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Reading 2: The Dred Scott Trial
This play was adapted from the trial transcripts of the Dred Scott case by Jefferson National Expansion Memorial staff members. Have the students choose roles or assign them. If there are more students than roles, ask the extra students to act as alternate jurors. After they have finished role-playing the litigation, the student jurors should reach a verdict based on the hearing and announce it to the class. Then have students complete Reading 3 and answer the appropriate questions.
Scene One
NARRATOR: The trial we are about to reenact is true. Dred Scott and his family tried to win their freedom from slavery in St. Louis's Old Courthouse. The people who were part of the case will tell us what happened.
DRED SCOTT: I am Dred Scott. I'm almost 50 years old now and have been a slave all my life. My first owners, the Blow family, took me from Virginia to St. Louis. They treated me well, but had to sell me to Dr. Emerson, who was in the Army. I worked odd jobs for the Emersons, and was also hired out to work for other people. They kept all the money for themselves. John Emerson took me across the river to Illinois, and from there way up to Fort Snelling in Wisconsin Territory. I don't think there is supposed to be any slavery in those places, but he kept me as a slave. When I heard that I might be able to become free, I started this case. Taylor Blow and other people have helped me. I'm an old man now, and I can't read or write. I'd like for my wife Harriet and daughters Lizzie and Eliza, to have a better life than I've had. (Sits down.)
TAYLOR BLOW: My name is Taylor Blow, and my family used to own Dred Scott. My family is originally from Virginia. After our tobacco crops failed, we moved to St. Louis. Once we got to St. Louis, my father decided he would have to sell Dred because we needed the money. He sold Dred to Dr. Emerson, an Army Doctor. Over the years, I have not seen much of Dred, and now I want to help him become a free man. (Sits down.)
IRENE EMERSON: My name is Irene Emerson. My late husband John owned Dred Scott. He was our servant. Sometimes we hired Dred out to work for other people and he made money for us. John was a doctor in the United States Army, and was sent to Illinois and Wisconsin Territory and took Dred with him. Now that John has died, Dred is suing for his freedom. That doesn't seem fair, Dred has always belonged to us, and we 've treated him well. Look at the thanks we get! (Sits down.)
NARRATOR: All is now ready for the trial to begin. Although nobody knew it at the time, the Dred Scott Case would later become one of the most famous trials in United States history. Let's see what happened. (Sits down.)
Scene Two
BAILIFF (Stands and speaks loudly): All rise. (Waits for everybody to stand.) The Circuit Court of St. Louis County is now in session. The honorable Judge Alexander Hamilton presiding.
JUDGE: You may be seated. (Everyone sits.) The clerk will call the first case.
CLERK: The case of Dred Scott versus Irene Emerson, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Are the lawyers in this case ready?
ALL LAWYERS: We are, Your Honor.
JUDGE: The clerk will swear in the jury.
CLERK (standing): The members of the jury will rise, and raise their right hands. (Waits for them to do so.) Do you swear as citizens of St. Louis County that your decision will be based entirely on what you hear in this courtroom today?
JURORS (together): I do.
CLERK: You maybe seated. (JURORS and CLERK sit down.)
JUDGE: Do the lawyers for the plaintiff, Dred Scott, have an opening statement?
DAVID HALL: Yes, Your Honor. (Moves to stand in front of jury.) Members of the jury, this is an easy case to decide. Dred Scott has been a slave all of his life. His master, Dr. John Emerson, took him to Fort Armstrong in the state of Illinois and kept him as a slave. As all of you know, the laws of Illinois do not allow slavery. Later, Emerson took Dred Scott to Fort Snelling in Wisconsin Territory and, according to the Missouri Compromise, slavery is not allowed there. Even after Emerson left Fort Snelling, he kept Dred Scott as a slave, hiring him out to others in Wisconsin Territory and back in St. Louis. Members of the jury, we say that Dred Scott became a free man when taken to Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Just because he was brought back to the state of Missouri, where slavery is allowed does not make him a slave again. The laws of Illinois, the nation, and even cases just like this one heard before in Missouri, all say that Dred Scott should be free. Not only Dred himself but his wife, Harriet, and young daughters, Lizzie and Eliza, depend on your decision. (Sits.)
