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There was never a happier lot of men than those who marched out of Andersonville Prison on March 20, 1865, on the way to freedom; not that any of them were in a physical condition to cause happiness, but because of the horrors they were leaving and the comforts they hoped soon to find. The rosiest dreams of children on Christmas Eve are no fairer than the visions that floated through their minds.
I was one of them. I had been captured at Spring Hill, near Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864; and had been transported with other unfortunates to Andersonville, by way of Meridian, Selma, and Montgomery; so that I had over two months in the "hell on earth," and that was long enough to gain a residence that could never be forgotten, though I think that the "officers' pen," in which I was confined, was not quite so bad as the main pen where the private soldiers were kept.
There was no ceremony about our release. We were simply told that the hour of deliverance had come, and without giving us time to arrange our toilets which, indeed, was not necessary, as there was nothing to make them with, we were marched up to the railroad to await the train for Montgomery. We had been there a short time when the prisoners from the large pen began to come up.
It was one of the most pitiful sights I ever beheld, and I doubt very much if Ezekiel's vision in the valley of dry bones excelled it. Coming like cattle across an open field were scores of men who were nothing but skin and bones; some hobbling along as best they could, and others being helped by stronger comrades. Every gaunt face with its staring eyes told the story of the suffering and privation they had gone through, and protruding bones showed through their scanty tattered garments. One might have thought that the grave and the sea had given up their dead.
They waited patiently for the train, but when it finally arrived there was a wild scramble to get on board, every man for himself, as if in terror lest he be left behind. But there were some like the one at the Pool of Siloam, who were unable to help themselves, and had to be lifted on as little children. But, in wretched plight as we were, it was a great pleasure to meet the boys of my company after our weeks of separation, at least those that were left, for some had died in prison.
And there were others who barely escaped it, for there was hardly a station on the road where we did not leave the remains of some poor fellow to be buried by strangers. How hard to die in the morning of their deliverance, with all the bright hopes of meeting father, mother, wife or children! It is not strange that those whose memories go back to such scenes should find it hard to restrain a feeling of bitterness toward those who caused the war, with all its sacrifice and suffering.
A tiresome ride of several hours on the cars brought us to Montgomery, where we were transferred to a steamboat that was waiting for us. While at the wharf I met my first outside acquaintance, in the person of a colored man who had been a slave of the proprietor of "Montgomery Hall," in whose employ I had been when I resided in Montgomery for a time before the war. The boat soon backed out into the river, and we were quickly out of sight of that beautiful city. Within a few hours we were landed at Selma, where we took cars again for Meridian, Mississippi.
The "Pullmans" on which we were loaded were of the kind commonly used for four-footed passengers, and the more active of us took upper berths on top of the cars. This proved rather dangerous, for our car had an accident and some of the boys were thrown off and badly bruised. I escaped injury by jumping to the car ahead. We had another transfer to a steamboat on the Tombigbee river, and then cars again to Meridian, where we were informed that we would have to make the rest of our journey on foot. They simply turned us loose, and directed us to the road to Vicksburg, near which the parole camp was located.
After a wearisome march we came to the Big Black, which was the Jordan for us, but with no Joshua to command the waters to roll back. We had to wait till the ferryman had orders to take us over, and we were probably more patient in doing so because we could see the Stars and Stripes floating over the parole camp. It was too far away to see even the stripes, but we knew it was "the old flag," and as it floated out I felt that I loved it as I never had before. Perhaps every American would appreciate it more if he were obliged to live for a while out from under its protection. "Long may it wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
In a few hours we were in camp, and soon had some coffee, and surprised our stomachs with other good things. The camp was under the command of rebel officers, but was guarded by colored Union troops. This was due to the fact that we were to be paroled, not exchanged, as has sometimes been stated. The authorities had stopped the exchange of prisoners, on the ground that we were releasing sound men who could at once take their places in the ranks, and receiving men who were hopelessly incapacitated by starvation and disease. The parole system had been instituted in its place. The rebel officers continued in command until the news of the assassination of President Lincoln came, and then they were wisely advised to get across the Big Black, which they did before the news was communicated to the men. The day after our arrival I got a pass and went into the city, and found, to my surprise, that Captain Owens' company of the Ninth Indiana cavalry was stationed there. The boys in that company were nearly all from about Indianapolis, and a better-hearted set of men than they never lived. I shall never forget their kindness, and I had need for it. The truth is that at Andersonville we had no modern conveniences, such as bathtubs, soap, towels, or change of apparel, and it was not long until we became inhabited worlds. No microscope was needed to discern what sort of beings those inhabitants were, and they are not included among those catalogued as being in the ark. I long since came to the conclusion that they were descendants of those spoken of in the third plague of Egypt, and that after inhabiting the land of Moab they came over and settled with the first families of Virginia. By the laws of evolution they are of larger size and more intellectual than their progenitors, being "near man." But they certainly had the instincts of a Moabite, and were of the first blood, for the boys who formed their acquaintance used to say that some of them were of ripe age, running back before the Christian era. They classed them by different names, "bluebacks, greybacks, and half-breeds, but all of them inflationists." I am sure Oliver Rice will never forget the time he marched me down to the little creek in Vicksburg, and, seeing that I had forgotten how to use toilet articles, bounced in after me and scrubbed me from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, and dressed me in a new suit of linen such as the soldiers were then wearing. I walked back to the company's quarters reduced in weight several pounds, and feeling as though I had just got over a spell of sickness. Sim Gaston declared that he saw my cast-off garments on the outskirts of Vicksburg, walking off toward the Big Black.
There was not a day while we remained in parole camp that I was not in some part of the ground that was contested in the advance on Vicksburg. With the choice of positions the rebels had, and the natural advantages presented, it was almost a mystery how the troops under General Grant could have advanced as close as they did to the rebel line. But it would not do for me to start on General Grant, for, like the old-time Democrats with General Jackson, I would be willing to continue to vote for him during the balance of my days.
On April 24, 1865, our paroles having been arranged, we were taken from the camp to the city and embarked on the ill-fated steamboat "Sultana," bound for Cairo, Illinois. The men were marched onto the hurricane deck of the boat, around to the cabin, and then to the lower deck, until all the available space was occupied, including the fore part of the decks, the cabin being occupied by the officers. Most of the men were emaciated and weak, being prisoners released from Andersonville and Cahaba prisons, with a few from other points.
The "Sultana" was a boat that had been built for the cotton trade of the lower river, and therefore her lower deck was higher than that of ordinary boats. She was on an up trip from New Orleans to St. Louis, and had on board a number of passengers, many of whom were to get off at Memphis. I remember in particular one, a gentleman from near Madison, Indiana, who had come down to see his son, a member of the Tenth Indiana Cavalry, who had been a prisoner. There were perhaps half a dozen women, one of whom was a bride returning with her husband from their bridal tour. My recollection is that the crew numbered about sixty-two, and that in all there were over 2,200 souls on board. My recollection is confirmed by a letter from F. A. Roziene, dated at the Seventy-second Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteer Society, Rookery Building, Chicago, July 6, 1912, in which he says:
"I was an A. A. A. G. of Camp Fisk, at Four Mile Bridge, near Vicksburg, where we received paroles, exchanged prisoners, etc. This camp was under the immediate command of Gen. M. L. Smith, commanding post of Vicksburg. The camp was named after A. A. G. Captain C. A. Fisk. The superior command was in General J. N. T. Dana, and his A. A. G. Captain Frederick Speed, who controlled the shipment of the last squad of the camp, on April 25, 1865. I have reason to remember the deplorable occurrence from the reprimand I received from Captain Speed for advancing the impression to the men that they were to be apportioned to different boats.
"At the time I had a list of the officers and men shipped on the ill-fated steamer 'Sultana: Their aggregate number from each State was: Ohio, 552; Michigan, 420; Indiana, 460; Kentucky, 180; West Virginia, 12; Tennessee, 522; total, 2,134. Added to this list was a squad of Confederate prisoners under guard, on their way to another military prison camp, other passengers and the crew. At Vicksburg the loss was estimated at 1,900 lives."
Some one was certainly at fault for crowding so great a number of human beings on one boat, when there was no emergency calling for it, and especially so great a number of men who were so reduced in strength that they were not able to do much for themselves in case of an accident. Some one should have been held responsible, but I cannot say who it should have been from my own knowledge. I add the report of the official investigation as to that matter.
