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Xigmatek NRP-PC402 400W Review
By now, most members of OCC should appreciate the importance of using a good quality power supply. Low end generics certainly have their uses and most will safely power a basic office/internet PC for years, but as far as the computer enthusiast is concerned ,that's really where their usefulness should end. Low end generic power supplies usually lack one or all of the following features:
- Sufficient filtering on the AC mains input, if at all.
- Safety features like OVP, OCP, short circuit protection, etc.
- Power factor correction.
- High efficiency.
- Realistic operating temperature.
Why risk hundreds of dollars worth of high end hardware by installing a poor quality generic power supply? You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on a power supply and a little time spent on Google can pay dividends. There are numerous power supplies of acceptable quality at or around fifty to sixty dollars and many sites have frequent special offers and "deal of the day" promotions; you just have to find them!
A good quality power supply is essential. It will cost less to run, not to mention provide the good quality, stable rails needed for today's high end gaming and overclocked rigs.
The Xigmatek NRP-PC402 can be had for as little as £40.00 in the UK. So is it a high-priced "generic" or a good quality, entry level power supply? That's what we're here to find out.
Xigmatek Co Ltd was founded in 2005, making them relatively new to the market, with its R&D based in Germany and manufacturing in China. Specializing in cooling solutions, the company also offer a range of computer power supplies aimed at the enthusiast. This time, I am going to take a look at the Xigmatek NRP-PC402 400W "green" power supply and see how it performs.
"NRP-PC402, the latest Xigmatek high efficiency and eco-friendly power supply not only boots up your PC but makes efforts for our mother Earth. NRP-PC402 is the first Xigmatek 80Plus Bronze certified power supply up to 85% AC-DC switching efficiency with 0.99 active PF rate but we do more than other 80Plus PSU because we use recycled materials for our retail package to avoid felling any tree. If you use NRP-PC402 in your system, you can reduce energy waste, thermal release, your wallet, and CO2 emission, save trees for our Earth. When you are playing games, surfing internet, watching videos, you are saving our green world for your kids. "
Closer Look:
No glossy photographs or colorful graphics adorn on this box, and to keep with the "green" theme, the packaging is made from 100% recycled paper. The top of the box further emphasizes this theme by showing a power supply with a forest growing out of it. The 80 Plus Bronze logo is there, along with icons to illustrate the safety and power supply features. The base of the box tells us how much energy/money you can save by installing this power supply when compared against a power supply of 75% efficiency, along with an illustration of the connectors and cable lengths.
The front panel of the box gives a full list of the features and the opposite face shows graphs of percentage loading against noise to illustrate the quietness of the Xigmatek NRP-PC402 power supply.
This box is also used for the 500W version of this power supply, which explains why the specification table for both power supplies is shown on the side panel. The opposite side panel carries a photograph of the power supply along with serial and model number information and barcodes.
Upon opening the box, you'll find a thin sheet of foam on the top and bottom that protect the power supply, which is neatly enclosed in its own black cloth, drawstring bag. The power cord and mounting screws are contained in their own box and all the cables are neatly wrapped with a Velcro strap and stored down the side of the power supply. You'll also find a warranty card and basic user manual.
Basic, but adequately packaged power supply. Let's move on and have a closer look.


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Dear Sam,
I don't know if you answer small dilemmas. I am a foodie and an amateur chef. My kitchen is a mess of cookbooks. I know I should keep them in the cabinet, but when I can't see them, I don't use them. They always end up on the counter, table and dining chairs. Ideas, please?
Dear Naomi,
No problem is too small. I used to work with a decorating editor who called small problems "serenity busters." Truly, it's the small problems like a leaky faucet (I'm listening to mine drip) that will drive you bananas.
My first suggestion seems elementary, but in my magazine styling days I went to many a house where a messy collection of cookbooks just needed to be stacked neatly. An easy-to-access cookbook collection needs room, so put away any appliances that you are not using daily. You don't really need 24-7 access to the bread maker. Once you've made some counter space, stand all the books that you reference most straight up and secure them with a bookend. A utensil crock makes for a great bookend. If want you to go really Martha Stewart, wrap all the grungy or soft-cover books in paper and label the spines. Brown parcel paper or even chopped up paper grocery bags will give you a homey look.
Another solution is to buy a kid's bookrack where the books face forward. If you have the space, hang one large rack, or three vertically on a narrow wall, you'll have access to your books, and wall art to boot. Any books that you display should be in good shape, otherwise you'll have, well, a wall of dirty books on display.
A bigger and perhaps the best solution, however, is a cookbook self. I stumbled upon this idea while reading Lindsay Stephenson's Little House Blog (aubreyandlindsay.blogspot.ca). Lindsay's fabulous kitchen features a cookbook shelf above the sink. If you have a kitchen from a big-box store where you can alter the bank of cabinets above the sink, or you're starting from scratch with a kitchen reno, a cookbook shelf is practical and pretty. "Cookbooks on display remind me of family and give our kitchen a pop of colour," Lindsay says. On the practical side, Lindsay likes having books at "eye level where you can easily find a cookbook to grab a recipe." A bookshelf also provides a visual break from the wall of cabinetry so that it doesn't feel like a kitchen showroom. (See more of Lindsay's kitchen on the next page.)
These days, so many of our kitchens are part of a great room or open-concept plan. Books and accessories will integrate your kitchen with your living space. So keep those books out of the cabinets, but maybe not on the chairs.
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Children's Page
Accelerated Reading Search - The Brookings Public Schools no longer have a print version of the list of reading tests. Use this link for a complete listing.
South Dakota Book Awards
Did you know that the state of South Dakota has two different reading awards for children's literature? There is the Prairie Bud Award for students in grades K-3 and the Prairie Pasque Award for students in grades 4-6. The nominees for both these awards were chosen for their quality and potential popularity with children by a panel of educators and librarians. The Prairie Bud and the Prairie Pasque Awards are both "Kid's Choice" where students read at least 5 of the 15 nominated books in order to be eligible to vote. Voting takes place during the second week of March and the winners of the statewide vote are announced in April during National Library Week. The goal of both of these awards is to encourage students to become enthusiastic, discriminating readers.
The Prairie Bud Award was created in 1998 and each year students in K-3rd grade are eligible to vote for their favorite nominated book. This year's top five titles are:
1. A is for Must Ox, by Erin Cabatingan WINNER
2. Oh No, George! By Chris Haughton
3. Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All by Peter Catalanotto
4. Being Frank by Donna W. Earnhardt
5. Barnum's Bones: How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World by Tracey Fern
The Prairie Pasque Award was first given in 1987 to Ivy Ruckman for her book, Night of the Twisters. Students in grades 4–6 are eligible to vote for their favorite nominee. This year's nominated books are:
1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio WINNER
2. The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman
3. Dogs on Duty: Soldiers' Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
4. The President's Stuck in the Bathtub: Poems About the Presidents by Susan Katz
5. Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim
The books on both of these lists cover a wide range of styles and genres, including both fiction and non-fiction. The Brookings Public Library has several copies of all of these books, so if your children are looking for something great to read, why don't you come by and check them out!
Birthday Book Club
The Brookings Public Library is pleased to announce the introduction of our new Birthday Book Program. This is a unique way you can celebrate your child's birthday in a special way, and at the same time help our library collection to grow. Participation in the program involves a $10 donation per book.
For this donation your child may select a new book from the Birthday Bookshelf located in the library. The inside front cover of the book will have a bookplate inscribed with your child's name. The birthday child will also have the honor of being the first to check out the new book.
Children have a special appreciation for books they select to add to the library. They enjoy sharing them with family and friends. This is a wonderful way to commemorate a very special occasion and to help our library maintain a high-quality collection.


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President Barack Obama's deputies have quadrupled the number of signatures that petitioners on the administration's "We the People" website must collect to get an official response from the White House, following a series of popular, provocative and disrespectful signature drives by his critics.
Some of the petitions sought approval for states to secede after Obama's re-election, while others called on the White House to disavow executive orders that restrict gun rights, or to deport CNN's British-born, progressive host Piers Morgan.
"Starting today, as we move into a second term, petitions must receive 100,000 signatures in 30 days in order to receive an official response from the Obama Administration," said an early evening Jan. 15 statement from Macon Phillips, the White House's digital strategy director.
"This new threshold applies only to petitions created from this point forward and is not retroactively applied to ones that already exist."
Phillips claimed the increased threshold is a response to the increasing popularity of the site. (RELATED: White House delivers official response to petition requesting construction of "Death Star")
"That 'good problem' is only getting better, so we're making another adjustment to ensure we're able to continue to give the most popular ideas the time they deserve. … It's wonderful to see so many people using We the People to add their voices to important policy debates here in Washington and bring attention to issues that might not get the attention they deserve."
