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J. M. KdTiNii. I Memiihii. Tenn.
Before Coogreaa met the country at
large, with a voice that iocluded ex
pressions of many who bad strenuous
ly opposed the resident's election,
had pronounced its approbation of
his coarse. "Well done, good and
faithful servant," was the popular ex
clamation. In proportion as Mr.
Cleveland gained the approbation Of
the grea'. mans of the people, he drew
upon himself the bitter enmity of
that unpatriotic class who, victims of
eelfhhness and bent upon self-sggran
dlzement, never take the interests of
the country into consideration except
in so ftr as those interests happen ti
coincide with their own. This flans
of persons ridiculed the praises lav
ished upon the Tresident, and said :
"Wait till Congress meets then you
will tee where Mr. Clevelands quix
otic parity and principle will be.
Surrounded by the loaders and man
agera and experienced controllers of
events in Wmhinglon, he will sink
down into his proper position and do
whnt precedent and the will
of Infl ieiit ill men and the
weight of special interests require
of him." Congress has met and Mr.
Cleveland has been fully subjected to
the test that his eneinlos were sure
would snbdue him. How happy
thing it is fur the country that he
stands to day as he stood before Con
gress assembled, admired and ap
proved, so that still the verdict of the
country is tho same frank, hearty
"well done." With Congress as with
the country, Mr. Cleveland's course
has been open, manly, sincere and de
cided. Testifying to the legislative
branch entire "respect for iU powers
and privilege, he has yet shown that
in his person the executive branch
ahall be curtailed of none of the duty
or dignity cor ferred upon it by the
coastitution, and tbat he will deliver
to his successor the efflce he hulda un
diminished in its high responsibilities,
shorn of no feature which his oath of
office requires be should preserve.
To-day we publish from the Phila
delphia Timet a review of the
course of Mr. Cleveland since he
has stood at the head of the adminis
tration, and we see him as he stood
when mayor cf a city, and as when
the Governor of a State open,
straightforward, decided In his inten
tions and firm In carrying them out,
conciliating and tolerant toward those
differing from him in opinion, but
trong in his sense of right, and im
movable from an attitude of rectitude
which no bribe ran reach and no
flattery cause to swerve. This is
speaklig highly, we are aware ; but
we speak advisedly and conscien
tiously, and refer to the course of the
President since his accession to power,
sure thai it ratifies all we say. It
cannot be snld that the President has
gained eminence berause he was
floated to it by more good fortune and
universal good Vill. In the language
of a contemporary, all evil influence
has combined and made a po il against
the integrity and conscientiousness
of the President The monopolist,
the land-stealer, the lottery swindler,
the Mormon polyRamist, and
tne whole horde of leeches
who seek access to public plunder
have tried all their powers to mislead,
oax, bailie or out-maneuver him, de
ceive his judgment or ba (11 a his senso
of juttice. That foimldable army of
skirmishers, whose weapons are
blunted by the President's Arm con
sistency in carrying out civil service
leform, hare failed in power and f tiled
in policy, and Mr. Cleveland remains
master of the situation. The Repub
licans, his pnity opponents, have
watched his course with lynx eyes and
bitter jealousy. Uiird it is (o recognize
virtue in a virtuous enemy, but the
Republicans have often had to make
acknowledgment that the President
has done well, and they have fu'led in
efforts to prove the contrary. Mis
takes have been pointed out, but no
underhand dealing, no hestitation
where right and wrong were con
cerned, no duty ignored or neglected.
Amid criticism, snares, threats, temp
Wtionsand all the hateful resources
of envy, hatred and malice, Mr.
Cleveland has goao on his even
course with an undemonstrative.
calm energy that has raised no com-1
motion, and yet that conquers and
subdues, and wins the good will and
"app'uuse of the people. Thepromisis
be made, the engagement he entered
into, the objects he made his own
when he was a candidate before the
people, he has kept, discharged, and
remained true lo. He has consdiuant
ly gained the Confidence of the peo
ple. Amid the gabble of Cocgrew, the
vacillations of (Supreme Courts, and
the dktarbances that occasionally o:-
cur, public confidence turns with a
confiding glance toward the White
House, aeiured that there, iu every
exigence, whatever mind is disturbed
and unreliable, that of the President
is steadfast, apd tbat the power placed
in his hands will be used for his coun
try's wejlare.
THE BLUR EOrCATlOX MIL,
In a monarchy, where a family or a
c'ajs exercise the legislative and ex
ecutive power, government can be
carried on while the mass f the peo- 1
pie are in a condition of Ignorance, j
In a republic, where the popular
voice decides wbat the law shall t
and who shall administer it, general
ignorance would be national ruin;
without general intelligence a free
form of government is impossible.
From the very nature of tho caw,
therefore, wise policy, if nothing elee,
suggests that education' ahall be co
extensive with the ballot and with
the families of the volers. In our
country this duty has been recognized,
hilt there waa a class of laborers who
did not vote, and to them education
wai not extended. At a time when
the portion of the country tbat con
tained tbat class had suffered impov
erishment and the loss of a huge por
tion Qf its male population by war,
the nninstructed population were
made full citlzsns and endowed
with the voting power. As
matter of logical and unavoid
able consequence ' it became neces
sary that these persons, now citizsns,
should receive the education cf citi
zens, bat in what condition were those
among whom they lived to give it?
Their resources diminished Vy de
structive war their means were sma 1,
yet they used them so generously as
to reduce the 100 per cent, of ignor
ance to 70 percent. The 30 per cont of
gain bas increased the desire for educa
tion among the remaining 70 per cent.,
and the nature of the caitn, the public
welfare, demand that the eduta'.ional
resources of tho States where the
ignorance prevails should be augment
ed. Circumstances require that that
augmentation shall come in a great
measure from outside, from those who
thrust an additional citizenship upon
the impoverished States. The Blair
bill now before Congress proposes to
provide the wanted means, in addi
tion and in propoitloi to the provision
made by the States themselves. The
wisdom and truo policy of this pro
ceeding are obvious and ucanswer
able, but as there are people wbo will
fail to understand that the world is
round, so even this just and necesa-y
measure meets wuu opponents.
Among them Recator Morgan' cf
Alabama stands prominent, and
the flimsy arguments and nu
substantial objections he offers
are more convincing than any effort
on the other side could be, of the.
soundness of the reasons tyitt exist
wby the Iilair bill should become law.
He li a tor Jankfon'a reply to Senator
Morgan, a brief synopsis of which the
Ari-BAL has published, puffd into air
the bubbles Senator Morgan relies
upon to float his fallacies., In the
great work f educating her citizens,
the heavily-burdened South requires
aid, and that aid is wanted now. The
young of to-day will soon be voters,
and the next generation of voters, if
our country is to maintain its emi
nence among the nations of the earth,
must be a thinking, judging, reason
ing generation. To aefer the a'd the
Iilair bill offers is not to put off the
duty of a day but of a generation.
With one voice the cultivated, reflect
ive, rational portion of the American
people should Insist upon provision
being made to dispel Ignorance and
keep up the character the United
States people have attained as an in
structed, intelligent community.
TIIKUIART MOHOPOLf.
The people of the United States un
derstand the motives which inspire
the insolent Bell telephone monop
oly in its efforts to blacken the reputa
tion cf men whose characters are
without stain or blemish. The Re
publicans are trying to show tin t the
Pan-Electric combination Is on a par
with the Credit Mcbilier or the meth
ods by which Blaine accumulated a
vast fortune while a member of Con
gress, nnd the Bell telephone monop
oly expects to crush out all opposi
tion ti its stolen patent by attacking
honest men through its lobby and
hired calumniators. This monopoly
is detested by the whole country for
its greediness. If the people would
understand the reasons which prompt
the war on all who dare to -inteifere
with the stolen patent, let them look
at the enormous profits of the Bell
teleph ne monopoly. . The total divi
dends paid to the stockholders in six
years amounts te 11,000,000. The cap
ital stock of the company on the 31st
of December, 1881, was $24,000,000.
La it year an application was made to
the Legislature of Massachusetts for
an increase to $:l0,000,0tH). The first
dividend was 'declared January 1,1881,
when $220,500 was paid to stockhold
ers on 73,500 shares, or 3 per cent
Another dividend of equal amount
was paid the same year. Three divi
dends of that amount were paid in
1882, two of that amount in 1883 and
also two of $288,003 the same year;
five dividends of $288,003 each were
paid In 1884; one of the same amount
was paid January 15, 1836, and several
bays been paid since. The slock cost
the original investors from $20 to $40
par share. At preselt they are held
at $150 each. Of those wbo have
profited from the stock, Prof. Bell is
said to be worth $4,000,000; W. H.
