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Nothing's Guilty of Everything has spun repeatedly in my car this past month. At home, I've chugged from an endless keg of Nothing's previous EP, Downward Years to Come. Either way, in either place, it's been Nothing or its been nothing at all these past weeks. Hey, did you see what I did there? Nice.
My buddy Pepe loves this band called Starflyer 59. They play a brand of rock I only know as "shoegaze": densely layered guitars over syrupy bass chugs and a smattering storm of uncharacteristically quick drum work. I hear there's another band called My Bloody Valentine (who Nothing's founder, Dominic Palermo, listened to incessantly during his impressionable years) that plays a similar brand of rock, but I've never heard of them and I'll only embarrass myself here by mentioning them. But the point is that I've never taken to such swarmy guitar drones. I've always preferred a choppy metal riff or a smashing death growl, leaving the "shoegaze" luxuriance to Pepe and the My Bloody Valentine myth to the critical minority.
All that to say, surprisingly, Nothing won me with a single track NPR preview of their song "Dig". And even though Nothing reminded me of Pepe's Starflyer 59, I was hooked. It makes me wonder if I'm aging? Maturing? Is my musical palette performing on a more gourmet level? Hell, I've all but abandoned my Kelly Clarkson discs while just the other day I found myself actually grooving to REM's "Nightswimming"! The tides are changing o'er my celestial berms.
Or maybe Nothing's Guilty of Everything is truly a game-changer of a record. Especially this fourth track, "Endlessly", that sounds solar and aquatic and cavernous all at once. Everything here – the sounds, the lyrics – feels elemental – "Mother / Reflect the Heaven sky / Father / Angel with bestial eyes / Gently / Love us gently . . . / In circles we spun / And fell to her Earth to the dirt we came from". Or the third track "Bent Nail" – "I'm caught between a beggar's teeth / Buried in the wilted roses and the pregnant weeds" – which rises and falls, rushes and slides. It's fucking rich.
Still, congrats to Nothing for signing with Guilty, but I can't help feeling Downward Years to Come is the superior title. Relapse Records released Guilty at the beginning of March, while Downward remains a Bandcamp only digital release – a damn shame in my book. There's something eerily special about Downward, something possessing that makes it impossible to walk away with the same gaited cadence in which I approached. If I've never won you to any action before, act on this: check out Nothing's Bandcamp page. Give them a listen. Buy their records. If enough of us do so, Downward will eventually release to LP, which is where it belongs.


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Dear Modern Life,
You and I have to have a talk. Not just any talk. A relationship talk.
Obviously, I'm in this for the long haul: really, where else could I go? So I'm taking the long view. And I know you and I have had our ups and downs over the years -- both very intense. We had some great moments over feminism, gay rights, and the internet. Good times!
There have been struggles that nearly destroyed my commitment to you, though. A girl doesn't get over global poverty, local income inequality, and climate change without a certain amount of internal struggle. At what point does "stand by your man" turn into making a doormat of yourself?
Still, I realize that some problems are hard to solve, and all my friends will tell you I defend you often. Indeed, they're probably tired of hearing me say, "Modern Life isn't so bad! Sure it's impossible to afford a reasonable apartment on the average working wage ... but what about feminism? Gay rights? What about the internet?"
But you know what they say: it's not the big things that ruin a relationship, it's the little things. And to tell you the truth, you're getting harder and harder to live with. In particular:
Could you please be a little quieter? What's with the constant racket? It's not like we're going to forget you're there! I don't want to be listening to sexed up pop songs while I'm trying to shop for yogurt; I don't want to listen to the sounds of cellophane wrappers, mocha latte slurps, and constant chewing and lip smacking while I'm trying to study in the library; and I especially don't want to be assaulted by the 100 decibel sounds of those ridiculous new air-hand dryers!
Also, could you cool it with the inattentive driving? Every time you cross the street these days you feel like a car is about to crash into you. It's exhausting!
I know a lot of people have been on you about the whole gadget-connectivity-stupidity business lately, so I won't go into that now, except to say that this whole suggested connection between social networking, sharing, and open-mindedness ... well, who do you think you're fooling with that? I saw Mark Zuckerberg in the New Yorker suggesting that the more people put stuff on their Facebook pages, like the fact that they're gay or whatever, the more open and tolerant our society will be. You think we haven't noticed that the more information people have about others, the more intolerant they are? I don't know if this is some kind of bait-and-switch or what you got going on with that, but let me just say, I am onto you, Mister.
I know it's not easy being you, but it's not easy being me either. We're stuck with each other for now so hey, work with me a little, will you?

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No two ways around it: Deena's hittin' the slammer. After a marathon day of doing shots and dancing in the street, the little meatball found herself on the wrong side of the law. We felt bad for D, but hoped she could gather some solace in the fact that she certainly wasn't the first "Jersey Shore" housemate to see the backseat of a squad car.
Ronnie, Snooki and even that notorious "Unit" had already done jail time long before Deena belted out "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" across pavement. Take a look at five previous Seaside Heights brushes with the law, and tell us how you see Deena proceeding with her summer now that her sh**'s hit the fan.
Mr. "One Shot!" gets cuffed (Season 1, Episode 8):
Snooki can't find the beach (Season 3, Episode 3):
Deena and Snooki sideswipe a police car (Season 4, Episode 7):
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Myrlie Evers-Williams is coming home.
More than 48 years after her husband was gunned down by an assassin, she is returning to her native Mississippi. She is joining Alcorn State University as a distinguished scholar-in-residence.
"Our students and faculty will have the opportunity to interact in once-in-a-lifetime lectures and archival research projects," Alcorn President Christopher Brown said in a statement. "Words are inadequate to express our excitement about Mrs. Evers coming home to teach our students, write about her tenure at the NAACP, and relaunch the Medgar, and now Myrlie Evers Institute."
Upon learning Tuesday of her return, Leslie Burl McLemore, director of the Hamer Institute at Jackson State University, remarked, "That is wonderful. That is the best news I've heard all year."
Evers-Williams was born in 1933 in Vicksburg, the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" during the Civil War before surrendering to Union troops in 1863.
On June 12, 1963, her husband, Medgar Evers, field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP, was assassinated in the driveway of their Jackson home. She and their children rushed out, saw the blood and screamed.
Ten days later, FBI agents arrested Byron De La Beckwith of Greenwood, who was tried twice in 1964 but went free after all-white juries deadlocked.
With the trials ended, the memories grew too painful, and Myrlie Evers and her three children left Mississippi and moved to California. She married Walter Williams, who died in 1995. In 1970, she followed an unsuccessful run for Congress with a successful career in business, eventually serving on the Los Angeles' Public Works Commission.
n 1989, she pushed for the reopening of her late husband's case, and five years later, a jury convicted Beckwith, who was sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 2001.
When she took over as chairman of the national NAACP in 1995, the organization was teetering near bankruptcy with a debt of $5 million. Three years later, she left the organization with a $2 million surplus.
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A mysterious rooster statue reportedly left as a tribute for a slain drug trafficker now has a new home.
The statue first commanded attention when it was left in the middle of a busy intersection on the city TMs westside back in January.
The gilded rooster statue, known as "El Gallo de Vista Hermosa," was left with flowers and wreaths for slain Gulf Cartel leader Samuel Flores-Borrego.
Flores-Borrego, who went by the nickname Metro 3 and reported lived in the Colonia Vista Heromosa, was gunned down back in September.