Captain Mason, the commander of the boat, and a citizen of St. Louis, was as congenial a gentleman as I ever met. and afterward proved as brave as he was clever. As I saw him at all times of day between Vicksburg and Memphis, I became quite well acquainted with him. He was a careful man. I remember his cautioning the men not to crowd on one side of the boat when making a landing, because the tilting of the boat and its return to a level position would endanger the boilers. The men managed this very well except at a few places, especially Helena, Arkansas, where they all tried to get a view of the place.
The first night, about 9 o'clock, they commenced putting up cots in the cabin. The passengers were provided for first, and some of us were left unprovided for. I got the assurance, however, that when we got to Memphis I would have one of the cots that would then be vacated. Until we reached Memphis my bed was on the cabin floor, immediately over the boiler which afterward caused the terrible catastrophe. We landed at Memphis just after dark on the 26th, and many of the passengers left us at this point.
It being reported among the men that the boat would be at Memphis for some time, and there being no control over us, a number of us took advantage of the occasion to go up into the city in search of amusement. I was soon satisfied and returned to the boat, which shortly after moved out into the river and pulled up stream to take on coal, leaving about one hundred and fifty fortunate soldiers behind. We took coal from a boat that appeared to be out in the river, but the Mississippi at that time was over the whole country, on account of floods in the upper river and the Missouri. The water was much colder than would have been supposed, as the trees were all in leaf.
In the meantime the cots had been put up in the cabin as usual, and I went in and threw my hat in the first cot toward the bow of the boat, while I went forward to get what little worldly goods had come into my possession at Vicksburg. On coming back I found my cot occupied by Captain McCoy, I think of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Ohio Regiment, who refused to give it up. We were having some very unpleasant words about it, when Lew Keeler, of the Eleventh Indiana, came along and persuaded me to release my claim and take a cot at the back end of the cabin, under the one he occupied. The cots were double-deckers, one above and one below. It was some time after midnight when I retired. The last person I talked with was Captain Mason, and if I believed in presentiments I would believe that he had one that something dreadful was going to happen, for in our conversation he said that he would give all the interest he had in the boat if it were safely landed in Cairo. I was impressed at the time by what he said, but in a few moments it wore off.
It was not long after getting into my cot until I was in the land of dreams. How long I slept I cannot say, but it must have been about 3 o'clock in the morning when I was awakened. My first sensation was of a very oppressive heat, and the first thought that came into my mind was that I was in the regions of eternal torment.
The lights were dim, and they must have been obscured by the escaping steam from the exploded boiler. I was not long in getting out of bed and starting forward, but I did not go far. The cabin floor had dropped down at the front, without breaking off, and now made an inclined plane to the lower deck. The cots, including the one I had first selected, had disappeared. Looking down on the lower deck to the front, I was reminded of a fire in one of the old-time fireplaces. The lights in the chandeliers of the cabin had been turned down, but were still burning, and by their glimmer I could see a man some feet down on the inclined floor, whom I have always believed to be Captain McCoy.
Curiously enough, although the cots and staterooms were full of men, the explosion did not seem to have awakened them. Up to that time I had not heard a scream, and everything was as quiet as it was when I went to bed. I certainly was dazed or confused, and did not realize what had happened. Imaginations flew through my mind thick and fast. The thought came to me that I had the nightmare, and in that condition of mind I turned around and made for the stern of the boat, hardly knowing what I was doing. The ladies' cabin was shut off from the men's cabin only by curtains, and I pushed back a curtain and started through, when I was confronted by a lady, who I supposed was in charge of the cabin, with, "What do you want in here, sir?" I paid no attention to her but went ahead, saying that there was something wrong with the boat.
I went on through the cabin to the stern of the boat and climbed up to the hurricane deck. Throwing myself across the bulwark around the deck, I looked forward toward the jackstaff. The boat's bow was turned toward the Tennessee shore, and, if I am not mistaken, one of the boat's chimneys was down, and all the men were in commotion. As I started back, realizing that it was not a dream, I heard the men calling, "Don't jump; we are going ashore." I answered, saying that I was going back to where I came from. On getting back and looking out and down into the river, I saw that the men were jumping from all parts of the boat into the river. Such screams I never heard, twenty or thirty men jumping off at a time, many lighting on those already in the water, until the river became black with men, their heads bobbing up like corks, and then many disappearing never to appear again. We threw over everything that would float that we could get hold of, for their assistance; and then I, with several others, began tearing the sheeting off the sides of the cabin, and throwing it over. While doing this I became more calm and self-possessed.
About this time one of the Tenth Indiana Cavalry boys came to me, asking, "Have you seen my father?" I said, "I have not; but I know the stateroom he occupied;" and started with him to go into the ladies' cabin. As we entered the door we met his father, who was coming out. They threw their arms around each other, and as they embraced I looked up to the ceiling and saw the fire jumping along from one cross-piece to another in a way that made me think of a lizard running along a fence.
I now made up my mind to leave the boat, and walked around the right side of the cabin to the wheelhouse. I feared that it was too far to jump, and on looking over to see what the distance was, I saw one of the fenders hanging just behind the wheelhouse. I lost no time climbing over the side of the boat and "cooning it" down to the lower deck. This feat was accomplished so easily that I could never tell just how it was done. Casting my eyes around I could see nobody, and stepping to the edge of the boat, and looking to see that the river was free from any poor struggling soldier, I dived off. I knew that I could do no more than save myself, and as I had the utmost confidence in my swimming ability, I had some hopes of gaining the shore.
I had no sooner struck the water than I saw that I could not depend altogether on my own exertions, for as I went into the river it was colder than "Greenland's icy mountains," and I went down so far that I thought I would never come up. Then my drawers began to slip down around my feet, and it became necessary to get rid of them as soon as possible. I finally got them off and struck out for the shore. Having gone about fifty feet from the burning vessel, I came to a man who was supporting himself on the steps that had led up over the wheelhouse from the cabin deck to the hurricane deck. I asked him if they would support two, and he said to come ahead.
We were soon joined by two other soldiers, and, resting our hands on the steps, with our bodies in the water, we tried to work our way to the Tennessee shore. After some time we found that we could not make it on account of the strong current, which threw us out into the river after it struck a bluff, or where the river made a bend. We got about a hundred feet away from the "Sultana," which kept abreast of us, drifting with the current as we did. We could see all that was going on on board, and it was a sight that filled one with horror, though there was a sort of fascination about it.
The fire had come under full headway, and it looked like a huge bonfire in the middle of the river. As the flames ascended., mingled with smoke., and shed their peculiar light on the water, we could see both sides distinctly; bluffs on one side, and timber on the other, and with no sensation as to the moving current. It was more like one of those beautiful lakes that I have seen in Minnesota, and if it had been only a painting it would have been grand; but, alas! it was all real, and as I floated along with the current this sad picture was before me as a panorama. The men who were afraid to take to the water could be seen clinging to the sides of the boat until they were singed off like flies. Shrieks and cries for mercy were all that could be heard; and as I look back on that awful morning the only thing my imagination can compare it to is the last great day, when all the world is to be judged, and when men shall pray for the rocks to fall on them and cover them. As the terror of that day- will be to those whose sins are not forgiven, so it was to us when that dreadful scene went on and finally closed by the deck going down with all the men who were on it into the flames.
On looking up the river I could see a boat coming down. It was more like a picture of one, for it hardly seemed to move. It never reached us, and we floated on down the river until we were out of sight of both boats. At what rate we were going I have no idea, but certainly as fast as the current. This was the first time in my recollection that I ever called on the Lord for his assistance. Now and then we came in sight of other survivors. One man who passed us was bobbing up and down in a way that reminded me of the frog in the game of leapfrog. As he came within a few feet of us, I asked him what he was on, and he answered me, "Don't touch me; I am on a barrel." He actually was astraddle a barrel, holding on to the rim, and at any other time his queer motion would have been laughable.
At one time we came within ten feet of a timbered point, and I heard the familiar voice of a Kentuckian that I had often heard at the front, say that he was on land. A few moments later we got past the point and struck a cross-current that came in on the other side, and which, on striking the main current, made a whirlpool. Into this we went, and such a twisting and turning round, upside down and every other way, was never seen; but I held on to the steps with an iron grip. In my boyhood days I had read "Faust," and the description of the devil dragging him down into hell came pretty near fitting me. But Satan, who then claimed me as his own, finally let loose his icy hold, and we shot out into the current and on down the river, less one man who was left in the whirlpool and drowned. As he had been doing a good deal of praying, I have no doubt he is in the better world.