HUGH GARLAND (moving to stand in front of jury): Members of the jury, it is true that slavery is not allowed in Illinois or Wisconsin Territory. But Dr. Emerson was ordered to go there by the United States Army. Dred Scott was Dr. Emerson's property, and Emerson wanted to take him along. The laws of the United States Army, not those of Illinois or Wisconsin Territory, should be followed in this case. Dred Scott came back to Missouri, where slavery is allowed. Why should we let the laws of other places change things here in Missouri? When you think of these things, I am sure that you will decide that Dred Scott is a slave. Thank you. (Sits.)
JUDGE: Do the lawyers for the plaintiff have any witnesses in this case?
ALEXANDER FIELD: Yes, Your Honor. We call Captain Miles H. Clark.
BAILIFF: Captain Miles H. Clark to the stand. (CLARK moves to the witness stand and remains standing.)
CLERK (stands; to CLARK): Raise your right hand. Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give in this case will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
MILES H. CLARK: I do.
CLERK: You maybe seated. (Both CLARK and the CLERK sit)
FIELD (to CLARK from in front of jury): What is your name?
CLARK: Miles H. Clark.
FIELD: Captain Clark, do you know Dred Scott?
CLARK: Yes. When I lived at Fort Armstrong, Dred Scott was Dr. Emerson's slave.
FIELD: Why were you at Fort Armstrong?
CLARK: I was a Captain in the army. John Emerson was the surgeon at that post.
FIELD: Is slavery legal in Illinois?
CLARK: No.
FIELD: Yet you are saying that Emerson kept Dred Scott in slavery there?
CLARK: Yes, he did.
FIELD: Thank you. I have no further questions. (Sits.)
JUDGE: Does the defense wish to cross-examine this witness?
LYMAN NORRIS (To CLARK from in front of jury): Yes, Your Honor. Captain Clark, what was Dr. Emerson doing at Fort Armstrong?
CLARK: As I said before, he was a surgeon in the army there.
NORRIS: Captain Clark, as a soldier yourself, would you say that military men have much choice where they serve in the army?
CLARK: No. We go where they send us.
NORRIS: And what do you bring with you when the army sends you to a new place?
CLARK: Well, I bring my clothes and all my belongings with me when I move.
NORRIS: And would you say that slaves are property too?
CLARK: Yes, in many states slaves are people considered to be property.
NORRIS: Thank you. I have no more questions. (Sits.)
JUDGE: The witness may be seated. (CLARK returns to his seat.) Do the lawyers have any more witnesses?
DAVID HALL: No. We rest our case.
JUDGE: Then the defense may begin its case.
HUGH GARLAND (stands): Your Honor, we believe that the lawyers for the plaintiff, Dred Scott, have not made a case strong enough to prove he should become a free man. We will present no witnesses.
JUDGE: So the defense rests?
GARLAND: Yes. The argument in this case is not about what happened, we agree on that. What we don't agree on is whether or not the plaintiff should be a free man because he lived in free territory. (Sits.)
JUDGE: Very well. Are there any closing arguments?
ALEXANDER FIELD (stands): Yes, Your Honor. (Crosses to address jury.) As we have shown, slavery is not allowed in the State of Illinois or the Territory of Wisconsin. And yet, Dr. Emerson broke the law of these places by keeping Dred Scott as a slave, either working for him, or hiring him out to other people. Therefore Dred Scott really became a free man when Dr. Emerson took him to those places. In the past there have been other cases just like this one in the State of Missouri. And in those cases the court decided that a slave taken by his master into a free area becomes a free man, even if they move back to Missouri. Therefore, Members of the Jury, this is an easy decision for you. You should find the defendant, Mrs. Emerson, guilty of wrongly holding Dred Scott as a slave, and give Dred and his family their freedom. Thank you. (Sits.)
