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Frontispiece to 1861 edition of Bessy Conway.
Bessy Conway; or, The Irish Girl in AmericaCHAPTER XXII.
298The green fields of Erin were covered with their spring carpet dotted over with white daisies and yellow buttercups, the pale primrose -- 'dower of sweetest memories! -- was peeping forth on every sunny bank; the modest violet gave its faint perfume to the air, and the graceful blue-bell waved its fairy petals in the gentle breeze; the earth was balmy with the breath of opening flowers, and the trees were donning their summer foliage through the sunny showers of April.
Denis Conway and his sons were hard at work all day-and every day of the six allotted for labor-putting in their crops, wheat, oats, and early potatoes. The whole household was astir from morn till dewy eve, each one employed in their own sphere of usefulness. Nancy and Ellen were assisting out-of-doors whilst Bessy and her mother attended to the business of the house and the dairy.
One evening when the boys came in from work they mentioned as something very strange that there was smoke rising from one of the chimneys of The Lodge.
"Maybe there's some care-takers put in," said Bessy, "to keep the place from going to ruin. "
"Why, to be sure," said her father, " now I come to think of it; I heard the other day that old Darby Dolan and his wife were back again in the big house."
" My goodness ! it's a wonder they'd go back," said Mrs. Conway, " a fter them leavin' it in a fright like Al the rest of (299) the servants. But I suppose they're gettin' a great ransom for doin' it, an' sure if anybody could or would live in the house it ought to be them on account of the long time they were in it."
" Well! ! long or short," said Tommy, " if I was in their place I'd have nothing to do with the house or them that's stationed in it-if I got my life out of it once, you wouldn't catch me inside the walls again."
" That's my notion, too," said Owen; " I'm sure people that seen so much of the Herberts while they were livid ought to know better than go next or nigh them when they're dead."
" Let the dead lie!" said their father solemnly, and there the matter ended. It made little impression on Bessy's mind, for the rumors afloat concerning the Lodge were simply amusing to her, and she saw nothinffl strange in the old couple going back to take charge of a house where they had spent so many years of their lives.
Ellen and she had to go that evening to a woman in the village who was spinning some wool for their mother, and on their return they had to pass quite near the gate of Ivy Lodge. The moon was just rising over the old manor, and its antique chimneys and sharp angles were clearly traced on the deep blue sky beyond. The rooks were cawing in the old woods, and the screech-owl's voice was heard at intervals making up a discordant concert, softened at times by the distant bark of some trusty watch-dog breaking faintly, yet cheerily, on the ear. The trees that shaded the avenue were filled with the softest music as the gentle night breeze stirred their dewy leaves, and the moonbeams -- trembled amid their branches and fell on the road and the green bank at either side, in a network of silvery lustre. It was one of those nights when the heart whispers
"None but the loving, and the lov'd Should be awake at this sweet hour,"
(300 ) and the sisters were not without feeling the charm that hung around the lonely spot.
" Well ! isn't it curious, Bessy?" whispered Billy as they approached the gate; " I'm not a bit afeard-are you?"
"No, indeed," said Bessy in her usual tone of voice; "so far from being afraid, I could find in my heart to sit all night under one of them old trees, with the wind rustling in the branches, and the moonlight dancing on that stream. One could fancy the fairies whisking about on the soft green grass ."
"Bessy Conway! it's all your own!" said a voice from within the grounds-a strange sepulchral voice it seemed, too-where it came from the girls did not wait to see, for with an exclamation of terror they ran off as fast as their limbs could carry them.
On reaching their home it was some time before either of the sisters could tell what happened. Seeing them rush in pale as death and gasping for breath, the others were almost as frightened as themselves, and more questions were asked than they could possibly have answered.
" In the name of God, girls ! what did you see?" asked their father after standing some moments silent, waiting for them to speak.
" Nothing at all, father !" said Bessy, still panting, " we saw nothing-we only heard."
" Lord bless us ! and what did you hear ?" cried the mother eagerly.
The girls looked at each other. They hesitated to tell, having each a misgiving that it was a warning of some kind. But the more unwilling they seemed to speak, the more anxious the others were to hear. At last Ellen told what they had heard Her mother clapped her hands and cried out "God save my child !" The father said nothing, but shook his head, whilst the young people tried to put it off with a laugh, seeing how frightened the others were. (301)
" I hope that'll be a warnin' to you, girls !" said Owen with a forced laugh; " if it keeps you in after dark, it'd do you a good turn."
" I'm thinkin' it was some one playin' a trick on you, Bossy !" said the elder brother.
" Welll whatever it was," said Bessy in a subdued tone," I'd rather hear no more about it."
There was something in her look and in her voice that silenced them all, and the subject was dropped for that time.
Not many days after, an unexpected visitor made his appear once, no less a person than Billy Potts. He had heard of the fright which the girls had got up at the Lodge, and, of course,like all other wonderful stories, it had gained considerably in passing from mouth to mouth, so much so, indeed, that the original narrators would not have recognized their own simple adventure in the well-garnished tale which the public had made up piece by piece. Anything relating to the dead, even by implication, was sure to command Billy's attention, and he had the faculty of scenting out ghostly appearances as a pointer does his game. So Billy pricked up his ears when he heard of the Conway girls' adventure, and at his first leisure houroff he started to their cottage to investigate the matter for himself.
" Humph!" said he when he had heard all, "that wasn't much to make such a rout about. To hear people talk, one would think you had seen something past the common.
"Could I speak a word with you, Bessy? Don't be afeard, ma'am !" he said nodding at Mrs. Conway with a goblin smile; "If your daughter never discoursed with younger or handsomer than Billy Potts she wouldn't be haunted now as she is!"
So the two walked on down the lane together, and by the time they reached the end of it, they had grown quite confidential, and when they parted at the road, it was with an understanding that they were to meet again in the same place coming on the evening. (302)
Her mother and sisters were very much puzzled to know what was going on between Bessy and Bumpy Billy. " If he hadn't a wife and children now," said Nancy with a merry laugh, " we'd be suspectin' something, but as it is I don't know what to make of it. Tell the truth, now, isn't it something about the ghosts? - sure every one knows that Billy's a kind of a ghost himself."
Bessy put it off with a laugh, but the color rose to her cheek when she found her mother s eye fixed on her with a keen and searching look. Neither spoke, however, and the girls hurried away to resume the work which Billy's entrance had interrupted. When the cows were milked that evening, and the milk strained up, Bessy tied a handkerchief over her head, and, throwing a light shawl round her shoulders, strolled down the boreen little affected by the raillery of her sisters and brothers -the latter having been put in possession of the joke as soon as they entered the house.
" If I was you, Bessy," said Owen, " I'd have nothing to say to Billy Potts-sure the whole parish knows what he is!"
"Will you not be botherin' me now, Owen?" she replied with a goodhumored smile; "do you think Billy has dealings with the fairies that he'd make sale of me to them ? Never fear but I'm wide awake. I have travelled too far to be asleep on my feet. The only thing I ask of you all is that you'll not be watching to see where I go to."
Illustration: Traditional mummers called "wren boys" from County Limerick, one of many pre-Christian traditions.
She was gone before any one could speak again. She knew v her wish was law to the whole family, and that no one in the house would follow her to the door after what she had said.