When the administration first established the petition system in September 2011, Obama's aides promised that any petition with 5,000 signatures would receive a formal written response from White House officials. That threshold was raised to 25,000 for 2012.
The new 100,000-signature threshold follows a series of provocative, awkward or embarrassing petitions, some of which attracted enough signatures to meet the threshold set by Obama for getting a formal White House response.
Usage of the petition site has spiked since the election, partly because more than 600,000 people have signed various secession petitions.
"In the first 10 months of 2012, it took an average of 18 days for a new petition to cross the 25,000-signature threshold," said Macon's statement. "In the last two months of the year, that average time was cut in half to just 9 days, and most petitions that crossed the threshold collected 25,000 signatures within five days of their creation."
Six out of 10 petitions that met the 25,000 threshold passed in November and December, said Macon.
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I got obsessed with tea in 2010 for a while, then other things intruded, then I cycled back to it. I seem to be continuing that in for a while, out for a while cycle. I have a short attention span, but no shortage of tea.
I'm a mom, writer, gamer, lawyer, reader, runner, traveler, and enjoyer of life, literature, art, music, thought and kindness, in no particular order. I write fantasy and science fiction under the name J. J. Roth.
Personal biases: I drink tea without additives. If a tea needs milk or sugar to improve its flavor, its unlikely I'll rate it high. The exception is chai, which I drink with milk/sugar or substitute. Rooibos and honeybush were my gateway drugs, but as my tea skills and tastes developed they became less appealing to me — but I still enjoy nicely done blends where the base doesn't taste like hamster cage chips. I do not mix well with tulsi or yerba mate, and savory teas are more often a miss than a hit with me. That said, I'm not entirely a purist and I enjoy a good flavored tea, particularly flavored blacks.
I like all kinds of tea depending on time of day, mood, and the amount of time I have to pay attention to preparation. These days, I've been drinking primarily green tea during weekdays after my first cup of coffee. On weekends, I've been drinking only tea.
Since I find others' rating legends helpful, I added my own. But I don't really find myself hating most things I try.
I try to rate teas in relation to others of the same type, for example, Earl Greys against other Earl Greys. But if a tea rates very high with me, it's a stand out against all other teas I've tried.
95-100 A once in a lifetime experience; the best there is
90-94 First rate; top notch; really terrific; will definitely buy more
80-89 Excellent; will likely buy more
70-79 Very good; would enjoy again, might buy again
60-69 Good; wouldn't pass up if offered, but likely won't buy again
Below 60 Meh, so-so, iffy, or ick. The lower the number, the closer to ick.
People have sent me tea on occasion, and I was once persuaded to send some Tazo Om to AmazonV. I've also done at least one group buy here on Steepster, the famous Doulton-led Dammann Freres experiment years ago. But mostly, I don't swap. It's nothing personal, it's just that I have way more tea than any one person needs and am not lacking for new things to try. Also, I have way too much going on already in daily life and the additional commitment to get packages to people adds to my already high stress level. (Maybe it shouldn't, but it does.)
That said, I enjoy reading folks' notes, talking about what I drink, and getting to "know" people virtually here on Steepster so I can get ideas of other things I might want to try if I can ever again justify buying more tea. I also like keeping track of what I drink and what I thought about it, though I don't put samples in my cupboard and not everything I have at any given time is showing in my cupboard. I do try to remember to remove things from my cupboard once I no longer have them.
My current process for tea note generation is described in my note on this tea: https://steepster.com/teas/mariage-freres/6990-the-des-impressionnistes
I was an early internet adopter and have been online in various environments since around 1990. Steepster is one of the nicest online environments I've ever been privileged to participate in and that is saying something. :-)
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Living-Learning Communities
Living-Learning Communities (LLC) are established to provide distinctive settings where student academic success is supported through residential experiences.
Living-Learning Communities bring academics into the residence halls through mentorship by upperclass leaders, faculty and staff support, specialized programs, and linkage between coursework. From Outdoor Adventure to ROTC; Business to Pre-Med, there is an LLC available to hundreds of students each year!
Living-Learning Communities seek to:
- provide special attention to first-year students while offering mentoring opportunities to upperclassmen;
- focus on academic achievement in a productive and supportive setting;
- foster the joining of the scholarly and social aspects of student life; and
- promote collaboration among faculty, staff and students.
Today, we offer about 20 Living-Learning Communities. See the list.
What are the benefits?
Recent national studies have emphasized the unique potential for Living-Learning Communities to positively impact student success and retention. Not only do students perform better in class, but they feel more connected to their peers, the faculty and the University, and as a result, are more likely to return the next year.
Likewise, Living-Learning Communities allow you to:
- access an enhanced residential experience through specialized programs;
- experience increased faculty and staff contact outside the classroom;
- experience greater academic support opportunities;
- foster a greater connection to the University; and
- build lifetime friendships
How can I apply?
Upon successfully completing a Housing Contract and selecting an interest a Living-Learning Community preference, students will be able to complete the LLC application immediately following. Should a student not complete an application at this time, they may log into their MyAkron and access the application through the "Managing Your Housing" icon.
We select students who wish to engage themselves in the resources, programs, and opportunities our communities provide.
- Students interested in academically-focused communities must be majoring in a related discipline.
- Students are required to reside in the residence hall in which their LLC is located if selected to participate. Living-Learning Communities are located in Spicer and South Hall.
- Roommate preferences are permitted but both roommates must be in the same LLC.
When will I know if I've been accepted into an LLC?
We will begin reviewing applications mid-February and continue until each community is filled. Offers will be made via email to LLC participants. Check your email regularly for updates regarding your status. Students will be required to respond and accept LLC participation. After doing so, students will receive a follow up email to provide access to self-select from available bed spaces within the community.
Am I guaranteed a spot in an LLC?
By selecting an LLC interest in your housing contract and completing a LLC application, you are not guaranteed placement in a LLC. Completed LLC applications will be reviewed by the Coordinator of Living-Learning Communities and participation will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Selection will continue throughout early summer or until each community is filled, so be sure to apply as early as possible!
Can I be considered once a LLC is filled?
Students selected for Living-Learning Communities will be notified by the end of May. Alternate positions will be offered to communities after available spots are filled for future consideration.


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Carols and Lullabies
(Christmas in the Southwest)arr. Conrad Susa - E.C. Schirmer Music Co.
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This outstanding collection brings together ten of the most beautiful carols of the Spanish-speaking world, artfully arranged and performable either individually or as a suite. Titles included are: Oh, mi Belen (Biscayan); El Desembre Congelat (Catalonian); Alegria (Puerto Rican); A la Nanita Nana (Spanish); Las Posadas (Spanish); Campana sobre Campana (Andalucian); En Belen Tocan a Fuego (Castilian); El Noi de la Mare (Catalonian); Chiquirriquitin (Andalucian) and El Rorro (Mexican).
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This story originally appeared in the Winter 2013 edition of Lenawee magazine.
When Bob and Fern Stepp moved from Livonia to Adrian to be closer to their daughter, they developed a nagging need to make their new condo a "home."
At the house, located lakeside in Richlyn Manor (off Tipton Highway), the couple renovated their living spaces to develop a classic cottage, English country look. The home was breathtaking, with its panoramic views and new hickory wood floor: The only problem was an aging kitchen with no personality and little functionality.
"Our daughter suggested Lisa," Fern said of Lisa VanSickle, interior designer and showroom manager at Classic Cabinets & Interiors, Adrian. "We knew what we wanted; we just needed someone to interpret our ideas and put them together."
VanSickle met with the couple several times to get ideas of what they were looking for. Well-traveled, Fern desired a way to showcase an assortment of blue-and-white patterned china dishes she had collected from her various trips across the globe. She also wanted to highlight a blue-and-white canister set given to her by her mother.
"The kitchen wasn't terribly old, but it was dated and not functional for Bob and Fern," VanSickle said. "The refrigerator was in an awkward place, there was a desk that was never utilized, and the whitewashed cabinets were dated."
"It wasn't a situation where the kitchen was in bad shape, but we wanted to make it our own," Bob said.
VanSickle's first step was to move the refrigerator across the room to open up space near a window divider looking into the living room (this increased visibility of the lake behind the house as well). The useless desk was also removed, creating opportunities for more cabinet and countertop space.
A three-door glass display cabinet with a backing of cherry bead board replaced the refrigerator space, providing a place to display some of Fern's china dishes. Set alone, the cabinet features a light fixture underneath. While the cabinet is the only glass cabinet in the kitchen, all are Kraftmaid maple painted in a biscotti finish.
