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As part of University Technology's 2014 Security Initiatives, we have partnered with Duo Security to offer additional protection to your uLogin account. This new service, known as Two-Factor Authentication, protects your uLogin account by adding a second step to the login process. After entering your uLogin ID and password, you will use either your phone or a device known as a hardware token to confirm your identity. This prevents anyone but you from accessing your account, even if they know your password.
This service is not enabled by default. In order to use Duo Two-Factor Authentication, you must first enroll in the system. If you are not enrolled in the system, you will continue to log in to Drew University web sites using your regular uLogin ID and password.
Am I required to enroll in Duo Two-Factor Authentication?
Drew University will be requiring all faculty, staff, and contractors with uLogin accounts to enroll in the system in order to protect the sensitive University records that employees have access to as part of the course of their work.
Students are not required to be enrolled in the system, although are welcome to do so if they choose. Student Employees may be required to enroll depending on the nature of their work and the electronic records they have access to.
Completing Self-Service Enrollment
It's easy to enroll yourself in Duo Two-Factor Authentication using our self-service pages. After logging in, Duo Security will walk you through the steps to enroll one or more phone numbers into the system. We recommend enrolling multiple phones, such as your mobile phone and office landline. If you are enrolling multiple phones, enroll your primary cell phone first. Click here to get started with the process.
To learn more about the enrollment process, read the Enrollment Guide on Duo Security's web site.
What if I do not have a cell phone?
If you do not have a cell phone, you may obtain a Hardware Token from University Technology. Tokens are distributed freely to faculty and staff who need to enroll in the two-factor authentication service. Please come to the University Technology Helpdesk with a photo ID to obtain a token.
Using Your Account After Enrollment
Once you have enrolled in Duo Security, you will be required to complete the second step of authentication whenever you see a uLogin form.
Simply enter your uLogin ID and password as usual and Duo will automatically use the Default method to log in. If the first phone you enrolled is a smartphone, Duo will send a Push message to that phone and prompt you to approve the login using the Duo Mobile app. If it is not a smartphone, Duo will make a regular telephone call to that number and you will be prompted to approve the login by pressing any key on your phone.
Using Duo Security options to select another login method
By clicking the Duo Security link on the uLogin form, you can select another method to use to log in. Click the drop-down to view the available options. The phones you have enrolled are designated Phone 1, Phone 2, and Phone 3 in the order in which you registered them during the enrollment process.
- Defaults - If you do not select any Duo Security options, Duo will automatically use the Default method. If the first phone you registered is a smartphone, Duo will automatically send a Push notification to that phone to approve the login. If the first phone is not a smartphone, Duo will place a telephone call to that number instead.
- Push (recommended) - If you have registered a smartphone and installed the Duo Mobile app, the Push method of authentication is recommended. In this mode, Duo will send a notification to your smartphone. Simply accept the pop-up message on your phone and click Approve to authorize the login request.
- Text - You may use the Text option with any phone capable of receiving text messages. When you select the Text option, Duo will send a set of 10 one-time passcodes to the phone you have selected. After the text message has been sent, you will be returned back to the uLogin form with a login failed message. Once you have the text message, you may use each code in the message to log in once using the Passcode option. Once you have exhausted your 10 passcodes, use the Text option again to get more. Whenever you use the Text option to send passcodes, any previously texted passcodes are invalidated immediately, even if unused.
- Call - When you select the Call option, Duo will place a voice call to the phone selected. Answer the phone and listen to the voice prompt. Pressing any key on your touch tone phone will approve the login request.
- Passcode - You may obtain a 6-digit one-time login passcode from one of several sources. Simply enter the passcode into the box below the drop-down to log in.
- Using a hardware token - If you have been issued a hardware token, simply press the button to generate a new passcode.
- From a text message - If you have used the Text option to send yourself 10 one-time passcodes, enter a passcode you have not used previously. When you have run out of passcodes, you can use the Text option again to send 10 more.
- Using the Duo Mobile app on your phone - If you have registered your smartphone with Duo, but you are out of cell coverage and cannot use the normal Push method, you may use the app to generate a passcode instead. Using your Duo Mobile app, touch the key icon next to the Drew University account to generate a new one-time passcode.
Using Your Device with Duo
Duo supports a wide-variety of different devices for authentication. Select the type of device you are using to learn more:
- iPhone or iPad
- Android Phones and Tablets
- Windows Phone
- BlackBerry
- Landlines and Cell Phones
- Hardware Tokens
Syncing Your Drew Email to Your Phone, Tablet, or Other Programs
After enrolling in Duo you will need to take additional steps if you currently synchronize your Drew University email and calendar with your smartphone or tablet, or use other email and calendar software such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, or Thunderbird. At present, these applications do not support two-factor authentication. Therefore, once you have activated Duo, we generate a new password specifically for use with these services known as your device password. Your device password is automatically managed by the system and will be changed for you every 90 days.
When setting up your phone or tablet to connect to Drew email, please consult our instructions. However, instead of entering your normal uLogin Password, enter your Device Password instead.
Obtaining your Device Password
You may obtain your current Device Password at any time by visiting the self-service enrollment site. For security reasons, you will be prompted to perform two-factor authentication again even if you have already logged into uLogin. Information about your device password is displayed towards the bottom of the page:
We recommend selecting Enable Notifications so that you will receive an email automatically when your device password is about to expire and when it has been changed automatically.
What happens when my device password expires?
When your device password expires, the system will generate a new one for you automatically. If you have selected Enable Notifications, the system will send you an email several days before the device password expires and after it has been changed. Once your device password has changed, your smartphone, tablet, or other email software will stop receiving new messages. Most phones will automatically prompt you for the new password. Simply visit the self-service enrollment site to obtain your new password and enter it into your device. Your device should start sending and receiving messages and calendar updates normally.
I am planning to go on a trip. How do I ensure that my phone's email service is not interrupted due to my device password changing?
We cannot extend the 90 day deadline for device password changes. However, you can expire your device password early to ensure uninterrupted service while you are away. Before your trip, simply visit the self-service enrollment site to check when your device password expires. If it will expire during your trip, click Generate a new device password to expire your current password immediately and generate a new one. This new password will not expire for an additional 90 days. Enter the new password into your phone and you will be able to enjoy uninterrupted service while you are away.
Frequently Asked Questions and Common Issues
- Do I still need to change my uLogin password every 180 days after enrolling in this service? No. Duo Two-Factor authentication adds additional verification after every login. For this reason, Drew does not require two-factor users to change their regular uLogin passwords every 180 days. Once you have completed Duo enrollment, the password expiration policy will be removed from your uLogin account automatically.
- My phone has stopped receiving email and calendar updates after enrolling in Duo. Once you enroll in Duo any other devices you have connected to your Drew email account, including smartphones and tablets as well as third-party email programs like Outlook, Apple Mail, or Thunderbird, will need to use a special password to connect to your account. This password is known as your device password and will be generated automatically by the system. Learn more about using your device password here.
- Does Duo Security only apply to Drew web sites using uLogin? What about logging into my computer? At present, Duo Security applies to web-based services protected by Drew's uLogin system. Duo authentication is not required for local logins to your computer.
- I've lost my phone. What do I do? Please contact the University Technology Service Center (+1 973-408-HELP) immediately so that we can deactivate that phone as a valid authenticator for your account.
- I need to re-activate Duo Mobile. If you have a new phone and need to reactivate the Duo Mobile app please contact the University Technology Service Center for assistance. If you are still able to log into your Drew account via another phone or token registered to your account, we will be able to send you a new activation link for Duo Mobile. Otherwise, you will need to visit the Help Desk in person with a photo ID to register the new device.
- My hardware token stopped working. Contact the University Technology Service Center if your hardware token has stopped working or you cannot log in using the passcodes it generates.
