and absolute certainty is seldom to be attained in human affairs, reason and public utility require that judges and all mankind in forming their opinions of the truth of facts should be regulated by the superior number of the probabilities on the one side or the other whether the amount of these probabilities be expressed in words and arguments or by figures and numbers.
- Reported in Andrew Stuart, Letters to the Right Honorable Lord Mansfield (1773), p. 29.
- Whatever is contrary, bonos mores est decorum, the principles of our law prohibit, and the King's Court, as the general censor and guardian of the public manners, is bound to restrain and punish.
- Jones v. Randall (1774), Lofft. 386.
- A man wants no protection when his conduct is strictly right.
- Bird v. Gunston (1785), 3 Doug. 275.
- Tut, man, decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
- When asked by an army officer, appointed governor of a west Indies island and who had no experience in law, how to apply the law. Quoted by John Cordy Jeaffreson in A Book About Lawyers, Volume 1 (1867).


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Demi Moore Steals Jennifer Aniston's Baggy Jeans
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Call the Fashion Police — Jennifer Aniston's been robbed! Those low-slung, cuffed drop-crotch jeans she recently wore at Los Angeles International Airport were spotted on Demi Moore Monday as the actress headed to the Brooklyn set of her new film, Very Good Girls.
Though Moore isn't wearing the exact same pair as Aniston — we can call the search party off — her pants are of a similar style, and kept up with a belt, too. Moore opted to pair her jeans with a black tank and matching flats, not terribly different from Aniston's laid-back styling, which included sneakers, a white tee and navy blazer.
Very Good Girls, a romantic drama of sorts, costars Richard Dreyfuss and Peter Sarsgaard, plus Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen, who have been seen spending time together on set in some very colorful outfits. So … maybe Moore's pants are for the role? Tell us: Do you like these baggy boyfriend jeans, or are you ready to see them go?


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Horse whisperer Monty Roberts aids veterans and others who face traumas
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Christian Science Monitor
Horse whisperer Monty Roberts aids veterans and others who face traumas
Christian Science Monitor, April 2, 2015
Posted: 2015-05-17 19:42:14
Monty Roberts is taking his message of nonviolent communication and developing trust to military veterans, military police, and incarcerated youths with post-traumatic stress disorder. "The key is to speak the horse's language, which is gesture," he says. He has demonstrated an uncanny ability to "speak" this language, eliminating the centuries-long practice of "breaking a horse" with traditional methods. Roberts is considered the original horse whisperer ... spending a lifetime refining his system, teaching it globally through books, videos, TV shows, demonstration tours, and his own Equestrian Academy. At an evening at his ranch titled "Night of Inspiration," Roberts told of overcoming an abusive father and the prickly resistance of the traditional equestrian community to become arguably the top horse trainer in the world. Now he is morphing into the role of advocate for the healing power of horses. Henry Schleiff, president and general manager of the Military Channel, summed up the results after about 400 people attended a clinic: "The impressive, unique work that Monty Roberts has pioneered, using untrained horses as a therapeutic tool for veterans who are trying to work through anger and depression, is absolutely inspiring." Brigitte von Rechenberg, a professor of veterinary medicine, [said] "There is trust and respect; there is no winner and no loser. Monty's methods leave the horse his dignity. These concepts cause happiness to reach your soul."
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U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
2001-05-01, ABC News
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities. The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's ... Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years. The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba. Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists." The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after.
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Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group
2005-09-29, BBC News
How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. Every year since 1954 [they have brought] together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi ... editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners ... and the queen of the Netherlands. The chairman ... is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon. In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg. "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists." Will Hutton ... who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls "the international common sense". And that "common sense" is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg's main participants. For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a century.
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[9/11] Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
2001-09-23, BBC News
Another of the men named by the FBI as a hijacker in the [9/11] suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up alive and well. The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September. His photograph was released, and has since appeared in newspapers and on television around the world. He told journalists there that he had nothing to do with the attacks. He has contacted both the Saudi and American authorities. He acknowledges that he attended flight training school at Daytona Beach in the United States, and is indeed the same Waleed Al Shehri to whom the FBI has been referring. But, he says, he left the United States in September last year [and] became a pilot with Saudi Arabian airlines. Abdulaziz Al Omari, another of the Flight 11 hijack suspects ... says he is an engineer with Saudi Telecoms, and that he lost his passport while studying in Denver. Meanwhile ... a London-based Arabic daily says it has interviewed Saeed Alghamdi. He was listed by the FBI as a hijacker in the United flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. And there are suggestions that another suspect, Khalid Al Midhar, may also be alive. FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged on Thursday that the identity of several of the suicide hijackers is in doubt.