A new Whirlpool French-door refrigerator sits nestled in floor-to-ceiling cabinets, providing an enormous amount of new storage space. Similarly, a new Whirlpool built-in oven is surrounded by cabinets and drawers large enough to hold pots and pans.
"The drawers are incredibly convenient, and we incorporated them throughout the kitchen," VanSickle said. "It's so much easier to maneuver around drawers than to have to lean over, digging into cabinets all the time — we even put pull-out trays in the regular swing-door cabinets. We wanted everything to be extremely functional."
Inset near the oven is an open cabinet, featuring cubbies to store favorite wines and another area to display Fern's dishes — these from places like Helsinki, Alaska and Finland. This cabinet also features lighting underneath, for better visibility in food preparation and to highlight even more dishes.
"We decided to stagger the heights of the wall cabinets so that it breaks up the normal boring lines you would see with a traditional kitchen," VanSickle said.
A corner wall cabinet, stacked with crown molding to the ceiling, creates an impression of a tower, with dropped cabinets to either side, providing decorative storage or display space if needed.
"We prefer it to stay empty; we like the effect," Fern said. Additional under-cabinet lighting near the stove and in corners also creates a pleasant effect — providing extra light and giving the room as warmer, softer glow. One corner features the canister set prized by Fern, and the lighting makes the canisters glow like artwork.
Having a large amount of light-colored cabinets and blue-and-white dishes created a need to balance the brights: VanSickle incorporated a Cambria quartz countertop throughout that pulled in browns from the hickory floor. The brown countertop, called Bradford, has small amounts of blue and white throughout.
"I went with the darker countertop because I didn't want everything to be overwhelmingly blue — if you wanted to change the paint color down the road, it wouldn't be a huge problem."
The counters complement an island and credenza made of cherry — which reflects the cherry bead board set behind the display cabinets.
"It's a really nice touch," Bob said. "It's something we wouldn't have thought of doing."
The island also features drawers rather than cabinets, making storage easily accessible.
Fern and Bob said they are extremely happy with the tile backdrop: Daltile in elemental tan in a subway pattern features glass tiles in twilight blue with a decorative pattern (designed by VanSickle) behind the stove.
"It's a nice darker blue that really pulls out a cottage look," VanSickle said. "It's a nice blue — not one that will become easily dated."
As with any remodel, the details highlight little points of interest that make up the bigger picture: legs on the sink cabinets and island provide an upscale look and visual interest; the sporadic use of crown molding provides a personalized look and breaks in lines; store-bought drop lighting and bronze hardware gives continuity and a cottage feel throughout.
"I feel like this kitchen has a lot of personality now," Fern said.
"Even though this was a total tear-out, there were no structural changes made to the kitchen," VanSickle said. "It took about two months to complete and our only challenge was initially trying to match the kitchen floor to the hickory floor in the living room."
"We learned a lot about the local restaurants in the area during that time," Bob said, reminiscing to a former kitchen remodel, where they set up a microwave in the basement to serve as a temporary kitchen. "We are happy to be back eating at home."
"The kitchen in our old home was due for an update," Fern said. "So either way we would have been redoing a kitchen. We are very happy with what Lisa has done here."


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Valparaiso University's football team will hold the annual Brown-Gold intra-squad scrimmage at Brown Field Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:30 p.m. The scrimmage is open to the public, free of charge.
The Crusaders have been in training camp for just shy of two weeks prior to Saturday's scrimmage, progressing from walk-through practices to full pads to two-a-days. They have also taken part in off-the-field activities ranging from photo/media day to a social media session to team-building activities.
There are less than two weeks until the season opener at Brown Field against St. Joseph's (Ind.) on Thursday, August 30 at 7 p.m. Be sure to follow the team's buildup for the opener by following @ValpoFB on Twitter, liking Valpo Football on Facebook or keeping up-to-date on Coach Carlson's blog at http://blogs.valpo.edu/football/.
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Bangladesh Garment Factor Search Is Over
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building in Bangladesh is ending. Military officials say soldiers and other workers have recovered 1,127 bodies from the April 24 collapse and expect to find no more. Meanwhile, Bangladesh's cabinet will allow garment workers to unionize without permission from employers.


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MarketWatch Week Ahead: Fed, Earnings
The Fed releases minutes from its March meeting and earnings seasons kicks off. Polya Lesova discusses the coming week's economic events. Photo: Getty Images.
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m su est i i'll of j.i ■• w be nee :' lhe sentiment .. niel with lhe mention il . . •■.. and «• <- foi wauled m i ' ietites is w hen — i it the mil iii'ini ns to he u lien we - bi -' land and subdue i .' i j ann our conleoei ti;v me or a - we are v isli nj < ) i mini j lu n . democracy . and theft . - ■■- in len im " is come ' 1 ,!-■•. however in ■i a seiitiim ■. mi ihat ,. r ditierenl i lai higher 5 our mai y to reach n pursuing . in the foi m ol ijjhborhi coun ill in show lhal ■lad i hrijihtei dream ■itepublic of oui - t_r n ii hout nn in iu or \\ i'li i li wonderful advancement ol i ice and in the ai ins lerful ihat our i i<-;il and i lhe amazement ol all man - of every mon uchi-t and i — has heen checked and i nation pei !"■■<■i i \ debt i - in-eii or i ahoul ■which if tie war con i ■ihfi debt ol europe ented befiire • ■11 l'i \ loi . s on mcj - iblime ture of when mr - u 1 1 1 1 1 into a | i ■. and the ■k — loi : hr a tne i ican i ij the boundless : ,\ i sin lhe pal idess forest with axe rn ids ploughshare disarming on a ith the inajestj ol his enterprize or » i uiil.'iir and ' ci nceptions the savage l . md i.i master and ' even - if his sun lil . f hi t ie ; . . north airier ■icei ing and etili euing i ; ian in lhe new vvoi id 1 1 cl \\ iiii civiliza i ■• nil . ol ,' - i vs li il mexic in under the toi i nl tu in the hyperborean is it a . when k l : lit1 ge ' it was an ex is well i i is v ar i iei \ ear i1 >, with iheii -. 1 \\ ith their peaceful md lhe tei i itm v the cou . was settled even taster i for its md ryeai after vear lhe musket and r lhe sword — while lhe rceness and hatred of - hitherto benevo ; mankind that were irresistable on no i : ses ever obstructed i'he < hutch followed at the r and rooted his vic l free school raised np as the future stand peace the n •■! theii achievment and made ■• of them in the view of - ihis then in leed the m . mi nu could he in lulged in — s changed for a new poli : = in \\ ashiiigton and " our com mi ,• mfederaey are ■• the grim demon of war cannon the conflagration of ihe groans ofthe wound so far from santan's being in die true millenitim '! li seem to have assembled :- t pandemonium with the arch fiend ' heir head forging red aud fiery human desti uction and iin ecstacies ver the agonies they .- to inflict upon maiikir<d bat is worthy of attention here is - ne i-iclory that peace fleeted alius cannon - may perhaps have ner towards ihe heart of ■would have got there - ishare but have they ' iiave they anv se :^ lunne,or are they like s»y have they aught hut a j can call hei 0w and that an 0,u e sod ':' which is soon to 1 v h a hating enet , n * fearer uithe eye of han j^";a f could n"t i ' have sturdy strong h-»b3 aod ir011 wb american ptoneer unless j 1 his energies or synipa.iz i v8»ents the column of emigration u-ched on and on i is clear fr is invincible as it ever has heen w d have crumble as it ap or else been electrified by its touch vew'.toa strong one in peace ' nwar wheoeve there is supe ■rement.it is a gcvern •^" the tiinef that they ■';' very h ", being i 1,.,v 1;l^,1(,b|mitm '"■'. nay we believe that as actually retarded our ' '.; ■l^eir way there.-ij cttlu by he pressure frumwith brunei & james ) j ... - " ( keep a check dpos ai.i vour editors sr proprietors \ ruj-eas ( new series d this axd liberty 1 - rc " / gen'l harrison ( number 16 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday august 19 1847 out we have created unity and strength within next instead of having a land ol ii iends for our countrymen tn go to we have raised up rivals in race in language and in religion and for ever em ittered them ng tinst us by the defeats they hav sustained oie wounds we have left behind and lhe hitter recollections of disasters we have necessarily inflicted upon them they iheir heart and their hatred is ever d i \ re-enkindled ami aggravated by ihese thousand local associations where in due lime the axe and the ploughshare could have necssity henceforth must carry the rifle mil th sword in short we have gol to conquer a peace where peace might have heen wooing us to come ll i to he our curse then by unnecessarily creating this tvar we are lo he punished by a long continuation of it ia one form or another alarming expenses o the government iiv ihe official quarterly return made by i lie secretary of the treasury it ap pears that the expenses of the army for oniy three months ending on the 30ih june were sixteen millions live hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars 16,572,594 and the whole expenses of the government f'or the same period were 22,474,505 as the whole number of troops then in ser vice were less than those now assembled it follows that the expenses for the pre sent three months will be greatly in creased the expenses ofthe army alone at this rale will be over