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|Oracle Credit Management User Guide
Release 12.1
Part Number E13502-04
Complete the tasks in this chapter after installation, but before setting up credit policies.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Credit analysts assist in the resolution of credit-related issues and evaluate the creditworthiness of your customers and prospects. Credit analysts can view credit applications and case folders in Oracle Credit Management, and can submit recommendations after concluding a credit analysis.
You must define employees as credit analysts and credit managers before they have access to view and update data in Credit Management.
Note: In addition to defining true credit personnel as credit analysts and credit managers, you can also assign the role of credit analyst to other interested parties who require view-only access to credit applications. For example, a sales representative who initiates a credit review request by submitting a lease application might want to view the credit application details.
To define credit analysts:
First define your credit analysts as employees in Oracle Human Resources Management System (HRMS).
See: People Management Overview, Oracle HRMS Workforce Sourcing, Deployment, and Talent Management Guide.
Next, import employees from HRMS into Resource Manager and assign roles.
Two seeded roles exist for Credit Management:
Credit Analyst
Credit Manager
Note: A credit manager has access to setup functionality. You can assign the credit manager role to a credit analyst.
See: Overview of Setting Up Resource Manager, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Administration Guide and Overview of the Oracle Resource Manager, Oracle Trading Community Architecture User Guide.
Finally, when defining your analysts as E-Business Suite users in the Users window, link each analyst to his or her HRMS record by selecting:
The analyst's name in the Person field
The analyst's Person ID for the Oracle Self-Service Web Applications ICX_HR_PERSON_ID and TO_PERSON_ID securing attributes
See: Users Window, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide - Security.
After you define a credit analyst, you can modify any of the analyst's information, except the employee and user names.
Tip: Non-employees can also initiate (from an application outside Credit Management) the creation of credit applications. Non-employees are users who are not in Oracle HRMS and who are not assigned a credit analyst role in Resource Manager. For example, a non-employee might be a vendor or a contractor. To enable this integration, the passing application must send the requestor_type of FND_USER and the requestor_id of FND_USER_ID to Credit Management when calling the Credit Request API.
See the Credit Management API User Notes appendix in the Oracle Credit Management User Guide.
Oracle Credit Management integrates with Dun & Bradstreet, which maintains a growing global database of more than 60 million businesses worldwide. With this integration, you can retrieve D&B credit information for a customer or prospect, thereby extending the accessibility of critical credit information beyond your own historical data.
Information that you purchase from D&B can be added to credit checklists as data points. During a credit review, Credit Management automatically includes those D&B data points in the case folder. See: Adding Dun & Bradstreet Data Points to a Checklist.
D&B information is available in the form of Global Access Data Products. If the information that you have in your system is outdated or does not exist, then you can purchase the information online from D&B.
Before you can purchase products from D&B, you must first enable the integration between the E-Business Suite and D&B. See: Setting Up Third Party Data Integration, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Administration Guide.
To allow users to purchase D&B data, set the HZ: Allow Access to D&B Online Purchase profile option to Yes.
Oracle Credit Management employs the Data Quality Management (DQM) match rules to identify how search results should be displayed in the application's search screens. See: Data Quality Management Overview, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Administration Guide.
To implement DQM in Credit Management:
With these profile options, specify the seeded or user-defined match rules for determining the search criteria and results. The match rules must have the Search purpose.
HZ: Match Rule for Organization Advanced Search
Note: This profile option defaults to the seeded match rule HZ_ORG_ADV_SEARCH_RULE. See: HZ_ORG_ADV_SEARCH_RULE, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Reference Guide.
HZ: Match Rule for Organization Simple Search
Note: This profile option defaults to the seeded match rule HZ_ORG_SIMPLE_SEARCH_RULE. See: HZ_ORG_SIMPLE_SEARCH_RULE, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Reference Guide.
Set the HZ: Enable DQM Party Search Determine profile option to Yes. DQM search is enabled only for searches that has an assigned match rule, based on the above profile options.
Run the DQM Staging program from a Trading Community Manager responsibility.
The DQM Staging program uses the match rules that you selected to create the indexes used in Oracle Credit Management search screens.
See: DQM Staging Program, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Administration Guide.
To enable faster performance and greater processing efficiency, Oracle Credit Management populates two summary tables with Oracle Receivables data, such as the amount of open invoices and the percentage of invoices paid late.
Later, during credit reviews, Credit Management examines the data in these prepopulated tables, thus saving processing time and delivering faster results.
The tables are:
Stores current balances, such as the amount of open invoices and open receivables. Balances are stored as current snapshots and are not dependent on any time parameter.
Stores data, such as the count of open invoices and total invoice value, that is summarized for a specified period of time.
You specify the period of time using the Period for Time Sensitive Data system option, which controls how data is stored in this table. Why specify a time period? Depending on whether your business is cyclical or seasonal in nature, you may want to look back at customer data for a short or long period of time. See: Defining Credit Management System Options.
Note: Another application in the E-Business Suite, Oracle Advanced Collections, also uses these summary tables.
Two methods exist to populate the summary tables with data:
Initial load (manual implementation step):
During implementation, set the AR: Allow summary table refresh profile option to Yes. Then, run the Credit Management Refresh AR Transactions Summary Tables concurrent program from the Submit Requests window.
This program calculates and loads summarized data from Oracle Receivables for all customers.
Note: Once the concurrent program successfully completes, the profile option is automatically set back to No. If you ever want to reset the summary tables, then you must first set the profile option back to Yes. See: Profile Options and Profile Option Categories Overview.
Continuous updates (automatic process):
The initial data load is only a snapshot of customer data at a point in time. To ensure that credit reviews access the most current data, all subsequent transactions for your customers must be captured in the summary tables. This data capture is automatically enabled through a series of workflow business events.
What is a business event? A business event is an occurrence in an internet or intranet application or program that might be significant to other objects in a system or to external agents. See: Events, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide.
As business events occur in Oracle Receivables, those events are enqueued in the seeded WF_DEFERRED queue, which is the standard queue for deferred subscription processing in the database. As events are enqueued, a seeded PL/SQL agent listener service component named Workflow Deferred Agent Listener runs on a scheduled basis and executes the event subscriptions (already seeded by Credit Management) by updating the summary tables.
See: Credit Management Application Workflow.
