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Copied from another forumMy response on the other forum:Colin Powell worries Obama tackling too much
Jul 4, 10:59 PM (ET)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.
"The right answer is, 'Give me a government that works,'" the former secretary of state said in a television interview to be aired Sunday. "Keep it as small as possible," added Powell, who said he has spoken recently with Obama and stays in touch with him. Powell, a Republican, endorsed Obama last year over the GOP presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Obama wants to overhaul the health care system and take on climate change while also helping the country emerge from the recession.
"I think one of the cautions that has to be given to the president - and I've talked to some of his people about this - is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all. And we can't pay for it all," Powell said.
"And I never would have believed that we would have budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars, and we are amassing a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great grandchildren will have to pay for it."
It's not a new theme for Powell
He complained about the government's size and intrusiveness in his 1996 speech to the Republican National Convention. He said then that the nation no longer could afford more entitlements, higher taxes and more bureaucracy. In the interview with CNN's "State of the Union" that is to air Sunday, Powell said he hasn't changed his mind.
"Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible, but at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people," he said.
He said Obama "has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is. And, how much additional bureaucracy and will it be effective bureaucracy."
CNN released excerpts of the interview in advance of the broadcast.
I totally agree with Powell here but seriously, WTF did he think was going to happen? There isn't anything happening so far that O didn't talk about doing during his campaign(with more to come). Powell endorsed a candidate that he doesn't agree with policy wise? I'm shocked!


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The societal shift from front porches and front sidewalks to back-yard decks and patios is an excellent metaphor of the growing tendency for American homes to be designed more for individualism and isolation than for hospitality.
Not that we're against seclusion, in moderation. But for Christians and the followers of many other faiths, hospitality and community are expressions of faith as surely as is worship.
Even if we embrace the concept of hospitality, however, it's easy to misapply it. We live in "The Hospitality State" here, but it is easy to think of hospitality primarily in terms either of tourism or of entertaining our families, our friends and those in our social circles.
Biblical examples of hospitality and community include frequent fellowship with like-minded people – a chance for Christians to open their homes to one another.
"And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." (Heb. 10:24-25)
Hospitality and community, though, go beyond comfortable fellowship or entertaining those who can boost our careers or cultivating the "right" social contacts.
They're also about meeting the emotional and physical needs of those who may not be our peers.
Biblical examples of hospitality often involve the landless, the lame, the immigrant and the traveler, who by definition were those with little in the way of people, place or resources on which to depend. These were people forced, in the words of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire," to depend "on the kindness of strangers."
Ancient Israel was commanded to care for strangers in their midst.
"The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you," asserts the Book of Leviticus. "You shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God."
The writer of Hebrews urged his readers to be generous even with people unknown to them: "Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2)
While travelers typically opt for a hotel rather than knocking on doors of residences these days, many an opportunity for true hospitality still exists.
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More sacrificial inclusion may be in order, too. That spare bedroom might be perfect for a missionary on furlough, a teenager needing stability that his family can't provide or a woman needing distance from her abusive husband.
Jesus gave perhaps the clearest example of biblical hospital in Matthew 25, when he commanded giving food to the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, welcoming the stranger, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and the prisoner.
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Come on guys, somebodys got to know something.
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Want to guess which company is breaking out the champagne tonight?
jury reached a verdict today
and they found Samsung guilty on multiple counts of infringing upon Apple design and software patents. While Apple was able to hold Samsung's feet to the fire on the majority of its utility patents, Samsung received no love from the jurors on its countersuit claims.
The jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1,051,855,000 USD ($1.05B USD) in damages. Apple owes Samsung absolutely nothing.
Apple CEO Tim Cook [Image Source: Paul Sakuma, Associated Press]
Not surprisingly, both Apple and Samsung have issued statements to the
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We are grateful to the jury for their service and for investing the time to listen to our story and we were thrilled to be able to finally tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trail showed that Samsung's copying went far deeper than even we knew. The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents or money. They were about values. At Apple, we value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. We make these products to delight our customers, not for our competitors to flagrantly copy. We applaud the court for finding Samsung's behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that stealing isn't right.
And now we have Samsung, which is clearly not pleased with the outcome of this case:
Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies. Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer.
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Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere.
Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past few weeks. We chose legal action very reluctantly and only after repeatedly asking Samsung to stop copying our work. For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It's about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth. And we do this to delight our customers, not for competitors to flagrantly copy.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the jury who invested their time in listening to our story. We were thrilled to finally have the opportunity to tell it. The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung's copying went far deeper than we knew.