Your token can get "out of sync" if the button is pressed too many times in a row and the generated passcodes aren't used for login. In some cases this can happen by accident if the token is stored next to other objects in a pocket, backpack, etc. Your administrator will ask you to generate three passcodes in a row and can attempt to resynchronize the token.
- My token is physically damaged or has been lost. If your token has been lost, please contact the Service Center immediately so that it can be deactivated as a valid authenticator for your account. Faculty and staff may obtain new tokens from the Help Desk with a Photo ID. Replacements for damaged or malfunctioning tokens will be provided for free. A $50 charge will apply to replace a missing token.


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DEAR PEGGY: If I cook 85/15 lean ground turkey, and drain and rinse it, does it reduce the fat content? I prefer to cook with 93/7 ground turkey or beef, but I'm on a tight grocery budget. I can get 85/15 meat much cheaper, so I'm wondering if draining and rinsing makes it somewhat comparable to 93/7 lean. —S.N., Mahtomedi, Minnesota
PEGGY: In a word, yes. Research from at Iowa State University in 2002 found that 4 ounces of 80% lean ground beef that was pan-fried, drained, blotted with paper towels and rinsed with hot water contained 121 calories and 5 grams of fat—roughly the equivalent of 95% lean beef, undrained.
By comparison, 80% lean ground beef that was drained and blotted (not rinsed) provided 177 calories with 10 grams of fat. Interestingly, researchers found that rinsing 90% lean ground beef did not provide significant calorie or fat savings over the 80% rinsed beef.

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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Becker was a professor of History at Cornell University. He was one of the preeminent American historians in the first half of the 20th century and wrote a number of significant books such as his study of The Declaration of Independence 91922) and The Heavenly City of the Eightenth-Century Philosophers (1932).


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text: It is BMW part number 71106773536. It's kind of expensive, but it is a nice compact jack and lug wrench in a bag. In the E90, I stuff it under the trunk floor panel. At Tischer BMW, www.getbmwparts.com, it is $130 (BMWNA list is $162.50). I think I paid a bit less than this last year for it, but I can't recall. Go to the "shop parts" section and put in that part number. If you're not familiar with Tischer's online parts site, it is a great place to buy OE BMW parts at very good discounts. You can see the real BMWNA MSRP for parts there too (to see how much your local dealer marks up the list price).


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The director of the new Jane Eyre is working on a high-concept space hitman movie. Mekhi Phifer talks Torchwood: Miracle Day, while Warren Christie previews Alphas. Plus the first official images from the new Total Recall and Underworld Awakening!
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from the Total Recall reboot.
Captain America
Here are a bunch of clips.
Cowboys & Aliens
Here's the second sneak peek clip.
And here's a new behind-the-scenes featurette.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Here are four tie-in viral videos.
Total Recall Reboot
Here's the first official image, featuring our first look at Colin Farrell as the new Douglas Quaid. [/Film]
Cary Fukunaga, who most recently directed the new Jane Eyre adaptation, is reportedly considering a high-concept sci-fi movie. Here's the description:
The high concept flick centers on a top assassin hunting a high-profile target in space who must figure out how much of his reality is an illusion and what really matters in life before he can complete the job.
Orphan and Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra is reportedly in talks to direct the Americanized, live-action adaptation. [Variety]
Underworld Awakening
Here's the first official image of Kate Beckinsale back as Selene for the fourth Underworld movie. [The Film Stage]
Here's the poster for Steven Soderbergh's viral outbreak movie. [Movie Moron]
Seventh Son
The Jeff Bridges exorcist movie has set a release date of February 15, 2013. [Box Office Mojo]
Torchwood: Miracle Day
Here's a sneak peek at tonight's episode, "Rendition."
Here are some dialogue teasers for this episode:
"What if the planet dies out from under us?"
"We should not be watching this, he's a monster."
"Every bug in the world is probably out to get me."
"What are you saying - immortality leads to hypochondria?"
"Someone wants to take Torchwood out."
There are more at the link. [Cult Box]
Here's a synopsis for episode four:
The fight against PhiCorp takes the Torchwood team to California, where a trap is waiting, while Oswald and Jilly find themselves with an enemy of their own.
Mekhi Phifer explains Rex Matheson's story on the show:
"There is an arc that takes place. Obviously we start out and he's in extreme opposition to Torchwood. I don't trust them. I don't like them. I think they're idiots. But, oh man, I need to know what the hell's going on with this miracle stuff. So obviously, as the series goes on, I do become a part of Torchwood. We start in opposition, but then we do start to see eye to eye. Nothing corny. Not straightaway. There's no love fest going on. But we do become part of the same energy because of circumstances that we're in. I don't want to spoil anything but I don't just stay CIA. No."
True Blood
Here are some sneak peeks for episode four, "I'm Alive and on Fire."
The Walking Dead
Here's a season two featurette.
Warehouse 13
Eddie McClintock confirmed that, now that Myka's back on the team, Steve will be paired off with Claudia instead. [Daemon's TV]
Here are promo photos for episode two, "Cause & Effect." [SpoilerTV]
And here are some for the third episode, "Anger Management." [SpoilerTV]
Warren Christie discusses his character's larger backstory:
"Cameron is a guy who we meet in the pilot, he's had a bit of a run of bad luck: He's divorced, his son doesn't want to spend too much time with him, he's a recovering alcoholic. He doesn't want to be anybody's hero, and he's painted himself into a corner with his life. He's had so many ups and downs - and recently so many more downs than anything else - that he isolated himself."
Elsewhere, Christie explains what appeals to him about Cameron's upcoming journey:
It's not just the fact that there's these stunts, a lot of running and different things like that, but it's the nature of what happens and the beauty of it is that because Cameron when he first comes into the group doesn't really understand his abilities or know what it is or even recognize it. Because of that each week as he works with Dr. Rosen, it's growing and it's enhancing and he's learning how to control it, but it's also spreading off into other different areas and he's really trying to learn how to control it. So that means each week that he can do a little bit more and can help a little bit more and exciting and fun. So, it's been a lot of fun for that side of it.
He also offered this cryptic hint about possible romances on the show, although he did confirm that he and Ryan Cartwright's Gary Bell will not get together:
people's lives start to intertwine. Certain things happen and it's not always necessarily love or a love interest, but certain things can happen along the way. We have so many incredible guest stars that are popping in out and as well and as we peel things open and we see more and more about these characters lives we'll see people popping in and out.
Falling Skies
Here's a sneak peek for the next episode, "Sanctuary (Part 1)."
And here are a bunch of promo photos for that episode. [KSiteTV]
Additional reporting by Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders.


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The New Year in Uttar Pradesh dawns the advent of the state's first Muslim director general of police, with chief minister Akhilesh Yadav naming 1978 batch Indian Police Service officer Rizwan Ahmed as the new police chief.
Ahmad, who was heading the railway police set up in the state, assumed office of the DGP, in Lucknow on Tuesday evening, following the retirement of Devraj Nagar, who had taken over the reins of the state police barely a few months back.
Ahmad too will superannuate in the next three months when he turns 60. However, in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, there was every possibility of him getting an extension, since the poll notification would in all likelihood be issued around March 2014.
While Ahmad had been in the race for the top job over the past few months, he was seen an unlikely choice, essentially because UP Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani also happens to be a Muslim. Going by the traditional logic, successive governments avoided having the chief secretary and DGP of the same caste or creed. And given the significance that governments have been giving to caste an religion over merit or seniority, even Ahmad used to feel that he may not be considered at all.
However, it was Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav who used his veto to handpick Ahmad, overlooking the claim of other aspirants -- A L Banerjee, Arun Kumar Gupta and Ranjan Dwivedi.
Evidently, Mulayam's final decision is understood to have been influenced by his desperation to woo back Muslims, who were appearing to be terribly disillusioned with the ruling SP because of the government's poor handling of the Muzaffarnagar riots.