For instance, a receipt application is an example of an Oracle Receivables business event. Credit Management considers this business event significant because receipt applications impact customer data. Accordingly, Credit Management provides a default subscription to this event, so that when receipt applications are recorded in the system, the Workflow Deferred Agent Listener automatically updates the summary tables during its next scheduled run.
The business events that can be triggered to populate the summary tables are:
The summary tables are not getting updated. How can I troubleshoot this problem?
To run the seeded agent listener, you should ensure that the Workflow Agent Listener Service container is running using Oracle Applications Manager for the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, or ensure that the WFALSNRSVC container is running using Oracle Enterprise Manager for the standalone version of Oracle Workflow.
To manage agent listener service components, use Oracle Workflow Manager, which is available as a component of Oracle Applications Manager if you are using the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, or as a component of Oracle Enterprise Manager if you are using the standalone version of Oracle Workflow. For more information, please refer to the Oracle Applications Manager online help or the Oracle Enterprise Manager online help.
See: Scheduling Listeners for Local Inbound Agents, Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide.
Define these Oracle Credit Management system options.
Specify which aging buckets to use when presenting aging data in Credit Management. Credit Management presents aging data as data points in several pages, such as from the Aging Details and Credit Summary pages.
Note: To ensure that credit review comparisons display consistent aging data, you cannot change this system option once you have saved it.
See: Aging Buckets and Interest Tiers, Oracle Receivables Implementation Guide.
Why does my Credit Management aging data not match my Oracle Receivables aging data?
Credit Management calculates its own aging data after pulling certain pieces of information from Oracle Receivables tables.
In Credit Management, the primary concern is around credit and collections. For example, what are the due dates and collection dates? In Receivables, the primary concern is around collection. For example, what are the effective dates, when was the receivable booked?
Due to this difference in focus, Credit Management and Oracle Receivables aging data can be different.
Credit classification assignments can either be assigned by a previously completed credit review, or assigned on the customer profile.
For those customers or prospects who do not yet have credit classification assignments, use this system option to select the credit classification that you want to use as the default on credit applications.
The default is High Risk.
See: Defining Customer Profile Classes, Oracle Receivables Implementation Guide.
Select the period for which credit data will be collected into the summary tables and used in scoring during a credit analysis. Reviewing summarized order, invoice, and payment data over a period of time can provide you with an overall picture of a customer's past credit relationship with you, and can help to predict future performance.
A narrower time period shows short-term trends, while a longer time period shows long-term viability.
The default is 12 months.
See: Populating Transaction Data.
Indicate if you want Credit Management to automatically assign a number to each credit application.
The default is Yes.
Caution: Carefully consider your business requirements before setting this system option to No. For example, credit review requestors from outside Credit Management can include a credit application ID in the credit review request itself. However, if the incoming credit request does not contain the credit application ID and the Application Numbering Option system option is set to No, then the workflow will fail, requiring manual intervention. A credit analyst will need to add a credit application ID to the application.
Select the default exchange rate type that Credit Management will use to convert foreign currency data points to your credit currency during a credit analysis. You can select Corporate, Spot, or User.
The default is Corporate.
Credit Management uses this value to convert data when data point values are calculated, and also for reporting.
Indicate the time period that Credit Management uses to calculate Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Delinquent Days Sales Outstanding (DDSO).
Note: Credit Management uses its own DSO calculation; this value is not populated from Oracle Receivables.
The default is 90 days.
Other applications integrating with Credit Management can appeal a credit recommendation. You control the appeal period by entering a default number of days, after which an appeal is no longer allowed. Credit Management calculates the appeal expiration date as the recommendation date plus the Appeal Days value that you select here.
Credit Management uses lookups to help speed data entry and increase accuracy. You can use the predefined lookups that Credit Management provides, or you can create additional lookups where required.
For example, to identify an applicant's potential credit risk, you must select a credit classification, if not previously assigned, when entering a credit application. The credit classification describes the type of credit relationship that you have with the applicant.
Credit Management provides you with High Risk, Low Risk, Moderate Risk, and New Prospect, but you can optionally define new credit classifications to fit your business needs.
Use the Oracle Receivables Lookups window to define any additional lookups that you require.
Tip: After you add new credit classifications or reason types, bounce the apache server to make sure that the new values are available for users to select in the application.
The following table lists lookup types used for Credit Management.
|Where Used
|Credit Analysis Topic
|Case folder
|AR CM Collateral Category
|Credit application, case folder
|AR CM Collateral Valuation Type
|Credit application, case folder
|Credit Classification
|Credit application, checklist setup
|Business Entity Type
|Credit application
|AR CM Financial Data Monetary Unit
|Credit application, case folder
|Financial Reporting Period
|Credit application, case folder
|Credit Recommendations for Trade
|Case folder, automation rules setup
|Review Type
|Credit application
|Credit Recommendations for Term
|Case folder, automation rules setup
|Credit Management Internal Trade Ratings
|Asset Classes
|Asset Quantity Type for Class Other
|Asset Quantity Type for Machinery and Equipment
|Asset Quantity Type for Real Estate
|Asset Quantity Type for Securities
|Asset Reference Type for Class Other
|Asset Reference Type for Machinery and Equipment
|Asset Reference Type for Real Estate
|Asset Reference Type for Securities
|OCM Request Source
|User Data Point Categories
|Additional data points setup
Related Topics
Reviewing and Updating Receivables Lookups, Oracle Receivables Implementation Guide
In the Oracle Receivables Customer Profile Classes window, use the Collectors region on the Profile Class tab to assign credit information to your customer profile classes:
Or, use the Assign Customer Credit Classification program.
Periodic review cycle
Optionally assign credit analysts to indicate who is responsible for monitoring the creditworthiness of the account and for assisting in the resolution of credit-related issues.
Note: Credit Management looks for an assigned credit analyst at the customer profile, only after other locations fail to provide an assignment. See: Credit Analyst Assignment Rules.
If a credit applicant does not have an assigned credit analyst, or is a prospect, then any credit review for that applicant is routed to the Credit Scheduler for analyst assignment. See: Credit Management Application Workflow.
Related Topics
Defining Customer Profile Classes, Oracle Receivables Implementation Guide
Defining Credit Analysts
Overview of Oracle Credit Management Setup
Use the Assign Customer Credit Classification program to add or update the credit classification on a customer.
Use this program when you first begin using credit classifications, or whenever you want to update multiple customers at once.
Otherwise, assign the credit classification at the customer profile class level, or at the customer or address level.
