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Welcome to our research center! We've put together a library of information on important financial topics that we believe you'll find helpful.
Simply click on one of the general financial topics below and you'll find a selection of easy-to-understand information sheets about related financial concepts and strategies. This information is updated regularly to reflect the latest facts, figures, legislation, and economic trends.
Estates & Trusts
Estate Planning
Wills and trusts allow you to spell out how you would like your property distributed, but they also go beyond that.
Avoiding Probate
The probate process can be lengthy and complex. There are strategies you can use to help avoid the probate process.
Charitable Giving
To retain the tax advantages associated with charitable giving, your gift must be made to a qualified organization.
Preserving My Estate
Life insurance can be used to help preserve your estate's value for your heirs.
Gifting Strategies
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of different gifting strategies available for planned giving.
Charitable Lead Trusts
Charitable lead trusts are designed for people who would like to benefit a charity now rather than later.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
A designated income beneficiary could receive payment of a specified amount from a charitable remainder trust.
Wealth Replacement Trusts
A wealth replacement trust could be used to gift appreciated assets to a charity as well as provide for heirs.
History of the Federal Estate Tax
Careful estate planning is still one of the most important ways to manage and protect your assets for your heirs.
Retirement Plan Distributions
When receiving money accumulated in your employer-sponsored retirement plan, you have two options: lump sum or annuity.
401(k) Plans
401(k) employer-sponsored retirement plans have many benefits, including that the funds accumulate tax-deferred.
Managing Retirement Plans
Employer-sponsored retirement plans are more important than ever, but managing the assets can be confusing.
Save Now or Save Later
If you start saving for retirement sooner, the more money you are likely to accumulate and possibly retire sooner.
Tax Planning
Tax Deferral
There can be a substantial benefit to deferring taxes as long as possible.
Tax-Advantaged Investments
Many traditional tax-advantaged investment strategies have gone away, but there are still some alternatives.
Tax Deductions
Changes to the tax code have left a few key deductions for itemizers, like medical, dental and some business expenses.
Tax-Advantaged Alternatives
While stable, CDs can create quite an income tax bill. Fixed annuities and municipal bonds can offer tax advantages.
Tax Strategies for Retirement Plans
Consider a trustee-to-trustee transfer to an IRA versus a lump-sum distribution from a workplace retirement plan.
Tax-Free Investments
It's important to understand tax-exempt vehicles when establishing a comprehensive tax planning strategy.
Mutual Fund Profits
Want to keep more of your mutual fund profits? You may be interested in strategies to help lower your tax liability.
An important element to successful investing is to manage investment risk while maintaining the potential for growth.
Mutual Funds vs. Stocks
The difference between purchasing an individual stock versus shares in a mutual fund to potentially earn dividends.
Mutual Funds
A mutual fund is a collection of stocks, bonds, and other securities with certain benefits and risks.
Closed-End Funds
With closed-end funds, investors pool their money together to purchase a professionally managed portfolio of stocks and/or bonds.
Mutual Fund Loads
It's important to understand mutual fund loads, or sales charges, and exactly what they entail so you can make informed investing decisions.
An annuity is a flexible financial vehicle that can help protect against the risk of living a long time because it provides an option for a lifetime income.
Fixed vs. Variable Annuities
Both fixed and variable annuities could be appropriate options for an individual interested in purchasing an annuity.
Investment Risks
Understanding different types of investment risk can help investors manage their money more effectively.
Asset Classes
There are five broad asset classes that you should take into consideration when constructing your investment portfolio.
College Savings Plans
There are several funding methods for a child's college education including mutual funds and Section 529 plans.
Stock and Bond Investing Alternatives
There are other ways to invest in stocks and bonds besides owning individual shares or bonds.
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Dollar-cost averaging involves investing a set amount of money on a regular basis, regardless of market conditions.
529 Plans
529 plans are tax-advantaged college savings plans that generally allow people of any income level to contribute.
Cash Management
Cash Management Basics
A sound cash management program uses a disciplined approach: accounting, analysis, allocation, and adjustment.
Doubling Your Money
Before making investment decisions, it is helpful to determine the real rate of return on the investment.
Biweekly Mortgages
Biweekly mortgage payments can have a dramatic effect on the amount of interest homeowners have to pay.
Smart Financing Ideas
Here are some smart ways to refinance your home.
Savings Alternatives
There are a number of savings alternatives that could help you earn a reasonable rate of return.
Effects of Inflation
Historically, one of the best ways to fight the effects of inflation has been to utilize growth-oriented investments.
Home Equity Loans
Shifting some debt to a home equity loan, which typically allows interest payments to be tax deductible, could have its advantages.
Risk Management
Term Life Insurance
Term life insurance differs from permanent forms of life insurance in that it offers temporary protection.
Whole Life Insurance
Some of the pros and cons of whole life insurance.
Universal Life Insurance
Consider a universal life insurance policy if you want the flexibility to change your premium or death benefit.
Variable Life Insurance
Variable life insurance gives you the control to allocate your account value among a variety of investment options.
Insuring Your Future
To help you choose insurance wisely, determine how much coverage and what kind of policy is best for your situation.
Long-Term Care Costs
The odds of needing long-term care increase as you age. Prior planning can help protect you from financial ruin.
Medicare Coverage
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for those persons age 65 and over. But what does it cover?
Long-Term-Care Needs
If you were to suffer an illness or disability that required long-term nursing care, would you be covered?


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A 3-year-old Milpitas boy is safe after a 23-year-old man allegedly abducted the child from the Milpitas Library Friday morning, according to the Milpitas Police Department.
Milpitas Police Chief Steve Pangelinan said police received the first call of the alleged abduction at about 10:40 a.m. The library is located at 160 N. Main St. Pangelinan said the mother was with the child inside the library and alerted library officials to her missing child.
Library staff called police and arriving officers started searching the library before being told that a man had left with a child matching the description of the missing boy, Pangelinan said. At this point police reclassified the investigation as a child abduction and began asking for help from other agencies, including police and transit, the chief said.
"It's a horrific, horrific crime," Pangelinan said.
About one hour later police received a call from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority reporting that a bus driver had seen a person and a child matching the child's description, Pangelinan said.
According to the chief, the suspect had boarded the bus at about 11 a.m. from the Great Mall of the Bay Area in Milpitas. The chief said Fremont police arrested Alfonso David Edington when he got off the bus with the child at the Fremont BART station. Officers transmitted a photo of the child to the Milpitas Police Department's command post and authorities were able confirm the child was the one missing, Pangelinan said.
"The bus driver is a hero," Pangelinan said. "Absolute hero."
Pangelinan said police do not yet know the Edington's motive. He might be transient, but Pangelinan said his address of record is in Pittsburg.
The chief said the library has not had a problem in the past with homeless people visiting the library, but library officials will now be looking into enhanced security.
"The family is extremely emotional," the chief said, but by all appearances the child is unharmed.
The chief urged parents to watch their kids to the best of their ability even in the nicest neighborhoods.
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In 1996, San Francisco detectives investigated the possibility that the "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski could also be the infamous Zodiac killer. The new twist in the investigation was spurred by amateur sleuths, who discovered the similarities between Kaczynski's profile and the Zodiac's behaviour.
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Table Pose is our Pose of the Week
Table Pose (bharmanasana in Sanskrit) is a beginner's yoga pose and a restorative posture.
