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y.lHTilie, MY 11, 1855.
Vwpapr tabwriptioB and AaVaMiilnf A fancy
FHlLADELPH!At NlW YORK, BoTO and B.L
timori, is our authorized sent to receive and
receipt for subscription and advertisement
the Democrat. .
PRODUCE OF ALL KLDS. ia receiv
ed at (Ac very highest market pricet, on Sub-
uriptian or Advertitementt, at this office.
Money it not rtjuted.
X-9 and all alankt required under the Jus
tice t' Codc.for Justices of the Peace, ore con-
ttanlly kept on hand and for tale at thia Of-
For Governor,
For Lieutenant Governor,
For Supreme Judges,
For Auditor of State,
For Treaturer of State,
For Secretary of Stute,
For Attorney General,
GEORGE VV. McCOOK.
For Board of Public Worts,
M Davis, Cbillicothe, Ohio, lias
received a very large and extensive
stock of Dry Goods and Clothing,
which he offers to our Merchants,
Furnace proprietors and Traders, at 10
percent lower than any other House
in Chilhcothe. Read his advertise
ment in to-day's paper, and give him a
call, set it down as a fixed fact, that
lie men who advertises liberally are
the men who sell the cheapest. The
man who is afraid of a Jip in keeping
ins ousiness neiore me public, upon
whom he depends for patronage, is a
regular miser in his sales, we know
this to be true. . We are not aware how
many wholesale Houses Chillicothe
has, trom the fact that they do not ad
vertise ; perhaps they don't want to
tell. We hope our friends who want
goods in Chillicothe, will first call on
Davis, Dknxino Campbell & Co.,
Davison, Joh.vson, and W hittkmobe,
telore purchasing elsewhere.
We are Informed thai two men were
drowned on the 1st inst., in crossing
Raccoon in a canoe, at Berkhermar's
Mills, in this county. One named
Denison McUi.ikis, and Wed. Nap
per. We cannot get the facts and
and hive heard several different tales,
about the manner of the accident. W
have also learned that the bodv of Mc
Gin nib was since lound, near the breast
of the dam.
hams Magazine, for May
has been just received, and it is an ex
cellent number; all who want this truly
American Magazine should subscribe
Rumor of a War with Spain.
inemw lorn evening fost in
forms us that a prominent uerchant in
Louisville. Kentucky, an intimate
friend of the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, has advised his correspondents of
the receipt of latLen from a high source
at Washington, assuring him that then
will be a tear between the United
States and Spain within six It days
that the Cabinet was divided, hut that
tbe war party would prevail, and advi-
L . . l- L. l - i
ing 111 111 w erreuige ins ousinesswntcn
is very extensive, as speedily as possi
ble. The bila authoiily at Washing
ton" is seU to be Mr. Guthrie ; but
the Washington Star denies the whole
story, and says Mr. G., has written
nothing to autkorize any rumor of the
We see it stated that the good peo
pie ofWalden, Vermont, not satisfied
with having voted down the Know
Nothings at the recent election, have
arrested the leader ol the order in tha
town, ana nave naa mm bound over
for violating the statute ot the State
against th administration of extrajudi
cial oaths. He is to be tried in June
On Sunday last, say the N. Y
Courier, among the contributors at the
Church of the Holy Communication
to the funds of St. Luke's Hospital,
was a roll of five one thousand dollar
bills. Tbe were dropped so quietly
into the plate thai not even tbe gentle
man, who rejvd iberu knew Irom
whom they cane. The giver is to be
envied less lor uis ability to spare
sucb a sum than for (he disposition
which led aim to bestow it on sucb a
cause in such a way,
Inpiasupolis, May 1. At the
muacipal election, yesterday, (be en
tire Democratic ticket was elected by
anerrrsge majority of one hundred and
City. Tbe Know Nothings will have
a hjoritj of two h the City Council.
Politics a so Relioio. The Pitt
burg Union announce! that two hundred
members of tbe Baptist Church it Ma-
aoutowa have receded because their
piitor hart Joined tbe Know Nothings.
At political festival lately held in
Portsmouth, N. H., gentleman uniting
in himself the character of Aboli'.ioni.t
and Know Nothing, gave the following
toast : "Sam and bimbo may love for
ih one not cause us to do injustice to
the other. "
John D. Spinnor, the outgoing Presi
dent of Herkimer village, advises the
citizens to organize lire department,
provide suitable ce.iietery, "put men
in office who will do honor to their
country and their God," and filially, to
learn the will of the Lord their God and
do it. Very good for an oftice holder.
How Charged ! In 1840, the Whig
hard-cider song book contained the lol
lowing ditty, which we have no doubt
our neighbor of the Reflector aided
singing l more than one gathering ol
the coons :
"Here's to our fathers tint mother,
Likewise to ould Ireland too ;
Down with Martin Van Duren.
Aud up with old Tippecanoe !"
AonraiJIt Experiment,
The crop io ill parts of Canadt prom
isr most favorably. All sccounts agree
that wheat never looked so well before
New England rum is selling at Con
stantinople at 80 cents gallon. Quite
u impetus has beto given to the dis
tilleries, by the general failure of the
grape aud by the war.
Some uncharitable old fogy, probably
a Democrat, offends against the laws
propriety, Know Nothingism, and Mass
schuteits morality by asking the followius
impertiueut question :
The Know Nothing, legislators
Massachusetts cannot well explain
object of their singular examination
the females in the Catholic School. Did
ihey waut to fiud where the danger
our county lay, when one of them urged
that he might be allowed private visits
to one of the nuns!
A Iste writer estimates that the ino
ney expended annually for amusements
amounts to twenty millions of dollars
divided as follows :
Theatres 612,000.000
Circuses 4,000,000
Menageries 2,000,000
Museums, Negro Minstre s,
Blind Fiddlers 2.000.000
The Chicago Tribune, a bitter
Know Nothing paper in Chicago,
speaking ot the recent riots in that city,
says . " 1 he Irish, to their credit, took
no part in the matter, and on Sunday
evening went quietly nome Irom
Church, without forming crowds, or
stopping with any."
Items. Session of the Ohio State Board fo Agriculture---
The next Annual Fair to be held at Columbus.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
has just closed session of two days,
and we art gratified to learn that they
have obtained a satisfactory guarantee
from the Railroads that they will grant
the usual facilities on such occasions.
A ga ran tee was also given by citizens
f Columbus, that 63.000 would be rais
ed aud other facilities secured for holds
ing the Fair in this place, which was
accepted, sod the uexi Slate Fair (the
sixth io Ohio,) wss decided upon to be
held here on the 18th, 19th, 20th, add
21st of September next.
We are pleased to he thus able to
state to all those who feel an imeiesl
in Ohio Agriculture, that the in pre
hended difficulties are over and that the
annual State Fair will come off as usu
al, and that the centre ol Ohio, the most
assessable point, is fixed upon as the
place of holding it.
Let the citizens of Columbus there
fore take early notice of the fact, and
prepare iu time and ia the most ample
mauuer to render all visitors as comfort
able as possible ou such occssions, and
above all let the Hotel keepers make the
fullest possible preparations.
P. S. Since the above was in type,
A learn that A. Failing, of the Neil
House, fj. P.. L. Butler, J. . Oiboru
and Win. B. Hawks fit Co., (Stage Com
pany) became personal security for the
63,000 subscribed by the citizens ol
We also learn that Michael L. Sulli
rant, Esq., with his usual liberality,
has guaranteed, free of cost, his beauti
lul grouuds near Franklintou, mile
west of this city, for holding the Fair.
These are the grounds occupied by the
State Fair in 1662 Statesman.
Important Orders of the President.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28.