Update Existing Credit Classification: Select Yes to update the credit classification for all customers who are assigned to the specified profile class.
Select No if you do not want to update the credit classification for customers who already have existing credit classifications.
If you select No, then only customers who have no existing credit classifications are assigned the new credit classification.
Related Topics
Overview of Oracle Credit Management Setup
Defining Customer Profile Classes, Oracle Receivables Implementation Guide
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The Obama administration recently announced that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, would face the death penalty in a military tribunal to be held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the trial and the verdict are months away, executing the arch-terrorist just doesn't make sense now.
Certainly there is no doubt that KSM, as he is universally known among military and intelligence officers, is guilty of mass murder. He has pled guilty in previous pre-trial motions in Guantanamo, plus he has repeatedly and publicly bragged about his culpability for the September 11 attacks and more than two dozen other spectacular plots, including plans to bring down the
As I detail in my book Mastermind, he was the central force behind two plots to kill President Clinton and another two plots to kill Pope John Paul II. He was the main fund raiser for the 1993 World Trade Center bomb plot, the "shoe bomber plot" perpetrated by Richard Reid to down an aircraft packed with more than 300 people on its way from Paris to Miami, as well as the "dirty bomb" plot by Jose Padilla. Indeed, his real-life roles in successful and thwarted attacks in Asia, Africa, Western Europe and the United States would keep James Bond, 24's Jack Bauer, and Homeland's Nicholas Brady busy for decades.
KSM doesn't just develop, finance and supervise terror plots, he also personally commits murder. He boasted to his interrogators that he had personally sawed off the head of abducted Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. And the video evidence, shot by his paid accomplice, backs up his claim. KSM's motivation for the murder of Pearl reveals his evil character. Other Guantanamo detainees have said that they believe that KSM killed Pearl simply because he was tired of his nickname inside Al Qaeda, which was "KFC." It was a way for his terrorist comrades to mock him for eating buckets and buckets of fried chicken while holing up in safe houses in Pakistan. He wanted to personally murder Pearl to show that even though he had grown fat, he had not grown weak.
So there is no doubt that KSM deserves death if anyone ever did. Should any doubt remain, one should simply sit in the kitchen of one of the 9/11 family survivors and listen to the painful holes that have been hacked into the lives of innocent Americans—the father who didn't live to see his son's graduation, or the little girl who waits forever for her mother to come home.
But against these enormous moral claims we must also weigh our efforts to stop future terrorist attacks and to end the existence of terrorist organizations that can reach us at home. There are a number of prudent and practical reasons not to put KSM to death and policy makers would be wise to reconsider their decision to seek the death penalty in this case.
KSM is an ongoing source of vital intelligence information. Although he was captured in 2003 and transferred to Guantanamo in 2006, he continues to provide valuable information that intelligence services can't find anywhere else. Al Qaeda often repeats attack plans from its past. After failing to bring down the World Trade Center towers in 1993, it returned to the target in 2001. After failing to ignite bombs in eleven aircraft over the Pacific in 1994, it repeated the plot in 2003 with Richard Reid.
KSM was renowned for developing virtually all of Al Qaeda's bold plots; so much so that his other nickname was "the brain." More importantly, he knows the people and personalities inside Al Qaeda, as well as in the broader Islamic terror movement, from the Far East and Central Asia to the former Yugoslavia and the Paris suburbs. More worryingly he knows dozens of terror operatives in Los Angeles, Jersey City, Dearborn, MI and elsewhere in the United States.
Significantly, he built ties with residents when he attended two universities in North Carolina and his knowledge of that network remains intact. While terrorism is a profoundly anti-social activity, in its internal operations it is profoundly social. Islamic radicals spend a lot of time meeting with each other. A commanding personality or a man with the right family connections will be rewarded by the terror leadership with money, manpower and materiel. So knowing the people inside the organization is essential for understanding and evaluating the threat of potential plots.
KSM has already provided key information on bin Laden's courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, that allowed the CIA to track down bin Laden and the SEAL team to kill him. Information gleaned from KSM has also stopped dozens of plots against America and her allies.
Putting KSM to death would put a stop to this vital flow of intelligence. Dead men tell no tales.


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How Do I Make My Own Hammock?
The internet is full of people talking about their homemade hammocks, and there are a few websites with bits and pieces on how to do it. I wanted to consolidate an full set of instructions so you can make your own hammock from scratch using only this page. Aside from the pride of relying on something you made yourself, the coolest thing about making your own gear is that you can customize it however you want to. So...these instructions just present some options for making a hammock. There are different ways of doing everything, and as long as it's safe, there isn't a right or wrong way to do it. So read these instructions in that spirit - you can follow them exactly or you can change everything to suit your needs.
In the following sections, I go into detail on each step but I don't provide concrete numbers for how to do it. In places, I offer what dimensions or materials have worked in the past, but there are so many options that there's no need to be specific. But I know that some people like specifics, so here's a quick snapshot of how to make the hammock, complete with dimensions.
- Go to the Walmart $1/yd table and buy 1.9 oz ripstop nylon, 120" long by ~60" wide.
- Put a rolled hem around all four edges.
- Gather and whip the ends.
- Get your supports - strong webbing or Spectra cord with tree huggers. 8-10' for each end.
- Attach the supports to the hammock with a larkshead.
- If you want a ridgeline, attach it now.
- Get a cord with 200-300 lbs breaking strength and cut it to 100". Tie an overhand on a bight at each end to create loops. Thread the hammock supports through the loops at each end of the ridgeline.
- That's it...hang it up.
This will give you a Speer-type hammock without a bug net that's suitable for sleeping in long-term. You'll be surprised how easy it is, and the total cost is about $10. My first few took me an hour or two, but now I can throw one together from start to finish in about 20 minutes. After you get your first project done, the designs will start swimming in your head and you'll start planning your second hammock as soon as you lay in your first one! And maybe you'll start planning your own DIY Hennessy Clone like Headchange4u made!
Start out with a test hammock, and whether or not you upgrade you'll soon be doing this:
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Software withdrawal: IBM Storage Administration Workbench V1IBM United States Withdrawal Announcement 903-222
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Effective February 11, 2004, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement.
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Hump Day News 'N Notes
How many of Chip Py's rights can the DTSS staff possibly violate? Next thing you know, they will attempt to quarter soldiers in his home.
Py was again harassed by The Man last week, this time for handing out Barack Obama literature. Hmmmm, I wonder which candidates the Peterson Companies supports...
