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Each Second Life destination has a maturity rating of General, Moderate, or Adult. You can choose to show or hide destinations based on their maturity rating.
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Hollywood is a wonderful place to come and just stroll around. Bring your sweetie and enjoy walking along the Walk of Fame, take in the views of the Starboards Yacht Club and the vibrant marina. Take a picture with friends as you all sit atop the world famous Hollywood sign. Come on your own and enjoy some solitude and relaxation sitting at one of our many wonderful and relaxing vistas.View this destination »
Downtown Seattle
Seattle is back in Second Life as Downtown Seattle! Established in 2006, Downtown Seattle's goal is to provide a pleasant visit to all with culture, music, hangouts and games all in the same sim. Family and friendly atmosphere. Come find quality entertainment in your Second Life experience.View this destination »
Cliffs of Moher
Lovingly replicated from the original in county Clare, Ireland, the Cliffs of Moher are part of a four-sim, 1939 Irish village called O'Hare's Gap. Come unwind and take in the views. You will find much to explore in this very Irish experience.View this destination »
New Brighton
Loosely based on Brighton in the UK, New Brighton features a pier (and fireworks just after every sunset), scooters, shops, galleries, helicopter rides, a beach, diving, hot air balloons, jetboats, rides, UFOs and more. So what are you waiting for, get over here!View this destination »
Briar Haven
On the coastline of Northern California sits Briar Haven, a small, quiet town rich with history. Divided into two parts, rough Briar Heights and the picturesque Briar Island, the town is poised on the brink of a new era. Come join this blending of history and new beginnings, of awakenings and the revelation of long buried secrets.View this destination »
Britannia Village
Come by and enjoy Britannia's natural British beach, marina and promenade. Britannia is surrounded by ocean and a great place to relax. Enjoy games, sailing or their very own night club. Britannia Village is a great community spot for all to enjoy!View this destination »
The French Quarter
The French Quarter is a hangout spot that presents New Orleans-based feast for the eyes. Featuring detailed settings, a performance venue with a special effects stage, a lounge and much more, come on down and enjoy the French Quarter!View this destination »
R.I.R Raceway
R.I.R Raceway is a racing community built on making oval racing in Second Life as real as it can get. They've got advanced-style cars, pit stops, flat tires — you can even run out of gas! Come join in the fun or just watch some amazing racing action on weekly race days.View this destination »
Olrich Estates
Olrich Estates is a great community with friendly residents. They offer homes, apartments, LIFE, a banquet hall, a hospital, a police station, fire halls, campgrounds, lakes, parks, restaurants, employment and so much more. Let OE lead you the way home!View this destination »
X-Dynamics Airport
X-Dynamics is the oldest continuously-operating, fully-functional airport at Blake Sea. The airport is open for all, so feel free to rezz your airplane and fly to any location in Blake Sea.View this destination »
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Comfort Zone
10/22/2013 to 10/31/2014
An immersive, participatory installation exploring choreography, group dynamics, collaboration, and social boundaries, the project is Levy's first work in a museum setting. The scope of interaction it prompts presents compelling conceptual and practical challenges. Levy worked extensively with staff artists and scientists, media developers, engineers, and the public to develop and deepen this installation for the West Gallery Black Box media space.
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Phillip Phillips Out Of Hospital, Ready For American Idol Tour
"American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips is on the road to recovery and looking forward to hitting the road!
The 21-year-old "Idol" champ is on the mend following surgery to remove large kidney stones.
"I'm out of the hospital and back to work!" he told E! News. "Looking forward to the future."
The singer, who was released from the hospital on Monday afternoon, is expected to play all 45 shows of the upcoming "American Idol" tour, which kicks off on July 6 in Detroit.
According to TMZ, the Georgia native is resting at a mansion in Malibu, Calif., which is owned by an "Idol" executive.
Over the weekend, Phillip Tweeted, "Just want to tell everyone thank you for the concerns and prayers, it means a lot to my family and I. I'm just resting and healing."
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Ubisoft Offers Free Goodies as Compensation for PC DRM DowntimeUbisoft is offering goodies including free games and downloadable content to gamers affected by the denial of service attack against its DRM authentication servers which left many unable to play Silent Hunter 5 or Assassin's Creed 2 on PC, Kotaku reports.
Some gamers are being offered a choice of Prince of Persia, Tom Clancy's HAWX, Tom Clancy's EndWar or Heroes Over Europe for free, while others are receiving the three Assassin's Creed 2 bonus quests previously exclusive to its Special Edition. Kotaku speculates that the peace offering is different for those who already own the SE.
Ubisoft's controversial new DRM solution requires players to authenticate with Ubisoft's DRM servers and be online at all times, pausing their game should they go offline. The DoS attacks overwhelmed the authentication servers, leaving many unable to play.
The DRM is now used in Silent Hunter 5, Assassin's Creed 2 and The Settlers 7. According to Ubisoft, it has yet to be properly cracked.
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Falling Victim to My Eco Guilt on Earth Day
With Earth Day on the horizon, I wonder how I'll spend my day. Will I think of how far I have come, or fall victim to my Eco Guilt? Now that I am a mother, I have tried to teach my kids how to minimize their carbon footprint. Some of what I do includes recycling clothing. My eldest child's clothes have gone through four girls! Gymboree stuff never wears out! We recycle paper by using the reverse sides of everything. When used up, it gets tossed in the paper bin for further recycling. I don't buy water bottles or juice boxes. But why do I feel like it's never enough?!
Reluctant Soccer Mom
I acquiesced when my children first told me that they wanted to start soccer.
College Prep -- 13 Years Early
After my eldest child had two weeks of kindergarten under her belt, she announced that she knew everything she needed to know in life, except she didn't know how to drive, didn't work, and hadn't been to college.
Retaining Youth
With the death of two icons from my childhood, I feel old. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I seem to be in a cloud of sadness. Not because I am grief-stricken, but more because I am mourning the loss of my youth.
Mathphobia 101
I recently received my children's math placement for the fall. Unlike most parents, who would be ecstatic to see both their children recommended for an accelerated program, I am terrified.
When Kids Torture Animals
I recently read about the young man who was arrested for allegedly killing and mutilating 19 cats in a Florida suburb. Specific details are not available in each case, but CNN did report that one of the felines was eviscerated.
The Not-So-Private Body
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No single player in Toronto sports history cast a shadow over his former franchise like Vince Carter did over the Toronto Raptors.
Nearly eight years removed from his departure and over 11 years removed from the shot that could have changed the fortunes of the Raptors forever, Carter's controversial legacy still looms over the entire organization. Even as his career winds down, the Raptors are still searching for his replacement - a role not even Chris Bosh was able to comfortably step into during his seven-year stint in Toronto.
It's funny, in a way, because Bosh was both a better and more dependable player during his tenure with the Raptors. He produced consistently and improved each and every year he played for the club.
Still, no matter what Bosh accomplished in Toronto, he didn't capture that indefinable magic that Carter grabbed hold of in his early years in the NBA.
