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the carolina watchman vol vii-third series salisbury n c september 28 1876 no 53 carolina watchman u*ekki.v-j j llklnkr kd and propr ff jsbt t k wu'xek associate ed si-iisi uirtiox rates : cr payable tn advance 2 00 jffsk *» *" viivi.inising hates ,", men 00s pubucatlon *. 1 no w '.. two publications 1 5.1 1 nes tor monuis or a year pal deinocratic_reforin ticket for president .- samuel j tilden of nkh york for vice-president : thomas \ hendricks o indiana stateticket for governor : zebulon ii vance of mecklenbuno ]' lieutenant governor : thomas j jarvis of i'l ! i foi st tte t easurt r j m worth ok kandoi.l'ii i'or secretary of slate joseph a englehard of sew iianoykl fu >' stall 1 editor : samuel l love of haywood for alton ey general : thomas s kenan of wilson for sttpl of public instruct inn : j ('. scaubrough of johnston /■'",- cunyrrss 1st district i1..-si 1 yeatks of likllt.-c-kl /' cong rug 3d district alfred m waddell ok kew iianovkb fur conijres alii district joseph 1 davis jjf franklin z lh7*jami/i<rx bth district : a.-mrscaxes ► • i ik qcilfobt v fur congress — 6th district - walter l steele ok richmond for congress 7th district william m robbins ok iredell for congress bth district robert li vance ok bcncombe electors at large d 0 fowle i wake •' m leach ol davidson district electors ljt district lewis j latham u district loll n e wooten tomwmct-john i stanford jti district fab ii busbee w district f c bobbins felmiruci it p waking ft district wm b glenn s th district — a c avery ujfdrophobia in a horse tfce fitchburg mass sentinel says " a ifiul.ir cafe f hydrophobia occurred g'oti.n a lew days since a farmer 7 "'« name of torrey bad in his posses nsdng who had manifested some fni of being unwell and while in tlm ta j«bit a largo and valuable horse also ■**« by mr torrey the bile was not i.lfreil sennas as it was only a slight ' cr icli upon the nose and not severe j*«gb to draw hied in the meantime i hi died and iho horse worked as until on day he beemed quite un ,, ' h **-* os left in the btabte lor rest 7 br g-"t i show unmistakable signs of jhbohih ami was strongly hound j wpes but freed himself from them j 1 ** bis mesh iu a fearful manner ik v c ' !| z *"*" assembled tu witness i wr but were compelled lo with . *> »» it was so terrible to look upon •"» madness be would only bile one r hi(j or i ll j w | li . n | |( , ggjjjg j t ,|". w m wen a nothing he continued iu jj toteuuiil he waa shol by order of • lurrey this horse also hit auother jble horse and mr torrey is unx ! u ".)' waiting the result the same dog moody and sanuy in vermont j lth vermont sept 15 messrs jjj y a d saukey will hold services in iu \ l0 > 1 1 on sunday morning and . unlrfi t ld f mr moody's native town that day they will £.»■*- ultir regular fall meetings at tee's n 0el ' l a larg0 buil(lin 6 beat j k l 000 baa been erected in the cent re i r f * c ''^ -* or hese meetings mr o j*j e " r g«0 nccdham tho evangelist l l - a » uccorapanied by mr i 3 n i he singer of boston begins a p - v vr atro tirco iu t!j jere black on hayes o hon jere black in a recent letter ad dressed lo mr gaifield commenting on his speech in congress in reply to mr lamar of mississippi shows what it lakes to make a reformer and demonstrates very clearly that gov hayes is not the man nor his party the sort of support a reformer should have mr black said : you would have us believe that hayes if elected will r form abuses and give us a pure administration your statement and thai ol other gentlemen equally re liable ni..ke it certain that hayes bears nn irreproachable character in all he pri vaie relations i do not doubt bis pos session of that negative honesty which it is a disgrace to want i accord him those tame household vittues which entitle bim t the respect of bis neighbors and con fidence ol his family ; but be can no more stem lhe torrent of republican corruption lhan he can swin against the rapids of niagara his whole history shows that he would not even make an effort to do so he has been most happily called a man of tried subserviency a reformer in these limes must be made of stern material he must have no connection with and be under no ob ligaiion to the authors of the abuses which need reform above all things he must not luve consented expressly or implied to th commission of the pub lic wrongs which bis duties as a refill iner would 1 quire bim to punish when bei comes t oppose wi.-k dness in high places the consciousness i bat he liiiiis it is in pari delicto will make even a strong man as nei \ 1 less as infancy to show h iw bard it would be for a jian like mr hayes to resist ibe worst orders of his own party i must cite a case directly in point and certainly within your recoil ction as well as mine iu the case of milligan you made au eloquent and powerful speech before the supreme court for those free principles which i at lhe same time supported in my weaker way you showed tbe indestruc tible right of every citizen to a legal trial you pioved that magna china did not pemb 011 tbe bade field you demon strated by irresistible logic tb.it the con stitution was as supreme after the war as | it was before you pinned wiih lofty contempt the brutal idea that law was extinguished by victory of tho forces call id out 10 defend il ; and you closed with lhat grand peroral m 011 the godibssof liberty which il sp ken in aniens in the best bijs of her fierce d.'ui'»cracie would have shook the arsenal and ful minated over lcec these were nol the words of a paid advocate fir you had volutii eretl iu ihe cure ; nor the sud den emotion of i ii.-nphyt for you had read and p nnl red the subject well you j sp'ke the deliberate conclusions of your mind and 1 here is no doubt that io your heart of heart you believe tbem to be true this day y<-t when the reconstru lion law was proposed 3011 suffered yourself lo be whipped in surrendered your conscience to your parly aud voted against your re coidcd convictions for a measure that nullified every provision of tbe constitu tion whereby ten millions of people w-»re deprived of rights which yog knew to be sacr<d and inalienable if ibis was your case what subservi ency may not be expected from mr hayes when the party lash comes to be laid ou bis back 1 yon are his superior in every quality that holds a man true to public duty you have been carefully schooled in the morality of ibe new testa ment you have lived all your life iu the full blaze of the gospel you are gifted wi:b a logical acumen which few can boast and wiih moial courage tar above the average ifyou fell down before tbe moloch of abolitionism and give up all j pnociple at once what act of worship will ! hayes deny to that grim idol ? victor hugo on the atrocities o the following letter beaded for i servia appears in the paris ruppel : it becomes necessary lo call attention of the european governments to a fact so small it seems that the governments appear not to perceive it the fact is this a people is being assassinated where ? in europe has ibis act wit nesses ? one witness tbe whole world do the governments see it ? no tbe nations have above them something which is below ihem — the governments at certain momeuis this anomaly presents itself — civilization it in lhe people's bar barism is it willful ? no it is simply professional what tbe liu-man race knows governments are ignorant of this j is because governments are nothing ' through the shortsightedness peculiar to them while the human race looks on wiih another eye tbe conscience we : are about to astonish european govern ; ments by teaching them one thing — viz : ' that crimes are crimes ; that it is no more | allowable for a government than for au individual to be an assassin ; but europe is solidair ; that all tbat happens in eu rope is done by europe ; that ii there exists a wild beast government it must be treated as a wild beasl ; lhat at the present moment quite close by us there under our eyes people are massacring burning pillaging exterminating cutting the throats of fathers and mothers sell ing lhe little girls aud boys ; that the children too small to be sold are being cat iu two by ibe blow of a sabre ; tbat fami lies are burned iu their bouses ; that one town batak for example — has been re duced io a few hours from 9,000 inhabi tants to 1,300 ; that the cemeteiies are chocked with more corpses than can be buried so that to the living wbo have sent tbem carnege tbe dead seud back tbe . pesileoce which is only fair w teach lhc l--jv-,raa-ii of bmope th that pregnant women are being ripped open to kill the children in their wombs ; that in the public squares there are heaps of the remains of women with tbe trace of this treatment ; that dogs gnaw in the streets the skul's of outraged giils ; that all this is horrible ; that a gesture of tbe governs ments of europe would be enough to pre vent it and that the savages who commit tbese crimes are terrifying and tbat tbe civilized wbo let tbem commit ibetn are appalling the time has come to raise one's voice the universal indignation is being aroused there are hours when the human conscience speaks and orders governments to listen the governments stammer a reply they have already tried this stammer they say it is exag gerated yes it is exaggerated it was not in a few hours that the town of b-ttak was exterminated ; it was in a few days it is said 200 villages were burned there were only 99 what you call pestilence is only a typhus all lhe women have not been outraged ; all tbe girls have not been bold ; a few have been captured prisoners have been inultilated but their beads have been also cut off which lessens the thing tbe infant said to have been thrown from one pike to the other wa in reality only placed 0:1 the point of one bayonet where there ia one you put two you exaggerate the two c and then why has this people revolted ? why do not a hock of men let themselves be own ed likeja berd of animal wliy.-jw this fashion of palliating increases ihe horror to quibble with public i digiiatiou hold ing more miseiiible the attenuations aggravate it is subtlety pleading fur barbarism it is byzantium excusing stamboul let us call th'ngs by iheir name to kill a man at the corner of a wood called a forest ol bondy is a criin ; to kill a people at lhe corner f thai other wood called diplomacy is a crime also a greater one that is aii the difference does crime diminish in proportion to its enormity ? alas ! ihat is indeed an old law of history kill six men you are troppmann ; kill 600,000 you are caesar to be monstrous is 10 be acceptable witness the st barthol omew blessed by rome the dragnnnades glorified b bossuct the 2d of december saluted by europe but ii is lime lhat lhe old law is succ-ed.