In this pose, you kneel on all fours. The knees are aligned under the hips, and the hands under the shoulders. The back stays flat, with the head and neck aligned with the spine.
How to do Tabletop Pose:
- Come to the floor on your hands and knees. Bring the knees hip-width apart, with the feet directly behind the knees. Bring the palms directly under the shoulders with the fingers facing forward
- Look down between the palms and allow the back to be flat. Press into the palms to drop the shoulders slightly away from the ears. Press the tailbone towards the back wall and the crown of the head towards the front wall to lengthen the spine
- Breathe deeply and hold for 1-3 breaths
Benefits of Tabletop Pose:
- It can help relax the spine and open the chest to help the practitioner breathe more deeply.
- Lengthens and realigns the spine
- Strengthens the arms, the wrists, and the legs
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VIDEO — Mickey Fulp: "Very Bullish" on Copper and Zinc
Charlotte McLeod - August 10th, 2017
Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp explains why he's bullish on copper in the short term and zinc in the medium term. He also mentions two stocks he likes.
It's been a quiet summer so far, but Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp believes there are still opportunities for investors who know how to play their cards right.
"My strategy during the summer months is [to] pick off good stocks with stink bids," he says in the interview above. "Some things that I already own [and] I want to add [to] my position, or just new good stocks that are beaten up a little right now."
He's currently waiting on results from Trilogy Metals (TSX:TMQ,NYSEMKT:TMQ) and Hannan Metals (TSXV:HAN), two companies that are in the midst of drill programs. The former is now drilling at its Bornite and Arctic copper deposits, and Fulp expects the results to be "very good."
Of Hannan, he said, "they released the first drill hole last week, [and] the results were stupendous, amazing. A 3.3-meter intercept of 73 percent lead and 9 percent zinc." More results are due out soon, and Fulp said, "we expect them to be good."
As his current stock picks suggest, Fulp believes copper and zinc have good prospects moving forward. "I'm very bullish on copper in the short term," he said. "I'm not going to predict where it's going, but the next resistance is going to occur I think about $3."
In terms of zinc, he admitted that while historically he hasn't been a fan of zinc, he's now "very bullish on the zinc market, let's say in the mid term, the next two to three years."
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Years ago I learned one of the biggest lessons as a coach ever
You see for me, people liking me was oober important
And this led me to always being satisfied with people…
(even if it wasn't satisfactory)
'High fives' all around!
So why am I sharing this trip down memory lane with you?
Well a famous coach once said
'There's a difference between what you sometimes want to do, and what you need to do'
Maybe a training session has got tough after a few weeks for you?
You want to just do something less taxing, easier?
Now while you want to do this, chances are…
It's not what you need to do, to have the fitness and physical performance you want
God some of the challenging sessions I've coached and also done
But those I coached did them cos', they knew it allow them to achieve
They returned and went on to achieve remarkable things
(the guy who wrecked his shoulder, then went on the Lions Tour)
So what does this mean for you?
Be persistent with doing the very things YOU NEED to do
The training
The nutrition
The lifestyle
In-consistency comes when you start just doing what you want
Sure you wanna enjoy and get a kick out of your training, defo!
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You can still do this
But in a way which ticks the boxes of doing what you need to
This is the difference between your typical, majority trainers
They just let you do what you want and say what you want to hear
'Nice!, Cool!, WOOOO!'
But they don't get paid by their clients to appease them
They get paid by them to achieve, get the results
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My coaching style is highly personable, enthusiastic, genuine
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But sometimes if you need to do something you're not doing…
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Cos' if you failed
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You wouldn't be thanking me for being all false and appeasing you, like the majority
Ultimately this honesty is what will allow you to achieve
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They trust this
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MAY I Polish Your Royal Crown?
Did you know that in the scriptures a wife is called a beautiful tiara? That's right ladies, we're meant to shine in the crown of leadership that sits on the top of our husband's head.
"An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones." Proverbs 12:4 (NAS)
No wonder diamonds are a girl's best friend? We are a jewel ourselves! I dare say that I am a diamond in the rough some days, but, nonetheless, still a jewel in my husband's crown. As a result of that role, I say "let the spring cleaning proceed". It's time to take out the crowns and polish them up. In order to do that, we have to answer this question first, "Do I want to polish his royal crown or will I tarnish it instead?" You might be asking, "How do I tarnish the crown on his head?" That was a question I had to answer myself, and what I learned as I searched the scriptures for the answer was eye-opening.
The "male ego" is a very fragile thing, and as noble women, we can build that ego up or tear it down by the choices we make as the queen by his side. That ego can easily be wounded, and one of the most common ways women tend to tarnish their husband's crown is with the words they speak. If a wife speaks embarrassment or ridicule to other people about her husband she is tarnishing his crown. In turn, this action affects us as well. If we tarnish their image, we are tarnishing ourselves since we are the crown that sits upon their head. Most importantly, the way a husband interprets this kind of betrayal is the way a king would interpret treason. It means his queen has gone over to the other side and joined the enemy's ranks.
There is an example in the Bible that quickly comes to mind here, and we can learn from this queen's mistake. Her husband was King Xerxes, the King of Persia. His wife was Queen Vashti, and boy did she really rub his crown the wrong way. In fact, she tarnished her husband's royal crown beyond repair. The short of the story is the King had called all the dignitaries and rulers from other lands together for a very important summit. They were discussing war and how to conquer their enemies. On the other side of the royal palace, the queen was having her own party with all the wives. I can imagine they were getting their hair and nails done while talking about the new fashion trends in royal clothing. Unfortunately, Queen Vashti was having so much fun with all the girls that when her King requested her appearance she refused to stop the partying. He had beckoned her to come and dance before their guests, which was customary, but she refused to go. As a result of his embarrassment, he had her put away. In fact many historical papers imply she was possibly beheaded. Her husband's image of power was tarnished in front of the most important people in the land, in the midst of a war at a crucial time of leadership. She had undermined his authority and he took her betrayal seriously. Maybe the bigger the ego or position, the greater the offense to the king of the kingdom? Whatever the case, his embarrassment caused him to end his marriage and possibly her life over her act of treason. He really had no choice because weakness at a time of war by his most trusted confidant was inexcusable and could cost them the kingdom.
In modern-day times, how can we apply this lesson? I personally learned about my ability to tarnish a crown early on in our marriage when I misspoke a few times in public about my knight in shining armor. To my surprise, Dan quickly confronted me once we were alone. After praying about it, I committed to always present him with nobility by pointing out his strengths versus his flaws to other people. I've worked really hard at being sensitive to his request and making sure the shine on his crown stays there.
Let me give you another modern-day example of this "help meet" principle gone awry. Years ago, while Dan and I were out having date-night, we ran into a young couple we knew also on a date from their children. Her husband held a pretty important position in the community. We both shared where we had been on our dates. She quickly informed us they had just finished a movie and her husband had cried through the entire thing. The look on his face painted a clear picture of the dagger she had just driven through his heart. Men are taught to be tough and never show emotion in our culture, but showing emotion with the queen in his life should be safe. We can be a place of refuge for their innermost thoughts and feelings. Dan and I considered this couple our friends, but after that conversation, he avoided us until they moved away. He was humiliated by her sharing his vulnerability with us. It was like her waving the white flag from the castle spire saying, "We have weakness in the kingdom, we surrender." We didn't see it that way but he did.
