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CBN.com NASHVILLE -- Seventh Day Slumber is a Christian rock band known just as much for their powerful altar ministry as they are for their music. Over the past four years, SDS has seen more than 50,000 people accept Jesus Christ at their shows and have ministered to more than half a million.
In addition to receiving numerous awards and accolades including a Dove Award nomination, BMI Award, and numerous hit radio singles, the band is now reaching out to the Hispanic community with their latest release "Rescatame", a collection of rock songs recorded completely in Spanish.
CBN.com Program Director Chris Carpenter recently sat down with lead singer Joseph Rojas and bassist Josh Schwartz to discuss why they opted to record their new album in another language, the spiritual progression of their music, and what it means to be finally awake. You have a new album coming out in Spanish called "Rescatame" which is a reworking of "Finally Awake" as well as a few of your prominent songs from the past. With the exception of Jaci Velasquez this is not a very common occurrence in Christian music. Why did you decide to release a Spanish record?
Joseph Rojas: I'm Hispanic but I don't speak Spanish fluently. However, I sing it without any accent. You wouldn't have any idea that I didn't speak it fluently. The title means "To Rescue Me". I picked the songs that I wanted to release and it is being released as a brand new record. It is not like a greatest hits album because no one has really heard these songs in that manner. We are excited. It has ten songs on there – "Caroline" is on there. "Awake" is on there. You know, we just felt like we wanted to get this message out to the masses. The Latin American population is huge. Anywhere there are Spanish speaking people we wanted to be able to reach them because I could actually do that. We may not stop at Spanish. We may venture into other languages but we want the message of Jesus Christ to be heard loud and clear.
The Spanish album is your fourth. Usually, a band seems to hit their stride as artists just about now. Have you seen a progression in your music from the first record until where you are today?
Joseph Rojas: I feel like we just mature with every record – musically and with the way we connect with our audience. That is a process too. You find ways to make yourself more relevant to people. I feel like our music has progressed in a big way. I think we are a lot less "we have to do this by ourselves!" Now we are like, if there is a producer and he is going to give us advice and help us than we have matured enough to know that we need to listen.
Your last album was called "Finally Awake". What is the significance of that title?
Joseph Rojas: The reason it is called "Finally Awake" is because … it was about the awakening that I had … that we have all had. For me, for Josh and I, we have two completely different testimonies. Mine is that I was a drug addict. I had a $400 dollar a day cocaine addiction and I was an atheist. I didn't believe in God. Josh was raised in church his whole life. But what we have come to find out is that pain is universal. As a Christian, being raised by missionary parents, Josh came to a point in his life where he felt that he didn't even know God. It wasn't until he dropped to his knees and said, 'Jesus, I want to know you, not just through my parents and not just through my church. I want to know you personally.' That was his awakening. For me, I tried to commit suicide. In the back of an ambulance after having a heart attack at 22 years old, I gave my life to Jesus. That was when I was "finally awake". It is when you come into the fullness of knowing that God loves you and that He is really alive. That is what "Finally Awake" symbolizes.
For both of you, where was that turning point for you where you were "finally awake"?
Joseph Rojas: When I was in the ambulance that was the first time I realized that maybe I was worth something – that I wasn't worthless. For a guy I met not too long ago, he had a $400 dollar a day heroin, cocaine, and whatever else you can imagine addiction. And he was healed immediately and never used drugs again. But for me, healing was a process. It took me a year and a half to get off of it completely. It was that year and a half that was a period of being "finally awake" for me. It was a process. Then, as that process happened, one day I just realized I wasn't addicted to drugs anymore. The "finally awake" moment happened in the back of the ambulance but it was a year and a half long process.
Josh Schwartz: For me it was a matter of going through the motions but now it was a life filled with excitement and passion. That is why when we started the band that was the only reason for doing it – that being reaching the lost. I just had the passion to try and change the world.
What advice can you give people who don't feel awake in life?
Joseph Rojas: First of all, I would say that I understand because I know what it means to feel that way. I would give them this advice: there is hope and here is how you get to that hope. You need to surrender completely. You need to quit being the victim. I don't mean that in a rude way or a harsh way. I am saying that sometimes we want to be the victim and we don't allow ourselves to have any freedom. Even some Christians will still stay the victim. But I would say to that person that just feels like there is no hope, my advice is to quit being the victim. Don't feel sorry for yourself. Quit sabotaging your own happiness. Surrender completely to God and see what He will do. I will make you a promise on top of the advice I have given. If you will do that God will take you to places that you never even imagined were possible. I am living proof of that. I went from being a drug addict to now being a husband of nine years to my beautiful wife, and being the father of three boys that love their daddy and want to be just like me. And I love my kids. Today, I can say that wanting to be like daddy isn't too bad of a thing to want to be.
What do you feel is the most important element in your music? What is that certain something that you guys draw from that you feel is the key to everything you play live or in the studio?
Joseph Rojas: For me, the most important element that drives me and gives me great excitement is that I know for a fact that God is who He says He is. I know for a fact that He really did this in my life. I want to tell you that you have got to have something in your life that you know that you know that you know that God absolutely did for you in your life. You've got to have that. You've got to have that one thing … search your heart and find that one thing that you know that it was absolutely know it was God. I have that and because I have that I can speak freely about what God can do for your life because I have seen it.
Josh Schwartz: When we play shows and do ministry and seeing lives being changed … that drives me. Knowing that what we do has purpose. I wouldn't be doing music if it wasn't for the ministry element. I would rather be home with my wife doing ministry in more familiar surroundings. I don't want to travel all the time. But when you get emails from kids saying 'I was going to kill myself but because I heard one of your songs or attended one of your shows, I gave my heart to Jesus," that is what keeps me going.
Final question, what is God teaching you guys these days?
Joseph Rojas: God is teaching me patience. Just slow down Joseph. Just let me handle this. Slow down. God has given me these visions and I want to do them all right now. It is like, 'God you are moving too slow.' But God is saying, 'No, you are moving too fast and I am the boss, so chill out.'
Josh Schwartz: For me, it's spending more time in the Word. Sometimes you get caught up with the business of life. I just want to dig deeper and trust God more. We talk about that but sometimes when you do talk about it things happen in your own life. It is easy to try and get a hold of it but God is teaching me to put everything in His hands. He has it covered. He already has it planned out. Don't worry about it. Just trust Him.
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Lead singer Joseph Rojas is also the head of Teenhopeline. Teenhopeline Inc. strives to impact young people through relevant music, powerful testimonies and personal interaction. It operates a 24/7 cyber radio station broadcasting from www.hopeinanguish.com, and also a three hour syndicated broadcast show that airs on FM stations across North America.

