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Bay Area Real Estate: Strongest January Sales in 6 YearsPublished in Westside Santa Cruz Real Estate, Santa Cruz Real Estate, Santa Cruz, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)Turnaround trends continued apace in the Bay Area housing market last month with the strongest January sales in six years and the tenth straight year-over-year increase in the median sale price, a real estate information service reported. A total of 5,501 new and resale houses and condos were sold in the nine-county Bay Area last month. That was down 28.4
X Power Squares at http://www.ochocolatenow.comPublished in Unique Food, stuff we like, stuff we all need, really good food, Mental Health, Local Business, healthy chocolate, Health, Gourmet Food, Foodie, business opportunity, antioxidant by O Chocolate | Comment (0)Many of my Healthy chocolate blog articles have focused on the link between vascular health and antioxidant levels. Two of the most potent antioxidants are epicatechins and catechins.
California Real Estate: The Return of the Equity SalePublished in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)What has been reported nationally about the resurgent single-family housing market and the reasons for its recent growth spurt undoubtedly applies to California. Low inventory, rising median sales prices and a swarm of cash investors are just a few of the explanations, but it's important to remember that the local market is unique inits own right. From
2012 Home Prices: Largest Gain Since 2006Published in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)The CoreLogic Pending HPI indicates that January 2013 home prices, including distressed sales, are expected to rise by 7.9 percent on a year-over-year basis from January 2012 and fall by 1 percent on a month-over-month basis from December 2012, reflecting a seasonal winter slowdown. Excluding distressed sales, January 2013 house prices are poised to rise
California Foreclosures Fall to Lowest Levels Since 2006Published in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Santa Cruz, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)If California is a setter of future real estate trends -- as it has been in the past -- a report that foreclosures in the Golden State fell to the lowest level since 2006 is good news for the entire nation. According to San Diego-based DataQuick, the number of California homeowners pushed into the foreclosure process fell last quarter to the lowest level in
Sale of Existing Homes Slips 1% in December: Housing Inventory Remains LowPublished in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0) Sales of existing homes slipped 1 percent in the month of December as strict mortgage lending standards and scant inventory restricted sales, according to data on the latest real estate market trends released today by the National Association of Realtors. Total existing homes, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops declined
Chris Guillebeau discusses '$100 Startup' @ CruzioPublished in Tribute, Productivity, Local News, Local Event, Local Business, Employment, Economics, Current Events, Cruzioworks, Cruzio, coworking by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)Chris Guillebeau presented his new book 'The $100 Startup' on Monday, January 21st with over 175 people in Cruzio's coworking space, Cruzioworks. Chris discussed the focus of his new book briefly but a majority of his time was spent as "Q&AA" which stands for Questions and Attempted Answers. Chris took questions from everything regarding his thoughts on
Update: 2013Published in Untagged by member601767 | Comment (0)Wow, it's hard to believe the only thing I could come up with back then was "single and looking." Not that it isn't the case, but... other things loom. I'm trying to finish my screenplay about four girls in their senior year at a school a little like SCHS. It's the closest to done as it has ever been. I've been writing poems on a site called "Hello
Cruzio on Martin Luther King DayPublished in Martin Luther King Jr, Holidays, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)Cruzio is a service company and we must be open on most holidays. We thank our staff for supporting our members, and we try to honor and celebrate Martin Luther King day, even though we are at the office. Here is an email from a Cruzio manager to the Cruzio Tech Support staff on an MLK day several years ago : "From brittany Mon Jan 15 11:49:07 2001 Hi
How to Make a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich, by Cruzio Customer ServicePublished in writing, Technology, Foodie, Cruzio by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (1)Cruzio customer service has a challenging job. We need to help you with your computer, even though we aren't in the room with you. That means our staff needs to be very good at explaining things. What does that have to do with Peanut Butter and Jelly, that classic of American Cuisine? To keep staff up-to-date in our fast-changing industry, we spend a lot
Cruzio's Open House Extravaganza 2.0!Published in Local Event, Local Doings, Local Business, Cruzioworks, Cruzio, Community, 877 Cedar Street by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)It's BACK! With over 1,400 attendees last year, we knew we had to throw another awesome party. We always love an excuse to celebrate, promote and support small business growth, entrepreneurs and telecommuters in our state-of-the-art downtown facility. You'll be able to visit and talk with over 40 new businesses in one spot!
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3 Tips for Selling Your Home in 2013Published in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0) After years of declining home values and a buyers' market, 2013 could be the year of the seller. Though the situation varies by region, we've seen a glimmer of hope for sellers and the housing market in general over the past six months. Homes that didn't move for a year started getting activity as buyers came off the sidelines, their confidence in the
Open Counter Press ConferencePublished in Santa Cruz coworking, Santa Cruz, Local Projects, Local News, Local Event, Local Doings, Local Business, Current Events, Cruzioworks, Cruzio, Code for America by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)The City of Santa Cruz and Code for America, a national nonprofit that uses talented web professionals to improve government services, are proud to announce the public launch of OpenCounter, an online small business permitting system. Designed and developed throughout 2012, OpenCounter reduces the confusion of starting a business by creating an online
Short Sales Surpass Foreclosures in CaliforniaPublished in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)When housing prices first went off the cliff, most mortgage lenders refused Five years and billions of dollars in losses later, many banks can't cut those deals fast enough, writing off large chunks of mortgage debt and even paying homeowners to move out. In recent months,
Home Inventory Takes Center Stage as Foreclosures FadePublished in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)
Behind these price gains—which come as good news to millions of homeowners counting on the value of their houses to carry them into retirement, or those looking to sell or borrow
Westen Cities Lead The Pack On Home Price RecoveryPublished in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Santa Cruz, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0)If you're looking for the source of this year's home price recovery, look West.
Bay Area Median Home Price Hits $550,000Published in Santa Cruz Real Estate, Real Estate by member364276 | Comment (0) Citing increased demand, strained inventory, record-low mortgage rates and robust investor interest, a real estate information service reported this month that Santa Clara County continued its rise in this fall. DataQuick reported that the median home price in Santa Clara County rose to $550,000 in November, up 21.7 percent from $452,000 a year earlier.
A Quick Reflection On My Life Just In Case It's The EndPublished in Untagged by Wordsmith | Comment (0)I know it's not really the end as the Mayan calender says but more like the completion of a cosmic cycle, but just in case it actually is the end I'd like to briefly summarize what I think of my life till now. I haven't achieved all I want to achieve, and I'm not where I thought I'd be at this age, but I have lived the life I've wanted to live, and for
2012: Cruzio's year in photosPublished in Santa Cruz Warriors, Reflections, Local News, Local Doings, Local Business, downtown, Current Events, Cruzioworks, Cruzio, coworking by Cruzio Reporter | Comment (0)Cruzio's Industy — telecommunications — keeps changing and our valiant staff works hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every year, we adopt new technology and even invent new ways of doing business. 2012 was a busy year for us, culminating in a being named Business of the Year from the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce (a huge honor!)Here's a look back at we've |


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AppRiver, a Florida-based messaging and security company, has launched a new application aimed at driving secure email messaging into both of the most widely used mobile platforms. The company's CipherPost Pro application extends AppRiver's cloud-based encryption service to any iPhone, iPad or Android device.
"The product is an encrypted email service," said David Liberatore, senior director of technical product development at AppRiver. "A lot of our customers have been asking for the capability to have a native app on the device, so we developed a product that allows secure data on their mobile device, be it Android or Apple. There's no data being stored there. It's making calls back to the Web server that has the information. After they log into the application, they can view their messages, they can compose new messages and do all of the message tracking that they normally do."
