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At Risk Eurozone Sovereign Credit RatingsWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Philosophy: Fascism
Moody's says Eurozone crisis conditions place all member state credit ratings at risk.
It warned 87 European banks to expect downgrades. Moreover, Fitch revised America's debt outlook to negative. Nonetheless, its AAA rating is unchanged. For how long is another issue.
At the same time, Italy's La Stampa said IMF intervention will rescue the country. No source was given, and Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy's Financial Times, didn't report it. It makes the claim all the more suspect.
IMF's funding capacity gives it $387 billion to contribute. It can also raise another $250 billion from willing contributor countries and has other tools.
At issue is will IMF use all its firepower for Italy? Will member states lend it more? Will bilateral loans be sought from countries like China, and/or will the European Central Bank (ECB) supply additional funding?
Two Financial Times articles appealed to Germany to save Europe and Italians to be patriotic and buy debt.
Imagine asking Italian workers to rescue the country that sold them out. Imagine asking Germany's $3.5 trillion economy to rescue other Eurozone ones with a combined $9 trillion GDP.
It's high time solutions accepted reality. Europe's monetary union failed. Combining 17 dissimilar economies under one system was doomed from day one. It was just a matter of time and circumstances. They've now arrived.
The main issue is will anything do more than buy time? Adding more debt compounds today's crisis. Rising sovereign debt bond yields say so. So do credit rating cuts on Portugal, Belgium and Hungary with more coming.
Talk is increasing about the troubled Eurozone dissolving. UK financial regulator Andrew Bailey believes it's "within the realm of contingency planning."
Others say breaking up is an idea whose time has come. It's hard to do, but bad unions are worse. Doomsday scenarios are mentioned, including separating strong countries from weaker ones. Historically, monetary and fiscal union succeeded only in America.
Other troubled countries include Japan. It's coping with a staggering 200% debt/GDP ratio, far greater than EU economies or America. Even China's looking less rock solid. Its industrial sector contracted and export volume slowed to single-digit volume.
Contagion is spreading everywhere. It hit Greece two years ago, then Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy.
Spain's economy is double the size of Greece, Ireland and Portugal combined. It's mortgage, commercial loans, and other debt can bankrupt Europe. Its impact would affect nations globally. It's running out of time. It's heading rapidly for default.
Its unemployment rate is 23%. Around half of all youths can't find work. A million or more people may lose homes, the equivalent of seven million in America. Its income inequality is the highest since the EU's Eurostat (its official statistics agency) began analyzing income distribution in 1995.
Following the fall 2007 crisis, its PSOE government clashed salaries up to 15%, attacked pensions, cut child benefits, introduced destructive labor reforms, and ended banning employing contracted temp workers indefinitely.
Expect Spain's new right-wing Popular Party (PP) to pass stiffer austerity measures. As a result, anger may explode more than already. Spain's a power keg. New Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wants all Spaniards working together. Punished workers may take another route.
Unemployment, homelessness, strikes and mass protests are increasing. Bond investors want no part of Spanish debt. It's priced nearly 5% above equivalent German bonds. It's nearly fourfold the 2008 peak level and beyond what triggered Greece's collapse.
Moreover, in one month, Spain's 3-month sovereign yields doubled to over 5%. Its new government won't fare better than previous ones. Names and faces may change, but problems remain and grow. If Spain defaults, it's too big to save. So is Italy, and, of course, America dwarfs them all if it falls.
Everywhere, especially in troubled sovereigns, governments spend all their resources. They're borrowing all they can get internally and abroad. Push is rapidly reaching shove. A day of reckoning too onerous to manage approaches.
Funding holes for European banks are deepening. The Financial Times said they managed to roll over just $413 billion of the $654 billion due this year. As a result, they've got a huge $241 billion funding gap. In 2012, $720 billion in debt comes due.
Europe's banking sector deleveraging problem grows greater than they're able to handle. The FT says disposal assets on their balance sheets total $3.3 trillion in the next few years. Who has pockets deep enough to absorb it?
America's in greater trouble than people realize because of extreme speculative excess. Toxic derivatives impose crushing burdens. The Comptroller of the Currency estimates banks held $176 trillion of them at the height of the 2008 debt crisis. Today, US banks hold $249 trillion, 41% more.
Moreover, America's crushing federal debt exceeds 118% of GDP. Add unfunded liabilities and it's over $120 trillion. Totals rise despite imposed deficit reduction measures and proposed new ones. Over $1 trillion added annually compounds an already unmanageable burden.
Expect international creditors to balk. Borrowing will get tougher. Economic decline will follow. A burgeoning new debt crisis will dwarf 2008. Its effects will spread globally.
Progressive Radio News Hour regular Bob Chapman believes "Europe still does not have a longer-term structural solution to its debt crisis and none is in the offing."
The Eurozone's crisis is undermining the entire continent. It has global effects. Worse yet, he learned, "the Bundesbank usually holds back bonds for market making operations." It only sold about half its latest issue. "If the crisis continues to deepen, Germany and the other eurozone nations will have to reexamine where they are headed."
Eurozone 10-year debt costs close to 7%, the highest level since the euro's creation. The 2% spread between France and Germany's unprecedented. Bond markets can't function without ECB help. Sovereign government debt is unmanageable. Increasing it makes it worse.
Italy's largest bank, Unibank, has $51 billion to refinance. Its bond yields now yield over 10%. Only the ECB can bail them out like the Fed does for Wall Street.
Besides what Eurozone countries have to refinance next year, banks have to roll $720 billion of their own at high rates. Moreover, troubled sovereigns need around $6 trillion to avoid default. Solvent countries can't provide it without going broke. Neither can the Fed, ECB or IMF.
Capital flight is also an issue. In 2011, Greek banks lost 20% of their deposits. Will Italian and Spanish ones be next? Smart money says so. World leaders grope for solutions. Good ones aren't being chosen "The situation is unsustainable," says Chapman.
If troubled Eurozone sovereigns default, or just Italy and/or Spain, "US banks cannot possibly stay solvent." Knock-on contagion will crush them. All 27 EU nations are at risk. So are others globally. "This as we predicted has no solution."
Weaker states will be cut loose. The euro will be phased out. Article 123 of the EU Treaty prohibiting ECB financing is illegal. Sticking with treaty provisions assures collapse. Germany won't abandon the system. Instead, they'll drop weaker states and hope others hold together.