It was never known who put the rooster statue and its nighttime lighting there but it was moved on Sunday evening.
Users on the social media network Twitter posted pictures of the spot where the statue used to be.
The statue now sits outside the Reynosa TMs Palenque, an rodeo arena and live music venue located about 650 feet from the original location.
It TMs not clear if the statue will stay at its new home permanently.


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The California Olive Committee is comprised of two canneries and thousands of family farmers, who raise olives on about 27,000 acres of orchards that crisscross the warm inland valleys of California.
|California produces over 95% of the olives grown in the US--but that doesn't mean we're all big business. Ours are not mechanically run, industrial farms, but multi-generational orchards powered by hardworking American farmers and their families. Plots come in all sizes and they are individually serviced by some of the finest stewards of our land. They range from small 5-acre lots to 1,000-acre multi-crop farms, but strict growing and handling standards remain consistent.There are two main varieties of trees that produce our olives: Manzanillo and Sevillano. These different varieties produce different sizes of olives, giving consumers a choice ranging from small to super colossal.
Olive trees are by nature an alternate bearing fruit. (In other words, they produce a big crop one year and a smaller one the next.) This means the harvest can vary from under 50,000 tons one year to over 160,000 the next. The trees generally bloom in May, with small cream-colored flowers blossoming all over the orchards. This is the first indicator of what the fall harvest will be like. The olives grow and start to ripen throughout the entire summer. The harvesting begins while the olives are still green, but starting to show a little darkening color.
Harvest season generally starts in September and goes into November. To assure absolute quality, harvesting is done by hand. The crews use ladders to reach the fruit and painstakingly hand-harvest the olives off each branch, tree by tree. There can be 1,000 olives on each tree, so each crewmember will pick only 2 or 3 trees in a day. Once the trees are picked, the olives are sent to one of California's two olive processing plants. (Which, by the way, are also multigenerational family businesses.) At the plants, the olives are sorted, graded and stored until they are ready for curing.
Curing is essential to the process because olives straight off the tree are much too bitter to eat. While there are many different curing methods used around the world, in California, most olives become California black ripe olives, which are prized for their firm texture and smooth, mellow taste.
The method of processing California Black Ripe Olives was invented by a housewife in the late 1800s and that same recipe is followed today. It is a multiple-day process that starts by putting the olives into a lye curing solution that leaches the bitterness out. This is followed by a series of cold-water rinses, which removes every trace of curing solution. During the multi-day curing process, pure air is bubbled constantly through the olives. This air is what creates their natural, rich dark color. A trace of organic iron salt (ferrous gluconate) is sometimes added, which acts as a color fixer so the olives will maintain their rich black color after the cans are stored.
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If you want to see what California Olives look like in their natural environment, just take a trip to California's central valley, where live trees span the state from North to South. Tulare County in the central San Joaquin Valley has over 56% of olive acreage. There you'll find growers like Sally Campbell overseeing her trees with the help of her miniature horses. Further north, Sacramento, Glenn, Tehama and Butte counties grow about 36% of an annual crop. This is where you may run into people like Ed Curiel, who, along side his family ,has literally spent his life working in the field. Kings, Kern, Fresno and Madera Countries account for about 9% of any harvest.
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WASHINGTON — In an unusual show of nonpartisan support, Democratic leaders Wednesday rallied around President Reagan`s agenda for next week`s summit with Soviet leaders.
At the same time, the Democratic leadership submitted some ``recommendations`` to Reagan on arms control and human rights issues. The Democrats - including Dante Fascell of Miami, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - have tried to subtly influence the arms-control agenda, though their suggestions differ only slightly from the president`s proposals.
Far more forceful attempts to influence the summit came from Republicans and conservative Democrats. More than 200 - including Sen. Paula Hawkins, R- Fla., and eight Florida congressmen - sent Reagan a message urging him not to abandon the Strategic Defense Initiative (``Star Wars``) or to lock the United States into a position of nuclear inferiority.
These urgings and coaxings have given Reagan a generally supportive congressional sendoff for his historic meetings in Geneva next week with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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``We want the Soviets to understand that political considerations are not involved as the president of the United States goes to this summit meeting,`` Fascell said. ``It is very important for the president to go there with the support of both parties and the American people.``
Though deviating slightly from Reagan`s Star Wars plans, the Democratic suggestions merely emphasize certain aspects of the president`s professed goals. The Democrats particularly approved of his intention to broaden the range of the talks to include not only arms control but also human rights concerns and settlements of regional conflicts, such as in Central America and Afghanistan.


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The Romeike family urgently needs your prayers!
Adolf Hitler made a law forbidding parents from homeschooling their kids. That law has never been repealed and the German government has been enforcing it with a vengeance. In some cases, they have removed the children from their homes, made them wards of the government and sent them to state run public schools. The Wunderlich family had their four kids savagely removed by police because the parents wanted their kids to be homeschooled with a Christian based education.
The Romeike family fled Germany because of the harsh anti-homeschooling laws and were granted asylum in the US by an immigration judge. The judge agreed that if the family returned to Germany that the children would surely be taken from their parents who face arrest for wanting a Christian education for their kids.
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However, our family and Christian friendly President and Attorney General have been fighting to deport the family back to Germany. Eric Holder says the family is not facing persecution and has used the courts to rescind their asylum status.
On October 10, 2013, the Home School Legal Defense Association filed an appeal with the US Supreme, asking them to hear the case. In November their appeal was up for consideration with the high court, but they delayed hearing the case because they asked Eric Holder to respond to the appeal in writing. The HSLDA believes that the request of the court for a written response from Holder was a good sign that at least one of the justices is interested in the case. It takes 5 members of the court to agree to hear a case, and they are praying that is the case.
This Friday, February 21, the Supreme Court is scheduled to review the case. The HSLDA is asking everyone for prayer that the high court will uphold the history of America as being a place of refuge for those persecuted for their faith. They believe that they have a strong and solid case and a persuasive argument.
Please join me in praying that the Supreme Court will decide to hear the Romeike appeal and rule to uphold the original asylum status and be allowed to remain here in the US. All this family wants is to be able to give their kids a solid Christian based education. You also need to ask yourself why Holder and Obama are fighting so hard to deport this Christian family?


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Table of Contents | Features | Frontlines | Technology | Business
Table of Contents | Features | Frontlines | Technology | Business
Use these pointers on the tools and tactics that will help you avoid snafus and become the ultimate online presenter.
Even though you can't see the audience and they can't see you, webinars let a presenter and attendees interact in new and really cool ways. But you have to do your homework if you want to prepare and present your online CLE program without hitches.
The previous installment of Tips & Tricks laid the groundwork for a good agenda and solid content in a webinar presentation. In Part 2, let's focus on some of the other issues you need to think about, including creating your PowerPoint slides, avoiding computer snafus, and using your webinar software's features to interact with your audience.
Prepping Webinar PowerPoints
When creating PowerPoint slides for a webinar, remember that the online format lets you ignore the 6 x 6 rule, which advocates six points with six words on each slide. That rule should almost never be broken for a live presentation so that people in the back rows can easily read your slides. However, when sitting at their desks looking at a computer screen, people can read more information. So more content in your online slides is okay, but not too much. You want them listening to you, not reading long passages, right?
