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______ — "^ — rttilk . uwl1.v1 vatmilan tkb s 01 "" two doixars-payable m avanc two dollars fsflfor tbe first and 25 cts coartorders ' - '" for l tgber than these rates a i.b who advertise by the year : . i!fir rul"k office report indian corn , f crops this is the lead a dicidedly the most important and ■? 8d . , t0 delaware county farmer j im^y^orhsusd m , itl various forms in almost every i u enters extensively in as great a 0 f forms inio the entire system of fjmer furnishing in a large propor j h most economical and desirable * d for working cattle horses beef : i bo»s dairy stock and poultry and he comparative certainty of obtain ; f c,op u der al1 lhe vicissi,udes of ** ,__ accidents il would be hazard c 1 . " , 0 say that 50 per cent of the , *' profits of our agricultural opera j exclusive of dairying flow directly j j ire ctly from the produciion of indian j ... a!o!.p t autumn winter cr spring old pas i round he older the better is bro j ' n from 5 to 8 or more inches in j j so remains till near the plant j when the surface is thorough ' wiih t lie harrow laid oft into ... i v furrows with the plough 4 , an<l 4-5 or more grains plant ifa ihe hoe and covered to the depth j wo jncbcs,atthe intersections between \ e 20th of april and the 10th of may \ the plants are some 2 or 3 inches i-.e ground the cultivator is used free j <■each direction between the rows j u i n 6 inches high the number of rii in each hill reduced to 3 or at most j > ring any deficiency by replant j ing lie surface every third ; t or ofwner if the weather is dry j • e horse cultivator until the ear | :. comprise the usual and generally the j _; er-culture required the depre j us of birds the wire and cutworms i generally limited to the first 4 weeks tr planting the most etfectual reme 7 the cutworm consists in ploughing round during ihe preceding autumn j sinter fur the others none is known y by moles can be in a great meas | ! prevented by frequently stirring the _..!. about the 15 h of september y e husk of the ear gives signs of tss and lhe grain is nearly hard the crop is cut oil and shocked 48 hills t-r around 1 hills leit standing for purpose mid secured at the top to pre ltbe admission of rain after stand lhos some 3 or 4 weeks the corn is iked and stored in open lathworn cribs uj length and height and covered _ a water tight roof exposed tothe itiron every side the stalks with jusksand leaves upon them are bound ii sized bundles and stacked • yi under shelter if possible until j it i.t occurrence ol drought or ear j ra frequently causes the appearance ; r^ature ripeness in ihe stalk and the m*d lhe grain though it acquires "-'« of hardness is shrunken and mieon lhe cob under lhe finger — has proved that the sap ves stalk continue to act and if ned to stand will generally mature ; no satisfactorily almost every ! variety ol corn has been introduc j i cultivated here experimentally to ■'■'••'■extent to develop their respect j actor and general adaptation to i 1 tod climate in all cases howev j r a few years cultivation the ef i we latter or possibly occasional ; '• • junng their growth with the cul ties tends to reduce them to u " ta ' c t»torraity in habits appear j with the common stan ; p e a ' rf ady in use viz ear from 8 ' lq ' w $ in length cob white l inch i om 12 to 20 rows of grain on the cob and weigh j u 60 pounds per bushel a called oregon corn at the j r • whence the seed was re j a favorite with many ' nation is increasing and three j fhite viz bladen lloyd and j received from the patent ' e heen experimented upon suf > establish the character with ! came recommended ; but it is whether either of them of ! to&nem advantages over that j cro p until recently has been j , * depend entirely for its support j!al fertility of the soil and - derived irom a fresh turned q ter is indeed an indispensa ur a lull crop under any sys jeinent or on any of our va t oem ' howev « productive ihey r e ' * so moderate amount ' a(j ei]uat e to sustain a second l op nor indeed a lull crop f _ , 4 unckr cultivation the p-.v llghl ma uring in the " 6 be i practised on small par eels with marked benefit but the recent extension of the use of guano on wheat ground has enabled those using it to dis . pose otherwise ofa portion of their barn yard manure land destined for corn has recently participated in this surplus wilh most decided advantage and it is highly probable that the increasing use of that article guano wiil thoroughly revo lutionize our system of manuring and that the corn crop will eventually be the ex clusive recipient of the home made ma nure as that of wheat has hitherto been the sandy and gravelly loams on the more elevated land distant three or more miles from the river are better adapted to the production of this grain than the clay soil below over nearly the whole surface of i the country however the soil solor ; he;it moisture and length of season are so favorable to its cultivation as to pro duce in average years from 35 to 65 bushels per acre as the quality and na tural strength of tbe soil may vary with ! suitable attention without manuring and ; a fourth or a third more if manured the cost per bushel to the producer when de ; livered at the mills under the treatment \ sketched above after making a reasona | ble allowance for the value of the stalks i is estimated closely at from 20 to 25 cents per bushel of 56 pounds and the present value for new crop 55 cents — the most recently approved method of feeding to horses is in tbe whole grain ; to horned cattle in the form of meal fre quently mixed with an equal quantity of oatmeal ; to hogs the same after fermen tation except in the last stages of feeding for slaughter ; then whole grain and pure water for drink cooking the meal and ! also the grain is frequently practised on a small scale with decided advantage but no experiments are known to have been made with sufficient accuracy to serve as data to estimate the extent of its economi cal advantages the whole crop finds a ready demand at home — at the mills fac tories public houses and dairymen and also for feeding the large droves of beeves during their transit through our country from the south and west to the eastern markets in this case it is fed in the ear as the most advantageous and economi cal for the drover the crop suffered se vere injury the present year from the vi olent storms of the 19th of july and later ; and the great quantity of rain during the season was determined to crops generally and particularly on clay soil retarding the ripening some ten days it escaped the frost however and the crop altogeth er is above an average one and has been well secured oats the oat crop in our system is almost invariably restricted to land cultivated with corn the previous year and owing to the common opinion that it is a great im povisher of the soil is in no great favor with the farmer but for the small ex pense attending its cultivation the con venient time ol sowing and harvesting and also the necessity for cultivating the ground preparatory to the wheat and grass crops in the succeeding autumn which perhaps it serves well it would be generally abandoned corn ground of the preceding year is ploughed at any convient time when the frost will permit in the spring no later than the lstol may 3 bushels of seed per acre are sown im mediately well harrowed frequently pass i ed over with the roller and left without further attention until it ripens general ly late in july when it is cut with the cra , die bound in convenient sized sheaves j and secured in the barn the whole crop '• ol 1850 was entirely prostrated by the | storm on the 19th of july much of it | could not be bound but was stored in the barns in bulk the quantity was about 1 equal to an average and the quality fair | no manure is required to this crop : thin j ■soil il the season is favorable is well i j adapted to this grain on strong ground | the straw grows rank and weak is liable j i to fall and the grain perish the crop is j i very susceptible of injury from drought | | during any stage ol its growth but singu j larly exempt from the depredations of in *. ! sects or other enemies under favoroble \ ' circumstances from 30 to 50 bushels per j i acre are the usual yield if cultivated with 1 proper care without strict regard to the ) quality of the soil a white and also a j black variety have been cultivated here | many years and esteemed tbe best adapt . ed to our locality the cost ot produc tion is estimated to average 21 cents per bushel ; the usual value from 30 to 50 cts ; j at present 44 cents the whole crop finds a ready market in the county and is used j as food for horses in the whole grain ; for ; dairy cows and hogs in the form of meal i mixed with equal parts of cornmeal from the christian statesman native africans in liberia — their customs aud superstitions by dr j w lugenbeel form of government tbe government among the different tribes of native africans in liberia and its vicinity j may be regarded as a kind ol compound ofihe patriarchal lhe oligarchal and the monarch i cal in every tribe there is one man who is i recognised as the head king of lhe tribe to ' whom all the other kings and chiefs of the tribe are nominally subordinate african kings i however are very numerous indeed in a i most every community there is one man who ia regarded as a king : his jurisdiction extend j ing over a single hamlet or a small tract of i couniry including within its limits several small hamlets as in european manarchical governments , so among ihe native tribes of africa royally and j govermental authority are usually hereditary the legal successor of a departed king howev er cannol assume his royal station and author j ity without the coucurrence of all the other kings ol the tribe : and not unfrequenlly some other individual nol ot the royal family is appointed by the other kings wirh the concurrence ol lhe people over whom he is to preside in conse quence of the minority of the rightful s ucessor — though he may be a man of thirty years of age or more — or of some other difficulty either imaginary or real the kingly succession is not so sciupulously observed in africa as in europe and not unlrequenily like bona parte and cromwell some daring adventurer sometimes of anoiher and distant tribe will u surp the power and authority rightly belonging to another and set up a dominion or kingdom for himsell vi et armis as in the case ol lhe celebrated boatswain who rendered valuable assistance tothe early settlers of liberia ln most cases the title is the only thing of which african kings can boast none of tbem are ever burdened with wealth indeed most of ihem are miserable poor i have seen hall a dozen kings and as many chiels and headmen at one lime silling on he ground as humble mendicants in submissive patience awaiting to