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Terrace Hill overlooks San Luis Obispo, California. In the distance are two of our local landmark mountains: Cerro San Luis Obispo and Bishop Peak. San Luis Obispo is the home of California Polytechnic State University, and is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County. In the middle of downtown you can see historic Mission San Luis Obispo, built by Spanish missionaries in 1772. In the foreground is the train station, which is visited several times daily by trains from the north (starting their journey in Seattle, Washington, and south, starting their journey in San Diego.
This is a remake of an earlier GigaPan that I made and posted. This one was shot at 400mm, providing significantly greater detail in the image. The new one is also not plagued by strong wind as the first one was (resulting in a few areas of blur).
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fallhunt wrote:Fat chance I will see a gobbler
Don't be so negative about that, the 3 turkeys in my avatar are fall gobblers that sported 10-12" beards. Most fall turkeys killed in WI are gobblers & jakes.
fallhunt wrote:in my exsperience hens and poults will die from fear.
This has not been my experience at all. Fear makes them run and fly very fast, but I have yet to see one tip over dead from fear alone.


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100% Elastic
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Fit: Runs very large
These are amazing for my tendinitis, the color is a little peachy but matches my Capezio Tiffany's perfectly.
Age: 22 to 29
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Fit: True to size
These ribbons have one glossy side (which is extremely glossy) and a "matte" side. I write that with quotes because even the matte side has a bit of a sheen to it. The elastic is amazingly soft and durable. The color perfectly matches my Freed of London pointe shoes. The elastic perfectly matches the width of the ribbons and the look is very clean.
If you love shiny ribbons and want your ribbons to match your shoes (and have normal peachy shoes) these are for you.
If you do not like glossy ribbons I highly suggested Gaynor Minden TLC ribbons, which are matte and match tights better. Needless to say the peachy color of these ribbons or even the Gaynor Minden one would look disgusting on Russian Pointe or Grishko. For those brands, then and only then do I recommend the Tendonitis Ribbons from Bunheads.
Age: 19 to 21
I love these, they are sturdy, thick ribbons, but the color is too peachy for Russian Pointes or my "ballet pink" and "Theatrical Pink" tights.
Age: 22-29
After reading all the answers to questions about how many ribbons I needed to buy, I was still hesitant. I called customer support to be sure what I needed to order. The helpful assistant put me on hold for a moment. Then he came back and reported that they had opened the package to be sure. 4 ribbons are included. Each shoe needs two ribbons, so one package is all you need for one pair of pointe shoes.
Just by looking at it, the elastics where well stitched to the ribbons and they were secure. The actual ribbons are a little stiff but workable. The only thing I am disappointed about is that the colour is different from what is displayed in the picture. Instead of it being light peach it a fairly darker brighter colour. It doesn't match my Bloch pointe shoes even thought its the same brand. If you don't mind this, its a good buy. :)
Age: 15-18
These are comfy ribbons w/elastic. They work great! You really don't notice the elastic on the ribbons, when I am wearing them, unless you look closely.
I love these ribbons! The elastic allows me to adjust better and get my ribbons nice and tight without killing my ankles. The color is a pretty pale peachy-pink and match my Bloch pointe shoes perfectly. I wouldn't go back to regular ribbons now.
Age: 30-39
I had a ganglan syst in my foot and it made pointe very painful. When I started using these ribbons, they relived pressure and made the pointe experience much nicer. They got me through 2 recitals, 8 performances of The Nutcracker, and, 3 performances of Sleeping Beauty!! Then I had the syst removed!! Love this product!!
I bought these elastic ribbons as they are more comfortable than the Bunheads Flexer ribbons, however the ribbon color no longer matches the pointe shoes (Russian Pointe) I wear. I remove the elastic section and machine sew them into the matching Russian Pointe ribbons, and then am good to go. A little extra work, but worth the protection I think. It would be nice to see these come with a choice of lighter color ribbon as well for those wearing lighter pointe shoes.
Basically if you like shiny, stiff ribbons buy these, I sewed mine on backwards for less shiny kapowness the first time and definitely never got them again. The elastic inserts would be very nice if they came in the freed ribbon. I took out and sewed the little elastics into my freed ribbons (too much work, don't do it!) and then reused the ribbons a couple of times, I just resewed them again on one of my new shoes and they are getting OLD and nasty... sad day...If any one knows of a non shiny non stiff elastic insert ribbon; do tell!
Why would you need ribbons with elastic? They're great for soft blocks because you're going on demi pointe but if you're just doing normal pointe you don't need them. The thread connecting the elastic also comes undone pretty quickly from the rest of the ribbon. Other than that they are shiny, pretty and good for soft blocks
I found these ribbons very anoying. they are thick and hard to tie because they are stiff. the elastic in the middle is like a mesh elastic and I don't like it as much as normal elastic. over all, they are fine for now, and I'm going to keep them on my pointe shoes, but I won't be buying them again mostly because they are stiff and uncomfortable in my opinion.
