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Could lighted underwear be the next big thing? Back in November we told you about GloThong, a glow in the dark thong. Now we bring you LED underwear by Puff-Buff. Much like the GloThong, expect to see these designs on the night club scene in the not so distant future. If clubbin just ain't yo thang, perhaps using the garment as a night light for some late night reading would be a more viable alternative.
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While you can't pick up a Sony PSP from EB Games just yet, apparently they already have some games in stock and ready for sale. That's right, if you can't wait until Thursday to get your hands on one of 2005's hottest gadgets, head on over to your local EB Games store and pick up a game or two, close your eyes, and pretend you are playing that oh-so-coveted expensive gadget. Even better news is that EB Games is expecting to receive some PSPs as early as Monday to prepare for Thursday's release day. Sony sure wants to make sure its highly anticipated portable releases with as little problems as possible. Be sure to get your desktop countdown wallpaper to see the seconds melt away until the PSP launch.
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GM wants to tap in to the Apple iPod market with its announcement of a new feature for some of its 2006 lineup. GM will now add an auxiliary channel and a front mounted auxiliary input jack. This will allow iPod users (as well as other audio player owners) to listen to their tunes via the stock stereo. The stereos will be offered as standard equipment on the 2006 models of Chevy HHR, Impala and Monte Carlo; Saturn VUE and ION; Pontiac Solstice; Buick Lucerne; and Cadillac DTS with other models seeing the new addition over the next few years. GM vehicles with DVD players will also allow an iPod or other audio device to be played though the on board stereo with the use of an adapter. GM is definitely making the right move in supporting these popular gadgets, but will this be the deciding factor when purchasing a new vehicle?
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Still wondering what makes Nintendo's next console so revolutionary? It seems the ace up Nintendo's sleeve might be touchscreen controllers…I wonder how much one of these will cost to replace. The story is that the newest issue of Game Informer has a lengthy article on the all of the next gen consoles, including the one from the Big N. A touchscreen with no analog stick or shoulder buttons, fully customizable so the developer can configure the buttons any way they see fit. This could be great if developers decide that they want to create contrller configurations in addition to games. This does seem to make sense seeing as how the touch screen is currently being used in the DS. The thing is, though, that the technology hasn't been used in this way before. This also might be an answer to Iwata's statement that developers may be wary of the new technology on the Revolution.
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In another wonderful turn of events, it appears that Apple wanted to charge companies who want to use the Made for iPod seal on their products 10% of the retail price on each item sold. After someone realized that this idea probably wouldn't fly, Apple changed its stance - now they only want 10% of the wholesale price. This is all probably because the iPod has been such a failure, and Apple has made barely anything on the rogue device. Charging a whopping 10% of the wholesale price just might help move the iPod into the mainstream market, while helping to get its name out there. Right.
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Giant Robot Collectables
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Giant Robot is basically a Japanese pop culture review. One of the major parts of this is the Giant Robot toys that are made. I think that pursuing these creations is almost like a visit to a museum. Each item just has a unique look and feel to them. Take the Eishi Takaoka Head for example. It is just an interesting piece of work. It stands at about 6 inches, half of which is the hand carved head. This one goes for $200 due to its uniqueness and delicacy, but you can find plenty of things that are far less expensive. Take a look, and let us know if something catches your eye.
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You've seen blood and violence in games. You've seen prostitution and theft. Now, you can experience the drug effects of marijuana and crack, in Midway's latest remake for the PS2 and Xbox: Narc. A digital puff of marijuana will slow the action of the game, while taking Ecstasy gets the screen all glowy and trippy, as seen here. Finally, using crack will give the player better accuracy while aiming. Here's the catch though. If you use the drugs, you run the risk of getting addicted to them in the game. The producers also say that you can finish the game without them as well, so player's aren't forced to try it out. Just like real life, I suppose.
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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Jewell Bailey
Mrs. Jewell Christine Bailey, age 82 of Talking Rock, Ga., passed Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at Heritage Health Care in Jasper following a period of declining health.
Born June 6, 1927 in Pickens County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Emmett Edgar and Eula Jane Roper Fields. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Coleman Howard Bailey. Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker and a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Randy Rich, Jasper; son and daughter-in-law, Darryl and Teresa Bailey, Talking Rock. Four grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel with Deacon Earl Gilstrap and Elder Wayne Clayton officiating. Interment followed in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Jim, Ethan, Jake and Ronnie Fields and Eric and Kirk Rich.
Yvetta Jones
Mrs. Yvetta Jones, age 82 of Jasper, Ga., passed at Brian Health & Rehab Center in Canton, Ga. early Sunday morning, Nov. 15, 2009.
Survivors include her son, Greg Jones, Jasper; sister, Ramona White, Phoenix, Ax.; granddaughter, Rebecca Jones, and step-grandson, Miles Phillips.
