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1 1 bruner editor and proprietor terms i<iti ' . jhiiii i.h fir uu . -. di;i ten to hit bniifti j^i ■> • i ll i'll n , illl'ul ft i w lii - ill i i . i e ri*m<'i.i:i'inus nr mio sortb carolina slat oim-niioii j kirs'j hay i j . . ii r r nf the onliiiiinie uf srcesslou i unn j i ma unl > 1 l»,i!'ti l till i'onti rctihn i)k ii ik onitdkhvn jta'l'k ; movim , uin sothj ifwt , i holiday last the 20th mav the dele i ■. i sullj elected t u * invention uf lhe , . , i it t'lls stale assi-mbli-d iii llie i'oui ii ill in this l',l \ ii;.iolir,s were e.illeil to older b hull il ■-... vl art in ou whose moiion meaars a u \. liable n w woo kin imd i iv k l l ioi il i i'll b e.i.llllll i i ee lo f i'l-ivi imils iiii i euiolllir null of debgutch i inn i ■ct and i welve deli-g ites answered u ; i i iiiiiiies md tliis number was increased id irnnu-ii i t ' one bund red and si xlccii j ; fun i icks than ihe whou number clioseu | lltei i leak lsij o kiekiliond noilli l i mi i.r president tin hon vveldim n 1-1 * j - i nf \\ hi e ii , a ml ii hi lit'h k r.ld^el u .,\ , ii iiiiiii.i'i i the hull will a.l.ia uf 0 11 ll gc for thu same position the reiltiuil iheii oled ici ro,e when mi ki ' irds received <'."> votes md mr ttr.ihaiu l r i wards having been decbireo duly , ied wus conducted io t h chair by vfensrs . • ik ■ii ii radge r and rem rued ins i hanks in iqilelll i ad p.ltriolie a dress \ lie i'ii-ius mi oi m i lodw-iii d's ri'iui.rks '«: i'lii.-.i presented a paper which lie desir . ..• reu i i m \ '<■ipbls suggested thai tin coiiveuuon j i » d with prayer \| r i i ■. i i.i though lhe oit-r,i'nziition of the i nn ui should ba completed al once ami i il 1 i nominule for principal clerk nv steele of richmond i mr r-ul m veil ih.ii two tellers he appointed - lerintend i be election mr . ilirinw moved that mr steele be up uled principal clerk and mr l i bdwurds (. miiv die assisi hi l'nr i'i'esiilent decided lhe motion oui of ler thi convention having ugreed to into • - tui u of i'i iucip il clei k mr ilirues ino.i.-d to reitonnder the deeis i nf tin1 convention to into thu ejeotioil ■i'riucipal t'lerk and ihe njoiioii did not pre m battle of wake the nominated j h ho ■■messrs winslow aud thompson of wayne w-ri ttppoitued telle ra lo superintend the elec ■1 mnl the convention then proceed to vule 1 t-'-i-f and resulted in the election of mr - ( i 1 in convention then proceeded to the elso * uf assistant clerk mr reid nominated j a ruglehard of i 7 uinlie ; mr veuable nominated dr s n williuui of graavilje j mr miller uonnii.t j \. fox of mecklenburir ; mr barnes 11 ll ij t led l c i'.d wards of draoville ; anil mr drew n icuiiiiidtod m ii pin nix of caswell it uemly ne lulti.-r lioioinatioii was witli v u ilfisrs miller and liarues were appointed r io su|n-rinieud the election who rc '..' ' ii mr edwards dulv elected 1 n l 1.1 of mr iliii^s i r page of uan i mi luvell of surry nnd j c moore l auke wen appointed l)i«ir-ke-|iers ui n'.-uabli then renewed ins motion to open ■1 1 inns of 1 in co iv ul inn wuli pray er n w.is e incurred it • - j vv tucker of hie methodist lpis il in irch soulh then by invitation offer i diniit sol emu and niipi - ssi '• prayer for the • - iprirt dlld j 11 ida lice of the sllpp-iue disiloil "; " wins in tin deliberations ot ibis body the greal nnd iiiiuueuious quesiious which ■be brought before ii n ' aiuiuiin 1 atiou from lhe hon f.j mo - ' 1111111 ssiiiiu-r from lhe stale of s c'uroli was announced by the president which ■- • i b ibe clerk pre i ni a|)|ionii-il fes.«rs tenable ruffin to waii 011 mr moses and invite tu b i 1 111 lie com cut inn he nu 111 i 1 1 eo baying discharged their du 1 ''• presidenl on behalf nf the < onveniion nined the i ion re nt leniaii who ri-sponded i'e au appropriate and patriotic style and iit"il h h crede uijals willi die o:diiiauce iff s»hi»ii i iss d by the i dove nlion ot the ■' soulh i'aroliilii and united the co uioii ol n oriii ( aiolma therein v rennlmiyp inviliiij tin c-lergj f lb i > the daily siitincjs of tin c niivi:|itioa 17 wis passed over infonnalh 111 or i 1 in eomaiittee to prepare rules for ' i riiiiient of ihe convention might re ani ir meares suggested ihal the rules of the nlion of lb_t be adopted for ihti fovern i tin body '! "■15 ."• b tie he thought there wa no no - 1 a piintr rules to-day : the onvi-n " i-'li io pans ai ordinance of secession i'.el : b was op|iosi(l l.o.niv delay n ltd r 7 expressed bis com n eni e in lln 1 ;'■,, r,.n luaillll who bail just lake 1 • ii there was perfect unanimity ol sen nt on mis subi'-ei hiroughout the siate " « is 111 favor ot ui;i',i'i a de.-'aialioii of m nee irom lhe old federal union on thu licularly he said be had an ordinauci nf secession whieb in would preseni to the ( inn vi'utlnil tin president decided ih.n the paper mtro i • liii'il li mr li uljiei ( vli ch w.ihiin oiduiuiiec ut bcp u.llloii w.im liisl in older mr t taiga bought ihul mr badger's rejo iniions s.»-r i i.-ynl.iilv b rife the com n li.ni but h'l4wd ibut ihi-y i-bmild b read and ll thev . prk-kmed bis views be would vole for hem i i nol would inovii biii ue a substi tute mr llinljr..|'m rei-ouitions were tb n rear mr i.avnrr 0wff#tlhi the propriety of tbe proeeediu.jh on |(,,. resolutions be lllff conduct d ill secret mi-n-.ji,ii no notion however whs tall en lu llos mailer mr cr..i then offered his resolution as ti mlbslilute to those of mr liadirer mil ci-vi<*_.\s m-iistitctm to mr i iimh.'kk's rfsdll l o an ohoinanck to tlissolre the i'm it between th state nf iloils t'lltolina niul lhe ol/iei s/,nex iiiutrd t if lit hit under lln roiii/met nf t l,r l/mrin | ttieiii ciitttlril the constitution of the unitad i states m i lh people of the sta-le of north cttm i lln i in couveulioii nsm-inlileil do d*l lure and l ordaill ind it is hereby declared um oiiliniied ! thai tin ordinance adopted by in sime of.j north ciiioinm in the idnveiiiion ol i7h1i wiu-icim llie t l.llsi i i iii oui ol lhe ciimed stales . was ratified mnl adopted and nlan till acts and puns ol nets of theiiener.il assembly ratify ing nnd adopting mmsndments to tin said con ' veiiiion are hereby repealed rescinded und ub i nailed we do further declare und ordain hat tin union now snbsistipg between the state of north t'aroliiui and the oilier stat s under tile title of lhe united stales of america j hereby dissolved and ihal the siae ol norlh carolina is in full possession and exercise of all i those right of sovereignty which belong and ipperiain to a free and independent pe ip'e mr hick otl-red an nmcndineiit l.l mr ' ll.olijor'e resolutions le submit tbe ordinance 10 tile people for i a 1 1 lii 1 1 am mr i.aynei then moved thai ihe cutis idi ra tion of ilo resolutions and amendments be e"t v.ucled i n srerei n.-ssion but it iln suggestion ofyeatlemen withdrew ihe motion ' mr li.iries renew u it he mini he thoiijrhi | that lln voice of tins convenuon should go j on 1 1 as the una nil no us expression of the will of i lhe people and tins would be betler effected | by the ilicsn-.-ioii on lins subject being coinliie ' i ird with closed doors mr reid mid be differed from the gentle | i man who had just spoken relative to ihe pro i prn-iy of going into secret session there was perfect unanimity on the subjeci ! of secessiuli ', there was onl 11 difference nf opinion in rogard to the mauusr of expressing it . il demanded the yeas uud nays upon the ; i motion the president said there wus no rule adop . t ted by the convention by which lhe yea md | na\s con id be ordered lie could only have ! t iii-iii nrdeied by a inajoi iiy of the i on veulioli . i af'er some fur her discussion between scv > | ial geiiilenien lhe motion for ihe yeas and nu\s was then put and decided iii the negative mr barnes demanded tellers and the chair j appointed messrs uarnes and mealed who reported yeas i4 nays 59 so the motion to go into secret session did not prevail mr osborne desired to be informed what the '• position nf lhe business w.m before the conven tion lie thought that the amendment to mr dick to mr badger's resolution to be the first quefcttou under coiis-ideratinu — but requested mr dick to withdraw his amendment and pro m>til ii a a distinct propnsilioil mr ih k withdrew it wilb lhe iiuilersiand ing ihal he should present it and have a vote l.iken thereon at some enrlv period tin question then recurred upon m r raise's itib-l ii me mr hill's said that a question of such great importance mighl in-l to ue decided bv a simple vole ol ayes and iajs he supposed thai ev er delegate desired to have his vole on it re . corded upon the journal vi r i'raloini thought ibat the convention mi dit adopi ihe rules n the house of com mons by winch a call for ihe yea and nays initfhl be ordered — and submitted u motion lo thai effect i mi bi<rgs>uid he hoped the gentleman woum acce|it io bis million thai tub which rerpiired anv bill i be read three several limes