Not surprisingly, there are over a hundred grand in donations from Milt Peterson to Republican candidates and organizations. Wait, what's this? He's also donated over $10,000 over the years to our favorite soon-to-be-ex-congressman Albert Wynn? Wonder what he got out of that deal.
Whenever I think of Al Wynn, the Clay Davis corrupt politician character from The Wire comes to mind. "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit."
Seriously, I must have gotten five pieces of mail a day from the Donna Edwards campaign and nothing from Al Wynn. Guess he didn't even bother with my neighborhood, which falls within the absurdly gerrymandered 4th district.
Other miscellaneous stuff...
- The Post has a brief writeup on the venerable Parkway Deli.
- Silver Spring is still in the running for NPR.
- I don't know why, but this photo of a room housing equipment for the free downtown Silver Spring wireless service creeps me out.


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IBM Linear Tape File System Installation and Configuration
An IBM Redbooks publication
Note: A new draft version of this publication is now available
Published 26 February 2013
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Authors: Larry Coyne, Sandor Alavari, Simon Browne, Chris Hoffmann, Leticia Munoz, Markus Schaefer
The IBM® Linear Tape File System™ (LTFS) is the first file system that works in conjunction with Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape technology to set a new standard for ease of use and portability for open systems tape storage. In 2011, LTFS won an Engineering Emmy Award for Innovation from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
This IBM Redbooks® publication helps you install, tailor, and configure the new IBM Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition (LTFS SDE), Library Edition (LTFS LE), and Storage Manager (LTFS SM). LTFS is a file system that is implemented on dual-partition linear tape (IBM LTO Ultrium 5 tape drives (LTO-5), IBM LTO Ultrium 6 tape drives (LTO-6), and IBM TS1140 tape drives). LTFS makes tape look and work like any removable media, for example, a USB drive. Files and directories appear on the desktop as a directory listing. It is now simple to drag files to and from tape. Any application that is written to use disk files works with the same files on tape. LTFS SDE supports stand-alone drives only. LTFS LE supports tape libraries. LTFS LE presents each cartridge in the library as a subdirectory in the LTFS file system. With LTFS LE, you can list the contents and search all of the volumes in the library without mounting the volumes by using an in-memory index.
The LTFS SM software solution provides storage lifecycle management of archive files. Although both the LTFS SDE and the LTFS LE can write data on tape, LTFS SM provides the interface to manage files of all types in a file system structure. This file system structure makes the control of the tape library transparent to the user.
LTFS SM also provides policy-based management, job scheduling, and automated file management. It provides an integrated solution to tape library users that is designed to easily manage archives at a reduced cost. It provides the tools to manage the archived files on the LTFS tapes, to group tapes into pools, and to use multiple LTFS LE nodes to scale out the LTFS archive. Metadata can be used to arrange, search, and manage the files at convenience of the users according to the policies that they choose.
This publication is intended for anyone who wants to understand more about IBM Linear Tape System products and their implementation. This book is suitable for IBM clients, IBM Business Partners, IBM specialist sales representatives, and technical specialists.
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LIBERTYVILLE – Mickey Finn's Brewery www.mickeyfinnsbrewery.com, 412 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, has produced its 2,000th batch of its award winning, hand-crafted microbrew from its on-premises brewery run by Greg Browne, brew master.
In 19 years, Lake County's largest microbrewery will have served its customers five million pints of beer, including its own all natural, free of additives or preservatives Amber Ale. Amber Ale also is sold in cans under the same name in Lake County area grocery and liquor stores and other restaurants, said Brian Grano, owner.
Anchor of Libertyville's restaurant row, the first and largest brewpub in Lake County this fall is moving one block south to larger quarters at 345 N. Milwaukee Avenue after nearly 100 years in the same location.
Mickey Finn's Brewery is best known for its hand-crafted microbrews, especially its award winning Amber Ale. They make more terrific ales and lagers than any other restaurant in Lake County, brewing 2,500 kegs of its signature beers per year. Amber Ale is sold in area grocery and liquor stores as well as area restaurants.
In addition, Mickey Finn's Brewery's was voted "Best Burger, Best Microbrewery, and Best Beer Garden in "Northburbia."
Its upper level Amber Room is an upscale-casual atmosphere setting which accommodates up to 200 people for private social events and business meetings. Among its features is a 90-inch HDTV for watching sporting events.
Mickey Finn's Brewery, whose slogan is "Life, Libertyville, and The Pursuit of Happiness," also is known for giving back to the community, having helped a variety of organizations raise over $300,000 in support of those in need, said Grano.
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When Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe writes something, you should read it. His latest piece takes you through the 24 hours before a typical NFL game, as experienced by a potty-mouthed punter.
Read the whole thing, but here are some especially interesting insights from the article.
8am – Special teams meeting. Give every indication of alertness while silently thinking of ways to successfully invade Russia in winter. Nod vaguely and grunt if name is called.
9am – Team meeting. Drink another Gatorade, try to avoid urinating in pants (no one wants a repeat of '07). Make a beeline for bathroom once meeting ends.
Punters preventing peeing!
10:30am – Mock game.
10:31am – Make a mockery of mock game.
11am – Mock game ends, run to shower barely in front of stampeding herd.
12:45pm – TSA patdown/groping/arranged marriage. Emerge disheveled, but unscathed. Collect books and dignity, head to bus.
I can only assume that special-teamers are the only ones who actually have to put up with TSA.
4:35pm – Check into room, browse available adult movie selection to learn what current city views as acceptable morals.
Is there Tebow porn in Colorado/Florida/New York?
4:45pm – "Shower".
8:30pm – Special teams meeting. Refine Russian invasion plans. Clap briefly when projector fails and no one can fix it.
9pm – Team meeting. Pretend to enjoy inspirational team video with horribly chosen current rap/R&B song. Think of ways to permanently destroy autotune.
9:15pm – Team snack. Wonder briefly at how a five course buffet line with complete roast suckling pig can be considered a 'snack'. Fill bowl with chocolate ice cream and hot fudge until spillage seems certain. Return to room to gorge upon saturated fats.
Chris Kluwe is the Vince Young of punters.
9:30pm – Pass out in ice cream induced torpor. Dream of diabetic sheep.
11am – Watch rest of team warm up. Continue to refine Russian invasion plans.
12pm – Game starts. Immediately begin counting down time until game ends. Glance wistfully at hotdog vendors. Punt occasionally.