In truth, it would be nearly impossible for any player to come to the club and live up to the legacy Carter made with the Raptors. He took a nascent NBA club and put them on the map in a huge way. For a moment in time, Carter was arguably the most popular and most visible player in the entire league (he led the NBA in All-Star voting three times, a feat only accomplished by Julius Erving and Michael Jordan before him). Having Toronto emblazoned on his chest brought tremendous attention to the young franchise.
In Toronto, though, Carter also came to epitomize the underachiever status that has come to define the club, and his trade demand during an organizational downturn was seen as an outright betrayal by fans who had worshipped him for years. He captured the city and then ripped out its heart - the multitude of emotions he ran fans through would make him nearly impossible to catch by any current or future member of the club.
So when people talk now about who the club's "Next Carter" is, they are really asking an unanswerable question. There will never be another Carter. There will never be another Raptor who looms over the organization the way he did when he played, or does today eight years after he left. He defined the club for the six-plus years he was with the team and has continued to define them in the years since.
What people should really be asking is "Who is the guy that is going to make Toronto forget about Vince Carter?" That's a far more interesting question to tackle.
Clearly that guy is not Andrea Bargnani, who has as many detractors in the city as he does admirers. Nor is it DeMar DeRozan, who is still trying to prove he's a starting-grade shooting guard in today's NBA. Terrence Ross is an intriguing talent, but nowhere near the level he'd have to be to eradicate the memory of Vinsanity.
If there is one guy on this club that could even hope to ascend to that height, it would be the club's 7-foot Lithuanian center, Jonas Valanciunas.
Now, it has to be said right away that to expect Valanciunas to actually accomplish this feat would be as unfair as it is unnecessary.
There is no reason for him to want to achieve any kind of association, good or bad, with Carter, a guy so far removed from his NBA life he might as well play a different sport. That, though, is what gives him a chance to do it.
Valanciunas has nothing in common with Carter besides the fact that they both play basketball. They exist at totally opposite ends of the spectrum: One is a 6-6 guard, the other is a 7-foot centre. One plays with finesse, the other plays with grit. One is an athletic Superman, the other is a workaday Clark Kent. One has a tendency to float through games, the other is almost active to a fault. One is known for offence, the other for defence. If you wanted polar opposites in the NBA world, it would be hard to do much better than these two.
It's these differences, though, that give Valanciunas a chance to put Carter's legacy in the rear-view mirror.
It's not about being as good as Carter, or as famous or successful - it's about being being totally different and defining the team in that image.
It's about taking a club with a Charmin-soft reputation and making them strong and fearsome.
It's about taking a club known for lying down when things get though and making them a club that fights against even the most impossible odds.
No, if Valanciunas is going to do all that it won't happen right away. He has do little things first like, oh I don't know, play in an actual NBA game. His is the kind of game that could excite fans in Toronto again, though. He represents all of the things that the Raptors want to be going forward: tough, defensive-minded, full of effort and grit. He doesn't even have to be the team's best player to define their on-court personality.
Vince was what he was to Raptors fans a long time ago. The only reason his memory endures like it does is because no one has come along and made people forget it. Valanciunas is nothing like Carter, but that's what gives him a fighting chance to be the guy that, at long last, pushes the Raptors out of his shadow.


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"St. John's Parish Partners has established a relationship with two parishes on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Sacred Heart and Our Lady of the Sioux. Our ministry, in the past, has consisted of a coat & clothing drive for Sacred Heart, and gift food bags as well as food for the food pantry at Our Lady of the Sioux. Members of the parish usually visit the reservation once a year in November. Each year we are blessed to receive more inspiration from the Lakota people than we could ever offer through our gifts.
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Installing Java
What is Java? What purpose does it serve?
"Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. There are lots of applications and websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!" (Oracle page on Java)
JRE vs. JDK
- JRE: Just the Java Virtual Machine.
- JDK: The Java Software Development Kit - this includes command line tools for launching
.jarfiles, the JRE, compilers, and tools for creating Java-based programs.
Installing java
Options for JRE and JDK
On Funtoo, there are several different java packages that you can emerge:
- virtual/jre - When you emerge this, it pulls in the java runtime environment for your current profile.
- virtual/jdk - When you emerge this, it pulls in the java development kit for your current profile.
- dev-java/icedtea - A Gentoo-made binary of the IcedTea JDK, this is the JDK pulled in when you emerge
virtual/jdkon the desktop profile.
- dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin - Oracle's version of the Java Development Kit. This package and
dev-java/oracle-jre-binboth require you to manually download the file and place it in
/usr/portage/distfilesdue to the fact that Oracle wants you to accept a license before downloading the package.
- dev-java/oracle-jre-bin - Similar to the above, this only includes the Java Runtime Environment.
Note: Oracle's version of JAVA is default in Funtoo .
Emerging java -- virtual/jdk method
To install java, run the following command:
# emerge virtual/jdk
Testing to see if it emerged
To check that java installed on your system, run the following command:
$ java -version
If you get something like this, you are ready to use java!:
java version "1.7.0_21"OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.3.9) (Gentoo build 1.7.0_21-b02)OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)
To be double sure that the java package you emerged is functional, you can run the following:
$ java-config --list-available-vms
The following VMs are available for generation-2:
*) IcedTea JDK 18.104.22.168 [icedtea-bin-7]
Using the java command
Overview of the command
The java command can be run like so:
- java [options] class [argument ...]
- java [options] -jar file.jar [argument ...]
Example command usage
Compiling code:
$ javac -d bin -sourcepath src -cp lib/lib1.jar;lib/lib2.jar src/com/example/Application.java
Running code:
$ java -cp bin;lib/lib1.jar;lib/lib2.jar com.example.Application
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a couple of weeks ago i discovered sammy slabbinck's work on tumblr, so i asked him a few questions about his work. interview below. thanks sammy!
1. Tell me something about you.
Good question! I am a 35 year old graphic artist living in Bruges, Belgium with a fondness for everything vintage. My main activities are creating postcards & collage illustrations.
2. What experiences and artists have influenced your work?
I've been an active viewer of (graphic) art for a long time and started creating only later on without going to art school. I think this baggage still is helpful. Lot's of artists inspire me everyday. I have a deep love for the pop art era. Still groundbreaking!
3. What attracts you to the medium of collage?
I guess the complete freedom you have in creating something. You can combine found elements endlessly, old & new, and make up a whole new imaginary world.
4. How do you arrange your collages? Do you have a specific idea in mind or do the images evolve on paper in front of you?
One image can create a process of association and then it comes down to finding the right images to combine. Structuring images is the hardest part of all. There is no real fixed strategy, it all boils down to a gut feeling I guess. Of course some compositions always work but I try not to repeat myself too much:) and try to find new ways to create a balance between different elements. Most laws of composition can not be ignored even in collages. Some collages are made instantly others take weeks before you find the right combination or balance. A sort of complex 'simplicity' is usually what I aim for. The images have to interact naturally and work together to serve the bigger picture. Less is more is the old Mies cliché but it's oh so true !
