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Pollution from the overuse of pesticides threatens humans and animal species in the region of the Prespa Lake Basin in Resen, Macedonia. In response, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) worked with farmers in the area to adopt environmentally-friendly practices by setting up a system to monitor pests and diseases, but a lack of local media made it hard to communicate quickly with farmers. In this installment of Digital Diversity, we learn how Facebook and mobile technology turned out to be the answer.
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By staff at the UNDP office in Skopje
"This is the one everyone knows from cartoons – the little worm in the apple," says Eftim Petkovski, scooping the larva of a codling moth from an apple in his orchard in Resen. "But it's no joke, I can tell you – if we farmers don't spray for them early on, all our livelihoods are at risk."
"Timing is everything with these pests. You've got to predict their migrations – and that can be a matter of hours. Spraying too early or too late is much less effective and a lot more expensive because you need bigger amounts – often as much as three times the quantity. And you can guess what that does to the environment."
Overuse of pesticides amongst orchard farmers in Resen has been proven to be a major cause of pollution in the beautiful but environmentally vulnerable region of the Prespa Lake Basin, threatening the habitat of over 2,000 species of birds, fish and mammals, including many endangered animals unique to Prespa.
UNDP has been working in close cooperation with the Municipality of Resen in recent years (with funding from the Global Environment Facility and the Swiss Development Cooperation), on projects to raise awareness of the dangers of pesticides and to help local farmers adopt more environmentally-sustainable agricultural practices. These efforts have already led to a 30 percent reduction in the amount of pesticides used by local farmers each season – good news for the environment and savings for farmers. "The way we dealt with pests before was wasteful," says Mr. Petkovski. "And a lot of that could be put down to farmers' lack of awareness."
"But that's not the whole story – the problem of knowing the best time to spray is a problem faced by all farmers. It's about the speed of notification and that's in many ways a technical problem needing a technical solution."
In response, the Municipality of Resen and UNDP set up a system to monitor pests and diseases in 2005, installing six solar-powered agro-meteorological monitoring stations and a number of insect pheromone traps. The monitoring stations gathered all the necessary data, but the problem remained: How to get that data directly to farmers as quickly as possible. There's no local media in Resen, so for the past seven years all they had to rely on were paper flyers posted in the square – not an adequate system for updating farmers.
"To make the system sustainable, we knew we needed to find an inexpensive solution," said UNDP's Dimitrija Sekovski. "And that's what we came up with – an innovative way of notifying farmers that cost less than $1,000 to develop."
Walking between the apple trees in his orchard, Mr. Petkovski pulls up the messages on his mobile phone. "Here's the SMS we received about the codling moth on Friday," he says:
Apple trees in the area of the village of Rajca have been infected by the codling moth. The apple trees should be treated in the next 10 days. For more info, visit the Facebook page or call the Association of Farmers.
"That message went out to every farmer in the village of Rajca whose name is registered with the local Association of Farmers," says Mr. Petkovski. "And that's how we were able to spray before the moths had a chance to spread. Just knowing that in time has saved a lot of our fruit."
The SMS system was developed by the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Cyril & Methodius in Skopje, with UNDP support. The same pest control expert who sends SMS updates to farmers also updates a Farmers' Association page on Facebook, to help get the word out even further. The new system is part of a six-year project to restore and protect Prespa Lake, funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation.
Low costs and simplicity of implementation make this system highly suitable for replication in other municipalities across the country.
What's next? The team here are now thinking about adding another layer to the system. One of the ideas is to 'gamify' the notifications to farmers. Do you think this could work? Are there any similar examples out there? Do you have any other suggestions?
This post originally appeared on the UNDP website and has been republished by permission. You can read the original post here.
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At the World Future Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, a research contract to study seawater desalination using solar power was signed by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, GDF SUEZ and SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT in the presence of Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. The contract provides for a study of possible use of 100% solar power to desalinate seawater, a feat that would be a world premiere.
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If you're following the schedule, you should read these chapters today: Numbers 21, Psalms 60–61, Isaiah 10:5–34, James 4. Click on any of those references to see all the passages in one long page on BibleGateway. If you can't do all the readings today, read James 4.