Worsening conditions assure damned if you do or don't outcomes. Ordinary people will be hurt most, including in stronger nations like Germany. End game trouble's approaching at a faster clip.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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DR. Flint had not given me up. Every now and then he would say to my grandmother that I would yet come back, and voluntarily surrender myself; and that when I did, I could be purchased by my relatives, or any one who wished to buy me. I knew his cunning nature too well not to percieve [sic] that this was a trap laid for me; and so all my friends understood it. I resolved to match my cunning against his cunning. In order to make him believe that I was in New York, I resolved to write him a letter dated from that place. I sent for my friend Peter, and asked him if he knew any trustworthy seafaring person, who would carry such a letter to New York, and put it in the post office there. He said he knew one that he would trust with his own life to the ends of the world. I reminded him that it was a hazardous thing for him to undertake. He said he knew it, but he was willing to do any thing to help me. I expressed a wish for a New York paper, to ascertain the names of some of the streets. He run his hand into his pocket, and said, "Here is half a one, that was round a cap I bought of a pedler yesterday." I told him the letter would be ready the next evening. He bade me good by, adding, "Keep up your spirits, Linda; brighter days will come by and by. "
My uncle Phillip kept watch over the gate until our brief interview was over. Early the next morning, I seated myself near the little aperture to examine the newspaper. It was a piece of the New York Herald; and, for once, the paper that systematically abuses the colored people, was made to render them a service. Having obtained what information I wanted concerning streets and numbers, I wrote two letters, one to my grandmother, the other to Dr. Flint. I reminded him how he, a gray-headed man, had treated a helpless child, who had been placed in his power, and what years of misery he had brought upon her. To my grandmother, I expressed a wish to have my children sent to me at the north, where I could teach them to respect themselves, and set them a virtuous example; which a slave mother was not allowed to do at the south. I asked her to direct her answer to a certain street in Boston, as I did not live in New York, though I went there sometimes. I dated these letters ahead, to allow for the time it would take to carry them, and sent a memorandum of the date to the messenger. When my friend came for the letters, I said, "God bless and reward you, Peter, for this disinterested kindness. Pray be careful. If you are detected, both you and I will have to suffer dreadfully. I have not a relative who would dare to do it for me." He replied, "You may trust to me, Linda. I don't forget that your father was my best friend, and I will be a friend to his children so long as God lets me live."
It was necessary to tell my grandmother what I had done, in order that she might be ready for the letter, and prepared to hear what Dr. Flint might say about my being at the north. She was sadly troubled. She felt sure mischief would come of it. I also told my plan to aunt Nancy, in order that she might report to us what was said at Dr. Flint's house. I whispered it to her through a crack, and she whispered back, "I hope it will succeed. I shan't mind being a slave all my life, if I can only see you and the children free."
I had directed that my letters should be put into the New York post office on the 20th of the month. On the evening of the 24th my aunt came to say that Dr. Flint and his wife had been talking in a low voice about a letter he had received, and that when he went to his office he promised to bring it when he came to tea. So I concluded I should hear my letter read the next morning. I told my grandmother Dr. Flint would be sure to come, and asked her to have him sit near a certain door, and leave it open, that I might hear what he said. The next morning I took my station within sound of that door, and remained motionless as a statue. It was not long before I heard the gate slam, and the well-known footsteps enter the house. He seated himself in the chair that was placed for him, and said, "Well, Martha, I've brought you a letter from Linda. She has sent me a letter, also. I know exactly where to find her; but I don't choose to go to Boston for her. I had rather she would come back of her own accord, in a respectable manner. Her uncle Phillip is the best person to go for her. With him, she would feel perfectly free to act. I am willing to pay his expenses going and returning. She shall be sold to her friends. Her children are free; at least I suppose they are; and when you obtain her freedom, you'll make a happy family. I suppose, Martha, you have no objection to my reading to you the letter Linda has written to you."
He broke the seal, and I heard him read it. The old villain! He had suppressed the letter I wrote to grandmother, and prepared a substitute of his own, the purport of which was as follows:--
As he stepped out on the piazza, he stumbled over my little girl. "Ah, Ellen, is that you?" he said, in his most gracious manner. "I didn't see you. How do you do?"
"Pretty well, sir," she replied. "I heard you tell grandmother that my mother is coming home. I want to see her."
"Yes, Ellen, I am going to bring her home very soon," rejoined he; "and you shall see her as much as you like, you little curly-headed nigger."
This was as good as a comedy to me, who had heard it all; but grandmother was frightened and distressed, because the doctor wanted my uncle to go for me.
The next evening Dr. Flint called to talk the matter over. My uncle told him that from what he had heard of Massachusetts, he judged he should be mobbed if he went there after a runaway slave. "All stuff and nonsense, Phillip!" replied the doctor. "Do you suppose I want you to kick up a row in Boston? The business can all be done quietly. Linda writes that she wants to come back. You are her relative, and she would trust you. The case would be different if I went. She might object to coming with me; and the damned abolitionists, if they knew I was her master, would not believe me, if I told them she had begged to go back. They would get up a row; and I should not like to see Linda dragged through the streets like a common negro. She has been very ungrateful to me for all my kindness; but I forgive her, and want to act the part of a friend towards her. I have no wish to hold her as my slave. Her friends can buy her as soon as she arrives here."
Finding that his arguments failed to convince my uncle, the doctor "let the cat out of the bag," by saying that he had written to the mayor of Boston, to ascertain whether there was a person of my description at the street and number from which my letter was dated. He had omitted this date in the letter he had made up to read to my grandmother. If I had dated from New York, the old man would probably have made another journey to that city. But even in that dark region, where knowledge is so carefully excluded from the slave, I had heard enough about Massachusetts to come to the conclusion that slaveholders did not consider it a comfortable place to go to in search of a runaway. That was before the Fugitive Slave Law was passed; before Massachusetts had consented to become a "nigger hunter" for the south.
My grandmother, who had become skittish by seeing her family always in danger, came to me with a very distressed countenance, and said, "What will you do if the mayor of Boston sends him word that you haven't been there? Then he will suspect the letter was a trick; and maybe he'll find out something about it, and we shall all get into trouble. O Linda, I wish you had never sent the letters."
"Don't worry yourself, grandmother," said I. "The mayor of Boston won't trouble himself to hunt niggers for Dr. Flint. The letters will do good in the end. I shall get out of this dark hole some time or other."