on differ ent da s tlie suggestion was adopted by mr j mi i.eid thought without adopting ilu rules tin ye i s and nays might be demanded by unan imous consent mr saiii-rlhwaiic concurred in ibe opinion of mr reid and moved lhat llie i as and i)tt)'b • on ilu substitute be t.ike-i by general consent the sii^-jesiioii was agreed to and all pend ing biimiies was suspended bv the yeas und iiuvs were ordered on mr l'r..iio-'s sub-iiiute 1 r badger obtained tlu-tl ■and r-pokc ui ! defence of ins resolution ai some length the : reporter hopes in be able in obtain u synopsis i | of mr b's remarks here.ifter m r raiee replied in defence of his resolu tion ue thought it would be bettei that a minple ordinance of secession should be passed now he offered the silmtitnte because mr badger's resolul mis while they embrace many md slriiug reasons they did not bel forth all tin reasons i'm u separation the did not seem to intimate thai cause r.i-ied for the separation prior to the procla ■; niniion of lincoln issued on the 1 6th of april while there were nwtnv members ol the ooii entioii who believed thai causes did exisl hxs . ' a bepuration prior to ihal time tion lore i wbil6 many wtiuld dissent riotn the views ol i ihe preamwe of mr b's resolutions the . could nil concur in •' simple declaration of secession > contain d his subsl ii « •' , vf j ruffin nl lhat difficult - might exist , n ii loinii i in nib is in voting for • nle i i ih ortllnanftes he ihonght thui re arm c hir n lepuratkm should be sel ti-rtb in ihe ordinanre s but was not prepared lu accept those m the l preamble of mr b without numendmeutf tlicrr wen many and strong n-iismm f,,r a separation ehutdd br ei forth hi tb nrtiiriamjp bul was not )) i|iaui to voqtfpt tbon 111 ibe praimiible of mi it without nun ndiiniiim tin 1 c we s many and sit iw na-oiih for a s pars ion that w»re not m-i fouh m the pre iillilile he would iheiefoii move lo lay both ihe iirofioviimns on the lable for ihr puf|kal of inlioiluciiisr leroliiioiin hiiii|iiv decbirinur tho st.vin of norih l':.,oliua,.iii of'theold l-'ideral '. i'nion and foi the appuiiltmrnt of a coiniiui ! leu o i'oiine and present 16 the couveulioii 11 i foiuihl declariition of necrlsidu setting forth i the teasiuih for such sepu ml ion the ens and nayh were ordrred ii|ion the lesolilliou ol mi l.ullin und reunited — yeas j 4 1 nays !!) mr h'eribi-e called for a division otthequps ■lion aud the question t 1 1 . _. nn u|ioii siril.ui[r ! • in resulted iu the altliniaiive yeas i 1 nays 39 i lie i|i|.'sii 11 tbeii rei-urred on the adoption i of mi ( r.njo s subslil lite till sllletilnte whs re id mr i'utliu ob|eeied lo that part of the onh i nance which repeals the aeliou of ibe enliven i lion of 1 7 i ub pi inii the j-'i'di 1 al ( on lilulloii 1 ll ihoughl we did not out of be i'nion by virtue of any such repeal we ho no constitu tional righl tech ideally to repeal that ordinance hut we went out simply becniim we trilled it , and moved that that portion o lln suhslitule j which lepra 1 11 1 the ordinance of i . >'.' be 1 1 n i en not mr venable said there was no necessity for | slrikuil t he rlaimed ll-e ri t li i lo repenl llie ordinauci and also lo go oul of ihe i nioil i simply because we willed it hoih iheclaase miglll be i'elaillrd the ipiestioi then reenrring on the propoai lion of ml is 1 1 tt 1 1 1 lo strike oui he withdrew i 1 m r < > riihatu re newed it mr slu demaiidei the eas and irjys eas 1 na\s iin ; so the liloiioil 10 strike oul did lint i'.ri'vail the question was then taken directly on the | siibstiuie of mr rai_je and una iiiinouslv ' adopted — i 1 voiinjr mr le ike of 11 ichniniiii llieu called fi.ir i three cheers for the stale of south carolina the tmhltst roman of them all which were ■heartily given m i siintli uf halifax moved that a com i mil tee on credentials be appointed which wus j adopted and lhe ch ir unpointed messrs how 1 bid thoinion bames hattle of wake and ili firs mr rayner moved that tbo ordinance ofl secession just passed be enrolled upon parch ment mi as tu be ready for the signature of the 1 members of the convention at 1'j 0 cluck to morrow the motion was amended by the appoint ment ol a committee to have the ordinance 1 properl enrolled und presented for signature it soon as practicable th committee consists of messrs haines rayner venable ruffin , and ( raiire mr ilarues presented papers concerning the i'ouiemed election iii halifax which were re | ferred lu the committee on credentials ou motion a commit lee consisting of messrs ' keid orahum m cares ji liner am biggrfwere appointed lo prepare rules for lhe government of ihe ( onve nlion mr m cures introduced an ordinance provi ding f r ibe adoption of the provisional govern hie nt of the confederate states of america and tbe same was read hv meare 1 ukinswick a.n ord1isam ii to ratify the constitution of the provisional garci nincnt of the confederate stutes of ' america 1 wk the people nf north carolina ill conven tion assembled do declare and ordain and 11 is hereby declared aud ordained ihal ths lale ot north carolina does hereby assent to and ratilv tin " constitution ol the provisional ovenmieiit of tin confederate stales of america adopted at motrtgomervin the stan i of alabama on the sightll day of febru.ir . a u imil by the l.'ouveulioti of lleb-iiales irom the states of south aroliua georgia flori da alabama m.ssissipp and jouisiuna and t hut north carolina w ill enter into tbe federal 8b8ciatiou of states upon ib terms therein proposed when admitted hy the qottgfess or an ( oinpeiciit authority ot the confederate slates hone at raleigh the twentieth dav of may ' in the year of our lord one thousand sight . hundred and sixlv one the following ameiidme lit w lis oll'-i ■d b mr ' dick of guilford to the ordinance of secession introduced by mr budget bai withdrawn and iiti 1 wards offered as an amendment u the or dinance introduced by mr mearea adopting the provisional coiir-iituiiou ofthe confederaic stales and ibis ordinance to be in full force and effect when ratified hv lhe legal voler ol tins stale st an eieclloll lieiealler iii be hi 111 the : day and manner of holding suid eleciion lo be fixed and provided for b ibis conveniioii m r ci ah a in moved ihal lhe couveulioii liow 1 uiljourn not adopted mr ashe demanded the ye*a and tmys ■' yeas 39 na > s bo tin question then arose i»n m r men r so ■unions mr dick then moved the following amend ment and lhe question al once recurring upon il - in plain tin ye.us and nays were demanded nol adopted vens 34 hsys 73 the vote rai ' lln ii taken on m care s re-ulu hon , and it was unanimously sdopu ■•■m 1 venable then intn duced 111 ordinance , 1,1 adopt 1 he < mis.iiulioii "' ' l conn derate states . f vmcrica w hii h s l 1''1 '"•"!" tin ortler for to-morrow al ' 1 " clock the ( omm'i.iion arioiirued to meet again i to-iin.i low 11 11 o'clock \"/ there it is said ii u "■• ,{ . when called on lo'make 0<i ''"" '''" '''' '""" • raise ol millions to lincoln's government lo carry oil the war inconlini nil v bucked down the constitution subverted — wo be lievc tin k;iii sphlu-r in tin in n i s|,aco ul i mu ii i mi 1 1 is lias 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 > 1 . 1 1 ll i ii ler lout i.'vel v llll ull.llll llo\|slll|l of llll i niistil ilium a lit let siiiununy wt ui i ii-iuhr in h^sesmuli of the fllcts lln-|alwe lu tll'l iulc mill is ll till tjllll htllulloll es.sly nildilied lo ( otlgjl'.'ss \ iitid it iiiu-t in m.-ir iioiniist a foreign iih tiuti imi line of tin slides of the con ] liilei.uy the rijilif to tniike wur on h | suic va eiii|ilinlicully 1 i.-i hh •< i tu congress li llie cnlim-lilkui which ll.illk'.l the ull stltlltluii lincoln has usurped this duloiial war i power niul is now waging war n^ainsl l et^lit uf llie suveiel^n sl,-it<-s hy lil umii ' ii11llu.1l hv to raise ainl siip|nu i ntliiii-s is tile special hri'iqgiiuvtj id cullgtese li ina iln is assein lliiii 1111 iiiiiiv ol 7.),(iu nieii not only ; iv 1 1 hunt i he llithoiily of culioress hut fitter | ( 1,110 re had dehln'1 ali-lv n-titsed to^ivci him sin h iinllii'i 1 it v ; i nl|o s has the power to ciill foi'lll tlie iniliilia lo suppn-ss instil lections and iepi-1 itnasnnis lincoln has usurped tins power 11 lii uw n hands " nu prclciciice shall lie ivcti l>y aiiv i'e^iihitnti uf luiiniieice or revenue to llie j pulls ul ulic slale n er thuse of atiulhel | sa s the i institution liliculli alifooates tins piu\isiuii and declrites the porta of i nine slate tu he hluekadcd congress alone can suspend llie writ ol 1 li.tlnus corpus ,' — martial hiw leiytis in the j cllpllol ut the liti public " nu so hi i«r shaii iii time of pence be | ipiai i.teil 111 any house wiihotil the con i si'irt of lhe omiier ; uur iii 1 1 1 1 1 1 of war ' but iii a manner in be preaefibtd by fate 1 is in lhe clause ut the ( vlistiliition l\v what law lias lincoln taken military pos | sessintl of hsllllio-luli ; the rigid a ihe pcuple lo he secure j in lln iir peisuii hi'ii-.s papers and etlecls i against tun a-.u ihle se.uelies iitltl seizures snail not in \ i"lalei me the words of 1 the i onstitulioii tin military despotism at washington is the pr,-:clical commeii i tarv on tins ptovision | lhe 1'resideiu is elinrged with llie pro 1 tei lluli nnd pieservnlioii of the puli ! lit prupeil\7 lincoln has ftil lied tliis i uliligatioii hv dealroying and burning lhe public property nl llnrper'a kerry and i ( i.isi urt nav \ nixl luicolu stiects to leo.ii.i nil acts of se nessioi1 i » \' anv of ve stales ns null and id lie lu'm'i tin less lie.its the s^fodillg si.