I love these. I have a really short achilles and these have helped me streach them out, but I would not recommend wearing these on stage. They look odd and different from everyone elses. Also if you are a beginner in pointe, you should buy these. They really help the pointe shoes feel more comfy and the help you become used to the stress on your feet! Overall these ribbons are great!!!
I use this ribbon for all my pointe shoes now. I ordered my first Elastorib Ribbon when I noticed slight discomfort of my Achilles Tendons a few weeks after I started my pointe training. Now the discomfort is gone. This really makes a big difference around your ankles. I tried a few other similar products from other makers, but Bloch Elastorib Ribbon works the best for me.
my achilles heels were really hurting from tight ribbons until i bought these! they look great and not only relieve the pain, but help secure my knot too. now i don't have to worry about anything when it comes to the ribbon of my points!
I been using these on all my pointe shoes since I tried them on my 2nd pair. When I tie my ribbons I like them tighter then most girls want. The elastic on the back allows me to tie them really tight without worrying about discomfort in the heel. Regular ribbons slip and eventually loosen throughout the class. These ribbons stay the same throughout the whole class. They also make is easier to tuck in your knot because u can pull the elastic part up and slip the knot right underneath.
My daughter is useing these on her second pair of pointe shoes and just loves them compaired to regular ribbons. With regular ribbons she was constantly tieing and untieing them for comfort now she ties them once and on she goes without stopping to readjust ribbons. A must for the serious student or dancer! Full support without pressure on your achillies!
These ribbons are my favorite! They're very durable, and the elastic allows you to tie them tighter than others. All around wonderful!
These are wonderful! I was making my own version of these for years but obviously these are sewn much better and last a long time. They might not match other pointe shoe brands but they match Blochs. I wear them with my Serenades and they're great. If younger dancers need ribbons on their slippers for a performance or something, these would still be great just for comfort.
I love these. I have foot problems and I used the Grisko ribbons. All they did was made my ankles hurt like crazy so I try these ones. They are my favorite.
This ribbon is soooo much better than Bunheads! It's comfy, soft elastic, and keeps it's shape.
Already precut and ready to sew onto shoes. PLEASE SEW THE LONGER END OF THE RIBBON TO YOUR SHOE - otherwise the elastic will end up in the front of your ankle (instead of behind where it belongs.
It matches the Bloch satin perfectly and stays secure while dancing. For me, Bunheads version always came loose and lost it's shape. The elastic wasn't as comfy either. From now on...I'll only get Bloch's version of this style of ribbon!
I have used Capezio and Grishko ribbons, NO Thank YOU! These are it for me and I have recycled them for 3 years on many different pointes. They match well with my Capezio glisses, chasses and bloch sonatas. I am going for the Gaynor next so I'm not so sure how those will match up as Gaynors are different colored than any other pointe I've worn. But these are the best, no stopping mid barre or floor to fidget with too tight of ribbons. That just doesn't happen with these, and how could you not love the fact that you are saving your ankles from detrimental damage? I mean why not make doing pointe work safer if you can and a highly comparable price!!! BUY THESE AND NO OTHERS!!!
I have tried all brands and types of ribbon, over the past 10 years that I've been on pointe, I always go back to these. They never bother my tendon or feel too tight, and always hold the shoe in place.
I love these. They work so well, they give you much more movement than the regular ribbons. The only tough part is trying to figure out where to put the elastic part!!! I totally recommend this product!!!
Like I said, I LOVE these! It's PERFECT. The color's so pretty and shiny, and it matches well with my Bloch and Sansha shoes. They blend in nicely with my tights, and the elastic part is so soft and stretchy! They last for such a long time and I love how nice and tight it feels when I tie my shoes (without cutting my circulation!), and they stay put! It also comes already cut (and I love the length! It's quite long, but I find long ribbons pretty). The material isn't so soft though, but they soften up after a few wears. :)
These are easy to tie and come already cut. They match the color of my Sansha pointe shoes.
These are the first ribbons I ever tried with my first ever pair of pointe shoes. They are so snug and comfortable and supportive, I don't think I will ever switch.
They match Grishko pointes perfectly!
I absolutely love these, and will never go back to regular ribbons. There is never pressure on my achilles, and I don't have to worry about my ribbons coming untucked. All of my friends are switching to these.
If you ever have trouble with your ribbons getting twisted when you knot them, or you just like to get them tight, BUY THESE. I originally just bought them because they had such a good color. But I will never go back to other ribbons. They stay really tight and flat but never hurt. They also are the prettiest ribbons I have ever seen.
I love these because it doesn't matter how tight you tie them. They never hurt your achilles tendon!