Apart from the communal violence that took more than 50 lives, most of whom were Muslims, the UP government was also harsh on those who were rendered homeless and had sought refuge in relief camps set up for the victims. As many as 34 children died in the relief camps because of the inadequate arrangement to protect them from the biting cold.
And no sooner than Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi sneaked into these camps unannounced to highlight the plight of the victims, the state government not only ordered closure of the camps, but also uprooted the victims.
Mulayam, who was widely seen to be doing all the backseat driving behind his chief minister son, even went to the extent of labeling the camp inmates as "conspirators planted there by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party."
Having drawn much flak on account of these controversies, Mulayam hopes to retrieve his apparently lost Muslim support with one stroke -- appointing a Muslim as the state's first Muslim police chief.
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EXCLUSIVE: Bac has closed a host of territories on its Icelandic and Mexican foreign language Oscar contenders.
French outfit Bac Films International has seen strong interest for Baltasar Kormakur's The Deep [pictured] and Michel Franco's After Lucia, the foreign language Oscar hopefuls for Iceland and Mexico, respectively.
Toronto title The Deep has gone to Benelux (Wild Bunch), Canada (D Films), Brazil (Imovision), Latin America (HBO Latin America for TV rights), Former Yugoslavia (Demiurg) and Czech Republic (Aerofilm).
After Lucia has sold in Benelux (Wild Bunch), Switerland (Agora), Japan (Aya Pro), South Korea (Apex), Russia (P&I), Former Yugoslavia (MCF), Poland (AP Manana), Taiwan (Cai Chang International), Greece (FeelGood) and Latin America (HBO Latin America for TV rights).
US deals are being tied up on both films, with Bac handling After Lucia and WME handling The Deep.
Bac recently boarded Pablo Fendrik's upcoming Amazon-set revenge story The Ardor, set to star Gael Garcia Bernal and Alice Braga.
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After gobbling up two broker-dealers and an alternative investment firm, investor Nicholas Schorsch is at it again.
American Realty Capital (ARCP), which he leads, said Wednesday that it was buying rival Cole Real Estate Investments in a deal worth $11.2 billion.
"As a result, American Realty Capital Properties will become the largest net lease REIT and the new industry leader," said Chairman & CEO Schorsch, in a press release. "We benefit by uniting not only two exceptional real estate portfolios, but also by joining forces with Cole's world-class management team."
The combined firm will focus on net-lease REITs. It will have some 3,730 properties nationwide — about half of which are leased by investment-grade tenants, according to ARCP.
"By leveraging our successful track records, our complementary businesses and highly skilled professionals, we are confident that we will be well-positioned to achieve continued growth," Schorsch said. "This merger represents a new beginning for former competitors, and we look forward to uniting two of the industry's most talented organizations."
In early October, RCS Capital Corp., also led by Schorsch, filed preliminary paperwork to purchase the independent broker-dealer Investors Capital Corp. It also said it was buying the liquid alternative investment firm Hatteras Funds.
A month earlier, high-profile Advisor Group president Larry Roth joined Realty Capital Securities, the nontraded REIT broker-dealer and wholesaler arm of RCS Capital, as its CEO.
At the time, Chip Roame of Tiburon Strategic Advisors said the moves reminded him of the playbook followed by AIG and Advanced Equities as part of their respective growth strategies. "AIG rolled up IBDs, and Advanced Equities bought IBDs and sought specifically to distribute alternative products," the consultant explained said in an interview.
In other words, "Larry Roth's move … is making more sense every day," he said.
In mid-June, RCAP Holdings — the parent firm of RCS Capital — shared plans to buy independent broker-dealer First Allied Securities from its private-equity owner, Lovell Minnick Partners, which had owned a majority stake in the IBD for less than two years.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Schorsch said American Realty may be done hunting large deals, at least until the Cole deal closes.
"Cole was not just the next conquest," he told the news service. "Cole was a very strategic, transformational deal that we have to digest. We have to take a very deliberate approach, take a break, finish these transactions, and then see what comes next."
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Shigeru Miyamoto has created a plethora of game characters and games. Many of his ideas come from his hobbies. He has expressed his desire in making an all-new character. That could mean an all new game. But what?
Miyamoto's game design M.O. is often based on his hobbies. He takes up gardening and makes Pikmin. He gets a dog and comes up with Nintendogs. He enjoys measuring things, and comes up with a weight guessing game in Wii Fit Plus. He likes music and makes...Wii Music.
He has proven himself to be a game creator who draws upon his life now for the above titles or his childhood for, say, The Legend of Zelda. As of last year, we know the man got a cat — now there is a Nintendogs and at E3 last month it was revealed that Nintendo is working on Nintendogs & Cats for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS.
Nintendo forbids Miyamoto to discuss his hobbies, fearing that the world will get the jump on what he is creating.
Certainly this must make small talk odd:
"What are your hobbies?"
"I cannot tell you. I am forbidden."
Let's take a quick inventory of the man: Miyamoto is 57 years old. He has a lot of money. Earlier this year, he mentioned that he was influenced by 1960s, drug-laced counter culture flick Easy Rider. And forbidden or not, Miyamoto has recently told a group of Japanese investors that he has currently taken up swimming. Does that mean he might make a game in which the goal is to collect coins and players eat, say, magic mushrooms, and maybe there's swimming, too?
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History of the State of Rhode Island with Illustrations
Albert J. Wright, Printer
No. 79 Mille Street, corner of Federal, Boston.
Hong, Wade & Co., Philadelphia 1878.
|Residence of the late Benjamin Hoppin, Esq.
Erected 1815, torn down 1875
|Old State House, North Main Street, erected 1759
|First Baptist Church, North Main Street
Erected 1775
|Res. of Nat'l Grant, 163 Broadway, Providence, R. I.
|Music Hall, Providence, R. I.
Barstow Block
|Breck Block, North Main Street, Providence, R. I.
33 T. & W. Breck
37 New York Bird Store
|Aldrich House, Providence, R.I., A. W. Aldrich, Prop.
|The Great Storm at Providence, September 23, 1815
[also called "the great gale"]
|Roger Williams Monument, erected 1877
|Hoppin Homestead Building, Prov., R. I. Warner's Polytechnic
Business College
Boston Grocery Store
Walsh Dry Goods
|Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, R. I.
|The Rhode Island Hospital, Providence
|Res. of David Gowdey, Esq., Providence
In Memory of Samuel Willard Bridgham, first mayor of the city of Providence, son of Dr. Joseph Bridgham, and Martha, his wife, born in Rehoboth, now Seekonk, May 4, 1774 and died in Providence, Dec. 28, 1840
For nearly forty years he was a lawyer, eminent for ability and assiduity,
a steadfast supporter of religious institutions, an active friend of education
he was nineteen years president of the Benevolent Congregational Society
eight years president of the school committee of Providence, Nineteen years
a trustee and twelve years chancellor of Brown University.
|pp. 253 - 259.
The history of Providence is so intimately connected with the life and early settlement of Roger Williams and his associates, that the history of one is that of all. Already have we given an extended account of the life of this distinguished personage, his banishment from Massachusetts, and the trial and hardship he encountered in laying the foundations of his little colony at Providence. We can only give, in this connection, a brief summary of those initial events; note a few of the more important developments in the rise, growth, and prosperity of the town, and its subsequent incorporation into a large and flourishing commercial and manufacturing city.
It was first settled in 1636, by that eminent personage and distinguished advocate of religious liberty, Roger Williams, and his associates, William Harris, John Smith, Joshua Verin, Thomas Angell, and Francis Wickes. Mr. Williams entertained sentiments, both upon religion and politics, that were at variance with the established ecclesiastical and political government of the Massachusetts and Plymouth Colonies. Being firm in his convictions, and unable to be suppressed in the promulgation of his peculiar views, he was several times apprehended and brought before the magistrates upon the charge of heresy, and required to recant his dangerous and heretical sentiments or be banished out of the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Colony. The great principle of soul-liberty was so deeply rooted in his very nature, that the persecutions and trials of his fellow countrymen had no effect in changing his opinions, and he was finally banished from their midst, as a dangerous element in the formation of New England society. This decree of banishment was pronounced Nov. 3, 1635. On account of feeble health, permission was sought and granted, for him to remain until spring, when he should depart, and return no more within their jurisdiction, upon penalty of death.