The app requires no enterprise installation but ensures global administrative control and enforcement of compliance policies at the server level.
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"There is security in keeping the data off of the device," he added. "If the device goes missing, there's nothing to wipe. Also, when they go into this application, the message is decrypted. They can see it. They can compose a new encrypted message and send it off. Also, when they get back to their desktop and log into Outlook, they've got the same messages there."
Users and channel partners can add their own branding, logos and white labeling to the interface.
"By allowing the end customer or the partner to have their branding in place, it drives adoption and usage of the product," said AppRiver Senior Vice President Tom Buoniello. "They can see the source and the branding and the colors that demonstrate that this message is coming from a trusted source. The challenge with encrypted mail has been getting the end users to actually use it, but we're seeing a much higher adoption rate because of that branding."
Buoniello added that the CipherPost Pro application also helps to maintain required compliance on company-issued or personal smartphones and tablets by reducing the risk of data leakage.
The offering is available immediately with platform-independent street pricing of $7.95 per user, per month.

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy on Sunday defended his controversial decree that limits the power of the country's judiciary, promising that the new powers he's claiming are only temporary, state media reported.
A Saudi program allowing male relatives to track women electronically has raised new outrage among activists who call it another way to keep them subjugated.
Spain-Catalonia-Elections (will update)
The northeast Spanish region of Catalonia is voting for president and a regional parliament Sunday in elections considered a barometer of rising independence sentiment. Polls close at 2 p.m. ET
China announced Sunday that it had successfully landed a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier for the first time, but it may be years before the ship is fully operational.
Two bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 30 in a church inside the military barracks in Jaji, Nigeria, on Sunday.
Days of heavy rain have led to flooding in southwestern England and parts of Wales and at least one fatality, British authorities said Sunday.
A high-level delegation from Gaza has arrived in Egypt "to complete arrangements for cease-fire talks" involving sticking points between Hamas and Israel, Hamas said Sunday.
Four-year-old Yosef lies in a hospital bed with curiosity gleaming in his eyes as he listens to a family friend tell him the age-old story of Jonah and the whale. The young boy is surprisingly bright-eyed after the traumatic ordeal he's endured as a result of the latest outbreak of warfare between Gaza and Israel. He and his parents were staying in an apartment in Kiryat Malachi in southern Israel when a rocket sailed over from Gaza and slammed into it, leaving a gaping hole in the building.
A fire ripped through a clothing factory near the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, killing at least 117 people and sending workers jumping out of the multistory building.
At least 11 people were killed and scores others injured when an under-construction overpass collapsed in southeastern Bangladesh, police said Sunday.
A bomb hit a Shiite religious procession in northwest Pakistan, killing five people and injuring dozens more, police said Sunday.
A manufacturer of a popular cholesterol-reducing medication has recalled more than 40 batches of the product after warning that they may contain small particles of glass.
Sen. John McCain, who has led the effort to discredit Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday he was willing to listen to Rice's testimony if she's nominated to become the next secretary of state.
As confidence builds over lawmakers' ability to reach a deal on the "fiscal cliff," investors will turn their attention to U.S. economic reports on the housing market, manufacturing and consumer data this week.
Lawmakers from both the House and Senate said Sunday all options must be considered during fiscal cliff negotiations, as both parties work to try to avoid an economic crisis.
When the new session of Congress begins in January, most of the faces on Capitol Hill will be the same - incumbents in both the House and the Senate overwhelmingly won re-election in November.
No one hit the jackpot in the latest Powerball drawing, pushing the next prize of $425 million into the record books. The prize for Saturday night's Powerball was $325 million -- the fourth-largest in the game's history.
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text: As the state cracks down on the prescription drug problem a new problem is cropping up.One of the drugs used to treat addiction to opiates is Suboxone, but now people are starting to abuse it. Orman Hall, director of the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, says they aren't trying to get high."Most of the people that are acquiring Suboxone are using it to self-treat their addiction or they're using it to avoid withdrawal from other opiates," Hall said.Many of the state's pain clinics have been shut down leaving those abusing pain killers looking for a way to deal with their addiction. Hall says the state plans to open a treatment center in Jackson, Ohio soon."They will provide integrated counseling and medication assisted treatment and we hope that as a result of those new services in that part of our state that we'll start to see a decline in some of the diverted medication," he said.Hall says it's nearly impossible to treat opiate addiction without a mix of medication and counseling.The other disturbing side effect is the increase in heroin abuse."Prescription opiates and heroin are at the chemical level the same thing. So many people that became addicted to prescription opiates are moving to heroin because prescription opiates are less available to them," Hall said.While he says Ohio is moving in the right direction on prescription pain killer addiction, there is more work to be done.


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Here in Boca Grande, we are experiencing what we refer to as the calm before the Christmas and New Year's "storm." Historically, the week between Christmas and New Year's is a bustling time for the island.
The Inn is at full capacity, island shops are filled with great merchandise, restaurants are rocking, the bike path is filled with young athletic types, and everyone has some extended family members or friends visiting from out of town.
All in all, it's a great time of the year! But until it arrives, enjoy the tranquility and beauty of the island, shop and dine locally and get plenty of rest, you're gonna need it!
Happy Anniversary ...
• Local Lilly gal, Kris Boyden recently celebrated working at The Palm on Park and Ariel LTD. for the last 19 years. Her milestone anniversary was this past Wednesday. Thanks, Kris, for all those years of warm, welcoming hellos, cooking up magnificent sea grape jelly, working non-stop, selflessly devoting yourself to wonderful causes and being a best friend to many of man's best friends. You have too many great qualities to name! You are such a great person and we are all so lucky to have you in our lives and in Boca Grande! Congratulations ... to at least another 19 more years!
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• Sadie Green's Small Pleasures has special treasures not seen in big box stores, treasures that will become heirlooms for years to come.
They have the perfect gifts for everyone on your list: Swarovski crystal earrings for young and old alike, plush silk pashmina wraps to keep her warm, and key chain compasses to keep him on the right path, just to name a few.
They have butterfly wing jewels as well as pearls from the South Seas. Glowing copper earrings and bracelets, sterling silver keepsakes to numerous to name, and, of course, brilliant diamonds, emeralds, rubies and more in the estate and fine jewelry cases. View More images >>
Old mine cut diamonds sparkle next to one-of-a-kind creations to be wrapped up with a bow for the very special someone in your life ... or maybe just for you! 420 E. Railroad Ave. Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 964-1100.
Book signings ...
• Ruhama's • Books in the Sand Inc. will be hosting a book signing Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16 and 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Author, agricultural and environmental lawyer Michael L. Martin, from Lakeland and local Boca Grande resident, Karen Snyder, A.K.A. Grandma Lipstick will be there signing their books. Karen will have her newest children's Christmas book available.
In addition, Dave Horton, will be in on Wednesday, Dec. 21 from 1 to 3 p.m. to sign his third cartoon book, Welcome to Florida. His work appears in several regional newspapers, including the Boca Beacon, and has been enthusiastically embraced by readers and fans across the entire Sunshine State.
On Monday, Dec. 26 author, Carrie Salo, will be signing her novel, The Sounding from 1 to 3 p.m. 964-5800.
Wine Tasting ...
• 3rd Street Cafe will be hosting a wine tasting and holiday open house on Monday, Dec. 19 at 4:30 p.m. All are invited to enjoy some spectacular wines and stay for a delicious dinner. Open on Saturday, Dec. 24 for breakfast and lunch, closed on Christmas Day. Open Saturday, Dec. 31 for breakfast and lunch and open just for brunch on Sunday, Jan. 1. 964-0155.