The funeral service was held Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with Dr. Jimmy Lewis officiating. Entombment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens Chapel Mausoleum with Steve Marsh, Rick and Brent Harlan, Carl Darnell, Michael Weaver and Victor Jacobs serving as pallbearers.
Linda Silvers
Mrs. Linda Faye Silvers, age 66 of Jasper, Ga., passed late Saturday evening, Nov. 14, 2009 at Heritage Health Care-Blue Ridge.
Survivors include her brother, Bobby Spence, Canton; sisters, Sandra Haynes, Ball Ground, and Brenda Chambers, Jasper; and friends, Paulette and Leon Richards, Tate.
The funeral service was held Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Phillip Padgett officiating. Interment followed in Sunrise Memorial Gardens with Terry and Jody Haynes, Jeff Corbin, Brian Spence, Scott Parish and Tyler Pendley serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer was Logan Millsaps.
Teddy Scoggins
Mr. Teddy Lamar Scoggins, age 51 of Ranger, Ga., departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Teddy was born Oct. 14, 1958 in Gordon County, Ga., a son of the late William Layfette and Edna Faye Carr Scoggins. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Earl Dean and Ray Layfette Scoggins; and a sister, Betty Jo Scott.
He is survived by his loving wife, Peggy Scoggins; daughters, Kristian Faye and Ashlee Paige Scoggins. all of Ranger; honorary daughter and son-in-law, Nickie and Robbie Kelly; honorary granddaughter, Mikalah Kelly; sisters and brothers-in-law, Marsha and Clarence Bo Collum and Dianne Corn, all of Cartersville, Ga., and Joyce and James Kessleburg, Fairmount, Ga.; honorary father, Glenn Scoggins; and honorary brothers and sisters, Carl Scoggins, Audrey and Wallace ?Bobo? Young, Travis and Judy Scoggins and Ronnie and Sandra Scoggins. Several nieces, nephews, cousins and numerous special friends also survive.
The service to celebrate the life of Mr. Scoggins was held Friday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. from Black Knob Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Hibbert officiating. He was laid to rest in the church cemetery with the Rev. Keith Gibson in charge of graveside rites. Donnie Stone, Kyle Young, Chris Stone, Phillip Young, Tony Fountain and Dale Tatum served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Richard and Clay Townsend and Robbie Kelley.
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Charles Childers
Charles Wayne ?Herk? Childers, age 31 of Jasper, Ga., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
He was born in Whitfield County on May 29, 1978, the son of Charles and Tammy Allen Childers, and was self-employed in the construction industry. Herk was preceded in death by a brother, Christopher Joseph Childers, in September 2009; and a grandfather, Hilburn Childers.
Survivors include his father and step-mother, Charles and Sherrie Childers, Calhoun; mother and step-father, Tammy Allen Hall and Richie, Dalton; daughters, Breanna D. Childers Padgett and Chrissie M. Childers; brother, Timothy Chad Childers, Calhoun; sister, Tonnie Lynn Childers, Calhoun; and grandparents, Jessie Sewell, Mozelle Childers and Joanna Allen. Aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Max Brannon and Sons Funeral Home with the Revs. Bob Oesterle and Lloyd Bowers officiating. Interment followed in West Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Steven Sewell, Bryan Dobson, Jerry Lee Childers, Rossie Thomas, Mat Hillhouse, Steven Greenway and Brandon Sewell.
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David Kent
Mr. David Kent, age 68 of Marble Hill, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at Emory Healthcare-Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta.
He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Mary Fran Kent, Marble Hill; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Paulette and Perry and Katie Parker, Marble Hill, and Carolyn and Ronnie Foster, Gainesville.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 from Corinth Baptist Church with the Revs. Cory Rich and Steve Chadwick officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Larry Roper, Luke Turner, Jimmy Brooks, Michael Foster, Johnny Padgett and Robert Brown. Honorary pallbearer was Tony Kent. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Clara Mae Elston
Mrs. Clara Mae Mathews Elston, age 79 of the Yellow Creek Community, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Survivors include her husband, Ronnie Elston, Yellow Creek; son and daughter-in-law, Stanley and June Mathews, Dawson County; daughters and sons-in-law, Joan Garsell, Yellow Creek, Carol Mathews and Wanda and Marcus Walls, all of Dawson County, and Dina and Randall Densmore, Four Mile Community; brother, James Whitsell, Yellow Creek; and sisters, Eunice Johnson and Betty Faye Ellis, both of Yellow Creek, Shirley Frix, Dawson County and Voncile Moser, Martha Sue Whitsell and Amma Dell Whitsell, all of Jasper. Seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 from Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Dawson County with the Revs. Chris White and Gary Keown officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Kyle Headrick, Jerome Williams, Bobby Turner, David Worley, Tony Kent and Mackenzie Lawson. Honorary pallbearers were Ryan Headrick and Randall Densmore. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mary Beasley
Mrs. Mary Lee Beasley, age 71 of Talking Rock, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at her residence.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Traci Beasley, Talking Rock; sister and brother-in-law, Becky and Charles Beasley, Talking Rock; brothers-in-law, Carter Owen, Canton, and Quinton Beasley, Jasper; sisters-in-law, Colleen and Ovalene Wofford and Blanche Beasley, all of Jasper, Laverne Beasley, Ball Ground, and Mary Sue Beasley, Canton; and granddaughters, Taylor and Tiffany Beasley. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Cloer officiating. Interment followed in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Jeremy Jones, Dustin and Nathan Hamby, Anthony Taylor, Christopher Beasley, Matthew Morris, Josh Cantrell and Dylan Padgett. The family did accept flowers or donations may be made to help with funeral expenses.