5. Where do you source your images from?
I have been collecting vintage magazines and books for a long time now, even before I started cutting them up. I've always been attracted to the graphics and imagery from the 50's to 70's era creating a database of stock images for myself.
6. I've noticed that you use a lot of vintage imagery, what is the reason behind this? How important is the digital media in your work?
I was always intrigued from a young age by the 50 & 60's , the generation of my parents. I started collecting vintage stuff about 10 years ago. A lot of magazines, music, books but also furniture etc.
Designers, architects and (graphic) artists of that period all came up with new ways of shaping objects, cars, houses etc in a way that's very appealing to me and apparently still appeals to a lot of people. The designs are still being recycled. There's a 'realness' in the design and art of the fifties & sixties we've kind of lost nowadays. The age of possibility in comparison to where we are at now…
I love working with just paper but once you start combining them with the digital possibilities all doors fly open and the freedom of creating gets even bigger.
7. What is coming up for you in the future?
Keep working hard at creating nice & original stuff , be it digital or on actual paper. I would love to get some more assignments as well. Book covers and magazines for instance or a music album, that would be great! But I got a few nice projects coming my way and maybe even an exhibition!
8. Where can I get more info?
My portfolio site is http://sammyslabbinck.tumblr.com/ where you will also find links to my Flickr, Facebook, prints etc.
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Whitesnake drummer Brian Tichy broke his collarbone while riding a mountain bike over the weekend. The rocker shared details of his mishap in a series of posts on his Twitter feed Monday, and also reported that he'll have to sit out a New Year's Eve gig he was supposed to play tonight with his Led Zeppelin tribute band The Moby Dicks that's scheduled to take place in Las Vegas.
"Typing with [your] arm in a sling after you get back from emergency room after wiping out on your [mountain] bike and breaking your collarbone just sucks!!!!" writes Tichy. "So much for playing drums new year's in vegas."
In addition, the veteran drummer, who also plays guitar in a new band called S.U.N. , says he plans to see his doctor on Tuesday and is hoping to "be back on [guitar] real soon and drums right after."
He adds, "SUN goes down everyday, but it always rises again…HAPPY NU YEERS!...My year will [be] all uphill from here."
Longtime Quiet Riot member Frank Banali will fill in for Tichy at tonight's show. Brian also is the co-organizer of the Bonzo Bash concerts, a series of star-studded shows paying tribute to late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham . The next edition, dubbed the Bonzo Bash Namm Jamm , is scheduled to take place on January 24 in conjunction with the 2013 NAMM music-instrument trade show in Anaheim, California. Tichy says he expects to be "full on" for that show.
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A lot of people are taking advantage of area waterways in this heat, but in Illinois there's a new regulation you'll want to know about involving non-motorized vessels. It just went into effect July 1st and DNR offices are getting a lot of questions on the new rules.
Now, a "paddle pass" sticker is required on any non-powered kayak, canoe, paddleboat, or inner tube being used as a mode of transportation on public waters. It's fairly inexpensive but the change caught some people off guard.
Steve Stoudt and his daughter were out on the pontoon on the Rock River near Sterling Thursday, but every once and a while he says he gets down the river in a different way. "WeI tie a few rafts together, cooler or two and just float for hours," he said.
Now, that's going to require a $6 water usage stamp for every raft or inner tube used to get from point A to point B on Illinois waters or he'll face a $120 fine. "Like us we have 10, 15, 20 people and that can add up," added Stoudt.
It's new territory for inner tube use, but for other non-powered watercraft like kayaks and row boats this actually replaces having to get titles and registration in Illinois.
"It started out as a streamlining process in order to make it a lot easier for the public and for us," said Conservation Officer Robert Frazier. Revenue from the paddle pass sticker goes back to the DNR in hopes to recoup what cutbacks took in recent years.
"We took a lot of hits there and never really overcome that. This is the ability for us to try to move ahead, hire more people," added Frazier.
There are some exemptions. Anything pulled behind a boat or tied off to a boat that is anchored does not need a sticker. Right now, DNR officers say they're allowing a grace period to educate the public and work out the kinks.
"We're currently experiencing some problems with the adhesive sticking on the boat. If somebody is having a problem with that we ask you just put it in a bag and make sure you have it with them," said Frazier.
Another requirement now with tubes and other non-motorized watercraft is a life jacket for each person. Anyone 13 and younger must be wearing it at all times.
Any watercraft with a motor or sail does still need a title and registration. Out of state vessels are not exempt from the paddle pass sticker. It can be picked up at any place that sells hunting and fishing licenses.
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The one-two punch of living a stressful lifestyle and subjecting your skin to erratic weather can rob skin of vital moisture, leaving it irritable, dry and delicate.
Pure Cloud Cleanser is the ultimate cream cleanser for dry skin, removing dirt and makeup (even eye makeup!) so depleted skin emerges fresh and glowing. Formulated with pure Icelandic glacial waters to soften and hydrate skin, this intensely nourishing, cloud-like formula is packed with replenishing extracts and natural moisturizers. A 100% cotton muslin cloth (included) teams with our cleanser to gently massage skin and help increase circulation. The perfect partner to our Pure Cloud Cream!
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Insanely beautiful; secretly powerful.
- Parabolic Rocker features more rocker from the center to the binding mounts with less rocker at the tip and tail to ensure solid contact
- Mystic II core is a powerful combination of poplar wood with durable bamboo rails that run along the edges for stability
- Bamboo Power Ply is made from sustainable bamboo veneers instead of fiberglass in an effort to both reduce weight and limit the chemical impact on your preferred planet
- Medium Shadow Flex features a thinned core profile between the bindings for a feel that's both freestyle and freeride
- Grip Tech edges bulge out at the binding inserts to provide serious bite and hold on hardpacked or icy snow
- Mixed Glassing utilizes triax over biax glass for all-around flex and stability; because you like to do a little bit of everything
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i wear size 13, will my boot fit?
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You would want to be looking at a wide board for a boot that big otherwise you will have toe drag.
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Yeah for sure, I rock an 11.5 too and anything 250+ waist width isn't much of a problem.
Liked the Westmark better, Slayblade better still.
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Fun ride. Bamboo is super strong and has lots of pop despite the full rocker. However sintered base is less than impressive. It doesn't hold wax very well. Fresh wax job in the morning and the sides of the base are completely dry by lunch. Also seems like the core doesn't want to stay the same shape as the edges. Only 30 days on it so far and the diecut base has gaps in it and the board is extremely edge high. Like grab them with your fingernails high. My guess is the core and the edges are going there "seperate" ways. Overall a regretful purchase, even on a pro-deal.
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I demoed this board last spring and it was awesome... I only rode it for a few hours, but it was a great ride while i had it. Really responsive, poppy (bamboo kicks ass), and carved turns on anything, you could really feel the grip tech. If I end up buying a board this year it will definitely be the coda...