New Orleans papers ol Sunday are
received. The Washington Union ol
this morning has a long article on our
affairs with Spain. It states thatthe
President regards the recent bringing to
and examination of American vessels
as a violation of international law ; as
indignities to our flag, and aggressions
upon our rights which will not be tol
erated. Mr. M'Cauly is not to argue
with the Spanish cruisers as to their
right of search or visiting, but to say to
them: "You can claim no right ol
search, visiting or examination of any
vessel rightfully bearing our flag upon
the high seas, under any guise or pre
text, in my presence or within my
reach i if vou attemDt. the art will be
done at your peril." The Union lurther
says thatthe Spanish government have
the issue of war or peace in their own
hands if they persist ia aggressions,
war is inevitable.
Cholera on the River.
We learn from the Dubuque Observ-
er that this scourge uas appeareu
. . a a
among the emigrant passengers on the
Unner MississsiDDi. On Monday the
steamer Monlauk hurried seven of her
passengers, victims of cholera, between
Koekuk and Dubuque. There were,
we understand, seventeen cases on the
Roval Arch, during her upward trip io
St. Louis Intelligencer.
A line 87.000 fett lone did not resell
the bottom ofthe JtMnttc Pceen.
Our Railroad--Time Table.
We take pleasure in calling the at
tention of our citizens and the public to
the Time Table of the M. & C.
Railroad, as published in to-day's pa
per, as win Deseen, me trains now
run to Raysville, twenty miles east of
ChiUieotht, forming regular connec
tions at Chillicothe with those running
to Cincinnati.
In addition to this, we learn that
Mr H. T.Hoyt, the enterprising stage
proprietor between this place and Pom
eroy and Chillicothe, will run a daily
line ol coaches Irom Athens and Pom
eroy, through Albany and Mc Arthur,
so as to form a connection with the
cars at Raysville. These arrange
ments will be announced as soon as
perfected. This will lorm the shortest
and cheapest route to Cincinnati ever
before enjoyed by our citizens ; and
the low stages of water in the Ohio,
will attract the entire Pomeroy, and
much of Marietta travel, over this
route. In addition to this, it must also
command the Pomeroy travel to the
North, as it forms the nearest, cheap
est and most expeditious route to Col
umbus; while to our citizens it will
open just as speedy communication
w ith Columbus, and when the arrange.
ments are completed perhaps just as
cheap as the one via Lancaster. The
route will save twenty miles of stage-
ing, while the roads on this line. Irom
this place and Pomeroy to Raysville,
are far superior to those of any other
iviuir. i iuiii viiiiiikuuic iu vuiiiiu-
bus, is an excellent turnpike road.
When the arrangements are all perfect
ed the public will be duly advised on
Athens Messenger.
Athens Messenger. Attempted Suicide--Loss of one hundred Thousand
Dollars by Gambling.
We copy the following from the
New York Express ol Monday last.
"A wealthy gentleman named Bai
lee, from Maryland, arrived here some
two weeks ago upon a visit to his
friends, and became the guest of the
Carlton Mouse. He fell into the habit
of visiting the gambling establishments
of Broadway, and became at faro a
'desperate better.' On some occasions
the sharpers would play the game in
such a manner as to let the intended
victim win 1400 And $500. When
satisfied that their customer was fit to
be plucked, operations commenced in
earnest. He even risked on 'one turn
several hundred dollar 'chips,' amount
ing in the aggregate to some $3,000
or $4,000, by '.he mere drawing of one
card from a little tin box in the hand
of the 'dealer ' In this way the poor
man persisted, until he was fleeced, at
last, ol nearly every dollar he possess
ed. We have been assured that his
loss will probably exceed one hun
dred thousand dollars, all in the space
oi a week or ten days.
"During the past lorty-eight hours
Mr. B. has been in a state ol great ex
citement. He became quite uncon
scious on Saturday, and made his way
to the House of Cinderella Marshall,
in Leonard street, where he was cared
for. At eight o'clock in the evening
le was worse, indeed, crazy at inter
vals. A messenger was dispatched by
the landlady for a doctor, but before
his arrival Mr Bailee attempted to
destroy himself by swallowing six
ounces of laudanum Irom a bottle which
le carried ih his coat pocket. The at
tendance ot Dr Clark, Dr. Bradshaw
and Dr. Bacon was forthwith procur
ed. The stomach pump was used
freely, and every effort was made to
arouse him, not unsuccessfully. Last
evening Mr. B. was lying very weak,
but the physicians were of the opinion
that he would survive."
Dollars by Gambling. Connecticut--Governor's Message.
HARTFORD, May 3.
The Legislature this morning elected
William T. Minor. Know Nothing. Gov
ernor of Connecticut. The vote stood
Minor 177; Ingham, Democrat, 70
Oilier Kno NothingSiate officers elect
ed. The Governor delivered his mes
sage this afternoon.
Lateb.- The ' mestsge of the Gover
nor recommend the amendment of the
constitution, extending th right of suf
frage to colored persons, and requiring
white persons to be able to read arc!
w rite before iheir admission as electors;
larors approbations for State Agricul
ture Society, and institution for Dest
and Dumb. Blind, Idiotic, and State Re
form School, considers it the duty ol
the Legislature to encourage education
In every possible way, and would re
gard the repeal or modification of the
prohibitory law as detiimental to the
best interests of the State, as its opera
tion has been such as recommends it to
general favor, crime has beeo lessened,
poverty and misery aleviated sod happi
ness brought to many a fireside.
The balance in the treasury at the
close of the fiscal year, was 155.000.
lie favors the remoddling of the Judici
ary aystem; couaidait the recent elec
tion by the people a reiterated commen
dation of tbe act organizing Kansas and
Nebraska. He enters largely iuto the
considers lion of the pernicious influ
ence arising from the extent and ciar
acier ol the foieign immigration.
Alter eluding to the large and increas
ing number now annually coming among
u., the Governor says, this large mass
ol aliens come tinctured with tbe social
infidelity of continental Europe, very
many of them blind follower of eccles
insiical despotism. A large majority
w ithout any correct ideas of the duties
appertaining to citizens of a republican
government, and by early prejudices to
tally unfit to learn them. Differing iu
language, national customs and freling,
and scattered all over the country, still
with tenacity holding and observing
tneir customs.
Tbe heap of "small potatoes" which
tbe Massachusetts Smelling Commi'.lee
found ia tbe cellar of the school at Box
buiy, are to be formally presented to
tbe Legislature, as ereblems'.ie of tbe
cstimaliou iu which that body is held
by the people of th Cvmnionwelib,
[From the Washington Union.]
Paper Money.
It was said of the Hellonders thai
they were the greatest rogues in the
world, for ihey had stolen all their lands
from the sea. But there are greater
rogues than the Hollanders, and one of
iheae is paper money, it is tne great
est liar in the world, for it la continual
It makine promises it cannot perform it
it would, and would uot if it could.
It is cheat, foril: is perpetually prac
tising impositions oil the public; and it
U an impotor, for it everywhere pre
tends tv be wbai it ia not, and assumes
a character to w hich it has not the
slightest pretensions.
These sre heavy sharges to be brought
against "a gentleman" who according
to the standard of individual value must
necessarily be highly resectable,, since
he is patronized by legislative bodies in
all parts of the United States, and is re
puled to be worth several hundred mil
lions. But let us see w hether we can
not make tbem good.
Paper money is the greatest of all li
ars because it is perpetually promising
what it cannot perform. It promises to
pay a dollar in specie for every paper
one while at the same moment it sp
pears from the official returns of the
banks they have not specie in their
vaults to redeem one tenth, twelfth, or
fifteenth part of their paper issues nsy
in macy rases their specie is less than
the proportion of FalstafTs bread to hie
sack in Dame Quickleys bills. Hence,
when anv suddenor unexpected demand
for snecie comes ihey close their doors
without ceremony; the piesident and
cai-hier, to avoid all Demonstrations ol
public gratitude, remain invisible for a
feu days till the storm blows over; but
being exonerated from all personal res
poiiMbility by an act of iucorperation
return in good time, again resume their
station in society, and are ready lor
new "speculation."
