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The first game of the season always presents the unknown. Coaches and players alike have a lot of nervous energy, which usually causes mistakes.
Before Saturday, the Illini hadn't played a game in eight-plus months (a loss to Louisiana Tech in the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl) -- and a weather postponement delayed the Illini taking the field by an additional 17 hours. Like most teams in their first game, the Illini made some mistakes.
For example, there were eight penalties last Saturday in the form of sideline crowding on a punt return and illegal formations on offense from the receiver or tackle not being up on the line of scrimmage. There also was miscommunication defensively that led to some blown coverages in the secondary. Also, missed tackles are a common occurence in the first game because teams don't normally tackle their own teammates to the ground during practice, in an effort to prevent injuries.
While the Illini made some predictable mistakes, they also displayed some vast improvement -- especially in defending the run.
Gap integrity
The Illini's defensive success will depend on how well they defend the run. Every opponent this year will try to come out and establish the running game versus Illinois, because last season the Illini finished last in the Big Ten in rush defense (239.2 rushing yards allowed per game).
New co-defensive coordinator Mike Phair preaches stop the run first with "gap integrity" -- which means the four defensive linemen and three linebackers are assigned one gap. The front seven should not vacate their gap until the ball crosses the line of scrimmage.
By alignment, the defensive linemen can line up directly in their gaps and once the ball moves, penetrate up the field. Linebackers are four yards back and still line up directly over or near their respective gap. One-gap fronts are designed for players to play fast toward the line of scrimmage.
But if one defender is out of their gap, the running back will see it and that's when the explosive or long runs happen. At times in 2014, the Illinois defense played out of position. Two defenders would end up in one gap, which led to multiple 100-yard rushers against the Illini.
Play #1
In the first quarter, there where two TFLs that Phair couldn't have drawn up any better to set the tone for the defense. The Illini defense took control from the opening snap and it started with a tackle for loss by senior linebacker and Butkus Award candidate Mason Monheim.
At their own 19-yard line, Kent State's offense took the field in 11/Ace Personnel (1RB-1TE-3WR). But the Golden Flashes lined up with tight end Brice Fackler out in the slot to remove Illini LB T.J. Neal from the tackle box, in an effort gain a running advantage.
KSU hoped for a 5-on-5 matchup with their five offensive linemen versus the four Illinois defensive linemen and WLB Monheim in the box. But the weak safety Clayton Fejedelem walked down close to the box to give the numbers advantage (6-on-5) back to the Illini. Phair made "penetration" a point of emphasis during spring football and training camp for the front seven. The defensive front was over-shifted to the three-eceiver side.
At the snap of the ball, LEO Dawuane Smoot was left unblocked, but still responsible for the C-Gap (outside the right tackle). Safety Fejedelem played the backside B-Gap between the tackle and guard. Rob Bain lined up at nose tackle and was responsible for the A-Gap between the guard and center. Monheim had the A-Gap to the strength of the offensive formation. Defensive tackle Chunky Clements lined up between the guard and tackle and his assignment was the B-Gap. Jihad Ward is the strongside defensive end and also has the C-Gap outside the left tackle.
Both Bain and Clements, along with Ward, re-created the line of scrimmage by taking away creases for the Golden Flashes RB Nick Holley to run through. Without a running lane, Monheim was able to sift through traffic and secure one of many TFLs for the Fighting Illini.
Play #2
The second play came on KSU's third drive, and it was even better because redshirt freshman Henry McGrew made the stop from the LEO position.
When the ball snapped, you see the front four get vertical and win the point of attack, building a wall stretching KSU RB Miles Hibbler to run laterally. Running backs are ineffective if their shoulders are pointing toward the sideline.
I spent a lot of time at the line of scrimmage my last three years as the strongside linebacker battling TEs or OL. When your the end man on the line of scrimmage, your job is to keep the ball from bouncing outside and to turn the ball back inside to the defensive pursuit.
McGrew took it one step further by displaying great point strength, good shock extending his arms and shedding the block of RT Brock Macaulay to make another Illini TFL along with SS Taylor Barton.
Do it again
Illinois is off to a solid start, but all three phases have room to improve.
Offensively, eliminate penalties and continue to develop the running game.
Special teams returned the ball well but will need to score points on top of good field position in the coming weeks.
Defensively, continue to stop the run by playing downhill toward the line of scrimmage.
Last week was an encouraging sign because the Illini held the Golden Flashes to 59 yards rushing with a 1.5 yard average per rushing attempt. That's a marked improvement from the first game last year when the defense gave up over 200 yards to Youngstown State, an FCS opponent.
Micheal Young is the football analyst for IlliniInquirer.com. Young was a four-year starter for Illinois football and a team captain. The St. Louis native also played for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals from 2001-04. He serves as a color analyst for several broadcast outlets and co-hosts an Illini podcast with former UI teammate Carey Davis on Huddlepass.com.


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Fast FactsAverage Rating: 3.6Average Depth: 20 ft.Max Depth: 20 ft.Features: 11,15
This Galleon was part of the 1733 hurricane-caused wreck that forced 22 ships on to the Florida Keys. These ships were attempting to bring silver pesos from Havana when they were advised to change route to avoid an oncoming storm. This advisory did not come soon enough to save the ships, which all went down on July 15, 1733. El Capitan is known among the fleet because it produces artifacts in high numbers even today. It is located six miles east-southeast of Windley Key and is in 20 feet of water.
All that remains of this ship is a ballast pile covered with coral heads and treasure waiting to be found.
This site is protected by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and is included in the research and recovery permit, #FKNMS-2006-029. Artifact recovery is not permitted on this historic shipwreck. Illegal activity that may jeopardize the legal recovery and protection of these very important historic artifacts is strictly enforced.
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Taj Hotel Boston
January 7, 2012 by staff
Taj Hotel Boston, 15 Arlington Street, Boston, Massachusetts United States: Situated on the fashionable Newbury Street and overlooking the Public Garden, this Boston accommodation is a local landmark. Surrounded by boutiques, art galleries, and restaurants, the Taj Boston is close to many local attractions. The financial and theater districts are within a short walk. Guests will find plenty of dining, shopping, and entertainment venues within easy reach of the hotel. The Taj Boston is located in the heart of downtown Boston, at 15 Arlington Street.
Offering 273 guest rooms and 44 suites, the Taj Boston offers many standard amenities, including television, air conditioning, Internet access, and a desk. Deluxe Club level accommodations include fireplaces (in most suites), coffee service, packing and unpacking services, bath butler, technology butler, complimentary wireless Internet, newspapers, and garment pressing.