receive a dash present of a few pounds of tobacco from a gentleman in liberia at whose place of residence they had assembled ln addition lo those persons who are digni fied with ihe honorable appellation of king there are others ol subordinate authority who are generally called headmen in each hamlet however small there is a headman who has more or less control over all the other residents of the place and who is responsible for heir conduct the principal mark of distinction be tween the kings or the headmen and the rest ofthe people usually consists in the size ofthe garments which they respectively wear ; those ofihe lormer generally being rather more ex lensive than those ol the latter their style of living does not differ materially from that of any ol their subjects and their palaces cannot generally be distinguished from the residences of their untitled subordinates native houses the natives about liberia invariabiy reside in towns or hamlets few of which contain more j ihan five hundred inhabitants and most of ihem j less than two hundred the whole country except in the immediaie vicinity of these towns [ or hamlets which are very numerous presents j a deep unbroken forest the solemn silence of which is seldom disturbed save by the footsteps and voices ol travellers and the noise of wild animals the houses or huts in which ihey reside are generally rudely constructed of slicks usually lined with strong bamboo mats with which the dirt floors are also sometimes cover ed their huts are always covered with lhatch and sometimes they are daubed outside wilh mud the floor ol the house is sometimes raised a foot or two above the ground and il consists of a stout mat supported by bamboo slicks which serve the purpose of sleepers — in huts ol ihis kind the space between the floor and the joists is seldom more than three or four feet ; consequently they cannot stand erect in these kind of dwellings some of their huts j are constructed wilh a little regard to taste and j convenience some are pretty substantially built j but most of them are fiithy smoking ugly dis j agreeable hovels presentiug indubitable evi dence ol extreme indolence and improvidence j on the part of ibe inmates their huts are sei j dom arranged in rows or with any kind of sys j tem but they appear to be erected solely with j a view to the personal accommodation of the . proprietors wiihout any regard to neatness or j regularity a stranger would be more likely j toloose his way in travelling through a large , african town than in trying to gel irom the j state house to the charleston bridge in the . crooked city of boston style of dress the almost universal style of dress of all the j tribes to which i have alluded consists simply , ol a piece of cotton cloth or a cotion handker j chief fastened loosly about iheir loins in ad j dition to which a kind of hat is sometimes not generally worn composed ol the fibres ol some one ol the numerous indigeneous vegetable sub stances or of a kind oi grass in addition to the ordinary girdle about lhe loins some of the natives particularly the kings and headmen wear a kind of robe loosely thrown across one shoulder and wrapped around the body | these robes are generally manufactured in the j country from the native cotton which they spin by a very simple though tedious process and weave it into narrow slips never more than six inches wide by a process exhibiting a little in genuity but not less tedious than lhat of spin ning the natives of intertropical alrica sel dom encumber iheir bodies wiih shirts or pan taloons in some rases among those who are partially civilized these two garments are worn but in the country hamlets tbey are scarcely ever seen and most ofthe children of both sexes run aboul ia a state ol entire nuidity — women usually wear a larger piece of cloth than men — generally about two yards ol coarse calico loosely wraped around iheir bodies — in most cases however no kind of covering is worn above lhe waist and indeed in many cases among the lair sei especially those j in the neighborhood ol cape palmas the little ; narrow strip ol cloth which they wear is nol of sufficient dimension o afford material enough for the dress of a child's doll-baby very tew oi iho natives even among those who are con siderably advanced in civilization ever appear in full dress similar to lhat which is usually worn in civilized communities while ihe ly rant fashion whose ideas of he tilness of things are as changeable as the color ol lhe skin of the little chameleon puts many foolish and extravagant notions into the heads of peo ! pie in more highly-favored countries the untu tored native african acts independently of his 1 controlling influence ; and being able lo gratify the demands of hunger wuh lhe roots and fruits of his native foresl home and lo warm him sell by the rays of the sun he philosophically ; concludes that " man wanis bul utile here be ] low and he treads his way along the liule win ■ding lore«t-path amidst the prolusion of wild flowers and the mingled melody ol purling ! streams aud warbling birds or in his light ca j noe skims over the surface ofthe placid rivers or mounts over the rolling billows ol the ocean j as cheerful and perhaps as happy as the pam i pered man of wealth who revels amidst his rich j es and his gorgeous attire and perhaps ma j ny generations yet unborn will appear upon the stage of liie and then pass away belore the aborigines of africa shall have universally a bandoned their degrading habits and shall oc cupy a station ol social and domestic refinement j and ol intellectual and political exaltation equal i to that which is occupied by the anglo-saxon ! branch ofthe caucasian race — il indeed that period eyer will arrive in the history of our world attempts at forgeiiy — two several at empts were made on our banking institutions on saturday last to pass off forged checks both of which endeavors to raise the wind were sig nally frustrated a check for one hundred and lorty-three dollars made payable lo john smith or bearer and signed robert martix was presented by a colored boy lor payment al the counter of ihe planters and mechanics bank accompanied wilh a note from said smith re questing thai great care be observed in giving lhe boy the money lhat twenty dollars ol the a mount be sent in small bills this clumsey attempt however to forge the name of one whose signature was so well known at the in stitution of which he has lor a series of years served as director at once excited the suspi cion ol the teller and the boy wasdeiained and a public officer sent for the boy on being questioned said that he was sent with lhe piec es of paper by a while man who was waiting his return a short distance from the bank he was taken in custody by the officer but on re pairing to the place designated no one was found to communicate with him he having doubtless imagined from lhe long detention lhat suspicion ol the forgery was entertained the olher attempt was made on the south western rail road bank where a check was presented by a black boy signed wm patton for one hundred and fifty-three dollars made payable to the same individual and in this in stance also admonishing the teller to be care ful in transmitting the money the teller ol j the bank like his brother officer al the plant ers was not to be caught iu this way he at once pronounced the check a forgery but as j mr patton happened to be present refered j il to him who confirmed his suspicions as in lhe former case the boy was detained until j the arrival of a police oflicer tne boy was questioned on lhe subject and told a similar slo j ry aboul a while man waiting his return but on repairing wilh the oflicer to lhe place designa j led the bird had flown the boys were lodged in the guard house | and examined yesterday morning by lhe may j or who on being made acquainted wilh the : facts committed them for iuriher examination j the cases were turned over to magistrate g yll-s — charleston courier from liberia feb 5 — liberia papers to the 12th december have been received by the boston " traveller the distressing condition of affairs at grai.d ; bassa was the engrossing subject of interest j in the attack upon fishtown grando lhe insur j gents were joined by prince boyer of trade ] town tbey had marshalled forces from all quarters wilh the intention of entirely destroy j ing the settlements at grand bassa other na j live chiefs and even foreign traders are irnpli j cated in the affair the attack upon fishtown was made nov 5ih the village was sacked and i burned and nine ol the inhabitants murdered grando commanded in person having aboul 300 troops the garrison was taken by surprise among the muidered were 2 women and four ehildren the bodies were mutilated in a horn j ble manner it soon appeared that almost lhe entire bassa country and trade town had joined grando's rebellion and lhat mr lawrence an english | trader was stimulating and aiding them on . the 11th dec a general attack was made on ' bassa cove at midnight but was successlully repulsed several ofthe assailants having been killed as hie assailants fled'to the wilderness > the air is said to have resounded with " nabo j a cry of pain the cannon ofihe libenans hav j mg been weil charged with slugs and grape , shot . scouting parties from bassa cove subse . quently attack and broke up the enemies towns | on the 15th they made another and more des perate attack on the cove in great numbers ; | but were repulsed wi.h the loss of from 30 lc 50 killed and wounded amongst them some ot their chief war iors after this repulse grando wanted to leave lhe country ; but his allies would nol let him he will probably scon be captured n , the legislature met dec 1st president rob erts was inaugurated and delivered his mess age all on one side we have always believed ihai the democrats were lhe lu kiest dogs in the w.»ild and the fire of wednesday mghi last has ool bv any ! means shaken this opinion enveloped iu flames on every side with myriads of burning flakes aud spaiks showering all over it the journal oflice nevertheless stands ii all like a salamander and comes oul *..