Conflict is part of the atmosphere around us, whether through sibling rivalry, office politics, presidential campaigns, or first degree murder, someone is always struggling with someone else. James 4:1-2b tells us that all conflict comes from "your desires that battle within you." It is the impulses of our sinful nature—envy, jealousy, lust, hatred, and others—that create every disagreement, every conflict, every war. Verse 2c reminds us as believers that God is the source of everything and that, instead of striving with others to get what we want, we should bring our desires before the Lord through prayer. It is our prayer-less striving that keeps us from finding satisfaction in this life because God prevents the accomplishment of our goals when we pursue them as Christians without asking him to provide them to us. But, verse 3 reminds us that asking God in prayer is not like buying from a vending machine—prayer in, goodies out. No, sometimes we ask God for things and don't get them because we "ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures" (v. 3b). Our biggest problem is not in our strategy—ask for what you want instead of fighting for it. No, our problem is that we want the wrong things. We want things for our own satisfaction instead of giving glory to God through our spiritual growth or the advancement of God's kingdom in evangelism. James accuses us of spiritual adultery in verse 4; we made a commitment to God but we're friending and flirting with all the same desires and goals that unbelievers have. Like a jealous husband, our partner in adultery, the world, is the object of God's anger; if we choose to have an affair with this world, we put ourselves on the wrong side of God's wrath (v. 4b).
Except for one thing: God knows how intensely we struggle with affection for success, recognition, materialism, and pleasure. Instead of sending us away in divorce, he placed his Holy Spirit in us to give us a competing desire to love and serve him (v. 5). But this calls for humility; when we're frustrated for not getting the thing(s) we want in life, we need to honestly assess whether or desire for those things come from a desire to serve and glorify God or from our own selfishness. If we turn to God in those moments of struggle, he gives us the power to resist sin and draw closer to him in holiness (vv. 7-10).
What is going on in your life that is causing you frustration? Is it something in your personal life, your family or friendships? Is it a professional or financial setback or just stagnation in your job? If you find yourself arguing and fighting with others day after day, it is time to assess whether you're cheating God. Instead, allow him to lead you where he wants and provide you with what he wants you to have. "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up" (4:10).
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Earlier this past spring, I gave a National Poetry Month Presentation to the whole student body (high school) at the school I teach and counsel at. I figured that I might as well share parts of the presentation here.
After a front page and introductory slide or two, we launched into the important question you see above. I've asked this question of college seniors, kindergartners, and students of all ages and grades in between. Unfortunately, the answers often indicate that poetry is a chore. Many students have a negative association with poetry in the way it was first taught and presented to them at a young age. So I collected some of the answers I've heard and put them in a wordle.
At this point I broke the responses down for students. There are technical replies (metaphor, rhyme,
iambic pentameter), there are forms (sonnets), there are famous poets (Whitman, Dickinson, Shakespeare), and of course there are emotional reactions (boring, hard-to-understand, I-don't-get-it). Sure, these are valid replies. But I don't think they help me driving home my point: poetry is accessible! We make it inaccessible, whether we are scared off by it at a young age, or because we scare ourselves off from it by feeling like we have to discover a poem's ever elusive "point."
So how did I turn the tables on the students? I asked them the same question I asked about poetry, but this time I asked it about music (When you hear the word music, what words and images appear in your brain?). Hands shot up, minds churned, ideas were shared. This was exactly what I wanted. I showed the wordle responses on the poetry question again. I told the students, think about the answers they just came up with for music (Rap, Grunge, Drake, Rihanna, MTV, Palladia, radio stations, and lots of types of dances). The answers on the poetry wordle would be the equivalent of Bach, Gregorian Chant, Oboes, and Elevator Music to the same music question. We need to give poetry a chance, starting with the poetry that is written today, otherwise we are focusing on the history of poetry, as opposed to its vibrant and dynamic present.
There are many reasons we don't give poetry a chance: disinterest, lazy, fearful, too busy, thinks it's only for smart people, feels it's not accessible. So the question then becomes, how do we make poetry accessible? This is certainly a larger and longer discussion that I couldn't have with the whole school (I'd love to revamp some of the ways that poetry is presented in elementary and middle school). Instead, I focused on what I could control---why not urge all students to buy/rent a single book of poetry. I asked the audience to raise their hands to the question of how many of you have a television in your house? Some of them have multiple televisions in their home. I then asked them to keep their hands up in they have a book of poetry in their house. The hands rapidly dwindled. I finally asked how many of you have a book of poetry written in the last fifteen years. The remaining raised hands were few, but proudly shooting up to signify their attachment to poetry.
It was now time to turn to some examples of poetry in the form of audio and video clips of poetry. I started with Frost (audio), then moved on to Angelou (video), and ended with some spoken word from Lemon Andersen by way of Reg E Gaines (video performance). The idea was to show a progression of poetry, a natural movement through the last century that continues with what is being written and performed today, including anything these students in the audience might contribute.
The presentation ended with some specific opportunities to get move involved in poetry at our school and in our local community. In my allotted 12 to 15 minutes, I tried to pack in as much as possible to get students (and faculty) thinking deeply about poetry and their own personal relationship (or lack thereof) with poetry.


