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To the leading delegates of the various Australian colonies:
The benefits of uniting all the Australian colonies are numerous. As one united country, Australia will become more efficiently run, and as the representatives of the various colonies, there will be much less stress and hassle put on your shoulders. Since the 1850's, you have been postponing the idea of uniting as one nation, but now the time has come. Today, you will hear many reasons for why the colonies of Australia should Federate. You will discover the facts of Australia's potential future if Federation does occur, and you will be supplied with important knowledge and advice to help you on this journey to Federate Australia.
Federation for Australia
If you, as the leading delegates of the Australian colonies, decide to Federate, then many things will improve drastically, such as:
Transport & trade
A sense of national pride
Things that will improve once Federation occurs
The colonies had a growing concern of being invaded by non-white immigrants. All the colonies (except Western Australia) were keen to unite so they could strengthen their strict policy to keep non-whites out of Australia. At that time, Pacific Islanders (known amongst themselves as Kanakas) were brought to Australia to work in the sugarcane fields, where it was most often hot and dry. Because all the Pacific Islanders were getting the sugarcane jobs, many people felt like their jobs were being taken away from them.
If Australia Federates, it would stop all these problems, as well as the increasingly worrying problem that the Chinese were immigrating to Australia in large numbers due to the Gold Rush in the 1850's.
The various Australian colonies needed a uniform rail system (the same rail system in all colonies). Each colony had different rail gauges (width of track); Victoria's was 1.6 metres, New South Wales' was 1.43 metres, and Queensland's rail gauge was 1.07 metres. Each colony worked independently, therefore the same gauge for all colonies was not discussed. Without a uniform rail gauge, trains could not cross colonial borders This meant that to get to another colony, people had to switch trains, which was an annoying hassle. People involved in inter-colonial trade were also hindered by the different sizes of the rail gauges, because they had to unload and load all their goods onto the next train every time they wanted to cross colonial borders.
Transport & trade
One key reason for Federation was to achieve a united defence force which could better protect the colonies. The colonies were always in fear that attempts would be made to invade Australia, and it would be easy for other countries since Australia is an island and no quick means of escape to other countries are possible. At this time, each of the colonies had their own separate defence forces, which consisted of the army and the navy. It was proven that as six separate colonies, they did not have enough men, arms or even ammunition to satisfactorily provide protection for Australia.
Many people will contribute to the Federation of Australia; turning six colonies into one independent and proud country. The people who will help make all this possible are:
Edmund Barton
William Guthrie Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
John Feltham Archibald
Vida Goldstein
Henry Parkes
People who will contribute to Federation
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Henry Parkes
William was born in 1846 and died in 1926, aged 80 years.
It is said that he witnessed the Eureka Stockade as a small child.
William worked as a miner when he was little.
He was one of a small number of people who represented more than one state or territory in Parliament.
William Guthrie Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was born on the 31 October 1825 and died on the 3 April 1910, aged 84.
During her lifetime, she was an author, teacher, journalist as well as a politician.
She vouched for the rights of women, lobbied for greater child welfare as well as a more democratic electoral system.
She became Australia's first female political candidate when she contested to be a delegate to the 1897 Australasian Federal Convention. Unfortunately, she did not succeed.
Catherine Helen Spence
Vida Golstein was born in 1869 and died in 1949.
She ran for the Australian Senate in 1903, but was not elected.
From 1900 to 1905, she edited a women's journal that came out monthly, titled '
Woman's Sphere
Goldstein was nominated as a candidate for the Senate of the Women's Federal Political Association in 1903. She was unsuccessful, and after another four attempts, still unsuccessful.
In 1908, Goldstein launched a journal, '
Woman Voter
Vida Goldstein
The Australian colonies were:
South Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
The Six Colonies
In 1803, the first attempts to settle in Victoria were made at Sorrento, near the mouth of Port Phillip Bay. However, this settlement was abandoned only a few months later, due to lack of fresh water.
The colonisation of Victoria would be driven by free settlers, not convicts, unlike Tasmania, Queensland, and New South Wales.
Melbourne, originally called Bearbrass, was founded in 1835.
The new Port Phillip colony grew very quickly, unlike the initial Sorrento colony. By 1850, there were 22000 people living in Melbourne, thanks to the wool industry.
From the late 1830's onwards, some migrants were brought to the colony to provide a labour force.
This colonisation had a terrible effect on the Indigenous people, much like the other colonies. They died of snallpox and measles, as well as violence and loss of their food source. By 1850, it is estimated that the population of Indigenous people had decreased to a mere 3000.
In 1851, Victoria was separated from New South Wales and named Victoria after the queen at that time. Because of the gold rush, Victoria became one of the most richest and prosperous colonies of Australia.
The state of Western Australia was founded in 1827, with the first European settlement being in 1826, at King George Sound. Unlike other colonies, Western Australia was to be a free settlement without convictism.
The population of Western Australia grew very slowly. Because there was not enough labour due to it being a free settlement without any convicts to do all the work. Therefore, many people worked as farmers, leaving the few people left over to work for very low wages.
Finally, due to the shortage of labour, convicts were sent to Western Australia. During the period between 1850 and 1868, almost 10000 convicts, all male, were transported to the Swan River colony. There, they worked on public buildings, roads, bridges and prisons. Some were assigned as farmers.
Like the other colonies, the inhabitants of the Swan River colony did not acknowledge that the land they had settled on belonged to the Aborigines. Initially, the white settlers and the Aborigines behaved in a friendly manner towards each other, but soon it became clear that they could not get along with one another. When the white settlers killed an Aborigine elder, Yagan, the Battle of Pinjarra, also known as the Pinjarra Massacre, broke out. It was one of the worst attacks on Indigenous people in Australia's entire history. The Aborigine death toll is unclear, but varied from 10 to 150 depending on the source.
Most of the Indigenous people in the areas surrounding Perth had been dispossessed of their land by the 1850's.
Western Australia
The state of New South Wales was founded in 1788. Captain Phillip was the ruler of the New South Wales colony, as he had stayed there for almost five years. Captain Phillip was known to be a humane leader, not just to other whites but also with the Aborigines in the Sydney area.