LYMAN NORRIS: Members of the jury, Mr. Field and Mr. Hall are wrong. Dr. Emerson was the husband of my client, the widow Mrs. Emerson. He served his country in the United States Army, and had no choice where he went. Why should someone in the Army suffer by not being able to bring his property with him when he serves his country? Let's pretend that it's against the law to have horses in Illinois or in the Wisconsin Territory. If what the lawyers for the plaintiff say is true, then you could not take your horse there, and if you did, the horse could be taken away from you when you came back to Missouri! That is why I am sure you will decide that Mrs. Emerson is not guilty, and that Dred Scott should remain a slave. Thank you. (Sits.)
JUDGE: Members of the jury, in deciding this case, you must keep the following points of law in mind:
Members of the jury, you must reach a verdict based only upon what you have heard in court today. It is your duty to retire and select a foreperson, and consider your verdict. Bailiff, take the jury outside to make that decision.
(BAILIFF leads the JURORS outside, then waits just inside the door of the courtroom. When the jury has reached a verdict, BAILIFF leads the jurors back to their seats.)
JUDGE: Has the jury reached a verdict?
FOREPERSON: We, the jury, find the defendant, Mrs. Irene Emerson, ____________ (guilty or not guilty) of unlawfully holding the plaintiff, Dred Scott, a slave.
JUDGE: (if verdict is guilty): The jury has found the defendant guilty. It is therefore ordered that Dred Scott and his family be awarded their freedom. This court is adjourned. (Bangs gavel.)
JUDGE: (if verdict is not guilty): The jury has found the defendant not guilty. It is therefore ordered that Dred Scott and his family be kept as slaves. This court is adjourned. (Bangs gavel.)


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Samuel W. Bean is now 21. Eight years ago he was a jolly school boy when he was struck in the eye by a rock thrown by a playmate. The accident deprived him of both sight and hearing.At first the lad was cast into the depth of despair by his misfortune. His father taught him to handle tools, and he became proficient in making furniture, several pieces of which he sold. His life, since the first recovery from the wretchedness, which was the aftermath of blindness and loss of hearing, has been a struggle to overcome his handicaps. He mastered the manual alphabet, and can now communicate by speech, his voice and accent being good, despite his deafness.With a courage that has surmounted obstacle after obstacle, he is now working to make himself independent by soliciting subscriptions for magazines. His home is at 1807 Santa Clara avenue, Alameda, and his telephone number, Alameda 2583. It will be helping a man who is making heroic efforts to help himself to ask him to act as agent in renewing or commencing any magazine subscription.
Monday, March 4, 2013
The Way Sam Saw It
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The only thing that Sam had going for him was the fact that he was born with his senses and knew what things sounded like and what things looked like. More importantly he knew how to communicate speaking.ReplyDelete
I can not imagine how people born without or lose their ability to communicate at an early age.Replies
Claudia, you are right: thankfully, Sam already was able to communicate. Speaking was not a skill foreign to him. That came in handy in later years when he attempted speaking to groups about his experience.Delete
And a business man is born..I cannot fathom woodworking without sight:)ReplyDeleteReplies
Far Side, I wish I was as facile with cameras as you are. It's my all-thumbs approach that keeps me from just snapping a shot of the chess table I have, made by Sam. It is of an inlaid wood pattern and quite impressive, especially when you consider it was a blind man who put it together.Delete
A couple things to keep in mind: these were not power tools he was using--that, to me, would be freaky!
And he surely had to have someone else sort the various pieces of wood by color. He would have no way to know if he were producing the right pattern, otherwise, I would think.
Whatever it was that he did to keep organized, I'm sure he worked out a system to accommodate his challenges. By the reports I've read in various newspaper articles, Sam was a fast worker. It sounds like he was certainly up to the challenge!
I am nearly deaf and the thought of going blind fills me with get horror and fear. Try walking somewhere with ear plugs... you still get there - now try it with your eyes closed...ReplyDelete
I'm sure I'll never catch up with all that I've missed in terms of your blog posts - but will be back once more from this point forward - oh how I've missed reading these words of yours!!
