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After his side's emphatic 3-0 victory over Celtic in the Champions League, Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio revealed his delight at the margin of the win.
Marchisio, who notched the second goal of the evening, told reporters after the match how his side had all but secured their spot for the quarter-finals.
"It is a very important victory, especially as we can be a little more concentrated on Serie A. We haven't passed through yet, but it is a great win in a difficult arena and we put in a fine performance.
"It's true it is tough to overturn a 3-0 away win, but we must never be certain and always go out there with the same determination."
The 27-year-old is delighted with his side's unbeaten Champions League campaign and believes that Antonio Conte's tactics worked to full-effect against Neil Lennon's side.
"This team is having a great Champions League. This was an important signal to ourselves and nobody else. It was crucial to come here and score a goal, but we ended up getting three.
"We saw they scored many goals from corners and with crosses into the box, so tried our best to make it difficult for them.
"It is their nature to be gritty and physical, but we gave as good as we got."
Conte admitted that he made various tactical decisions for the match and was delighted that they paid off.
"In the first half I told the lads it was dangerous for us to sit too deep, so Arturo Vidal and Marchisio were crucial to push it up and take the defenders with them. I worked a lot on that aspect," he revealed.
"We changed something compared to our usual defending, as they had scored 40 per cent of their Champions League goals from corners and set-pieces. We were only surprised once with a header over.
"We did pretty well defensively apart from at times in the first half when we went too deep. It was a good performance, we knew Celtic were a good side and they might not be mentioned among the top teams in Europe for many years, but they beat Barcelona and eliminated Benfica and Spartak Moscow."
Conte went on to praise the deafening atmosphere at Celtic Park and the 43-year-old was delighted with the way in which his players coped with the Bhoys' 12th man.
"It was certainly a very important victory. I personally as a player have been in this competition for many years, but had rarely seen a passionate atmosphere like this," he added.
Chile international Vidal was equally thrilled with the scoreline but admits that it does flatter the Italian champions.
He said: "I think we played exactly as we had to play tonight because Celtic are tough opponents, especially when they play at home.
"If you look at the result you think it was an easy game for us, but I can say it was not like that at all. They were very dangerous especially from corners and set-pieces. We did well to control their attacks and then hit when the chances came in the late stages."


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2nd New Hampshire Mid-Amateur Team Championship
ELIGIBILITY: Teams must be made of two male players with an active GHIN Handicap at a New Hampshire member club each at least twenty-five years of age at the start of the event.
SCHEDULE: Competition will be held at Mt. Washington Resort Golf Club on October 15th & 16th , 2017.
FORMAT: Tournament is 18 holes best-ball stroke play & 18 holes modified alternate shot stroke play. Prizes will be awarded for top teams in both gross and net.
PRIZES: Prizes will be distributed based on the number of teams entered. Prizes will be in the form of Pro Shop credit at the host site.
POINTS: The top finishers in this event are eligible for Player of the Year, Tri-State, and USGA State Team points. More information regarding those point lists and how to earn points can be found here.
STARTING TIMES: The player shall start at the time laid down by the Committee. Rule 6-3 will be in effect with regards to starting times. Starting times will be posted at nhgolfassociation.org.
CADDIES & CART TRANSPORTATION: Players may use cart transportation during play. Carts are included in the entry fee for all players. Golf carts are to be used by players and caddies only;any other person riding in the cart may be asked to leave the golf course at once.
RULES OF COMPETITION: Play will be governed by the 2016-2020 Rules of Golf and current Decisions as approved by the USGA, by the NHGA Rules of Play (Hard Card– available at the starting tee and NHGA Web Site), and by any Rules Addendum handed out at the respective site. Questions will be settled by the tournament director in charge of the competition as assigned by the NHGA and the tournament director's decision shall be final. Consuming alcoholic beverages during play of the stipulated round is permitted. Any player abusing the alcohol policy will be subject to disqualification.
PACE OF PLAY: In addition to any Pace of Play guidelines set forth by the Committee, the following provision will be in force at this event: Note: The Committee reserves the right, at any time, to time a group when the Committee deems it necessary. Further, if a player is determined by the Committee to be unreasonably slow, he may be timed individually at the Committee's discretion,regardless of whether his group is out of position. Players should also be aware that the Committee may assess a "bad time" to a player in a group that is out of position if the player makes no effort to help his group to get back into position. Examples of this would be a player who unduly delays play between strokes or holes. Penalty: 1st Bad Time=Warning; 2nd Bad Time=1 stroke penalty; 3rd Bad Time=2 stoke penalty/loss of hole; 4th Bad Time=Disqualification.
DRESS CODE & GOLF SHOE POLICY: Proper dress code of host club for all stages of the competition will be observed; professionals may wear shorts. Host clubs' policies may prohibit the use of certain golf shoe spikes. In such cases, it will be a condition of the competition that such spikes will not be permitted for use at such clubs. The penalty for breach of this condition will be disqualification. The NHGA assumes no liability to players for this condition of the competition.
LEGAL WAIVER: By submitting this entry form andsubsequently playing in the competition, players agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the NHGA and its respective affiliates, directors, officers,employees, agents and assigns from and against any and all claims, damages,liabilities, and losses, including without limitations reasonable attorney's fees and costs and expenses of litigation, arising out of any negligent act or mission of the indemnifying party in connection with the tournament. Pictures of players may be displayed on the NHGA web-site; those players not wishing their picture to be used should notify the NHGA office at the time of application.
PLAYER'S ACTIONS: Any player whose actions during any NHGA tournament are deemed by the Committee to be detrimental to the NHGA, to the tournament, or to the Host Club will be subject to penalties as determined by the Committee, such possible penalties to include removal from the tournament, and suspension from future NHGA events for a period of time to be determined by the NHGA Tournament Committee.
REFUND POLICY: Entry fee, less $10.00 service charge, will be refunded regardless of reason if the NHGA is notified by phone (603-219-0371) or email prior to close of entries. After the close of entries, fees will only be refunded if a replacement is available. In the event of injury or illness after the close of entries, refund will require written confirmation and will still be subject to a $10.00 service charge. No refunds will be made after the tournament date for any reason.
