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If you are looking to create the British Colonial feeling in your home, adding a couple pieces of bamboo furniture or accessories can help set the look.
Be careful though, too much bamboo and your room will end up looking more like a tiki bar — which is fine if you like that sort of thing!
• Williams Sonoma Hampstead Bed - $3,250
• Mermaid Hut Golden Bamboo Butler Table with Removable Tray, Set of 2 - $498
•Tracy Porter, sadly the desk is no longer available
• Pottery Barn Silver Plated Bamboo Clock - $49
• Crown and Colony Antiques Bamboo Bookcase - $590
• Horchow Bamboo Cocktail Ottoman - $1,879
• Newport Nautical Decor Faux Bamboo Mirror - $474
• Wisteria Frech Colonial Rattan Armchair - $799
• Target Bamboo Folding Chairs - Set of 2 $75
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Do you have a link for the sheets on the bed?
I love the brass tray table - Wish it were higher to use as a bar-table...
I do like faux bamboo furniture - but in small amounts:
A friend has the entire WS Home Hampstead bedroom set in his guestroom - It looks like a bedroom at a Victorian resort in the Catskills...
"Do you have a link for the sheets on the bed?"
Try the Williams Sonoma Home website - They almost never include items in their photos that they don't sell.
I love it all, particularly the Horchow ottoman and the Wisteria chair. Delicious.
I found the sheets on the Williams-Sonoma Home site. They are on sale (still not cheap, tho) and have free shipping!
That's so funny, I just wrote about this too, 2 weeks ago. I'm still on the fence. I agree with bepsf, in small amounts it's good.
I have been looking for a brass table that one and I love the chair.
This is such a sweet little table from Wisteria-
I just bought this bamboo mirror from JCPenney, it's gorgeous and a steal at $99: http://www4.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=70025&CatID=70292&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=16aed36&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CMID=70276&Fltr=&Srt=&QL=F&IND=1&cmVirtualCat=&CmCatId=70276|70292
I've also been eyeing these faucets: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Kraus-Bamboo-style-Vessel-Sink-Bathroom-Faucet/3339706/product.html
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Moving On: Post-Breakup Apartment Therapy
Sally: At least I got the apartment.
Harry: That's what everybody says to me too. But really what's so hard about finding an apartment?
After a break-up, getting to stay in your apartment can be a relief; but how do you make it feel new and yours, once a live-in love moves out?
This month, we're exploring the concept of Setting Up Home — sometimes that entails moving, and sometimes it means staying. When a shared apartment is suddenly yours alone, the need to make things fresh can be urgent, but also incredibly daunting. Where to begin, especially if you're already overwhelmed with emotional and financial concerns? I put this question to my most trusted advisors, all of whom have been through this, their hearts and homes even lovelier for the pain they've gone through. Here is their advice, in no particular order...
• Rearrange the bedroom. (This was at the top of everyone's list of advice.)
• Buy new sheets.
• Buy a new bed.
• Paint the bedroom, if possible. Buy the nicest paint you can afford, and replace your standard slapdash apartment paint with many carefully, lovingly applied coats of paint. A clean slate.
• Let your friends help. Of course they love dinner parties and picnics with you, but they want to be there for the rough times, too. They're dying to help, to do anything, so don't be afraid to let them. Take them up on their offer to crash on their couch or come over for dinner every other night. Let them make you tea, help you paint, and give you a ride to IKEA. Don't worry about being good company — they love you.
• On the other hand, doing difficult – especially physically difficult – tasks on your own can be quite therapeutic. Feel free to ask someone to help you rearrange your bedroom furniture, but doing it yourself can be wonderfully exhausting, leaving you with a sense of pride and accomplishment. And the exertion might help you sleep better, too.
• Once the move-out is complete, get rid of any and all stuff that your former S.O. abandoned when they left. Not a gift given by them, or something you bought together that you feel good about, or something you'll want someday, but the inevitable junk.
• Get an inspirational board where you can post cards from friends, fabric swatches, recipes, and anything new you're excited to try.
• Spread out and use every inch of space- the whole apartment is yours now. It can take awhile to break down invisible divisions ("their" side of the closet, etc), but it's liberating once you do.
• Take down art you purchased together and replace it with art YOU love.
• Burn sage or incense after a good, symbolic (or literal) scouring of the place- clean the kitchen, bathroom, and especially the BEDROOM. Take a salt bath and toss in some rose petals and such, and let the drain wash away the old stuff. You're clean and ready for newness.
• Make something pretty, just for you. Decoupage the light switch plates, make cute spice jar labels, embroider your pillowcase.
• Get a new plant to love. Treat it well and watch it thrive.
• Throw a housewarming (house re-heating?) party or a newly single party. Your friends are probably aware that you just lost approximately half of your possessions, and might be happy to bring hand-me-down housewarming gifts. They get to clear clutter, you get a waffle iron!
Finally, my very favorite piece of advice: The key is to do something nice for yourself. If it were your best friend trying to rearrange her life, what would you do for her? Get her an awesome Heath tea pot? Help her hang up quilts as decoration? Try to be just as good to yourself.
Image: When Harry Met Sally by Columbia Pictures, via Little Gray Pixel
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ahh. i'm totally experiencing this right now. and you would think the bedroom would be the first thing i'd want to dispose of. nope. i bought new bedding but i've literally cleaned every other room in my apt (twice) but the bedroom. his side of the closet has one dress shirt and a bunch of wire hangers (which i loathe) and it's so bare.
and my cat literally just peed on the floor in my bedroom so that's my queue.
fresh flowers do wonders :)
After a five-year relationship of mine ended, my mom came to my condo and helped me do a real deep, spring cleaning-like scrub of the whole place. I rented a carpet cleaner and steamed my rugs for the first time ever. That was probably the most therapeutic thing I did to get past that relationship.
haha man I can't help but roll my eyes whenever someone recommends burning sage to cleanse a home. while you're at it, why not upgrade to some strategically placed power crystals? and maybe invest in one of those magical magnetic bracelets to help find your center?
I guess it is one thing if you just like the smell of sage and use it like incense, but the superstitious silliness of it gets me every time.
Maybe consider getting a house pet?
How the heck did you know I needed this post?