That papei money is a common and
notorious cheat is equally palpable. It
is continually playing trick ou public
credulity, most especially on the labor
ing classes, by defrauding them of the
fruits of their labor, and giving them
nothing of value in return. The conse
quences of this system-of swindling
for in most cases it is no be tter--iovari
ably fall on those who are least able to
bear them. Those who are conversant
with these "speculations" must have
iuvariably noticed that whenever any
bank is about to fail the community is
ftcoded with its notes, and you see
scsrsely any others in circulation, in
stores, in market places, and ii? all dai
ly transactions of ordinary life. The
knowing ones first scent the putrid car
cass sfar off; and by a natural transition
the suspicion descends Irom the know
ing to the less knowing, who palm the
worthless Irash from one to tne other
until at last i: centers in the hands ol
those w ho havt earned it by the sweat ol
their brow, and who pay the piper with
out being allowed to dance to the music.
True, the loss is divided among so many
and generally in such small sums as
would make no figure in the banker's O'
merchaut's account ol profit and loss;
but we must ba permitted to tell these
ingenious apologists for the frauds of
paper money '.hat there are thousands-
aye, millions ol people in the Uuiteu
States to whom the loss of a few dollars
involves the loss of tbe very necessaries
of life for many days, and produces more
real suffering than that of thousands to
the wealthy millionaire.
But, says the paper-balloon man, are
not tbe poor who live from hand to
mouth always exposed to these inevita
ble vicissitudes of life? and were they
not so before the invention of paper
money? Most certainly; for owing to
some strange effect of the organization
of society, or some inscrutable dispensa
tion of Trovideiice, mankind have, in
every nation boasting of its civilization
and refinement, exhibited little else
than a contrast between the few who
have more than they want and the ma
ny who want everything. This cannot,
perhaps, be avoided, without changing
the whole structure of society from its
base to its summit, and the remedy
might probably be worse than the dis
ease, bull, we maintain tuai mis rnign-
ty chasm has been greatly widened by
the paper-money fraud, and that no wis
or patriotic legislature would never aid
in establishing a system which, while it
greatly aggravates these inevitable evils
places almost insuperable obstacles in
the way ofheir mitigation.
fliat paper money is an arrant impos
tor no one can deny. It isa sheer coun
terfeit, and, like Lord Peter in Swift's
fa 1b ol a Tub, attempts to pass off a
crus: o! bread lor a shoulder ol mutton.
It aspires to a certain intrinsic value,
but i intrinsically worth nothing, be
rause it costs nothing, and can be made
out of nothing, It receives with one
band that which is tbe fruit of inau's
labor, aud with the other gives him to
return a promise to pay, which is re
deemed by another promise, and so ou to
the end of the chapter, when, like the
firebrand in the play of "Robbins alive,
alive, as a bee," it goes out in some
body's bands, or burns his fingers. In
short, it is privileged outlaw, who
can practice with perfect impunity all
those frauds, impositions, fa he preten
ces, and swindling, for which individ
uals, or combinations not shielded by
an act of incorporation, are fined or im
prisoned. -'
If the maxim of holy Writ is true a
to silver and gold, it is most emphati
cally io of paper money, wbicb, in its
present redundancy, may really be cal
led "the root of all evil" with very little
exageration. It is, for the most part en
gendered and brought forth in legisla
tive corruption, and is both its offspring
and its parent. It first corrupts the
representative of the people by direct
or indirect bribes, or other debasing in-
dueuces, aud then corrupts the people,
Ural by tbe example of tbair legislators,
and next wbicb is perpetually varying
is sometimes at par, at other worth
nothing. This constant flunciuniioit in
tbe counterfeit standard of value ope
rates as a perpetual temptation ana a
perpetual wanting. On one hand, peo
pe sre ou tbe look-out . to take advaa
(aga uf each other by tbi process of a
cbuge in value; on the other, operated
oo by an ever-wakeful suspicion of being-deceived.
Confidence between mm
and man is thus gradually undernuneif,
and whtu men cannot trust each other
there is no safety but iu ell becoming
toeues alike, 1
Those who chance to have a ivid rec
ollection of the stale of society in ihe
UniteJ States during the universal sus
pension of specie payments by the banks
need not be rrminded of the deplorable
deteroration of moral then' exhibited,
from the highest to the louest (lgss
of the community. All confidence wsa
destroyed, every man went forth in the
armor, of suspicion; it was diamond cut
diamond; the. neighbor .palmed hit
worthless paper money ou his neighbor,
and quieted his concience with the sal
vo tha, having been taken in himelf,
he had a right to take iu others; and,
finally. Congress, by one sweeping ex
pott facto act of baukruptcy, passed in
the very teeth of tbe constitution, ami
which made no distinction, and nhich
oe'.ween honest and Irauduleiil debtors,
at once prostrated all the barriers of se
curity to creditors, and give unbounded
license to fraud and deception All
must have seen that' since that disas
trous period, the max'ms and morals ol
that trade have become far more loose, if
uot actually licentious; and that wbai
less than half century ago was called
swindling, is now scfteneil down into
"speculation," It way in fact be said,
with perfect truth, that an invariable
standaid ol value in that money which
is the sole mtrJium for suyplyiug all our
wants sr.il gratilying (II our appetites,
"Inch is the great master spring that
gives motiun to the clock woik of the
world, is next akin to an invariable
stsndard of moral principles in regula
ting the action. a ml enterconrse ol man
kind. Any ereat shock given loeneis
sure to strike to the trry heart ol the
other, by increasing temptations to (lis
honesty and fraud. Such are a few ol
the fruits that spring up from the great
modem root of all evil.
But it may be said he is but a quack
doctor who can only tell the disease ol
of the patient without beiug able toad
minester a remedy. This is certainly
true, and equally true that there are
times w hen evils arrive at such a stu
pendous magnitude that they can only
cuie themselves in other words, be
remedied by bitter experience of their
consequences. We believe shall we
say we hope? that time is near at hand.
We have gone the rounds of the emire
system, are now trying the lust experi
ment that of free hulking, as it is cal
led. Free enough, Heaven knows I since
it may be said to afford uuboumled op
portunity , unbounded license, and al
most irrestible temptation to all sorts oi
swindling aud imposition. If this fails
we know of uo resourse but that lately
apopted by tin legiol.ature of Indians
namely, converting all the banks into
pawn-brokers' shops, and exchanging
their rug for all sorts of haberdashery.
This will be, indeed, the millennium ol
banking. What a glorious lime it will
be when a man can pawn his old frying-
pan for a discount, or a good house-vile
barter her second-hand petticoat, for a
handful of promises to pay I It will be
a fair exchange, and no robbery. Who
knows but they may be able to apply
the system of pawn-broking to ladie's
hearts and men's consciences, and dis
count them at a rate greatly below par?
But whether or not Irom the experience
lately had of bank directors, bank cash
iers, and bank tellers, we have no
doubt many of them will make first rate
pawn brokers from having been so long
conversant iu old rags and all those sec
ond hand articles that co:ne under the
denomination of "wear and tear .con-
iences." It seems somewhat surpris
ing that the'legislalures of Massachu
setts and New- York having lately betn
dipped in the river Styx, and become in
vulnerable to common sense common
law, constitutional principles, and ill
that sort ol nonsenie have uot adopted.
this last and crowning improvement in
banking. But people cannot do every
thing at once; and we do not doubt in
the least that if you only give the en
lightened w hig-abolitioii temperance-
spiritual-knocking know-uolhing fusion
ists lair play, Ihey will not only per
feci the system of banking and every
thing else, but set both (he North river
and Boston bay on fire, aud run away by
the light of them.