Also, light-colored print on a dark background generally provides higher contrast, and thus higher visibility, in an online format. However, for any "handout" materials that attendees will print out to accompany your program, you take a different tack, since light text on dark doesn't work well for printing. So in the Print dialog, under the Color/grayscale option, remember to select Pure black and white to have black text on a white background for your handouts.
To make your presentation more interesting, don't use a standard template on absolutely every slide. Vary the slides in format and layout instead, adding graphical elements or pictures tied to the topic of each slide. Change background graphics or colors, and intermittently use a photo on some slides. A great source for no-cost clipart and royalty-free photos is the Microsoft Online Clipart page.
In webinars you should use little or no animation or slide transitions because they just don't reproduce nicely across the Web, especially for people on slower connections. However, if you can't resist it for some slides, know that a slow fade-in is better than a fast fly-in. You can find more about preparing better PowerPoint slides in earlier Tips & Tricks columns available in the online Law Practice archives at www.lawpractice.org/magazine.
Prepping the Computer
A technology meltdown can interrupt but may not totally kill a live presentation, since you can still troop on without your PowerPoint or a microphone. (I know, I've done it.) But that's not the case with a webinar, where random technology snafus can mean no presentation at all. That's why it's very important to do everything you can in advance to make sure the technology won't fail you.
There are a number of technology logistics issues to think about. First, which computer will you use? If you use a computer from the CLE provider, you can avoid compatibility problems with the provider's webcasting software. However, snafus could arise in different areas. For example, running a Power- Point created on a different computer can cause problems if there are font substitutions (i.e., fonts used to create the PowerPoint aren't on the new computer) or if there is missing audio (i.e., it was an external file on the other computer). The best way to identify and fix these problems is to run a test session before the actual webinar.
If you're presenting from the comfort of your office or home (one of the cool options in the webinar format), you're more likely using your own computer. But again, you should still do a test-run before your presentation to make sure everything will operate properly. In particular, make sure that the webinar software and any other applications you'll be using will operate without problems. Remember, too, you may need to have administrator rights to install and run some webinar applications.
When using your own computer, also remember to have a power brick and do a clean boot without unnecessary background applications running (IM or chat, e-mail and the like). And for heaven's sakes, put your computer in Presentation power mode so it doesn't shut down in the middle of the seminar. You should also clear your browsing histories and remove silly or inappropriate stuff on your desktop—and don't check your e-mail during the webinar! You're going to be "sharing" your screen (more on that in a moment), so don't take a chance that someone else can see what they should not.
Lastly, be prepared for a computer disaster by making sure you have a backup copy of your PowerPoint on a thumb drive or in your online email account. Consider sending it to the CLE provider's staff before the program so they can run it from their end if there are problems with your computer. If this case, you should also have a printout of your slides, the seminar agenda or script, and any notes you need. If you're demonstrating specific software as part of the session, have a second laptop with all necessary software on it in case there's a problem with the first computer.
Using Webinar Application Tools
Among the common applications that CLE providers use, GoToMeeting, WebEx, Acrobat Connect Pro and similar products have similar features, but each has a different look and feel and operates in slightly different ways. You want to be confident and comfortable navigating the slides in your presentation and using the other features these products offer.
At the most basic level, these products let you share some or all of your computer screen across the Internet so webinar attendees can see what appears on your screen. The presenter and attendees will have similar screen contents, although there are usually a few extra things (like a list of attendees) on the presenter's screen. The host of the presentation, which will usually be one of the CLE provider's staff members, is like a super-user who can change or access anything and will take care of setting up and configuring everything.
The largest part of both the presenter's and attendees' screens will consist of a box with content that you designate as shared so attendees can see that particular content. There are different levels of sharing:
# You can share an individual document (e.g., the PPT deck you are using). For most presentations the CLE provider will do this for you.
# You can share an application (e.g., PowerPoint itself), which lets all meeting attendees see everything that happens in that application. You would share at this level to do a software training or demonstration session on a specific program.
# You can also share your desktop, which lets attendees see everything on it. But holy smokes (getting back to our earlier point), be careful with this: Remember, they will see everything you do (so don't check your e-mail)!
Note that anything that is shared can be marked up with annotations (such as arrows, text, circles, freehand marks and the like). Those annotations can be saved and shared electronically as well. And you can even give control of shared content to attendees as you want.
Another neat feature for brainstorming or collaboration purposes is the whiteboarding functionality offered in most webinar products. You can share a virtual whiteboard with your attendees, and some (or all) can add to it if they are given sufficient privileges. The bonus: All the content added to the whiteboard is electronic so it can be saved and distributed at the end of the webinar.
Interacting with Attendees in New Ways
Webinar applications offer several interesting tools for interacting with attendees in ways you just can't do in a live CLE environment. The options include a basic Q&A function, a chat function and a polling function. The results of all three can be captured electronically and used or printed after the program.
Q&A is the easiest to use, while chat requires more effort but makes the session much more interactive. For the Q&A, attendees have a simple panel on their screens that lets them type in and submit a question. The presenter's Q&A panel will have a list of all submitted questions. Attendees don't see an answer until it's posted, and answers can be sent only to the person who asked the question or to all attendees. The chat function works just like any mainstream chat tool, and presenters and attendees can chat with each other as the presentation proceeds.
Even experienced presenters, though, can find Q&A and chat difficult to deal with while they are doing a webinar. After all, in the live setting you often don't take questions until the end and you rarely—if ever—have to deal with multiple people throwing questions at you at the same time. However, anyone who uses one of the common online chat tools should have no difficulty using webinar Q&A and chat features. Also, you can have someone other than one of the presenters—such as a session moderator—help handle questions and chat discussions.
In addition, several of the webinar tools have polling functionality that facilitates getting audience feedback, testing knowledge or taking a vote on something. The results are instant and are shared with all attendees, and individual or group results can be saved. And you can have various question types, such as multiple choice, short answer or so forth. It's best to create your polls before the presentation, although you can create one on the fly.
Lastly, another cool thing is that some webinar applications have a notetaking feature, which allows one or more designated people to input notes electronically. The notes can be hidden or visible to attendees during the webinar, and they can be easily saved and distributed in electronic format at the end. Some webinar products also allow you to record all that is done on screen and capture the audio as well.
To get a better idea of how these tools work, there are some great online tutorials for using WebEx at http://support.webex.com/support/howdoi.html.
I hope this two-part Tips & Tricks has you excited about doing presentations webinar-style. Be it CLE or otherwise, online seminars are exploding in popularity, so if you want to be a 21 st century presenter, webinars skills should be an essential for you. Good luck with your first, or your next, webinar.
Dan Pinnington helps lawyers avoid malpractice claims and looks for good tech tips in Toronto, ON. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Law Practice magazine.


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This pamphlet is intended as a general explanation of import requirements for a person interested in establishing an importing business or a person who may be importing something for personal use only - not for resale.
We at Customs want to help expedite the movement of goods in international trade. Continual review of methods and procedures and the enactment of new laws create constant change. Therefore, we encourage you to obtain more specific import information from a Customs officer at the port nearest your residence. A list of our ports of entry may be found on www.customs.gov.
To speed customs clearance, the import community and the Customs Service have created the Customs Automated Commercial System (ACS), which electronically receives and processes entry documentation and provides cargo disposition information. Cargo carriers, customs brokers, and importers may use the system, which reduces clearance time from days to hours or even minutes. Persons entering into the importing trade who intend to file their own entry documentation with Customs are encouraged to explore this method of transacting business. Also, those importing merchandise either for their own use or for commercial transactions may use a customs broker who transacts customs business using the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) in combination with ACS.