( ihe conflict scarcely singed li wouldn't l.urn ve record ! the fact with much satislaciion and congra'ulate our stars thai it was our neighbors estamish ment and not our own had il been ours ii would have melted away under ihe tierv em braces ol the devouring element as quickly as the limited supply ol shad on the boarding house tables the wind would bave shitted and we should have been burnt out beyond redemption by way of proof look at the whig flag stati which stood for years in all ihe glory ol ihe gre cian bend iu front ol the commercial office — though distant a hundred yards or more irom the conflagration and offering but a slender bo dy for its embrace a loving spark in ils devious flight found a resting place on the cross trees ; and soon ignited and in a short lime a crash told us the difference between whigery and democracy turning from lhe smoking ruin and looking lhe other way behold tbe journal office as ugly and safe as ever the luck is too much on one side ii by dint ol hatd work we elect our presidenl lhe man although hear j ly before incentinently dies if a new par j ty springs up it is formed out of ours na ; live americanism played ihed — i wiih us tem i perance has thrown political advantages into j the hands of our adversaries who drink jusl as j much if not more ihan we do and all sorls of feelings ideas aud organizations are continu { ally arising only to end with iheir own and our j demolishment how can we whip a parly i which dealh are the old boy and all he ele j ments smile upon and claim as their own — — i there's very litlle luck with the whigs ; for j tunes are never left them they have to work lor their living and confoundedly hard at lhal — | we remember one favored individual in our i ranks however he ran for judge in pennsyl i vania at the last election and slipped in some how while the remainder ol his breihren were > lost in the distance it didn't end there ; the time came lor drawing the terms ol service and j our friend drew ihe longest we think he was j safe in the ermine for fifteen years that man ] we consider gifted a man of pans and he shall j get our vols for president il he's all right on the compromise and runs — wil herald singular affatr yesterday morning at an earl hour a young woman was thrust rudely out of a house fronting on the ally in rear of the exchange hotel as the morning was ; quite cold — snow having fallen the previ j ous night — and as the young woman had on neither shoes nor gown not to mention other unknown appendages of lemale cos tume — her forlorn condition attracted the sympathies of the passers by one of whom we learn posted off for tbe police fully impressed with the idea lhat it was a case requiring magisterial investigation after standing awhile at the door which had been so rudely and inhumanely closed a gainst ber the poor girl received from a window above a pair of shoes and a por tion of wearing apparel as may be rea dily supposed she speedily appropriated these articles to their accustomed use — whilst engaged in dressing a lady and ' gentleman passed by ; their attention was j arrested by the singular condition of the j young woman and possibly their sympa j ties were excited : be this as it may the i girl was directed to follow them which j she did right willingly and was soon lost ! to the gaze ot the idlers wbo had stopped possibly to jeer and laugh at her mislor j lunes as the ati'air has given rise to all ! sorts of rumors we have endeavored to obtain the facts ; the above statement con tains we believe all that took place in the streets ; farther than that we could not go | rich times the forest dicorce case — vve were surprised to see advertised in the raleigh post as for sale at that otiice the new york herald's report of the forest di vorce case containing " all the evidence i — a work prepared to minister to a de praved appetite and abounding.it is aid in filthy and disgusting details we trust that the foreman has acted in this matter without the advice of the worthy edi'ors of the post ; but this will not relieve them from responsibility and the raleigh times has dealt out to ihem a very just rebuke it is known that the post is published at j the state institution tor the deaf and '< dumb and in reference to that fact the • times takes it for granted that the prin cipal will exercise due vigilance to pre vent the pamphlet from falling into the j hands of the pupils especially the girls as the times suggests it may welt be supposed that the people of thestate would prefer that the pupils should forego ihe • advantages of education for a time rath j er than be exposed to the contamination which the circulation oi such a pamphlet might introduce among them il " the office of the weekly post can atford to do job work " at northers prices we • hope it will not undertake to introduce northern publications of this character among us at atuj price hdlsboio record er a whig meeting was held in wilkes : boro on the 3rd inst resolutions were adopted in favor of john keer esq as candidate for the office ol governor ; and in lavor ol millard fillmore and wm a graham lor the offices of president aud 1 vi ce president of the united states al so approving of the compromise mea sures selfxtkd for the watcuxas do something " for satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do a young man in portland me about twen ty-one years of age named william k hall j has been sent to lhe siate prison for life lor i the crime of robbery when he was brought i up lor trial be plead as an excuse that he was drunk when he did it djt so far from being an excuse this only made the matter worse why did he get drunk ? and if he does lha law will punish him for the crime he com mils ail hough al the time be has lost his rea son he committed a crime when he drank what he knew would takeaway his reason and must be held responsible for what he does bui why did this young man get drunk ? — because he was idle he had tioihing to do one of ihe witnesses was asked what business u.is young man followed and he answered i never knew him lo be engaged in anr busi ness here is lhe secret ol his bad charac ter he was idle and idleness is ihe parent ol ail fice bus sometimes think it a fine thing lo have nothing to do ; bul be ibat has nothing to do is in the wav of temptation — therelore do something — i at be idle ; do something even it you have tl beg for work il is a gieai mistake to ihiiui lhat idleness makes one happy shut a man up in prison in a cell by himself and give him nothing lo do and he will soon beg for work useful employment helps in make one happy il you wish to be miserable and come to ruin be lazy lord what will ihou have me lo do " \\ liatsoever thy hand lindeih of all the varied forms ot kindness and of good stand in your lot and work around you ; in your own home in your own neighborhood vour own lown couniy or stale and it god enlarge the ability and opportunity ** break forth upon lha right hand and upon lhe lefi ;" but don't wait lor a large field ; cultivate lhe spot you have and help your neighbors don'i torgei the prayer meeting and sabbath school ; nor '* to do good and communicate ;" for '* wiih such sacrifices ood is well pleased remember lhat to put a sound gospel tract into a family is like giving them a draught of lhe water of lite ; to put there an evangelical volume is furnishing ihem a •• waterpot ol two or three firkins ;" nay some volumes might rather be likened lo a reservoir but to supply ihem wiih lhe bible is io open a fountain of living water by ihe very hearthstone it is like plaining a perrenuial spring in the traveller's track across the great sahara * do any or all of these and a blessing shall return into your own bosom and god shall be gloiifield in you from the christian advocate and journal the little child there is something peculiarly lovely and interest in in the character of a little ; child ; so much so that the more it is stu died the more interesting does it become the saviour of the world loved little i children and selected one as a model for ! bis followers few persons compara tively give its character the admiration which is due it ; and few seem to think chirst meant what he said when those words fell from bis lips — '* except ye be converted and become as little children c let us take a glance at the character of a little child the present seems all with which it has to do ; no sad regrets of the past cast a gloom over its cheerful spirit no anxieties as to the future ; no distrac ting cares distrusting doubt or forbidding fears ruflle the stream of hippiness that glides on and on in that jovous heart — no sense of guilt darkens that sonny brow no burning tears of shame dim the brill iant eyes winch speak ol puritvjand inno cence within the child is happy and as iree from care as the little warbler that hits through the heavens ll is true a tear nay many tears are seen upon its cheek at times but they are like the droppings of the sunshine shower an object ol tenor may pre sent itsell and cause alarm ; but a mo iher's'kiss andsoohting tone can drive it ali away the child may have to walk through the dark but it matters not how thick tbe darkness il it be held by a pa rent's hand there is not a doubt but that arm is sufficiently strong lo protect it — should dangers threaten let it but nestle in the bosom which gave it life and all is well rut the sweetest trail in all its character is its humility of which we have not time or ability to speak it is also docile teachable in short it is such as we must become in spirit to inherit the kingdom of god to the eloquent divine the far-famed philanthropist the man of towering intel lect the selfconceited personage who es teems himselt nothing less than a lord of creation to all to each we would whis per : " except ye be converted and be come as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven mary a a philadelphia dec 5 1851 hon a h shepperd — a friend wri ting from yadkin county expresses a de sire to see mr shepperd announced as a suitable candidate for the gubernatorial chair mr shepperd commands the res pect and esteem of both whigs and de mocrats and his nomination would per haps give more general satisfaction than any person we know of — peoples press one of the rumors from parts i that in the eveni of the assumption by louis napoleon ot the tit if of emperor ibe minister ol ausrria russia and prus-ia have received instructions io withdraw fiom the french capital murder in wayne we learn by the follow ing exiract irom a leuer dated joldsborougb 19th inst thai lhe keeper ofihe boor house of that couniy was tabbed and killed by an in mate on thursday night last — standard " a man by th name of lane an inmaie of lhe poor house stabbed the keeper mr gar ris last night who died in rive minutes after lane was committed to jail to-day garris leaves a wife and number of children the medal lately presented io mr clay bj the [ citizens of n y.'cost 3000 the carolina watchman j j bruner ) / " keep a cneck upon all vour editor df proprietor ) rulers { new series do tfrrs and ltbertvissafe < gen'l harrison ( volume viii number 44 salisbury n c thursday march 4 1852
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|The Thursday, March 4, 1852 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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|State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive
|The Thursday, March 4, 1852 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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Phillies win the game in the twelfth inning on Jason Werth's walk-off single.
