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Exeter & Hampton Electric Company
Historical Review - 75th Anniversary - 1983
By Edward D. "Ed" McKenzie
This pamphlet is heavily illustrated so the pictures are linked from the captions page
The seventy-five years being reviewed here cover several generations of Exeter & Hampton Electric Company workers.
The generation now nearing retirement remembers well those men and women of the 'twenties and 'thirties. Many of them began work in the years immediately after World War II and were trained and supervised by those who remembered World War I and the Great Depression.
Stories of carrying out line work with a rented horse and wagon, of snowshoeing down unplowed roads to connect electric service or read meters, and of posting heavy ledgers with dip pens while wearing eye shades and sleeve garters are still within the memories of a dwindling few.
One senior lineman described, for a wide-eyed groundman trainee, what it was like to climb a pole during a wild and stormy night to reconnect a broken wire. "Stand on your porch railing, in the dark," he said, "while someone sprays you with a firehose and shines a spotlight in your face, then thread a needle, while wearing your mittens."
Not such an exaggeration when one considers also that hundreds or thousands of volts of electricity were always nearby waiting to deliver harsh punishment for a slight misjudgment.
The newest generation was not yet born when New England was slammed with the double hurricane of 1954. But they will have their own experiences and stories to tell the wide-eyed trainees of the year 2000 and beyond.
The E & H tradition of dedication to service is solidly established on a seventy-five year foundation providing a certainty of its long continuation. This historical review is dedicated to those generations and that tradition.
Oil Lamps To Home Computers, In One Lifetime
Only seventy-five years ago, within the memories of some living today, there was no electric company distributing electric light and power throughout this region in Southeastern New Hampshire.
There was some electric street lighting in Exeter and electricity was connected to a few buildings, such as the Casino at Hampton Beach.
Under a franchise from the State of New Hampshire in 1908, Exeter & Hampton Electric Company was "turned on" to a long career of providing electricity to the greater part of thirteen towns in Rockingham County from the shoreline at Seabrook and Hampton to the hills of Stratham and Atkinson.
As a regulated utility it was bound to operate within limits set by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission concerning its rates and service. As a corporation it was to be owned by its share- holders.
Born Out Of The Street Railway
The company name came from two of the principal towns of its area, Exeter and Hampton; but what is less commonly known is that the name is also a reminder of its predecessor, the EXETER, HAMPTON & AMESBURY STREET RAILWAY.
Electrically operated street railway cars were called "trolleys" after the pole device which projected over the roof of the car to make contact with a high voltage, Direct Current wire. With nearly sixty miles of steel trackage, this trolley system ran between Exeter Depot and Hampton, then beyond to Hampton Beach and across its own "mile long bridge " to Seabrook, and over the State line to Salisbury and Amesbury.
Located midway between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine, on the Boston and Maine Railroad, this side-of-the-road rail transportation system was called by some, "the only sensible means of travel". It was one of hundreds of such rail systems being built all over the country at the time.
According to 0. R. Cummings in his book, TROLLEYS TO THE CASINO, in 1900 the EH & A system was built using " . . . heavy steel rail tracks ballasted so as to carry a railroad train while chestnut poles carry the trolley wires, and telephones are placed in offices, terminals and turn-outs".
The electric current for the overhead trolley wires was at first generated in Hampton; sent out from the Rotary Station there at 550 volts along two lines, one going West to Exeter, the other East to Hampton Beach. A single Alternating Current lighting circuit also ran out of the station, particularly for the purposes of lighting the Hampton Beach Casino and of providing limited street lighting in the town of Exeter.
"Lighting Department" Survived
It was this lighting circuit which was the responsibility of the Lighting Department of the street railway company. Then, as the company began to fall into hard times and receivership it was this Lighting Department which was to be, in 1908, separately incorporated as EXETER & HAMPTON ELECTRIC COMPANY.
While those wonderful new conveniences of transportation, the trolley cars, would eventually end up on the salvage heap, it was the lighting which became the vital service. Although the trolleys were to offer limited service well into the 'twenties the advent and expanded use of Henry Ford's Model T rang down the curtain on the electric railways.
Source of Electricity
Always under consideration during the early years of the Company's existence was the possibility of harnessing one of the small nearby rivers for electric power. An option was taken for a time on water privilege on the Pickpocket section of the Exeter River, with the hope that it might be developed as a power site for the Company. It was believed, for a time, that a station of sufficient capacity to carry both the railroad and the lighting load, situated on tide water in Exeter, was the best solution to the problem as most of the lighting load was in Exeter, "with prospect..., of nearly all demands for increase in needs being confined to that section. We have already secured all the business there is at Hampton; and the Beach load, outside of three months in the summer, is inconsequential", it was projected in 1910.
Only in future historic observations will we learn if today's long range projections are more accurate than were those of seventy years ago.
The Company has always purchased electric power requirements through the Portsmouth facilities of what is now Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) and is classed as a distribution utility and not a generating utility.
For most of its seventy-five years the point of attachment to the source has been in Hampton, not far from the old Rotary Station. However, in 1975 a second major interconnection with PSNH was completed in West Kingston, supporting and supplementing the Hampton station.
Lighting Up
Requests came in for extension of lines into Stratham in 1913. then in rapid succession during 1913 and 1914 Hampton Falls, Newton and East Kingston asked to have electric facilities provided.
When in 1915, Phillips Exeter Academy was connected with 600 lighting outlets and over 12 horsepower in motors, it was clear that electricity was the ultimate for lighting buildings. The upward curve in residential customers reached one thousand in 1916.
By 1917, nearly two hundred more customers had been connected to the lines, which had been extended to a point where distance and load were causing the quality of service to suffer. Effects of the First World War were beginning to be felt in the local economy, and in the summer of that year, the first employee of Exeter & Hampton Electric Company left to fight with the Expeditionary Force in France.
The pinch was felt most in 1918, when only department heads were left as a work force to operate the Company, and a serious coal shortage required cutting back of home heating and a reduction in lighting services.
As the war came to an end and the troops returned home, conditions improved. During the following year a line was run to Seabrook for service to the Barr's shoeshop, and a 1919 Reo line truck was bought for $1,500.
Looking Out For Overloads
Over 1,700 customers were connected with electricity by 1920, and as the load increased the wire sizes had to be increased, hundreds of new poles had to be set and many new extensions added to the circuit. It was even considered that perhaps it was time to set pole lines on all roads in the system, rather than wait for line extension requests. Loads at this time were exceeding the capacity of the supply line from Portsmouth, and the generator at the Rotary Station in Hampton was being used during hours of heavy electric use.
During the early years of the Company, protection of the lines from lightning was a serious problem. Many transformers were ruined each year and there were extensive outages. Lightning arresting devices were experimented with and it was found that the tremendous voltage surges could indeed be drained off the lines without ruining equipment. It became uncommon in later years for the lights to go out during thunder showers.
During the summer of 1924 a large show was produced at Hampton Beach to promote electricity. Many inquiries were being received about a new type of refrigeration which "required no ice-man or drip- pan". The town of Newton joined Exeter and Hampton in keeping street lights on all night long, leaving only Kingston on a half-night basis; and when the line was completed to North Danville, that town turned out for a gala celebration, ceremoniously switching on the electric lights and blowing out the kerosene lanterns.
Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway finally had to give up in 1925 and gasoline motor busses took over. The days of excursions on open-air cars to "Happy Hampton Beach" were ended, but "The Beach", which had been developed and promoted by the Street Railway as a means of increasing fares, stayed on, continued to grow and is still expanding today.
Building and Growth
In the late 'twenties the main highways were kept open all winter. This was important to the Electric Company, since its reputation and growth depended upon either preservation or quick restoration of electric service to its customers under any conditions, night and day.
In 1928 and 1929 extension was made into South Hampton, and it was estimated that nearly 90 percent of the homes in the thirteen towns of the Company's franchise area were electrified. Thirteen miles of pole line extensions were constructed in one year.
The economic depression which gripped the country in 1930 was to affect the Company only moderately. A slight loss of business was predicted when the new "daylight saving time" went into effect but none was noticed. The Exeter and Hampton Beach substations, only a few years old, were now loaded to capacity, and expansion was necessary.
The sales department began alterations toward taking over the other half of the Water Street store which had been rented until then, and the building at Hampton Beach which had housed the Company's office was moved away and construction of a new one begun.
In 1931, Phillips Exeter Academy's electric load required the setting of a special bank of transformers at the Exeter substation, and additional capacity was added at the Beach. A "Blue Law" requiring stores and amusement places to remain closed on Sundays was repealed in this year, which resulted in an increase in commercial consumption of electricity. In the Plaistow area, the Old Hampshire Bottling Works (later to become C. Leary Co.) began using electricity, and in Exeter $90,000 was appropriated for construction of a new Post Office.