Forbes, president, is credited with
from $5,000,000 to 18,000,000; Gardner
G. ilubba'd with $3,000,000, and a
number of others with similar
amounts. No wonder this mo
nopoly seeks to crush out
til opposition and to prevent
any investigation which will show
that the patent isaswindU and a
fraud. If the high standard of mo
lality, which this corporation
preacnee but never practices, as it is
robbing the people through a i tolsn
pa'ent, be adopted, no member of
Congress who owns tt ock in a bank
can vote on a question affecting
banks. No member who owns stock
inarailrotd can vote for or pgaiost
Keagan's interstate commerce bill be
cause it affec ts the property in which
he is inters! ted. The Bell telephone
gang would makethe point so tine that
they would not permit a rich member
of Congress to vote on the tariff ques
tion because it affects their interests.
The stockholders of this corporation,
who are millionain-s robbing the peo
ple by a stolen patent, traduce and
villify all who have the Impudence to
comply with the law or any investi
gation likely tolntsrfere the money
they ere pocketing by a fraud ana
a swindle.
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL TflUUSDAY,
LORD KAl.lSUl KT.
The Pope on Arcliblnhop Watch's
Address Trial of the London
Lomow. February 17. Loid Salis
bury, sptaking at a banquet this even
ing, said that recent events ral cast
grave responsibilities npon thepeere.
lie feared that Mr. Gladstone would
not yield borne rule to Ireland all at
once, but by installments. Mr. Glad
stone, he said, was destroying the
power ct the landlords, and was not
creating anything capable of promot
ing peace and prosperity. The lory
Irish policy was plain and right, that
of restoring and upholding the law
and preserving the onion.
The Freeman'i Journal declares that
the letters between Mr. Gladstone
and Lord De Vesci on the Irish ques
tion must De regarded with suspicion.
While the correspondence was osten
sibly inaugurated by the Premier for
the purpose of obtaining further light
on the needs of Ireland, the answers
ol Ue Vesci looks as if a iauiUrtuion
was being sought for an evasion of the
home rule issue. The Journal warns
the government to refrain from at
tempting to shelve the home rule
TUB FUkMIKB DOUHUNO UP.
Mr. Gladstone has taken the office
of Privy Sial in addition to tbat (
Premier. This is unuaual, and proves
that Mr. Gladstone is experiencing
dilQculty in securing suitable col
The Pope oa Arofablahop Wnlb'
Rons, February 17. The iloniltur
de Hume publishes in full the recent
address of Archbishop Walsh on the
subject of the appointment of Mr.
John Morley as Chief Secretary for
Ireland. The Moniieur says that the
archbishop, in making such an ad
drees, acted in direct opposition to the
urgent counsels of trie J 'one. it ex
presees regret that the Pope had no
power over the Irish clergy in matters
atlecting Ireland.
Preliminary Knarlng In the Bow
n)lrrt Pullee 'ort.
London, February 17. The hearing
in the rase of the Socialists Hyml
man, Burns, Champion and Will
iams', who are charged with inciting
riot, cottsmpt ot law, etc., in connec
tion with the recent demonstrations
in London, was begun in the Bow
street Police Court this morning. The
court-ro jm was well tilled with spec
tators, but not crowded. Mr. Poland,
Solicitor for the Treasury, in present
ing the case for toe government,
quoted f oin speeches made by the
defesdants at the time of the riots.
Several newspaper reporters were
called as witnesses, and gave testi
mony regarding the action of the
prisoners previous to and during the
' Mr. Poland asked that ull Hie pris
oners bo commit'ed for tripl. He said
the prosecution had nothing of a po
litical nature in it, and urged that the
men be prosecuted for misdemeanors.
This, ho continued, consisted of the
utterance by tbe different defendants
of expressions and sentiments with
the intent to provoke a breach of the
peace. These utterances were made
at the meetings held at Trafalgar
square and Hyde Park on Monday of
last week. Burns, at the Trafalgar
square meeting, mid to tbe assem
blage: ''Unless we got bread they will
get lead," and,"The next time we will
sack the bakers' shops." It was
Burns who suggested to the mob to
march through the West Find.
When the mob arrived at Hyde
Park Burns again addressed the
rioters, and said: "We have shown
what stones can do. We will try
powder and shot if they don't accede,
and there will be revolution." Cham
pion, in bis speeches to the rioters on
the same day, urged his bearers to in
fluence the police and army to join
the people. Williams, in his address,
urged the people to organize, saying
he was unwilling to have starving men
confront the soldiery unless the former
were organised. Hyndman said: "Let
us show a Arm front. If peaceable
means fail I will be the first to sum
mon you."
The case was adjourned for s week.
The prisoners were allowed to give
Mrs. Hendricks Annoyed by Coin
mnnlrallona from Mediums.
Indianapolis, Ind., February 17.
A gentleman who called npon Mrs.
Hendricks yesterday, says : "She has
regained her wonted cheerfulness, but
whenever the name of her late hus
band was mentioned her voice falter
ed, and grief became apparent She
bas been away but little since her hus
band's death, and then only for a
short time. She felt better at home,
surrounded by the objects and friends
with whom she and Mr. Hendricks
were intimately associated. In the
course of the conversation an allusion
was made to spiritualism, etc., and
Mrs. Hendricks remarked t hat she had
been considerably annoyed by letters
and alleged communications from Mr.
Hendricks, sent by this c'ass of per
ipns. A medium in Washington had
sent her several pages ot poetry which
she said bad been inspired by his
spirit in tbe spiritland, and that she
had arose at 1 :30 o'clock in the morn
ing to take them down. Mrs. Hen
dricks returned no answer, and in a
few weeks later another batch of spirit
poetry was received,w.th a letter mani
festing displeasure that her first com
nication bad not been answered. Mrs.
Hendricks then wrote to her that she
had no confidence in her ability to
communicate with spirits. Another
letter was received fioma person in
New York, who professed an ability
for spirit communication. Th e per
son inclosed a letter from Mr. Hen
dricks, claiming tbat it was genuine,
and went on in his own peculiar style.
There was an undoubted resemblance,
but Mrs. Hendricks charactoriied it as
only a clever piece of imitation, re
marking that she could easily detect
the diflerence. The writing might de
ceive some people, but her familiarity
with his writing enabled her to see at
once that it was not his. Concluding
her conversation on this matter, she
said : "Of (onree, I do not believe in
such things, and do not see that any
good ran come from encouiaging
Harrlrd n tbe Ta of a tnl.
Naw Yohk, February 12. A casual
mention by Roscoe Conkling of a di
vorce rase in which the wife had
chosen her husband by a toes of a
cett, led your correspondent to search
oat me sun in wnicu wie oviueuuo hbu
been privately taken by a referee. The
parties were Leben K. Woernuer a
clerk in tbe Custom-Uouse, and bis
wile, formerly Ada Grey, known lor a
time on the cirrus tiapizs as Ada
Greylork. Her tet:mony as to their
coox ship is as follows: "It was four
years ago that L,epn wanted to marry
i t . . m i -
mo. a naa spramea myseu in my
trapeze ftats. and had to lav off. The
doctor told me not to do that business
anymore; it would kill me; sol made
op my mind I migtt as we. I trnny
and rettle down. I bad another c tier
just as that time, and it was hard wora
io make np my rmn.l which to accept.
Boh then wer gocd fellows. I took
s week to deride, but 'when the week
wss np I wam't any nearer a decision
than at first. So I concluded to toss up
a cent. I did it, and Lebe won. I guess
I lost, though, f or he hasn't turned out
well, while tbe other man has get
rich." Tbe case is in other respects
ordinary, and has not reached a con
clusion. BAR BURNER CAPTURED.
A Kmm Whs Has Dralrojtd SSOO,
OflO Wrib f Properly.
Naw YotK, February 17. Ooe of
the landmarks cf Berkshire countv,
Massachusetts, was Mr, Henry Y.
Leavitt's big I am at Great Barring
ton. It extended five stories above
tbe ground and two below. Under
one loot wore stable, rarriaga-houBe,
saw-mill, planing-mill and store
house for farm produce. The barn
cost $120 CO and was insured for $''.',.