-it < ns foreign powers by subjecting iheiii lo blockade ateurding to lln law ol tiatmns nor til carolina which lias not yet lor lllrtlly resinned lis deh'ti'.il'-d liuwets is also put under the ball nnd declared iu a i sta'e of blockade the tiesid.tit is iiipiired lo cotitvin his at-tiuii to treatii -.-— now by treatie with l?ni:land franco and other nations i ! these i'uwers have the right of entry to all nur putts lincoln repudiates thc»e tn-a ' ties and denies 1 he exercise of the rights ! siipulatetl under them this is to pro vuke a war a power kstin e.vcuisi\e!y w ith coimiess we 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 > 1 v coiicei tliat the a-suinp t i 1 1 1 1 and exercise of lhe*e vast puwer-v d ; ' utie t_i-.11 aniiibilate the cuiistitution pros : trale tin public liberties alld establish an i odious ile.-|.ulisiii — ix'ieliiitiiii'l who wouldnt go — the newhunjiori 1 1 • 1 ihi has a correspondent hcconipniiving tho . eighth ma-sachu-etts reginieiit s ak ing ni his passage ih 10 ugh maiyl.uid lie saj - : mij o-.-ntl iiiaii 1 hired to tr'wi me a tiio-'jer it 1 could iiiilttce any utie ot the ; ihirtv ik imd lo leave i i 11 and j»o north ! affording me full ijhehy to hold out any j inducement's i demjied expedient 1 tried1 the exp ntltelit pictured out lhe bh sslllgs j if fie il 111 se far 1 i was alile but u m a tn •_(', niul i lo^t the lai k'ej .' the iiiiii,s 11 nl the aiinri 11 tn"tb i yes — a m;i-s;ii|him its ladv just returned ffoin'-c-ti'tih mv thai tin prevailing feeling then in r nard lo ainericuti irutiviles i in u\i.r of hie ktintll s i-ral cubans pu hieiy iii ited ln-r to remain there under i ho protection til i \<'' m"kl ' ' » 1 1 1 i - mi j of spain mfhei ihali lace the danger 1 ou toiiis and vandals ut the north she d to make th in utnh-r-tand that tlnii , fears lor her were perfectly groundless but ile-v would ti"t be convinced — ho.ston journal sava mi may 21 the s inish barque laura from ll.irco ! ina lias just 01 a ■- u she was chased 1 from d iv light this tuoruing by the tlarnel lane lie wind being fair the laura oul 1 an iter 1 in 1 lai i i lu fired two 01 thn c i ic.r which the layra reiuru n the harriet lane is reported to be now king east of llie tyl tlik nkw vork hay 300k tins paper under in reign of terror in the lace of mob pulsiich tlie even telioi uf'its way it is eminently iiservalive plants itself upon llie i institution niul d tends tin i iu his of the south lis dentin cintiotis oc lhe meanness of a lilitioiiisii ami lie uiu-.oiisliuiliuiiiil and lawless i oursc ul the i unci ke|>ul)|icntis hid terribly se vere its editors are licioci and iticul rit|iti me patriots the pressure thai has been 1 1 hilflil to lie.-tr upon i hem of various kinds i immense luii like the rdrf-bentbii ruck hi the truuned duslung billows the defy tinil roll bt.uk lhe l ide it is a acei . ul the morally sublime ili . v des-ive and should and doubtless have the thanks of all true soittliei tiers there are over forty other pap is in the norlh which take strtitit ground against t he course uf lincoln and the doctrines ot his unprincipled party they nssui us that there nre thousands who are with them in heart nnd hand and that tlie iiiiin lier is certainly increasing i o the invasion and attempted subjugation nf lhe south they ace utterly opposed thev de ntin noo it as in conflict with the priori - plus ut the government — subversive ff the < oiistiiulioti and destructive of inherent rig i its — rights tor which the pal riots of 7*1 resisted george iii and struggled through a seven years bloody w'ar tu defend and iiiaintain thev warn the people against a military desfiotisin and lhe overt h row of their liberties in the nuilh the high handed despotic measures of lincoln ex cite suspicion and mingled fears tnttl eon teinpt we honor those noble men and sympa thize with them in their trials and strug gles lor the constitutional freedom they ure the nucleus ot a pmtv which we sin cerely hope will finally triumph owr lin coln v uo — washington x (?) juspatch i'av q voluntkklis the following act to provide for the pay ment of volunteers was introduced into tin house of commons by mr marsh one of the members from this couniy and having passed both the house of common and senate is now the law :- wttsh dis be it enacted by the general assembly nt the state of north carolina audit is hereby enacted by the authority of tin smite tluit in all eases in which any coin i any of volun leers mny have been or may hereafter be enlisted ind organized under the proclamation of his excellency the rover hot and shall have been tendered to and accepted by the governor tbe said volunteers shall receive lhe same pay and rations both officers and privates a are received bv volunteers after tbey have beeu mustered and received into the sen icy of tin state be it further enacted that hereafter ibe expenses incurred bv tbem in organizing and in their transportation previous to their being mustered and received into ser vice shall be refunded whether the same shall be incurred bv their commanding officer counties corporations or individu als : provided however that proof shall be made to the satisfaction of the govgrnor of the amount thus ex tended and that the aine was necessary and proper fur the vol unteers aforesaid he it further enacted that the govern ui shall bave power lo draw upon the tien ury for the sum necessary to carry out the i provisions of this act lie it further enacted that this act shall be in foice from and after its ratification luxuries — i ine house iu this town sold thirteen hundred dollars worth of stiutlin the last week a great deal of this will i l>e used too by pcrsaiis who will have to depend upon charity for bread wry soon < tot.accu snuff and liquors art nut neces saries and we do hope that lhe cultivation ol tobacco and the luhdufactuit ot whi le from grain will be abandoned until our . troubles are over — progress 1 am i ( tv jaclcson dotiehon — the v.jck burg whig of the loth instant says : •• we are delighted that tins gallant 61 i p.-.trioi after hinging to the i'nion until '■further devotion would compromise su nth em honor and imperil his native state ins atiiiuiinced his intention ot going into active service and drawing tin swo-d gi en to him hv general jackson in del ' of use south i stop thr jji.stil'li en s — let ilo slal lishini.ni.s be closed for tin present in th ! naiiie of god anil tie | i e c ll in .!■il express savs and so does the \ of patriotism and hiitiianiu i lur st . liers , 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Helios is also a project coming out of Microsoft Research, and it's described as complementary to Barrelfish - in the research sense of the word. Helios is based on Singularity, but introduces support for satellite kernels, remote message passing, and affinity. The research paper written by the team behind Helios describes the operating system as follows:
The paper once again goes into quite some detail, a lot of which I simply do not fully understand (I'm looking at you, our dear and loving readers, again). What I do understand is that Helios and Barrelfish complement each other. "Barrelfish focuses on gaining a fine-grained understanding of application requirements when running applications, while the focus of Helios is to export a single-kernel image across heterogenous coprocessors to make it easy for applications to take advantage of new hardware platforms," the paper reads.
What do all these experimental operating systems from Microsoft's research department mean? Well, individually, they mean very little. However, if you take a few steps back from the painting, I think all this could signify that the Redmond giant is looking at the future, a future where computers will have lots of different processing cores, who may not all share the same instruction set - for instance, the GPU who mostly just sits there wasting electrons in most machines.
The Windows NT base system as it exists now is a pretty rock-solid piece of work which can certainly take on the competition, but as time progresses, there comes a moment where NT will no longer be the good choice. I think what we're seeing here is Microsoft hard at work trying to look not just at Windows in 2013, but the operating system in general in 2020.