So glad you are back and doing so much better, Iggy! Always appreciate your insight and helpful links and resources!Delete
Oh Jacqi,ReplyDelete
Such a tragic accident for poor Sam! And I can't imagine how badly his friend must have felt who threw the rock. He had to live with that regret the rest of his life.
Sam's mom sounds like an amazingly heroic mom advocating for her son. Good for her! And good for Sam in becoming an independent young man.Replies
You bring up some important points, Jana. That incident must have been traumatic for not only Sam, but for his classmate. And yes, Ella's role in Sam's recovery was vital--a good point to focus on as we enter March, the Women's History research month!Delete
I agree with Jana. This is as much a story about Ella as it is Sam. Less resourceful people might have just accepted their lot would be as a permanent caregiver to an invalid. Ella seems to have been very progressive.ReplyDeleteReplies
Wendy, when I think of Ella, I think of her daughter, Leona. I never met Ella, of course, but I did get to know Leona, and she was full of spunk and determination--even in her eighties. If that was the way Ella was, I'm sure she was a fierce advocate for her son.Delete
I think it's good that Sam was famous and that people were advocating for him. I hope he knew that. He must have badly needed some positive news in his life. He was a local hero, and why not? Other people rose to the occasion for Sam, so that he could rise, too. And that playmate who threw the rock . . . how he must have felt! How his family must have felt! Maybe they were part of Sam's support system throughout life.ReplyDelete
What a wrenching story.Replies
Sam definitely had his ups and downs, once the final news sunk in that there was no hope for his eyesight or hearing. I think his school years were golden years for him, mostly because of that wonderful support system he had. There were several newspaper reports of his progress and his unusual opportunities in the face of such challenges. It's after his graduation that I have less access to information on how life went for him. Of course, it would have been different, had I been able to meet him, but he died several years before his siblings (whom I did know), and I have not been able to access many records from those later years.Delete
But I'm still trying!
What a fascinating peek into Sam's life here, Jacqui. Thanks for sharing - the newspaper article must have struck many hearts, I'm thinking, eh? Great post.ReplyDeleteReplies
Celia, I'm not sure how large a town Alameda was at the time Sam's family lived there, but these stories certainly give the idea that not only his home base in Alameda, but the school vicinity (Berkeley) and the larger community in which the newspaper was based (Oakland) certainly gave him much heartfelt support.Delete
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A dispute between the U.S. and China over illegal trade practices, which has sparked worries over a potential trade war between the world's two largest economies, has "more bark than bite," according to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy.
Washington last week complained to the WTO that China doled out at least $1 billion in illegal subsidies to Chinese auto and auto parts exporters during 2009-2011, giving them an advantage over their U.S. competitors in the American car market, the second-biggest in the world after China's.
China replied with its own complaint, saying Washington had applied anti-dumping and countervailing duties to two dozen Chinese products including paper, steel, tires, magnets, chemicals, kitchen appliances, and wood flooring.
"Well, I believe fortunately there's more bark than bite," Lamy told CNBC in an interview aired on Monday, adding that a trade war between China and the U.S. was unlikely.
"We're in a world where there are no more trade wars. We have trade frictions, disputes, negotiations, court cases, but if two countries disagree on whether or not the rules of international trade are breached, there exists machinery with due process that decides who's right and who's wrong," he said.
The trade dispute between China and the U.S. comes as both countries struggle with slowing manufacturing sectors in a politically important year. A U.S. presidential electiontakes place in November, while a once-in-a-decade leadership change in Chinais expected to take place over the next few weeks.
These domestic political issues certainly have a role to play in trade disputes, Lamy said.
"We have these tensions as could be expected. The very harsh economic crisis which is hitting many countries has triggered protectionist reactions," Lamy said. "We all know it doesn't work but there nevertheless remains an element of domestic politics."
And the economic crisis will continue to weigh on the global economy, the WTO said on Friday, as it slashed its estimate for 2012 global trade growth to 2.5 percent from a forecast of 3.7 percent in April.
It also cut its trade forecast for 2013 to 4.5 percent growth from 5.6 percent, citing weakness in Europe.