Sun Porch Sale ...
• Looking for that unique gift for the hostess that has everything? Well, The Sun Porch is having a 25 percent off sale on all of their Mariposa serving pieces and home decor items. While you are there, check out their beautiful clothing items, home accessories and jewelry in their sale shop next to the store. 964-2567.
Always there when you need them ...
• Gill's Grocery & Deli in the North Village will be open on Christmas and New Year's Day for your shopping convenience. Forgot to pick up that integral ingredient? No fretting, they will be open from 8 a.m. until business slows down in the afternoon. 964-2506.
Unique Christmas cards ...
• The Boca Grande Historical Society announces a new line of Christmas cards by local artist Patti Middleton, sold exclusively through their gift shop and museum, 170 Park Ave. in the Historic Teacherage House. Stop in and browse their gift shop for a new selection of Atocha silver coin pendants and interesting books on the history of Gasparilla Island. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Thursday, and open Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Start there and discover our historic Boca Grande. 964-1600.
Just Jewelry
• Barbara Anne's Jewelery & Repair has beautiful charms, bracelets, necklaces, pins, and earrings done in gold, sterling silver, and even many costume pieces. Manny, the resident jeweler and creative genius, can even create a custom piece for your loved one. Go see their unusual Boca Grande cuff bracelet and necklace. Railroad Depot. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 964-1776.
• Fine Things Jewelry located in the Theatre Building, has contemporary, bold and sophisticated pieces, which are very unusual and beautiful. Many pieces are hand-made and done in gold, and sterling silver with precious and semi-precious gem stones. Many costume jewelery pieces are available as well. Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 964-2166.
• Sadie Green's Small Pleasures has treasures that will become heirlooms for years to come. They have many unique pieces, some with estate diamonds, some vintage and some modern. Designs in gold, sterling silver and other precious metals. Pieces in every price point and to fit any budget. 420 East Railroad Ave. Open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 964-1100.
Ladies apparel and more jewelry:
• Antique Boutique in the Railroad Depot Plaza. No phone.
• Aqua Boutique on Park Avenue. 964-2209.
• Ariel LTD on the corner of Palm Avenue and 4th Street. 964-0480.
• Boca Grande Marina Ships Store on Harbor Drive, just next to Miller's Dockside. 964-2550.
• Boca Grande Outfitters on Park Avenue. 964-0907.
• Caribongo in the Railroad Plaza. 855-9077.
• Fresh Produce on the corner of Park Avenue and 4th Street. 964-0800.
• Fugate's Patio Shop on the corner of Park Avenue and 4th Street. 964-2323.
• Gasparilla Inn Shop just off of the main lobby inside The Gasparilla Inn & Club. 964-4581.
• Holly's Island Shop on Park Avenue. 964-2767.
• Island Bike n' Beach on Park Avenue. 964-0711.
• Palm on Park on 4th Street between Palm and Park Avenue. 964-4448.
• Special Effects of Boca Grande on Park Avenue. 964-0907.
• Sun Porch in the Railroad Plaza. 964-2567.
Artwork and things for the home
• Hughes Gallery on Park Avenue is celebrating over a decade of award-winning artists and investment quality fine art and artists-made wearable art jewelry. Beautiful pieces, large and small, done in oils, pastels, tempera and watercolors. 964-4273.
• Smart Studio on Park Avenue has originals and prints created by Wini Smart and daughter Gail Cleveland created in oils, watercolors and acrylics. There are also stunning wood carvings, artistic jewelery pieces and unique home decor. Custom framing is available and is done in-house. 964-0519.
• Serendipity Gallery, located in the Theatre Building, features beautiful collections of small and large pieces from local and regional artists in oils, watercolors, photography and mixed media. Custom, on-site framing services are available. 964-2166.
Simplify her life by taking the initiative to pick up some gourmet cheeses, fresh flowers, prepared salads, soups and fine wines so that she will be ready to entertain when your guests arrive. Believe me ... life is better for all when the lady of the house is stress-free! Here are some suggestions:
• Gill's Grocery & Deli in the North Village. 964-2506.
• Grapevine Gourmet & Gift Shop in the Theatre Building. 964-0614.
• Hudson's Grocery on Park Avenue. 964-2621.
• Newlin's Mainely Gourmet on the corner of Palm Avenue and 4th Street. 964-2985.
• Native Gardens on the corner of Palm Avenue and 4th Street. 964-0007.
Gift certificates at these local salons and fitness locations make really good presents! Your honey can schedule services like a massage, facial, hair cut, manicure or pedicure, receive fitness instruction, take an exercise class all at her leisure. She will enjoy the pampering and you come out smelling like a rose with very little effort on your part.
• Banyan Tree Pilates & Yoga on E. Railroad, close to 3rd Street. 964-4404.
• Courtyard Hair in the North Village Courtyard Shops. 964-2243.
• James Griffith Salon at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. 964-4557.
• Island Nails on the corner of Palm Avenue and 4th Street. 964-1313.
• Island Style Hair & Nails in the Railroad Plaza. 964-0300.
• The Spa at the Gasparilla Inn & Club in The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. Available to overnight guests of the Inn and Inn Beach Club members. 964-4555.
Books and Travel
If the woman in your life loves to travel or read or both, there are some fabulous local resources to assist you in making her travel fantasies or her quiet time more enjoyable. Let these vendors know your desires and they can make the arrangements or order the requested items.
• Boca Grande Travel in the North Village. 964- 0200.
• Ruhama's • Books in the Sand Inc. on Park Avenue. 964-5800.
Boca Biz is compiled by Julianne Greenberg, the Beacon's on-island advertising sales representative. If you would like to share a great promotion that you are doing, sales information or anything new at your place of business please contact Julianne at 964-2995 or email her at jgreenberg@boca beacon.com.


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DALLAS, Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank's Texas Economic Activity Index grew in July to a level of 104.0. The July reading is 32 points, or 45 percent, above the index cyclical low of 71.6. The index averaged 102 points for all of 2012, 10 points above the average for full-year 2011. June's index reading was revised down to 103.6.
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"Our Texas Index ticked up in July, it's first monthly increase since last November. Gains were broad-based, visible in all seven components of the index, indicating that upward momentum will likely continue in the months ahead," said Robert Dye, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank. "The Texas Index has been held back by a declining rig count through 2012 and into early 2013, reflecting low natural gas prices, and by declines in building permits relative to a surge in construction activity last winter. High oil prices have kept the rig count stable through the summer. I expect the Texas economy to continue to show solid growth through the end of this year."
The Texas Economic Activity Index consists of seven variables, as follows: nonfarm payrolls, exports, sales tax revenues, hotel occupancy rates, continuing claims for unemployment insurance, building permits and Baker Hughes rotary rig count. All data are seasonally adjusted, as necessary, and indexed to a base year of 2008. Nominal values have been converted to constant dollar values. Index levels are expressed in terms of three-month moving averages.
Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), the largest commercial bank headquartered in Texas, strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to 136 banking centers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Kerrville regions of Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. To find Comerica on Facebook, please visit www.facebook.com/ComericaCares.
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I live in upstate New York and we are trying to plant dozens of Oak Trees on a 37 acre hunting camp.
We've had mixed results. I won't say this is the ONLY thing that works, but it appears to be working for us:
1: We're using English Oak. I've observed they being to yield acorns in about 7 years. Relatively hearty. A member of the white oak family so I'm guessing the deer will love them. They seem to like New York weather.