The Foreign News.
The great Peace Congress has been
broken up. The most remarkable thing
is, that the young Czar of Russia did
not acknowledge that the Allies had ta
ken Sebastopol and agree lo the demands
of the conference I At this distance
the whole affair looked so admirable
and reasonable that we could not help
calling attention to it some days ago.
The truth of the matter is, '.hat Loum
Napoleon has got England by the fore-
top, and Russia Is disposed to see him
keep his grasp for a time longer. To
England, peace would have bean a god
send, but to Napoleon the chancea were
that it would have been his death, and
without Napoleon's acquiescence, Eng
land could do uothing. She dare not
join Russia and hope to live, after all
her statesman and presses have said in
regard to that government's designs on
Turkey. She cannot break her alliance
with France and "go it on her own
hook," with the complicated affairs in
the East, a revolutionary party all ovrr
Europe, and a growing democratic spir
it al home.
We may therefore look for some hard
fightlog from the very necessity of the
case. If Sebastopol should fall into the
hauds of tbe Allies, another attempt
may be made to hatch up a peace, but if
uot, some weaker poiut roust be found
in tbe Russian possessions for a sum
mer's campaign. If Austria and Prus
sia should join Kussia, men the-war
must inevitably take place "along the
whole line, as politicians say, and we
shall have an interestine summer of it.
Louis Napoleon will be the great gun of
the campaign, and will no doubt take
tbe field, if not iu the Crimea, on the old
battle fields of bii uncle. To this, it
seems, the affairs of Europe must now
come, mid this alone ctn prolong the
power of the present Buliug Dy nasties
Advices from Gorgia speak ' confi
denllr of the return of Hon. Howell
Cobb to Congress by a Jare majority.
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Bombardment of Sebastopol.
Bombardment of Sebastopol. Louis Napoleon Going to the Crimea.
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spirits, tea, collee and sugar. ' A staiqp
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taking command ol - the allied army in
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500 guns commenced on the ttth, aiid
continued incessantly to the !5ih,
Assault was not practicable; but il was
the iiiteuliou lo storm if possible.
- During ibe night of the 13th the left
wing of the allies obtained considera
ble advantage over the Russians. The
Russians were luice dislodged from
their srongly fortified position, which
remained in the hands of the Freuch
the possession of this position enable
them to fortify -he summit of the ravine
which is of great importance,
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en admirals ol the Russian fleet at Se
bastopol have died or been killed. - 1
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of France tieatad a perlecl furor of ex
citement. The F.inperor made a snrei.h
on ihe occasion of his reception by the
Lord Mayor of Loiidou, which gave great
Latest. All hopes of Austria 'liking
the field against Russia are at au etui,
lor th) present. From the i-eat of wiir
we learn that during the lira two duys
of the bombardment, ihe force of the
beieigers was superior to tlmt of the ci
ty, and much damage was done to thu
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the Dead--Jokes of the Russian
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London Times, a truing an account of
an "armistice between t tie routcmii im
armies which was recently had for tb
purpose of burying the dead," iys:
-The day w ss beautifully . bright mi.l
warm. While flags waved gently in thn
faint spring breeze, above tne embra
suresofour ba : t.-rie-, and from the
Round Tower ami M'u'inelou. N'jl a soul
had been risitle in tronl ol the lines an
instant before ihe emblems of peaie
nere run up to the flagstaff, aud a sul
len gun from the Maiuelon, and a burst
ol smoke from Gordon's batteries had
but a short time previously heialde.l
the armistice. The instant the fliigs
were hoisted, frhud and foe . swanucd
out of the embrasure. The rifleman of
tha allies and of the enemy rose from
Iheir lairs in the rifle-pits, and saunter
eii toward each ol her lo behold tlu-ir
i in handiwork. The whole of thn
space between 1 lie Russian lines' and
our own wa-i tilled with groups of un
armed soldiery
"The sight was strar.ge beyong , tles
scription. French, English and Rus
sian officer wrrt walking about, salut
ing each other courteously as they pa.
sed, and occasionally entering into con
versation, and a constant enierchaiige ul
little civilities, such asotlVring and re
ceiving cigur lights, ' was going oiY In
each little group. Some ol Hie Rus
sian officers were evidently men ol high
rank and standing. Their poluU.t
manners contrasted remarkably Willi
their plain, and rather coarse clothiij.
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variably long, gray coat over their tiui
. ..'"
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ing on we were walking among the lrj,t
over blood stained ground, icovned with
evidences of recent fight.' Broken mus
kets, bayonets, cariouch, botes, cap,,
fragments of clothing, straps aud. belts,
pieces ol shell, little pools of- ilotted
blood, shot round and grape shatter
ed gabions and sandbags, were visible
around us ou every side, and ; througU
the midst of the crowd iu!ked a solenru
procession ot soldiers, besring lneir.de
parte! comrades to their long horo.-f-
I counted seventy-seven Jitters, borne
past me in fifteen minutes, - ttw flil le!
w ith a deadeuemy. The contortions of
of the slain were horrible, and recalled
the memories of the fields of Alma and
Inkermeun. Some lew French .were ly
ing far iu advaure, toward ibeMarrre-
ion and round Tower, among the gabions
belonging to the French advanced tren
ches, which the , Russians had broken
down. They had evidently been slain
ia pursuit ot the enemy.' the Kussiajas
appeared to treat their dead with great
respect. The soldiers I saw were white
faced, and sea mad ill-fed, though ruauv
of them bad, powerful frames, square
shoulders' aud broad' chests. ."All their
dead who fell whliru aad near pur lines
were stripped of boots and stockings.
t he cleanliness of their fee'., , ap( ?i
most cases, of their, coarse linneu ahirta
was remarkable. Several sailors yf, the
'equipage' of the flee', of Sebastopul
were killed, io'lbe ;ttict, They . were
generally muscular, fine, stout fellows,
with rough, soldierly faces,' j The Rus
sians carried off ail the dead which In y
outside our Hues to the town, passing
down between the Manialou and. the
Round Tower. " ." ..
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dence of war, a cer tqia,aiubu'ri f (lively
conversation , began to spring up, in
which the Russian officers iadu.lged.ia a
little badinage.' 'Some of . them asked
our officers 'when We were coming in
lo take the place; Others ''.WberxjS'e
thought. of going away.'. Some cou
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Obituaries for Monday, June 22, 2009
Published 8:00 pm, Sunday, June 21, 2009
Calvin B. Abdon, William J. Arntz, Susan F. Dickens, Michael Henry Moery, Gerald "Les" Leslie Stephenson, Dorothy M. Winter, H. Lucille Cooper, Evelyn C. Tolles
Calvin B. Abdon
Calvin Ballard "C.B." Abdon, 83, of Port Austin, passed away Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Huron Medical Care Facility, Bad Axe.
Born in Lexington, Ky. on Oct. 9, 1925, he was the son of the late Fred and Marie (Ballard) Abdon. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in Texas, Oklahoma and California.
On April 18, 1955, he was united in marriage to Amy Anna Brateljanovich. She preceded him in death June 24, 2006.
C.B. retired in 1983 after 25 years of employment with Allied Supermarkets. He was a Detroit Tiger fan and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
His survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Norma Jean (Richard) Hemauer of Pigeon; two grandchildren, Samantha and Ryan; a half brother, Fred Abdon and his wife, Betty; a niece and great-nephews; and many dear friends and neighbors.
Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at the Meyersieck-Bussema Funeral Home, Pigeon, with Chaplain Joseph Atchinson from Heartland Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in Grandlawn Cemetery, where a veterans service will take place.
Visitation will be from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, and at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice.
