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New York Wind: Much Ado for So Little!
Wind generation, is a variable power source and, as such, will add to the total variability of a regional grid system. A number of studies have been completed that analyze wind profiles by region with the intent of better understanding how high penetrations of wind energy might impact system reliability and what steps could be taken to minimize the impacts. In most cases, these studies are based on available wind data (speed, direction, timing) collected over many years; the same type of data used by developers when forecasting project performance prior to construction. These wind studies are also used by legislators and regulators when evaluating policies that mandate renewable energy development. But what we've found is that performance models based on wind data often promise levels of generation substantially above actual wind power output.
UK Wind: Overstated
The United Kingdom has long been regarded as having the best wind resource in Europe. A 2005 analysis of hourly wind speeds collected from sixty-six UK locations identified three characteristics of the wind resource that proponents rely on to justify an expansive build-out of wind energy facilities.
The study concluded that between 1970 to 2005, a total of 35 years, there was never a time when the entire country was without wind and the resource tended to blow more strongly when demand was highest: during the day and winter months.
The analysis found that wind would operate at an annual average capacity factor of 27%; low wind speeds affecting most of the country would be rare, occurring for one hour every five years.
But last month, the 2005 study was put to test. The United Kingdom's leading wild land conservation charity, the John Muir Trust, released a report examining wind power's actual contribution to the UK's energy supply. The findings, based on real-time energy production, were sobering. Wind generated at substantially below the 27% capacity factor, and low wind events- where output fell below 10% of capacity- occurred over one third of the time, or almost nine months in aggregate.
The report created a firestorm for those tracking wind development. Legislators and energy policy experts immediately questioned whether the same reality existed in their area. Since preconstruction forecasts for wind power performance are based on wind speed data, what if the modeling overstated actual generation?
New York Wind: Overestimates Too
In fact, we need only look to New York State to see an identical story line. In 2005, the New York State Energy Research And Development Authority (NYSERDA) and General Electric assessed the impact of large-scale wind generation on the reliability of the State's bulk power system to understand the operational and economic effects of deploying 3,300 megawatts of wind (10% of New York's peak load).
The study concluded that New York could support a 10% penetration of wind into its grid system with turbines reliably operating at 30% average capacity factor or better.
With several years of wind generation data now available, we took a look at how well NYSERDA and GE predicted output levels. We were particularly interested in the project performance after developers had a year or more to address start-up issues.
By the end of 2010, New York State claimed fifteen wind energy facilities totaling an installed capacity of 1,275 megawatts. The projects are geographically distributed in the northern and western regions of the State but typically away from denser population centers including New York City with the highest demand for electricity.
Twelve of the fifteen projects comprise the bulk of the nameplate capacity (1,225 megawatts).1 These facilities went into service in the years between 2006 and February 2009. Since early 2009, wind development in the State has been largely stagnant with only one wind project built in the last two years.2 The lull in construction has provided a valuable opportunity to evaluate two full years of wind generation and to assess whether the promises of New York wind have been realized.
The below table, prepared using the New York ISO's Gold Book data, provides an important glimpse at wind performance in New York in the years 2008-2010.
Promises Meet Reality
It can be seen that no wind project in New York achieved a 30% capacity factor and most are operating at well below this figure including Maple Ridge 1 and 2 touted by wind proponents as a premier wind site. Maple Ridge was forecasted to have a capacity factor of 34% prior to construction but has consistently operated around 25% — a significant performance reduction.
Noble Environmental's projects produced at even lower levels. When the company sought community acceptance of its projects in upstate New York, John Quirke, an officer and founder of Noble, insisted their projects would operate at 30-35% of their nameplate capacity. In the tax agreement signed with Clinton County, New York, Noble went so far as to sweeten the deal by offering to pay a bonus of $1000/MW every time the annual capacity factor of any of their projects exceeded 35%. Clinton County officials had no way to verify the sincerity of Noble's offer since preconstruction wind data was confidential, but Noble certainly knew the truth. Noble's upstate projects operated with a 20% to 22% capacity factor in 2010.
Wind Forecasts and Project Financing
When determining whether a wind energy project is worth the financial risk, a credit analysis is prepared based on conservative wind production. This production amount, known as the 'annual energy yield prediction', represents the average wind speed forecast for a project with a 90% confidence (P90). In other words, the wind production level that the project is expected to operate at 90% of the time.
The P90 figure needs to be within 12% to 15% of the average production figures in order to catch a bank's attention. If the difference between the average capacity factor (P50) and P90 is off by 20% or better, a project would be considered 'unfinanceable'. We can't know the P90 figures presented to investors for most of New York's wind projects, but our guess is that most of these projects would have been considered unworthy had actual production numbers been available. We'd be interested in knowing whether those who fronted the money for the projects would bother again.
Meeting Public Goals
NY ratepayers who are subsidizing wind development in the State are also receiving considerably less than promised. Square miles of New York's most rural areas have been transformed into industrial power plants, communities and families are split over project opposition, and homeowners have been driven from their homes due to turbine noise, shadow flicker and other nuisances. If tax revenue agreements with communities are negotiated based on inflated capacity factors, actual payments will be lower.
State and local officials have long encouraged wind as an economic development tool for rural areas, but at some point the public needs to know whether the projects are delivering on the primary plan i.e. to see more renewable energy on the grid. At capacity factors in the low- to mid- 20% range, many more wind turbines and related infrastructure (transmission) will be needed to meet State mandates and this will increase costs and impacts.
Our review only looked at average annual capacity factors and did not consider the hourly and daily variability of the resource and whether the wind helped meet peak demand needs. But looking at average performance alone is enough to suggest New York's wind is not worth all the fuss.
[1] Less than 50 megawatts of wind was installed prior to 2006.
[2] Iberdrola's 74-megawatt Hardscrabble project went online in February 2011.
Written by Lisa Linowes, Industrial Wind Action Group
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The author considers the meaning of victory through her documentary photographs of Iraq and Saddam Hussein's Victory Over America palace. These compelling images reveal an overwhelming sense of loss, the transitory nature of power and the elusiveness of victory.
Cynthia Roelle is an award-winning photographer, whose portfolio includes fine art as well as documentary-style portrait and wedding photography. In September 2005 she deployed to Iraq with the United States Army for a one-year tour of duty. Although an attorney by vocation, it was in Iraq that she began to pursue photography as more than an avocation. In March 2007, six months after returning from Iraq, her images of Iraq were featured in Black & White Magazine, a magazine for collectors of fine art photography. In May 2008 she attended Review Santa Fe, a juried portfolio review event for photographers who have created a significant series of images. Cynthia's photographs of Iraq are held in the permanent collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona, Florida and have been exhibited in galleries in the Southeast United States and Hawaii, and in Big World Magazine, an on-line, multi-media magazine.
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Here is a pic from the boat - that's Biscayne Bay bridge in the background.
Most of the transients either get a slip at one of the marinas or a mooring nearby. We, however, are out with the real people (real what? we're not sure yet) in the anchorage.