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Alcohol consumption patterns, diet and body weight in 10 European countries.
Sieri S., Krogh V., Saieva C., Grobbee DE., Bergmann M., Rohrmann S., Tjønneland A., Ferrari P., Chloptsios Y., Dilis V., Jenab M., Linseisen J., Wallström P., Johansson I., Chirlaque MD., Sanchez MJ., Niravong M., Clavel-Chapelon F., Welch AA., Allen NE., Bueno-de-Mesquita HB., van der Schouw YT., Sacerdote C., Panico S., Parr CL., Braaten T., Olsen A., Jensen MK., Bingham S., Riboli E., Slimani N.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Europe has the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world. As drinking patterns are important determinants of the beneficial and harmful effects of alcohol consumption, we investigated alcohol consumption in relation to nutrient intake, place of consumption, education and body weight in a sample of adults from 10 European countries. METHODS: A 24-h dietary recall interview was conducted on 13 025 men and 23 009 women, aged 35-74 years, from 27 centres participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Means and standard errors of alcohol consumption, adjusted for age, were calculated, stratified by gender and centre. RESULTS: In many centres, higher level drinkers (males consuming >24 g of ethanol/day, equivalent to >2 standard drinks and females consuming >12 g of ethanol/day equivalent to >1 standard drink) obtained more energy from fat and protein and less from sugar than did abstainers. The proportion of energy from starch tended to be higher for male and lower for female higher level drinkers than for abstainers. Female higher level drinkers had a lower body mass index than did abstainers, whereas male higher level drinkers generally weighed more. Male higher level drinkers were less educated than abstainers in Mediterranean countries, but were more educated elsewhere. Female higher level drinkers were usually more educated than were abstainers. Outside the home, consumption (both genders) tended to be at friends' homes, particularly among men in Northern and Central Europe, and in bars in Spain. CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals clear geographical differences in drinking habits across Europe, and shows that the characteristics of different alcohol consumption categories also vary.


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Advertisements in the media advise parents to "plan and protect your children's future and their health status". These are not commercials for insurance plans, but private stem cell banking facilities, where, for a steep price, your baby's umbilical cord stem cells can be preserved for future use.…..click & see
Stem cells are in the news. Independent national and international laboratories are making claims and counterclaims about the "miracles" they have achieved with them. Paralysed people have been able to walk, rare degenerative nervous and muscular system diseases been reversed, and some cancers of the blood cells cured. People with terminal illnesses have also been offered hope…..click & see
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Stem cells may be embryonic, adult or derived from umbilical cords. Embryonic stem cells are obtained from the extra fertilised eggs at in vitro fertilisation (IVF) centres. The use of these cells is controversial, as, theoretically, they have the potential to become human beings. They are the "spare babies" belonging to a particular IVF couple. When supplied to a stem cell research facility, they are grown in a nutrient broth in a culture dish and used for research or treatment.
Adult stem cells are found in bone marrow. These are harvested from the bone marrow of living donors. It's a surgical procedure done under anaesthesia with some post-operative discomfort. The cells are capable of eventually forming either various types of blood cells or stromal cells from which cartilage and fat tissues arise.
Haematologists treat a variety of hereditary blood disorders and some of the blood cancers with either autologous (the person's own) stem cells or compatible donor cells from bone marrow transplants. This technology has been used for the last 30 years. Bone marrow transplants are life saving for people with certain blood cancers. They can also be used for serious blood disorders such as aplastic anaemia. They can also help boost the immune system if it is impaired because of an inherited genetic defect or destroyed by cancer.
Umbilical cords are a rich and non-controversial source of stem cells. Cord blood has a greater ability to generate new blood cells than does bone marrow. Also, smaller quantities of cord blood cells are needed for successful transplantation. These cords are normally discarded along with the placenta from labour wards all over the world.
At present, in India, patients who require stem cell treatment or a bone marrow transplant have to search for a relative who is an appropriate tissue match. Sometimes even close first-degree relatives like a parent or sibling are not compatible. India does not as yet have a centralised national bone marrow registry to match recipients and donors.
Some foresighted countries with efficient national health schemes like the United Kingdom and Brazil do have public cord blood banks. Blood is screened for infective agents, documented in a registry and stored. The chances of finding compatible stem cells are high because of the large volumes stored.
India has private cord blood banks which store blood only for the use of that particular child for a period of 21 years. It may be a cost effective option for parents who have a family history of certain genetic diseases, such as severe hereditary anaemias, immune disorders or certain cancers. Even then, the chance that the blood can be used for that particular child is only 1 in 2,000. In families with no such risk factors, there is only about a 1-in-20,000 chance of the child ever needing a stem cell transplantation. Also, even if the child does require a stem cell transplant, it is unlikely that his or her own cord blood would be the desired source of stem cells. The same chromosomal or genetic defect causing the leukaemia, any other cancer or metabolic disorder, is likely to be present in the child's stem cell line. There is no proof that a transplant using the child's own stem cells is effective or even safe, especially in cases of childhood cancers.
Indians have a very diverse genetic make-up. The large-scale collection and storage of cord blood in public banks will be very useful. It can be used for matched unrelated recipients who urgently need blood cell transplants.
Stem cells are probably the future of medicine and the human race. They are multifaceted and have the potential to develop into different cell types. They can theoretically keep dividing as long as the person is alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become another specialised cell like a muscle cell, red blood cell, or brain cell. This means stem cells can be infused as a sort of emergency repair mechanism to replenish damaged tissues.
Perhaps disease, aging, cancer and even death can be controlled and conquered. And living healthily forever may become a reality.
Source:The Telegraph (Kolkata, India)
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SALT LAKE CITY October 18, 2016 – The Utah Attorney General's Mortgage and Fraud Unit announced today that Alan McKee of Benjamin has pleaded guilty to one count of a Pattern of Unlawful Activity and one count of Theft, all Second Degree Felonies. A separate case against Gary Anderson of Springville is ongoing.
According to charging documents, Anderson and McKee were previously accused of defrauding Ames Construction and two individuals out of approximately $1.2 million between July 2013 and October 2015. McKee is alleged to have sent letters to Ames Construction purporting to come from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("LDS Church") in connection with the construction of a building site in Elberta, Utah. Anderson is alleged to have assisted by making at least one phone call posing as an LDS Church official to an Ames Construction employee. McKee and Anderson were also alleged to have induced two victims to invest in a scheme to purchase excess farm equipment.