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For years, many gamers have all agreed to one simple fact: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64 was one of the greatest games, if not the best, in video game history. Since its release in 1998, many other games have laid claim its title and failed. This time around, however, a game has come along that may finally achieve what so many others could not: "But what game?"
Dudes, Zelda is number one and will never get dethroned. 0.01%?? seriously??
and here I thought E.T. on atari was number 1 in the world. Jokes.
Makes sense to me though, Mario Galaxy is a newer game, with better production and a stronger system. Plus its fun.
I understand the nostalgia Zelda brings.. but still, its a little dated
I unno, I'm a huge OOT supporter...there's a place in my heart reserved for this game for all time


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Wild count on big-ticket signings to fuel reboundby Brian Schiazza
Exactly one week before Christmas 2011, the Minnesota Wild had the best record in the NHL at 20-8-5.
Fast forward to July 4, 2012, and the same club that finished the season at 35-36-11 was at the top of the NHL heap again -- for its twin signings of the most coveted free agents on the market, left wing Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter.
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After its sensational start, Minnesota collapsed and missed the postseason for a fourth straight season, finishing 14 points out of the eighth seed in posting its worst record since 2001-02. The team was saddled with 395 man-games lost to injury and used an NHL-high 47 players last season as key cogs Mikko Koivu, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Devin Setoguchi, Guillaume Latendresse and Greg Zanon spent time on the injured list.
The injuries were the biggest reason the Wild averaged a League-low 2.02 goals per game and they fueled an 11-28-7 finish that dropped them to 12th in the Western Conference.
"It was," general manager Chuck Fletcher said, "a tale of two seasons."
But last spring's disappointment was replaced by a new dawn in the Twin Cities -- the Wild figure to be in the mix in 2012-13 thanks to the twin signings that became the talk of the hockey world.
"They're obviously highly talented players," Fletcher told the team's website over the summer in discussing Parise and Suter. "We view this as a rare opportunity for us to transform our franchise by adding two marquee players who are both in the prime of their careers."
Parise's return to his home state of Minnesota should give the Wild one of the most explosive top lines in the League -- he's expected to play with Koivu and Dany Heatley. In seven seasons, Parise has 410 points in 502 career games, including five 30-goal seasons, and captained the New Jersey Devils to the Stanley Cup Final last spring. His presence will deepen the anemic Minnesota offense.
"We believe we're that much closer," second-year coach Mike Yeo said at the Parise/Suter introductory press conference. "There's that much more excitement [in] knowing what these guys are capable of. It changes the way we view ourselves."
Suter's presence on the blue line gives the Wild the defensive anchor they lost by dealing Brent Burns to the San Jose Sharks at the 2011 NHL Draft. The former Nashville Predators star will play in all situations and could exceed last season's average ice time of 26:30 as he leads a defense corps that includes offense-oriented Tom Gilbert and Jared Spurgeon, but not many others who are proven.
"The fact that Minnesota has a lot of good young players I think will help make this team successful," Suter said on the Wild's website.
At the NHL Draft, the Wild added to their abundance of growing talent, making rugged Matthew Dumba the seventh player chosen, the second straight year Minnesota took a defenseman with its first-round pick. Fletcher signed Dumba to an entry-level deal a few weeks later.
Parise and Suter were the summer's big additions, but not the only ones. Fletcher added grit for the third and fourth lines by signing Zenon Konopka and Torrey Mitchell. Jake Dowell, imported as a free agent from the Dallas Stars, and re-signed Matt Kassian also are in the mix for bottom-six roles.
The added character players will allow Yeo to craft his secondary scoring combinations from a mix that includes some infusion of Minnesota's enviable young talent.
Yeo's natural choice is 2010 first-round draft pick Mikael Granlund, a super-skilled center and Internet sensation whom Fletcher managed to sign in May, days before the team would have lost his rights and watched the Finland product re-enter the NHL Draft.
It remains to be seen if Granlund will team with countryman and World Championship teammate Koivu on a line, but it is likely he will be counted on to bring plenty of flash and production on the second line. Granlund is so valued by the team that days before the work stoppage ended, when progress toward a deal appeared positive, the Wild pulled him from their American Hockey League lineup to avoid any risk of injury. Granlund was a point-per-game player this season for the Houston Aeros.
Clayton Stoner, Justin Falk and Chay Genoway, whom Fletcher signed to new deals. Forwards Stephane Vellieux and hometown boy Chad Rau also re-upped; Nick Palmieri was signed to an AHL deal and has performed well for Houston; and AHL veteran Brian Connelly was added for depth on defense.
At the end of November, goalie Josh Harding, who re-signed over the summer for three years, revealed he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Harding, the backup to Niklas Backstrom, rebounded nicely last season from a knee injury that kept him out for all of 2010-11, going 13-12-4 with a .917 save percentage and 2.62 goals-against average in a career-high 34 appearances. Touted youngsters Matt Hackett and Johan Gustafsson are waiting in the wings if needed, though Harding has said he plans to continue with his NHL career.
What promises to be a fierce competition for roster spots is part of a good problem for this team to have, especially with the injuries of last season.
"Let's see where we're at and let's see where we are health-wise," Fletcher told the Star Tribune last summer. "Let's see who plays well and who doesn't and let the players sort everything out for us. If everyone plays to their level of expectations or even exceeds it, or if everyone's healthy, then yeah, we're going to have a lot of players and that may make sense."
The Wild's offseason plan to pursue Parise and Suter worked wonderfully, and there is huge reason for optimism that the team can flourish.
Now they just have to put everyone together.
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- ♦ Gentner, D., Loewenstein, J., Thompson, L. (2003). Learning and transfer: A general role for analogical encoding. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 393-408.
- ♦ Gentner, D., & Namy, L. (1999). Comparison in the development of categories. Cognitive Development, 14, 487-513.
- ♦ Gentner, D., & Rattermann, M. J. (1991). Language and the career of similarity. In S. A. Gelman & J.P. Byrnes (Eds.), Perspectives on language and thought: Interrelations in development, (pp. 225-277). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ♦ Gick, M. L., & Holyoak, K. J. (1983). Schema induction and analogical transfer. Cognitive Psychology, 15, 1-38.
- ♦ Kotovsky, L., & Gentner, D. (1996). Comparison and categorization in the development of relational similarity. Child Development, 67, 2797-2822.
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- ♦ Loewenstein, J. & Gentner, D. (2005). Relational language and the development of relational mapping. Cognitive Psychology, 50(4), 315-353.
- ♦ Loewenstein, J., & Gentner, D. (2001). Spatial mapping in preschoolers: Close comparisons facilitate far mappings. Journal of Cognition & Development, 2, 189-219.
- ♦ Oakes, L. M. & Ribar, R. J. (2005). A comparison of infants' categorization in paired and successive presentation familiarization tasks. Infancy, 7(1), 85-98.
- ♦ Vosmik, J.R., & Presson, C.C. (2004). Children's response to natural map misalignment during wayfinding. Journal of Cognition & Development, 5, 317-336.
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OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia
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An exceptionally fine analysis.
I live on the outskirts of a city in Western Europe with a 200,000 population, total debt of close to €1bn, annual deficit around €120m.
To its credit, the newly elected council is struggling to cut the annual deficit by increasing taxes/rates and cutting expenditure against a chorus of wailing and gnashing of teeth by the affected parties i.e everyone.
(Dog owners protest marches, anyone...?)
I proposed to the Finance Senator that he outline the core services that the city could afford to provide by staying within its budget (only cuts, no increase in revenue) and – in a next step – to outline the core services affordable with a budget that actually started paying off debt.
And then ask people to pick the ones that they want to pay for on top.
Political suicide, of course, which is why he's not going to do it, but maybe someone would like to demonstrate the impact of the National-ACT cap on core services in New Zealand.
Hospitals? Only open 9-5 M-F
Roads? No new ones, no repairs either.
Slips blocked a road? Stays blocked.
ACC? An excess of $1000 per incident.
Welfare? You'd be joking.
An artist's impression of Auckland/Wellington after 10 years of the proposed region would be an eyeopener..
asset impairments
I could think of something really really tasteless, but won't lower the tone of proceedings quite so early. :)
Under this limit expenditure will grow no faster than the annual increase in the rate of population growth multiplied by the rate of inflation.
But I will be bitchy enough to point this out - isn't it funny how the one area of public expenditure that can't be linked to inflation is MPs annual pay increases -- even while, of course, civil servants are told by successive governments to show "wage restraint" for Team Kiwi.
"....we probably signed some stupid UN conventions against the latter.." with respect to "...or if we got rid of a lot of old people... somehow.."
A throwaway comment or the real attitude of PA participants to the older generation that surfaces periodically ? How are you different from John Key and his statement about NZF constituents during the tea party. And you wonder why NZF gets back into power?
I made a post sometime back to highlight an underlying attitude that I sense among many PA members -- that the silent generation and baby boomers having had it good all the way are somehow the cause for all their current and future problems, are horrible people, and dispensible.
I hope the debate continues. There were some good comments last time countering the predominant feeling.
BTW I think I may be the typical PA age demographic or slightly older and have older family members I do not mind looking after. They did the best they could with whatever they got and they deserve some respect.
I read those comments as sarcasm and/or irony, and the very opposite of Keith's actual attitudes.