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You've heard the saying, "work smarter, not harder". With regard to value and pricing - this is a very important concept. When you work with clients who want the lowest price, and pricing is their first and only consideration - you will find that you work harder and harder and that you're always trying to beat the competition. (Hey - who is your competition anyway)? Once you establish a precedent that your time and expertise is of no value - that you are just a booking machine, this is how you will always be known - the travel agent with the cheapest prices.
For many travel agents - volume, based on cheapest pricing, is how they make their money - but they put in long hours and work so much harder than other agents to make the same amount of money (and sometimes less!). You will find yourself spending many hours price-matching against online travel agencies (OTA's such as Expedia, Orbitz, Cheap Caribbean and more) and if you are able to successfully price-match, you will take a lower commission from the supplier that you will eventually book with. A word of caution about working with clients who are only interested in price: even if you make them happy with the price of this booking, they will likely never be loyal to YOU as a repeat customer because the first time they see a trip that is cheaper than what you offered, they will "jump ship" and book where they can get it cheapest.
I've heard many agents say that "making something is better than nothing" and they are happy working on a routine booking to make a $100 commission. The agent generally provides the same level of service to the price-happy client as they do to a quality client who relies on the agent to provide them with expertise and customized, hand-curated travel experiences. Who is the winner here? Nobody. Yes, the client received a cheap deal, but they learned nothing about the value of their agent, nor did they learn the value of a value-packed travel experience! And the agent? You worked pretty darned hard for a small bit of change and even less satisfaction.
So then, what do we mean by value? Let's focus on two main ways in which travel agents provide value to our clients.
First, as a travel agent, you manage every detail of the client's travel so that it is unique, memorable and completely stress-free. As client advocates, you are "with them" from the moment you begin working with them until they return home. They won't be waiting on line to change their flights when they are cancelled, they will love their accommodations, and if they run into any logistical nightmares along the way - they will speak to a live person (YOU) who will handle everything for them.
These are just a few of the values that travel agents provide to make their client's travel experience memorable and its your job to make sure your clients know it:
When I work with clients, I explain to them from the very first contact, that I cannot guarantee that I will find them the cheapest price, but that I can guarantee the absolute best value for their hard-earned travel dollars and the most memorable, incredible vacation they've ever had for those dollars. I emphasize that I don't book "trips" but that I design "experiences". I stress what I bring to the table and I am very clear about the fact that these are not values they will find on the internet with OTAs. I sometimes share the story about a couple who contacted me for a vacation in Costa Rica. I worked very hard on proposals for them and they advised me that they were ready to book immediately but then I never heard back from them nor did they return my phone calls. I explain that one week prior to their departure date, they wrote me an urgent email saying that they booked the trip on their own with an OTA and instead of flying into the Liberia airport for the resort in Guanacaste, the OTA had them booked on flights through San Jose. They wanted me to fix it for them so that they didn't have to pay $500 to get to their resort because the OTA was not helping them.
The second way in which you provide value to your clients is through customizing their travel experiences. You have to know your clients to do this - you have to "get intimate with them" and let them know that you actually care about their experience. What makes them tick? What excites them?
I can't tell you how many times I have spoken to clients who actually have no clue about what they really want. It's your job to help them discover it - and once they discover it, you have to design it for them. Once you design an irresistible, incredible opportunity (which might include multiple tweaks along the way), its hard for clients to say no. And once your client books, you've just provided the best value there is for both of you - making client dreams come true and a far more satisfying career for you!
Be sure to leave your comments and let us know your thoughts!
Stacey Ray is the CEO of Groupit Travel Host Agency and Groupit Travel. She has a strict "No Price Matching" policy in place for her clients. She loves to mentor new agents and hopes you will feel free to contact her at 919-578-9028, ext. 120 or by email.
12/15/2016 01:17:51 pm
Wonderfully said, Stacey.
Stacey Ray
12/15/2016 01:23:29 pm
Thanks so much Ana! Your support has been amazing and so appreciated!
12/17/2016 04:25:48 am
Well said. I hope you don't mind if I share this with my subs. Love it!
Stacey Ray
12/17/2016 04:28:44 am
Thanks Heather! I am honored!
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Thanks for sharing. This is spot on to what I want to do and is very helpful.
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2 Chronicles 35: 2 He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. 3He also said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
Josiah fully turned the nation back towards the Lord. Since the ark was no longer traveling, and the temple was refurbished, he ordered its return there, removing that assignment from the Levites. He also directed them and the priests back into service, with words of encouragement. Notice how he also reinforced that theirs was a service not just to the Lord, but to His people. Today, our pastors and priests serve us in a time and place that can be described as difficult at best. You could certainly include words like "trying times" and even "persecuted" in their current situations. So, for us, the question is "when was the last time I gave words of encouragement to my pastor?"