THE COMMITTEE: The NHGA Tournament Committee reserves the righto alter any of the conditions and schedules herein for this event/championship due to weather or other conditions warranting such action. The decision of the Tournament Committee in any matter shall be final. The Committee in charge of the tournament will consist of the officials of the New Hampshire Golf Association in attendance.

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Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Services Company Failed to Hire Older Worker, Federal Agency Charges
PHILADELPHIA - AmerisourceBergen Corporation, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies, violated federal law when it refused to hire a qualified applicant for a telecom manager position based on his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
The EEOC says that Valley Forge, Pa.-based Amerisource advertised for a vacant manager-telecom position at its Chesterbook, Pa. facility. The position was responsible for managing a category of telecom products and the business relationship between Amerisource and respective suppliers. Robert Aellis applied for the position and submitted his resume, which demonstrated that he had 40 years experience in the telecommunications industry in numerous roles including as a technical engineer, project manager and director level manager responsible for dealing with vendors and negotiating contracts.
Aellis was qualified for the position, and in fact Amerisource rejected Aellis for the position because he was "[o]verqualified for this need." Aellis assured Amerisource that he was genuinely interested in the position and argued that his significant skills and experience would be to the company's benefit. Nevertheless, despite Aellis' stellar qualifications, the company rejected him because of his age, 60, and ultimately hired someone twenty years younger for the position, the EEOC charges.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) which prohibits age discrimination against individuals age 40 or older. The EEOC attempted to reach a pre-litigation settlement before filing suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No.12-cv-5538. In its lawsuit, the EEOC seeks injunctive relief prohibiting the company from engaging in age discrimination in hiring, as well as lost wages and liquidated damages for Aellis.
"Older applicants often are not given the same opportunity to compete for jobs because of age-based myths and stereotypes some hiring managers have," said District Director Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., of the EEOC's Philadelphia District Office. "Too often employers try to mask age discrimination by using euphemisms like 'overqualified'."
EEOC Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence added, "It is not only bad business to refuse to hire well-qualified workers simply because of their age, it is blatantly illegal. The EEOC will take strong action to combat age discrimination even if employers try to hide age discrimination by using code words like 'overqualified'."
According to its website, www.amerisourcebergen.com, AmerisourceBergen has more than $80 billion in annual revenue and employs approximately 11,000 people. AmerisourceBergen is ranked #27 on the Fortune 500 list.
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Tulsa Public Schools (District)
February 4, 2013
J. Douglas Mann, Esq.
Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold
525 South Main, Suite 700
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
Re: OCR Docket No. 07105002
Dear Mr. Mann:
This letter is to notify you of the determination made by the U.S. Department of Education (Department), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), regarding OCR Docket No. 07105002. In this compliance review, which OCR opened on March 31, 2010, OCR assessed whether the Tulsa Public Schools (District), Tulsa, Oklahoma, discriminate against limited English proficient (LEP) parents and guardians by failing to ensure they have meaningful access to information that is provided to parents and guardians in English. This letter confirms the voluntary resolution of the compliance review.
OCR is responsible for enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 2000d, and its implementing regulation, 34 C.F.R. Part 100. Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin by recipients of Federal financial assistance (FFA). As a recipient of FFA from the Department, the District is subject to Title VI.
OCR investigated whether the District violated the regulation implementing Title VI, at 34 C.F.R. § 100.3(a) and (b), which provides, in relevant part, that recipients of Federal financial assistance may not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, on the ground of national origin, exclude persons from participation in their programs, deny them any service or the benefits of their programs, or subject them to separate treatment. Specifically, the Title VI implementing regulation, at 34 C.F.R. § 100.3(b)(2), provides that, in determining the types of services or benefits that will be provided, recipients may not utilize criteria or methods of administration that have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination because of their national origin.
Pursuant to the regulation, the District has an obligation to ensure "meaningful access" to its programs and activities to LEP parents. Specifically, under Title VI, the District has an obligation to "adequately notify" national origin-minority group parents of school programs and activities that are called to the attention of other parents. The terms "adequately notify" and "meaningful access" means that parents who are LEP - based on their ability to read, speak, write, or understand spoken English - are not to be excluded from, or denied the benefits of, the District's programs and activities.
The District is the second largest school district in Oklahoma, serving approximately 41,000 students. During the 2009-2010 school year, the District served a total of 6,412 English language learner (ELL) students. Approximately 93% of the District's ELL students speak Spanish. The other predominant languages spoken by the District's ELL students are Hmong, Vietnamese, Arabic, Portuguese, Truka and Urdu.
The information obtained during OCR's investigation indicates that the District did not have written policies or procedures for responding to parent requests for documents in languages other than English or requests for a foreign language interpreter. The District did not consistently track or keep records regarding which parents in the District are LEP, requests from LEP parents for translation or interpreter services, and translation/interpreter services that it has provided to LEP parents. OCR's preliminary investigation indicated that the District did not have a set process in place for notifying LEP parents that it has interpreters and translators available for school-related communications; OCR also noted that students sometimes serve as interpreters for their parents or other students' parents. The investigation also suggested that the District did not consistently evaluate or assess the language skills of the District and non-District employees it uses as interpreters and translators and did not provide training to its foreign language interpreters and translators regarding the role of an interpreter/translator, the ethics of interpreting and translating, and the need to maintain confidentiality. OCR also noted that the District does not consistently provide LEP parents who speak languages other than Spanish with access to the same information that the District provides to English-speaking parents.