Additional information on importing can be found on the Customs web site at www.customs.gov.
Import Requirements
Arrival of Goods
Formal vs. Informal Entry
Formal Entry of Goods
Other Types of Entry
Determining Admissibility/Customs Examination of Goods
Mail Shipments
Restricted Merchandise
Foreign Assets Control
Customs Regulations of the
Customs Bulletin
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
Yes You Can...On ABI
ABI Overview
Importing Into the United States (DOC) (PDF)
Customs Bonds Q & A
Customs Bonded Warehouse
Import Quotas
International Mail Imports
Marking of Country of Origin
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):
A Guide to Customs Procedures
Temporary Importation Under Bond (TIB)
U.S. Customs Service Ports of Entry
Import Requirements
· An individual may make his/her own Customs clearance of goods imported for personal use or business. All merchandise coming into the
· The U.S. Customs Service does not require an importer to have a license or permit. Other agencies may require a permit, license, or other certification, depending on what is being imported. Customs entry forms do ask for your importer number. This is either your IRS business registration number, or if your business is not registered with the IRS or you do not have a business, your social security number.
· The importer must declare the dutiable value of merchandise. The final appraisement is fixed by Customs. Several appraisement methods are used to arrive at this value. The transaction value serves as the primary basis of appraisement. Transaction value is the price actually paid or payable by the buyer to the seller for the goods imported. Other factors may also add to the dutiable value of merchandise, such as packing costs, selling commissions, royalty or licensing fees, etc. When the transaction value cannot be determined, then the value of the imported goods being appraised is the transaction value of identical merchandise. If merchandise identical to the imported goods cannot be found or an acceptable transaction value for such merchandise does not exist, then the value is the transaction value of similar merchandise. Similar merchandise means merchandise that is produced in the same country and by the same person as the merchandise being appraised. It must be commercially interchangeable with the merchandise being appraised. The identical or similar merchandise must have been exported to the
· The importer must determine the classification number of the merchandise being imported. The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), issued by the United States International Trade Commission, prescribes the classification of merchandise by type of product; e.g., animal and vegetable products, textile fibers and textile products.
· The importer must pay estimated duties and processing fees if applicable. Customs makes the final determination of the correct rate of duty. The duty rate of an item is tied to its classification number. The HTSUS provides several rates of duty for each item: general rates for countries with which we maintain normal trade relations (NTR); special rates for special programs (free, or lower than the rates currently accorded NTR countries); and column 2 rates for imports not eligible for either general or special rates. Customs duties are generally assessed at ad valorem rates, a percentage of which is applied to the dutiable value of the imported goods. Some articles, however, are dutiable at a specific rate (so much per piece, liter, kilo, etc); others at a compound rate of duty (i.e., combination of both ad valorem and specific rates).
· If formal entry is required - the importer may have to post a surety bond.
· It is the importers responsibility to ensure that his or her goods being imported meet admissibility requirements - such as proper marking, safety standards, etc. - and that the proper permits, if required, have been obtained in advance of the goods arriving in the
Imported goods may not legally enter
The Customs Service does not notify the importer of the arrival of the shipment. The carrier of the goods usually makes notification of arrival. Arrangements should be made to ensure that the importer or their agent is informed immediately of arrival so that the entry can be filed and delays in obtaining the goods avoided.
The Customs Service defines "entry" not merely as the arrival of goods at a port, but as the process of presenting documentation for clearing goods through Customs. Imported merchandise not entered through Customs in a timely manner (within 15 calendar days of arrival) is sent by Customs to a general order warehouse to be held as unclaimed. The importer is responsible for paying storage charges while unclaimed merchandise is held at the warehouse. If it remains unclaimed at the end of six months, the merchandise is sold at auction.
Some type of Customs entry must be made at the first port of arrival. Ordinarily entry is made there for consumption, for entry into a bonded warehouse, or for transportation in bond to another port where a consumption or warehouse entry will be made. If an importer is unable to be there to prepare and file the entry, commercial brokers, known as customs brokers and licensed by the Customs Service, may act as an agent for the importer. These brokers charge a fee for their services. A list of customs brokers may be obtained from the local Customs office or found in the yellow pages of the local telephone directory.
In the case of a single noncommercial shipment, a relative or other individual may act as the importer's agent for customs purposes. This person must know the facts pertaining to the shipment and must be authorized in writing to act for the importer.
The law prohibits Customs employees from performing these tasks for the importing public. However, they will advise and give information to importers about Customs requirements.
Informal entries cover personal shipments, commercial shipments and mail shipments that are being entered for consumption, i.e. for use or sale. In most cases informal entry can be used if the merchandise is valued at $2000 or less. There are some exceptions such as textiles, certain types of footwear and other goods subject to quota/visa restrictions. Personal shipments valued over $2000 will also require a formal entry. The difference between an informal entry and a formal entry is the bond requirement and the liquidation process. Liquidation is the final computation of duties or drawback accruing to an entry and is the final step in the entry process.
Formal entries are generally commercial shipments supported by a surety bond to ensure payment of duties and compliance with Customs requirements. A bond is like an insurance policy that is payable to Customs in the event that the importer does not comply with import requirements. Having a bond on file, allows an importer to take possession of his merchandise before the payment of duties, taxes and fees. Bonds can be obtained from a surety, which is an insurance company that has been authorized by the Treasury Department to write Customs bonds.
A port director can require a formal entry for any importation if he or she deems it necessary for the protection of the revenue or for admissibility or enforcement issues.
Goods admitted as informal entries do not require the posting of a bond and goods are liquidated on the spot. After the importer receives notification of the arrival of merchandise from the carrier and it is determined that all shipping charges are satisfied an invoice is presented to Customs. When an informal entry is being made, the inspector, not the importer, is responsible for determining the classification number of the goods being imported. The inspector also completes the Customs forms used for informal entry.
To make or file a consumption entry (for imported goods going directly into the commerce of the
1. A bill of lading, airway bill, or carrier's certificate (naming the consignee for customs purposes) as evidence of the consignee's right to make entry.
2. A commercial invoice obtained from the seller, which shows the value and description of the merchandise.
3. Entry manifest (Customs Form 7533) or Entry/Immediate Delivery (Customs Form 3461).
4. Packing lists, if appropriate, and other documents necessary to determine whether the merchandise may be admitted.
When a consumption entry is filed, the importer indicates the tariff classification and pays any estimated duty and processing fee. A surety bond containing various conditions, including a provision for paying any increased duty that may be found to be owed at a later date, may also be required.
Imported goods may be sent in-bond from the first port of arrival to another Customs port. In-bond entries postpone final Customs formalities including payment of duty and processing fees, until the goods arrive at the final port. Arrangements for in-bond shipments should be made before the goods leave the country of export.
Imported merchandise may also be sent to a bonded warehouse under a warehouse entry. Duties and processing fees are not paid on warehoused merchandise until the goods are withdrawn for consumption. Storage fees are paid to the warehouse proprietor by the importer.