We finally came up with a man who was on the end of a large log, and with his consent we joined forces, one of our men throwing himself partly on the log and partly on the steps. The other man then crawled over onto the log, and I crawled up on the steps, where I was when I was picked up. We made no further exertions to get on shore, but floated on down the river with the current. I must have become unconscious or only semi-conscious, as I have no recollection of how the steps got separated from the log. I remember passing Memphis, and seeing the gas lights burning in the streets. Then it is all blank until I heard the splash of an oar, and tried to call for help, but my voice seemed to have left me. It was some such feeling as when one tries to call out in a nightmare.
The young gunboatman who rescued me, and whose name, as I recollect it, was Neal, told me that for some time before I came down the men had been floating by and calling for help. The gunboat had fired up, and he had set out in one of the boats, with a half-gallon measure of whisky. He said that when he lifted me into the boat I went down in the bottom in a lump like a wet rag. He raised the measure to my lips, and the whisky went down my throat with no more effect that water down a rat hole. When we got to the gunboat and he lifted me aboard, both of us came very near going into the river.
I think the gunboat was what we used to call a "tin-clad;" i. e., a light-armored boat, covered with sheet-iron about an eighth of an inch thick, to protect it from rifle and musket balls. I got the impression that it was a ferryboat remodeled, but it had two decks, and it probably had been what is called a transport. I do not know what its name was. I was not in a condition to pay-attention to details. When they got me on board they cut off my tow shirt, and got rid of my remaining sock, and then rolled me up in a blanket, and laid me up close to the boilers to thaw out.
I soon got over the chill, and as the boat went on down the river picking up others they ran out of blankets, and about 8 o'clock I gave mine up for another sufferer, and went forward and sat down with the fireman. I had no clothing on me, but was very comfortable in the warmth of the furnace. Neal came forward with a large cup of coffee, and as I looked up into his bright face, all covered with smiles, he said, "Old boy, you came very near taking me overboard with you." I don't know how he felt toward me, but I felt as though I belonged to him.
By this time the boat had gone several miles down the river, and was on the way back to Memphis, where we arrived about 9 o'clock. I was conscious of very little that was going on around me, and to give any description of my feelings would be beyond my powers, for I had certainly gone as far beyond this life as a man could expect to go and get back. But I imagine that if I had gone on over to the other country, and had been permitted to sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the land of Beulah, I could not have felt any happier than I did sitting naked by that furnace.
When the boat struck the wharf I started up, and on looking around I saw a crowd of people coming on board, among whom were some Sisters of Charity. I then had some of the feeling that Adam had when he first realized that he was a sinner, and, not being prepared to receive company, I made a hasty retreat to the rear and took refuge behind the buckboard. But here I was protected on only one side, and one of the sisters came in on my flank. When she saw me she said, "You need clothing," and tossed me a pair of drawers and undershirt of red flannel. If I had denied it she would not have believed me, so I acknowledged the corn, accepted the conditions, surrendered, and soon came out in red apparel. Just then some of the boys of my company, who had come on board looking for their comrades, spied me, and from them I learned something more of the terrible loss of life. Over fourteen hundred souls had left their bodies to float down that dark and gloomy river. They told me of the boys of my own company: Bart Beardon, Joseph M. Espy, James A. Hickerson, Daniel Brown, William H. H. Ryman, Levi Donahue, Patrick Harrington, James A. Morton, and James Tahan, who were among those that were lost; James H. Kimberlin, John W. Thompson, and Charles F. Bryant were among those who were saved. James Payne and Thomas Wright were fortunate to be among those who were left at Memphis the night before.
One of the officers of the boat, hearing the men call me "Lieutenant," took me to the upper deck and furnished me with an open-front sailor's suit, and as I walked up the levee bareheaded and barefooted I might have been taken for an old tar. I was sent to the hospital and furnished with slippers and other necessary articles. The steward there wanted to know of me if my hair had turned gray in a single night, but I had to acknowledge that it had got started before.
It would be impossible for any one to give all the incidents connected with that terrible disaster. Every man has an experience of his own photographed on his memory according to his situation and surroundings. In the two days that we remained in Memphis before transportation was given us, I heard many things of interest, for the "Sultana" disaster was the chief subject of conversation. A man who claimed to be an eyewitness told me that Captain Mason remained with the boat to the last, walking up and down the hurricane desk and encouraging the men to keep cool, until he went down with it into the fire. The pilot on duty at the time, one mate, and probably three others of the crew, were all that were saved. The bride whom I mentioned was lost. The bridegroom wandered up and down the river, hoping to find some trace of her whom so few hours before he had claimed as his own, but it was not to be so.
There were some other horrors besides those of the fire and the water. I was told that the ropes holding the stage planks in front of the boat were cut during the excitement and that they came down on a number of men below, crushing them to death. There were also some things that would have been ludicrous at any other time. One was the experience of several men who were floating down the river on a log, when a horse that had been on the boat swam up and stuck his nose over the log. The boys nearest him took it to be an alligator, and rather than keep his company they let loose and gave him full possession.
We were taken from Memphis to Cairo by boat, and then by rail to Indianapolis, on our way to Columbus, Ohio, to go into parole camp until we were exchanged. But, through the influence of Governor Morton, we were permitted to remain in Indianapolis, and there, on May 15, 1865, I was mustered out of the service without ever being exchanged. In a few weeks the war was over, peace was declared, and the soldiers were mustered out and were returning to the pursuits of peace.
It would be impossible to present all the different views of the "Sultana" disaster, but among the letters and statements that I have received from time to time concerning it is one from William B. Floyd, who was serving on one of the gunboats that took part in the rescue work. As I have never seen any other statement from this point of view, I add it to my own, together with the official papers from the War Department, in order to give as complete an idea as possible of this distressing calamity.
Late Acting Master's Mate U. S. Grosbeak, U. S. N.
On April 26th, 1865, I was an acting master's mate on the U. S. S. "Grosbeak," a small sidewheel steamer, fitted up as a "tin-clad" gunboat. We had a crew of perhaps seventy-five men and the usual complement of line officers; namely, captain, two master's mates, besides a licensed pilot. We had come up to Memphis, which was our division headquarters, for some reason unknown to me, and, on the 26th of April, it was my turn to go on watch at midnight. During the day I had heard some of the officers talking about the "Sultana" and the crowded condition of the troops on board her. There was considerable talk and discussion among the officers as to whether they had as many men on board or whether they were any more crowded than on a steamer that passed up a few days before.
Their remarks and conversation came forcibly to my mind when I went on watch at twelve o'clock, midnight, and was informed by the officer I had relieved, that the large steamer lying just above at the mouth of Wolf creek was the "Sultana" taking on coal. She was all lit up and presented the usual fine sight of a large passenger steamer with all her lights aglow, and as she backed out and started up the river I watched her until she disappeared behind the island known as Paddy's Hen and Chickens, about nine miles above Memphis. Shortly after she had passed out of sight behind one of the islands I noticed a red glow in the sky, which very soon plainly showed it was a fire. I cannot describe the horror I felt at the thought that perhaps it was the "Sultana" on fire.
I looked through my field glass and could plainly see the smokestacks of the steamer and that she must be on fire; but there were trees between me and the burning boat and I took this to mean that she was lying in shore, and if so the passengers on board could get safely off. To make sure, I asked the quartermaster (a petty officer who always stands watch with the officers of the deck and who carries a telescope, which is more powerful than the field glass) : "Quartermaster, what do you make out that light to be ?"
He answered: "A large steamer on fire and lying in shore."
I watched her closely, and to steady my glass held it against a stanchion. I then discovered she would drift past the glass, which showed that she was floating and not lying in shore. I then called the senior master's mate and informed him what had happened. He did not seem much excited about it, and after he had watched her through the glass for awhile I asked him if he did not intend doing something. He said, "No."