Many amenities are available in the historic Taj Boston, including several on-site restaurants and lounges, 24-hour room service, concierge services, a well equipped 24-hour gymnasium, courier services, and spa. Business travelers can take advantage of the well-equipped business center. The hotel offers meeting and event space for a multitude of occasions.
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History: When I first started this effort, I only made any progress when I unchecked 'Enable third-party browser extensions', an IE advanced option. Once unchecked, I could at least surf the Internet.
After cleaning my system (as described in the first paragraph above), I did a System Check Point (XP Pro) and I re-checked 'Enable third-party browser extensions'. Immediately, everything got horrible again. (Fortunately, the check restore saved me). By 'horrible', I mean specifically, the home page was rehijacked, pops began popping up - a general mess.
I'm guessing my Check Point really works and I don't have to go back to square one. The check point seems to work. My home-page is back, my 'Enable third-party checkbox is UNchecked again', as it needs to be for things to work.
Hint: This may be helpful. ZoneAlarm tells me about 2 processes that want to access the Internet. (I deny/block them.) These are ryrylwr.exe and sysaz.exe. (I searched Google for references to them, and found none.) I found them (they were hidden) and I tried to rename (i.e. disable) them. I could not do so as they were 'in use'. These 2 files also have "pre-fetch" counterparts. (I don't know what that means.) (Actually, I did not find sysaz.exe, only the prefetch. I did find ryrywlr.exe, but couldn't rename it as it is in use.)
One quick follow-up (this was not in the original post): I ran MSCONFIG and discovered that ryrylwr.exe and sysaz.exe were in the Start-Up tab (not the Services tab). I don't know what they are, but I don't trust them. Anyway, I would prefer to "do nothing" until I hear from some experts who can guide me. I know I'm ill-equipped to do much more without advice.
When I run ToolBarCop, it tells me about 2 processes:
Description: Error
Related File: C:\Windows\System32\mssi.dll
Description: CNavExtBho Class
Related File: C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\NortonAntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
I have just now disabled the first of the 2 BHOs, "Error".
At this point, I know I am "out of my league". I am making some progress, but I don't think I can beat this without some help. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much...D.
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Professor Matthias Felleisen is one of the original authors of the Racket language and a co-author of The Little Schemer and How to Design Programs . In 1995, Felleisen launched the TeachScheme! Project, reaching out to high schools with a radically novel computing curriculum. Felleisen is the 2012 recipient of the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) Lifetime Achievement Award as well as ACM's 2009 Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award. He is currently a Trustee Professor in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Conrad Barski has an M.D. from the University of Miami and nearly 20 years of programming experience. The author of Land of Lisp , Barski is also an avid cartoonist, having created the popular alien Lisp mascot and many graphical tutorials.
David Van Horn is a research professor who has programmed in Racket and Scheme for over a decade.
Eight students of Northeastern University contributed to Realm of Racket: Forrest Bice, Rose DeMaio, Spencer Florence, Feng-Yun Mimi Lin, Scott Lindeman, Nicole Nussbaum, Eric Peterson, and Ryan Plessner.


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Botched putts show thinking can lead to trouble
By Jill Lieber, USA TODAY
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Who can forget the drama on the
18th green in last year's U.S. Open at Southern Hills?
Never in the 101-year history of the Open had a golfer
missed a putt shorter than 2 1/2 feet on the final green to lose the title
or to keep from winning it outright.
Yet on that hot, muggy afternoon in Tulsa, it happened
not once, but twice, to Stewart Cink and to Retief Goosen.
Cink missed a 15-foot par putt, then, wanting to clear
the stage for Goosen, he rushed an 18-incher and three-putted. Goosen proceeded
to follow suit, hitting his first putt 2 feet past the hole, then three-putting
to finish in a tie with Mark Brooks.
(The following day, Goosen got his act together, beating
Brooks in the playoff. Cink finished third.)
Sounds screwy, doesn't it?
Just ask Bob Rotella, the noted sports psychologist and
motivational speaker who has written five books on golf, including one called
Putting Out of Your Mind. Even the famous golf shrink still shakes his
head at the whole insane fiasco.
"The 18th green had a totally different speed from any
other hole," Rotella says. "It had been redesigned wrong. It hadn't been mowed
in days. You could see the golfers' faces when they got on that green, asking
themselves, 'How do I putt this one?' "
Bob Rotella's tips on getting the ball in the hole:
Get really
good at downplaying the importance of every putt.
and physically do your pre-shot routine. Make that process more important
than the result.
At least,
in your mind, make every putt. If it doesn't go in the hole, so be it.
Don't panic.
Tell yourself, "This is what I do every putt. Nothing between now
and the 18th is going to change that."
that you have control over following the same process, over and over.
But you have limited control over the ball going in the hole.
And therein was the problem thinking
which, Rotella says, is not what successful golfers do.
"The sport is all about preparation," he says. "When you're
in a moment like that, you don't want to think. You just want to do. You want
to go unconscious."
If any good came out of that crushing situation, it was
this: It gave Cink and Goosen "justifiable explanations, not excuses," Rotella
says, for missing crucial putts. That allowed them to get on with their lives
and careers.
Goosen has continued to establish himself as a bright young
star on the PGA Tour. He won $1,126,985 in 2001 and this year has won the Bell
South Classic and finished second at The Masters.
Cink, meanwhile, had one of the most lucrative years of
his career. He won $1,743,028 in 2001 (26th on the PGA Tour money list), and
this year his best finish is a tie for ninth at the Memorial.
"Those players looked at what happened, turned it around
and said, 'I did a great job down the stretch,' " Rotella says. "You have to
be able to forgive yourself or you're never going to be a champion."
Calamities on the 18th green aside, Rotella admits, the
U.S. Open is a strange animal.
"You don't always win the way you draw it up: Sunday, I'm
going to shoot my dream round," he says. "In majors, you win by not losing it.
A lot of the U.S. Open has to do with believing you can win it."


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Plastic Bag In The Tree [CD]
- Artist: Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble
- Release Date: 05/15/2007
Cardmember Offers
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- Chained to the Pole
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The Republic of Texas
Excerpts from the America's Imperial Power, from Tamaulipas to Oklahoma.
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'...no transcripts were made of Coke's meeting on the 18th of November with President Benjamin, but later accounts by both men indicates that the meeting was by no means civil. Certainly the unproductive nature of the meeting led to a rapid decline of federal-state relations.