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Just wanted to share a small bug that we found the other day when doing some work with the ArcGIS Server Flex api (v2.0).
I am working on a proof on concept app where I need to return a very large number of points. Possibly 500,000+ points. I dont need to actually display them (the selected points), just capture some attributes of the points.
Its very cool that Esri has caught on to doing things this way, as I know I have been doing it for years, starting in the early days of ArcIMS. ArcIMS and to some (lesser) degree, ArcGIS Server, aren't very efficient with querying/parsing large result sets, and thats totally understandable. What we have always done is to just grab the absolute minimum of fields when we send a query - usually OBJECTID or other unique identifier. Then we take those results and send the full query using the objectid list. Yes, its another trip to the server, but it is almost always faster and far more flexible/powerful.
Anyway, so again, I needed to select a really large number of points spatially on the map. Obviously we can't think about displaying a huge number of points like that on the map, and luckily we dont need to in this case. But, in the case that you do, I would highly recommend you check out Mansour Raad's blog post on point clustering. Fantastic work.
So, it would seem that using a querytask and executeForIds (new in 2.0) would be my best bet. Instead of returning attributes of your selected features, this method simply returns an array of objectids that you can then use to do whatever you like. So, executing a query directly in the browser based REST services explorer with "Return IDs only" (the equivalent executeForIds in Flex) set to true, the operation works exactly as expected. However, if I use Flex, it doesnt work as I hoped. It takes forever, and will eventually fail. Looking at the query request using firebug, I noticed that the url doesn't include returnGeometry = false, even though I set it explicitly to false. Strange huh? So, yeah, its attempting to grab the geometry for all 600k points - and that's obviously causing quite a strain and eventually causes it to fail. Well, it turns out to be a bug, but luckily, there is a very easy workaround.
Simply hardcode a returnGeometry=false into your querytask url.
var queryTask:QueryTask = new QueryTask;
queryTask.url = 'http://server/ArcGIS/rest/services/servicename/MapServer/0?returnGeometry=false';
var query:Query = new Query();
query.spatialRelationship = spatialRel.selectedItem.data;
query.geometry = selectedGeom;
query.returnGeometry = false;
queryTask.executeForIds(query, new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault));
I had no idea that type of workaround could work, it indeed it does.
Jason Harris


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We Need to Wise Up Our Finances; by Wising Up Our Policies on All Fronts.
The problem is far more complex than just not having enough revenue. Lets take the military budget. The military spends $90.00 on screws and a $1000.00 on toilets! The whole system is corrupt to the core. Not only does this deprive the American people out of money it makes the military weaker.
The medical expenditure is simply unsustainable. The medical costs are incurred in the last six months of life. The bulk of this money is spent on the worst cases. Not only are the costs huge the elderly patient goes through a lot of pain and suffering. Perhaps 80%+ of life's total pain is suffered during these last six months of life. Perhaps we spend this huge amount of money as someone said, to prolong death rather than prolonging life. For the majority of these unfortunate elderly patients it is an undignified and painful life. The treatment itself is in many cases more of an insult to life than a celebration of life. Our medical policy must be wised up.
Our education is in such a mess that after spending trillions of dollars we now have a trillion dollar student debt. We spend the bulk of our education budget on making every student a jack of all trades. We even force those who are not suited to become jack of all trades to struggle and struggle with their studies. Every single task requires professional skill. What is a jack of all trades good for? Not much, as even the lower skill jobs need professional expertise.
We produce 80% emotionally challenged brains. We teach the mind while we ignore brain education and even miseducate the brain. Emotionally challenged brains are responsible for such high rates of crime, divorce, depression, drug addictions etc. Crime alone drains our resources of over 1.3 trillion. Just imagine the total cost of emotionally challenged behavior. We need to wise up our education policy by introducing a new compulsory subject that teaches wisdom/emotional intelligence.
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Jan 9 2013: $90.00 for a screw is $90.00 for a screw; no matter how you account for it. What is wrong with the statement, 'The medical expenditure is simply unsustainable?'
The German's have the highest per capita individual savings in the world. Their education system produces the most per capita professionals. We produce more jack of all trades.
Our upbringing traditions have to be reviewed as we produce phony over confidence in our children that is responsible for most of the emotionally challenged behavior.
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Harry, Ron and Hermione will be doing a bit of magic away from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In December, the DVDs and Blu-Rays of their popular movie series will be vanishing.
That's right, vanishing.
Warner Brothers announced at the end of October that the Harry Potter movies would be disapparating off store shelves and apparating in the Warner Brothers vault for a while.
Digital downloads of the films and the games will still be available.
However, for hardcore Potter fans, a void will be opened. And because no one is sure when the movies will reappear, some fans are eagerly taking inventory of their Harry Potter collections.
"I'll be buying ALL of the movies on Blu-Ray before some balding, noseless Voldemort-esque figure hides my movies in a vault guarded by dragons and goblins," said University of Illinois student Kyle Deininger. "That VHS copy of the Sorcerer's Stone definitely needs to be replaced."
Some fans are saving their money and asking mum and dad for a special holiday gift.
"[I'm] asking for them for Christmas as a fail-safe," said Brigham Young University sophomore Lindsey Larson. "I'm missing the last two: I thought they'd be releasing Deathly Hallows as a two-disc set, but I guess not."
The final chapter of the Harry Potter series, "The Deathly Hallows Part 2," will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray November 11. This will give fans only 49 days to purchase the final installment of the series before they go into the vault.
"I don't think this is fair. Lots of people with kids want to watch these movies, and many of them don't have incomes that leave them with lots of extra cash…" said West Jordan, Utah native Angela Decker. "I also bet there will be an increase of pirated versions of the movie selling for cheap online …They might as well just keep them out of the vault."
Some fans are sad because they have yet to see the whole series.
"I still haven't seen all of the movies so this stinks," said Merced, Calif. native Michael Rowan.
Though this announcement has taken fans by surprise, Warner Brothers also indicated in a press release that there would be Harry Potter DVDs released in 2012.
"Hard-core Potter fans will be pleased to know that 2011 is not the end of the Harry Potter film franchise on DVD and Blu-ray. Warner Home Video plans to release a comprehensive Harry Potter film collection, with even more extras and collectible premiums in 2012. More details about the collection will be available at a later date," The release read.
Harry Potter has made Warner Brothers over $12.1 billion, and this announcement seems to indicate that the recently completed Harry Potter movie series will be making them even more.
"The Potter saga was built upon its fans always desperately waiting for the next book or movie to come out," said Deininger. "It is fitting that the movies might be released in this manner again, so that new generations can feel that same sense of excitement and desire that fans sometimes painstakingly anticipated with the original release of the books and movies."
Though fans are excited about the upcoming release of the eighth movie, they're still upset about the movies disappearing for a while.
Larson put it this way: "Warner Brothers just pulled an Umbridge!"