Deprived of his church at Salem, and debarred the privilege of publicly preaching to his people, he retired into the sacred enclosure of his own house, where he thought to remain undisturbed by the cruel persecutions of his bigoted and misguided countrymen. In this, however, he was destined to disappointment, as, shortly after, an officer was sent to seize him and convey him on board of a vessel about to sail for England. Anticipating their design, he started out upon his second exile, three days prior to the arrival of the officer.
Thus was he compelled to leave wife and children and all of his endearing connections with his church and people at Salem, in the inclement season of winter, to battle alone with the trials and sufferings of a forest solitude. He pushed his weary way to Providence, then a dense, frightful wilderness, and the abode of naught but the wild beasts and untutored savages. These rude children of nature were, however, far more humane than his persecutors, and received him with a welcome and hospitality that puts to shame the civilities practiced by his more intelligent and so-called Christian countrymen.
He honorably purchased of the natives a large tract of land and immediately commenced a settlement, which he very appropriately named Providence, in recognition of the power that had so tenderly watched over him and preserved him from the dangers and trials through which he had passed. The infant colony soon began to increase, and early exhibited a spirit of political and religious toleration that was subsequently engrafted into the establishment of its permanent government, and that has remained to this day and forms the chief glory of Rhode Island history.
The mistaken spirit of intolerance that prevailed in the Massachusetts Colony caused many to seek a home within the new settlement of Providence, and immigration kept steadily pouring in until the new colony rivalled that of her eastern neighbor. Almost with the very commencement of the Colony very liberal and ample provisions were made for the security of religion and the rights of conscience. Hence the seeds of these principles were thus early planted in a fruitful soil, and cultivated and cherished with a jealous care. They were allowed to take deep root in this virgin soil, and beneath the genial rays of spiritual freedom, or soul-liberty, they continued to grow, producing in each succeeding age the rich fruits of charity, peace, harmony, and a spirit of toleration in all matters pertaining to religious concernments.
Roger Williams was the first to break in upon the bigotry and superstition of the early Puritans and to establish a commonwealth where freedom of conscience should be granted to all, and each be permitted to worship according to his own peculiar religious sentiments. The principles thus early established have remained unimpaired, and the name of Roger Williams is enrolled high upon the scroll of the world's illustrious benefactors, and to him more than others is due the establishment of that liberal sentiment and charitable toleration, in matters of politics and religion, that to-day form so characteristic a feature in all New England society.
Providence originally comprised the whole county settled in 1636. In 1832, it was incorporated as a city. Portions of the town of Cranston were re-annexed in June, 1868, and March, 1873. Portions of North Providence were re-annexed in June, 1767, March, 1873, and May, 1874, and now form the tenth ward of the city. It is the metropolis of the State, and the second commercial port in New England. It is situated in the southeastern section of the county of Providence, and is bounded as follows: on the north by North Providence and Pawtucket; on the east by the Seekonk River; on the south by Cranston; and on the west by Johnston. It is distant about thirty miles northwest from Newport, the second city in the State, and the finest watering-place in the world; forty-two miles southwest from Boston, the commercial centre of New England; and about seventy miles east of Hartford, Conn.; and at the head of navigation on the Narragansett Bay and Providence River. Thus situated, the city of Providence possesses peculiar advantages for the development of vast commercial enterprises; and it only needs a well-directed energy, and a practicable outlay in the improvement of the harbor, and other means of water communication, to materially increase the new development of new commercial facilities, thus adding not only to the business interests of the city, but ensuring a rapid increase in population, and thus securing a permanent growth.
In the early history of the city, its navigation and commercial interests were quite important. Many of its most prominent merchants were engaged in shipping, and carried on an extensive maritime trade with the Indies, and many other parts of the world. Much of its present prosperity and wealth had their foundation in the successful development of this branch of commercial industry. Perhaps no place in the country is more noted for the intelligence, enterprise, industry, and perseverance of its early business men, than the city of Providence; and the energy and activity displayed to-day, in the multifarious avocations of its people, are none the less worthy of commendation, and stamp them indeed as worthy descendants of so illustrious an ancestry.
The shipping and maritime enterprises that were once so extensively carried on from this port, as indeed throughout the State, have been materially lessened by the introduction of other branches of industry. Still her sails are employed in quite an extensive coast traffic, and her wharves, for the greater portion of the year, are lined with fine steamers, that ply her river and beautiful bay, or run their regular trips to New York and other important points, laden with human freight and cargoes of commercial products. The numerous lines of railroad that centre here facilitate communication with all parts of manufacturing New England, and the growing agricultural West, and render the city of Providence one of the most important business centres in the country. The commercial interests of Providence are, to a certain extent, different from those of any other place in the country; connected with, and largely supported by, the vast manufacturing interests within its own limits, as well as its immediate vicinity, requiring the employment of vast capital in the successful operation of these immense enterprises, it exhibits a degree of commercial prosperity and possesses an aggregate of wealth unsurpassed by any place of its size in the Union.
There are over a thousand streets in Providence, a very large number for a city of its population. They are generally narrow, and rather irregularly laid out. Some of them are quite crooked, and many of them are short thoroughfares, especially those running through from one main street to another, and are not unfrequently designated as alleys or lanes. The principal streets radiate from what is called Market Square, and are: Westminster Street, extending into High Street, which leads to Olneyville and Johnston, a distance of three miles; Weybosset, uniting with Broad at Dorrance Street, forms from this point a wide and continuous avenue to Pawtuxet, a distance of about four miles; Broad and Greenwich streets, with Reservoir Avenue, eighty feet wide, reaching to Sockanosset Reservoir, a distance of five and one-half miles; Elmwood Avenue is another long and wide avenue, running south from Greenwich Street, upon which may be found many beautiful sites for private residences; Eddy Street, uniting with Broad near the Cranston line; Cranston Street and Cranston road; Broadway, eighty feet wide; Atwell's Avenue with Manton Avenue, to Manton; and Charles Street, all on the west side; -- North and South Main streets, with Pawtucket Avenue, Thayer Street, and East Avenue; Butler Avenue, and Swan Point road; Blackstone Avenue, skirting the shore of the Seekonk River. All these are several miles long, and branch out to various points in the suburbs of the city.
The principal retail business streets are Westminster, High, North and South Main streets. On South Water, Dyer, Canal, Weybosset, Broad, Pine, Custom House streets, and Exchange Place, or Monument Square, are to be found the principal wholesale merchants in cotton, wool, dry goods, grain, groceries, paints, oils, drugs, medicines, drystuffs, and manufacturers' supplies. The greater portion of the elegant and costly residences are to be found on Benefit, College, Prospect, Hope, and the more elevated streets on the east side, while on the west side, numerous fine residences may be found near the centre of the city, and also on High, Broadway, and many other streets leading out into the western suburbs.
The streets in the business centre of the city are ornamented with many fine and substantial commercial buildings, while numerous old and inferior ones are being torn down, and their sites occupied by other large and beautiful commercial edifices, which will give to the central portion of Providence a solidity and an air of elegance hitherto unknown. A special mention of these more important structures will be found under the head of Public Buildings, Business Blocks, Halls, &c.