William J. Arntz
William J. Arntz, 64, of Bad Axe, passed away Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Lakeview Extended Care and Rehab Center of the Harbor Beach Community Hospital.
Born in Harbor Beach on March 29, 1945, he was the son of the late Ruben and Lena (Curtindale) Arntz.
Bill is survived by two sons, Anthony of Harbor Beach and Curtis of Bad Axe; six grandchildren; sisters, Ruth Schleifer of Harbor Beach, Betty Buchard of Harbor Beach, Eileen Mattice of Bad Axe, Shirley Arntz of Harbor Beach, Catherine Crummy and her husband, Cliff, of Florida, and Jeanette Arntz of Alabama; and two brothers, Terry Arntz and his wife, Sandra, of Harbor Beach and Robert Arntz of Georgia.
He was preceded in death by sister, Helen Weston; and brother, Rueben Arntz.
Cremation has taken place at Sunset Valley Crematory in Bay City. A family graveside service will be conducted Thursday, June 25, 2009 in the Rock Falls Cemetery, Harbor Beach. Ramsey Funeral Home, Harbor Beach is handling arrangements.
Susan F. Dickens
Susan F. Dickens, 49, of Warren, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
She was born Nov. 4, 1959, to the late John E. and Eleanor Walker of Ubly.
Beloved wife of David, loving mother of Debra (Ernest) Hannah and John, and proud grandmother of Austin James Hannah, all of Warren. Dear sister of John (Laura) Walker of Ubly, Kimberly (Chris) Summersett of Cass City, Janice (Jeff) Hallock of Bad Axe, Danny (Laurie) Walker and Carol (Christopher) Yarch of Detroit. Also survived by many loving step brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Funeral service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Sterling Heights Chapel of Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home, 13650 E. Fifteen Mile Road.
Visitation from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Burial in Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton Township.
Memories to be shared at www.bcfh.com.
Michael Henry Moery
Michael Henry Moery, 37, of Caro, died unexpectedly at home Friday, June 19, 2009.
Funeral service conducted at 5 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2009 in Kranz Funeral Home in Kingston, with Pastor Michael Wester of Lighthouse Baptist Church, Caro officiating. Interment will be in East Dayton Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Family Discretionary Fund.
Family and friends may share memories, prayers and stories with the family at www.kranzfuneralhome.com.
Gerald "Les" Leslie Stephenson
Gerald "Les" Leslie Stephenson, 83, passed away June 19, 2009 at his home near Bad Axe while under hospice care.
He was born July 9, 1926 in Bad Axe, to the late Alex and Malinda "May" (Rifenbark) Stephenson.
Gerald was united in marriage June 3, 1949 to Doris May Edwards. She preceded him in death May 1, 2004.
Gerald served in the Philippines during World War II.
He worked for many years at Active "Towers" Industries in Elkton as a Metal Finisher. He enjoyed making jigsaw puzzles in the winter, gardening and feeding the birds in the summer; and spending time with his family.
He is survived by six children, James Stephenson of Bad Axe, Gerald "Jerry" (Rose) Stephenson of Flat Rock, Ind., George (Betty) Stephenson of Elkton, Betty Appleton, Mary Stephenson and Violet Morrison of Bad Axe; 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by one infant son; one daughter-in-law, Mary B. Stephenson; two sons-in-law, Clifford Appleton and Howard Morrison; one grandchild, Eric Stephenson; two great-grandchildren; five brothers, Alexander, George, John (WWII), Lawrence and Robert Stephenson; and two sisters, Orissa Norris and Julia McIntyre.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the MacAlpine Funeral Home, Bad Axe.
Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday and 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be offered to Advantage Hospice in Cass City or the Family Discretionary Fund.
Dorothy M. Winter
Dorothy M. Winter, 93, of Sebewaing, died Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility in Caro following a 4-month illness.
She was born July 12, 1915 in Sebewaing, daughter of the late Martin and Helen (Wagner) Roenisch.
She was united in marriage to Elmer J. Winter on June 14, 1936 in Sebewaing. He preceded her in death Jan. 10, 1990.
Dorothy had been employed at the Immanuel Lutheran School in Sebewaing as a cook for 25 years.
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
She enjoyed reading, sewing, playing cards and visiting with friends.
Surviving are two daughters and spouses, Karen (Earl) Genzel of Bloomsburg, Pa., and Marilyn (James) Meek of Sebewaing; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; also daughter-in-law, Rosemarie Winter of Tacoma, Wash.; one sister, Betty Luther of Unionville; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by infant son, Gerald; another son, Kenneth Winter; two brothers, Howard and Raymond Roenisch; one sister, Alice Swenson; and one granddaughter, Lisa Klaas.
The funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Rev. Daniel Hahn will officiate with burial in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Dinkel-Juengel Funeral Home in Sebewaing from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. She will lie in state at the church from noon until the time of service Wednesday.
Memorials may be made to the Immanuel Bell Tower Fund or Radio Mission Fund.
H. Lucille Cooper
Lucille Cooper, 94, of Deford, died Friday, June 19, 2009 in her home.
Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in Cass City First Baptist Church, with Pastor David Hill officiating. Interment will be in Kingston Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Kranz Funeral Home in Cass City, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice or American Cancer Society.
Family and friends may share memories, prayers and stories with the family at www.kranzfuneralhome.com.
Evelyn C. Tolles
Evelyn Curfman Tolles, 87, of Pigeon (Caseville Township) and formerly of Birmingham, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Covenant Medical Center Harrison in Saginaw.
Born in Ione, Oregon on June 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Ezra Randolph and Grace Pierpont (Blue) Curfman. She received her B.B.A. degree in 1942 from the University of Southern California, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
On Nov. 28, 1945, she was united in marriage to Robert Stevenson Tolles in Coconut Grove, Fla. He survives her.
During World War II, Evelyn worked as a Pan American Airways flight stewardess. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Bloomfield Village Club and the First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. She and her husband, Robert, moved to Sand Point in 1986. Evelyn was a homemaker throughout her lifetime.
In addition to her husband, Robert, to whom she was married more than 63 years, Evelyn is survived by two children, Thomas Randolph (Barbara Lynn) Tolles of Pigeon and Sally Stevenson (Robert Bruce) Springstead of Brighton; a daughter-in-law, Joan Messenger Tolles of Dayton, Ohio; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Anita Willadee Ullman of Issaquah, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Stevenson Tolles, Jr.; a sister, Virginia Lee McEwen; and two brothers-in-law, Walter Thomas McEwen and Albert Conrad Ullman.
Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at the Meyersieck-Bussema Funeral Home, Pigeon, with the Rev. Scot Wilson, pastor of Michigan Avenue Mennonite Church, officiating. Burial will be in Grand Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from noon until the service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Gideons or the charity of the donor's choice.

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The Absolute Sound - Axpona 2016 Show Coverage
Auspicious Debuts
Sanders Sound Systems Model 10E
Like its recent forbears, the Sanders Model 10E ($17,000) mates a single (non-segmented) electrostatic panel with a transmission line-loaded dynamic bass driver. As previously, the package includes a digital electronic crossover and the Colorado company's own Magtech amplifier. What's new is DSP room correction. The Sanders "Loudspeaker Management System" comprises the room-correction software, a "Real Time Analyzer" that measures the frequency response of the speaker in the room, and the digital crossover—no outboard computer is required for implementation. A short audition was very impressive in transparency, speed, and dynamics. Imaging was practically tactile and, in the hostile environment of a hotel room, bass was well controlled.


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Swansea City Set To Sign Ł1m Emnes?
What's being said in the forum now?Click to join the Vital Swansea City forum!
The Championship club paid Sparta Rotterdam Ł3.2m for his services back in 2008, but he is available for considerably less than that as he only has another year left on his contract.
The 26 year-old made a big enough impact during his second loan spell at Swansea last season to earn himself a permanent switch to the Premier League side.