000. Oa tbe evening of July 7, 1885,
it wss destroyed by fire. Mr. Leavitt
employed private detectives, but
culd not find the incendiaries. Fi
r ally Detective Price of this city was
put en the case. Price suspected
Michael O'Conneil, wholeft two weeks
before the fireoccuried because bis
wages were n t increased. U'Connell
got work as a laborer npon a new barn
which was being hui't at Great Bar
rinutpn for Mrs. Hopkins, the widow
rfthefimous California millionaire.
The ladv's house cost between 12 000,
000 and $3,000,000 and the barn $500,.
000. Dr.Crane, Mrs. Hopkins's superin
tendent, reproved O'Conneil fir some
neglect i f duty and, upon being given
an insolent reply, struck the laborer
with his cane. O'Conneil tried to shoot
Dr. Crane and a warrant was lesiied
for bis arrest. The c Ulcers found
O'Connt It barricaded in his house.
He tired out of the windows and
wounded one of them and escaped by
a riar door. Several times he steal! h
ily relu'ned to virit his family. All
this Detective Price karned during
his vactt on, but he failed to gtt any
trace of O'Conneil. hut December,
through observations at the Great
Barricgton postoflice, Mr. Leavilt lo
cated O'Conneil in Brooklyn, where
his wife and children had joined him
Detective Price found that O'Oonnull
was working as a laborer in South
I!io)klyn and made his acquaintance.
Early in January Mrs. Hop-inn's barn
was burned. The crime was as great
a sensation as Mr. Leavitt's blaze and
set the whole SUte of Massachusetts
sgog. Price then employed a young
man to ingratiat ) himself into O'Con
nell's confidence and be with bim
night and day, A few days sgo the
toung man brought O'Conneil into a
liquor store in Seventh avenue, where
Price wai. "Mr. Patterson" said thf t
he owned the store, and pretended to
be drunk. Healked dog, and said
that he knew where some fine pupa
might be got cheap, if anybody bad
nerve enough to burn a barn. At
last O'Conneil hinted that he
would undertake the job for a
consideration. "But you have
had no exoerience," objected Price,
"O, vis I have," and O'Conneil toon
ratisfied "Mr. Patterson" that wbat
be didn't know about arson was not
worth knowing. A short time later
O'Conneil was brought to a rcom
which Trice had hired. A door lead
ing to an adjoining apartment had
been removed, drapery put in its
place and a wardrobe stood in front of
the drapery. In the ether room Mr.
Leavitt and a shorthand writer were
posted, while Price conversed with
O'Conneil and the young man men
tioned. Gradually the laborer be
trayed his secret, and did not stop
until he bad confessed to both the
Great Birrington fires. On Monday
an ellicer from Great Barrington ar
rived with a warrant for O'Connell's
arrest on a charge of shooting the offi
cer on August 31st. It was sgreed
that Price and O'Conneil should burn
a barn back of Fort Lee last night.
They examined the place on Monday,
and had all their plans laid. O'Con
neil came to Price's room last night at
dusk. The stenographer and Mr.
leavitt were behind tbe cuitoin.
"Now we had better go," said Priceat
9 o'clock. They went out, and Price
told O'Conneil to go to Seventh ave
nue and Thirty-first street, while he.
the detective, went for tho horse and
buggy. At that p'ine Detective Dun
lap was waiting, and arrested O'Con
neil. Udder each arm the prieoner
had u wad of sit raw, oakum and fuse
to fire the Fort Lee barn. The value
of the property in Great Barrington
destroved by O'Conneil was about
I'anr Lltlle Children Hnrned lo
Nkw Yokic, February 17. A Herald
special from Onancock, Va., says:
"Persons arriving here late Monday
night from Tangier Island, ,in Chesa
peake bay, brought intelligence of a
terrible burning accident that oc
curred there Sunday afternoon. Four
small children undertook to build a
fire with coal oil. The can exploded,
scattering the burning fluid over the
children and igniting their rlothinr.
There were no giown people in the
house at the time, and the children
were so frightened that they ran out
with their blazing garments into the
open air. Their cry for help soon at
tracted the attention of the neighbors,
butnot before the children had been
so badly burned that two of them
have since died, and tbe other two
are fatally injured. Tbe unfortunate
little ones are children of Wit, Pruitt
and Lee Cooper, two well-known citi
xeus of the island. All the children
were under twelve years of age."
A Mn' Ki mains Enraard la Ire.
St. Louis, Mo., February 17.
Yesterday afternoon, while a num
ber of fishermen were busily en
gaged in the river, at the foot
of Elmwood street, Carondolet,
they saw wbat appeared to be the
body Of a man floating in mid-stream
at sooie distance away. A boat was
procured, nnd the men rowed out and
caught the objoct, which proved to be
a man's boJy encased in ice. The
body was towed ashore upon the
bank. The appearance of the body
indicated that it bad i robably been in
the river fully two weeks. Letters
found about the body pioved beyond
question that the deceased was the
late Rev. Jesse B. Brady of Noitin
ville, Ky., and tbat he committed sui
cide by jumping into the river. The
cause oi this action is shown to be.
from these same letters, the fear of
the result of an investigation then
?;oing on in relation to his private st
airs and habits, which, it is hinted,
were not beyond reproaob.
FEimUAKY IS,
Papir by Congressman tilnhH of Ten
nessee The Wine Industry
Facts and Figures.
Nsw Yoik, February 17. Tbe con
vei t on of tbe American Agricultural
and Dairy ABeociation wai opeced
this rxoruing by the reading of a.
tper by Mr. 8. Sato cf Jar an upn
' Tbe Agrarian System of Japan;
Pu-t, Present and Future." In tbe
course of his remarks he said tbat
ont of a tcttl population of 37,000,000
the farming population of Jarua num
bers 15,000,000. During the past ten
years the improved breeds cf horses,
cattle snd sheep have been intro
duced with good resnl's. The farmers
live principally npon cereals and
fruits. Oats, corn, barley, wheat and
rye are tbe chief grains produced,
rice, of course, being tbe la-rest.
Congreesman P. T. Glass of Tennes
see read a paper entitled "Wbat We
Have Done for Agriculture, and What
Ag-iculture Hs Done for Us." He
said that the United States appropri
ates lees for sgricultural purposes than
aiy other country, Switzerland ex
cepted. France annually anpropr'a'es
$20,000,000, Brszil $12 000,000, Rus
sia $11,000,000. Austria $0,500,000,
Great Britiin $795,000. Japan $1,100,
000, SwiiMilaoi $142,000, and the
United btttes $052,000. Mr. Gluss
maintained that tbe amount appro
priated by Congress for the sdvancr
inent tf agriculture was too small to'
be cf material benefit. The agricultural
population of the country was about
52 per cent, cf the entire' popu
lation. Mr. Glass advocated the estab
lishment of agricultuiul stations for
expr mental purposes.
P.C.Reynolds of Rochester rial a
paper on "Agriculture in Weste n
New York," and W. P. Cross of Dela
wcre presented a paper on 'The Dili
ware Fruit Exchange."
Charles A. Wetxore of California
spoke cf the wine industry of the
United Slates. This Sttte, bo sa d,
waa producing annually 15,00,000
gellons of wine, in addition to great
quant:ties of raisins. -Witoin three
vears, the spanker thought, tbe wine
production would reach 00,000,000
gallons. France tday imports wore
wine .than any other our, try. She
cannot make enough to supply the
demand. California in a few years
would be shim'iag wine to France if
present conditions should continue.
There is practicaily no limit to the
territory upon which grapes un be
Resolutions were nasaed recom
mending a Cabinet ellicer for sg i
cultnre, and indorsing Senator Cul
lom's bi 1 regulating interstate com
merce. At tbe evening session there win
talk of an informal character, the
a'li'.ua of the negro being discussed et
some length.
Simpletons of a Horrible Crime In
creased by Later Developmen a.
Chicago, III , February 17. A dis
patch from Plymouth, vv is., regarding
the ho'ooanst at Greenbush yestwrday,
rays: The Eble House burned like a
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Teresa Secord recently learned the annual flood insurance on her North Side home could rise from about $540 to $1,440.
She got a letter soon after that, correcting the amount — to $3,678.
Her home at 428 Liberty St. has never flooded, never even had water in the basement, in the 17 years she has lived there, Secord said. It's an expense she can't afford, she said, and one that makes the house virtually unsellable.