Thanks to a Jayson Werth single in the bottom of the twelfth, the Phillies have now won their third straight game as they defeat the D-backs in extra-innings, 6-5.
The Phillies would take a quick 1-0 lead in the second inning as Ryan Howard would hit his twenty-eighth home run of the year, a solo shot off of the D-backs' starter, Doug Davis. The score would remain 1-0 for the next several innings, as Davis, and Phillies' starter, Kyle Kendrick, would be involved in a pitchers' duel until the top of the sixth, when, with two outs and a runner on third, Chad Tracy would hit a RBI single, scoring Orlando Hudson, who has earlier singled, stole second and has went to third on a ground out, tying the score at one all. The Phillies would retake the lead in the bottom of the sixth, when, with two men out, Pedro Feliz, who has earlier reached base with a walk, and has gone to third on Shane Victorino's double, would score on a wild pitch by Davis, making it 2-1 Phillies, while Victornio would go to third. After Carlos Ruiz is intentionally walked, he would attempt to steal second with Kendrick batting. While Ruiz is caught off second, Victornio would break for home, and would score during the rundown, to make it 3-1 Phillies, before Ruiz is finally tagged out, Miguel Montero (catcher) to Stephen Drew (shortstop) to Tracy (first baseman), for the final out of the inning. In the seventh, Kendrick would get knocked out of the box as he is unable to keep the Diamondbacks from scoring, as the first three men that he would face in the inning would get on base: Montero would start the inning off with a single, then go to third on a Alex Romero double, putting runners on second and third. Pinch hitter Emilio Bonifacio would then double, scoring both Montero and Romero, making it three all. Augie Ojeda would then move Bonifacio over to third with a sacrifice bunt, for the first out. Charlie Manuel would then take out Kendrick, replacing him with R.J. Swindle. Drew would greet Swindle with a RBI single, scoring Bonifacio, making it 4-3 D-backs. Swindle is then replaced by Chad Durbin, who would get out the two men that he would face via a swinging strike out (Hudson) and a pop out to the catcher (Conor Jackson). The D-backs would make it 5-3 in the eighth, when Romero would hit a RBI double, while being robbed of a possible home run by an almost great catch by Victorino, which would score Montero, but Romero would be thrown out at third base when he tried to turn it into a triple, Victorino to Jimmy Rollins to Feliz. In the Phillies' half of the eighth, Howard would start the inning off with a walk. He would then move to second on a single by Pat Burrell. After Eric Bruntlett comes in to pinch run for Burrell, Feliz would then bunt both him and Howard over a base. Victornio would then follow with a two-run triple, scoring both Howard and Bruntlett, tying the score at five all. The Phillies would then threaten to score the winning run from the ninth inning on, but would be unable to score until the twelfth, while the bullpen would shut down the Diamondbacks. So Taguchi would start the inning off with a single. He would be moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt by Chris Coste, for the first out. Rollins would then be intentionally walk. Jayson Werth would then follow with a single, that would score Taguchi, giving the Phillies the win.
Kyle Kendrick would receive a no-decision, pitching six and a third innings before finally being knocked out of the box by the D-backs, giving up four earned runs on nine hits. R.J. Swindle would face only one batter, giving up one hit. Chad Durbin would pitch one and two-thirds innings, giving up an earned run on two hits. Brad Lidge, Clay Condrey and J.C. Romero would combine to pitch three scoreless innings, giving up only one hit between them. Rudy Seanez would get the victory as he pitches an inning, giving up no runs on no hits. His record is now 4-3 with a 2.63 ERA. Doug Davis would also get a no-decision as he would go six innings, giving up three earned runs on five hits. Chad Qualls would go an inning, giving up no runs on two hits. Doug Slaten would face just one batter, giving up an earned run on no hits. Tony Pena would get a blown save, his third of the year, as he would pitch an inning, giving up an earned run on two hits. Leo Rosales would pitch two scoreless innings, giving up only two hits. Connor Robertson would take the lost, going one and a third inning, giving up one earned runs on four hits. His record is now 0-1 with a 6.35 ERA.
The Phillies (51-43) will continue their three games series with the Diamondbacks (46-47, 1st Natiomal League West) tomorrow afternoon with the second of their three games from Citizens Bank Park. The game would start at 3:55 pm Eastern. The Phillies' starter will be Adam Eaton (3-7, 5.20), who is coming off an awful start against the Mets on July 7, where he would only go two and two-thirds innings, giving up six earned runs on ten hits, in the Phillies' 10-9 lost. Lifetime against the D-backs he is 3-5 in 14 startes with a 4.23 ERA. He will be trying to improve his record while trying to keep the Phillies ahead of the other teams in the East. The D-backs will counter with Randy Johnson, (5-7, 5.18), who is coming off a win against the Padres on July 6, as he would go six and one third innings, giving up only one run on three hits, in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 win. Johnson will be trying for his second straight victory while hoping to be able to dominate the Phillies as he has done in the past.
The Phillies' lead over both the Marlins and the Mets is still a game and a half as they have both won their games while their lead over the Braves have increased to seven and a half games with their lost to the Padres. The Phillies will try to continue their present winning streak while hoping to put some distance between themselves and their nearest rivals.

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How To Host a New Years Eve Cocktail Party
From bar cart essentials and the perfect playlist to holiday cocktails and mocktails, we've gathered advice from Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn to help you prep for your next cocktail party. Let's raise a glass to the best of 2012, and toast to a festive 2013!