Prior to the completion of OCR's investigation, the District submitted a signed agreement (copy enclosed) on January 28, 2013, that when fully implemented, will address the issue assessed in this compliance review. The agreement requires the District to develop a written plan to provide language assistance to LEP parents. The plan will include processes for:
- notifying LEP parents and guardians, in a language they will understand, of the availability of free language assistance services with respect to information about school programs and activities;
- identifying LEP parents and guardians who may need language assistance;
- ensuring that each school building documents in a database the LEP parents and guardians identified as needing language assistance services;
- ensuring that the central administration maintains a District-wide list of LEP parents and guardians identified by each building as needing language assistance services;
- ensuring that each school and the central administration office document the language assistance services provided to LEP parents and guardians;
- ensuring that when the children of LEP parents/guardians transfer from one building to another within the District, information regarding the language assistance needs of the parents/guardians is transferred to the building to which the children transfer;
- advising District staff who are likely to interact with LEP parents and guardians about how to timely obtain language assistance for the parents and guardians;
- ensuring that the interpreters and translators the District uses are proficient in the languages spoken by students and parents/guardians in the District, are competent to provide interpretation and translation services, and are appropriately trained; and
- identifying and translating vital written documents into the language of each frequently encountered LEP parent group eligible to be served and/or likely to be affected by the District's program or activities..
The agreement also requires the District to evaluate the effectiveness of its Language Assistance Plan, provide annual training to District administrators and staff members about the District's procedures for identifying and providing language assistance to LEP parents and guardians, and provide annual training to District employees who serve as foreign language interpreters and/or translators for LEP parents and guardians about the role of an interpreter/translator, the ethics of interpreting and translating, and the need to maintain confidentiality.
OCR will monitor the implementation of the agreement and the District's actions to ensure the District's compliance with Title VI. The District has agreed to provide data and other information in a timely manner in accordance with the reporting requirements of the agreement. OCR will conduct additional visits and request additional information as necessary to determine whether the District has fulfilled the terms of the agreement and is in compliance with Title VI with regard to the issues in the review. Should the District fail to fully implement the agreement, OCR will take appropriate action to ensure the District's compliance with Title VI, including possibly initiating administrative enforcement or judicial proceedings to enforce the specific terms and obligations of the agreement. Before initiating administrative enforcement (34 C.F.R. §§ 100.9, 100.10), or judicial proceedings to enforce this agreement, OCR shall give the District written notice of the alleged breach and a minimum of sixty (60) calendar days to cure the alleged breach.
This letter sets forth OCR's determination in an individual OCR case. This letter is not a formal statement of OCR policy and should not be relied upon, cited, or construed as such. OCR's formal policy statements are approved by a duly authorized OCR official and made available to the public.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, it may be necessary to release this document and related records upon request. In the event that OCR receives such a request, it will seek to protect, to the extent provided by law, personal information which, if released, could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
OCR is committed to prompt and effective service. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Kelli Douglas, Supervisory Attorney, at (816) 268-0564 (voice) or (877) 521-2172 (telecommunications device for the deaf), or by e-mail at email@example.com.
|Angela M. Bennett
cc: Janet Barresi
State Superintendent of Public Instruction


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Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and pro-Republican? And since when did promoting and pursuing a progressive social agenda with a concern for economic security, health care, and educational opportunity mean you had to put faith in God aside?
While the Right in America has hijacked the language of faith to prop up its political agenda—an agenda not all people of faith support—the Left hasn't done much better, largely ignoring faith and continually separating moral discourse and personal ethics from public policy. While the Right argues that God's way is their way, the Left pursues an unrealistic separation of religious values from morally grounded political leadership. The consequence is a false choice between ideological religion and soulless politics.
The effect of this dilemma was made clear in the 2004 presidential election. The Democrats' miscalculations have left them despairing and searching for a way forward. It has become clear that someone must challenge the Republicans' claim that they speak for God, or that they hold a monopoly on moral values in the nation's public life. Wallis argues that America's separation of church and state does not require banishing moral and religious values from the public square. In fact, the very survival of America's social fabric depends on such values and vision to shape our politics—a dependence the nation's founders recognized.
God's Politics offers a clarion call to make both our religious communities and our government more accountable to key values of the prophetic religious tradition—that is, make them pro-justice, pro-peace, pro-environment, pro-equality, pro-consistent ethic of life (beyond single issue voting), and pro-family (without making scapegoats of single mothers or gays and lesbians). Our biblical faith and religious traditions simply do not allow us as a nation to continue to ignore the poor and marginalized, deny racial justice, tolerate the ravages of war, or turn away from the human rights of those made in the image of God. These are the values of love and justice, reconciliation, and community that Jesus taught and that are at the core of what many of us believe, Christian or not. In the tradition of prophets such as Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Day, and Desmond Tutu, Wallis inspires us to hold our political leaders and policies accountable by integrating our deepest moral convictions into our nation's public life.Revue de presse :
How far should we go to understand each other's points of view? Maybe the distance grace covered on the cross. (Bono, lead singer of U2)
Jim Wallis is an inspiration to me– for his witness of faith and his engagement with politics. (Bill Moyers)
Jim Wallis is compelling, provocative, and inspirational, with faith that can move mountains and can certainly move people and communities. (Archbishop Desmond Tutu)
Wallis at his usual passionate and brilliant self: he will move you to examine your conscience and search your soul. (E.J. Dionne, author of Stand Up Fight Back and Why Americans Hate Politics)
Jim Wallis is the major prophetic evangelical Christian voice in the country. (Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters)
"Wallis provides a refreshing alternative voice to the polarizing rhetoric currently popular." (Library Journal)
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Louisville downs Purdue, earns spot in Sweet 16
Louisville, KY – For the second time in the last three seasons the Louisville Cardinals will be in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament after they posted a 76-63 victory over the Purdue Boilermakers at the KFC Yum! Center.
Sara Hammond recorded a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds to pace the fifth-seeded Cardinals (26-8) who advance to face top-seeded Baylor. Antonita Slaughter contributed 16 points and seven boards and Shoni Schimmel tacked on 14 points but did have 10 turnovers. Louisville is returning to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011.
Sam Ostarello registered 16 points and 12 rebounds and K.K. Housera added 10 points and five assists but also had nine turnovers for Purdue (25-9).
On their home floor, the Cardinals ran out to a 38-23 lead at halftime by shooting 43.3 percent from the field while connecting on 5-of-10 shots from beyond the arc. Purdue shot just 32.3 percent and had a single 3-pointer to fall behind.
The 3-point line was not so kind to Louisville after the break when it hit just 2-of-7 attempts but by shooting 50 percent overall was able to hold off the Boilermakers.