With almost $4,000 tacked on to the annual cost, "who is going to buy it?" Secord said Friday. The sale of a neighboring property fell through, she said, when the prospective buyer was quoted a $4,500 price for flood insurance.
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind visited the home Friday to highlight his support for federal legislation that would roll back some of the major rate increases seen in federal flood insurance.
Kind called on the Senate to quickly act on the bill, which passed the House late Tuesday with broad bipartisan support.
It would basically repeal the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, intended at the time to reduce property owners' reliance on the subsidized insurance and address a $24 billion deficit in the National Flood Insurance Program in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and Katrina.
But Kind said that measure primarily was aimed at coastal states where the flood risk is more sudden and severe, not the more gradual flooding seen along the Upper Mississippi River. Flood claims here never reach the levels of a hurricane-hit area, Kind said.
The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act will allow sellers to transfer their subsidized, below-market flood insurance rates to new buyers and caps annual premium increases at 15 to 18 percent. It also will provide a refund to those who already paid the higher costs.
With about 800 flood insurance policies — second only to Green Bay among Wisconsin municipalities — and about 1,800 to 2,000 La Crosse properties now in the flood plain, the effects here will be severe if the new bill doesn't go through, said Doug Kerns, the city's flood plain coordinator.
This legislation, Kerns and Kind said, would give the city time to work with FEMA on flood maps that truly reflect the actual risk here and keep insurance affordable.
"I think we need to take a more balanced approach," Kind said.
Ken Van Doren, a retired building contractor and former Mauston City Council member who is running as a Republican against Kind, said Friday he doesn't support continuing the subsidy or flood insurance program.
"I like the idea that the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act will not raise the federal deficit," Van Doren wrote in an email. "However, since the National Flood Insurance program is not constitutionally authorized, I would prefer to eliminate it altogether. Also, in a free market, there would be no government subsidies that transfer some of the risk from homeowners and insurance companies to U.S. taxpayers."

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Today's Table Hopping column, which further explores a subject brought up here last week, looks at the growing trend of restaurants refusing to sell bottled water for environmental reasons.
Table Hopping: Voluntary bottled water ban catching on
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Thanks for writing this, Steve, I'm glad that some restaurants are taking a stand. While I love Chez Sophie, Cheryl's comment about being perceived as a hypocrite due to serving imported wine and NOT "imported" water, is absurd. The Saratoga brand of sparkling water rivals Perrier, or at least they're close, whereas I've yet to see an American "bordeaux" that comes within a thousand feet of a Chateau Latour.
In addition, if she did cut out bottled water she would be reducing the restaurant's carbon footprint. What she's essentially saying, though, is if she's unprepared to eliminate ALL imported, bottled goods from the restaurant, then she shouldn't eliminate any. What environmentally unsound logic…
This subject could fill a chapter in the book of 'SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGY OF THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS' (someone should write that book). When is it appropriate for a restaurant to impose moral,political,religious,or cultural bias or trends, taste or values on their customers? We do it all of the time, but where should we draw the line? I would never seat or serve someone displaying a swastika for instance but should I tell my customers I won't serve them bottled water (or Sea Bass, or foie gras, or animal flesh) because I personally have an issue with the product? As a customer I don't like the hard-sell on bottled water ("rounding the check")but if I WANT a bottle of water, I don't want to be forced to acquiesce to the cause of the week. Is it an environmental issue? Talk about not seeing the forest through the trees! The "footprint" of that bottle is miniscule compared the the energy inefficiency of any restaurant (multiple ovens, broilers, open burner stoves, frylators, refrigeration and freezer units, A/C, heating, water heaters, boosters,lights, ventilation, etc. etc. running full out for hours and hours and hours, day in and day out, busy or slow). Is it an economic issue? If you're willing to pay $4 for 7 oz of water should I say, "No, that wouldn't be economically prudent (how about a $200 bottle of wine instead?)" STOP IT! This is not about restaurants selling bottled water. This is about a country that hasn't had an Energy Policy since Jimmy Carter moved back to Plains. We've let ourselves get led down this path by short sighted politicians and industrial leaders and now it costs us $75 to fill our gas tanks, so let's solve the problem but not selling bottled water in restaurants! Hey, how about a real Energy Policy? Alternative energy sources, real recycling…leadership from where it should come from. If you think bottled water is the problem, then don't order it. If enough people agree, the dog will eventually wag the tail and restaurants will stop stocking it (Economics 101). I've seen a lot of good causes and movements in the restuarant business over the years. A few (a very few) actually had anything to do with taking the moral high ground; most were driven by a business strategy. If a restaurateur is telling you you can't have a bottle of water because they have decided for you that it's bad for the environment, then it's not Perrier they're poring down your leg while they tell you it's raining!
that was perfect.
Kevin, indeed there are massive energy reforms that need to take place in this country that go beyond offering Perrier at a restaurant. That said, individuals, and individual businesses, can make a difference by altering even their smallest purchasing choices. To think that something big needs to take place before we as individuals act to reduce our part in the energy crisis, is both factually and morally incorrect. Even the miniscule, as you put it, act of offering Saratoga water in lieu of Perrier makes a difference over the course of time, even if you can't see it. If customers complain that they can't have imported spring water over local domestic (which by and large taste the same), they can go elsewhere. But at least I know that I'm taking responsibility for even a small part of the role I've played in this energy crisis. Doing something "miniscule" is better than doing nothing at all.
And by the way, as a restauranteur you have the "right" not to offer certain items. It doesn't mean you're forcing your beliefs on anyone. For instance, bluefin tuna is overfished. Don't you think you have a responsibility to weigh that as part of your decision when purchasing fish? There are plenty of substitutes that are equally as delicious, and by not offering it to customers, you're not forcing anything on them. You're providing a more sensible and environmentally responsible alternative, and that is YOUR choice as an owner. It's about accountability. It's not the customer who suffers as a result of your potentially irresponsible decisions, it's you. You're the one who has to look in the mirror. But by all means, pull the covers over your head if you must, the monster's still going to be there in the morning. Sleep well.
Lets keep it simple. I try to eat well and if possible , eat locally grown fresh foods. This time of year I try to eat all locally grown vegatable and fruits, including from my own garden…but like Steve says in his article, you can't get locally grown bananas. Tap water is fine, and if I must have bottled water, lets sell locally produced water like Saratoga Water. If we all do this we are better off, for ourselves and our community. To me it is more about locally grown and made stuff, than the carbon footprint. I will leave that to the Gore fans out there.
When given the choice to drive my fuel efficient car or ride my bike, I'll take the bike (weather permiting). My home is not air conditioned. My thermostat never goes above 64*F in the winter (I like sweaters). I'm almost done replacing all my light bulbs with new energy efficient bulbs (as the old bulbs burn out). My clothes are washed in cold water and I only use the dryer when tempeartures go below freezing. I don't own a power boat, ATV, snowmobile, I'd rather paddle, hike or x-c ski. Just because I choose to live this way I'm still not comfortable judging others who choose to live differently. I might suggest to anyone who is really interested in reducing their "footprint" that they start with their largest energy uses first and work their way down the list to the lesser uses. If NOT buying bottled water in restuarants is at the top of that list for you, I am truely impressed and humbled. Sure every little bit helps but if we become overly concerned with the micro at the expense of the macro, we're just deluding ourselves. My concern is by putting too much emphasis on an issue like bottled water in restuarants (a very small portion of total bottled water sales, by the way) and patting ourselves on the back for little sacrifices, we don't distract ourselves from the more important energy isues. You're right, I do have to look in the mirror and shame on me, I'm more concerned about the recedeing hairline than I am about a few bottles of water I've sold. If my soul ends up burning in hell for that someday, I'm sure I won't be lonely. If the sale of bottled water in restaurants is the monster, I will indeed sleep very well (it's the other monsters that really scare me!).
Kevin, I understand your point, and I'm not an energy extremist, but the small stuff matters more than you think. Did you read this in Steve's column: Up to 1.5 million barrels of oil are used annually to produce plastic water bottles to satisfy Americans' thirst — enough to power 250,000 homes or fuel 100,000 cars for a year, according to a resolution passed last year by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Works out to be a pretty big deal… Even if you don't think so. Macros are made of micros.