Out here you may see a boat that you think is abandoned, but it may well be someone's home. Someone who most likely thinks that 8 o'clock in the morning is a fine time for a Budweiser.
12/12/2008, Dinner Key - Island B
Since we are waiting on a new transmission, everything from the cockpit storage lockers is out - so our Clampett look has been taken to a new level.
However, we think it gives us some status out here in the 'hood.
Greetings from the crew of Alibi II!!!
Pups in the sun
We had the chance to visit with Bill's nephew Ryan, who was nice enough to drive us around so we could get a new camera - here's our first photo with the Canon PowerShot SD1100. We had just dragged poor Ryan out to the boat in terrible chop so everyone except the hounds is pretty much soaking wet.
Gus and Jake huddled below while offshore
Here is a shot, right before the camera died, of all the bow junk - this is before it was all loaded to give the boat that Appalachia-meets-the-cruising-life look. We have yet to see another boat that even comes close to matching our Clampett look.
Updates coming soon!! With lots of pictures and stories - all good, we hope.
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2011-08-17 IRC Meeting Log
Today we held the first Zend Framework community IRC meeting. Find out what we discussed, and where you can read the transcript.
The meeting was held on Freenode IRC in the #zf2-meeting channel, and moderated by Pieter Kokx. While sometimes boisterous, sometimes off-topic, it definitely helped build some community spirit as well as consensus surrounding the direction of ZF2.
Specifically, we discussed:
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Rancho Palos Verdes is known throughout the world. It is easy to see why it is such a well-known place. With beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island, Rancho Palos Verdes has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most picturesque parts of Southern California. Homeowners in Rancho Palos Verdes can enjoy the beautiful views inside their beautiful homes. Beautiful homes are likely to have elegant hardwood flooring throughout. Let's face it, hardwood floors are an attractive addition to any room in the home. Whether you fancy the dark and elegant look of solid Cherry wood or the bright and airy look of a solid Maple hardwood floor, the look of hardwood flooring is one that inspires.
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Building a Balloon Rocket Car
During these hands-on, minds-on activities, students will be asked to build balloon powered rocket cars and complete an exercise using skateboards. These activities demonstrate Newton's Laws of Motion, especially the Third Law, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The activities are simple and inexpensive, yet they provide endless possiblities for expanding lesson plans and meeting learning standards.
The minimum amount of time needed for this lesson is 90 minutes.
The balloon powered rocket car activity was adapted from National Aeronautic and Space Administration's (NASA) Rockets: Physical Science Teacher's Guide with Activities. Lesson design by university student volunteer, Brooke Dashiels.
Introductory Activity
Blow up a balloon, but don't tie it. Ask the students to predict what will happen to the balloon when you let it go. Let it go and watch what happens! Here are some questions to start your students thinking about forces:
Additional Discussion and Questions
The Introductory Activity leads into a discussion of Newton's Laws of Motion and how they can be applied to understanding forces, particularly the forces which act on rockets. Here are some sample questions to get the discussion started:
Activity 1: Skateboard Excercise
For the Skateboard Exercise you will need the following materials:
Step 1: Helmets
Step 2: Using the Skateboard
Activity 2: Building the Balloon Rocket Car
To build the Balloon Rocket Car you will need the following tools:
For each Balloon Rocket Car you will need the following materials:
Note: If you feel your students might be unfamiliar with the tools and materials, you should review the tools and materials vocabulary with them before assembling the Balloon Rocket Car.
Step 1: Making the Wheels
Step 2: Making the Car Body
Step 3: Designing the Axles
Step 4: Attaching the Wheels
Step 5: Making and Attaching the Propulsion System
Step 6: Using the Balloon Rocket Car
Activity Questions
Part 1: Skateboard Exercise
Part 2: Balloon Rocket Car Activity
After building the Balloon Rocket Car, blow the balloon up through the straw. Pinch the straw so the air can't get out.
Our assessment methods were the same for Illinois and National Standards.
Our assessment methods were the same and for Early and late Elementary School students. What changed was the level of the questions asked and the discussion.
We used informal assessment methods in the form of verbal questions and discussion. Formal methods of assessment included drawings, and written answers to questions, and the development of articles for the BOAST Kids Newsletter.
During the Lesson
The participants used inquiry strategies to successfully build the balloon rocket car. Then they tested the device and reported on its use. Throughout the lesson, the participants discussed Newton's Third Law.
After building the balloon rocket car, the participants were trying their cars out in the hallway, where there is a ramp with a slight incline. The participants tried their cars out on the ramp. The result was that the cars would go down the ramp, but they would not go up the ramp. One of the participants thought that his car might go up the ramp if the car had an additional balloon to give it more power. He put another balloon on a straw and attached both of the straws to the top of the car body. When he released the car with the two balloons at the bottom of the ramp, it went up. This action, by a kindergarten student, was followed by many participants adding additional balloons to their cars.
While experimenting with the skateboard, it seems that most of the children were able to understand one of the most basic concepts presented in the lesson: Newton's Third Law of Motion which applies to the inertia of an object, or as one child said, "Big stuff is harder to move." In one instance, a child was on one skateboard while a university student volunteer was on the other. After the two had pushed off each other a few times, and the child had traveled quite a ways each time, the volunteer asked her why she moved so much and he didn't. She replied, "Because big stuff is harder to move!" This observation by a third grader was especially good because prior to the lesson, most children thought that one person would move further than the other because the bigger person was pushing harder.
At the Conclusion of the Lesson
At the conclusion of the lesson, a discussion was held to determine the level of participant understanding concerning the lesson introduction and activities. Some of the discussion centered around the questions asked in Part 1 and in Part 2 of the worksheet.
Other questions centered around Newton's Third Law of Motion and the Lesson Introduction and activities. Some of these questions were:
Each of the children who participated in the lesson was able to answer these questions at his/her own level.
Suggestions for expanding this activity
The Skateboard Exercise
The Balloon Rocket Car Activity
Try these variations on building the Balloon Rocket Car:
Try these variations on using the Balloon Rocket Car:
Illinois Learning Standards that Apply to this Lesson
The following standards are from the Illinois Learning Standards, adopted by the Illinois State Board of Education on July 25, 1997. Take a look at the complete Illinois Learning Standards for Science, Mathematics, and English/Language Arts.
Early Elementary
Late Elementary
National Science Education Standards that Apply to this Lesson
This is one lesson in a unit on space. During the unit participants learned about the solar system and man-made space craft. This particular lesson's focus is the application of Newton's Laws of Motion, especially the Third Law, to rockets.
Take a look at the National Science Education Standards.
Curriculum Standards that Apply to this Lesson
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Renewable diesel fuel is a term that has been used with different meanings. An ASTM definition of this term is now needed.
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December month's challenge is to map the lair of a dragon. Any setting or type of dragon will do of course, be it a cradle for your toddler dragon or the classic cave with a mountain of treasure. Frosty lair or Fiery Cave everything goes
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Anna University Convocation 2013 – B.E B.tech Engineering Graduation Day 2013 date
33rd Anna University Convocation 2013 for engineering B.E. / B.Tech / B.Arch Full time degree programmes offered at University Departments, Autonomous and Affiliated Colleges in Tamil Nadu will be held for 2011-2012 passed out students (batch 2008-2012). 33rd Annual Convocation of Anna University will be held on March 8th, 2013.