Throughout 1873, relations had remained relatively stable; this can perhaps be attributed to the fact that Coke and Benjamin were relatively alike; both were former lawyers with a reputation for intellectualism (Coke at this time picked up the nickname of 'Old Brains', which was to stay with him for life). Additionally, both had only been elected to their respective offices the previous year, and as such lacked the acrimonious relationship that President Lee and Governor Roberts had developed. However, this was quickly to change, and the meeting began a trend which ended with a personal hatred between the two men, which was to prove disastrous.
The meeting's inconclusive nature did nothing to deal with the rapidly developing crisis over Texan immigration. Refugees from across the CSA continued flooding into Texas, and the Confederate government's indecision only deepened feelings of resentment within Texas. Texan infrastructure became stretched to its limits. Inevitably, many of the refugees from the Veteran's Fever outbreak carried the disease themselves; the first cases were recorded in early September, and by late November the disease had reached epidemic proportions in the cramped camps of the Confederate refugees. Faced with the prospect of the impending spread of the disease across Texas, Coke acted unilaterally. On the 25th of December, the Texan Protection Act was passed by the Texas Legislature, closing Texan borders to the outside world. It was, in effect, a declaration of unofficial secession. On the 25th of December, Coke delivered the Christmas Oration to crowds in Austin; the speech, noted for both its jingoism and for the origin of the phrase 'We decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances in which they come', which has been frequently repeated by many Texan politicians since.
The response from within the Confederacy was swift and decisive. On 31st of December, the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the State House. No one was hurt, but the action could not have been a greater insult to Texan pride and patriotism. As 1874 began, Texas and the CSA were effectively at war...'
Extracts from the Christmas Day Oration by Richard Coke, 25th of December, 1873, given in Austin, Texas
'Men and women of Texas.
I speak before you now at a time of grave peril for our great state. You need merely look out the window to see the horrors that have been wrought upon us this past year. Refugees starve in our streets. Roads are clogged and buildings creak as wave after wave of human casualties descend upon our fair state, interested in saving their own skin with no concern for anything or anyone but themselves. And all the while, Death stalks our city's hospitals and clinics, striking those down who have been unfortunate enough to contract the foreigner's plague.
I trust I do not need to elaborate further. We are facing a crisis of apocalyptic proportions. A Black Death is sweeping through our state, striking down all those in its path with no regard for man or woman, child or adult, even black or white. But there is a greater crisis before us: a human plague, a plague of spoilt minds and misplaced pity.
They say we should care for them. They say we should give them the shirts off their backs. They say that our tax dollars, the sweat off our brows, should go towards sating their every need! Well, I say this: we decide who comes to our state, and the circumstances in which they come!
Last night, the Texas Legislature passed the Texas Protection Act. This morning, Texas became closed to the world. We have said, 'No more!'
I am proud to be a citizen of the Confederate States. But I am first and foremost a Texan, and the needs of my great state and its people must come first.
We do not want war. We do not want secession. But we were an independent state for nine years, and yet we did not perish, but indeed prospered. We want only peace, but if it comes to it, we will fight to defend ourselves from the infectious rabble who even now threaten the very existence of Texas.
So go forth, men and women of Texas, and be proud. For your state has stood up to the world, and has declared itself not a mere vassal of a greedy central government, but a proud state ready to fight for its freedom to remain forever pure. We fought a war for our independence a mere decade ago; if history repeats itself, then we shall fight again, and we shall win!
Have a merry Christmas, and long live Texas!'
Excerpt from The Lone Star Flies High, a biography of Richard Coke, governor of Texas 1872-1874, by Ross Townsend, (C) 1993.
'Most of the members of the KKK in Texas were recent refugees, often living in desperate poverty. The Texan government's refusal to provide facilities for the refugees had led to the creation of vast shanty towns surrounding urban areas in Texas. Conditions within the towns often put third-world countries to shame; running water was unheard of, and cliques and factions effectively controlled access to resources. Of these, the KKK gained popularity amongst the refugees, not necessarily for its ideology but for the resources it wielded within the camps...
The KKK's ideology deserves a mention. Coke's ideology was in many ways compatible with the KKK; indeed, his insistance upon 'purity' was admired by many followers of the KKK, who often advocated the formation of camps to intern sufferers of the Veteran's Plague, so as not to infect the population. However, Coke's defiance of the CSA led to considerable ire amongst Klansmen, many of whom were former soldiers; he was seen as a 'race traitor' for not blindly serving the CSA, who the KKK believed to be the only hope of the survival of the white race...
Of the Texas Klansmen, the most famous is undoubtedly Ben Wilkerson. Wilkerson was a poor farmer from Georgia, who fled the state with his wife and two daughters after the outbreak of Veteran's Fever in that state. After arriving in Texas, he was unable to find lodgings or accommodations, and settled into the vast Houston Camp, where he became a major figure in the local KKK. Wilkerson has been largely cast as a villain, but in truth he resembles a more pathetic figure; he was of limited intellect and cunning, and seems to have been manipulated by those more intelligent than himself. He seems to have honestly believed that in working for the KKK, he was working to provide for his family...
On April 13, 1874, Coke was speaking to enthusiastic crowds in front of the Houston Town Hall. He was given limited security, and was only flanked by two bodyguards, with limited visibility. Wilkerson pushed his way through the crowds and shot Coke twice with a .22 revolver. Wilkerson's aim was bad; Coke was hit once in the shoulder and once in the torso. Wilkerson was immediately shot dead by guards. Unfortunately, Coke was shot in the back by one of his guards during the confusion; ironically, this one bullet may have caused more damage than Wilkerson's incompetent assassination attempt. It has long been questioned whether the unlucky security guard, John Randall, was in fact a KKK agent; although he denied it whenever questioned for the rest of his life, papers found in his house after his death indicate Confederate sympathies, and his wife related in a 1897 interview that he expressed a strong hatred towards Long before his death. However, this issue is likely to remain a mystery
Coke was rushed to hospital; there, his condition might not have proved fatal but for the incompetence of his doctors, who performed surgery with unsanitary equipment. Infection spread rapidly through Coke's body, and his damaged immune system led to pneumonial infection. In increasing pain, he spent his last few days with his family. He died on April 19, 1874. His last known words were, 'Oh my'.
With one shot, Wilkerson effectively declared Texan independence. The furious Texan people rioted in the streets over the shooting, and newly appointed governor Richard Hubbard was in no mood to argue, having been a close friend of Coke. On April 23, 1874, the Texan government issued the Texan Declaration of Independence. The Republic of Texas was reborn.