The city contains many fine public and charitable institutions, established by the munificent charities of many of its wealthy citizens, many of whom have long since passed away; and these magnificent institutions stand as noble monuments to the memory of their generous donors. Its educational institutions, both public and private, maintain a high rank, and the intelligence and social culture of its people mark the influence they have exerted in moulding the superstructure of its present society. Brown University is one of the oldest, as it is among the most flourishing and respected, institutions in the United States. Men have in the past, and are to-day, occupying many exalted positions, not only in the councils of the State and the nation, but filling with honor many of the more ordinary professions and avocations of life, who have acquired their high literary attainments within its classic halls. Here are other institutions of learning, some of which will be found in the State part of this work, under the head of State Literary Institutions , &c., while others, belonging more properly to the educational instruction of pupils within the city, find record further on in the history of Providence, under the head of Providence Instruction.
The press of the city is represented by two daily issues, the ''Providence Daily Journal', a morning sheet, and the 'Evening Bulletin', both edited and published from the 'Journal' office. This company also publish the 'Manufacturers and Farmers' Journal', a semi-weekly, and also the 'Rhode Island Country Journal', a weekly. The 'Journal' is one of the oldest dailies in New England. The 'Providence Evening Press' is another daily, published by the Providence Press Company, to which has been added a daily publication entitled the 'Morning Star'. The 'Rhode Island Press' is a weekly issue, published by the same company. There are several other weekly and monthly publications issued in the city, prominent among which are the 'Sunday Dispatch', the 'Sun', the 'Temple of Honor', the 'Freemasons' Repository', &c.
Among the public parks, the Cove and Roger Williams Park are the only ones that command the attention of the citizens as places of promenade or public resort, although there are several small parks scattered throughout different portions of the city. The Cove is a beautiful basin of water, located near the fine large passenger depot that forms a junction for nearly all the great railroads that centre in Providence. It is surrounded with a fine promenade, adorned with an abundance of beautiful shade-trees. An ornamental fence surrounds the Cove, and at regular intervals are located gas-lamps, which are lighted in the evening, and give to this spot a beautiful and attractive appearance. Comfortable seats are interspersed through the grounds, and in the summer evenings it furnishes a place of resort for old and young, and hundreds avail themselves of this sylvan retreat to enjoy an evening's social promenade.
The Roger Williams Park embraces a tract lying in the extreme south part of Providence, and was a gift to the city by the late Betsy Williams, a descendant of the distinguished founder of the State. This generous donation was given upon condition that the citizens of Providence would erect a monument to commemorate the memory of this illustrious personage. The grounds are being tastefully laid out, the conditions of the gift have been fulfilled, and a large, beautiful monument, designed by Mr. Franklin Simmons, sculptor, of Rome, and executed under his directions, has been recently set up and dedicated with very impressive ceremonies. The monument is of granite, very tastefully executed, and is surmounted by a life-size statue of Roger Williams, in bronze, while upon the base, near the foot of the structure, stands the statue of History, in exultant attitude for the illustrious autograph she has written. The park contains one hundred and three acres, and, when completed, will present one of the most beautiful and enticing spots within the environs of the beautiful city of Providence.
The city is divided into ten wards, with a population of over one hundred thousand. Its municipal government is ably and judiciously managed, under the official direction of Thomas A. Doyle, who has held the office of mayor since 1865, with the exception of one year; a fact that not only demonstrates his great executive ability, but the high estimation in which he is held by his fellow-citizens. The city is protected against fire by an excellently arranged and equipped fire department, while its public peace is guarded by a large and efficient police department, whose members are a fine, gentlemanly body of men; and their faithfulness to the important trusts confided to their charge, and disregard of danger when duty calls, stamp them as worthy representatives of the true citizen, and class this force among the best organized and most efficient police department in New England. The city has an excellent water-supply, and numerous fountains are scattered throughout it, that furnish conveniences for quenching the thirst of man and beast. A more detailed history of these fine water-works will be found in the history of Cranston.
A fine view is obtained of the city as you approach it from the beautiful bay on the south, and a fine panoramic view may be obtained from Prospect Park on the east, and Smith's Hill and Mount Pleasant on the north. Providence, in the last half century, has rapidly advanced in all that tends to material prosperity, and her religious, educational, and benevolent institutions have kept pace with her commercial prosperity and growth in extent of territory and population. Situated at the head of a magnificent bay, whose shores are lined with numerous fine resorts, which furnish ample accommodations for the comfort and wants of the thousands of excursionists who daily frequent them in summer to enjoy the refreshing breezes from the ocean, and feast their voracious appetites at the world-renowned Rhode Island clam-bakes, and on other courses of refined and epicurean dishes. With all of the advantages with which she is surrounded, with the rapid development of all her varied interests, Providence presents to-day a commercial and financial centre second to none in New England.
Of the early business-men of Providence, and their manner of doing business, we know but little. We find that, during the fore part of the present century, the people were largely engaged in commerce, there being, in 1820, forty houses engaged in navigation, the number of vessels belonging to Providence being one hundred and thirty, having a tonnage of 20,692 tons; a number of which were engaged in the China trade. The exports from Rhode Island during that year, were $1,072,762. In 1820, there were twenty wholesale and retail dry-goods stores; one hundred and forty retail grocery, provision, and crockery stores; six hardware stores; one whole-sale crockery store; six book stores; three paper-hanging stores; ten shoe stores; six hat stores; three confectionery stores, and twelve public inns.
Among the business-men at that time, we find the names of Thomas P. Ives, Nicholas Brown, Elisha Dyer, Alexander Jones, William Blodgett, Peter Grinnell & Son, Potter & Russell, Jenkins & Mann, Watson & Gladding, Almy & Brown, Sampson Almy, Shubael Hutchins, Beckwith & Pearson, Aborn & Jackson, and many others. Cheapside was then the location of all the dry-goods business in the town, and famous all over the State with the young ladies of those days. The late General Martin Stoddard was a then a leading auctioneer. John N. Greene, father of the late Judge Albert G. Greene, was an accomplished architect and builder, and John Newman, long the sexton of the First Baptist Church, and remarkable for his astronomical knowledge, combined with his skill as a carpenter a thorough knowledge of architecture. He was the original Bickerstall, a name identified with a popular Rhode Island almanac. William Hanlin was an engraver and copper-plate printer, and Colonel James Burr carried on the business of saddle and harness making. In 1820, we find that James Joslin was a manufacturer of, and dealer in, cutlery; David Whipple, A. Buffum, and William Pabodie were dealers in hats; Stephen C. Smith, Aborn Kingman, Charles Hadwin & Co., Asa Ferguson, Emerson & Nelson, Noah Smith, Timothy Temple, and Sheldon & Mason dealt in boots and shoes; Woodman & Harshorn, Charles Robins, and Gideon Hatch were tailors; Joshua B. Wood and John Martin were brokers; Martin Robinson, John Johnson, Samuel West, Samuel F. Reed, and John Brewer were among the booksellers; John S. Barrow and William W. Pitman were sign-painters; Henry Cushman was a dealer in paper-hangings; Ebenezer Foster kept a boarding-house near the court-house; E. Calvin practiced dentistry; the Misses Burrough and Calder kept a young ladies' boarding-school; S. F. Bonfis gave instruction in French and Italian; and Moses Noyes had been a successful teacher for twenty years, and so on ad infinitum.
Since that period great changes have taken place; much of the old has passed away, and much of the new that everywhere meets our gaze, is as so many monuments of progress. Then, but few stately dwellings adorned the streets, and no school-buildings like those of the present time to tell of advancing educational ideas. Then there were no spacious business blocks, like the Barstow Block, Butler Exchange, Daniels Block, What Cheer, Arcade, and many others; and no bank buildings like the Bank of Commerce, and the Bank of North America. Then there was no railroad communication with Boston, Worcester, Newport, and New York; and then no lines of electric wire placed the people in speaking relations with all our vast country, and with most of the civilized world.