@Holler Actually, burning incense has deep roots in Theravada Buddhism as a means of cleansing and purifying the home. It is a common ritual practice often involving monks and even if it does not work for you personally, you shouldn't be so quick to belittle what is an important practice to many people.
Redecorating is a perfect project for any major change of life scenario that doesn't coincide in a move - not just BF/GF moveouts.
ditto on needing this post.
any tips on moving from a GREAT house to a dismal condo AT?
My sister and I will be doing this for our mom - we're redoing her bedroom after our parents' divorce. I just talked a cousin into doing some artwork for the wall!
After a 4 year relationship ended, I remained in our apartment for a month. I kept everything the same, including sleeping on my side of the bed because I couldn't handle any more change than what I was already going through.
When I moved out to a smaller, cheaper apt, the move was really liberating. I hired movers for the furniture, but most of the packed boxes I moved by myself and it was no easy task with some feeling like they weighed more than me! One box at a time up two flights of stairs for 2 days straight. When it was all done, I felt like superwoman! And my first night in my own apartment I slept like a baby spread eagle in the middle of the bed :)
I'd guess that being a renter and able literally to move on after a break-up would be a big advantage over being an owner trapped with the memories by this market.
@Sarrasine, yes, it's true, people have been superstitious for a very long time.
To clarify, I don't really care if people cleanse their homes with sage, perform blood sacrifices to bless their apartment, lay down some power crystals or whatever else they want. But if I am trying to accomplish something, like transforming my home from a shared space to my space, and someone recommends that I perform a superstitious or purely symbolic ritual, I am definitely rolling my eyes and moving on to something that actually does something.
If your house has evil spirits and you need to burn a plant indoors to scare them off, that's cool for you, but I will stick with the painting my room option.
I'm with those who wouldn't want to stay living in a place filled with ghosts from the past...New chapter, new place.
@Holler You still fail to grasp my point. If it doesn't work for you, that's fabulous. But there's no need to disrespect and insult a multitude of cultures with your attitude, snarkiness, and eye ball rolling.
@Sarrasine, and my point is that this is a design and home improvement blog. I don't come here for spiritual advice, so when it is given I can't help but roll my eyes that it is presented to me as something that is productive. It is as inappropriate here as teling me to pray to Jesus for His guidance in my struggle would be: I don't care if it is great advice for some people: I don't want it, and if you give it to me as a design or home improvement solution, I'm gonna laugh at you :]
"any tips on moving from a GREAT house to a dismal condo AT?"
Make a different choice?
This is making me so glad I have been with my partner for 34 years, married for 31.
@pepsin, I happen to be reading Lauri Ward's third book, Downsizing Your Home with Style: Living Well in a Smaller Space. I think it's full of useful tips. You might like it, too. It may be at your library.
Hi everyone!
@tarverine- You ARE Superwoman! I love it.
@bodicegoddess- You & your sister are good daughters. I hope your mom loves her new home and her new art- what a sweet idea.
@pepsin (& @bepsf)- I'm so sorry you're unhappy in your new home. I wish I had advice, but at the moment all I can offer is perspective. A transition like this can just be so, so rough. Maybe you stayed and now have double the rent, or moved and have half the space, or maybe you went from a place you love to a place you hate- but your new home has something precious: potential. Potential for the new, challenging, surprising, beautiful life that you're going to create. Maybe you'll be able to turn your condo into a place you'll love, or maybe you'll learn things and make plans to put to use once you do have a place you love. But YOU're going to do it.
@Miami's Elaine- Thanks for the recommendation!
@holler (&Sarrasine)- I hope I didn't offend you with advice that could be interpreted as religious or overly spiritual, and I appreciate your perspective. Quality of home life, for me, is an absolute mix of the quantitative (square-footage, wall-thickness, water pressure) & the emotional (memories, calm, comfort, beauty), and so my advice was a mix as well. There may be no practical reason to get rid of your sheets after a break-up (they may be of good quality & design), but giving them to a charity and buying new ones, even lesser new ones, can help you feel infinitely better about your bedroom. By the same token, though buying fresh flowers or scrubbing an already-clean tub might not improve your home in measurable ways, they might improve your relationship to your home. I tried to share a wide range of advice, from the practical to the emotional, as I know that in times of trauma comfort can come from the unlikeliest of places.
@kariwk- Congratulations!
Oh I want this so much to be me. I'm stuck with my partner because right now neither one of us can afford to leave. But I can live vicariously by following this blog!
I recently got out of an 8 year relationship and I have found a few things that made me feel a bit more at home, in my home. The first was to clean, organize and change out the old bathroom decor. It's relatively inexpensive and has a big impact. The second thing I did was to get new bedding, West Elm is great for sheets and duvets on the cheap. And last but not least I changed out all the small frames and personal pics in the house. My home is feeling more and more like a private sanctuary all the time.
Oops, Lauri Ward's written four books, not three, and I liked each one enough to keep it after reading it. One's title is similar to AT--Home Therapy: Fast, Easy, Affordable Makeovers.
On a more practical note, from what I've seen it's smart to change the lock.
If there's one thing I recommend it's doing something in your home that your ex wouldn't allow. My ex never let me paint the bathroom chocolate brown, so after he moved out last month I painted immediately. I've gotten so many compliments since, and even though I am moving in three months and will need to paint it back, it was a wonderfully therapeutic experience and made the place feel "mine".
This post seems relevant to so many readers. Glad we can commiserate.
When my ex moved out, I bought my first real piece of art. It was much too expensive, but I still love it, and it made the place mine. Still have it though I have a new apartment and boyfriend. Best money I've ever spent.
@Holler, I am with you on the superstitious crap. 100% (and the design vs. whoohoo blog content)@Sarrasine: only because something has been "used for centuries" doesn't mean it's a good thing or out of line (just look at homeopathy, blood sacrifies and faith healing). you can poke fun at anything!
If you're a woman, paint something a color your ex thought would be "too girly".
I kept the apartment, and a month later got a FAT tax return. Since this was a divorce and not a breakup, and most of the furniture was his bachelor-pad Target/Pier 1 stuff, I did a complete swap-out via local classifieds (red leather chesterfield and matching chair!), Ikea, and West Elm. Except the dining table chairs, I can't seem to find any dining table chairs ....