Anna University Convocation date 2013
Anna university convocation day 2013 will be held on 8th March, 2013 for issuing BE Btech degree certificate / graduation certificate. Till 2009 convocation day [Graduation Day] held in November month but in 2010 convocation day was postponed and delayed for very long. Finally Graduation Day held in January 2010 ( 2 months delayed ). From then 2011 and 2012 convocation day held on January. 32nd Annual Convocation of Anna University 2012 for engineering B.E. / B.Tech / B.Arch Full time degree held on January 8, 2012.
In annual convocation of Anna University Chennai 2013, students receive their degree certificates and more importantly First rank holders will be honored with Gold medals. Toppers and merit holders will be also honored IN-PERSON or IN-ABSENTIA.
Anna University Convocation 2013 for Affiliated Colleges
Above convocation details are only for university departments and rank holders of affiliated colleges. For others who completed B.E B.Tech B.Arch Course in Anna university affiliated colleges graduation day will be held according to their college specific day. There is no specific convocation date for affiliated colleges. So only your college decides when is the graduation day. So kindly contact your college for more details. Even though they will inform you the convocation day. Possible dates are March to April
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IN-PERSON means rank holders will be awarded in person i.e. they will be called on stage and medals and degree certificates will be provided.
IN-ABSENTIA means the person in the rank holder list is absent to receive convocation certificate that can be received by their parents or Guardian.


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Could Jessica Simpson Be Pregnant Again?!Shana Aborn
You've got to feel for Jessica Simpson. For the last year, the press has been scrutinizing her stomach as if it were a rare archeological specimen.
First, there was the chatter about the size of her pregnant belly – was she gaining too much? how close was she to her due date? Then it was the Post-Baby Ab Watch as she headed to the gym and counted Weight Watchers points in her quest to drop 70 pounds by fall.
But Jessica hasn't made much progress on that front – and a new report claims there could be a logical reason.
According to the new issue of Star magazine (as reported by HollywoodLife), the actress-singer could be expecting a second baby!
Gynecologists interviewed for the tab confirm that it's not unusual for new mothers to become pregnant again shortly after giving birth.
"Many women come into their six-week postpartum checkup already pregnant, because they assumed they couldn't conceive again so soon," says Dr. Elizabeth Lyster.
The old wives' tale about breastfeeding being a natural form of birth control isn't always true, either. Nursing mothers have been known to conceive, too.
So could it be true? And what would it mean for her?
Well, Jessica hasn't exactly followed her doctor's orders. She admitted in an interview that she and her fiance, Eric Johnson, started having sex just three weeks after little Maxwell Drew was born – even though most experts advise women to wait at least six weeks to let their post-baby bodies heal.
From all accounts, she loved being pregnant, and she has said she wants "a lot of kids." So if they haven't been using birth control during their postpartum fun, it's possible that they were taking the risk willingly.
But this would be one expensive little bundle of joy. Jessica would have to cancel or postpone her Weight Watchers deal, which stands to earn her several million dollars once the weight is off. The combination of new motherhood and a second pregnancy could affect her schedule on her show, Design Star.
Chances are this is just an idle rumor, like so many other celeb-pregnancy items we've heard lately. Some women just have trouble losing those baby pounds. But if it's not, Jessica would be in good company. Tori Spelling and Kim Zolciak-Biermann are both expecting their fourth children – and both conceived just a few months after their third births!
What do you think? Should the bump watch begin again?
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Legislative News is AUSA Government Affairs Directorate's weekly electronic newsletter, and is published every Monday when Congress is in session.
In this issue:
The train of irresponsibility is speeding down the track.
Eight days until the federal government shuts down unless Congress reaches a deal on a measure that would keep it funded until mid-December (then we will do it all again).
The House passed a continuing resolution (CR) on Friday that doesn't stand a chance of passing in the Senate because of a provision they added that defunds the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). After a lot of wrangling, the Senate will probably strip the provision, pass the bill and send it back to the House. What action they House takes then will decide whether or not the government shuts down at midnight on Sept. 30. If the House decides to pass the measure, minus the defunding of the health care law, then the lights stay on. If not…well, you know the rest of the story.
Following closely on the heels of the CR battle will be debate and passage of a measure that raises the debt ceiling. The government runs out money in mid-October. The debt limit is the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet its existing legal obligations. Both sides of the aisle are digging in their heels on this one also.
Folks, Congress can't even pass these short-term spending measures much less routine spending bills without engaging in a game of fiscal chicken. Meanwhile the monster also known as sequestration continues.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno joined the other service chiefs at a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee last week. He was asked if sequestration continues, could the services meet the requirements necessary to comply with the minimal defense strategic guidance of 2012.
Gen. Odierno said, "I believe at full sequestration we cannot meet the defense strategic guidance. In fact, it's my opinion that we would struggle to even meet one major contingency operation. It depends on assumptions. And I believe some of the assumptions that were made were not good assumptions. They are very unrealistic and very positive assumptions. And for that, they would all have to come true for us to even come close to being able to meet that guidance."
That's the bottom line.
As long as Congress remains mired in this game of partisan posturing, the Defense Department will continue to deal with the budget uncertainty and unrealistic spending cuts. Further, this continued dysfunction keeps us from advocating for those issues important to us and our members such as full concurrent receipt, the end of the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)/Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) offset and the Doc Fix.
In a meeting at the Pentagon last week, AUSA President Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Ret., was told bluntly by top Defense leadership that the only way to get the message to Congress that they MUST fix this mess is for their constituents, in large numbers, contact them and demand that they do so.
We, at AUSA, can only provide the message and ask for your help. It is up to you to heed the call. Visit the Legislative Agenda page on AUSA's website www.ausa.org. Click on the "Contact Congress" link and then on the prepared letter "Stop Sequestration Now" to let your representatives and senators know that it is time to act.
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"Port Alfred" Port Alfred by junecorlett
Port Alfred Travel Guide: 20 reviews and 32 photos
The Royal Alfred Marina is situated on the Kowie River in Port Alfred.
The Marina is a holiday destination for many families who live inland. They own these homes and use them as getaways from the big cities.
We are fortunate to have very good friends who hire a house for 3 weeks during Decmeber. We join them for 2 nights. Then move on to friends in Kenton-on-Sea, which is 40 km east of Port Alfred.
Port Alfred boasts a wonderfully temperate climate - never too hot or cold - with rainfall in the spring and autumn months. This makes it an ideal water sports destination enhanced by the fact that the Kowie is navigable for about 28km upstream. The Kowie river flows into the Indian Ocean
Boat cruises and various hiking trails navigate this river region, rich in vegetation, fauna and bird life.
Roger loves putting a line in. Very relaxed on the jetty of the house we stay in. He caught a VERY SMALL fish.
Port Alfred is also the venue for the Kowie River Canoe Trail. A 40 km long return paddle and a 12km hike.