There you have it. The glamorous life of an NFL punter. Truly, no one could be more dedicated to their craft than us.
Indeed, Chris. And for all of you who think punters have it easy, go dream of diabetic sheep and be gone!


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I wasn't the world's biggest John Hughes fan. I respected his work and liked the movies but only "The Breakfast Club" really made me sit and think and reflect. But, on Seattle Yelp today, I saw the link below posted and followed it. It led me to an extraordinary document; a blog from a woman who, as a teenager, had befriended Hughes, Hollywood's Shakespeare of adolescent angst, via snail-mail, back during the height of his Hollywood success.
The girl, Alison Byrne, is now Alison Byrne Fields and is all grown up. When their correspondence started, she was an aspiring writer. Hughes helped turn her into one and I think you'll see, if you take the time, that she has turned into a writer of great skills and heart and insight.
It's my pleasure to steer you to this. Sometimes, life's greatest lessons come to us in what happens to other people who are generous enough to share their hardships. In the case of Alison Byrne, her generosity is only exceeded by that of John Hughes, himself.


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Hi all, well I started with the snowplow install, I had a 54" plow blade assy from a 4 wheeler that I got at an auction a few yrs ago so it was the ideal canididate. I studied the different options like modifing it to go on the loader arms, or fabricating a hitch assy to mount it to the mower hitch mount, but after sliding the compete blade under the tractor it looked simple enough to fabricate a set of mount to use the fast attach system that was on the blade so that's the way I went. Fabricated a set of aft mounts that are attched to the loader lower mount rail, then went to work on the front lift pivot using the forward mower hitch bracket, will use a cable from the dwck lift arm to the lift pivot and then a short chain to the plow assy. Here's a few pics of the mounts and lift pivot and blade.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478697272625687846.post7643481210540503979..comments2014-09-02T05:06:36.932-05:00Comments on The LeFort Urban Homestead...: Fall Food, Tricks or Treats, and Living by ListsAnn Wegner LeForthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478697272625687846.post-10877890816747954792011-10-27T12:30:35.670-05:002011-10-27T12:30:35.670-05:00Have had some great comments on the lists via pers...Have had some great comments on the lists via personal messages. My favorite is from my mom who says her only list is a grocery list, which she usually forgets at home. On the bright side, she exercises her sometimes patchy memory by stretching her brain to remember what she needed to buy.

Was asked where I keep all my lists--mostly on my computer, some at my desk, some at my basement desk/craft table. I wonder if I need a bulleted list of the location of my lists.Ann Wegner LeForthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478697272625687846.post-58057977514015027752011-10-25T23:05:52.094-05:002011-10-25T23:05:52.094-05:00Okay, you have taken that cardinal costume to a WH...Okay, you have taken that cardinal costume to a WHOLE new level. Not surprised a bit! Can't wait to see pics. And I might be stricter than you in the candy department - if only we could do homemade treats; what a difference that would even make. -email@example.com


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I wrapped up with school on Monday May 5th, so I got started on my garden for 2014 on Wednesday. First, I wanted to haul in some compost, so I made 4 trips to the local yard and brought home 4 cu. yards of compost.
Hmm....Just got news I need to clean up some kids. I'll work on this later.


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The FBI began an investigation of the connections of the adviser to trump with Russia
The American media after the first round of debates between the candidates for U.S. President trump and Clinton has revitalized hushed was the theme of trump's ties with Moscow. The press writes that the Federal intelligence and counterintelligence officers are conducting an investigation against one of the foreign policy advisers of trump, which could promote favorable attitude of the Republican candidate to Moscow. This man's name is Carter page.
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For the first time about its existence in America has learned from an interview with the Washington Post with Donald trump in March of this year, in which trump suddenly announced the list of his advisers on foreign policy. It was five people – all of them known to the expert community and the General public. It is clear that they were interested in, and in respect of a page was found the following information. He's 45 years old, he is the founder and managing partner in new York investment Fund Global Energy Capital.
According to his official biography provided by his company, Paige worked at the investment firm Merrill Lynch (she came to the brink of bankruptcy when the crisis erupted in 2008-2009, and was absorbed by Bank of America). Worked in new York, London and Moscow, where he was engaged in transactions that had relation to Gazprom and other Russian companies from the energy sector. Senior positions at Merrill Lynch were not occupied.
In 2008, along with former Manager of Gazprom Sergey Yatsenko, he founded a company called Global Energy Capital. At this company, according to Wikipedia, there is no office – it was the address of father Carter page. Internet Politico writes, citing people from the sphere of Russian energy company Global Energy Capital has not yet implemented any project. The same Politico tried to find out something about Paige from Western businessmen for a long time worked in Russia and had to deal with the Russian energy sector: none of them knew who Paige.
When Carter Paige became interested in mass media, the reporters found his statements and publications, in which he praised what is happening in Russia and criticized America.
Someone can say that he deserved an investigation, which is currently under got. However, the American press wrote: Paige went to Moscow and met with influential people from the "sanctions list". With them, according to Yahoo News, he allegedly led a talk about the fact that trump, if he becomes President, will help to lift the sanctions.
Trump, in turn, is today the bearer of Supreme state secrets – he, like Hillary Clinton, receives regular briefings from the security services. These secrets he can share with his advisers, and one of them – Paige – according to the FBI, is able to transmit them to Moscow.
Now in the U.S. Congress heard demands to remove trump from secret briefings to senior officials. Some also requires trump to do the cleaning in his office and removed therefrom all persons with suspicious connections type Carter Paige or Paul Manafort – the former head of the electoral headquarters trump, who was forced to resign when it was revealed that he received millions of dollars in business, Viktor Yanukovych. He advised and now deceased dictator: the Philippines – Ferdinand Marcos and Zaire – Mobutu Sese Seko.
"The Moscow connection" trump will spin on and on. But while all only at the level of suspicion and preliminary investigation. Official binani no one imposes – including Carter page. Although before the election there is still time – a little less than a month and a half.
Read the story "Pig, klutz, dogs: the debate trump and Clinton were hot
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Can you be blind and own a gun? Yes! Eye sight not necessary ...
Ryan GrenobleThe Huffington PostSep 08, 2013
In a move sure to leave gun safety advocates scratching their heads, Iowa is issuing gun permits to the blind.
The permits allow legally blind applicants to purchase weapons and carry them in public. Per state law, any attempt to deny an Iowan these rights based on physical ability would be illegal, reports the Des Moines Register.