ETA: I think you have totally misread Keith's rhetorical intent.
I am sorry I do not agree.
While the point is not specifically about Keith--I have been a regular for a long time on this site to sense the tone.
Don Johns & Fiscal Dragoons...
National's coalition agreement with ACT
I trust this "Satan sandwich" was signed in blood!
I dont see a dedicated 'No surprises' clause though...
Banks as Regulatory Reform Minister?
- Master of taps and spigots, enlarger of hoops
and fine print, exalted Less-Bettererer of Rules...
the mind boggles.
I foresee Small Businesses becoming smaller
under his wing as well...
I love this bit:
For the avoidance of doubt ACT will, in particular, seek reassurance that the $400 million investment by the Crown Water Investment is in the national interest and does not embody significant non-transparent wealth transfer
Doesn't that just say that significant transparent wealth transfers are ok? Look for a Bechtel-type PPP arrangement soon...
@ bulbul
Keith should perhaps have used the SarcMark, but that said, I haven't noticed an significant ageism undertow on this site.
If you REALLY want to read some serious beat-ups of baby boomers, head on over to interest.co.nz - the last time I looked, Bernard was proposing asset confiscation and concentration camps... [SarcMark]
A touch of ageism towards baby boomers you say? A hint of resentment towards the most selfish, greedy and egocentric generation ever born in any civilization anywhere you opine?
Who would have thought!
A throwaway comment or the real attitude of PA participants to the older generation that surfaces periodically ?
@Bulbul: Keith was obviously, and sarcastically, noting that you can't just wish away the bleeding obvious spike in superannuation costs coming down the pike without 1) dramatically raising eligibility very quickly or 2) dramatically reducing the pool of claimants. I find it hard to see how you drew the conclusion Keith was disappointed that he can't tuck into a big plate of Soylent Green...
I think we can call that a successful troll, as the the thread is well derailed.
Keith, your analysis of the `Tea Party' bill is spot on and I am really surprised at the MSM silence on it. Morning report didn't even raise it with Key in its interview with him about the deal with ACT yet, in many ways, it is as portentous as the Charter Schools matter. Given that it is not so long ago that Obama had so much trouble with the Tea Party republicans over breaking the limits on a legistatively imposed limit on government budgetary matters, you would think it would be fresh in their memories of journalists and point of reference for serious questioning of what is being proposed here. Yes, I know the US limits are different from the ones being suggested here, but the problems they created are the ones that Banks wants to introduce here as well.
@bulbul: On the matter of PA members attitudes I am really surprised that you can't see Keith's remarks as the sarcasm they were meant to be and it gives one pause to accept your judgements about the `underlying attitudes' of some PA contributors. I am not sure what the typical PA age demographic is and whether I fit I but I like you have many friends and family who are "older". I have not sensed here anything that could be seen as an attitude that
the silent generation and baby boomers having had it good all the way are somehow the cause for all their current and future problems, are horrible people, and dispensible
Tom Semmens, in reply to
Danyl over the dimpost is of the view the whole TABOR thing is a joke, since it can be ignored by the right and will be repealed by the left. Nothing but a sop to the Monster Raving Looney party and it's leader John "Barking Mad" Banks.
the real knife in the guts is the onward march of third world crony capitalism designed to enrich the National party's mates by privatising the attractive bits of the education system (Charter Schools) and ACC and leaving the shit and the dross to be dealt with by a public sector being happily drowned in the bath by the double dipper of Dipton - a man who doesn't need the excuse of a TABOR to enjoy his knife work.
Greg Dawson, in reply to
by privatising the attractive bits of the education system (Charter Schools)
My thought on reading about the charter schools clause was that it was a means to fund the hyper-religious evolution-is-a-theory sort, rather than the attractive bits.
@Greg Dawson 8:45
Not intended.
A throwaway comment or the real attitude of PA participants to the older generation that surfaces periodically ? How are you different from John Key and his statement about NZF constituents during the tea party. And you wonder why NZF gets back into power?
People also mistook a certain Jonathan Swift book for a manifesto.
Tom S:
My thought on reading about the charter schools clause was that it was a means to fund the hyper-religious evolution-is-a-theory sort, rather than the attractive bits.
My thoughts exactly. The Texas Board of Education is a cautionary tale of what could possibly happen. Or, we'd otherwise get Golden Arches Junior High.
Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Fey, Rich, Rights...
...to enrich the National party's mates by
privatising the attractive bits
I see they also:
...further agree to implement measures to improve the effectiveness of employment placement services for beneficiaries through contracting out such services to private sector and community organisations...
and gee didn't National wage war on our teachers and also get rid of the community night classes that focused on helping people get ahead - now they say:
Underachievement in education often compounds the disadvantages already faced by children in vulnerable, at-risk communities, and can contribute to intergenerational disadvantage, poor health, poverty, joblessness, welfare dependence, criminal offending and social dysfunction. It is one of the reasons for New Zealand's very high rate of youth unemployment
The fact that high class numbers contribute to underachievement and lack of actual jobs to go to, isn't mentioned either...
Show us the jobs, John!
Show us the jobs!
Tom Semmens, in reply to
But doesn't it come back to an analysis of motives? This is a secretive government that has marked paranoid suspicion of the public service that I can only put down to watching far to much Fox News during their long confinement in opposition. There is real bias towards solutions that allow the government to privatise the delivery of public services. That is why I don't think the primary driver here for charter schools is as culture war driven as in the USA.
I think there are two primary drivers behind this governments push for Charter Schools (and things like Whanau Ora). Firstly, Private organisations are not subject to the OIA (and they don't leak) so they help salve the paranoid imagination of the likes of Steven Joyce. And secondly, the government knows the public will not accept the wholesale transfer of our remaining state assets into the the hands of the economic vandals of our right wing business elite, but they also know that this failed business elite is growing impatient in its wait for the promised monopoly rents. In the meantime, privatised schools and ACC accounts provide a fine mechanism for buying off this incompetent and risk averse crony business class with fat taxpayer contracts.
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Was this one from Tom the kind of thing you mean?
A touch of ageism towards baby boomers you say? A hint of resentment towards the most selfish, greedy and egocentric generation ever born in any civilization anywhere you opine?
I'd agree, there's some of that. The predominant demographic here is middle-aged, sitting in the spot that missed out on quite a lot of the things that made the baby boomers wealthy, and continues to do so. Tax free profit on asset growth, for instance. I think your warning not to hate on them outright is sensible - it won't help anything.
So, part of National's coalition agreement with ACT is to put in a "spending cap"...
Also part of their last confidence and supply agreement as well.
With the legislation currently sitting before a select committee (I submitted, who else did?).
But that's just the formula under normal circumstances. Through omission or ignorance, N-ACT's plan is much worse.
Except it's also better because it doesn't actually have teeth, whereas the Colorado experiment was an amendment to the Colorado constitution that actually forbade the legislature and governor form breaching its terms. And when it presented problems, the legislature and governor couldn't come together to fix it.
I have to say I am surprised at the Charter Schools initiative. Seems like a solution in search of a problem. Or perhaps, more likely, something that appeals to a very select group of supporters of ACT. Is this something people have been talking about seriously in NZ?
TABOR, well, ACT has been talking about that for years, not that this is much of a consolation.
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In the 50s lots of jokes revolved around people of colour, hor'si half gallon jar
And then in the 60s it was common to tell jokes about women, feminists etc
No sense of humour if you complained, its sarcasm, it is the truth, that's how they are
See a pattern
Just saying
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Not intended.
In which case I apologise for the aspersions.
I agree that a knee jerk "blame the old" is not helpful; I might suggest it seems like a by-product of the disinclination to grow up that has otherwise defined our modern society. "You're not my real dad I don't have to pay your taxes I hate you I'm going to run away".
However, I do think that we need to still accept that there are some serious imbalances in the world (and opportunities) presented to different generations.
As someone who expects to never quite reach "retirement age" as it constantly moves back, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect some sacrifice on the part of the people who might still get there.
As Mr Edgeler says, what they're talking about isn't binding. The finance minister would just have to explain why they're spending over the rate and, apparently, how they plan to get back. Sort of like the Bill of Rights, but for money.
"Because it's silly" and "not at all" may or may not be deemed appropriate answers.
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Firstly, Private organisations are not subject to the OIA (and they don't leak) so they help salve the paranoid imagination of the likes of Steven Joyce.
But the moment they become "Boards of Trustees constituted under Part 9 of the Education Act 1989" they are.
This is a state with the same GDP per capita as Sweden, but which could not afford to vaccinate its children. That is perverted.
California cut a lot of immunisation programs this year for a saving of USD18 million. Yet California decided to build 54 miles of high speed rail track in the middle of nowhere for USD10 billion. This certainly isn't a spending cap, but the results are similar.