Norma Ingram
Mrs. Norma Jean Ingram of Cumming, born Oct. 1, 1931 in Kinston, Ga. (Bartow County) to the late Henry Lewis and Annie Mae Cook Young, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
Mrs. Ingram was a member of Ball Ground United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred L. Ingram; sister, Virginia (Gin) Young Hawkins; brothers, Albert Henry, Joe and Robert Young.
Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Lauri and Quentin Evans, Cumming, and Connie Ingram, Canton; sons and daughter-in-law, Randall and Beth Ingram and David G. Ingram, all of Ball Ground; brothers and sisters-in-law, Fred and Valjean Young, Dunwoody, and Jack Young, Long Island, N.Y.; and grandsons and granddaughter-in-law, Adam and Katie Evans, Dawsonville, and Kerry Holcomb, Ball Ground. A number of other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. from Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phil Connell officiating. Interment followed at the Ball Ground Community Cemetery in Ball Ground.
www.ingramfuneralhome. com
Vanessa Akins
Mrs. Vanessa Maxine Akins, age 51 of Ball Ground, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry E. Akins, Sr.; father, Jack Knight; sister, Mary Sizemore; and brother David Knight.
Survivors include her daughter Velvie Akins, Cumming; son, Jerry E. Akins, Jr., Cumming; step-daughter, Janet Smith, Michigan; step-son, Jerry Michael and wife Jennifer Akins, Cumming; mother, Joyce Knight, Cumming; 10 grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Jackie and Shelia Knight, Ball Ground; and boyfriend, Elmer Evans, Ball Ground. A number of other relatives also survive.
The funeral service was held Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. from Ingram Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gary Coffey officiating. Interment followed in Sharon Cemetery.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, in full Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, marquess of Douro, marquess of Wellington, earl of Wellington, Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington, Baron Douro or Wellesley, byname Iron Duke, (born May 1, 1769, Dublin, Ireland—died September 14, 1852, Walmer Castle, Kent, England), Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He first rose to military prominence in India, won successes in the Peninsular War in Spain (1808–14), and shared in the victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).
Wellington twice reached the zenith of fame with a period of unexampled odium intervening. By defeating Napoleon at Waterloo he became the conqueror of the world's conqueror. After Waterloo he joined a repressive government, and later, as prime minister, he resisted pressure for constitutional reform. False pride, however, never prevented him from retreating either on the field or in Parliament, and for the country's sake he supported policies that he personally disapproved. In old age he was idolized as an incomparable public servant—the Great Duke. Reaction came after his death. He has been rated an overcautious general and, once, Britain's worst 19th-century prime minister. Today there is widespread appreciation of his military genius and of his character as an honest and selfless politician, uncorrupted by vast prestige.
Early life
Wesley (later, from 1798, Wellesley) was the fifth son of the 1st earl of Mornington. Too withdrawn to benefit from his Eton schooling, he was sent to a military academy in France, being, in his widowed mother's words, "food for powder and nothing more." At the age of 18 he was commissioned in the army and appointed aide-de-camp to the Irish viceroy. In 1790–97 he held the family seat of Trim in the Irish Parliament. At 24, though in debt, he proposed to Catherine (Kitty) Pakenham but was rejected. Arthur abandoned heavy gambling to concentrate on his profession. As lieutenant colonel of the 33rd Foot by purchase, he saw active service in Flanders (1794–95), learning from his superiors' blunders. After failing to obtain civil employment, he was glad to be posted to India in 1796.
In India he adopted a regimen of abstemiousness and good humour. The arrival of his eldest brother, Richard, as viceroy enabled him to exploit his talents. He commanded a division against Tipu Sultan of Mysore and became governor of Mysore (1799) and commander in chief against the Marathas. Victories, especially at Assaye (1803), resulted in a peace that he himself negotiated. All the successful qualities he later exhibited on European battlefields were developed in India: decision, common sense, and attention to detail; care of his soldiers and their supplies; and good relations with the civilian population. Napoleon was unwise in later writing him off as a mere "Sepoy general." Wellesley returned to England in 1805 with a knighthood.