-d by lhe new law however black llie night the horizon must end by getting light yes the night is black we are al the rising ol gliosis alter the syllabus behold the koran from one bible to ihe other people frat emise juiigamus dextras b-hiud the holy ee stands lhe sublime porte we are given the choice of darkness and seeing that rome offered us its middle ages turkey has thought proper lo offer us his hence the things happening iu servia where will it stop t when will finish the martyrdom of this heroic little natisin ? it is lime their i-*su<-s from civilization a peremptory prohibition to go further this prohibition to go furth er in crime we the people intimate to ihe governments but we are told you forget that tliere are questions !" to mur der a man is a crime to murder a people is a question ! each government has its question russia has constantinople england lias india france has prussia prussia lias france we reply human ity also lias its question " and lhal ques tion is this : it is greater ban india england aud russia it is the infant in its mother's womb let us supersede the political question by the human ques tion the whole future is there let us say it the future whatever is done will exist everything serves it even crimes what is happening in servia proves the necessity of tbe united states of europe let the distinct governments be suc ceeded by the united peoples let us have done with the muiderous empires let us muzzle the fanaticisms and despot isms lei us break the swords which are valets of superstitions aud the dogmas which have tbe sabre in band no more wars no more massacres no more carnage free thought free trade fraternity is peace then bo difficult ? the republic in eu rope the continental federation there is no other political reality than that rea sonings prove it and events also o.l this realiiy which'is a necessity all the philosophers are agreed ; and now the executioners join their demonstration to the demonstration of the philosophers after its fashion and just because it is horrible savagery testifies for civilization what europe requires is a european nationality oue government oue im mense fraternal arbitration democracy at peace with itself all the sister nations having for their city and capilai paris — that is liberty having light as its capi tal ; in one word the united states of europe tliere is the goal there is the port it was only truth yesterday ; to day thanks to ihe executioners of servia it is evidence to the thinkers are added the assassins the proof was given by the monsters the future ia a god drawn by tigers aug 29 1s76 victor hugo an absent-minded wife the iudihtiapolis journal says : a few days ago a gentleman ill this e.ity was astonished lo receive a telegram from his wife who was at the ceuleuuial asking bim tor the name of the hotel at which she was slopping he answered of course but the mystery was not explain ed until ber return yesteiday it seems tbat white in tbe centennial grounds she became sept-rated from ber friends and finding thai sho could uot discover tbem was about to inquire her way to the ho tel bat was more than astonished to find tbat she could not recall the name of it nor the street upon which it was located so she placed herself in charge of an offi cer until ber husband's answer to tb telegram relieved her of the unpleasant p-ndteameot who which so bad fallen how is dot 1 a colored gentleman recently sen tenced by judge schenck at charlotte for hog stealing to 10 years in the peni tentiary was a few days ago found lurching near his old quarters in meck lenburg afier being chased and finally i shot he surrendered and what do you j think he says ? why it id this that he : and numerous others ivere discliarged by j the authorities aud permitted to go home j with full ins ructions to do their beet at tbe november elections for the radical i ticket when the judgment of the law is thus set aside and for such purposes — what are we to expect if the republicans again get control of the state if this be true j the whole penitentiary gang will be tum ! ed loose to vote before another month freemen what think you of this can i il be possible lhat the voters of ihe state will stand aloof under such circumstan ces and allow this election to be carried by penitentiary convicts { we hope not — concord sun what has he done \\ ho was one of the leadeis in put tin upon us ibis infamous can by constitution 1 1 om settle who sustained holden in his devilish kirk war ? tom setlle who agreed with pearson when he said the judiciary was exhausted power ! less to take poor men who had committed no crime out of jrisiou ? tom settle who supports graiiti-.ni and all of its stealing i tom seule who went inlo the army as captain ami resigned to come home to prosecute 1 1 tu.-.o tor nol going turn settle whal w bite man has refused to de . nouuee the infamous civil rights bill 1 j tom setlle who is ti lay trying to stir up all the old dead issues of the late war i tom \ setlle who are the plunderers and thieves at washington city supporting for govern or of nor ill carolina ? tom settle who is a leading man in the radical paity ihat has brought so much distress upon the land i tom settle who favors the party that has put up on us the revenue crew worse than ever ; were the lice of ancient egypt tom setlle — albemarle times wasted sympathy one day rn-ently a res■•cctablv-drr-ss ed man carried a well grown child mu filed up and apparent sick inlo a new york hotel he placed the child on the stairs aud began to talk to it iu a very unkind rough way the attention of the guests was attracted and they gathered mound j you an able lo walk up stairs by yourself and 1 won't carry you ." oh oh tbe child sobbed do carry me up : please pa do vou know ever since i was run over by the car and lost both my feet i can't walk up stairs alone that's all stuff the man answered ; get up at ouce or i'll make you the poor child began lo fob worse than before and the brutal man gave it a se vere thump over lhe side of ibe head the child mourned pileously the in dignation of the bystanders was excited and one of tbeui said to the man is lhat child yours v what's that to you ?' answered the man ; t won't tell you he's — my — father the child sobbed and — lie — killed — my mother — just as he's — a going — to — kill — me the man doubled up bis fist and made , as though he was about to give the child a savage blow o.ie of the bystanders interfered and said say ifyou don't stop this i'll call a policeman i never saw such a brutal fattier in all my life the man began to fumble in his pock ets and the child cried out take care he's got a knifo he's going to slick you sure enough the man produced a knife and opened it tbe crowd slipped off one hy one except two i bring au officer one of these cried to , be a friend if i am to be arrested the man said i it shall be tor something and thereupon ! ho plunged thu knife into tbe body of the i child the child shrieked i'm murder j ed i'm murdered and a crowd rushed to j the spot — the man quietly raised the i child iu his arms aud removing his hat 1 said : gentlemen this is a wooden child i'm a ventriloquist any little offering you may be pleased to make will bo very ac ceptable shocking accident to a som nabuli8t a shocking accident happened in eng land on friday night the 1st inst to a mrs mcdauid aged thirty-eight years the lady had been staying with some friends at no ig warrior road keuuing ton and retired to rest as usual on fii day night but shortly afler midnight ber friends beard her walking about ber room it was known that she was a somnambulist but uo danger was apprebeaded she be ing iu ber bedroom suddenly however a great crash of glass followed by a scream and a heavy fall were heard and upon the inmates hastening to ascertain the caose they discovered that mrs mc daniel bad during her sleep walked through a glass door on the second door and fallen into the garden below a dis tauce of thirty five feet medical assis tance was quickly procured when it was found that the poor lady had fractured both legs and sustained severe internal injuries neres-sitaiing her immedia'te re ' uii"ii vt tbe ho*>f/>:il the wise little ones miss ediih , aged three years is deeply interested in ber doll one day she said aunt lottie if it would not in venience you too much i wish yon would step in and l.ll dr to call aud see gracie ihe doll i ga ve her wood bine tea and put ber to bed but she dou'i ! appear to get better little johnny has peculiar views as to • original sin one day he was about to be punished for some misdemeanor when impleaded it wasn't me mamma dear it was the bad man well johnny i'm going to whip the bad man . out of you ah yes but that'll hurt me a precious lot more than it will the bad man the napa oal transcript reports that a little boy after seeing a pretty good prospect the other day obtained from some quanz from a ledge near town want ed lo know of the miner if lit didn't think somebody had buried some twenty dollar i pieces there and they had rotted the rochester express says that last thursday while little carrie and gia^ie solomon of that city aged eleveu and twelve respectively were fishing from the pier at gharlotte one of the hooks ] became entangled iu a log a liltle above lhe water and gracie leaning over to disentangle it plunged headlong into the river there was not a soul near save one little boy who ran away screaming ' for help but carrie grasped ber fish-pole firmly and when her little sister rose to 1 the surface placed the end of it in her hands and bracing her foot iu a crevice 1 of the pur togged and pulled like a lit tle heioiue that she was being nearly - drawn iu herself twice until she landed gracie safely on ihe dock tommy is fond of sugar and asks his ( mother for some to eat with his strawber ries she refuses he appears resigned but adds gravely : you know mamma what happened round the corner there was a little boy and his mother would not give him any sugar on his strawber ries and ," and — ?" and next day he fell into a well ... . frightful scene at a french railway station a frightful scene took place at the vaise railway btation lyons on the 2d inst a superb nubian lion intended for the bidel menagerie which had just arrived was left iti the station awaiting orders from iis owners the superinten dent look the precaution of removing the truck iu which thu animal was brought o lyons into a corner of lhc line of the or dinary traffic aud put a barricade around it to prevent the accidental approach of strangers ah these steps however af forded only a stimulant lo the curiosity of some persons who happeued to be in the station among them was a cattle merchant who was seized with an insane desire to go up to the wild animal and caress il as he mighl do a cow or a sheep ilmt he hid just purchased he put his arms inside the cage for this purpose bul in another moment horrible cries were heard and attracted all the woikmeu and officials to the spol where the lion had been safely placed out of the reach of do ing harm to al but those who might will fully seek danger the bight presented wis a frightful one the infuriated ani mal had the limb of lhe adventurous cat lie dealer between his teeth and was dragging t lie whole body wiihin the iron bars the spectators immediately armed themselves wiih picks shovels and crow bars ; but before ihey succeeded iu forc ing the lim to loo-sen his hold he had torn the man frightfully medical assis lance was soon procured and it was found necessaiy to perform an amputa tion to save the life of this \ ictim of his own recklessness do you the ansonian puis these pertinent queries : do you want lo reduce your taxes ? vole for the amendments do you want separate schools for tlie while and colored children in our state vole for tho amendments do you want to save 12,500 per an num to the state ? vote for tbe amendments reducing the number of judges would you have saved from 850,000 to 100,000 per annum in the legislative expenses ? vole for the amendment restricting the session to