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This is a little bit old, but it's a lot AMAZING. The European Commission's Marie Curie Actions made this in 2008, and I don't know what the best part is. Is it sexy carbon? The tasering of Sodium Chloride? Wait, it's Water and Potassium's knock-down, drag out fight, isn't it?


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A pony?s life is in danger because his owner wants him to enter a contest he can?t enter, because he?s sick. Mandy tries to save him by kidnapping him. Will Mandy give Prince back? Will she get in trouble? Will Prince get well?
This was an exciting story. It kept me wondering about what would happen to Prince. I recommend this book to people who love animals. I picked this book because I love animals and I want a pony.


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WASHINGTON - Responding to the release today of a Pentagon report on the threat to privacy rights and potential ineffectiveness of the broadly maligned Total Information Awareness cyber-surveillance system, the American Civil Liberties Union and other concerned groups from across the political spectrum said that Congress must continue its vigorous oversight of new government spying powers and technologies.
"It is grimly appropriate that this Orwellian program is being sold to us in such an Orwellian manner," said Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program. Noting that the government had renamed the program to "Terrorism Information Awareness," he added, "the government can't expect us to forget everything they've said before about this program just by changing its name."
The Pentagon's report was mandated in February under legislation sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), which was attached as an amendment to a large omnibus spending bill. Under the Wyden amendment, the Pentagon was required to release a report within 90 days from the bill's enactment dealing with the threats posed by Total Information Awareness to privacy rights and civil liberties in America. Pentagon officials were also required to examine concerns that the cyber-surveillance system would be practically unusable.
Today's submission to Sen. Wyden by the Department of Defense and its Defense Advance Research Projects Agency left many important questions unanswered, said the ACLU and other concerned groups.
"Congress should be applauded for requiring this report," said James X. Dempsey, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "But this is only the beginning of the oversight process. Before any data mining is implemented, Congress needs to ensure that it is subject to clear rules and checks and balances. Currently, the privacy laws simply don't address this kind of thing."
Had the Pentagon not submitted the report this morning, the Wyden amendment required that TIA's funding be frozen and further development of the system halted.
Sen. Wyden's legislation received broad support both in Congress and among right and left-leaning groups. Advocacy organizations as diverse as the ACLU and the American Conservative Union have long been public in their joint opposition to reckless expansions of government surveillance power and capacity that go far beyond anything required in the fight against terrorism.
""Concern over TIA and other official spying measures isn't a liberal or conservative thing - it's an American thing,"" said David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union. ""As advocacy groups, our bread and butter is the ability to speak and think freely. Government surveillance of unpopular ideas has historically had an extreme and unacceptable chilling effect on this exchange of ideas.""
TIA is a project at the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that will, according to boosters at the Pentagon, allow federal agents to predict terrorist activity. Technically, the system would use ""data-mining"" and complex, ever-shifting mathematical formulae to sift through highly personal information in databases around the world in what many say is a vain quest to effectively create a high-tech crystal ball.
""It goes against our very character as a nation to accept that anybody is guilty until proven innocent in America,"" said Lori Waters, Executive Director of the Eagle Forum. ""And, that's exactly what Total Information Awareness does. It makes us all summary suspects, and does so without any guarantee that it will catch the bad guys.""
Much concern on the right has also focused on TIA's high risk of misuse. Even if the system is not deliberately abused, simple arithmetic suggests that the number of Americans falsely implicated as potential terrorists could be staggering. Some calculations show that an error rate as negligible as a tenth of a percent could result in upwards of 30,000 innocent Americans being investigated as terrorists.
"The privacy of thousands of Americans is too high a price to pay for TIA's unproven value," said Elliot Mincberg, vice president and legal director of People For the American Way. "Congressional oversight, from requiring this report to conducting ongoing hearings, is absolutely necessary. We should not be sacrificing our freedom under the guise of protecting it."
If TIA's power, however, is used to deliberately grind political axes, the implications could be catastrophic for civil liberties, say many on the right and the left.