2 Chronicles 34
Josiah Succeeds Amon in Judah
1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2He did right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. 3For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images. 4They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins, 7he also tore down the altars and beat the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Josiah Repairs the Temple
8Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. 9They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the doorkeepers, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10Then they gave it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and the workmen who were working in the house of the LORD used it to restore and repair the house. 11They in turn gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin. 12The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments. 13They were also over the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen from job to job; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.
Hilkiah Discovers Lost Book of the Law
14When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. 15Hilkiah responded and said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan. 16Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported further word to the king, saying, "Everything that was entrusted to your servants they are doing. 17"They have also emptied out the money which was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hands of the supervisors and the workmen." 18Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest gave me a book." And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.
19When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. 20Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 21"Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on us because our fathers have not observed the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book."
Huldah, the Prophetess, Speaks
22So Hilkiah and those whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this. 23She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me, 24thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah. 25"Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched."' 26"But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus you will say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel regarding the words which you have heard, 27"Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. 28"Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants."'" And they brought back word to the king.
29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
Josiah's Good Reign
31Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book. 32Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his lifetime they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35
The Passover Observed Again
1Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. 3He also said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. 4"Prepare yourselves by your fathers' households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon. 5"Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers' households of your brethren the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father's household. 6"Now slaughter the Passover animals, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses."
7Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king's possessions. 8His officers also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks and 300 bulls. 9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.
10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their stations and the Levites by their divisions according to the king's command. 11They slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them. 12Then they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the sections of the fathers' households of the lay people to present to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this also with the bulls. 13So they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the ordinance, and they boiled the holy things in pots, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people. 14Afterwards they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron. 15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to depart from their service, because the Levites their brethren prepared for them.
16So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command of King Josiah. 17Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. 18There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19In the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign this Passover was celebrated.
Josiah Dies in Battle
20After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him. 21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, "What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you." 22However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo. 23The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded." 24So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations. 26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of devotion as written in the law of the LORD, 27and his acts, first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles 36
Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule
1Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. 2Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. 4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. 7Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Captivity in Babylon Begun
10At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah Rules in Judah
11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD. 13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. 14Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
15The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; 16but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy. 17Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. 18All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. 19Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete.
Cyrus Permits Return
22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah—the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!'"
Psalm 86: 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
12 I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And will glorify Your name forever.
13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
And a band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
17 Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.


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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
In The Court of Appeals
Louis A. Brown, Respondent,
Elsie Francis Brown and Sharon A. Smith, Defendants,
Of Whom Elsie Francis Brown is the Appellant.
Appeal From Anderson County
Joseph W. McGowan, III, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-367
Heard January 11, 2011 – Filed July 12, 2011
William Norman Epps, III, of Anderson, for Appellant.
Druanne Dykes White, T. Harper Collins, and Sarah Ganss Drawdy, of Anderson, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Elsie Francis Brown (Wife) appeals the order of the family court holding pasture land (Pasture Property) purchased by Louis A. Brown (Husband) prior to the marriage had not been transmuted into marital property and Wife did not have a special equity in the Pasture Property. Wife also argues the family court erred in failing to order the return to her of certain items of personal property. We affirm as to the Pasture Property and reverse as to the personal property.
The parties were married on November 16, 1982. They separated on December 28, 2006. At the time of the separation, Wife was 80 years old and Husband was 87.[1] Wife has four living children, including Defendant Sharon Smith, from a previous marriage. Husband also has four children from a previous marriage. They had no children together.
Husband retired from Wellington Mills in 1984. He had purchased the 122-acre Pasture Property in 1947 for $3,000. He kept cattle on the Pasture Property until 1998, when he sold the cattle to his son Robert. Wife worked for Bi-Lo until she had to retire due to health reasons in 2007. During the marriage, the parties maintained separate bank accounts. One of Wife's accounts was a joint account with Smith. Wife paid for her car, insurance, her own medical expenses, and some groceries with her account. Husband paid the taxes and insurance on the house and Pasture Property, phone, utilities, his medical expenses, and most of the groceries from his account. While they were married, the parties lived in the house Husband inherited in 1978. Wife contributed to numerous improvements made to the house.
Wife decided in early December to separate from Husband after he told her to leave. In preparation for the separation, Wife purchased a mobile home, a freezer, a refrigerator, and a stove. In January, Wife transferred most of the money from the joint account with Smith to an account solely in Smith's name and purchased a certificate of deposit (cd) in Smith's name with the remaining $10,000. Wife acknowledged Smith had not contributed to the funds in the joint account. When Wife left on December 28, she took a considerable amount of personal property. She returned on a later date to retrieve more items of personal property.