Participants navigate the river to Waters Meeting Nature Reserve near Bathurst and then hike through forests famous for sheltering endangered barred owls.
The neighbors who are from our home town Johannesburg have their own holiday home on the Marina.
He is quite a keen deep-sea fisherman and invited our hosts and Roger for deep-sea fishing. It was a 3 hour trip. Roger was very ill, he cant handle the swells, but he got the catch of the day.... a "Geelbek" Here he proudly shows off....feeling a little better since standing on dry land.
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Mmmm, that was a nice size fish to catch, I wouldn't mind trying my hand at fishing there!
That looks like an exciting place for fishing!
Kelly's beach on a nice day sounds good to me, June. I wouldn't mind trying the fishing around Port Alfred either.
How fun to go deep sea fishing. Port Alfred Marina looks beautiful. Being able to vacation here must be so relaxing.
that looks like a really nice place. i am planning to visit south africa next year myself.
Lovely pictures and tips. Looks really pretty.Lovely pictures. You certainly love boating
It sounds like Port Alfred has lots to offer!
I had to google what a GEELBEK was - big fish!
Very special place... THaks for your nice page!
A sleepy town it is indeed. I still need to post all my tips and photo's but am strugling with posting my photo's at the moment. ;-)
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Can anyone tell me if the Cervelo P3 frameset is worth the extra £500 over an Orbea ordu.
Any comment would be greatly appreciated
Can anyone tell me if the Cervelo P3 frameset is worth the extra £500 over an Orbea ordu.
Any comment would be greatly appreciated
Get fit to both. Pick the one that fits you better.
Thin line between heaven and here.
The P3 has a 78 degree forward, aggressive seat tube. The Orbea is more of a 75-76 degree, closer to a road bike. So they will fit different. Some schools of thought would say the Orbea is more of a Time Trial bike while the P3 is more of a triathlon bike. Ride em both if you can.
Fit is king, so get measured and see which works for you. Because of my inseam vs. reach, I would had to go with a 48 orbea so cervelo geometry worked better for me (I ended up with a 51).
One other minor point, even though the Orbea has curved seattube to wrap around the tire, the P3 has horizontal dropouts so you can dial in how close the tire gets to the frame.
LBS told me that Orbea had some changes coming soon to make them more aero (he mentioned one example being the headtube with some kind of X shaped cutout on it to direct airflow).
Even the new orbea has a lot of catching up when it comes to aerodynamics.
Has anyone wind-tested the new Ordu? I haven't seen any hard data on it yet.
It looks pretty sweet though.
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Lamoriello was prepared for Robinson's departure; Elias undergoes groin surgery
Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said Larry Robinson would have been welcomed back to the organization, but understood his decision to leave to join the San Jose Sharks as an associate coach. That hiring will be officially announced by the Sharks later today.
Robinson's contract with the Devils expired on July 1 and he had discussions with Montreal and Tampa Bay before taking the job with the Sharks. Lamoriello said he was aware of all of that while it was going on.
"Larry was undecided what he wanted to do – whether he wanted to retire, whether he wanted to just do it part time, whether he wanted to be a consultant like he did before. All of that was open," Lamoriello said. "Montreal talked to him. Tampa Bay talked to him and then San Jose. I had no problem what he wanted to do. Tampa Bay was close to his home (there) and then the bottom line was with his family.
"His daughter (Rachelle) has been L.A. now for a long time and they've got twins (born while Robinson was head coach of the Devils in 2005) and San Jose situation would put him in a place where he would be close to her. So, that's where the decision came from and I supported it 100 percent. That's what he wants to do. The relationship Larry and I have is impeccable, so everything was up front."
Robinson, 61, has worked for the Devils on and off for 15 seasons and picked up Stanley Cup rings in 1995 (assistant under Jacques Lemaire), 2000 (head coach) and 2003 (consultant). He served for the last two seasons as an assistant coach.
Although he was considering retirement, the job he accepted with the Sharks is a full-time position.
With Robinson and Adam Oates (hired as head coach in Washington on June 26) both leaving, the Devils have lost two assistant coaches in less than two weeks. Only assistant Dave Barr and goaltending coach Chris Terreri remain from head coach Pete DeBoer's 2011-12 staff.
"I think everything will work out," Lamoriello said. "Naturally, until we put the final ends of the staff together, there's an unknown there, but I think we know the direction we're going and we'll go from there."
Lamoriello would not discuss whether there is a possibility that Scott Stevens, who served as a non-traveling assistant under Lemaire in 2009-10 before deciding to return to his role as a special assignment coach the last two years, would take on a more active coaching position.
"Until everything is decided, I don't want to get into any names or situations," Lamoriello said.
Lamoriello said the 2012-13 coaching staff would not be decided before the opening of the team's development camp a week from today.
Lamoriello revealed that forward Patrik Elias underwent minor surgery on his groin, but should be ready to begin skating in three weeks.
"Patrik had a little tear, so that's been fixed," Lamoriello said.
Lamoriello said Elias' groin problem was on "a different side" from the one that twice required surgery – in 2005 and 2009.
But the procedure was performed by the same surgeon, groin specialist Dr. William Meyers, in Philadelphia.
Lamoriello said Elias is on his way home to the Czech Republic now and will continue his recovery there.
Lamoriello said he still doesn't know if Ilya Kovalchuk's lower-back injury definitely does not require surgery. It's been four weeks since the Devils' season ended, so it would seem that Kovalchuk did need surgery he would have had it already.
Lamoriello would not discuss whether he is actively pursuing a wing to help compensate for the loss of captain Zach Parise, who signed with Minnesota as an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday. He said he is always looking for ways to improve the team and now is no different.
"You never feel you're OK, so you're going to keep doing whatever you can do to get better and that's the process," Lamoriello said. "We're going to try to get better every day if we can. We're never satisfied with what we've got. You always feel if you can get better, you get better."
Putting aside the intangibles that Parise brought that Lamoriello previously said were impossible to replace, his departure created an opening for a top six forward.
"Last year, with the same team, with Zach here, you'd get a top six forward if you could," Lamoriello said. "You move people down. You move people up. People come forward. Adam Henrique, look at him. He's a top six forward now. He wasn't even on the team in September."
Still, with Parise and left wing Alexei Ponikarovsky (signed with Winnipeg) departing, the Devils lost two of their top six wings. Moving Elias back from center to wing is a possibility and Lamoriello said "we're still looking at" re-signing Petr Sykora, who finished fifth on the team last season with 21 goals.
There will be more of a chance for those within the organization, such as 2008 first-round pick Mattias Tedenby, to show what they can do, though. Center Jacob Josefson, whose development has been slowed by injuries the last two seasons, should also get an opportunity to show if he can play regularly on the top three lines.
"There's no question that Tedenby will get every opportunity," Lamoriello said. "Not only him, other players."
With Bryce Salvador and Peter Harrold re-signing and restricted free agent Mark Fayne to be re-signed – either before or after a salary arbitration hearing – the Devils will have eight defensemen under contract for their NHL roster – Salvador, Fayne, Harrold, Andy Greene, Anton Volchenkov, Marek Zidlicky, Henrik Tallinder and Adam Larsson.