sixty days aud the per diem of the members to four dollars ifyou want good economical govern ment in north carolina vote for ull the a me n dm cm s it is certainly highly dangerous to tbe reputation of most men to live very long what would not byron have lost in fame if instead of dying at 16 in the effort to secure greek independence he had lived to be a querulous invalid of so ? here i poor old earl russell who gecaaionally reminds mankind of his ximence by a letter in the loudon times ho much more glory would he have got if he had sunk to rise no mote after iih had as the scion ofa historic house which shed its blood on the scuffi-id in the sacred cause of liberty carried tho reform bill of is31 ? yet the old mau's old age has fallen in pteacaai places his letters are dated from pembroke lodge a charming abode which is crown property generally be stowed upon somo emiuent servant of the crown for life at lord russell's death it is very likely to become the home of mr gladstone lird russell has never had large means and has never eveu by his greatest enemies been accused of greed or overreaching and the queen's act io giving bim this house — he had no other n the country — wji rpplauird bv all parties — n y svn a case of hydrophobia i a death that is the uppermost topic with ! many new york physicians adam hermann who lived in sixrv 1 eighth street near ninth avenue was bit | ten by a spitz dog aboul three weeks ago j lhe bite left a small scratch on the i,id*x finger of mr hermann's left hand he thought nothing of it until 01 monday last he raised a glass of whiskey to his lip then he involuntarily shuddered and a choking suffocating sensation over powered him on tuesday he went to the roosevelt hospital and sought out dr t w rice lhe house surgeon dr rice sent for a tumbler of water and offer i edit to hermann he f ,- a , t ed back threw out his hands to motion the doctor back and his features became frightfully distorted dr rice then fanned bim with his hat a spasm more terrible than the fust seized him hermann was taken to a private room aud made comfortable liter iu the day the spasms increased in severity and frequency they came at the mere mention of water at the sight of rusting leaves or the quivering of a bcreen i that wns placed before ihe door to keep off drafs the slightest draft sent the ! sentittve patient into convulsions dur ! ing tuesday the first day in the hospital i mr hermann repeatedly tried to swallow food and drink but his efforts were not only unsuccessful but they were extreme ly painful in the spasms which were only momentary hermann's face turned almost black iii eyes stood out from iheir ! sockets and the expression of his face be came no only ghastly but demoniac i have never seen anything so fright ful said dr rice yet be was rational i through all and was able to talk clearly and sensible he sometimes bemoaned bis fate in having served all through ihe war to die by the bite of a wretched little cur all these symptoms continued up to 10 o'clock on wednesday morning j when the palient became slightly deliri i ous he sprang at an attendant and was j afterwards lied loosely to his bed he i foamed at the mouth and his head and j face became covered with froth and all ; day long he spat in quantities so great j that he covered the floor and lhe walls i soaked his bed clothing he became uu j ■conscious in the afternoon and died very suddenly at 5 o'clock in the evening mr { hermann was 54 years of age the case was wholly in the hands of dr rice but while mr hermann was iu | the hospital hia case attracted many of the most distinguished physicians of the ! , 1 city among ihem were profs markoe j dal ton clarke mason and watts of the i college of physicians aud surgeons " they followed the case with interest and it was with reluctance that the body was surrendered lo deputy corouer gold 1 schmidt yesterday he found the inter ual organs iu a very peculiar condition the lungs were iu a state of hypostatic congestion tbe cavities of the heart were dilated the liver was enlarged the peri toneal coat of the small intestines was inflamed the membranes of the brain were | congested and there was an effusion of tbe watery poi tion of the blood in addi tion to a deposit of lymph the base of the brain adhered to the skull as the re sult of inflammation the spinal cord was congested and there were hemorrhagic spots in the spinal canal the coid was softened the spine lungs liver heart and brain were taken out and retained iu the hospital for examination barnum-a tattooed nobleuas — v \ fl'll description uf the wonder the following full description from the ! biidgeport conn daily standard of captain costentenus lhe wonderfully tattooed albinian greek with p t bar nura's great show will be very interest ing to our readers : we saw at ex-mayor b irnum's resi dence this morning a wonder of tattooing ou tbe person of captain george cosieti tenus a descendant ofa noble greek fam ily from the province of albiuia his statement is thai while be together with , au american and a spaniard were min ing in chinese tartary in 1s67 a rebel lion arose and ihe three joined the insur gents ill luck coming to iheir c iu they were taken prisoners and stiljected , to tbe tattooing process for three months as a punishment iti lien of having their . lie ids cut off he says that the process i causes such terrible paiu that it required six men to hold him while one pei formed . the operation af*er it was completed j all three escaped from prison but the american only survived live or six months the spaniard losi his eyesight and died , in mm ilia but captain costentenus sur vives aud is in good health the tattooing was done with indigo and cinnabar pro ducing blue and led colors and there is 1 uot a single point ou his body which ii uot covered with these colors so tbat it 1 is impossible to discover what was tlie 1 natural color of hi skiu except by l'.s ears and the soles of his fec-r which are j the only pans ihey did uut tattoo he j appeared at tirst sight as though he were . clothed with very closed-fitting lights made of a shawl or of very soli fine j druggi-tt upou a close inspection how ever it is seen that he is entirely naked j and that ibe apparent tights are an illu j sion moreover bii whole person 1 t und | to be covered w,:h 1 variety ot an ail figures with their i.aroos most ingeuoas ' and ski'ifu printed into tbe cuticle oi tbe forehead arc s..-...na!s and inscription aud on tbe face star like figiires ou the hands are uuuierous red p-jir.ts and dgarco . resembling sculptures as well as long | tailed panther-iike shapes o.i the necii chest abdomen back and extremities tbe skiu is a mass ot symmeiricaliy arraagea and admirably executed figure f n mi keys tigers linos elephants peacocks storks swans makes crockodilee lizards mingier with bo**vj herr leaves fl ' ti , aud fruits 00 b p-ri 01 **■'-' i are indescribable figures on lhe tiack j and sides of both feet to ihe toes are blue | points and from the toes to the nail red , lines altogether there are 3s9 tattooed i pictures on the entire body ou the fore | head 2 neck s cheat 50 back 37 i abdomen 62 upper extremities 101 lower extremities 137 he is certainly one of the greatest human curiosities ever seen he has traveled in all countries except america nnd is attracted here by lhe centennial exhibition he spoke english french spanish and italian this morning and he understands the arabiac persian and several other ian guages he is about live feet ten inches | high has a feuperb physique his hair is straight jet black and glossy to tbe touch his skin has a very soft velvety feeling and it has so much the appearance of being clothed that he might walk through the public streets wiihout any one suspecting that he was not dressed iu tights caught in his own trap once two ministers ofthe gospel were conversing on extemporaneous preach well said the old divine waxing warm you arc ruining yourself by writ ing your sermons and reading them off your congregation cannot become inter ested in your preaching and ifyou were called upon to preach unexpectedly unless i you could gel hold of an old sermon you would be completely confused the young divine used all bis eloquence but in vain to convince the old gentleman j that the written sermons expressed his own thoughts and feelings and if called upon he could preach extemporaneously as we are of the same faith said tbe young minister suppose you try me j nezt sabbath morning on ascending | tlie pulpil you can hand me a text from : any part of the bible and i will convince you that i can preach without having i looked at the text before i stood up j likewise i must bo allowed the same ' privilege with you and see who will make i the best of it the idea beemed to delight the old j geutleman and it was immediately agreed ! upon ! the following sabbath on mounting j the pulpit his senior brother handed him i a slip of paper on which was written ! aud tbe ass opened his mouth and j spake from whicli be preached a glorious sermon challenging the attention of his delighted hearers and charming his old friend w iih his eloquence lu lhe afternoon the young brother who was silting below the pulpit handed hts slip afier rising and opening the ! bible ihe old man looked sadly around — am i not thine ass pausing a few minutes he ran his finger through bis h lir btraightened his collar blew bis nose like the last trumpet and read aloud am i not thine ass i another pause in which a deadly silence reigned after j reading the third time am i not thine i ass be looked over ibe pulpit at hia friend aud in a doleful voice said "/ think i am brother hidden treasure o ild hunters who still dream of finding the treasure of capt kidd should read the story i hat comes from indiana and j be encouraged in the little town of i eminence about twenty-five miles south : west of indianapolis two indians called j at a farmer's house early in the evening and asked ihe way to a certain tree proper directions were given and the indians departed nevei h iving m-en his boilers belore the farmer wr curious to know their object and wont to the tree by a short road and hid himself in tho j bushes near by s on the indians came lantern in hand they dug a hole in the ground on one side of the tree — they seemed to know the very place to dig — and to the blank amazement of the firmer found a copper chest two feet square opened i by the light of the lantern and took out several bags of gold which they al once poured into a strong sack provi ded for tbe purpose astounded at the j sii lit the farmer jumped fiom his hiding i place toward he men but in an ii slant the light went out all was darkness and ! 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Research suggests that students whose parents are involved in their schooling make better grades and are more likely to go to college, and some states -- with California leading the way of course -- are passing parent trigger laws that give parents much more power to intervene when local schools are failing. President Obama has weighed in as well. He is one of many leaders calling on parents to step up to the plate when it comes to education. "We all know that we can have the best schools and the most dedicated teachers in the world," Obama said in a public service announcement taped in 2010. "But it won't be enough unless we fill our responsibilities as parents."