These ribbons stay nice and secure, they do not slip on tights. Also, they keep your extra ribbon really secure when it is tucked in!
Others have asked this & there are two different answers, one set per pair vs 2 ribbons (one per shoe). but 2 ribbons are needed for each shoe, so is one set 2 ribbons or 4 for a pair of shoes?
The ribbon comes with enought ribbon for one pair of point shoes.- DDS Customer Service (03/13/2013)
Four ribbons total. One set = one pair of shoes. - Bead109 (06/09/2014)
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This item has 2 ribbons included, one for each point shoe.- DDS Customer Service (02/07/2013)
Yes "1" gets you 4 total ribbons, enough for one pair of shoes. - 7cupcake (10/31/2015)
I never used this before. How many do I need to buy for a pair of pointe shoes? Where am I supposed to sew on the pointe shoes?
You would need to order 1 set per pair of pointe shoes, your instructor should be able to help you with sewing on the ribbons.- DDS Customer Service (12/10/2012)


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I found this Aurra Sing (Discover The Force) card hiding about 10 deep on a peg this past Friday at my local WM in So Cal. The bottom of the card (where the card meets the bubble) is compromised. The 3D glasses which are missing, look as if the were removed with the help of a utility knife. There is also some foul play on that side regarding the card and bubble. They are intact but it looks as if an adhesive may have been used to bond them back together. The two other sides of the bubble are un-tampered and intact.
Although some original accessories are included, this item is missing:
Game Die
Game Card
Display Base
Also missing are her (2) Blasters. In each of their place is what looks to be a 3/4" piece of white rubber. The clear tape and bubble in which they rest in do not appear compromised.
I have not opened this item...yet.
Upon further look from the underside that has the broken seam, The bottom on this figure's right foot reads, "Hasbro China" / left foot, "1999 LFL"
Obviously, this is not an Aurra Sing figure. I am not sure what to think of this find either. I would like help identifying which figure this actually is as well as inquire with some of the more experienced collectors as to why there are some anomalies surrounding this item. Is it unpainted? Is it a prototype? Is it a hoax? Is it a factory error?
Thanks in advance.


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Since 1875, Churchill Downs, with its iconic twin spires constructed in the fall of 1894, has been home of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. Locals and horse aficionados from around the world turn their eyes to the famous thoroughbred racetrack on the first Saturday in May.
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Here at Stoneware we celebrate the power of Thoroughbred horses and the excitement of the Kentucky Derby festivities year-round in our collection of Just Add Bourbon®, Churchill Downs Twin Spires and Embossed Running Horse designs.


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THOSE are happy who have been privileged to know men and women of the old French type, showing forth that fine fleur de la civilisation which gave its language and its breeding to the diplomacy of Europe, and which was not only unique in charm, but closely allied to the highest qualities of mind and heart. Two such people, a man and a woman, are still vividly remembered with respect and affection by their younger contemporaries. They were unrelated, but lived in the same village; they were substantially of the same generation, and died within a year of each other. The man was Comte Adolphe de Circourt, the woman Mademoiselle Adelaide de Montgolfier. I will try to draw their portraits as best I can.
The Comte de Circourt belonged to a noble family of Lorraine; his ancestors were not page: 271 wealthy, they possessed neither chateau nor fortified manor, but their lineage went back to the Crusades. His parents were betrothed so long ago as 1792, but the marriage project was broken by the Revolution; the bride's father and mother were imprisoned, and the bridegroom was engaged in the Royalist army, serving under his relative, General de Viomesnil. The young people did not even meet for many years, but in quieter times the engagement was renewed, and their marriage took place somewhere about 1800. Adolphe de Circourt, their eldest child, was born on the 22nd of September, 1801. The married pair were both literary in their tastes, the father read with delight Bernardin de Saint Pierre and Jean Jacques Rousseau; his wife belonged to one of the old patrician families of Besançon, and was allied to parliamentary circles and the noblesse de la robe. Her education was both serious and learned, she had artistic faculty and painted well. Thus Adolphe de Circourt and his younger brothers received their earliest education from their own father and mother, who had been left by the Revolution poorer in worldly goods than if they had been page: 272 small shop‐keepers. The garden of their little cottage was laid out in fruits, vegetables, and a few flowers; it also contained a small chapel where mass was privately said before the family and certain select neighbours. Adolphe was baptized in this chapel by a proscribed priest, for the parish churches closed by the Revolution were not yet reopened, and there were penalties for celebrating the rites of religion. Their nearest neighbour was an Irish gentleman, a Chevalier de Saint‐Louis, and the son of an officer who had fought at Culloden. The first work of art beheld by the little de Circourts was an excellent pastel of Charles Edward, whose pale face appeared to their infant eyes to be that of a hero and a saint! Adolphe de Circourt was a very precocious child. He read with avidity before he was four years old. A priest was called in to teach him Latin, but the child soon knew as much as the priest, and he went on devouring books, and translated a German grammar into Latin at eight years old. As all the little brothers would necessarily have to provide for themselves in the future, the family moved into Besançon in search of page: 273 education. Their maternal grandmother, Madame de Sauvagney, lived in that town, but they had not for long the comfort of her society; she died within three years, shortly after the death of her son‐in‐law, and her daughter soon followed her to the grave, leaving the five little boys doubly orphaned. Adolphe was then only eleven years old. They had however an uncle, M. Mareschal de Sauvagney, a former parliamentary councillor, and he proved a good guardian to his sister's sons.