sixty millions a year — and ihis too without including pensions fortifications and numberless oilier items the expenses ofthe year for all descrip tions of expenditures cannot fall much below a hundred millions and if we get oft with that we shall do pretty well — the receipts of the government from cus toms and all other sources is almost eight millions for three months or thirty-two millions a year leaving a deficiency of at hast sixty-eight millions of dollars lt wns estimated if we recollect rightly that twenty-eight millions would meet all lhe deficiency of the expenses of the gov ernment army navy and every thing are no more than twenty-two and a half mil lions as is reported for the last three months or ninety millions a year we are running behind at a great rale the ex penditures trom december lasl the peri od when lhc estimate was made will bo to july is is one hundred and thirty-five millions tin statement will then read ihu i'.xpeiises for 1 j year * 135.000,000 lleceipts for the same period i bight millions a quarter or [- 48,000,000 for the \\ year ) bi lance 37,000,000 the government by its own showing — for these are their own figures — have expended iu the year and a half eighty seven millions more than the receipts — i\tmj i ork express from the national intelligencer of august 7 kentucky election our baltimore correspondent enclosed in his letter of last night the subjoined telegraphic despatch bringing the first news of the election in kentucky wheeling august 0 — 5 p m we are beginning to receive returns of the election held in kentucky on mondav tuesday and wednesday of this week for members of congress and the state le gislature the general character ofthe returns is much more favorable than was even ex pected in the maysville district where col gaines who was taken at incarnation and was at the last accounts a prisoner in mexico was the whig candidate he has iu live counties heard from on the lirs day's voting a majority of 55tl votes g the whigs have carried the countu kenton by a handsome majority ; c-jr bell by 114 majority and boone jftt majority jf in covington opposite cincinnst ., iv i i i ' " , , ,, 7ati the \\ lugs had on the second dav if l i.v * r9 ma'"u w the ilenrv district cox vti ■. . i i .■-._ "• •. n •) i elec ted by 2 majority -? ' in the lexington ashing distr where there was a native q>j , i . r , . v . . , . , candidate run morehead w is elected ,. ,. i iv , , rover both lo cofoco and native hi ait i ( ■■" , . jfiie second d;t his maioritv was lldov.g , v .- . . i -,.-, • .- . £_• the native and o02 over the locoioeo.'wf the locofocos had *]: ■■-, r.-ii.i ... , jn ma ontv of 212 in in loutsvj 1 e at the e 7 ',• i ' n it , "., nfiose ot the polls on mondav 1 he resu 7 ■l i . • . • , , .-. a in thc district is doubtful '"''"""' /;/"-//"''- pfrehave returns from ' loyd county lad a|);i u[j(.re hc whj have a majority of the special lotion in y,,^,,,it,.—\xe a ,'"" !" i,t)ssi,!jfcn o complete returns ot hie , return xfejch was held in the pe tl,,-'m'lll'-r«j'>tiic«nt,jui.sdavil-op a i»e ri's"n,ll,lv,!|n m,._m-ss to si.pplv the va caiieyc a(hol mr.drom gooh ; but l'__h_f ii i _■"! what we have seen we think i here cmmm . .- i of u 1 >\ mw1 no doubt o the success dale v fr t!ie l)emocr;itic candi inv-'.'r jp/r/ff as half our griefs are iivrl-vjjk k would be wel before hav ti-v jjfroursc to laudanum or arsenic to * jrhat virtue there is in an emetic indian and american cottons at the meeting of the statistical section ot the british association on monday tbe 28th ult a paper was read by prof itbyle on the imports of indian as compared with the prices of american cotton he stated that the experiments in the north west of india had failed from the excess ive dryness of the season during which they had been made ; but he still thought that cotton might be successively cultiva ted in bundlecund and with aid of irrig ation in the ganges and jumna doab as in the similar climate of egypt when the great canal now making i.s completed in the peninsula of india on the contrary the success has been considerable in tin nivelly mr huges long cultivated bear bon cotton ; and mr finnic is now estab lished there from 500 to 1000 lbs of seed cotton have been obtained from the xew orleans seed imported in 1810 this he thinks can be landed at liverpool cos ting about 3 l-2d a lb as the expences of conveyance from combatone to cochin are not more than one l-4d per lb and must be less from tinniv-elly to tuticorn he slates that the ryots only want •• pur chasers and honest prices and that a rise of only 1-4 per lb in the local market would greatly extend the culture of cot ton lt is an important fact that the a bove cotton sent to livetpool to the ex i tent of 31 bales has been valued at ofd a lb and considered equal to fair new orleans which was selling at the same price in the southern mahratta country es pecially near dharwar the culture has attained complete success under mr mer cer the intelligent american planter the natives encouraged by the govern ment experiments where they saw that not only was more cotton produced per acre with new orleans seed but a better price obtained for every pound of cotton wool even from the weavers in tne inte rior extended their cultivation last year to about 30,000 acres and have succeeded in cleaning this cotton by the improved saw gin ; so that some of the former year's crop to the extent of 1g2 bales has been valued at liverpool at gd and 6^d here the climate is considered by mr mercer to be like that of america and the seed he found returning to its original mexican , character i ie also states that there is an abundance of land fitted for cotton cul ture which pays from 8 to 14 annas per acre and nothing is required but a regu lar demand to have the country covered with cotton the ryots sell iheir own cotton for 40 rupees a candy of 781 li whicli is about 1 1 d a lb their new orleans cotton they have sold for 5(5 ru pees the candy ; a further expense of 10 rupees was incurred in conveying it bv land and water to bombay making a to tal of s2 rupees 207 bales of this cotton were sold at bombay on the 26th of march last for 113 rupees per candy and some for 129 rupees at the same time that same cotton from broach cotton cultivated and cleansed in the same manner sold for 125 rupees ; and 42 bales grown by mr blount at julgaum for 132 rupees dr rayle concluded his observations by expressing his opinion that as the c-j , tivation in the west and in central fm|ja was skillfully conducted by th*y^a,jves | the cotton a good quantity aefl ie ' jce moderate it required only tj investm%nt of capital by those inte.'estrd in he im provement and extent f the cotton cu tore of india so ha^uie cotton as rrown might be at oncejfr.ought and cleum>(1 l)v air mercers iyrf,,.ov(_j saw gin great i.nproveme.i^.oul(1 thug ce,.tainiy lake place ryot be encouraged to in c ' u 1 1 i vat ion which he is every ready to do if a purchaser can be jjpund for his produce at fair prices from the fayetterille observer the hail road convention at camden — in another column will be found the proceed ings of the rail read convention which met at camden s c on the 28th ult in publish , ing these proceedings we desire to call atten tion to the vast importance of promptly acting on the matter the public expect the cotn misioners to go ahead with the survey we deprecate all improper haste but think any un necessary delay almost criminal the delegation from our town at the cam den convention appear to have done their du ty if the prosg cts oflhe income from the stock in ihe letro tan road should he even half of what die < uilen committee have estima ted can there he with proper efforts any fear hut that the money can he raised i an invest ment of 12 l-'j per cent — pinna/nut safe in creasing a the country increases — will com mand attention if the people of fayetteville will make it apparent in no way can this be done but hy a survey and estimates we mu.-t not call on hercules until we first put our shoulders to the wheel a cold over-cautious diiiatory spirit will notaccomplish any thing very valuable we are for action but at the same time for prudent action our money ready the cost ot our survey ascertained all of which can be done in a short time there should he no hesi tation we have a lesson near us — what a united energetic and enterprising commu nity can accomplish delays are dangerous we publish the notice of a meeting in salis ■bur on the subject of columbia and charlotte rail road we mourn over this diversion of , western carolina trade to build up south car olina market towns would that we had the i power to do so by affording facilities to our peo pie to reach our own market on the cape fear we would arrest this drain and bring back the trade while we mourn over the prospect vet we cannot wonder that our western friends are up and doing all they can tor the development of the resource of their part of the country these things speak forcibly to the citizens of fayetteville to act — act promptly act wise ly we hope our western friends will calculate the final results may not rival routes yet spring up the " metropolitan road under way may not wilmington and fayetteville yet contend for the western trade with our south carolina and virginia neighbors — fay ob metropilitan rail road a friend suggests to us that it this road goes to or near cheraw it might greatly sub serve the interest of the proposed charlotte road ; for instead of going to columbia 100 miles it could reach the metropolitan road in about 55 miles then only think of the prof its of that part of the road which would em brace the great travel north and south this is worthy of consideration as it is doubtful whether a mere produce road can make a divident and then the planter could avail himselt e'nhei of the market at fayetteville or a more southern one ral register from the new haven pallud electricity — telegraph wires — m_-hsrs editors it is with extreme regret nanij mortification that i have seen circulating j in the papers the article alluded to in i your last in which a paragraph publish ! ed in the new haven journal with the signature of o is ascribed to me the idea that we shall have no heavy thunder showers or hear of lightning striking