Do a 'smudge' with sage.
Sage Smudge! :)
@Holler I've been catching up on my AT posts, and I've literally read the sage thing in like 3 posts. What is up with the herb burning?
Definitely a good article for me right now. Almost a month ago (on his birthday, no less) I came home to him and the bulk of his things gone. I've been staying at my mom's while making weekly cleaning trips. The place has been stripped out of the last of his things, including the horrible bed, and is now finally ready for me to finish re-furnishing for move-in. Thankfully, it's cheap enough for me to easily afford and actually live better than I did before the breakup. Last week, for the first time, I felt like it was MY place when I went in to check out the repairs the landlord had taken care of while there was a lack of furniture :) The place is looking great!
As long as a person can afford it, keeping the apartment can actually be a good thing. The process of making the place purely yours can be very empowering. The ability to only do things to please yourself and no one else is wonderful.
I did this last November. Got my own place and bought ALL new furniture. I was impressed that I was able to do that considering the cost of rent here in SF. *pat myself on the back*
I just couldn't live in that same apartment that we were in. I like fresh, restart and new.
I missed my husband when he left. The depression is still woven in ever fiber of my being and everyday life. I miss him and I love him still.
But within days of his leaving I was already rearranging! It was cathartic to purge and rearrange and TAKE OVER the entire apartment! It was all mine! Not just the closets, but the design responsibility! Out went the boring "ours" and in with the funky, modern, retro ME! I did all the things I'd wanted to and never did.
Stopping by to fix my PC, he said the nicest thing to me: I asked if he liked the place and he said "NO". THAT'S when I knew it was all me, 100% Barb. And that felt great!
@SoylentVanilla - I love my apartment too! I didn't want to move. I've got great neighbors, a fabu maintenance guy, a backyard and home that was good for 2, but a palace for 1.
This place is ME. It fits who I am so perfectly. I never realized how repressed I was design-wise. I told my therapist that I didn't want to be beige anymore. I wanted to be orange. I think I've succeeded
Oh, and I have to add this last part. In trying to explain the differences between his new wife and myself, he said she wasn't as eclectic or eccentric as I was. He meant it as a back handed compliment. I took it the new number one nicest thing he'd ever said to me!
Thank you, AT. This is the perfect validation from y last three weeks of deep cleaning, new chalkboard wall drawings, and new-to-me white sheets. The sage is a hot topic on here; I'll say I burned some and I'm going to burn some more tonight! Having a physical ritual is helpful to me, personally. To each his own.
i'm currently going through a difficult breakup and the idea of burning sage - or anything that's believed to cleanse or calm, whether physically through the smell or mentally through the very act of doing it, sounds amazing. and i'm not "spiritual" or superstitious by any means.
the Chumash indians of Southern California call white sage the spirit plant. a single leaf [the fat bundles were dreamed up by us white folks. we do like excess!] is burned and the smoke used to purify a place or person. I enjoy the ritual- moving through my home with intention and gratitude, breathing in the wonderful smoke- and do it frequently not only in hard times.
if that sounds foolish then I've got a cellophane bag of wood chips drowned in perfume for you. ; )


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Are you a developer in Australia or New Zealand? In February I'll be visiting New Zealand and Australia on the first-ever Amazon Web Services evangelism tour. I'm really excited about the trip--especially because I lived in New Zealand briefly many years ago, and have not had the opportunity to visit since.
So far there is a really solid lineup of user groups--ranging from Linux to .NET developers. There are still some daytime slots open on my calendar if you'd like a private meeting, school class presentation, etc.--or if you just want to have tea or coffee. In fact, one Monday evening is still available in Melbourne if you run a user group. Take a look at our Evangelism Wiki and request a meeting if you're interested.
We've made all sorts of recent announcements about new services such as Amazon SimpleDB, so there's lots for us to have a conversation about!
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The president of the company that owned the train that derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic Saturday was met by a crush of reporters and jeer and insults launched by residents after arriving in town this afternoon.
Ed Burkhardt, the president of Rail World, Inc., held in an impromptu news conference in the town this afternoon and said his company is "not accepting responsibility" while facts are still being gathered.
He defended the company's safety record and said it followed industry practice.
"I think we had quite a reasonable safety record until the other day when we blew it all," he said.
Flags lowered in Quebec
Flags in Quebec's public buildings will be lowered to half-mast for a week as Quebecers honour those who died and are still missing in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster.
"The entire province of Quebec is in mourning since this accident," Quebec premier Pauline Marois said at a news conference following a meeting with her cabinet this morning in Quebec City.
"On behalf of all Quebecers, I offer all of my condolences to the community, the citizens of Lac-Mégantic."
Marois announced $60 million in financial aid available now to citizens and the municipality devastated by fire and explosions Saturday following the derailment of a runaway train.
The death toll in the small community east of Montreal remains at 15, but 60 people in total have been reported missing or remain unaccounted for, officials said this morning.
It's likely the dead are included in the official list of missing persons.
Marois said residents can immediately access $1,000 in financial assistance to help with food, shelter and cleanup in the town.
Other funds will be made available to those who suffered significant property damage.
The province plans to have an office set up in the community by Monday and to ensure that citizens who need immediate help get a cheque the same day, she said.
At least 30 buildings were levelled by blasts in the town's core. The province has offered the town funds to cover the loss in property tax from those businesses and more assistance to business owners to help with relocation and paying employees.
Marois said her government has been in touch with federal cabinet ministers to inform them of the province's plan and will eventually make a request for assistance from Ottawa.
"We want the maximum aid we can get," she said, adding it's not clear yet how they will share costs with the federal government.
"I know this is a small consolation, but we will be there as long as it takes to rebuild a modern, attractive downtown and help the citizens of this community."
Earlier this morning, Quebec provincial police said their list of missing people had grown from 50 names to 60.
"You have to understand that, yes, we do have a list, and we are not publicizing it because of double victimization that could occur when people on this list are [turning up] afterward," said Insp. Michel Forget.
Genevieve Guilbault, a spokeswoman for Quebec's coroner's office, said the bodies of the 15 people already recovered have been transferred to Montreal, but no identifications have been confirmed.
Unofficial lists of people reported missing or unaccounted for have been published on social media, but no official list has been released.