"Stopping white collar crime has always been one of my highest priorities for the Utah Attorney General's Office," said Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. "Our investigators, paralegals, attorneys and staff work tirelessly to stop scams and shut down fraudsters.
"I appreciate the hard work by Che Arguello, Assistant Attorney General and Division Director of White Collar and Commercial Enforcement, and Brian Williams, Mortgage and Financial Fraud Unit Section Director, and their team for their hard work to build this case."
The investigation was assisted by Tyson Downey from the Investigations Division and Richard Hales from the Utah County Attorney's Office Investigations Division.
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In Peru, roughly 55% of the population is fully vaccinated against COVID 19, but there are still millions yet to be immunized. So the most difficult to reach are in the rainforest of northeastern Peru, right where it pushes up against Brazil. Many remote villages, days away from any health clinic by boat, are spread along the Amazon and its numerous tributaries. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports health officials face many challenges as they try to run vaccination campaigns in this isolated area.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Speaking Spanish).
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: In the port town of Indiana on the Amazon River, dozens of people are waiting outside the municipal gymnasium to get vaccinated against COVID. Those waiting for the Pfizer shot are lined up on the right side of the building. Those waiting for Sinopharm are on the left. Fifty-six-year-old Juan Lomas Tejada is in the Pfizer line.
JUAN LOMAS TEJADA: (Through interpreter) I'm taking the opportunity on this Saturday to come from my village to get vaccinated. This way, we'll be safer during this pandemic that's coming through the area.
BEAUBIEN: Tejada says it took him just over an hour in a peque-peque, a long, narrow wooden boat with a small engine on the back, to get to Indiana. Another man in line says it took him four hours by boat. Some people travel for days, health officials say, to get to this commercial hub. There are very few roads in this part of Peru. The Amazon and its many tributaries are what link remote villages to each other, to the regional capital of Iquitos and to larger settlements downstream in Brazil. Dr. Maura Elizabeth Pachas Pinedo, who's running the vaccine clinic, says her teams have been traveling to some remote Indigenous communities to do vaccinations. But she says their ability to do that is limited.
MAURA ELIZABETH PACHAS PINEDO: (Through interpreter) As the health department here, we only have one boat that we use to get out into the communities. And we also use that boat for emergency evacuations to the hospital in Iquitos. So with just this one boat, we can't be out of Indiana for very many days.
BEAUBIEN: Another issue, the doctor says, is that the Pfizer vaccine is difficult to use in remote parts of the rainforest. They have special coolers to carry it in. But in order not to waste any doses, they won't open a vial unless they have six people ready to be vaccinated.
PACHAS: (Through interpreter) Sometimes, in a village, you don't get six people who want to be vaccinated. You get four or five. So rather than running the risk of wasting those doses, we've asked that the people come here.
BEAUBIEN: Another major challenge - crazy rumors. A common one is that the injection actually plants a microchip in your arm. And one of the biggest impediments, she says - religious groups that are opposed to vaccines.
BEAUBIEN: One of the villages where most of the residents have refused the vaccine is Suni Cano. It's an hour by peque-peque down the wide, mocha-brown Amazon from Indiana. The village of several dozen families isn't visible from the river. We have to hike through swampy rice fields and cross a lagoon in a canoe to reach it. Demister Riz Zambrano is the leader of Suni Cano. He's 25 years old. He greets us with charm and swagger. And he's unapologetically opposed to vaccines.
DEMISTER RIZ ZAMBRANO: (Through interpreter) Here in this beautiful community of Suni Cano, most of the people are not vaccinated,
BEAUBIEN: And Zambrano is proud of this fact.
ZAMBRANO: (Through interpreter) Do you know why? Because we are religious people. We believe in God, and we put our trust in God.
BEAUBIEN: Suni Cano is so far out of the way that it doesn't show up on most maps. The only electricity is from solar panels. Zambrano says their remoteness means they're less at risk from COVID. Nobody here has gotten infected that they know about. But residents from time to time do visit the bustling port of Indiana, and they do travel on the crowded boats that ply the Amazon. An outbreak, even in what seems like a small, remote village here, still could pose a threat to them and the rest of the region. But Zambrano's bigger point is that he and many other people in Suni Cano could care less about vaccines developed in some far-off land.
ZAMBRANO: (Through interpreter) God is the one who takes care of us. God is the one who protects us. He gives us life, air, health and everything for everything. And so if I got the vaccine, I wouldn't be believing in God.
BEAUBIEN: Suni Cano and places like it was a problem for public health officials. Dr. Pachas back in Indiana says the largest pockets of vaccine resistance in this region are among religious communities. For her, what is most important is to repeatedly make vaccines available, even if communities at first reject them. But when it takes a team all day in boats and by foot to reach a community where no one wants the jabs, it's unclear how many times they can keep doing that.
Jason Beaubien, NPR News, Indiana, Peru. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Bill Mallonee's 50th release (that is not a typo by the way.) is one of his most impassioned. I realize that is a bold statement when the referenced artist has such a large body of wok. The lyrics on "Amber Waves" are full of pain and loss. However, there is an underlying hope in these songs. Faith is certainly a theme that is the undertone of the music that has defined his career. However, he never paints faith as an easy road. To the contrary, his writing usually characterizes faith and hope as an uneasy battle. "Amber Waves" is no exception.
My personal favorite is a song called "Faith (Comes Soaked in Gasoline". It was influenced by Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath". His portrait is of the discrimination and degradation felt by the residents of depression era Hoovervilles. Not constrained by time, those analogies are just as relevant today. Loss is a central theme on "Amber Waves". In the song "Long Since Gone" he says, "In a sea of progress history doubles back to shake hands with you. When you've got nothing to trade on...you've got nothing left to lose".
Though not as heralded, Mallonee's songwriting is on the level with Dylan or Springsteen. The lyrics on "Amber Waves" strike the soul. The musical arrangements are for the most part Americana. Although he does employ a Mellotron, which is something you don't hear very often. He does not lose sight of the fact that a listener wants a good melody as well as impactful lyrics. After all, it may be the lyrics that give a song meaning, but the tune is what keeps it in your mind. In short, good tunes accompany the message, and the combination of the two is what makes "Amber Waves" so special.
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About the Project
The Durham Miner Project operated throughout County Durham and part of Sunderland during 2003 and early 2004. It involved groups of local people, supported by our team, researching their local mining history.
People involved in the research were introduced to a self-guided local history courses which resulted in recognised, accredited qualifications. There was no charge to do these courses. Details of courses that have taken place are available on our completed courses page.
Some research projects are avilable in the Research Projects section of our website. Further material will be added as the project progresses in an effort to preserve our local heritage for generations to come.