How that will work out once the season starts remains to be seen. Lamoriello also hinted that one of the defensemen could be moved.
"Harrold is a player that became very important," Lamoriello said. "He can play forward and he can play defense. He might be a swingman. I don't know. We'll have to see what transpires. Plus, when you have eight defensemen, you also have something that is an asset to get something else. Who knows?"
Looking for a better chance to play in the NHL, unrestricted free agent defenseman Matt Taormina opted to leave the organization to sign a one-year, two-way contract with Tampa Bay on Friday.
"We would have brought Taormina back in the minors if he wanted to come back, but he wanted to give it a shot somewhere else and I can understand that when he sees eight defensemen here under contract," Lamoriello said.
Lamoriello said he was not taken by surprised by restricted free agent Vladimir Zharkov's decision to sign a two-year contract to play in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League with CSKA Moskow and hopes that it turns out to be a positive for the 24-year-old right wing. Zharkov played in only four NHL games last season and spent most of the season in the AHL with Albany where he had 15 goals and 24 assists in 59 games.
The Devils maintain Zharkov's NHL rights.
"He's regressed unfortunately, and maybe he'll go find his game," Lamoriello said.
Lamoriello said the roster for the development camp is still being finalized, but the young players from Europe such as Adam Larsson, Alex Urbom and Mattias Tedenby will not be attending because of the length of the team's 2011-12 season and the distance they'd have to travel. Larsson was with the NHL team all season and Urbom and Tedenby were skating with the team's AHL players throughout the playoffs.
"It was too long of a year for those kids," Lamoriello said. "Anyone who has to come that distance, we're not going to bring them over for four, five days. But, anybody local (in North America) that was here, they will come."
Lamoriello confirmed that defenseman Jon Merrill, the team's 2010 second-round pick, is still scheduled to attend the camp. Merrill plans to make his decision about whether he will turn pro or return to the University of Michigan after the camp.
I hope to have the roster and at least the beginning of the schedule for the development camp by the end of the week.


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Every child is going to need a way to take these party favor homes, and so we feature a variety of buckets that are designed with different, popular characters. These buckets come in a variety of colors and have attached handles. Character like Dora The Explorer, Thomas the Tank Engine, and Spongebob Squarepants are featured on these exciting supplies. Children can carry all their party favors home in them, and then use them for other activities.
Favors come in many varieties, but our Easter ones are some of our favorites. You can choose to purchase plush chicks, coloring books, plastic Easter eggs, and so much more. These items will entertain the kids during the entire day, leaving extra time for the adults to enjoy the holiday in their own way.


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Confirmed: X Factor USA Picked Up For Season 3
The X Factor is truly the gift that keeps on giving. We haven't even explored the beautiful world of season 2's live shows yet, and Simon Cowell has already taken to Twitter to announce that our favorite singing competition will be back next year. Hallelujah, praise the living legend that is Britney Spears!
"I wanted you guys to be the first to know that FOX have confirmed that @TheXFactorUSA will be back next year for it's third season," Simon tweeted on October 22nd as Britney Spears stans swarmed the streets in mass celebration.
This news will doubtless make many X Factor breathe a sigh of relief, especially since rumors of the shows cancellation were circulating the internet after the botch up that was last week's episode. (Damn you, baseball! Why must you be America's pastime!?)
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It is a travesty that Beverly DAngelo hasnt gotten more material over the years. The actress was wonderful in the Vacation series, brilliant in her supporting turn in American History X and a real scene stealer on Entourage. Still, she always seems to end up in things like How High and The House Bunny. Its great that shes worked consistently for three decades, but Id like to see more. Maybe this will be exactly what she needed.
According to Deadline, DAngelo has been cast as Whitney Cummings mom in the comediennes upcoming NBC pilot. Divorced three times, snarky and extremely jaded, shell provide a little friction to the main character and her boyfriend as they try to make a go of things.
Nothing is a guarantee during pilot season, but Cummings has experienced a lot of positive buzz from her work on The Chelsea Handler Show and the brilliant roast she gave to Joan Rivers. Combining that with Beverly DAngelos experienced and steady work should give the untitled sitcom a leg up when NBC is choosing its fall schedule.
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It's a heck of a lot easier collecting bike books than bikes space-wise but I collect both. So I thought I'd start a thread where people could talk about what they think is the best bike book (and why). I'll start. My all time fav is simply entitled "The Bicycling Book" and then subtitled "Bicycling--the best thing man has ever done." Hard to argue with either the title or the subtitle (OK is should have been titled the best thing man or woman has ever done, . The book was published in 1982 by the Dial Press and consists of a bunch of articles by people with a lot of expertise over subjects that they are passionate about. The late Beryl Burton (and if you don't know who she is, you need to google her) gives a great account of what it's like to race as a woman. There's a really fun article by a writer in Finland who tells you how to ride there in the winter. There's a really fun piece on klunkers since this when some enthusiasts in CA were modifying bikes to ride offroad.
I could go on but what sets this book apart is that it is a collective effort (over 100 articles) written by experts and each piece is very short. There isn't any marketing BS; there isn't a bunch of techno speak; it is simply written by people who are passionate about what they are doing and want to share that passion with others.
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Deion Sanders, one of the two Pro Bowl coaches signs autographs during a practice held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 23. This is the first year that the two team will have non-conference players playing against each other. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle J. Richardson, USARPAC PAO).
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Zimbabwe | Mugabe tsunami closes in on churches that aid refugees
By the time the squatters arrived at Bulawayo's churches at June's end, they had nowhere else to go. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was herding them off their makeshift shanty towns, the only homes they had. But little did the roughly 1,200 locals know the church walls would provide little sanctuary.
Operation Murambatsvina-literally "Drive Out the Trash"-has been in full swing across Zimbabwe's cities since May 19. The ostensible justification is to clear away "illegal" trading and settlements. The operation gained the attention of the UN, which sent special envoy Anna Tibaijuka to investigate the demolitions.
Her report, issued July 22, said the government-sponsored raids have left 700,000 Zimbabweans homeless, jobless, or both-a cleanup known locally as the "Mugabe Tsunami." "It will take several years before the people and society as a whole can recover," the report said.
In reality, locals say, Mr. Mugabe's government is zeroing in on the poorest urbanites for supporting the country's opposition party in March elections. The 25-year ZANU-PF regime also has begun to forcibly relocate Zimbabweans into the countryside, Pol Pot-style, where they are isolated and can muster little resistance to their brutal government.
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, authorities pressured pastors and ministers of a dozen churches to turn out the refugees but met resistance. The victims, stuck in the midst of Zimbabwe's worst-ever economic crisis, salvaged what they could-scraps of corrugated roof sheeting here, a blanket there. The churches they turned to did not have enough bathrooms or space, but helped as much as they could with food, shelter, and medicines. Passersby could tell the refugees were staying in the churches by washed clothes hung to dry on tree branches.