Most American parents readily agree with the premise that parents are a crucial ingredient in a child's educational success. A few years ago, when the Gallup/Phi Delta Kappa survey asked parents which is more important in helping a child learn -- parents or the school -- the results weren't even close: 78 percent of parents said "the student's parents" and only 21 percent said "the school." And an analysis of opinion research conducted by my organization, Public Agenda, and the Kettering Foundation shows that most parents view participating in their child's education as a fundamental responsibility and see stronger parent and community involvement as a critical factor in improving neighborhood schools. As a DC dad in one of our focus groups put it: " I think [good schools] depend on the parent participation... Some schools have a lot of parents... in the PTA. They come to the school. They advocate for the school regularly."
But what exactly do we mean by "parental involvement"? Are we talking about traditional parental roles -- the moms and dads who check on homework and report cards and support the schools from time to time by helping out with clubs, sports, and bake sales? Or are we talking about parents as change agents -- citizens who push school reform forward by voting for candidates who share their views on education and challenging local officials to make sure their schools have world-class standards, top-notch principals and teachers, and sufficient funding to do the job?
It's rapidly becoming clear that "parental involvement" actually means very different things to different people. Based on a recent Public Agenda study for the Kauffman Foundation, parents themselves seem to differ in their view of what kind of parent involvement is most effective and in their comfort levels in taking on various roles. Although the study focused on parents in the Kansas City area, it may well have implications for parental involvement initiatives around the country. It identified three distinctive groups of parents:
Some parents didn't fall neatly into any one of the specific groups, and overall, the Kansas City area parents were divided on what form of involvement is most important for improving education. About half (52 percent say) said it was improving the quality of parental involvement at home, versus 42 percent who said it is getting parents more directly involved in running schools. The main take-away from the Kansas City work is that increasing parental involvement isn't really a "one size fits all" endeavor. Parents and families come to the schools with different priorities and different entry points.
Parent surveys also raise questions about the degree to which more parental activism will unleash broad school improvement.Nationwide, only 28 percent of parents say they know a lot about the qualifications of their child's school principal, and only half know a lot about how their child's school ranks academically compared to others in the area.
Do we want parents and communities significantly more involved in local schools? It almost goes without saying. Do we need more explicit, well-thought-out plans to bring parents and other citizens into the schools to bolster education and insure that all children have the opportunity to learn and flourish? You bet we do.

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All-new version improves on successful original.
Sport Utility Vehicles
Editor: Jim McCraw
$26,330 Base Price MSRP
$37,295 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Nissan Murano S ($26,330), Murano SL, ($27,880), Murano LE ($35,910)
Standard Engine: 3.5-liter dohc 24-valve V6
Engine Options: 265-hp 3.5-liter ohv 12-valve V6
Standard Transmission: Continuously Variable Transmission
Transmission Options: 4-speed automatic overdrive
Basic Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles
Assembled In: Japan
Model Tested MSRP: Nissan Murano SL AWD ($29,480)
Standard Equipment: air conditioning, AM/FM/CD player, power windows, power mirrors, power locks, six-way power driver seat
Options As Tested: Convenience Package ($550); Navigation System ($1,850); Technology Package ($1,900); DVD ($1,600); Dual Panel Moonroof ($1,170)
Standard Safety Equipment: frontal airbags
Optional Safety Equipment: side air curtainDestination Charge: $745
The outgoing Murano has been one of the most successful models in Nissan's recent history, with sales rising every year since its introduction in 2003, and a loyalty rate upwards of 30 percent. With sales up more than 70 percent, they've stopped production on the original Murano and given us this brand new second-generation version to consider.
The 2009 Nissan Murano is several steps more radically styled that the original. There are many more curves in the body sheetmetal, a much bigger, shinier grille with a less-busy air intake under it, very large, bold, seven-element headlamps, and a completely new rear-end design, more horizontal than vertical, with dual exhaust ports under the bumper.
Murano models come with 18-inch wheels, with 20-inch wheels standard on the top LE model and optional on the others. Once you get beyond the grille and the headlamps, the only chrome on the curvy new body shell is the door handles. This design strategy lets the body and the paint do all the talking. The new body is almost two counts better in aerodynamic performance than the 2007 version, improved from 0.37 to 0.39 Cd. The more slippery design should mean better highway mileage and less wind noise.
The flexible, stretchable platform underneath the new Murano has been reinforced from front to rear, and fitted with several additional bumper beams and crossmembers, for the heavier duty cycles a crossover sport ute encounters, so it's now roughly 150 percent stiffer than the old truck. This is meaningful not only in terms of crash safety and survival, but also in terms of long-term durability and reliability for those buyers who aren't going to be back in the market for six or eight years. Things like doors and hoods and hinges will stay where they are put because the frame is strong to start with.
The redesigned 2009 Murano retails for some $1500 less than comparably equipped 2007 models.
The 2009 Nissan Murano lineup comes in three trim levels. (The SE version has been dropped.)
Murano S is available with front-wheel drive ($26,330) or all-wheel drive ($27,930).
Murano SL models with front-wheel drive ($27,880) or all-wheel drive ($29,480) add rear privacy glass, front fog lights, steering wheel audio switches, leather wrapped steering wheel, eight-way power driver seat and 60/40 split fold-flat rear seatback with power return.
Murano LE all-wheel-drive ($35,910) adds 20-inch alloy wheels, bi-functional xenon headlights, Bose audio system with 11 speakers, XM Satellite Radio, an interface for iPod, seven-inch color display, intelligent key, Bluetooth, driver position memory (seat, mirrors, and steering wheel), leather-appointed seats, heated front and rear seats, power tilt and telescoping steering wheel, interior wood trim, power liftgate, and RearView Monitor.
Option packages include the Convenience package ($550), Premium package ($1000), Leather package ($1600), Moonroof package ($1170), Navigation package ($1850), Technology package ($1900), and DVD package ($1600). Standalone options range from heated seats and leather seating to Bluetooth, a rear-view camera, touch-screen navigation, an intelligent key system, XM Satellite Radio with NavTraffic, a Bose 11-speaker sound system, and a 9.3-gagibyte music storage hard drive.
Safety features include dual-stage frontal air bags, seat-mounted side-impact air bags (for torso protection), roof-mounted curtain air bags (for head protection), active head restraints in the front row (for whiplash protection), antilock brakes (ABS), traction control, and electronic stability control. It also comes with seatbelts; be sure to use them because seatbelts are your first line of defense in a crash.
Walk Around
The Nissan Murano made a strong statement with its swoopy lines when it was originally introduced as a 2003 model. The Murano was among the first of a new wave of space-efficient crossover SUVs that are highly styled. Sharing much of its design with the stylish Nissan Rogue launched in late 2007, the new Murano takes crossover styling another step further.
The 2009 Murano has a bolder grille and a more aggressive front end design than that of the compared to the successful original. The grille is more in-your-face and the air intakes under the bumper are larger than before. Very complex aero headlamps hang off the front corners of the body and gracefully lead into the fenders.