All goods that enter the
Classification determines how much duty will be collected. Classification is more than simply looking up an item in an index. It is a very complicated process requiring the application of the General Rules of Interpretation; the section, chapter and subheading notes; and the Explanatory Notes. The importer is responsible for properly classifying his merchandise before entry. If he is not sure how to properly classify an item, he can submit a request, in writing, for a binding classification ruling to the National Commodity Specialist Division, U.S. Customs, Attn: Classification Ruling Requests,
In simple cases involving small shipments or certain classes of goods such as bulk shipments, examination may be made on the docks, at container stations, cargo terminals, or the importer's premises. The goods are then released to the importer. In other shipments, sample packages of the merchandise may be retained by Customs for appraisal or classification purposes and the remainder of the shipment released. These sample packages will also be released to the importer after examination.
Examination of goods is necessary to determine:
· The value of the goods for Customs purposes and their dutiable status.
· Whether the goods are properly marked with the country of their origin. Special marking or labeling may apply. Generally, imported merchandise must be legibly marked in a conspicuous place and with the English name of the country of origin. Certain specific articles are exempt from this requirement. (For further information see Customs Publication No. 539 Marking of Country of Origin on U.S. Imports.)
· Whether the goods have been correctly invoiced.
· Whether the shipment contains prohibited articles.
· Whether the requirements of other federal agencies have been met.
· Whether the amount of goods listed on the invoice is correct, and no shortage or overage exists.
If necessary, goods may be analyzed by a Customs laboratory to determine proper classification and appraisal, to determine that the goods meet safety requirements, or to ensure that they are not counterfeit or otherwise in violation of
If Customs determines that the goods are different from the entered descriptions in quantity or value, that the classification of the goods is incorrect, or that a different rate of duty than the one indicated by the importer applies, an increase in duties may be assessed. If Customs determines that the importer has deliberately failed to properly classify and value his goods, he may be liable for a fine, or other penalty.
When all the information has been acquired, including the report of the Customs import specialist as to the customs value of the goods, and the laboratory report, if required, a final determination of duty is made and the entry is liquidated. At this time, any overpayment of duty is returned or under-payments billed.
Within 90 days after the date of liquidation or other decision, an importer or consignee may protest the decision and receive an administrative review. The protest is filed with the port director whose decision is being protested. At the time the initial protest is filed, the importer or consignee must make a request for further review if one is desired. Review of the port director's decision by the
Shipments by mail which do not exceed $2000 in value, whether commercial or noncommercial importations (except for commercial shipments of textiles from all countries and made-to-measure suits from
A formal entry is required for any mail shipment exceeding $2000 in value. Formal entry is also required, regardless of value, for commercial shipments of textiles from all countries and made-to-measure suits from
Because our officers are stationed at all ports of arrival in the
A license or permit from the responsible agency may be necessary to import:
· alcoholic beverages
· animal and animal products
· certain drugs
· firearms and ammunition
· fruits, nuts
· meat and meat products
· milk, dairy, and cheese products
· plants and plant products
· poultry and poultry products
· petroleum and petroleum products
· vegetables
There are also restrictions on the importation of certain trademarked and copyrighted articles. (For further information see Customs Publication No. 549 U.S. Customs and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.)
Certain items in these categories may also be prohibited.
The following items must comply with applicable regulations of other agencies:
· art materials
· cultural property
· hazardous/toxic/flammable materials
· household appliances
· some electronics products
· toys and children's articles
Most of the above items are regulated, variously, by:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(202) 927-8110 (alcoholic beverages)
(202) 927-8320 (arms and ammunition)
Animal and Plant Inspection Service
(Animals/animal products)
(301) 734-7885
Animal and Plant Inspection Service
(Plants/plant products)
Hyattsville, MD 20782
(301) 734-8896
Office of Management Authority
(703) 358-2104
Food and Drug Administration
Division of Import Operations and Policy
(301) 443-6553
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Compliance
(301) 504-0608
Today, an increasing number of goods and products such as textiles, clothing, automobiles, boats, radios, CD players, television sets, and medical devices, are subject to special standards, declarations, certification, marking or labeling requirements.
Other merchandise must be examined for fitness of use, freedom from contamination, or may be subject to quotas on the quantity imported.
All these requirements must be met before the merchandise may be released by Customs. Finally, many categories of goods are subject to quota or visa restrictions. Please see our brochure Import Quotas for a complete list.
Foreign Assets Control
U.S. trade sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) generally prohibit the importation into the United States (including U.S. territories), either directly or indirectly, of most goods, technology, or services (except information and informational materials) from, or which originated from Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Serbia, or Sudan; from foreign persons designated by the Secretary of State as having promoted the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; named Foreign Terrorist Organizations; designated terrorists and narcotics traffickers; the Taliban, and areas of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban. Vessels and aircraft under the registry, ownership, or control of sanctions targets may not import merchandise into the
Import restrictions imposed against sanctions targets vary by program. Contact the Office of Foreign Assets Control at (202) 622-2490 with specific questions or concerns or visit OFAC's website at www.treas.gov/ofac.
People who are interested in the importing business will find the following publications invaluable. They may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Customs Regulations of the
A loose-leaf volume containing regulations published for the purpose of carrying out customs, navigation, and other laws administered by the U.S. Customs Service. Price: $113, includes revised pages for the subscription year; $141.25, foreign mailing (surface). Note: Customs regulations are also contained in the Code of Federal Regulations. Title 19, Chapter 1.
Customs Bulletin and Decisions
A weekly pamphlet containing regulations, rulings, decisions, and notices concerning Customs and related matters, decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Court of International Trade. Price: $139 a year, domestic mailing; $173.75 a year, foreign mailing.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
A technical document for use in classification of imported merchandise for rates of duty and statistical purposes. Price: $51 domestic, $63.75 foreign. (This may also be found in many public libraries and on line at www.usitc.gov/taffairs.htm.
The following publications can be obtained from the U.S. Customs Service free of charge by writing to U.S. Customs Service,
Information on the Customs Automated Commercial System (ACS) and its related systems can be found in the pamphlets ACS UN/EDIFACT, ACH Credit, The Automated Clearinghouse Credit Program, Yes You Can"...On ABI and the more detailed ABI Overview. The information can also be found at www.customs.gov on the U.S. Customs web site.
Importing Into the
Publication No 0000-0502 is a highly technical 86-page book providing extensive details on the topics covered in this pamphlet. Aimed at those contemplating commercial importing, it also contains sample forms, lists of quotas and other restrictions on a variety of generic merchandise (fibers, fabric, metals, foodstuffs, vehicles, etc.) of interest to commercial importers. One free copy can be obtained from U.S. Customs. Additional copies can be obtained from the Government Printing Office at $9 each; $11.25 for foreign mailing. This publication is available in both English and Spanish. It is also available on the U.S. Customs website at www.customs.gov.
Customs Bonds: Q & A
Customs publication No. 590 describes bonds and who may use them, what obligations users assume, terms and definitions.
Customs Bonded Warehouse
Customs publication No. 537 explains what a bonded warehouse is, users' costs, different types of bonded warehouses, advantages to importers of using bonded warehouses; plus entry, treatment, and storage procedures for merchandise and how to establish a Customs bonded warehouse.
Import Quotas
"Import Quotas" (Customs publication No. 519) describes the merchandise subject to
International Mail Imports
Customs publication No. 0000-0514 answers most frequently asked questions about mailing merchandise to the
Marking of Country of Origin
Customs publication No. 539 describes the purpose, procedures and statutory requirements for marking merchandise and containers.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): A Guide to Customs Procedures
This NAFTA guide (Customs publication No. 571) explains the rules of origin and procedural obligations relating to Customs administration of NAFTA. It summarizes various terms of the agreement and gives an overview of the benefits to and requirements of importers. One free copy can be obtained from U.S. Customs. Additional copies can be obtained from the Government Printing Office at: $6 each, $7.50 for foreign mailing.