At the cross roads below she found Billy in punctual attendance, and on the two walked side by side, taking the way to St. Finian's Church. "It's curious," said she, "what a notion I have got in my head about seeing the old Church ever since Paul told that story. Long as I lived about Ardfinnan before I never cared to go next or near it." (303)
" Well! ! I wish you had been with Paul and me the night we were in it," said Billy, " and I think you'd have no great wish to see it again. Now, all them vagabonds are gone to their account except Master Henry Herbert-an' he maybe dead, too, for all I know-I declare to you, Bessy ! I'd be Vitae daunted myself to go in after dusk-they were the devil's own boys, them, I tell you that !-an' Herbert was the worst of them all. I wonder if that fellow will die in his bed !"
" Hush!, Billy !" said Bessy in a tremulous whisper, " don't disturb the dead speaking so loud !" They had now reached the Abbey, and stood together in the shade of a ruined buttress in the south wall. " I couldn't bear to hear a loud word spoken now," went on Bessy in the same tone. " Silence reigned here where the holy monks were alive; surely there should be no noise or disturbance now when they're in their quiet graves. But where are them bones Paul was speaking of!"
"Inside there," pointing with his finger, "in the place where the altar used to be. If you want to see them you'd best come in before it gets any later, or maybe you wouldn't be thankful to yourself for goin' in at all."
"Well! to tell you the truth," whispered Bessy again, "I wouldn't be here now-though it's not but I want to see the place -- only that Father Ryan told me to be sure and come one of these days. He says it's a profitable thing to visit such places now and then."
" Come, then, step in -- while it's light ! Ho ! ho ! I see you're not such a soldier as I took you for !" He had caught a certain motion of Bessy's hand which he knew was the sign of the cross. Bessy smiled faintly and they entered the building.
The place was not dark, for the evening sun was shining in through many a rent in the moldering walls, gilding the old gray stones and the mural tablets recording names long since forgotten, and flinging irregular strips of light and beauty (305) over the long, dank grass and the broken columns and shattered remains of arch and corbel.
" Blessed Mother, who is that ?" exclaimed Bessy in a voice of terror, catching hold of Billy's arm. " Look there ! look there!"
Following the direction of her eyes, Billy observed the figure of a man kneeling in front of the ghastly pile which his hands had reared. It was a thin, attenuated form bowed with weakness or with sorrow -- perhaps both -- and the face, seen in profile, was sharp, and pale, and woe -- worn -- very unlike one well remembered, yet Bessy trembled as she looked, and Billy muttered half aloud: " If it's not himself it's his ghost, or an evil spirit. You'd best come away, Bessy, it's nothing good, you may be sure !" He tried to draw her away, but go she would not. " Let it be as it may," skid she, " I'll see it out before I go. Hush ! he hears us !"
It was not so, but the figure slowly arose and moved to another side of the choir, then knelt again with his back towards them. They retreated farther into the shade and Bessy whispered in a tone of horror: " It's his ghost, Billy ! it's his ghost!-who knows but that's his punishment, forever going round and round them bones!"
" Hat, tut, you foolish girl!" said Billy in the same low whisper, " sure you couldn't see a ghost before sun-down !"
Again the figure rose and moved to another point, then knelt as before, and Bessy saw a crucifix between the clasped hands. This made her heart beat quicker, but when, watching the face intently, she saw the color come and go, and finally saw the hand raised to wipe away a falling tear, she lost all control of her feelings, and cried nut in thrilling accents:
" Oh, Herbert ! Henry Herbert ! is it you that's in it ? if the breath of life is in you speak to me, for God's sake !"
A voice came from the lips, but the figure remained motion (305) less. " It is Herbert-all that is left of him-wait ! I cannot speak now !"
" Dear Lord ! what does this mean ?" cried Bessy, clasping her hands convulsively.
"Humph!" said Billy with great composure, "I thought there was flesh and blood in that ghost up at the house. But faith ! it's mad he is, or it isn't there he'd be at such trade as that ! If you take my advice, Bessy Conway ! you'll make off as fast as you can-no nor can say what fit he'll take next."
" That is not the face of a madman," said Bessy still trembling, "see how fervently he prays. Oh ! if God has touched his heart !"
" Touch the devil-begging your pardon!" said Billy profanely, "it's a trick he's playing, and nothing else-maybe to win a bet. "
By this time Herbert had finished what might be called his station, and putting the crucifix in his pocket came forward to the place where Bessy stood awaiting him. His first impulse was to reach out both his hands, but instantly withdrawing them again, he said mournfully:
" No ! no ! I dare not ! I am still unworthy !"
" Mr. Herbert !" said Bessy in a voice hardly audible, " what has come over you at all ? what am I to think of what I see,-or am I dreaming or what ?"
" No, Bessy ! you are not dreaming," Herbert replied, with a strong effort to control his emotion. " You see before you one who has outraged heaven by his wickedness-one who has compromised you in pursuit of his own selfish gratification-one who has, in short, fulfilled no duty, restrained no passion ."
" Mr. Herbert ! Mr. Herbert t'! cried Bessy, holding up both her hands in horror, " for God's sake, say no more ! You never could have been so bad as that !"
"Bad !" he repeated, shaking his head with a desponding air " bad ! you know not -- could not know how bad I was !"
"Faith! you were bad enough, Master Henry !" put in � Billy with his stony smile; " to my knowledge, there wasn't an ill turn done about Ardfinnan but you were hand and foot in it ever since a yard of cloth made you a coat."
" That's right, Billy! that's right! heap it on and spare not," said Herbert mildly, " you can say nothing worse than I deserve."
This touched the old man's heart, hard as it seemed to be, and the tears actually started in his eyes as he exclaimed in a glow of feeling: " I'll never say an ill word of you again, then, Master Henry ! never while breath's in my body !-there was good to be said of you the worst day ever you were, and, by the laws ! the bad is all gone now, however it happens."
Bessy still stood in wordless anxiety looking up in Herbert's altered face. Suddenly he raised his eyes and ventured to meet her gaze for the first time. " Bessy !" said he, his pale cheek blushing like a young maiden's, " Bessy ! I have been guilty before God and the world, but not before you -- I have never injured you in thought, in word, or in deed -- I have loved you, God only knows how well, -- you have been my star of hope-my rock of safety amidst the raging billows of this sinful world-it may be that you have prayed for me- true charily"-he said with emphasis-" if so -- if at any time you have invoked the God of mercy on my behalf, and Mary the refuge of sinners, you will now rejoice even as the angels of heaven do-in a sinner's conversion !"
The tears gushed from Bessy's eyes, and drawing a step nearer she laid her hand on his arm. "Are you in earnest, Mr. Herbert !- -- may I indeed hope?"
"Hope everything, Bessy!" he replied, his voice unconsciously assuming that softened tone in which he was wont to address her. " Like the prodigal of old I have returned from the desert of sin to my Father's house, and have found true peace within the one fold, where alone man can expiate sin and wash his soul white in the blood of the Lamb." (307)
'Mr. Herbert! Henry Herbert! you don't mean to say that you are a Catholic?" cried Bessy in utter amazement.
" If I were anything else," he replied with a sad smile, " would you find me undergoing a penance like that !" And he pointed back to the scene of his former sacrilege. " This is the ninth day that I have done what you saw me do but now, and that painful task I imposed on myself as an atonement for the sacrilegious outrage of which these consecrated walls and those venerated relics were the witnesses and the objects ! If you still doubt me, ask Father Ryan-he can tell you all-much more than I have told you yet."
" I will ask you one-I believe all you say !" said Bessy, her voice broken with sobs, "but how-when-where did this blessed change take place?"