"I hope you will, child," replied the good, patient old friend. "You have been here a long time; almost five years; but whenever you do go, it will break your old grandmother's heart. I should be expecting every day to hear that you were brought back in irons and put in jail God help you, poor child! Let us be thankful that some time or other we shall go "where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. " My heart responded, Amen.
The fact that Dr. Flint had written to the mayor of Boston convinced me that he believed my letter to be genuine, and of course that he had no suspicion of my being any where in the vicinity. It was a great object to keep up this delusion, for it made me and my friends feel less anxious, and it would be very convenient whenever there was a chance to escape. I resolved, therefore, to continue to write letters from the north from time to time.
Two or three weeks passed, and as no news came from the mayor of Boston, grandmother began to listen to my entreaty to be allowed to leave my cell, sometimes, and exercise my limbs to prevent my becoming a cripple. I was allowed to slip down into the small storeroom, early in the morning, and remain there a little while. The room was all filled up with barrels, except a small open space under my trap-door. This faced the door, the upper part of which was of glass, and purposely left uncurtained, that the curious might look in. The air of this palce [place] was close; but it was so much better than the atmosphere of my cell, that I dreaded to return. I came down as soon as it was light, and remained till eight o'clock, when people began to be about, and there was danger that some one might come on the piazza. I had tried various applications to bring warmth and feeling into my limbs, but without avail. They were so numb and stiff that it was a painful effort to move; and had my enemies come upon me during the first mornings I tried to exercise them a little in the small unoccupied space of the storeroom, it would have been impossible for me to have escaped.


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Vujadin Radovanivic graduated from Belgrade University in architecture. He published cartoons in the magazine Yu Strip between 1982 and 1989. He was joint winner of the first prize in a script-writing contest for the Sarajevo Television in 1986. A year later, he published in Happy Metal. He made his album debut in 1990 with 'Les Maîtres du Temps Oublié' for the French comics market. A second album followed in 2000. He drew the episode 'La Paresse' in the 'Pandora Box' series of the publishing house Dupuis. From 2001, his work is present in the magazine BAGER. Radovanivic is also active in industrial design, illustration, advertising and animation, and started his own architecture business in 2002.
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1: Make a chain that is approximately 25cm / 10" long, join with slip stitch into one corner of a triangle
2: Then chain 4, slip stitch into the space between the two groups of 3dc, chain 4, slip stitch into the space, continue in this manner until you get to the corner.
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The girls are 10-6, the boys are 5-11
It was a long night in Andale on Friday for both Crusader basketball squads.
Girls lose by 29
The Lady-Crusaders couldn't hang with Andale on Feb. 8, the same team that handed WHS its second loss of the season in December, handed the girls their sixth loss on Friday.
Wellington was able to keep it close in the first quarter, only down by three at the start of the second.
That's when Andale's offense awoke and put up 16 points to go up 25-11 at the break. Their tear would continue in the third quarter, AHS was one point shy of doubling their point production from the first half. Wellington did double its point production but the gap wasn't narrowed. It was 49-22 to start the fourth.
Andale would go on to the 60-31 victory, knocking Wellington to 10-6 on the season.
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Kailey Jenkins 10Jaedyn Ledesma 8Savannah Cornejo 5
Boys fall to 5-11
It might not have been the Super Bowl, but two brothers coached against each other in a basketball game at Andale on Feb. 8. The brother that coaches the Crusaders didn't come away with any bragging rights.
Wellington lost 64-47 to AHS on Friday.
Eight WHS players made it on to the scorers sheet, leading the team was Trevor Nance, sophomore, with 19 points.
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Did you even BOTHER to read? or does anything that disagrees with your "religion" automatically have you stick your fingers in your ears? Does a RH dev with 10 years exp on the job not count to you? if not then who does, only St iGNUcious?
Whether you like it or not reality is reality, and things aren't getting better. they are getting prettier, but not better. Don't take my word for it, take the Pepsi challenge. We'll take any normal release of Linux from the same month that Vista was RTMed, which I'll choose Vista because its supposed to be the worst MSFT OS since WinME, we'll install it and the Linux that was released the same month, again your choice, make sure all the drivers are working then upgrade both to current.
I'll be happy to tell you what will happen, because I've done this challenge several times. The Vista install will work perfectly, all the drivers and software functional even after 2 service packs and thousands of patches, while the Linux WILL BE BROKEN. Your DE will be flaky, if the GPU drivers work at all, your sound will be toast just as De Icaza said, and WiFi? Bwa ha ha ha, that won't have a snowball's chance in hell.
Now if you think such Mickey Mouse amateur hour "performance" is acceptable, well good for you, but the rest of us left that kind of crud behind with Win9X. I'm selling systems every single day and I need an OS that WORKS, not a hobbyist toy, and the sad part is thanks to the devs constant fiddling with the guts that is EXACTLY what you have, a toy. You are more likely to win the powerball than win my challenge friend, and that is just sad.
Hardware support is still a huge problem under Linux. OTOH I know of only one driver (nouveau) that breaks regularly, and it's experimental and contraindicated for general use. Based on my own experience, I don't think the Linux kernel is as unstable as you say.
OTOH, user space stuff breaks all the damn time, so I get where you're coming from. I frankly find Linux OSes more convenient than other OSes, but I can't deny that the desktop stack is a huge hackjob.


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By George C. Rable
On Dec. 13, 1862, the Union's Army of the Potomac and the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia fought a titanic battle at Fredericksburg, Va. There were over 18,000 casualties in what appeared to be a stinging defeat for the Union side and a stunning victory for the Confederates. Yet the battle of Fredericksburg has never attracted as much attention as other major Civil War battles. To many students of the war, it has seemed little more than a major blunder by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside with slight tactical interest or larger significance. Historians have also been fond of quoting Gen. Robert E. Lee's remark uttered during the height of the contest: "It is well this is so terrible! We should grow too fond of it." As this remark suggested, Lee's army would easily win the battle, though this striking Confederate victory was largely a Union story.
Political and Military Background
In retrospect, the fall of 1862 had been high point for southern arms. Although Confederate offensives had been blunted at Perryville, Ky., and Antietam, Md., the war was not going well for the Federals, especially in the eastern theater. In the aftermath of Democratic gains in the October and November elections, Lincoln finally replaced the Army of the Potomac's cautious and slow-moving commander Gen. George B. McClellan with Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside repeatedly said he was not up to the job but reluctantly accepted it. He inherited an army filled with McClellan loyalists along with the always scheming Gen. Joseph Hooker. Burnside had no political enemies but significantly had no staunch political friends who would stand by him in time of trouble.