"TIA is a blueprint for unlimited government. Regardless of who proposes this or any other comparable expansion of government power, our deep suspicions will remain. The proponents of TIA shouldn't expect to satisfy us once and for all by issuing this report. We're going to watch them as closely as they intend to watch us," said Grover Norquist, President of Americans For Tax Reform. ""Expansive government power doesn't go by ideological litmus tests in its suppression of our rights.""
Notably, the Pentagon's report also does not go far enough in answering the question laid out in a separate document put together by the ACLU earlier this week detailing information that must be disclosed before the Pentagon can be seen to be in compliance with the demands of the Wyden amendment.
"Still no one has addressed the issue of data quality,"" said Lisa Dean, Vice President of Technology Policy at Free Congress Foundation. ""If TIA is relying on personal information contained in databases to determine whether someone is a suspect, what recourse does the person have whose information has been entered incorrectly? They would be labeled a suspect by an all-knowing system that made a mistake in what it knows."
Questions not answered in the Pentagon report include: how can TIA be effective with such a high false positive rate deflecting scrutiny away from real terrorists? Whether current technology is up to the task demanded of TIA? Will TIA mirror the evolution of other bureaucracies and drastically outpace its initial mandate -- eating up more and more resources and furthering the systematic surveillance of everyday Americans?
"Congress must ask tough questions about this initiative, and data mining generally,"" said David Sobel, General Counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. We should not go down this road unless there is a clear demonstration of effectiveness. If data mining proponents can meet that burden, Congress then needs to impose strict rules and standards to protect privacy and constitutional rights."
Even if TIA is kept on a short leash, the ACLU asked, would that even make a difference in how Americans are affected by the implementation of a seemingly omni-present surveillance apparatus?
"TIA keeps trying to sweeten this pill to get the American people to swallow it," said Jay Stanley, Communications Director for the Technology and Liberty Program. "But if they do, the result will be the same: a dangerous program that corrodes our liberty.
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When audio surfaced from a defensive meeting the night before the Saints' postseason loss to the 49ers, much of the conversation regarding former Saints defensive back Steve Gleason — whose unique access to the team allowed the tape to be made — centered on whether his desire for discretion should have been honored by the filmmaker who captured the words of former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.
Gleason, whose blocked punt that will echo in eternity is now memorialized in bronze outside the Superdome, now addresses the substance of the remarks in an interview with HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
And the man whose ALS may have been caused by a career in football that entailed having his bell rung "hundreds" of times took exception to Williams' directive to attack certain body parts of specific offensive players.
"[W]hen he specified the other players' injuries, that to me, was over the line," Gleason said in a rough cut of the show, which PFT obtained from HBO.
Gleason had an even bigger concern. "The real problem was no one seemed shocked," he said. "There as no discussion of 'Wow, did we just hear that?'"
And that's the closest any current or former member of the organization has come to criticizing the manner in which the Saints conducted themselves over the past few years, allegedly or actually.
The fact that the comments come at a time when a federal judge is wrestling with the question of whether to overturn the suspensions imposed on four players for a pay-for-performance program that the league regards as a bounty system could tip the scale toward the NFL, if Judge Helen G. Berrigan currently is on the fence regarding the question of whether the crime justifies the punishment meted out by an internal process she believes was unfair. (And before anyone expresses outrage that a judge would consider a comment made out of court and well beyond the confines of the official "record" of evidence, please remember that judges are not robots, but human beings. Most of them, at least.)
The new episode of HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel debuts on Tuesday, August 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET, right before the third episode of Hard Knocks.


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Congressman Tom Tancredo in Iowa after the presidency. Issues. Congressman Duncan Hunter in Iowa after the presidency. Issues Robert Novak, the "Prince of Darkness" knows where the bodies are buried.. Senator John McCain in Iowa after the presidency (see shocking video below). Issues. Phyliss Schlafly wants to be on the record for Congressman Tancredo. Issues.
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EP411: Loss, With Chalk Diagrams
by E. Lily Yu
Read by Eleiece Kraweic
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E. Lily Yu is a fiction writer, poet, playwright, and game writer whose work has appeared or forthcoming in places such as Kenyon Review Online, Boston Review, Clarkesworld, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. She is a recent graduate of Princeton University and an incoming doctoral student at Cornell.