" That's just what I want to hear," put in Billy. " Whoever did it, it was a great job entirely !"
Without heeding the sexton, Herbert sat down on a broken column that lay near and invited Bessy to follow his example, adding with a faint smile: " I am not the man I was, Bessy ! -- God knows if I ever shall be !"
" Oh ! Mr. Herbert, don't speak that way !" said Bessy with a gush of feeling that brought the tears to her eyes, " you'll be soon as well as ever, please God!" Herbert shook his head despondingly and sat a few moments silent with his eyes cast down, then raising them suddenly he turned them on Bessy, and seeing the tears which she sought not to hide, he smiled with something like his former gaiety and went on:
" You ask me when and how I became a Catholic. I will go back a little in order to answer your question in a satisfactory manner. You must have heard that I was not in Neat York when you left for Ireland. I had gone with Dixon to Baltimore on what he called ' a speculation,' that is to say, a gambling expedition, my excellent friend having reason to believe that his line of business was brisker there than in the Empire City. During three months that we spent there and in Charleston, Dixon managed to fleece a good many, and although the agreement between us at starting was a fair division of the profits, when it came to the point and I insisted on having my share, he flatly refused, alleging that the money staked was all his, a most flagrant falsehood that was, too ! for the fellow had not Eve dollars in the world when we set out for Baltimore. I was very angry, as you may believe, and returned alone to New York vowing vengeance against Dixon and the whole fraternity of black-legs. My funds were almost exhausted at the time, and altogether I felt as wretched as man could be. Even the comfort of seeing you vas denied me for I did not dare to appear before you after all that you A had seen and heard. I was a couple of weeks in the city before I heard of your departure, and when I did hear it the furies seemed to take possession of me. The last link was broken that bound me to virtue and I resolved God in heaven forgive me ! to cast myself headlong into the whirlpool of vice, and perish soul and body."
" Lord save us !" ejaculated Bessy with a shudder. " What evil spirit got into you, at all?" "Faith," said Billy, " there was plenty of them in him before without any goin' in then."
"Would you wish to know ?" said Herbert pointedly, fixing his eyes on Bessy's face. " Shall I tell you the whole truth? For me, I care not who knows it. I thought-now do not be angry with me, for you know too it was all but a dream !-I thought it would grieve one heart which I would have given my life to win-I thought- forgive me, Bessy ! that in devoting myself to destruction, I was planting a poisoned arrow in the heart that had so coldly cast me off- -- thought-I believed- -- oh, Bessy ! I thought everything that was bad and wicked I was abandoned by God and by you who had been my tutelary angel -- what wonder that I became utterly reckless and ripe for all wickedness. But heaven ordained that I was not to sink any lower in the slough of guilt. I was attacked late One night in a dark street by three of my late companions, of whom Dixon was one, and stabbed in several places. They would doubtless have despatched me -- I am sure that was their intention -- for my incautious threats had alarmed them for their own safety-but as God's mercy would have it, some men passing along the adjacent street, hearing my cries, hurried to the spot, and the villains took flight immediately in an opposite direction. My deliverers finding me all but dead conveyed me at once to St. Vincent's Hospital, which happened to be the nearest, and consigned me to the care of the excellent Sisters who have charge of that institution -- "
" Blessed be the Lord !" murmured Bessy, half unconsciously.
"You may guess what my feelings were," pursued Herbert, " when, on recovering my senses, I saw Paul Brannigan and his friend Mike Milligan beside my bed, whilst two of the Sisters were waiting on the doctor who was dressing my wounds. ' Thank God !' said the hunchback fervently when I opened my eyes, ' thank God ! there is still a chance for his poor soul !' I never forgot those words, nor the thrilling fervor with which they were spoken, and, like a flash of lightning, the fear of God's judgments darted through my soul. I fed that my deliverers were before me, and, although the doctor forbid me to speak, I held out my hand to one, then the other and endeavored to look the gratitude that I could not utter in words. This was the beginning of my conversion. I was filled with admiration for the wonderful ways of God, seeing that this poor man whom I had so long regarded as my bitterest enemy should become the instrument of my salvation, and prove in the end my best and truest friend. And such he truly was, for, during the six long weeks that I lay in my hospital-bed, Paul never failed to visit me every day, and I soon began to look as anxiously for his queer, old-fashioned face as I ever did for anything. The stumping sound of his (310) heavy foot was music to my ear, for I was sick and confined to my bed, and he was my only visitor Yes ! Paul was the good Samaritan who poured oil into my wounds and balm into my heart He spoke to me of the eternal truths-of death, judgment, heaven and hell, and I marvelled at the eloquent words which fell from his lips under the strong inspiration of faith and charity. He pointed to the meeklooking Sisters as they moved through the wards ministering to the sick, and asked me to tell him, if I could, why it was only within the Catholic Church that such sublime charity was found. Why it was that she alone taught her children to give up all things for the love of God, and follow His divine Son in voluntary poverty and mortification. In the lull of my stormy passions the voice of reason made itself heard in reply; I recognized the truth, and my heart and soul bowed down before the majesty of religion. Hearing of my dispositions from Paul, the Sisters joined their pious exhortations to the instruction I had already received, and, by the time I became convalescent, I had made up my mind to seek salvation in that Church where alone it is to be found."
" Thank God !" murmured Bessy with intense feeling. "By the hole o' my coat! he's stark staring mad!" cried Billy. "What wits he had are gone entirely !"
Herbert looked at him with a smile, then went on: " Leaving the Hospital, I paid the Sisters for their trouble to the fullest extent of my means-barely reserving enough to take me home to Ireland- -- they would have been content with much less than I gave them, but, as I said, no money could pay the debt I owed them, and any remuneration I could offer was far short of what I would wish to give.
" Before I left New York I was received into the Church by our old friend, Father Daly. He was just on the eve of starting for the Far West in company with some other zealous missionaries devoted like himself to the evangelization of the heathen tribes scattered over those vast regions. I shall never forget the expression of his mild, intellectual face as he blessed me and told me to persevere even ten the end in the path on which I had now entered-the path that leads to the new Jerusalem. ' We may never meet again on earth,' said he, raising his soft dark eyes to heaven, 'but yonder is our home !' -- and he pointed upwards to the azure vault where the first star of evening was just peeping through the dear ether -- ' let us only pursue the straight and narrow way that leads k Through the wilderness of this life to the golden gates of heaven, and we shall all meet around the throne of Slim who is, and was, and has been-the Lamb for sinners slain ! There I hope to see you again, my dear son in Christ ! and rejoice with you and all I love on earth throughout the endless ages of eternity.' Oh ! Bessy, his words made my heart thrill, and I felt at the moment as if I, too, unworthy as I am, could hake given my life for the extension of God's kingdom."
Bessy raised her hands and eyes in wonder. " Well, surely Mr. Herbert ! strange things do come to pass ! -- only I know it's you that's in it, I could hardly believe my ears ! But how long is it since you came home?"