Husband brought this action on January 11, 2007. After a hearing, the family court held the marital residence, which had a value of $45,000, had been transmuted into marital property. However, it held the Pasture Property was non-marital and Wife did not have a special equity in the property. The court found the funds in the account in Smith's name, as well as the cd, were marital property and credited Wife with these funds. The court held each party would keep ownership and possession of the household goods in his or her possession. The court awarded Wife attorney's fees. Wife filed a motion to alter or amend, which the family court denied. This appeal followed.
On appeal from the family court, this court reviews factual and legal issues de novo. Simmons v. Simmons, Op. No. 26970 (S.C. Sup.Ct. filed May 9, 2011) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 16 at 27, 29); see Lewis v. Lewis, Op. No. 26973 (S.C. Sup.Ct. filed May 9, 2011) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 16 at 41, 44). Although this court reviews the family court's findings de novo, we are not required to ignore the fact that the family court, which saw and heard the witnesses, was in a better position to evaluate their credibility and assign comparative weight to their testimony. Lewis, at 46–48. The burden is upon the appellant to convince this court that the family court erred in its findings. Id. at 51.
1. Pasture Property
Wife argues the family court erred in failing to find the Pasture Property had been transmuted into marital property or that she had a special equity interest in the property. We disagree.
Property acquired prior to the marriage is generally considered nonmarital. S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-630(A)(2) (Supp. 2010). In addition, marital property does not include "any increase in value in nonmarital property, except to the extent that the increase resulted directly or indirectly from efforts of the other spouse during marriage." S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-630(A)(5) (Supp. 2010). A non-owner spouse has a special equity interest in any increase in value of nonmarital property resulting from that spouse's material contribution. Murray v. Murray, 312 S.C. 154, 159, 439 S.E.2d 312, 316 (Ct. App. 1993).
In addition, even if property is nonmarital, it may be transmuted into marital property during the marriage. Johnson v. Johnson, 296 S.C. 289, 295, 372 S.E.2d 107, 110 (Ct. App. 1988). The spouse claiming nonmarital property has been transmuted must produce objective evidence showing the parties themselves regarded the property as the common property of the marriage during the marriage. Id. at 295, 372 S.E.2d at 110-11. Evidence of transmutation includes jointly titling the property, using the property exclusively for marital purposes, commingling the property with marital property so that it becomes untraceable, or using marital funds to build equity in the property. Id. at 295, 372 S.E.2d at 111. "The mere use of separate property to support the marriage, without some additional evidence of intent to treat it as property of the marriage, is not sufficient to establish transmutation." Id. at 295-96, 372 S.E.2d at 111. Whether property has been transmuted into marital property is a matter of intent to be determined from the facts of each case. Simpson v. Simpson, 377 S.C. 527, 538, 660 S.E.2d 278, 284 (Ct. App. 2008).
Husband purchased the Pasture Property in 1947 for $3,000. An appraiser valued the property at $383,000 at the time of the hearing. The Pasture Property was fenced and Husband kept cattle on it. In 1998, Husband's son purchased the cattle from Husband for $10,000 and took over the duties of caring for the cattle and the property. Husband never had any debt on the Pasture Property during the marriage. In addition, he paid all of the taxes and insurance on the Pasture Property from his account. The Pasture Property was titled solely in his name and Husband had devised the Pasture Property to his children in his will. Wife acknowledged Husband never indicated he would transfer the Pasture Property into her name. She also acknowledged that for years, his will provided the Pasture Property would go to his children.
Wife claimed she shared in the care of the cattle. She testified she went with Husband at least twice a day to check on the cattle. In addition she stated she accompanied Husband when taking the cows to market. When Husband was in the hospital, Wife and Smith cared for the cattle. Wife's son testified Husband and Wife always worked on the Property together. Reverend Samuel Duncan testified that he frequently visited the parties' home during marriage. He stated that often when he arrived at the house, they would not be home. They would later apologize and explain they had been working at the farm. However, he acknowledged he did not know what chores Wife did at the farm. Dr. Andrew Singer, the veterinarian who treated the cattle, stated Wife was always with Husband when he brought cattle to the practice. Wife helped load and unload the cattle and went inside to make the payments. He stated during the later years, he dealt exclusively with her while Husband stood by the truck.