Louisville owned a 38-32 edge in rebounds. The two teams combined for 43 turnovers.


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Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton.
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§ 3. Samuel Purchas.
The mantle of Richard Hakluyt fell upon the shoulders of Samuel Purchas, a great editor of narratives of travel and a man of many words but of less modesty than his predecessor.
Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes, contayning a History of the World, in Sea Voyages, and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others,
was published in 1625. Purchas, who was born at Thaxted, in Essex, in or about the year 1577, was educated at St. Johns college, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1600, afterwards proceeding to that of B.D. He was vicar of Eastwood from 1604 to 1614. Leigh on the Thames is within two miles of Eastwood, and was then a great resort of shipping, many voyagers on the return from their explorations sojourning there. Purchas, doubtless, began his own collections at this time, and took down some narratives from the lips of those who had travelled far. He was an untiring worker, and could never maintain a vicarian or subordinate scribe to help him. In 1614, he was preferred by John King, bishop of London, to whom he expresses unbounded gratitude, to the rectory of St. Martins, Ludgate. He died in 1626. Prior to the publication of his
he had written
Purchas His Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all ages and places discovered from the Creation unto this Present
(1613), with new editions in 1614, 1617, and 1626. He had also written a volume called
Purchas his Pilgrim; Microcosmus, or the Historie of Man
It is clear from a remark made by PurchasI was therein a labourer alsothat he assisted Hakluyt to arrange papers which were unpublished at Hakluyts death in 1616, and, hence, his collection is called
Hakluytus Posthumus.
Having out of a chaos of confused intelligences framed this historical world, Purchas was emboldened to dedicate it to Charles, prince of Wales. He explains to the reader that he had received Master Hakluyts many years collections, and that Purchas and his Pilgrimes were as a bricklayer providing materials to those universal speculators for their theorical structures. Purchas never travelled more than two hundred miles from his birthplace, but he says that bishop King gave him one wing, hoping some blessed hand would add the other, and, not finding this to be the case, the bishop promised to right me himself (these were his syllables) but death righted him, and I am forced to wrong the world. What Purchas lacked in experience of travel, he made up by his indefatigable industry, in which he rivalled Hakluyt himself. Knowing that comparatively few of his countrymen could themselves see the world, he offered to them, at no great charge.
a world of travellers to their domestic entertainment, easy to be spared from their smoke, cup, or butterfly vanities and superfluities, and fit mutually to entertaine them in a better school to better purposes.
The design of the book separates the subjects into two main divisions, one dealing with the old world and the other with the new, each being further divided into ten books. The first book is an introduction to the rest, being concerned with Biblical history and travel, mans life as a pilgrimage, the journeys of Christ and the apostles, classic journeyings and other matters. Then he reaches improvements in navigation, recalls the voyages of Columbus and Magellan, gives narratives of Drakes, Cavendishs and later circumnavigations, and of early voyages to the eastLancasters, Middletons and others. The first half of the book is devoted to a long array of narratives and statements regarding trading and voyages to India, China and Japan, Africa and the Mediterranean, including a mass of information concerning our dealings with the Dutch and the Portuguese. In the same way, the second division of the
is devoted to narratives of the Muscovy voyages, efforts to discover the north-west passage, explorations in the West Indies and Nova Scotia, including narratives of most of the great expeditions, and much information concerning our dealings with the Spaniards, as well as observations of foreign explorers.
Purchas was not the equal of Hakluyt, but he was his worthy successor, his collaborator in his later life and the depository of some of his collections. Possessed of the same valiant, untiring spirit, the vast volume of his researches, brought together with indefatigable exertion and invincible zeal, was, though in a much less degree than Hakluyts collection, an inspiration and an encouragement to the men who came after. All that Purchas has amassed of the narratives of the explorations of Englishmen breathes the strong spirit of nationality. There is ample room in these accounts for the display of various talents and different temperaments, but there is scarcely one that does not have in it some pride of England. When Robert Fotherby, in 1615, cruised on behalf of the Muscovy company in a pinnace of 20 tons for the discovery of land to the north-east, he was questioned by a Danish admiral as to the right by which English merchants resorted to waters claimed for Denmark, and he replied, By the king of Englands right. There was courtesy, also, to the nation that was a greater rival. Thus, James Beversham, writing in July, 1618, from Fairhaven, refers to the insolence of the Dutch, which, however, he overlooked, advising his countrymen
not to impute to that nation what some frothy spirit vomits from amidst his drinke, but to honour the Hollanders worth, and to acknowledge the glory of the Confederate Provinces; howsoever they also have their sinks and stinking sewers (too officious mouths such as some in this business of Greenland, beyond all names of impudence against his Majestie and liege people, as others elsewhere have demeaned themselves) whose loathsomeness is not to be cast as an aspersion to that industrious and illustrious nation.
When Purchas opens the glowing story of the western exploration, he has a fruitful field of interesting record and description, and here, in the sharp rivalry of interests which had brought us to war with Spain, the spirit of nationality glows still more brightly, not seldom marred by the bitterness of religious hate and intolerant invective. With the practical purpose of encouraging and assisting navigators and planters, he has given summaries of the writings of Spanish and Portuguese discoverers, coloured, sometimes, by his lively imagination, and descriptive of the curiosities and resources of the western lands. He has gathered with a rather indiscriminate hand, but ever with the purpose of adding new lustre to Englands fame. The narrative of Peter Carder, who is said to have set out with Drake on his circumnavigation, to have separated from the company and, after many marvellous adventures, to have returned home nine years later, reads more like fiction than fact, and makes one think of the later writings of Defoe. Like most writers of his time, Purchas loves to note the freaks and peculiarities of nature, and revels in the wonderful. When he introduces a tragic narrative, like that of the unfortunate Cavendish, on his last journey, he improves the occasion. Cavendishs last letter to his friend and executor, Sir Tristram Gorges, is a pathetic page in our literature; for the dying man, with enfeebled hand, pours forth therein the utter depth of his misfortune. He speaks of tempest, cold, famine, cowardice, mutiny and the ill-fortune of war, saying:
And now by this, what with grief for him [his kinsman, John Locke] and the continual trouble I endured among such hell-hounds, my spirits were clean spent; wishing myself upon any desert place in the world, there to die, rather than thus basely to returne home again . And now consider whether a heart made of flesh, be able to endure so many misfortunes, all falling upon me without intermission. I thank God that in ending of me, he hath pleased to rid me of all further trouble and mishaps.