as long as we have telegraph wires spread over the earth could not i should sup pose be entertained by any one who re flects how small a proportion such struc tures of art bear in extent to the grand operations of nature although a line of telegraph wires sometimes undoubtedly facilitates the passage of electricity from the clouds to the earth not by attracting the fluid but by diminishing the resistance ahvawyexperienced by electricity in pass ing through the air yet nothing to me more improbable than that structures so limited in extent as these are and always must be compared with the dimensions of the whole atmosphere should to any great degree prevent the accumulation ol electricity in thunder storms one opin ion however which 1 publicly expressed through the medium of this paper a year or two since may be worth repeating namely that on account of the tendency of a thundercloud which approaches near to a line of wires to discharge its electri city through that channel care ought to be taken when the poles give war-ftm<to the approach of a thunder clo'jj io some part ofthe line to complejt^t{ie conduct ing communication vyj'nthe earth and thus to prevent the o£^r"e from exploding through the persatfof'theoperator with out this precau/^n j have for sorae ime believed uipj t|u consequences would sooner oj,&ter h fata denison olmsted \ ale college july 28 from the new orleans picayune july 3 from tlif army of general taylor the propeller washington from vera cruz and tampico touched at the brazos on the j 7 1 1 1 ult and received a mail from the army of gen taylor the american nag ofthe 21th ultimo contains not a word of any interest here passengers from matamoros who came over on the washington tell us that the day they left that city news was received there by mexican merchants that gen scott had had an action with the mexi cans at rio frio and defeated them total ly with a loss on his part of three hun dred men this news the bee says was read at the head of the troops at mata moros we presume this was done on the 20th — the day before the washington left the brazos if gen scott entered mexico on the 17th ult this would give nine days for the news to have reached matamoros — a distance of nearly 250 leagues by the way of san luis potosi and the tula pass the time is amply sutiicient for the transmission of the news but we have dates to the 20th from tam pico also which is several hundred miles nearer the capital and yet not a word ol gen scott's victory furthermore our coi respondent at mon terey writing on the 1 3th says they had then received a rumor there that general scott had defeated a very large force un der santa anna near the city of mexico this was a mexican rumor and very pos sibly was as authentic as the one which reached matamoros a few days later we annex the latest letter we have re ceived trom monterey special correspondence ofthe picayune monterey mexico july 13 1817 the day we started for mamalequi ra ther an interesting incident occurred at gen taylor's camp a mexican lady re siding in monterey drove up to the gener al's tent accompanied by three young children two girls ami a boy and solici ted advice from hini.l she stated that she was extremely anxiols that her children should be properly aftj thoroughly educa ted at some good iapitution in the i nited states and partiqmu-ly that they should be taught the english language and she was desirous of taking them herself to the united states for that purpose bu being totally unacquainted there wished the ad vice ol some competent person as to what course she should pursue the general gave her good advice and promised her conveyance and escort to the brazos bv the next train that goes down i understand that a mexican robber was brought info tie taylor's camp last night by two mexicans bound in some thing more substantial than " slumber's chains as a matter of course he will be turned over to the mexican authorities unless they have evidence that he has committed some offence against our peo ple intelligence was received here a few days since from san luis via saltillo that gen scott had met a very large force under santa anna near the city of mexi co and defeated them from texas by the arrival of the steamship yacht capt crane from galveston we are in possession of papers of ihat place to the 31st ult i the u s steamer gov yell which touched at galveston about three weeks since on her way from this city to brazos santiago was wrecked on aransas bar iu the night ofthe 13th ultimo a letter irom a person on board the gazette says states that after having put into matagor da bay wuh a loss of chimneys c to pair she left that poft on the 13th lhe day was line but a heavy sea was rolling to such a degree as to'cause the vessel to labor and leak badly la the evening it was impossible to keep up steam but making aransas bar at sun set the captain attempted to run in the breakers ran high and extended entirely across the channel so that she missed the pass and struck in three feet water where the sea broke over her all night those on board remained with the wreck all night wilh ropes in hand ready to lash themselves to parts of the wreck in case she should go to pieces she however held together until daylight when the people threw overboard their baggage the greater part of which was driven a shore by the waves and by noon all had gained the beach in one way or another the boat is a total wreck • the indians it appear arc commencing their depredations again the austin democrat litis the following a report has reached town that thi in dians have again manjjsstohsyntptomsof hostility iuji-^-jj.'-r-liborliood of the ger i-ui-e-oiony we h .... that mr robert hays surveyor a from that m ighboi who brings iuioi ma i ut the 4th or 5th inst four of his party were miss ing lt seems ihat they had started to run a line to a certain point at which mr 1 1 intended to meet them by another route mr ii proceeded to the point intended ami after waiting a considerable time longer than was sufficient for the party to reach him became impatient and started to meet ihem he fell on their trail found it had been traversed by horses found the hats of some of his party but nothing of the men it is feared that they have ei ther been killed or taken prisoners by the indians as the latter have appeared to be dissatislied for some time past on account of not receiving certain presents promised them by the german agents up to the date ofthe last advices from austin nothing had been heard ofthe miss ing surveyors we learn from the galveston gazette that mr j w brown of san antonio and formerly of kentucky was killed by indians about a fortnight since within fif teen miles of the town ; and mr g k lewis who has made himself famous by running several expresses between san antonio and monterey with but a single companion was attacked also near the town as he was returning from monterey with despatches by 8 or 10 indians and received a shot but succeeded in reach ing the town it is reported in galveston that the ar my worm had made its appearance in the cotton fields on the brazos but the news is ot opinion from information received from that part ot the state that it is not the army worm but another description which confines its ravages to the grass and is therefore rather beneficial thau oth erwise to the cotton the crops through out tin state are said generally to be good particularly in the west the news learns that a number of planters have al ready commenced picking and that the cotton is opened sufficiently to enable the hands to gather one hundred pounds per day if no injury happens in the next ten days adds the news the crop will probably he sate excepting late planting it is estimated that 45,000 bushels of wheat will be grown in the state this year gen tarlor the editor of the louisville ky journal savs in a controversy with the " deiiiocrur l that city : '• we can tell the editor of the democrat that it is within mr personal inotredge ihat gen taylor thinks quite as badly of the conduct ol lhe administration in bringing on the war and of its miserable inefficiency ui the management of it as we do from the richmond i gen taylor titken .'_■• touu uf " we announced some time ago tbatan art to mexico lor the expr.'.x purpom of hrili ing back to ihe tinted states - 1 dd roueh and ready we knew at the time of mr browns departure on this interesting though perilous undertaking that if gen lavlor ever could be taken at all he could take lum and so it has turned out for by out latest advices from gen taylor's camp we have the assurance that tlie old hero has been taken and will soon be hi the slates in a private letter received i.v us yes lerday from our esteemed friend colonel j,jhn 1 hamtramck dated " near monterey june 20 the writer says : mr i own is hard at work out at camp when he reached l";1'1';1 was at once invited to take a tent adjoining major eaton's one of the gen eral s aids and was also invited to mess wuh the general and his stall he mr b has already one ot the most perfect portraits ol the general lever saw and also oue of major bliss 1 designs to paint the general and his stall in full length as they appeared on the four bat tle tields palo alto resaca monterey and buena vista for which purpose he will visit and sketch each he will also paint a view of the general as he is seen every day at camp in front ol his tent there is an awning on rude forks and pieces which affords him a shade under which he receives company converses reads newspapers and transacts business un der this awning there are three or four rude benches " it is reported here too that mr brown intends painting the general in his check shirt bandana cravat old green mean ing the general's green coat we suppose linen pants coarse shoes and straw hat on this canvass the general will appear as having*just buckled on his sword and in the act of mounting old " whitey whom the orderly is holding near by in the back ground of the same canvass will be represented the general's common wall tent whicli is just such an one as is used by the lowest grade of lieutenants jn the interior will be seen represented the rude camp cot blankets and even tho little desk on which the old hero has writ ten the reports ofall his battles