In retrospect, Coke may seem a simple nativist populist; something of a cross between Emperor Long of Lousiana and Prime Minister John Howard of Australia. Yet, at the time, and even to this day, Coke's legacy in Texas remains almost mythical. He has become a martyr for Texas nationalism; from the moment he died, it became inevitable that Texas was fight for its freedom no matter the cost. No matter his flaws, Coke's role as the father of modern Texas remains inescapable, and a legacy to be proud of.'
Excerpts from The Lamar Party: The Knights of Liberty by George Bush, 1999 (C)
'After Texas won its independence in the Texan War for Liberty, the nation became divided over the future for the fledgling nation. Some, of whom President Hubbard was a major supporter, favoured the expansion of Texan territory through annexation of parts of the Confederate States of America and Mexico; this, they argued, was the only way to ensure Texan sovereignty in the face of enemies on all sides. Others, including many former Ku Klux Klan members, favoured peaceful relations with neighbouring nations; their most prominent activist, Elisha M. Pease, favoured reintegration with the United States. Pease ran for President in 1876 against Hubbard, but lost heavily, gaining only 27% of the vote due to Hubbard's large-scale popularity. Taking this as validation of his hawkish foreign policy, Hubbard sent a geographic expedition into New Mexico to assert Texan territorial claims to the land, causing an increase in tensions between the CSA and Teaxs.
In a speech to the Texan legislature about the growing war clouds, Hubbard declared, 'Texan sovereignty will not be guaranteed through talk and diplomacy, but by the bayonet and by force of arms. This government will not back down on measures needed to ensure the safety of the Texan people. If that required New Mexico, if that requires Arizona, if that requires the entire continent fly under the Lone Star, then rest assured that we will fight for the protection and preservation of our country'. This speech was later included as part of the Lamar Party charter.
The final straw came on May 19, 1876. A Texan scouting party encountered a Confederate border patrol; after a tense standoff, the Confederates took the Texan party into custody in Santa Fe. The next day, Texan forces crossed the border into New Mexico, ostensibly to rescue the scouting party but in reality to annex the territory.
The war was, in retrospect, somewhat misguided; the Confederacy was undergoing a period of rapid industrialisation under Judah P. Benjamin, whereas Texas suffered in diplomatic and economic isolation. The Texan invasion force were routed in the Battle of Santa Fe, while Confederate troops took Dallas on July 2 and Houston on July 24. Austin was left defenceless; the Texan government was moved to San Antonio in anticipation of the rapid collapse of the capital. However, it was not to be; a rapid program of conscription raised a militia to defend Austin, while the United States, anxious to prevent Confederate expansion, supplied Texas with arms and logistics. The unprepared Texan army met the Confederates on September 3 at Waco.
Little more needs be said about the battle than has been said already; dubbed 'Texas' baptism of fire', the underequipped, untrained militia managed to halt the advance of the superior Confederate force. At the same time, attacks by new recruits managed to cut Confederate supply lines to Dallas and Houston, forcing a hasty withdrawal. The Treaty of Austin was signed on the 8th of November, ending the war; Texas was forced to pay a heavy indemnity to the CSA, but compared to the impending collapse of the nation just a few months earlier, this seemed a small price to pay.
While the war ended in the return of the status quo in geographic terms, politically it was devastating. The Texan Legislature split over the issue of the war; those in favour called themselves Lamarites, those against called themselves Houstonists, echoing the names of famous Texan leaders of times past. In the 1880 election, Hubbard, running on the Lamarite ticket, was roundly defeated by the more moderate John Ireland. Yet even in defeat he secured a lasting legacy for his successors. The Lamar Party was born.'
Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed to homes around the Greater Houston Area.
'Men and women of Texas! Your country needs you!
For too long, we have been humilated by our enemies, who surround us on every front. For too long, we have allowed our past defeats to go unpunished, and for other nations to push us around? 'Who do they think they are?', they think? Well, it's time we tell them!
Texas has a proud history, and a great destiny. Don't let Confederate lies fool you; during the First Texan Republic, we controlled an empire stretching across North America, including Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. We had a proud future ahead of us, as a power to make the world tremble!
But this was taken from us! The traitor Sam Houston, who even now his namesake party honours (when in truth he should be burnt in effigy in front of every house in the country!), sold us to the United States. Like we were Rhode Island or Wyoming! Well, it's time to tell them they're wrong. We're Texas, and we kneel to no one!
A vote for John Ireland is a vote for servitude! A vote for Lawrence Ross is a vote for Texas!
Lawrence Ross: Rebuilding Texas
Campaign advertisement for the 1884 Texan election, mailed in response to the previous advertisement anonymously around the Greater Houston area.
September 3, 1876. A great day in our nation's history. Waco Day, instituted last year by the Ireland administration, ensures that Texas shall forever remember the sacrifice of the 3rd Texan Militia.
But just think, gentle citizen. What if that battle never happened at all? What if 7 000 Texan soldiers hadn't been forced to spill their blood that day? What if 7 000 husbands, fathers, brothers and sons were still with us?
It's not so farfetched. It only requires a single leap of thought; that the corrupt, bloodthirsty Hubbard government of the Lamar Party was thrust into the dustbin of history. Without the mad doctrine of endless war and bloodshed that they thrust on this country, the 15 000 Texans who died in the mad War of 1876 would still be with us today.
You may have received some mail from an anonymous source for the Lamar Party, who we have strong evidence to suggest is linked with the United States government. Needless to say, its claims are utterly false. There never was a Texas greater or more prosperous than it is today under John Ireland, and any attempt to create a so-called Texan Empire would only cause untold human suffering. The lies of the Lamar Party would only plunge us into a war which would destroy our great nation, and cause untold human suffering. Look at your father, your son, your brother, your friend. The Lamar Party would erase them from your life through pointless war and bloodshed, as thoroughly as if they had never existed.
The Houston Party cares for Texas. We wish to prevent this immense tragedy, and to protect Texas from a war which it could never win. But there's only one way to do that: throw the Lamar Party back in the dustbin of history, where it belongs.
A vote for Ross is a vote for bloodshed. A vote for Ireland is a vote for salvation.
John Ireland: Believing In Texas
Excerpt from fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texan_presidential_election, 1884
The Texan presidential election, 1884 pitted incumbent John Ireland of the Houston Party against Lawrence Ross of the Lamar Party. The campaign was marked by attempts by the Lamar Party to propagate the belief in a 'Texan Empire', based on historical claims. Although the claim was widely ridiculed at the time, it later gained greater credence in Texas.