" Just one month. You may guess what my feelings were when I found my mother dead and gone. It had been one of my sweetest hopes to soften her heart by my dutiful care and attention, and expiate my misconduct in her regard by cheerful and willing obedience to her wishes. I thought to make a Christian of her by showing her what a change religion had made in me, but retributive justice had taken her hence before I could ask her blessing or do naught to expiate my past offenses-and then the harrowing reflection that she had, in all probability, died as she lived, without a thought of God or that eternity in which she was so suddenly engulfed without a moment's preparation My father, too,-oh Clod ! how I grieved for the years that were past-the misspent years for which all of us would have to answer I would have given (312 ) worlds were they mine to have my parents still alive were it only to ask their forgiveness and tell them how sorry I was for my past disobedience. Too late! too late! all resolved itself into that one sad thought, and I was utterly wretched. I found myself possessed of wealth and houses and lands, but I saw the old homestead lone and desolate, and I missed them, cold and hard and unloving as they were. My first consolation was found in a visit to your good old pastor, Father Ryan, whose paternal kindness soothed my tortured heart as his counsels directed me in the right path. I felt that I had found a friend, wise and prudent and deeply interested in my welfare, temporal and spiritual That was one point gained. By his advice I paid a visit to the Abbey, the scene of my sacrilegious folly, and there, amongst the moldering relics of mortality, meditated on the end of man. Sitting on yonder tomb, I asked myself how it happened that I alone was spared of all who had desecrated the house of God by unhallowed revelry. Father, mother, companions, all were gone -- why was I lefty -- why was I shown the way of truth when they all lived and died in the darkness of error? -- why was not I, too, cut of in my sins ? Filled with gratitude that plod had dealt so mercifully with me, I so unworthy of His least favor, I humbled myself before His awful majesty, and inflicted on myself for nine successive days, by way of expiation, the penance which you have seen me undergo. I have now told you all, except-"
" Frightening Ellen and me that night up at the house," said Bossy quickly, " I'm afraid you have that to answer for, as well as the rest !"
"I'll be sworn he has!" cried Billy chuckling gleefully; " I was just thinkin' when I heard of it that if my gentleman was above ground it was him was in it. Oh ! faith yes, I knew it bravely."
" Well!" said Bessy drawing a long breath, " it's so like a dream that I can hardly believe it yet Tell me, Mr. Herbert ! how did Paul happen to be on the street the night you were attacked, himself and Mike?"
" Oh ! true, I forgot to tell you that,-they were going to Mrs. Murphy's wake."
" Mrs. Murphy's wake ! is poor Bridget dead, then ?"
" So it appears, but the rest of the family are doing very well -- the father and sons have a contract on some railroad about the city, and Mrs. Finigan lives with them. She has her own money in bank, and is taking nothing from it, -- Paul told me that when Peery and the boys have something more by them, they will all come home, perhaps for good."
" And what about Paul himself ? I'd be ever so glad to see him here !"
" Paul has no notion of coming -- he is doing a nice little business, and is so taken up with his Sunday School class in St. James' Church, and various other works of charity in which he is engaged, that he is content to forego the pleasure of seeing the Old Land again. He bade me tell you this, and also that he never forgets to pray for you, as he hopes you do for him. Another message he sent, but I will reserve that for another opportunity. The dew is falling now, and I think we had better retrace our steps homeward."
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My son was in his mid-20s and at the peak of good health when he purchased catastrophic health insurance for himself. Months later, unexpected illness struck which required tens-of-thousands of dollars worth of medical care. He recovered and, thanks to his responsible purchase of insurance, saved himself a small fortune. He also saved the taxpayers of Colorado that same small fortune. When illness struck he could have presented himself at the hospital without insurance. That would force the taxpayers of Colorado to pay the bill for him. But he felt that a responsible adult should pay his own way. It's selfish to rely on other taxpayers to foot your bill when illness or accident strikes. In a nutshell, this is the reason for the so-called insurance mandate. To argue against the mandat' is to argue that the individual is not responsible for themselves.
But medical care is expensive Costs are rising rapidly. Insurance rates are budget-busters What to do? It's the power of the market place to the rescue. The American population is over 300 million persons, each of whom will need health care at some time in their lives. Why not band together and use that same volume shopping power that makes big box stores so inexpensive? For example, we could lower drug prices thru volume buying. Now there's an idea that makes sense. Except that the Bush Medicare Drug Plan prohibits this, in specific language, from ever happening. That deficit exploding plan, which expanded Medicare yet did nothing to pay for it, was voted on and approved by Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president.
Can you imagine the savings if we all banded together and contributed to a giant insurance pool that would care for each of us when our time inevitably comes? Every other western country guarantees medical care for its citizens. The U.S. is the only exception. Hey, is that what conservatives mean by exceptionalism?
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Clearbrook raises record $1.2 million at annual Shining Star Ball
Clearbrook's major fundraiser, its Shining Star Ball, celebrated its 25th anniversary Friday, and guests delivered.
The black-tie event, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, raised a record-breaking $1.2 million for Arlington Heights-based Clearbrook's therapeutic care and autism services.
"It was absolutely fantastic," said Gloria Drake, Clearbrook's vice president of communications. "We've been inching toward the million mark in the last few years, but this year definitely took us over the edge."
Guests came prepared to support the 55-year old agency, the largest provider in the state of services for children and adults with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Much of the money raised will support the Clearbrook clinic, which offers physical, occupational, speech and behavioral therapies and provides 20,000 hours of therapeutic care to clients each year.
"The clinic is one of the programs that sets us apart," said Clearbrook President Carl La Mell. "Proceeds from the ball are vital to helping us underwrite its costs, including its staff members."
The event also raised funds for Clearbrook's newest site in Northbrook to meet the growing demand for autism services. The Clearbrook Autism Program (CAP) is a day program that provides a highly structured schedule with opportunities for community-based employment and recreational activities.
After viewing a video on the site, which opened in November, guests participated in a reverse auction, where they pledged dollar amounts specifically for autism services.
"There are certainly more and more persons diagnosed on the autism spectrum than ever before, so the need for services keeps growing," Drake said. "And because we have such a high client-to-staff ratio (one staff member for every three clients) it's a very expensive program to fund."
The gala event has taken place at several Chicago locations, but this year it returned to the Four Seasons, site of the first Shining Star Ball.
"There was so much energy in the room," Drake said. "People really came with excitement and were looking for ways to support our services."
Ravi Baichwal, news anchor and reporter for ABC 7 in Chicago, returned to emcee the evening, which drew more than 300 people.
The ball was designed in 1988, in part by members of the Chicago Bears organization to benefit the Clearbrook clinic.
"This event raises a lot of funds which enables Clearbrook to fulfill it's mission," said board member Arly Guenther of Buffalo Grove. "These types of fundraisers are critical as public funds alone are not enough."
While Clearbrook's administrative offices are located in Arlington Heights, the agency serves more than 3,400 clients- from home-based support and day programs to its residential treatment options -- in 45 facilities located in 13 northern Illinois counties.


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I know that you're sig is only sopposed to apear on the first post of a thread but I just put it back and it is not showing up on any of my post's and I have to re-enter it.
I'm not one who uses sigs or cares much about them but I do know there are limits as to what you can have. Most likely you've gone past what's allowed, but for someone to help, perhaps you better include some details on what it is you're trying to put in..
I don't understand you're question. Maybe you misunderstood mine but I meant Sig as in signature.
yeah.. I understood you, I never really posed any question and that's what I was talking about.. your signature.. there are limits to it.. size number of characters, width.. whatever..
so the thing is.. what are you trying to use for your sig ? I'm only trying to help you post the details as you will be asked the same thing when mnstrgrl or others look at this thread.
I have had this sig for a long time so it's not a matter of size becouse I had it working before....it just now started doing this. Never the less my sig is
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I think there is an option somewhere in your profile that says "always show my signature". I know it sounds a bit obvious, but have you selected that option?