But this poignant narrative does not escape the somewhat precious pen of Purchas, who had drunk at the Euphuistic spring. He likens the life of the navigator to the change from sunshine to shadow; from day to night, from summer to winter:
And if the elements, seasons, and heavens two eyes, be subject to such vicissitudes, what is this little molehill of earth, this model of clay, this moveable circumference of constant inconstancy, immutable mutability, this vanishing centre of diversified vanity, which we call man; that herein also he should not resemble this sampler of the universe, as becometh a little map to be like that larger prototype.
And he goes on to express the glow of his pride in the deeds of English seamen:
This we see all, and feel daily in ourselves; this in Master Candish here, in Sir Francis Drake before, the seas two darlings, there, and thence both living and dying; if dissolution of the body may be called a death, where the soul arriveth in heaven, the name fills the earth, the deeds are precedents to posterity, and England their country hath the glory alone that she hath brought forth two illustrious captains and generals, which have fortunately embraced the round waist of their vast mother, without waste of life, reputation and substance; yea victorious over elemental enemies, illustrious in wealth and honour, they have come home, like the sun in a summers day, seeming greatest nearest his evening home, the whole sky entertaining and welcoming him in festival scarlets and displayed colours of triumph.
Among the most interesting pages in the travel-literature of the time are those which relate to the colony of Virginia. Hakluyt had a proprietary right in the colony; its exploration occupies a large place in his
and his last work was
Virginia Richly Valued
(1609), being a translation from the Portuguese of de Sotos narrative. I shall yet live to see Virginia an English Nation, wrote Ralegh to Sir Robert Cecil, shortly before Elizabeths death. His own efforts had left a shadowed memory. Purchas has preserved two narratives of the voyage of Gosnold to northern Virginia in 1602, as well as his account of the fertility of its soil, together with narratives of Prings voyage from Bristol in 1603 and others. Jamess charter for the colonising of Virginia was the signal for great enterprise, which was urged by Hakluyt and his friends, and cheered on by Michael Drayton:
Britons, you stay too long;
Quickly aboard bestow you,
And with a merry gale
Swell your stretcht sail,
With vows as strong
As the winds that blow you.
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What a rug!
That's one observation you will probably exclaim as you enjoy Gaetano Donizetti's "Don Pasquale," being performed by Nickel City Opera this weekend.
Without giving everything away, the rug on the floor of the grand set – a 1920s mansion – is priceless. So is the rug that sits on, and often flies off of, the head of Valerian Ruminski, who stars as the rich buffoon Don Pasquale.
There is so much to laugh about in "Don Pasquale," and so much to appreciate. It's a breathless comedy that never lets up – until near the end, when it broadsides you with a note of real pathos. Great art does that.
Nickel City sets it in the vaudeville era, which suits the broad comedy. The 70-something Pasquale wants to disinherit his nephew, Ernesto, and so decides to take a wife. To set him straight, his friends play a mean joke on him, involving a sham wedding to Norina, whom Ernesto wants to marry. If you don't know the story in advance, don't read up on it. Just go, and enjoy the surprises.
It is a rare treat to see Ruminski, the head of NCO, heading the cast. He can always be counted on to be a ham, when the occasion demands it, and this one does. Even at the dress rehearsal, his energy jumped off the stage. His bass voice boomed. He has performed this role before, with Opera Hawaii, and is at home in it. He was always 150 percent engaged, up to something.
The down side to him starring is that it unfairly challenges the rest of the cast. Ernesto, sung by able tenor Benjamin Brecher, looks bloodless in comparison, like a Ken doll. Brecher's beautiful bel canto love serenades to Norina seem wooden and dutiful. You could almost imagine Norina preferring Pasquale, bad comb-over and all.
Soprano Zulimar Lopez-Hernandez, as Norina, is gorgeous and has an admirable star quality. Her voice is robust and commanding, and up to Donizetti's considerable demands.
James Wright Jr. is entertaining and comfortable as Dr. Malatesta, the wag who orchestrates all the trickery. Wright, a lyrical baritone, has appeared in NCO operas before, and he gets better.
The drama zooms forward like a well-oiled Wild Mouse. The musicians in the pit, led by Michael Ching, include an accordion, lending a surprise Neapolitan touch, and a tambourine, which was rather too prominent at the dress rehearsal. There were some rough edges in this final run-through, but the orchestra kept pace admirably with the action. In "Don Pasquale," the music and the action really are one. As Pasquale becomes mired in the wages of his foolishness, Donizetti ratchets up the music, heightening the mockery. Then there is the terrible moment when Pasquale breaks down – for a short time, it's not a joke, and the music reflects that.
The lightning-quick Italian patter numbers were in remarkable sync. The production is not as madcap as Ruminski had promised, but it is more elegant. A theater-minded friend who went with me remarked on how deftly the director, David Grabarkewitz, arrayed the characters on the stage. It is like watching a kaleidoscope – they're colorful and symmetrical and shift about in ways that are beautiful to see.
There are zany touches. The fine chorus included, at times, such random figures as a chef and a girl in a kimono. The final scene, in the moonlit garden, was imaginatively and romantically staged. Donizetti's music often suggests he was thinking of Mozart, and I think in "Don Pasquale" he must have had "The Marriage of Figaro" in mind. "Figaro" also features the last act in the garden, the trick love note, the foolish aristocratic gentleman learning his lesson, the one single long, absurd day.
Grabarkewitz capitalized on the sumptuous surroundings of the Riviera Theatre. Occasionally an aria or duet turns into a vaudeville number – the curtain comes down, and the singers perform in front of it. One duet between Pasquale and Malatesta needed little more than bowler hats to become a Laurel and Hardy routine.