He was mainly used as an impact player at the Liberty Stadium, starting twice in the Premier League and making another 5 substitute appearances.
He came off the bench and won penalties against Newcastle United and Aston Villa to help get vitally important wins against the two clubs towards the end of the season. After safety was guaranteed, Emnes started for the final game at Sunderland, and he scored a stunning goal in the 3-1 win against the Black Cats.


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Leander Paes and Sania Mirza entered the semi-finals of the China Open, winning their respective doubles quarter-finals, in Beijing, on Thursday.
Paes and Canada's Daniel Nestor beat the Spanish combination of Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero 7-6(10-8), 6-3 in 83 minutes.
The Indo-Canadian pair, which won the Winston-Salem Open in August, will take on Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi.
The Italian pair got the better of third seeds Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi of Pakistan and Jean-Julien Roger of the Netherlands 6-2, 7-5 in another quarter-final.
Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black also notched a straight-games' victory, beating Chinese Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng.
The eight seeded India-Zimbabwe pair won 6-4, 6-1.
Sania and Cara, who won the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo last week, converted four break-points out of nine that came there way and also had a better first serve points percentage than their opponents.
They will meet the top seeded Italian combination of Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani next.
The Italians beat Kristina Mladenovic-Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-4 in their quarter-final.
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The Scenic Route, Tasmania
There's walking, and there's walking. You could walk to the local coffee shop with your iPod on and call that a walk. Or you could fly to Tasmania and hike the Overland Track.
If these pictures don't whet your appetite, you're probably an unashamed urbanite. The Overland Track, from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair, is a 60km wilderness trek through dolerite mountains, passing Tasmania's highest mountain, and finishing at Australia's deepest lake.
And it gets better. Book a six-day excursion with Cradle Mountain Huts, and you'll stop off every night at your own private bush hut.
At the end of each day's walking, there's a hot shower and afternoon tea waiting for you. And dinner after that.
Sounds heavenly. Looks heavenly. RM
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George Lucas > Kathleen Kennedy > Disney = Genius Plan?
I am sure this has been touched upon in the various sections and threads here in the Star Wars section. Since news is slow, I thought I would gauge everyone's opinion. Anyone think the whole sale of LucasFilm to Disney is a longer term genius plan by George Lucas?
The factual chronological chain of events will probably never be known but:
-Lucas starts work on a sequel trilogy
-Lucas "decides" to retire and hires Kathleen Kennedy
-Lucas sells LucasFilm to Disney
-Kathleen Kennedy is rumored to be a top contender to be the next Disney CEO
If it plays out that way...Genius!
Lucas get his 4 billion and would/could essentially still maintain control of his company (via Kennedy as CEO of Disney).
It is one thing to be worth 4 billion. It is another to cash out and have 4 billion. Lucas, himself, would never be a contender to head Disney. Kathleen Kennedy is. Genius hire. Recent articles quoting Kennedy shed light that the cancellation of The Clone Wars and the downsizing of employees were more of an internal decision than a Disney one.
All of the above is a long shot but not unthinkable. Especially considering Eisner's relationship with both Lucas and Kennedy.
So basically the theory being George Lucas sold LucasFilm to Disney knowing his successor (Kennedy) would end up as CEO of Disney therefor he (and her) would ultimately still control LucasFilm.
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Re: George Lucas > Kathleen Kennedy > Disney = Genius Plan?
Ehhh I don't know if this was all "part of a plan".
That and GL does not have control over Lucasfilm, he owns a big chunk of the private stock still but Disney owns more. Iger said in an article a while back that all decisions are Disney's and not his (they told GL this and made sure he understood that from the sounds of the article).
But it may be interesting, I just don't think it was the planned out to have her take over. Maybe I don't know the politics behind it but a long shot in my eyes.
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NEW YORK — MasterCard Inc., the world's second-biggest consumer payments network, said it lost service on its website yesterday because of a failure at an Internet service provider.
The site was restored after a "telecommunications/Internet service provider outage that impacted multiple companies, including ours,'' James Issokson, a spokesman for MasterCard, said in an e-mail after he was asked whether hackers were responsible. "It is important to note that no cardholder data has been impacted and that cardholders can continue to use their cards securely.''
A post on Twitter from Ibom Hacktivist said "thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @Anon_Central and the enter [sic] community of lulz loving individuals.'' A hacker group called Lulz Security, or LulzSec, has said it broke into sites at Sony Corp. and the US Senate.
MasterCard's website was knocked offline in December after the Purchase, N.Y.-based company blocked WikiLeaks from using its network to collect payments from donors. WikiLeaks, led by Julian Assange, publishes secret documents on the Web, including confidential US diplomatic documents. The previous attack on MasterCard was orchestrated by Anonymous, an "Internet vigilante group,'' TechCrunch reported at the time.
WikiLeaks released a statement yesterday on its website to mark the six-month anniversary of MasterCard's decision to block it from using the payments network.
"Censorship, like everything else in the West, has been privatized,'' WikiLeaks wrote, also blaming companies including Visa Inc., Bank of America Corp., and PayPal Inc., a unit of eBay Inc. "The attack has blocked over 90 percent of the nonprofit organization's donations, costing some $15 million in lost revenue. The attack is entirely outside of any due process or rule of law.''
The Wall Street Journal reported on the disruption to MasterCard's website and Twitter posts earlier yesterday.
MasterCard climbed $5.21 to $277.81 in New York Stock Exchange trading. The stock has gained 24 percent this year.


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Insurance firm Parabis is set for a £50m cash injection after being granted an ABS licence by the SRA, allowing it to take private equity investment from Duke Street.
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It is the first private equity-backed deal to be approved by the legal watchdog. Parabis has long held ambitions to convert to an ABS model (14 April 2011) and formally revealed it was in talks with Duke Street in February (6 February 2012).
At that time the firm had intended to be one of the first approved by the SRA aiming to go live by the end of February, allowing to make a string of acquisitions. However, delays in the application process meant the deal was put on hold (19 March 2012).
Today (22 August), Duke Street partner Iain Kennedy said in a statement: "The intention is to support management with Duke Street's operational expertise in transforming the business from a professional services firm to a business process outsourcer, and to drive the continued consolidation of the legal services industry via Duke Street's successful buy-and-build model."
Those plans included up to five acquisitions of firms valued between £10m and £30m by the end of 2012, with the deals centring on the provision of services to the claims management industry, including law firms (6 February 2012).
As part of the transaction, Duke Street has agreed to provide equity upfront, with additional funding from the syndicate of banks, which includes RBS, Lloyds, Santander and Ares.
Hogan Lovells banking partner Stuart Brinkworth advised this consortium, while SJ Berwinpartners Tim Wright and Ed Harris won the role acting for Duke Street.
Duke Street operating partners Paul Lester and Bob Scott will act as non-executive board members as part of the deal.
Parabis chief executive Tim Oliver said the regulatory approval was a "milestone" for the firm. "It signals our intention to be at the heart of change in the insurance and legal sectors. We're very excited by the possibilities now open to us.
"While at times we have felt frustrated at the time it has taken to secure our licence, we are very pleased with the robustness of the application process," he added.
The firm is parent to claimant subsidiary Cogent Law, defendant firm Plexus Law, Parabis Claims Solutions, which specialises with claimant legal services, and health and safety group Argent. Parabis made its debut in The Lawyer UK200 in 2011 with turnover of £100m. This came 10 years after its launch in 2000 as Rymills Law, a road traffic accident claims handling firm, with former Berrymans Lace Mawer partner Oliver at the helm.
At the latest year end the firm posted revenues of £108m, up 8 per cent from the previous year with net profit of £18.4m, 47.2 per cent up on the £12.5m net profit it posted a year earlier. Duke Street said it valued the firm at between £150m and £200m.