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I brought Lunchsense to a marvelous trade show in San Francisco a few Novembers ago. Lovely bunch of people there, and I think half the population stopped by to check out the lunchbox wares. This was the first show I had ever done solo, though, so I didn't get many opportunities to take a break. This was fine, since everyone was just great…but I did get hungry.
Is this enough?"
I'm really hungry, but I can't break away from the booth. Bring me something for dinner and the lunchbox is yours."
What do you want? Here's what I could find, and how much everything cost."
Do want something to drink with that?"
I ordered up a beverage and she dashed off one more time through the crowd.
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by David Stewart, Ph.D., R.A.
Among the many chemicals in our industrial environment that get into our systems and make us sick are the pesticides we use in our homes. We use them because they are toxic to the creatures that bug us, but they are also toxic to us. Sometimes the toxicity is immediately apparent: we get a headache, get sick or feel nauseous from the fumes or other contact.
Sometimes the toxicity is subtle and can accumulate resulting in chronic complaints and disorders (including allergies, cancer and miscarriages) that can be serious and even deadly over time. Sometimes we even put poisons on our pets to deal with ticks and fleas, not realizing that these substances are not healthy for us nor our animals.
How to Use Oils for Pest Control
As YLEO distributors, we don't need poisons to kill pests. We can repel them (and even sometimes kill them) with substances that are not only harmless to us but are actually healthful to us. Below is a list of oils that will solve most of your pest problems around the house. And how do you use them? One way is to get a pistol-grip squirt bottle. Mix a few drops of the oil with some water, shake it up, and start firing. If you have bugs on your plants, like aphids on your roses, you can squirt the leaves and drive the bugs away with no harm to your plant. You can do the same with the other pests. As for ants, you can smear a line of peppermint or spearmint across your kitchen counter or floor and the ants won't cross it. If you already have a line of ants invading your house, just draw a line of oil across them and they will turn back. It is fun to watch. And as for flies, you can knock them dead right out of the air with one shot from your pistol grip.
Seeing how squirting a peppermint-water spray would kill flies in mid-air, I wondered what pure oil would do. So I did an experiment on a brown recluse spider. I captured a live one in a jar and carefully placed one drop of peppermint on one side. The pure peppermint repelled the spider who crowded to the other side to avoid the oil. When I tipped the jar to force the spider to fall into the oil, it merely squirmed and got away, still repelled by the oil, but not apparently harmed. Then I put a drop of water with the oil and tipped the jar so that the spider slid into the water and oil together and, instantly, it shriveled up died.
Conclusion: The oil alone is an insect repellent. Combined with water, it is an insecticide.
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As for your pets, you can put oils such as Purification around their necks and backs, but watch to keep oils from around their eyes.
So there you have it. Non-toxic pest control.
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ANTS – Peppermint, Spearmint
APHIDS – Cedarwood, Hyssop, Peppermint, Spearmint
BEETLES – Peppermint, Thyme
CATERPILLARS – Spearmint, Peppermint
CHIGGERS – Lavender, Lemongrass, Sage, Thyme
CUTWORM – Thyme, Sage
FLEAS – Peppermint, Lemongrass, Spearmint, Lavender
FLIES – Lavender, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage,
GNATS – Patchouli, Spearmint
LICE – Cedarwood, peppermint, Spearmint
MOSQUITOES – Lavender, Lemongrass
PLANT LICE – Peppermint, Spearmint
MOTHS – Cedarwood, Hyssop, Lavender, Peppermint, Spearmint
SLUGS – Cedarwood, Hyssop, Pine
SNAILS – Cedarwood, Pine, Patchouli
SPIDERS – Peppermint, Spearmint
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But instead, Showalter kept Roberts at second base and gave him his first career start in the No. 6 spot in the lineup. He previously had two career at-bats in the sixth spot, most recently in 2003.
"I like the idea of Brian anywhere," Showalter said. "I like him being in the lineup. Some things will fluctuate. We're not married to it."
He was 0-for-2 with a walk and scored the Orioles' first run in Thursday's walk-off 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
Showalter added that while he opted to not DH Roberts on Thursday because of good weather and a quick game Wednesday night, he said he will give Roberts DH days in order to keep the 35-year-old fresh. He said Roberts, who has been limited to 118 games by injuries since the beginning of the 2010 season, will DH one game in this weekend's series at Yankee Stadium.
"Some people kind of go through rehab assignments like it's something they go through to satisfy everybody," Showalter said. "Brian, one thing that [Triple-A Norfolk manager Ron Johnson] was talking about and even [on rehab] in Sarasota, Brian knows the level that he's got to be able to play at to help and his intensity level with his rehab assignments made us feel real confident that he was going to come back whole. He really got after it down there.
"A lot of guys [think], 'I'm coming up and I've got to get through this and stay healthy,'" Showalter said. "Brian wanted to push himself and make sure everything was whole."
Roberts, who was 5-for-12 in the first three games of the season before suffering a right hamstring injury, is 2-for-12 with a home run in four games since returning.


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Apple's first TV confirmed by Foxconn
Several hurdles still stand in the way of Apple producing its first TV.
By Louis Bedigian, Benzinga Staff Writer
Everyone's favorite Chinese manufacturing corporation is telling the world that Apple is, in fact, developing its own television set.
The news comes from China Daily (via AppleInsider), which reports that Foxconn's chairman, Terry Gou, said that Apple (AAPL) is making preparations for a device he referred to as "iTV."
China Daily wrote that the television features aluminum casing, the Siri voice recognition software and Apple's FaceTime video calling app. Gou said that Foxconn has prepared for the new device by entering a recent joint venture for a factory with Sharp in Japan.
One would assume that Foxconn, as Apple's key manufacturing partner, would never do anything to jeopardize the relationship. If the China Daily report is accurate, then this is practically a confirmation that an Apple television does, in fact, exist. On the other hand, it is wholly possible that either China Daily or Gou is simply wrong.
Then there is the issue of the "iTV" moniker that keeps cropping up. That name already belongs to England's largest commercial broadcaster, which has warned Apple that it can't use its name for new products. If Apple expects this TV to work -- and enjoy a successful launch worldwide -- the company is going to need to work with (not against) broadcasters. Apple might even be forced to work with cable companies. The last thing the iPhone maker should do is anger an English broadcaster, risk a possible trademark lawsuit, and prevent a more productive relationship from being formed.
Apple has already modified the name of one of its products, the iPad, to become as generic as possible. Customers who want the device don't need to request the iPad 3 or iPad 2 at a Target (TGT) or Best Buy (BBY). They simply ask for "the new iPad" and walk out with a new model.
Apple will likely continue this naming scheme with other future releases. Why shouldn't it take things one step further for its TV? Apple could simply call it a "Television."
That might sound a little too generic, even for Apple. After all -- the company didn't release a "Smartphone" or a "Tablet," it released the "iPhone" and the "iPad." But Apple is a bold company, particularly when it comes to branding. It has no qualms about acting like it's the only corporation in the world to accomplish great things. It's not a stretch to think that Apple would simply come out with a no-name "Television," knowing that consumers will go into retailers and say, "I want Apple's TV."