The inexperienced settlers found it hard to farm on the harsh land, which made farming difficult within the colony. It almost collapsed due to starvation, lack of adequate equipment and lack of appropriate shelter.
In 1790 the Second Fleet arrived, which possibly may have been the reason why the colony survived, but even then, times were still difficult. However, by the time Captain Phillip left the colony, the young settlement was almost able to fend for itself and support the increasing population.
By 1850, most of New South Wales had been opened and small settlements as well as small towns were established. There was lots of convict as well as ex-convict labour going on in New South Wales, and often whole families would be working.
New South Wales
The first explorer of Van Diemen's Land was Abel Tasman. In 1853, Van Diemen's Land was changed to Tasmania after Abel Tasman's surname. The first European settlement in Van Diemen's Land was in 1803 at Risdon Cove on the Derwent River. Lieutenant John Bowen arrived from New South Wales and was carrying 50 passengers on his boat, of which half were convicts.
The settlement was joined by over 400 convicts as well as colonists during early 1804. Lieutenant David Collins, the leader of the expedition, moved the settlement to Hobart from Risdon. From then on, he took responsibility for the colony instead of Lieutenant John Bowen.
Hobart went on to be established as a penal colony, and was one of the harshest convict settlements.
During the next 20 years, the colony in Van Diemen's Land gre and blossomed. A sheep grazing industry was established, and sealing and whaling stations were up and running.
In 1825, Van Diemen's Land became a colony of its own. In 1854, it achieved the right to self-government.
Van Diemen's Land
The state of South Australia was founded in 1836. Colonel William Light was given the responsibility of finding the best location for the main colony within two months. The location must have included the following:
A harbour
Arable land (land that you can farm on)
Fresh water
Ready internal & external communications
And building materials.
Light eventually decided that, considering all the above had to be accounted for, the Adelaide plains, on the banks of Torrens River, was the best place for settlement.
In South Australia, Adelaide was one of the first ever towns built.
During the early days, when the South Australian colony was still relatively young, the economy survived on sheep farming. When copper was discovered at Burra in 1845, the colony moved further inland.
In Adelaide, the Indigenous people were called the Kaurna. At that time, there were about 500 to1000 Kaurna within the area. A big difference between South Australia and the other colonies was that South Australia was not based on the saying of 'terra nullius' (the land belongs to no-one). This meant that the South Australian colony allowed the Kaurna to enjoy their land and did not interfere with this.
Despite this kindness, many Aborigines died of smallpox and typhoid, just like the other colonies. Others also suffered because they felt as if their culture, values and way of life were being taken away from them.
South Australia
The state of Queensland was founded in 1859, which was the time when it was formally separated from New South Wales. Originally, in 1851, a meeting was held to consider the separation, but it was not until 1859 when it finally occurred.
When Australia will be federated in 1901, Queensland will have half a million inhabitants.
When the gold rush began in Australia in the 1850's, large numbers of Chinese immigrated to Australia to find their luck at the gold fields. However, these miners were often subjected to harsh conditions and racial discrimination, leading to the Eureka Stockade event.
The Chinese
The Australian gold rush had a massive effect on our country's economy, as well as the people who worked in the golfields (miners, or diggers). Edward Hargraves was the first person to discover gold in Australia in 1851, at a waterhole near Bathurst.
Due to this life-changing discovery of gold, Victoria's economy boomed. Soon after word broke out that gold had been discovered in Victoria, many people arrived to try their luck. They came from a variety of countries, such as Britain, America, France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Hungary. However, the largest foreign ethnicity to be found on the goldfields were the Chinese, who numbered 40,000. They made up 3.3% of the entire Australian population in 1861. There were many more men than women; 38,337 men, but only 11 women!).
The Gold Rush ~ Implications
People were starting to see themselves as different to Britain; they were less interested in British fashion, artwork, poems and songs.
The Australian National Anthem, 'Advance Australia Fair', as well as the sport cricket, created a strong feeling of national pride and individuality.
A sense of national pride
The very first human inhabitants in Australia were the Indigenous people, or Aborigines. It is estimated that they emigrated from Africa about 60,000 years ago, and immigrated to Australia about 50,000 years ago. The journey consisted of travelling through Africa, India, Malaysia, Borneo and Papua New Guinea, and then travelled by raft or canoe to Australia.
The Indigenous people of Australia - Before white settlement
The Indigenous people of Australia were deeply affected by the white settlements. They were dispossessed of their traditional lives and cultures, and became isolated and confused. Many Aborigines died due to clashes with the white settlers, whether purposely by fighting or not purposely by diseases such as smallpox and typhoid. Aborigines did not live the same way as the white settlers, and therefore were not accustomed to their strange behaviours. This clash of two cultures ended up as a disastrous Aborigine death toll, and more displaced families than ever.
The Indigenous people of Australia - post white settlement
The Eureka Stockade was a war between the miners and the authorities during the 1850's gold rush in Victoria. The miners felt that the rules that the government set were unfair. The rules were that the miners could not own the land they mined on, which meant that they could be located to different places whenever the government felt like it, and another rule was that the miners had to pay for a license and carry it around with them everywhere, otherwise they would be fined.
In late November, 1854, police stormed the mines to assert their laws more clearly. However, the miners were appalled and refused to co-operate, and they burned their licenses. Many miners were killed.
The Eureka Stockade
The most harrowing and heartrending scenes amongst the women and children I have witnessed through this dreadful morning. Many innocent persons have suffered, and many are prisoners who were there at the time of the skirmish but took no active part [...] At present every one is as if stunned, and but few are seen to be about. The flag of the diggings, "the Southern Cross," as well as the "Union Jack," which they had to hoist underneath, were captured by the foot police.
– The Argus, 19 December 1854
The Argus, 19 December 1854
500 miners gathered under the Eureka flag on November 30, 1854, and elected Peter Lalor as their leader. They promised to fight against police and military. After the vow, they built a stockade at Eureka and lay in wait for the police and military to attack.
On 3 December 1854, there was a massive battle between police and miners. The miners had planned their battle strategy carefully and well, however without the proper weapons they were no match for the police and military. Only 6 of the police and troopers were killed, however 125 miners were taken prisoner, many badly wounded, and there were at least 22 deaths among the miners and diggers.