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I came across this and thought is was pretty good:
- Statue of Liberty renamed "Statue of Government"
- Attorney-General Ayers rolls out "Adopt a Capitalist Pig" program, in which proletarian recipient of reparation payments can select donor
- Microsoft moves its last U.S. facility to Shanghai; CNN slams "the Bush economic legacy"
- President Murtha orders provisional withdrawal of U.S. troops from pacified sectors of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
- Vermont man beaten to death by angry mob for placing aluminum can in paper recycling bin
- Debate continues in Congress over national family income limit; Sen. Joe-the-Plumber (R-Ohio) argues that $20K may be too low
- Saudis unhappy with allotment of only 50 seats in Congress; threaten to pull plug on financing of Democrat Party
- New York Rangers goalie struck in mammary gland by flying puck; sues opposing male player for sexual harassment
- World Court nullifies U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth "Equal Protection" Amendment, alleging it conflicts with right of oppressed to seek compensation
- Obama memoirs added to reading list of Harvard's "Great Texts of Western Civilization" course
- Man eaten alive by work of art at Brooklyn Museum's "Living Animal Collage" exhibit
- Time Magazine's "Victim of the Year" award goes to a paraplegic pygmy lesbian retarded Muslim domestically-abused welfare mother with breast cancer and AIDS
- Proliferation of icebergs in northern Atlantic threatens shipping; Al Gore blames secret ice-making machine in basement of Fox News
- Greenpeace apologizes for death of 26 children after cute orphaned polar bears were released on Puget Sound
- Farmer in Scotland sentenced to five years in prison for insulting burglar's choice of firearm
- 300 American tourists rounded up and shot in Indonesia; Secretary of State Reid dispatched to Jakarta to engage in "constructive dialogue"
- Canadian Human Rights Commission rules that a f_ee pre_s is d_ngerous f_r the pe_ple
- Boston City Council mandates that geographic distribution of restaurants must be proportional to percentage of each ethnic group in population
- French President Mohammed Abu-Gauche deports Parisian gay pride protesters to San Francisco
- Another glass ceiling shattered: The transgendered Micronesian field marshal, Fudgadunga Flukaka, appointed secretary-general of the United Nations
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If you follow the link, people have replied with even more great headlines (made minor edits/shortening to a couple):
"Because we're a great nation, our challenges seem complex; it will always be this way. But as long as we remember our first principals and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours." -Reagan
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Passing Legislation Preventing U.S. from Manufacturing Nuclear Weapons; Obama's Signature to the Bill Pending.
- President Obama proclaims national holiday to celebrate fifth anniversary of the 28th Amendment (Repeal of the 22nd Amendment).
- Government stands fast in opposition to offshore oil drilling, as it will still take 10 years to see results which are needed now.
- Chicago dyes its river red instead of green for St. Patrick's Day. Aldermen push for it to be renamed to St. Obama's Day, a motion which is subsequently passed.
- State news outlets again revert party colors to reassociate the Red with the Democrats. Blue is changed to Pink out of respect for certain minority groups & to show greater unity in color and ideology.
- The Amish are relocated en masse to unelectrified penal colonies in Alaska because they refuse to pledge allegiance to anyone but God; they fail to accept that Obama is God.
- Global warming now global cooling: Al Gore mummified and put on display in the Red House.
- Elections Suspended. Unnecessary use of People's money, Big O proclaims
- The Republic of Texas suspends oil export to the USSA in keeping with PRC-imposed sanctions.
- Government continues opposition to offshore oil drilling, claims it will take 10 years to see results which are needed now.
- Continued brownouts plague California's electric grid after calm weather - Texas's corrupt Republican administration refuses power exports.
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Teeing off on the final hole at the U.S. Open, Justin Rose figured he needed par to seal a victory.
The direction and trajectory of his shot looked good, but not until he walked up the fairway did Rose see that his ball had landed right beside a plaque commemorating the famous one-iron shot that Ben Hogan hit on the way to winning the U.S. Open in 1950.
"When I came over the hill and saw my ball lying in the middle of the fairway … I thought, 'This is my moment,'" Rose recalled. "I've seen that Ben Hogan photograph a million times and suddenly it was me hitting from the middle of the fairway."
His moment actually came a few minutes later, after the players chasing him -- Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan -- finished their rounds. Only then did Rose's score of one-over-par 281 make him the champion after a grueling four days of golf at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
It was Rose's first victory in a major and he pointed out that it came on Father's Day, some 11 years after his dad passed away.
"For it all to work for me, on such an emotional day, I couldn't help but look up to the heavens and think that my old dad Ken had something to do with it," he said.
The emotions of the afternoon were very different for Mickelson, who finished in a tie for second place with Jason Day at three over. That made him runner-up for the sixth time in 23 starts at the U.S. Open.
"Heartbreak," Mickelson said. "I mean, this is tough to swallow after coming so close. This was my best chance of all."
Merion suited his eye and Mickelson felt like he could play aggressively –- at certain moments –- throughout the week. He had come into Sunday's final round with a one-stroke lead at one under but slid steadily backward.
"I felt like I hit good putt after good putt that I just couldn't get to fall," he said. "I don't know what I could do differently."
The crowd had treated Mickelson like a sentimental favorite, especially after he made the effort to attend his daughter's eighth-grade graduation on Wednesday, a day before the start of the tournament. That meant flying home to California and returning overnight, landing only a few hours before his early tee time for the first round on Thursday.
Even Rose was impressed.
"I've nothing but great things to say about Phil," the winner said. "Being Father's Day, I think he needs a great shout-out for how he handled himself as a father this week."
Justin Rose makes clutch shots to win U.S. Open | 4:45 p.m.
This is what it took to win the 2013 U.S. Open.
A clutch wedge. A pair of birdies near the end. And a crucial par on No. 18, thanks to a deft putt with a fairway metal from just off the green.
Showing both grit and imagination, Justin Rose became a major winner by surviving the tortures of Merion Golf Club with an even-par 70 to finish at one-over-par 281, just ahead of a game but frustrated Phil Mickelson.
It was the sixth year in a row that a golfer claimed the U.S. Open for his first major. It was also the heartbreaking sixth time in 23 U.S. Opens that Mickelson had finished as runner-up. He finished in a tie for second with Jason Day at three over.
The golfer known as "Lefty" had started the day in first place, the only player under par, but slipped slowly back as the day wore on.
Nothing was going to come easily at Merion. Not in a tournament filled with wind, rain, tight fairways, punishing rough and deceptive greens.
The weather made a brief return appearance down the back nine, a hard rain falling for 15 or so minutes. There were enough adventures down that final stretch to fill an Indiana Jones movie. Maybe two.
Rose looked to be in trouble after a bogey on No. 11, but hit a great wedge to within a few feet on No. 12.
On No. 15, Mickelson left a wedge short – "I quit on it," he mused to his caddie – leaving him on the front few inches of the green. With a vicious side ridge in his way, he pulled a sand wedge and thinned it well past the cup, setting up a bogey.
Up ahead, at No. 16, Rose blasted an uphill putt a good 10-feet long and needed two to get back, suffering his fourth three-putt of the week.
Meanwhile, Hunter Mahan was missing too many critical shots and Day was trying to fight his way into the clubhouse at two over, thinking that score might give him a shot at a playoff. His par putt on No. 18 lipped out, leaving him at three over.
Playing two holes ahead of Mickelson, Rose figured that he needed to par the last hole. His second shot flew directly at the flag, then rolled off the back of the green, just into the chunky stuff. The Englishman pulled a fairway metal and tapped the ball to within an inch, leaving a kick-in for par.
Mickelson had seen all sides of No. 18 this week with a par, birdie and bogey. But on Sunday his three-wood off the tee missed well left and he could not recover.
Rose, watching the finish with his wife in the clubhouse, was overcome with emotion.
Justin Rose leads, Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan one shot back | 3:35 p.m.
Tilting his head back, Phil Mickelson glanced skyward.
"What's the lightning forecast?" he asked. "Is there much in the area?"
At a U.S. Open bedeviled by inclement weather, the rain and wind once again became factors on Sunday afternoon.
Moments after asking about potential thunderstorms, Mickelson watched his tee shot ride a high wind off the backside of the 13th green, leaving him with a deep lie and a treacherous flop. The result? A two-putt bogey.
The setback did not cost him too dearly, not with leader Justin Rose making bogey on a semi-shanked bunker shot at No. 14.
That left Rose at even par, Mickelson and Hunter Mahan at one over and Jason Day at two over.
At least the conditions –- and the course layout –- had provided some separation with the rest of the pack by 6:30 p.m. EDT.
The likes of Luke Donald, Billy Horschel, Rickie Fowler and Steve Stricker had fallen away, mired at five strokes back with only a puncher's chance of making a run through Merion's final five holes.
That stretch is built over a former quarry where large men used to bang rock from the ground. A century later, the golfers sometimes look as if they are playing with a sledgehammer, the dense rough and tricky greens causing all manner of unattractive shots.
Heavy rains appeared to wane after only 15 minutes or so, but still figured to makes things even more challenging down the home stretch.
Justin Rose leads, Phil Mickelson one back | 3:10 p.m.
Through the front nine holes at Merion Golf Club, Phil Mickelson had missed a handful of putts by a combined inch and was starting to show some frustration, hands on hips, shaking his head.
Then he decided to cut out the middle man.
On No. 10, his wedge from 76 yards hit the edge of the green, hopped right and rolled straight into the cup, giving him an eagle and a huge shot of adrenaline on a helter-skelter afternoon at the 113th U.S. Open.
Great victories are often made of such dramatic stuff, the crowd roaring as Mickelson jumped up and down, shaking his fist. (His vertical leap is measured in single-digit inches, by the way). But there was still a long way to go and he still trailed the leader, Justin Rose, who quickly responded with a birdie.
Just past 6 p.m. EDT, Rose led at one under par with Mickelson at even par. Jason Day and Hunter Mahan followed at one over.