His first mistake was to reorganize the Army of the Potomac into three grand divisions of two corps each, a cumbersome structure that would prove unwieldy during both the campaign and the battle. As luck would have it, there had also been an important organizational change in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, where Gens. James Longstreet and Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson had been appointed to corps commands.
On Nov. 14, Lincoln reluctantly approved Burnside's plan to advance on the Confederate capital at Richmond by way of Fredericksburg. By Nov. 17, elements of Gen. Edwin V. Sumner's Right Grand Division had arrived at Falmouth. Burnside expected pontoon bridges to be there so his army could cross the Rappahannock and occupy Fredericksburg but General-in-Chief Henry W. Halleck had not made the proper arrangements so the bridging material did not arrive until Nov. 27 — Thanksgiving Day. In the meantime Lee—still uncertain about Burnside's intentions--had sent Longstreet marching toward Fredericksburg while Jackson remained in the Shenandoah Valley. Lee considered withdrawing back to the North Anna river — a more defensible point — but when Burnside did not immediately cross the river, he decided to defend the town. At this point in the war, Lee's men exuded nearly absolute confidence in their commander and in themselves.
Almost all the controversies surrounding the battle of Fredericksburg have centered on Burnside's strategic and tactical decisions. General Sumner had suggested crossing the river immediately before the pontoons arrived; Hooker and other officers had recommended that Burnside cross either above or below the town at a less easily defended point. Burnside decided to cross his troops into Fredericksburg where Lee would presumably least expect an attack. The political pressure to take the offensive undoubtedly weighed on Burnside's mind and influence his thinking. Unfortunately, the general would begin the battle without the support of his subordinates and without fully explaining his plans.
On the morning of Dec. 11, troops from Gen. William B. Franklin's Left Grand Division, marched across pontoon bridges below the town and met with light resistance, but engineers constructing the bridges going directly into Fredericksburg came under heavy fire. Burnside ordered an artillery bombardment, and late in the day bridges could be finally be built and the first infantry cross into town. There was some heavy street fighting — a rare occurrence in the Civil War — and much looting for the next several days. Some soldiers even donned women's dresses to mock the rebel belles. Burnside's failure to bring more regiments into Fredericksburg and attack the next day — decisions often criticized by historians -- gave Lee time to bring up Jackson's corps to occupy his lines south of town.
On the morning of Dec. 13, vaguely drafted orders and command confusion undermined the Union battle plan from the outset. Burnside hoped to attack the Confederate right and divide Lee's army in two, but there was little coordination of effort. The battle began with divisions from the First Corps attacking Jackson's lines. Here muddy ground, poor roads, woods, and gently rising Prospect Hill favored the defenders, but an unprotected gap allowed Gen. George G. Meade's division to cross the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad. Meade, however, was weakly supported and the Union assaults were repulsed in a furious Confederate counterattack. General Franklin proved to be very cautious and slow in funneling more men into the fight.
Burnside assumed that progress was being made on this flank and so ordered his forces in town to advance against Longstreet's troops on the Confederate left. Under heavy Confederate artillery fire, the Federals emerged from town, crossed a millrace, found shelter in a slight swale in the ground but were still five hundred yards from the rebel lines. Georgia and North Carolina troops at the base of Marye's Heights (which rose some 40 feet above a sunken road) occupied a strong position behind a stone wall. Withering artillery and infantry fire easily repulsed successive attacks — some head on, others trying to flank the Confederate position.
Despite heavy losses and over Hooker's strong objections, Burnside kept pouring troops into the fight, in essence reinforcing failure. To be fair, Burnside did not have accurate information about the fight on the Union left, received false reports of Confederate artillery withdrawing from Mayre's Heights, and may have kept attacking to deter a Confederate counterattack that might have destroyed his army, but the results were catastrophic. By nightfall, seventeen different Union brigades had attempted to attack the Confederate left; hundreds of men remained trapped on the field ("Eighty paces from the crest and holding on like hell," reported Gen. Samuel Sturgis) amidst the screams of the dying and wounded.
On the morning of Dec. 14, Burnside had to be talked out of renewing the assaults. There was some skirmishing that day and the next, but by the morning on Dec. 16, the Union forces had skillfully slipped back across the Rappahannock. Lee had waited expecting another attack and was furious that Yankees had escaped destruction; he would always consider Fredericksburg a frustratingly incomplete victory.
The carnage was staggering: 12,653 Union casualties (1,284 dead) and 5,309 Confederate casualties (595 dead). Burial details, bodies tossed in trenches, the countless amputations in makeshift field hospitals, and stream of wounded sent North all testified to the horrific costs of this latest Union offensive. Long lists of the dead and wounded appeared in the newspapers.
The political repercussions were almost as striking. Only four days after the battle a cabinet crisis revealed growing Republican impatience with the administration and nearly forced the departure of Secretary of State William H. Seward. "If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it," the careworn Lincoln remarked. News of the battle had arrived quickly by telegraph but much of it was as usual unreliable. Republicans newspapers tried to minimize the debacle while Democratic papers quickly reported another crushing Union defeat. News of Fredericksburg reverberated abroad, and The Times of London even talked of the impending fall of the American republic. So too the rising price of gold in New York reflected the gloom from Fredericksburg, and then there were fears that Lincoln might now delay issuing the final Emancipation Proclamation. Outraged northerners turned their ire on Burnside, Halleck or the President.
Words such as "slaughter" and "butchery" appeared in newspaper editorials and soldier letters alike, and there were even loud calls to bring back McClellan. Burnside took full responsibility though Lincoln issued a bizarre letter suggesting that the failure was mostly "an accident" and congratulating the army that the casualties had been "comparatively so small." Yet the Army of the Potomac lived to fight another day — in fact survived the disastrous Mud March and another crushing defeat at Chancellorsvillle. Shortly after McClellan's removal, a member of the Sixth Wisconsin had clearly explained what he saw as the proper response to shifting fortunes of war: "The American soldier is true to his country, true to his oath, and resolved to fight the rebellion to the bitter end no difference who commands. [I] am not a McClellan man, a Burnside man, a Hooker man, i am for the man that leads us to fight the Rebs on any terms he can get." If was it was easy to blame the generals or the politicians for the disaster, most Federals were convinced that the soldiers themselves had fought with remarkable courage at Fredericksburg. As one private explained, "We were defeated because bravery and human endurance were unequal to the undertaking."