• The Perfect Cocktail Party Playlist
• Entertaining Elements: Setting a Cocktail Party Table
• Party On: Cloth Cocktail Napkins
• 15 Round Bar Carts: Serving in Style
• High & Low: Bar Cart Accessories
• Basic Bar Essential: Cocktail Shakers
• Party Tip: Keep a House Cocktail Journal
• Cocktails for Beginners: 9 Cocktail Party Themes to Get You Started
• 15 Delicious Non-Alcoholic Spritzers, Sodas, and Mocktails
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by Punchy » Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:18 pmAfter a few issues of solo adventures for the members of the 'non-team' this issue features them getting back together to try and stop John Aman and get to the bottom of just what in holy hell is going on. Fraction continues to use this title to really explore the Marvel Universe, so we have the Defenders paying a visit to Wakanda, getting high on magic soul-juice with the Black Panthers, and kind of declaring war on John Aman's country. This issue featured some real stand-out moments, particularly for Silver Surfer, the way his body morphed when he took Wakandan LSD was hilarious. Parallel to this, Fraction introduced everyone's second-favourite sexy cat-based thief Black Cat to the book, you could tell he and the Dodsons were having a real blast in the heist sequence, and as this is their last issue, it's good to have them bow out doing what they do best, drawing a character with massive breasts being sexy as Marvel can allow. I wonder what the deal is with those Brass Frogs, and what the hell are the 'Council Of Antiquarians' after? I'm guessing they want the Concordance Engine really. This book is the best expression of Fraction's indie sensibilities I've seen in his Marvel work, lots of on the surface stylish silliness and, but beneath it, there's substance. It's not just being cool for cool's sake. Unless it is.
by Greg » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:19 pmSurfer getting high on the Wakandan soul shaped herb was awesome.
by e_galston » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:26 pmI'm pretty sure these brass frogs are the exact same frogs that appeared in McDuffie's run of Fantastic Four..
by e_galston » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:27 pmHere is the wiki entry on them:
King Solomon's Frogs are two fictional magical amphibians (in the Marvel Universe) who were once in the service of Solomon, King of Israel, and are now in the service of T'Challa, King of Wakanda. The Frogs have astounding powers: One of them can warp Time, the other can warp Space. With their help, T'Challa can travel hundreds of light-years "almost instantaneously" and lead the Fantastic Four to victory over Galactus and his heralds The Silver Surfer and Stardust. Taku, the King's capable assistant, tries to warn his monarch that there are dangerous side-effects in using the powers of the frogs, but the headstrong ruler refuses to listen.
King Solomon's Frogs appear in the Marvel Comics Fantastic Four, issue 546, July 2007.
A story entitled "King Solomon's Frog" appeared in the first issue of The Black Panther comic, dated January 1977. The story was written and drawn by Jack Kirby, and describes T'Challa's discovery of the time-warping brass frog
by Greg » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:35 pmPunchy, if you're interested, when Hudlin and McDuffie wrote the BP/Storm/Fantastic 4 arc, the Frogs were used and it was a lot of fun on both books.
Priest also featured the Frogs, but the run with the Frogs aren't collected (What would you expect with Marvel?).
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selected backgrounds from Root Beer Guy
art director - Nick Jennings
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BG painters - Sandra Calleros, Ron Russell, and Teri Shikasho
selected backgrounds from Root Beer Guy
art director - Nick Jennings
BG designers - Santino Lascano & Derek Hunter
BG painters - Sandra Calleros, Ron Russell, and Teri Shikasho
Photographer has fun during commute by placing newspaper photos on top of fellow commuters.
Our March issue has just hit the newsstands and our subscribers in all platforms. The cover story this month is an important one: The U.S. is experiencing a big boom in oil and natural gas due to new technologies to extract hard-to-reach oil. The new "gold rush" is affecting with special intensity northwest North Dakota, bringing new fortunes, transforming the prairie landscape and also causing environmental concerns while boosting the U.S. fuel supply.
Senior Graphics Editor and cartographer Virginia Mason produced a spectacular tour de force in researching, conceptualizing and designing the map, graphic and video in the story, shown here (click on the graphics for the hi-res version). In a few weeks I'll make a longer post about the step by step process of this project, which involved research on the field, advanced GIS and 3D work and acquiring new animation skills.
The map shows wells in the heart of the new oil boom region of North Dakota. Over 3,000 wells (all existing wells, including inactive ones are plotted) dot the map, each of them extending underground in gigantic 1 or 2-mile long pipes (the gray lines) along an oil-rich layer of oil called the Bakken formation. The pipes are used for the highly specialized process or hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, perhaps one the most essential new words you are starting to hear about in the news.
The stark, simple presentation of the map with the rural landscape along the Missouri River overwhelmed by the massive pattern of black dots amplifies the shocking nature of this transformation. Overall, there are about 8,000 wells in North Dakota, a number that is projected to grow to about 50,000.
The graphic (below) shows how fracking works. It was produced by Virginia along with Joe Lertola from Bryan Christie Design studio. Fracking is a process by which previously inaccessible oil embedded in rock can be extracted by injecting water, sand and chemicals at high pressure into a layer of shale. The fluid fractures the rock, releasing the oil, which flows back up the well to the surface along with it. The waste fluid from the process is then pumped back into the ground in disposal wells that are kept far from the groundwater layer, in theory preventing the contamination that has happened in other parts of the country.
The graphic shows a real well (Iverson 21-14 H) in the field, and every fracture (shown by the blue lines) along the 2-mile horizontal pipe was accurately plotted in three-dimensional space using seismic data.
Finally, here is the video we produced for the iPad and iPhone edition, possibly the most ambitious undertaking in animation so far by our art department. We'll do much more of it as we continue expanding our graphics and maps offering for the web and mobile platforms. I hope you think it was worth it after you watch and I'd be interesting in hearing your opinion. I'll show you the step by step soon.


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Misty Morning Sweater
Pattern Type: Knit
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Sizes Included: XS, Sm, Md, Lg, XL, 2X, 3X
Yarn Lines: Capra DK Yarn
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Misty Morning is absolutely the epitome of comfort and simplicity - perfect for a cool, foggy morning. The pullover, which fits chest sizes 30" - 54", is designed to be loose and cozy, while maintaining enough drape to flatter. The simple stockinette body is easy enough for a first-time sweater, but the large cowl provides enough interest and style for more advanced knitters. The combination of simple stitches and soft edges with elegant draping and the broad neckline creates a perfect balance between comfort and style. Misty Morning is sure to be a weekend favorite for years to come.
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Former American International Group (NYSE:AIG) chief executive Hank Greenberg sued former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer late Friday for what he alleges are defamatory remarks against his character.
The lawsuit, which was filed in New York Supreme Court in Putnam County, said Spitzer embarked on a "long-standing malicious campaign … to discredit Mr. Greenberg, and damage Mr. Greenberg's reputation and career, while attempting to bolster Mr. Spitzer's career and reputation."
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The move comes as Spitzer makes his bid for New York City Comptroller. Spitzer resigned as New York Governor in March 2008 amid a scandal in which he allegedly had numerous liaisons with prostitutes for tens of thousands of dollars. Spitzer, who was in California taping an appearance with Jay Leno, was not immediately available for comment.
The suit cites numerous of examples of Spitzer allegedly making false statement about Greenberg's role in the near collapse of the insurance giant. In one such instance, the suit said, Spitzer told a reporter with the New York Law Journal Greenberg cannot avoid "the simple reality they were running a crooked company."
The suit goes on to mention television appearances, private conversations and other such details in which Spitzer makes remarks suggesting Greenberg was a corrupt individual.
Greenberg ran the insurance behemoth from 1968 through 2005. AIG nearly toppled and was bailed out by the U.S. government three years later during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Greenberg is represented by attorneys at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University fans currently have
an opportunity to bid on receiving an autographed jersey from their
favorite Bulldog team and help an important national cause at the
same time.
The FSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is presently conducting a blind auction to help raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. As part of the auction, an autographed jersey signed by all 2009-10 members is available for each FSU Athletics team.
To bid on a jersey, please email your offer to the respective SAAC representative listed below for each sport. Fans are allowed to make only one offer and the mimimum bid is $25 for each jersey. Since it is a blind auction, fans will have no idea what others are bidding during the process. The SAAC representatives will contact the various winners on April 30 and the jersey will be sent upon receiving payment.
To date this year, the FSU SAAC organization has collected over $700 for Make-A-Wish thru various methods, including selling dicots displayed above the ticket office window, offering change buckets at the concession stand, a Papa John's pizza fundraiser and other efforts. The goal from the beginning of the campaign has been to raise more than $1,000 this academic year.
The mission of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes, protecting student-athlete welfare and fostering a positive student-athlete image.