Realistically, how many consumers do you know that ask for a TV by name? Most go into a store, look at the displays, and pick one out. Others say, "I'm looking for a Sony (SNE)" or "I'm looking for a Samsung." But consumers rarely say, "I want the LED 7500 Series Smart TV." Some will, for certain. But those aren't the only consumers Apple wants to reach. Apple wants to sell its television to as many people as possible. Part of its strategy in accomplishing that goal will be to make things as simple as it possibly can.
And what could be simpler than releasing a generically-named "Television," and allow consumers to add the word "Apple"?
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Try this awesome DIY and show your artistic skills :)
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Happy DIY-ing! Hope you liked this post :)
Watch out for more!
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I love it! I wanna try it with my BB case. :>
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!!! :) You should then show me! :)Delete
I LOVE IT!!! i was never the arty fartsy type but I will try this on my blackberry. i have a white case but it's not matte :(((ReplyDelete
Thank you!!!! :) It's fun to do also! See it if it works, you'll never know unless you try! :)Delete
Where did you buy your matte white iphone case? I wanna try that too! :( Iphone cases like that are expensive online. :(ReplyDelete
I got mine in HK but I think if you look for one, there are cases around that sell those :) I know so, go you try it yourself! :)Delete
Where did you get the tribal print wallpaper? I'm obsessed with!ReplyDelete
I just saw that somewhere in Tumblr! :) Just be on the look out, I'm sure you'll find it! :)Delete
It's called Overdose by Bianca Green and you can find it on society6.com :)Delete
Love it! Want to try it on mine too, inspired. However, scared! XDReplyDelete
Thank you! :) Well, you'll never know until you try! Go ahead you can do it! :)Delete
i can't find plain cases like this anywhere! Ive searched ebay, amazon etc. Do you have a link to a site that has them?ReplyDelete
This is a really cool idea!! But will the marker rub off?ReplyDelete
Thank you so much! :) I put varnish on top of it after I did this :)Delete
how long does the sharpie last?ReplyDelete
I put varnish on top, so I'm hoping it'll last forever!!! Haha! :)Delete
Can you put nail polish on it to make it last??? (:ReplyDelete
This is really cool! You're such an amazing artist. It doesn't look like a DIY. I thought it was digital printed. :D Now, I wanna try this also, but I have to buy markers first. :D
Thank you so much!!! :) I really appreciate being called an 'artist' haha first time and it feels good! HAHA! :)Delete
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This is awesome! I'm in love with it! I think I'm gonna try it,soon :) Anyways,can I do this on sillicone case? :\ Cause I couldn't find a case like yours :( Please reply me asap. Thank you :) XReplyDelete
Thank you! :) I don't think this will work with a silicone case :( I guess the ink of the marker will smudge over time :( sorry!Delete
Oh my gosh! This so amazing! I've been in search of an iPhone case for months now but haven't found one that I can really "commit" to. Now I just need to create my own! Finally a good reason to buy that set of sharpies that have been sitting in my amazon.com cart!ReplyDelete
Awww!!! :) You're so cute! I'm sure those Sharpies are going to be worth it once you'll finish your case! :) tell me how it goes!Delete
Hi Denise! This iPhone cover looks really nice!
I'm gonna get myself a case & those Sharpies!
Thanks for the share. (:
Super super glad that you appreciate them! Go get the materials soon, I'm telling you, you won't regret it! :)Delete
Putting nail polish completely screws up my case, and it makes this weird reaction that kind of looks like..plasticky mold. Any suggestions?ReplyDelete
I have a white iphone case, but it is not matte, just a shiny white, does this make any difference or is there a specific texture I should be working with?ReplyDelete
Will the Marker come off?? I LOOOVE this but is it practical as far as it staying on??ReplyDelete
just find the right varnish and I'm sure that it'll stay for a long time! :)Delete
so much prettier with all that color! Smart girl :)ReplyDelete
I just tried it and I was glad that it worked out! :) thank you for that! :)Delete
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Hi, I'm about to! :) Gonna let you know when though! :)Delete
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I did this to my iphone case and it looked awesome! except for nail polish DOES NOT WORK. and neither does mod podge! FYI!!ReplyDelete
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I really enjoyed this little 'tutorial' and I hope I can create an artwork of my own someday! You really are an artist for creativity and great patterns �� I'm really happy I found this because I decided I wanted to wash my flexible glossy iphone cover, so I did. It was my favourite cover. Now the glossy coat has been removed �� I don't know if you will read this since it's so long, but Thankyou for giving me this inspiration �� Thx again xx Bye ��Delete
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Awww! :) thank you! :) Yes, it surprises me when I see it there also! :) Have fun DIYing!Delete
I was just wondering what varnish u used? :) and btw, the case looks amazing!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
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I love this case!! Do you think you could Try and make one but the designs be thicker? I want to see you do that and I don't Trust my drawing skills.
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Hi Denise! I'll definitely try to do it, I say "try" because I haven't seen Sharpies here -in Venezuela-... But, I'm gonna look for some permanent markers to do this... Thank you for this DIY, I really appreciate if you take a look to my blog...
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Yes! try it if you can! :) it's really an amazing DIY!
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I love this! I'm going to try recreating it as a birthday present for my mom :)
Can I ask how long this lasted for? Before it started smudging & got ruined?
Hi! It lasts long as long as you take care of it.
I personally find it more unique as time goes by :)
I started to put the clear coat on and it smudged! Should I wait longer to put it on or what should I do??ReplyDelete
Yes, I think you should wait longer or try a different coating! :)Delete
Hey! I used permanent sharpies on my phone case but the colours on the side started to smudge and rub off when it was in my pocket. Have you got any suggestions with what I could do? :)
aww :( that's what's hard if you don't coat it with something on top. I guess redo it? or be careful with it? :)Delete
Which pack of Sharpies did you buy??!? It looks like you have more colors than are in the normal huge pack.ReplyDelete
I got the 24-packed one! :)Delete
Where'd you get the matte case?ReplyDelete
THIS IS SO PRETTY! May I know where you got your sharpies?! And how much are they?! :) THANKS SO MUCH, THIS IS SO GORGEOUS.ReplyDelete
Aww thank you! :) Just make them yourself & it'll be free! :)Delete
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Can't wait to try this. I'm making one for each of my daughters for Christmas. Thanks!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the post! I am really excited to do this! I just hope they sell white cases at the bell - westmount centre kiosk.ReplyDelete
i applied a top coat on the cover, it totally vanished. all the colors washed out by the top coat.. any ideas?ReplyDelete
I know, that happened to me once :( Maybe design it again on top and see how it goes! new design! tadaaa!Delete
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Hi, I've done the same thing and tried a little bit of the nail polish - unfortunately it didn't work. Colours get carried with the varnish and still smudges after. Do you have a brand that has worked for you? Or anything else to protect it? Have had it dried for 2-3 hours. Using the same sharpie 24 pack. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I think you should use another type of varnish! maybe a spray paint type? :)Delete
Hi Denise,
My name is Elena and I am curating a collection of Sharpie projects for Looksisquare(dot)com. I don't know if you're familiar with Looksi but it's a lot like CraftGawker: they display a thumbnail image from your blog along with a short description and a link back to your original project. Typically you would submit your own images (like you do on CraftGawker) but they also have curators (like myself) who do theme based round ups. I think this would be perfect for my collection which will be published this Friday. Please let me know if you *don't* want it included so I can remove it.