The Eureka Stockade
Although the miners suffered many casualties, they succeeded in the sense that they did manage to change the way the government managed the miners.
In the end, miners were given the right to own the land that they worked on. Miners also had to pay taxes on the amount of gold they found, and not on the possibility of finding gold.
The Eureka Stockade
YouTube video:
Peter Lalor and the Eureka Stockade
Henry Parkes was the original person to have the idea of Federation. Unfortunately, he would not live to see his dream realised.
Henry Parkes
YouTube Video:
Sir Edmund Barton
Before the process of creating a new nation, borders were drawn to show where each colony was. These borders changed over time as new colonies were created. Here is a timeline of Australia's changing borders.
Australia's Changing Borders
In the 1860's, the Victorian government realised that goods from overseas and the other colonies were being produced at a cost that Victoria's industries simply could not equal. Because of this problem, Victoria's government put a tariff on all incoming goods, so people would be prompted to buy goods locally instead of from other colonies and internationally.
However, the tariffs caused tension between the colonies. New South Wales especially was opposed to tariffs.
Art was an important part for people to develop a new sense of identity which was different to their previous ones. The new settlers used art to express their views, opinions and feelings of the land.
Identity was an integral and necessary part of everyday life for the White Australians. Some things that made up their new found identity was art, literature, education, and adapting to the Australian environment. These things created a new identity, disparate to their initial 'British' and 'European' identities.
The new white settlers who immigrated to Australia found a new sense of identity in their literature. Instead of writing poems about British culture and life, they began to compose stories and poems of Australian life and its beauties.
Some famous writers were Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. While Paterson specialised in writing poetry, Lawson wrote fictional stories as well as poetry, such as 'The Drover's Wife' and 'The City Bushman'.
One of the magazines at that time was called the Bulletin, and people used it to express their ideas.
Paintings of art from the 1890's about the landscape of Australia
The Australian environment was very different to the environments the white settlers were accustomed to. Back in their home countries, the weather would have been drastically different, and accustoming to new weather patterns down in the southern hemisphere would have been quite difficult. Apart from the climate differences, the land was also quite different to what they were used to. Normally, the white settlers would have homes and places to stay, but when they arrived in Australia, there were only Aboriginal people there who lived in the most basic sort of shelters. Therefore, the white settlers would have had to adapt to a different environment.
Education was a part of the white settlers' identity. To be able to build a new future, they had to be able to educate not only the children, but also the adults on how to start a new life in this new land.
Bibliography ~ Websites
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Map of Queensland in 1916
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It would be wise for you to federate, because you can take the whole nation's ideas into account, and not discriminate against certain types of people (in this case, the miners).
Difference in class
In Britain, people were destined to stay in the same class they were born in. However in Australia, people can become businessmen even if they were born into a low class. This shows that if Australia Federates, you can make this a goal that everyone will have as one, united nation.
It is clear from all this that Australia must federate. It will be better for the whole country to stand together as one.
In conclusion, the advantages are listed below:
If you unite as one country, you can strengthen laws to keep non-whites out of the country.
One large nation will have a much stronger defence force than six separate colonies. This way, you can defend your country against attackers and invaders.
As one nation, Australia will receive one uniform rail and trade system, making it more effective and easier for the whole country.
If Australia becomes one country, you can abolish tariffs within the country which will make it a lot easier to buy and sell goods.
A united nation would be able to have a strong government which can help people in times of severe natural disasters such as drought and economic lows.
Lastly, if you unite as one Nation, Australia will gain a new sense of independence. The country will develop a new identity which will be different to their initial British or European identities.
Anagha Raviprasad 9M
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Pownal, E. 2008,
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Samantha Ko films more than 10 times when shooting water scene
Actress Samantha Ko (高海寧) wore a blue dress to attend an opening ceremony and wine function with Alfred Hui (許廷鏗), Ada Wong (王子涵) and Evergreen Mak (麥長青). When mentioned about sharing video clip of herself wearing bikini and floating in the water on social networking website a few days ago, Samantha replied she was filming My Unfair Lady (不懂撒嬌的女人) series: "The make-up artist shoot some promotion clip after the filming and I share it with everybody as it is beautiful. I film more than 10 times and need to sync my actions in order to produce the best effects." As Samantha does not know how to swim, she seldom goes to the beach: "I go for 2 swimming lessons in order to film the series."
Asking if she informed her boyfriend before uploading the clip, Samantha replied she was single: "I make my own decision and do not need to ask anybody." She added many people praised she looked very beautiful in the clip and when asked if her rumoured boyfriend, Tang Chi Wai (鄧智偉) complimented her, Samantha said: "He does not specially message to praise me. (Asks him to teach you swimming?) It is better to look for professional coach as will learn faster. I hope to learn diving too but need to learn to swim first."
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This is kind of an offshoot from the thread on blending by brew temp as started by Matt.
The idea of adapting the rest of technique around a new variable - i.e. How to change your technique to work with 2 degrees cooler....
This is an opportunity for me to publicly try and work around the effects of different parameters in my head:
Brew temp - essentially this is currency for buying solubles from the coffee. The higher you go the more you take. Interesting that Billy said that running hotter allowed him to pull the shots longer (if I understood that right?). This seems kind of odd to me, because a higher temp (in theory) would mean you should complete your extraction of the good variable sooner, meaning a shorter shot. Hence Schomer's high temp, short shot making more sense in my head.
Dose - this is always going to be coupled with grind in my head and I suppose they set up the profile of available solubles. A coarser grind means less surface area is exposed, so in theory the upped dose should balance it, but I suppose what you get is that with a set volume you don't extract the coffee as completely hence getting a different cup. If you move up 2g in the dose how do you best compensate for that? In brew temp?
Shoot me down if I am miles off target, and I know there are a lot more variables - but what are people's thoughts on this?