Rose had built momentum around the turn with a two birdies and a clutch chip-in for bogey on No. 11.
Still, Mickelson fans could be optimistic, knowing their man had not eagled a hole at the U.S. Open since 2009. More important, he had played close to par on Merion's final five holes over the past three days while Rose had struggled on that same stretch.
There was something else to think about for a tournament that suffered from bouts of nasty weather last week – the wind picked up and rain began to fall, umbrellas popping out, as the leaders moved toward a potential nail-biter finish.
Justin Rose takes lead at even par | 2:40 p.m.
The last four U.S. Opens have been won by a golfer claiming his first victory in a major.
On Sunday at Merion, Justin Rose was looking to keep that recent tradition alive.
Through nine holes, Rose held a tentative lead at even par, thanks to three birdies against two bogeys on the course's murderous front side. That qualified as a great start for a guy who has a few victories and more than $21 million in career winnings on the PGA Tour, and is looking for something better.
"Yeah, majors are a step up for me now," he said. "Absolutely, the thing missing from the resume is a major."
Another top golfer looking to break into the club, Jason Day, enjoyed a brief run with birdies at Nos. 8 and 10, then plunked one in the water at the 11th and hit a poor chip from the drop zone. A chip-in bogey left him at one over.
"I think I've come off some pretty average golf lately and I needed to pump myself up for this week and get in as early as I could to prepare for this week because I knew it was going to be tough," he said. "Really, the majors are kind of where it's at."
If he could come back, Day would be only the second Australian to win an U.S. Open.
The lead group of Hunter Mahan and Phil Mickelson followed just behind Rose, literally and figuratively, at one over and two over, respectively.
Mahan would be a first-timer if he joined the recent list of U.S. Open winners -- Webb Simpson (2012), Rory McIlroy (2011), Graeme McDowell (2010) and Lucas Glover (2009).
Mickelson, who turned 43 today, has a few majors in his pocket but also has a frustrating five second-place finishes in the U.S.Open, which he's never won. Lipping a birdie putt on No. 9, he put a hand on his hip and ducked his head, obviously disappointed.
Leaders struggle early at Merion Golf Club | 1:40 p.m.
Come one, come all, to exciting Merion Golf Club. Bring the family.
Watch the world's best golfers shank balls off the hosel. And plunk fans in the gallery. And turn a mid-length birdie opportunity into a three-putt bogey.
Better cover the kids' eyes.
With the top pairings grinding their way through Merion's miserable early holes, it seemed less and less likely that anyone would walk away to victory in this year's U.S. Open. If the start was any indication, the word for the day will be "survival."
Just ask Steve Stricker, who dropped three strokes with a shank on No. 2. Or Phil Mickelson, who temporarily dropped out of the lead after a difficult chip on No. 3 left him with three-putt double bogey.
As of 4:30 p.m. EDT, he shared the top of the leaderboard with Hunter Mahan at even par but was looking at more trouble when his drive at No. 6 leaked left into the tall stuff.
"Oh no," he yelled at the ball as it flew. "Hang on."
Charl Schwartzel, with bogeys on Nos. 3 and 4, nonetheless held onto second place at one over. Jason Day, Justin Rose and Billy Horschel followed at two over.
On the bright side, Jason Dufner was making a charge from well back in the pack, playing a remarkable five under for the day to draw within three strokes of the lead. But then his tee shot on No. 15 ventured left, where there is but a whisper between the edge of the fairway and the out-of-bounds marker.
Dufner's ball screamed across the road, coming to rest between a pair of temporary structures. A few swings later, he was looking at a tough putt for triple bogey. So much for that Cinderella story.
By then, a subdued Tiger Woods was off the course and meeting with reporters, trying to explain a 13-over finish, the worst showing relative to par in his professional career.
"Today was a little bit of a struggle in these conditions," he said. "Conditions are tough out there."
--David Wharton
Phil Mickelson is off, hoping for history | 12:50 p.m.
They've almost cleared the U.S. Open warmup acts and divot makers -- Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia -- to give center-stage room for the 40-something contenders and one 19-year kid from Berkeley.
Yeah, it's already been a weird Sunday, seeing amateur Michael Kim, who was 10th after the third round, tee off after the likes of Woods and McIlroy.
So, now we find out. Is Phil Mickelson up to this?
Webb Simpson, last year's U.S. Open champion at the Olympic Club, stopped by the first tee at Merion to give Mickelson a good-luck hug.
Mickelson, dressed in black on Father's Day, and his 43rd birthday, then stepped to the tee box and pulled a three-wood into the rough.
And away, nervously, he went. South African Charl Scwartzel, playing a group ahead, birdied the first hole to tie Mickelson at one under par.
We know Mickelson has finished second five times at the U.S. Open, but how many of those were really close?
The 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage?
Ah, not so much. Woods won his second U.S. Open by three shots there, almost in the pitch dark.
Mickelson turned 32 on that Father's Day Sunday and was a crowd favorite. A birdie on the par-five 13th pulled him to within two shoots of the lead, but Woods quickly answered with his own birdie and closed the deal.
Phil, though, had a legitimate chance to win four other U.S. Open crowns.
--1999 at Pinehurst No. 2. He lost to Payne Stewart by one stroke. Phil held the final-day lead until he bogeyed the par-four 16th hole. Mickelson was just a kid, though, who figured he'd get plenty more chances.
--2004 at Shinnecock. Mickelson lost by two shots to Retief Goosen. Mickelson birdied No. 16 to take the final-day lead but followed with a double on the incredibly difficult par-three 17th.
--2006 at Winged Foot. This is the one that haunts Mickelson the most. He needed par on the 72nd hole to win and even a bogey would have gotten him into a playoff. Mickelson, though, hit his driver into a sponsor's tent and made double bogey to hand the trophy to Geoff Ogilvy. "I am such and idiot," Mickelson said afterward.
--2009 at Bethpage. Mickelson took the Sunday with a birdie on 12 and an eagle on 13. He three-putted No. 15 and also bogeyed the par-three 17th, handing the title to Lucas Glover.
--2013 at Merion ... ?
Two Englishmen take aim at a rare title | 12:10 p.m.
Only mad dogs and Englishmen venture into the mid-day sun and also believe another Brit can win the U.S. Open.
Think of the frequency of that occurring as roughly equal to the orbits of Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet arrived in 1910 and 10 years later, 1920, Edward Ray boated over from England and won the U.S. Open at Inverness. He was 43 and will remain the oldest winner unless Steve Stricker (46) wins today.
Ray had a Teddy Roosevelt mustache and won the same year the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Flash forward 50 years later, to 1970: Tony Jacklin, another Brit, won the U.S. Open at Hazeltine National in Minnesota.
It was a jolly good show as he smoked Dave Hill by seven shots. That was followed 16 years later by another appearance from Halley's Comet. It will next appear in 2062.
We bring this up because this could be a very exciting Sunday for fish-and-chips lovers. Not one, but two Englishmen are in serious U.S. Open contention.
Justin Rose and Luke Donald are both at one-over-par 211 and stand only two shots behind leader Phil Mickelson. Donald, to be honest, has become somewhat Americanized having attended college at Northwestern.
But you can bet they will still ring Big Ben in London if he chases down Liberty Bell Phil outside Philadelphia.
The English almost had a third contender until Ian Poulter played his final five third-round holes at four-over par. He ended up with a 73 and enters play today six shots back at five-over 215.
Truth is, the Brits might not get another chance like this.
Rose and Donald have what it takes to be the first winner since Jacklin in 1970. Jacklin was the English superstar of his day. He also won the 1969 British Open and, in 1967, made the first hole-in-one recorded on British TV with an ace at No. 16 at Royal St. George's.
As fate would have it, Donald and Rose will be teeing off together in the 2:58 grouping.
Tiger Woods goes low -- down leaderboard | 10:50 a.m.
"How low can Tiger Woods go?"
That's normally a gallery question related to how low in the 60s that Tiger might shoot, but not this week.
Woods, with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn watching but probably wishing she was in a chateau in Switzerland, can't get away from Merion Golf Club fast enough.
What began as a promising week in search of his 15th major championship has become a complete disaster.
Woods has already taken a triple-bogey eight on the par-five second hole and was an astounding 14 over par for the week after seven holes Sunday.
The sound you hear is the the engine starting on Woods' private jet back to Florida.
The world's No. 1 player is hovering around the T50 mark as the contenders for this year's crown start to loosen up for their afternoon rounds.
Woods is actually LOSING his death-match struggle right now with playing partner Matt Bettencourt, who was only 11 over through seven.
You may be asking: "Who is Matt Bettencourt?"
He's a 38-year-old journeyman who got into the U.S. Open through the qualifier in Maryland.
Bettencourt is from Alameda, Calif., and played golf at Modesto Junior College.
Woods, as you know, played for Stanford.
This isn't Bettencourt's first rodeo, as he finished tied for 10th in his only other U.S. Open appearance at Bethpage in 2009.
Other than both being born in California, Woods and Bettencourt are as different as two people in the same profession could possibly be.
Woods has won 76 PGA events, second only to Sam Snead's 82. Woods also owns 14 major titles and has career earnings in excess of $103 million.
Bettencourt has one PGA victory, at the 2010 Reno-Tahoe Open.