In the early 1930s as people tightened their belts, the government passed legislation shortening the work week in an effort to provide more employment. A general reduction in the Company's electric rates was made. No more was the customer's rate to be set by the number of rooms in his home, but only by the amount of electricity used.
In 1934 a complete inventory of all utilities' properties was ordered by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission and twenty to thirty people were temporarily employed at Exeter to complete it. Each foot of wire, insulator, arm, brace, pole, etc. had to be identified, aged and costed, while detailed records were set up to maintained [sic] ad infinitum.
As Plaistow and Atkinson were being supplied with current from Haverhill, Massachusetts, the "Big Flood of '36" resulted in a three-day outage in that area. The following year saw completion of a special line from Hampton to Kingston which was to supply these towns for the next fifteen years, by which time the increasing load required a separate line and station to be built on Witch Lane in Plaistow.
As the expansion was occurring over a wide area, pole storage yards were acquired in Newton, Kingston and Exeter to get supplies closer to the demand.
In 1936 plans were near completion for a 13,000 volt transmission system which would deliver current cross country to substations in Exeter, Hampton and Hampton Beach, and in 1937 it was connected and ready for service. The old Rotary Station on Exeter Road was shut down and used only for storage. It was later to be sold to the town of Hampton for one dollar.
The Casino at Hampton Beach added forty kilowatts of lighting and motor load, which was sizeable when compared to the whole system's 936 kilowatts.
New building was going on everywhere. A $35,000 addition was made to the County Records Building (now the Exeter Town Offices), bowling alleys were built in Plaistow and in Exeter, while new lines were extended into the town of Kensington to connect to many homes there.
Changes In Pole Line Construction
A blight had all but destroyed the supply of chestnut trees by 1930. Cedar trees were used for a few years; however they were soon followed by yellow southern pine, which remains the standard for most utility poles today.
Fifty years ago the butts of utility poles were treated with creosote, in an attempt at delaying ground rot and insect damage. Later the whole pole was creosoted; however, new processes of pressurized treatment with a colorless preservative made old methods obsolete. The new "Penta" product was proven to be not only more effective but less likely to cause problems for the lineman. Crossarms, too, were put through the same penetrating treatment. Other material improvements along the roadways would not be noticeable to the average passer-by, but made construction easier, longer lasting and less costly. Wooden pins on crossarms were replaced by steel, polyethylene replaced varnished cambric wire covering, strong, well insulated cables were developed and automatic connectors came into use to replace the twisting and wrapping process in splicing two wires together. Friction tape, a cotton fabric treated with a black adhesive, was generally replaced with plastic, electrically insulating "Scotch" tape. Nylon took the place of hemp in many of the ropes used by line workers, while anchor guys which had to be built with planks in a large hole in the ground were commonly replaced with rods which could be screwed into the earth, or dropped into a drilled hole and then sprung open to make their grip.
Although underground wiring was much promoted and great advances in design and method were made, economics generally were unfavorable. Underground construction is in limited use today by rural companies, dependent upon earth conditions, access- ability and the developers' willingness to invest in the extra costs associated with the material and the process. "Rockingham County is appropriately named," said one foreman after completing only a few feet of trench in one day.
E & H -- Plaistow Merger
Around 1911 a group of citizens, including J. Win. Peaslee, J. S. Hills and E. A. Landman, formed the Plaistow Electric Company, purchasing current from Haverhill, Massachusetts, and supplying street lighting and residential service to Plaistow and Atkinson. In 1925, all of the capital stock of this Company was purchased by the Exeter company, and the two were merged under the name of Exeter & Hampton Electric Company. As the distance (15-20 miles from Exeter) made this area rather remote from the Company headquarters, Line Foreman Clarence A. Amazeen was transferred to Plaistow as Company Representative to read meters, collect bills and attend to the general operation and maintenance of that system. Mr. Amazeen, who began with the Company in 1916, served in that capacity until his retirement in 1958. (Today Clarence A. Amazeen, Jr., is a Lead Lineman for the Company with 30 years of service.)
Linemen's Gear
Even with modern hydraulic aerial lift equipment, linemen must be able to use "climbers" or "hooks" for mounting wooden poles.
The point, or "gaff", which projects below the instep of each foot is kept razor sharp, while leather pads and straps must be perfectly fitted to avoid pain and danger of "cut outs" and falls. One lineman cautions that a good boot with a safety toe and strong arch support should be worn or " . . . your feet will get like an owl's".
A strong leather body belt with safety strap snapping into "D" rings holds one in working position on the pole, but also supports such items as plumb hammer, skinning knife, cutting pliers, screwdriver, tie wires, hand line, tape and a pouch for connectors and miscellaneous items.
Rubber gloves, tested for high voltage regularly, must be worn under leather protective gloves at all times when working off the ground, and at many jobs while on the ground.
Rubber arm covers supplement the gloves, and rubber "line hose" and hoods are used to cover wires and insulators while on the pole.
The safety "hard hat" is a must on all jobs and comes with a liner for cold weather. For worst weather, when line crews must often be out, rain suits and rubber boots are made available also.
World War II Curtailments
The first effects of World War II were felt early in 1941, when Sales Manager Leon Hilliard left for service as an Army officer, and John C. Robinson, at that time training in distribution construction, reported for active duty with the United States Army. Locally, as in most businesses, the years of the war meant a great curtailment of activity. Construction material was practically non-existent, and the Government daily passed rules requiring greater restrictions.
In the years 1942 and 1943, twenty-one employees left the Company for the armed forces or for defense plant employment. This amounted to over thirty percent of the work force, and only a few were replaced.
The submarine menace to shipping off our coast required the blacking out of some lighting, and the "dim-out" of every street light. As material grew more scarce, emphasis was placed on retrieving all possible scrap metal and paper for the war effort. As the Company had developed its first-aid program to a keen edge, its teams were in demand for instruction all over the state.
Mileage on Company vehicles was cut by more than half, as a part of the national program of reducing consumption of scarce gasoline and tires.
After The War
After 1945, twenty-five returning veterans brought the ranks up to the level necessary to handle the surge of construction resulting from increased use of electricity. The 13,000 volt transmission system was completely rebuilt and voltage increased to 34,500 volts. Additional transmission lines were built from the main switching station at Hampton to Exeter and to Hampton Beach. Substations were reconstructed and enlarged, and distribution pole lines were extended by over five miles each year.
Shopping Centers became major customers during the sixties and seventies, as they were added in Plaistow, Exeter, Hampton and Seabrook; later in Stratham and Kingston.
A branch office of the Company was opened in 1949 in Plaistow next to the Fire Station; in 1961 relocated to the Hoyt City shopping center, then in 1981 moved into a building near the Plaistow town line in Kingston. Another branch office was opened at Depot Square in Hampton, which in 1966 was moved to a new shopping center, while in 1958 the seasonal office at the Beach was closed down.
Street Lighting
Early street lighting was provided by a separate 600 volt series circuit called an "arc line", with small incandescent lamps. Late in the 'forties individual lights, off the regular circuits, became practical with the advent of "daylight sensitive" units which would turn them on only during hours of darkness.
Mercury vapor lighting, tried out about the same time, grew quickly in popularity and spread to replace nearly all the old incandescent fixtures.
A new item, "yard lighting", was promoted between 1968 and 1973, and over a thousand lights were installed at homes, farms and businesses. A separate line on the electric bill showed that the charge for these 100 watt "Night Watchmen" began at $3.60 per month.
Major installations of mercury vapor lighting were made at the Hampton River Bridge, the new New Hampshire Expressway Interchange at Hampton and the Hampton Beach Boulevard area before 1960.
Most recent to come along is the sodium vapor lighting fixture, giving off a more golden color and providing more efficient use of electric current.
Industrial Development
Shoes and Chickens
Shoemaking, developed somewhat as an overflow from the shoe cities to the south in Massachusetts, had started in the small towns of southern New Hampshire as a cottage industry. One can still find, in antique shops in the region, some of the "lasts" and cobblers' benches which were used in many homes to make shoes for nearby companies on a piece-work basis.
Factories were operating in Exeter, Seabrook, Danville and Plaistow through the years and included Gale Shoe (later Wise Shoe) and Bates Shoe (later Alrose Shoe), Barr & Bloomfield Shoe and Plaistow Shoe companies. Supporting the footwear industry were several specialty and component factories, such as those making shoe laces and wooden heels for ladies' shoes. Russell Heel Company of Plaistow was one of the largest, located at the site of the present Penn Box Company. It turned out millions of wooden heels from hard wood dried in its own kilns until the plastics industry created a more desirable product.