A few years back, while sitting at the salon, I began to listen to another female in the chair next door. She was bragging about how she had recently attended a party and gotten so carried away she had to call her husband to retrieve her. She laughed as she told how she hung her head out the window relieving herself as he drove her home. She thought it hilarious that she had so much fun on a "girls night out" at the expense of her husband's honor. As I sat in the salon chair, I wondered if he thought it was funny?
What will you do with his reputation? These examples clearly show we not only hold the power to tarnish our husband's crown, but we hold his reputation in our hands. If we show our husband's weaknesses to the world, embarrass him with unladylike behavior, or ridicule him for his mistakes, we might as well let down the draw bridge for the enemy to cross the moat, take over the castle, and overthrow the throne. Realistically, none of us have husbands without imperfections. Women have shortcomings too, but hopefully we are all working on becoming better people, better wives, better husbands, better mothers and fathers. However, none of the failures we have should be displayed before the world. Weaknesses on display are "welcome signs" at the gates of our kingdom for the enemy.
You can bet the serpent studied Adam and Eve from a distance, watching for their weaknesses, before he curled around that tree and sold them a lie. Our duty as a wife is to always uphold our husband's position in leadership at home, especially before our children, at church, in the community, and in his career, and even through our own public actions. He may not always put his best foot forward, but we can nudge him along until he's ready to step up. So get that polish out and remove the muck from his crown, fair maidens. If you've wounded him in the past, make amends, ask for forgiveness, and commit to yourself never to sling mud in his direction again. As stated before, women hold great power in their hands. We can build our kingdom up with our two appendages or we can tear it down. We can build our husband's reputation up before others or we can destroy it.
Proverbs 31:10 says, "Who can find a virtuous (noble) woman? For her price is far above rubies."(KJV2)
Remember you are your husband's headdress, and to shine brightly in your role as "wife" choose to be a noble "help meet." Take out the polish and shine up his crown. In the end, he will love and appreciate you for it and you will become more radiant as the beautiful tiara atop his royal head!
*To learn more ideas and way to polish your husband's crown check out "Chaos in the Castle or Peace in the Palace?" at Barns and Noble and CBD-Christian Book Distributors.
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NEWTON, Mass. – Senior Austin Tomasetti (Elmsford, N.Y.) tallied a team-high seven points, including his 100th career assist, as second-seeded Lasell College posted a 15-5 victory over seventh-seeded Emmanuel College Saturday afternoon in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's lacrosse quarterfinal game at Grellier Field.
Defending GNAC champion Lasell improved to 9-6 overall with its sixth straight victory and advanced to a GNAC semifinal game on Wednesday, May 2, at 4:00 p.m. against sixth-seeded Johnson & Wales University. The Wildcats advanced with a 14-8 upset victory over third-seeded Mount Ida College. Emmanuel completes its season at 3-13.
Tomasetti notched his 100th assist with 8:13 remaining in the first quarter, connecting with junior Austin Shindoll (Denver, Colo.) on an extra-man opportunity for a 5-0 lead. The senior is tied at 20th in Division III, averaging 2.50 assists per game.
Senior Matt White (Falmouth, Mass.) and juniors Ryan Madden (Hingham, Mass.) and James Torosian (Lynn, Mass.) each contributed two goals apiece in the victory for the Lasers.
The Lasers dominated the first quarter, gathering a 6-0 lead including two man-up scores. Lasell continued to capitalize on extra-man opportunities, going 4-for-6 in the game. The Lasers have 21 extra-man goals on 48 attempts, and sit at 12th in Division III with a .438 man-up percentage.
Emmanuel's Matt Katon (East Falmouth, Mass.) added the first of two on the afternoon minutes into the second quarter, finding the scoring column to cut Lasell's lead to 6-1. Tomasetti and junior Liam Gillis (Reading, Mass.) answered with two goals to give the hosts an 8-1 margin at halftime.
Lasell continued to pad the lead with the first four goals of the third stanza. Freshman Andrew Fidalgo (Wilbraham, Mass.) scored twice midway through the quarter, giving the Lasers a 12-1 lead, their largest of the game. The Saints would add three in the fourth quarter, but were unsuccessful in their comeback efforts
Sophomore Ben Werner (Boxford, Mass.) went a game-high 11-15 at the face-off X, as the Lasers controlled 16-of-24 face-offs.
Sophomore goalie Ryan Janovic (East Lyme, Conn.) stopped eight shots in the victory, while Emmanuel goaltender Austin Rosenberg (Ronkonkoma, N.Y) made 13 saves.
Next Wednesday's semifinal matchup is a rematch of the April 4 regular season game, when Lasell downed Johnson & Wales 13-5 in Providence.
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Heat oven to 425° F.
Mix the potatoes, oil, chili powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and thyme in a medium bowl. Transfer to a roasting pan and cook, stirring once, until crisp and golden brown, about 40 minutes. Remove the potatoes from oven, transfer to individual plates, and wipe the pan clean.
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The fifth annual study revealed that consumers are not getting everything they want from automotive dealers and vehicle manufacturers. Across the vehicle lifecycle, consumers demonstrate needs, wants and preferences that the industry does not appear to be aware of. As a result, automotive companies are missing important opportunities to unlock hidden value.
The study, which surveyed consumers, dealers and manufacturers in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and Italy, compares consumers' actual needs, demands, and preferences with dealers' and vehicle manufacturers' perceptions. The report focuses on topics such as consumer behavior, data capture/demand sensing, the Internet, and the aftersales experience.
"Cars Online 2003 makes it clear that the automotive industry must gain a better understanding of how consumers shop for vehicles and what factors lead them to buy," said Michael Wujciak, Vice President and leader of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Global Automotive Practice. "Gaining this understanding is absolutely vital to unlocking hidden value and improving performance throughout the industry, particularly in today's challenging environment. At a time when the industry faces generally stagnant sales, eroding margins, oversupply of vehicles, and heightened competition, this study provides valuable insight into the factors that drive automotive buying behavior and impact consumers' relationships with vehicle manufacturers and dealers."
The Cars Online 2003 study revealed a number of key findings, including:
- Dealers and OEMs are wasting money focusing primarily on broad-based marketing/advertising efforts instead of taking a more integrated campaign approach that includes increased use of targeted direct marketing with a more 'personal' touch.
- Loyalty lies with the brand not with the dealer: Three-quarters of consumers said they expect to purchase the same make as their current car, while only 38% said they were likely to go back to the same dealer. Leading the brand loyalty list were Toyota, Audi, Volvo, BMW, and Ford.
- Consumer segmentation is critical to profitability but goes largely unrecognized by the industry. Dealers and vehicle manufacturers appear to treat consumers as one mass market rather than a segmented group of individuals with varying needs and preferences.
- Manufacturers' Internet capabilities are misdirected and inadequate to meet consumers' needs. A high proportion of consumers start the vehicle research process six months before purchase, with the Internet increasingly being used as a research tool.
- Improved speed of response will keep customers from going away silently. Most consumers surveyed said they expect a response to an e-mail or Web query within 24 hours.
- Incentives are here to stay - 57% of consumers said "0%/low financing" was an important factor in their buying decisions, but only 30% of vehicle manufacturers believed financial incentives were important to consumers.
- Dealers are missing the mark with many of the aftersales service features they emphasize - "Friendly staff" ranked as the leading feature consumers look for when choosing a dealer for servicing and was named by 81% of respondents. However, only 42% of dealers said they focus on friendly staff.