Two of the orphans died in childhood; of the remaining three, Arthur was sent to Saint Cyr, Albert went into the navy, and Adolphe was destined to a legal and administrative career in Paris. He was warmly received by his relative, become Marshal de Viomesnil. The Royalist party were in the ascendant, and young de Circourt, a brilliant scholar and the most correct of men, managed to live on an annual income of fifty pounds, until his appointment in 1822 to a post in the Ministry of the Interior, where his salary was £60 a year. In five years he had risen to be sous‐chef de bureau, at £180 salary, and two years later he was Chef du Cabinet page: 274 of the Ministère. But the Revolution of 1830 fell heavily on the brothers, who belonged by every association to the service of the older Bourbon. Poor as they were, Adolphe and Albert resigned their posts; Arthur remained in his regiment. Thus, scanty as are the salaries allotted to the civil servants of France, Comte Adolphe de Circourt found himself in 1830 obliged by his political conscience to renounce his own; and it must have seemed for the moment as if there were no future open for the gifted young man. But in that very same year a great good came to him.
In the winter of 1827, he had become acquainted in Paris with two interesting Russian ladies, Madame de Klustine (née Comtesse Tolstoi) and her daughter. The mother was a distinguished woman of the world, but the daughter was unusually cultured, and had already written a remarkable paper upon Russian literature and literary men. This had appeared in the Bibliothèque Universelle without the author's name, and had been reproduced in several French publications. At the time of their first acquaintance these ladies had been painfully occupied page: 275 with the disappearance of the eldest son and brother at the Siege of Varna. His body could not be found among the dead, and the mother and sister entertained vague hopes that he might have been taken prisoner. Adolphe de Circourt used his influence in the French Foreign Office to obtain some certain news, and his brother Albert, who was then afloat on the Mediterranean, tried to discover the missing man on the Turkish littoral. At last a letter from the surviving brother came to assure them that the young man was really dead; but the vain search had naturally endeared Adolphe de Circourt to Madame de Klustine, and in 1830 she made no objection to her daughter giving herself and her modest fortune to the almost penniless young Frenchman. In the following year the mother was recalled to Russia by important affairs, and M. de Circourt took his wife to Besançon to make the acquaintance of his relations, where she got on excellently with the guardian uncle and the two aunts. For some years the wedded pair travelled in Italy, Switzerland, and France—they did not fix definitely in Paris till 1837. Then began for them a most interesting life. Madame de Circourt page: 276 opened her salon to distinguished people of all nationalities; though her husband at first would hardly believe that people would mount to an apartment on a third story, to visit people who were not particularly rich, and were attached to no public office; but he had soon to own that he was mistaken.
Under the reign of Louis Philippe the court circle was not socially influential. The rigid piety of Queen Amélie, the strict domestic life led at the Tuileries and at St. Cloud, the death of the Duke of Orleans, and the anxiety felt by the King for his other sons on dangerous service in Africa, and also the recurrent political difficulties of the reign, left a freer field for private social ambition than might otherwise have been possible. The de Circourts lived in the Rue do Saussayes, and the Comtesse appears to have received her friends every day from four to six, and also on Tuesday evenings. She was a most brilliant mistress of a salon; she was great in little notes of special invitation. She was always kind and helpful to distinguished foreigners in Paris, and she took much trouble to help young and unknown talent. For many years after her death, these cosmo‐ page: 277 politan cosmopolitan reunions continued to be remembered and talked of.
In the "Life of M. de Circourt," a series of interesting letters from the historian Sismondi to the Comtesse are given at length. They show Sismondi in a very human light; and of special interest is the one dated 30th September, 1838, in which he laments the death of Madame de Broglie, the daughter of Madame de Staël. He says that during her lifetime he had been chilled by the intense pietistic atmosphere in which she dwelt, and into which he could not follow her; but no sooner was she dead than he felt how much he loved her, how deep was his respect for her virtues, and how great his appreciation of her talents. In politics Sismondi had been a most hopeful philosopher up to the year 1832. It is melancholy to note in his latter letters how keenly he felt, as years went on, the small result of the liberal principles, from which he had hoped so much.