He does own two Web.com victories and has earned $2.6 million in his career, which is what Woods has already earned on tour this year.
Bettencourt has earned $28,350 this year on tour, which works out roughly to three hours of flying fuel for Tiger's jet.
Yet, Bettencourt on Sunday is matching Tiger shot-for-shot. Yep, this weekend can't end fast enough.
No. 18 at Merion offers plenty of drama | 9:40 a.m.
It's always neat when someone can make birdie on the 72nd hole to win a major golf championship but no one is expecting that in Sunday's final round of the 113th U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club.
The par-four 18th hole at Merion has been brutal and punitive.
It will play to 521 yards on Sunday with the same back-left pin placement used when Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino went head to head in a playoff in 1971.
How tough has No. 18 played?
There were zero birdies on the hole in Saturday's third round. The equally brutal par-four fifth hole, in excess of 500 yards, actually played as the toughest third-round hole at an average of 4.79 strokes compared to 4.73 at No. 18. But at least the fifth hole yielded two third-round birdies.
And, for the week, No. 18 is still No. 1 with its 4.71 average.
All this could make for a very interesting day. Other majors, think the Masters, traditionally have easier set-ups on the final day to promote birdies and enhance the television drama.
Merion, which is located near a train station, could end up a train wreck.
Consider how the best players in the world have fared at No. 18 this week.
The top 10 players on the leaderboard are a cumulative 14 over par.
Here is a look at No. 18 by player. Refer to this if the field is still bunched later in the day:
1. Phil Mickelson (even: par, birdie, bogey)
T2. Hunter Mahan (four over: double, bogey, bogey)
T2. Charl Schwartzel (one over: bogey, birdie, bogey)
T2. Steve Stricker (even: par, par, par)
T5. Justin Rose (two over: bogey, par, bogey)
T5. Luke Donald (three over: bogey, par, double bogey)
T5. Billy Horschel (even: bogey, birdie, par)
8. Jason Day (three over: bogey, bogey, bogey)
9. Rickie Fowler (one over: par, bogey, par)
10: Michael Kim (even: birdie, par, bogey).
Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker sentimental favorites | 6 a.m.
The USGA picked the worst championship venue ever to start a campaign to speed up play, as players have contemplated the intricacies of Merion Golf Club's course like chess players agonizing over their next moves.
The top golfers in the world got around Merion on Saturday in about 5½ grueling hours.
Just try playing that slow at your local public course.
The USGA's new slogan, though, certainly applies to Sunday.
Steve Stricker could look at Phil Mickelson before the final round of the 113th U.S. Open and honestly suggest, "While we're still young?"
Mickelson turns 43 on Sunday and is trying to win his first U.S. Open. He's finished second five times and coughed up some great chances. How many more chances will he get?
Mickelson has the lead at one-under-par 209, a single stroke ahead of Hunter Mahan, Stricker and Charl Schwartzel.
"I feel better equipped than I ever have heading into a final round of a U.S. Open," Mickelson said.
One reason is he's not carrying a driver in his bag, and that has forced him to play a brutal course with calculated conservatism.
Stricker, at 46, is seeking his first major while trying to become the oldest player to win the U.S. Open.
"It would mean a lot, it really would," Stricker said. "But it's going to be a challenge [Sunday]."
There are other good story lines.
Justin Rose, Luke Donald and Billy Horschel are all two shots back at one-over 211. All are seeking their first majors, as is Mahan.
Rose, now 32, figured to be a cinch years ago when, at age 17, he made a run at the British Open. Donald is 35 and spent time at No. 1 in the world but is missing something big on his trophy case.
"I want to win a major," he said.
Horschel is only 26, and if he can control his temper, should challenge for years.
Mickelson and Stricker, though, are the clear sentimental favorites. Both are family men who would look good hoisting up the U.S. Open trophy on Father's Day.
Mickelson and Mahan will go off in the final pairing at 3:20 EDT, right after Stricker and Schwartzel.
There's nothing left to do now but watch and wait.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, the top two players in the world, shot themselves out of contention Saturday, so they'll be done in plenty of time to catch what should be an exciting finish.
--Chris Dufresne
Phil Mickelson makes some noise at the U.S. Open
Steve Stricker is quietly making one shot behind at U.S. Open
Amateur Michael Kim from Cal getting some local help at Merion


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Army: Fighting resumes in eastern Congo after lull
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo's army says fighting has resumed between government forces and M23 rebels in the east of the country following a three-day lull.
Army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli confirmed that fighting took place Monday at Kanyanja, a village 22 kilometers (14 miles) north of Goma, a strategic city on the border with Rwanda.
M23 occupied Goma last November after routing government forces, but withdrew in exchange for peace talks that have stalled. In clashes last week the army pushed the rebels back several kilometers from Goma.
A resident of Munigi village near Kanyanja, Isaac Warwanamiza, said the fighting was heavy with tanks and mortars being used. He said the rebels had started the exchange by shelling an army camp.
Rebel spokesman Vianney Kazarama denied the M23 started the fighting.


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Fujitsu today announces new products, services and solutions that underline its growing momentum in balancing the company's business model towards services and solutions based on a strong product and technology portfolio, focusing on the Central Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (CEMEA&I) region.
In developing its cloud-, service- and solutions-orientated business in the CEMEA&I region, Fujitsu is leveraging its industry-specific know-how in target verticals including retail, banking, healthcare and the public sector. As ICT consumption models change, and businesses of all sizes increasingly turn their focus to more industry-specific solutions, so Fujitsu is placing a greater emphasis on meeting these needs, in delivering more vertically-focused value-added services and solutions.
Proof points of the transformation include the global launch at CeBIT of Fujitsu PalmSecure, already deployed in the banking and healthcare market segments. This uses a contactless scan of the palm vein pattern of a user's hand to confirm their identity, using biometrics that are more secure, harder to defraud and easier to use than traditional authentication methods, such as Chip & PIN. The innovation is already being used to combat identity fraud by major European commercial banking group UniCredit, which has integrated PalmSecure into its Papillon secure payment system.
Also new at CeBIT is the official go-live for Fujitsu Eco Track, powerful cloud-based software that gives companies unique insights into their environmental footprint, as well as ensuring compliance with the new EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Available from April 1 on the Fujitsu Cloud Store, the software-as-a-service can not only ensure straightforward compliance with new EU-mandated energy audits, but also can be used to provide comprehensive insight into the optimization of full energy usage patterns, by helping to demystify operating costs and providing helpful insight into opportunities for optimization and savings.
Recognizing that small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) rely on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to do optimized business, Fujitsu is launching the PRIMERGY CX420 server, which introduces simplified clustering technology designed to help extend system uptime and protect business continuity in the event of an ICT system failure.
Fujitsu is also introducing a new slim-line model to its LIFEBOOK range. The new LIFEBOOK E Line of elegant and slim business notebooks is designed to optimize enterprise mobility, with the stylish and lightweight premium notebook PCs ideal for demanding business users.
Enabling enterprises to touch the cloud, Fujitsu is showcasing the new semi-ruggedized STYLISTIC M702 Android 4 tablet. Announced last week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the certified waterproof and dustproof tablet is making its debut in Germany at CeBIT.
CeBIT visitors will be able to experience a full showcase of Fujitsu's portfolio of end-to-end services and solutions at Booth B52 in Hall 2, while the company's specific expertise in serving the public sector is highlighted in the Public Sector Parc on Booth A28 in Hall 7.
Rod Vawdrey, Chief Executive Officer at Fujitsu Technology Solutions
"We recognize that ICT today is as essential as electricity towards running an efficient daily business, with the real customer value coming from the solutions, services and new delivery models such as cloud, that are layered on top by a leading provider like Fujitsu. The wide and innovative selection of new announcements that we are making at CeBIT are proof points that underline the progress of Fujitsu Technology Solutions in transforming its business towards more customer-centric, verticalized services and solutions."
Dr. Laura Bonamici
+49 89 62060 4454
Corporate Communications Team, International Business
Simon Jones
+49 89 30 90 51629
OnPR GmbH
Date: 05 mars, 2013
City: Munich/Hanover
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Police continue to search for a man who robbed the BP station at 715 W. Michigan Ave. in Three Rivers late Tuesday.
Police continue to search for a man who robbed the BP station at 715 W. Michigan Ave. in Three Rivers late Tuesday.
Police said he is a black male, about 6 feet tall with a heavy build.
The man entered the store just before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and displayed a handgun that was covered in a pink towel, police said.
He tied a clerk's hands and feet, leaving the employee in an office in the back of the store. Police said the man stole an unknown amount of money from the register, took the clerk's cell phone and drove away in the clerk's car.
At the time of the robbery, the man was wearing a dark-colored jacket with his head and face covered with a hood or mask. He also wore white or light-colored sweat pants with a dark stripe down the legs, dark-colored tennis shoes and gloves. Police said he was carrying a pink umbrella when he entered the business.
The stolen car was seen headed westbound on the Indiana Toll Road near the Illinois border. Indiana State Police pursued the vehicle until it crossed into Illinois. The stolen car was later found abandoned in Chicago.
Authorities believe the man made a false 911 call prior to the robbery to lure police away from the area.
The robbery occurred in a high-traffic business area, so the man may have visited other nearby businesses prior to the robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to call Three Rivers police, (269) 278-1235, or Central Dispatch, (269) 467-9045.