A brief summary of the leading business-interests of the city of to-day will prove of interest to many readers of our work, and serve to show the advance in the development of the city's growth and commercial prosperity. In 1878, we find that there are fifty-five wholesale and retail dry-goods stores; seventeen wholesale grocery houses, and three hundred and sixty-eight retail groceries; seventeen wholesale and retail hardware stores; fourteen crockery stores; twenty-seven book and paper-hanging stores; fifty wholesale and retail boot and shoe stores; fifty-eight clothing, hat, cap, and gents' furnishing stores; twenty-one jewelry stores; thirty-three confectionery stores; thirty wholesale and retail dealers in drugs and dyestuff; twenty-seven dealers and manufacturers of furniture; twenty-seven flour and grain dealers; two hundred and four wholesale and retail liquor-dealers ; sixty-seven merchant-tailors; sixty-six wholesale and retail dealers in millinery goods; one hundred and forty-four produce and provision dealers; twenty-five cotton and wool dealers; fifteen dealers in wooden and willow ware, and five carriage repositories.
Narragansett Hotel, a fine and commodious brick structure, and in all of its appointments displays a degree of elegance that places it in the front rank of New England's places of public entertainment.
City Hotel, No. 150 Broad Street, has long been known as a first-class house. It is a building of considerable magnitude, having accommodations for about one hundred and fifty guests. Mr. L. M. Thayer, its present proprietor, who understands the art of keeping a house of entertainment, spares no pains to serve his patrons, to their comfort and entire satisfaction. This house has numbered among its guests the distinguished men of both the past and present, and under its present management it merits and receives an increasing patronage.
Aldrich House, located at 31 and 33 Washington Street, is a fine brick and stone edifice, and was erected by Anson W. Aldrich, the present owner and proprietor. It contains all of the modern improvements, and has accommodations for about one hundred and fifty guests. A fine plate of this hotel will be found among the illustrations of the public buildings of Providence.
Thayer's Hotel, Nos. 46 and 48 Union Street, was formerly called the Adams House. In 1877, it was enlarged, re-furnished, and is now regarded as one of the first-class hotels in the city. Its management is at present under the supervision of Mr. A. Alger, formerly of the Benedict House, of Pawtucket. The gentlemanly and courteous clerk, Mr. George W. Cross, is the prince of good nature, and his genial ways and prompt attention to business, and care for the comfort and convenience of the guests, renders him decidedly popular among a large circle of city and commercial friends. No history of this house would be complete without a brief mention of Mr. Tom Davenport, the gentlemanly and polite caterer to the public, in the fine and commodious sample and billiard room that is connected with this house. His friends are legion, and his courses of 'Epicurean dishes', justly merit the popularity to which they have attained.
Central Hotel, Nos. 6 to 10 Canal Street, is a large brick structure, six stories in height, and is regarded as among the first-class hotels of the city. It is conducted on strictly temperance principles, and contains one hundred rooms. The present proprietors are Messrs. Hopkins & Sears.
Westminster Hotel, No. 261 Westminster Street, is a fine, commodious brick edifice, and under the management of its present proprietor, Mr. F. H. Huntoon, and his gentlemanly and courteous assistants, it justly merits the appellation it bears. The office, dining-room, &c., are all upon the second floor, and the peculiar situation, with its large and convenient rooms, make it a desirable place for families, and those seeking quiet and comfortable apartments, either for a temporary sojourn, or a permanent boarding-house.
There are numerous other houses for public entertainment, but time and space will not permit of a more extended review. They are all regarded as excellent hotels, and the weary traveller may find in them a comfortable night's lodging, and an ample table.
Providence is noted for its extensive manufacturing interests, a more complete and detailed history of which will be found in another part of this history. From what has been already written, it will be seen that many remarkable changes have taken place in the growth and prosperity of the city within the last half century. Old landmarks are fast disappearing, under the increasing growth of the city, and consequent demands for new improvement, and business facilities. In their stead arise new monuments of prosperity and wealth, and the public spirit and refined taste of its citizens, have in a great measure revolutionized old customs in trade, and social life. In this great metropolis is distinguished by that degree of intelligence and culture that marks the prevalence of the influence of modern ideas. The early actors in public affairs have long since passed away, and their places have been honorably filled by their illustrious posterity. These, too, will pass but a brief hour upon the stage of action, and then resign their places to a new generation. As our ancestors nobly did their work, so may we receive it from them, and may it be our pride and aim to transmit it improved to our successors.
The Legal Profession.
Physicians and Druggists.
Of the early history of druggists, a class indispensable to physicians, and holding vital relations to the hygiene of the town, we know but little. We know that Joseph Balch established a drug-store on South Main Street in 1817, and, in 1824, we find there were eleven who put up prescriptions of powder, bolus or tincture, with scrupulous care; viz., Joseph Balch, Jr., John H. Mason, E. S. H. Leonard, Henry Waterman, Horatio G. Bowen, George Hoppin, Amos J. Rhodes, Duty Greene, Whitney & Tillinghast, and two others. The names and locations of the leading physicians and druggists of to-day, like that of the legal profession, will be found in the Patrons' Record of this work.
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With oil prices and subsequently the cost of electricity at a historic high, enthusiasts with a decked out system may be aghast at their increasing electricity bill. That's when modern energy efficient technologies earn their pay. One of the more significant energy efficient initiatives in recent years is the 80 PLUS program, which gives the 80 PLUS certification to power supplies (PSU) that meet the minimum 80% power efficiency rating. Obviously such a scheme is another way for PSU manufacturers to differentiate and market their premium products and here to raise this standard today, we have the Enermax MODU82+.
Our review unit from Enermax is its flagship 625W model, which along with its higher power output, also has additional power sockets for its modular cables compared to the other models (425W and 525W). Hence, one can connect more devices to the more powerful 625W model, which only makes sense. As mentioned earlier, Enermax has raised the bar with a PSU that exceeds the 80 PLUS standard. The MODU82+ is rated between 82 - 88% efficient and has an active PFC rating of more than 0.97 (part of the 80 PLUS certification includes Active PFC > 0.9).
Besides supporting the latest processors from both AMD and Intel, the Enermax MODU82+ is also suitable for SLI and CrossFireX. To accommodate the newer graphics cards, the PCIe power connectors are all version 2.0 ready, meaning that they can fit both 6-pins and 8-pins (6 + 2 pins) connectors. As its name suggest, this PSU has modular power cables so you can only choose the cables that your system requires. Enermax did include four PCIe power cables, which are connected to the PSU end via custom 12-pin connectors. This is Enermax's idea of future-proofing its PSU to meet the growing number of pins used on graphics cards. If (or when) the day comes for a move to a 10 or even 12-pin PCIe connector, Enermax simply releases the appropriate cables for sale, with minimal disruption to consumers.
Then there are also the proprietary technologies like SpeedGuard, which is Enermax's fancy way of saying the two-ball bearing 120mm fan comes with intelligent speed control, with a mild RPM of between 450 and 2000. SafeGuard is the umbrella term for all the protection circuitry found on the PSU while AirGuard refers to the air intake design around the fan opening that supposedly leads to lower fan noise.
We did have some reservations however. Firstly, while it's commendable that Enermax can support up to four graphics cards, the relatively mid-range power rating (625W for the flagship model) may not be sufficient for high-end multi GPU setups. For example, a pair of NVIDIA's latest GeForce 9800 GTX requires a PSU of at least 750W. Perhaps Enermax should consider having a model of at least 800W output for the enthusiasts.
With its attractive feature list, it's no surprise that the MOD82+ 625W is one of the more expensive models for its power output at around US$199. However, for a relatively modest 625W PSU, the price tag may deter some consumers, while power users may find 625W insufficient for today's high-end system. If you have no such reservations, then this is a quiet, energy efficient performer with features that should stay relevant for the next three years at least.
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Our little guy had just turned one exactly a month before. Our other two kids were three and four. I was a stay at home mommy. He was a hard worker. He left for work early every morning and we were all eager to greet him at the door just before dinner. We had everything we needed...and a lot of what we wanted too. We were blessed...living out our fairytale...without a care in the world.
I still think back on this very day, 5 years ago and still remember that feeling...the feeling of being punched in the gut...the wind being let out of our sails...the lights being turned out on us...leaving us in the dark to face an unknown reality.