Bumper to bumper, this Murano has much more sculpted sheetmetal than the original, with swoops and sweeps and dips from end to end. Nissan calls it curvaceous modern art. One feature that affects both the exterior and interior is a new dual-panel moonroof that lets huge amounts of light into the cabin, but looks from the outside like a single pane of glass covering two thirds of the roof area.
Nissan has redesigned the Murano interior for 2009, starting over with a much more inviting, better organized, and much more modern and user-friendly package of instrumentation and controls, including a new center console and new graphics.
In terms of comfort, we found the new seats more comfortable and supportive than those in the previous version. Every model has a tilt/telescope steering column (manual or power) to accommodate more body types and leg lengths.
Everything on the instrument panel is well marked, and easy to use. The instruments are large, graphically clean and clear, and bathed in red-orange lighting day or night. The multi-function steering wheel is beefier, with better function buttons. The multi-controller knob at the top center of the dash has been redesigned for ease of use. The base AM/FM/CD sound system has been modernized, with a total of six speakers and the inclusion of an AUX plug on lower models and full iPod integration on the LE version, with full control and track information displayed on the central screen. The same deeply hooded screen is used for navigation, backup camera, telephone, HVAC, and radio displays. Pushbutton ignition and an iPod interface are standard.
The interior and exterior dimensions are all within an inch of the previous-generation model, which means it's as roomy and comfortable in the front and second seats as any five-seater on the market, and holds about the same volume of cargo. Many of the midsize crossover SUVs that compete with the Murano, such as the Toyota Highlander, were designed to accommodate three rows of seats. The Murano was designed for just two rows, so the second row in the Murano tends to be roomier than the second row of seats on other vehicles in this class. Bottom line: The back seats of a Murano are comfortable and very roomy for two adults.
For maximum cargo space, the back seats power up and flip down quickly and easily, and there are two different cargo storage systems available, depending on model.
Driving Impressions
We test drove a Nissan Murano SL, the middle model. Ours was equipped with all-wheel drive ($29,480) and loaded with the Technology, DVD, Navigation, Moonroof and Convenience packages, which added $7,070 to the bottom line (total $36,550), but made for a very nice, fully equipped vehicle for family travel.
Nissan's previous V6 earned awards, and its new V6 produces 25 horsepower more than the old engine, up from 240 to 265 hp at 6000 rpm, a 10-percent hike you can feel every time you accelerate at full throttle. Torque is 248 foot-pounds at 4000 rpm. The engine uses continuous valve timing control and variable induction for maximum flexibility under varying loads, meaning it responds quickly anytime you hit the gas.
All 2009 Murano models will come with an Xtronic Continuously Variable Transmission instead of a conventional automatic, and this CVT has been thoroughly tuned to the engine's improved power and torque curves for the new model. The CVT has fewer moving parts, lighter parts for lower mass and decreased operating friction, and software that makes it act more like a conventional transmission, shifting 30-percent quicker, which means the engine doesn't drone on at high rpm during full-throttle acceleration away from a stop. Nissan says it's also adaptive to each driver's style and habits. Based on our test drive, we'd have to say it's one of the best CVTs out there now, controlled by a new inline floor shifter that replaces the previous notched-gate shifter for much less wasted motion.
We won't go as far as to say there's a night-and-day difference in the leap from 2007 to 2009 in the Murano, but almost. It's much quieter in terms of mechanical, wind and road noise. The engine is much more willing, and this CVT transmission shifts properly, kicks down quickly, and lets the engine operate just above idle at freeway speeds, which is another way that it saves on fuel costs for the owner in addition to the reduced internal friction.
The new Murano's front and rear suspension is now made entirely of cast aluminum pieces, lighter and faster to reach to inputs, very well isolated from the cabin, and features a set of premium shock absorbers with built-in rebound springs to handle the big impacts. The TOPS speed-sensitive steering is relatively quick and has some feel to it, so it's not completely isolated from the cockpit and not completely numb or dead at the steering wheel. The new premium shocks with bumpers on them help the suspension keep the body flat and straight in the long sweepers and they absorb bumps and potholes very well.
All-wheel-drive versions of the Murano have a new system onboard called yaw-rate moment control, which is an enhanced version of Nissan's electronic stability control and traction control system. The optional $1200 system is set for 50/50 front-rear torque distribution, but can switch up or down to 0/100 or 100/0 depending on driving conditions. That puts the traction down to the tires with the best grip, improving traction and handling stability in slippery, inconsistent conditions, such as rain, snow and ice.
There is a huge number of competent, comfortable, convenient and roomy crossover SUVs available on the American market for 2009. We think the new Nissan Murano ranks right up there with the best of them. We like the Murano very much, inside and out. It's good looking, easy to use, reasonably powerful, and won't use up all your money on gasoline.
Jim McCraw filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of a Murano SL outside Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels
Last year Trader Joe's had a standout product called Fleur de Sel Caramels (they're back for 2007 as well). Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels seem to be capitalizing on the trend of the salted caramel and throwing in dark chocolate for kicks.
It's obviously a seasonal item as well, with little string/line drawings of pine trees and the green theme. The package says, "buttery smooth caramels drenched in Belgian chocolate then sprinkled with crunchy rock salt from the Dead Sea." Wow, Belgium ... the Dead Sea ... and they're made in Ireland. I feel so worldly.
This is one of those instances where the product looks pretty much like the photo on the package, so no disappointment there. Although out of the box they had a little dusting of microfine salt dust. (A little paintbrush took care of that for the photoshoot.) They smell nice, like chocolate and a little hint of butter.
The box has a plastic tray with a dozen little chocolate covered caramels. They fit snugly, so there were no problems with dented or broken pieces, though there were a few salt chunks rattling around.
Biting into them they have a light flowing caramel filling. It's not glossy smooth like advertised though. There's a very slight grain to it, but it's completely consistent. (I wonder if this is because the boxes are displayed above the frozen food and the package specifically says "do not refrigerate".)
There's something a little off about the buttery-ness of them though. It's too buttery. In fact, it's butter flavored. Looking at the ingredients I found that way down at the end was something called "natural butter toffee flavoring". It's not that there isn't butter in there. There's lots of butter fat and milk and sweetened condensed milk. But for some reason they felt the need to give it that extra little push. It's still all natural, but unnecessary. The crunchy bits of salt were a nice touch, not too much and a good texture complement.
Personally, I prefer the thicker, chewier texture of caramel that also has more complex burnt sugar flavors. (Remember the recent poll?) I think I'd like those other Fleur de Sel Caramels covered in chocolate. They were gorgeous.
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This article was originally published on our parent site for the book publishing industry, Publishing Trends. *** It was a lively gathering at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in NYC on January 13th, as professionals from the children's book industry gathered for the Launch Kids conference as a part of Digital Book World. Early on in the program, Nielsen Book's Jonathan Nowell and Jo Henry presented data stating that the main means of discovery for parents buying books for kids ages 7-12 comes directly from the child. While it was just one of many stats presented in a data-packed morning, […]
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Ray Young's seen a lot of cotton crops come and go over the decades. But, says the veteran farmer/consultant, the cotton quality that's such an issue in international trade these days was pretty much the norm on the Louisiana farm where he grew up in the 1930s and 1940s.
"We planted a variety called Half-and-Half. It produced quality, very white cotton. But… it was all hand-picked and was picked as it opened. There was no trash — we got the leaf off before the cotton ever went in the sack.
"We've seen a lot of varieties since then, some of which lasted only a short time and were gone."
The question, Young told members of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association recently, is: How important is cotton quality?
"Producers in our area have historically chosen varieties based on yield, not quality, figuring the money they'd get from additional yield would offset any penalty for quality. From 1990 to 1995, 80 percent to 90 percent of the cotton in Louisiana was of the three top-yielding varieties. In 1996 to 1999, that changed significantly due to Bt and Roundup Ready varieties — growers chose technology over yield and quality."
Since then, he says, the percentage based on yield has risen a bit, but technology is still the driving factor in variety choice.
Until growers can get paid for quality, Young says, "I believe most will continue to choose varieties for yield potential over quality. I hope, in the next few years, varieties will become available that will both yield well and grade well to suit the demands of the international market."
For the grower aiming for quality, he says, the most important step is variety selection. "Quality is affected more by genetics than anything else. After variety selection, managing for quality is about the same as managing for yield.
"You want to get the cotton out of the ground, growing, setting a crop, and maturing in as short a time as possible, while maintaining a compact plant. Seed treatments are important to get plants off to a healthy start. Most higher-yielding varieties are long-season, tall-growing, he notes, and use of a growth regulator should also be part of the management program.
"Insect control is important to help retain as much fruit as possible. Plant bugs, stink bugs, aphids, whiteflies, and other insects can adversely affect lint quality, and should be controlled in a timely fashion. Controlling weeds, to reduce competition and avoid harvest contamination, also influences quality. Droughty cotton produces short fibers and high mike, so irrigation should be started timely and ended timely.
"Proper use of harvest aids is important to protect quality. If you harvest a really clean crop, it will be easier to gin and preserve that quality. Ginners can only work with the cotton we bring them."