The captain was ashore and he did not intend taking the responsibility of ordering the boat out, and went back to his stateroom. By this time my feelings were very much worked up as to the necessity of some action being taken. I thought of the terrible calamity that was happening but could not see my way clear to take any action after my superior officer had declined to act. But there was a way, as you shall shortly hear, and I wish I had only thought of it sooner, as some time had now elapsed and away up the river I could hear faint cries for help. This cry of distress was too much to hear. I determined to make some sort of move to help, and it suddenly came to my mind to call the pilot. I had hardly thought of it before I was hurrying to his stateroom. I opened the door and called out very excitedly, "Mr. Karnes, the 'Sultana* is on fire."
I did not need to say any more. He sprang out of his berth, saying, "Great Lord, is that so?"
"Shall I call all hands, Mr. Karnes? The captain is ashore."
I needed no more authority. I was soon below, calling, "All hands on deck and cutters away!"
The first call brought all the crew out of their hammocks, and the last the crew to the cutter, in which in a very few minutes I was seated with six good oarsmen and a boy in the bow, and was on our way out in the river in the direction of the cries for help. The river was at flood height and the current strong and well over to the other side, so we had quite a pull to come near enough to make them out.
I found the nearest were on a raft or a lot of wreckage. There were twelve or perhaps more and were raising a terrible cry for help. It was yet dark, and I could not tell if twenty or a hundred were there, but away farther toward the shore was a lone voice, calling in the most piteous tone for help, that appealed to me, so it was hard for me to steer my boat for the raft, instead of hastening to his aid.
I had to leave the poor fellow to his fate and rowed in toward the raft. As I came near they became frantic with excitement and joy at the prospect of rescue, and one of the old sailors said, "For God's sake, Mr. Floyd, don't put us alongside that raft or they will swamp us." That was plain enough, so I rowed around and came up toward the raft bow on, and as they dropped off, picked them up and pulled them aboard. One had been missed and was floating by; at the risk of being pulled overboard, I leaned out as far as I could and grabbed him by the hair of the head and pulled him in. Six inches further away and he would have been beyond my reach and would have been drowned. I got twelve, and as that was all the boat could hold and there were no more on the wreck, I rowed to the nearest shore and landed them below the steamboat landing. As they had not been in the water except in getting them from the raft to the boat, they were able to take care of themselves. I then pulled out again into the stream. By this time it was getting daylight and my vessel was out in midstream, as were also many small boats, and they had picked up all those afloat and taken them aboard the vessel or on shore. I then rowed alongside and went on board.
Instead of going ashore, our vessel went on down the river, going past President island and coming up on the other side to see if any survivors had floated by and had not been picked up. We found but one. He had a piece of wreckage under each arm and was floating unconscious from the chill of the cold water. We picked him up and laid him alongside of about ninety more that the crew had picked up and received from the other small boats. They were all soldiers. The sailors got all their blankets and wrapped them up and made them as comfortable as possible before the furnace fires. Most of them were unconscious from cold and it seemed impossible that they could recover, but by the time we arrived, back at Memphis, about 11 a. m., most of them were able to go ashore.
The next morning a tugboat took several small boats and towed us up the river to where the hull of the "Sultana" lay in shore. All her upper works were burned away. We then cast loose and as we floated down looked to see if any were lodged in the trees along shore, but there were no signs of life. We must have laid at Memphis more than eight or nine days, for the bodies had begun to float and the government would send up every morning a boat and barge to pick them up, and would bring down the deck of the barge covered with bodies. These men were buried in the cemetery at Memphis. I read years afterward that in moving the bodies from the cemetery many of them were found to be petrified.
When we started out from Memphis we went down the river and soon came to two of the floating bodies. We picked them up and had to keep them on the stern end of the boat on account of being so badly decomposed. Nothing was found on them to identify them. We had to carry them nearly to Helena, Arkansas, before we could find dry land to bury them. Where we landed we had dug but a shallow grave before the water began to flow in and we had to bury them, barely covering them. After that no attention was paid to floating bodies except to avoid running over them. I saw some of these bodies floating nearly down to Vicksburg.
How different it might have been if there had been stricter discipline and my senior officer had been a more courageous and humane officer. Our vessel had her fires banked and could have got under way on short notice. Had there been stricter discipline the information would have been passed to me that the captain of another vessel was on board as a guest. Had I known this I would have reported to him at once, and he no doubt would have gone immediately to her assistance and could have got there in time to have saved all the vessel could hold.
A short time afterward I bought a photograph of the "Sultana" as she lay at Helena, Arkansas, on her way up, showing exactly how crowded she was. In changing and moving about I lost it, but you will find it published in the Photographic History of the Civil War, with a short and very inaccurate account of the disaster. Some officers claimed at the time that a bomb had been placed in the coal, but this belief died out when it became known she had tubular boilers instead of the usual flue boilers, as all other river boats had. This type of boiler was not adapted to the muddy waters of the Mississippi river, and there is no doubt it caused the explosion, as the steamer "Missouri," the sister boat of the "Sultana," blew up not long afterward with some loss of life. The "Grosbeak," the vessel I was on, had the same kind of boilers, and as my stateroom was over one of them I often wondered if my fate was to be blown up.
Of the twelve men I picked off the raft I know but very little. No questions were asked. I only recollect some conversation among them. Very queerly, one was sleeping above the boiler and said that the first thing he knew he was flying up in the air and when he came down it was in the water. The other under the boiler was not injured, as the force of the explosion was upward. One was an Irishman who kept up snatches of songs as we rowed to shore. Another was a fine-looking officer with a long, heavy, reddish beard, but who was so unnerved by the experience he had gone through that he could not realize he was saved, but kept continually calling for help. I have kept all the newspaper clippings about the disaster and now have quite a number.
I suppose you know there is an association of "Survivors of the 'Sultana' Disaster." I received a letter from a member of the association a number of years ago but do not know their headquarters. I have a shipmate living in Hastings, Minnesota, who was on the gunboat "Tyler," but I never heard him tell much of his experiences. I think he went out in one of their boats and helped pick up some of the survivors.
I think the government has tried to minimize the loss of life, as it was negligence of government officials in allowing the boat to be overloaded, and for her to proceed on her journey when her boiler needed repairing. It was generally understood at the time that over two thousand lost their lives. A distressing feature was that these men were ex-prisoners of war who had undergone awful experiences in Southern prisons, after all to lose their lives when free and on their journey home. It was related that one case in particular was of a regular soldier at the opening of the war whose time had expired just on the eve of a battle, but who felt he could not leave under the circumstances and remained and took part in the fight. He was captured, and, after being a long time in prison, was one of the unfortunates on board the "Sultana" and lost his life.
This incident of the great Civil War is almost completely lost sight of, as note in speaking of the "Titanic" disaster it is called the greatest marine disaster of record. But those lost on the "Sultana" were merely soldiers, and it occurred at a time when loss of life was taken for granted.
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Flash Gordon: Vengence of Ming
Here it is! Ardden Entertainment''s third story arc in its critically-acclaimed Flash Gordon in one pulse-pounding, original graphic novel! After the jaw-dropping conclusion of the Invasion of the Red Sword mini-series, Ming has vowed vengeance on those who attacked Mongo, and is willing to travel to Earth to get his revenge! Can our planet survive an attack from both enemies and former allies alike? Find out here!


text: February 14, 2012 Jason Domnarski February 14, 2012 Jason Domnarski The Grammys sure have lost their edge in the last few years, but Dave Grohl cut through all the politics and sales figures and addressed what making music is all about. And we love him for it. Maybe he'd like to teach at PSRS? Go Dave! Jason Domnarski


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What Does President-elect Trump's pick for HHS foretell?
Throughout his presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump criticized President Obama's Affordable Care Act. Now, Trump has chosen Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services and he will be charged with repealing or replacing the ACA. Price, a six-term Congressman and orthopedic surgeon, has introduced legislation every year since 2009 to replace the ACA. Price's proposal, called the "Empowering Patients First Act," provides some clues regarding the future of the ACA under the incoming administration.
Repeal of the Individual Mandate
Unlike the ACA, the Empowering Patients First Act does not include a requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance or pay a tax penalty. Instead, under Price's plan, the government would encourage people to purchase health insurance on the individual market by rewarding such a purchase with a refundable tax credit. Tax credits are "refundable" when the taxpayer is entitled to the entire amount of the credit regardless of the taxpayer's income or tax liability. The amount of the tax credit would range from $900 to $3,000 per individual depending on the individual's age. The credit would not be available to those receiving federal or other benefits, including Medicare and Medicaid, nor would it be available to individuals in employer-subsidized group plans for health insurance.