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zigzag -- your sig is blank in the DB. I'm not sure how that would've happened, other than through something you did? Try to enter it again via the sigedit page and let me know what happens. List any error messages you see, and tell me what steps you use, i.e. whether you submit from a preview page or from the initial sigedit page, etc.
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I had logged on at ~02:30 GMT and replied to a post here between 5 and 10 minutes later. When I was redirected back to the post, no signature was there.
It may have possibly disappeared before this, but I do not believe so. I had sent a few PM's back and forth about 5 or 6 hours earlier.
When I recreated the sig i first previewed it and then saved it from the preview page.
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BOISE, Idaho — July 22, 2013 – Concordia University School of Law in Boise, Idaho, welcomes five new faculty and staff, ahead of its second full class of students beginning fall 2013.
July 12, 2013
SummerFest Brings "Otello" to Campus
When the Portland SummerFest Opera in the Park performs "Otello" on the Concordia University Campus Green, one of the chorus singers won't have to go far to perform. Join Concordia University for the 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, outdoor performance. Get the full event details at Opera in the Park.
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June 14, 2013
Money raised to fight HIV in Africa
On Sunday, June 9, the Portland Barefoot 3v3 Soccer Tourney for Africa brought 500 players and 1,500 spectators to Concordia University's Hilken Community Stadium. It is Concordia's second year hosting the tournament.
The tournament raises money to fight HIV in Africa. One hundred percent of the tournament's proceeds go to charity.
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The Portland Observer's Donovan M. Smith reports that "Concordia University's George R. White Library and Learning Center is a hub for both the northeast Portland campus and the adjacent Concordia Neighborhood" in the Wednesday, June 5 edition.
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The Real Reason Michael Jackson Made His Kids Wear Masks
Who would have guessed that the eccentricities of Michael Jackson's parenting style are actually what has kept his three children grounded in adulthood?
Prince Jackson has remained largely out of the spotlight since his father passed away seven years ago, but the aspiring director and producer recently opened up about his childhood in a candid interview with The Los Angeles Times.
From the outside looking in, a lot of Prince's childhood could be filed under 'unconventional' but there are elements of Michael Jackson's parenting style that Prince greatly appreciated.
While we all judged and criticized the King of Pop for putting masks on his children in public, there was a sentimental reason behind it.
Michael wanted above all else to ensure that his children had anonymity in their formative years.
Living in an era where paparazzi were cashing in more than ever and the internet resulted in a 24-hour news cycle, it's not hard to sympathise with Michael's desire to protect his children.
"My dad spoke to me like an adult," Jackson began.
"He told us the reason for the masks was he wanted us to have our own life without him."
Jackson recalls that growing up, he and his siblings could often be seen in public without being recognised and he is thankful for those moments of normalcy.
"I don't think I ever thought about if other kids lived like that when I was younger. But once I knew who he was, I realised it wasn't normal," he said.
"I remember being in Disneyland and I went to the window and there were all these fans waving and taking pictures of me. I thought it was normal, so I just waved back.
"It wasn't until I saw a video of him performing and people were fainting and passing out, when I realised the work he did meant a lot to people."
Prince does plan on forging a career in the entertainment industry, but it isn't the glitz and glamour that he is seeking.
Today we celebrate the birthday of a legend, but don't forget to celebrate the Man. Here is a sonnet written for him pic.twitter.com/5t7k11qAzl— Prince Jackson (@princemjjjaxon) August 29, 2016
While he dabbled in acting with several small cameos in recent years, it is the technical side of film and music that inspires him most.
And there's one piece of advice that his father imparted on him that will resonate with him always.
"Trust no one," Michael allegedly told his son.
"It sounds bad, but...a lot of people are motivated by themselves," Prince explains.
"He said don't trust someone just because it sounds like a good idea—do your research. There are a lot of people who want to interact with [me and my siblings] just because of who we are."
While Prince isn't looking to follow in his father's footsteps per se, he does want to walk alongside them, drawing on the inspiration and wisdom that is Michael's lasting legacy.
"I can never be separated from my father — he set that big of an example. And I don't really have a problem with that," Prince said.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Shopping Saturday - Going to the Market
Here is a description of Baltimore's markets taken from "National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial: Baltimore, Maryland September 6 to 13 1914":
Noted here is Lexington Market established in 1782, and one of the world's longest continuously running markets.
Further reading about Baltimore's early marketplaces:
Images of America: Baltimore's Lexington Market by Patricia Schultheis, published 2007
Kilduffs.com: Baltimore Markets
RootsWeb: Markets of Baltimore
Lastly here is a great link to visiting Lexington Market. Make sure to put this unique experience on your agenda when visiting our city.
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Cynthia, glad you enjoyed the photo! It is fun when I visit Lexington Market to imagine how things were when my ancestors were first shopping in Baltimore.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the memories! I really enjoyed this post, not just the photo but also the 1914 description. Great.ReplyDelete
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Comeback: The art and science of equine rehabilitation
Successfully returning to an elite level in sports after a major injury is considered so difficult that awards are given to those who accomplish this feat. The "comeback athlete of the year" typically has suffered an injury or been affected by a disease process and traversed a long and difficult road to recovery before regaining previous levels of skill and ability.
The developing field of rehabilitative medicine, for both people and horses, focuses on managing that path to recovery and helping athletes heal so their eventual return to activity is optimized. The equine athlete seems to be especially adept at healing and returning to function after serious injury or traumatic events.
Indeed, better postoperative monitoring, improved communication between surgeon and client and better surgical handling of incisions can all lead to quicker healing and more complete comebacks among horses.A recent study revealed that most horses (86.1%) were able to return to sporting activities after a major surgical procedure and, even more interestingly, 83.5% returned to their former level of competition or higher.1
Timing is important
One aspect of equine rehabilitation that has potentially been underdeveloped is the timing of return to athletic activity. Bringing a horse back after surgery has always been a balancing act between necessary healing and repair and the need to get the athlete back in the game. A concern for the horse's welfare has been counterbalanced by the economic realities of the athlete's job as a racehorse, jumper, dressage competitor or other sporting participant.
Veterinary surgeons have traditionally adopted a conservative postoperative rehabilitation program. These recommendations, however, may not necessarily reflect the most up-to-date scientific information, and more aggressive yet medically safe rehabilitation programs may be able to get horses to come back to athletic activity even more quickly.
Colic is still the most common reason for major surgical intervention in horses, and the traditional rehabilitation recommendations for a horse after colic surgery have changed only minimally during the past few decades. The standard program calls for owners and trainers to keep their recovering horses on stall rest for the first 30 days, followed by 30 days of hand walking, leading to a final 30 days of turnout in a small paddock.
"The need to standardize postoperative care has developed for good reason," says John Peroni, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, an equine surgeon in the Department of Large Animal Medicine at the University of Georgia. "Surgeons and clinicians have averaged out their postoperative recommendations in order to minimize the complication rate while maximizing efficiency and functional restoration for the equine athlete."
The American College of Veterinary Surgeons website (http://acvs.org/) acknowledges that each surgical patient is unique, but it also repeats the traditional 30-30-30 mantra, noting that "horses with uncomplicated recoveries from surgery typically return to work after two to three months of stall, small paddock and controlled pasture rest."2
Many surgeons adhere to this basic three-month program because it's conservative, safe and easy. "In doing so," Peroni says, "we tend to lose sight of individual variations (in incisional healing) that may enable us to better tailor postoperative care and return to work for our horses."