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Eleiece Krawiec lives in a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana. She began voice acting in early 2007, discovered how much she liked it, and is still going strong. She's voiced (and continues to voice) characters for Star Trek: Excelsior, Star Trek: Outpost and a variety of characters for Misfits Audio. – See more at: http://escapepod.org/2013/05/09/ep395-robot/#sthash.5zoFdDFK.dpuf
Loss, with Chalk Diagrams
by E. Lily Yu
Never before in her life had Rebekah Moss turned to the rewirers, not as a tight-mouthed girl eavesdropping by closed doors on her parents' iceberg drift toward divorce, nor after she heard with bowed head, her body as blushingly full as a magnolia bud, the doctor describing the scars that kept her from having Dom's child. She took few risks and accepted all outcomes with equanimity. But when her old friend Linda was found beneath a park bridge in Quebec with her wrists slit lengthwise to the bone, leaving no note, no whisper of explanation, she hesitated only a moment before linking to the rewiring center. Saturday next was the first available appointment, a silvery voice informed her, and she took it. When she ended the call she wrapped her arms around her legs and tilted back and forth, blinking hard, her own breathing a foil rustle in her ears.
She had been twelve years old when rewiring was first approved for use on a limited clinical population. The treatment involved a brew of sixteen neurotoxins finely tuned to leave normal motor, memory, and cognitive processes intact, burning out only those neural pathways associated with grief and trauma. It was recognized as a radical advancement in medicine, and the neuroscientists involved in its development had been decorated with medals, presidential visits, and a research foundation in their names.
Her family supported her choice, of course. They pressed lemon tea and tissues and bitter chocolate upon her while she stumbled through the week, her whole world gone faint and gray and narrow. The sky seemed always clouded over, though she knew there was sunlight. She could not eat by herself. Dom fed her soup by hand and patted her rather awkwardly as she sobbed, both of them embarrassed by her access of sorrow. It was the only time in their marriage that she had cried…


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"Uh yeh, we're in Germany"- Spraggy
"Oh..."- Me
And what a ride it was. Wind, bergs, coke, strudel, honey cake and the warm smell of fermenting cow shit all day long. Yesterday was a big bunch ride led by hard man and GPS equipped local legend Leon Van Bon.
We went south through Valkenburg and the Amstel Gold race area, then kept heading to the south east, entered Germany, did some rolling climbs, ended up in this amazing olden style German village complete with a castle, church, cobbles, coffee, coke and cake. Then it was onwards and upwards into Belgium and slowly getting up to the highest point in the country, which was actually 694m I'll have you know! Then we continued along a bunch of narrow rolling roads all the way back to our front door. A good 6 hour ride followed by an even better dinner at a newly opened "Wok Always" takeaway shop in town; things just keep improving
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Kinda curious. Horror is hard to do well, especially with "cuter" graphics. I am curious to see if they can pull it off. :)
XSEED says you can blame Tom for that one.
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Recently The Ohio House of Representatives surrendered to the demands of BIG Business at the risk of Public Safety when they Voted For Lax Policy on Contact Lens Dispensing, sending HB 258 to the Senate Committee. The bill sacrifices consumer protections for subjectively defined convenience, and greater profits to some major retailers.
By creating a problem where none exists, a majority Ohio House Reps were persuaded to amend current statute that regulates who can dispense contact lenses. Currently, only an optician licensed with a contact lens designation can dispense contacts in Ohio. The amended version of the law proposed in HB 258 will allow retailers to hire fewer Licensed Professionals and displace many Ohio Licensed Opticians.
The practice of ophthalmic dispensing, which includes spectacles & contact lenses, decisively involves matters of public health, trust, and confidence. For these reasons, the Ohio legislature in its wisdom authorized licensure requirements to definitively establish accountability in providing such services.