Forget stressed that the Quebec provincial police haven't released their list because people are being added and removed quickly as police speak with more people and others are located.
He described standing beside one person who was devastated after seeing the name and photo of a loved one published in the media. The person was not missing, he said.
He urged anyone who has spoken to police and can help update the file to get in touch with investigators immediately.
"You have to understand, and we are reiterating here, that the people who are missing, a relative, a close friend has to contact us if they've been in contact with them since Saturday," he said.
Investigation continues
Investigators sifted through the charred remains of Lac-Mégantic's historic downtown early Wednesday morning, as they searched for clues into what could turn out to be North America's worst railway disaster since 1989.
Police said they are investigating whether Saturday's derailment and subsequent explosion — which leveled the centre of the lakeside Quebec town killing at least 15 and probably dozens more — involved foul play or criminal negligence.
"We are conducting a criminal investigation. We are not neglecting anything so far," Forget told reporters yesterday. This morning, he said officers worked through the night looking for evidence and remains.
In Quebec, it's the Crown's office that lays criminal charges, not the police. Forget said investigators will turn over all the information they gather to the Crown, who will then make a decision on whether or not charges will be filed.
The Transportation Safety Board said it was looking into whether the train's operator — Montreal, Maine and Atlantic — followed proper safety procedures in the hours before the unmanned 72-car train carrying crude oil rolled down a hill and slammed into town.
The incident forced some 2,000 people, or roughly a third of the town's population, to leave their homes and seek shelter in local schools or with friends and family.
Dozens of people were forced to take shelter at a temporary evacuation centre set up at the local high school.
As firefighters contained the blaze, many of the evacuees were allowed to return to their homes, where they found a mix of relief, emotional distress and unexpected problems.
- Read: Lac-Mégantic victims pose challenge for forensic experts
- Watch: Shocking new Lac-Mégantic explosion video emerges
- Read: More about railway CEO's interview with Radio-Canada
"After that tragedy, after watching that fire burn half the downtown, we are happy to be back home," said Denis Leveille, 57, who spent the day on his front porch visiting with friends.
The waiting game
With parts of the town still considered dangerous — and part of it still a crime scene — emergency officials could not say when the remainder of the evacuees, about 800 people, would be permitted home.
For some of the remaining evacuees, who waited patiently at the perimeter for days, watching others allowed through was the last straw. A small group lashed out angrily at police, demanding that they be let back into their homes just a few meters away.
"We just want to go home," said one man, who was later ushered away by police. "We have rights in Quebec, no?"
Still others chose to stay far away from the once-picturesque downtown, in part because of the emotional strain of being so close to the blast zone.
Caroline Rancourt, a 37-year-old single mother, said she was at work at the Musi-Café, a favourite local hangout, hours before it was leveled by the runaway train. Eyewitnesses said the bar was packed when the train hit and burst into flames.
"It was the screams that woke me," she said. "I remember I was half asleep and I heard the cries and thought, 'It's night, why are there kids screaming?'
"Then [there was] the sound of fireworks, and then after that it was all so fast," she said, struggling to hold back tears. "We left and I didn't yet know what all had happened at the Musi-Café."
MMA executives have said they believe the train's air brakes failed while it was parked in the neighbouring town of Nantes, after firemen shut down the engine to put out a fire that erupted on Friday night.
- Watch: Town pharmacist describes tight-knit community
- Watch: Resident was getting ready for bed when she felt the ground shake
- Read: Safety rules lag as oil transport by train rises
But it remains unclear whether the train's conductor had set enough hand brakes — which are meant to hold a train in place even if the air brakes fail — before he left the train for a shift change shortly before the fire broke out.
MMA, which is headquartered in Chicago, has a long history of accidents in Canada, according to Transportation Safety Board data, which shows 129 accidents, including 77 derailments — some of them minor — since 2003.
A TSB official said she could not immediately say how that compared to other rail operators in the country.
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One explanation for the incomplete penetrance seen in persons who have inherited cancer susceptibility genes may lie in the effects of modifier genes. Modifier genes are simply genes that indirectly influence the expression of other genes. One can think of the modifier gene as a breaker switch, which controls all of the power. If the breaker switch is off, it doesn't matter whether the susceptibility gene is ready to turn on or not. There is no power, so it won't work. If both copies of modifier genes lead to a breaker switch being thrown, then the gene for cancer susceptibility will be silenced. On the other hand, if the modifier genes power up to let the cancer susceptibility gene be expressed, then there still must be a functioning copy of the gene available.
Here the switch has been thrown OFF by modifier genes and the cancer susceptibility gene is silenced.


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State Rep. Sean O'Brien, sitting in the audience at Warren G. Harding High School on Jan. 12, heard remarks from officials of GM Lordstown that made him pick up his phone and write a text message to Scott Nally, director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
General Motors officials had just said that proposed limits on the amount of total dissolved solids the company could release into the Mahoning River would force GM to spend $8 million to build additional treatment facilities and $1 million annually to run them.
"I texted the director at the hearing," said O'Brien, a Democrat from Brookfield whose district, the 65th, is in Trumbull County. "I said, 'We need to talk.' Then I arranged a phone conference."
A couple of weeks after the hearing, O'Brien was on the phone with Nally, along with two representatives from General Motors' corporate offices in Michigan and a representative from the Delphi Corp.
Both companies were concerned about the economic impact of the requirements, O'Brien said.
Company officials told the director about the types of systems that would be required to bring their discharges up to the proposed level.
"He more like listened. He was on a fact-finding mission at that time," O'Brien said. "I think it shows he listened," O'Brien said of Nally.
About two months later, the EPA issued the city of Warren's wastewater treatment plant a new permit. The permit did not require the city to limit its discharges of total dissolved solids to 622 milligrams per liter, as the EPA had indicated earlier it would.
Instead, it required the city to monitor the water discharged into the river near the treatment plant, something the city had been doing already.
The new permit was a relief to the Tom Angelo, director of Warren's wastewater treatment department, as well as to companies like GM, Delphi, Thomas Steel and others because it meant additional treatment measures would not be necessary.
Warren's new permit did present problems for the city's fledgling brine-water treatment facility, Patriot Water Treatment, however, and Patriot continues to work through those challenges.