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Back on The Tasting Room with Tom Leykis: Fall Beers
I was invited back to the Tasting Room with Tom Leykis to talk about fall beers, and the show is now up to listen to! I always have a great time tasting brews in the studio with Tom, and for this episode I brought in five brews. Here's what we drank, and a link to the show:


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Lacy Atkins
Quick change: One night, this hand-ruched purple strapless gown was floating on the dance floor at one of the presidential inauguration balls; the next evening, it was worn to the San Francisco's Ballet opening night gala by guest Jenny Georges.
The gown was designed and made by Oakland's up-and-coming Verrieres & Sako label. The taffeta creation was first worn by Alejandra Campoverdi, who is dating President Obama's speechwriter, Jon Favreau. Georges, a good friend of designer Stephanie Verrieres,needed a gown in a hurry, and presto, she had it in hand the next evening for her big night out.
With 2,166 votes cast on SFGate.com (from last Thursday through today), 36 percent of the thumbs up went to Georges. Coming in a close second, though, was the raspberry vintage Ungaro strapless gown worn by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, with 31 percent.


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"Bulletin Of The American Liberty League", Vol. 1 No. 2, September, 1935. American Liberty League. 400dpi TIFF G4 page images Digital Library Services, University of Kentucky Libraries Lexington, Kentucky kukm59m61_b_0002 These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. "Bulletin Of The American Liberty League", Vol. 1 No. 2, September, 1935. American Liberty League. American Liberty League. Washington, D.C. 1935. This electronic text file was created by Optical Character Recognition (OCR). No corrections have been made to the OCR-ed text and no editing has been done to the content of the original document. Encoding has been done through an automated process using the recommendations for Level 1 of the TEI in Libraries Guidelines. Digital page images are linked to the text file. :: bulletin c, OF THE' AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. VOL. 1 SEPTEMBER, 1935 No. 2 MESSAGE TO MEMBERS Letters that have come from members of the League in every state of the union indicate appreciation of the first issue of the Bulletin published a month ago. It is the hope of our national headquarters that this number may be equally worthy of your generous interest. We are gratified to report steady progress in membership and influence. Each of you can do a part of.real value by assisting in your Individual community in securing as many members as possible and in uniting those members into a local unit or chapter. The larger and the more widespread the membership of the League, the greater becomes its opportunity for useful public service. We deeply appreciate what you have done and anticipate a continuance of your enthusiastic and valuable work. JOUETT SHOUSE President LAWYERS COMMITTEE HOLDS LABOR RELATIONS ACT INVALID The first report of the League's National Lawyers Committee was released on September 19. It was a declaration that this Committee of 58 of the most prominent members of the American Bar holds the National Labor Relations Act to be unconstitutional because that Act interferes with the individual freedom of employees, as guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment and because it represents an attempted invasion by the Federal government of a field of legislation not delegated to it by the Constitution. Announcement of the report atxa press conference by R. E. Desvernine, Chairman of the National Lawyers Committee; Earl F. Reed, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Industrial Relations and Labor Legislation; and President Shouse attracted nation-wide attention. EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT: "The Act expressly declares that representatives selected by a major!ty of employees in a particular bargaining unit shall be the exclusive representatives of all the employees in that unit, to bargain with the employer on matters involving wages, hours of work and other conditions of employment;.......... It is our belief- that this provision of the statute constitutes an illegal interference with the individual freedom of employees, as guaranteed to them by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which provides in substance that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. The freedom sanctioned by the Constitution includes the right of each man to follow any occupation and to sell his own labor on his own terms............ "The Federal government is one of defined and limited powers, without jurisdiction to intervene in matters of Internal policy. It Is not a complete sovereign- ty in the same sense as the Individual States. Its powers with respect to Interstate Commerce are limited to regulations which have some direct bearing upon the movement of persons or commodities in commerce among or between the several States. It has no authority to use this power as a pretext to interfere with matters which are subject to the jurisdiction of the several States. It is our opinion that the National Labor Relations Act, although it is called a regulation of commerce, is in substance a regulation of a matter which has no direct connection with commerce, that is, the relation between an employer and his employee. We have, therefore, reached the conclusion that the National Labor Relations Act, even if it were valid from the standpoint of due process, can have no application to industrial relations on a general scale. "Considering the Act in the light of our history, the established form of government, and the decisions of our highest court, we have no hesitancy in concluding that it is unconstitutional and that it constitutes a complete departure from our constitutional and traditional theories of government." Mr. Desvernine announced that similar reports are to be issued covering such New Deal laws as the Public Utilities Holding Company Act, the Social Security Act, the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act, the TVA and government competition with business, the AAA and processing taxes, the Communications Act, the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Outlining National Committee policy, Mr. Desvernine said: "Each Report will be an earnest effort to discuss in the light of existing decisions the constitutionality of the legislation considered and will point out wherein, if at all, it marks a departure from the fundamental principles of our existing Constitutional system. These Reports will not deal with the economic, social, or political aspects of such legislation, for these present problems which appeal to the layman no less than to the lawyer'for their solution. A reasoned judgment requires, however, amongst other considerations, a clear understanding of the Constitutional issues presented. That these Reports hope to give and nothing more." Speaking for his Sub-Committee, Mr. Reed said: "The Sub-Committee reached its conclusion that this Act is plainly unconstitutional and we feel that in making our opinion known publicly we are doing a patriotic duty in answering the inquiries of many persons and perhaps hastening a determination of this question by the judicial branch of the government." Members of the Sub-Committee on Industrial Relations and Labor Legislation are: Earl F. Reed, Chairman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harold Beacom, Chicago, 111.; Harold J. Gallagher, New York City; D. J. Kenefick, Buffalo, N. Y.J Harrison B. McGraw, Cleveland, Ohio; Gurney E. Newlln, Los Angeles, Calif.; Hal H. Smith, Detroit, Mich.; E. Randolph Williams, Richmond, Va. "BREATHING SPELLS" Speaking over a nation-wide hookup of the Columbia Broadcasting System on the evening of September 16, Mr. Shouse analyzed the recent Administration publicity stunt which took the form of an interchange of letters between President Roosevelt and Roy W. Howard. EXCERPTS FROM MR. SHOUSE'S SPEECH: "Mr. Roosevelt has done all he can to bedevil business. His so-called 'must' program of legislation forced through Congress this year has embraced one measure after another that was unnecessary, unwise and probably unconstitutional, the effect of which has been to regulate, to regulate and to further regulate. A 'breathing spell1 prior to this astounding program would have been welcome indeed. But at that time it was not even suggested. Now that the damage is done, Mr. Roosevelt graciously waves the wand for a temporary suspension of his war of extermination............ "In Mr. Roosevelt's letter to Mr. Howard there are two very extraordinary sentences which I quote: He said, 'This Administration came into power pledged to a very considerable legislative program,' and later he said, 'Our actions were in conformity with the basic economic purposes set forth three years ago.' "The only 'legislative program' to which the Roosevelt Administration was pledged was embodied in the Democratic.platform of 1932. He emphasized before the Convention that nominated him and In subsequent speeches his absolute adherence to every plank in that platform. He has not merely ignored these pledges— he has contemptuously flouted them. His actions have not been 'in conformity with the basic economic purposes set forth three years ago.' "The legislative program which he has choked down the throat of Congress had no relation to the Democratic platform pledges or his campaign speeches. On the other hand, as so ably pointed out by James P. Warburg in his current book, that program has fulfilled to the letter the promises of the platform and candidates of the Socialist party. And mind you, in the election of 1932, the Socialist platform was endorsed by only 900,000 voters, while the Democratic platform was endorsed by twenty-three millions............ "THE TIME IS COMING SOON WHEN THE PEOPLE WILL BE CALLED UPON TO VOTE AGAIN AND IF I AM ANY JUDGE OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT I THINK THAT THIS TIME THERE WILL BE AN INSISTENCE THAT, AS STATED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 19 32, 'A PARTY PLATFORM IS A COVENANT WITH THE PEOPLE TO BE FAITHFULLY KEPT BY THE PARTY WHEN ENTRUSTED WITH POWER, AND THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW, IN PLAIN WORDS, THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT TO WHICH THEY ARE ASKED TO SUBSCRIBE.'" Copies of Mr. Shouse'_s_speech (Document No. 65) will be sent upon request. IN THE COLLEGES Authorization has been given for the formation of a National Intercollegiate Committee of the American Liberty League, designed to coordinate and stimulate the activities of League chapters in educational institutions. Initial membership of the Intercollegiate Committee will consist of representatives from Princeton, Barnard, Virginia, North Carolina, Harvard, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Maryland, Yale, Bethany, Iowa State, Pomona and Colgate. As new chapters are organized there will be additions to the Intercollegiate Committee. Chapters are now in process of organization at the' Universities of Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, Chicago, Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Nebraska; at Ohio State, Western Reserve and Vanderbilt Universities; at Dartmouth, Sioux Falls, Bowdoin, Union, Occidental, and Springfield Colleges; and at the Bradley and Alabama Polytechnic Institutes, and the Carnegie Institute of Technology. The National Intercollegiate Committee in turn plans to organize a nation-wide Intercollegiate Recruiting Committee, designed to enlist undergraduate members. League members who wish to suggest the names of properly qualified undergraduates should write to the secretary, National Intercollegiate Committee, American Liberty League, 1066 National Press Building, Washington, D. C. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL The League's National Advisory Council now numbers 172, additions since the prior announcement of membership being as follows: Joseph C. Belden, Chicago, 111.; W. G. Bram-ham, Durham, N. C; J. R. Burrow, Topeka, Kans.J W. Glenn Cowell, Coldwater, Mich.; William A. Dyche, Evanston, 111.; Harry F. Evans, Davenport, la.; Dan W. Hill, Asheville, N. C.J Dr. Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; W. J. Hunsaker, Saginaw, Mich.; Albert T. Johnston, Forest Hills, N. Y.; Theodore A. Johnson, Youngstown, Ohio.; Millard F. Jones, Rocky Mount, N. C.; Demarest Lloyd, Washington, D. C•5 David W. MacMorran, Port Huron, Mich.; H. W. Prentis, Jr., Lancaster, Pa.; Dr. William A. Scott, Winter Park, Fla.; Ethan A. H. Shepley, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Sidney W. Smith, Omaha, Nebr.; S. Wells Utley, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, New London, Conn. - 4 - POTATO CONTROL The Potato Control Amendment to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, fairest flower In the New Deal garden of economic absurdities and bureaucratic Impertinences, is analyzed in a recent pamphlet prepared by the League's Research Department. It is pointed out that this proposal, a natural outgrowth of previous AAA endeavors to suspend the laws of nature and economics, will increase the living costs of the entire population for the benefit of about 30,000 large commercial growers of potatoes while subjecting the remainder of some 3,000,000 producers, as well as all of the consumers, to the mercies of a new army of bureaucratic snoopers. The pamphlet aeClares'. "The AAA has become enmeshed in a network of its own making. The original Agricultural Adjustment Act provided for seven basic agricultural commodities. Now there are fifteen. It will be impossible to stop at this point. The Congress and enforcement officials must go on and on until every product of agriculture is brought under control. The process cannot even stop there but must extend to competitive industrial products, some of which, as in the case of paper towels and jute bags, are already under AAA regulations. The system may break down of its own weight or be wiped out by the courts. Otherwise, it is leading inevitably to methods of restriction of the private lives and business activities of our people wholly foreign to American institutions. Potato control is another step toward Socialism." Following publication of the pamphlet and apparently bowing to a storm of popular indignation, AAA officials gave evidence of a marked inclination to back away from this latest New Deal experiment. Copies of the Potato Control pamphlet (Document No. 64) will be sent upon request. TYPICAL COMMENT THE HARTFORD COURANT, September 7, 19 35 "The American Liberty League has already performed a useful and patriotic service in disclosing the true import of some of the legislation which the President has insisted on and which an obedient Congress has enacted. It has had in this work the assistance of many of the country's most competent constitutional lawyers, and the numerous pamphlets it has Issued have been factual and free from partisan bias. Whether or not President Roosevelt decides to make constitutional Issues paramount In his campaign, the Liberty League is destined to play an important part in the great debate over the acts of his administration. When one remembers that this League numbers among Its members as many Democrats as Republicans, there is assurance that its criticisms will be addressed.to fundamental questions which transcend mere political considerations." NEW YORK JOURNAL, September 9, 19 35 "AMEN TO THIS!" "•EVERY REAL AMERICAN WILL SAY IT" "The sole object of the non-partisan Liberty League, formed one year ago by prominent Democratic and Republican leaders, is plainly explained by Jouett Shouse, its president. "On its first birthday he said: "'We oppose no one man. We support no one man. Our only purpose is to prevent destruction of the Constitution by executive decree or legislation obviously unconstitutional. "'There seems to be a general belief that we oppose ANY change in the Constitution. That is not true. All we ask is that if the Constitution is to be amended it be amended by the method provided by the Constitution itself.' "'That, certainly, Is plain enough."