In contrast, Husband testified Wife did not work with him on the Pasture Property. He stated that when Wife accompanied him to the property, she simply watched him work. Husband's son Robert testified Husband did all of the work on the Pasture Property with Robert's occasional help. Robert testified Wife often stayed in the truck when the parties drove to the Property. Sheila Loftis, who lived near the Pasture Property, testified she only saw Husband and Robert working on the property. She never saw Wife working there. Similarly, another neighbor who lived near the Pasture Property stated in an affidavit that he had never seen Wife on the property.
We find the record supports the family court's rulings that the Pasture Property had not been transmuted and Wife did not have a special equity in the property. Husband manifested no intent to share the Pasture Property with Wife. Wife made no financial contributions to the Pasture Property and Husband paid for all taxes and insurance on the Property from his separate account. Although the property had significantly increased in value, the increase was due mainly to changes in the market conditions according to the appraiser. While the good condition of the property also added to the value, the evidence of Wife's non-financial contributions to the property is contradictory. As the family court was in a better position to judge the credibility of the witnesses, we find the court did not err in ruling Wife had no interest in the Pasture Property.
2. Personal Property
Wife argues the family court erred in failing to order the return of Wife's nonmarital property that is located at the marital residence. We agree.
As stated above, property acquired prior to the marriage is generally considered nonmarital. § 20-3-630(A)(2). In addition, property acquired by either party by gift from a party other than the spouse is considered to be nonmarital. S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-630(A)(1) (Supp. 2010).
On a form entitled Marital and Non-Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution, Wife listed seven items as "Personal property not subject to equitable distribution left at marital residence":
Large Set of Silverware (Gift from my Daughter)
Projector and Slides (Personally mine; taken on mission trips to various countries)
Pressure Cooker (Belongs to Grace Metz)
Cuckoo Clock (Gift from my son from Germany)
Little Lamp (My son made when he was in School)
Drinking Glasses (I brought them from Ohio)
Table and 2 Chairs (I brought them from Ohio)
The family court ordered each party was to maintain ownership and possession of the household goods in his or her possession. Husband does not contend the above listed items were in fact marital property. However, the record is not clear that Husband has possession of all of the items on the list. For example, Husband testified Wife left him with no tables. To the extent the family court allowed Husband to have ownership of any items Wife acquired before the marriage or that were gifted solely to her, we find error in its ruling. Husband should return to Wife any of these items that he, in fact, does retain in his possession.
We affirm the family court's ruling that Wife has no interest in the Pasture Property. However, we find the family court erred in allowing Husband to retain items of personal property that Wife acquired before the marriage or that were gifted solely to her. Accordingly, the order of the family court is
HUFF and LOCKEMY, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.
[1] Wife was born June 5, 1926. Husband was born December 1, 1919.


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BARRAGAN-PEREZ, Eduardo; GARZA-PENA, Arturo; BENAVIDES-GUERRERO, Oscar y HERNANDEZ-AGUILAR, Juan. Risperidone in the treatment of acute disruptive behavior in pediatrics patients with epilepsy. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2005, vol.62, n.6, pp.421-427. ISSN 1665-1146.
Introduction. Disruptive behavior (DB) is frequent in pediatric patients with epilepsy.This conducts impacts on the functioning of the children, and often leads to their social rejection. The objectives of this study were to observe the efficacy and safety of risperidone in the treatment of acute disruptive behavior in pediatric patients with epilepsy. Material and methods. A clinical open label, prospective study with a month follow up was carried out. Pediatric patients with epilepsy (partial or generalized) and disruptive behavior, both gender, between 5 and 14 years of age seen in the neurology department, Hospital Infantil de Mexico, were enrolled.The efficacy was evaluated with CGI, Peers scale and ADHD RS. Number of seizures and secondary effects was evaluated with the same methods. Results. A total of 23 patients, 7 females and 16 males enter the study with a relation M:F of 1.5:1. All the patients had epilepsy, either partial or generalized.The average doses of risperidone was 0.75 mg/kg/d, with and efficacy of 91 % at the final of the 4 weeks follow up.The more frequent side effects were increase in weight in 12 patients, extrapiramidal symptoms (head and neck discinesias) sialorrhea, thirst and somnolence. Conclusions. With these results, we support in this clinic open label study, the efficacy and safety of the use of risperidone in the management of acute disruptive behaviors in pediatric patients with epilepsy.
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- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
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The Rue Garnier sur l'Eau runs into the Rue
Geoffroy Lasnier, and the
Rue des Barres lies at right angles to the
On the right, a short distance down
the Rue de la Mortellerie, stands a small house in
the centre of a garden surrounded by a high wall, which
has but one entrance. Charles drew a key from
his pocket and inserted it into the lock. The
gate was unbolted and immediately opened. Telling
Henry and the lackey bearing the torch to enter, the
King closed and locked the gate behind him.