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Reduce pre-existing condition protections
Another change that would result from the implementation of the Empowering Patients First Act would come to the ACA's rules regarding pre-existing conditions. Under the ACA, insurance companies cannot refuse to sell coverage to an individual with a pre-existing condition, they cannot sell a policy that excludes coverage of a pre-existing condition, and they cannot charge more for a policy sold to an individual with a pre-existing condition. Under Price's legislation, a health insurance company could sell a plan that excludes coverage of an individual's pre-existing condition if the individual has not had continuous coverage of that condition for at least 18 months prior to enrollment in the new insurance plan.
In addition, the insurance company could charge the individual a higher premium — up to 50% higher — for up to two years after initial enrollment in the health plan. Or, if the insurance company chooses to sell a plan that covers the individual's pre-existing condition even though that person did not have 18 months of continuous coverage prior to the enrollment date, it could charge up to 50% more than the standard premium for up to three years.
Also see: "Unum dental, vision plans set to go live January 1"
Promote health-savings accounts
Finally, Price's proposed healthcare legislation would expand and provide an incentive for the use of health savings accounts. If, an individual receives a refundable tax credit as a "reward" for purchasing health coverage on the individual market, he or she could direct the government to directly deposit into his or her HSA any money remaining from the tax credit after payment of the individual's insurance premiums. In addition, Price's bill would provide a one-time $1,000 HSA contribution from the government to incentivize people to establish HSAs.
These are just a few of the ways in which the ACA would be significantly changed by the passage of the healthcare legislation Rep. Price has repeatedly proposed. Federal healthcare law under the Trump administration is also likely to be heavily influenced by Trump's recently-announced pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma. Her impact on the new administration will be addressed in Part 2 of this series.
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I am always shocked when my husband and son sit down in front of the TV to watch a basketball game. My son who only started following sports last year, knows all the players, the numbers, and has also started following what team they came from or the college they played for. His love has grown so quickly since last year. He absolutely loves basketball, the game and of course his favorite players is Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio. I had never given it a second thought to collect basketball cards before, I know my husband had collected them when he was a kid. It was a random shopping trip that started the love for collecting for my son, who found a pack on the shelf while spending his birthday money at the store.
Basketball Trading Cards are wonderful gifts for the younger generation. My son saves his money to buy more basketball cards, and has them all in three ring binders. I am pretty sure there are almost three full binders in his room with trading cards. Collecting basketball trading cards has become very popular in recent years, with more boys at school even trading cards. Now you can find your favorite NBA stars of today and the past at DCS Sports Cards. My son loves to go online {I guess he thinks he is a big boy when he goes online} and pick out different card packs to order with the money that he has earned. He always says "I love buying myself gifts"


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The green brethren of the Super and Poison Mushrooms. This elusive guy would appear in certain, usually hidden boxes and if collected would grant you an extra life. These were vital to reaching bowser without using every warp zone, and still level 8 was pretty brutal.
As stated in SuperMushroom there was controversy of the mushrooms being magic or hallucinoegenic mushrooms, due to them making the owner larger or letting them cheat death.
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Books >> Audio Books >> Biography
Graham Nash
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Graham Nash
Wild Tales
A Rock & Roll Life
Release Date: 9/17/2013
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GRAHAM NASH is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee—once with CSN and once with The Hollies. He was also inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame twice—both as a solo artist and with CSN. And, he is a Grammy award winner. In 2010, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth for his contributions as a musician and philanthropist. An activist for social and environmental justice, he is also an artist, acclaimed photographer and photography collector. His company Nash Editions' original IRIS 3047 digital printer lives in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in recognition revolutionary accomplishments in the fine arts digital printing world. He lives in Hawaii with his wife, Susan.
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From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.


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From chewing gums to flushing a public toilet, from having children to committing suicide, you are not out of the bounds of laws which are for everything under the sky.
These are man-made laws legislated by human beings, but interpretation of some weird and strange laws on the globe make you think that are people obligated to follow these laws?
Some of these laws, however, have gone out of date and some still exit on books. Let's have a look over some bizarre laws in Asian countries:
– China
In China, married couples may only bear one child or risk paying a substantial fine.
As of July 2013, it is illegal for Chinese adult children not to visit their parents "often." China enacted this law in 2013 to help care for its aging population. The law requires adults to visit their elderly parents to avoid being at risk of a lawsuit.
– Japan
Japan is the land that brought us ancient game sumo wrestling, but it is illegal to be fat there. According to a law, every men and women aged 40 and over must not have a waist measuring over than 32 inches and 36 inches respectively. If their paunches breach this limit, men will be given dieting guidance
Hundreds of years ago in Japan anyone who attempted to leave the country was instantly executed.It is forbidden to damage or throw away money. If you do, you could be fined up to ¥200,000 or spend a year in prison.
– Singapore
In Singapore, selling non-medical chewing gum or chewing normal gum carries a fine of $1000. A second offense costs $2000 and being forced to clean a public area of the city for a day. If a person litters three times, they must clean the streets wearing a bib that reads "I'm a litterer." Spitting is also illegal and can result in arrest.
According to Singapore Statutes Online, singing, reciting or uttering any ballad or obscene song in public is illegal. If you're caught breaking this law, you'll be punished with 3 months' imprisonment, a fine or both.According to Singapore's Computer Misuse and Cyber security Act, using another person's WiFi is defined as hacking. The penalty for this is a hefty $10,000 fine, 3 years in jail, or both.Failure to flush a public toilet after use may result in rather hefty fines in Singapore
– Hone Kong
In Hong Kong, there's a law that allows a wife to kill her husband if she finds him cheating. However, she must kill him with her bare hands.
– Thailand
Thailand's currency carries an image of the much-revered King of Thailand, who has ruled the country for 70 years. Stepping on the currency, and therefore his face, is a criminal act. It's also against the law to insult his majesty.
– Malaysia
Possession of any form of narcotic drug, even a narcotic painkiller, can get you mandatory punishment including death at Malaysian customs.
Singing obscene song is illegal in Malaysia, so be careful while singing in streets.
– India
In India, the Motor Vehicles Act 1914 requires that a person needs to have 'well brushed teeth' in order to be eligible to become an inspector in Andhra Pradesh. A person with dirty, pale teeth cannot become an inspector in the state!
According to the Indian Aircraft Act, 1934, kites are also aircraft, and you must obtain a permit as required for a plane.According to Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, suicide in the country is legal, but punishment awaits a person who fails to die.
– Bangladesh
Bangladeshi children of 15 and older can be sent to jail for cheating in their final exams.


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Battle of Britain II 2.11
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Battle of Britain II is a flight simulation game developed by A2A Simulations.
All the aerial combats presented in this simulator are taken from the Battle of Britain which took place during World War 2 and the main factions are the British RAF (Royal Air Force), and the German Luftwaffe. This simulator features a huge emphasis on the historical accuracy, that is why it is very well known among many flight simulator fans especially those focused on the Second World War.
Let's make a little history.
The Battle of Britain began on July 10, 1940 and was the start of a campaign developed by the German Luftwaffe to destroy the defense capabilities of the command of British fighters... Well, under this attractive background, A2A Simulations presents this combat flight simulator, where we can get into the role of a combat pilot during the Second World War, or being part of squadron leader on either side that took part of this conflict.
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In conclusion, historical combat flight simulator fans will deeply enjoy this amazing title.
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WASHINGTON -- Coastal flooding could pose a problem in the next week if storms add to anticipated high tides, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned Monday.
The agency said a rare alignment of the Earth, moon and sun could mean exceptionally high tides between Sunday and Jan. 4. If coastal storms occur then, a danger of flooding is compounded, it said.
In South Florida, the variation should not be a problem unless there is a storm that blows onshore, the National Weather Service said. High tides here will rise to above 3 feet on Dec. 30, when the moon will be at its southernmost point this month, and low tides will be about minus.7 feet.
AUGUSTA, Maine -- A statue of Samantha Smith was unveiled Monday in the state Capitol to honor the schoolgirl whose dream of peace won her an invitation to Moscow.