Demoralization and defeatism in the wake of Fredericksurg was palpable. After witnessing horrific bloodshed during the battle on Dec. 13 and after having been pinned down by Confederate sharpshooter fire on Dec. 14, a Minnesota volunteer ruefully commented, "I lost a chunk of my Patriotism as large as my foot." The camps around Falmouth reminded many men of Valley Forge and soldiers became obsessed with simply staying warm and worrying about their next meal.
But despite all the grousing and a rising tide of desertions, another quality was apparent in the soldiers—perseverance. One lieutenant admitted that some of the men might have been "cursing the stars and stripes" right after the battle, but "these same soldiers will fight like bull dogs when it comes to scratch." Indeed the grumbling veterans could be "relied upon more." The quickest way to end the war, this soldier believed, was to give the Rebs a good whipping and silence the "croakers" at home. Indeed, memories of sacrifices already made and comrades lost sparked a kind of patriotic revival among Burnside's men, not the flag-waving and hurrahing variety but rather the quiet kind of resolve that carried armies to victory.
Disillusionment and despair would not necessarily tear most men away from a still firm commitment to finishing their work. A Pennsylvania captain admitted being tempted to let others do the fighting but could never quite bring himself to act on this impulse. "I am a soldier and a good one," he noted with unaffected pride. He would "growl" after a fight but when "an order came to storm a battery, nary a squeal would I make." This last statement made up for the bad food, the damp ground, and the harsh talk about Burnside or Lincoln. It overshadowed the swearing, the grumbling, and wild talk of mutiny.
Even after Burnside's aborted Mud March in January 1863, soldiers remained solidly if not always enthusiastically patriotic. As for the victorious Confederates, they suffered their own frustrations. The Yankees had "suffered heavily," Lee wrote to his wife "but it did not go far enough to satisfy me." Months later Lee admitted, "We had not gained a foot of ground and I knew the enemy could easily replace the men he had lost." Others simply celebrated a great victory. Confident editors dismissed the Federals as plundering cowards who had supposedly been forced into battle at bayonet point. Reports circulated in the army and back home that Federals were completely demoralized. Such assessments inevitably led to bragging: if the Federals cared to test Lee's army again, a young South Carolinian in Gen. George Pickett's division said, "Let them come." Confidence swelled all across the Confederacy and morale soared in the Army of Northern Virginia despite cold weather and worsening supply problems.
Although Lee always warned against overconfidence, he also closely read northern newspapers, and grasped the depth of Federal despair in the aftermath of Fredericksburg. His faith in his subordinates and his men, and perhaps even in himself, naturally grew. The talk of an early end to the war was predictable and at the same time foolish, to be expected but also dangerous. The price of a seemingly too easy victory at Fredericksburg and an even more dramatic triumph at Chancellorsville was Gettysburg. In retrospect, Fredericksburg had perhaps been more demoralizing than it should have been to the Yankees and certainly more exhilarating than it should have been to the rebels—both a false nadir and a misleading zenith. All that was missing then was a Homer to record the epic tale of dashed hopes and shifting fortunes for both the Federals and the Confederates.


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This is a fiery hot recipe for Shrimp Alfredo that uses Emeril's homemade Creole Seasoning mix paired with a light Alfredo Sauce. The fiery spice mix pushes a simple, creamy Alfredo to its limit. My taste buds not only sat up, they took notice.
This is a light version of Alfredo that replaces most of the cream with whole milk (a lower fat milk would separate/curdle) but doesn't skimp on any of the creaminess. Italian sausage would be excellent in it too.
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Bethesda, Md., Wed., June 7, 2006 - The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $4 million to fund 19 bench-to-bedside medical research projects designed to speed translation of promising laboratory discoveries into new medical treatments.
For the first time, applications for these awards, first given in 1999, were open to research teams made up of NIH intramural and extramural collaborators from medical schools, health-care organizations and private industry. All but one of the funded projects include extramural partners; nine of the 19 projects involve researchers from two or more NIH institutes or centers.
"The new bench-to-bedside awards program is a good example of NIH's commitment to transforming medicine through discovery," said Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., NIH director "It encourages innovative partnerships between extramural and intramural researchers and opens new opportunities for advancing medical science."
The bench-to-bedside research program was created within the NIH Clinical Center, NIH's clinical research hospital in Bethesda, Md., as a way to encourage collaborations among basic scientists in the laboratories and clinical investigators who work with patients, said John I. Gallin, M.D., NIH Clinical Center director. "Historically a hallmark of this program has been support for projects that involve partnerships between basic and clinical scientists from across institutes at NIH. The new component started this year profoundly expands the partnerships in medical research to government and non - government scientists."
This year, awards were made in four categories funded by the NIH Office of Rare Diseases; the NIH Office of AIDS Research; the National Center on Minority Health and Health disparities; and the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health. A fifth category is co-funded by sponsoring institutes and, for the projects' extramural components, the NIH National Center for Research Resources. Project teams receive up to $200,000 over two years to support their work.
This is the first year projects in minority health and health disparities and women's health have been specifically funded. Quality of the science, promise for becoming an active clinical trial, and potential for offering a new medical treatment or better understanding an important disease process were among selection criteria.
Eight teams received funding for investigations focusing on rare diseases: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH Clinical Center, Harvard University, Georgetown University Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center; NHLBI, NIH Clinical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center; NHLBI and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, with associate investigators from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the Medical College of Virginia; National Cancer Institute and NHLBI, with associate investigators from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; NCI, with associate investigators from the University of Southern California, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the University of Washington and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; NIH Clinical Center, NCI, University of Toronto/Ontario Cancer Institute, with associate investigators from the University of Illinois; NIDDK, NHLBI, and the University of Maryland; and NHLBI, NIH Clinical Center, with associate investigators from NCI, NIDDK and Drexel University.
Four teams will conduct AIDS-related studies: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and St. Michael's Medical Center; NCI, NIAID and Johns Hopkins University; NIH Clinical Center, NCI, San Francisco General Hospital and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC-Frederick), with associate investigators from Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, in Uganda; and NIDDK and the Children's National Medical Center.
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Before you get started here are the supplies that you will need:
|A few supplies that will give your art amazing impact!