"When you shoot a gun, you take it out and point and shoot, and I don't necessarily think eyesight is necessary," said Michael Barber, a blind man interviewed by The Register at a gun store in Iowa last month.
The issue has also vexed local sheriffs -- the authorities tasked with reviewing applications -- with some in full support of the measure, and others against.
Explains Delaware County Sheriff John LeClere, "If you see nothing but a blurry mass in front of you, then I would say you probably shouldn't be shooting something."
Counters Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington, who has a legally blind daughter, "If sheriffs spent more time trying to keep guns out of criminals' hands and not people with disabilities, their time would be more productive."
Iowans have always been able to carry a firearm in private, but a new law passed in 2011 extends that right to the public sphere while placing no limits on physical ability.
Federal law, in tandem with the Gun Control Act of 1968, also does nothing to limit the legally blind from owning a gun, leaving that issue for states to sort out individually. Kansas, for instance, altered their laws in 2010 to prohibit issuing concealed carry permits to anyone "suffering a physical infirmity which prevents the safe handling of a weapon."
In January of this year, shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, blind singer Stevie Wonder offered his thoughts on gun control in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan. "Imagine me with a gun," he said. "It's just crazy."
READ more of this story at The Desmoines Register.
Up next. Blind people will be required to register for the draft and if we end up in a big war, Iowa will send us its blind people to serve. After all they already "know" how to shoot guns.
I am a gun owner and a big backer of gun rights but come on enough is enough. There has to be a line somewhere otherwise we should just say that everyone can legally own a gun. Insane? Here's a gun. Murder? Here's a gun.
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Quoting Shoota:
Aren't you full of insults? Just FYI, you can debate and still be nice about it.
I guess you are right, because a gun has never been fired in the dark, or in fog, or when vision has been obstructed. I am not so stupid to think that every time someone has shot a gun it has been a clear shot in daylight. If they are TRAINED, then I see no reason why they can protect themselves, and their home. Are you seriously thinking its going to be like the wild west??!! Blind people shooting up the place?
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Quoting Shoota:
I don't think that you should have your rights taken away because of a disability. Especially if they take classes and are educated on the matter.
You have got to be kidding? There's a big difference in a physically disabled person having a gun and a blind person having a gun. Kindly tell us what you'd do if a blind person decided you were a threat & was pointing a gun at your head, torso or whatever part of your body ready & willing to shoot at what he or she can't even bloody well see? Are you really that stupid? What if you had your kids with you? The blind person couldn't tell who the hell he or she is aiming his gun at so would shoot (blindly) at the source of what he or she hears, which would most likely end up with you being shot or your child being shot or an innocent adult/child/baby, bystander being shot.
I swear to god, American's are getting dumber & dumber by the second with such idiotic & bordering on insane thinking.
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Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe supports the changes to the mental health system, McDonnell says.
"I feel like we are, overall, doing pretty well" with the tax department, McDonnell says.
McDonnell says the FBI should put its new headquarters in Virginia because "we are such a law enforcement and defense-friendly state."
Gov. McDonnell says he would be open to discussions about an
outer roadway for commuters to get around the Capital Beltway.
Investment in education is one of the best things we can do, McDonnell says.
Gov. McDonnell says after his term, he will take some time off. He says he is "looking at doing something a little different for a while," but he doesn't have any announcements to make today.


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House Bill Could Eliminate Restriction on Proprietary Schools' Access to Federal Student Aid
Miller, M. H., Black Issues in Higher Education
The community college portion of the federal student-funding pie is being threatened by provisions in a House bill that would eliminate a major restriction on proprietary schools' access to federal student aid.
The House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce revisited the thorny issues surrounding for-profit colleges in a hearing last month, during which incidents of fraud and abuse at proprietary colleges were discussed, as well as how such infractions might affect the whole sector's eligibility for federal student aid.
The bill's sponsors, including committee chairman John Boehner, R-Ohio, want to make it easier for proprietary schools to qualify for federal student aid by removing a 1992 provision known as the "90-10" role and by simplifying the definition of "institution of higher education" to place for-profit schools on par with nonprofit colleges regarding federal-aid eligibility.
David Rhodes, president of the School of Visual Arts and chair of the Federal Affairs Committee for the Association of Proprietary Colleges, said all schools of higher learning that grant associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees and doctorates, and which have been accredited by accrediting agencies, "should be recognized as institutions of education by Congress," he says.
"There is a notion sometimes expressed that for-profit institutions are somehow less worthy of governmental support than public or not-for-profit institutions," Rhodes says. "This is a deeply ingrained prejudice, but one that I hope you would agree is wrong. It is the institution's programs, and their outcomes, which determine whether an institution is recognized as a member of the higher-education community."
Rhodes told the panel that student-aid programs call for competition between all schools: "Those with robust proposals will use the funds best, regardless of whether they're public or private."
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Proprietary schools "had a gross (student-aid) default rate of 44.6 percent for the period 2000-2002," Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., says. "Keeping the 90-10 rule would give schools the incentive to raise the quality of education to attract a broad range of students." Citing a 1997 General Accounting Office report, "Poorer Student Outcomes at Schools that Rely More on Federal Student Aid," Waters spoke about students "suffering under a crashing student debt burden because the promised jobs are nowhere to be found. …


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After an unhappy childhood, 16-year-old Jane Eyre acquires the post of governess to a young girl at Thornfield Hall. Plain and poor Jane may be, but she is not to be intimidated by the owner of Thornfield Hall, Mr. Rochester, who tries to goad her into defending herself against his verbal pinpricks. As a backdrop to this duel of minds is evidence of a creature or phantom dwelling somewhere within these walls. Jane senses that something tragic must have occured in this place.
When Mrs. Bennett learns of Mr. Darcy's income, she envisages the end to one of the five principle problems in her life. If her single-minded daughter Elizabeth can be married off to someone of means, her four remaining problems might be less daunting. However, Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth appear to take an instant dislike to each other - not that the dour Mr. Darcy would ever take a liking to anyone in any event! Luckily for Mr. Bennett, fate, in the guise of another couple's elopement, enters the scene.
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A wicked queen (and a stepmother to boot...there were lots of them in those days) changed 11 young princes into swans simply because they weren't as ugly as she thought they should be. Their sister, Elise, was whisked away by the queen's henchmen, to be brought up as a peasant.The queen thought she would live happily ever after, with both the king and the kingdom under her control: but things were not quite so simple....