Authorities lost patience with the churches' hospitality and beginning at 10 p.m. on July 20, police in full riot gear stormed the churches. They woke the victims, packed them onto trucks, and carted them to Balu Estate, a holding camp north of Bulawayo.
The Zimbabwean human-rights website Sokwanele-meaning "enough"-reported the details of the hours-long sweep online. Without "any prior warning riot police descended on the churches," said Graham Shaw, a Bulawayo Methodist minister and human-rights activist. "It was clearly a totally illegal operation also carried out at night."
The victims were not left at the holding camp. A day later, authorities dumped them indiscriminately into famine-stricken rural areas, with no access to food, water, or shelter. Younger refugees dropped off closer to Bulawayo walked 12 miles back into the city, including, according to the Sokwanele website, three street children caught up in the original raid.
When authorities transported the refugees to Balu Estate, they also banned church representatives from visiting. Now church leaders are trying to reestablish contact with the destitute Zimbabweans who are stranded in the countryside.
"We can only interpret this as an attack on the poorest of the poor, and now, an attack on the church," Rev. Shaw told WORLD. The raids mean Zimbabwean churches have less and less room for dissent-even in the simple form of aiding the weakest. For Zimbabweans, Operation Murambatsvina has only accelerated a crisis sparked by Mr. Mugabe's grab of commercial farmland five years ago. Food and fuel shortages abound, and his government deprives opposition supporters of vital donor food aid while awarding it to party loyalists. The raids and forced relocations weaken the opposition even further.
"In the rural areas, if they stay there, they're totally dependent on the government," Mr. Shaw said. "There was a major political motive behind this retribution."
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is planning to follow his envoy's work with his own visit. But Mr. Mugabe's regime has virtually ignored the report: His officials began moving the Bulawayo homeless into the countryside a day after it became public. Mr. Shaw predicted "the cleanup" will speed up, he said, so Mr. Annan can see everything is "running sweetly."


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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 7th of this Instant February, 1729.
BY Virtue of his Majesty's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, (before the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT BAYLIS, Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron Pengelly; the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds; the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; and Mr. Serjeant Raby, Deputy Recorder; with other of his Majesty's Justices of Jail Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid; together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, the 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, and 21st of January, 1729, in the Second Year of his Majesty's Reign.
Six Men, viz. Thomas Neaves, Daniel Crawfoot, William James, alias Ives, Jeremiah Cray, William Davis, and Thomas Revel, and one Woman, Elizabeth Cook, were Capitally Convicted, and receiv'd Sentence of Death: and Judith Hollaway, who had been Capitally Convicted and Sentenc'd, at the preceeding Sessions holden at the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of December, 1729.
While under Sentence, I instructed them from Mat. 16. 24. Then said Jesus unto his Disciples, If any Man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his Cross and follow me. That troubles and afflictions were the common lot of Mankind, and therefore whatever cross dispensations we meet with; it is our Duty willingly to submit, since they are a cup dispenc'd to us by our Father; our Heavenly Father, who knows best what is good for us, who afflicteth no Man willingly, nor grieveth the Children of Men. I show'd them that Christ, the Captain of our profession, the Author and finisher of our Faith, was a Man acquainted with griefs, and that we hid, as it were, our Faces from him; and that in conformity unto him, all those who live Godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution: i. e. as he suffer'd patiently for our sake having no Sin of his own, so we ought patiently to endure all the afflictions which are brought upon us, as a just chastisement for our Sins, still acknowledging, that the Punishment of our Iniquity in this Life, is infinitely less than what we have deserv'd, and therefore why should a living Man complain, a Man for the Punishment of his Sins? And as all Men are are thus liable to manifold afflictions, for, Man that is Born of a Woman, is of few Days, and full of trouble: so much more are those unfortunate People, who by their enormous crimes have expos'd themselves to the penalty of the Laws, and become unworthy of breathing any longer in the common Air, but must submit to the Punishments inflicted upon them, as proceeding from a just and good God, who, by thus humbling them, intended their special advantage to reclaim them from Sin, and make them enamour'd with the ways of Piety and Virtue, that although their Bodies may Perish, yet their Souls may be saved in the great Day of the Lord Jesus. I exhorted them to an ample Confession of their Sins, as the way to die with Peace of Conscience, and in the Peace of the Church, as being an evidence of their Repentance, and the main reparation they could make for the injuries they had done to Mankind. I inform'd them, how they had been early dedicated to God in Baptism, to deny themselves to the World, the Flesh and the Devil, and that having vow'd and sworn Fidelity and all due obedience to Almighty God, and the Laws or Precepts of Jesus Christ, yet having broken their Baptismal Vows in many respects, and having wholly given themselves up to the Service of Sin and Satan, therefore, God had now rejected and given them up to their own Hearts lusts, and suffer'd them to fall into those Notorious Capital Crimes, which brought them to so much Shame and Sorrow.
When these and many like Instructions were given, Thomas Neves for the most part behav'd himself decently; and was the only Person among them, who could, or did make regular responses, but sometimes
he smil'd and spoke to disturb others, as his fellow Prisoners, and others observ'd; he was of an abdur'd, insolent Temper, and reproofs were of little avail to him. Daniel Crawfoot, having been of another Communion, behav'd very gravely and devoutly, but in making responses did not Speak out, as not accustom'd to our manner of Worship, but look'd upon the Prayer Book, and had his Bible always in readiness, when Chapters were read, or citations made. Jeremiah Cray, behav'd very Devoutly, and (to appearance) Penitently, as did William James, alias Ives, and Mrs. Cook who always declar'd herself sincerely Penitent. Judith Hollaway, who had been kept since the preceeding Sessions in December last, always appear'd very Penitent, Grave and Devout, and declar'd her self wholly resign'd to the will of God. The other two never came to Chappel, having been grievously afflicted with Sores and Sickness, but as I visited them in their Cells, they were very attentive to, and desirous of Prayers and Exhortations.
Upon Saturday, the 1st of February, the Report of the above nam'd eight Malefactors, under Sentence of Death in Newgate, was made to his Majesty in Council; when Judith Hollaway, of Broad street, for privately stealing a Silver Snuff-box, value 12 s. from the Person of Elizabeth Staples, on the 6th of November last, the property of William Staples. Daniel Crawfoot, for assaulting Mary Dixon, in her own House, putting her in fear, and taking from her 13 s. and 6 d. on the 7th of January last; and William James, alias Ives, of Uxbridge, for feloniously stealing a black Gelding, Value 50 s. on the 27th of September last, the Property of John Weedon, Esq ; receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Five, viz. Thomas Neeves, Jeremiah Cray, William Davis, Thomas Revel, and Elizabeth Cook, were order'd for Execution.
Thomas Neeves, of St. Giles's in the Fields, was indicted for feloniously stealing a Duroy Coat, Value 13 s. on the 6th of December last, in the Shop of Charles Lawrence, the Goods of the said Charles Lawrence; who depos'd, that about 7 in the Evening, the Prisoner came into his Shop, and ask'd for a dimity Waist coat, they not agreeing on the Price, he d - d him, and turning about snatch'd up the Coat, and ran away with it; the Deponent pursu'd him about 30 Yards, and cry'd out, Stop Thief, the Prisoner doing the same, till he was taken.