Sismondi, who had married an English wife (the sister of Lady Mackintosh and Mrs. Wedgewood), was a moderate Liberal of the most thoughtful type. It was well for him that he page: 278 did not live to see 1848 and the reaction. He died, in 1842, of a lingering illness of which the chief suffering consisted in a growing inability to take nourishment. He compared himself to Count Ugolino, repeating a verse from Dante's "Inferno," "Galandi con Sismondi et con Lanfranchi,"' and adding, "Am I then condemned to die by the same torture as Ugolino, in expiation, after the lapse of five centuries, of the crime of an ancestor?" But these pathetic words, wrung from him by suffering, are in no way the reflection of his honourable, useful, and far from unhappy life.
In 1848, Adolphe de Circourt was sent by Lamartine as ambassador to Berlin, and the chapter of his experiences is of much political interest. He became a personal friend of Frederick William the Fourth of Prussia, who took delight in his society. In leaving Berlin, he refused every diplomatic distinction, but three years later the king sent de Circourt his own portrait painted on porcelain, executed at the famous royal manufactory, and wrote an autograph letter assuring his friend that he need not scruple to accept the gift, as it had cost him (the king) nothing but the frame.page: 279
More interesting, however, to the student of history, is the chapter relating to the Comte de Chambord, of whom de Circourt saw much at Frohsdorf. The Parisian's wide reading and philosophic habit of mind caused him to have no faith in revolutions, or in unproved political theories of any kind. Not merely because he had inherited Legitimist principles, but because France had been created, moulded, and made great by the secular influences of the old monarchy, did Adolphe de Circourt hold to his king. His point of view was very peculiar and very interesting. As in religion he had always remained a sincere Catholic, of a thoughtful and liberal type, so in politics he was a convinced Royalist in theory, but perfectly capable of analyzing the character of a monarch. One is tempted to say, in reading his reports of conversations with Henri Cinq, that both the men were too reasonable to be able to descend efficiently into the sphere of modern politics. De Circourt gives the impression that Henri held to the White Flag not from romantic obstinacy, but from a reasoned conviction that any attempt to reinstate him on the throne of his ancestors would fail, unless the main principles page: 280 of historic right were genuinely conceded by France. He did not wish to be a second "Citizen King," and saw no practical good in the renewing of an experiment which had already signally failed; yet it cannot be denied that by reason of his secluded position at Frohsdorf, he was less aware than was the Comte de Circourt of the immense changes which modern science and industrial development had brought to pass among the nations of Europe. For good or for evil the old habits of mind had passed away, and were replaced by new conceptions of human life. None knew this better than the guest who came from Paris to offer his homage to an exiled king. Of the two high‐minded women whose lives were so closely associated with that of the Comte de Chambord, his Italian wife and his aunt, Madame d'Angoulême, Dauphine of France, and daughter of Marie Antoinette, a life‐like description is given, and they undoubtedly exercised a permanent influence on the situation.
During the first twelve years of the Second Empire, Madame de Circourt continued to receive her friends as usual. In 1856, the year of the Congress of Paris, her rooms were filled page: 281 with foreign diplomats, although a sad accident had already rendered her an invalid. On a summer evening she had sent her servants away to enjoy themselves at one of the fairs so popular in France, and in sealing a letter the lace strings of her cap caught fire; she was severely burnt on the left side of her neck and shoulders, and the result was a state of suffering which lasted for some eight years, and finally caused her death in 1863; but although chiefly recumbent, she never ceased to entertain her friends. She was only fifty‐three when the end came, and her loss made a sad difference to her husband; he gave up his apartment in Paris, and his only home remained the charming house in its large garden called "Les Bruyères" at La Celle Saint Cloud. It was there that for many years I had the honour of well knowing the Comte Adolphe de Circourt, and of listening to that astonishing conversation which no words of mine can adequately describe.
It is my conviction that he knew more on various subjects than any man alive. It was a jest in our family to try and find out some unlikely subject on which to question M. de Cir‐ page: 282 court Circourt , in the faint hope that we might catch him tripping. Once we tried the history, lineage, morals, and manners of Prester John. Another time we expressed ignorance of some of the most intimate details of the Reformation in England; on both questions our remark was like the turning on of a golden tap. Some allusion being one day made to Marie Antoinette, M. de Circourt suddenly said, "Do you know why the royal carriage was late in starting for Varennes?" Needless to say that no one present knew why that fatal hour had been lost. He then explained, with the utmost detail, that while the carriage was being packed in the courtyard of the Tuileries, the governess of the royal children, Madame de Toursel, descending the stairs with her young charges, found Louis the Sixteenth painfully exercised in mind as to where she should sit in the great roomy carriage. It was impossible to provide for the usual etiquette, which was so completely a law in the French court that the delay of nearly an hour took place before the matter could be settled. To hear M. de Circourt's description of the scene, one would have thought he had been on duty page: 283 that night in the Palace ten years before he was born.