2: I let them sprout in my yard (in the suburbs - no deer in the area), but the squirrels are pretty good at digging up the ones I plant. In the spring I scout around for the ones I planted and also the "volunteers" that grow by accident. If I don't get them, sometimes the rabbits and squirrels will. But once they're in a pot, they leave alone. Can't figure that out.
3: Put them in pots and transplant them to the hunting camp. Pick a well drained site and they need sun for at least part of the day.
4: Now it gets fun. We have to cage each one individually. Something about english oaks - deer/rabbit/mice - something loves to chomp on them. They might resprout, but you've lost months of growing time. A small cage made of 1/3" gapped hardware cloth seems to do the trick (Loews and most other garden stores sell this stuff). Hardware cloth keeps the tree growing vertically and this is important because the English Oak loves to droop over. We're also experimenting with chicken wire. Obviously a mouse could crawl in but I've only lost one tree to a rodent when the tree was properly caged.
5: We started small in 2008, planted more in 2009 and planted dozens in 2010. Right now the largest tree is up to my waist. Expect to lose 10 to 15% of your trees to heat, transplant shock etc.
6: Miracid seems to work - oaks love acid soil.
7: There is another thread under "deer browse" for the sawtooth oak that looks interesting. I'd like to try some of those.
8: This spring we had a late frost. Most of the greenery in the forest was unaffected, but the oaks - they looked like a blowtorch had been taken to their leaves. They did recover eventually, but that was a tense time for an "oak daddy".
9: The hunting camp also has white oaks but they are fairly rare (too bad). So we cage up sprouts of white oaks (Quercus Alba) when we find them. White Oaks don't transplant well because it appears they are actually old trees (they have thick roots) that get eaten every season and then they have to resprout at ground level the next spring. To be realistic, I probably won't live long enough to benefit from the white oaks we save - they take FOREVER. But some things you do for the next generation, right?
10: We are making an effort to take advantage of the canopy openings caused by dead ash trees (thank you Emerald Ash Borer) to plant little English Oak Groves throughout the hunting camp.
11: Next year, we plan to mix it up a little - add some Bur Oak, Chinquapin Oaks, and see what works.
Interested to hear your oak experiences - what works for you?


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Voters head to the polls for several primaries across the state today. Three Republicans are looking to challenge Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in November. As YNN's Nick Reisman explains, Wendy Long, Bob Turner, and George Maragos are getting some last minute support.
NEW YORK -- The three-way campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination is winding down, with candidates stocking up high-profile endorsements and making their final cases for why they're best suited to take on incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Lawyer and judicial activist Wendy Long scored the backing of 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino on Sunday.
"She's by far head and shoulders over anyone that I know might be considered for that office and I'm proud to endorse her today," said Carl Paladino, a Buffalo developer.
Congressman Bob Turner has countered with perhaps the biggest catch, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who recorded an automated get out the vote call. Turner has sought to take a more moderate approach in the campaign.
"If anything gets done we're going to have to talk it. I'm not going into the negotiations and I don't think any Republican should say this is how it's going to be. We're going to stagnate, nothing's going to happen," said Turner.
The third candidate is Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who has been campaigning the longest, for more than a year. After Long and Turner entered the race in February and March respectively, support dropped away from Maragos.
"If you want to grow the economy, you want to put people back to work, if you want to increase government tax revenues, you actually have to do the opposite. You have to reduce income tax, corporate tax and reduce regulations to grow the economy," said Maragos.
Long, meanwhile, has positioned herself as the primary's most conservative candidate. It's a strategy that could play well in a primary, but backfire in a general election in Democratic-heavy New York. "What I would bring to this is a faithfulness to the constitution and the scheme of limited of government that it represents. We are being crush by Washington and by Kirsten Gillibrand and I think that the citizens of New York need lower taxes and less spending. They need us to reduce the debt and less spending and they need us to follow the constitution," said Long.


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Dedicated by the Jacobs and Chill Families in Memory of Harold and Pearl JacobsDora Bas Rivka Silver O'H
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Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
Moshe told the elders to have the people get their sacrifices ready. They were to use hyssop branches to paint the blood on their doorways. The people were to stay in their houses that night and not venture outside before morning.
The holiday would be commemorated by future generations, after the Jews inherited the land of Israel. When their descendants ask its meaning, they should respond, "This is because G-d passed over our homes when He struck the Egyptians." (Verse 26 includes the question of the "wicked" son in the Passover Haggadah.)


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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1863.A report from a committee recommending that the bill S. 176 (see page 189) be laid on the table, was concurred in.
Mr. GAFF, introduced a bill [179,] to protect shareholders and to prevent officers and employees of railroads from embezzling and squandering the earnings. Rules suspended read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Corporations.
Mr DAVIS, of Vermillion, introduced a bill [180.] to amend the act concerning partition of lands; which was read the first time.
The following described House bills were read the third time and finally passed, unless otherwise stated:
Mr. Atkison's, [20] to amend the law concerning the assessment and collection of school house taxes so as to levy taxes on all property lying within the townships, without reference to where owners reside; by yeas 28, nays 11.
Mr. Anderson's. [23] To amend the law authorizing the organization of Agricultural Societies, so that when such Societies disband their property will revert to the counties in which they located; failed to pass; by yeas 15, nays 26.
Mr. Spencer's, [48] To prohibit Common Pleas Judges from practicing in inferior Courts; by yeas 42, nays 1.
Mr. Spencer's, [82] Authorizing County Commissioners to hold sessions in County Auditors' offices; by yeas 43, nays 0.
Mr. McGauchey's, [95] Fixing the time of holding Common Pleas Courts in the counties of Adams, Allen, and Huntington; by yeas 42, nays 0.
Mr. Miller's, [114] Requiring County Recorders to record a certificate that all deeds, mortgages, &c., were duly stamped according to act of congress; by yeas 43, nays 0.
Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Finance Committee, presented a majority report in response to a resolution directing inquiry as to whether the $100,000 appropriated for Governor's contingent fund had been properly expended. The report charges that $25,000 to repay a loan which should have been paid out of this appropriation, was paid out of another fund, which is deemed by the Committee to be misapplication.
Mr. CLAYPOOL, presented a minority reported from same committee, setting forth that no meeting of the committee had been held, and that the majority report had only been submitted to the minority on yesterday, and should be considered as an exparte report. The majority report does not claim that any money had been squandered, or that the $25,000 alluded to had not been justly paid. The minority contend that it was not the intention of the Legislature to authorize the load of $25,000, out of the contingent fund appropriation of $100,000, and that its payment out of another fund was not a misapplication.
Both reports were made the special order--for to morrow morning.
Mr. DOUGLASS introduced a bill [181] To fix the time of holding Courts in the 10th Judicial Circuit. Rules suspended and the bill read there times and passed; by yeas 36, nays 0.
Mr. MARCH introduced a bill [182] Defining the manner of submitting to the vote of the people certain amendments to the Constitution. Read twice and referred to a select committee.
Mr. Forester's bill [H.R. 17] To make valid sales of land by foreign executors and administrators; was passed by yeas 44, nays 1.
Mr. Lake's bill [H. R. 107] For the relief of Nineveh Berry; was passed by yeas 27 nays 19.
page: 207[View Page 207]THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE ARMY.
Mr. COBB, on behalf of the majority of the Committee on Federal Relations, submitted a lengthy response to the several memorials presented to the Senate from Certain Indiana regiments in the field; and moved that the report lay on the table and 10,000 copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Mr. MARCH stated that the minority would submit their report tomorrow morning, and he asked that the report they would submit be printed with the majority report. He said there was a great deal of fine language in the report just read, but there was some matters of fact that the collection should go with.