Smith`s classmates, now high school freshmen, gathered at the bronze life- size tribute. The statue depicts her petting a dove, while a bear, symbolizing the Soviet polar bear and the Maine black bear, play at her feet. Smith died in a plane crash in August 1985 at the age of 13.
Almost six of every 10 expectant or recent fathers have ``nagging doubts or fleeting thoughts`` that they are not the real dad, a survey found.
Dr. Jerrold Lee Shapiro of the University of Santa Clara based his findings on interviews with 227 new or expectant fathers.
But only two of the men who expressed doubts about the identity of their child`s true father really thought their wives had committed adultery, he said. The rest merely were expressing ``a general insecurity brought on by being part of something as monumental as the creation of life.``


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Who would have thought the red-hot and polarizing issue of same-sex marriage could produce a play this riveting without being preachy? Or that it could be funny at times!
Thank God, or the gods, that writer David L. Ray did. In Caught his words and ideas, persuasively expressed by the cast, portray the clash between a Bible-quoting Georgia preacher and two men on the eve of their wedding, and the effects of their struggle on everyone around them.
The first-rate cast members make all their various relationships (BFF, lovers, estranged siblings, adoring teenager) believable. Stand-out Amanda Kaschak expresses the joy and enthusiasm of a young woman on her first excursion beyond her small and small-minded home town. Wise beyond her years, she immediately bonds with her uncle's lover, movingly and charmingly played by Will Beinbrink.
Beinbrink locks horns with, teases, kisses, and makes wedding arrangements with his still semi-closeted, soon-to-be husband, well played by Corey Brill with just enough charm and "justifications for his hesitations" that evokes sympathy for his seeming inability to fully embrace his gayness.
Micah McCain wonderfully plays the couple's best friend. He always knows when to make them laugh, how to plan their wedding and when to offer the serious words of wisdom that only he can espouse - usually some "God-chosen" Bible scripture. McCain is funny!
It is Deborah Puette as the preacher's wife who displays the largest emotional arc when she suddenly lands on her little brother's (and, unbeknownst to her, his lover's) doorstep in LA. Her character development turns out to be more than a peripheral aspect of this play. Without giving any of the action away, there will be audience members that will question her resulting choices, but will ultimately understand her reasoning.
Richard Jenik has the hardest role to pull off. He plays the high and mighty preacher damning all perverts to hell. It's hard to see beyond his fire and brimstone, scripture-spouting façade to the humanity buried deep underneath, but even so he manages to possess three dimensions.
Adam Flemming designed the cozy light-wooded living room set with an inviting patio adjacent.
This world premiere production is ably directed by three-time Ovation Award winner Nick DeGruccio keeping the action tight and smooth, funny where needed, and edge-of-the-seat tense otherwise. Expect to periodically shed some tears with your laughter.
Performances through January 23, 2011. Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles 90046. Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm.
No performances on Fri 12/24, Sat 12/25 or Fri 12/31.
Added performances Sun 12/26 and Sun 1/2 at 7pm.
For tickets, call (800) 595-4849, or reserve online: www.CaughtThePlay.com
Gil Kaan, a West Hollywood-based freelance journalist, has contributed to media outlets including Genre, Frontiers, Dot Newsmagazine, ReelGay.com, and WestHollywood.com


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Dear Families,
Preschool is the beginning of an important phase of growing up. We consider it a privilege to open this door of learning opportunity for your child. We welcome the opportunity for Christian service to our community, and we are pleased that we can offer excellent education and care for young children.
Calvary is pleased to offer a preschool program for infants to pre-kindergarten. We pride ourselves in providing an environment that not only allows the child to grow in knowledge but also in their faith.
Most important to our preschool is the child's environment. Our campus is secured and safety is of the utmost importance. When a child is safe, they can grow emotionally. Class sizes are small so we can give full attention to the students.
Knowledge enters the mind gradually, almost unconsciously. It is the teacher's job to plant it like a seed, tend to it with encouragement and love, and nurture it while it grows and blooms. I believe the teachers, specialists, and support staff in our program provides such an atmosphere for all our students to grow and bloom.
We know we will enjoy getting to know all of our friends and families at Calvary Preschool.
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Contact Melanie Taylor at (318)445-0959 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Registration Info:
You will be notified via the e-mail address provided on your registration form upon acceptance. Students registering for both Summer and Fall will have priority over those registering for Summer only. Priority is given as outlined below.
1. Current Students and their siblings
2. Alumni and their siblings
3. Calvary members active for at least one year
4. General Public
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Infant/Crawler Program:(6 weeks - 12 months)
Our babies are cared for by friendly, enthusiastic, and responsive caregivers in a calm, soothing, happy environment. Loving interaction between baby and caregiver is given during diaper changes feedings, rest time, and playtime. Your child's happiness and comfort is our first priority as we provide you with a safe and secure program.
Toddler Program:(12-24 months)
Children must be 1 year old by September 30 to register for this program. We believe that young children are concrete learners who learn by doing. They use all of their senses to explore and find out about their environment. They feel a sense of security from pattern, rhythm, and predictability to their days. Young children are looking to the adults in their lives to provide a safe and nurturing environment where they have lots of time for uninterrupted play, to participate in real-life activities, and to simply enjoy being a child.
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Children must be 2 years old by September 30 to register for this program. The monthly themes in the 2 Year Old Program promote independence through child-centered and teacher-directed activities throughout the day. Self help skills such as eating skills, potty training, hand washing, and independently cleaning up are taught. Students are introduced to circle time activities including calendar, weather, counting, story time, and songs. Age appropriate activities promote taking turns, cooperating, sharing, and expressing feelings in an appropriate manner. Children will be busy each day making friends, exploring toys and how they work,looking at books and being read to, singing songs, playing, working on puzzles and so much more. Engaging in group play allows toddlers to begin to learn the concept of sharing.
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Children must be 3 years old by September 30 to register for this program. Children must be potty trained before they enter the three year old program in the fall. Our goal is to introduce our three year old students to preschool and teach them that school is a safe place to explore their world in many new and exciting ways. Our class combines independent play, large group, small group and individual instruction times. Various activities are used to support our phonics based curriculum. We enjoy arts and crafts, singing and dancing, books, nursery rhymes, poems and cooking projects.
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Children must be 4 by September 30 to register for this program. In our four year old program we encourage children to look for peer relationships; to play cooperatively with others, to share, contribute and interact with others in a group and to explore and create! This program consists of a vast array of units and themes which concentrate on continuing to develop social skills while introducing Kindergarten readiness activities in a fun, exciting and developmentally appropriate way. In addition to social development the program focuses on letter recognition and sounds, handwriting, sight words, reading readiness, simple math concepts, and exploring the world around us through science and social studies. Parent conferences are held in February.
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Stay and Play is available Monday through Friday from 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm for students enrolled in the two year old, three year old, and Pre-K program.
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31st Dec 2015 Sporadic E from ISS 11.03.50 before pass by London
On the 31st December 2015 listening from 11.03.30 am before ISS was due to pass London at 11.09.03 am Sporadic E data received at 11.03.50, 11.04.14 and 11.04.40 and then at 11.07.46. Data from ISS receieved from 11.08.44 to 11.11.00 am. Noise bursts from 11.11.30 to 11.15.10am. Noise was heard on approach to London on 11.06.12 to 11.07.40. Also from 11.07.50 to 11.08.25 am with gap to 11.08.44 when data stream by normal VHF received. The pass by London on a clear sky day did not permit the ISS to be seen in the sky. The pass demonstrated the leaving signals from 11.09 to 11.11 were longer than the arrival period from 11.08.44 by normal line of sight VHF.
The Sporadic E from the ionospher which reaches from 31 miles to 620 miles the latter above the height of the ISS. The path of the Sporadic E is not known from ISS to Sporadic reflections to ground receiving station. Sporadic E from across Atlantic transmissions is known and is unpredictable. Today at noon the sky was clear at 11 am and is lightly cloudy at noon and the weather is nippy.
It is hoped that the students to speak with the ISS in the next two months can discuss these propagation experiences with the Crew of ISS and their teachers.