Located on the site of the old Plaistow Shoe Company today is Keezer Manufacturing Company. C. Dimond Keezer, who in the nineteen thirties started the business while a college student, built it into an industry which shipped pennants and banners all over the world, and employed many hundreds of local people right up to the present.
The poultry industry reached its peak after World War II, with the largest of the hatcheries being those of Christie Poultry Farms and Nichols Poultry Farms. There were several major breeding and hatching facilities located in Kingston, Exeter, Newton and other towns. Millions of eggs and chicks were shipped to points in all parts of the country.
More economic breeding and feeding conditions in the south were said to have brought major poultry farming to an end. The Squamscott Hotel building in Exeter which had housed the Nichols computer center was to become an office building for Phillips Exeter Academy. It had been used as a dormitory by the Academy for a brief time over one hundred years ago.
Exeter Brass Works, on Railroad Avenue, was a leading foundry and metal machine shop for many years, incorporated in 1892. Since 1963 the R. E. Prescott Pump Company has operated at that location.
Sylvania Electric Products, a division of GTE, Inc., built its plant on Portsmouth Avenue, Exeter, in 1964 and became one of the major electric users of the time, along with Bailey Company, in Seabrook, added in the same year.
Phillips Exeter Academy, rebuilt in 1870 after fire destroyed the original structure, easily wins the title of oldest major customer of Exeter & Hampton Electric Company.
It wasn't until 1935 when the nation's oldest, continuously operated cotton mill, the Exeter Manufacturing Company, decided that electricity would replace steam as its principal driving power. A special feeder line from River Street to the plant became the Company's first high tension (13,200 volts) underground line.
Later occupying the property, Milliken Industries and then Nike, Inc. were also major industrial electric users.
School Growth
Regional schools, such as those in Exeter, Hampton, Kingston (Sanborn) and Plaistow (Timberlane) are a relatively recent phenomenon. Their facilities called for strict requirements of electricity supply and engineers of the Company coordinated with planners and builders in the processes involved.
Contrasting with these schools, earlier ones such as the Robinson Female Seminary built in 1868, utilized daylight from many tall windows, heat from wood or coal furnaces and had no motors or compressors to require electrical connection.
The Cottage Hospital
Built in 1905, the Exeter Hospital was known as the Cottage Hospital. It was "built through the aid of generous benefactors", according to a business article dated 1910, "and is in every way typical of a model and modern home for the sick and invalid".
It could be described in the same way today, even after major reconstructions and additions, the most recent begun in 1977. Special electrical circuitry and priority for restoration of service are provided by the Company.
Higher Voltage Needed
A 34,500 volt line some twelve miles long, from Hampton to Kingston, was bought from the Public Service Company of New Hampshire in 1950. Kingston was the first to have a substation stepping down from 34,500 to 4,160 volts. Within a short time, that line was extended to Witch Lane in Plaistow, where the first "unit-type" substation was constructed on a large lot bought for this use and for later addition of garage and workshop. The "unit" was outgrown in only two years and was moved to Seabrook to complete a new station on South Main Street, terminating a 34,500 volt line across the marsh from Hampton.
In 1964, Plaistow was to boast the first 34,500 to 13,800 volt substation, off the "hi-line" at Route 125 and Old County Road. It was named Timberlane, serving as its principal customer the new regional high school of that name, but going on to supply Atkinson and Newton with new, high capacity distribution circuits.
The Seabrook 34,500 volt line was tapped in 1964 for what was, for awhile, to be the Company's largest customer, Bailey Company, makers of automobile rubber components.
Winter Problems
The winters of the 'twenties were considered by some to have been much worse than winters in these times. At any rate, there is no doubt that transportation practically came to a stand-still between December and April. Most automobiles were garaged in early winter and weren't taken out until a good portion of the spring mud had dried up. For the Electric Company, and the men who had to travel about reading meters, stringing wire and so on, a real problem was presented. In some cases the trolley cars were utilized by a meter reader, or a lineman and his material. In times of heavy snows the snowshoes were put to use by employees to reach towns as distant as Hampton or Kingston. A partial solution to the problem came with the purchase of a "Snow Cat" which was an auto equipped with skis instead of front wheels, with caterpillar treads on the rear. Many chapters could be written on the experiences suffered and enjoyed by the men who operated this marvel of the mechanized age.
Henry H. Page, who began in 1922, was Office Manager from 1948 to 1963, retired in 1967, then became a member of the N.H. Legislature for several years, remembers those days very well, and explains that Doctor E. A. Landman of Plaistow also used such a machine for house calls when others were snowed in. The winter of 1922-1923 was particularly snowy. Recalls Mr. Page, "I was sent to Hampton on snowshoes to read meters and it was a week before I could get back to the office."
Natural Disasters
The Company's hurricane baptism came in 1938, when at 5 p.m. on September 21, the roaring wind tore through. Inside an hour the only current flowing was through the Hampton Beach street light circuit. It took five days for service to be restored to all but a few customers. After six years of respite, in 1944 the big winds came again. It was on September the 14th, and this time it took four days to return to normal service.
The most devastation was caused when two hurricanes struck; the second coming just as real progress was being made toward recovering from the first. The dates were August 31 and September 11, 1954. Line crews, appliance men and clerks worked around the clock, and crews were borrowed from as far away as Pennsylvania to help in the gigantic effort of restoring vital electric service to nearly ten thousand customers.
In these disasters, in many lesser troubles and in every day work the two-way radios, which had been installed in 1946 in most vehicles, proved to be invaluable. The advent of immediate communications between work crews and plant was probably one of the greatest steps forward in the constant drive toward rapid restoration of service. The radio's value where a personal injury may have occurred was proven, also. On occasion, a message crackled out, too, reminding a lineman to bring home a pound of hamburg, after an urgent call from a spouse with problems of her own.
Of historical note is the severe winter of 1976-77, when sub-zero temperatures for long periods of time forced people to stay indoors and struggle to keep warm. Two storms hit the area, the worst occurring on March 22 and 23, causing major electric outages in all thirteen towns. Old timers testified that it was the worst storm since the hurricane of 1954. Heavy, wet snow pulled branches and whole trees down on power lines. Driving winds hampered crews trying to restore service. This time, however, service was restored to all customers within 48 hours.
Offices and Operating Centers
By 1954 the South Street "carriage shop" was much too tight for line crews, plant offices, storeroom and appliance servicing. A new service center was built on Drinkwater Road, Kensington, at a site calculated to be close to the geographical center of the Company's 167 square mile service area. Only appliance servicing and warehousing was left at the old building for the next twenty-four years.
With only a few modifications the Kensington Service Center has served the Company well for thirty years.
The old office building at 81-83 Water Street was declared to be "much too crowded" in 1958 and a lot of land owned by the Company, at the corner of Swazey Parkway, was pressed into use. Sold to Davison Construction Company of Manchester, a new office structure was built to the Electric Company's specifications and taken under long-term lease. The old building, which had once housed all of the Company's operations, was sold and has been used for law offices and a jewelry store for many years. Records show that it was estimated an expansion in the new quarters would be necessary within eight to ten years. After nearly thirty years it is observed that no expansion has been made, due in large part to the advent of the computer and the reduction of merchandising efforts.
Sharing with other companies of administrative services, such as financing, purchasing, engineering and tax accounting, has been an economic advantage from the very beginning. In years before 1935 this was accomplished through participation in the Tenney Management Services group, located in Boston. After reorganization at that time those services were continued while offices moved in 1959 to the Travelers Building at 125 High Street in Boston, and then, in 1977, to Canton, Massachusetts.
In 1979, for greater efficiencies, an office was opened in Bedford, New Hampshire, to provide most of those shared services for this Company and for two other Companies with whom the Company has been associated for over half a century. Fourteen shared officers and employees now work at that location.
Home Appliance Marketing
Major appliances such as refrigerators, ranges, washers and dryers moved out into the high volume sales area after World War II. The pent up demand and short supplies acted together to make it a busy decade.
The Easy washer with built-in spin dryer found people eager to abandon the old wringers and thousands were delivered in the area before the movement began toward clothes washers which were automatic and fixed to the plumbing.
Swivel-top vacuum cleaners also became popular during the post war period. A year or two in the television business convinced management that perhaps others should handle this particular appliance. Toasters, steam irons, lamps, coffee pots, clocks, can openers, clock-radios, fans, window air conditioners, and hot plates were sold by the thousands — all with little chance of direct profit — but with the broader philosophy of utilizing ever more cheap and abundant electric power.