O'Brien says he thinks the issues GM raised affected the EPA's decision-making process because of the importance of GM to the Mahoning Valley.
"Part of it was putting the Cruze in jeopardy," O'Brien said of the Lordstown-built car. Meeting the new water-quality requirements would have cost GM money that it doesn't have to spend in other states, O'Brien said.
GM announced in August that the Lordstown plant will receive a $200 million investment to build the next-generation Cruze.
Angelo said he believes scientific reasons, more than political ones, explain why the EPA decided against setting specific limits on total dissolved solids in Warren.
Angelo said his department started testing water quality all along the Mahoning River, upstream and downstream from the city's wastewater treatment plant, in November 2010. In fact, Warren even tests in Pennsylvania as far as the Ohio River.
"I think it was the hard data that showed that total dissolved solids in the Mahoning River never exceeded 500 milligrams per liter all the way to the Ohio River for one year," Angelo said of why the EPA decided against specific total dissolved solids limits.
The EPA had argued that the 622 limit was necessary to comply with rules in Pennsylvania, since the Mahoning flows into Pennsylvania.
Angelo said the total dissolved solids in the river already met the Pennsylvania standard of 500 milligrams per liter, so he didn't understand why the EPA felt it was necessary to set specific limits for the first time in Warren.
"We had the data to show that this wasn't a concern," Angelo said.
Enzo Cantalamessa, Warren safety-service director, said the total dissolved solids limit the EPA had proposed "could have had potentially disastrous effects" on businesses that discharge wastewater into Warren's wastewater treatment plant. "It would have been nearly impossible to achieve."
Congratulations on eliminating "green" regulations in favor of saving jobs.
Now lets get rid the the similar regulations costing us the loss of coal jobs and higher costs for electricity.
Stop the war on coal.
It's funny how the rules don't apply to the Dems, if they don't like them then just make a phone call. DO THE SAME FOR ALL INDUSTRY
Thank god the EPA doesn't have a double standard.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA!! Without Obama, there would be no GM-Lordstown.
News flash, Mike! HE didn't build that, GM!!!!!!
Island Mike, seems appropriate enough. Mike must live on the Island of GM as he writes like we would be dead without GM. Mike we survied Black Monday; GM employees around 5% of the workers employed by Sheet and Tube, Republic, Wean, U.S., Steel...etc. Mike, have you ever heard of Honda, Toyota, BMW, etc?...plenty of companies looking for a modern plant.
I take it you didn't have stock or hold Bonds in GM and of course you were not in management at Delphi. When GM moves it's operations to China and Mexico I suppose it will be Bush's fault, after all look with BHO inherited. Oh, I forgot he will have inherited from himself. Mike it's the NWO and they are all part of it. They picked BHO because he can do the NWO bidding and if you don't agree with him your "R". I am not allow to use the word or I will be considered "R" is. Bush and Romney would not be able to get away with the stuff the teleprompter reader has done and is going to do. It is us against them and returning to our Constitutional Republic is the only hope. Mike, smell the coffee and quit worrying only about yourself and read the Consitution.
I will leave with this in mind; I have said before. We are NOT a DEMOCRACY, we are a REPUBLIC. A democracy is two alligators and a poodle voting on what is for lunch; guess what is for lunch? A Republic is the same thing with me standing there with a shotgun making sure they follow the rules. That shotgun is the Constitution and protects you and me from the tyranny of the majority. I thank all for taking the time to read this.
True about Honda, Toyota, BMW,
But it is almost impossible to wash the blood of so many Americans off them.
OR did you forget
Great, let's get rid of all EPA reguations then we'll have to listen to all the people whine about all the deformed children and death that pollution is responsible for. We do need jobs but a job doesn't help the dead!!
GM has gotten so many kickbacks from the government it's not even funny...hopefully they go bankrupt again. While Obama and the Democratic Party will be devastated, Mitt Romney can laugh from one of his beautiful homes and say "I was right."


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Caroline Wilson Terry Wallace and Richmond president Gary March famously fell out for four messy weeks at the end of the 2008 season.
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|I googled "Arco Graphite car" and found this : http://www.indy500.com/stats/grids.php?raceyear=1978
In 1978, Bobby Unser had Arco as sponsor and the 48 race number at the Indy 500. And the other unknown car from this footage ( /vehicle_152588-unknown.html ) is also from 1978. However, the race track clearly isn't Indianapolis. So I guess this was shot at a race from the 1978 USAC championship.
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Griffin Greenawalt takes on a blocker during Monday's junior varsity football game against Cameron County. Teammates Matt Cecchetti, 55, and Tyler Blankenship, 22, look for a Raider to block. Kane led 7-0 at the half, but Cameron County rallied for the 24-7 win.
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Kane's Trinity Clark battles a Sheffield girl for the ball during Wednesday's seventh grade girls' Â basketball game. The Lady Wolves won a close one, 14-10, in the early game. Looking on is Clark's teammate, Amber Carlson, wearing No. 12 for Kane.Â
Kane's Shannon Kocjancic, who plays the libero position for the Lady Wolves, passes the ball during Tuesday's game against Ridgway. Teammate Emily Hauser is also pictured. The Lady Wolves won the match three games to one, the last coming in a marathon 30-28 game. Kane travels to Johnsonburg on Thursday to take on the Ramettes.
Tyler Ennis is shown after hauling in a pass from quarterback Sean Jordan. The was good for a 27 yard pickup. The senior receiver/defensive back also had an interception in the game. The Wolves, now 2-1 on the season after defeating Otto-Eldred, will play Brockway on Friday in Kane.Â
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The world economic crisis has hit logistics companies differently. The logistics trend is shifting from priority services, such as airlines, towards cheaper and slower forms of delivery like ground transport. This has affected traditional logistics companies such as FedEx (NYSE: FDX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) and CH Robinson (NASDAQ: CHRW) in diverse ways. Let's take a look at each for further analysis.
UPS: The e-commerce solution
UPS, as a company, has been recovering quickly from the financial meltdown amid shipments decline from Asia to the US. Its stock price surged 11.6% from June 2012 to present date even after the failed acquisition intent to buy TNT Express for a hefty $7 billion. European regulators blocked the deal alleging that reduced competition could hurt consumers. This left UPS with no choice other than growing through smaller acquisitions or organically.