Manufacturers don't produce and retailers don't stock products if there is no market for that product. Obviously there is a market for bottled water (whether we agree with the motivation of the consumer or not). Rather then spinning our wheels trying to convince the consumer not to buy a product that they have proven that they want, our efforts might be better spent by trying to reduce the environmental impact of that product in other ways. I'm ashamed to admit I don't know enough about the current proposed "Better Bottle Bill"(under consideration in the NYS Leglislature). It involves extending a deposit to non-carbonated beverages (including water) and turning the unclaimed deposit money over to the State to fund recycling and other environmental programs. I don't know if this particular proposal is the ultimate solution but I beleive this sort of approach is better than trying to convince people not to buy something they want. In general, consumers don't like being preached at. Too many movements fail because the activists focus on the way they think things ought to be rather than dealing with things the way they really are.


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What is the reason for the transmission going again - was it a faulty unit, faulty installation?
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You will have certain rights either through the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.
In general they state that goods purchased must be of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described; also any services where must be carried out with reasonable care and skill, i.e. to a proper standard of workmanship. In addition, any materials provided as part of the work must match their description and be of satisfactory quality.
Whilst the contractual warranty may only last for a year, you can rely on these rights even after the warranty has expired. the key is that you must show the transmission, as an item, was not of satisfactory quality or fit for purpose, or that the installation itself was not performed with reasonable care and skill or to a reasonable standard. As a lay person you may not be able to tell what is to blame so you may have to approach an independent garage to obtain their opinion on what the problem is most likely to be and determine from there whether the garage is to blame. If this was just caused by normal wear and tear or something outside of the control of the garage then they may not be liable but that would become clearer with time once you determine what caused the failure.
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Woodside Wildlife and Falconry Park has a special birthday boy, with celebrations planned for Tango the Tiger, the oldest tiger in Britain.
Tango and his eight year-old partner Julia were rescued from a German circus earlier this year, with the park raising £250,000 to bring the pair to Lincolnshire to retire.
Tango should be a familiar face already though, previously featuring in the Esso adverts, with that well-known catchphrase "Put a tiger in your tank."
Neil Mumby, who opened Woodside Park in 2001, says the two tigers have been fantastic, with visitor numbers rising, helped by this year's glorious summer.
The tigers are the only ones in Lincolnshire on public view. Though their unknown genetic origin means they are not being used for breeding, their mere existence helps educate on the plight of tigers in the wild as well as fundraise for tiger conservation.
Tango and Julia have other feline friends in the park, two Siberian lynx named Linus and Isabelle, who are also recent arrivals.
"We are able to talk and engage with people on the possibility of releasing large carnivores back into the British countryside. The response has been mixed but interesting," Neil continued.
Woodside Park also has white wolves, reptiles, otters, tropical butterflies and more, with new arrivals all the time.
"We had a White Stork arrive last week, with three more due shortly. The most popular animals are still the sloth and the meerkats."
With falconry displays, meet the lemurs, reptile handling, cat feeding, wolf feeding and an amazing animal show, the park offers much fun.
But don't forget Tango's birthday on August 8, with face painting and prizes for best tiger costume.


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So, our speculation was accurate. Earlier today a commenter on our earlier post shared with us a comment that Tamara Shepherd, an organizer and Core member of The Lockett Recall Initiative had posted at knoxnews. She said "Meanwhile, we've committed to a reorder on those yard signs." So, the group is now on record as intending to violate state election finance laws?
As for the Recall Bill Phillips Group, they too according to the longtime Election Commission employee have not filed an appointment of Treasurer form. They have a website, at least one large sign that has been seen mounted in the back of a pick up truck in the Gibbs community. They have also mailed out some letters. All items that will need to be recorded as bought or given as an in kind contribution. Keep in mind that state election law forbids solicitation and acceptance of any monetary value until an appointment of Treasurer is filed.


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Local prognosticators are probably not going too far out on a limb in saying this winter's going to be colder than last.
Considering that the winter of 2002-2003 saw many records fall for warmest days and lowest snow total on the Kenai Peninsula, most would agree it will be colder and snowier this year.
Folks at the National Weather Service forecast office in Anchorage, however, see things just a bit differently.
While they believe Alaska will receive more snow, they're predicting warmer than normal temperatures again.
Meteorological technician Dave Vonderheide bases his prediction on history.
"The snowiest winters 1954-55 and 1955-56 were preceded by the hottest summer on record 1953," Vonderheide said. This past summer was unusually warm in Southcentral Alaska.
"The Copper River Basin has been getting really cold very early," he said.
Low temperatures at Snowshoe Lake should be averaging about 23 degrees this time of year, but the area has already seen temperatures down to 7 degrees.
"If the Copper River Basin is cooling at a quicker rate, it would lend cold temperatures to storms coming in from the Pacific, which would hold to my prediction that it will be snowier," Vonderheide said.
"This is a real long shot," he said. "Because of the warm preceding summer, coupled with the earlier cold in the Copper River Basin, it should be snowier than average."
Normal snow totals are in the 60- to 70-inch range, he said.
As far as temperatures go, Vonderheide said, "The Climate Prediction Center back East is looking at the lack of an El Nino or La Nina. They're giving Alaska (a prediction of) above normal temperatures."
El Ninos and La Ninas are names given to warming and cooling events in the Pacific region that affect sea surface temperatures and atmospheric pressures, which in turn affect weather around the globe.
"Winter's going to be harder than last year," longtime Kenai Peninsula weather watcher Abby Alla said with a laugh.
"There's also going to be more snow than last year. This is all joking, right?" she said.
Actually Alla, proprietor of Ridgeway Farms, said grasses in the fields have stopped growing more quickly this year than in the past and she's had to move her horses off pasture earlier.
She did offer to venture a bit farther out on the limb to say, "There'll be more snow than average."
Philip Kimball, who spends a good deal of time outdoors in Sterling with his master-gardener wife, Rosemary, said, "I haven't got all my wood in yet. From that standpoint, I'd say this winter's going to be warmer."
"Actually this year, the robins stuck around later. They're usually gone just after moose season Sept. 20 this year. A couple are still here," Kimball said during the last week of September.
"I haven't seen any geese migrating yet either," Kimball said.
"It usually takes a big storm up in the (Yukon) Delta to chase them out. It seems to be kinda late," he said.
Kimball, who has lived in the Sterling area for about 25 years, said so little snow covered the ground last year, he and his wife lost all of their strawberry plants.
"There just wasn't any insulating layer of snow (to protect them)," he said.
Although he stopped short of saying he is wishing for more snow, Kimball did say it's been up to 10 years since "we had four or five feet of snow on the ground."
"Last year I didn't even start my snow blower," he said.
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In the WebApps meeting, we discussed possible approaches to <template> that may ease the transition between polyfilled implementations and native support, avoid HTML/XHTML parsing inconsistency, and in general adding less weirdness to the Web platform. Here are some possibilities, not necessarily mutually exclusive: (1) <template src> Specify templates via external files rather than inline content. External CSS and external scripts are very common, and in most cases inline scripts and style are the exception. It seems likely this will also be true for templates. It's likely desirable to provide this even if there is also some inline form of templates. (2) <template srcdoc> Use the same approach as  to specifying content inline while remaining compatible with legacy parsing. The main downside is that the required escaping is ugly and hard to follow, especially in the face of nesting. (3)  <template>

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— The cities of Edmonds and Lynnwood are combining to offer Adult Softball Leagues. League play starts March 13, with all games at Meadowdale Playfields. The team fee is $645. For more information, call Todd at 425-771-0229 or Travis at 425-670-5517.
— The Everett SawMillers are looking for players for the upcoming baseball season. The Sawmillers play PONY Baseball in the 15/16U Colt division. For more information, visit www.everettsawmillers.com.
— The City of Everett is accepting registration for its Adult Slowpitch Softball Leagues. Men's, coed, and over-40 leagues are available. League play begins the week of March 6. For more information, call 425-257-8290.
— The City of Mountlake Terrace is accepting registration for its Men's, Women's and Coed Spring Softball Leagues. Play begins the week of March 22. The team fee is $480. For more information, call 425-776-9173 or visit mltrec.com.
— Tryouts for Fusion Basketball are scheduled for 6 p.m. on March 2 and 4 at North Middle School in Everett. Fusion offers girls teams for grades 5, 6 and 8, and boys teams for grades 3, 4, 7, 8 and high school. For more information, call Eddie McFerrin at 425-344-6897 or visit fusionbasketball.net.
— Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace's Men's Basketball League ends March 23. Play begins the week of April 11. Two divisions are available: intermediate (B) and recreational (C). The team fee is $600. For more information, call Kevin Witte at 425-640-3105 or visit mltrec.com.
— Registration for the City of Mountlake Terrace's Coedball Volleyball League ends March 23. Play begins April 12. Two divisions are available: competitive and recreational. The team fee is $310. For more information, call Kevin Witte at 425-640-3105 or visit mltrec.com.
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Bringing troops onto the streets in bloody places such as Baqouba carries some new risks, including small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades that armored vehicles can usually repel. But it's designed to avoid a more serious threat: the buried explosives that can take out Humvees and the bigger Strykers that can hold up to 10 soldiers.
The weight of a single soldier is insufficient to trigger such bombs, which may be planted 10 feet underground and packed in makeshift casings such as refrigerators. Insurgents are hesitant to ''waste'' a large bomb by triggering it with remote control to kill a single soldier, said U.S. officers involved in an offensive in the capital of Diyala province northeast of Baghdad.
The foot patrols have been credited with preventing heavy U.S. casualties in the battle for Baqouba. U.S. deaths from the bombs — which the military calls improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — dropped in Diyala from at least 16 in May before the 10,000-troop offensive to just two so far this month, according to an Associated Press count based on Defense Department reports.
But that sharp drop is not being reflected in other parts of Iraq. In May, at least 68 U.S. soldiers were killed by road bombs, or 67 percent of all military deaths that month, according to the AP analysis. This month, at least 51 deaths were linked to IED blasts, or 60 percent of the total.
And avoiding the bombs does not make them go away.
One of Baqouba's main thoroughfares is so packed with IEDs that the U.S. military is considering declaring it ''irrevocably mined,'' said Col. Steve Townsend, commander of the Army's 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
U.S. forces would then build their own road — right alongside the mined one — and guard it 24 hours a day, said Townsend, 47, from Griffin, Ga.
''We have yet to clear the roads well enough to penetrate with our vehicles,'' he said. ''We're infantry, and we're comfortable on foot anyway.''
Once U.S. troops leave Baqouba, the task of keeping these roads clear of IEDs would fall to Iraqi security forces. But American commanders estimate it will be months — or longer — before Iraqi forces can do the job on their own.
Main roads throughout this city are pockmarked with huge craters, some 10 feet wide and just as deep. Military vehicles that must travel swerve gingerly around them. Gunners train their weapons on the holes, watchful for secondary devices covered over by garbage.
Before the Americans shifted their tactics, the bombs took a heavy toll.
On May 6, a deep-buried IED killed six U.S. soldiers from Townsend's brigade serving in Baqouba, along with a Russian photographer embedded with them. The blast flipped their Stryker vehicle — an eight-wheeled, 37,000-pound troop carrier — upside down and tore out the interior, killing everyone inside except the driver.
Most of the bombs apparently were laid months ago, but about 30 IEDs were planted along Baqouba's main thoroughfare before the start of the current U.S. operation last week, said Maj. Robbie Parke, spokesman for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which is doing most of the fighting in western Baqouba.
It's a sign that insurgents likely knew the offensive was coming.
''They were putting in berms, and had backhoes digging trenches ahead of time. We have UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) footage of all of this,'' said Parke, 36, from Rapid City, S.D.
In the following seven days, U.S. troops discovered and safely detonated 50 more IEDs — more than half of them deeply buried — in western Baqouba alone, Townsend said.
Some were discovered by unmanned drones equipped with temperature sensors that can scan for cold spots under the otherwise blazing hot asphalt in summer, another U.S. officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.
Deep buried IEDs usually consist of hundreds of pounds of homemade explosives, though sometimes they employ military-grade weapons such as mortar rounds, said Maj. Maj. Doug Baker, the executive officer for the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, under Townsend's command. They are buried at least three feet underground, though some have been found 10 feet down, he said.
Insurgents lie in wait to detonate the explosives manually. ''They'll let you drive over it nine, ten times, and on the 11th time, they pull the cord,'' said Baker, 38, from Goose Creek, S.C.
Traditionally found in rural areas, where dirt roads and canals provide soft terrain for planting explosives, deep-buried IEDs are increasingly being discovered on paved roads in urban areas, U.S. officials said.
''In some cases, they're tunneling from the side (of the road), and in other cases they pour gasoline on the road and set it on fire, softening the asphalt so they can dig through it,'' Baker said. ''Then they do the same thing to essentially repave the area afterward.''
Because of such an invisible threat, U.S. military commanders have encouraged their soldiers to carry out the current Baqouba offensive on foot and under cover of darkness — scurrying single file down the edge of wide thoroughfares and searching house-to-house methodically.
But the reduction in mobility makes it difficult to control a wide area. One of the Stryker's strong points was its ability to move troops quickly to areas where they are needed.
In the first four days of the operation last week, soldiers moved just slightly over a mile into western Baqouba, said Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Huggins, 41, the senior noncommissioned officer with the 5-20.
As they plodded closer to the city center, soldiers discovered IEDs buried in concentric circles around suspected al-Qaida hideouts, the Honolulu native said.
''It's part of their defensive measures. They line the routes to their hideouts with deep buried IEDs — with complete disregard for the city and its residents,'' Huggins said.
AP news researcher Monika Mathur in New York contributed to this report.


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"I need to study or want to be alone to read and my brother and his damn friends crank up the stereo and keep me away until 3 a.m. It happened all too often," Gunslinger related. "I stopped that nonsense. Every time he'd blare his stereo I'd just turn on my CB radio and key the mike a few times. It sends a great shrill, piercing noises squealing through the stereo speakers."
Happiness means that the Gunslinger brothers have reached an agreement to please all concerned. C. B. says this cooperation concept will work for people in other apartments and houses, too.
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a cross-cultural comparison of ELLEMoeran, Brian (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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advertising social organisation in JapanMoeran, Brian (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Resume: Fragrance and perfume connect with our most basic and primitive window on the world – our sense of smell. Animals use their sense of smell to find food, sense danger and mate. So, too, do human beings. Mothers and their babies bond through smell. Smell triggers memories buried long in our unconscious, probably because our sense of smell is linked directly to the limbic system, the oldest part of the brain, which is the seat of emotion and memory. Throughout the ages in Western civilization, fragrance has been used to communicate spirituality, passion, and both masculinity and femininity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7772
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Anthropology, Fieldwork and Organizational EthnographyMoeran, Brian (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper looks at the relationship between anthropology, fieldwork and what is referred to as 'organizational ethnography'. It starts by distinguishing between fieldwork, which is a method of conducting qualitative research, initially in the discipline of anthropology, and ethnography, which is the writing up of that research. The paper makes use of the author's fieldwork experiences in a Japanese advertising agency to illustrate a number of features that define fieldwork as a methodology. It argues that it is the shift from participant observation to observant participation that enables the fieldworker to move from front stage to back stage in the study of an organization, and thereby to gain information and knowledge that is otherwise available only to insiders. Fieldwork, Anthropology, Organizational Ethnography, Observant Participation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7038
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reconsidering Japanese Business OrganisationMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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An Ethnography of a Juried Ceramic Art Exhibition in JapanMoeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This article discusses the social processes among members of a panel of jurors required to award a major prize to one of the submissions to a national ceramics exhibition in Japan. Uniquely based on participant observation-style fieldwork, the article details the voting procedures and (inconclusive) results, before analysing why one particular potter's submission was selected for the Princess Chichibu Cup. It shows how social relations, rather than aesthetic taste, influenced the final choice, since jury members operated according to an informal pecking order that depended on pre-existing networks and reputations, themselves determined by seniority and age. The fact that judges did not overtly resort to aesthetic criteria when making their evaluations meant that they considered each submission in relation to other submissions, rather than on their own particular merits. They thus ended up comparing 'incommensurate flaws', rather than making a selection according to agreed 'merit'. And yet 'meritocratic principles' seem to prevail in the longer term cumulative recognition of potters who are awarded prizes at such exhibitions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8510
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the corporation, the agency, the anthropologist, and their friendsMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Is it possible, even advisable, to try to be interdisciplinary when studying the creative industries?A view from the edgeMoeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This working paper reflects upon the difficulties of being interdisciplinary when studying the creative industries. After outlining the basic premises behind the ©reative Encounters research programme, it brings into play two editing activities in which the author has been involved over the past six months. One of these is a four volume set of readings in the creative industries which shows that, even though most writing on 'creative' industries stem from various governments' national policies promulgated from the end of the 1990s, there is plenty of material 'out there' from the late 1940s onwards. The other is an edited book on the role of fairs, festivals and competitive events in the creative industries which also revealed the extent to which history tended to be overlooked in a specific context by contemporary scholars in different disciplines. The paper concludes by asking what enables and what hinders interdisciplinarity, suggesting that institutional structures and the publishing industry in many ways are designed to prevent innovation in intellectual fields. It is these, therefore, that need to be reconsidered if we are to be successful in crossing over from one discipline to another. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8175