It was the age when electric cooking was brought within reach of everyone. Back in 1936 a Plaistow man purchased an electric range with his Veteran's Bonus and it was a conversation piece for miles around.
Probably the electric water heater was the home appliance which did the most for domestic comfort and convenience, while providing a good "stable load" on the Company's system and a moderate revenue. Introduction of the "off peak" meter about 1939, when wired to separate heating elements of a water heater allowed the Company to show a discount on the monthly bill for each kilowatt hour used during hours "off the peak" of the system. Usually that was 10 p.m. through 8 a.m., when the insulated tank would be heated up for the next day's use.
Electric home heating was a natural development for the new construction occurring around the area. A relatively low installation cost coupled with good insulation and acceptable costs of electricity required a minimum of promotion effort.
Nearly everyone over twenty-five years old today can tell the month and year when promotional philosophies, and economics, changed. It was November of 1973, and it was called the "Arab Oil Embargo". Electricity formerly made from 2 to 3 dollars-a-barrel oil was soon being made from 20 to 25 dollars-a-barrel oil. Drivers' experiences at gas pumps emphasized the problem every day, not just on the monthly electric billing date.
It was in 1978 when the company's appliance sales and service came to an end. Freed up resources were then available to develop and administer programs which have helped people to conserve and to use electricity to its best value.
People Who Made It Work
It was on May 14, 1906, when Attorney Allen Hollis, President of Concord Electric Company and having broad experience with problems of public utilities, was named receiver of E H & A Street Railway. Later he was elected President of the new Exeter & Hampton Electric Company.
In 1955, Franklin Hollis, also a Concord attorney with broad utilities experience, succeeded his father as President.
Management of the new electric company was assigned to Charles Rogers in 1908, a former official of the Street Railway's Lighting Department. George D. Baxter was next in succession in this position.
In 1936, when Mr. Baxter's health was failing, Charles W. Caldwell was brought from Beverly Gas & Electric Company to take over. Mr. Caldwell led the Company for the next eighteen years then moved to a position with a New York utility. John C. Robinson, Jr., who had been a lineman and superintendent, in 1959 became General Manager and Vice President of the Company.
On Mr. Robinson's retirement in 1977, Chief Engineer Michael J. Dalton was assigned to the position. In 1978, upon the retirement of Franklin Hollis, Mr. Dalton was elected to the office of President of the Company.
Among other principal figures during the early years were Charles B. Edgerly, known to all as "Cap", electrician for the Street Railway from 1902 then Superintendent of the Electric Company. He was succeeded by John Robinson. Ernest Prevost and George F. Watson, both transfers from Haverhill Electric Company, became Office Managers at Exeter, and Leon W. Hilliard, an Army officer during World War I, became manager of appliance sales after his earlier service with the Haverhill company.
Many could be named in any listing of those who contributed long and important service to the organization. Katherine E. Groetz continues as an accountant, now in her forty-seventh year.
Seaver Macdonald moved here from Danvers as a lineman and in 1954 advanced to Superintendent. "Mac" was succeeded by another former lineman, now retired, Edward Kochy. Eleanor Willis, executive secretary, Velma Rock, bookkeeper, Frank Schultz and William Bragg, line foremen, altogether provided two and a half centuries of service before retiring.
Other long service employees over the years, who have since passed on, include Foreman Burton Horne, Electricians Walter Moss and Alan Maxwell, Assistant Superintendent Joseph Curran, Foreman Basil Collishaw, Storekeepers Charles French, Walter Thurston and Charles Degagne and Lineman Daniel Scully. "Dan" was also Safety Director for many years, and a picnic ground at the Company's Kensington facility is called "Scully Park" in recognition of his special efforts for his fellow employees.
Some older landowners of the area may remember A. J. Harty, a Tenney service Civil Engineer before World War II. With transit and rolls of map in hand, he searched out routes for electric lines and negotiated purchases of easements across the land.
Henry Turner, in later years, was a familiar figure hiking each mile of line several times over during his career as Pole Line Inspector. Sometimes a 'phone call would come in, "There's a man wearing a knapsack going down our street rapping on your poles and drilling little holes in them". This meant that Henry was on the job taking core-samples to test for rot. Today Donald Briggs has the important duty of inspecting the lines.
Since some problems at the tops of poles may not be visible from the ground, periodic helicopter patrols of vital circuits are made.
The late Stanley P. Sawyer, who had provided professional engineering services to utilities in New England for many years, joined the Exeter & Hampton staff full time in 1955 in order to formally develop plans for expansion of the total system required to supply the many schools, businesses and homes over the next two decades. After retirement in 1970 Mr. Sawyer served as Secretary on the State Board of Professional Engineers for many years.
Stewart Aither, P.E., with a staff of three, fulfills the engineering needs of the Company today. Draftsman Howard Barr has over thirty-five years of intimate familiarity with the electric system "to draw on" in his daily work.
Many others are named and pictured throughout this book.
The Tenney Factor
Present Chairman of the Board of Directors, Charles H. Tenney II, succeeded his father, Rockwell C. Tenney, in that position. He has been a director since 1948. His grandfather, Colonel Charles H. Tenney, was one of the Street Railway's Bondholders Protective Committee formed in 1905 to sort out the finances of the failing business, and on incorporation was named Chairman of the Board of the new lighting company spin-off, Exeter & Hampton Electric Company.
At the conclusion of Exeter & Hampton Electric Company's 75th year of existence, many of its hundred employees and thirty retirees have expressed pride in their contributions of labor, ideas and sincere concern for not only the corporation but all of the thousands of customers it has been their duty and privilege to serve over the many years.
Many presently enjoying that privilege will, in the year 2008, look back to this record when they report on the Company's 100th anniversary.
TROLLEYS TO THE CASINO — EXETER, HAMPTON & AMESBURY STREET RAILWAY by 0. R. CUMMINGS
E & H FLASHBACKS — Historic booklet — 1958, and issues to 1969
E & H NEWSLETTER — Issues 1973-1983, by K. L. Dearden
TENNEY SERVICE — monthly magazines to 1934
Early photos from Exeter & Hampton Electric Company files or loaned by 0. R. Cummings of Manchester, N.H., Joseph S. Bruce and Henry H. Page of Exeter, N.H.
Recent photos by Ben's Photo, Exeter, N.H.


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By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Hundreds of people gathered at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland to commemorate the Susan G. Komen Greater Kansas City's inaugural Rock the Ribbon concert. This special event celebrated the strength and survivorship of Kansas City's breast cancer survivors. Headlining the concert was four-time Grammy nominated rock group Heart. For […]
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The day after Laval's ruling party dissolved, Quebec's anti-corruption unit raided the party's office and the home of a lawyer with close ties to the party.
About 20 officers searched the offices of former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt's Parti PRO des Lavallois and the home of lawyer Jean Bertrand.
The party, which won all 21 city council seats as well as the mayoralty in 2009, finished 2011 with a $1.2-million surplus, according to its most recent financial statements.
A spokesperson for the Unité permanente anticorruption (UPAC) refused to say whether investigators were trying to locate the money.
"We can't divulge any information; it is a secret because it is part of the investigation," said Anne-Frédérick Laurence, UPAC's spokesperson.
Bertrand could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.
Under Quebec law, a party's funds and assets become the custody of the province's chief electoral officer once a party folds. The chief electoral officer liquidates the party's assets, uses the proceeds to pay off any debts, and gives the remaining money to the city treasury.
Since early October, UPAC has zeroed in on Laval with officers descending on city hall, Vaillancourt's homes and companies that did businesses with the city.
Vaillancourt resigned two weeks ago and Quebec has appointed special auditors to oversee finances in Laval.
The raids took place the same day two former Parti PRO city councillors announced they want to become interim mayor of Quebec's third-largest city.
Alexandre Duplessis, who represents the Saint-Martin district, and Jacques St-Jean, 76, who represents the Saint-François district, will be on the ballot when a secret vote is held this week.
Duplessis was first elected in 2005 and was appointed to the executive committee in 2009. St-Jean, who was first elected in 1993, has been active in the city's sports community.
St-Jean told The Gazette on Tuesday that he was approached by a fellow councillor who asked him to run for interim mayor.
Duplessis was not granting interviews on Tuesday.
David De Cotis, of the opposition Movement Lavallois, said that Duplessis has long been regarded as Vaillancourt's replacement.
"He was being groomed to replace Vaillancourt," De Cotis said. "Whenever there was meetings with citizens, (Vaillancourt) would always invite Duplessis."