Wellesley's new assignments were disappointing: an abortive expedition to Hannover, followed by a brigade at Hastings. But he felt he must serve wherever duty required. One duty was to marry his faded Kitty in 1806; another was to enter Parliament in order to repel radical attacks on his brother's Indian record. He spent two years in Ireland as Tory chief secretary. On a brief military expedition in Copenhagen (1807), a welcome break, he defeated a small Danish force. When in 1808 the Portuguese rose against Napoleon, Wellesley was ordered to support them.
Victory in the Napoleonic Wars
Wellesley did not intend to be "half beaten before the battle began"—the usual effect on continental armies of Napoleon's supremacy. With "steady troops" he expected to master the French attack. His "thin red line" of British infantry did indeed defeat Gen. Andoche Junot's columns at Vimeiro (August 21), but the arrival of two superior British officers prevented a pursuit because they preferred to sign the unpopular convention of Sintra, whereby Junot's army was repatriated. Public outcry brought about the court-martial of Wellesley and his colleagues. Though acquitted, Wellesley returned to Ireland as chief secretary. After the British evacuated Spain, however, he persuaded the government to let him renew hostilities in 1809, arguing that Portugal could still be held, a decision that was crucial to Europe. Landing at Lisbon, he surprised Marshal Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult, captured Oporto, and chased the French back into Spain, but a joint Anglo-Spanish advance on Madrid failed despite a victory at Talavera (July 27–28). Though rewarded with a peerage for his offensive, Viscount Wellington retreated with his greatly outnumbered force to his Portuguese base, defeating Marshal André Masséna at Bussaco on the way (September 27, 1810). He had secretly fortified the famous "lines of Torres Vedras" across the Lisbon peninsula. Masséna's evacuation of Portugal in the spring of 1811 and the loss of Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3–5) triumphantly justified Wellington's defensive, scorched-earth policy and confirmed his soldiers' trust in him. He was nicknamed "nosey" by his men, and "the beau" by his officers, for his slim five feet nine inches, the perfectly cut civilian clothes he preferred to wear, his wavy brown hair, and brilliant blue eyes.
His slowly growing army was not strong enough to capture the Spanish fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz until 1812. Then, having defeated "40,000 Frenchmen in 40 minutes" at Salamanca (July 22), he entered Madrid (August 12). His siege of Burgos failed and his army retreated again to Portugal, from which it was launched for the last time into Spain in May 1813. After a dash across the peninsula, he brought the French to bay at Vitoria, routing them and capturing all their baggage (June 21). This glittering prize was too much for the victors, who let the French escape into the Pyrenees, while Wellington denounced his drunken troops as "the scum of the earth." The victory at Vitoria gave impetus to the European alliance against Napoleon, and Soult's initial success in the Pyrenees could not prevent Wellington from taking San Sebastián and Pamplona. When dry weather came, Wellington invaded France, crossing the river lines one after another until on April 10, 1814, he stormed into Toulouse, thus ending the Peninsular War. (Four days earlier Napoleon had abdicated.) Already marquess and field marshal, he was now created a duke, with the nation's gift of £500,000 and later of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire to keep up his position.
With Napoleon on Elba, Wellington was appointed ambassador to the restored Bourbon court of Louis XVIII. In February 1815 he took the place of Viscount Castlereagh, the foreign secretary, at the Congress of Vienna, but, before delegates could finish their peacemaking, Napoleon had escaped, landing in France (March 1) to begin his Hundred Days. The victory of Wellington and the Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht Blücher on June 18 at Waterloo established the duke as Europe's most renowned—if not most jubilant—hero. "I hope to God that I have fought my last battle," he said, weeping for the fallen. "It is a bad thing to be always fighting." His hope was fulfilled. As commander in chief during the occupation of France, he opposed a punitive peace, organized loans to rescue French finances, and advised withdrawal of the occupying troops after three years. For these policies he won the gratitude of the peace congress, returning home in 1818 with the batons (symbol of field marshal) of six foreign countries.
Role in the cabinet
Wellington's experiences abroad prevented him from ever becoming a party politician. Though he joined the earl of Liverpool's Tory cabinet as master general of the ordnance, he exempted himself from automatically opposing a subsequent Whig government: "a factious opposition," he argued, "is highly injurious to the interests of the country." His identification with the party of law and order, however, increased when postwar discontent boiled over in the Peterloo Massacre at a Manchester demonstration for parliamentary reform and the Cato Street Conspiracy, a plot to murder the cabinet. The popular George Canning succeeded Viscount Castlereagh as foreign secretary in 1822. Despite Canning's antipathy to the congress system, Wellington himself overbore George IV's personal objections to him, believing that the system was by now unshakably established. When Canning extricated Britain from its European commitments, Wellington was left to bitter self-reproach. His own diplomatic failures at the Congress of Verona (1822), at which he vainly sought to heal dissension among the European allies, and in Russia (1826) increased his chagrin. Straightforward to a fault, Wellington was unsuited to carrying out Canning's subtle policies, but he gained respect abroad as an honest man.