The universality of his knowledge was only to be matched by that of his worldly relations. He was as intimate at the Deanery of Westminster as in Legitimist chateaux. He knew the best people in every capital in Europe, and was as familiar with Protestants as with Catholics in Germany, England, Austria, and Italy. His little drawing‐room at Les Bruyères was always completely dressed in white, and in summer the fireplace and mantel‐shelf were masses of green‐growing ivy trained in pots and rising to the ceiling, while on the walls were a few very choice portraits and mementoes of the most remarkable people in Europe, among them several exquisite bronze medallions by David d'Angers. It was the prettiest room imaginable, and marked in every detail by an exquisite refinement of taste. The Comte de Circourt possessed a very delicate and charming face, of which age had not injured the outline. At church he had as an old man the habit of standing during the most solemn parts of the mass, shielding his eyes with his hand, and his page: 284 attitude was one of profound reverence. It is so that I like best to remember him. He was stricken for death while walking upon the road which crests the hill of La Celle Saint Cloud, and in sight of one of the most beautiful views in the world, looking across the valley of the Seine towards the hills of Normandy. He was found lying alone and unconscious, his hat and stick fallen by his side: whatever were his last thoughts, they were assuredly good and peaceful, as had been his whole life. He was buried in the little cemetery of La Celle Saint Cloud, by the side of his wife; and Madame de Klustine, who had attained a very great age, was within a few days laid within a neighbouring grave, having been spared all knowledge that he who had been to her as a dutiful son for fifty years, had passed away before herself. There are few men of this century of whom it can more truly be said, that in all which he renounced, and in all which he fulfilled, he thoroughly exemplified the meaning of the old proverb "Noblesse oblige."page: 285
NO biography of this very distinguished Frenchwoman has appeared, except a paragraph in a great dictionary, recording her few books by their titles, and giving a wrong date of her birth; not an unimportant matter, as will be seen in the story of her life. She was the only person whom I ever heard speak of the French Revolution as an eye‐witness of the smallest fact. This aged lady, who was the closest friend of our family, was born in 1789, and lived to be ninety. She was therefore four years old at the death of Marie Antoinette; but as she lived not in Paris but at Annonay, near Lyons, that which she remembered distinctly was being awakened by men with torches in the middle of the night; men who came searching under her little bed for a hunted priest.page: 286
The Montgolfiers were very wealthy, important people, who were known to protect the clergy, and their various houses were the scene of frequent domiciliary visits from the revolutionary authorities.
Nearly two hundred years ago President Montgolfier was a large paper‐maker in Annonay. He received that title as being at the head of some great commercial corporation having its chief centre at Lyons. He had nine children, and lived in patriarchal fashion among his workpeople, and surrounded by relatives. They were all important members of that Tiers Étât of which so little is known in England, and which on its upper level was allied to the noblesse de la robe. Two of President Montgolfier's sons became famous as joint inventors of the balloon. Their names were Joseph and Etienne, and the latter was the father of Adelaide de Montgolfier. Joseph was the eldest of the two, and must from the first have had a lively mind, for at the age of thirteen he ran away from the College de Tournon, setting out gallantly for the shores of the Mediterranean, intending to live upon shell‐fish. Hunger compelled him page: 287 to stop on the way at a farm in Bas Languedoc, where he was employed to pick mulberry‐leaves for the rearing of silk‐worms. There his distracted parents found him and sent him back to school.
Joseph's intellectual passion was for calculation and the higher mathematics, and a strong thread of eccentricity ran through his nature. Arrived at manhood he went off to a sort of hermitage, where he lived by fishing, and devoted himself to chemistry.
He made with his own hands Prussian blue and many salts needed in manufactures, and peddled them in the Vivarais. At length his wealthy father got him back, and set him to his natural work in the paper fabrique; but he never ceased making experiments and getting into divers schemes and much hot water. Meanwhile his brother Etienne, five years younger, was trained as an architect, and, according to the family tradition, fell upon a translation of one of Dr. Priestley's works on air; on which he rushed to his wife, saying, "If what this Englishman says is true respecting the relative density and weight of warm and of cold air, we can raise a light machine page: 288 above the earth." The two brothers then laid their scientific heads together, probably much troubling the respectable President, and made the splendid invention of which the last word is as yet far from being said.