This past year, the FSU SAAC has played an active role in several important initiatives. They hosted a Bowl-O-Rama for incoming freshmen student-athletes and are also spearheading the annual Senior Farewell for graduating student-athletes. They will host the inaugural Dawg Fight, a skills and mind competition between classes, later this summer. Ferris SAAC representatives also vote on NCAA legislation that impacts such things as the national "Life In The Balance" initiative.
The effort to raise funds is part of NCAA Division II's longstanding commitment to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants the heartfelt wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Over the last five years, the various Division II SAAC organizations have collected more than $765,000, constituting one of the nation's largest grass-roots contributions to Make-A-Wish.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Born in 1980 when a group of caring people helped a young boy fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, the Foundation is now the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 69 chapters in the United States and its territories. With the help of generous donors and more than 25,000 volunteers, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants nearly 12,700 wishes a year and has granted more than 175,000 wishes around the world since its inception.
For additional questions regarding the Ferris State University SAAC auction, please contact the group's advsior, FSU Associate Athletics Director Jon Coles, via email at email@example.com.
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Updated at 1 p.m.: Michael L. Jackson, USC vice president of student affairs, confirmed that the university has received reports of alleged sexual assaults involving three female students at the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house early Wednesday morning.
"USC takes sexual assaults very seriously and is fully cooperating with the LAPD on the investigation," Jackson said in a statement. "We are reaching out to the students and providing as much help as possible. We are also conducting our own investigation into student conduct issues and have placed the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity on interim suspension until all the facts are known."
Updated at 11:30 a.m.: Capt. Dennis Cremins of the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery and Homicide Division said that police have one confirmed victim of an alleged sexual assault. The woman made a statement to investigators. The division's rape unit is investigating the alleged assault.
Cremins said the crime occurred at a mixer at the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha and that detectives had been at the scene all night.
Cameron Kay, president of the USC chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha, declined to comment on the investigation.
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Los Angeles police detectives are investigating three sexual assaults that allegedly occurred at a USC fraternity house early Wednesday morning.
The assaults were reported in the 700 block of West 28th Street, university officials said.
More information about the suspect or victims was not immediately available from the university or the Los Angeles Police Department, whose Robbery and Homicide Division is handling the case.
The university sent out a crime alert at 9:42 this morning.
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Trending: How long we save up for a down payment
Saving up for a down payment on a home in Southwestern Connecticut is no easy task.
With many banks standing firm on the need for a 20 percent down payment these days and home prices topping out at well over $1 million, stashing away funds to make an offer on a "typical" home can take residents well over a decade, according to a Hearst Connecticut Newspapers analysis.
In Stamford, high home prices mean the city's average family would have to squirrel away 10 percent of every paycheck for roughly 14 years to be able to afford the $107,460 required for a 20 percent down payment.
"If you say to someone, `In order for you to have your home down payment in the next two years, you need to save $312 a week,' the answer could be, `You're an idiot. There's no way I can save that,' " said Michael Matson, of Matson Financial Advisors, Inc. in Danbury.
"We have some clients whose children are ... (saving) like half of their pay because they want to make sure this is happening short-term, and others who have a longer time frame, so maybe they're only saving 10 percent," Matson said. "But at a minimum, 10 percent would be what people should be setting aside for whatever kind of goals."
Of course, tucking away more money on a regular basis can speed up the process: Saving 20 percent would shrink the savings time for a down payment to about seven years, while saving 25 percent would drop it to about five-and-a-half years.
But that's a lot of money to ask someone to set aside, especially if they're paying rent while they're waiting. With a median rental price of $1,492 in Stamford, roughly 47 percent of renters dedicate more than 35 percent of their salaries to rent on a monthly basis, making it difficult to save large portions of their paychecks.
And if you're looking for a way to spend less than 20 percent on a down payment, it's likely you're out of luck these days.
"Unfortunately, the typical down payment now is 20 percent," said Patty Eilenberg, a Fairfield-based Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway New England Properties.
"That's what happened as a result of the banking correction," she continued, referring to the subprime debt crisis that helped lead to the Great Recession. "They're so worried about lending large amounts of money. And it's a logical thing to protect the lender, which is why 20 percent down is pretty hard and fast."
As with most rules, there are some exceptions, Eilenberg noted. For example, buyers who qualify for a loan through the government's Federal Housing Administration can qualify for a down payment as low as 3.5 percent, thanks to the government's insurance to the lender.
But not everyone qualifies for this assistance, leaving many to wonder how they're going to collect enough coin to make their dreams of becoming a homeowner become reality.
"You never want to give up, but how do you save up enough money, unless your parents are giving it to you, or if you have Wall Street money," Eilenberg asked.
It's a tough task.
For Greenwich resident Sarah Stempien, saving up for a down payment on her first home has meant living at home with her mother for the last several years to save up for her first home in town.
"I would rather buy than rent," Stempien said. "I feel like I would rather -- if I'm going to live somewhere -- I would rather the money go toward a mortgage and something I can use for years."
She's been tucking away funds for years. As a 25-year-old nurse at Greenwich Hospital, she's been stashing away part of her paycheck since she finished school.
And that's not all.
"I feel like you could say I've been saving my whole life," she said last week. "I have stocks and bonds I got when I was a baby, and money from Christmases and birthdays -- babysitting money from the seventh grade. I've saved a lot."
She's close to her goal of being able to finance a condo or townhouse in her hometown, but that's only been made possible by the fact that she's saving about half her paycheck -- something that's made possible by living at home.
"It's really hard to save up for a house," she said. "It takes a long time."


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The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report
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This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups. In addition to descriptive details about the cash elements of compensation, The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report provides information about stock and stock option compensation and the relationships among some key compensation elements. The report also analyzes these compensation elements by industry category.


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Jo's Scrap Shack to be a guest designer on her blog today!
Please let me show you what I have created especially for you today.
I just love making homemade flowers and my favorite design style is vintage. So, for today's card, I've combined these two favorites! There are so many adorable vintage images available to create with and I think this sweet girl is just precious. Since the image is in sepia tone I wanted to give her a POP of COLOR with my homemade flowers. This is so easy to do with all the flower making dies available. Today I've chosen 4 different dies from Spellbinder D'lites and a variety of ink. I'm using Spellbinder dies 'Blossom One', 'Blossom Two', 'Blossom Three' and 'Blossom Four' along with various colors of Stampin' Up and Tim Holtz distress inks. I prefer using large sponge daubers for each of the different color shades.
Here are the various flowers I colored and created for my card. I've actually combined pieces from some of one die set with another die set to create a unique flower of my own.
To tie my kaleidoscope of flower colors together in my design, I used the excess on my sponge daubers to color the paper doily (behind my image), a white butterfly, as well as the outside edge of my base card which is 5x7 in size (see photos).
By die cutting larger flourishes then cutting them into various pieces, I was able to add even more dimension to my floral cluster in just a matter of minutes.
So there you have it! Get those floral die cuts out ... cut them in white ... then add what ever combination of color you want to them. I like to make several different kinds and keep them in a clear box so I have them available for those times when I'm rushed.
Thanks so much to Jo for the honor of Guest Designing on her blog today!Enjoy your weekend everyone and please feel free to pop over to my blog ANY TIME!!
Darlene your project is gorgeous as always and I am thrilled to have you on my blog today! Thank you so very much for sharing your beautiful talent with us and for inspiring us all!! Love ya!!
Well friends, thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~


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** This fee does not include comprehensive health insurance coverage. We strongly encourage international students to purchase health insurance designed specifically for international students. Minimum cost for one year's coverage by a U.S. health insurance company is $515.


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If you've been enjoying Crisco's three olive oil varieties in your cooking, you'll want to check out their Crisco Mediterranean Inspirations Recipe and Essay Contest for the chance to win a trip for two to Italy. Plus the top three entries in each category will receive a year's supply of Crisco Olive Oil products and a cookware set.
Submit a recipe using either the Crisco 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Crisco Pure Olive Oil or Crisco Light Olive Oil; plus, two Mediterranean-style ingredients, including tomatoes, garlic, olives, pasta, yogurt, legumes, fresh herbs, lentils or cheese before March 18th for a chance to win.