Mr. COBB. I shall look with some anxiety to see what kind of report the Senator will get up. It was charged by the Senator and his friends as these resolutions and memorials came in, that they were directed to the majority here; that they were sent here for the purpose of instructing us as to our duty. We have received them in a respectful manner, and we have prepared in respectful language an address in reply and we are going to submit it to these soldiers. We have prepared facts that the Senator and his friends cannot deny; in respectful language, as I said before, and in such forcible language sir, and embodying such sentiments, that the Senator will not be able to get up a minority report that will be respectful it self if he takes issue with it He cannot deny a single fact in that report, not one. Hey may indirectly, as he has in his place upon this floor, declare that we are traitors; but he will not dare, in his place nor upon paper, declare that the things set forth in that report are false. No, he will not dare do it. Then how can he get up a minority report that will be respectful and appropriate to accompany this majority report? I, for one, will never consent that he shall publish his minority report with it.
Mr. MELLETT. That report is far from being the kind of report I should have made; but sir, it is such an immense improvement of the feeling and sentiment of the gentleman from Lawrence.(Mr. Cobb) that I thank the gentleman for the report and the soldiers for sending the petitions that have produced it. It has produced in the Senator from Lawrence an immense change--
Mr. COBB (interrupting.) Mr. President, I deny the charge, sir; I state that the Senator is immensely mistaken. I have not changed my sentiments. The gentleman don't understand the case.
Mr. MELLETT. It is probable I dont, but I understood the Senator from Lawrence to say when these petitions came here, that they did not emenate from the soldiery, that they were from the officers--the shoulder strap gentlemen;--and now, in his report, he uses the most honied words. How is that; is there no change? I tell Senator from Lawrence that the soldiers will believe there is a change, and they will thank God there is a change. And I will tell the Senator, further, that everybody who is acquainted with him will believe there is a change. When we first met here it was an armistice; a cessation of hostilities; a peace Convention; taking the powers out of the hands of the Administration at once, and stopping this blood shed: that was their stock in trade. How is it now? Why, we have had nothing to do with this war; we did not commence it; it was our duty to pay taxes support the soldiers, and feed and clothe the sick soldiers in hospitals; that is the duty of Democracy. How humble!-- My God! what a change!
Mr. RAY (in his seat.) Will the gentleman say that we shall print 20,000 instead of ten?
Mr. MELLETT. Yes sir, I say 100,000 and will be borne out by the soldiers. I am in favor of printing 200,000 copies if gentleman will ask it, although the report is not just as I would desire it, and states some things not in accordance with my views as matters of fact. It is said in the report that the soldiers have petition us to cast aside party, and I am in favor of that. I clasp hands and say good-bye party until this war is ended. The Senator from Shelby [Mr. Ray] and myself met here on the 18th of June and we adopted a simple resolution in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, laying aside all party. The Senator from Lawrence has not given up his party.
Mr. COBB. Has the Senator from Henry [Mr. Mellett] been serving his party since?
Mr. MELLETT. I have been voting against party.
Mr. COBB. I will testify that he is one of the best republicans in that party.
Mr. LANDERS. Does the Senator from Henry stand upon the resolutions he refers to as having been adopted in June.
Mr. MARCH (in his seat) Yes.
Mr. MELLETT. I think so. Certainly, I adopted them then and have not changed face.
Mr. LANDERS. Does the Senator endorse the proclamation of emancipation?
Mr. MELLETT. I do not think it was expedient. I would not have issued that proclamation of Lincoln's, but because Lincoln has done a thing I would not have done must I rebel against my government? Not at all. I am a no party man, sir and stand upon the platform made by the Senator from Shelby and us disappointed democrats on the 18th of June.
Mr. RAY (interposing). I had nothing to do with making the platform, but I endorsed it.
page: 208[View Page 208]Mr. MELLETT. He made the best speech in his life, and the best I have read in the last ten years, on that occasion. It was a no party speech. Now, sir. I stand upon that, but the Senator from Lawrence must save the Democratic party; the Government is good enough in its way; the Christian religion is an excellent thing, but all these things must stand aside for the Democratic party.
Mr. MARCH, I agree with the Senator from Henry that it is one of the most fortunate circumstances in the history of the country that the soldiers and officers now serving in the armies of the Union thought proper to lay their address before the General Assembly; for I doubt if there has ever been more effectual preaching since the foundation of the world, unless it was that which Paul met with when on journey to Damascus. [Laughter.) But the Senator says he is unwilling that the minority report shall be printed with the majority. Now in the first place it is usual and universally a parliamentary rule that whenever the majority of a committee make a report upon any subject whatever, and that report is printed, the minority report is printed along with it, if respectful in language; and I will say that if it is not respectful in language we will not ask to have it printed. We expect to do nothing more than report a history of facts, and let them speak for themselves. Now, sir, it is said that this army and these soldiers have been misled. It is not for me to say whether they have been misled or not; but I say they are just as competent to speak for themselves as any Senator upon this floor. These soldiers are our friends, neighbors and brothers. They have lost none of their interest in their country because they are in the army; but, rather, they have proved that they feel more of an interest in the cause of their country than those of us who stay at home; and they must necessarily watch our proceeding with more interest than we do ourselves. I would not under any circumstances cast any improper reflections upon any citizen, from the highest to the low est; but I am in favor of having the facts on both sides presented to the army and the country, I desire to join Senators in returning my thanks to these gallant men for their words of wisdom, counsel and patriotism. They expect unfaltering, undying devotion to our country; asking no armistice of traitors, but swearing they will stand by the flag of our country until every foe is trampled into the dust. Then as it is the part of the brave to be merciful, I trust they will exercise that trait in the proper time.
Mr. WOLFE. It seems to me that nothing can be done by the majority upon this floor that gentlemen in the minority will approve of! The demand made by the Senator is extraordinary.
Mr. MELLETT (interrupting). I approve most heartily of this report as a good Democratic document.
Mr. WOLFE. Some corrupt and base partisans of the State of Indiana have poisoned the mind of the soldiers in regard to the sentiments of the majority of the people of this State, or at least a majority of the members on this floor, and they petitioned the majority of this Legislature to do certain things. Their petitions were referred to the Committee on Federal Relations, for the purpose of obtaining a report from that committee presenting to the soldiers the facts in the case, so that they might not be further misled in regard to these questions. These gentlemen of the minority pretend to be opposed to party in the State, amongst the people or in the army; and what do they propose to do? Nothing to remove the false impressions made on the minds of the soldiers; but, they want to print a minority report to speak for themselves, and not for the majority on this floor. These petitions were addressed more directly to the majority on this floor, and they have the right to speak responsive; but anything the minority may say will not be in response to the petitions sent to us. They have no right to repeat the foul slander already circulated against the majority upon this floor. If they do so it will be for the purpose of keeping up a party strife among the soldiers, which we seek to remove.--Any man of any patriotism, or even common sense, can see and appreciate the fact that if this discussion is carried into the army it will get up the same kind of feeling that it has upon this floor. This report is intended to inspire the soldier upon the battle field with confidence ; that this Legislature is sustaining him. If the minority bring in a report it will be for the purpose and will have the effect of infusing a different feeling in the hearts of our soldiery. And will that be calculated to nerve the arm of the soldier, or strengthen his heart? No, sir, it will be doing the very thing these petitions seek to remove--the very thing the false and corrupt charges that were made in the first place were intended to do. For one, I am opposed to it, and will never give my sanction to any party to carry their feeling to that extent.