In 1917, the Great War is in full swing. Young Randall is a second lieutenant, and is lucky enough to escape some of the consequences of the conflict by contributing to the invention of a flare, which will be of benefit to the allies. He falls in love with a woman a few years his senior, and with the imminence of death ever in a young man's mind, he hastily marries her. Whilst the flare is a success, his marriage is not. Deceit and adultery come into play, as a consequence of which, Randall is brought to trial for murder.
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Fiji Time: 3:29 PM on Friday 23 March
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
THE Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority is concerned at the increasing number of people involved in illicit drug smuggling.
FRCA chief executive Jitoko Tikolevu said while the growing illicit trade was worrying, of greater concern was the boldness of Fijians to commit the crime.
Mr Tikolevu's comments follow the discovery of an envelope containing 408 grams of energy supplements laced with cocaine.
According to FRCA, the envelope was sent to the Nadi Post Office.
"The parcel was sent from Hong Kong directly to a Nadi-based company," he said
"The Customs officer on duty was suspicious of the envelope and when he opened it he found white powder with a strong pungent smell.
"Using an ion scan machine, the officer conducted a preliminary test which revealed signs of LSD and traces of cocaine.
"Further tests at the Koronivia Research Station confirmed the energy supplements were mixed with cocaine."
FRCA has referred investigations into the alleged illicit drug smuggling case to the police for further investigations.
This is not the first time Customs officers have been instrumental in preventing major crimes.
Last week Mr Tikolevu praised border security officers for their role in several investigations that led to the crackdown on a $1.3million liquor smuggling and duty evasion operation.
Seven officers were rewarded.
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Many women and their doctors don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to discussing birth control options. That's according to a new study from Dartmouth University. In the study of 417 women ages 14 to 45 and 188 health care providers, women's No. 1 question was about the safety of the contraceptive method whereas providers were most concerned about how the method is used.
"Having a discussion that meets your needs is incredibly important," says Julie Chor, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of obstetrics/gynecology at the University of Chicago. "If your method of birth control doesn't fit with your lifestyle or causes unpleasant side effects, you may be less likely to stick with it, which can increase your risk of an unplanned pregnancy."
Here, three must-ask questions that can help you find the form of contraception that works best for you.
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"Certain medical conditions such as poorly controlled high blood pressure, medications you take, and behaviors such as smoking can impact how a birth control method works and can increase your risk of serious issues such as blood clots," Chor says. Discuss the different contraceptive methods in the context of your own health, family health history, age, and habits. One of the most common side effects women experience with contraceptive methods are changes in bleeding patterns. For instance, you could experience irregular bleeding between periods when using the Depo-Provera shot or Mirena intrauterine device (IUD). After a year of use, many women stop getting their period altogether with those two methods, Chor says. "For some women, that's a benefit, whereas for others, not getting a period doesn't feel right." Learning more about the risks and potential side effects can help narrow your selection to find the best method for you.
2. "How Does It Work?"
This covers two areas: How effective is it at preventing pregnancy and how is it used? "You may have read that birth control pills are 99 percent effective, but that's when you're using it in absolute perfect circumstances," Chor says. "We know that women have complicated lives and it's not uncommon to forget a pill or have more than a week between the end of a medicated pill and the start of the next pack." With typical use—including inconsistent or incorrect use—the pill has a failure rate of about 9 percent. "Methods that require more effort such as the pill, patch, and ring are going to have a bigger difference between perfect and typical use compared to methods that require less effort such as an IUD or injection." Talk to your doctor about how often you need to remember to take a form of contraception and then consider what you're realistically willing or able to do.
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Thanks to the hormones in many contraceptives, they can do more than keep a bun out of the oven. Some methods may improve menstrual cramps, regulate cycles if you tend to be irregular, reduce acne, and more. If you have a particular issue—such as very heavy periods—this can help steer you toward a method that could lighten or even stop your flow. Some women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) experience facial hair growth that can improve with birth control pills. "As long as your doctor rules out a more serious condition that's causing your symptoms, choosing the right contraceptive could reduce or resolve an issue you have," Chor says.


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David S. Cecelski. The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. Xx + 288 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-4972-9; $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2643-0.
Reviewed by Alexander O. Boulton (Assistant Professor of History, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, Maryland)
Published on H-South (May, 2002)
African American Maritime Culture in North Carolina
As long as America endures as a nation, we will probably be debating the nature of slavery and its legacy. As the antithesis of our cherished national ideal of freedom, how we describe slavery largely defines who we are, or at least how we perceive ourselves. While most people in America today would perhaps agree that slavery is one of the worst imaginable conditions of mankind, historians over the last dozen or so years have reached their own kind of consensus on the nature of slavery in the United States. While recognizing the inherent injustice and brutality of the institution of slavery, historians increasingly have described the ways in which American slaves were able to forge a space in which they could act with some degree of independence.
American slaves were not merely passive victims, but were in many places able to establish a culture based upon African traditions and the necessity to survive, which allowed them to resist the most brutal psychological effects of slavery. In the process, they were able to exert a large amount of influence over their own lives, and ultimately over the course of American history. In addition, the institution of slavery was far from a single monolith. It could vary dramatically from place to place and over the course of time. Finally, despite America's ongoing climate of racism, which prevented much of this history from being written, there have been times and places in America when racial boundaries have been contested and ambiguous.
David S. Cecelski's book, The Waterman's Song: Slavery and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina, is the most eloquent expression of this current historiographical consensus that I have seen. According to Cecelski, virtually the whole of the North Carolina coastline, much of it cut off from the major shipping routes of the Atlantic by the Outer Banks, was distinctly different from the inland plantation South. On the Outer Banks, in the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, in numerous bays, inlets, and rivers, and in their neighboring communities, African Americans in North Carolina working as fishermen, ship pilots, and sailors were able to carve out a unique space, in which, Cecelski argues, they were able to establish an "African American maritime culture." This culture constantly contested the racial boundaries of the larger society, and stimulated an egalitarianism, which in turn fostered a radical black political agenda, independent of the major white political factions.
One product of this North Carolinian maritime culture was Moses Grandy, a slave who worked as a ferry man and then as a canal boat captain. Allowed to live apart from his master and hire out his own time, he ultimately purchased his freedom around 1830. He moved to Boston where he continued to work as a seaman sailing to the Mediterranean and the East Indies. With his wages and the money he earned from publishing his memoirs in 1843 he was able to purchase the freedom of his wife and several of his children.