We use olive oil on pretty much a daily basis when cooking, but one of my favorite indulgences is to serve it as a dipping oil a la The Macaroni Grill!
Pair it with some really delicious homemade bread (Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day pictured here — more on this very soon), and it can actually be a meal in itself. In fact, this was my lunch today, LOL…
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Could Carey-Minaj 'Feud' Spark 'American Idol'?
Real-life feuding between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj is helping reinvigorate the formula for Fox's "American Idol" as the talent contest goes into its 12th season, the new show judges and its producers acknowledged Tuesday. Christopher Farley has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Fox.
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The Hood River News won a record number of first place awards in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association 2002 Better Newspaper Contest, whose results were announced Friday at the annual Summer Publishers Convention in Tigard.
Along with numerous individual awards, the News took home the prestigious General Excellence award for weekly newspapers.
Staff writer RaeLynn Gill won first place in Spot News Coverage for her report about the criminal inquiries into four deaths that happened within a five-week period last spring and summer.
Gill also won first place for Lifestyle Coverage for her story, "Starting Over," about women overcoming domestic abuse.
Staff writer Janet Cook won first place in the General Feature Story category for her piece entitled "A Disappearing Past," about the efforts of an officer with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement to stop looting and vandalism of Native American cultural sites.
Cook also won first place in the Best Writing category for the second year in a row for a collection of her stories and columns.
Staff photographer Jim Semlor, who also does page design and graphics work, won first place in both the Best Page One Design category and the Best Inside Page Design category.
Semlor also took first place in the Best Graphics category for his photography and design work on a Kaleidoscope feature about Parkdale glass artists, and third place in the same category for his design and photography on another Kaleidoscope feature about environmentalist and "tree sitter" Julia Butterfly Hill.
In addition, Semlor won third place in the Best News Photo category for his photographs of the culmination of a car chase and the apprehension of the suspect on I-84 near The Dalles.
The Hood River News staff won first place in the Best Special Section or Issue category for "Panorama," its annual special section that comes out during Blossom Festival.
The News staff also won first place for Best Coverage of Business and Economic Issues for its series entitled "Uprooted Harvest" which focused on the challenges facing the Hood River Valley's fruit industry.
In addition, the News staff won second place in the 9/11 category for its coverage of the local impact of the East Coast terrorist attacks. The award was for coverage in the first two weeks following the attacks.
"I couldn't be happier and more proud of everyone," said Tom Lanctot, News publisher. "I'm especially proud of the fact we received so many first place awards. It's a reflection on the individuals who work hard every day."
Lanctot said the General Excellence award is a "reflection on the entire staff, from the newsroom to production to the pressroom.
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CONWAY — Ken Burchett, University of Central Arkansas professor of art, has recently had his book, The Battle of Carthage, Missouri: First Trans-Mississippi Conflict of the Civil War, published by McFarland.
It is the first Civil War topic published by Burchett, who came to UCA as chair of the Department of Art. His previous book, A Bibliographical History of the Study and Use of Color from Aristotle to Kandinsky, was published in 2005 by Mellen.
The new book was named to the Civil War Books and Authors blog list of Standout Books of 2012.
"The Civil War Books and Authors blog is considered the premier online information source for matters pertaining to the Civil War," Burchett said. "Andrew Wagenhoffer, who authors it, has the reputation among Civil War enthusiasts of being one of the leaders in appraising new releases in the field.
"He sees hundreds of books on the Civil War every year, so I was pleased that he included my work on his year-end review of 16 'Standout Books of 2012'."
According to amazon.com, the July 5, 1861 Battle of Carthage was the first full-scale land battle of the Civil War. Gov. Claiborne Jackson's rebel Missouri State Guard made its way toward southwest Missouri near where Confederate volunteers collected in Arkansas, while Col. Franz Sigel's Union force occupied Springfield with orders to intercept and block the rebels from reaching the Confederates. After they met near Carthage, the battle lasted 10 hours, spread over several miles and included six separate engagements before the Union army withdrew under the cover of darkness. The New York Times called it "the first serious conflict between the United States troops and the rebels."
Burchett's book describes the events leading up to the battle, the battle itself and the aftermath. The Battle of Carthage occurred not very far from where he grew up.
His work goes beyond David Hinze and Karen Farnham's 1997 title, The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861.
"I like to think it's more character-oriented," he said. "I've always been interested in the Civil War because of the kind of human drama that plays out. I had this idea early on, for a different way to tell the story. Just about everybody now trying to take on that subject is working more from letters and diaries and the people involved.
"This little town in southwest Missouri was literally wiped off the map, and I was able to pull out a lot of those characters and quote things from those people and get their reaction. I'm not a Civil War enthusiast and I don't want to mention I'm trying to compete as a historian, but I'm having fun with it."
In an online interview with Wagenhoffer at cwba.blogspot.com/2012/12/author-q-kenneth-e-burchett.html, Burchett answered the question of why an art person would be interested in the Civil War:
"(A)rt is not about art; it is about life and the events that shape it and give it feeling," he said.
He said he hoped the book could wind up in schools, colleges and libraries.
"I want it to be available for people to read, especially young people," he said. "It's a young adult book as well as an adult book."
The book is available at Barnes & Noble, including the UCA Bookstore, and Amazon.com as well as Torreyson Library at UCA.
Burchett, who came to UCA in 1985, spent five years on the project. He earned his bachelor's degree from Southwest Missouri State, master's from Tulsa and Ph.D. from North Texas.
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Current Law Students / Re: Law Review Editorial Position a Must for Fed Clerkships?« on: January 11, 2009, 08:54:47 PM »
I am at a lower T1 and got a COA clerkship without being on the editorial board. I am top 2%; I know that the EIC this past year got a COA clerkship and her grades were not nearly as high. So, I'd guess that editorial board or very high grades would be enough for students from my school.


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New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday appointed 27 global leaders from countries, organizations and the private sector to advance ''the strength and security of nations'' in improving maternal and child nutrition.
According to a UN statement made available to PANA in New York, the UN chief said the personalities would serve as strategic guides to the global movement, known as ''Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)'', to boost nutrition among children.
''Never before have so many leaders, from so many countries and fields, agreed to work together to improve nutrition. The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement gives all of us, including the UN, an opportunity to support countries in their efforts to end hunger and malnutrition,'' Ban was quoted as saying.
Members of the Lead Group included Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique; Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of Tanzania; Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; Nahas Angula, Prime Minister of Namibia and Babu Ram Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal.
Others are Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance of Nigeria; Ms. Nina Sardjunani, Deputy Minister of Development Planning of Indonesia; Ms. Nadine Heredia, First Lady of Peru and Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of NEPAD.
Those appointed from the civil society are Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC; Tom Arnold, Chief Executive Officer, Concern Worldwide and Ms. Alessandra da Costa Lunas, Secretary-General, Confederation of Family Farmer Organizations of the Extended Mercosur (COPROFAM).
Others included Ms. Marie Pierre Allié, President, Médecins Sans Frontieres France; and Ms. Helene Gayle, President and CEO, CARE US.
Appointees from the development agencies comprise of Ms. Beverley Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, Canada; Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development
Cooperation, European Commission (EC); Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing, France; and Rajiv Shah, Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID).
From the business sector, Ms. Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industrie, and Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever, were picked.
Also on the group are Ms. Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme and Representative of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, and Ms. Tamar Manuelyan Atinc, Vice President, Human Development, World Bank.
Representing foundations and alliances are Chris Elias, President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Jay Naidoo, Chair of the Board, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Ms. Mary Robinson, Chair, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice.
Others are Anthony Lake, Chair, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Lead Group and Executive Director, UNICEF, and David Nabarro, Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition
The statement said the Group's role is to ensure that the countries at the heart of the Movement are supported as they work to create tangible and sustainable improvements in nutrition.
''In addition to providing strategic oversight, the Lead Group will help to mobilize support and strengthen both coordination and accountability within the Movement,'' it said.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. – President Barack Obama has arrived in Newtown, Conn., to console families, thank first responders and speak at a vigil in memory of the 26 teachers and schoolchildren killed during a shooting spree at an elementary school Friday.