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They Wanted the Greenest Property in America.
When management consultant Linda Yates and her Silicon Valley venture capitalist husband Paul Holland decided to build a new home on the same Portola valley, California hillside where Yates had grown up in a conventional ranch-style house, the couple made a momentous decision: that residential property—inside and out—was going to be green to the max.
Yates and Holland, though, are hardly granola-crunching, Birkenstock-wearing, Grateful Deadheads.
They're hard-nosed businesspeople on an educational mission. They named their new home Tah.mah.lah, from the Ohlone Indian name for mountain lion or puma. The home is intended to be an instructional showpiece of the latest in green thinking and technology.
Down came the ranch home. Up went a project that turned out to have the highest LEED rating of any residence in the country.
When construction began in 2009, media stories focused on the buildings, with their recycled materials, solar panels, geothermal cooling and heating, and the energy efficiency.
Largely overlooked were the green-to-the-max, in-harmony-with-nature landscaping and hardscaping. The outdoor work is instructive to anyone in our industry.
Landscape architect Thomas Klope, of Thomas Klope Associates, East Palo Alto, California, was in charge of the exterior design. Ivy Munion, of ISC Group in Livermore, California, handled irrigation planning, while other contractors worked on wastewater treatment, stormwater collection, and the actual installation.
"The landscaping started with something unique— a set of green goals," remembers Klope. "Everything we planned for the landscape went through the prism of those unchanging goals. Is it natural? Is it native? Will it regenerate? Does it use the minimum of natural resources and water? Does it recycle what can be recycled? Is it functional? Is it 'local'?" The landscape team started by taking stock of the hillside, which they discovered was an intricate set of three mini-environments.
"We had three prominent landscapes," Klope explains. "Redwood, oak woodland, and savannah grassland. Our mission was to design something beautiful, protect the plant material and native trees, remove that which wasn't native, and irrigate it all with the minimum amount of water possible, since municipal water would be just for domestic use."
The first thing to go was a conventional lawn, says Munion. "Conventional lawns suck up too much water, and we wanted to irrigate via subsurface drip."
Neither Klope nor Munion were happy with the varieties of sod that were on the market. They were either not native to California, needed too much water to thrive, or both. Rather than settle, they talked to Delta Bluegrass, a commercial sod grower based in Stockton, California.
They asked Delta whether they would be willing to consider creating a new kind of sod specifically tailored to Tah.mah.lah's south-facing micro-clime, but which would also be available for sale to others.
Jodie Sheffield, consultant with the company and chief specialist for research and development, recalls the process. "The first step we took was test plots at the property. We tried to germinate a California oak grass Danphonia, and a red fescue grass, Festuca rubra. We planted and observed over a six-month period. I remember that the Danphonia took three months to germinate, compared to its normal 14 days," Sheffield remembers. "After six months, the stand was questionable as to whether we could lift the sod."
"Meanwhile, we were developing other native grass species in sod form, and had nurtured a lawn alternative called Agrostis pallens, which is a native bent grass that's also called "thin" grass. It has a fine texture and is a monostrand, so it looks like a conventional lawn. It also consumes at least 50 percent less water than conventional lawns, and possibly even more."
Agrostis pallens was not used everywhere, explains Sheffield. "Where they're not mowing the turf, we put in a mix of native grasses that top out at 18 inches before the blades tumble over on themselves. That mix consists of Festuca idahoensis, Festuca rubra, and Western Mokelumne fescue, Festuca occidentalis. It's all irrigated with pop-up risers that get above the tallest grass; when the grass grows high enough to tumble, it forms almost a wavy green grass sea."
To get a better sense of what the hillside looked like over the years, the design team took advantage of some aerial photography that had been done since the 1930s. For the other two terrains, Klope left in the native trees and plant materials and replaced non-natives with natives.
A sophisticated stormwater and wastewater collection and storage area has been built at Tah.mah. lah. Stormwater is gathered in a 50,000-gallon underground cistern. Darryl Jessen, president of Battle Mountain, Santa Cruz, California, who installed the system, explains that wastewater is streamed to underground treatment "boxes."
Those boxes turn out reclaimed water pure enough to be used for watering the landscape.
"We installed a two-wire irrigation system. The two-wire reduced copper content on the property by 75 percent compared to conventional irrigation," Munion says. The irrigation pipes are 100 percent recyclable, with compression-fitting high-density polyethylene.The main lawn is irrigated via subsurface drip. Munion made provision for fertigation through a "compost tea" delivered by way of the drip lines. In-ground sensors feed information to a central controller that connect to an overall water/energy "dashboard" located in the home. That dashboard provides Yates and
Holland with real time energy and water status monitoring. It's the best way to verify where and how electricity is being used, and whether water is being collected, stored, and delivered effectively.
Hardscaping went through the same green prism that guided work on the landscape. Out went the existing asphalt driveway. In went a driveway of porous crushed local stone, bordered by plant material native to the area.
On a business trip for an unrelated project, Klope discovered some huge abandoned limestone blocks that were literally gathering dust. He had those shipped in and placed artfully on the property.
Even wildlife was taken into account. Before construction began, biologists did an inventory of all native biological animals in the area.
The goal was to preserve and facilitate their native environments.
Klope points out that the planning process required a willingness to challenge conventional "green" wisdom with cold local facts. "We went in assuming that one of the landscape features would be a green roof on the home. After all, green roofs are the latest and greatest in absorbing rainwater, and providing insulation."
However, once the the planning committee determined the energy load for the property and how energy efficient the home would be, there was no need for that design element. Standard roofing plus solar collection panels made more sense.
There was a similar experience with the swimming pool. Conventional wisdom was that a pool that filtered its water through a bog would be "greener" than a pool with traditional filtration, but energy models for the particular property showed that was not the case. A pool with conventional filtering made more sense.
The late Robert Kennedy said, "There are those who look at things the way they are and ask, 'Why?' I dream of things that never were, and ask, 'Why not?'" Yates and Holland succeeded at Tah.mah.lah by asking, "Why not?" When you've got a new landscape project, why not suggest that it might be green to the max? If the customer isn't ready to go all-in, why not make part of that landscape green?
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Afew years ago, I needed a bedside table for my cuppa and a book on those rare "lie-in" mornings. The table was so simple to build that I now have similar tables all over my shop, including near my wood stove, next to my favorite chair and near my front door to hold a portfolio of my work for customers to see.
Like my Windsor and Welsh-style stick chairs, I make this table without machines and from wood harvested locally and split in the lot behind my shop and home.
If you'll follow along as I build my latest table, I'll introduce you to some of the tools of my trade and show you how they're used. And, perhaps, pique your interest enough that you might want to give it a go yourself.
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I think that learning the harder/manual way is necessary if one really wants to learn the craft of programming.
what about those poor saps who use PICs they are stuck with ASM and BASIC
Also, interesting that Lady Ada of Ada fruit uses that name, is this the reason why
She wrote its first programs, in its assembler mneumonics (sic)... Sadly, she died young (and painfully) of cancer.


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Vodka Review: Nemiroff Rye Honey Vodka
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 13, 2011
Today I am continuing with my mini series of Vodka Reviews with another flavoured Vodka produced by the Nemiroff Vodka Company. The Nemiroff Rye Honey Vodka, (which was launched in 2003), is a lightly flavoured Vodka spirit which combines the essences of freshly baked rye bread with the sweetness of real honey. I received a sample bottle to review from Igor Kashkan, the local importer of Nemiroff Vodka..