UPS posted solid first quarter results with revenue up 2.2%, totaling $13.43 billion, and flat operating margin at 11.8%, compared to the same quarter the prior year mainly driven by e-commerce related deliveries. The company is properly positioned to take advantage of the e-commerce segment, a catalyst for growth that has taken everybody by surprise.
The company ended the first quarter with $1.4 billion in free cash flow and $7.3 billion in cash and marketable securities, which exhibits the financial strength the company is enjoying. UPS also has the best operating margin with 14.2% compared to peers such as DHL at 7.8%, FedEx at 7.7% and TNT at 2.9%. Finally, the company also improved deliveries that amounted to 16.2 million packages per day showing a 4.1% increase over the prior year quarter. The company is an excellent bet as it continues to deliver profits in a challenging environment.
FedEx: Business restructuring
Although FedEx's stock price has improved 11.7% from June 2012 to present date, investors are wearisome as the company needs to modify some aspects in its business model. Why? Because of the meager results exhibited on fiscal 2013. As Mr. Frederick Smith, chairman, president and FedEx's CEO, stated: "These positive developments did not fully offset tepid economic growth and customer preference for less costly international shipping services," which is the reason the company is under pressure. When it comes to business models, as mentioned in this interesting blog post, Warren Buffett and other prominent investors select stocks with durable competitive advantages.
For 2013, the company posted an increase of 3.7% in revenue totaling $44.3 billion, but had problems controlling its operating expenses as the operating margin fell from 7.5% to 5.8% from 2012 to 2013 resulting in a 23% decline in net income, which stood at $1.56 billion. One of the measures the company has implemented is a voluntary employee separation program in which 3,600 employees will be cut from the workforce as well as a reduction in its aircraft fleet. The company is on the right track, as cutting costs, especially those related to the underperforming segments, could improve operating margins and help achieve the projected EPS growth of 7% to 13% for 2014.
CH Robinson: Recovery will take some time
CH Robinson did not follow the fate of its peers regarding its stock price, as it has declined 5.5% from June 2012 to present date. Similar to FedEx, CH Robinson posted a revenue increase of 17.3% totaling $2.9 billion for the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year, but incurred in a 17.1% increase in operating expenses that had a negative effect on net income as it was reduced 3% at $103.3 million. As Mr. John Wiehoff, chairman and CEO, indicated, the company's first quarter results "reflect the slower growth and continued margin contraction that we have seen in the markets we serve."
The company has divested its payment services segment, T-Check, which has had a negative impact on its latest results: net revenues for this segment decreased 83.2% to $2.6 million for the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same quarter the prior year. This is a good signal as the company is trying to return to previous growth figures. The company has also been affected by its acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in 2012 that has a higher operating expense to net revenue than CH Robinson. This is expected to diminish on the future quarter results and therefore generate more profits. But that will probably take some time and investors should expect improvements further down the road.
Final comment
UPS has shown that it can continue delivering profits amid the sluggish demand the air cargo and logistics sector is experiencing. It has improved its position in the e-commerce segment and had a healthy balance sheet this last quarter: it ended the first quarter with $1.4 billion in free cash flow and $7.3 billion in cash and marketable securities. This makes UPS a great stock to look at.
FedEx is another company that suffered the trend for less expensive transport demand but it did not follow UPS' success. Although the company increased its revenue for 2013, it had some issues controlling its operating expenses which had a huge impact in the net income result. Cutting its workforce and aircraft fleet will reduce costs, but will also diminish its global presence and logistics capacity. Investors should wait for this one.
CH Robinson could have some upside in the following quarters, mainly given by Phoenix's acquisition. Once CH Robinson can stabilize the acquired company's operating expenses, this could generate better profits. The company is trying to divest non-core assets, such as it did with its payment services, but it will have to do more as margins contraction and declining demand could be a problem.
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This treatment was a surprise to us. Few regiments in the Army of the Potomac had captured more prisoners than the 19th, yet I never saw private property of any kind taken from a rebel or heard an ungentlemanly word spoken; on the contrary, had often seen the boys share their rations with them and in every way make them comfortable.
When well beyond the lines we were halted and took account of stock. We found that we numbered sixteen hundred men and sixty-seven commissioned officers.
As we had placed our colors in the rear of the line, having dug a pit for Mike Scannell and the other sergeant, - we trusted they were safe, but soon a rebel horseman rode by with them, and trotting in his rear we saw Mike. "How came you to lose the colors, Mike?" I asked. "I'll tell you," said he. "We lay in the pit dug for us, and the first we knew the rebels came rushing over and said, 'You damned Yankee, give me that flag.' 'Well,' I said, 'it is twenty years since I came to this country, and you are the first man who ever called me a Yankee. You can take the flag for the compliment.'"
We could not understand how the rebels got in our rear, but from the best information we could obtain, learned that the 2d and 5th corps were ordered to advance their lines. The 2d did as ordered. By some mistake the 5th did not, and there was a large gap between the two corps. The rebels had seen this, and keeping us hotly engaged in the front, had sent a division around our left flank, and the result was we were "gobbled".
The officer who had charge of my squad was Lieut. Wm. D. McDonald, Company C, 8th Alabama, Wilcox's old brigade, Anderson's division, A.N.V. He was disposed to be kind to us, as he had formerly resided in New York and knew Yankees were human, but he was soon relieved and ordered back to the front. The provost guard took charge, and we were marched to a field just outside the city of Petersburg and camped for the night. We were visited by squads of thieves, each reducing our baggage, which was none too large at first. Some of our men had a few hard tack. The officers had no rations.
The next morning we were ordered to a small island in the Appomattox River. As we marched over a little bridge guards were stationed to take our haversacks, canteens and other property yet remaining, but we soon saw the game and sent over a few empty handed, who, coming down the shore, took charge of the traps we threw to them. By this flank movement we saved our property. We remained on the island that day. No rations were issued and we began to realize our position. We were among a new race of people and saw the beauties of an inflated currency. On our side of the line the "New York Herald" (double sheet) sold for five cents; on this side the "Richmond Examiner," a little, dirty paper, was one dollar, - everything in the same proportion. Every few minutes a large, lank, lantern-jawed rebel would come up, look us over, and ask about the only question they had on hand: "What did you uns come down here to fight we uns for?" It mattered little what the answer was, he would pass on if he did not find any plunder and ask the same question of the next group. The captain of our guard was a spruce little chap and wanted his boots shined; but the so-called Confederacy was out of boot-blacking, so he sent one of his men to us for that article. After asking several and receiving various answers he called to his officer, "Captain, they all don't tote it."