This is the fourth trip of Obama's presidency to a grieving city in the aftermath of a mass shooting.
In his remarks, Obama will be addressing not only the residents of Newtown, but also a stunned nation. A White House official said Obama is the primary author of his speech and edited his remarks on the flight to Connecticut with White House speechwriter Cody Keenan.
Keenan helped Obama write his speech last year following the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabby Giffords.


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I completely agree with Andy's post below, most especially his recommendation that we should keep an eye on the situation with Jason Taylor. Before the draft, I had a relatively simple view of the potential trade with the Dolphins for Taylor: I didn't want to give up our 1st round pick, was on the fence about giving up one of our 2nd round picks and was enthusiastic about giving up our 3rd round pick.
Bill Parcells said for months that he would not trade Taylor and pledged that Taylor would be a Dolphin or he would retire. Parcells even went so far as to accuse those who reported on a possible trade of lying. Then over the weekend, Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland acknowledged that the Dolphins had, indeed, had talks about trading Taylor.
In any case, I'm not sure what, if anything the Packers could give the Dolphins to convince them to part with Taylor now. I read the report that Andy cites. (You can see it and the follow-up story by Armando Salguero, who broke the story, here.) It's hard to imagine with all of the animosity there — now public — that Taylor can remain with the Dolphins. If that's right, there might be something of a fire-sale, especially now that the team that tried to trade for him before the draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars, gave up an insane amount to move up in the draft to select Derrick Harvey.
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2. Glass prep bowls are helpful for setting up your mis en place. Plus, they're just so cute. This set of 8 is $24 at Williams-Sonoma.
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Molybdenum is a true micronutrient, said Nathan Slaton. "It's found in such small concentrations in soybean plants that it's very difficult to analyze for," said the agronomist and professor with the University of Arkansas.
"But it's also very important. It's required for plants to be able to take nitrogen and build it into amino acids and proteins. In legume plants, molybdenum also allows atmospheric nitrogen gas to be fixed by rhizobia — that's why legumes don't require nitrogen fertilizers."
To insure proper molybdenum (or "moly") levels, "we can do a couple of things: either make sure that soils are limed at the optimum level for soybean production or apply molybdenum," said Slaton, who spoke at the Tri-State Soybean Forum in Dumas, Ark.
University tests show that soybeans respond well to molybdenum.
"Researchers have limed soils at different pH levels and planted soybeans (some with seed treatments of molybdenum). What they found is that where molybdenum wasn't applied, soybean yields increased until pH was in the mid-6s."
In cases where producers don't want to foot the bill for liming, molybdenum application can make a difference in a crop. In another study, when molybdenum was applied to seed planted in a 5.5 pH there was a 15- or 16-bushel yield increase.
"Certainly apply molybdenum to seed when soil pH is less than 5.8 and, perhaps, when pH is less than 6.2. Soil pH can vary widely in a field, so make sure you're soil sampling properly to get a good handle on what pH you have in the field. You may need to put molybdenum on only part of the field."
One of the first things you'll see with a molybdenum deficiency is nitrogen troubles, said Slaton. This is because molybdenum is required for the soybean plant to utilize atmospheric nitrogen.
"If you've got pH levels in the high 4s or low 5s, molybdenum may help but it may not be the complete answer. That's because the microbes themselves are sensitive to pH. When pH is that low, survival of the needed microorganisms will be low as well. If you get caught in that situation in-season, nitrogen fertilization may be your only option."
Needed bacteria
Also key to a healthy soybean crop is Rhizobium japonicum — a bacterium that inhabits the nodules of legume roots. The bacterium allows soybeans, clovers and alfalfa to gather nitrogen from the atmosphere.
Soybeans aren't native to the United States and neither are the needed rhizobia. Both have been introduced to U.S. soils.
"On really sandy soils, the University of Nebraska recommends an inoculum be put out every year soybeans are planted. Most states agree there's a need to inoculate if it's been more than three to five years since the last soybean crop has been planted in a field.
"Some research said if you're working a double-crop system and are too busy in June to inoculate bean seed, just add it to your wheat seed. As long as you get the inoculum out a few months before the bean crop is planted, you're okay.
"You may need to introduce the microbes more frequently if you're not doing a good job managing your soil pH. Acid soil conditions will reduce the microbes' survival."
Any precision leveling moves soil and microbes and subsoils that may not be well-suited for microbe survival are exposed. Newly leveled fields may need a reintroduction of rhizobia.
The bacterium has a great impact. Studies conducted in the Midwest have focused on benefits of inoculating soils where soybeans have never been grown.
"At a Nebraska site, there was a 26-bushel yield increase. At other sites, yield responses of 14 and 16 bushels were seen. Those are very high yield responses from a simple management practice.
"Some Midwestern states recommend using plenty of microbes. It's cheap, so don't worry about skimping — use a 2X or 3X rate over what's recommended. Make sure enough is put out."
After applying the microbes, farmers should check young beans, said Slaton. "Make sure root nodules are forming a couple weeks to a month after emergence."
While there are exceptions, Slaton said a general rule is not to mix inoculum with seed fungicide treatments. "Make sure you read the product labels closely before doing anything."
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Boron deficiency isn't fully understood but can cause significant yield losses, said Slaton.
"In severe cases, I've seen plants in fields that don't even produce seed. Conversely, I've seen plants that appear close to dying that, without any applications, recover and make a decent yield."
While unsure how extensive it is, Slaton said he's observed boron deficiency causing delayed maturity. "Early in the season, boron deficiency can be seen in vegetative growth that looks like herbicide injury. One of the Arkansas plant pathologists was checking such a field with me. He said, 'I think we've been calling this a virus for years.'
"Many of the farmers we spoke with said, 'We just thought it was herbicide carryover or a virus. At first, it was only in small areas. We only got worried when it began affecting significant acreage.'"
One of the most responsive fields Slaton has worked is in Poinsett County, Ark., and was planted in mid-July. The producer is now a firm believer in boron fertilization.
"He applied a pound of granular boron — blended with P and K — around the test area. In late September, a county Extension agent called me and said, 'Something is beginning to show up in the field. There's a color change around your plots.'
"About two weeks later, you could see the difference easily: yellow plants where boron was applied alongside dark green plants with very few pods. The boron beans averaged around 35 bushels, which isn't bad for seeding that time of year and the weather they went through. The dark green beans, meanwhile, had no boron applied and averaged only 14 bushels in plots.
"I'm not saying that if you're seeing delayed maturity in your beans that it's definitely boron deficiency. But boron may be the cause." When plants don't recover from boron deficiency, they'll be stunted because terminals die and leaves will be cupped and look like "shoe leather."
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stuntc wrote:Eventually the dollars will run dry. And when they do the shops and schools will still be there doing the important jobs. Teaching newbies safely, providing quality equipment, keeping our beaches open. So in short support your local shop, they were probably the ones that taught you how to kite or picked you up after that downwinder or gave you a line when yours broke maybe lent you a harness when you forgot yours, or gave you equipment to try ot use while yours was getting fixed, maybe they did a beach clean-up to keep your spot looking right, or talked with the local town council to keep the beach open. How much is this worth to you? I ride Cabrinha!
As a new kite surfer and an aussie, i really do not know what your shops are like and how much they support kitesurfing. Here in Tannum sands, we have a shop (in a town with a population of under 10 000) that is local all the way, they exist to help people to learn how to kitesurf, they do great deals, are extremely helpful and they are there for you 100% of the way. We have purchased all our kites through them, and they come with free lessons (from a local sponsored rider). They were the major sponsor (along with coconet) in our local kitesurfing comp, (over the easter long weekend) where over 100 people entered (with $1000 first prize each for males and females plus a truckload of other prizes). We have been having problems with our dog and a chewage problem, eating through our caution handle. They have been doing all they can to get replacement parts and helping us to get back on the water ASAP. I feel that we need more shops like this to promote not just the brands but the actual sport. Awaken boarding culture is a top shop and if you are ever in the central queensland area, drop past and witness great people for yourself.