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Benedict Cumberbatch beats Robert Pattinson to sexiest title
Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Watson have been named the world's sexiest film stars.
Star Trek Into Darkness actor Benedict, 37, beat Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson and The Hangover's Bradley Cooper in the Empire poll.
Harry Potter star Emma, 23, triumphed over US actresses Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and Angelina Jolie in the survey of over 50,000 movie fans.
Benedict was followed by fellow British actors Tom Hiddleston and Man Of Steel's Henry Cavill in the top three.
Canadian heartthrob Ryan Gosling was fourth, with Robert Downey Jr in fifth place.
The top 10 was completed by Chris Hemsworth, British star R-Patz, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman and US actor Bradley .
Emma is the only British woman in the top 10, with Keira Knightley (17), Kate Beckinsale (19), Gemma Arterton (20) and Emily Blunt (21) missing out on the top spots.
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower star was followed by Scarlett , Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, Twilight's Kristen Stewart and The Dark Knight Rises star Anne Hathaway in the top five.
British stars Daniel Craig (24), James McAvoy (16) and Tom Hardy (17) also made the top 25, along with US stars Johnny Depp (13) and Brad Pitt (19). Tom Cruise ranks at 47.
Benedict, who plays Julian Assange in new film The Fifth Estate, has previously spoken about becoming an unlikely pin-up, saying: "It puts a bit of a spring in your step. It's nice, you swagger a little bit, it's enjoyable.
"I've punched well above my weight this year... I find it hysterically funny... It's a giggle. I wield it with a massive smile."
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Daniel Suarez, "Daemon: Bot-Mediated Reality"
[Daniel Suarez, originally published as Leinad Zaurus, delivered a talk on the themes developed in his (originally self published) book Daemon. The book is now scheduled to be released in hard cover in January 02009 by Dutton.]
Forget about HAL-like robots enslaving humankind a few decades from now, the takeover is already underway. The agents of this unwelcome revolution aren't strong AIs, but "bots"– autonomous programs that have insinuated themselves into the internet and thus into every corner of our lives. Apply for a mortgage lately? A bot determined your FICA score and thus whether you got the loan. Call 411? A bot gave you the number and connected the call. Highway-bots collect your tolls, read your license plate and report you if you have an outstanding violation…
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No child should be responsible for their own safety. Parents must act
Our RSA expert appeals for much greater care as we go back to school
AS it is back to school time, I would like to talk about the worrying rise in child fatalities on our roads again this year.
In the first eight months, 14 children under 16 have died. Last year, seven children lost their lives. The number so far this year is already double the total for 2013. Seven were pedestrians and seven were car passengers.
Parents and teachers are busy right now getting set for back to school. I would appeal to them not to forget road safety.
I'd ask parents to please consider adding bicycle helmets, bike lights and hi-vis vests or jackets to their shopping lists to ensure children are safe going to and from school.
A detailed report, which we will publish for our back-to-school campaign, examines the number of children (0-14) killed on our roads between 1997 to 2012.
It tells us that the greatest danger they face is when walking; 44pc of those who died were pedestrians.
Parents, please sit down with your children and talk about the Safe Cross Code, and ideally have a practice walk of the route before the term starts. This will help them choose the safest places to cross.
Visit rsa.ie for tips or download the new Safe Cross Code App and let your children play the crossing the road game. Remember though, a child doesn't develop the ability to recognise danger fully until they are about 11 or 12. So supervision will be essential if walking to school until they have reached this age.
Of course, parents will ultimately be best placed to make this call.
The report tells us that the next danger zone for children is when travelling in a car: 37pc killed on the road were passengers. Shockingly, Garda reports on collisions from 2006 to 2012 indicate that 1-in-10 of these victims was not wearing a seatbelt or using a child restraint. What a shocking thought. No child should be responsible for their own safety.
So it's up to us as adults to make sure they are strapped in. I would also urge parents to impress on their children the importance of wearing their seatbelts on the school bus.
Speak to your child about cycle safety too, and why it's important to wear a helmet. Speak to your school principal about getting cycling proficiency training for their pupils. The RSA provides funding to each local authority for such training.
Remember though, children will do as we do, so always make sure you set the example.The RSA has its own back-to-school checklist to prepare. For the fifth year running the RSA will team up with Electric Ireland to distribute 85,500 high visibility vests to every child starting school this year. The vests will be included in the RSA's 'Back to School' road safety packs which will be sent to primary schools over the coming months.
We are also reminding teachers of the resources available to teach road safety in the class room.
They include 'Simon and Friends' which aims to promote and encourage road safety among pre-schoolers.
At primary level, there are six road safety programmes including the 'Safe Cross Code' and the 'Seatbelt Sheriff'. At secondary level, there is the Junior Cycle resource entitled 'Streetwise' as well as 'Your Road to Safety' for Transition Year. Our 'Let's Go' CD, a road safety resource for principals and teachers, will be delivered to every secondary school over the coming weeks.
The RSA Road Safety Shuttle, Car Rollover Seatbelt Simulator (like a car on a spit that rotates 360 degrees), and 'Street Smart' will begin visiting schools at the start of the academic year.
It's disappointing that none of these interventions are compulsory, but that's a discussion for another day.
Irish Independent


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Sometimes, we may need to scan a document in order to get a soft copy for that particular document and similarly sometimes we may need to convert an image into a format where it may look like as if it has been scanned. But, normally a photograph might not give the same results as of the scan. So, for this we need a tool or a way by which an image can be processed in a way that it should look like a scanned one. So, today we are going to discuss one such image editing tool which can be used to serve the above mentioned purpose and that too in a very simple and easy manner.