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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Entering the FieldMoeran, Brian (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The theoretical discourses devoted to smell reflect a maze of fascinating taboos and mysterious attractions. In present-day Western societies, the sense of smell is undervalued. Scents are highly elusive and often cannot be directly named. Many languages have virtually no vocabulary to describe them, except in terms of the other senses of sight, sound, touch and taste. Scents are communicated primarily through metaphors. What are these linguistic and visual metaphors, and what do they tell us about the societies and cultures in which they are used? How do we know what scents 'mean'? Is smell a universal form of semiotic communication (as global advertising campaigns suggest), or does it vary in different social and cultural contexts (as anthropological and other literature asserts)? Are there specific 'scent cultures'? If so, in what do they consist? And how do these affect the creation, appraisal and use of fragrances in the three countries – Japan, France and the USA – in which I intend to conduct my research? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6973
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Manufacturing Incense in JapanMoeran, Brian (København, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper focuses on a hitherto unremarked aspect of cultural production – smell. It first outlines the historical background of Japanese scent culture, before moving on to describe in detail the processes by which incense is produced in Japan, and the various challenges facing a manufacturer with regard to consistency of raw materials, kneading blended materials, and drying formed incense sticks. It then concentrates on a group of incense manufacturers located on the western coast of Awaji Island in the Inland Sea of Japan, and suggests that it is access to, and successful management of, olfactory knowledge that enables a sub-contracted supplier to become independent by producing his own incense brands. The paper concludes by drawing a series of parallels betweenthe symbolic and social uses of incense in contemporary Japanese society, and thus underscores the connection between olfaction and transition noted for many other societies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6945
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ne'er the twain shall meet?Moeran, Brian (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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a tale of two culturesMoeran, Brian (København, 2002)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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early developmentsMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Moeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper starts from the premise that all forms of socio-economic behaviour are motivated and underpinned by values of one kind or another. The study of culture is thus a study of the values that constitute that culture. In their plural form, values constitute our socio-cultural beliefs and moral principles. However, in its singular form, value relates to economic utility, price and worth. The aim of this working paper is to examine the relation between economic and cultural values which, it is argued, constitute a field of values that are (re)produced, negotiated and transacted in the context of creative products. This field consists of technical, affective, social, situational, appreciative and functional values. Together these create a qualitative symbolic exchange value which is often then exchanged for a quantitative economic value. The paper outlines how each of these values works and interacts with other values in the context of creative industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7971
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a cross-cultural comparison of Elle and Marie ClaireMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Marketing J-Cult in AsiaMoeran, Brian (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Resume: This working paper, delivered at the ©reative Encounters workshop on the Business of Ethnography in June 2012, and in part (the sections on advertising and anthropology) at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in San Francisco in November the same year, recounts the author's personal experiences as a fieldworker to consider what it is that defines the newly emergent sub-discipline of business anthropology. The underlying argument is that all kinds of ethnographic research not overtly conducted on 'business organizations' may be counted as an anthropology of business, which itself is not strictly defined by the word 'business' per se, but includes such features as kinship and household organization, creative and craft practices, community structures, and so on. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8511
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An Anthropological ApproachMoeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This working paper – written for inclusion as a chapter on Japanese society, to be published in Chinese by the Beijing University of Foreign Studies later in 2011 – looks at popular culture as a form of cultural production. It argues for the need to study popular cultural forms like advertisements, ceramics, fashion magazines and folk art as both products and as processes of design, manufacture, distribution, appreciation and use, which must all be taken into account. Precisely because popular cultural forms are both cultural products and commodities, they reveal the complementary nature of the two categories of culture and the economy. The paper outlines and analyses the different ways in which social, cultural, symbolic and economic capital are converted by those participating in advertising, ceramic, fashion magazine and folk art worlds, and suggests that popular culture may best be seen as a name economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8252
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Resume: This working paper takes as its starting point the work of the German economic sociologist, Jens Beckert, and his call for empirical investigations into how intentionally rational actors reach decisions under conditions when they do not know what is best to do. It describes how trade fairs act as a framing mechanism that enables participants to come together for the exchange of goods and services and to perceive themselves as acting in a social field. Fairs frame the contacts people make and sustain as networks; the institutional rules and social norms guiding their behaviour there; and the values and cognitive frames that they bring to bear and negotiate with other participants. They make actors aware of a 'mutual correspondence' in their interpretation of the goods in which they deal and of the social situations in which engage for the sake of such trade. Trade fairs both configure fields and make markets possible. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8293
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Resume: This working paper is a case study about the development of a faience product line in Royal Copenhagen and illustrates several aspects of how, at what stages of development, and by whom, cultural products in general are evaluated. Three theoretical issues emerge. One concerns the constraints imposed upon design and production by the use of materials and, to a lesser extent, technology. Another argues that product development has to take place within a particular brand and genre – in this case, those of Royal Copenhagen. A third reveals the way in which the design and manufacture of a particular cultural product had to be negotiated within a particular organizational world embracing both management and workers, with differentiated skills. These issues lead to a more general discussion of craftsmanship and storytelling. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8338
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The white populations of the District, Arlington and Alexandria have grown this decade even as the region's outer counties have grown more diverse, according to new census estimates to be released today that underscore how the area's soaring housing prices and job sprawl are reshaping its racial and ethnic dynamics.
The city and those close-in Virginia suburbs had higher percentages of non-Hispanic white residents in 2004 than in 2000, a reversal of past trends, the estimates say. Minority groups grew more slowly than in the past, or declined.
In the District, Arlington and Alexandria, whites became a larger share of the population -- by a rate that ranked in the top 10 among the nation's jurisdictions, according to Brookings Institution demographer William H. Frey. Whites account for 30 percent of the D.C. population, up from 28 percent in 2000, and their numbers rose 3 percentage points in both Arlington, to 64 percent, and Alexandria, to 58 percent.
Unlike closer-in communities, counties outside the Capital Beltway experienced faster growth among minorities during those same years. The number of whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics generally rose, according to the new estimates, but numbers of nonwhites rose more sharply. By Frey's calculations, the rate of minority growth in five jurisdictions -- Manassas Park, Prince William County, Loudoun County, Charles County and Manassas -- ranked in the top dozen nationally.
Overall, according to Census Bureau estimates, the Washington area's 5.9 million people are 56 percent non-Hispanic white, 25 percent black, 8 percent Asian and 10 percent Hispanic. All groups grew in number, but Asians and Hispanics continued to increase most rapidly.
Frey said the diversification of the region's outer counties meshes with what's happening nationally on the fringe of urban areas. But the growing white population in the District and two close-in counties stands out among metropolitan areas, he said, reflecting the desirability of core neighborhoods among those who can afford to move there, who are most likely to be white.
"It's a hot housing market where there's a single defined center," he said. "There are other hot housing markets in other parts of the country -- San Diego, Los Angeles -- but D.C. has a single and important center where a lot of these young professionals want to be."
The region's racial and ethnic changes reflect a range of social forces. The District is again a desirable place to live, and some African Americans are concerned about being pushed out. Arlington and Alexandria offer "a lighter form of urbanity," in the words of Virginia Tech demographer Robert E. Lang, for people weary of gridlock who can afford to pay $1 million for a townhouse.
But real estate fever has crimped the supply of affordable housing, squeezing out minorities, who generally are less affluent. Immigration to Arlington and Alexandria has slowed, with new arrivals moving to where most new jobs are, in less expensive communities beyond the Beltway.