In the plainest terms an unlicensed practitioner has no legal and/or personal accountability for their actions - other than profit - to the public or anyone. Federal law defines all contact lenses as medicine warranting controlled distribution through properly licensed practitioners. Repealing the requirement of a Contact Lens licensed optician, who is the last line of defense in the Contact Lens dispensing process, to the unknowledgeable consumer, willfully defers to the anti-consumer preference over what comes first, people or profits.
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'Clean' energy
One of the many things that all of us in Ohio can be Thankful for this holiday, and every day thereafter, is a new report called the Clean Jobs index from Echotech Institute, which shows that in the 3rd quarter of the year, Ohio has moved From 24th to 2nd in the Nation in Energy Efficiency.
And even more, our dirty energy companies and the ALEC backed, TEA Party Republicans in the Ohio Senate are backing off their attempt to rewrite our Clean Energy laws.
This makes perfect sense to me, as the home of Edison and the Wright Brothers, Ohio has always been a place where better ideas can grow, and new technologies can flourish. And we can all be thankful for that!
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Brentwood takes steps to lease city-owned ag property
Nonprofit educational groups, nonprofit agricultural groups and for-profit farmers are encouraged to attend a stakeholder informational meeting in January to learn more about potential leasing options of the proposed Nail Agricultural Park.
The city's seven-acre parcel located at 3900 Sellers Ave. will likely be leased to one or more community organizations for the possible development of community gardens, orchards or demonstration crops. The Green Living Coalition has expressed interest in developing the site and other groups that could take part in utilizing the land are the UC Cooperative Extension, East Contra Costa Historical Society, 4-H, FFA and agricultural programs on local high school campuses, according to city officials.
After the meeting is held, city officials are planning for a release of a request for proposals from interested parties. The proposed length of the lease will be five years with two five-year renewable options.
Among the lease conditions are that the project complements the neighboring historical society's museum. All of the future proposals must include a business plan and all major site improvements would be paid for by the lessee.
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Friends of Animal Services shares fees
The Friends of Animal Services will pay $100 toward adoption and neutering/spaying fees for animals adopted during December.
The shelter at Second an L streets. For more information, see www.FriendsofAnimalServices.org.
— Judith Prieve, Staff
Police group offers free bowling for children
Local kids ages 10 to 15 are invited to come out next week for a night of bowling and free food.
The Antioch Police Activities League is hosting a cosmic bowling night from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday at Delta Bowl, 3300 Delta Fair Blvd. Bowling starts at 7, but registration is at 6:30.
The event is open to the first 150 Antioch students. Student identification cards are required.
In addition to free shoe rental and lane time, hot dogs and drinks will be provided.
The police activities league is focused on providing children in middle school with mentors and positive experiences through fun activities.
"This is an opportunity for us to reach out to the families in the community and let them know what (the program) is about," said Antioch police Lt. Tammany Brooks. "The officers have a great time hanging out with the kids in this fun environment."
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Discovery Bay
CSD board to consider increasing compensation
Despite emphasizing a reluctance to go forward, Community Services District directors agreed last week to consider increasing their compensation.
Board members can receive a stipend of $100 a day for up to six days a month. State law allows the water district governing boards to increase pay by up to 5 percent for each calendar year since the last adjustment.
The last time the board increased its compensation was in 2002, when the limit went from $25 to $100, director Ray Tetreault said.
Given that information at its Dec. 5 meeting, the Discovery Bay board asked to see how the numbers would bear out.
All directors said they are on the board to serve the community, not for the money.
Board members are reimbursed for mileage, travel and other business-related expense, but not phone expensed, paper, toner and other miscellaneous costs.
— Paul Burgarino, Staff
Temporary bridge going up on San Jose Avenue
BRENTWOOD — Local drivers that use San Jose Avenue may want to find a different route the next two weeks.
Contractors for the project to widen Highway 4 from two to four lanes through Brentwood will be erecting a temporary bridge over San Jose starting Monday, according to a Contra Costa Transportation Authority news release.
Traffic controls will be enforced on San Jose between St. Regis Avenue and Santa Margarita Road from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Dec. 21.
Motorists are advised to expect up to 15-minute delays and should allow extra travel time.
For more information, call 925-206-3002 or visit http://widensr4.org.
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