--Jeffrey Rowe is Editor and Publisher of MCADCafé and MCADWeekly Review. He can be reached at Email Contact.
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Legislators Hold Town Hall Meeting Tonight
Sen. Markley and Rep. Sampson will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting in the lower level of Wolcott's library tonight at 6 pm. Anyone is welcome to attend.
The legislators will be highlighting the bills that passed the General Assembly during this year's session. The session which includes a two year state budget, ended on June 6th. Gov. Malloy has or is expected to sign most of the legislation into law. The legislators invite the public to give their feedback as well. No RSVP is required.
Markley: Democratics Requesting More Than Malloy
By Joe Markley
Back in February, the Governor claimed his budget reduced spending by $1.8 billion. In fact, his proposed budget actually increased state spending by nearly 10% over two years. All he did was trim the rate of government growth; he made no actual reduction in spending. In fact, the state will spend an additional $2.9 billion over the next two years under the governor's proposal.
Now the Appropriations Committee has made a bad budget worse, spending approximately $55 million more than the Governor requested.
It bears repeating: we need to get our fiscal house in order. The Appropriations proposed budget not only increases spending but is also imbalanced. The majority party wants to redefine the budget cap, which is the height of hypocrisy. The spending cap has been changed repeatedly since it was put into place over twenty years ago, in the aftermath of passage of the state income tax. In every case, spending has been removed from the cap—it's a one-way deal, designed to thwart the clear will of the taxpayers.
While the Appropriations Committee was making its budget recommendations,
Foley Still Seeks Ethics Overhaul
By Hugh McQuaidPresumptive Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley doubled down Tuesday on an ethics bill the Government Administration and Ethics Committee let die earlier this month after it was comdemned by lawmakers of both parties.
Foley and Sen. Joseph Markley, R-Southington, held an afternoon press conference in the Legislative Office Building, to reiterate the need for legislation to curb conflicts of interest in state government.
Foley, who lost a close election to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in 2010 and has been positioning for another run next year, testified before the legislature's open government committee in March in support of a bill prohibiting lawmakers or a members of their immediate family from being paid more than $1,000 from an employer that benefits from state funding.
Facing Deficit, Malloy Set to Increase Spending
Based on current spending the state is expected to have a built-in $2.2 billion budget deficit over the next two years, but Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday that the budget he will present to the General Assembly on Wednesday will include a spending increase.
"Yeah. That would be correct," Malloy said in answer to a question about whether the new budget will increase spending.
"But we are going to present a balanced budget with no tax increases," Malloy insisted. "And we are going to support programs that are most likely to produce a growing economy in the future."
Town Hall Meeting With Legislators Thursday
By Chris O'Brien – Wolcott Whisper State Representative Rob Sampson and State Senator Joe Markley will be holding a Town Hall forum Thursday evening from 6:30-7:30. The meeting is being held one month into this year's legislative session and one day after Governor Malloy is expected to give his proposal to a two year state budget on Wednesday.Sampson has introduced 30 bills for this legislative session. Many of these deal with criminal penalties for using a gun in certain crimes. He has also tackled many fiscal issues, calling for a state spending cap, ensuring tax refunds can be given with checks instead of debit cards, and repealing the state's real estate conveyance tax.
Last year, Gov. Malloy enacted the largest tax increase in state history. Yet, while the tax increase was passed in April, the tax was applied retroactively to January 1st, creating some Cosntitutional problems. Sen. Markley investigated whether or not this practice was legal, and foudn out that it was. Both legislators have introduced a proposal that would prohibit the practice in the future.
Feds Looking into Misallocation of State Bond Money; Legislature Under Investigation
By Kevin Rennie
A federal investigation of corruption at the state legislature had bureaucrats scrambling last fall to obtain legal representation for the Legislative Commissioner's Office (LCO) and, weeks later, the Executive Director of the Office of Legislative Management (OLM) after Attorney General George Jepsen "declined to represent" the legislative offices, Daily Ructions has learned. LCO, which strained to keep the matter secret, settled on the Hartford firm of O'Brien, Tanski & Young, asking that competitive bidding provisions be waived, "after receiving a list of firms whom [Jepsen's office] would recommend to provide the requested services."
Documents obtained by Daily Ructions reveal that those bureaucrats have gone to extraordinary lengths to keep information from taxpayers about the actions they are taking to protect the interests of their agencies and themselves at significant public expense. In emails, they discuss ways of wording their communications in such a general way as to provide no useful information that would inform a member of the tax paying public who might seek access to their emails or letters through the Freedom of Information Act.
Is School Safety A Cop in Every School?
By Hugh McQuaid | CT NewsJunkie
Putting an armed police officer in every school has been a common suggestion to make schools safer in the wake of the Newtown shooting. But South Windsor Police Chief Matt Reed told lawmakers Friday that school security was not the objective of the school resource officer program.
Reed, the legislative liaison for the Connecticut Police Chief's Association, spoke at a legislative hearing held by a committee looking to make recommendations on school security to address the shooting.
Sampson Votes Against State Budget Mitigation Plan
By Rep. Rob Sampson
First things first, Happy New Year! I'm writing this month's column on New Year's Eve and it has me thinking about some of the important events of 2012 and also looking forward to how we can make 2013 a better year. Without a doubt, the biggest issue that has been on everyone's mind for not only 2012 but for the past few years is the poor state of our economy, both as a country and also right here in Connecticut.
Just before Christmas, the State Legislature was called back into special session ostensibly to clean up our previous budget mess and to vote on a deficit migration plan put forward by the Governor to plug a $415 million budget deficit created by his 2011 tax plan. The Governor met with legislative leaders to craft a compromise and come up with a solution to the deficit.
Unfortunately, the final product was something I could not support.
I do want to make it clear that there are many well intentioned people that did vote in favor of that plan. The problem is
'Tentative' Budget Deal Brokered
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Outgoing Speaker of the House Chris Donovan said Monday that they've reach a tentative bipartisan agreement that will close this year's $365 million budget deficit. "We got all four caucuses to come to agreement," Donovan said Monday in the hall of the Capitol. "People were serious and wanted to get the job done." Democratic and Republican lawmakers worked…


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Star Wars Celebration Kicks Off with Surprise Guests and a Moving Carrie Fisher Tribute
Thursday kicked off a celebration 40 years in the making — with surprise guests and a touching tribute to Carrie Fisher.
The 40 Years of Star Wars panel at Star Wars Celebration featured generations of castmembers from a galaxy far, far away to mark the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope, which opened in May 1977.
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Surprise guests George Lucas and Harrison Ford sparked pandemonium, while Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was joined by previously announced guests Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, Peter Mayhew, Billy Dee Williams, Warwick Davis and prequel star Hayden Christensen.
Davis hosted the festivities, introducing a behind-the-scenes reel looking back at how 1977's A New Hope launched a phenomenon.
In a tear-jerking moment, an interview with Carrie Fisher played over footage of her hugging fans.
"It's about family, and that's what's so powerful about it," said Fisher. "They are showing the films to their children and their grandchildren. They're sharing something that moved them as a child."
Kennedy took the stage to thank fans who camped out on the street for a seat to the panel and make a surprise introduction of Lucas. Davis and Lucas sat down and took a moment to acknowledge Fisher and the late Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 and died in August 2016.