One neighborhood being transformed by new arrivals and rising prices is Del Ray, a stylish quarter of quirky bungalows, artsy shops and walk-to restaurants in Alexandria, a city where residential real estate assessments rose 77 percent in the past three years. The Altenburgs -- Larry, 34, and Debbie, 31 -- made 10 unsuccessful bids before they bought a two-story yellow 1920s house there last year. They moved from Fairfax County because they were attracted to Del Ray's small-town feel as well as its diversity.
Larry Altenburg, a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton who is treasurer of the Del Ray Citizens Association, said the neighborhood's complexion and economics have changed noticeably, thanks in part to eager newcomers who in some cases bought houses from longtime African American residents. Civic association meetings, he said, are filled with mostly white faces.
"It's hard not to notice," Altenburg said. "You can see that the growth of the core of the area of Del Ray has become much more white and less African American, but there's still a great feeling of diversity."
In the District, Urban Institute researchers studying home mortgage data have found a pattern similar to that shown by the new census estimates. "The share of minorities among home buyers is dropping, especially among some of the most diverse neighborhoods experiencing the most price pressures," said researcher Margery Austin Turner. "Many minority families may be getting priced out of the District market at the same time the District is getting more attractive to a wider variety of families."
Still, she said, this growing affluence "potentially brings vitality and resources that the city can take advantage of to address the affordability and diversity problems."
The District's black majority, now 57 percent, has been declining for years, and some longtime African American residents worry that their concerns will be frozen out by an increasingly powerful white electorate. But civil rights activist Lawrence T. Guyot Jr. said those worries can be addressed.
"If we are honest about having an open dialogue on race before it's too late, we can deal with anything," said Guyot, who lives in the gentrifying LeDroit Park neighborhood near Howard University.
"We as a city had better be concerned about maintaining as many black people as we can, simply because they've earned the right to be here. They were here when there was nothing here to fight for," Guyot said. But, he said, "the converse of that is not true. We should be smart enough and creative enough to do that without saying no one else is welcome."


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Sovereign wealth funds are more fashionable than ever. In Latin America, some countries – Chile, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela – have had theirs for some time. Brazil – with reserves of over $250bn – joined them last year. In 2011 Peru, Colombia, Panama and Bolivia took moves towards creating their own.
All these countries have abundant reserves and face the challenge – the Andean countries in particular – of managing the raw materials boom. Their investments and exports are highly concentrated in sectors offering little value added or job creation. Hence their desire to use their present abundance to take a leap forward in production and diversify their economies, an issue that remains pending. Sovereign wealth funds may be strategic vehicles to this end – as long as the institutions are nurtured by first-rate professionals and processes.
Felipe Larraín | Finance Minister of Chile
This is precisely what was masterfully achieved by Chile. In the middle of the last decade it created two sovereign wealth funds with stringent rules and top-level human and institutional capital, making Chile a worldwide reference for SWFs on a par with Norway. Chile's funds are governed by a strict fiscal responsibility law, adopted in 2006. This requires an amount equal to 0.5 per cent of GDP of the previous year's surplus to be allocated to the first fund (the pension reserve fund); the next 0.5 per cent of GDP of the surplus is used to capitalise the central bank; and whatever surplus remains goes to the second sovereign wealth fund (the economic and social stabilisation fund).
Several lessons can be learnt from this successful Latin experience. The first is that this sort of instrument is inseparable from serious fiscal policy. The second is that very rigorous regulatory and institutional frameworks are needed, especially in emerging countries. Lastly, it is equally essential to provide the institution with the right human capital. In the Chilean case, both in the previous government and the present one, we are talking of professionals and economists of great value, starting with the two finance ministers who supervised (Andrés Velasco) and supervise (Felipe Larraín) the funds, together with those directly in charge of them in the previous government (Eric Parrado) and the current one (Ignacio Briones) – all of them with doctorates in economics, long academic careers and ample professional experience.
However, the Chilean funds are not strategic funds, i.e., aimed at encouraging business development and diversification. Some emerging countries such as the Emirates, Singapore and Malaysia created strategic funds with the clear aim of contributing to business development and production diversification. One might imagine Chile equipping itself with a third sovereign fund for this purpose. The beauty of the Chilean model is that it potentially offers the right structure of incentives to do so: the present three successive layers for fiscal surplus allocations could be joined by a fourth for a strategic fund. This would only be activated if the first three items are fulfilled. Therefore it would only be activated above a significant level of fiscal surplus. The strategic fund could then operate as a fund of funds, pushing production diversity towards technology sectors or even mining industry suppliers, for example.
In fact it is remarkable that, although it is the world's leading producer and exporter of copper, Chile has no world-scale multinational supplying that industry with vehicles, diggers or explosives. They are all foreign: Caterpillar and Joy Global are listed in New York, Komatsu in Tokyo, Atlas Copco and Sandvik in Stockholm, Boart Longyear, Leighton and Orica are Australian, the Weir Group is Scottish and Hatch is Canadian. They are all large-scale creators of high value-added jobs. Coldelco, the world's biggest producer of copper, employs just under 20,000 people – a great deal fewer than the Swedish multinationals Sandvik (44,000 employees) and Atlas Copco (30,000 employees). Its income is seven times lower than that of Caterpillar, which also employs almost five times more people than the Chilean multinational.
Latin America's abundance of natural resources is undoubtedly a blessing. On average, more than 50 per cent of the region's exports are linked to raw materials. Having raw materials is not a curse; it all depends what you do with them, as shown by the cases of Norway, Australia and Canada. In the end, the question we must ask a country that has lithium, for instance (as do Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), is: Where do you want to be in the value added chain? In the market of lithium as a raw material, estimated to be worth a little over $1bn a year? Or the lithium battery market, estimated at a little over $25bn? Or even the electric car market, which will use lithium batteries and is estimated to be worth $200bn?
Part of the answer to this question may lie in the creation of strategic funds. The experience of other countries, particularly in the Arabian Peninsula and southeast Asia, can serve as a model in this regard. In the case of Latin America, Brazil has, through the BNDES, effectively operated with an instrument of this sort, producing giants such as Vale and Petrobras in raw material industries, but also investing in cutting-edge industries such as the case of Embraer in aviation. Today, countries like Peru and Colombia, heavily dependent on raw materials, are adding their voices to the debate about whether or not to create sovereign wealth funds. They could look to Chile to design strategies but also further afield, to the Emirates, Singapore and Malaysia, and think of a model that would enable them to set up a strategic fund – something that Chile itself should consider too.
Javier Santiso is professor of economics at the ESADE Business School and director of the ESADE Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics (ESADEgeo)
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5th Annual BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass: A Taste of Michigan
Published by St. Joseph Today
Saturday 20th of May 2017
5th Annual BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass: A Taste of Michigan
Saturday May 20
Time: Noon-8pm
Location: Whirlpool Centennial Park
Celebrate spring and get ready for summer! Enjoy live music, craft beer, regional wines, and local BBQ! This event will be located in Whirlpool Centennial Park, just below the bluff from downtown St. Joseph.
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Tickets $20 in Advance; $25 Day Of
Kids 8 & Under are Free
No pets please
All tickets give access to the event grounds, no assigned seating. Bring your chair and/or blankets. Some seating will be available.
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Tickets can also be purchased by phone or in-person at the Mendel Center (2755 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor, MI) during their normal hours Monday-Friday 2pm-6pm. Phone: (269) 927-1221.
Tickets are now available at the Welcome Center (301 State Street in downtown St. Joseph) during regular business hours! Monday-Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 10am-5pm
WILL CALL TICKETS will be available for pick up:
Friday May 19 from 6-8pm at the Welcome Center (301 State St.)
Saturday May 20 starting at 11am at Whirlpool Centennial Park (330 Broad St.) **Please note that gates will not open until Noon**
Drinks and festival fare will be available for purchase. This event is RAIN OR SHINE - so plan to hang out for the day no matter what the weather!
Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. No furry friends please. No outside food, beverages, or coolers allowed.
2017 Band Lineup:
(Please note, times are approximate and subject to change)
6:45pm - Jonny Lang
5pm - The Steeldrivers
3:30pm - The Marcus King Band
2pm - Slim Gypsy Baggage wsg Matt Rollings
12:15pm - The Lil' Smokies
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Women's Metallic Alphabet Pendant O
The crosshatch detail in this typographical 'O' pendant gives the piece a texture that reflects the light beautifully. The pendant hangs straight and measures 14mm in height, 13mm in width and 3mm in depth. Chain not included. Model is wearing Fine Chain 17'/43cm with adjuster. Color: metallic