Temporary Importation Under Bond (TIB)
Customs publication No. 527 explains the TIB procedure, under which merchandise may be entered into the United States Customs territory temporarily free of duty by posting a bond. It describes classes of goods, eligibility requirements, restrictions, and benefits of the TIB procedure.
Ports of Entry
Additional information may be obtained from the ports of entry listed below, or you may consult your telephone directory for a Customs port closer to you, as there are 300 ports of entry in the
Baton Rouge
Charlotte Amalie
Main Post Ofc-Sugar Est.,
Church St.
6747 Engle Rd., Middleburg
Dallas/Ft. Worth
4735 Oakland St., Denver, CO 80239
Interstate 91,
1st St.
9400 Viscount,
Highgate Springs
RR #2 Box 170, Swanton, VT 05488
2350 N. Sam Houston East,
LA/Long Beach Seaport Area
601 W. Broadway,
423 Canal St., Ste 245,
6 World Trade Ctr.,
New York-JFK Area
Building #77,
Rt 1&9 S., Hemisphere Ctr.,
112 W. Stutsman, #102,
2nd &
Port Huron
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San Diego
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Picatinny aims for green with new type of primary explosive
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - One day, during a tough, live-fire training, an infantryman fires his mortar and the round is on target--an event which announces itself with flame and thunder.
When the training is done, the toxic oxide dust from the flame and smoke enters air, soil, and eventually, water, contaminating the environment.
The sources of this dust? Lead azide and lead styphnate.
These two primary sources are what have been used for years to start the chain reaction in items like mortar rounds, small caliber munitions, and rockets, triggering the more energetic secondary explosive or propellant charges.
But not only are these compounds highly sensitive, they are also toxic.
As primary explosive components in detonators and primers, lead azide and lead styphnate are sensitive to stimuli, such as impact, heat or friction.
They can be used as a neat material (a single compound) or within a formulation, a mixture of various components -- such as explosives -- oxidizers or other chemicals.
The problem is that lead azide and lead styphnate are both acute and chronic toxins that can contaminate the environment as well as affect the health of Soldiers and manufacturers who breathe in its toxic vapor.
Not only does this affect the Warfighter in combat, but it also disrupts the Warfighter's training as lead-based materials are now cataloged on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Chemical list and are strictly regulated under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and on the Superfund list of hazardous substances.
To resolve this issue, a Picatinny team is developing "green primary explosives" that replace lead base compounds with a more environmentally friendly chemical known as copper (II) nitrotetrazole, or DBX-1.
While their project is ongoing, the team from the Armament Research Development Engineering Center's Explosives Development Branch (including Neha Mehta and Gartung Cheng, chemical engineers, and Karl Oyler, a chemist) say that so far the results look positive and are giving DBX-1 a big, green thumbs-up.
"Once [lead azide and lead styphnate] get into the human body, they become a kind of poison that can affect the blood or target organs," Mehta said. "But, most people mistakenly think that 'green' and 'explosives' are oxymorons."
ARDEC's green primary explosives project started in 2004 in response to the Department of Defense's concerns over a 40-year-old stockpile of lead azide deteriorating at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown, Iowa.
At the time, no domestic manufacturers were working with lead azide due to the health concerns and high costs to produce large quantities of lead based compositions.
In 2003, the program was brought to Picatinny and given to Cheng, who was working on the M67 Fragmentation Hand Grenade Program. Chen later brought Mehta and Oyler onto the green primary explosives team.
"The specific goal of the [hand grenade] program was to improve the reliability of the C70 contained in the grenade's M213 fuze, which also contains lead azide and lead styphnate," Mehta said.
"Because it contains such large amounts of lead azide, and because of the stockpile issue, Project Manager Close Combat Systems also funded our group to test green primary explosives in replacement of the lead azide in a detonator."
Early research led the group to a metal-free, organic material known as triazine triazide, or TTA.
TTA was developed in the 1920s, but it was never adopted due to its high sensitivity.
By developing a new synthesis process, a process that induces one or more chemical reactions, the group was able to lower TTA's sensitivity.
When used as a replacement for lead azide in a large detonator, TTA fulfilled the performance requirement.
However, though TTA showed promising results in one detonator, when the team tested TTA in the smaller M55 detonator, the material didn't perform well.
For this reason, the material was dropped and the Picatinny team turned to DBX-1.
"Primary explosives themselves are by their nature extremely dangerous to handle," Mehta explained.
"They can be set off from simple triggers such as dropping a half-ounce steel ball from the height of a few inches or from a static discharge. So, we have to be extremely careful in planning every activity related to handling primary explosives."
Picatinny's green primary explosives team first heard about DBX-1 at a primary explosive workshop in Arizona, where U.S. Navy Indian Head and its contractor known as the Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company, briefed on how they were synthesizing a new primary explosive called DBX-1, a "drop-in" green replacement for lead azide.
"We go to conferences every year and that's where Indian Head briefed that they came up with this new material," said Mehta.
"So we said we want to test this in our Army item, the M55 detonator -- which is widely used for a lot of artillery and mortars--and when we tested it, it showed promising results: DBX-1 worked in the M55 detonator, while TTA did not."
To produce similar performance results as lead based components, though, DBX-1 must be compatible with certain criteria.
Some criteria includes being thermally stable over 150 degrees Celsius, not melting up to a point of approximately 110 degrees Celsius, possessing high detonation performance and sensitivity, long term chemical stability, does not contain toxins or heavy metals and is affordable.
If you have information that may be of interest to U.S. Army Counterintelligence, please submit an iSALUTE Suspicious Activity Report.
You may also report by telephone:
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The highest-energy particle accelerator ever built, the Large Hadron Collider runs under the border between France and Switzerland. It leapt into action on September 10, 2008, amid unprecedented global press coverage and widespread fears that its energy would create tiny black holes that could destroy the earth. By smashing together particles smaller than atoms, the LHC recreates the conditions hypothesized to have existed just moments after the big bang.
Physicists expect it to aid our understanding of how the universe came into being and to show us much about the standard model of particle physics - even possibly proving the existence of the mysterious Higgs boson. In exploring what the collider does and what it might find, Don Lincoln explains what the LHC is likely to teach us about particle physics, including uncovering the nature of dark matter, finding micro black holes and supersymmetric particles, identifying extra dimensions, and revealing the origin of mass in the universe.
Thousands of physicists from around the globe will have access to the LHC, none of whom really knows what outcomes will be produced by the US Dollar 7.7 billion project. Whatever it reveals, the results arising from the Large Hadron Collider will profoundly alter our understanding of the cosmos and the atom and stimulate amateur and professional scientists for years to come.
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Jack Huston to Replace Daniel Craig in James Bond Movies?
A new report claims that Jack Huston is the name at the top of the list to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond should he no longer want the role.
The 34-year-old Ben-Hur actor is apparently a favorite of producer Barbara Broccoli, but she's "absolutely keen on having a black actor playing Bond" too," according to the Daily Mail.
There have been rumors that Idris Elba might step into the iconic role, but this report claims he's too big of name now.
"It's just finding the actor," a source told the site. "In fact, she doesn't care what colour he is. Black, brown or white. She just wants a great actor."