Nemiroffis a Ukrainian Vodka company based in the town of Nemyriv in Vinnytska Oblast. Since it was founded in 1992, the spirits company has experienced widespread recognition of their products and witnessed rapid growth in world-wide sales. The company currently exports to over 50 different countries in Europe and abroad.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"….When I took my first sip, the cold vodka (about 5 degrees Celsius) felt creamy in my mouth, and it coated the palate with light but firm rye spices which also had hints of bread dough, and a feathery sweetness which did actually remind me of honey…"
You may read the full Review here:
Vodka Review: Nemiroff Rye Honey Vodka
As well I have included recipes for the Balalaika and the Rye Honey Vodka Martini.
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LONDON – Argentina's president called on Britain on Thursday to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an act of "blatant colonialism" in claiming the wind-swept archipelago.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honor U.N. resolutions which she says backs her case for the return of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. She has made several similar demands in the past.
"180 years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century colonialism, Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Malvinas Islands, which are situated 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) away from London," she says in the letter, copied to U.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Britain asserted control of the south Atlantic islands by placing a naval garrison there in 1833. Britain and Argentina fought a brief war in 1982 after Argentina invaded the islands. More than 900 people died, most of them Argentines.
Cameron rebuffed the Argentine president's demand that the islands be handed over. "The future of the Falkland Islands should be determined by the Falkland Islanders themselves, the people who live there," the British prime minister said.
He said Kirchner should pay heed to the result of a referendum to be held on the islands this year, noting that whenever the islanders "have been asked their opinion, they say they want to maintain their current status with the United Kingdom."


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Settlement in fight over a protestor's balloon
The state of Wisconsin has paid a Capitol protester $19,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2011 altercation in which a state employee popped a red heart-shaped balloon.
Leslie Peterson filed the civil lawsuit against Department of Administration worker Ron Blair. He pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in November 2011, but it was dismissed after he completed a deferred prosecution agreement.
Peterson's attorney, Jeff Scott Olson, said Tuesday that Peterson was paid $19,000 last week by the state to settle the civil lawsuit. Department of Administration spokeswoman Stephanie Marquis says the case was resolved in the best interest of taxpayers.
Blair said at the time that he popped Peterson's balloon because he was tired of retrieving balloons from the ceiling of the Capitol.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Jennifer Nettles is a bit nervous about starting over. She's spent years drawing fans and accolades as a part of Grammy Award-winning Sugarland, but now that duo is on hiatus while she sets off on her solo career.
"I think any time one takes the risk of reinvention and really puts herself out there in a new way, there are fears," Nettles said. "And for me, people said, 'Are you nervous? Are you scared?' Yeah, I am scared in the way that one gets when something is important."
Her new album, "That Girl," released on Tuesday, is like the debut of an up-and-coming singer-songwriter that highlights her powerful vocals paired with simple backing music. Although she's wanted to record a solo album for years, the success of Sugarland, which won the Country Music Association's vocal duo category for five years straight, meant that she had to be careful with her timing of this album.
"The more success one has, the more responsibility I think comes with that. ... Cause I love Sugarland and what I've done with Sugarland and the music that Kristian (Bush) and I have made, so I wanted to be able to protect that and set myself up as smartly and as prepared as possible," Nettles said.
She wrote many of the songs while pregnant with her first child, Magnus, and then took her family to California to record with producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with artists as different as Jay Z and Johnny Cash.
"He is super diverse," Nettles said of Rubin. "He is very much a song-focused producer. In the sense that he not only wants to serve the song, but that he wants the song to be its best and he is really good at that."
Although primarily known as a country singer, the album allows her to experiment with her songwriting and style, such as her first single, "That Girl," a sultry, bass-heavy number.
"I definitely want my fans to get to see a new side of me," Nettles said. "I want to have them hear a new part of me vocally and a new part of me as a songwriter and to do something ... more intimate and personal to me than a collaboration would be, with anyone, not just Sugarland."
Sugarland will be on hiatus while both Nettles and Bush work on their separate projects, but she says that the separation is not out of a dislike of their collaboration.
"I want to be able to put myself 100 percent wholeheartedly into this project, cause that's what I do with everything," Nettles said. "And we have left it open ended as to when we might be coming back next. Because we want to be able to be wholehearted in what we are doing separately. So we will see what happens."
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Lookout Colorado dreams of Kim Day's big Greek trip
So Lookout Colorado is finally back from vacation and back in the game, and while your correspondent didn't go to Greece, he's interested in that lovely locale this morning.
The Denver Post's Jeremy P. Meyer reports today that Denver's ethics board has found Denver's airport boss Kim Day erred in accepting a free trip to Greece. The trip was paid for by a company seeking a $370,000 contract with the airport, and the ethics board found that Day should have known better than to have accepted the $5,700 trip.
Denver International Airport has returned the money, and Day, through a spokesman, promises never to accept another perk without first checking with the ethics board.
I mention Meyer's story because readers of Lookout Colorado will soon see some stories about government officials accepting perks. I'm still doing the reporting, but thought I'd send out a heads up.


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NEC Electronics and ARM to co-develop and co-market next-generation multiprocessor-based CPU cores for home and automotive multimedia applications, and mobile handset markets
KAWASAKI, JAPAN AND CAMBRIDGE, UK — Oct. 20, 2003 – NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a global leader in the manufacture and sales of System LSI solutions, and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, today announced a long-term strategic partnership.
The collaboration includes the co-development and marketing of a next-generation multiprocessor core based on Symmetric Multi-Processor (SMP)1 . SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processor) consists of identical processors connected symmetrically. The SMP Operating System automatically balances the processor loads by migrating tasks among processors, and achieves high-performance scalability with existing programs developed for non-multiprocessing system technology. The strategic collaboration is aimed at extending the two companies' businesses within application-rich domains by leveraging the broad range of software developed for the ARM® core family and the multiprocessing technology from NEC Electronics.
This agreement between the two companies underlines NEC Electronics' strategy to promote the multiprocessor core-based products, based on the high-performance, low-power ARM11™ microarchitecture for NEC Electronics' next-generation, high-volume products such as home and automotive multimedia applications, and mobile handsets.
The next-generation CPU core is a high-performance embedded multiprocessor applying a leading-edge parallel processing technology and delivering better power efficiency than conventional CPU cores. ARM and NEC Electronics will also jointly develop software for the next-generation CPU core.
"Our partnership with NEC Electronics is a very significant endorsement for the ARM architecture, and will further strengthen momentum for the ARM11 technology in NEC Electronics' key sectors of automotive and home multimedia, and wireless," said Warren East, CEO, ARM. "By collaborating with a global leader such as NEC Electronics, ARM is creating a new generation of high-performance solutions for media-rich consumer applications."
"We view this next-generation processor core as a key technology to expand the application-rich markets from car multimedia to mobile consumer," said Hirokazu Hashimoto, executive vice president, NEC Electronics Corporation. "The core will be a combination of NEC Electronics' multiprocessing technology and the ARM core architecture, which is widely deployed in various products including mobile handsets. The co-development and co-marketing by the two companies will greatly accelerate the introduction and promotion of this key innovative multiprocessor technology."