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There are a number of groups funding this project; Durham County Council and Faraway Furniture, the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), European Social Fund (ESF), and the North East Museums Libraries & Archives Council (NEMLAC). Please see our list of supporting organisations and project partners.
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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. — The traffic stop of Army Lt. Caron Nazario has brought national attention and outrage to the quiet town of Windsor in Isle of Wight County.
A police officer has been fired for the interaction with the uniformed Army lieutenant.
Monday at 6 p.m., members of the Isle of Wight NAACP responded to the incident in a press conference, calling for a proper investigation and a plan of action in response to the incident. They're also calling on Gov. Ralph Northam to call a special session so lawmakers can pass a bill ending qualified immunity.
They've launched a website where people can sign a petition to show their support for the special session.
In September, Virginia's Senate Judiciary Committeekilled a bill that would have ended qualified immunity protection for police officers.
Windsor Police tried to pull Nazario over because they said he didn't have a rear license plate displayed. Nazario said he drove into a well-lit area to pull over, but the officers thought it was a high-risk traffic stop.
Two police officers can be seen on video yelling at Nazario with their guns out. They were telling him to get out of his SUV.
"I'm actively serving this country, and this is how you're going to treat me? I didn't do anything," Nazario could be heard saying before he was pepper-sprayed.
"I'm honestly afraid to get out," Nazario said on the video. An officer can be heard replying, "Yeah, you should be."
Joe Guiterrez was the officer who was fired, but it's not clear exactly when he was terminated.
The Isle of Wight sheriff captain said former Windsor Police Officer Gutierrez was a deputy from August 2017 – July 2020. He added that Gutierrez left to accept a position with Windsor Police.
Windsor has not provided updates on the status of officer Daniel Crocker, but town officials have said officers have undergone additional training since the incident.
Nazario's attorney, Joseph Arthur, said he is still left with questions about the town's response.Nazario is suing the officers.
"We welcome the fact that he's been terminated. The video demonstrates that the officer should not have been an officer. We have questions about why it was one and not both," Arthur said.
News 3 tried to get additional answers from town officials on Monday, but the office is currently closed.
Other officials didn't respond to emails or phone calls.
Later Monday, the Town of Windsor said in a statement that all bodycam footage of Officers Gutierrez and Crocker was posted on the town's official website.
Town officials added that the chief of police is continuing to implement training in accordance with Department of Criminal Justice standards for the Windsor Police Department, some of which will take place during the Virginia State Police investigation, which has begun.
"Our goal is to always ensure transparency of our practices and procedures; we will provide information as possible, and as allowed, during the investigation," the town said.
Video of the incident has drawn international attention.
For now, many questions remain about the incident and the response and the community is pushing for more answers.
Brendan Ponton at WTKR first reported this story.


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[page 224, unnumbered:]
Grif. Noble madam,
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. May it please your highness
To hear me speak his good now?
Kath. Yes, good Griffith;
I were malicious else.
Grif. This cardinal,
Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly,
Was fashioned to much honor from his cradle.
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading;
Lofty, and sour, to them that loved him not;
But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. KING HENRY VIII.
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MY DEAR WILLIS, — In an article of yours, which accompanies the two beautiful volumes of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe,* you have spoken with so much truth and delicacy of the deceased and, with the magical touch of genius have called so warmly up before me the memory of our lost friend, as you and I both seem to have known him, that I feel warranted in addressing to you the few plain words I have to say in defence of his character, as set down by Dr. Rufus W. Griswold. Although the article, it seems, appeared originally in the [["]]New York Tribune,[["]] it met my eye for the first time in the volumes before me. I now purpose to take exception to it in the most public manner. I knew Mr. Poe well — far better than Mr. Griswold; and by the memory of old times, when he was an editor of "Graham," I pronounce this exceedingly ill-timed and unappreciative estimate of the character of our lost friend, unfair and untrue. It must have been made in a moment of spleen, written out and laid aside, and handed to the printer, when his death was announced. It is Mr. Poe, as seen by the writer while laboring under a fit of the nightmare; but so dark a picture has no resemblance to the living man. Accompanying these beautiful volumes, it is an immortal infamy — the death's head over the entrance to the garden of beauty — a horror that clings to the brow of morning, whispering of murder. It haunts the memory through every page of his writings, leaving upon the heart a sensation of utter gloom, a feeling almost of terror. The only relief we feel is in knowing that it is not true — that it is a fancy sketch of a perverted, jaundiced vision. The man who could deliberately say of Edgar Allan Poe, in a notice of his life and writings, prefacing the volumes which were to become a priceless souvenir to all who loved him — that his death might startle many, "but that few would be grieved by it" — and blast the whole fame of the man by such a paragraph as follows, is a judge dishonored. He is not Mr. Poe's peer, and I challenge him before the country, even as a juror in the case.
"His harsh experience had deprived him of all faith in man or woman. He had made up his mind upon the numberless complexities of the social world, and the whole system with him was an imposture. This conviction gave a direction to his shrewd and naturally unamiable character. Still, though he regarded society as composed altogether of villains, the sharpness of his intellect was not of that kind which enabled him to cope with villainy, while it continually caused him by overshots to fail of the success of honesty. He was in many respects like Francis Vivian in Bulwer's novel of 'The Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict [column 2:] him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy — his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit that breathed around him like a fiery atmosphere — had raised his constitutional self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices against him. Irascible, envious — bad enough, but not the worst, for these salient angles were all varnished over with a cold, repellant synicism, in his passions vented themselves in sneers. There seemed to him no moral susceptibility; and, what was more remarkable in a proud nature, little or nothing of the true point of honor. He had, too, a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed — not shine, not serve — succeed, that he might have the right to despise a world which galled his self-conceit."
Now, this is dastardly, and, what is worse, it is false. It is very adroitly done, with phrases very well turned, and with gleams of truth shining out from a setting so dusky as to look devilish. Mr. Griswold does not feel the worth of the man he has undervalued; — he had no sympathies in common with him, and has allowed old prejudices and old enmities to steal, insensibly perhaps, into the coloring of his picture. They were for years totally uncongenial, if not enemies, and during that period Mr. Poe, in a scathing lecture upon [["]]The Poets of America,[["]] gave Mr. Griswold some raps over the knuckles of force sufficient to be remembered. He had, too, in the exercise of his functions as critic, put to death, summarily, the literary reputation of some of Mr. Griswold's best friends; and their ghosts cried in vain for him to avenge them during Poe's life-time — and it almost seems as if the present hacking at the cold remains of him who struck them down, is a sort of compensation for duty long delayed — for reprisal long desired but deferred. But without this — the opportunities afforded Mr. Griswold to estimate the character of Poe occurred, in the main, after his stability had been wrecked, his whole nature in a degree changed and with all his prejudices aroused and active. Nor do I consider Mr. Griswold competent — with all the opportunities he may have cultivated or acquired — to act as his judge — to dissect that subtle and singularly fine intellect — to probe the motives and weigh the actions of that proud heart. His whole nature — that distinctive presence of the departed which now stands impalpable, yet in strong outline before me, as I knew him and felt him to be — eludes the rude grasp of a mind so warped and uncongenial as Mr. Griswold's.