Meanwhile, Daniel is still "keener to do it than not."
Screenwriters Robert Wade and Neil Purvis are writing the script for the untitled film, reportedly known as Bond 25. Filming won't begin until next fall.


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Two Stocks That Define 2011
With 2011 coming to a close, it's no surprise that Altria and TASER International are the stocks that define the year.
Having said that, there are two stocks in particular that summarize 2011. Take a look below at the price ratios of the following relative to the S&P 500. As a reminder, a rising price ratio means the numerator/stock is outperforming (up more/down less) the denominator.
Altria (MO) -- Stressed Out? Have a Smoke...
Comments: Aside from the high dividend yield, the outperformance of a company that sells cigarettes in one of the most anxiety-ridden investment environments in recent memory should come as no surprise.
TASER International (TASR) -- Social Unrest? Zap away!
Comments: While the price ratio doesn't look all that great now, TASER significantly outperformed starting in August as the Occupy Wall Street movement took hold and the Summer Crash began. It appears that investors were making a real bet on increased sales of self-defense products.
How will 2012 look? Will social unrest continue and the sideways S&P 500 continue along its path to nowhere? If you've followed my more recent articles calling for a "Winter Resolution," we may be headed for an actual trend, believe it or not (see From Fall Melt-Up to Winter Resolution). Whether it's up or down is not clear just yet, but I think watching the relative performance of TASER and Altria to the market might provide some clues.
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One of the big celebrity headliners of the 2013 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was the Robertson family from the hit A&E reality show "Duck Dynasty." Willie Robertson (middle), third son of Phil and Miss Kay and CEO of Duck Commander, tells FOX411 that they were extremely excited to be a part of the festivities.
"It's something we watched together as a family. It's an
honor to be up here, we're real excited so we brought the whole crew," says Robertson.
"It's been quite a year. The good Lord's been good to us, blessed us a bunch, so we hope we can continue on the path we're on, staying positive and keeping it real and moving forward with our faith and family," he adds. "That's the recipe that's gotten us here, so we're going to stick with that."
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He also says that the Robertson clan celebrated Thanksgiving early, since so many of them were going to be in New York on Turkey Day.
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Jai Courtney cast in Terminator Genesis. The casting of Jai Courtney in Terminator: Genesis (2015) answers the question of who will play the lead male role in the Alan Taylor directed film. Jai Courtney will play Kyle Reese.
On The Terminator franchise:
The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and additional media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race.
Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the original "Terminator" character, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first film. Schwarzenegger also portrayed other Terminator characters; however, it is made clear that these are different units. The latest film in the franchise is Terminator Salvation, released in 2009 while Terminator: Genesis, the reboot of the series, is due for release in 2015.
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- 3-1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup shortening or butter
- 1 beaten egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1-1/4 cups Sun-Maid Natural Raisins
MIX dry ingredients together in large bowl.
CUT in shortening or butter until mixture is "mealy".
ADD egg, milk, and raisins and mix until all ingredients are moistened and dough holds together (dough will be very stiff).
ROLL out onto floured board to 1/4-inch thickness.
CUT dough using a 2-inch cookie cutter.
HEAT griddle until a few drops of water "dance" when water droplets are sprinkled over the hot griddle (be careful not to overheat).
OIL griddle lightly with shortening (do not burn shortening).
PLACE cookie shapes onto the hot griddle.
COOK one side until the bottom of the cookie turns golden brown (the top will become puffy).
FLIP with spatula and brown on other side.
Serve immediately.
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Child of Erastus and Susan (KING) BIGELOW:
15383.621 Charles, born 1841 (1840?); died age 6.(b. 1841-d. 3/11/1847) (see below)
Child of Erastus and Eliza (MEANS) BIGELOW:
15383.622 Helen, b 14 July 1844; d 25
1933; m Rev. Daniel MERRIMAN (b. 12/3/1839-d. 9/18/1912)
(see below)
Dictionary of American Biography;
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol. II page 107;
Forge: Related Forge article: April 1986.
Forge: April 1996 article: scanned by Don Bigelow and presented below;
Addendum 2003:
Vol. II, Page 107, make the following Additions/Corrections:
Charles Bigelow, b 1840/41.
Ellen (Helen) Bigelow, b 14 July 1844; d 25 July 1933; Daniel b 03 Dec 1839 and d 18 Sept 1912.
Another child shows up, possibly adopted: Robert, no info except he m Dorothea Foote and at least one child: Frances Eliot; there is a monument to the three at Clinton, MA.
From: "Jenn Bigelow" <email@example.com>
Date Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:10:28 -0500
I have gone on the Bigelow website for many years and I have been dying to update your information. I am attaching what I have for Ephraim, Horatio, and Erastus Bigelow, my uncle has the full family tree of our side. I will keep you posted should I come across any new discoveries. You will find me 5th generation down on Horatio's side. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Thanks.
Jennifer Bigelow
Sudbury, MA
Erastus married Susan King, their child:
Charles (b. 1841-d. 3/11/1847)
Erastus married Eliza Means, their children:
i. Helen (b.7/14/1844-d. 7/25/1933)
She married Reverend Daniel Merriman (b. 12/3/1839-d. 9/18/1912)
Roger, son of Helen and Daniel Merriman
He married Dorothea Foote and their child Frances Eliot is buried in Salem.
There is a tombstone in Clinton memorizing the three.
There was a bit in there where I had no idea who Roger Bigelow Merriman was. I don't know if I sent
you the info or not but he is Daniel Merriman and Helen Bigelow's son. Roger married Dorothea
1. The Town of Clinton straddles the valley of the south branch of the
Nashua River and is the site of the Wachusett Reservoir, formed by
damming the river in 1905 to provide drinking water for the City of Boston.
Clinton's terrain was partly shaped by retreating glaciers which created the
present landscape.
The town's abundant water power potential invited textile
and a diverse ethnic population followed the creation of mill jobs. These
included Irish, German, Scots and English immigrants who worked in the
cotton and fabric mills and made combs. The invention of power looms
brought young women from New Hampshire and Vermont to tend the
looms. The town was incorporated in 1850 and was already a sizeable
community with over 3,000 in population and the fourth largest
manufacturing center in Worcester County. Clinton benefited greatly from
the ability and ingenuity of the Bigelow brothers, who invented new kinds
of power looms and set up profitable mills to house them.
By 1850 five million yards of cloth was woven by 700 mill employees and
the following year an additional 2 million yards of lace, tweed and pant
fabric was being turned out at the mills in Clinton. The Bigelows continued
to refine their equipment, developing rug weaving looms and wire cloth
looms. Ancillary industries sprang up in town, such as foundries and
machine shops, to service the mills and companion factories for making
clothing, shoes and boots were also established. Clinton became
successively the state, national and world leader in the manufacture of
carpets, cotton gingham and wire cloth and by 1885 was the largest carpet
maker in the world. Not unexpectedly, there are also early records of labor
movement activity in Clinton, which was the site of the notorious Lancaster
Mills strike in 1912 with its mass meetings, picketing and riots. The huge
mills of the early 19th century still remain in use, housing a diverse group of
manufacturing uses.