- Paint chips: of course paint chip art just wouldn't be the same with out them! Pick up a large variety from your local hard ware store - remember, they are free, so don't worry too much about donning a disguise before sneaking over to the paint isle. If you want an ombre effect make sure to grab light, medium, and darker colours, and do get adventurous by picking a few different colours. Grab more paint chips than you think you'll need to save you a trip back to the store.
- Paper, cardboard, cardstock: whatever you would like to paste your paint chips onto.
- Frame: for displaying your masterpiece - mine is an 11" by 14" black frame with a fancy shmancy double mat (8" by 11" window) that I picked up from Michaels on sale and with a coupon so it only cost me around $15
- Additional tools: such as scissors (or a trimmer) to cut out your design and glue for affixing the cutouts onto your chosen paper medium.
|Rectangular cutout template for a herringbone design that
can be printed directly onto Behr paint chips
|Don't forget to get rid of that tiny little punch out that can potentially
give you a massive printer malfunction headache!
|Print out the cutout template onto a paint chip, then just easily start cutting away
|Hello little paint chip cutouts! You're all right (not like those pesky {nailheads})
|Arranging your cutouts before gluing will help you visualize your final product
|See that subtle herringbone pattern {eyes squinting}
|Making a full page template of your final design keeps you right on track when gluing down each cutout
|Ombre paint chip art in a herringbone pattern
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For featuring my art on her blog:
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Again, thank you SO MUCH!
So what do you think!?
Will you try using paint chips to add some artistic flair to your home? Or, have you already gotten creative with these awesome free little chippies? The possibilities are virtually endless when it comes to using paint chips - I'd love for you to share a link to any of your amazing designs! And now for that FREEBIE!!! I hope you enjoy it!
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slow and smooth motion with an instrumentation of violin, accordion and piano that blend to create an ethereal atmosphere at the same time exciting. A form that takes its shape, in the evolving dance of creation. Ideal for advertising or film scenes in slow motion.
Please don't forget to rate after purchasing! If you have used this music in your project please let me know and I'll be happy to showcase it at my Audiojungle profile!


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Updated with a stronger, softer, lighter and moisture protective upper, the SIDI Dominator Fit MTB Shoes continue to be the choice of cross-country mountain bikers, racers and adventurers. Competition 2 Sole features a super-efficient, mud-shedding tread design and its nylon platform directs all your power to the pedals. Technomicro Microfiber upper is more forgiving than Lorica, can't be stained or scratched, and includes mesh panels for continuous airflow. Soft Instep Closure system distributes pressure evenly over the instep while Caliper Buckle 2-way ratchet and High Security straps provide easy, on-the-fly adjustment.
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- Adjustable Soft Instep Closure System and padded tongue eliminates pressure points
- Caliper Buckle 2-way ratchet for easy, incremental tightening and loosening
- 2 High Security Velcro straps won't shift or slip
- To validate our warranty and to prevent sole cracking, SIDI Reinforcement Plate (or similar from Crank Brothers and LOOK) is highly recommended for use with dual retention-bar style MTB pedals (Crank Brothers, Time and LOOK). The plate is not required for Shimano-style pedals.


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• Positive Plate - The tubular construction incorporates low antimony lead alloy spines in complete contact with the active material, which is retained by an outer gauntlet. This enables the electrolyte to penetrate freely, ensuring a high power output per unit volume.
• Top-up Level Indicator - Two ribs on the separator guard serves both as level indicators and to strengthen the guard.
• Negative Plate - The negative plate is of highly porous paste on a lead alloy grid. This compliments the positive plate construction, providing a balanced performance and superior life.
• Sleeve Separators - Sleeve separators are manufactured from microporous poly-ethylene. They are impervious to acid attack. The sleeve separators prevent short circuiting caused by mossing.
• Mud Trap - Prevents possible shorting between plates due to active material shedding during the life of the cell.
• Container and Lid - The lid is heat-sealed to the container ensuring an excellent bond. This is vital to mechanical strength and safety.
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• Battery Voltage - 4V.
• Capacity @ 25°C (C100) - 1380Ah.
• Dimensions (L x W x H) - 415mm x 230mm x 740mm.
• Weight (Kg) - 127.
• Acid Volume (L) - 14.0l.
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RESOLVED, that the city of Duluth desires survey and field data collection, and desires to hire professional consulting firms to provide the services required to support the construction, operation and maintenance of city systems.
RLK Kuusisto LTD has submitted a fee schedule for survey and field data collection services in connection with the work. The proper city officials are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with RLK Kuusisto LTD to provide the city with such survey and field data collection services.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the cost of said survey and field data collection services, at a total estimated cost of $15,000, will be paid from the various appropriate funds, departments, agencies, organizations and objects.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution will authorize annual survey and field data collection services for the engineering division to support construction, operation and maintenance of city systems. The work may include the verification of property boundaries and establishment of center line of platted right-of-ways, the electronic collection of existing utilities, buildings, sidewalk and roadway locations in relation to the platted right-of-way, construction survey and layout, and final survey services. This is the first year of a three-year agreement. It is anticipated that this contract would be a blanket purchase agreement, with projects ordered and billed on an hourly basis. Entering into an agreement with the city of Duluth does not guarantee a minimum order on this contract.


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Stockton, CA
Dusty Lawson
July 5, 1951 - Nov. 1, 2012
Duane "Dusty" Lawson born to James Glen Lawson & Juanita Wade in French Camp, CA.
Dusty was a member of the S.A.L. at Ed Stewart Post 803 for 23 years. He is
survived by his daughter Danielle Lawson, step-sons Mike & Dave Maritch, the children's mom Nickie Maritch-Gregory and his brothers, John, Jerry and Bill Lawson. Preceded in death his sister Pat Tucker and brother Jim Baker. Also many nephews, nieces, cousins and friends survive him.
A gathering for family & friends, will be Sat., Nov. 17 at 1:00 p.m. at Ed Stewart Post, 3110 West Lane, Stkn. In lieu of flowers,
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"Star Wars" actor, Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the film sent his heartfelt condolences to a 7-year-old boy whose friend died recently.
"I am sorry to hear that you won't be able to see the new 'Star Wars' movie with your friend Sam. I know that sometimes things happen and we can't figure out why and all we feel is sadness," the note said. "I know that you are going to love 'Star Wars.' I wish you the very best, and May The Force Be With You! (sic)"
The boy Liam recently lost his friend and "Star Wars" fan Sam Miller in an ATV accident, according to a GoFundMe fundraising page.