The Ireland administration had suffered a series of scandals relating to their close relations with the United States. Although their most prominent reintegration activist, Elisha M. Pease, had died in 1883, his influence was still felt strongly within the party. Capitalising on this discontent, the Lamar Party won the election with 52% of the vote, with the Houston Party on 44%, with prominent re-integration activist Albert Jennings Fountain gaining 4% of the vote as an independent. He would later run for the Houston Party in 1888.
Excerpts from an editorial by the Houston Post, 27 July, 1888
'For the safety of Texas, it is imperative that Albert Fountain not gain the nomination of the Houston Party. The ideal of integrationism is an idle fantasy, discredited by history; Texas is an independent nation and Texas will remain an independent nation. A Fountain presidency would lead to the death of our republic in its infancy. Recent economic troubles are no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater'
Excerpts from an article by the San Antonio Express, 4 August
'The Houston Party presidential primary has become a tight race between prominent integrationist activist Albert Jennings Fountain and Attorney-General Jim Hogg. At present, the 37-year-old Hogg appears to command the support of more than half the delegates, largely thanks to the support of former President John Ireland; however, his controversial views on race relations and his extreme youth may count against him. If he gains the nomination and wins the election, he will be the youngest President in the history of the nations of North America. Albert Jennings Fountain enjoys support from amongst the more radical wings of the Houston Party, but is still a controversial figure; it remains to be seen whether his views on reintegration into the United States will prove platable to moderates disillusioned with Jim Hogg's views on race. Voting will be held tomorrow, and the result is expected to be close.'
Excerpts from a speech by Albert Jennings Fountain to the Houston Party National Convention, 6 August
'Members of the Houston Party and fellow Texans, I am proud to accept this party's nomination to President.
There has been much controversy of late about my views on the independence issue; to resolve any confusion on the matter, let me speak frankly. I am not in favour of subjugation. I am not in favour of isolation. I am in favour of Texas, whatever that means or implies. If independence is more profitable to our state, then so be it. But if reintegration will bring greater happiness and benefits to the people of Texas, then as their representative I would be sworn to pursue that option.
Many have accused me of hypocricy, running for an office in a nation they claim I do not believe in. I did not support secession 14 years ago, and the independence of our nation is still a serious issue now. But whether our nation be a republic or a state or an empire, I would still wish to serve the people of Texas to the best of my ability. If that means that I would run for President to better serve their needs, then the name of the office hardly matters.
Once again, thank you for your support, fellow delegates. Now let's kick out Hubbard, and restore Texas!
Excerpts from the Purity Manifesto, mailed by Texan Unity to letterboxes around Texas, 12 August
'The dirty traitor Albert Fountain wants to sell our nation to the nigger-loving USA. He wants to drag down Texas, God's chosen nation, to be down there with the Satan-worshiping [sic] Yankees when Tribulation sends them all to hell! Well, we're going to stand up for Texas. We fought off the USA and we fought off the CSA. And we're going to fight off AJF.
Tomorrow, when Fountain appears in Houston to preach to his addled Yankee supporters, we call on all true Texans to take the fight for our nation to the streets. We will fight in every city and every street to wipe out the Houstonites and keep Texas pure!
We don't want war. But if they insist, they'll get one!!! [sic]'
Excerpts from a police interview with Lachlan Parker, security guard, from 14 August, 1888
Interviewer: What time did Fountain arrive?
Parker: About 9:30.
Interviewer: OK. And when did the crowds start gathering?
Parker: When he started giving his speech, at 10.
Interviewer: And what was their response?
Parker: Oh, they were crazy for him. They were his guys, at first. We had to get more guys for the barricades to hold them back, they were that mad for him.
Interviewer: When did people negative to Fountain start appearing?
Parker: What?
Interviewer: People who didn't like him.
Parker: Oh. They started marching up at about quarter past.
Interviewer: Quarter past ten, that is?
Parker: Yep.
Interviewer: And by marching, do you mean in a military formation?
Parker: Yeah. They had banners and uniforms and everything. Real organised. They started pushing into Fountain's people, knocking people around.
Interviewer: And did your men do anything to stop it?
Parker: [Laughter] What, and get beaten to death? We just kept to the line.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He just kept giving his speech. Didn't react much at all.
Interviewer: When did the shooting start?
Parker: About five minutes after they arrived, but I can't give you an exact figure. I wasn't exactly watching the clock.
Interviewer: 'They' being the group identifying themselves as Texan Unity?
Parker: Who?
Interviewer: The men opposed to Fountain.
Parker: Ah. Yeah, them.
Interviewer: And who shot first?
Parker: No idea. People started screaming, fighting each other.
Interviewer: What happened next?
Parker: Well, this Texan Unity group, as you say, started to push through the crowd. They were better organised, so they beat the Jennings guys into a pulp. We managed to hold the line against them, but there was hundreds of them and only a few dozen of us.
Interviewer: How did Fountain react?
Parker: He tried to get out. Started shouting at me to get him out of there. He practically (inaudible)
Interviewer: I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
Parker: Never mind. He was damn scared.
Interviewer: And what did you do?
Parker: Well, we started trying to push through the mob. I was at the front of the line, trying to push away some of the nutty ones, when we heard a shot. I turned around and Fountain was dead.
Interviewer: How do you know he was dead?
Parker: Well, it's damned hard to live without half your face, isn't it?
Excerpts from an article by the Houston Post, 14 August, 1888
'Fountain Killed In Riot
Controversial Houston Party candidate for the presidency, Howard Jennings Fountain, was assassinated in a riot in the streets of Houston yesterday. Houston was addressing a crowd of his supporters when a group identifying themselves as Texan Unity attacked the rally, which escalated into the use of firearms. Fountain was killed by an unidentified assailant as he attempted to escape the besieged podium. In addition, 7 people were killed and scores wounded in the fighting.
The Houston Party immediately released a statement accusing the Lamar Party of complicity in the assassination. President Ross strongly denied this; while expressing his condolences for Fountain' family, he stated that the Lamar Party had no links with the assassination or with Texan Unity.
In a prepared statement given anonymously to the police, Texan Unity identified themselves as the perpetrators of the assassination, and warned of 'cleansing still to come'.'
Excerpts from a speech by Jim Hogg, Houston Party vice-presidential candidate, upon receiving the Houston Party nomination to the presidency.
'In 133 BC, a great man, Tiberius Gracchus, attempted to help the poor of the Roman Republic. This noble cause was selfishly put to an end by the interests of a corrupt and entrenched autocratic oligarchy, and he was slaughtered. His death marked the beginning of a deluge of civil wars, which eventually plunged the Republic into dictatorship. Delegates, Texas has found its Tiberius Gracchus in Albert Jennings Fountain; now, the only question is how to deal with the extreme danger his death raises for our nation.