About three o'clock in the morning of the 24th we were ordered to fall in and were marched through the city to the depot, packed in the cars, and were "on to Richmond," where we arrived about noon. We were given a rousing reception. Men, women and children thronged the streets and were sure they had captured the entire Union army. They said, "Right smart lot of you all this time, I reckon." The men swore, the women spit at us, the children joined in the general cry. Just before we turned down Carey Street to go to Libby we halted. I was standing a little aside from the rest, thinking over the situation and whistling to keep together what little courage I had left, when a rebel officer rode up and said, "We will take that whistle out of you in a little while. Corn bread is gitting pretty mouldy down in Libby." I said I guessed not. It was my intention to whistle as loud the last day as I did the first. "Oh, I have heard lots of you fellows talk, but Dick Turner soon fixes them," was his reply. This was the first promise of starvation.
We moved forward and soon stood in front of Libby prison. I could almost read over the door, "He who enters here leaves hope behind." We marched in and passed to the rear of the room. As I looked out of the window I saw them carry out four of our dead boys in blankets, all of them naked, having been stripped of their clothing. We hardly knew what was to come next but had not long to wait, for Dick Turner, who had charge, ordered part of us to fall in. Lieutenant Chubbuck had kept a small revolver in his pocket until this time, but now threw it out of the window into the canal in rear of the prison. We were ordered to stand in line, unbutton our clothing, and, as Turner passed down, were made to open our mouths that he might see if we had any greenbacks in them. He said those who gave up their money should have it again, but those who did not would lose it. I had sixty-two dollars and had just time to put ten between the soles of my shoe. The rest I gave to Turner. After he had picked a squad he ordered them to the front of the room, away from the rest.
The front door was guarded by a thing I supposed they called a soldier, dressed in a black, swallow-tailed coat, his head crowned with a stove-pipe hat and armed with a sporting rifle. He was so thin that he could never be hit by a bullet, as he could hide behind his ramrod in time of danger. I called to the boys, "See what they call a soldier," but as he brought up his musket to fire I found it was alive and I retired in good order.
Lieut. Thomas J. Hastings of the 15th tore a piece off his shelter tent to use as a towel and was made to mark time while the rest were being searched. After our names, rank, regiment, place and date of capture were recorded we were marched to a room in the third story. The one next to ours was filled with our men. A brick partition wall divided us, but some of them made a hole through, and, as they had not been searched, passed a few things to us. Mark Kimball gave me ten dollars, Mike O'Leary a razor, another gave me a spoon. The razor and spoon I carried all through my prison life, and have them yet. The money I returned to Mark some two weeks later. We were not allowed to rest long, as I suppose they thought we required exercise, and were marched to another room over the office. The rooms were perfectly bare. We had no blankets or dishes, as everything had been taken from us. We sat down on the floor, about as blue a collection of humanity as was ever assembled.
In a short time Turner came in to look us over. I asked him if it was not about time for dinner, as no rations had been issued since we had been captured, two days before. He did not like my question and swore at me for several minutes, winding up by saying that no rations would be issued until the next day, and I should be --- lucky if I got any then. I replied that as I was not acquainted with the other hotels in the city I guessed I would wait. He swore some more, said he reckoned I would, - and I did. At night we lay down on the hard floor and tried to sleep, but were so hungry we could not. Besides our hunger, we had many other things to contend with. When we entered the room we thought it was vacant but were mistaken, for we discovered that it was inhabited by "very many curious things that crawl about and fly on wings."
Morning came at last. We got up, washed in an old tank in one corner of the room, wiped our faces on our shirts, and waited for breakfast. While waiting I went to the window to look out. In a second I found myself on the floor and heard the report of a musket. The guard in front had fired at me, but a comrade had seen him as he brought up his piece and had pulled me down. Had he not done so some other fellow would have written this story.
About ten o'clock rations came in and we eagerly fell in to receive them. They consisted of a piece of corn bread as large as a quarter of a brick and twice as hard, bean soup, and a very small piece of rotten bacon. How to draw the bean soup was the question, as we had nothing to draw it in. Lieutenant McGinnis was in rear of me. He said he must have some soup, and, taking a broken pane of glass, he fell in and the line moved on. When it came my turn the negro who issued the rations dipped in his gill dipper and I held out my hands. He turned it in. The soup ran through my fingers, but I secured a few beans. McGinnis held out his pane of glass and drew four rations, one on each corner. We did not touch the bacon. Hungry as we were the smell satisfied us. We went upstairs and sat down to dinner. I ate half my bread, and thinking it unwise to make a pig of myself at my first banquet in Richmond, placed the rest on the window sill, sat down and looked at it, then ate a little more and a little more, until all was gone, and I was as hungry as before.
The next day some negroes came in to swab the floor, and among them we of the 19th recognized little Johnnie, Colonel Devereaux's servant. We had left him at White House Landing, sick with fever, when we started on the retreat down the Peninsula in the spring of 1862, and supposed he died in the hospital, but he must have been captured, as here he was. I was near enough to whisper, "Johnnie." He recognized me and also saw Lieutenant McGinnis, but said nothing. The next day when he came in he dropped some soap near where I stood. He looked as though he was having a hard time of it.
Our enlisted men were not confined in Libby but in an old tobacco warehouse across the street. Three days later we saw them march past on their way to Belle Isle. We watched our chances and exchanged greetings with them. The lines between officers and men in the 19th were not closely drawn. Most of the officers had come from the ranks and the only difference was in the pay. We would have been glad to have remained with them, but the rebels ordered otherwise.