Over the last decade Parabis has made a series of acquisitions in the rehabilitation market before switchings it attention to the legal sector following the introduction of the Legal Services Bill in 2006.
In 2007 it absorbed Colchester-based Gaston Whybrew Law (19 January 2007) before expanding into the north through the takeover of the defendant arm of Cheshire firm Bott & Co (22 March 2007).
In 2009 Parabis Law became the parent group of defendant firm Plexus and claimant firm Cogent, while Parabis Ltd became an outsourced claims management group and consultancy and Argent was established as the parent of the group's professional services firms, which include loss adjustors.
The firm has picked up a raft of blue chip clients in the insurance sector including QBE European Operations, the RBS insurance group, which owns Direct Line, RSA and Chartis.
In 2011 Plexus usurped Kennedys as the provider of personal injury claims work to Tesco, which Kennedys had inherited as part of its acquisition of Halliwells' Sheffield office last year.
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Marrakech, Morocco
Tanneries Marrakech Reviews
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Disappointing, Small and Drab Jan 02, 2011
Marrakech's Tanneries can be found in the eastern medina, very close to the Bab Debbagh. Follow your nose once you get close...
Having been to the Tanneries in Fez earlier in the year, I must say that I was disappointed in Marrakech's counterpart. It was rather small and lacking in colour by comparison. The smell was pretty bad, but expected.
Essentially, you'll see men working in big vats of stinking, mystery liquids along with animal skins, carcasses and furs hanging and drying in the sun. Pigeon dung is used in the dying process, thus helping to explain the smell. Your "guide" will offer mint leaves to hold under your nose to combat the smell, but it's not THAT bad.
There will, no doubt, be an opportunity to purchase leather goods here, but you can find the same items with similar pricing anywhere in the souq, so you won't get a great deal here, per se. I paid 20 dirhams/ person for the guided "tour".
Wear closed-toed shoes here FOR SURE as you don't want to get any liquids on your bare skin *shudder*. Really, there are more interesting things to do in Marrakech, and the Tanneries are not a "must see" attraction, in my opinion.
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The tanneries in Marrakech are actually quite far away from anything else in the Medina, in an area where there are very few tourists. If you end up having a free guided tour it will end up with a very rude man demanding 100 dirhams or so. Selection of products was disappointing.
See the tanneries in Fes if you go there, some good quality products there.
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[Review of Funimation Series 'Shuffle.']
Asleep an hour because chatter [question prompt for writing group], that's why.
Why review an anime and call it inspiration?
Is magic an excuse for the stylishness of pointy ears, or vice versa?
Who cares? No excuse is needed for a panty shot or thirty.
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What it lacks in creativity, even cohesiveness, it more than makes up for with unpredictability and urgency. Frankly, I look for (and very rarely find) anime that challenges conventions beyond even its own genre. This is therefore not the type of thing I'd buy, but it was the kind of thing I'd lose sleep to keep watching. Shuffle's classic one-two-three punch of slapstick-titillation-tears begins as a rousing shadow bout, but gradually takes off its gloves, then puts on brass.
Only anime can capture that ineffable quality of a kids' cartoon for grownups, and perhaps that's why it wields the 'harem' theme so well. What is four or more girls vying for one guy but a "have your cake and eat it too" fantasy? As sexist, even misogynist as it may seem, the guy in these love polygons is rarely a womanizer. If anything, he is shy yet intensely supportive of any girl in any of his corners.
To Shuffle's credit it does address, though sparsely and perhaps shallowly, the dangerous complexities of both shared and suppressed love. For better or worse, though, the ceaseless intensity of the characters' emotions makes it as impossible to assume as it is to dismiss their sincerity. They often become parables then parodies and back again until it all seems like a perpetual crusade for the holy land of Love where nothing can grow for all the commotion. Qualify the differences between love and worship how you will, but worship is ultimately a form of objectification no matter how divine, or devout. An idealized cartoon, however, by virtue of being that much more a character, that much more an icon, an object, may yet prove an ideal subconscious tool rather than a conscious manual.
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Today was the day I was ready to set down and move on from the fanfiction chapter I've been trying to move on from for half a year. The chapter involves a character doing a strip tease to Type O Negative's "Christian Woman."
Yesterday Peter Steele, leader of Type O Negative, died.
In early and mid Junior College, I thought I could fight my TV addiction with a vow coinciding with the airing of the last episode of the Tenchi Universe series. From there I went online, found character tributes, and fanfiction. From there I vowed to write a fanfiction that would surpass and dominate all others. By this time I'd stopped physical self-mutilation, but the process of finishing that story was only so much pushing loathsome toward awesome that my concept of myself as a writer still makes me want to die as much as it makes me want to live.
Full circles come around easily, so I planned to write a fanfiction again, 'for fun', to let myself grow, vent, etcetera. When interest in that story fell away, I dwelled, swelled, expelled, tried drastic mental exercises and rituals, tried new feats of procrastination, and now I'm here, ready to move forward because there's nowhere else to go.
This Synchronicity with Mr. Steele makes me look at myself, my work, and the entirety of existence. I want to write like a writer, not someone who believes that if they write with enough hate they will undo and redo the written word and reality itself.
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December 2004
Released: 2004, Threeman Recordings
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviewer: Luxi Lahtinen
I never believed I would ever see that day when I admitted it to myself that Sweden indeed rules. I mean especially when it comes to new line-ups of ex-band members of some known metal bands coming out from the Swedish metal scene. One of these so-called newcomers in the vast field of the very impressive Swedish metal scene is undoubtedly Vicious Art.
Giving a short glance to the line-up of Vicious Art which features Matti Mäkelä on guitar (ex-Dark Funeral), Robert Lundin on drums (ex-Dark Funeral), Jocke Widfeldt behind the mic (ex-Dominion Caligula, ex-Obscurity Sthlm), Tobbe Sillman (ex-Guidance of Sin, ex-The Dead on the 2nd guitar) and Jörgen Sandström, the master of 4-stringer (ex-Grave, Ex-Entombed, etc.) you start becoming a bit curious about them, donìt you? Another Swedish all star death metal project? Well, yeah, possibly for some of you, but I couldn't care any less about that because the music should be that primary thing that matters most anyway, of course!
Vicious Art, consisting of a quite well-known line-up like their countrymen Bloodbath, somehow manages to sound a bit like Bloodbath. Especially this comparison can be directed toward Bloodbath's second album FLESH MADE SIN. The music comes across heavy, brutal, ugly, uncompromising, ruthless, tight and pretty fuckin' entertaining. It offers nothing new or groundbreaking to anyone, but still succeeds in bringing a healthy dose of Swedish death metal to listeners that is not to meant to kick your balls tenderly in the first place at all. Vicious Art don't wanna share their deadly brutal and lethally heavy bits of death metal any unexpected way, but mostly concentrate on giving you a lesson with a brick straight to your forehead. I believe youìll just love to be hurt by them, so allow them to come to your living room and set up a little chaos in there.
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One big trend that I've noticed recently is that more and more travelers are taking cell phones with them when they take a trip. And, with the ease of getting a local sim card in most countries and the proliferation of travel apps available, I can certainly understand why. However, is a cell phone really necessary when traveling?
Last year, I traveled for 6 months, covering over 11,000 miles on my overland journey from Singapore to Istanbul. During this time, I carried an iPod Touch, capable of accessing wi-fi, and a computer I could use Skype on, but I never carried a phone.
Do you know how many times I found myself wishing I had a phone during those six months? 2, maybe 3. However, in those rare cases where I needed a phone, I simply made do or asked a local if I could borrow theirs. Ultimately, I never felt that I was in a situations where the only solution was my own phone.