in again alluding to the portrait alrea dy taken by mr brown our friend says " all here are pleased wilh mr b and all think his head of the general without a fault this of course will be gratify ing to mr b.'s friends as well as to the public gencrallv correspondence ofthe charleston courier washington august .">. the expenses of the mexican war be gin to be alarming at one time it was asserted that the prosecution of the war would not cost six millions a year mon than the ordinary amount ofthe expendi tures ii was estimated that the eighteen million loan the expenses of the war : would be amply met even if it continued till june 30th ims allowing four mill ions to be always on hand in the treasu ry this was thf evi iii-at nl lhe lose of ... ring t'tie ijut thirteen millions of the loan have been already called for and the remain der must be in the course of the present month the expenditures for the nrmy alone during the quarter ending junc30th were over sixteen millions the excess of ex penditures over receipts lor that quarter was more than two millions should ilu war be prosecuted with the vigor which has been promised the ex penditures on account of the army will exhaust the treasury before the meeting of congress iu december i have little doubt that the hesitation on the part of the government in sending out an ade quate force to our generals for the pros ecution ot thc war is caused by the pros pect of an empty treasury to present to congress at the commencement ofthe next session barren victories a continued war and an empty treasury will be ra ther mortifying to the administration — vet lhe executive is iu this dilemma that he must abandon the attempt to conquer a peace or hazard the continuance of ex penditures which may prove unavailing lt is an easy matter to kindle up a war to extinguish it is another affair 1 men tioned some days ago that the cabinet had held a consultation ou the subject of the instructions to he sent out by the bran t/t/teiiie to mr tod and that it had been determined to recede from the ground ta ken by mr wise and heretofore counten anced by the executive in relation to the affair of lt davis and the three sailors of the u s ship saratoga subsequent information enables me to confirm that statement and to give mr buchanan due credit for sustaining con ciliatory and proper view on the subject but still it is iin opinion that there will be diliiculty in settling the matter the laiilli u r « hich paper has here tofore defended mr wise's conduct minis affair savs : though we have reason to suppose that the instructions by the executive to mr tod have h.eti framed with a lauda ble purpose to prevent a collision between the iwo countries our private nformat,on leads us to suppose that it will not be a verv easy matter the authorities ol bra zil being in a high state of exasperation i may be hoped however that mr lod will find them nol to he so lar excited by what ha passed as not to listen to reason we are not disposed to doubt the disposi tiou ol our own government to avert tins collision if it can do so by any reasonable effort marrying for monej may be gold for lhe hand but it is generally li ad ior the heart
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|The Thursday, August 19, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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If acclamation by the crowd were still the Church's policy, Angelo Roncalli (1881-1963) would have been declared a saint at his funeral in 1963. Instead, Pope John XXIII was beatified in 2000 and will be canonized on April 27, 2014.
When Roncalli was elected pope, I was nine, and when he died, I had just finished freshman year of high school. So my first memories of him are those of a child. Now that I've learned more about his life and issues of his times, I love him dearly.
Smiling came naturally to him. By all accounts he was a happy baby and a sweet-tempered child. He also always found great consolation in prayer. His diary entries reveal a man in touch with the Lord. Natural humility kept him grounded. He was determined to see the best in everyone whom he met.
He looked for saintly models like Francis de Sales and Thérèse of Lisieux to emulate. His postgraduate work editing the letters of St. Charles Borromeo turned into a 40-year labor of love for him, and he thought that these five volumes would be his main legacy.
As with everyone he was the product of his experiences. Angelo Giuseppe was born Nov. 25, 1881, the fourth child and firstborn son of peasants, Giovanni Battista and Marianna, in Sotto il Monte in the diocese of Bergamo in Italy.
Peasants then were basically sharecroppers, with the landlord taking half of their crops. (The major cash crop of the Roncalli family was silkworms.) The family eventually had 13 children (10 of whom survived beyond childhood) and lived with various uncles, an aunt and cousins. Often meals were stretched to feed 25 people, but when a beggar would come to their door, the devout Marianna always found more food.
Angelo dreamed of becoming a priest. Somehow the family elder, Great-uncle Zaverio, funded Angelo's schooling. While at the seminary in Bergamo, inspired by his great-uncle, he joined as a lay member the Salesians, a Marian confraternity and the Third Order of St. Francis. It left marks on Angelo's spirituality: Salesian self-giving, Franciscan poverty, and Marian gentleness, zeal and surrender to God.
As a 23-year-old priest, Roncalli served as secretary to Bishop Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi of Bergamo. Roncalli always referred to Tedeschi as "my bishop."
Bishop Tedeschi was a great organizer, updating many of the physical properties of the Church and being very involved in Catholic Action, especially in behalf of peasants and women. In four years he traveled to each of his 352 parishes, always accompanied by "his shadow," Roncalli. From this information-gathering, Tedeschi organized a diocesan synod in 1910, and Roncalli first saw a collegial Church at work.
During these years Roncalli, who had earned a doctorate in canon law, taught Church history, apologetics and patrology. His love, and grasp, of Church history continued throughout his life. He also was chaplain to a number of women's groups — sisters' communities and laywomen involved in social action.
Roncalli was twice in the military. Although priests could be exempted from Italian conscription, Father Angelo felt obliged to take his brother's place to leave the brother free for the family business.
From 1901 to 1902 he was an ordinary soldier, later promoted to corporal and eventually sergeant.
In World War I he was recalled to military service and ended up as chaplain in the reserve hospital in Bergamo. There he washed a lot of sheets, but also comforted wounded and dying men. Two of his brothers died in the war. Another was missing in action. Angelo concluded that there was nothing more evil than war.
After WWI, Father Roncalli became spiritual director of the seminary at Bergamo, helping students who themselves had seen so much in the war.
In 1920 he was attached to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome where he met Giovanni Battista Montini, who would become his successor, Pope Paul VI. Roncalli more than doubled collections, perhaps because he was so enthusiastic about carrying the faith to the ends of the earth.
Then, in 1925, Pope Pius XI named Roncalli an archbishop and apostolic visitor to Bulgaria, a largely Orthodox country.
Roncalli did not want to go, not wanting to move away from his family in Italy.
In Bulgaria, the Orthodox at first scorned him as a representative of Latin imperialism in their country. Roncalli attempted to lessen their fears. He took an interest in the country and its people, among whom not all was peace and harmony. Muslims argued with the Orthodox, Greek Catholics with Latin Catholics, Latin Catholics with each other.
Just weeks before Roncalli's arrival, Bulgarian King Boris III had been the victim of an assassination plot, although the king survived. In the incident, however, many were injured, and some killed. The new Vatican envoy visited those wounded in the attack. His long past hospital experience made him comfortable in such circumstances.
Without the diplomatic status of an apostolic nuncio, his charge was the small community of 48,000 Latin Catholics and 14,000 Eastern Catholics. Many were poor. Many were refugees, displaced after the Balkan wars.
Remembering the time, he later said, "I entered their modest homes and became their neighbor." He invited Orthodox clergy to dinners at his residence, a pioneering effort in ecumenism.
He also learned that ecumenism can be thorny. King Boris III, born of Roman Catholic parents, baptized Catholic but reared Orthodox, and considering himself Orthodox, proposed to Princess Giovanna, the Roman Catholic daughter of Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III.
Obvious questions followed. In what religious ceremony would the marriage occur? Would children, if any, born in the marriage be Catholic or Orthodox?
It attracted worldwide attention. Inflexible, the Vatican said a dispensation for a mixed marriage would be required, and it had to include a pledge by the king and the princess that their wedding would be a Catholic ritual, and nothing else, and their children would be baptized, and reared, as Catholics.
With the dispensation granted, the couple were wed in a splendid Catholic ceremony in Assisi. All was fine, but when they reached Bulgaria, the king organized a second marriage ceremony in Sofia's Orthodox cathedral. Pope Pius XI was furious.
In due course, two children were born in the marriage — and both were baptized Orthodox. Archbishop Roncalli never sanctioned breaking with what had been promised, but he urged Queen Giovanna to continue attending Catholic Mass. He even invited her to come to his Mass in the delegation chapel each Sunday.
None of this helped his image at the Vatican, but relations, official and otherwise, between the Catholic Church and Bulgarians improved.
Time passed. In 1935 Roncalli was appointed apostolic delegate to Turkey, secularized 15 years earlier by Mustafa Kamel, called Ataturk, but still overwhelmingly and historically Muslim.