All these practices combined can help grow and harvest the quality inherent in a variety, Young says.
"Farmers are willing to grow cotton for quality — if it adds to their bottom line. Plant breeders are working on quality, but it's a constantly moving target. Still, we have to respond to what the market wants if we're going to stay in the cotton business."
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Not too long ago paid version of the Windows Phone game Ruzzle was unleashed on the Windows Phone Store. With the release, there was promises from the developer that a free version was in the works.
That promise was met today with the release of Ruzzle Free.
Ruzzle Free is a boggle-styled word game for both Windows Phone 7.x and 8 devices. You are tasked with finding as many words as possible on a 4x4 board of letters.
Ruzzle has a single player practice mode or you can take on other Ruzzle players through online matches. You also have Facebook and Twitter support to challenge your friends and followers along with support for ten languages.
Ruzzle Free is a free, ad-supported game that you can find here in the Windows Phone Store or by scanning the left QR Code below. If you're interested in the paid, ad-free version of Ruzzle ($2.99) you can find it here in the Store or by scanning the right QR Code below.
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The Lady Bisons continued their bid to defend the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in impressive fashion this afternoon in Orlando, Fla. Less than 48 hours after their triple-overtime come-from-behind victory over FAU in Boca Raton, Lipscomb defeated 2004 regular season co-champion Central Florida, 67-60.
"That was a big win for us, even this early in the season," said head coach Frank Bennett. "It's always tough to beat a team like UCF on the road, but to do it after a triple-overtime game is a huge lift for us."
Senior forward Courtney Boynton led the attack for the Lady Bisons with 27 points, including a red-hot 5-7 performance from behind the arc. Transfer Sophomore Penny Jones turned in her first career double-double for Lipscomb, logging 11 points and 11 rebounds in the post.
Although they led 35-32 at the half, the Lady Bisons showed some residual fatigue against an athletic Golden Knight team. Boynton knows the Lady Bisons' performance wasn't a flawless one.
"UCF used their athleticism and really put some pressure on us," said Boynton. "We turned [the ball] over too much, and let them get too many offensive rebounds."
Lipscomb committed a season-high 19 turnovers. The Golden Knights pulled down 24 offensive rebounds, while the Lady Bisons managed only 12 offensive boards. But Lipscomb made good on their scoring opportunities by shooting 40% from both the field and the three-point line, setting a pace that UCF couldn't match.
Redshirt sophomore Francine Houston led UCF with 14 points, all in the first half of play. UCF was fresh off of a 77-42 romp over A-Sun rival Belmont. The last time UCF and Lipscomb met was in the A-Sun championship finals, when the Lady Bisons edged the Golden Knights, 64-62 for the conference crown.
The 67-60 victory boosted the Lady Bisons' conference record to 2-0 and 4-2 overall. The Golden Knights of UCF fell to 1-1, 3-3.
The Lady Bisons take the floor again on Tuesday night against Fisk. Before the 7 pm tip off, Lipscomb will celebrate their record-breaking 2003-2004 campaign. The seniors from that squad will receive their Atlantic Sun Championship rings, and three banners, commemorating the regular season co-championship, the conference championship, and the NCAA tournament appearance, will be displayed in the Allen Arena rafters.


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The owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant said Tuesday it would shutter the controversial facility by the end of next year, putting hundreds of employees out of work, about a third of them from Massachusetts, and raising questions about the future of the region's other nuclear plants.
The plant has withstood years of legal battles with the state and persistent protests about its safety, but in the end, officials at Entergy Corp. said they decided to close the aging reactor along the Connecticut River because of economics. A steep drop in natural gas prices in recent years led to plummeting wholesale electricity prices. That loss of revenue, as well as increased costs to comply with new federal and regional regulations, made it difficult to run the plant at a profit.
"This was an agonizing decision and an extremely tough call for us," Leo Denault, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.
The announcement was surprising, as it came just weeks after Entergy won a federal court ruling invalidating efforts by the Vermont Legislature to close the plant. Entergy officials said the decision to close the plant in Vernon, near the border with Massachusetts, was not influenced by political pressure or the recent court decision, which did leave an opening for a Vermont regulatory board to try to force the plant to close.
Vermont Yankee is the fifth reactor whose retirement has been announced this year, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the number of nuclear plants in the United States will be reduced to 99 by next year.
The viability of nuclear power has been under siege for some time, as hydraulic fracturing has slashed natural gas prices. The controversial drilling technique, called fracking, has unlocked vast domestic gas resources in shale rock formations. The increasing use of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar, which qualify for tax credits and other incentives that lower their prices compared to nuclear power, has also played a part.
"Nuclear power is in big trouble economically," said Henry Lee, director of the environment and natural resources program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Entergy's announcement brought cheers from Vermont lawmakers and environmental advocates, many of whom have been seeking for decades to close the 41-year-old plant.
"This is the right decision for Vermont and the right decision for Vermont's energy future," Governor Peter Shumlin said at a press conference at his office in Montpelier.
He likened the plant's closure to a military base leaving the state. "My heart goes out to the hard-working employees," he said.
Bill Mohl, who oversees all of Entergy's nuclear plants in the Northeast, said that all 630 Vermont Yankee employees could ultimately lose their jobs, though some of them will remain on staff during the many years it will take to decommission the plant. As many as 250 of the employees are from Massachusetts, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
Mohl said company officials decided to close the plant, which Entergy has owned since 2002, after drafting a new business plan over recent months.
"Simply put, this decision was based on economics," said Mohl, president of Entergy Wholesale Commodities.
He said the company has no plans to shutter Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Mass., which shares a similar design with Vermont Yankee. Both have Mark 1 boiling water reactors like those at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan, where radiation leaked after a massive earthquake and tsunami two years ago, prompting new safety requirements at US plants.
'Simply put, this decision was based on economics.'
Mohl said Entergy plans to spend about $500 million on safety upgrades at its nuclear plants over coming years. Closing Vermont Yankee will save the company about $50 million on complying with the new regulations, he said.
"We constantly evaluate all of our assets, but I can assure you we have not made any decision to shut Pilgrim down," Mohl said, noting that Pilgrim is a larger facility that produces about 10 percent more power than Vermont Yankee.
Shumlin, who as president pro tem of the Vermont Senate led the Legislature's efforts to close the plant, said he would work with Entergy to try to decommission the plant as soon as possible so that its valuable transmission lines and prime location could be put to new energy production uses.
The company has two years from the date the reactor shuts down, expected in the final three months of 2014, to deliver a decommissioning plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Entergy will have 60 years to dismantle buildings, drain reactor pools, and contain spent fuel in cylinders reinforced with steel and concrete.
But state and company officials said they hope the work will be done in less than a decade.
Entergy officials said they intend to seal the plant and wait until some of the radioactivity declines and until there is more growth in the decommissioning trust fund, which has about $582 million, $16 million more than the NRC requires. Mohl said he does not know how much it will cost to decommission the plant, but said it is likely the radioactive waste will be buried at a repository in Texas.
The plant, among the oldest in the country, has sparked safety concerns in recent years, especially after a cooling tower partially collapsed in 2007. But two years ago the NRC renewed Vermont Yankee's operating license through March 2032, and the plant had no recent performance issues that warranted penalties or additional oversight, said Neil Sheehan, an NRC spokesman.
He said it was not clear whether Vermont Yankee's closure was a harbinger for other nuclear plants. While there are five new reactors under construction in the United States, the number of reactors has fallen from a peak of 111 in the early 1990s, Sheehan said. Plants have closed both because of economic pressures and safety problems as they aged.
Lee, at Harvard, said the loss of Vermont Yankee would not have a significant impact on electricity availability in the region, noting the plant supplies a small percentage of the power that goes into the regional power grid.
Still, the plant's shutdown raises other concerns, increasing the region's dependence on natural gas, said Ellen Foley, spokeswoman for the grid operator, ISO New England. "We have identified that as a risk."
Natural gas now accounts for more than half the region's net electricity generation, while nuclear plants produced a bit more than a quarter of the power last year.
Some said the plant's retirement could push up electricity prices. Grid officials "seem to think that they have enough power that the lights won't go out, but it's not going to be cheap," said James Hewlett, an economist who deals with nuclear issues for the US Energy Information Administration.
Others were skeptical that consumers will pay more.
"Vermont Yankee will go away, and no one will notice," said Mark Cooper, a senior fellow for economic analysis at Vermont Law School. "There are other resources."
Environmental advocates said the plant's closure will make way for renewable energy projects in Vermont.
"The state has been saddled with this poorly managed, uneconomic dinosaur for far too long, enduring environmental damage and the persistent threats to public health and safety that come with operating a nuclear power plant well beyond its planned life," said Sandra Levine, a senior attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation in Montpelier.