Mr. LANDERS What is this report? It is the majority upon this floor speaking their sentiments to the soldiers in the field in reference to their petition, that the minority insist was particularly addressed to the majority here. Now, sir, I give the opposition to understand in advance that I am not willing to allow them to speak for us in this matter. The majority report expresses our sentiments. Now we have understood that the opposition expect to bring in a minority report here for the avowed purpose of showing that this re page: 209[View Page 209] port does not reflect the sentiments of the Democratic party. It is the same kind of principle which has actuated these gentle men from the time they came here, and that is to dictate to us the resolutions we should adopt. These gentlemen have had an opportunity of conversing with the soldiers; they have had their men sent into the army to talk to them; we have had no such opportunity, and now we ask the privilege of expressing our sentiments in this way.
Mr. CLAYPOOL. I am surprised at the course the majority are taking in this matter. They seem to ignore the fact hit this is a General Assembly, and plant themselves upon the ground that it is a mere party convention. These petitions were addressed to the General Assembly of the State, and not to any particular branch; and I have no objection to this statement of the majority going to the army in the number of ten or 20,000, but while it goes I want the report of the minority to go with it. It may be that the report of the majority is only a partial statement. There may be some facts they ought to state, that are not stated there They may believe all that is stated, but other facts ought to go along with that statement. If it be true that the Democratic party is on trial, I ask if they want to submit their case to a jury without a rejoinder? But it has been said upon the floor of this Senate that, these resolutions were gotten up at the city of Indianapolis sneeringly pointing the finger at, the Executive of this State. This thing has been rebutted again and again; and I rise now more for the purpose of disabusing the public mind on that question than to speak to the motion to print. If they see proper to refuse to print the two reports together, they will find that the minority report will be printed. I have in my hand a letter from Col. John T. Wilder, of the 17th Indiana, dated Murfreesboro, February 18, 1863, addressed to Governor Morton, which will set at rest the imputation that these petitions were gotten up by the Governor. [Mr. C. read the letter. I read this for the purpose of meeting that accusation against the Governor, and leaving the matter where it belongs to the patriotism of the Army of the Cumberland.
Mr. BROWNE, of Randolph. The report of the Committee on Federal Relations will never be printed and sent to the army by my vote; gentlemen may depend upon that. It is nothing but a Democratic speech, containing: the platform of the Democratic party; not denunciatory of the minority on this floor, but containing by indirection, and I might say by direction, charges against certain persons of this State that are false in fact. The report is a long one--
Mr. COBB (interposing). I would like for the Senator to point out the falsehoods.
Mr. BROWNE. I can do it with a great deal of pleasure. It is charged directly in the memorial that funds appropriated bv the Legislature have been used by the Executive in the hiring of minions to the Executive to poison the minds of the soldiery against the Democratic party. [That's so.] and I undertake to say, sir, that it is false in a point of fact; and Senators have no reasonable grounds for making such a charge.
Mr. RAY (interrupting). There is no such accusation in the report in the language the Senator puts it.
Mr. BROWNE. It is a long report, and I cannot remember the language, but I undertake to say it is substantially charged.
Mr. RAY. The accusation is this:-- those who were sent to look after the soldiers were men actively engaged in poisoning their minds.
Mr. BROWNE. I would like to know how much the Senator has improved my language ? I undertake to say I am as well informed upon that point as the gentleman from Shelby; and whether the charge be true or not, it is an unjust charge in the absence of proof by which it is established. I do not care about the minority report. I don't believe either of the reports ought to go to the army. I do not think political arguments should be sent there. I do not expect to unite with the minority in charging disloyalty upon the Democracy of the Senate, but there have been resolutions introduced in this Legislature by Democratic members urging a compromise, an armistice, and denouncing the Administration in bitter terms, which shows there is an element at work in the State that is not in harmony with the great Union movement.
Mr. LANDERS (interrupting). Does the Senator consider it disloyal to differ with the President?
Mr. BROWNE. No, sir, I do not. But I believe that it is no part of unadulterated loyalty to propose any condition to the support of the Government in ah emergency like the present one. I believe that the old Democratic party platform was right:-- "Our country, right or wrong. " In 1847 the Whigs differed with the Democrats in reference to the justness of that war, and they told us it was a question about which we had no right to inquire; that the Government was involved in war, and it was our duty to support the Government until success crowned the efforts of our armies.
Mr. LANDERS. I will ask if the Democratic party attempted to suppress the expression of opinion in regard to that war?
Mr. BROWNE. I do not know. I remember Gen. Jackson suppressed Judges and men both in New Orleans, where he suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
page: 210[View Page 210]Mr. RAY. I am opposed to printing the minority along with the majority report, without knowing what it is. If it attempts to sustain the original charges, of course I would object to printing it at all. The Senator from Fayette (Mr. Claypool) says he wants a rejoinder-- re-affirming and attempting to prove the original charge, as a matter of course. Now I am opposed to making political issues for the use of the army, but I am ready to furnish evidence to disabuse the minds of the soldiery. I am not able to say by what instrumentality they have been imposed upon; but that they have been imposed upon is not open to question. I think a response is due them from the people of Indiana, and it is not due to the people of Indiana, to the Senate, nor to the army that a rejoinder should accompany it, reaffirming the original scandalous and infamous charge I am not willing that a partisan report shall accompany this response. Let this response go out with the memorial, and there let the question rest unless the minority feel that they are justified in presenting a minority report, and if respectful I will vote to print it.
Mr. MANSFIELD. I think it will be an advantage to the majority to have the minority report sent along with it. It appears that there rests some suspicion upon the action of the party now in power; and if this report is sent to them alone, it is a one-sided affair, and will only show that the majority have the power to keep from them the other view of the case. It is customary when a majority and minority report are submitted, for them both to go together; and in this case there is particular occasion for it.-- Our soldiers seem to express a fear that the legitimate power of their favorite man--our Governor--might be taken out of his hands: and I would like to send a word of consolation, to our boys that are fighting, and tell them that that law will not be passed, And there are many other little matters about which they should have a word of comfort, but I can't see it in what my friend terms "that Democratic speech." From first to last there is no word in it--nothing that will arouse the drooping spirits of our brave men, and I would like this minority report, to show that, there are some men here who have hearts, every pulsation of which beats in unison with theirs for the preservation of this Union. I hope the motion to print will be postponed till we see our minority report.
Mr. CORBIN. We have heard ever since the organization of this body that the difficulties in the army were in consequence of the want of that unity of feeling and concert of action on the part of the people at home; or, in other words, upon the part of the Democratic party with those that claim to be of the "Union" party. We have heard it also said by the Minority on this floor that they were the persons were encouraging soldiery--the strong arm of the Government--and it has been charged indirectly and directly that the majority upon this floor, and the Democratic party throughout the State were the very cause of creating this disaffection and division. This same sentiment comes to us from the soldiers in the field in the shape of a petition. Now, then if that is the case, what I should be the object of these men who are"the loyal men of our country?" To try and heal those difficulties and help to create a re union where there is a disunion of sentiment. Should not that, be the sentiment which should prompt every honest effort? I say, yes. We have set forth in answer to these memorials that which has a tendency to soothe their dejected spirits, and heal this disunion of sentiment on the part of these soldiers; and if this is so, why is it that the minority ask to send a minority report? Do they want to help spread oil upon the waters of discord?--Why no, they say: "We want to present a further indictment, and make it good by further charges." I say, by that act they show I ha they are not honest in their professions; that they are not for that unity of sentiment which is the strength of an army. They are false to their pledges and thy people when they seek to put forth sentiments that will produce discord. And that is why I am opposed to sending any more missiles of discord.-- I say let them go by some secret, underground railroad. They have gone to the army before, and that is what has brought forth these petitions charging the Democracy upon this floor with disloyal acts and sentiments.