"Don Pasquale," in Italian with English surtitles, will be performed at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda.
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So I had a cyst removed from the top of my forehead today, and that didn't give me as big a headache as all the Tweets, emails, blog posts and radio chatter about the Tomas Kaberle deal/non-deal to the Bruins that awaited me when I got out of the doc's office.
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TSN's Darren Dreger was in the leadoff spot with this little bit in his "Dreger Report" this morning:
Failing a complete meltdown – which has scuttled at least one previous trade involving the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tomas Kaberle, and the Boston Bruins – there's strong belief that Kaberle will be traded to Boston.
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Told there's no deal right now between Blackhawks and Mark Stuart. Didn't even sound close.
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We would all love to fit into an itsy-bitsy bikini, but it gets frustrating when all those crunches don't even create a hint of a six-pack. The fact is there's no such thing as 'spot reduction'--fat or size reduction from a specific body part. While crunches tone and define tummy muscles, they will not lead to a flat belly. A flat belly is all about diet and digestion (http://www.naturallysavvy.com/natural-nutrition-101/general-nutrition/digestive-health/336-improving-digestion).
Clearing out your colon is a simple way to make your tummy look trim. Bloating from constipation or gas--caused by undigested foods or a poor ratio of "good" to "bad" bacteria in the large intestine (http://www.naturallysavvy.com/natural-nutrition-101/general-nutrition/digestive-health/2444-intestinal-health)--will increase the size of the belly, particularly the lower part of your abdomen.
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May the Media Remind Us Lest We Forget.
During Sunday's somber coverage of the 9/11 memorial service at ground zero, Anderson Cooper noted that the "images still shock, the heartbreak still hurts." This could not be a more blatant understatement in the service of dramatic effect. Of course they still hurt, and of course they still shock, Anderson. It's not as if we've forgotten. And, in fact, the suggestion that we may have only serves as a sort of insult to our national and personal integrity.
As an American who was an eye-witness to the attack, to the 22.2 million inhabitants of the NYC metro area, and to the rest of the nation who watched with horror and fear on the internet and television as the unspeakable and far-off threat became a blatant nightmare reality, this phrase cannot help but take on a hollow ring. It has only been 10 years since the singular terrorist attack of that magnitude on American soil in our country's long history. Honestly, who does the media think is forgetting?
This blogger for one will never forget how it felt to be awoken by call from a friend in Brooklyn who saw both planes hit, dashing dazed from her apartment on the Jersey side of Lincoln Harbor to see both towers spitting flames. She'll never forget rushing down to the ferry dock and standing numb with a small gaggle of onlookers in collective disbelief; or when she heard on the portable radio one of them carried as a beacon of information that we all clung to in that time and space, so suspended and surreal, that The Pentagon had been targeted as well. And, you can be damn sure, Anderson Cooper, that nothing will ever erase the image in my brain of that first tower as it fell in impossible and interminable slow motion, as the window glass fluttered, lazily glittering in agonizing descent long after the building rubble collapsed into the cloud of dust that consumed it from below as from the depths of hell; not to mention the weeks focused on an attempted return to normalcy replete with the ever-present foreboding fear that the events of that morning were the harbinger of a full-scale assault that would rear its head in myriad other unsuspected forms. It turned the world upside-down, made terror real, literally haunted my dreams, and all but gave birth to the notion that we as Americans are not immune to acts of war on our own soil.
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On that note, I'd like to extend my heartfelt thanks to DirectTV for making fast forwarding through advertisements possible. God bless this military/


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New Volvo Discount Offered to Costco Members
- Volvo discount available to Costco members
- Deal combines rebates with a Costco cash card
- Offered on all 2013 and 2014 Volvo models
Volvo has teamed up with retail giant Costco to offer a new program for shoppers interested in buying a car. The program saves members money on a new Volvo -- and it even gives them a Costco cash card worth $500.
According to Volvo, the brand's deal with Costco is available on any 2013 or 2014 model. Costco members who take advantage of the discount will get several major incentives, including Volvo employee pricing. They'll also receive all applicable rebates on the model they choose.
But the program offers more than just low-interest financing and discounted pricing. Drivers who get a new 2014 Volvo under the program also will get a $500 Costco cash card. And shoppers who don't mind choosing a 2013 model -- which, in most cases, is largely the same as a 2014 Volvo -- can get $750 off Volvo employee pricing in addition to the cash card. The only catch? Once they buy the car, they have to complete a survey.
To us, that sounds like a pretty good deal -- especially since it's available on every Volvo model. That means shoppers can get the discounted pricing and cash card whether they're buying a C30 hatchback or an in-demand XC60 crossover.
Unfortunately, shoppers can't take advantage of the deal by heading to their local Costco and signing up for a membership. That's because the program is only offered to those who were Costco members before March 1. Shoppers don't have unlimited time to take advantage of the deal, either; it expires on July 31, 2013.
This is not the first time Costco and Volvo have teamed up for a deal. In 2007, they joined forces for a holiday program around the XC90 crossover, which had been revamped for the 2007 model year.
In addition to the C30 hatchback and XC60 crossover, Volvo's lineup consists of the C70 convertible, S60 and S80 sedans and XC70 and XC90 crossovers. The brand recently announced it will launch a 5-door V60 hatchback later this year.
What it means to you: If you're a Costco member, the retailer's newly announced Volvo discount may be worth considering.


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Davidson Senior Melodie Mendez is among seventeen North Carolina student winners of the 2012 "Community Impact Award" from Campus Compact, a national coalition that promotes civic engagement in higher education. The award was announced just days before she was also named as senior class recipient of the college's Goodwin-Exxon award for high standards of character, friendliness and consideration for others.
"Mel doesn't just do service as an activity for her resume," said Associate Dean of Students Stacey Riemer. "For Mel, service is a way of life. She does this because she believes it's her responsibility to transform communities."
Mendez is a Bonner Community Service Scholar from the Bronx, N.Y. Early in her Davidson career she began serving at the Ada Jenkins Community Center's LEARNworks after school program, and was quickly promoted to recreation supervisor. She has since helped raise awareness for environmental justice and intimate partner violence and, last summer, worked in Peru with "Amigos de las Americas" to improve sanitation and community health through youth education.