Cam to Scan is basically a small, useful and easy to use application which is available as a freeware tool and has been especially designed and developed for Windows based users. It allows its users to optimize the photographed images in a way so that they may look like scanned ones. Although, it has a very simple functionality and doesn't comes with a large number of features but still it fulfills its primary function in a simple and effective way. If we look into the deep working of this small utility then we may observe that the automatic outline detection features is new in Cam to Scan and makes using it even easier and faster. By using such features, it gives a different look for the photographed images and they looks like as if they are the scanned documents.
One may download the utility form the link given below and after installing it in the computers, you may observe that you can even set the outline for the image to be optimized and then manually select the points in the image. After selecting the points, you can straighten the image and improve the brightness using the settings which is available as one of the options in the app. This brightness correctness uses an algorithm which makes the work easier for the user as all the complexity involved is handled by the app itself.
The above mentioned algorithm for brightness correction detects whether the image is showing a document or a photo and adopts the correction automatically and thus no need of user intervention is required for this particular thing. Although, the version which is free has various limitations, but it does a good job of converting a photographed document into an image that looks like it has been scanned and thus fulfills its primary objective. So, overall we may say that it is worth downloading the utility and you may explore it yourself.


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The total amount for increases for all 17 members comes to $100,463. Twelve members received a $5,758 raise on their annual $112,223 salaries. Council's five leadership posts pay more, so their raises were slightly more.
Council President Anna Verna declined to comment after meeting with eight of her colleagues, but said through a spokesman that they reached consensus on not keeping the raise. No final decision has been made because the Council members are debating what to do next.
Three scenarios emerged from the meeting. Council could donate the raises to the city's general fund since an elected official's salary can't be decreased during his term. Council members could donate the money to a favorite charity. Or Council could donate the money to one charity.
Council Majority Leader Marian Tasco said that she likes the individual charity option because money donated to the general fund "tends to get lost in the sauce." That money can't be targeted for one project or cause, she said.
"You never know where it's going to go," Tasco said.
Reporters were barred from entering the meeting despite the presence of a Council quorum, Tasco said, because the pay raise discussion is a "personal issue."
Council members must determine how to deal with the tax implications of the raise, since their salaries will reflect a 5.13 percent increase even if they give it up.
"I don't want to take it," Councilman Frank DiCicco said. "I have to figure out how to not take it and not be penalized for it."


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AUGUSTA, Wis.- Helen Pope, 71, of Augusta, Wis., formerly of Bath, died September 21, 2004.She was born in Aiken, to James and Jereta (Thompson) Roberson. She married Leonard Pope on May 28, 1968 in Bath. The couple lived all their married life in Wisconsin. Survivors include her husband, Leonard of Augusta, Wis.; daughter, Gail (William) Moore of North Augusta; sister, Carolyn (David) Cunningham of Bath; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren. Services will be held Friday, at the Anderson Funeral Home in Augusta, Wisconsin. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com
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What is a sister city relationship?
A sister city relationship establishes a long-term, cooperative relationship with a city in another country with similar demographics as well as cultural, educational, business and technical characteristics and opportunities for alignment. The relationship is formalized when two mayors or elected city leaders sign a memorandum of understanding establishing a sister city relationship. Activities are guided by liaisons who lead the sister city organization and activities are organized and implemented by volunteers, nonprofit agencies, businesses, and governmental agencies. A city may have any number of sister cities.
What do sister cities do?
Sister city organizations plan and implement cooperative activities and exchanges in cultural, educational, municipal/ technical, business and humanitarian fields. Nationally, THOUSANDS of inbound and outbound exchanges take place every year, as well as virtual exchanges and other remote, cooperative exchanges.
What are the benefits of sister cities organizations?
Sister cities organizations offer the following benefits:
- Improved community relations and civic engagement (Minneapolis, Aurora)
- Boost for tourism through exchanges, missions, cultural activities, conferences (Denver, Fort Worth)
- Established and meaningful ties to other cities which could lead to valuable and profitable business relations (Fort Worth, Chicago, San Antonio, Miami Dade County)
- Improved cultural competency education opportunities for businesses (Indianapolis)
- Conduit for corporate social responsibility (Denver)
- Improved arts and culture offerings throughout the city and region (All)
What does Aurora Sister Cities International do?
Aurora Sister Cities International (ASCI) is a nonprofit organization that engages a multitude of partners, sponsors, and volunteers to help the city of Aurora, Colorado with its internationalization efforts. On a municipal level, ASCI seeks out partner cities for the city of Aurora and drives projects related to those relationships. On a grassroots level, ASCI recruits a dedicated, culturally competent corps of volunteers, called citizen diplomats, to support and lead the various sister city-related initiatives.
Initiatives aimed at promoting Aurora as a global city may include cultural, educational, library or municipal exchanges; international festivals or other various activities aimed at highlighting Aurora's diaspora communities; fundraising for—or development assistance to—our global partner cities; or creation of an international business network which can help Aurora businesses expand abroad.
Ultimately, Aurora Sister Cities International aims to bring communities closer together and build economic growth, development and multicultural awareness both at home and abroad.
How do two cities become sister cities?
A relationship is formally created when the mayors or highest elected officials from two communities sign a memorandum of understanding establishing the sister city partnership. The relationships are sometimes initiated by Aurora Sister Cities International, sometimes in response to a request from a demographically similar city abroad, and also often initiates organically based on a developing beneficial business or cooperative relationship between a local company or organization and their partners overseas. Other factors include mayoral relationships, trade relationships, historical connections, ancestral connections, expatriate communities, shared geographic or sector challenges, faith-based connections, and personal experiences ranging from study abroad to trans-national marriages.
Who runs Aurora Sister Cities International and how is it structured?
Aurora Sister Cities International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization led by CEO Karlyn Shorb, who has a rich history of nonprofit leadership, cooperation, and consensus-building across a wide variety of cultural and community organizations. Currently operating with several partners, including the City of Aurora, Aurora Sister Cities International also enjoys the funding and significant support of several cooperative agencies in the city including the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, the Community College of Aurora, and Visit Aurora. Aurora Sister Cities International is governed by a board of directors, and the majority of activities are planned and executed by volunteers from all sectors of the community. Projects are organized by communities that are usually tasked to a specific sister city and are responsible for creating and implementing a wide variety of projects.