Vaillancourt stepped down Nov. 9, about one month after his homes and office were raided by police. He had been mayor of Laval for 23 years.
In October, his name came up during testimony at the Charbonneau Commission, which is investigating collusion and corruption in the construction industry. Former construction boss Lino Zambito alleged that Vaillancourt pocketed 2.5 per cent of every contract in the city.
Vaillancourt has denied the allegation.
In October, a Gazette investigation found that more than two-thirds of the contributors to the mayor's political party get municipal contracts or do business with the city.
The investigation identified 175 of the 256 contributors to Parti PRO Lavallois in 2011 as owners, directors or employees of firms that get municipal contracts or have agreements with the city, or their spouses. That number also includes Vaillancourt, the city's 21 councillors and a handful of their family members. The councillors and family members in several cases have businesses that work with the city, Gazette reporter Linda Gyulai discovered in her investigation.


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Will Glu-ray Disc ever make it to market? It's certainly looking less likely that the Blu-ray and HD DVD single-disc combo product from Warner Home Video (WHV), dubbed TotalHD, is going to happen.
Speaking in an interview trade-oriented website This Week in Consumer Electronics, WHV President Ron Sanders said the format was "kind of on hold right now".
The problem? "We're concerned that as the only one publishing on it, it would be hard to make it go."
Total HD was originally supposed to come to market in the US late this year, but WHV admitted in June that the format would not appear until 2008.
Total HD was launched this past January as WHV's answer to the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Essentially, the product bonds two discs, one of each format, onto the back of the other, allowing the one disc to be played in any HD player.
The snag is, it's only appealing if you're a studio already supporting both formats, and right now there's only one that is: WHV. Most of the others are backing one format or the other in the hope that their preferred platform will gain the critical mass it needs to dominate the market.


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I talk about henna often on Minimalist Beauty for healthy, strong, and shiny hair. I wanted to break down my henna process step by step from choosing body art quality henna, mixing and applying henna, rinsing henna, and styling my hair afterwards. For all those new to henna, this article is especially for you. For those who have been doing henna for years like myself, I hope that you will enjoy the article and maybe even add a few tips of your own. The process of using henna for hair can seem tedious at first, and almost too much work than it is worth, but believe me that it gets easier the more you do it, and is definitely worth the time that it takes.
Choosing Henna
It is so important to pick a henna that is body art quality. Pure henna comes in one color… red. Although henna can be mixed with other natural ingredients to create other natural colors, it cannot lighten your hair. When you see henna that has "color modifications" make sure that it is only mixed with cassia, indigo, or other natural ingredients such as coffee, hibiscus petal powder, amla etc. Otherwise it is possible that the henna is mixed with chemcial hair dyes or even worse metallic salts.
You are best off going with henna specifically for body art because it is chemical free and safe for both skin and hair. Body art quality henna is also finely milled which makes the application to hair as well as rinsing the henna out very easy. You will get the best color results from body art quality henna.
I've tried a few different brands of henna. I have noticed that because henna is a plant, depending on the crop, where it is grown, and how fresh the henna is can all be factors to determine the color of dye release as well as if the henna process is enjoyable. When I first began using henna I started with Karishma henna. Karishma henna is premixed with some amazing Ayurvedic herbs for hair strengthening and conditioning. My new favorite is Nupur 9 henna which has nine Ayurvedic herbs. Next are some brief descriptions of a few body art quality hennas.
Jamila henna sold in a shiny box with the date of the summer crop on the bottom of the box is body art quality henna. This henna gives a rich burgundy color release especially when adding hibiscus petal powder to it. The other Jamilla henna sold in a matte colored box is simply henna for hair without the dramatic color results and not as finely shifted. Jamilla Henna For Hair still provides good conditioning results just not equal color results. "This popular henna from Pakistan yields a wonderfully dark color for both hair and in body art." ~ayurnaturalbeauty.com
Godrej Nupur 9 is my favorite body art quality henna made from 100% pure Rajasthani Henna and containing nine Ayurvedic herbs.
Shikakai – Leaves hair clean & shining
Aloe Vera – Moisturises hair & makes it silky
Methi (Fenugreek) – Conditions, nourishes and revitalizes hair
Bhringraj – Makes hair luxuriant
Amla – Darkens hair colour, adds shine & luster
Neem – Fights scalp infection and prevents dandruff
Hibiscus – Rejuvenates hair, making it silky and shiny
Jatamansi – Prevents graying of hair
Brahmi – Promotes hair growth
Karishma contains "pure henna, amla, shikakai, aritha, bhringraj, and selected herbs as described in century old Indian Vedas. Regular use of Karishma Herbal Henna darkens hair, acts as natural hair conditioner, controls dandruff and prevents hair loss. Due to natural cooling effect of the herbs used it improves eyesight and gives sound sleep. Karishma henna gives a warm red brown color release." ~ayurnaturalbeauty.com
Reshma henna naturally produces a dark brown color with hints of dark red. I found Reshma henna at my local Indian grocer and felt pretty good with the conditioning and color results.
Rajasthani is "100% pure henna, grown in Sojat, Rajasthan, an Indian region thought by many to be the source of the world's best henna…Expect bright copper red hues when used on light hair. Darker hair will experience varying tones from reddish brown to deep coppery tones depending on the usage." ~ayurnaturalbeauty.com
I've only use Rajasthani henna in the Nupur 9, yet believe it will also give amazing results expected from quality BAQ henna.
Dulhan is another great option for hair color and conditioning properties. Dulhan is probably the most reasonably priced henna I've ever seen with a golden coppery red color release. I was suprised how finely milled this henna was for the price. It has more coppery tones than any other henna that I've used.
My Henna Mix
150g Godrej Nupur 9 Henna
1 can of coconut milk
1/4 cup of hemp seed oil or natural oil mix (Optional for extremely dry hair only as the oil will prevent the full amount of henna dye release but not all of it. Adding oil will also add extra conditioning to your henna treatment. You can read an update on this here.)
Preparing Henna
I mix about 100-150 grams of body art quality henna with a full can of coconut milk. Any oil of your choice can be added for more conditioning after the dye has been released from the henna. I allow the henna and coconut milk to sit overnight or for about 8 hours adding 1/4 cup of the oil to the henna before applying to my hair. Using coconut milk with henna creates a thick conditioner consistency for easy application and rinse out. It will not feel heavy or dry hard on your hair.
Applying Henna
I used to cleanse my hair prior to applying henna, yet now I apply henna to dry hair in four sections. This works well for me especially since all of my hair products are 100% natural or literally made in my kitchen. The henna does not have to penetrate silicones or other heavy chemicals. (Detangle your hair before applying henna.)
After applying henna to all of my hair, I cover my hair with a plastic conditioning cap or plastic wrap. (I know that using plastic isn't eco-friendly, but I haven't figured out a more earth friendly solution when using henna. Suggestions please!) I also cover my hair with an old or dark colored stretch fabric and/or an old or dark colored beanie. This increases body heat and better henna penetration into the hair strands.
I leave henna in my hair for 3-6 hours or even overnight for intense color and conditioning. If I plan to keep henna in overnight I make sure to cover my pillow with a towel. Leave henna in for only one hour for conditioning and less color application.
Rinsing Henna
To rinse out henna I simply run my hair under running water in the tub. Henna is unable to dry hard on hair when mixed with coconut milk which makes it extremely easy to wash out. After my hair feels well rinsed I use a conditioner to co-wash hair. At one point I was using the DIY Green Tea Cleansing Hair Rinse with marshmallow root extract to cleanse my hair after henna which also works well. I sometimes leave conditioner in hair for about 10-15 minutes for more conditioning, then rinse again and style as usual.
My latest hair styling methods are a mix of the Curly Girl Method and the Tightly Curly Method. I am still no 'poo just a bit different. You can read more about it here and here.
Henna Use Tips
1. Remember to always use gloves to apply and rinse out. Henna will dye your hands and nails otherwise!
2. You can use cassia, neutral henna, for those who do not want to color their hair, yet desire an amazing conditioning and strengthening treatment. Cassia gives the hair golden highlights over time especially for light colored hair. Even alternate henna and cassia if you like.
3. When the dye has released in henna the top layer of your henna mix will be brown and underneath a nice green color. I doesn't always take up to 8 hours, but that is the average dye release time.
4. If you are using a henna that does not have extra Ayurvedic herbs, you can always add amla or brahmi powder for extra conditioning and hair strengthening.
5. Plain yogurt is another great option if you can't get your hands on coconut milk. I would then use about 16 oz of plain yogurt.
Like I said earlier, I've written about henna for healthy hair on Minimalist Beauty many many times. If you'd like to read more then here's the list of henna related articles to check out!