But it may be said, my dear Willis, that Mr. Poe himself deputed him to act as his literary executor, and that he must have felt some confidence in his ability at least — if not in his integrity — to perform the functions imposed with discretion and honor. I do not purpose, now, to enter into any examination of the appointment of Mr. Griswold [page 225:] — nor of the wisdom of his appointment to the solemn trust of handing the fair fame of the deceased unimpaired to that posterity to which the dying poet bequeathed his legacy — but simply to question its faithful performance. Among the true friends of Poe in this city — and he had some such here — there are those I am sure that he did not class among villains; nor do they feel easy when they see their old friend dressed out, in his grave, in the habiliments of a scoundrel. There is something to them in this mode of procedure on the part of the literary Executor, that does not chime in with their notions of "the true point of honor." It looks so much like a breach of trust, that, to their plain understandings, it is a proceeding that may very fairly be questioned. They may, perhaps, being plain business men, be somewhat unschooled in legacies, and obligations of this sort, but it shocks all their notions of fair dealing. They had all of them looked upon our departed friend as singularly indifferent to wealth for its own sake, but as very positive in his opinions that the scale of social merit was not of the highest — that MIND, somehow, was apt to be left out of the estimate altogether — and, partaking somewhat of his free way of thinking, his friends are startled to find they have entertained very unamiable convictions. As to his "quick choler" when he was contradicted, it depended a good deal upon the party denying, as well as upon the subject discussed. He was quick, it is true, to perceive mere quacks in literature, and somewhat apt to be hasty when pestered with them; but upon most other questions his natural amiability was not easily disturbed. Upon a subject that he understood thoroughly, he felt some right to be positive, if not arrogant, when addressing pretenders. His "astonishing natural advantages" had been very assiduously cultivated — his "daring spirit" was the anointed of genius — his self[[-]]confidence the proud conviction of both — and it was with something of a lofty scorn that he attacked, as well as repelled, a crammed scholar of the hour, who attempted to palm upon him his ill-digested learning. Literature with him was religion; and he, its high-priest, with a whip of scorpions scourged the money-changers from the temple. In all else he had the docility and kind-heartedness of a child. No man was more quickly touched by a kindness — none more prompt to return for an injury. For three or four years I knew him intimately, and for eighteen months saw him almost daily; much of the time writing or conversing at the same desk; knowing all his hopes, his fears, and little annoyances of life, as well as his high-hearted struggle with adverse fate — yet he was always the same polished gentleman — the quiet, unobtrusive, thoughtful scholar — the devoted husband — frugal in his personal expenses — punctual and unwearied in his industry — and the soul of honor, in all his transactions. This, of course, was in his better days, and by them we judge the man. But even after his habits had changed, there was no literary man to whom I would more readily advance money for labor to be done. He kept his accounts, small as they were, with the accuracy of a banker. I append an account sent to me in his own hand, long after he had left Philadelphia, and after all knowledge of the transactions it recited had escaped my memory. I had returned him the story of "The Gold [column 2:] Bug," at his own request, as he found that he could dispose of it very advantageously elsewhere.
"We were square when I sold you the 'Versification' article; for which you gave me first 25, and afterward 7 — in all - - - - - - - - - $32 00
Then you bought 'The Gold Bug' for - - - - - - - - 52 00
I got both these back, so that I owed - - - - - - - $84 00
You lent Mrs. Clemm - - - - - - - - - - - 12.50
Making in all - - - - - - - - - - - - $96 50
The Review of 'Flaccus' was 3¾ pp, which, at $4, is 15 00
Lowell's poem is 10 00
The review of Channing, 4 pp is 16, of which I got 6, leaving 10 00
The review of Halleck, 4 pp. is 16, of which I got 10, leaving 6 00
The review of Reynolds, 2 pp. 8.00
The review of Longfellow, 5 pp. is 20, of which I got 10, leaving 10 00
So that I have paid in all 59 00
Which leaves still due by me $37 50[["]]
This I find was his uniform habit with others, as well as myself — carefully recalling to mind his indebtedness, with the fresh article sent. And this is the man who had "no moral susceptibility," and little or nothing of the "true point of honor." It may be a very plain, business view of the question, but it strikes his friends that it may pass as something, as times go.
I shall never forget how solicitous of the happiness of his wife and mother-in-law he was, whilst one of the editors of [["]]Graham's Magazine[["]] — his whole efforts seemed to be to procure the comfort and welfare of his home. Except for their happiness — and the natural ambition of having a magazine of his own — I never heard him deplore the want of wealth. The truth is, he cared little for money, and knew less of its value, for he seemed to have no personal expenses. What he received from me in regular monthly instalments, went directly into the hands of his mother-in-law for family comforts — and twice only, I remember his purchasing some rather expensive luxuries for his house, and then he was nervous to the degree of misery until he had, by extra articles, covered what he considered an imprudent indebtedness. His love for his wife was a sort of rapturous worship of the spirit of beauty which he felt was fading before his eyes. I have seen him hovering around her when she was ill, with all the fond fear and tender anxiety of a mother for her first-born — her slightest cough causing in him a shudder, a heart-chill that was visible. I rode out one summer evening with them, and the remembrance of his watchful eyes eagerly bent upon the slightest change of hue in that loved face, haunts me yet as the memory of a sad strain. It was the hourly anticipation of her loss that made him a sad and thoughtful man, and lent a mournful melody to his undying song.
It is true that later in life Poe had much of those morbid feelings which a life of poverty and disappointment is so apt to engender in the heart of man — the sense of having been ill-used, misunderstood, and put aside by men of far less ability, and of none, which preys upon the heart and clouds the brain of many a child of song: A consciousness of the inequalities of life, and of the abundant power of mere wealth allied even to vulgarity, to over-ride all distinctions, and to thrust itself bedaubed with dirt and glittering with tinsel, into the high places of society, and the chief seats of the synagogue; whilst he, a worshipper of the beautiful and true, who listened to the voices of angels, and held delighted companionship with them as the cold throng swept disdainfully by him, was often in danger of being thrust out, houseless, homeless, beggared upon the world, with all his fine feelings strung to a tension of [page 226:] agony when he thought of his beautiful and delicate wife dying hourly before his eyes. What wonder, that he then poured out the vials of a long-treasured bitterness upon the injustice and hollowness of all society around him.