Mendez is the third Davidson student to receive the Community Impact Award since its creation in 2002. Reimer nominated Mendez for the Impact award because of her innovative work on community issues, diverse forms of engagement, her ability to lead and inspire, sustainability of her efforts, and evidence of the positive impact they are having on campus and in the community.
"When it came time to nominate students for these awards, Mel's name immediately surfaced with everyone I talked to," said Reimer. "I don't know how she does it all, but she does."
"I realized early on that being involved in community service helps me prepare for the real world," said Mendez. "I've gained many transferable life-skills, like grant writing, time management and working with people from diverse backgrounds. I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to do it."
As a first-generation college student in her family, Mendez also views civic engagement as a way of saying "Thank you" for the educational opportunities she has enjoyed. She was selected to participate in New York City's "Prep for Prep" program, which places promising students of color at independent schools and supports their academic accomplishment. She said, "Prep-for-Prep prepared me to get into my boarding school and also took me on a tour of the South to ensure that Davidson was a great fit for me."
In conjunction with community engagement outreach, Mendez holds leadership positions in several on-campus organizations. She's twice been president of Davidson's Organization for Latino American students. She's also vice president of the Upsilon Mu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and mentor for the HHMI Strategies for Success scholarship program. She's also working with her sorority and the Freeword poetry group to teach spoken word poetry to children. "We're focusing on positive self-image, healthy relationships, and community development," Mendez said. "It's part of an effort to combat intimate-relationship violence by developing strong and positive self and community perception at an early age-indirectly addressing a potential issue at a transformative age."
Mendez is currently working on her senior thesis for the major she created through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies- "Environmental Anthropology in Latin America." Though she hasn't settled on post-graduate plans, she is sure she'll remain engaged in her community. "You have time for what you make time for," she said. "So make time for things that matter."


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Last month, I was talking to a friend who resides in an affluent suburb among families with large broods. "You didn't know?" she asked. "If you're wealthy enough, four is the new three, and three is the new two."
I should have realized: Posh procreation has been covered by Forbes, The New Yorker, and in these pages, when Neil Swidey chronicled the uptick of large families in wealthy Boston suburbs like Wellesley, which are "teeming with families managed by highly educated stay-at-home moms" and where "three is far from the end point."
Less examined are the families with neither the economic resources nor the reproductive capacity to have more than one — a reality enforced by the recession, expensive day-care tuition and housing costs in Massachusetts, and the increase in women trying to get pregnant later in life.
If having multiple children is a status symbol in some circles, do mothers of only children feel somehow inadequate or self-conscious?
"Another parent said it to me: 'Four is the new three,'" says Cambridge's AJ Hodgson, 43, whose 7-year-old daughter attends Buckingham Browne & Nichols. "There's a pocket of people who are fertile and can have as many as they want. But for most of us, how many kids you have isn't always up to you."
It's a strange sensation for educated, ambitious women. Unlike other major life events, parenthood is often out of people's control, a wild card that reflects biology and necessary economic pragmatism.
Discuss: Feeling pressure to have more than one child?
I asked whether mothers of only children feel stigmatized on the website GardenMoms, a popular Boston-area parenting forum where queries cover everything from trilingual nannies to commentary on root canals. Countless women e-mailed expressing the same thing: a sense of gratitude about having one child tempered by a twinge of defensiveness.
One parent messaged me immediately, requesting anonymity. "My one daughter . . . is fortunate enough to go to a very nice private school. The wealthiest families have four to five children. There is no question in my mind that there is some sort of connection between affluence and multiple children, perhaps if only those are the folks who can afford many children. Weird trends as our country moves to greater income inequality," she wrote.
Why the sensitivity? For one thing, the number of children in a family can reflect finances. Massachusetts has the highest daycare costs nationwide, according to a recent study by Child Care Aware America, averaging $15,000 statewide (though in Greater Boston they can be much higher). Paying multiple tuitions can be daunting, even for well-off families. Nationwide, the fertility rate has dipped considerably since the recession, according to CDC data. Call it birth control by bank account.
"When day care costs $25,000 for one child or $50,000 for two, it's push-shove to get a nanny. If you want a nanny, you need space. At this point, how much do you need to make? It begs a certain economic status," says Jessica Foster, 41, a Brookline lawyer who shares a condo with her husband and toddler daughter.
"I didn't get maternity leave," says Beacon Hill's Shayne Gilbert, 48, who runs a boutique media company. "If I wasn't there, I wasn't doing the business, so I didn't get paid." With one child, balancing parenthood with a career was easier. Still, despite feeling like she "won the lottery" with her child, who is now 9, Gilbert says she encountered skepticism.
"People would ask: 'Where's the next one?' I wanted to say, 'We got it right the first time,' " she jokes.
Cambridge native Lauren Sandler's highly researched, acclaimed book, "One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One" (Simon & Schuster, 2013), explores the guilt many families feel over having one child. (It's out in paperback this month.)
"There's a trend among the affluent to have more kids, which used to be sort of a throwback," Sandler says. "Now that motherhood has become such an industry, it's interesting to see what's happened to it among the maternal elite. Now here's this advent of motherhood as a vocation."
According to Sandler, "There's an interesting trend afoot here of opting into motherhood all the way or opting out completely. In the middle are people who have just one. You'd think that'd be synonymous in the eyes of the public, but it's not, because of the incredible judgment that we carry around about only children."
This includes stereotypes of loneliness and bossiness among kids and selfishness on the part of parents who fail to provide a sibling companion.
"When many people think of a family, they tend to think of at least two children," says Alice Domar, who runs the Domar Center for Mind-Body Health at Boston IVF.
Yet other families simply don't have the yen to go bigger, preferring the comfortable lifestyle that having just one provides. The decision isn't without external judgment, though. Arlington's Jennifer Rego, 39, has a 3-year-old son.
"For my husband and me, the decision to have only one child is the right balance for us. We're slowly moving back to having a life. For example, we can stay on a regular gym routine and travel," she says.