Lucas admitted his pitch for Star Wars may have seemed outlandish — after all, it involved "dogs flying space ships." But he was appreciative of the studio for taking a chance on it.
"The idea was to do a high adventure film that I loved when I was a kid with meaningful, psychological themes," said Lucas.
Lucas admitted he wasn't supposed to say this, but he described A New Hope this way: "It's a film for 12-year-olds."
"You're 12 years old. You're going to go on in the big world. You're moving away from your parents being the center focus. You're probably scared, you don't know what's going to happen, and here's an idea of some of the things you should pay attention to. Friendships, honesty and trust — and doing the right thing. Living on the Light Side. Avoiding the Dark Side."
After speaking about seeing how excited kids were while they were shooting 1999's Episode I — The Phantom Menace in Spain, Lucas said of critics and certain fans, "They're not very kind, but when you see these little kids and the look on their face and what it means to them," that makes up for everything.
Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni then came out to speak with Lucas about bringing the franchise to TV.
"I'd done Indiana Jones for television, and it's a great experimental cauldron because there's not that much at stake," said Lucas. "You're not saying, 'Here's $100 million. It's all on your shoulders.'"
Next, Liam Neeson (Qui Gon Jinn) appeared via video for a special announcement.
"We're making a very unofficial movie about Jar Jar Binks and what happened to Jar Jar. Spoiler alert: He did go to the Dark Side," the Phantom Menace star joked.
Then Sith lord and apprentice McDiarmid and Christensen reunited onstage, where Christensen spoke about his epic volcano lightsaber battle in Episode III and the unexpected challenge it presented.
"I had been conditioned from a very young age to make the sound effect when I swing the lightsaber … it was a difficult habit to break," said the actor of playing Anakin Skywalker.
Lucas would have to come tell him after takes, "I can see your mouth moving."
"I was so focused I wasn't aware I was doing it," said Christensen.
Another prequel star, Samuel L. Jackson, made a video appearance to pitch a return for his dearly departed Jedi Mace Windu, who died in Episode III. He noted Star Wars has a long history of Jedi returning for future installments beyond their deaths or returning with cybernetic limbs.
"I am not dead … Mace Windu is awaiting his return. Let's make it happen. Kathy you're sitting right there," he joked, addressing Kennedy.
C-3P0 actor Daniels, shared his favorite Lucas story — noting that early in shooting on A New Hope, he was flummoxed when he realized while shooting that R2-D2 wouldn't be making any sounds on set.
"When I finish my line, could you make a sound? Could you go 'beep.' And you went, 'Sure. Beep.' And I decided I was better off on my own, George," said Daniels.
Finally, the hero himself arrived.
Hamill joked that Star Wars fans were more supportive than his actual family, and Lucas spoke about how hard it was to cast Luke Skywalker and the rest of the key roles for Star Wars, saying it took a year of testing.
"We had two or three of each of you, and you would each test with another person until we found the combination of the group that worked the best together," said Lucas. "The group that was ready to be an ensemble and that played as old friends."
Then, an even bigger surprise: Ford, an unannounced guest, took the stage — and Davis took time to make a joke about Ford's recent piloting woes.
"I can't believe we managed to keep it a secret, considering you landed your plane on I-4," said Davis.
Ford quipped back: "Yeah, but it was a good landing."
The panel concluded with a remembrance of Fisher, with Lucas delivering an emotional tribute.
"She played a part that was very smart, and she was having to hold her own against two big lugs, goofballs that were screwing everything up. She was the boss. It was her war, and when I cast it, I said I want somebody young to play the part. I want somebody very young. When Carrie came in, she was that character. She was very strong, very smart, very funny, very bold, very tough, and there really wasn't much of a question. There are not very many people like her. They are one in a billion. For this particular part, it was absolutely perfect. … She wore a dress through the whole thing, but she was the toughest in the group," said Lucas." It really shows the level of her talent, and at the same time she was fun to be with. … She was very challenging in terms of pointing out that certain pieces of dialogue were a little hard to say. She was brilliant and obviously we will all miss her, but she will always be the princess who took command and never backed down, never was in jeopardy. She was always helping the other guys get out of the messes she created. We'll all love her forever and ever."
Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, also took the stage to honor her mother and introduce a video tribute, which was followed by an impromptu concert conducted by Star Wars composer John Williams.
Here's what Chris Hartwell, Heat Vision's eyes and ears in Orlando, says of sitting in the audience: "It was great way to kick off the convention. Nothing revelatory, but it totally sets the mood. We're here to honor the past — the '77 film and those that are no longer with us (like Carrie Fisher) — and look to the future: The Last Jedi and all of those films after it and all the new fans that it will bring in."
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Ready for the "40 Years of Star Wars" panel to begin! #SWCO pic.twitter.com/iZwwsdNr5R
— Chris Hartwell (@ChrisHartwell) April 13, 2017
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In newsrooms in Tanzania—and all over the world, women journalists face sexual harassment. The SCS Boresha Habari project helps raise awareness on "sextortion" in the media with a PSA launched in November 2018 during the 16 Days of Activism on Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace. The PSA, created by SCS partner Internews, is based on an actual incident and shows harassment of a woman journalist while interviewing a source.
Boresha Habari supports women journalists, and sextortion is one of the biggest obstacles in their careers. Even though sexual harassment is criminalized under the Tanzanian Constitution and labor laws, women whose rights are violated fear losing their jobs, having their stories bypassed for publication, or being blackballed from the industry if they submit complaints.
Boresha Habari COP Angela Nicoara presented, at an SCS media round table, the key points of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers Sexual Harassment in the Media Guide and encouraged attendees to adopt its sample sexual harassment policy. Boresha Habari will continue to support female journalists and raise awareness as the battle against sextortion goes on.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Spending on U.S. construction projects fell by 1.1% in December as outlays on private residential construction took another tumble, government data showed Friday.
The drop was bigger than expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch, who were looking for a decline of 0.5% in December. See Economic Calendar.
Spending on home construction declined by 2.8% in the final month of 2007, after falling by 3% in November. Private residential construction spending has declined every month for nearly two straight years, reflecting the extremely weak state of the U.S. housing market.
On a year-over-year basis, spending on private home construction was down 20.4% in December.
Meanwhile, construction spending in November was revised downward, to a drop of 0.4% instead of the initial estimate of a gain of 0.1%.
Year over year, construction spending is down 2.3%.
The continuing slide in construction spending on homes echoed a Monday report showing that U.S. builders slashed prices by more than 10% in December -- a failed bid to boost sles of newly built homes. Monthly sales dropped about 5% to the lowest level in nearly 13 years, with sales for the year having declined at a record 26.4% pace, the Commerce Department said. See full story.
Outlays on construction projects were weak almost across the board in December. The exception was private nonresidential construction, which gained by 1.3%.
Spending on private construction projects fell by 1% in December for the second consecutive month, with the year-over-year drop standing at 6.1%.
Public construction spending dropped 1.5% thanks largely to weaker outlays on transportation and highway projects.
State and local construction spending dropped by 1.5%, and spending on federal construction projects fell 1.3%.
In a separate economic report on Friday, the Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls fell by about 17,000 in January, marking their first decline since August 2003. See full story.