Because what kind of nation is this when the primary instrument of politics is not the vote, but militias? Where it is not left up to the people to decide government, but up to those who can afford for armies to enforce their will?
I have no doubt the Lamar Party administration were behind this henious act. For the safety of Texan democracy, we must demand that President Ross be removed from office immediately, for murdering a great man. We will not rest until Albert Fountain is avenged.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 21 August, 1888
'On the streets of Houston, the overwhelming consensus is that Albert Jennings Fountain's death was a positive step for Texas. Lance Morgan, 63, applauded the slaying, saying 'It's people like Fountain who have kept our nation from achieving the glory it deserves. Yankee-lovers like him have no place in Texas.
There is generally little support for the idea, proposed by Jim Hogg, that the death of Fountain was a premediated act; Theresa Moore spoke for many when she said, 'President Ross wouldn't do a thing like that. He's a great man, and he keeps our country safe'.
Overall, support for the Lamar Party remains high. Ross is expected to win the next election, despite economic turbulence due to sanctions from the CSA over his stance on New Mexico.
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'I first met Yankee Doodle in circumstances so hackneyed they sounded like they came straight from a dimestore novel. It was the 3rd of September; Hogg wasn't making any traction with the voters, who'd hated Fountain, anyway, and Ross was well on his way to winning the election. I returned to my office after a long lunch only to find a telegram, waiting for me. It was blunt; he said he had information implicating Ross in a major scandal, but he'd only tell me if I met him that night in his house in Houston. For reasons of confidentiality, I still can't say where. Well, no one could refuse a scoop like that, so I headed out there.
Once I got there, he met me at the front door. I'd brought a bodyguard with me; from the darkness he shoved a gun in my face and told me that if I didn't get the bodyguard to clear off there was no deal. That pretty much settled it; you can't write much without much of a head, although some journalists I've met would differ.
Anyway, once we got inside, he told me his story. He was a former Lamar Party highup, who'd gotten wind of a plan to kill Fountain. The whole idea seemed stupid, seeing as not even his own party could stand Fountain, but apparently Ross was worried Fountain was getting CSA support, and Ross had spent the last 4 years irritating them. Of course, this was all a story I'd heard before in pubs and the like, but without proof, it was just a story. Yankee Doodle had something different: a telegram, indisputably from Ross, implicating him in setting up Texas Unity.
Well, once I saw THAT, I knew Ross was dead. Literally.
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, from the 4th of September
Ross Implicated In Fountain Assassination
Evidence has come to light that President Lawrence Ross may have been involved in the assassination of Albert Fountain Jennings on the 13th of August. A source from within the Lamar Party, identifying himself only as 'Yankee Doodle', has given exclusive telegram transcripts to the Houston Post identifying Ross as the founder and chief mover of Texan Unity, the organisation which has claimed responsibility for the murder of Fountain'
Excerpt from an article by the San Antonio Express, 12th of October
Ross Impeached
Lawrence Ross was today impeached and removed from office by the Texan Congress on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. The motion passed with the support of nearly half the Lamar Party, which has been shattered and divided by the allegations, published in the Houston Post, that Ross was responsible for the murder of Houston Party candidate Albert Fountain Jennings. Ross was taken into custoday shortly after leaving Congress.
Vice-president Barnett Gibbs was today sworn in as President, but pledged not to run for re-election; the Lamar Party has not yet announced who their candidate for the upcoming election will be. Gibbs talked up the chances of a Lamar Party victory, despite the scandal, saying, 'We are sure that Texas will know that the Lamar Party looks out for their interests, and will re-elect us in a landslide over the discredited Houston Party opposition.'
Excerpt from an article by the Houston Post, 6th of November, 1888
It's A Landslide
Excerpts from The Scoop, autobiography of Reinzi Johnston, former political correspondant for the Houston Post, published posthumously
'Of course, until now you haven't known who Yankee Doodle REALLY was. Well, here's the scoop: he was a Confederate. A spy in Ross' office, who faked the telegram and everything associated. Because it wasn't Fountain who was the agent, it was Hogg. I don't know if the CSA were behind Texan Unity, but I wouldn't bet against it.
So now you know the real truth, or at least what very reputable sources tell me to be the real truth. The story of the century, which got Ross imprisoned for life, the Lamar Party kicked out of office for 16 years, and Texan politics turned upside down, was all a plot by the CSA. And I went along with it. I guess it wasn't such a great scoop after all.'


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Coffee Shop Ditches Newspapers For iPads: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Free newspapers are usually offered in Croatian coffee shops, but one forward-thinking owner has already replaced them. Instead of offering traditional newspapers, The Box coffee shop offers its customers iPads. According to the owner, "Our clients would much rather scroll through an online edition than mess about with all that paper."
Lest one of them "accidentally" walk away from the cafe, they are outfitted with alarms that will go off if they're removed from the area. And this is certainly an eco-friendly solution. But is it a good idea? First, mixing expensive electronics with food and drink isn't the safest. And who knows how many people have touched the thing before you? Although, perhaps it's no different than using an iPad for a menu or a wine list.
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You'd think that a Mandarin immersion program in an elementary school would take off and even flourish in a place like Palo Alto, where people live in a politically progressive, multicultural community that's attuned to what it takes to be competitive in a global economy and has the resources to make the necessary changes. That's not what happened this week, when the school board voted down (3-2) a proposal to create 2 Mandarin classes for about 20 kindergarteners and first graders.
What the hell happened in Palo Alto?
News reports listed a couple reasons. The Associated Press reported that people didn't like how it took resources away from more pressing issues like getting test scores up in reading and math, and The New York Times made vague intimations of racism against Asians. One board member was also quoted as saying that "Unless we have a language opportunity for all elementary kids, this is a problem."
I still want to know more about the politics on the ground, but is it really that bad for foreign language programs elsewhere? It sounds like Palo Alto's schools are very competitive, and that non-Asian parents resent the growing Asian population (17%), who they think will have an advantage in the classes. So rather than creating a Mandarin elite in Palo Alto, the school board decided to deny it for everyone. Maybe this is why Chinese classes could fly in the Chicago schools I visited last year – no one was exactly dying to get into them otherwise. And this story in the San Francisco
Chronicle showed how a dual immersion Mandarin-English program was moved to this school in order to diversify schools via parent choice.