Happy Hennaing!
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Consensus Report
Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents (2011)Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Transformational Medical Technologies, a component of the Department of Defense, funds the development of medical countermeasures to protect warfighters against potential biothreats such as emerging infectious agents and toxins and future genetically engineered biological weapons. Because these pathogens are potentially lethal or cause debilitating diseases in humans, it is ethically impermissible to test the effectiveness of medical countermeasures on human volunteers. Instead, these products are tested on laboratory animals under a legal mechanism developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, relying solely on animal models for the development of countermeasures to biothreats is challenging. In many cases, qualified animal models that can reasonably predict the efficacy of new products are not available, and developing better animal models can involve years of effort without guaranteed success. In addition, there are difficulties in establishing good alternatives to using laboratory animals for medical countermeasure evaluation prior to human administration. This report evaluates existing and candidate animal models for testing medical countermeasures against biothreats, addresses the process and feasibility of developing new animal models, and evaluates alternatives to the use of animals based on the premise of the Three Rs—refinement, reduction, and replacement of the use of animals in research and testing.
Key Messages
- Currently available animal models are imperfect representations of the human-pathogen interaction with several important limitations, such as methodological differences and a lack of sufficient human data and knowledge of the natural history of diseases of interest. However, at this time animal models remain central to the development of countermeasures against biothreats when testing the efficacy of therapeutics or vaccines would otherwise involve exposing human volunteers or warfighters to a potentially lethal or permanently disabling toxic substance or microorganism.
- Because animal models may be imperfect for a specific need and are expensive to employ (they require large numbers of animals and must be used in secure biocontainment facilities), current models should be reevaluated for their limitations as well as their presumed advantages. For example, methodological differences among similar animal models may result in differences in how well those models accurately mirror the human response to infection or treatment. Consequently, expanded collection and analysis of human clinical data from natural infections could help verify and augment the strengths of available models.
- Developing new animal models for biodefense research cannot adequately resolve in a reasonable time frame the limitations of the currently available ones. It would be more useful for Transformational Medical Technologies to support a more thorough qualification of currently available animal models to advance the predictive capacity of animal-derived data than to create new models.
- In vitro and in silico methods are not yet advanced enough (in part due to the absence of human data) to reliably replace animals in biodefense research on a large scale.
The Committee suggests that Transformational Medical Technologies undertake an analysis of the discovery, development, and approval process for medical countermeasures to identify:
- Scientific gaps in terms of utilizing alternative methods to animal models and how to address them - Specific areas in which use of in vitro and in silico methods could be sufficient, or an adjunct, to the use of animals - Criteria for choosing and utilizing the most suitable technologies to replace animal use in biodefense research in the near future
- Changing the standard practice of animal experimentation where feasible to approximate the clinical course of treatment for humans could provide a more reasonable prediction of the usefulness of countermeasures during the development process.
- Potential advances in knowledge regarding biothreats and medical countermeasures should be weighed against the duration and severity of animal pain and distress.
A comprehensive strategy to improve the gathering and sharing of data from animal models (and their alternatives) would significantly increase the efficiency and productivity of research into bioterrorism countermeasures as well as improve laboratory animal welfare, if it includes:
- Compartmentalization—experiments designed to yield information from components of the animals (organs, cells, and systems) rather than data derived from the whole organism; - The use of systems biology and in vitro or in silico methods; - Systemic collection of, and access to, experimental data; - Publication of negative results; - Enhanced collection and analysis of human data; - Added clinical veterinary care.


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Photo Gallery | Banjo-Rama Comes Alive April 13-15
Each year the Sacramento Banjo Band sponsors an annual banjo music festival known as Banjo-Rama. World class banjo stars are featured as soloists and in ensembles. Eddie Peabody, probably the most famous banjo player ever, performed at the very first Banjo-Rama. In addition to banjo virtuosos, there are several exciting west coast banjo bands. It's quite a musical spectacle that could just as well have been named the banjo Olympics. These musicians are not just plucking chords like grandpa used to do on the back porch! They are genuine pros! Their fingers and hands are sizzling hot, moving faster than the eye can follow, playing everything from classical to popular music. You'll be surprised and delighted at their imaginative arrangements, versatility, and precise execution. Primarily 4-string banjos are played at Banjo-Rama.
Banjo-Rama proceeds are a benefit for charities like the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Banjo-Rama 2011 was the most spectacular event ever! The talent line-up was superb, with the most popular 4-string banjo players from across the nation in attendance, and a surprise appearance by Tommy Smothers, who shared his unique humor with us from the audience.
Be sure to attend this year's Banjo-Rama, and be a part of history in the making.
April 13 - 15, 2012
3 days of Banjo Jams
2 days of Workshops
6 Public Shows:
Red Lion Hotel
1401 Arden Way
Sacramento CA 95815
Special Banjo-Rama Room Rate:
$99/person (+tax)
3-day Registration - $55
1-day Registration - $25
Children 12 and under free
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Includes shows, workshops, vendors, jam sessions 24/7, and more!
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I'm currently working my way through a commissioned series of beakers to be used as gifts for new members of FORM. It's part of a membership drive that has already seen 400 very lovely Marianne Huhn cups go out to lucky new members (including me). Like many of our organisations advocating for craft/design/creativity in this country, FORM play a really important and crucial role in supporting artists and fostering awareness and creativity in the community. I've received a lot of support from these organisations over the years, for which I am eternally grateful. Not sure if I would have been able to steer my way through the sometimes overwhelming journey from wide eyed student to a professional practice without them.
I was a little daunted by this commission at first. I start going a bit loopy repeating the same process over and over again and would never cut it as a production potter. But it has actually proven to be quite a relaxing and enjoyable process so far. I set myself up at my work table with everything laid out, make a nice cup of tea and a few snacks to keep me going, turn on Radio National and away I go. Pour wipe polish paint cut paste stick pour wipe polish paint cut paste stick. Its nice to just focus on the one thing for a change, instead of flying around trying to do ten things at once, which is how it usually is in my studio these days.
So now, not only do you get all the information, invitations, publications and benefits of being a member of FORM, you'll also receive a little ole Mel Robson beaker too. Now if that's not a reason to join, then I don't know what is….!
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In Reply to: Falling off the face of the earth posted by RRC on October 02, 2008 at 05:37:
: : : : What is the origin and meaning of the phrase "falling off the face of the earth"?
: : : A guess. Some people used to think the world was flat, a plane, and that a ship could literally sail to the edge and fall off. (
: : : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth ) So the phrase is used when someone hasn't been seen for a while -- has dropped out of sight.
: : That's a bit of a myth. No one has ever (a few of the the very strange 'Flat Earth Society' members aside)really believed the earth is flat. In the 4th Century BC Aristotle was drawing the earth as a sphere for example.
: : And anyone who has ever been on a ship would know that the world is not flat.
: It is a myth that all people in the Middle Ages believed the Earth was flat, but "no one" and "ever" is an incredible overstatement.
Of course it is!


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The Cars are ready to roll once again.
The New Wave band has reunited for a new album--their first in 23 years--Billboard.com reported. It will feature four of the five original members--singer/guitarist Ric Ocasek, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, guitarist Elliot Easton and drummer Dave Robinson. (Bassist-singer Benjamin Orr died of cancer in 2000).
Ocasek, the band's main songwriter, had long resisted doing a reunion. Confirmation of the group recording again came from engineer Paul Orifino on the Pro Sound online message board, followed by a Facebook photo of the band members in the studio from July.
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Most recently posted on the group's Facebook page was a fragment of a new song called "Blue Tip."
Billboard also reported that there is a possibility the Cars may tour according to sources, but no dates have been confirmed.
The Cars emerged on the music scene beginning with their classic 1978 debut album. They had a string of hits into the mid''80s such as "My Best Friend's Girl," "Just What I Needed," "Good Times Roll," "Shake It Up," "Drive," "You Might Think," and "Magic." The group broke up after 1987's "Door to Door" album.
Since the split, Ocasek went on to become a solo artist as well as a producer for such bands as Weezer and Nada Surf. He did not participate in the The New Cars, which featured Hawkes and Easton.
Selected Reading: Billboard.com


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My friend and I were talking in class and we began to ponder what would everything be like after death.
He proposed this question: "Do you remember what it was like before you were born"
"Obviously not" I said
"That's what it is going to be like after death"
I have a theory that you are in a hazy, dream like state after you die.
What are your thoughts?
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I think that when you die, there is nothing. You don't feel, you don't hear, you don't see, you don't smell, and you certainly don't think. Death is your brain and body ceasing to function. What is death like for a squirrel? Or a fish? And why would/should it be any different for us? The fact that some of us think we are a special species does not make us one.