In 1825 Wellington turned to Ireland's problem, formulating it as a basic dilemma: political violence would end only after the Catholics' claim to sit in Parliament, known as Catholic Emancipation, had been granted; yet the Protestant Ascendancy, or establishment, must be preserved. He worked privately at a solution, by which a papal concordat to ensure at least minimum control of Catholic clergy would be the precondition of Emancipation. When Canning, an unqualified Emancipator, became prime minister in April 1827, however, Wellington felt that Protestant Ascendancy was in jeopardy. He and Robert Peel headed a mass exodus from the government, Wellington also resigning his command of the army. This action was interpreted as pique at the king's choosing his rival for prime minister. In denying the allegation, Wellington rashly asserted that he, a soldier, would be "worse than mad" to consider himself fit for the premiership. After Canning's death that August, he resumed his army command. Within five months Canning's successor, Viscount Goderich, had given up the task, and on January 9, 1828, the king summoned the duke of Wellington.
Years as prime minister
The duke's aim was to achieve a strong and balanced government by reuniting the Tory Party. Having reluctantly resigned again as commander in chief, he invited the Canningites, headed by William Huskisson, to serve, while dropping the ultra-Tories as incompatible with his policy of moderation. With the right wing thus alienated, a chasm began to open on the left. The opposition's demand for extensive reforms met with sympathy from Huskisson's group. Wisely, the duke retreated, first on a church issue, himself reforming the Test and Corporation Acts that penalized Nonconformists, and again on a Corn Law (prohibiting importation of cheaper foreign grains) question, introducing a more liberal reform than he and the agricultural interest desired. Shortly afterward, however, he collided head-on with the Huskissonites on parliamentary reform; the whole group resigned in May. A further crisis immediately arose during the by-election in Clare, Ireland, where William Vesey-Fitzgerald, Huskisson's ministerial successor, defending his seat, was defeated by Daniel O'Connell, the Irish Catholic leader. The defeat of Vesey-Fitzgerald, a popular pro-Catholic, carried an alarming moral for the duke: until Emancipation was granted, no Tory would win in southern Ireland. There might well be civil war. In August 1828 Wellington therefore undertook the most exacting political duty of his career—the conversion of George IV, Peel, who was now leader of the Commons, and a majority of Tories to Catholic Emancipation, a reform that they had hitherto regarded as anathema. It took six months of indefatigable persuasion behind closed doors to win over the king. Peel's position was equally problematic—as a publicly declared Protestant, he clung to the idea of supporting Emancipation only from the back benches—but finally Wellington's patience and Peel's generosity prevailed, and he agreed to continue leading the Commons. A number of ultra-Tories defied to the last Wellington's order to "right-about face," but the majority of the party obeyed. So in April 1829, though the Tories were split, Catholic Emancipation became law, the duke's greatest political victory, with melodrama being added by his fighting a duel with an abusive ultra-Tory, the earl of Winchilsea.
Wellington has sometimes been criticized for inconsistency. It now appears that he was merely secretive in not taking the public into his confidence much earlier. His willingness for some form of Emancipation by 1825 might with advantage have been disclosed.
A demand for further changes, already stimulated by Wellington's own achievements, was powerfully reinforced by countrywide hardship during 1829–30 and canalized by Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl Grey, the Whig leader, into fresh moves for parliamentary reform that would allow industrial towns like Birmingham to have a voice in Parliament, in place of pocket boroughs owned by the nobility and gentry. Expression of dissatisfaction with Wellington's fatalistic attitude toward poverty and unemployment was made possible when the accession of William IV in 1830, following George IV's death, provided a general election. France's bourgeois revolution that same year—the July Revolution—greatly encouraged British reformers. Though Wellington's ministry survived, it was weakened, and Huskisson's sudden death frustrated tentative plans for reconciliation. Wellington saw parliamentary reform not as a panacea but as constitutional suicide. A fortnight before the opening of Parliament he wrote a letter to a friend denouncing reform as ruinous and disclosing his unalterable decision to oppose it. He staggered Parliament on November 2 with an uncompromising declaration against any reform whatever. A combination of reformers and vengeful ultra-Tories defeated him on the 15th. Peel made him resign the next day. He was succeeded by Grey.
As a soldier, Wellington had shown uncanny ability in guessing what lay "on the other side of the hill." Through lack of political imagination, however, he saw revolution beyond the hill of reform—"revolution by due course of law." For this delusion he was deservedly called reactionary.
Last years
In opposition, the duke proceeded to thwart Grey's attempts to get a reform bill through the Lords. Wellington's windows were twice smashed by radical mobs, and his iron shutters helped form the image of an iron duke. The titanic struggle culminated in the crisis of May 1832, which promised to end like the July Revolution of France. The king refused to create enough new peers to overwhelm the hostile Lords, Grey resigned, and Wellington failed to recruit an alternative government. Faced by tumultuous deadlock, Wellington, still opposing reform, then retreated for the sake of the country, persuading his followers to join him in absenting himself from Parliament until the Reform Bill became law in June. He was mobbed nonetheless by an angry crowd on Waterloo Day. "An odd day to choose" was his only comment.