2. Rural Lancaster, formed in the mid-1600s, originally included the
now known as Clinton. The first industries in the region were combs and
textiles. The Bigelow brothers, Horatio and Erastus, originally from West
Boylston, came to the Lancaster area to set up a new textile business for
weaving an ornamental cloth bordering known as coachlace. Erastus
invented a power loom to mass produce this cloth and Horatio created a
company to manufacture it. They chose the name, "The Clinton Company,"
because of their love for the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in New York. Thanks to
this new industry, the district first became known as Factory Village, then
Clintonville. Bigelow's invention dropped production costs of coachlace from
22 cents a yard to 3 cents a yard and created many new jobs in the area.
Within ten years another Bigelow loom was invented for the
weaving of counterpane, a heavy raised-design cloth. This brought even
more people to the area seeking employment. In 1845, Erastus Bigelow
received a patent on a new loom that revolutionized the making of gingham
cloth, and the brothers went to work and created a new company,
Lancaster Mills on Green Street, to manufacture this bright, plaid cloth. The
influx of engineers, merchants, and professionals brought about a building
boom to the area. New roads were laid out, houses and tenements built,
and stores and shops formed - Clintonville had its first major industry!
It was becoming more and more evident that Clintonville was taking a
completely different path than her "mother" town, Lancaster. Clintonville
was a hustling, bustling little manufacturing village; Lancaster was a quiet,
farming community. Lancaster's population was scattered over many miles;
Clintonville's population was very highly concentrated - 90 percent of the
population lived within ONE square mile! Clintonville had fresh young blood
and intense enthusiasm; Lancaster was a rather settled, static, and
conservative community. Finally, in 1850, Lancaster accepted the inevitable
division and "Clinton" became legally incorporated on March 14, 1850.
The Bigelow brothers influence was far from over, however.
Their crowning
achievement was the development of the carpet loom. The Bigelow Carpet
Company in Clinton manufactured the world's best carpets from 1849 to
1933. Its carpets could be found in the White House, the U.S. Senate and
House, the State House, the Waldorf-Astoria, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the SS
Titanic, and many of the finest restaurants and theaters in the world. The
Bigelow brothers final company, the Clinton Wire Cloth Company, produced
woven metal screening and fencing.
Erastus and Horatio Bigelow not only gave Clinton its name, but
created wealth in this village that would prove to be our economic base for
many years.
Although Erastus was the famous inventor, Horatio had an even
impact on this community. The school department, fire department, library,
local banks, and many churches in town all got their start thanks to Horatio
Bigelow. Central Park, the town common, was given to the town by Mr.
Trivial Pursuit Question: Who invented a steam-driven machine to
carpet in 1840?
Answer:Erastus Brigham Bigelow.
Erastus Brigham Bigelow (15383.62) is perhaps best known in our day as the founder, along with his brother Horatio, of the well-known Bigelow Carpet Company. Most people are not aware, however, that it was as an inventor, a man who registered some 50 patents in his lifetime, that Bigelow really made his mark. The majority of his inventions were related to the textile arts, and they were to revolutionize the entire textile industry.
Erastus, the second son of Ephraim and Polly (Brigham) Bigelow, was born at West Boylston, Worcester, MA on 2 April 1814. His father Ephraim, a native of West Boylston, was a small farmer who plied as well the trades of wheelwright and chairmaker. Young Erastus proved early his love of learning when at the age of eight he taught himself the fundamentals of mathematics. His fervent longing for an education was overridden by the practical need to earn a living at a young age, as the family resources were scarce. He began working out at the age of ten on a neighbouring farm, and later played violin at country dances to earn some extra cash.
His true calling showed itself early in life when at the age of 14 he invented a machine to manufacture piping cord. For this invention, he received $100, enabling him to secure further education. He later was able to secure employment as a clerk in a dry-goods store, and even to teach penmanship. By 1831, Erastus's father had established a small cotton mill where both his sons began to work. Erastus's first major invention came in 1837, when he invented a power loom to weave coach lace. This machine already contained most of the distinctive and vital features which were to be included in his future more important carpet looms. The success of this lace loom brought Erastus instant recognition. He formed a company with his older brother, Horatio, to produce and operate the new looms. It was incorporated 8 March 1838 under the name of The Clinton Company, supposedly because of a favourite inn of the inventor at New York called the Clinton House. The location of the new plant was near Lancaster, and the factory village soon came to be known as Clintonville and finally Clinton.
Over the next twenty years, Bigelow's inventive genius did not diminish. It is interesting to note that despite his active imagination, Erastus was apparently unable to make anything with his own hands, or even to sketch his own creations. He always worked through a draftsman in drawing up the plans for his inventions.
Turning his attention next to the weaving of carpet, Erastus in 1840 invented a power loom for which his name became widely known. Two-ply ingrain carpets, which previously had been woven on hand looms at two yards a day, were soon being turned out at the rate of twenty-five yards a day. The first successful power loom for weaving coach lace, wire cloth, silk brocatel, and Brussels, Wilton, tapestry and velvet carpets were all Erastus's inventions. Many of the plants for producing these textiles were located at Lowell MA and Derby CT, but Clinton was to remain the centre of the Bigelow enterprises.
Erastus had become well-known for his inventions by 1850, not only in the United States but also overseas. He visited Europe frequently on matters of manufacturing. He amassed six volumes of his English patents between 1837 and 1868 which are preserved along with the original drawings by the Massachusetts Historical Society, to which he belonged. His contribution to the development of the textile arts is said to be greater than that of any other man.
As well as an inventor, Bigelow is also recognized as a respected economist. Uninterested in business matters, he left the management of the Clinton Company to Horatio. He became very interested in the question of tariffs, advocating a protective policy. He published two major works, in 1862 and 1877 , on the role of tariffs in the American economy. In 1860, he ran for Congress as a Democratic candidate but was defeated in a close contest. He was always interested in education and became one of the founding members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Erastus has been described as a man of medium stature, with a fair complexion, gray eyes, and the typical Bigelow high forehead and jutting eyebrows. His main mental trait was his overriding power of concentration. Bigelow lived in Boston and maintained a summer home called Stonehurst in North Conway, NH; in both he loved to entertain guests. Stonehurst is now a guest inn and restaurant.
Sometime after filing intentions to wed on 20 October 1838, Erastus married Susan W. King who died in 1841. He married for a second time 16 May 1843 at Concord, MA to Eliza Frances Means. Eliza was the daughter of Col. David Means of Amherst, NH. Erastus died 6 December 1879 at his home in Boston.
After the death of the Bigelow brothers, the Bigelow Carpet Co. in 1899 merged with Lowell Carpets, and then in 1929 with its largest competitor. The headquarters moved in the second half of this century to Greenville, SC. Today there are no Bigelows in charge at the Bigelow Sanford Carpet Company, which is a subsidiary of Sperry-Hutchinson. The old New England buildings where once the Bigelow looms resided now house other manufacturing endeavors. If you visit the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, you may see a group of 19th century inventors displayed under the heading, "Men of Progress. " Among them you will find a large painting of Erastus Brigham Bigelow, foremost inventor in the textile industry.


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We received some calls and messages on Monday when listeners heard Donald Trump's full speech to the Detroit Economic Club on our air. Some pointed out that there were some odd moments, such as when our local announcement aired right on top of NPR. Some wondered why we decided to pre-empt Here and Now to carry it. In both cases, at the beginning of the day, we were not aware that NPR intended to preempt the entire noon hour (and beyond) of Here and Now to carry the speech. A communications snafu caused us to miss some of the normally scheduled program cues.
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Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) Scorecards
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