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Pinterest is doing really well - we're talking $5 billion valuation-level well. And to cement its status as a mega-success, the site has scooped up two former Apple execs to lead engineering and product design. First up is Michael Lopp, who worked on Mac OS X before moving to software company Palantir. As head of engineering, he'll help scale site infrastructure and lead product development teams. On the product design side, Pinterest's appointed Bob Baxley, who worked on Apple's online store. His official title will be head of product design and research.
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As Re/code points out, Lopp and Baxley don't just have stints at Apple in common; both are relatively prominent beyond their careers in Silicon Valley. Lopp blogs under the pen name Rands, and he's authored books on engineer management and software development. Baxley, meanwhile, wrote the book Making the Web Work. In any case, both new hires come to the table with impressive resumes, which will come in handy for a site that's surpassed 30 billion pins.


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Alan Simpson dances Gangnam Style to urge debt fix
Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson is dancing "Gangnam Style" to urge younger Americans to fix the national debt using their social media skills.
The 81-year-old co-chairman of President Barack Obama's deficit commission gallops and lassoes the air in the online video for The Can Kicks Back campaign, pulling off the dance move made popular in a music video that has been viewed nearly a billion times on YouTube.
He says young people should use social media to do more than post pictures of their breakfast, tweet about their First World problems or watch South Korean rap sensation PSY (sigh) perform "Gangnam Style." He says the technology could be used to solve the nation's financial problems.
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From the 23rd to the 27th November, ESEI took part in the Youth Time global forum on sustainability; this year taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Youth Time is a burgeoning movement, with which we first came into contact in 2015, where ESEI Academic Manager gave a keynote speech on the future of higher education. This year, Mark travelled to Jakarta to represent ESEI once again, though this year ESEI became a full partner and sponsor of the event; recognising the valuable work carried out by this fast-growing NGO.
The event takes place over a number of days, with a mixture of social and educational events. A lot of time is spent building relationships, as people from all over the world come together to share and test ideas. We met like-minded people from Kabul to Khatmandu and opened ourselves to new ideas through discussions and workshops.
One of the workshops offered by ESEI Barcelona was "ethical decision-making for a sustainble world". What was originally intended to be a 2-hour session on the psychology of ethical decision- making and it´s impact on CSR, corporate governance and sustainability, turned into a longer session as participants engaged in discussion and reflected on their own countries and contexts long after the time was up.
The main event, however, was the project presentations. After an extensive process, the final participants, primarily from non-wester countries, had been chosen to present their projects to the panel. The winners would receive funding for their project, plus other prizes from the event sponsors.
Participants had previously received training and feedback from Mark at ESEI on the delivery of their presentations, and they did a fantastic job when their moment came.
The first prize winner, Olga Lakhnova from Russia received a grant of 7000 EUR for the project and a fully funded scholarship at ESEI. Her project 'Senior to Junior / Fight isolation of elderly by educating young' was the chosen project of the year.
Find out more about her project here.
We would like to thank Youth Time for the valuable work they do in promoting youth engagament, education and sustainable development around the world. At ESEI we are proud to partner with such an organisation and we look forward to working with Olga in Barcelona to help her develop the know-how to take her project to the next level and roll it out across Russia.
They also talk about it: https://yourstory.com/2016/12/social-entrepreneurs-youth-time/
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On Wednesday, the NFF appointed former Super Eagles Captain and former Everton player Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the Nigeria Senior Men's football team, eliciting mixed reactions amongst football fans.
Yobo, with no previous coaching experience, or coaching certification replaces Imama Amapakabo as the assistant coach to Head coach Gernot Rohr.
Yobo since retirement has worked as an NFF ambassador and TV pundit with SuperSports.
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This all Australian title has large scale drawings to make it easy to understand how the various stages and components fit together. The Owner Builder is shown how to plan the house to suit the chosen allotment and the most economical methods of owner building. You will learn how to identify and correct faulty building practices, the correct trade terms to use and how to order building products. The renovation section of this book is almost entirely devoted to room extensions. For general home renovations see The Australian Renovator's Manual.
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ORONO, Maine — Paul Ferraro, who has spent the last seven seasons as an assistant coach in the National Football League, has been named the University of Maine defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
It will be his second stint at Maine after he coached the linebackers during the 1989 season.
He will replace Joe Rossi, who left after three seasons to become the special teams coordinator at Rutgers University. In December, he was named assistant coach of the year in the Bowl/Championship Division by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston.
Ferraro had been the linebackers coach with the St. Louis Rams the previous three seasons but was let go when head coach Steve Spagnuolo was fired in January after three seasons.
Prior to joining the Rams, Ferraro served three years as the special teams coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings and one season as the special teams assistant for the Carolina Panthers, who advanced to the NFC championship game.
"Paul Ferraro will be a great addition to our Black Bear coaching staff," said Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove in a press release. "We have worked together at Maine and he is very familiar with our program. His experiences, both as a college and professional coach, will help our entire football operation."
He compiled an impressive resume as a college assistant prior to going to the NFL.
He was the defensive coordinator with Rutgers from 2001-2004 and, in 2004, the Scarlet Knights led the Big East in sacks, takeaways and third-down defense.
He coached defensive backs at Georgia Tech in 1999 and 2000 and the Yellow Jackets played in the Gator Bowl and Peach Bowl, respectively.
He was the defensive coordinator at Bowling Green from 1991-98 and the Falcons won the Mid-American Conference championships and bowl games in 1991 and 1992.
He coached the linebackers at Ohio University in 1990 after serving in the same capacity at Maine in 1989 under Tom Lichtenberg. Maine won the Yankee Conference championship in 1989 and Lichtenberg left for Ohio University after that season and took Ferraro with him.
Ferraro's coaching career began in 1982 after he had been an All-New England player at Springfield College.
He was a graduate assistant at UMass and Syracuse before serving as the defensive coordinator at Villanova from 1984-86. He became the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth and then went to Catholic University as assistant head coach and assistant athletic director for a year.
He has a bachelor's degree from Springfield College and a master's degree from Syracuse.


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In photographing children one has to rely on some key positive traits. Patience, a sense of humor and being a kid-at-heart yourself will get you the right shots, every time. Kids just want to have fun, so we give them what they need and they in turn give us more personality than we imagined. Most of them never want to leave the set.


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Eurogamer has enabled the streaming of Gaikai game demos on their page. You can find all the game demos available on their Gaikai channel.
That's right, you can now stream best-selling PC game demos right through your browser, and all without having to step outside Eurogamer.net.
The initial game demos you can play are Crysis 2, FIFA 12, Magicka, The Sims Medieval, Sniper: Ghost Warrior and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, with more to come.
They're also planning to add the service to their Eurogamer Network sites in other languages early next year.
OnLive has partnered with IGN and GameSpot to provide game demos. Eurogamer has recently reported quite a lot about OnLive and even has a dedicated OnLive channel since OnLive launched in the UK.
Looks like the competition between OnLive and Gaikai is heating up. Time will tell if OnLive will also partner with Eurogamer and provide game demos and full games to their readers. OnLive currently has way more games in their selection and of course provides access to full games.


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On the 17th August 1696 eleven year old Christian Shaw witnessed one of the Bargarran household maids, Katherine Campbell taking a glass of milk with out permission. Christian is said to have told her mother of the maids stealing, which led to her mother reprimanding Katherine, and that was the end of the story. Two days later Katherine and Christian found themselves alone together, when Katherine turned on Christian cursing her three times 'May the Devil Harl your soul through Hell'.