Light came from one small window which
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"Sire, I do not understand," said the
"But you will, Henriot."
The King of Navarre looked at Charles
in amazement. His voice and his face had assumed
an expression of gentleness so different from usual
that Henry scarcely recognized him.
"Henriot," said the King,
"I told you that when I left the Louvre I came
out of hell. When I enter here I am in paradise."
"Sire," said Henry, "I
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taking this trip to Heaven with you."
"The road thither is a narrow
one," said the King, turning to a small stairway,
"but nothing can be compared to it."
"Who is the angel who guards
the entrance to your Eden, sire?"
"You shall see," replied Charles IX.
Signing to Henry to follow him noiselessly,
he opened first one door, then another, and finally
paused on a threshold.
"Look!" said he.
Henry approached and gazed on one
of the most beautiful pictures he had ever seen.
A young woman of eighteen or nineteen
lay sleeping, her head resting on the foot of a little
bed in which a child was asleep. The woman held
its little feet close to her lips, while her long
hair fell over her shoulders like a flood of gold.
It was like one of Albane's pictures of the
Virgin and the Child Jesus.
"Oh, sire," said the King
of Navarre, "who is this lovely creature?"
"The angel of my paradise, Henriot,
the only one who loves me."
Henry smiled.
"Yes," said Charles, "for she loved
me before she knew I was King."
"And since she has known it?"
"Well, since she has known it,"
said Charles, with a smile which showed that royalty
sometimes weighed heavily on him, "since she
has known it she loves me still; so you may judge."
The King approached the woman softly
and pressed a kiss as light as that which a bee gives
to a lily on her rosy cheek.
Yet, light as it was, she awakened at once.
"Charles!" she murmured, opening her eyes.
"You see," said the King, "she calls
me Charles. The queen says 'sire'!"
"Oh!" cried the young woman, "you
are not alone, my King."
"No, my sweet Marie, I wanted
to bring you another king, happier than myself because
he has no crown; more unhappy than I because he has
no Marie Touchet. God makes compensation for
"Sire, is it the King of Navarre?" asked
"Yes, my child; come here, Henriot."
The King of Navarre drew near; Charles took him by
the hand.
"See this hand, Marie,"
said he, "it is the hand of a good brother and
a loyal friend. Were it not for this hand"
"Well, sire?"
"Well, had it not been for this
hand to-day, Marie, our child would have no father."
Marie uttered a cry, fell on her knees,
and seizing Henry's hand covered it with kisses.
"Very good, Marie, very good," said Charles.
"What have you done to thank him, sire?"
"I have done for him what he did for me."
Henry looked at Charles in astonishment.
"Some day you will know what
I mean, Henriot; meanwhile come here and see."
He approached the bed, on which the child still slept.
"Ah!" said he, "if
this little fellow were in the Louvre instead of here
in this little house in the Rue des Barres,
many things would be changed for the present as well
as for the future perhaps."
"Sire," said Marie, "if
your Majesty is willing, I prefer him to stay here;
he sleeps better."
"Let us not disturb his slumber,
then," said the King; "it is so sweet
to sleep when one does not dream!"
"Well, sire," said Marie,
pointing to a door opening out of the room.
"Yes, you are right, Marie,"
said Charles IX., "let us have supper."
"My well-beloved Charles,"
said Marie, "you will ask the king your brother
to excuse me, will you not?"
"For having dismissed our servants,
sire," continued Marie, turning to the King
of Navarre; "you must know that Charles wants
to be served by me alone."
"Ventre saint gris!" said Henry,
"I should think so!"
Both men entered the dining-room.
The mother, anxious and careful, laid a warm blanket
over the little Charles, who, thanks to the sound sleep
of childhood, so envied by his father, had not wakened.
Marie rejoined them.
"There are only two covers!" said the
"Permit me," said Marie, "to serve
your majesties."
"Now," said Charles, "this is where
you cause me trouble, Henriot."
"How so, sire?"
"Did you not hear?"
"Forgive me, Charles, forgive me."
"Yes, I will forgive you. But sit here,
near me, between us."
"I will obey," said Marie.
She brought a plate, sat down between the two kings,
and served them.
"Is it not good, Henriot,"
said Charles, "to have one place in the world
in which one can eat and drink without needing any
one to taste the meats and wines beforehand?"
"Sire," said Henry, smiling,
and by the smile replying to the constant fear in
his own mind, "believe me, I appreciate your
happiness more than any one."
"And tell her, Henriot, that
in order for us to live happily, she must not mingle
in politics. Above all, she must not become acquainted
with my mother."