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This is so pretty, although I don't imagine my hands would survive creating something with all that tiny detail. Lovely job!ReplyDelete
aw thank you!! :) I'm sure with just a little patience, you can do it!
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Brilliant! A great marker would be of help in this project because no one wants it to wear off when their palms get sweaty. By the way, I also recommend getting an iPhone insurance to people who care so much for their phones so they don't have to worry if it gets lost or broken.ReplyDelete
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i doubt a coating of clear nail polish is going to protect the case after all that work. maybe try some clear varnish though i think the smell would be toxic.ReplyDelete
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Hi, how you make it permanent. Is it water proof ?? how you make it permanent.
if like u made a mistake or u wanted it to come off wat can u use to make it come off. will nail polish remover work????ReplyDelete
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A Brief History of St. Clair County
The old French records contain some interesting data concerning some of the early citizens of both Cahokia and Kaskaskia who were prominent in the community in their day. They are entitled to a place in this record because they were citizens of St. Clair County.
Charles Gratiot was born in Switzerland of a Huguenot family, educated in London, went to Canada at the age of eighteen, and in 1774 came to the Illinois country to make his fortune. He soon became the master spirit in commerce thruout a vast region of country. He was the John Wanamaker of the Illinois country in that early day. His trade employed a large capital and extended over several of the states of the Mississippi Valley. He had stores at both Kaskaskia and Cahokia, but his grand depot of trade for many years was at the latter place. Altho he had been educated in England, yet he was born in the country of William Tell, and the spirit of freedom was the great passion of his life. When George Rogers Clarke undertook the conquest of the Illinois country for the cause of the American colonies, Gratiot supported him to the full extent of his vast fortune; and without his aid it is doubtful whether Clarke's enterprise would have succeeded. He used many thousands of dollars in purchasing supplies for the partriot army. He made this sacrifice voluntarily and the government failed to reimburse him for the expenditure, but under the protection of the new government he was able to accumulate a new fortune. His joy at seeing the colonists free was his most satisfactory reward for the thousands he invested in the enterprise. In the year 1781 he married the sister of Pierre Choteau, one of the founders of St. Louis. After his marriage he made his home in St. Louis and died there in 1817. A street in St. Louis bears his name.
Another was Dominique Ducherme, a French-Canadian, who made his home at Cahokia at intervals. He possessed great influence with the Indian tribes. It was he who led the famous attempt to capture St. Louis in 1780. It was then a Spanish trading post. His enmity was aroused against the Spanish because a party of Spanish soldiers from the garrison of St. Louis had captured and confiscated a boat load of goods which he was carrying up the Missouri River to trade with the Indians.
Another was Julien Dubuque, after whom the city of Dubuque, Iowa was named, and near which he was buried. He purchased a tract of land from the Indians extending eighteen miles along the Mississippi and nine miles back from the river. It was supposed to contain valuable lead mines. It made him seem to be a large land owner with a holding of one hundred and sixty-two square miles, but later governments were organized and his claim was not recognized.
William Arundel was an Irishman by birth, who came to Cahokia in 1783. He was well-educated and among the old records of St. Clair and Randolph Counties his excellent hand writing frequently appears. He and Mrs. Thomas Brady were said to be the only persons not French who lived in Cahokia until after the Revolutionary War.
William Morrison came to Illinois from Philadelphia in 1790. He located in Kaskaskia, which at that time was the county seat of St. Clair County. He was one of the most influential characters in the country at that early day. He was what is called a self-made man. Like a few other prominent leaders, he never went thru the drudgery of acquiring a scholastic education, but his natural talents were of a high order and he studied in "Nature's great academy" and became eminent in the circles in which he moved, whether in society or in business. He was ambitious and enterprising and succeeded in acquiring large possessions, both in land and merchandise. His commercial activities extended from Pittsburg to the Rocky Mountains, and from Prairie Du Chien to New Orleans. About 1800 he established a store in Cahokia and placed it in charge of an eccentric Irishman named William Atchison. This store manager, by reason of the excessively high prices he asked for his goods, acquired in derision the nickname "Chape Wollie," which clung to him as long as he remained in the business. One of the stories told of this Irishman is that when Rev. Benjamin Young was a Methodist circuit rider in this region, "Chape Wollie" invited him to preach in his store. It turned out that Mr. Young had a very small congregation. Atchison tried to explain why his French neighbors did not attend the meeting. "For my part," said he, "I would walk miles, thru briars and Hell, to hear such a sermon as that ye prached; but these blarsted French love dancing better nor preaching. And Misther Young, couldn't ye stay with us tonight and go to the ball this avening?" But the Methodist preacher very courteously declined Mr. Atchison's invitation to stay for the dancing party on Sunday evening. In 1801 Morrison built a fine stone house in Kaskaskia, which at that time was the finest residence in the country. He lived in it in princely style, and with his family displayed the generous hospitality and elegant bearing of a well-bred gentleman. He was exemplary in his morals and never indulged in light and frivolous amusements. Gambling and drunkenness he abhorred. Horce-racing was the most popular amusement of that day and it is said that he used to sometimes bet a suit of clothes on a horse just for the sake of sociability, but he cared little whether he lost or won. Reynolds describes his personal appearance as dignified and prepossessing. Energy and zest were discernible in his walk and all his actions. He made it a matter of principle to dress well, with taste and even elegance. He often said that a man sometimes made a fortune by a decent appearance. He was always extremely gallant and polite to his ladies. He always claimed that intelligent and correct female society was a very great influence for the control of human conduct and for the promotion of morals and religion. He always showed a high moral character, but toward the close of his life he became interested in religion and joined the Roman Catholic Church. He died in 1837 and was buried in the old graveyard at Kaskaskia.
William Morrison's brother, Robert, came west some years later. His wife was one of the most remarkable women who lived in Illinois. She came of a wealthy and cultured family in Baltimore. Nature gave her a romantic turn of mind and for this reason she accompanied her brother, Colonel Donaldson, to St. Louis in 1805. He was a commissioner to investigate land titles. Here she met and married Robert Morrison, after which her home was in Kaskaskia. She was well-educated, a first-class scholar, and possessed great energy of mind. Her delight was in the field of poetry. Her verses were considered by critics to be far above medium, and many of them belonged in the higher order of poetry. She translated the Psalms of David into English verse; and she wrote for the scientific publications of Mr. Walsh in Philadelphia. Her pen was never idle. Her contributions to periodicals were numerous and highly prized. Her assistance was frequently enlisted by the politicians of the day, and at the request of her political friends, she formulated many memorials and petitions to Congress and to the President, all of which were chaste and classic in their composition and at the same time sound in their appeal to the government. For this class of writing she was very popular with her western friends. She lived to an advanced age and died at Belleville in 1843. She left three sons, all of whom became prominent lawyers.