On the 21st August, a well-known beggar, Agnes Naismith, came to Bargarran and spoke briefly with Christian and her younger sister asking after their younger recently born sibling was. After a short talk, Agnes went on her way.
The next night Christian went to bed as usual, but while asleep began to struggle and shout out for help. It is said that she flew out of bed and that if she had not been caught she would have hit the wall with a great force. She was placed in another bed and remained in it, as though dead, for 30 minutes and then awoke and could not sleep and had pain throughout her body and when she did try to sleep she became frightened and cried out for help. This continued for forty-eight hours without respite, after which the contortions turned into convulsions, which went on for days in quick succession before giving way to a new set of symptoms.
These new symptoms took the form of violent struggles against invisible attackers, so violent that sometimes four men were required to hold here down.
At this point Christian began to talk in her fits, crying out again and again that Katherine Campbell and Agnes Naismith were cutting her open with knives, but no one believed her as nothing could be seen.
Doctors attending from the first day of her fits, but the treatments did not have any effect nor could they produce a diagnosis.
One or both of her parents stayed with her all the time, but, they also allowed crowds of local people to gather in the sickroom each afternoon and evening to watch the performance. It became something of a sombre community entertainment; quite why her parents allowed it is a mystery.
By October that year (1696, Christian was still being afflicted and continued to accuse Campbell and Naismith. She was taken to see an eminent Glasgow doctor. She fitted while she was being examined and the doctor pronounced 'hypochondriac melancholy' and prescribed medicine. The medicine appeared to work – for three weeks she was free of all fits and attacks.
In the 4th week, she spoke of having a pain in her side, and announced that she was about to have a fit, and became rigid and corpse-like. Her tongue stretched out over her chin and her teeth clenched over it. After several days of similar attacks, her distraught parents took her back to Glasgow.
On the journey there, a new manifestation occurred. Christian fainted, and then began coughing up little bundles of hair. There were a great many of these bundles, they were all different colours and mostly knotted or plaited. Once the family were settled in their Glasgow accommodation the child continued fainting and coughing up objects of an enormous quantity and variety. There was not just hair, but straw, handfuls of pins, small bones from animals and birds, feathers, twigs, dung, warm coal cinders, stones, candle-wax and egg-shell pieces. Doctors admitted bafflement. They were certain that she was not vomiting these things up from her stomach because there was no sign of vomit and the objects were always dry – they simply seemed to appear from the back of her throat.
Christian herself maintained that Katherine Campbell, Agnes Naismith and others were causing all of this by supernatural means, and that they were trying to kill her. She frequently saw them in her room, trying to attack her in various ways. She held long one-sided conversations with these apparitions in which she admonished them, gave them her forgiveness and quoted Bible texts at great length. On one occasion, the apparition of Katherine Campbell pierced her side with a great sword so that she convulsed in pain. Her parents, along with the crowds who (as usual) were allowed to fill the bedroom, began to speak anxiously of witchcraft. The doctors reluctantly concurred – they could produce no rational explanation. Depressed and downcast, the little family went back home.
It took Christian several weeks to tell her story, slowly, haltingly, in bits; she was clearly terrified of revealing too much at once. By then it was January 1697, Christian's case had been brought to the attention of Paisley Presbytery and they decided that there was enough evidence to act against the witches. Katherine Campbell was already in custody as it was said she had tried to flee when she heard that Christian was naming her as a witch.
Upon arrest, a bundle of hair similar to those the child had been coughing up was found in her pocket. Katherine denied all knowledge of it, but it was taken as proof of her guilt.
Agnes Naismith was found and bought to Bargarran House. Christian swooned at the sight of her, but the old beggar-woman stayed silent under questioning. With no evidence other than the child's accusation, she was reluctantly released.
At the instigation of Presbytery, a special Commission was appointed by the Scottish Privy Council to examine the case. Of the eleven members, nine were Renfrewshire lairds, and three were directly related to the Shaw family. They had the power to detain and question any suspects. Meanwhile Christian's attacks continued as before. The invisible "crew" were still besetting her with blows and scratches, and urging her to kill her baby sister. One day in early February, she caught sight of John Lyndsay of Barloch, one of her father's tenant farmers. She immediately accused him of being one of her tormentors. When told to touch his cloak, she felt pains shooting over her body, and then had a fit, and with this John Lyndsay was arrested.
Later that day, an old Highland beggar came to the gate asking for alms. Christian overheard her and denounced her as one of the "crew". She was bought before the child and told to touch her hand – she instantly had a fit, and again The old Highlander was arrested immediatly.
Next to be arrested were Alexander Anderson, already locally notorious for drunkenness and blasphemy, and his 17-year old daughter Elizabeth. Christian had named Alexander as another of the "crew" while Elizabeth Anderson was arrested because she had testified the previous year at a witchcraft inquiry at nearby Inchinnan, naming her own grandmother as a witch.
At the initial questioning before the Commission in Paisley, Elizabeth at first denied everything. But she did break down, and admitted that she was a member of the witches' "crew" and Yes, they were trying to kill Christian Shaw. She could supply names: six names – her father, her great-aunt Margaret Fulton, Agnes Naismith, the young brothers Thomas and James Lyndsay and the old Highland beggar.
Those not already in custody were arrested and brought to Bargarran House where the Commission, would sit and decide if there was enough evidence for a witchcraft trial.
All of the suspects were first shown to Christian Shaw and ordered to touch her. The child obligingly went into a fit or a swoon each time. They were then individually questioned. All but one strongly denied the charges against them – Elizabeth Anderson was positively eager to admit her guilt. Describing her life as a witch in some detail, she confirmed Christian's account of the August Sabbath gathering in the orchard and alleged that the "crew" was responsible for murders and much general evil-doing. Christian herself was then questioned. She repeated her story ; the Commissioners admired her intelligence and calmness. Asked about a "Margaret" that she had previously mentioned in connection with her tormentors, she replied that she could knew the woman's surname, but could not say it out loud. Asked to write it down, she got as far as "Margaret L…." and then fainted. When she had recovered, one of the clergymen present decided to show the Commissioners just what they were dealing with, and asked Christian to read from a bible. As soon as she saw the open book, the child fell to the floor, lay rigid and sang an unearthly wordless melody that echoed through the house. She stopped as soon as the bible was shut – the Commissioners were suitably impressed. After some days of deliberation and consultation with the Shaw's and more clergymen, two of the Commissioners decided to question Elizabeth Anderson again; she was only too happy to talk. For a full day, she described all of the witches' gatherings she had attended, the cursings, the plottings, the murdered babies, the flights through the night-time sky and so forth. She seemed to have an excellent memory for details and easily recalled the names of dozens of co-witches.
As all this testimony poured forth, at least one of the Commissioners expressed some scepticism. Some details of her evidence were inconsistent, he said, and pointed out that many of the people named were half-crazed old beggars who would find it difficult to organise anything, let alone crimes and murders. Additionally, it was extraordinary that a person should be able to recognise so many in the dark of a moonless night in the open, when many of these gatherings allegedly took place.
But the others pointed out that two of the babies claimed by Elizabeth to have been killed by witchcraft had indeed died suddenly from unknown causes. Also, she had named Margaret Lang as a witch, when Christian Shaw had named a Margaret L. as one of her tormentors. Moreover, this Margaret Lang was a midwife, and all the books on witchcraft warned that midwives could be servants of the Devil. The sceptic was overruled and the order given to arrest Lang and her daughter Martha Semple.