To emphasize Turkey's new secular character, Ataturk had forbidden the wearing of any special religious garb, Muslim or otherwise. The papal delegate exchanged his cassock for a business suit and tie, for the sake of the 35,000 Latin and Eastern Catholics who lived in metropolitan Istanbul and who had to be in harmony not just with Muslims but with 100,000 Orthodox Christians.
"What does it matter if we wear the soutane [cassock] or trousers as long as we proclaim the word of God?" Roncalli wrote an Italian friend.
The Vatican asked Roncalli to be more involved in Greece in 1940 when Italy invaded and occupied Greece. His interest focused his attention on severe human misery. He aggressively moved to meet the needs. He raised money, soliciting, and helping Muslims and Orthodox, as well as Catholics. He tried to locate prisoners of war.
After the war, the State of Israel gave Roncalli a special citation for assisting Jews persecuted under Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic policy.
The future John XXIII saw combatting the persecution of Jews as a religious imperative. Once, after viewing films of Hitler's "Final Solution," he exclaimed, "How can this be? The Mystical Body of Christ!"
In a papal decree, John XXIII ordered that the Good Friday prayers no longer cite "the perfidious Jews" as culprits in the death of Jesus. In one of his first papal audiences, he met a group of Jewish visitors with open arms, and with biblical echoes, said, "I am Joseph, your brother!"
In Turkey, Roncalli made friends with German Ambassador Franz von Papen and his wife. Never fully trusted by the Hitler government, Papen was able to keep some friends in Berlin. The friendship between Archbishop Roncalli and Papen became an agent for eventually saving an estimated 24,000 Jews from Nazi death camps. (Roncalli never forged baptismal certificates for Jews, but he helped them in other ways, aided by his relationship with Papen.)
When the war ended, Papen's less than total acceptance in high German circles did not spare him from the Nuremburg trials. Roncalli wrote a letter on behalf of his friend. Papen was acquitted. Later, John XXIII restored Papen's Church titles, removed after the war.
After the allies liberated Paris, the Holy See assigned Angelo Roncalli as apostolic nuncio to France.
For Vatican diplomats, Paris was a plum diplomatic posting, but Roncalli's nomination may have happened to send an opposite signal. Accusing the preceding nuncio of playing ball with the Vichy government, a puppet of the Germans, the new French head of state, Charles de Gaulle demanded the nuncio's recall. Pius XII rejected this charge. Pius XII sent Roncalli from the backwaters of Bulgaria and Turkey to Paris.
Underway in Paris was a virtual witch hunt seeking to find, and to deal with, French men and women accused of cooperating with, or even tolerating, the German Occupation. Many bishops were suspected.
Nuncio Roncalli had to recommend to Rome, or not, dismissing bishops guilty of collaboration. The government was adamant. Offending bishops had to go. In the end, a third of the French bishops serving during the war were "persuaded" by Church authorities to retire. This was the point. The Church would listen, but the Church, and it alone, oversaw, evaluated, appointed and removed bishops.
Another sticky question for the new nuncio was the "Worker–Priest Movement" in which priests worked in factories to be close to people. Roncalli urged Pius XII to approve this system, but not until 1964, with Paul VI in the papacy, was the movement allowed.
Nuncio Roncalli loved Paris. To Paris he brought his trademark eagerness to know one and all. He walked every morning to buy newspapers and magazines at a local newsstand. He greeted and chatted with whomever he met along the way.
The post-war era saw great intellectual ferment in France among scholars like Jacques Maritain, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Etienne Gilson, Yves-Marie Congar, Henri de Lubac and Teilhard de Chardin. The nuncio only observed most of the debates, but he heard what these thinkers were saying, and he met them.
In 1953, Roncalli was named a cardinal — and patriarch of Venice. After so long, he again was a pastor.
In Venice, Cardinal Roncalli applied all that he had learned from Bishop Tedeschi, along with insights gained from all the situations in which he had been involved over the years. To start, he called a synod. It prepared a pastoral plan, which Patriarch Roncalli adopted. He looked for the right person for a job and then let this person do the job.
In Venice, he first used the term aggiornamento, which means updating. By the time of the Second Vatican Council, he had added to it the idea of Church reform. The Venetians loved him.
Back in Rome, Pope Pius XII was declining. He died on Oct. 28, 1958.
To succeed him, the cardinals elected the poor boy from Bergamo as Pope John XXIII, giving Roncalli 38 votes, three more than necessary. He chose "John" as his name. It honored St. John, of course, but it was the most frequent name among the popes. He saw himself as no unique figure.
Present at his inaugural, but unnoticed, was the once Queen Giovanna, exiled from Bulgaria by its post-war Communist masters. Banished also from Italy as the sister of its dethroned king, she pleaded with Italy's republican leaders for permission to be in Rome for just one day — to honor her friend of long ago as he became Pope John XXIII. She had never forgotten his kindness.
The rest is history. Roncalli enlarged the College of Cardinals, increasing its number to 73. During his papacy the cardinalate became truly international; John XXIII nominated the first cardinals from Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Japan, The Philippines and Tanzania. Never resenting opposition, because he respected everyone, John nominated several talented men who, it was said, had less than high opinions of him.
Conscious of human needs, he raised the salaries of all the lay staff at the Vatican, telling the porters that he had doubled their wages because he was twice as heavy as his predecessor. He visited hospitals and prisons. He met, and often impressed, the great and mighty — including adversaries of the Church and of religion. He obtained a release from 10 years in a gulag of Archbishop Josef Slipyi, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
In 1963 he wrote his great encyclical, Pacem in Terris, drawing on all that he had seen. Preoccupying this encyclical, his sixth, was the nuclear threat that hung over the entire world following the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Addressed to "all people of good will," it pleaded for peace in an anxious world.
Few papal statements, before or since, have been so universally well received. U.S. President John F. Kennedy said that this encyclical made him proud to be a Catholic. Even Soviet Premier Nicolai Krushchev lauded it.
Three months after its release the pope died. Two months after that, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a nuclear test ban. It had set an ideal and insisted that the ideal could be achieved.
He ordered a revision of the Code of Canon Law, finally completed under John Paul II.
Soon after his election, Pope John XXIII announced an ecumenical council. He invited to preparations, and to the Council itself, representatives from different Christian denominations.
After pilgrimages to Loreto and Assisi, he opened the Council on Oct. 11, 1962, with a still-inspiring discourse.
For Catholics around the world — indeed for many people of other religions, or no religion — his pontificate was revolutionary. In 1962, Time magazine named him "Man of the Year." He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Always, the pope met people just as people, regardless of their status or philosophy. When he was to receive U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vatican protocol figures urged him to be quite formal. She entered the room. He stood and said, in French, her second language, with outstretched arms, and a broad smile, "Jacqueline!" She was charmed.
Shortly before the Council's opening, the pope's physician diagnosed inoperable stomach cancer, the same disease that took his father and two sisters. The prognosis was bleak.
"Good Pope John" knew that he would not see the Council's conclusion. As with so much of his life, he just put everything, including the Council and his own health, in the hands of God.
Pope John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli, went home to God on June 3, 1963. All the world mourned his death.
Theretofore, the United States officially had paid slight attention to the passing of Catholic popes. Utterly without precedent, President Kennedy announced that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, the nation's second-highest-ranking elected official, would represent this country at John XXIII's funeral. It was a bold statement about John's imprint upon the world.
Indeed, because of him, the world had changed. The Church had changed.
Canonization, ultimately, will not celebrate his imprint upon the world, or the Church, but the basic, constant and simple sanctity that formed his person — and prompted his deeds.
BARBARA BECKWITH is the retired managing editor of St. Anthony Messenger magazine, a publication of Franciscan Media in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2004 as part of a Franciscan Pilgrimage she visited Sotto il Monte, Pope John's birthplace in Italy, and was a reader at a Mass at his tomb in St. Peter's Basilica.
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The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation will start the new America's Lifeline program this weekend life from the Tampa studios of Talk Radio 860 WGUL, a Christian station.
Prominent radio health care advocate Cary Hall will co-sponsor the program along with Terri's brother Bobby Schinder and her sister Suzanne Vitadamo, the foundation's directors.
Hall is also the host of a successful radio show called The Health Insurance Advocate which broadcasts from two Midwest stations.
"America's Lifeline is something we've wanted to do for some time," Vitadamo told LifeNews.com on Thursday.
"With Cary Hall's health care expertise my family's experience trying to save Terri, and now running her foundation which works to save those like Terri, we'll be able to educate Americans and raise awareness about the euthanasia movement like never before," she added.