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Carpet Tile Maker Spotlights Biophilia in Design, Calls for Global Design Entrants
Carpet Tile Maker Spotlights Biophilia in Design, Calls for Global Design Entrants
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Feb 5, 2013) - Some people love New York. Others fancy London, Sydney, or Hong Kong. While preferences for cities are split, science says that all of us may in fact be hard-wired to love the natural world. Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ: TILE), the world's largest manufacturer, designer and marketer of carpet tiles, today launched a global competition named "Reconnect Your Space" that calls for architectural, interior or urban landscape design entries that put this affinity for nature, or biophilia, at the forefront. Biophilic design incorporates natural elements into manmade environments in order to help people feel and perform better.
Interface's "Reconnect Your Space" competition invites architects, designers and students of these disciplines to submit their visions for how biophilia can influence the design of a new or existing space, either inside within built environments or outside in cities. One winning submission will be selected as the most unique, inspiring and purposeful way of reconnecting this space with nature. "Reconnect Your Space" is also intended to foster dialogue, spark ideas and pique global interest in biophilic design for working, playing and living.
Evidence of biophilic design can be seen in a variety of ways -- from New York's acclaimed High Line linear park built on an historic elevated freight rail line, to the growing popularity of community gardens throughout Sydney, as well as through the ecological approach to building design showcased in Singapore's Solaris high-rise project. Research has shown benefits such as productivity, emotional well-being, stress reduction, learning, healing and environmental protection resulting from biophilic design and humankind's innate psychological and physiological connections with the natural world.
"Biophilic design is 'purpose driven' design that recognizes humanity's strong link with the natural world, which can be utilized for good," said Maria Davlantes, senior vice president and CMO of Interface, Inc. "Our hope is that 'Reconnect Your Space' inspires compelling examples of leading-edge biophilic design. We appreciate the global emergence of this exciting area and how the broader design community and communities at large stand to benefit through its development."
Through the competition, designers have an opportunity to bring their biophilic visions to life and help advance biophilic design. Participating entrants can visit the "Reconnect Your Space" page via www.interfacereconnect.com to:
One winning entry will be chosen by a renowned panel of judges from the global design community. Judges include: Robert D. Fox, principal at Fox Architects based in New York City; Paul McGillick, editorial director at Indesign Publishing in Sydney; and Richard Weston, professor of architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University in Wales. The panel will select the winner from six finalists determined by social media based voting at interfacereconnect.com.
The winner's prize includes travel and accommodations for four days and three nights to experience firsthand biophilia's influence in design. The winner can choose a biophilia inspired experience in one of three locations: Singapore; San Francisco in the United States; or Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Among the trip themes are discovering how Singapore is achieving its goal of becoming a "city in a garden"; exploring natural elements within San Francisco's popular monuments and dynamic architectural and design scene; and delving into the United Kingdom's Eden Project that explores humanity's dependency on nature.
Visit interfacereconnect.com to review official rules and enter the competition. Interface's "Reconnect Your Space" competition is open now through Monday, April 1, 2013 at 5:00 pm EST. The winner will be announced on May 6, 2013.
About Biophilic Design at Interface
Interface's passion and commitment to innovation has been inspired by the concept of biophilic design. A new global product line known as Urban Retreat™, for example, evokes the quiet and sanctuary of an old-growth forest floor and integrates other natural elements into the collection, while made from 79 to 81 percent recycled content. The collection reflects a worldview that includes nature as an appreciated source of inspiration and explores the intersection of natural and manmade materials.
About Interface, Inc.
Established in 1973, Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ: TILE) is the worldwide leader in design, production and sales of environmentally responsible modular carpet, manufactured for the commercial and institutional markets under the Interface® brand, and for consumer markets as FLOR™. To learn more about Interface design and sustainability principles and product innovations visit http://www.interface.com.
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Interface's 'Reconnect Your Space' competition invites architects, designers and students of these disciplines to submit their visions for how biophilia can influence the design of a new or existing space. Biophilic design incorporates natural elements into manmade environments in order to help people feel and perform better.
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Rubbish Interiors: A Dynamic Mix of Modern & Traditional Eras
- Location: Los Angeles & Online
- Website: rubbishinteriors.com
Store History
- Founded by: Scott Mangan & Nick Bianco
Speciality: Modern and Traditional Furniture
Price Range: $$-$$$$
Right in the heart of Silver Lake, down the street from the reservoir is Rubbish Interiors, a showroom that offers plenty for anyone. Owner Scott Mangan and designer Nick Bianco bring a flourishing eye and richness to any project they are involved in. Offering decor and design strategy to both residential and commercial projects, Rubbish Interiors has been a playground for dynamic elegance since 1994.
I recently sat down with the gentleman of Rubbish Interiors and had a conversation about their design motto and the history of their showroom. "Our Silver Lake store is not only a place filled with unusual items from which we pull for our own design work, but it is a go-to resource for some of the top interior designers across the country."
What would you say is your design inspiration/ motto?
We draw inspiration from many sources, including art and fashion, nature and technology. Scott Mangan's background in art, both as an artist and and having worked for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, infuses our projects with a strong sense of line, proportion and color. Nick Bianco has an extensive knowledge of furniture design and interior design history and we pull from different periods and styles when creating a design. Every time we shop or open a magazine, travel around the globe or simply go on a walk in our neighborhood we find new inspiration. Our design office and store is located in Silver Lake, which for decades has had an incredible creative energy. It is hard not to be inspired by our surroundings.
How would you describe your style?
Our style is an eclectic mix of modern and traditional from different eras, though some projects tend to be on the more strictly modern or strictly traditional side, depending on the client. For a recent job in San Marino we did a dining room in a mix of Italian Baroque, English Regency and Mid-century Chinoiserie. For a Downtown loft we did a mix of 1970's and 1980's modern, with contemporary art stacked to the ceiling. Our design for the Lamill Boutique Restaurant in Silver Lake was a mix of styles in a very modern building. Against a background of hand-painted Neo-classical wallpaper and a large centerpiece Georgian brass chandelier we created custom seating based on a Mid-century country club vibe in unusually colored faux animal skins - teal crocodile, powder blue ostrich and pale jade shagreen.
When designing and doing custom decorating for clients, what rules do you adhere to?
There are not many hard and fast rules that we adhere to since every job is different and every client has different needs. However, the most important thing for us is to know how the client uses their home or workspace that we are designing, so that we can determine what currently works for them and what needs to be addressed in making their environments more useful as well as beautiful.