Despite this contentment, "I get the sense that [people think] we're choosing to have one child because we don't love our son as much as people with multiple children, and it drives me nuts," she says. "One woman came up to me at Trader Joe's and, 'Oh, how could you deprive him? You'll change your mind.'"
Nicole DuFauchard, 38, head of the Advent School in Beacon Hill, has been married almost 13 years and has a 6-year old son. "We always thought two, because we assumed our kid should have siblings," she says. "But the reality of having children feels different. As we got older, and our careers set into motion, having one felt good and manageable. We're comfortable with who we are as a three- unit."
Still, people ask her whether it's time to get pregnant with a girl. "It's such a personal issue, especially how much has come out about fertility. I'm shocked it's a question," she says.
Fertility is a subject even touchier than finances and lifestyle. As more women try to get pregnant later in life, many struggle. Some deal with expensive treatments that drain bank accounts, even in a state where many infertility treatments are covered by insurance. Having one child at all seems miraculous.
Kyle Donovan, 42, splits time between the South End and Marblehead, where her circle includes several families with three children. After difficulty conceiving during her first marriage, she and her second husband became pregnant with Matthew, now 2. Due to trouble conceiving the first time and a difficult pregnancy with their son, the couple has decided not to try again — but not without some lingering doubts.
"I'm fulfilled. His birth was a blessing. But I have a sort of emptiness in my heart for him. Would it be better for him to have a sibling?" she wonders. "But I don't want to go through that again, because it could end up detracting from what so many people are blessed with: the natural occurrence of pregnancy. We got lucky with Matthew."
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Jonathan is Senior Project Director at Grosvenor. He is responsible for the large residential projects across the London Estate, recently completing the major refurbishment of 3-10 Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia. He is a member of the Residential Liaison Group, a Group initiative that explores global themes across Grosvenor's operating companies worldwide.
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Southern Power�s new natural gas-fueled plant began operation this week southwest of Kings Mountain � revving up equipment capable of providing electricity to 350,000 residential customers throughout the region.
KINGS MOUNTAIN � A new plant will light thousands of homes and help power Cleveland County�s economy for decades to come.
Southern Power�s new natural gas-fueled plant began operation this week southwest of Kings Mountain � revving up equipment capable of providing electricity to 350,000 residential customers throughout the region.
The beginning of the power company�s operation in the county is among a long line of industrial financial investments this year, including AT&T�s new data center in Kings Mountain ($850 million) and Schletter Inc.�s solar-panel mounting system plant in west Shelby ($27 million).
Companies have committed nearly $1 billion and created about 800 jobs in the county this year.
�We�re about partnerships in this county,� said Cleveland County Commissioner Johnny Hutchins. �Partnering with companies like Southern is a win for the county for years to come.�
Southern Company first announced its plans to locate in the county in June 2008, according to the Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership. That was the same year Duke Energy announced a $1.8 billion modernization project at its Cliffside plant.
The company has committed an investment of more than $330 million into the local economy, including $30 million in new state and local tax revenue in the next 20 years.
�We greatly appreciate the partnership with the community and economic development in Cleveland County,� Southern Power President and CEO Oscar Harper said Tuesday. �As the economy recovers, we would love to expand on the site, and we have room. That would mean additional jobs and tax revenue.�
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What they�re saying about the new power plant
�This represents over $300 million in investments to this community and this state. It represents jobs � 300 workers at the height of construction and eight full-time workers at the plant. It represents an ongoing financial partnership with the community here in Cleveland County.�
-- Oscar Harper, president and CEO, Southern Power
�Domestic manufacturing continues to fight its way back. Having a pro-business climate that is environmentally friendly is important. The population is growing, and the demand is for reliable electricity. (Southern) can provide that.�
-- Rick Murphrey, mayor of Kings Mountain
�Southern is a 100-year-old company as of Jan. 5, so they�re here to stay. We certainly appreciate the construction jobs they created, and partnering with companies like Southern is a win for years to come.�
-- Johnny Hutchins, Cleveland County commissioner
Plant Cleveland, Southern Power Company
What is it? A new power plant located just off I-85 southwest of Kings Mountain and east of Grover
How many people can it serve? The plant is equipped to produce about 720 megawatts of power, or enough to serve about 350,000 residential customers, according to company officials.
Plant Cleveland will provide power to those customers through contracts with North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation and North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1.
The membership corporation supplies energy for the majority of the state�s energy cooperatives, which provide energy to 2.5 million people in 93 of the state�s 100 counties.
The municipal agency includes 19 municipalities in western North Carolina.
How does it work? The plant runs off natural gas, producing electric power transmitted to lines that connect to Duke Energy�s power grid and then to customers.
The generating plant on a 275-acre site in Kings Mountain runs on four Siemens turbines that produce the power.
Other than power, how does it benefit Cleveland County? Southern Company has made a total investment of more than $300 million into the local economy and is expected to contribute $30 million in new state and local tax revenue in the next 20 years.
Source: Southern Company
Plant Cleveland development timeline
2008 � Southern Power announces plans to locate a new plant in Cleveland County
2009 � Company starts underground construction at its 275-acre site near Kings Mountain
2010-2011 � Construction on the above-ground power units
July 2012 � Testing on the plant�s units
Dec. 1, 2012 � Plant operation begins
About Southern Power
* One of the largest wholesale energy providers in the Southeast
* Based in Atlanta, Ga.
* Supplies 43,000 total megawatts of power to 4.4 million customers through 10 plants in seven states, including North Carolina
* Company also owns electric utilities in four states, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications
Major economic investments
Southern Company announced its Cleveland Plant power project in June 2008. The plant began operating Saturday, and officials say the company will pump more than $300 million into the county�s economy. Here�s a look at other companies that have made major financial investments in the county this year.
Baldor January $17 million
Kendrion February $7.5 million
AT&T February $850 million
Steag April $3 million
Greenheck June $7.8 million
Badger June $1 million
Cleveland Yutaka August $5 million
Schletter August $27 million
Stout Brewing October $6 million
Source: Cleveland County Economic Development Partnership