We die. That is all.
Funny, when I was a christian, I used to think that animals went to heaven too. When I was "corrected" about this, I began to wonder what made us feel so special from the rest of creation to say that humans got to have a soul but animals didn't.
Among many other things, that's one of the ideas that made me the atheist
I am today.
Its kind of like next July. You simply have to not think about it, its irrelevant. Its gonna come eventually but there is nothing you can do about it.
I'm interested in the process of brain death and the possible idea of some sort of relative lucid death dream (since a dream lasts around 3 seconds synaptically but in your head seems to last for hours.. There is evidence of it kinda I guess with near death experiences) But after the synapses drain.. I would guess that would be lights out... The last great experiment right?
what do I think there is after death? Not a damned thing (yes, pun intended)
I would agree with your friend. It is like before you were born.
Well, best case scenario, in my own opinion, is that you get reincarnated an keep on living as someone or something else...worst case? You A: Burn in some horrible Hell for all Eternity, or B) Stop exiting. You won't care whether or not you're still there.
We can come up with all sort of scenarios of what happens after death, assuming that something happens at all. It's a nice thought experiment, but until there's any proof, it's just speculation, so anything goes... that is, as long as we don't start killing each other about who's right about it.
Me, I still haven't made up my mind. Perhaps those final seconds our brain is active become an eternity inside our minds, until we finally come to terms with our current state and decide to switch off, or perhaps something else happens.
"What do you think there is after death?"
If you by death mean "end of life" then there will obviously be no more life. You have to survive your own death!
If by life you mean "the physical entity that is 'I' " then obviously there will be no more life after the end of "the physical entity that is 'I' ".
If, on the other hand, you by 'I' mean a dualistic view and that 'I' is a separate immaterial part in the physical entity then we have to solve the Cartesian Mind Body problem.
But to hold it simple.
What if…
In a very near future we have solved the problem with body parts and donor organs with stem cells – we grow new parts and organs. And just for the fun of it, let's take a future Darwin Award nominee and save him after the "Big Crash" and we replace all his damaged organs and limbs and … you know – Everything! Except the brain that caused him all his problem and now for his final act!
He heard about ECT (electro convulsion therapy) and in his last wisdom wondered if a reboot would help him from not being a future candidate for the Darwin's Award.
Luckily, we now have an empty physical entity that will take you out of your total paralyzed state, by transferring your brains content to the Darwin nominee.
When you once again are shovelling pizza in your face, think about this – am 'I' (your soul) in your old body or in your new?
Did your soul become "a hazy, dream like state" because your old body "died" or is it "clear, and awake" in your "new physical entity".
For you? You're gone. Completely.
Don't try to "understand" death, because we understand things in light of our experiences.
But death isn't an experience. DYING is an experience for all who aren't killed instantaneously. There is no experience after death because there is nothing going on after death to have an experience.
The closest we can get is to experience the dying of others, noticing that when they are gone, they are completely gone, except for the after effects of their life, by which I mean the good and bad they caused, their children, and so on.
But death is the end of the universe...for you.
In my view, there is no 'after death' in a phenomenal sense unless you include the process of dying in the definition. After all, there is no centre in the brain, no Cartesian Theatre, as it were. Therefore, there is no self to remain after life has run out of the last cell – particularly the brain – in your body.
Do I know for sure? No. Do I fear death as the end of life? No. On the contrary, I hope so. I do not want to live for ever.


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IPI – our vision is to be the world's first choice inflatable packer company.
- With a focus on innovation, quality and customer satisfaction, IPI inflatable packer technology serves conventional and unconventional oil and gas, mining, geothermal, water resources and geotechnical exploration. More recently packers can now operate to 150 OC and 15,000 psi (not concurrent) and the "envelope" is still being pushed outwards.
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Over the years, when I would hear about a hair oil or see a recipe for one, the association was usually with a hair treatment oil that would be used for a deep conditioning application for dry or damaged hair. This kind of hair oil treatment can be a great benefit to hair, because the oils penetrate and revitalize extra dry locks to great effect. Because my hair is on the oily side to begin with, I knew that a hair oil treatment of this kind is not something I would necessarily need. Plenty of lubrication there! I prefer using herbal hair rinses to reduce oil production and increase lustre and shine.
That said, when perusing Colleen Dodt's Essential Oils Book a few years ago, I came across what was, for me, a novel concept. Dodt advocated the use of a blend of fragrant essential oils in a carrier oil base that are put in a dropper bottle, applied to a wooden comb, rubbed into the wood, and then combed into the hair.
The result? Hair that smells really, really beautifully — delicately scented, aromatic, and provides a halo of natural fragrance wherever you go. She likes to use it to banish smoke when leaving a smokey environment and carries a tiny bottle in her purse at all times. I just love the concept and often apply it to dry hair in the morning or evening before going out. My hair is actually on the oilier side, and this kind of application needn't aggravate oily hair at all. You are basically just –very lightly — applying a nourishing hair conditioner that contains essential oils actually beneficial to the hair itself. There are definitely hair oil treatments that can be applied for deep conditioning for drier hair types, but this fragrant application does not fit into that category.
Aromatic Hair Care Oil
Start with 1/2 oz. of base carrier oil, such as jojoba oil. Be sure to use only pure essential oils, not synthetic fragrance oils. You can add to a comb or brush as described below and comb into dry hair OR you can add a few drops to your scalp, especially if you have a dry scalp, when hair is wet and allow essential oils to add conditioning fragrance to your hair as it dries.
Try any of the following blends, as your needs dictate:
Soothing Scalp Refreshment Blend: 2 drops rosemary, 2 drops lavender, 2 drops clary sage, 2 drops jasmine absolute
Fragrant Garden Blend: 2 drops lavender, 2 drops rose geranium, 2 drops ylang ylang, 2 drops patchouli
Conditioning Blend: 2 drops Roman chamomile, 2 drops lavender, 2 drops sandalwood, 1 drop jasmine absolute
Earth Blend: 2 drops rose absolute, 2 drops patchouli, 2 drops sandalwood, 2 drops lavender
Healing Scalp (anti-dandruff) Blend: 2 drops cedarwood, 2 drops lavender, 2 drops rosemary, 2 drops tea tree.
1. Fill a 1/2 oz. dark glass dropper bottle with the carrier oil and essential oils.
2. Add 2-3 drops of hair care oils directly onto a hair brush or comb before using. If you have a wooden comb, the oil can be rubbed directly onto the comb. The oil conditions the hair as you brush or comb.
REF: Colleen K. Dodt, The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body, MA: Storey Publishing, 1996.


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The paint brush is an essential and iconic tool of any artist. Painting is a truly ancient method of creating, reproducing, and sharing artistic ideas and expressions that are even more varied and innumerable than artists themselves. It takes a truly versatile tool to explore the breadth of potential within the art of painting; through the millennia, paint brushes have proven more than equal to the task!
Paint brushes are brushes used to apply paint or ink onto a surface, such as such as paper, canvas, wood, or nearly anything else. Paint brushes are made by attaching natural or synthetic bristles to a handle by clamping them on with a piece of metal called a ferule.
Yes, it's as simple as it sounds! Paint brushes consist of just three basic parts: the head, the ferrule, and the handle.
There are all sorts of different kinds of paint brushes, and each different kind has a different handle, ferrule, and bristles. The size and shape of even the most common types of paint brushes vary from one manufacturer to another, but there are certain consistencies common to them all. For example, short handled paint brushes are generally favored for painting in ink or watercolors, while long handled paint brushes are traditional for working with oils and acrylics.
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Brushes come in a wide variety of sizes, from huge wash brushes to extra-small detail brushes. But rather than list length and width, most brushes simply have a single number printed on their handles. This number is a general indicator of the brush's size.
Sizes usually start at 0 and range up to as high as 30. Extra-small brushes are represented by multiples of 0 (which can be listed as 00, 000, 0000 or 2/0, 3/0, 4/0, etc.). The more zeroes there are, the smaller the brush is. The most common brush sizes are 3/0, 2/0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, and 20.
Maddeningly enough for artists, brush number sizes are not universal. In fact, there can be quite a bit of variation from manufacturer to manufacturer. It's a good idea for artists to consider brush numbering as more of an ordering system than a set-in-stone identifier of a brush's physical dimensions.
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Once you've picked out the proper-sized paint brush head that you want, though, there's still the matter of handle length. Brushes can be either "long handled" or "short handled." Once again, there is no universal standard for handle length, and the length can change according to the size of the brush. Long handled brushes, though, usually tend to be around 9 in. or longer, while short handled brushes are generally 6 in. or shorter.