Madame La Compt Another remarkable woman came to Cahokia about the year 1770. She was born of French parents at St. Joseph on Lake Michigan. Her maiden name was La Flamme. Her first husband's name was St. Ange. He died after a few years and she married Monsieur La Compt, a French-Canadian, at Cahokia, in 1780. From this marriage proceeded one of the largest French families in Illinois. This female pioneer had the courage and energy of a heroine. She was also blessed with an extraordinary physical constitution. She was scarcely ever sick, tho often exposed in travelling or otherwise to the inclemency of the weather and other hardships which are the common lot of pioneers. After the death of her second husband, she seemed to come into unusual prominence and was one of the most influential women in all the Illinois country. She was exceedingly popular with the Indians. They were her neighbors and friends. She knew the language of many of the tribes. By wise and careful dealings with these wild men, and by sage counsel to promote their interests, she acquired a great influence over the Pottawatamies, Kickapoos, and other Indian nations. In the early American settlements from 1781 down to the peace in 1795, this lady prevented many an Indian attack on the white population. The Indians often became hostile to the French during the Revolutionary War on account of the intrigues of the English since the French had joined Clarke in the conquest of the British garrisons of the west. On many occasions this lady was awakened in the dead hours of the night, by her Indian friends among the hostile warriors, informing her of the intended attack, that she might leave Cahokia. The following account given by Governor Reynolds is a good example of the way she warded off Indian raids. One night after receiving a warning she started out to meet some hundreds of warriors who were camped near the Quentine mound at the foot of the bluff near the present French Village. Some of her friends took her on horseback to a point near the Indian camp; then she dismissed her company and proceeded on foot to the Indian camp. No one knew the Indian character better than she. A woman on foot and alone approaching several hundred armed warriors produced a sympathy which she followed up with wise counsels which were well-nigh irresistible to the Indians who had such a high opinion of her wisdom and friendship. Early the next morning she was seen escorting a band of warriors into the village where the men of the town had their fire arms all ready for defense. But now the program was changed from war to peace. The red paint of the Indians was removed and they were painted black to indicate their repentance for the hostile intentions they had entertained in their minds against the friends of Mrs. La Compt. Then the Indians were feasted in the village for days in celebration of the averted warfare. After one of these reconciliations, they would remain peaceful for a good while. Mrs. La Compt's life lasted far beyond the usual span. She died in Cahokia in 1843, at the age of one hundred and nine years. Governor Reynolds says he knew this lady personally, and ventures the opinion that her unusual health and longevity was the result of her hardy and frugal mode of living. He thinks the health of more people is injured by walking on fine carpets between the piano and the air-tight stove than by walking on ice and snow in the open air.
Another prominent woman was Madame Beaulieu. She was a native of Illinois, born at St. Phillippe, a village near Fort Chartres. Her father was an officer in the French troops named Chouvin. He later settled at Cahokia where his daughter married. Before that, however, she went to Canada and secured a medical education. She was the first woman doctor in Illinois. She was a devout Roman Catholic.
Nicholas Jarrot came to Cahokia in 1794, where he resided all the rest of his life. He was a man of intense activity and industry. He came to Cahokia without means, but obtained a small supply of Indian goods and became a trader. In this business he succeeded in amassing a large fortune. Every year he sent a boat load of goods to the upper Mississippi, where such things as the natives needed were bartered for furs and pelts at an immense profit to the trader. He also kept a retail store at Cahokia. For many years he held the offices of Justice of the Peace and Judge of the County Court. He erected in Cahokia a brick house, which, when built, was one of the finest in Illinois. He was a strict and zealous member of the Roman Catholic Church. He died in 1828 and was buried in the old grave yard at Cahokia.
In the year 1793 John Hays became a citizen of Cahokia. He was born in New York City in 1770; and while still a young man entered the Indian trade in the Northwest. At one time he and two Canadians were caught in a severe snowstorm on the prairie and were compelled to lie in the snow for three days, with only their blankets for shelter and a little dried meat for food. This is an illustration of what men could endure in those times. After he settled at Cahokia he was both a trader and a farmer. For many years he held the office of postmaster, with no profit to himself, but merely to accommodate his neighbors. In 1798 Governor St. Clair appointed him Sheriff of St. Clair County, which office he held until 1818, when the state government was organized.
Another prominent citizen, whose name was similar but not the same, was John Hay. He was born in Detroit in 1769 and came to Cahokia in 1793. His father was the last British governor of Upper Canada, and his mother was a lady of French descent, a native of Detroit. In 1797 he married Miss Margret Pouport, a beautiful young Creole of Cahokia. Gen. Arthur St. Clair, then governor of the Northwest Territory, commissioned him Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Clerk of the Orphans' Court, and Treasurer of the County of St. Clair. He held these four positions at the same time. He was also at different times Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Probate Judge, and Recorder. He retained the confidence of the people in a rare degree and remained in office thru successive changes of administration till his death. When the county seat was moved to Belleville in 1814, it was a severe blow to Mr. Hay and his family. His duties demanded his presence at the county seat, and yet he was reluctant to leave the French people at Cahokia, to whom he was attached by many years of warm friendship.
Jean Francois Perry was born in Lyons, France, of a wealthy and aristocratic family, received a liberal classic education, and studied and practiced law in his own country. The French Revolution caused his emigration to America. He formed a partnership with another Frenchman, M. Claudius, to carry on mercantile business, and the two started from Philadelphia for the west. They reached Cahokia and soon after settled at Prairie Du Pont. A few years later Claudius was killed by accident and Perry bought the old mill site on the Prairie Du Pont creek and built a new mill which he carried on with profit. Near the mill was his dwelling. In the year 1794 he married the beautiful daughter of Jean Saucier, of Cahokia. In a few years he amassed a large fortune. He carried on both the mill and the store, but perhaps the greater part of his fortune was acquired through profitable land speculations. He was a man of unostentatious manners and lived and dressed in true democratic style. He paid due regard to economy and yet displayed much hospitality in the entertainment of all classes of people. He was held in high esteem in the community. He was proficient in the use of both the French and English languages and served as Justice of the Peace during almost the whole period of his life after coming to Illinois.
Philip Creamer settled a short distance east of Prairie Du Pont in the year 1805. He was born in Maryland and learned the trade of gunsmith at Harper's Ferry. He had unusual mechanical genius. In those times it was a proverb among the settlers, "He is as sure as a Creamer lock." He lived to a good old age.
CHAPTER II - Under British Rule
CHAPTER III - The Transition to American Rule
CHAPTER V - Early American Settlers of St. Clair County


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