The duke's abstention had saved the Lords, and, as long as he led the Tory peers, he continued to steer them away from fatal clashes with the Commons. Whenever possible he supported the king's government. In 1834 William IV dismissed the Whigs by a political coup, summoning the duke to form a ministry, but the 65-year-old duke replied that Peel must be prime minister. This abnegation, most rare in a politician, did not go unappreciated. He served under Peel as foreign secretary (1834–35) and as minister without portfolio (1841–46). He also served as chancellor of Oxford, constable of the Tower, lord-lieutenant of Hampshire, and elder brother and later master of Trinity House, not to mention Queen Victoria's father figure. He made a mistake in holding the chief command of the army throughout his last 10 years, because he was past initiating the reforms that were later sorely needed. Nevertheless, he showed a touch of his old genius in 1848, when his calm handling of a threatened Chartist rising prevented any violence. Thanks to his again ordering the peers to "right-about face," this time over the Corn Laws, he enabled Peel to abolish them.
Wellington retired from public life after 1846, though he was still consulted by all parties. Apsley House, his town residence at Hyde Park Corner, was known as No. 1 London. As lord warden of the Cinque Ports, he died at Walmer Castle, his favourite residence, from a stroke in 1852. He was given a monumental state funeral, the last heraldic one in Great Britain, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Personal life
The phrase "retained servant of King and people" and variants of it were used repeatedly by the duke of himself and aptly suggest the self-dedication for which he is chiefly honoured. Many amusing personal peculiarities in clothes and correspondence, together with a gift for repartee, made him a "character" as well as a hero. "Publish and be damned!" was his famous retort to a blackmailer. His marriage was not happy: Kitty both feared him and worshipped him to excess. She died on April 24, 1831. Of his two sons, the elder edited his latest Despatches and the younger produced the grandchildren to whom he was devoted, as he was to all children. His intense friendships with Harriet (the wife of Charles) Arbuthnot, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, and others showed that he could have been happy with a clever woman; perhaps he was happiest of all, however, in the camaraderie of his staff—his military family. Some modern historians have objected to the posthumous title Iron Duke on the reasonable grounds that he was neither cold nor hard-hearted. Yet he himself often boasted of his iron hand in maintaining discipline. His engaging simplicity and extraordinary lack of vanity were expressed in a favourite saying, "I am but a man."Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
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Feminist Majority Foundation and National Center For Women & Policing Call for Citizens' Commission to Oversee Independent Investigation of Gender Bias In LAPD
Department Plagued by Reports of Sexual Harassment and Threats Against Women Officers and Wifebeating Cover-up
Los Angeles -- At a press conference today the Feminist Majority Foundation and the National Center for Women & Policing, joined by City Council members Jackie Goldberg and Rita Walters, called for an independent investigation of gender bias within the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). "The call for an investigation follows recent revelations in the media of widespread, orchestrated harassment and intimidation of women officers and the Department's cover-up and failure to prosecute officers who engage in brutal wife-beating and family violence.
The Los Angeles Police Commission is expected to soon release a 250-page report on the Department's investigation of the Mark Fuhrman tapes. The tapes confirm the existence of a clandestine all-male organization within the LAPD called 'Men Against Women' (MAW), whose ultimate objective is to drive women from the force using harassment and intimidation. The organization, founded in the mid-1980's following a federal court order to hire more women officers, also used mock trials of male officers accused of "fraternizing" with women officers.
"Despite claims by some Department officials to the contrary, widespread sexual harassment and orchestrated intimidation and threats against women on the force remain a serious problem in the LAPD," said Chief (Ret.) Penny Harrington, Director of the National Center for Women & Policing. "Men and women LAPD officers alike report that MAW is active to this very day in the Department, its members engaging in campaigns of harassment, and then retaliating against women officers who complain about the harassment. The intimidation escalates until the word goes out not to give back-up cover to targeted women officers, endangering their lives," continued Harrington.
"The attitudes and activities of 'Men Against Women' followers in the Department are a danger to the citizens of Los Angeles and compromise the effectiveness of the LAPD," continued Harrington. "Research shows women officers are more skillful at de-escalating potentially violent situations than their male counterparts, and so MAW's efforts to drive women out only exacerbates the LAPD's excessive force problems," explained Harrington, "The Fuhrman tapes reveal just how aggressively women police officers are shunned for their more community-oriented policing skills and their refusal to go along with using excessive force: Fuhrman doesn't believe women make good cops because 'you've got to be able to shoot people, beat people beyond recognition ... [Women] don't pack those qualities.'"