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Posted in Press Releases on 29 November 2012
The one and only Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva returns to the fray with a four track EP displaying a perfect balance between stripped back lyrical goodness and dancefloor crunchiness. The last track on Mr Manuva's acclaimed 2011 album, "4everevolution," "Banana Skank" is here reimagined by WAFA as a hyperkinetic club smasher, all intricate changes of direction and emphasis, but without losing any of the original's joyful reggae pulse. Not be outdone, Smith links up his own sequel to the original, a kind of motoric good trip/bad trip which reminds you yet again what a uniquely talented producer he is. "Party Time" and "Natural" reinforce the point, showcasing the stripped back, icy productions Manuva has been making at his secret Tottenham base over the last year or so. He is joined on both tracks by long time Banana Klan collaborator Kope and together the two trade lines and verses in the best traditions of hip hop, their voices (and imaginations) bouncing off each other in an intertwining stream of consciousness that almost demands to be read across both tracks.
As a special celebration of the first release from Roots Manuva in over a year, Big Dada will be selling "Banana Skank" 12" singles at the Indie Label Market at Spitalfields Market, London on Saturday December 1st. Although the record isn't officially released until January 21st 2013, the label will be bringing along 100 copies of the vinyl to sell to fans on that day only. Pressed in bright yellow vinyl and housed in screenprinted transparent plastic sleeves, the EP not only sounds great but is a truly beautiful object.
One of the true pioneers of Black British music, as well as one of its greatest, most maverick talents, Roots Manuva is currently working on a new album, writing an opera, developing a comic book, penning an autobiography and looking after his kids. Do get in touch to request a copy of this EP!
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"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty." –Frank Herbert
Some would look at those who willingly limit their choices as living in a cage. But this is a clever mirage. One only has to try a little self discipline to see the mirage for what it is. If you look at self control from an undisciplined perspective, you see the limitations as captivity. I can't do that, that, or that? Hmm. That doesn't look like freedom.
What you find out once you try disciplining yourself, however, is that REAL freedom is inside that "cage" and the stuff you thought was freedom before is really the cage. Take drugs for example. When you exercise your "freedom" to take drugs, you become addicted and your opportunities and real freedoms narrow. Is this not a cage? This is complete captivity, not freedom! But if you discipline yourself and say no to drugs, you have real freedom—freedom of conscience, freedom from negative consequences, freedom of mind and body, and so forth. This is also true with less obvious disciplines like modest dress, clean vocabulary, honesty in word and deed, and so forth.
It's a paradox in which Truth can only be viewed from the perspective of discipline and obedience. If you never try disciplining yourself, you'll always see the mirage and never arrive at the truth or experience real freedom. Just like any truth, one must make a leap of faith to be worthy to receive it. "Some things have to be believed…" and I would add TRIED, "to be seen." –Madeleine L'Engle
Discipline is freedom. Believe it. Try it. You'll see.Tag, You're It
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SWCC's Annual Meeting is November 2
The Southwest Crisis Center will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, November 2 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at 1527 Prairie Drive in Worthington (U of M Extension Office Site). For more information, please contact Sara Wahl, Executive Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Fit for a cause: Run or walk the MK5K
By Jane Moore on Aug 2, 2015 at 8:55 p.m.
WORTHINGTON — With the seventh annual Mary Kay 5K and Family Fun Walk a little more than a week away, well-intentioned joggers might find there's still time to get themselves in racing shape. But if not, walking the route (it begins and ends at the Nobles County Fairgrounds at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13) is always an option. Whether participants choose to speed or saunter, they can all be assured they're supporting a worthy cause while fitting in a bit of exercise — before hitting the fair's food booths.
"At least 50 percent of the proceeds stays right here in Nobles County with the Southwest Crisis Center's safe housing fund," said Teresa Widboom, a Mary Kay senior sales director and coordinator of the local MK5K. "The remainder goes to the Mary Kay Foundation, which is dedicated to ending both women's cancers and domestic abuse."
Widboom started the MK5K several years ago, saying she is "happy to be part of the Mary Kay sales force that allows us to spearhead fundraising efforts like this. "Our family is very much a part of the fair, and our kids are involved in 4-H, so the Nobles County Fair seemed like a good venue for an event like this," Widboom continued. "With the help of other Mary Kay consultants and additional volunteers, this has become a good tradition." Widboom was further inspired to join forces three years ago with the Southwest Crisis Center (SWCC) after locating her Mary Kay office on Diagonal Road a few doors down from the center. "That gave us a better grip on what the SWCC staff is doing to help women who are victims of domestic violence and other crisis situations," said Widboom.
Sara Wahl, SWCC's executive director, explains the center's fiscal year runs from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, so by late summer it is often "pretty close to running out of available funds for safe housing," Wahl said. "Safe housing doesn't mean just physical housing," clarified Wahl while also noting the SWCC doesn't have a devoted shelter for women and families in crisis. "It includes food, and food for children, clothing for women and children, maybe diapers and medication refills they didn't have time to grab when running out of a home, and other emergency needs." Additionally, "violence in general escalates during the summer months, and we've been really busy serving women who are not only in need of safe housing but also in need of other services or advocacy efforts." Wahl said more than half of the SWCC's safe housing dollars are spent from May through September, and that the SWCC safe-housed someone on every date during the month of June. "We can only provide safe housing for each client for two nights, and that's not a long time for someone in a crisis situation to make a plan, find a new place to stay and leave an abuser," said Wahl.
It costs the SWCC a minimum of $150 to safe house a family of three (typically, a mom and two children) for one night. "Safe housing is a huge need in rural Minnesota," Wahl stressed.
With its healthy focus on family fun and fitness and a registration fee that goes entirely to the designated causes (due to generous sponsorships from area businesses that cover the event's operating expenses), the MK5K provides a much-needed boost to the SWCC's safe housing fund at a critical time of year.
"Sadly, there is a need for services like those offered at the SWCC, but because there is an existing need, we want to help them have the money to meet it," said Widboom. "The SWCC staff says there is always need for more support, and it's good we can help them out in this way and build some awareness of the problems." Widboom is grateful to the other Mary Kay consultants and multiple volunteers who make the annual MK5K run smoothly, and she's hopeful the Aug. 13 event can exceed the 150 participants it hosted in 2014. "There's so much more joy in collaboration, and not only do our volunteers make it all easier, but hooking arms with fabulous women who are really giving back to the community from their hearts and working together for an important cause is what makes this so fantastic," Widboom said.
She cited the national statistic that one in four women are involved in domestic abuse situations. "We all have women in our lives who are dealing with the struggles of being in problematic relationships," Widboom said. "This is very relevant, and it's critical we assist where we can."
Added Wahl, "The MK5K is an easy way to support a local organization, but it makes a big impact."
The seventh annual Mary Kay 5K and Family Fun Walk will take place at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Nobles County Fairgrounds, Worthington. On-site registration and packet pick-up begin at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Mary Kay Foundation and the Southwest Crisis Center's Safe Housing Initiative, and proceeds from a youth-sponsored lemonade stand at the site will also be contributed to the SWCC. A discounted registration fee is available online until midnight tonight at mnswcc.org.
Behind closed doors: A look at sexual exploitation
By Robin Baumgarn on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:43 p.m.
WORTHINGTON — It's not all "Pretty Woman."
Last week, the Daily Globe reported on a prostitution sting that netted the arrest of six men, conducted by the Nobles County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies. One often-overlooked aspect of this story — and similar stories — is the lives of women, children and even men who are trapped in the world of human trafficking. Although prostitution is often glamorized on television and in films (like Julia Roberts' famed performance), fact is a far cry from fiction.
The average age of juveniles entering the world of prostitution is between 12 and 14 years old. Sexual exploitation goes beyond solely prostitution. Youths are often forced to work in strip clubs, perform sexual acts on videotape and more. When all of these acts are taken into consideration, it makes the issue of exploitation more prevalent than many may think.
"I think it's more prevalent than what people want to admit or see," said Juli Fast, regional navigator for the Safe Harbor program. "I think it looks really different and sometimes unrecognizable because it is masked as domestic violence, because it is masked as a sexual assault, because it is masked as survival or a troubled youth or drugs. "It's used in exchange for drugs; it's used in exchange for rent; it's used in exchange for all of these things that don't take place at a hotel," Fast added. "If that's the case, we don't call it trafficking or exploitation — it's survival. "When we … take all of these pieces and put them all together in one, and we can totally shift our mindset and say that all of these things are encompassed in sexual exploitation, we get a totally different picture."