The question many in the region are now asking is whether other plants will follow Vermont Yankee's path, including Seabrook in New Hampshire and Indian Point in New York. How they fare depends on natural gas and wholesale electricity prices, the structure of electricity markets, and the addition of alternative energy resources. Seabrook, commissioned in 1990, is roughly half as old as the Vermont plant, and also much bigger.
Given the unfavorable market conditions for nuclear power, New England Power Generators Association president Dan Dolan wonders how the other plants will survive.
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Let this be a warning.
The tenant displacement fund was already a bit of a raw deal. The $2 million looked good on paper, but in talking with housing advocates in the area, the money was hard to access, the sum was paltry, and quite frankly it came too late, as many longtime residents were already feeling the housing crunch and were forced out of their homes.
This should serve as a wake-up call to other neighborhoods that are facing similar rezonings and similar promises. Just because you get the provision in writing, doesn't mean that it is going to come to fruition when the situation changes a few years down the road.


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This requires that environmental, social and cultural as well as economic aspects of sustainable development be taken together, and that the interactions and interfaces between them be better understood.
Activities relating to sustainable development are found in many parts of UNESCOs programme, and it is possible to group these activities in several different ways. In this website, activities are presented under five main thematic headings:
In providing an entry to information on these different subjects and thematic areas, this web site will be further developed in the coming weeks, including a gradual broadening of linkages with relevant web sites held by collaborating institutions of various types (governmental, non-governmental, private) at various levels (national, regional, international). New entries will also be prepared on UNESCO work related to sustainable development in more specific cross-cutting fields, additional to the existing entries (tourism, biological diversity, ...).
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From Hedge Funds To Skype, Collapses Prove Unavoidable
from the crashing-down deptIs there a connection between the recent meltdown at quant funds and last week's outage at Skype? Nick Carr makes the provocative argument that both events are the result of what happens when algorithms fail to anticipate behavior that is somehow out of the ordinary. In the case of quant funds, their models failed to anticipate the market's wild volatility, whereas with Skype (if you believe the company's official explanation), the glitch was the result of mass reboots taxing network capacity. Interestingly, both Skype engineers and hedge fund managers were heard using the phrase "perfect storm" to describe the sequence of events that lead to their respective collapses. Of course, as hedge funds learn every few years, these perfect storms that are mathematically supposed to occur just once in a thousand years, seem to happen quite a bit more often. The same goes for any network that suffers an outage despite the best laid contingency plans. The problem is that it's difficult to craft an algorithm or a model that's robust during 'normal' times and abnormal times. In finance, one hopes that the profits are big enough during the good so that you can survive the occasional mess. The one problem, of course, with the comparison between hedge funds and Skype is that Skype's explanation doesn't ring particularly true. The connection between Microsoft patches, mass reboots and the network collapse seems tenuous at best. Thus, it's entirely possible that this particularly outage had nothing to do with abnormal crowd behavior. Still, as the surprise outage at 365 Main demonstrates, it's difficult, if not fully impossible, to completely inoculate oneself against adverse events.
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A winner was selected from 21 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
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We are a self storage company, we are a family owned business that puts customers service as number one. Please go to my website to see what my company offers. http://www.springbankselfstorage.com
Our target market cover age group from 25- 75, house hold owners, medium to high income.
We are adding to our company trailer rentals, to help our future customer a easier way to move into our storage. This will not be limited to just our customers but anyone who requires the need of a trailer. We want to use this trailer to also advertizes our company when the trailer is being used. What I want on the side of the trailer is our Logo, web address, phone number (403-286-4211) our tag line (Protect What's Important) and also something that will inform people that they can rent our trailers something maybe saying "Rent Me". On the front of the trailer I want my logo, web address, and again something so people know they can rent trailers from me. On the back I want Logo, web address, phone number, and a few bullet points saying the following , We Sale Moving Supplies, RV Storage, indoor Car Storage, household Storage, and much more. The way the graphics will be attached to the trailer will be using a technic called a vechile wrap. I will not be doing a full wrap but a pactial wrap which allows the colour of the vechile to be used in the graphics. I have included a photo of my trailer and what another designer tried to do, but I'm not happy with the look. I also have included photos of other trailers and vechiles that have been done in a partial wrap for a sample of wraps.The size of the trailer is the following sides are 6 feet tall x 12 feet long, the front is 4 feet wide by 4 1/2 feet tall, the back is 6 feet wide x 6 feet tall. Please also keep in mind of any thing that is on the trailer like the licince plate ex. that may block a letter once the wrap is placed on the trailer. Thank you.


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Many visitors to Utah are familiar with Antelope Island – that big "rock" in the eastern side of the Great Salt Lake that the plane flies over before landing at Salt Lake International Airport. Many have also visited the island and hiked, biked, camped, watched birds, or visited the Historic Fielding Garr Ranch. Many also know that the island houses a great herd of Bison. BUT did you know that the island also plays host to one of the area's most FUN Festivals? It's the Antelope Island Stampede – not "stampede" as in rounding up the Bison – that's later in the year, but the Balloon, kite, and entertainment festival.
The event takes place on Labor Day weekend (August 30 – September 1, 2013 ) in the White Rock Bay Area of Antelope Island. There are hot-air balloons (launches if weather permits), professional kite flying, BMX bike stunt show and clinics, pie eating contests, kid's activities, music and MORE.
The event is open:
Friday: August 30 – 5:00PM – 10:00PM
Saturday: August 31 -Noon – 10:00PM
Sunday: September 1 – Noon – 8:00PM
There is a $10 per vehicle state park fee to get on the island, and a $15 fee per vehicle to get into the event. If you buy in advance from Smith'sTix, tickets are only $20 plus Smith's service charge.
See AntelopeIslandStampede.com for complete schedule of event, activities, vendors and other information
Also visit the Stampede Pinterest page for great photos
Though there are no Bed and Breakfast Inns of Utah members in the immediate area, Salt Lake Metro area inns are nearby. Even when staying in a Wasatch Back or Northern Inn, a day trip to the Stampede makes a fun getaway.


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Pete Williams is an entrepreneur, author, and marketer from Melbourne, Australia.
Before being honored "Australia's Richard Branson" in media publications all over the continent, Pete was just 21 years old when he sold Australia's version of Yankee Stadium, The Melbourne Cricket Ground For Under $500! Don't believe it? You will! Check out the story in the FAQ section (it really is our most asked question).
Since then, he's done some cool stuff like write the international smash hit 'How to Turn Your Million-Dollar Idea Into a Reality' (+ the upcoming 'It's Not About the Product') and he's created a bunch of companies including Infiniti Telecommunications, On Hold Advertising, Simply Headsets and Preneur Group.
Lots of other people think he's pretty good too! He's been announced as the Global Runner-Up in the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Awards for 2009, the Southern Region Finalist in the Ernst & Young 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year, and a member of SmartCompany's Top 30 Under 30.


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Scott's teacher pay hike is good business
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's Wednesday proposal to give Florida's public school teachers a $2,500 raise has been panned by critics as a political ploy or even a bribe ahead of his 2014 re-election campaign. The Orlando Sentinel churtled, "We're surprised he didn't throw in a promise of dark chocolate, red wine and foot massages."
It's amusing when people feign surprise that politicians make political calculations. We have little doubt Scott's flagging popularity — his approval rating is a dismal 36 percent in recent polls — is cause for concern in the governor's mansion, but our sense of the still-fledgling politician is that popularity is not a guiding force in his decision-making. If it were, would he be pushing for the state-run Citizen's Property Insurance to raise rates and reduce the number of policy holders? Risking the wrath of more than 1.4 million policy holders strikes us as a more risky political move than currying favor with 168,000 teachers.


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SANDY, Utah >> Thrust into an underdog role once again, Real Salt Lake kept its season alive after receiving help from unlikely sources.
Sebastian Velasquez scored his first MLS goal in the first half, Chris Schuler added the winning goal in the first overtime and Salt Lake advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 2-0 victory over the Galaxy on Thursday night.
RSL won the series 2-1 on aggregate, reaching a conference final for the third time in five years and ending the Galaxy's bid for a third consecutive MLS Cup. They will host Portland in the first leg of the conference finals on Sunday. The Timbers advanced with a 5-3 aggregate win over Seattle in Thursday night's late game.
"11 players defended," RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando said. "That's the big key. The way we play in our system, we need everybody to pitch in and defend and give the effort. Tonight, we did that. (Coach) Jason (Kreis) said we needed to do that and challenged a lot of us. The result today shows the challenge was met."
Salt Lake allowed just three shots on goal through 120 minutes and kept Los Angeles from mounting a serious scoring challenge for the bulk of the match.
"We all knew they were going to focus on Robbie (Keane) and myself, so it was incumbent upon the other guys to make some plays," Galaxy forward Landon Donovan said. "Robbie and I couldn't pull a rabbit out of a hat tonight, so we needed some other guys to step up and make plays. Unfortunately, it didn't happen so it made it difficult for everyone."
Salt Lake started out strong on the offensive end in the first half, mixing several nice passes with good ball movement to break down the Los Angeles defense. The Galaxy made it easier for Salt Lake to create some scoring chances by struggling to possess the ball and clear it.