Harrington took to task the Department's top command for their failure to act on the evidence gathered through repeated internal investigations of sexual harassment and intimidation. The soon-to-be-released Commission document is reported to characterize the internal LAPD investigation of MAW and sexual harassment within the Department as a 'whitewash.' Additionally, a second major scandal, exposed in a KCBS special report this week, showed that LAPD officers who engage in domestic violence are regularly exonerated or receive only minor suspensions, and are never prosecuted for their brutal crimes.
Harrington joined Katherine Spillar, the National Coordinator of the Feminist Majority Foundation, in calling for a dramatic increase in the budget and staff of the Inspector General's office, and the appointment of a Blue Ribbon Citizens' Commission to oversee a wide investigation of gender bias in the LAPD and recommend reforms.
"The prevailing attitude at the LAPD seems to be that it is acceptable to beat your wife, harass women co-workers and lie to cover it all up. Well, enough is enough. Now is the time to clean the Department from top to bottom," said Spillar. "We are calling for an investigation to look at sexual harassment, intimidation, discrimination and retaliat


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Good Times (1974)
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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who managed the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. After a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. In 1958, he was drafted into military service. He resumed his recording career two years later, producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and their accompanying soundtrack albums, most of which were critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed televised comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. On August 16, 1977, he suffered a heart attack in his Graceland estate, and died as a result. His death came in the wake of many years of prescription drug abuse.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, blues and gospel, he is one of the best-selling artists in the history of recorded music, with estimated record sales of around 600 million units worldwide. He won three Grammys, also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.


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The Oak Ridge Police Department will get eight new police cars over the next year as part of the Department's Take Home Vehicle Program.
The Oak Ridge Police Department will get eight new police cars over the next year as part of the Department's Take Home Vehicle Program.
Oak Ridge City Council unanimously approved the purchase at a cost of $402,304 during its recent meeting at the Municipal Building.
Council approved the purchase and equipment for the police cars during a meeting in November 2012, as part of a proposal to extend the lifecycle of the Department's fleet and to expand the Take Home Vehicle Program, which was initiated in 2011.
The plan in 2011 was to replace vehicles with more than 100,000 miles and to gradually allow further participation of officers in the program, to reduce maintenance and repair costs.
Police Chief Jim Akagi said he had decided on Dodge Chargers as the replacement choice because that car is better suited to the Department's needs. He said the space inside the Charger works better for the larger, taller officers than the Ford Police Interceptor, which the Department had also been considering.
According to Akagi, the purchase will use money in the city's Equipment Replacement Fund, which is currently sufficient for replacement costs.
The payment strategy will use the state contract pricing system or the city's competitive bid process, whichever is more cost effective, according to information from the city.
Akagi said the new cars will be better maintained because the officers will take them home.
"Once it gets assigned, the maintenance over the long haul will pay off," Akagi told Council. "It's their office."
Council member Chuck Hope, who also owns Chuck's Car Care, said he had checked out the Dodge Charger and agreed with the chief about the "ease of operation."
"The Dodge is much more maneuverable," he said. "We have a wide range of officers. The car is safe for them to see out."
Hope also asked the chief if he had seen any service-related issues pertaining to the cars. The chief indicated he had not.
Akagi also told Council he'd like to wait a year or so before he gives Council a cost estimate comparison or information on any cost savings.
"I'll feel better after a year," he said. With that said, the chief also said the new vehicles could last longer than the five years generally used for replacement.
"They (the officers) take better care when they are theirs," he said.
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Should We Teach Our Children About Nature?
Hello fellow Earthlings and welcome to the garden. In our ongoing attempt to bring nature back into your gardens we have not really touched on one of the most important reasons why natural/organic gardening is so smart. Our children and the children of our communities, regardless of their socioeconomic background, really deserve to know as much as we can teach them about how nature works. The obvious classroom for this knowledge is the garden. Let's take a walk and discuss some of the ways we can increase awareness of the natural world for our kids.
As our society continues to sprawl into the open spaces that once surrounded our communities, we are continuing to lose precious native areas that once allowed us to take our families on hiking trips or picnics. These spaces continue to shrink and our choices for immersing our children's inherent curiosity in a natural place are getting fewer by the week. This is where the home garden, parks, or community/botanical gardens or public gardens specifically set up for children come in very handy.
Consider the amazing questions your children will ask while they ponder the relationship between the soil and a plant, or why certain bugs eat plants while other bugs eat them. This is something we gardeners can teach without having to resort to long trips that are excruciatingly boring to kids. There is a classroom right outside the front or back door. The opportunities to increase the vocabulary of our children to include such words as environment, or give them an opportunity to make their own sense out of how things in nature work is definitely worth the minimal investment in time on our parts.
Last year I made my annual pilgrimage to the flower fields in Carlsbad (California) to admire the beauty of the colors and to see what new evolutions this wonderful place had made. I was enthralled by the myriad of questions being lobbed at a teacher who had taken her third or fourth grade class on a field trip. The children were more interested in how the plants grew than they were about the obvious eye candy the flowers provide.