Sara Wahl, executive director of the Southwest Crisis Center, confirmed that youth sexual exploitation has occurred in southwest Minnesota in the past year, including Nobles County. "We've worked with youths in the last year throughout our service area of 18 counties," Wahl said. "We've identified youths ... as being sexually exploited and trafficked."
One of the myths of the sex trade is that the majority of women who are prostitutes choose it as a profession. Wahl and Fast say less than two percent of women who sell themselves do so of their own accord. However, Wahl and Fast contend it is that two percent that society is inundated with in movies, television and other forms of media. The glamorization of the lifestyle depicts a high level of profitability by engaging in prostitution. "Perhaps it is (profitable) for them," Wahl said. "They have a level of power and control over their situation that most women and girls (who are prostituted) don't have."
Prostitution stings are one tool law enforcement officials use to combat sexual exploitation. As johns are caught, the goal is to lower the demand for sexually exploited women and children. What local law enforcement has learned from the recent sting is the demand for commercial sex is not something only found in urban areas.
"What prompted it more than anything was the training we had with Juli (Fast) last October. … That's what prompted it to see what kind of demand we have here," Nobles County Sheriff's Deputy Lonnie Roloff said. "These girls that are victims (are) telling us it's everywhere. You may not think it is, but it is. "It's out in the rural areas just as much as it is in Minneapolis/St. Paul," Roloff continued. "There is a demand."
Roloff pointed out that some people have the misconception that prostitution is a victimless crime. With misconceptions portrayed in media of prostitution being a choice, it's not uncommon for it to be seen as a contract between consenting adults. "It's not," Roloff said bluntly. "The problem is these girls end up in it at a very young age. They might be 25, 26, 27 when we catch up with them or when they finally want to get out, but they've been in it for 10 years already. They've been in it from the age of 15 and 14 and younger, maybe. So that's where it isn't a victimless crime. "Once they are in, we are finding out talking to these girls it is really hard for them to get out," he added. "They are being controlled, number one. Their money is usually being controlled by somebody else, so they can't just get up and decide, 'I'm done with this. I'm going to go.'
"It's not the glamour shot of 'Pretty Woman.'"
Victims of exploitation -- or people who suspect they know a victim -- are encouraged to contact the Southwest Crisis Center at 1-800-376-4311. The phone line is available 24/7 and is confidential and anonymous. The SWCC can also be contacted through Facebook by searching SWCC Youth Outreach.
Minnesota's Safe Harbor Law
In 2014, Minnesota's Safe Harbor law went into effect. The law clearly identifies that youth who engage in prostitution are no longer criminals, but rather victims and survivors of sexual exploitation. Specifically, the law:
From Surviving to Thriving-Speaker Coming to Worthington April 7
The Southwest Crisis Center, along with the Nobles County Integration Collaborative and Minnesota West acknowledge April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, by presenting From Surviving to Thriving: A Sexual Assault Survivor's Story on Tuesday, April 7 at 6:00pm in the student commons area of the Worthington campus. Captain Flynn will share information on sexual assault in Worthington and the greater Nobles County community while Jolene Loetcher will share her story of how she went from surviving to thriving. Jolene is a thriving survivor of child sexual assault at the hands of a respected business owner and trusted family friend. She first spoke publicly about her experience in 2011. Jolene founded Selfspiration, an organization which "creates camps for survivors of child sexual abuse and gives a voice to girls and boys who feel theirs may be gone." Jolene's legislative advocacy helped repeal South Dakota's statute of limitations on rapes of children younger than 13. Jolene has also been instrumental in the passage of Jolene's Law, which created a task force to look at child sexual abuse and create a set of best practices for handling disclosure and investigation, and continues to fight to keep the task force alive. Jolene's story is one of inspiration and hope for all affected by sexual violence. Please join us in acknowledging all survivors, those who speak out and the many more who hold their experience in unbroken silence. For more information contact Kari Voss-Drost at the SWCC at 507-376-4311 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Trainings April 28 and 29
The Southwest Crisis Center is partnering with the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault to provide two free trainings to members of the medical profession who conduct sexual assault medical forensic exams. The trainings, which will take place April 28 and 29, will equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge to perform sexual assault medical forensic examinations using tools and expertise participants already have. After completing this training, participants will have decreased anxiety and heightened confidence when conducting medical forensic exams. This training can be considered an introduction to the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training and is meant for nurses and doctors who perform sexual assault exams. Click here for more information and to register.
Save the Date! Annual Faces of Hope Banquet & Fundraiser
April 17, 2015
National Guard Armory
Luverne, Minnesota
About the Faces of Hope
The Southwest Crisis Center is seeking nominations for our Faces of Hope Fundraiser Banquet, which honors individuals who have made a difference in the lives of victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their families in Southwest Minnesota. Up to five nominees from Southwest Minnesota will be chosen and honored at an awareness banquet scheduled for April 17, 2015 in Luverne.
Southwest Crisis Center Seeking Board Members
The Southwest Crisis Center is a nonprofit organization that has provided advocacy services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and their children in Southwest Minnesota since 1984. The mission of our agency is to provide hope, help, and support to victims and survivors in Jackson, Cottonwood, Nobles, Rock, and Pipestone counties. We believe in what we do and feel called and inspired to do it every day. We are seeking others who believe in our mission to join us. We are currently looking for interested individuals to serve a two-year term on our Board of Directors beginning in January of 2014. The Board of Directors meets 6 times per year (including at an Annual Meeting) and members give about 8 hours per month. Members must reside in one of the five counties we serve.
For more information or to apply please call Sara Wahl, Executive Director at 507-376-4311.
Board Application
Board of Directors Job Description
Minnesota Department of Health Funds Southwest Crisis Center to Coordinate Services for Sexually Exploited Youth
Southwest Minnesota, known for its agriculture and prairie land, is not typically viewed as a place where sexual exploitation of youth is occurring. However, the Southwest Crisis Center (SWCC), a domestic and sexual assault response agency based in Worthington, knew better. They and project partners New Horizons Crisis Center and the Committee Against Domestic Assault applied to host one of eight "Regional Navigators" to coordinate services for sexually exploited/trafficked youth in the 18 southern and western most counties of Minnesota. In May, the Minnesota Department of Health awarded the Worthington-based non-profit $80,000 to do just that. The grant coincides with the new Safe Harbor Law that went into effect August 1 that treats youth under the age of 18 who engage in prostitution as victims in need of services versus criminals. Furthermore, the funding will assist systems professionals and community members in identifying youth who are being sexually exploited or who are at higher risk for sexual exploitation. Juli Fast, a Southwest Minnesota native, has been hired as the SW Minnesota Regional Navigator and point of contact to help the SWCC and other key stakeholders coordinate a response that better serves youth in light of the new law. Fast will be able to connect youth with trauma-informed resources in their area including housing, basic needs, mental health, chemical health, education, and employment services. In addition, she will work with youth, educators, service providers, law enforcement, and community members on coordinating a trauma-informed response through trainings, protocols, and developing a task force to better serve the needs of youth in the region.
Southwest Minnesota Regional Map
No Wrong Door/Safe Harbor Information
Contact the Southwest Minnesota Regional Navigator
Faces of Hope Banquet 2014
The Faces of Hope banquet took place on April 5, 2014. The Faces of Hope Nominees were (left to right):
Luann Bosma, Pipestone County
Donna Marcy, Cottonwood County
Barb Spaeth, Jackson County
Connie Wieneke, Rock County
Sally & David Benson, Nobles County
Thank you for your support!
24 Hour Safe Line: 800-376-4311 Worthington: 507-376-4311 Pipestone: 507-825-5688 Luverne: 507-283-9917 Windom: 507-831-2244


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Update on the search
Hi Fellow Travelers
While I'm sure all of my dedicated readers will hate me for interrupting the video games reviews, I thought an update on my ongoing job search was in order. Remember how I said this blog was about maintaining my writing skills while I look for a job…no, well it is?
I've just had a rather positive and career affirming chat with Simon Townsend, the Head of Marketing Recruitment over at Certus Marketing Recruitment, a lovely guy who has already started putting me forward for some very exciting roles. Not to worry this blog won't disappear if and when I get myself a decent job, nope I love the sound of my own voice far too much to let that happen.
Anyway, normal service resumes now.