RSL's efforts paid off in the 35th minute when Velasquez's goal tied it 1-1 on the aggregate. Chris Wingert sent a cross into Velasquez, who was unmarked just outside the top of the 6-yard box. Velasquez quickly made the Galaxy pay, sending a snap-header past goalkeeper Jaime Penedo for his first goal in an RSL uniform.
Velasquez earned the start in place of injured midfielder Ned Grabavoy, who sat out with a left hamstring strain.
"He's an extremely hungry player that has some real gifts," Kreis said. "Sometimes it's difficult to get some of those gifts to come out of him. Tonight, he took a major step forward."
Los Angeles had no answer on the other end. The Galaxy created eight shots before halftime, but did not put any on the frame. RSL had three shots on goal out of a total of six shots.
"The conditions were tough," Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. "But both teams have to play under those conditions. They played better than we did. They were very direct. They just played the ball behind us and put our backs under pressure and scrapped a lot."
Salt Lake stepped up its pressure after halftime.
Schuler sent a header into the crossbar in the 74th minute after Javier Morales crossed it to him off a corner kick. Then Alavro Saborio collected the ball outside the box in the 78th minute and blasted it to the left side, hitting the post.
RSL had its most painful near-miss during the 84th minute. Morales scored an apparent go-ahead goal when he sent a through ball on a free kick into the back of the net. A foul in the box away from the ball negated the scoring play.
Schuler came through in overtime. Latching onto a cross from Morales on a free kick in the 102nd minute, Schuler corralled the ball on a run to the back post and tapped it home just inside the post for his first MLS goal this season.
Salt Lake improved to 2-2-2 in second-leg matches in the MLS playoffs. RSL's previous second leg win came against Columbus in the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals.


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Machines begin to enter the domestic scene in the 20th century enabling women to do their housework chores more thoroughly and more frequently. The small electric motor made this and other machines possible in the revolution in household labor that occurred. This advertisement, featuring a woman in a long white apron feeding clothes from an electric washing machine into a standing tub, extols the virtues of the weekly laundry done the electric way and presents the machine as a kind of magical instrument for relieving labor. Mixing water and electric motors is dangerous, however, and one wonders about the safety record. Manufactured by the Hurley Machine Company of Chicago and New York, the 1915 advertisement promises that for 2 cents an hour the "Red Electric" will do the work better and in less time than ever before.
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2008 Colorado State Cyclocross Women's Open Race Pictures
The 2008 Colorado Cyclocross Championships took place on and around the compact campus of Arapahoe Ridge High School on the eastern edge of Boulder. The setting was picturesque, if a bit incongruous, offering majestic views of the Flatirons mountains to the east and the towering (albeit "clean burning")smokestacks of Xcel Energy across the street to the North. The course was a rolling combination of fast pavement sections through the campus, strategically placed barriers, trails through the woods, and a particularly treacherous sandpit that featured deep sand around a hairpin u-turn. Effects from a light snowfall the day before had disappeared, so the course was dry and hard packed. Kerry Barnholt of Tokyo Joe's Cycling Team repeated as State Champion.Read More


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Unit B: The Changing Environment
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Leveled Independent Science Books
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- Why Are You Here?
- Summary: This fictional story examines the reasons animals are forced to move.
On Level
- Biodiversity Hotspots
- Summary: Visits threatened areas and describes their diversity of species.
- Acid Rain
- Summary: Describes the polluting effects of acid rain on the environment.
- Land Preservation
- National parks have been created to help preserve land and the atmosphere.
- Glass Ark: The Story of Biosphere 2
- The Biosphere 2 program created a closed environment meant to duplicate life on Earth for future space colonies.
- Endangered Planet
- A look at the state of Earth's ecosystems includes how humans influence habitats.
- The Prairie Builders
- A chronicle of the effort to bring back part of the extinct native prairie to America's heartland.
- Feeding the World
- Learn how to feed a growing world population while protecting resources.
- Biodiversity
- The concept of diversity is explained, along with the interdependence of life forms.


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Chris Christie's reelection romp
FREEHOLD, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's romp to reelection began with a storm.
For all the focus on his superior ads, his crossover support from unions, and the weakness of his Democratic rival, Christie's path to victory – one that his supporters would love to see shatter the record margin for a New Jersey Republican in the historically blue state and propel an all-but-assumed bid for president – started on Oct. 29, 2012. That was the day that Hurricane Sandy touched down on the Jersey Shore.
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His favorability numbers soared above 70 percent. He was on TV touring the wreckage with Barack Obama, sharing an embrace with the on-the-verge-of-reelection president that would come back to haunt Christie with conservatives, but which played well with voters in his own state.
( SEE RESULTS: 2013 New Jersey governor's race)
Everything flowed from there. Democrats anticipated his approval rating would come back to earth, and while the numbers deflated, he always had a commanding lead over Barbara Buono, a Democratic state senator who was able to run just two ads against Christie's 16 spots, whose fundraising was miniscule, and who attracted no national Democratic stars to her side.
Sandy was threaded throughout Christie's final day on the campaign trail Monday, as he took a pre-Election Day tour of the state with New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez by his side. Martinez, a fellow blue-state governor and former prosecutor like Christie, is a top Hispanic figure in the GOP.
Her presence – she was one of only two Republican surrogates Christie said he'd asked to come campaign with him; the other was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani – also contrasted with the string of more conservative GOPers who streamed into Virginia to campaign for hard-right gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli.
( SEE RESULTS: 2013 Virginia governor's race)
Heading into Tuesday, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Christie getting just over 60 percent of the vote, including a third of the Democrats polled. He's hoping to rack up strong-for-a-Republican margins among black and Hispanic voters to portray himself as a different type of GOPer than his party's flame-throwers, one who can broaden the party's core base of voters in order to take back the White House.
"I know we still have work to do," Christie told the crowd at Monmouth County Republican Headquarters here. "[But] we've come a long way."
He had, he said, "a mission" that was "thrust upon me" last October. He heaped praise on a local Republican congressman who was critical of his colleagues in the House during the battle for post-Sandy recovery funds.
And he told a crowd packed into a small pastry shop in Hillside that his expected victory will show the rest of the nation that he and his state are a model of governance.
( QUIZ: How well do you know Chris Christie?)
"People expect government to work for them … and you can compromise without compromising your principles," he told POLITICO. "It's not a dirty word. That's what we've proven over four years in New Jersey. … I know what's gone on here in New Jersey and what's happening here is not the result of the last six months. It's the result of the last four years."
Christie signed campaign posters calling him a strong leader, posed for repeated pictures and described his wife Mary Pat as the "real star."
One voter, who drove an antique car with her father and parked it outside the pastry shop, carried around a sign for the assembled media: "Here I am with the future president of the United States."
(WATCH: Election Day 2013 special coverage)
"All I know is that I love his charisma and I love his down-to-earthness," said the voter, Peggy Sue Singe, 52, of Linden, who added that she doesn't care if Christie gives up his day job to become president.
As it happens, the past six months have been exceptional for Christie. Armed with Obama's embrace, and with a second visit by the president to the area earlier this year, Christie was able to make an aggressive push for Democratic and union support.
His first labor endorsement was in December, and his first Democratic endorsement was in January.
( PHOTOS: Chris Christie's career)
That helped dry up Buono's efforts to fundraise against a governor who was able to cut deals with Democratic power brokers in the state. And because of Obama's glowing reviews of Christie's post-hurricane performance, Buono struggled mightily.
What's more, Christie, to the strong criticism of Democrats, was able to tout his own leadership in taxpayer-funded ads fueled by post-Sandy federal funds. But instead of a national outcry over a misuse of money, Buono's criticism met with a collective shrug.
Despite hiring some of Obama's own campaign consultants, the only endorsement the president made in New Jersey was of now-Sen. Cory Booker, his friend and longtime ally.
( PHOTOS: Politicians take action on Hurricane Sandy)
Without money, Buono could barely go up on the air, and the Democratic Governors Association spent virtually no money on her behalf. Only EMILY's List, which recruits female candidates, was strongly behind Buono.
Her approach to messaging was criticized by some in New Jersey – instead of focusing directly on parts of Christie's record, she seized on his ambitions for higher office.
Sources familiar with Buono's strategy insisted there was only a small handful of imperfect options available to her, and her team went in that direction because it was a way to highlight Christie's own harder-right record on abortion, gay marriage and what one source called his "trickle-down" approach to economics.


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Eat Well Be Well with Diabetes: Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Session 1 of 5)
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, 10 a.m. to noon
Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired8770 Manchester Road, Saint Louis MO map...
A four-session series that provides people with type 2 diabetes, their family and friends, with tools for the self-management of diabetes. The series focuses on nutrition, the cornerstone of diabetes management, but also reviews other self-management strategies that can help individuals avoid diabetes complications. Food demonstrations and tasting are included.
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Introduction to Diabetes Self-Management
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