I grew up with these fields and the gladiolus fields that are now becoming homes closer to the coast highway. I never tired of considering all the possible ways these plants grew. I used to come up with some very creative theories and often shared them with my grandfather who was a farmer of local tomatoes. I remember once asking him on a sunny day if the stuff they were spraying on the plants was suntan oil so the plants could receive more sun power. After busting out laughing (of course, I was hurt), he took the time to tell me about insects that ate the plants and that the stuff they were spraying was a poison for the insects.
My next question, of course, was why the good bugs he had told me about weren't eating all of the bad ones. He thought for a moment and said that was a good question. I was lucky enough to have a farmer in my family and my grandfather was an oracle of wisdom. He used conventional methods of farming but helped me grow my gardens without chemicals. Constant exposure to agricultural chemicals (including DDT) took his life way too soon, but his wisdom remains with me today.
No one has to be an expert biologist or horticulturist to give their children insights on how nature works. In the end kids will make their own conclusions on how things "really" work. Nature excites their imaginations and feeds their tireless hunger for knowledge. It also gets them out from in front of the bloody Nintendo machine. They will get an opportunity to breathe in nature, just watch them grow.
When my nephew Brandon was very young he used to be fascinated by snails. He could watch them for hours. It reminded me of my interest in ant behavior when I was much younger (before imported fire ants). Brandon showed all the signs of a born scientist, his curiosity and attention to detail was astounding. He shared his theories about snails and his insights were both hilarious and astute. It was very entertaining.
While more land may not be possible for many, there are an abundance of local places where a child's exposure to nature can take place. My favorite places are botanical gardens and regional parklands. By taking our children to these natural places they will get a better idea of their heritage and of their role in preserving the beauty of the natural world.
In closing this column I would like you to encourage your children to get involved in the home garden as well as giving them opportunities to experience nature away from home. They will bloom like the flowers you let them grow and pick. It only makes sense to familiarize them with what is likely the only planet they will live on.
Join me at Quail Botanical Gardens this spring for a series of natural/organic gardening classes. Call QBG at (760) 436-3036 for details. See you in the Garden!
Got questions? E-mail the Doc at email@example.com Don Trotter's Natural Gardening columns appear nationally in environmentally-sensitive publications. Look for Don's books "Natural Gardening A-Z" on sale now, and his new release "The Complete Natural Gardener," both from Hay House Publishing, www.HayHouse.com
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Two People Confirmed Dead in Sioux Falls Apartment Fire [PHOTOS]
SIOUX FALLS - Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras has reported that two people have died in an apartment fire in the 200 block of S. Williams Ave. The complex is located northeast of 12th and Kiwanis.
Fire crews arrived on the scene at about 8:45 a.m. smoke and flames were seen coming out the back of the apartment on the west side. Crews were informed there were two people inside the apartment.
KSOO-AM's Jerry Dahmen on the Fatal Apartment Fire:
One victim, a woman, was discovered in the unit where authorities think the fire began. According to Sideras the woman reportedly ran back into the unit at some point. The second victim was found in the same unit and has been identified as a child, approximately 5-years-old. Three other children were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
"There is significant damage to the apartment," Sideras told the Argus Leader. "It is going to take a little bit of work to go through that."
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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The twisted fairytale humor of Shrek meets carnival fun as you play 28 hilarious and action-packed party-games. Play as your favorite Shrek characters and compete to become the King or Queen of the carnival!
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Publisher: Activision
Also available on: Nintendo DS, Wii, PC
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The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (KU Leuven) is very pleased to invite you to the Thematic Week to be held at the Arenberg Castle (Auditorium 01.07) from 22 to 24 January 2014 on the topic : "Community involvement in valuing and managing monuments and sites".
The value of heritage for society is increasingly underscored. This goes hand in hand with a growing interest for the involvement of local communities (the heirs of that local heritage) in the management plans of heritage sites. However, the discourse of community participation is very ambitious and not easy to apply. The 2014 Thematic Week will overview the origin of this discourse. Problems and shortcomings in relation to community involvement will be addressed and challenging practices will be evaluated. The field of immovable heritage seems to lag back in involving community in valuing and managing heritage compared to other heritage fields. This is a good reason to widen the focus for this debate.
Participation in the conference is free , but please register via mail (limited capacity): firstname.lastname@example.com
For more information about the timetable, please consult the programme.
Please also check our website for regular updates on the conference.


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Hi, all!
I want to implement what I did for Urho3D and Godot
i.e. procedural roadmap + buildings (but on different level, i.e. not 90 degrees angles and different building styles will be
implemented. Where should I start?
I do have all the algorithms implemented already, I just need to have engine-specific hooking.
1. How can I implement procedural geometry for buildings with LODs. The buildings should be enterable and with
2. How such code is best integrated into engine, i.e. where to look for hooking that in?
3. Later I will want to have procedural terrain generation, where to look how this is done?
4. How can I store generated geometry in save file so it generates everything on New game and then everything persists throughout playthrough?