Thomas Neeves, born in London of mean Parents, 28 Years of Age, was educated at School in reading and writing, to fit him for Business, and when of Age was put out Apprentice to a Cane-chair-maker , with whom he staid for some Time, but left him before his Time was out, and betook himself to a rambling Life, which occasion'd his Ruin. He liv'd in a most loose disorderly Manner, and married a Wife, a common Woman of the Town, who apply'd herself to her Husband's Business, of stealing and robbing, for which she was in Prison, and under Sentence of Transportation, while he was under Sentence of Death, and (as he told me) she got leave to come and visit him once or twice, but she having no Children alive by him, and her Character being much upon a Level with his own, he was very indifferent about her. He joyn'd himself to the Gangs of Street-Robbers, and the most notorious Thieves, in, or about this great City; and having been apprehended in March or April last, upon Suspicion of Street-Robberies, he impeach'd his Companions, and turn'd Evidence against them. Accordingly, six Men were convicted upon his Evidence and concurring Circumstances, in April last. Edward Benson confess'd the Fact for which he died, but the other Five, George Gale, alias Kiddy George, Thomas Crowden, James Noon, John Hornby, and Richard Nichols, died with Protestations of their Innocency, as to the Facts which Neeves swore against them. I ask'd him, upon the desire of some of their Relations, if his Evidence was true, as he swore against these five Men, who died denying the Facts he swore against them, although they freely forgave him? He said, in so far as he swore against them, it was true, although perhaps they were not the principal Persons concern'd in those Robberies. I ask'd him the same Question and some others at other Times, but he would make no direct Answer, and told me as he had done to other Persons, that he must give an Account of what things he had done in the other World, it being of no Advantage for him to relate them here, since we could not pardon him: I inform'd him, that the Church, as is acknowledg'd by every Body, hath Power of conditional Absolution, that since it was not in his Power to do any better, he ought at least to make an ingenious Acknowledgement of what Injuries he had done to Mankind, which was all the Reparation he could make them, and by doing whereof he would die in the Peace of the Church, and, doubtless, in much greater Peace in his own Mind, since, He that covereth his Sins shall not Prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find Mercy. Prov. 28 13. &c. After all I urg'd to him upon this Head, he continu'd inflexible. As to the Crime for which he suffer'd, he said he did not take the Coat, but that another Man gave it him; but in this he varied, which obligeth us to believe the Evidence. At another Time, as we were coming out of Chapel, I desir'd him to speak with me in the Closet, but he refus'd, adding, that he would give no Occasion for composing of Books or Ballads upon him; although I had nothing to say, but to speak a little to him upon the State of his Soul; which, I am afraid, was in the Gall of Bitterness and Bond of Iniquity: For as one or two Persons told me, he said, he had no Hopes of attaining Happiness in another World, yea, that he was sure of being Miserable. The third Day before he died, he curs'd in Chapel, because they would not let Visiters into the Cell to speak with him. The Keeper told him, That he had Orders to keep the Cells very strictly, and that they durst not transgress their Orders, which were occasion'd by the Rudeness and extraordinary Wickedness of the Street-Robbers, who were last executed. I reprov'd him sharply, and exhorted him to Patience under his deplorable Circumstances, which he had brought upon himself by his own Wickedness. Then he sat down and compos'd himself. Two Days before he suffer'd, some Gentlemen of Note coming in to see him, after they were gone, when he came up to Chapel, he abus'd and threaten'd a Gentleman-Prisoner at a strange Rate, because he had told them of his wicked Dispositions and Carriages: For this, the Keeper taking him out threaten'd to punish him severely, and then brought him in again with Tears in his Eyes, when the fear of Punishment kept him Quiet. He was one of the most obstinate, abdur'd, irreclaimable, and (to appearance) impenitent Sinners, I ever saw.
Jeremiah Cray, of St. Leonard'e, Shoreditch, was indicted for assaulting John Benson, Esq ; on the Highway, (in a Hackney Coach, in the Road leading to Hackney) putting
him in fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, Value 20 s. and 8 s. in Money, on the 4th of December last.
Mr. Benson depos'd, that about 6 at Night, or a Quarter after, he was robb'd as abovesaid, and although he could not swear to his Face, yet he believ'd him to be the Man, by the Cloaths he wore, and the Discription of the Horse; the Coachman swore to his Face and to the Horse also. Hannah Edmonds depos'd, that she was in the Coach, took Notice of his being pitted with the Small Pox, and his wearing his own Hair, and that she was sure he was the Man. He call'd some People to his Character, but the Proof being plain upon him, he was found Guilty.
Jeremiah Cray, near 20 Years of Age, descended of honest reputable Parents, had his Education at School, where he learn'd to read and write, and to understand the Principles of our Christian Religion. He was instructed by his Father, in the Trade of an Upholsterer , which Business (as he said) he constantly follow'd, and never wanted any Encouragement needful for him, as to Cloaths, Money and Maintenance, which was all that was necessary to a young Man of his Age. He said, that he lov'd a young Woman, intending to marry her, but that his nearest Friends were much against that Match; as unproper for him. Upon this he turn'd discontented, and to be reveng'd of them, tho' rather on himself, he took to the Highway, although otherwise he had been always (as he affirm'd) a sober industrious young Man, free of these epidemick Vices, too incident to the Youth of this Age. He own'd the Robbery for which he died, according to the Evidence given by Mr. Benson and others. He appear'd to have been a Youth of a good natural Temper, and his Father declar'd, that he never offended him, by speaking so much as one unbecoming Word to him; and he could give no Account, why he committed such a Robbery, only that he believ'd it to be a violent Temptation of the D - l to undoe him at once. Being ask'd, if he was the Person, who shot at and wounded a Coachman, and Gardiner, sitting upon the Box beside another Coachman, upon the Highway near the Town? He answer'd, that as he was very soon to appear before God, he never stole nor robb'd in his Life, except the single Instance of the Fact for which he died; but that he always liv'd soberly and follow'd his Business, with Approbation of his Master whom he had serv'd. He seem'd to be a young Man of a good natural Disposition, and behav'd very christianly under his Misfortunes, and desir'd earnestly to receive the Sacrament. He declar'd, that his Sentence was just, that he believ'd to be sav'd by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Christ Jesus, that he heartily repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World.
Thomas Revel, of St. Paul's Covent-Garden, was indicted for feloniously stealing a Silver Tea Canister, Two Cases of Desart Knives, three Silver Castors, eight large Silver Spoons, a pair of Silver Snuffers, a Silver Candlestick, and Extinguisher, a Silver Bason, four Salts, three Salvers, and several other Pieces of Plate, to a great Value, the Property of the Lady Thorold, and 30 Guineas, and three Pounds in Silver, the Property of Mr. Sentement, and in the Dwelling-House of the late Mr. Sentement, on the 28th of July last.