The very natural question — "Why did he not work and thrive?" is easily answered. It will not be asked by the many who knew the precarious tenure by which literary men hold a mere living in this country. The avenues through which they can profitably reach the country are few, and crowded with aspirants for bread as well as fame. The unfortunate tendency to cheapen every literary work to the lowest point of beggarly flimsiness in price and profit, prevents even the well-disposed from extending any thing like an adequate support to even a part of the great throng which genius, talent, education, and even misfortune, force into the struggle. The character of Poe's mind was of such an order, as not to be very widely in demand. The class of educated mind which he could readily and profitably address, was small — the channels through which he could do so at all, were few — and publishers all, or nearly all, contented with such pens as were already engaged, hesitated to incur the expense of his to an extent which would sufficiently remunerate him; hence, when he was fairly at sea, connected permanently with no publication, he suffered all the horrors of prospective destitution, with scarcely the ability of providing for immediate necessities; and at such moments, alas! the tempter often came, and, as you have truly said, "one glass" of wine made him a madman. Let the moralist who stands upon tufted carpet, and surveys his smoking board, the fruits of his individual toil or mercantile adventure, pause before he lets the anathema, trembling upon his lips, fall upon a man like Poe! who, wandering from publisher to publisher, with his fine, print-like manuscript, scrupulously clean and neatly rolled, finds no market for his brain — with despair at heart, misery ahead for himself and his loved ones, and gaunt famine dogging at his heels, thus sinks by the wayside, before the demon that watches his steps and whispers OBLIVION. Of all the miseries which God, or his own vices, inflict upon man, none are so terrible as that of having the strong and willing arm struck down to a child-like inefficiency, while the Heart and Will, have the purpose and force of a giant's out-doing. We must remember, too, that the very organization of such a mind as that of Poe — the very tension and tone of his exquisitely strung nerves — the passionate yearnings of his soul for the beautiful and true, utterly unfitted him for the rude jostlings and fierce competitorship of trade. The only drafts of his that could be honored, were those upon his brain. The unpeopled air — the caverns of ocean — the decay and mystery that hang around old castles — the thunder of wind through the forest aisles — the spirits that rode the blast, by all but him unseen — and the deep, metaphysical creations which floated through the chambers of his soul, were his only wealth, the High Change where only his signature was valid for rubies.
Could he have stepped down and chronicled small beer, made himself the shifting toady of the hour, and with bow and cringe, hung upon the steps of greatness, sounding the glory of third-rate ability with a penny trumpet, he would have been feted alive, and perhaps, been praised when dead. But no! his views of the duty of the critic were stern, and he felt that in praising an unworthy writer, he committed dishonor. His pen was regulated by the highest sense of DUTY. By a keen analysis he separated and studied each piece which the skilful mechanist had put together. No part, however insignificant or apparently unimportant, escaped the rigid and patient scrutiny of his sagacious mind. The unfitted joint proved the [column 2:] bungler — the slightest blemish, was a palpable fraud. He was the scrutinizing lapidary, who detected and exposed the most minute flaw in diamonds. The gem of first water shone the brighter, for the truthful setting of his calm praise. He had the finest touch of soul for beauty — a delicate and hearty appreciation of worth. If his praise appeared tardy, it was of priceless value when given. It was true as well as sincere. It was the stroke of honor, that at once knighted the receiver. It was in the world of MIND that he was king; and with a fierce audacity he felt and proclaimed himself autocrat. As a critic he was Despotic, Supreme. He waved his sceptre, and countless heads fell from proud shoulders. With a world arrayed in hostile argument, he combated each step. The shrieks of the slaughtered were incense to unseen spirits, who to his eye nodded approval, and danced for joy. The accused were tried by the most subtle of laws — their works passed through the alembic of a most powerful and pentrating intellect; to them the decrees of an unseen court — and friend or foe, saint or sinner, were pardoned with grave rebuke, or gibbeted without mercy. Yet no man with more readiness would soften a harsh expression at the request of a friend, or if he himself felt that he had infused too great a degree of bitterness into his article, none would more readily soften it down, after it was in type — though still maintaining the justness of his critical views. I do not believe that he wrote to give pain; but in combating what he conceived to be error, he used the strongest word that presented itself, even in conversation. He labored, not so much to reform, as to exterminate error, and thought the shortest process was to pull it up by the roots.
He was a worshipper of INTELLECT — longing to grasp the power of mind that moves the stars — to bathe his soul in the dreams of seraphs. He was himself all ethereal, of a fine essence, that moved in an atmosphere of spirits — of spiritual beauty, overflowing and radiant — twin brother with the angels, feeling their flashing wings upon his heart, and almost clasping them in his embrace. Of them, and as an expectant archangel of that high order of intellect, stepping out of himself, as it were, and interpreting the time, he reveled in delicious luxury in a world beyond, with an audacity which we fear in madmen, but in genius worship as the inspiration of heaven.
But my object in throwing together a few thoughts upon the character of Edgar Allen [[Allan]] Poe, was not to attempt an elaborate criticism, but to say what might palliate grave faults that have been attributed to him, and to meet by facts, unjust accusation — in a word, to give a mere outline of the man as he lived before me. I think I am warranted in saying to Mr. Griswold, that he must review his decision. It will not stand the calm scrutiny of his own judgment, or of time, while it must be regarded by all the friends of Mr. Poe as an ill-judged and misplaced calumny upon that gifted Son of Genius.
Yours truly,
To N. P. WILLIS, Esq.
Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1850.
P. S. I should fail in my whole duty to the memory of Edgar Allen [[Allan]] Poe, if I did not mention that his works have been issued by Mr. Redfield, for the benefit of Mrs. Maria Clem [[Clemm]], the mother-in-law of the deceased, whose comfort in her coming days is in a great degree dependent upon an extensive sale of the work. The readers of Graham [["Graham's"]], who have been so often delighted by his pen, will, I am sure, eagerly embrace this opportunity to preserve his complete collected writings; and it will afford me pleasure to be the medium of the transmission of their subscriptions to the publisher.
[The following footnote appears at the bottom of page 224, column 1:]
* The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe; With Notices of His Life and Genius, by N. P. Willis, J. R. Lowell, and R. W. Griswold. In Two Volumes. New York: J. S. Redfield, Clinton Hall.