Thanks Scott and Nick!!
Images: Bethany Nauert
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- Rubbish Interiors Profile[One Kings Lane]
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Week of May 14, 2007
Use of the Library will be restricted to students, faculty, & staff
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Four adults were displaced after their mobile home was destroyed by an early morning fire in Thomasville on Friday.
Four adults were displaced after their mobile home was destroyed by an early morning fire in Thomasville on Friday.
Firefighters with the Thomasville Fire Department arrived to find a single-wide mobile home fully involved in the Beck's Mobile Home Park. They were dispatched at 12:31 a.m. to 342 Pleasant Grove Church Road, near the intersection of Interstate 85 Business Loop and National Highway.
Thomasville Fire Marshal Rocky Watts said a woman in the home woke up to a smoke detector alarm. That's when she saw fire coming from behind the heater.
Watts said the four adults barely escaped as they went back in to try to get personal property. In the process, the woman singed her hair, the fire marshal said.
"She (was) lucky to get out," he said. "(The cause) appears to be electrical at this time from an electrical heater."
The four people had no insurance on the mobile home. The only thing in the house that was insured was a $400 television they purchased at Christmas from Walmart, the fire marshal said.
"They were able to save some cash that they had stored in the back bedroom, but other than that they lost about everything." Watts said.
Watts identified the renter of the mobile home as William Blankenship and the owner as Brandon Beck.
The Greater High Point-Davidson Chapter of the American Red Cross is assisting the four people.
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The price of regular gasoline has climbed 15 cents a gallon across upstate New York since January, to an average of $3.84 at the beginning of this week.
The price of regular gasoline has climbed 15 cents a gallon across upstate New York since January, to an average of $3.84 at the beginning of this week.
Price increases around this time of year aren't unusual. Refineries partially shut down, choking supply, as they swap out winter fuel for costlier summer blends, said Gregg Laskoski, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.
But gas prices were higher in the first week of January than they ever have been at that time of year, according to data from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
That means there's an elevated starting point for future increases, which normally happen later on in the spring, and then again in the fall.
"The floor gets higher and higher," Laskoski said. "We're prone to higher prices when they peak, at whatever point that may be."
The cost of regular gas in upstate New York, which includes all counties north of Rockland and Westchester, peaked at $4.12 in the first week of April last year. Regular fuel in some parts of Orange County, including Fort Montgomery, surpassed the $4 mark Thursday.
Volatile fuel costs rarely shock anyone these days, but drivers in Newburgh haven't resigned themselves to quietly accepting regular punches to their pocketbooks.
The recent bump-up has drivers like Joe Gida of Newburgh running fewer errands, decreasing how often he stops and starts his car.
The idea of higher future peak prices reflected what Ruben Vidal, who has been a taxi driver in Newburgh for 14 years, has seen at the pump. When he filled up with 93 octane fuel at the Mobil on Broadway at 4 a.m. Thursday, the cash price was $4.15 per gallon. At around 9 a.m. — his second and likely final fill-up of the day — the price was $4.25.
His wallet is sensitive to any price fluctuation. His taxi company pays only half of his gas bill.
John Melvin of Newburgh, who was also fueling up at the Mobil, has also noticed prices creeping up since January. He only puts in $10 to $15 of gas at a time, but tries to go a bit farther for the same amount of money by traveling on main roads with fewer stoplights.
Crude oil costs are high, putting upward pressure on prices at the pump. Crude oil was trading between $95 and $96 per barrel Friday, slightly down from an 8-month high of $98 per barrel reached last week, Laskoski said.
The persistently weak U.S. dollar contributes to increasing crude oil costs as well, Laskoski said. Institutional investors try to protect themselves against the dollar by investing in commodities like crude oil, he said.
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The trial of a man accused of the murder of two police officers in Greater Manchester is set to open with the jury being told details about the double-killing for the first time.
One-eyed Dale Cregan, 29, is accused of the murders of Pcs Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, in a gun and grenade attack on September 18 last year.
Family of the two murdered officers are also expected to attend Preston Crown Court for the first time as the trial begins in earnest.
Cregan also stands accused of the murder of David Short, 46, and his son, Mark, 23, in the months before the attack on the officers.
Nicholas Clarke QC, prosecuting, will lay out in detail the case to the jury against Cregan and nine other defendants. The trial began on Monday but time has been taken up with jury selection and final legal preparations.
Cregan's co-accused are variously charged with helping or taking part in one of the four murders, attempted murder, firearms offences or assisting an offender.
Around 150 police, some armed with machine guns, will patrol in and outside the court complex amid tight security for the trial, expected to last up to 12 weeks.
Cregan, Leon Atkinson, 35, from Ashton-under-Lyne, Luke Livesey, 27, from Hattersley, Damian Gorman, 38, from Glossop, Ryan Hadfield, 28, from Droylsden, and Matthew James, 33, from Clayton, are all accused of the murder of Mark Short and the attempted murders of three others - John Collins, Ryan Pridding and Michael Belcher.
Accused of the murder of David Short are Cregan, Francis Dixon, 37, from Stalybridge, Anthony Wilkinson, 38, from Manchester, and Jermaine Ward, 24. All four are also jointly accused of the attempted murder of Sharon Hark on the same day, and a single charge of causing an explosion.
Wilkinson is additionally charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and Mohammed Ali, 32, from Chadderton, Greater Manchester, is accused of assisting an offender.


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coolkwt82 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 133 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
We are starting up a small ebusiness in Kuwait, website ( http://accessoright.net/site/ ), that sells seasonal and unique accessories. The accessories range from mobiles accessory such as covers, screen protectors, chargers, keypads for Blackberry (which is big hype nowadays because of the BB messenger), Iphone and some accessories for the Ipad. We also have UV activated products such as nail polish, hair clips, flip flops, shirts, shorts and bags that changes colour in door and out door.
We are mainly trying to target young people who want to bring life to their products and want to express their personality with our stylish and unique accessories.
What we are missing is a creative designer with a catchy logo that can go well with our website design. The website is still under construction as we still need a header image which is replaced with pink and gray flowers and fix few things. Nevertheless, we believe that the LOGO is an important factor to have a successful business.
The location of the logo will be the same as the one you can see on the left with the black circle as it is an oscommerce and we do not want to modify the template. We also will be using the logo for stationary such as receipt, bags and also for exhibitions.
We do not want more requirements than that since we want something creative. We wish you all the best.
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