Mr. WHITE. I thought this Senate was up to the standard of liberality, and why is it that the majority intimate that they will not publish our report? l am gratified that so liberal a report has come from the majority, although there are things in it which I cannot endorse. These gentle-man tell us that they had no agency in bringing on the war, and have no agency in carrying it on. I will vindicate the Democracy of Montgomery County by saying they have an agency in carrying on this war.
Mr. RAY (interrupting). The report does not say the Democracy have no agency in carrying on this war.
Mr. WHITE. You say " we."
Mr. RAY. The old Federal power is in the hands of the other party; and in the sense of power we have no agency in it.
Mr. WHITE. I don't think that explanation makes any material difference. But gentlemen accuse Governor Morton with having sent men to the army for the purpose of relieving the wants of the soldiers, who made themselves mere political page: 211[View Page 211] colporteurs. I ask whether the soldiers have not had opportunities to learn what the majority intended in regard lo this war, without any such emissaries, as they charge have been sent? On the first day we assembled here the Senator from Fayette offered a resolution setting forth that we were In favor of a vigorous prosecution of this war within the Constitution, and the majority on this floor voted that down. These are things that found their way in the papers, and the papers went to the soldiers, and the soldiers read, reflected, and spoke.
Mr DOUGLASS (interrupting). Did the Senator mean to say that the resolution was voted down.
Mr. WHITE. It was in effect voted down, from the fact that they sent it to a committee that had no creation.
Mr. COBB. Is it not in strict accordance with parliamentary law that a deliberative body has the right to send matter to a committee before it is raised ?
Mr. WHITE. The President of the Senate so decided, and on his judgment I am willing to act. But these things went to the soldiers without the decision of the President. And on that same day, it being the 8th of January, the majority on this floor refused to adjourn for the purpose of commemorating the glorious victory won by General Jackson over a foreign foe at New Orleans. I refer to these things for the purple of showing how the soldiers came to the conclusions they did, without Governor Morton sending persons there for that purpose.
Mr. RAY. Can the gentleman tell by what avenue they got the very same set of resolutions in the armies of the Potomac, Cumberland and Mississippi, all at the same fuse?
Mr. MELLETT. I would ask if they are Identical ?
Mr. RAY. Yes, sir. I can find resolutions from the Potomac, from Murfreesboro, and from Corinth all identical in preamble and resolutions with those adopted by certain regiments from Illinois.
Mr. WHITE. My view is this, and I thank God for it, that there is a concert of action between all the armies. I believe that all parts of the one grand whole are acting in concert together--all speaking the same voice for the same glorious cause. It only nerves me, and gives me brighter hopes for the future.
Mr. COBB. Did not Democrats, two years ago, vote with Republicans to furnish money to assist them in fighting ?
Mr. WHITE. Yes, sir, and I thank them for it. If there was a Democrat on this floor at that time. I did not know it; and if there was a Republican I did not wish to know it; and when I went to my people the brightest record I could hold up was the Reports of the Special Session, of the Legislature.
Mr. MURRAY. I wish to express my approbation, in the main, of this report; and that gratification chiefly arises from the fact that I have uniformly, from the first, taken issue with my Republican friends in charging disloyalty upon the Democratic party of Indiana, and my position in this respect has been literally fulfilled by this report, sir. Although there are many things I do not like, yet upon the main issue--in everything pertaining to the prosecution of this war--I can take this report home in my hand and show those Republican friends of mine there that I have not misconstrued their action--that I have been correct in my estimate of the patriotism of this party, sir. It has been my desire and wish to see all parties upon the soil of Indiana true and loyal to the Government, and willing to spend the last cent in defence of our country, and to maintain the integrity of this Union; and that has been my belief, therefore I am gratified. But how has this misapprehension got out ? Their party leaders have party politics and no other, and there has been no man attending these Abolition meetings but what has seen and heard these charges of disloyalty made upon the great Democratic party of the Union.--These speeches have been reported in the public press, and that is the way the soldiers have been made to believe that there was a great portion of the Democatic party in this State disloyal. This reports sets out by simply stating that this Democratic party has done no disloyal act, and do gentlemen want to come in and controvert that, sir? I do not think they do, sir.--That charge has been made in every county and by every stump speaker in the State against the Democratic party. When I have been home on a visit, I have been met by hundreds of inquiries to know, if this Democratic party was disloyal; if it was going to take this State out of the Union and attach it to the Southern Confederacy; and whether it would undertake to set up a Northwestern Confederacy ? I have denied these charges, sir, and said that when this Legislature broke up there would be sufficient evidence to show that I was right. And now we have a report expressive of the sentiments of that party, and I am glad of it, and am willing to vote to print it.
Mr. BLAIR. I am always glad to receive anything that is good, come from what source it may: and I am glad that the Committee on Federal Relations--at the close of the session, after they found out that the majority could not pass any peculiar schemes they were urging,--have come up with a part of a confession of faith. I am truly glad, after all these things have been defeated, that these gentlemen have come up at the close of the session and presented us with a small part of patriotism.
page: 212[View Page 212]Mr. RAY (interrupting). What measure has been defeated thus far that the I Democratic party or any member of the party has demanded, of a partisan character, except through a bolt of the opposition ?
Mr. BLAIR. That is the beet way that can possibly be devised to defeat these things. A military bill has been urged in the other end of the Capitol to take the power from the hands of the Governor; and you come presenting a resolution for an armistice--
Mr. COBB (interrupting), Who does ?
Mr. BLAIR. The gentleman from Wells.
Mr. COBB. Is he the Democratic party? The Democratic party has presented no each measure here.
Mr. BLAIR. I say these measures have been presented by men of your party, and you have not placed a negative upon any of these propositions.
Mr. RAY. The Senator says they have been defeated. Now I want to know how?
Mr. BLAIR. I say they have been defeated by the session drawing near to a close and the urging of these measures in the other branch until you succeeded in driving the minority from the Hall in order to defeat them. A resolution was read here only last evening denouncing the course of the present Administration.
Mr. LANDERS. The Senator says, if certain things be true, it is evident that we intend to rob the Governor of his military power. I ask where did the Governor get that power?
Mr. BLAIR. The Governor gets it from the Constitution.
Mr. LANDERS. Does this bill propose to take that power from him?
Mr. BLAIR. It does most assuredly. But I don't propose to discuss that measure any further. In reference to this report a strange course has been pursued, for they tell us in advance of any expression of the views of the minority that they are unwilling it shall be published.
Mr. RAY. I said to the contrary for one, and have not heard anything to the contrary come from others.
Mr. BLAIR. But there has.
Mr. COBB. I don't know who the Senator understood as saying so.
Mr. BLAIR. I understood the Senator from Lawrence (Mr. Cobb) to say so.
Mr. COBB. The Senator never understood me to say any such thing.
Mr. BLAIR. With reference to the use of funds by the Governor which that report charges have been used for the purpose of sending out emissaries to poison the minds of the soldiers, I pretend to say that is not; true. It ia nothing but just and fair that the minority--
Mr. COBB (interrupting). It does not say that the Executive has sent out these emissaries.
Mr. BLAIR. I have read over the report since it was read at the Secretary's table, and I understand that to be'the fact. The minority have a just right to set forth the facts and have them go out with the majority report; and that minority report will be prepared; and it will go out.