The original is printed in two narrow columns, in very small type. Also, the title of "The Caxtons" in the quoted block on page 224 is given in double quote marks rather than single quote marks, even though it is alreayd within a quoted section. In the present printing, this error has been corrected, with this comment considered sufficient as a note.
In the original printing, the use of commas is very quirky — it seems as if the typesetters may have used them as much for spacing as gramatical sense.
In reprinting this article in 1902, in the appendix of his biography of Poe, James A. Harrison omits the PS and makes a variety of editorial changes in the presentation of the text, chiefly by eliminating a large number of the dashes used in the original version. He also omitted a number of sentences, without comment or explanation. In pointing our this error, it must be admitted that editorial principles were rather different at that time, and under such principles these changes may have been considered acceptable.
Precisely what it is that Graham is reviewing in the present article may be somewhat unclear at first glance. Griswold's "Memoir" first appeared as part of volume III of the set edited by Griswold, but this third volume was not issued until September 1850, several months after volumes I and II were available. The comment that "few would be grieved" appears in Griswold's "Ludwig" obituary of Poe, but not in the "Memoir," as printed in the books. Instead, it appears in a portion of the obituary that is quoted by N. P. Willis, which is part of the prefatory material in volumne I, and it is apparently that text to which Graham is referring.
Note also Graham's reply to Griswold's response to this article: Editorial: To the Rev. Rufus Wilmot Griswold.
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One often hears opponents of clean energy say that renewable sources are too expensive; they can't get by without subsidies; they can't compete in a "free market." One of the many reasons this is a daffy argument is that there is no such thing as a free market, certainly not in energy. Existing energy sources, fossil fuels, have benefited from a century of subsidies and supporting infrastructure — and are still subsidized lavishly relative to their scrappy little competitors.
This is a point enviros often make, but a new report from the Environmental Law Institute and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars puts some teeth in it. "Estimating U.S. Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008" makes a fairly simple point, captured in this graphic:
As you can see, fossil fuels received the vast bulk of federal subsidies during 2002-2008. This is true in terms of direct spending, but especially true in terms of tax breaks. Conservatives, of course, don't want to acknowledge that tax breaks are subsidies. They want to call them "incentives" and accuse anyone who proposes repealing them of "raising taxes." It happened during the debates over the 2007 energy bill — a version that would have rolled back some oil industry tax breaks was filibustered to death by Republicans under the guise of fighting "new taxes."
Industry takes the same line. Jack Gerard, head of the American Petroleum Institute, is outraged anyone would call into question his precious subsidies incentives. Based on his statement, his defense is that, well, taxpayers get a good bargain for all those subsidies!
Expect that battle to heat up soon. As Steve Kretzmann reported on Grist last week, a leaked letter (PDF) from an Obama advisor to the other members of the G20 reveals that the administration plans to push for elimination of fossil fuel subsidies. Says the letter: "The G-20 should commit to take the lead in eliminating non-needs based fossil fuel and electricity subsidies and to provide technical assistance to non-G20 countries taking steps to reduce fossil fuel and electricity subsidies." Obama reinforced the point yesterday in his speech before the UN, in which he said, "Later this week, I will work with my colleagues at the G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies so that we can better address our climate challenge."
We'll see how that goes.
A few stray notes
- This report is actually quite conservative. It did not include any number of things that could be considered indirect or implicit subsidies. It didn't include military spending to defend oil in the Middle East, spending on the electricity grid, or transportation spending. Those things don't go exclusively to fossil fuels, but if there was a way of including the share that goes to fossil fuels, the fossil subsidy number would go way, way up. Infrastructure spending has more or less exclusively supported fossil fuels for decades now.
- While the main thrust of the report is the predominance of fossil fuel subsidies, obviously another lesson is that corn ethanol receives subsidies wildly out of proportion to its usefulness. But we already knew that.
- The report also didn't include nuclear power — would be very curious to see where it ended up.
- In his speech Obama touted his work with the World Bank to finance clean energy, but it's worth noting that the World Bank is still heavily funding dirty energy projects. Obama needs to lean on them.


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Green Deal Going Local working group calls for stronger political engagement and targeted communication with citizens to accelerate a just and inclusive transition towards climate-neutrality
Fostering political engagement and increasing citizens' awareness of the benefits of the transition towards climate-neutrality are two key priorities of the European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) Green Deal Going Local working group. The CoR calls on local and regional leaders to join the new network of Climate Pact Ambassadors and take part in a structured system to collect cities' and regions' climate commitments ahead of the UN's COP26 climate talks in Glasgow and the UN's COP15 biodiversity summit in Kunming, China. New actions complement ongoing efforts to accelerate the rollout of the European Green Deal in every territory as Member States are submitting their COVID-19 recovery plans.
After the launch of the Green Deal Going Local working group in June 2020, the European Committee of the Regions is stepping up its efforts to support cities and regions with the delivery of a just and inclusive transition towards climate-neutrality by 2050. The focus is on facilitating access to EU funds and inspiring the replication of Green Deal projects through the exchange of knowledge and best practices.
In addition, the CoR has launched a call for local and regional leaders to become Climate Pact Ambassadors in order to inspire action and share their commitments in relation to the EU's 2030 and 2050 climate targets. A new survey gathering information on CoR members' and Young Elected Politicians' (YEPs) participation in climate-related networks has also been launched today. These two new initiatives support the chamber of National Ambassadors of the Covenant of Mayors which was launched together with the European Commission on 21 April 2021.
Members exchanged views on three dossiers related to the international dimension of the European Green Deal.
Juan Espadas (ES/PES), Mayor of Seville and Chair of the CoR's ENVE commission and of the Green Deal Going Local working group, said: "With the Green Deal, the EU puts sustainability at the heart of its agenda, both in Europe and in the world. Cities and regions contribute to the Green Deal's external dimension by cooperating at the global level and committing to its objectives. As they are at the forefront of building a sustainable and just recovery, they can use their collective voice and individual actions to ensure their role is taken into account and to push for a global agenda that reduces inequalities and addresses the climate crisis."
On climate, Vincent Chauvet (FR/Renew Europe), Mayor of Autun and rapporteur of the CoR opinion on Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition towards COP26, said: "As local leaders, we welcome the agreement to raise the EU's climate ambition to reduce a minimum of 55% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. However, cities' and regions' climate commitments and achievements are currently not being taken into account. We must acknowledge our contribution in changing the way we live, move and work while setting up comparable data and targets so our efforts are formally acknowledged and counted."