Under this agreement, NEC Electronics has licensed the ARM11 family as well as ARM966E-S™ core and the VFP9™ vector floating-point co-processor. The company has been an ARM Partner since 1995 with the ARM7TDMI® core license, and followed this in 2000 with a license for the ARM946E-S™ core for use in mobile handsets.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com .
About NEC Electronics
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handsets, PC peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and platform solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 24 subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.necelam.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.ee.nec.de). In addition to marketing, selling and supporting NEC Electronics products to customers in their respective regions, NEC Electronics America and NEC Electronics Europe also operate local manufacturing facilities in Roseville, California, and Ballivor, Ireland, respectively. Additionally, NEC Electronics America for North America and NEC Electronics Europe for Europe are the sales and marketing channels of NEC AM-LCD and PDP modules. For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit www.necel.com.
1. SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processor) consists of identical processors connected symmetrically. The SMP Operating System automatically balances the processor loads by migrating tasks among processors, and achieves high-performance scalability with existing programs developed for non-multiprocessing system
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Brad: A record absence of tornado deaths
Slight risk of tornadoes in Texas Tuesday
Brad: A record absence of tornado deaths
Slight risk of tornadoes in Texas Tuesday
The last time someone in the United States died from a tornado was June 24 in Highlands Fla. As of Tuesday, that was 197 days ago, and that now ties a record for the longest period in U.S. history without a tornado related fatality.
The old record of 197 days was from 1986-87. If there are no tornado-related fatalities through midnight on Tuesday a new record will be set.
There is a slight risk for tornadoes Tuesday into Tuesday night in south and east Texas. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., has put this area of Texas with a slight risk.
There is no risk of severe weather in Oklahoma, but this system will bring a healthy rain to the state starting late Tuesday.
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Republican lawmakers blasted the Internal Revenue Service on Friday after a top IRS official apologized for "inappropriate" targeting by the agency of applications for tax-exempt status from conservative political groups.
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In a practice that conservatives complained about during the 2012 election campaign, organizations that used the words "patriots" or "Tea Party" in their tax-exempt status filings were flagged by the IRS for further review.
Lois Lerner, director of the IRS tax-exempt office, said the practice "was absolutely incorrect and it was inappropriate."
Speaking at an American Bar Association conference in Washington, Lerner said, "We would like to apologize for that."
None of the groups that were given extra scrutiny have been rejected yet for tax-exempt status, she said.
Lerner said the screening process was "absolutely not" influenced by anyone in the Obama administration.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell immediately called for a White House review to assure that "thuggish practices" were not being used by the government against Americans.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, who earlier called for the IRS inspector general to look into allegations, said his committee will "aggressively follow up ... and hold responsible officials accountable."
Republican Senator Rob Portman in a statement accused the IRS of "overt and excessive harassment of groups targeted for their political beliefs" and urged "additional safeguards ... to prevent this obtrusive behavior in the future."
Tax-exempt applications, for groups ranging from hospitals to labor unions, are routinely reviewed by IRS civil servants.
Known as 501(c)(4) groups after the section of the tax code that makes them tax-exempt, such organizations can collect money from anonymous donors and spend it on advertising. To stay tax-exempt, they cannot endorse a candidate or a political party.
The number of groups seeking 501(c)(4) status has jumped since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 "Citizens United" decision that lifted government limits on corporate spending in federal elections.
Such contributions became controversial during the 2012 election season, as groups favoring both major political parties financed negative ad campaigns to try to influence the race between Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
"I will be discussing this further with the head of the IRS and expect a full briefing and report as to how this happened," said Republican Senator Orrin Hatch in a statement.


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From: Italy
Genre: Dance/Electronica, Progressive Trance, Electronic Dance Music
Well.. "The Story" Begins With The Track "Play It Again" By DJ Torsten Fenslau Of Abfahrt Records, (I Remember That I Was Really "Amazed" By That Track!!
(I Still Love Playing It Those Days..!) And With My "Humble" Tools (A Commodore Amiga,Protracker Etc.) I Began To (Try) Compose Electronic Tracks.. My Primary Source Of Inspiration Came Mainly From The German Techno Scene,Which I Consider The "SEAL OF ELECTRONIC PURITY"! (I Am A Pure German Technoid)
My Primary "Objective" Is To "Re-Explore" Music…


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UH Manoa Center for Chinese Studies announces Chung-Fong & Grace Ning Fund awardsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoā Center for Chinese Studies announces the latest awardees of the Chung-Fong & Grace Ning Fund for Chinese Studies. The fund benefits graduate students and faculty members with China-focused academic projects by providing support for conference and research travel; purchase of books, materials, or supplies; and hiring of student assistance.
Congratulations to the following award winners:
Shana Brown, history, to present "Why National History is Popular: China's Historical Publishing Industry and National Studies," at a conference on "History and Memory" at the Macau Ricci Institute, and to follow-up with research at the Feng Ping Shan Library at the University of Hong Kong, in early December.
Frederick Lau, music, to present "Celestial Music, Glamorous Angels: Girls Glitzing Up Traditional Chinese Music," at the annual meeting of the Society of Ethnomusicology in Atlanta, in November.
Xiaojun Wang, economics, to purchase version 6 upgrades for GAUSS statistical software.
Yingshan Wei, sociology, to attend the "Panel Study of Family Dynamics" conference, organized by the Academia Sinica in Taipei, to gather data for her dissertation in December.
Haiming Wen, philosophy, to present a paper, "What is Chinese Philosophical Creativity," at the Eastern Division Group Meeting of the American Philosophical Association in New York City, in December.
The Chung-Fong and Grace Ning Fund is named for the parents of UH Mānoa Center for Chinese Studies Associate Director Cynthia Ning. The long-time Hawai'i residents were originally from China, but lived in Pakistan for 17 years before coming to the United States. All four of their children were awarded scholarships during their educational careers in the United States. As a token of their appreciation, Chung-Fong and Grace set aside a portion of their savings for an endowment at UH to benefit the Chinese Studies Program.


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By Brendan O'Brien
(Reuters) - Many workers are willing to lie about a death in the family, illness or jury duty to play hooky, according to a survey conducted by a temporary job staffing firm.
Bereavement time has been used for vacation by 26 percent of workers surveyed and jury duty by 27 percent, according to a quarterly survey conducted by Adecco Group North America.
Some 47 percent of full-time workers surveyed said they have called in sick to take a day off, the phone survey conducted in late November found.
When workers do call in sick, 72 percent of their colleagues believe they are faking it, according to the poll of 522 full-time workers.
The poll also showed men are twice as likely as women to use bereavement time and four times as likely to use jury duty as a way to take extra vacation time.
A quarter of women, compared to 11 percent of men, said they are "jealous" when a co-worker leaves work early.
Two-thirds of those surveyed said their workload increased and 44 percent said they have added responsibility when their colleagues take off work.
The poll also found 43 percent of workers in the South, compared to 23 percent of workers in the Northeast and 15 percent in the West, are happy with their current vacation package.
The poll measuring attitudes toward the use of allotted time off was conducted between November 21 and 25 and had a 4.3 percent margin of error. (Reporting By Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Greg McCune and Vicki Allen)


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Harry Potter Spells Application Now Available
Nov 16, 2009
As expected, the new Harry Potter "Spells" Application for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available today via the iTunes store. Retailing for $4.99 (USD) this new application allows you to duel a friend using 14 different spells. You can learn more about the new application at the official site here. Enjoy!