We remained in Libby about a week, receiving re-enforcements nearly every day, until our squad of officers numbered over a hundred. One morning we were ordered to fall in. The same old blankets were given us, dirty and torn, but better than none. We were told that we were going south. A very small loaf of white bread was given each man, but having no way to carry it and being very hungry, we ate it before we left the prison. We filed out and marched past Castle Thunder. This place was used for the confinement of political prisoners. We saw several women and one of them had a palm-leaf fan. On one side was the stars and stripes. As we looked up she turned that side to us and some one said, "Boys, see the old flag." Major Turner rode back and said, "Break the head of the next man who says 'old flag,'" so we did not cheer, but the sight gladdened our hearts. We crossed the river to Manchester. A large crowd were at the station. They told us that our men were dying fast down south and that "you will all get your little piece of land down in Georgia," a prophecy which proved true in very many instances.
The train backed into the depot and we were ordered to "get aboard the coach." A passenger car was in front, and we marched in, thinking that we were to be transported in good shape; but when every seat was taken, they continued to come in, and our entire party, numbering more than a hundred, packed into this one car.
We rode all day without food or water, and found ourselves the next morning in Lynchburg. We were confined in the cars until noon, and it is impossible to express in words what we suffered. We could not walk about, the car was so crowded; we would get down on the floor, stand up, look out of the window, but nothing could drive away the terrible hunger. Outside the cars were hucksters selling bread, pies and fruit, and the sight made us wild. Men opened the windows, took rings from their fingers, and sold them for loaves of bread. I had no rings or anything valuable to sell. I had my ten dollar greenback in my shoe but the orders were very strict in regard to the people taking greenbacks, and I dare not try to pass it for fear the guard would see me and confiscate it.
At noon we were ordered out of the car, and after some delay rations were issued, consisting of twenty small hard tack and a small piece of bacon not properly cured and covered with maggots. This was to last us four days, as we were to march from Lynchburg to Danville, our cavalry having destroyed the railroad between the two places. As I had eaten nothing for thirty-six hours I ate twelve of my hard tack, leaving eight for the next three days. I did not care much for the bacon, but tied it in an old rag, and, finding a stick, carried it over my shoulder.
They marched us five miles, and camped for the night. The sun was so hot that most of my bacon melted and ran down my back, but the maggots still lived. We were commanded by a major who had lost an arm in the service, and had also been a prisoner. He was a first-class man and understood how to march men; would turn us out at daylight, march until nine or ten o'clock, then rest until three. He always selected our camp near a stream of good water, and did everything possible for our comfort. I am sorry I cannot recall his name, as he was about the only man I met in the south who considered our comfort in any way.
Our enlisted men joined us here. We were not allowed to visit them, but, passing them on the road, had a chance to chat a little.
Our guard was not thought sufficient to take care of us, and it was constantly receiving reinforcements from the cradle and the grave. At every cross-road we were joined by old men on horseback and in carriages, and boys from ten to sixteen years of age, armed with shot-guns and pistols. We could get along very well with the men, but the boys were anxious to shoot a Yankee, and we had to keep our eyes open. Lieutenant McGillis was much interested in the boys, and would ask them if their fathers allowed them to play with a gun, and if they were not afraid to lie out doors evenings.
Our march was through a splendid country and the days were fine. We had many good singers among the officers and as we marched through a village they would strike up a song. It would pass down the line and be taken up by the men. Passing through Pittsylvania they were singing "Home Again." I saw several women who were watching us wipe away tears. Whether the tears were of sympathy for us, or because the scene recalled loved ones in the rebel army, we did not know, but it was the only manifestation of anything but hate I ever saw from a rebel woman.
Just before we went into camp one night a citizen walked beside us for a short distance and I saw him exchange glances with Captain Hume. After he passed on Captain Hume said, "We will have something to eat to-night. That man is a mason; he says we are going into camp soon and he will come down and bring me some food." We soon after filed out of the road and into a field. The captain's brother-mason came and walked around until he saw Hume, then passed near and dropped a package containing bread and meat. Although not a mason at that time I shared the refreshments furnished by the craftsman.
We continued the march until July 4, when we arrived at Danville. Here we were turned over to the provost guard and placed in an old warehouse. Our human commander left us, and our best wishes followed him. We were brought back to the realization that we were prisoners by the brute in command. We were very hungry, but that did not trouble them, and we waited until afternoon for rations. At night we were taken out and marched to the depot. Although it was the anniversary of our nation's birth we saw no demonstrations of any kind, and I do not believe that a citizen of the town knew it was a national holiday; but we remembered it, and while waiting for the train to be made up sung "Star Spangled Banner" and other patriotic songs. We collected quite a crowd, but they manifested no interest, only stood and looked at us.
The train ready, we were ordered on board and packed in close box cars, - fifty-six in a car. Only one door was allowed to be opened, and that was filled with rebel guards. We had no room to lie down, but were forced to stand or sit cramped up on the floor. We lay our heads on each other's shoulders and tried to sleep, but it was too hot. We had no water, but one of the guards had an old two-quart pail, and by coaxing, the guard filled it twice out of the tank of the locomotive. I never passed a more uncomfortable night, and when we arrived at Greensborough, N. C., in the morning, and were allowed to get out of the cars, we were happy. Here we were re-inforced by some of Wilson's cavalry officers, captured on the raid. They had been shamefully treated, - some were bleeding from wounds received from the guard. When they loaded us again some were allowed on top of the car, and I was one. Our guards were a lot of home guards, and, like all such, were making a war record by abusing us.
On our car was a loud-mouthed fellow who was constantly insulting us. After a while he became quiet and was nearly asleep. One of the officers near touched me, and motioning to keep still, drew up his feet, straightened out, and the fellow went flying off the top of the car. Turning to me he said, "Jack, didn't something drop?" I said I thought so, but guessed it wasn't best to stop the train to find out, and we never learned whether he landed or not.
We arrived at Augusta, Ga., on Sunday, and were marched to the park. Here citizens visited us and we had a chance to talk to them. The questions were about the same as at Petersburg. "What do you uns come down to fight we uns for?" etc. Talk about Yankees being anxious to trade! There was not a man, woman or child but wanted to barter with us. I sold a hat cord to a woman for twenty dollars, bought a dozen eggs for ten dollars, and invested the rest in a blackberry pie. I shall never forget that pie. The crust was ironclad, and I had to bombard it before I could get at the berries. I ate the inside, but left the crust for the woman to fill again.
We took the cars at night, and next morning arrived at Macon, where we left the train, and our men went on to Andersonville.
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