How can I find out what my sister cities are?
Aurora Sister Cities International is in the process of re-establishing existing relationships with its sister cities as well as investigating and creating dialogues with potential new sister cities around the world. Our newest partner is the city of Adama, Ethiopia and we are working on a web-page dedicated to that relationship. Please be sure to browse this web-site for more information on our individual sister cities, as well as to learn about our various activities, exchanges and partnerships.
Is Aurora the only Colorado city with sister cities overseas?
No! Colorado is one of the most vibrant states for sister city collaborations. 18 cities in Colorado are members of Sister Cities International and represent relationships with over 40 cities across the globe. Aurora Sister Cities International maintains relationships with these agencies and collaborates regularly with other sister city organizations around the state and region.
How did the sister cities program begin?
Sister Cities International was founded in 1956 by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It remains renowned worldwide as a distinguished people-to-people program that fosters international understanding. The organization works to promote cultural understanding, social development and economic growth, and as a national membership organization officially certifies links between U.S. communities and those abroad to ensure their sustained commitment and success in this mission. Today, the SCI network represents more than 2,100 communities in 121 countries around the world.
How can I get involved with my local sister city organization?
Aurora Sister Cities International is actively welcoming members and partner institutions to help build this vital outreach project together. We also welcome all citizens who are invested in the Aurora community to volunteer with our organization to help bring increased opportunities for international collaboration, progressive education, community partnerships and comprehensive integration of our government, business community, and citizenship. Please join us—together, we are Aurora Sister Cities International and it is our honor to bring this community to the global stage. Visit our MEMBER PAGE to find out which collaboration, membership or volunteer opportunity best suits you and your desire to contribute.
I am from a city abroad. How can I form a sister city relationship with Aurora?
If you are a municipal employee/elected official, or are working directly with elected officials in your community, please contact CEO Karlyn Shorb at firstname.lastname@example.com to initiate a conversation about forming a relationship.


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A "cellphone" that can be implanted into the brain
Published on: 5th Mar 2013
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
A team of neuroengineers based at the USA's Brown University have developed a fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects.
Several copies of the novel low-power device, described in the Journal of Neural Engineering, have been performing well in animal models for more than year, a first in the brain-computer interface field.
Brain-computer interfaces could help people with severe paralysis control devices with their thoughts.
Arto Nurmikko, professor of engineering at Brown University said that the device "has features that are somewhat akin to a cell phone, except the conversation that is being sent out is the brain talking wirelessly,"
Neuroscientists can use such a device to observe, record, and analyze the signals emitted by scores of neurons in particular parts of the animal model's brain.
Meanwhile, wired systems using similar implantable sensing electrodes are being investigated in brain-computer interface research to assess the feasibility of people with severe paralysis moving assistive devices like robotic arms or computer cursors by thinking about moving their arms and hands.
This wireless system addresses a major need for the next step in providing a practical brain-computer interface," said neuroscientist John Donoghue, the Wriston Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University and director of the Brown Institute for Brain Science.
In the device, a pill-sized chip of electrodes implanted on the cortex sends signals through uniquely designed electrical connections into the device's laser-welded, hermetically sealed titanium "can." The can measures 2.2 inches (56 mm) long, 1.65 inches (42 mm) wide, and 0.35 inches (9 mm) thick. That small volume houses an entire signal processing system: a lithium ion battery, ultralow-power integrated circuits designed at Brown for signal processing and conversion, wireless radio and infrared transmitters, and a copper coil for recharging - a "brain radio." All the wireless and charging signals pass through an electromagnetically transparent sapphire window.
In all, the device looks like a miniature sardine can with a porthole.
The device transmits data at 24 Mbps via 3.2 and 3.8 Ghz microwave frequencies to an external receiver. After a two-hour charge, delivered wirelessly through the scalp via induction, it can operate for more than six hours.


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The book of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 47, New English Translation and King James Version
New English Translation
Babylon Will Fall
1 "Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
2 Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!
3 Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,"
4 says our protector - the LORD who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 "Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called 'Queen of kingdoms.'
6 I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
7 You said, 'I will rule forever as permanent queen!' You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
8 So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'
9 Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'
11 Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.
12 Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful - maybe you will scare away disaster.
13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand - the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions - let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!
14 Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.
15 They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you."
King James Version
1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
6 ¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 ¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10 ¶ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.


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Charles Ommanney didn't want to create a 'predictable NRA-bashing' photo collection when he set out to photograph Americans and their guns. Instead, he adopted a 'more engaged manner' where he found out why people owned guns in their homes. His project took him to six states in the Southern and Western U.S., 'where he met people who owned guns for protection, as preparation for when things go "horribly wrong" of simply because they like the beauty of weaponry'.
From a father toting a 9mm just inches from his baby strapped into a Baby Bjorn to an elderly woman equipped with an M16 assault rifle, this series captures all the different faces of American gun ownership and attempts to make it look quite normal. Though I'll never get over that photo of the father, his baby and that 9mm – yikes.
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The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi School welcomed 19 new and 61 returning students to the enrollment program on Wednesday, Aug 3.
The DuBard School's enrollment services provide a full-time therapeutic and educational program for students with severe language, speech and/or hearing disorders.
"The first day of school is filled with excitement and great hope for the children and their families," said DuBard School Director Dr. Maureen Martin. "A new school year is a new beginning. It is a privilege for those of us at the DuBard School to collaborate with parents and school districts to improve students' communication and academic skills and, therefore, prepare them for more successful and fulfilling lives."
A United Way agency, the DuBard School for Language Disorders was established in 1962 and is a clinical division of the Southern Miss Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. The school serves children with severe language/speech disorders and/or hearing impairments and provides guidance and counseling for parents and families of the children. The school is a practicum site for university students majoring in speech-language pathology, audiology, or deaf education.
For more information about the DuBard School, call 601.266.5223 or visit www.usm.edu/dubard