That's a rich irony: underperforming schools will get language resources that the overperforming schools don't. It's probably not repeatable, though, particularly since politics on the ground will allocate resources away from language education. Still, with all the media fervor about the popularity of Chinese classes, action by the College Board, and action at the federal level to promote language learning, there's no predicting what politics on the ground will yield — even in the places where you'd predict it to go in your favor.
Here's a discussion thread on a Palo Alto forum, with postings from parents, some of whom are both undereducated about language acquisition and — it seems to me — micromanaging their kids' education. Fortunately, there are also some strong advocates of the Mandarin program taking questions and handing out websites.
According to a contact who's in the language acquisition business, the immersion plan wasn't going to work, anyway. The little kids should at least get 40-minute classes; save the immersion for later, if you develop it at all — he pointed out that the Chinese immersion program in Portland kept only a few students by the time they were in 8th grade. So Mandarin immersion in Palo Alto was doomed as much by its zealous supporters as well as zealous parents?


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On the Natural Resources Defense Council Web site's "OnEarth" page, there is a short version of a longer article that will appear soon by journalist Frederick Kaufman. "What's New for Dinner?" describes recent efforts by big agribusiness to define agricultural sustainability.
Large food producers have allied themselves with a small, relatively unknown, and extraordinarily ambitious consortium called the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops. The aim is to set industry standards for "sustainability" that will come to be accepted worldwide both by food producers and environmental groups. Kaufman's article is an investigation of how this is playing out in various areas of food production.
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Independent Book Publisher Pinter & Martin Announces New Partnership With Parenting Podcast Sprogcast
London based publisher Pinter & Martin, who specialises in pregnancy, birth and parenting titles, has joined forces with Sprogcast, a popular parenting podcast, in a new sponsorship arrangement. Aligning their mutual aims and audience, Pinter & Martin and Sprogcast intend to expand distribution of the informative and entertaining monthly podcast, continuing to build on their established listenership.
Sprogcast was co-founded in 2015 by presenters Karen Hall, a doula and parenting support specialist, and Mark Harris, midwife of twenty years and founder of Birthing For Blokes. The podcast will remain editorially independent and will release a new one hour programme on the 25th of every month featuring topical childbirth and parenting issues and guest interviews. Pinter & Martin and Sprogcast plan to broaden the podcast audience to include a mainstream listenership of parents alongside their current audience of midwives and birthcare professionals.
Sprogcast is available via iTunes and SoundCloud. The complete back catalogue of programmes will be available on a new dedicated page at www.pinterandmartin.com/sprogcast.
Martin Wagner, Managing Director, Pinter & Martin says, 'As soon as I listened to the first episode of Sprogcast, I felt that it would be a perfect fit with Pinter & Martin as we share Karen and Mark's passion in making evidence-based information understandable and accessible to many. We hope our partnership helps Sprogcast to reach the wide audience it deserves.'
Karen Hall, co-founder and presenter of Sprogcast says, 'I'm excited to work in partnership with Pinter & Martin, whose books I have been enjoying for years. I'm hoping that with them, we can expand our listener base and be the name that people think of when they want something that's both entertaining and informative.'
About the presenters
Karen Hall is a doula and an NCT trained breastfeeding counsellor. She runs regular antenatal and postnatal classes covering everything from introducing solids to sleep workshops.
Mark Harris has been a qualified midwife for over twenty years and is the founder of birth education programme Birthing For Blokes. His book Men, Love & Birth was published in 2015.
About Pinter & Martin
Pinter & Martin is an independent publishing company based in Brixton, south London and distributed worldwide. Founded in 1997 by writer and film-maker Martin Wagner and childbirth educator Maria Pinter, Pinter & Martin publishes 20-25 books per year specialising in pregnancy, birth & parenting, psychology, health and yoga. Pinter & Martin acquired YogaWords in 2015 and is launching effraspace, a new multi-purpose venue dedicated to pregnancy, birth and parenting education, in Brixton in 2016.
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Kati Edwards
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | 15:18
Fantastic! Making evidence based information accessible is key. It's hard to navigate your way through the minefield of information so finding new mediums to do this is great! :-)
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | 16:19
Thank you!
Emma Gleave
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | 22:25
Great news, I've never listened to podcasts before but love this and I know more people would if they knew about it.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | 22:30
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This past Sunday we got a chance to attend the Heat vs. Knicks game courtesy of American Express' "Off the Court" Food Challenge, Chris Bosh and Chris' personal chef Terrance Williams. And we got to follow Chris and his chef around after the game to meet winner of the "Off the Court" Food Challenge Bobby Parrish and his wife Dessi Parrish.
A little backstory. Fans showed off their favorite game day snack for a chance to meet Bosh, who is also the subject of an in-depth video series exploring his passion for cooking as part of the American Express "Off the Court" program. So…American Express put a call for fans to put a twist on some of Chris Bosh's favorite foods and Bobby's entry one with his recipe for chicken wings stuffed with creamy mac n' cheese, and then deep fried to golden brown perfection.
And there we were. A meeting between Bobby and Chris Bosh was set up, as well as Chris' personal chef Terrence Williams who had prepared a sample of what Chris' typical game day meals consists of for Bobby and everyone else that was a part of the event. The meal included fresh fruits from Whole Foods, Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches and servings of Terrence's amazing Matcha Green Tea Shake (more on that later).
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The waste hierarchy generally lays down a priority order of what constitutes the best overall environmental option in waste legislation and policy, while departing from such hierarchy may be necessary for specific waste streams when justified for reasons of, inter alia, technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental protection. European Legislation lays down a five-step hierarchy of waste management options which must be applied by Member States: waste prevention, as the preferred option, is followed by reuse, recycling, recovery including energy recovery and safe disposal, as a last resort.
What is the generation and disposition of solid wastes across Europe?
In the EU-27, 522 kg of municipal waste was generated per person in 2007. 42% of treated municipal waste was landfilled, 20% incinerated, 22% recycled and 17% composted (Source: Eurostat. News Release 31/2009 - 9 March 2009).
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In addition to the capital charges, a 1000-ton per day plant would engage personnel of about 60. Other costs are services, materials and supplies and the cost of disposal of ash.
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It ranges from 15-25% by weight of the MSW processed and from 5-15% of the volume of the MSW processed.
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The average European citizen produces 522 kg of waste per year, ideally above 60% should be recyclable and the rest, approximate 40% or less, should be suitable for combustion.
What is the minimum amount of solid waste that is needed for an WtE plant (incineration)?
There are economies of scale in any construction project, and building a WtE plant is no exception. Larger plants result in lower costs per ton of MSW processed. In the EU, most WtE facilities range from 500 to 1.000 tons per day.