Thomas Revel, 36 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Bedfordshire, who educated him at School, and instructed him in Christian Principles, as was fit for one in a low State of Life. He was not put to a Trade, but serv'd Gentlemen in the Station of a Footman , and sometimes as Coachman , and as several Gentlemen of good Fashion depos'd in Court, with very much Integrity and Honesty, particularly one Gentleman told, that he trusting him wholly with the keeping of his Horses, kept a private Account, unknown to Revel, of what was expended upon them, and that when they adjusted Accounts amounting to more than 20 l. for the Horses, they never varied in a Farthing. He was married and had one Child, and his Wife, who appear'd to be a sober Woman, gave him the Character of being one of the best of Husbands. He declar'd, that he had always liv'd soberly and honestly, that he had been a religious Observer of Ordinances, that he read God's Word, and other good Books, and that he had sometimes, tho' not of late, receiv'd the holy Sacrament. When I ask'd him first about the Robbery of which he was convicted, he said, that Dawling the Evidence committed it, without his Knowledge, and to save himself, swore it upon him; but after he found himself included in the Dead Warrant, and that he had no farther Hopes, he own'd, that the Evidence was true, only he alledg'd, that Tho. D - n first advis'd him to it, and that he bound himself, to remove any Suspicion the Family might have of his Concern in the Robbery. From the Evidence and his Confession it appears, that they were Confederates and equally concern'd in a Commission of that horrid Villainy. All the Time he was under Sentence, he was afflicted with Sickness or Lameness, and could not walk, nor come to Chapel, but as I daily visited him in the Cell, he always declar'd himself sincerely Penitent for all his Offences, particularly the Crime of which he was convicted, which was the only Theft or capital Crime he ever was guilty of, having in all the preceding Part of his Life been very Honest, and still bore a very good Character in all the Families, which were many and of good Note, where he had serv'd. He own'd the Justice of his Sentence, according to Law, and declar'd, that he believ'd in Jesus Christ his only Saviour, that he repented and begg'd God and Man Pardon for his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all the World.
William Davis, of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was indicted for breaking the House of Thomas Lobe, on the 14th of December last, and taking thence four Silver Spoons, Value 40 s. eleven Holland Shirts, Value 5 l. and several other Things, the Property of the said Thomas Lobe.
William Davis, 23 Years of Age, born at Luton in Bedfordshire, of mean Parents, who got him taught to read and write, and then put him Apprentice to a Baker ; when he had serv'd out his Time he came to London, thinking to better his Fortune, but he took a quite wrong Method of doing it. For about a Year ago, as he said, when he was out of settl'd Business, his Companion and Accomplice Hewlet, who had serv'd the same Master with him, advis'd him to go a stealing and pilfering, drinking and whoring with him, which pernicious Advice he embrac'd, and follow'd ever after, till such Time as he was taken up. He was a simple, clownish, ignorant young Fellow, and a very great Proficient in Wickedness, during the said Time but he threw the whole Occasion of his Ruin upon the Solicitations and over Persuasions of his profligate Comrade. He was grievously afflicted with Sickness, of a Fever and Ague, and a prodigious Swelling in his Feet, all the Time he was under Sentence, occasion'd (as he said) by Cold, and he had also got himself clap'd or pox'd in a high Degree, so that he
could not move from off his Couch, but was in the most miserable Condition imaginable. He cried out and groan'd very much, partly for fear of Death, and partly because of the great Pains he endur'd. When I daily prayed for him in the Cell, he declar'd himself Penitent, and comply'd fervently with the Prayers, and were very attentive to the Instructions and Exhortations which were given to him, but his Indisposition was so great, that he was not fit for receiving them. He declar'd, that he hop'd for Salvation only through Christ, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, that his Sentence was just, and that he forgave all Men the Offences they had given him, as he expected Forgiveness from God.
Elizabeth Cook, of the Parish of St. Laurence, was indicted for feloniously stealing 10 Guineas, 5 Pieces of Silver, 2 Foreign Pieces of Silver, and a Holland Shirt, on the 22d of December last, the Property of John Oldfield, Doctor of Physick , in the Dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph Porter.
Elizabeth Cook, between 40 and 50 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Wales, who put her to School, but she was Cross and would not keep it, and could not read. When she came to Age, she serv'd a Gentleman's House in Herefordshire, where she married a Man of the Name of Cook, with whom (as she said) she liv'd Creditably for some Years. After her Husband's Death, she threw up her Country Business of farming Land , and came to Town, where she serv'd in several good Families, and (if we may believe her) with Approbation of her Masters and Mistresses. She said, that she never stole any thing, excepting the Fact of which she was convicted, and that she took no more but the three Guineas, and the Silver which she restored. After all the Motives I us'd, to cause her to make a full Confession, she would not acknowledge any more. She said, that she liv'd Soberly and Virtuously, that in the Country she went to Church, and took the Sacrament sometimes, but for 9 Years past since she came to London, she did not go often to Church. She was very much afraid of Death, against the Fears of which I advanc'd several Arguments and solid Grounds of Comfort. She was very devout and attentive in Chapel, and at other Times express'd a Confidence in the Mercy of God through Christ. She own'd the Justice of her Sentence, according to Law; and declar'd, that she believ'd in Christ her only Saviour; repented of all her Sins; and died in Peace with all Mankind.
N. B. Neeves would not tell any thing about Mrs. Fletcher's Goods, which if he did, he said, it would be to prosecute some Person and ruin their Families.
At the Place of Execution,
THomas Neeves, in Chapel before he went out, behav'd indifferently well, but when he came to the Tree, h appear'd like to a Man in Drink, staggering and scarce able to stand, and as I was praying for them, he frequently cried out to a Man about a Coach which was to carry off his Body, so that I was forc'd to reprove him, and when I alledg'd that he had drunk too much, he said, No Sir, I only took a Dram this Morning. The Father and Wife of one Nichols, a Barber, (who was executed in May last, in Company, and for his being concern'd with the Street-Robbers, upon Neeves's Evidence) came into the Cart, to enquire before Neeves died, if his Evidence against the said Nichols was true; he said, it was not, pray'd to God to forgive him for bearing false Witness, declar'd that Nichols died Innocent, and that he never saw him, till he was taken up, and before the Justice, and that he swore falsely against Nichols by the Persuasion and Advice of some others, who by that Means thought to get some Money to themselves and him. As to the Fact for which he died, he said, he never went into the Shop in Monmouth street, to cheapen any Thing, but would give no further Account, what way he came by the Coat. He said that the Judgment of God had most justly overtaken him, for swearing away the Life of others. He desir'd a Psalm to be sung last of all, and as we were singing, he smil'd to some People near by, which gave Offence to the Spectators. He died as he liv'd, i. e. as we may fear, stupidly Impenitent. Mrs. Cook said, she forgave all Men, as she expected Forgiveness from God. Jeremiah Cray comply'd fervently with the Devotion and singing of Psalms, having nothing to add, but adher'd to his former Confessions. The other two had nothing more to say. The Four last died Penitent, as they declar'd.
This all the Account given by me,
JAMES GUTHRIE, Ordinary of Newgate.


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