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The variety doesn't end there! In addition to the variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes in which paint brushes are available, there are quite a number of different kinds of bristles to choose from. Typically, paint brushes are made using bristles of either natural hair or synthetic hair.
What are the benefits of using natural hair paint brushes?
Natural hair has an outer casing known as a cuticle that is covered in scales and helps the bristles retain moisture. Natural animal hair also has a hollow tube within each filament known as a medulla that allows the hair to absorb moisture. These features make natural hair much more absorbent than synthetic hair, which means that natural hair will always hold more color than its man-made counterpart. Natural hair paint brushes are also wear resistant and work well when used in any medium.
What are the benefits of using synthetic hair paint brushes?
Synthetic hair paint brushes are less prone than natural hair paint brushes to being damaged by solvents, insects, and harsh paint. Synthetic hair bristles are easier to clean because they lack the ultra-absorbent qualities of natural bristles. Synthetic brushes are also far more durable, making them longer-lasting and better suited than natural brushes to use with acrylics due to their resiliency to the paint's caustic effects.
There are a few tips artists might follow in order to increase the lasting usefulness of their paint brushes:
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Bright—The bright brush is basically the same as a flat but with shorter bristles. The short, flat head of the bright makes it ideally suited for applying broad strokes with a controlled edge.
Flat—With its flat body and square edge, the flat is the perfect brush for applying large amounts of color both quickly and evenly.
Round—Just as its name implies, this brush has a round head. Its hairs usually taper to a fine point at the end. The round is suited for precise strokes and detail work.
Filbert— The filbert has a flat body with a domed edge. Extremely versatile, the filbert can be used as a flat to make broad strokes or as a round for more detailed work.
Liner—The liner brush has a round, slender head with long hairs. The thin tip makes it perfect for applying minute detail, while the long body allows it to deliver color continuously when painting long lines. This brush type is also called a "rigger" as it is commonly used to paint the rigging on ships.
Mop—Large and flat, the mop has an oval or rounded edge. The mop is useful for delicately washing a surface and for blending large amounts of color.
Fan—This brush is easy to spot because of its distinctive fan shaped head. The fan is designed for blending color and softening edges. They're also good for creating feathery strokes when painting objects like clouds, leaves, and grass.
Wash—The wash brush is an extra-large flat. It is primarily used for "washing" paper with water when painting with watercolors, or for laying down large amounts of color.
Egbert—The Egbert has a flat ferrule and long, springy hairs that can carry more color than a filbert. It's great for blending and figurative work.
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Florida Baseball and The San Juan Rays
Thursday November 15th, 2012
Alex Mednick (Baseball Writer and Analyst)
Last week Jonathan Hacohen, the founder of MLBReports.com called to my attention that the Tampa Bay Rays are an anomaly. Ultimately, if you look at the way their team is structured and where their talent lays, and the kind of game that Joe Maddon manages the Rays are ultimately a National League team; displaced in the AL East. The Rays greatest strength is their depth of pitching that they can reach into the bowels of an amazing farm system ripe with young talent. But from there on out, they rely on an offense that generates runs due to other inefficiencies.
With B.J. Upton leaving town, and Carlos Pena only a carcass of what he once was, there is ultimately zero power left in their lineup. Their DH for the past two years have been the likes of an aging Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, and Luke Scott. Ownership is constantly complaining about attendance and looking for bargain free agents like Johnny Damon to bring in at the end of their careers and hopefully attract some Yankees and Red Sox fans to the stadium.
At this point, the Rays power hitters are Evan Longoria, Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist. They have an amazing nucleus of pitching talent, including David Price who just won the AL Cy Young, and they are mentioning trading almost all of their starting pitchers. This is understandable, as you have to dish out talent to bring back offensive talent that they are in great need of. But I still have major gripes with the way owner Stuart Sternberg has approached the past 4 seasons in St. Petersburg, and I will get into more detail about this in a little while. Read the rest of this entry


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'Phoenix' Is Now The #1 Kindle Single On Amazon!
Chuck Palahniuk's newest creation is not a novel. It's a short story called 'Phoenix' that he wrote for the Kindle Single program on Amazon. And in a little over two weeks, it's already climbed into the #1 spot in these three categories:
- #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Singles > Fiction
- #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories
- #1 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Short Stories > Single Author
That's called a clean sweep, folks!
If you haven't read this amazong short story yet, I'd recommend going in blind. I can tell you that it's dark, funny, sad, smart and haunting. I honestly think it could be the best short story Chuck has ever written.
The story is only about 20 pages and costs 99 cents on Amazon.com. So rather than paste a description of the story here, just take twenty minutes and go read it now.
Get it from Amazon directly here.
Get it from Amazon UK and Canada here.
Get it for the Nook here.
And read an excerpt from the story from Byline here.
Chuck is also doing a series of craft essays about the making of the story. Then at the end of each essay, he's answering fan questions.
Read essay 1: 'Suddenly, Last Christmas'
Read essay 2: 'Playing With Time'
If you have questions for Chuck about 'Phoenix,' email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The ARRA, which was designed to help support our nation's economy during the current severe recession, requires that the SEP funding be used to advance the state's clean energy goals, including renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. It also requires that funds be used to supplement rather than replace existing funding.
New Jersey's application for SEP funding was crafted to advance the goals outlined in the Governor Energy Master Plan. It also was designed to fund projects that could quickly be implemented so as to immediately create jobs for New Jersey residents. The Commissioners of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities unanimously approved this grant solicitation at the July 1st Board Agenda Meeting.
"President Obama and I share the same energy goals," said Governor Corzine. "We want to put our people to work in a new, green economy that provides energy security for our country and reduces the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. The projects we fund under this grant program will help us achieve all these goals while reducing energy costs at public facilities."
Projects eligible for funding are required to use innovative renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies or innovative applications for renewable energy or energy efficiency projects. Technologies eligible under the grant program include wind, solar, hydro and geothermal energy; biofuels; and energy storage applications that are used to reduce the intermittency of renewable energy technologies. Projects also will be evaluated based on the amount of energy created or saved and the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that result from the project.
"Governor Corzine's commitment to a progressive energy policy has given New Jersey a head start in putting these federal stimulus funds, and our people, to work," said Jeanne M. Fox, President of the BPU. "His Energy Master Plan has put our state on a path toward environmentally-sound economic growth and energy security for the foreseeable future."
Applications for grant funding are due to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) by 5 p.m. on August 7, 2009. Applications and further information about the program are available on the BPU web site at www.nj.gov/bpu.
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Open new worlds as an international student
The University of Pennsylvania is home to the largest number of international students in the Ivy League. Our vibrant community of international visitors—composing 11 percent of the student body—is a vital part of Penn's identity, and we highly value the gifts of perspective and experience contributed by our students from abroad. We welcome and support international students with a wide range of language resources and services to ensure our guests experience a smooth transition into life at the university. Find out more about the support that Penn's International Student and Scholar Services team provides.
Penn also offers you an ideal entry point to American culture. We are located in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the American Revolution and home to some of the nation's top cultural, athletic, dining and shopping destinations. As a key transportation hub for the Northeast, Philadelphia is also an excellent starting point for your exploration of other major American cities: We're only two hours from New York City, three hours from Washington, D.C., and five hours from Boston.
Penn's College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS) offers courses for international students designed to expand your intellectual horizons and rapidly advance your English language skills as needed. You will earn college credits that can be transferred to other universities and receive an official transcript from the University of Pennsylvania.
International Guest Student Program
Highly qualified international undergraduate students can pursue credit-bearing coursework at Penn through the International Guest Student Program. As an International Guest Student, you have access to academic support and courses of your choice across the School of Arts and Sciences. For more details, visit the International Guest Student Program page.
Penn Summer Global Institute
International undergraduates can consider the Penn Summer Global Institute, a six-week, comprehensive academic experience for top undergraduates from around the world with high English proficiency. Please visit the Penn Summer Global Institute website for more information.
Programs for international professionals
International professionals may apply to our master's degree programs and receive a graduate degree from Penn upon successful completion. The College of Liberal and Professional Studies, the English Language Programs and other departments at Penn will assist potential international applicants to our master's programs with questions regarding the application process, visas and school transfers.


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Here's what they have to say on Dayan Viciedo:
What needs to improve: A little bit of everything. So far in his professional career, Viciedo has been unable to hit the breaking ball with any sense of consistency, leading to frequent strike outs. His defense was also put into serious question, after committing 30 errors at the hot corner in 284 chances.