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How do WtE emissions compare with those from other types of plants that generate energy? What types and quantities of emissions do WtE facilities discharge into the air, water or land? How do typical WtE emissions compare with typical landfill emissions per ton of MSW?
Modern waste incineration facilities with state-of-the-art flue gas cleaning technology emit less dioxins than traditional power stations.
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The rest of the WtE ash is called bottom ash (80-90% by weight). The main chemical components of ash are silica (sand, quartz), CaO, Fe2O3, and Al2O3 for a mass burn WTE plant. Usually the ash has a moisture content of 22-62% by dry weight. The chemical composition of the ash depends strongly on the original MSW feedstock and the combustion process.
Can WtE ash be used for anything useful?
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Is recycling compatible with WtE?
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Isn't it true that dioxins are a toxic substance and therefore any amount emitted, no matter how small, is bad?
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In German incineration plants a decrease to approximate one thousandth of dioxin emissions between 1990 and 2000 was achieved thanks to new emission limit legislation and technology. While incineration plants accounted for one third of all dioxin emissions in the country in 1990, that figure was less than 1 percent for the year 2000, today it is even lower. This was achieved although the number of waste incinerators and the volume of thermally treated waste increased from 48 to 61 and from 9,2 kt/a to 14 kt/a respectively in that time.
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Description: This book tells the little known story about the decision for the Caribbean island of Tobago to form a unitary colony with the neighbouring island of Trinidad in 1889. It chronicles the path from its discovery by Columbus in 1498 through the European rivalry of the Spaniards, Dutch, French, Courlanders, (Latvians), Swedes, and British to its status as a British colony in 1814. It examines the effects of the emancipation of the slaves in 1834; the several changes to its constitution; the collapse of its economy dominated by the sugar industry and points to the conflict between the legislative and executive branches of the government as the source of its failure as a political entity. Tracing for the first time the growth of its relations with Trinidad, the book reproduces the principal records of the decisions in the legislatures of Tobago, of Trinidad and of the British parliament that created the union. The administrative issues of the period 1889-1899 and their resolution are discussed. The union is compared with the union of Scotland and England in 1707; the attitudes of modern historians to the decision examined; and the book ends with the author s evaluation of the decision making process. Cover Illustration: Lowlands Estate, Tobago - 1838 by Adrian Camps Campins (1943 - ).
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The Orange Trees of Baghdad, the first book by Leilah Nadir, received the 2008 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness. This family-fueled memoir was written in sympathy with the 1.8 million people who comprise the Iraqi diaspora. It is moving story of Iraq by someone who has never been there. Nadir lives in Vancouver as the daughter of an English mother and a Christian Iraqi father who left Baghdad in the 1960s. "This is a book about what loss really means," says Naomi Klein in her endorsement, "the theft of history and homeland."
One of the judges for the Ryga Award, Dr. Ivan Townshend, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, wrote: "The Orange Trees of Baghdad resonated with me. I found it at once moving, disturbing, confusing, and wonderfully hopeful. In this hybrid narrative, Nadir takes the reader on a lengthy journey of family discovery. Although much is a recount of her father's experience, her own descriptions of childhood family meetings are beautiful, such as the embrace of "countless fleshy arms" by aunts she could not communicate with and the later telephone conversation with Lina in which "I suddenly know what she smells like". Countless detailed descriptions of conversations with or about such relatives gradually build a living family tree that connects Nadir limb by limb to the family and the country she is struggling to discover in herself. Nadir succeeds in defining a face of contemporary war that is rarely discussed, though it is the matter of a wealth of historical literature. With incredible intricacy and remarkable sensitivity she presents a portrait of the human struggles of war, whether it be walking for miles to obtain bread, bread made of flour and wood chips, household adjustments to water and electricity cutoffs, encountering car bombs and gunfire, kidnappings, household intrusions, dealing with no telephone access, rations, joblessness, sleeping on the roof through helicopter raids, coping with inadequate prosthetics, coping with injury and torture, or the anguish of trying to bury a loved one when there is neither mortuary space nor appropriate cemetery space. These are lasting images that add a different perspective on the nature of one of our contemporary wars; these images underscore the resilience of the human spirit. The symbolism of the house and orange tree is beautifully weaved throughout this work. The house is symbolic of a kind of Iraqi sense of permanence—residential stability, place, family, rootedness, heritage, intergenerational connectivity. Geography matters: "Your house is your life", regardless of how beaten up it is, how it has changed through war and violence and the displacement and exile or death of extended family. The orange tree in the garden is also a beautiful symbol. During the war the orange trees lost their leaves, eventually producing deformed fruit. The trees are dying. The tree is an integral part of the privacy and enjoyment of the house, a resource and soothing comfort to family, generation after generation. Nadir concludes with the powerful image of the empty house, but nevertheless a house that will not be completely surrendered to another family —the locus of hope for a family's future, the root of her identity."
Leilah Nadir has a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and a Joint Honours Bachelor's degree in English and History from McGill University. She has worked in London and Vancouver in the publishing industry. Since the invasion of Iraq, she has written and broadcast political commentaries for the CBC, The Globe and Mail and The Georgia Straight, and published a feature article in Brick magazine. Leilah also has written a play, Heavenly Bodies.
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Isn't it nice when you arrive travel weary at your smart and sophisticated hotel and are told that they are upgrading you.
Not when it's from a nice quiet interior room to a noisy room on the street side.
Barcelona bin men work through the night and most of them, apparently in the street under our rear facing room. They take it in turns with the party crowd to ruin your nights sleep. Sunday night was nice and quiet but any other night is very noisy and the poor windows don't deal with the noise at all, so if you are a light sleeper keep this in mind.
The hotel is very nice. Staff are very good.
Breakfast on the roof will set you back what other lesser hotels charge for a room for the night. In fact everything on the roof is expensive. A cocktail will cost you up to five times the price of one a short walk away and both were as good as each other. But they give guests a 20% off voucher so if you are rubbish at maths it balances out.
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Description: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and to inspire a powerful social movement that would alter the course of American history. This definitive, sweeping biography shows the origins of Carson's fierce dedication to natural science--and tells the dramatic story of how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a brillant if reluctant reformer. Drawing on unprecendented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson's powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a " fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being" (Smithsonian).
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Linda Lear is the editor of Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson. She was consultant to the PBS television documentary "The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson" for The American Experience, and is a founder of the Lear/Carson archive at Connecticut College. Her most recent book is Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature. She lives in Bethesda, MD.
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