Cecelski points out that life for the average sailor, black or white, before the twentieth century could be little different from slavery, but ships were one of the few places where racial equality was nearly a reality. Wages, status, and duty assignments were not determined by race, although the lowest jobs were more apt to be filled by blacks, and blacks rarely reached the highest levels of responsibility. Consequently, radical ideas subversive of a rigid racial hierarchy spread not just on ships at sea but anywhere that sailing vessels traveled.
A slave named Peter was another product of this maritime culture. His job of piloting ships through the channels near Wilmington, North Carolina, gave him access to sea captains and local merchants who helped him spirit slaves out of the South to northern seaports. Unfortunately, he was eventually detected and sold into the deep South. (One of his white collaborators was possibly murdered for his complicity.)
The large commercial fisheries that depended on the springtime runs of shad and herring during the early nineteenth century also contributed to the maritime culture. For nearly two months all available men and women were needed to run fish nets, haul in the catch, sort, clean, salt, and pack the fish. Crews were usually given shares in the catch plus liberal incentives to encourage their efforts. When slaves and free blacks descended on the fisheries in early spring a festive atmosphere marked a break from their usual chores. On the other hand, slaves employed in digging the canals that promised to bring prosperity to North Carolina were engaged in "the cruelest, most dangerous, unhealthy and exhausting labor in the American South" (109).
A major effort in canal building began with the importation of eighty West African slaves in 1786 to open the land near Lake Phelps. "New Negroes" were preferred for this labor since they could be forced to do work that already domesticated slaves might resist. These newly imported slaves worked for months at a time in isolated camps in the swamps, working with axes and spades, up to their waists and higher in mosquito and snake-infested waters. While plantation slaves were frequently encouraged by a variety of incentives, slaves who dug canals were driven to work by brutal force rather than the promise of a plot of ground to raise vegetables, or time to spend with family.
It is not surprising that, "at night," according to a white overseer, some of these slaves "would begin to sing their native songs. . . . In a short while they would become so wrought up that, utterly oblivious to the danger involved, they would grasp their bundles of personal effects, swing them on their shoulders, and setting their faces toward Africa, would march down into the water singing as they [were] recalled to their senses only by the drowning of some of their party" (104).
Despite examples of such brutality, a rough equality sometimes prevailed in the communities of slaves and free blacks and of poor whites who lived in close contact on the waters or in communities near the water's edge. These communities often helped runaway slaves and sometimes supported the maroon camps that thrived in the swamps. It was not accidental, according to Cecelski, that both Denmark Vesey (the leader of a slave conspiracy in South Carolina in 1822) and David Walker (the author of a well-known pamphlet in 1829 advocating slave resistance) were both products of this African American maritime culture. [1]
One of the most outstanding figures that Cecelski discusses is Abraham Galloway. The son of a white planter and a black slave, Galloway was able to hire out his own time in Wilmington until 1857 when he was able to make a deal with a schooner captain who transported him to Philadelphia. In the years before the Civil War Galloway worked with the abolitionist movement in Ohio, and then in Boston. When war broke out, he returned to the South were he served as a spy for the Union army. By 1863 Galloway had become "the most important political leader among the more than 10,000 former slaves" who had flocked to the Union army in North Carolina (187). Although much of his activities were secret, he was probably involved in organizing a black militia unit, and with negotiating its incorporation into the Federal army on terms of equal pay, and benefits for their service. Galloway was one of a handful of black leaders who met with Lincoln in the White House in 1864.
Elected to the North Carolina state senate during the tumultuous early years of Reconstruction, he pressed a radical agenda far ahead of the wishes of his white supporters. He fought against the black codes, fought for full civil rights for blacks, for female suffrage, and for public education. Always candid about his own parentage, when white conservatives in the Senate expressed concern about the threat of black men to "white womanhood," Galloway could point to his own ancestry as proof that the "threat" worked both ways. He declared that, "the best blood in Brunswick county flowed" in his veins, and if he could do it, he "would lance [him]self and let it out" (197).
When the KKK tried to intimidate blacks from going to the polls in Wilmington, Galloway's belligerent attitude, Cecelski suggests, inspired blacks to resist them. As a result, the KKK was never able to gain a foothold in Wilmington during the period of Reconstruction. When Galloway died of fever in 1870, 6,000 mourners joined in a procession half a mile to the church. It was, as one newspaper described it, "the largest funeral in the state's history" (201). The chapter on Galloway alone is worth the price of the book, and would make for a good reading assignment for any undergraduate history course looking at the era of reconstruction.
Cecelski's book has extensive footnotes, illustrations, and maps. The writing is clear, and well-focused, if sometimes a little repetitive.
One could quibble perhaps that the chapter on Galloway does not fit with the rest of the book since Galloway, himself, had little contact with the sea and with Cecelski's "Black maritime culture." This perhaps points to a larger difficulty with the book. The North Carolina "maritime culture" that Cecelski describes is a very open-ended construction. Denmark Vesey, for example, had no tie that I know of with North Carolina. Cecelski stresses the continuity of this maritime culture, rather than its change over time. The central historical events he discusses are the Civil War and Reconstruction in the single chapter on Galloway. Cecelski could have placed the events of his book in a broader historical context if he had discussed at greater length, for example, the impact of the American Revolution, or the seaman's acts of the 1820s, or the Nat Turner insurrection, or the 1933 hurricane on "North Carolina's African American maritime culture."
Nevertheless, Cecelski's work gives substantial evidence that this "maritime culture" that he conjures up was not a monolithic presence but was itself a very varied and diverse thing subject to large historical forces, and these comments are minor criticisms of a generally excellent book.
[1]. For a recent discussion of the Vesey conspiracy see "Forum: The Making of a Slave Conspiracy," part one, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Volume LVIII, Number 4 (October 2001): pp. 913-976; and "Forum: The Making of a Slave Conspiracy," part two, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, Volume LIX, Number 1 (January 2002): pp. 135-202; David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, Boston, 1829.
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Lost at sea
Jealousy is my middle-name.
Looking for love through my window frame.
(I) cannot see
Cause the wood blinds me
Waiting for a call that was supposed to be made a month ago.
When it comes it is too late.
I'm on a voyage
Lost at sea
Where jealousy….
… is no longer with me.


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