The two women did not wait to be arrested. As soon as the local grapevine had bought them word of the accusations against them, they went straight to Bargarran House and demanded that they be allowed to clear their names. They had every right to be angry; the two of them were liked and respected by the whole community. Moreover, Margaret Lang was a most pious and good Christian woman, who always carried a bible and travelled many miles a week to attend as many church services as she could. Martha was eighteen and as pious as her mother.
They were shown to Christian, who amazed her parents by behaving perfectly normally. Once the two women were out of sight, however, she had a seizure and announced that she had been prevented from making any accusations by a magical charm that Margaret Lang had dropped in the hallway outside. Sure enough, a small bundle of hair was discovered there.
That evening, Christian said she had had a visit from the Devil Himself. Invisible and inaudible to everyone else, he appeared first as a "filthy sow", then changed into a handsome dandy. He demanded that she renounce her baptism, but the brave child held firm. For two hours she debated and argued with her infernal visitor, trading insults, theology and biblical texts; He was eventually forced to retire in defeat. Margaret Lang and her daughter were duly arrested the next day.
On the eighteenth of February, the Commissioners delivered their report to the Privy Council in Edinburgh. They said that they had found clear evidence of witchcraft, and listed the names of twenty-two suspects for speedy trial. The Privy Council agreed and issued orders for a trial to be held in Paisley.
After several delays the trial started on the 13th April 1697. The week before a service was held at Paisley Abbey at which a sermon was preached by James Hutcheson of Killellan (halfway between Kilmacolm and Houston) who was famed throughout Scotland as an opponent of witches. The hour long sermon dealt with every aspect of witchcraft, their idolatry, their spiritual blindness, their unholy powers and the marks placed upon them by their Master. He made detailed references to the bewitchment of Christian Shaw and urged that the judges at the forthcoming trial should do everything in their power to produce confessions and expose the work of Satan. The packed congregation included all of the thirteen trial judges, all fifteen jurors, most of the witnesses and all of the clergy appointed to advise the judges.
Christian's fits had ended in March 1697. Until then, her attacks had been getting more and more bizarre. Her invisible tormentors had pursued her into church, had started a fire at her home, and had forced her to attempt to hang herself. Satan had returned for another unsuccessful argument, after which an invisible guardian angel had manifested to provide protection and assure her that all would be well. She had recurring nightmares of dead children and barely slept for days on end. One Sunday morning, she suddenly announced to her parents that she was free from bewitchment – her tormentors were now all in prison.
The Paisley trial went much as the Shaw's would have hoped for. There were over twenty people accused of witchcraft. Elizabeth and Alexander Anderson were not amongst them. Elizabeth's father had died in prison, accusing his daughter to the last of lying.
As Elizabeth herself had confessed and shown repentance, she no longer needed to be tried (the fact that any cross-examining lawyer could have shredded her story was also perhaps a consideration). The defendants were provided with a defence counsel, but since there is no way of proving that someone is not a servant of the Prince of Lies, there was little for him to do beyond arguing against individual pieces of evidence.
The two young brothers, James & Thomas Lindsay had both confessed, describing in detail their meetings with the devil and the actions of numerous people. They too escaped prosecution, as they were deemed too young to stand trial,
There was plenty of evidence. Witness after witness testified they had heard or seen this or that defendant mutter a curse, make a sign, cast a spell or make a charm. Elizabeth Anderson's confession was read out, as was the detailed daily diary that the Shaw's had been keeping from the beginning of their daughter's enchantment. Christian herself gave evidence and proved an excellent witness – calm, mature, intelligent and transparently honest. Nobody could doubt that she was a victim.
The highlight of the Commissions enquiry (not the trial) was the pricking of the accused (suggested by James Hutcheson, the aforementioned opponent of witches). As it was some decades since the practice was in vogue, the court actually had some difficulty in finding a pricker, but eventually unearthed an old man who had once been a pricker's apprentice and who still possessed the vital pricker's tools (if anybody had asked why the pricking could not be carried out by a court official with ordinary blades or needles, it was not recorded). The defendants were first completely stripped and examined for marks that could have been placed by the Devil. Eighteen-year old Martha Semple was closely examined thus twice by several judges and clergymen – one examination by a couple of judges was sufficient for each of the rest of the accused. Those who had suspicious marks were then blindfolded while the pricker probed with his tools. As expected, hardly any of the marks bled or registered pain when pricked – a certain sign of guilt. The results of these tests were used during the trial.
The defence counsel did his best, as he was employed to. But with so much evidence against the accused, and with no witnesses prepared to say anything in their favour, he might as well have been playing with sand. By the end of the trial the jury were only required to pronounce on the guilt of seven of the defendants – the others had had the charge of witchcraft removed from them during the course of the trial when no conclusive evidence against them could be produced. However, they were not released; having been named as witches, they were clearly guilty of something. They were recorded as being still in prison, without charge, two years later. Nothing is known of their eventual fate.
The jury took only hours to decide that John (alias The Bishop) and James Lyndsay (alias the Curate), Agnes Naismith, Margaret Fulton, Katherine Campbell, Margaret Lang and John Lyndsay of Barloch were guilty of the crimes of witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy and charming. They were unanimous on six of the verdicts – there had been disagreement only on the guilt of the old tenant farmer. The seven convicted witches were executed by hanging, at Paisley on the 10th June 1697, in front of a massive crowd. They were each allowed to speak from the scaffold before being hung one after the other.
John Lyndsay of Barloch made a dignified little speech protesting his innocence. Agnes Naismith fiercely laid "a dying woman's curse" on all present; according to eyewitness accounts, a solitary raven settled briefly on the scaffold above her dangling, convulsing body. Margaret Fulton appeared to have lost what few wits she had ever had and talked cheerfully about being carried off to Elf land on fairy horses.
The two older Lyndsay brothers – John and James were, at their own request, hung together and clasped in each other's arms. From other sources we learn that John, alias the Bishop and James, alias The Curate had been accused of witchcraft about 10 years earlier but had escaped death through their ingenuity! Obviously this time they were being investigated more thoroughly.
Katherine Campbell, the Shaw's maid who had unwittingly perhaps started the whole affair, made the crowd gasp in mixed horror and admiration. Refusing to go quietly, she was dragged screaming and struggling to the scaffold, where she shrieked down the vengeance of both God and the Devil upon her persecutors before being flung into oblivion.
The midwife Margaret Lang was the last to go, and provided the big surprise of the day. Speaking from the scaffold, she admitted that she had indeed once trafficked with the Devil. In her younger years, she said, she had once committed a sin of "unnatural lust"; the Devil had subsequently appeared to her and she had promised herself to Him out of shame. But, she insisted, she was entirely innocent of the charges lately laid against her.
After the hangings, their bodies were burned, and their ashes were deposited in a pit at the Maxwelton Cross, where a horseshoe was placed above their remains to keep their spirits at bay.
The sufferings of Christian Shaw, are only part of the story of the 1697 Renfrewshire Witches. The Confessions of Elizabeth Anderson as described above and those of the James and Thomas Lindsay describe a whole series of activities by this group of witches and wizards. Among their dark deeds include the death of the Ferryman at Erskine, and that of several young children – though from the confessions some of the deaths appear to be nothing more than murder as you can see from the confession of James Lindsay on another page.