"Queen Catharine loves your
Majesty so passionately that she would be jealous
of any other love," replied Henry, finding by
a subterfuge the means of avoiding the dangerous confidence
of the King.
"Marie," said the latter,
"I have brought you one of the finest and the
wittiest men I know. At court, you see, and this
is saying a great deal, he puts every one in the shade.
I alone have clearly understood, not his heart, perhaps,
but his mind."
"Sire," said Henry, "I
am sorry that in exaggerating the one as you do, you
mistrust the other."
"I exaggerate nothing, Henriot,"
said the King; "besides, you will be known some
Then turning to the young woman:
"He makes delightful anagrams.
Ask him to make one of your name. I will answer
that he will do it."
"Oh, what could you expect to
find in the name of a poor girl like me? What
gentle thought could there be in the letters with which
chance spelled Marie Touchet?"
"Oh! the anagram from this name,
sire," said Henry, "is so easy that there
is no great merit in finding it."
"Ah! ah! it is already found,"
said Charles. "You see Marie."
Henry drew his tablets from the pocket
of his doublet, tore out a paper, and below the name
Marie Touchet wrote Je charme tout.
Then he handed the paper to the young woman.
"Truly," she cried, "it is impossible!"
"What has he found?" asked Charles.
"Sire, I dare not repeat it."
"Sire," said Henry, "in
the name Marie Touchet there is, letter for letter,
by changing the 'i' into a 'j,'
as is often done, Je charme tout." (I
charm all.)
"Yes," exclaimed Charles,
"letter for letter. I want this to be your
motto, Marie, do you hear? Never was one better
deserved. Thanks, Henriot. Marie, I will
give it to you written in diamonds."
The supper over, two o'clock struck from Notre-Dame.
"Now," said Charles, "in
return for this compliment, Marie, you will give the
king an armchair, in which he can sleep until daybreak;
but let it be some distance from us, because he snores
frightfully. Then if you waken before I do, you
will rouse me, for at six o'clock we have to
be at the Bastille. Good-night, Henriot.
Make yourself as comfortable as possible. But,"
he added, approaching the King of Navarre and laying
his hand on his shoulder, "for your life, Henry, do
you hear? for your life, do not leave here
without me, especially to return to the Louvre."
Henry had suspected too many things
in what still remained unexplained to him to disobey
such advice. Charles IX. entered his room, and
Henry, the sturdy mountaineer, settled himself in
an armchair, in which he soon justified the precaution
taken by his brother-in-law in keeping at a distance.
At dawn he was awakened by Charles.
As he had not undressed, it did not take him long
to finish his toilet. The King was more happy
and smiling than he ever was at the Louvre. The
hours spent by him in that little house in the Rue
des Barres were his hours of sunshine.
Both men went out through the sleeping-room.
The young woman was still in bed. The child was
asleep in its cradle. Both were smiling.
Charles looked at them for a moment
with infinite tenderness.
Then turning to the King of Navarre:
"Henriot," said he, "if
you ever hear what I did for you last night, or if
misfortune come to me, remember this child asleep in
its cradle."
Then kissing both mother and child
on the forehead, without giving Henry time to question
"Good-by, my angels," said he, and went
Henry followed, deep in thought.
The horses were waiting for them at the Bastille,
held by the gentlemen to whom Charles IX. had given
the order.
Charles signed to Henry to mount,
sprang into his own saddle, and riding through the
garden of the Arbalite, followed the outside highways.
"Where are we going?" asked Henry.
"We are going to see if the
Duc d'Anjou returned for Madame de Condé
alone," replied Charles, "and if there
is as much ambition as love in his heart, which I
greatly doubt."
Henry did not understand the answer,
but followed Charles in silence.
They reached the Marais, and
as from the shadow of the palisades they could see
all which at that time was called the Faubourg Saint
Laurent, Charles pointed out to Henry through the
grayish mist of the morning some men wrapped in great
cloaks and wearing fur caps. They were on horseback,
and rode ahead of a wagon which was heavily laden.
As they drew near they became outlined more clearly,
and one could see another man in a long brown cloak,
his face hidden by a French hat, riding and talking
with them.
"Ah! ah!" said Charles, smiling, "I
thought so."
"Well, sire," said Henry,
"if I am not mistaken, that rider in the brown
cloak is the Duc d'Anjou."
"Yes," said Charles IX.
"Turn out a little, Henriot, I do not want him
to see us."
"But," asked Henry, "who
are the men in gray cloaks with fur caps?"
"Those men," said Charles,
"are Polish ambassadors, and in that wagon is
a crown. And now," said he, urging his horse
to a gallop, and turning into the road of the Porte
du Temple, "come, Henriot, I have seen all that
I wanted to see."