So, as you can guess, I think that having a phone is unnecessary. That being said though, there were times when having accessible internet was very helpful. However, being connected all the time keeps you from experiencing everything. It takes away the element of surprise and exploration in a destination, and it distracts you from what's going on around you.
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In case you missed it, Times Union columnist Marv Cermak wrote today about a recent experience on a Saturday night in busy downtown Saratoga. Cermak said the crowds were almost to Travers capacity, which I would believe. During the weekends, the city is packed with visitors, especially around dinnertime.
After a recent trip to Max on a Saturday night (after the Belmont), we walked around downtown and, like Marv pointed out, most restaurants had lines out the door and downtown definitely had a festival-like feel to it.
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If gas at $4-plus per gallon and the R-word economy are hurting the Capital Region, the pain has yet to reach the Saratoga Springs enter- tainment and dining industry. If money is getting tight, the gamblers have not received the message.
Business was booming Saturday night at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.
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Next door, the raceway tote board was blinking, thanks to hundreds of bettors trackside and at the indoor TV simulcast wagering parlor.
Besides gamblers galore, a sprawling casino dinner buffet and the trackside restaurant were popping.
Switching to downtown, Broadway sidewalks were a people jam. For that matter, most Broadway Saturday nights produce crowds close to the Travers weekend, considered the busiest of the year.
I've been in downtown Albany, Troy and Schenectady on recent weekend nights. They all had healthy indoor pub business, but unlike Saratoga, they're sans window shoppers and other strollers.
A dozen Saratoga main drag restaurants were full, including some with waiting lines. Sidewalk dining was at capacity.
After exiting downtown, a stop at the Gideon Putnam Hotel to shoot the bull with a couple pals who work there. Gideon staffers handled three wedding receptions, two bridal showers and a graduation party.
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When Bonnie MacKellar, Ph.D., joined the faculty of St. John's University she was attracted by its diverse student body and service-oriented Vincentian mission. Since then, Dr. MacKellar, an Associate Professor in Computer Science, Mathematics and Science in the College of Professional Studies, has helped spearhead the University's unique baccalaureate program in Healthcare Informatics, launched last Fall.
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Tourneys and Cheaters being Deleted
When a cheater is deleted in a Tournament, I believe all his games should be deleted/defaulted and not just those games that are still running.
For example, if he has already won a against someone that plays more quickly, it unfairly punishes this victim (of cheating).
No big deal as Tourneys are just for fun .... just saying ....
There are several related issues. Perhaps the one that you've brought up is more "obvious" than others, but what about someone in a tournament, where after 3 months they just "leave chess.com" and lose on time in all their remaining tournament games. It's not really fair to people who, as you say, "play more quickly", but perhaps this is one of the drawbacks to playing quickly. I think that this is not something which should be managed at the chess.com level, but rather that people who play quickly always assume some risk that other "as slow as legally possible, plus maybe some vacation time" players may end up with some bonus points as a result of their strategy.
Make sense?
Yes, Makes sense.
Although fixing the deleted cheaters games is of course much easier (less contentious or confusing) than dealing with the disappearing or slow playing player.
Easier as it is a far more black and white issue. A cheater should be banned and his history erased.
One solution to the problem ozzie raises is to give the TD the power to default a player who loses more than X games on time. A defaulted player would be removed completely from the crosstable.
There would then need to be a process to appeal, since different TDs would have different criteria. I don't like opening that can of worms. I was even in a tournament where the TD was playing (fine) but cheating (not fine). The idea that TDs all of a sudden have power to remove players, it doesn't sit well.
About the idea of erasing the history of a cheater (or of anybody, really) - it's a complicated issue. You'd have to go back and replay all of the games which have occurred since then (site-wide) if you really wanted to erase. That is just not feasible. What if one of the first 100 games on the site was with the cheater - it could throw off everything, plus anybody's rating would then be "fair game". I mean, you could log in one day, be an 1800, and log in later that day and be a 1750, with a different "best win", etc. So, that idea is out.
Instead, you could just "write over" any wins that the cheater had in the tournament. For example, the cheater had an 1800 rating and beat a 1900 player, and later got caught. The tournament would show that the 1900 player won the game, but any rating points would continue to be lost. This may not be a bad idea - but isn't it then unfair to tournaments that have already finished -- you might have a situation where the removal of a cheater from a tournament changed the final place standings, where someone who had a 3rd place medal all of a sudden has it taken away. I'm not sure I like this idea either, but it's better than the previous one.
Very good point. If a tourney is finished, is it useful to retrocatively change a result?
I cycle ... going back and "testing" for cheaters is a sensitive subject.
I do think "writing over" any results by a cheater in an active tourney is a valid and good idea. *
From a rating point of view in non tourney games .... maybe ignore ... or erase ... as who wouldn't be pleased to receive an email from Eric that their rating or record had just improved due to a cheater being caught (I assume one wouldn't erase games where a cheater loses).
Hi lecycliste, please read this thread http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/cheater-wrecks-tourny, i had the same problem a while ago, and it was sorted by chess.com staff :-)
I totally agree that if somebody is booted out of a tourny or banned, they should lose ALL there games. Its the only fair way .
Ozzie, why do you have to write over wins, etc.? Why not just remove the cheater from the crosstable altogether?
As for giving the TD too much power. I would rather have power in the hands of the TD (supposedly al responsible person who is paying attention) than to have power in the hands of a player who decides to walk away from the tournament. Essentially any player who enters a tourney has the ability to compete hard against a few people and then quit chess.com. Seems like we're giving that player a lot of power.
You can have a system where the TD can't just remove players at their discretion. It can be part of the tournament parameters that, say, timing out in 2 games or more is subject to removal. That way all players are in control of whether they get removed.
I suppose I could see a workable solution there, with the >=2 timeouts. What if there is someone who times out in 2 games, and the TD doesn't remove them, and then they come back and play all the rest of their games?
I'd still rather not try and "manage" the problem. To a certain extent, the entire integrity of the tournament system relies on all of the participants "playing to win". To the extent that one of the players no longer is playing to win, that fundamental assumption breaks down, and all sorts of problems begin.
I'm not entirely sure that I disagree with you on your points, Loomis. But I'm a believer in general in distributed power structures functioning within the bounds of certain assumptions and parameters - which in this case would point to a not-very-powerful TD and just "accepting" that some players are going to be a problem, local to their tournament. I feel that empowering TDs (especially when anybody can be one) is not the right solution. I can just see it now - player A, who views player B as a great threat to their placing in the tournament, lobbies heavily to the TD that they kick out player B, because they timed out in exactly two of their games. To me, it's better if those discussions don't happen, because I can see them getting pretty ugly, pretty personal, and pretty public.
Yeah, it's a tough call. I know I've been in a few tournaments where one player just timed out in their games. It's like a big black eye on the tournament. But maybe we just grin and bear it.
On the topic of timeouts as opposed to cheaters:
Just had one - in the 4th chess.com tourney one guy in our group used up all his vacation time and timed out for all but one of the players, played a few more moves and then timed out with that guy too. This meant that I never had a chance to make a comeback against the guy who beat me earlier in the round. Mind you, if I had beaten him in the first place I would have won the group, meaning that the one who deserved to win won anyway, so the timeout didn't actually make any difference.
Timeouts are annoying, but if you're the best player in the group then you'll win all your matches anyway - I blundered in one of my games and blew my chances - no point in me moaning about something else to make me feel better.
Cheaters are a whole different ball game, but I don't have any first-hand experience of this that I can prove. Some form of medieval torture is probably the best way to go.
I'm not a supporter of medieval torture, but I am a supporter of enabling the community. If the community has the right tools, they will find the cheaters, and the problem will solve itself.
We can't be too soft on these people. Sometimes the thumbscrew and rack are the only way to go. Chess is an ancient game and ancient methods are often the best.


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