My phone rang at lunch time. It was not uncommon for him to call, but something about the timing of his call seemed a bit off. He spoke the words that I was hoping never to hear : he was let go...no work...unemployed. I still remember where I was, what the weather was like, the exact spot where I was standing. I guess when your world feels like it's crashing down around you, you remember where those pieces first started to fall.
And just like that, everything changed...forever.
Little did I know that this day would begin a 22 month long unemployment for my husband where everything I knew, believed, and hoped would be tested. My marriage would be tested, friends would become distant...some even judged our decisions, we would be told that God must be judging us, I would be criticized for leaving the house and going and getting a job, we would feel alone, hopeless, and desperate.
But...and it's a big but...
Little did we know the goodness of those who love us, how our marriage would be strengthened, what a blessing my job would become and what a family the people that I work with would become to us, our faith would be strengthened after it was put through the refining fire, how changed we would become in our way of thinking, how tenderly God would care for us, and how we would never, ever go without.
It still brings tears to my eyes when I think back on the countless times money would show up in the mail, people would drop by to give us groceries, others would pay a few of our bills, give our babies Christmas gifts, pay for date nights for us, a gym membership was bought for me...and the list goes on and on.
Our 22 month long journey seemed so long at times. Some days it was exhausting just getting out of bed and extremely hard to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Month after month would go by and it seemed as if our prayers were never going to be answered. The six month anniversary came and went...the one year anniversary was such a dark day...one and a half years came and I felt as if we had been forgotten. I was sure that my heart was not strong enough to bear September 2, 2010.
Almost exactly 2 months before our two year anniversary, Dan went back to work. He was working for 40% of what he used to make but we were so thankful that he was working.
Contrary to what people may believe, after one goes back to work after being unemployed for so long, there are a lot of pieces to pick back up and a lot of wounds that need healing. The job wasn't a cure all...and even we were surprised to find this out.
Its been such a long road...but I wouldn't trade this road for anything. I learned things about myself that I wouldn't have learned otherwise. I watched my husband struggle and work odd jobs to keep food on our table and a roof over our heads. I became so confident in the fact that, no matter what, he will do anything to provide for our family.
I feel that this is the year that we've finally come full circle. Back in June, my husband made the jump and really took a risk for our family...a risk that has worked out. He is working a job that he loves and for the first time in at least five years, he is happy again.
This day brings up a lot of emotion...but most of all it leaves me thinking just how incredibly thankful I am for the blessings that we have been given.
Our little guy just turned six exactly one month ago. Our other two kids are eight and nine. I was a stay at home mommy, but I have been at a wonderful job for almost five years and I love the people I work with. He was a hard worker and still is. He leaves for work every morning after helping the kids get off to school and is sometimes able to work from home to spend more time with us. We have everything we need...and a lot of what we want too. We are blessed...but know it's not always going to look like a fairytale...and know that no matter what life throws our way, we are loved, never alone, and God will carry us on days when we feel we can't take another step.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Five Years Ago : September 2, 2008
Our little guy had just turned one exactly a month before. Our other two kids were three and four. I was a stay at home mommy. He was a hard worker. He left for work early every morning and we were all eager to greet him at the door just before dinner. We had everything we needed...and a lot of what we wanted too. We were blessed...living out our fairytale...without a care in the world.
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Kurt Nimmo
September 10, 2010
The federal government needs an agency specifically charged with identifying radicalization or working to prevent terrorist recruitment of U.S. citizens and residents, according to a report issued by Tom Kean, Lee Hamilton, and the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group. Kean and Hamilton led the effort to blame cave-dwelling Muslims for the attacks of September 11, 2001.
|Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton led the effort to blame cave-dwelling Muslims for the attacks on September 11, 2001.
The Kean and Hamilton report on domestic terror and "radicalization" dovetails with an effort by the Obama administration. Obama's national security strategy includes a "new interagency effort that brings together key stakeholders" and continued "outreach to communities across the country," according to Ben Rhodes, the White House's deputy national security adviser.
"Our long-held belief that homegrown terrorism couldn't happen here has thus created a situation where we are today stumbling blindly through the legal, operational and organizational minefield of countering terrorist radicalization and recruitment occurring in the United States," claims the report, which cites Anwar al-Awlaki as an example of the "Americanization" of terrorism. Other examples cited include the "failed" Times Square non-bombing, the Christmas day fizzled underwear non-bombing, and the highly suspicious Fort Hood shootings.
As Webster Tarpley notes, the "fiery double agent" and "imam-provocateur" al-Awlaki played a key role in entrapping patsies in the Fort Dix and Toronto non-terror cases. His email exchange with the Fort Hood shooter, Army Major Nidal Hasan, was not considered important enough to warrant action by the government.
The report also mentions David Headley, a man of "conflicted loyalties" (in other words, he worked for an intelligence agency) who was linked to the the Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks on Mumbai in late 2008 that killed more than 160. Lashkar-e-Taiba is a creation of Pakistan's ISI, the intelligence agency that collaborated with the CIA to create the Taliban and the Afghan Mujahideen, later to become al-Qaeda.
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The FBI has worked to "reach out" to Somali communities "in an effort to counter the radicalization of the youth," the Associated Press reports. In 2009, however, a coalition of Arab and Muslim groups said the FBI was infiltrating mosques and using agents provocateurs. "It is exactly what the FBI did in the '60s and '70s under its discredited and outlawed COINTELPRO policy. It seeks to disrupt, discredit and criminalize the Muslim community," said Jim Lafferty, the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild in Los Angeles.
The FBI is notorious for recruiting and setting up patsies who are then used by the government and corporate media as examples of over-blown domestic terrorism.
The prospect of scary Muslim suicide bombers — never mind the absurdity of the Christmas day and Times Square non-bombings — is being used to go after the real threat to the government: patriotic Americans. As the Department of Homeland Security report on "right-wing extremism" leaked to the media last year reveals, the government considers constitutionalists and returning veterans the primary terrorist threat, not Muslims. The corporate media has led the effort to demonize the Tea Party movement as violent white supremacists while portraying coverage of supposed Muslim terror as Islamophobia.
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Any "new interagency effort" to combat domestic terrorism — in large part contrived by the government and instigated by FBI agents provocateurs — will primarily concentrate not on clueless Muslims and wanna-be al-Qaeda shoe bombers, but the American people.
According to the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, it is not the Koran that leads to "radicalization," but the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the will of an increasing number of politically active Americans demanding the nation return to its roots as a constitutional republic.
Phony Muslim terror — invariably snipped in the bud and then blown out of proportion for propaganda purposes — will be used as an excuse to create yet another bureaucratic agency assigned to attack the American people and put the finishing touches on a police state control grid.
Kurt Nimmo edits Infowars.com. He is the author of Another Day in the Empire: Life In Neoconservative America.
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Cold brew/iced coffee is a personal favourite of mine, especially in summer months but also as a sore throat soother.
Similar to people above I actually prefer making the coffee hot over ice and then cooling it down, seems to keep the flavour more? Maybe its all in my head.


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On this day: 50 years ago
20 July 1969
At 3:56 a.m. CEST on 21 July (20 July, 10:56 p.m. EDT) Neil Armstrong puts his left foot on the surface of the Moon. It is the first time in history that a human has ever stepped on anything that has not existed on or originated from Earth.
Earlier on 20 July, at 1:52 p.m. CEST, Aldrin and Armstrong had crawled into the Lunar Module and started to power up the spacecraft. For about an hour, they continued to check the systems and deploy the landing legs.
6:46 p.m. The Lunar Module separates from the Command/Service Module, in which Collins continues to orbit the Moon.
8:08 p.m. Armstrong and Aldrin, flying feet first and face down, fire the Lunar Module descent engine for the first time.