Vitadamo said the program would focus on controversial cases of people who have been subjected to potential euthanasia or denial of lifesaving medical treatment, such as Lauren Richardson in Delaware.
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The program will also delve into the controversial futile care theory whereby hospitals and doctors are more routinely giving up on providing care for patients they consider "too far gone."
The America's Lifeline debut is set for 3 PM EST on Saturday, March 15, 2008 and it will also be streamed worldwide via the Internet at http://860wgul.townhall.com.
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by Mike Masnick
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credit cards, kids, purchases
Plenty of online shopping sites let customers store their credit card info to make it easier to purchase stuff in the future. And, for most home users, that is a convenient feature -- as it seems unlikely that a third party would access your computer and use your credit cards to order stuff. Except, apparently, a lot of parents forget about their kids being able to do that. A study in the UK found that plenty of kids were buying stuff online without their parents' knowledge or approval, using the stored credit card info on certain web shopping sites. Of course, if parents checked over their credit card statements regularly (or received the packages when delivered), you would think they would notice such activity.
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Anonymous Coward, 14 Nov 2008 @ 1:40pmParents: Be responsible for you and your children and leave the rest of the world out of it. If they failed to secure their info and allowed their children access then they deserve what they get. Open your eyes and learn life's lesson or shut up and die in a fire!
Xanthir, FCD, 14 Nov 2008 @ 1:42pm
OrJust beat the shit out of your kid the first time you see this happen. That's stealing. If they don't know that it's wrong, you have failed.
Anonymous Coward, 16 Nov 2008 @ 8:16am
Re: OrGood point.
Anonymous Coward, 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:13pm
Easiest Solution ... ?Multiple logons to PC. Parents and Kids
Parents password protect their logon
Children don't get a password
This allows parents to save all their CC info online without worrying about their kids getting it (or the porn sites dad likes to visit) and parents can get into the kids acount and set filters, check browsing history, or anything else they feel like doing
Adam, 14 Nov 2008 @ 5:12pm
Re: Easiest Solution ... ?LOL, don't forget that most of the time the kids are more savvy than their parents:))
some old guy, 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:21pm
emailed order acknowledgements?um, every store I order from sends an automated email the second I place an order to the email address on file.
So this isn't really a problem at all, now is it?
Smells like FUD to me.
Anonymous Coward, 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:33pm
Re: emailed order acknowledgements?99% of what pass for legislation is the result of nothing but FUD. The uneducated masses rule the US. Which is why many of the founding fathers wanted a more aristocratic approach.
In hindsight I'd say they did the right thing, they just didn't emphasis the whole debate aspect of the Senate/House of Representatives. The whole point to the Senate was to do nothing but debate over the laws. Instead you get jackasses who vote yes on proposition X because their party says so or their church says so rather than stepping back and think what would be best for the country as a whole.
Worse still, some of these yahoos think that they ARE thinking about what would be best for the country as a whole by doing so!
Earl, 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:47pm
Re: Re: emailed order acknowledgements?Uhh.... the story clearly indicates that the study came out of the UK, not the USA. Did you really read this before posting?
JimH, 16 Nov 2008 @ 4:03am
Re: emailed order acknowledgements?@ some old guy
If the parents saved credit cards on websites, and presumably passwords in their cookies, there is also a good chance that they cache/save the passwords for their email accounts. The kid could just simply place the order, wait a few minutes, and delete the email.
toyotabedzrock, 16 Nov 2008 @ 6:49am
Re: emailed order acknowledgements?Except that if you store your credit card online then its a safe bet your email password is stored in your browser...
And it doesn't help to look at the bill much since some stores online use a third party to process the payment.
Fatherof2, 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:31pm
Sneaky PurchasesChildren are going to try and get away with what they can. my wife and i allowed our children to have a credit card for gas and emergency purchases only when they obtained their drivers license at 16. We check our credit card statements monthly and questioned any purchase done without our knowledge whether it's a kid or bank/vendor error. My oldest is 20, in college and we have never had an issue with him making purchases without our consent. My youngest turned 18 this summer and just had his credit card taken away last week because he spent money without our knowledge or consent. Both kids are terrific and have always been very honest but we don't take that for granted and hold them accountable for their actions.
What has happened to parents who actually parent?? These sound like the same type of parents who allow their 10 year old to watch horror and R rated movies and then can't understand why they are scared all the time. They let them listen to explicit lyrics and can't understand why they cuss like a sailor. They let their teenage daughters date and don't check up on the kid, family or where they are going and wonder why they are pregnant.
How about making some commons sense decisions for your children. We can't expect children to parent themselves!
Anonymous Coward, 14 Nov 2008 @ 3:24pm
Re: Sneaky PurchasesFatherof2 -
I agree with you completely. From when I started driving until I was stable with a good credit record, my parents provided me with a credit card for emergencies. I did not have to pre-justify use of it, but I did have to pay it off if it wasn't something they would have paid for anyways. I never abused it (despite constant pressure from peers to just charge a few pizzas for "the game") and I think it taught me good money management skills as I still only have one credit card in my name, and generally maintain a $0 balance on it.
Charles (profile), 14 Nov 2008 @ 2:40pm
Nah...This won't happen to good asian kids... I've used my mom's card for many music exams online, yet I have never used it to buy something secretly...
Larry, 14 Nov 2008 @ 3:53pm
hmmmAny parent that allows their children or anyone else to use the computer with their login deserves whatever happens.
My kids and wife each have their own login and I never leave the PC unlocked while logged in.
They have all been taught not to allow anyone to use their login and to always log off when finished.
some old guy, 14 Nov 2008 @ 6:48pm
Re: hmmmLet me guess... you're an entry level tech support grunt?
Anonymous Coward, 14 Nov 2008 @ 7:59pm
Re: Re: hmmm"Let me guess... you're an entry level tech support grunt?"
Why do you think that ?
Sounds more like an anal retentive helicopter parent.
some old guy, 14 Nov 2008 @ 5:16pm
@EarlI am writing this in the UK you bloody fuck
It's Not Really Secure Is It, 14 Nov 2008 @ 6:03pm
Very Bad IdeaOne should never allow the storage of login credentials on their or others machines.
Derek Currie (profile), 14 Nov 2008 @ 11:20pm
Cookies with credit card numbers? I don't think so.Cookies NEVER have any credit card information. Instead the credit card data is stored in the user's account on the server of the website.
Cookies identify the user and store information about their use of the website. They're marketing tools.
Conclusion 1: A cookie will trigger a website to recognize a user. It does not supply credit card data.
Conclusion 2: Hey parents! Set up individual password protected USER ACCOUNTS on your computer! That's basic computing security. Then you don't have to worry about the kids. Oh, and don't forget to set up the kids' accounts so they have no permission to change their password. That way you won't get locked out and can keep track of their net behavior.
Ryan, 14 Nov 2008 @ 11:23pm
Lack of responsabilityWhen I was younger, I didnt get anything for nothing, as most kids today do. This is why they feel like its okay to steal from their parents. I just turned 17 and I have a job, a bank account, a debt card to my name, and plenty of my own money that I worked for. I never took (or was offered) a red dime.
For some reason, my younger siblings ended up differently. They sit around all day and do nothing. This is the issue with todays society. Its hard to define what is the cause of this, but if life doesnt get really tough for everybody real soon, no one will be able to think for themselves.
neil, 15 Nov 2008 @ 11:32amI dont see how this is a big deal, if the parents don't like it then there are lots of solutions for them. I just hope they don't start suing the companies involved for allowing unathorized use of their credit card info.
Anonamoose, 16 Nov 2008 @ 9:11amSelf righteous parents should be executed. Everyone is going to parent differently with different results. Being strict with one kid may work well, while being too strict with another kid will drive them away. You can be the "best" parent by installing security cameras in your kids bedroom, tapping their phone, and installing a microchip in them at birth so you always know where they are. Then one day the kid succumbs to peer pressure and decided to steal a pack of bubble gum. OMGorz the parents must be hung! Gimme a break.
Even the way people talk about parents should know to password protect their account. Thats like saying you need to keep your cash in a safe in your own house, or you should know better than to leave a few hundred bucks lying on your bedroom dresser. Unless your kids a drug addict there's no reason you should have to hide all your valuables in your own house from your own kids! Sheesh.
pete, 14 Feb 2009 @ 7:06pm
re:This won't happen to good asian kids... I've used my mom's card for many music exams online, yet I have never used it to buy something secretly...
The Cow Level, 29 Sep 2009 @ 4:11pm
Cow LevelI am 15 and am pissed that my parents are computer-illiterate and I cant order stuff online because of that. I have a paypal account, my own bank account. I'm just worried that if I order something that my parents will get the package.
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