Regarding the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, Ricardo Rio (PT/EPP), Mayor of Braga and rapporteur of the CoR opinion on Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, said: "There is growing interest from villages, towns, cities and regions for the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the core of their long term strategies and daily political decisions. We have observed a gradual decline of the SDGs' centrality in the EU's narrative. This is the moment to give a boost to the SDGs and reinstate them at the core of the EU directives and policies."
Concerning the importance to expand the European Green Deal to the EU's Southern Neighbourhood, Vincenzo Bianco (IT/PES), Member of Catania Municipal Council and rapporteur of the CoR's Joint Communication on a renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood, declared: "The green and just transition must be at the core of the new Agenda for the Mediterranean. We call on the European institutions to strengthen the external dimension of the European Green Deal for the Southern Neighbourhood, including initiatives to rediscover and protect the Mediterranean Sea. The Nicosia Initiative, the Covenant of Mayors and Clima-Med, just to name a few initiatives, tell us that cooperation at local and regional is crucial for a more prosperous, fair and sustainable future for the Mediterranean."
As ARLEM member and rapporteur on Agriculture and food security in the context of climate change in the Mediterranean, Agnès RAMPAL (FR/EPP), Vice Mayor of Nice, Vice President of the Metropole Nice-Côte d'Azur, and member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, said: "Making the EU the first climate neutral continent by 2050 takes its full meaning when it is embodied in close cooperation with our international partners, specially our immediate neighbours in the southern and eastern Mediterranean. The impact of climate change in the Mediterranean is already strongly visible, particularly in agriculture. It is time to take action on four areas: local agriculture, soil preservation and desertification prevention, better water management, and food sovereignty."
The CoR's Green Deal Going Local (GDGL) working group was launched in June 2020 and is composed of 13 local and regional elected representatives.
Click here to join the EU's network of Climate Pact Ambassadors.
CoR Members and participants of the Young Elected Politicians (YEPs) programmes are invited to complete a survey to share their involvement in climate-related networks and communicate the climate commitments of their constituencies.
Permanent call for best practices: Click here to share your Green Deal project.
Green Deal Going Local web portal.
David Crous
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Press Release
Press Release · Wednesday, January 14, 1998
Press Release
January 14, 1998
NHPRC Awards Archival Fellowship for 1997-98
Contact: Roger Bruns
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The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is pleased to announce that Marilyn Paul-Lewis has been selected as its Fellow in Archival Administration for 1997-98. The host institution for 1997-98 is the Thomas J. Dodd Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. John S. Weeren, originally selected, withdrew for personal reasons. Ms. Paul-Lewis was the alternate.
Ms. Paul-Lewis most recently worked in Newfoundland as a contract archivist. While at the Dodd Center, she will participate in general administrative activities, such as the university libraries leadership council, center staff meetings, and project team activities. For her technical project, Ms. Paul-Lewis will investigate cooperative efforts between institutions. Four major tasks make up the plan of work: (1) to discover what types of cooperative efforts, groupings, and projects have been most successful for libraries and archives in the recent past; (2) to identify several projects that have potential for success and which would improve delivery of archival information to a wide variety of researchers; (3) to determine possible partners for each of the projects and to outline required and available resources; and (4) to open avenues of communication between a broad group of libraries, archives, and information groups in the Northeast who may be potential partners in projects with the Center.
The NHPRC currently awards one fellowship in archival administration each year. The fellowship is intended to expand administrative training opportunities for professional archivists with two to five years of professional archival experience. NHPRC fellows participate in a variety of daily administrative and managerial activities, from budget planning and implementation to long-range planning and the development of administrative procedures and policies. For more information on NHPRCs fellowship program, contact Laurie A. Baty of the Commission staff at (202) 501-5610 (voice), (202) 501-5601 (FAX), or e-mail email@example.com.
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North Cascades Ecoregion and Birding Sites
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Birding Sites
The North Cascades Ecoregion includes the Cascade Mountains west from the Cascade crest and north from the South Fork Snoqualmie River drainage (I-90 corridor). Its lower limit is approximately the 1,000-foot contour, a few miles east of the Puget Trough communities of Sumas, Sedro-Woolley, Arlington, Granite Falls, Sultan, and North Bend. It extends northwest into British Columbia.
The North Cascades of Washington compose a highly dissected mountain terrain created by volcanic activity continuing into recent times. The two tallest volcanoes, Mount Baker and Glacier Peak, last erupted as recently as 10,000 - 12,000 years ago. Mountain peaks over 10,000 feet plunge quickly into valleys as low as 500 feet above sea level, cut out by ancestors of the vast glaciers that still sprawl in the northern part of the region. Glacially carved U-shaped valleys and cirques are therefore prominent features. Some of these have been dammed to form large reservoirs, notably Ross and Baker Lakes, and there are also many smaller, natural lakes. The major river systems of the region - Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Skagit, and Nooksack - flow toward Puget Sound.
High precipitation typifies this ecoregion. Huge masses of water-logged clouds come out of the ocean and slam into the mountain range most of the year. Valley bottoms, near the western edge of the region, are typically dry, more Sierra-like in climate and receiving less than 50 inches of rain a year, while higher elevations receive over 100 inches, mostly in the form of snow from October through April. At higher elevations, 20 feet of snow on the ground is standard during the winter. Temperatures are mild in the valleys all year, but the higher mountains are cool in summer and very cold in winter, with permanent snow and ice at high elevations.
The vegetation in this ecoregion is stratified by both elevation and amount of precipitation. At low elevations, the predominant trees are western hemlock, Douglas-fir, and western red cedar, with a dense understory of ferns and shrubs such as salal and huckleberries, exactly as the Puget Trough Ecoregion. Forests at middle elevations are composed mainly of Pacific silver fir and western hemlock, with lodgepole pine, larches, Engelmann spruce, and Douglas-fir locally abundant and many of the same shrubs that dominate the lowlands. At higher elevations, forests of mountain hemlock and subalpine fir alternate with open parklands. Above the treeline, alpine heaths, meadows, and fell fields are interspersed with barren rock, ice, and snow. The region also contains forested and open wetlands, riparian areas with broadleaf trees, and avalanche chutes dominated by Sitka alder, vine maple, and blueberries.
Human Impact
More than 96 percent uninhabited and uncultivated, the North Cascades show the lowest human impact of any of the state's terrestrial ecoregions. Large areas are protected in North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and several wilderness areas, but logging has occurred widely at lower elevations. Recreation associated with natural environments (hunting, fishing, hiking, snowmobiling) may have minor effects on bird populations.
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