8:47 p.m. Collins, flying in Columbia behind the Moon, reports that the Lunar Module is on its way down to the lunar surface, saying: "Everything's going just swimmingly. Beautiful!"
9:05 p.m. Armstrong throttles up the engine to slow the Lunar Module before dropping down on the lunar surface. The landing is not easy. The site they approach is 6 km from the target point, on the southern edge of the Sea of Tranquility. Seeing that they are approaching a crater about the size of a football field and covered with large rocks, Armstrong takes over manual control and steers the craft to a smoother spot. His heartrate has risen from a normal 77 to 156.
9:18 p.m. When the probes beneath three of the Lunar Module's four footpads touch the surface, a 'contact' light flashes on the instrument panel and Armstrong shuts off the descent engine. The Lunar Module drops down with a jolt and Armstrong immediately calls Mission Control: "Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed."
11:12 p.m. With everything in order, Armstrong recommends that they plan to start the Extravehicular Activity, earlier than originally scheduled. Mission Control replies: "We will support you anytime."
At 3:39 a.m. on 21 July CEST (20 July, 10:39 p.m. EDT), later than proposed, but still more than five hours ahead of the original schedule, Armstrong opens the Lunar Module hatch and squeezes through the opening.
Armstrong moves slowly down the 3 m, nine-step ladder. On reaching the second step, he pulls a 'D-ring' to deploying a television camera, positioned to show him to descend from that point.
He halts on the last step and reports: "I'm at the foot of the ladder. The LM footpads are only depressed in the surface about one or two inches. The surface appears to be very, very fine-grained, as you get close to it, it's almost like a powder." He jumps down on to the Lunar Module footpad.
3:56 a.m. 21 July CEST (20 July, 10:56 p.m. EDT), Armstrong steps on to the Moon, and says: That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin is taking photographs from inside the spacecraft.
4:11 p.m. After lowering a Hasselblad camera to Armstrong, Aldrin emerges from the Lunar Module while his companion photographs him.
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Boulder, CO: Stellar Pies and More at Pizzeria Basta
Pizzeria Basta
3601 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80303 (map); 303-997-8775; pizzeriabasta.com
Pizza Style: Neapolitanish, but with a sturdier crust
Oven Type: Wood-burning
The Skinny: The pizzas here are extremely well thought out and well executed
Price: Range from $10 (Marinara) to $16 (Daily Special)
Since opening its doors less than two years ago on December 31, 2009, Boulder's Pizzeria Basta has been the subject of glowing reports from local and national press, and has gotten special attention from pizza and bread guru Peter Reinhart, whose Pizza Quest has prominently featured Basta. Based on my visit, it's clear that all of the praise is deserved.
Chef/co-owner Kelly Whitaker spent a year in Naples developing his pizza-making skills and even brought home a fifty-year-old starter; the soul of each pizza that comes out of his wood-burning oven. But Whitaker's skills don't stop at pizza. Basta is the rare pizzeria where the rest of the menu is far more than an afterthought. Even with the variety, the menu is actually quite small. Basta means enough, and as Whitaker explains in this video, that principle, a small menu done well, is what his restaurant is all about.
There are just six pizzas on the menu at Basta at any given time; five hold down permanent spots and one special changes based on available ingredients. Local sourcing is a big deal at Basta, so much so that the restaurant has a small garden just out the back window. The small plot not only produces a substantial portion of the herbs and vegetables used at the restaurant, but it also brightens up the rather sterile and enormous condo complex that hosts this very out-of-the way pizzeria (GPS or a local guide are required to find the place).
The Daisy, Basta's version of a Margherita, comes topped with nothing more than sauce, mozzarella, basil, and extra virgin olive oil. Every component of this simple pie tasted fresh and sang with flavor. The mozzarella is hand-stretched in-house from local curd. The sauce, a fresh concoction of California tomatoes, added extra zip. Still, despite the quality of the ingredients flawless execution, this pizza would have bored me because, well, Margheritas almost always do. But thanks to the addition of Calabrian chiles, one of eight additional toppings available, this classic pie got a nice kick without overpowering a thing. This was about as balanced as a pizza gets.
I'm a fan of the concept of local food, but I'm a bigger fan of delicious food. And in certain parts of the country, limiting all sourcing to local products can get boring. Whitaker's passion for all things local cannot be questioned other than by the most self-righteous locavores. But the special on my visit starred some plump, sweet and salty PEI mussels. Joining those juicy nuggets from the sea were house-cured pancetta, smoked mozzarella, panna, and brussels sprouts.
I loved absolutely everything about the pizza, which was one of the most flavorful pies I've had in a while. The pancetta brought some welcome chewiness and more salt to the pizza. Any worries that the pancetta and mussels would bring too much sodium to the pie were easily brushed aside by two underutilized creamy toppings, panna and house-smoked mozzarella. Given all the flavor already on the pizza, I'm not sure the brussels sprouts added anything in terms of taste, but the shredded bits of vegetable did make the pie more colorful.
Nice spotting and magnificent hole structure are not guarantees of a top-notch crust, but in this case, looks were definitely not deceiving; the crust at Pizzeria Basta is outstanding. Whitaker adds organic 00 flour from Northern California to his half-century old Neapolitan starter to make bread that, while close to Neapolitan, has more flavor than the traditional VPN variety. In terms of texture, these crusts had a combination of crisp exterior and chewy interior that's tough to beat.
Yes, this is a pizza blog and yes, this is a review of a pizzeria. But the menu at Basta goes beyond pizza and the burrata, which occupies a near-permanent spot on the menu, is a must-order no matter what Whitaker adds to the plate. The accompaniments change with the seasons and in my case, the large hunk of fresh burrata from DiStefano was accompanied by juicy chunks of pork belly and melted leeks along with a mess of olive oil and some crusty wood-fired bread.
When I first started traveling to Denver on a semi-annual basis a few years ago, artisanal pizza was nowhere to be found. And while I liked Beau Jo's (reviewed here) just fine, it wasn't the kind of place that inspires repeat visits. Fortunately, in the last couple of years, there's been a relative flurry of openings that have raised the bar in both Denver and nearby Boulder. And while I still have a couple new Colorado spots to hit when I'm back there in the spring, I can already feel Basta calling me back.
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The North Carolina Senate has passed a new law designed to protect minors from the "perils" of social networking sites like MySpace. Concern about sexual predators on such sites has been mounting, with much of the pressure coming from state Attorneys General, including North Carolina's Roy Cooper. Now, state legislatures are starting to take action to "protect the children."
North Carolina's proposed law stands out because it at least recognizes the difficulties with requiring social networking sites to do age verification. While age verification works pretty well for adults, it is much harder to do with children. The North Carolina legislation takes this lesson to heart by requiring that parents or guardians first sign up and verify their ages; only then can their children register for accounts.
Braden Cox recently testified about the legislation before the North Carolina legislature on behalf of the Netchoice Coalition and said that "there is no way to make sure that someone a user designates as their parent is in fact their parent." He argued that the best way to prevent problems is through education, not regulation—an approach that naturally appeals to the corporate backers of Netchoice.
Bills like this could be a sign of things to come. Congress has already considered legislation which would have made social networking sites off-limits at schools and libraries, and state Attorneys General have threatened Bud.tv and other sites with lawsuits if they do not implement stronger age verification systems.
Social networking sites have clearly gotten the memo about parental worries, and most are moving proactively to head off criticism and safeguard their users. MySpace, for instance, has announced a program called "Zephyr" that will allow parents to access their children's accounts and keep an eye on their electronic doings. Critics have already dismissed the move as not being good enough.
Legislation like that being considered by North Carolina is often dismissed as merely pandering to the "Think of the children!" demographic, but protecting children is part of the government's public safety obligation. Few of the proposals we've seen so far seem like good ways to do this, but North Carolina's approach at least has the virtue of novelty—unlike most video game legislation, which relies on similar rhetoric but has been almost universally struck down by the courts, sometimes at great cost to the states.