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CIA may have used contractor who inspired 'Mission: Impossible' to kill RFK
2019-02-12, Washington Post
Robert A. Maheu was such a colorful character that it's widely believed the television show "Mission: Impossible" was based on him and his private investigative agency. As an ex-FBI agent, the CIA asked him to handle jobs it wanted to steer clear of, such as lining up prostitutes for a foreign president or hiring the mafia to kill Fidel Castro. For more than 15 years, Maheu [was] on monthly retainer to "The Agency," CIA records show. Maheu was the right-hand man to Howard Hughes as Hughes ... helped finance CIA operations. A new book alleges that Maheu may have performed another mission for the CIA: the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Maheu would have had access to the CIA's experiments in hypnosis and mind control. That would have enabled him to frame Sirhan Sirhan as a patsy for the slaying of Kennedy, while other gunmen actually fired the fatal shots, argues author Lisa Pease, who spent 25 years researching her book, "A Lie Too Big to Fail." Sirhan's lawyers in 2010 accused the CIA of hypnotizing Sirhan and making him "an involuntary participant." With Maheu's contacts throughout the CIA and organized crime, he is "the most credible high-level suspect for the planner of Robert Kennedy's assassination," Pease wrote. Chief among that evidence is the autopsy finding that Kennedy was shot point blank in the back of the head, while Sirhan was in front of Kennedy. Witnesses at the scene of the shooting were adamant that Sirhan never got close enough to fire at close range. Not long after the trial, a ballistics expert examined the three bullets recovered from the scene and found that they did not match Sirhan's gun.
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Big Pharma spends record millions on lobbying amid pressure to lower drug prices
2019-01-24, CNN News
The lobbying group for the pharmaceutical industry spent about $27.5 million on lobbying activities in 2018, federal filings show. This is a record annual total for the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, which represents most of the nation's largest drug and biopharmaceutical research companies. According to OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, independent research group tracking money in US politics, individual companies within the pharmaceuticals and health products sector spent $194.3 million on lobbying as of October 24, 2018 over and above the amount disclosed by PhRMA.The large outlays follow moves within the White House that could limit pharmaceutical companies' price increases and profits on medicines. Congress and the Trump administration continue to push for a drug pricing plan and were given more ammunition Tuesday in the form of a report documenting that insulin cost nearly doubled in the United States between 2012 and 2016. President 'Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to lower drug prices, posted his blueprint for doing so in May. US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar remarked last week that despite some "positive developments" in pharmaceutical pricing behavior, "drug companies have a lot further to go."
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FBI investigated civil rights group as 'terrorism' threat and viewed KKK as victims
2019-02-01, The Guardian (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
The FBI opened a "domestic terrorism" investigation into a civil rights group in California, labeling the activists "extremists" after they protested against neo-Nazis in 2016. Federal authorities ran a surveillance operation on By Any Means Necessary (Bamn), spying on [the] group's movements in an inquiry that came after one of Bamn's members was stabbed at the white supremacist rally. The FBI's Bamn files reveal: The FBI investigated Bamn for potential "conspiracy" against the "rights" of the "Ku Klux Klan" and white supremacists. The FBI considered the KKK as victims and the leftist protesters as potential terror threats, and downplayed the threats of the Klan. The FBI ... cited Bamn's advocacy against "rape and sexual assault" and "police brutality" as evidence in the terrorism inquiry. The FBI's 46-page report ... presented an "astonishing" description of the KKK, said Mike German, a former FBI agent. The FBI launched its terrorism investigation and surveillance of Bamn after white supremacists armed with knives faced off with hundreds of counter-protesters, including Bamn activists, at a June 2016 neo-Nazi rally in Sacramento. Although numerous neo-Nazis were suspected of stabbing at least seven anti-fascists in the melee... the FBI chose to launch a inquiry into the activities of the leftwing protesters. California law enforcement subsequently worked with the neo-Nazis to identify counter-protesters, pursued charges against stabbing victims and other anti-fascists, and decided not to prosecute any men on the far-right for the stabbings. In a redacted October 2016 document, the FBI labeled its Bamn investigation a "DT [domestic terrorism] – ANARCHIST EXTREMISM" case.
Note: Why was Newsweek the only major media outlet in the U.S. to write an article on this mind-boggling story? The article states, "Yvette Felarca, a Berkeley teacher and member of BAMN, was stabbed at the rally. Felcara has now been charged with assault and rioting. Police also wanted to bring six charges against Cedric O'Bannon, an independent journalist at the rally who was stabbed by a pole while filming." For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on intelligence agency corruption from reliable major media sources.
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