Mr. DOWNEY. If there is any thing, sir, which I desire above another while a member of this body, it is that Senators of all parties might agree upon one thing, and that is to sustain the government of our country in the suppression of the rebellion, and save for ourselves and posterity the Constitution that our fathers adopted, and the Government and its blessings, which resulted from the adoption of that Constitution. I am pleased, in the main, with the statements made in this report; and I am grateful to the gentlemen who have prepared and introduced that report, for it certainly will have a good tendency towards the production of that unity of sentiment and action which every friend of the country ought to desire, and which I presume he does. As for as the question is concerned as to whether this minority report shall be printed or not in connection with the report of the majority, I am not prepared to vote until I shall see and hear what that minority report is. If it is a proper report--such as ought to be printed--I shall vote for printing it; and if gentlemen who wish to bring in that report desire time, I should favor a postponement of the further consideration of this question until to-morrow or some other convenient time.
I wish to say something in regard to a question about which gentlemen have been interrogating each other, and that is this: in regard to the effort to take from the Governor his constitutional military power. Why, sir, the Senator from Hendricks [Mr. Blair] concedes in answer to a question by the Senator from Morgan [Mr. Landers] that the proposition [the military bill] pending in the other branch is unconstitutional, and yet the Senator from Hendricks, being a member of the legal profession, would contend that there would be some validity in that law. How unwise is it, sir, to create agitation upon a point in which there is nothing--as I contend there is nothing in that point. Does not every man--every Senator here know that any'law passed by the Legislature in violation of the State Constitution is a nullity? Why then talk about designing men leaving their seats because some one has introduced an enactment unconstitutional in its provisions? Suppose that bill should pass the House, it then has to come and be passed by this Senate, and alter that it must go to the Governor for his approval; and it is his high duty, sir, in that emergency, to decide whether it is constitutional or not, and if not it is within his power to veto it. Not until all this has been done, and until it has been passed page: 213[View Page 213] by a majority of the members of both branches over that, veto can it become a law, and not then if it is unconstitutional.
Mr. BLAIR (interrupting). Have not the members of the Legislature a right to judge whether the measures which come before them are constitutional or not?
Mr. DOWNEY. Why, certainly; but I suppose the gentleman is too good a lawyer to presume that members are the final arbiters in that matter.
Mr. BLAIR. But they need not make fools of themselves by letting such a bill pass.
Mr. DOWNEY. Nor are they bound to make fools of themselves by bolting from the Legislature, because they suppose a measure that is urged is unconstitutional. Let them perform the duty they are called upon to perform by voting upon that measure. As far as this body is concerned I desire to cull the attention of Senators to a report made in the early part of the session. The Senator from Randolph introduced certain resolutions, which were referred to a committee of nine, perhaps, and that committee made a report in regard to the Governor's military power.-- (Mr. D. read from the report of the committee, in which they declared they had no intention to infract the constitutional powers of the Governor.) Now, in the face of that report, sir, it is pretended that there is a disposition on the part of the majority of the members of this Senate to enact a law which would deprive the Governor of his proper constitutional authority! I do not believe any such thing. I do not believe any such measure could pass this Senate. I have too much respect for the sense and judgment of gentlemen who sit here, to think that they would pass an unconstitutional measure. I am willing to say, as far as I am concerned, that those powers given to the Governor by the State military law have been properly used. I know of no reason, and have not heard of any, for interfering with the Governor's constitutional powers as Commander-in-Chief of the State militia. You cannot take away from the Governor any power the Constitution gives him. But we might have a better military law than we have now.
Mr. MANSFIELD. I agree with the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Downey] that according to the letter of the law, there is nothing to be found in that bill which is unconstitutional. Now, sir, the Constitution directes and gives the power to the Governor to issue all commissions. how is that in the bill? Will it allow him to do that? He cannot issue a commission under that bill, but it gives to other men the power to give certificates which that bill says shall have the force and effect of commissions whether issues by the Governor or not. In effect that law is unconstitutional. Even the people are deprived of the rights which that bill pretends to give them.
On motion by Mr. DOWNEY, the farther consideration of the subject was postponed.


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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
TOURISM and youth employment are in line for a £400,000 boost from the Isle of Wight Council — but plans to spend cash on building beach huts have been scrapped.
Savings made by the Isle of Wight Council in 2011/12 look set to be invested in schemes to support the local economy, the authority said yesterday (Monday).
Under the proposals, which go before the cabinet and full council next week, £300,000 would be used to extend the current youth employment schemes to a two-year programme.
A council statement said the rest would be used to strengthen the marketing of the Island as a destination, complementing the existing funding of £3 million over nine years to support the work of the newly-established Visit Isle of Wight Ltd.
Council leader, David Pugh, said: "These remain very difficult times for the local authority and we have to ensure that we are in good financial shape to face further budgetary challenges ahead.
"However, the steps we have taken so far to make the council more efficient enables us to release this significant funding to further assist the local economy.
"The feedback we continue to receive from residents indicates that they share this priority, particularly in terms of support for young people.
"The proposals also recognise the importance of tourism and the £100,000 set aside to help market the Island will focus on increasing visitor numbers.
"The proposals respond to the results of the recent budget consultation exercise undertaken by the council which also stressed the importance of stimulating the local economy."
Papers for the meeting revealed however, that Controversial plans to invest council cash in building beach huts have been scrapped however.
The plans were part of a package of one-off initiatives, using part of a £2.3m underspend, in the coming financial year and prompted criticism from some Islanders.They have been ditched following the budget consultation, which found the majority of residents were not in favour.
The council now plans to lease land at seaside resorts for the erection of beach huts by other parties.
The report refers to two "key locations' where land will be made available, however they have not been named.
Other projects are continuing, including plans to hold a celebrate Isle of Wight day, to promote Island produce.
Talks are underway for the day to be held in conjunction with the County Show.
The council is due to hear this autumn if it has been successful in securing government funding for two major schemes.
It hopes to be awarded cash for a Tourist Accommodation Improvement Programme, supported by the Isle of Wight tourist industry, which could lead to major capital investment in Island accommodation.
According to projections submitted as part of the bid, the council said it hoped that if successful the project could create 195 jobs in the construction and tourism industries and safeguard almost 300 others.
This autumn, the council also hopes to hear if it has finally secured funding for the Solent Ocean Energy Centre (SOEC), a tidal energy project in collaboration with Southampton University, which the council hopes could create more than 600 jobs in the Solent area.
The council is also in negotiations with the private sector to secure long term private funding for the project.Both the Tourist Accommodation Improvement Programme and SOEC have been shortlisted for funding as part of the Regional Growth Fund.
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"the council also hopes to hear if it has finally secured funding for the Solent Ocean Energy Centre (SOEC), a tidal energy project in collaboration with Southampton University, which the council hopes could create more than 600 jobs in the Solent area."As opposed to the one part-time job created by a wind farm.Excellent idea!
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Fri, Oct 11, 2013 | 13:55 BST
PS4: we see PlayStation as a brand, not just a box says Gara
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Tue, Oct 01, 2013 | 23:23 BST
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Tue, Oct 01, 2013 | 18:17 BST
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PlayStation 4 and PS Vita could yet be delivered in a bundle, according to Sony's UK MD Fergal Gara.
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Thu, Sep 26, 2013 | 16:51 BST
Xbox One's seven day head start over PS4 in Europe is a "moot point," says Sony
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Fri, Sep 27, 2013 | 09:40 BST
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Sony has "no firm plans at this stage" to bundle PS4 and Vita together
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Tue, Sep 03, 2013 | 22:04 BST
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