After a first successful trial at Annonay, Etienne, though so much the youngest, was sent on a mission to Paris, where the idea was eagerly caught up by the scientific world, then in full activity previous to the Revolution, and he was invited to send off a balloon from the gardens of Versailles in the presence of the king and queen, and "all the court beside." The experiment proved a splendid success, and the brothers were offered a patent of nobility, which they refused, unless it were first conferred upon the old President, their father. In 1832, Mademoiselle de Montgolfier and Madame Swanton‐Belloc spent a first summer at La Celle St. Cloud, and saw an old woman living in the village who well remembered the fall of that balloon in a neighbouring wood. Some of these particulars are to be found in an article written by Mademoiselle de Montgolfier for the Biographie Universelle in 1821, others she told to me herself.page: 289
Mlle. de Montgolfier was liberal in politics. She reminded one of the pre‐revolutionary thinkers who finally sealed with their blood their devotion to the rights of man; and she scorned to allow the crimes of the ultra party to make her unjust.
She preserved a profound silence about religion, but went to Mass every Sunday. If the Gallican element had remained as an influence in French thought, creating a party, it is my impression that she would have been very Gallican, or perhaps a liberal Jansenist.
As it was, she said nothing, but accepted the ministrations of an old priest who knew her well and understood her points of view, and she passed away munie des sacraments de l'Eglise. Ten years before her death occurred the Siege of Paris, when she absolutely refused to leave the city, or even the house not far from the Luxembourg where she had lived for forty years; although it was on the south side of Paris and exposed to Prussian bombs sent from page: 293 the hills in possession of the enemy. It was not far from that orphanage in which eight children were killed in their beds. Every other family in the large dwelling‐house shut their apartments and departed, but Mlle. de Montgolfier resolutely stayed on in her flat, with her maid and a young lad for the outdoor service, doubly necessary during the siege, when every pound of food had to be obtained by standing in the queue, and she merely filled a huge bath with water and put it on the landing outside her door "to quench the bombs." This old Frenchwoman of eighty spent her days for four months of that bitter winter attending an ambulance ever full of wounded soldiers brought in from the sorties, and when the siege was over it was found that Mademoiselle had torn up all her sheets and table‐cloths for dressings, and had then taken her own delicate stock of body‐linen, so that her maid said tearfully, "Elle ne s'est pas même gardée une seule chemise." And this extraordinary bravoure which responded to a call of duty like that of some old knight taking down his arms from the wall, was adorned in daily intercourse with a most elaborate courtesy, a perfect politeness, of page: 294 which the modern world shows no example. If it were at first artificial in the original conception of the Versailles of the seventeenth century, it had become entirely natural to French people of social rank after its adoption by three or four succeeding generations. Educated by a mother who had been young under Louis the Fifteenth, and who had occupied in the Ardêche a great provincial position—brought to Paris when still a child, and accustomed to the conversation and the manners of the choicest cosmopolitan world as the inheritrix of a scientific name—Mlle. de Montgolfier blended in her own person all the best elements of French breeding. The Fairy Godmother had allotted her every gift except that of beauty, and she seems to have early made up her mind not to marry, though suitors were not wanting. The chief interest of a most affectionate heart was her enduring friendship of sixty years with Mme. Swanton‐Belloc, whose noble portrait in the Louvre enables this generation to understand the devotion she inspired. To this lady's children, and particularly to the only son, Mlle. de Montgolfier was a second mother. To the page: 295 youngest generation she became in her old age the dear "Maman Aide" they will never forget; a gracious figure of the France which has passed away.


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I can easily see Chick making the move to DT.
Looks like the basketball team has been putting in some serious work in my absence. Larranaga is a beast.
So what's all this bull**** going on between Golden and Ice Harris and pulling Kirkland's offer.
Chickillo is a marginal athlete. I wasn't surprised. His dad went to high school with me and it was the same thing. He was a massive kid for that age but not particularly talented.
There's plenty of discussion on Canes boards toward Chickillo's ideal weight. Some posters think he should retreat to his freshman weight of 245-250, for quickness purposes at defensive end. He looked sluggish last season at 260-265. Golden said recently that Chickillo is up to 270.
I think he could play inside on obvious passing downs.
We need Porter to stay healthy, and somebody to surprise.
I was impressed that Golden didn't try to deflect the poor recruiting record at defensive tackle. Instead of hyping this guy and that guy, among the marginal prospects already on the roster, he called it a total fail.
Here we go folks...
Big game against the Tar Heels...
Let's ****ing do this!
Oh my...what a first half...
10-16 from threes...
Miami basketball will be ranked top 5 next week. Unreal.


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ASG Catherine Bragg's visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Catherine Bragg, is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on an official visit to the country. During the five-day mission the ASG will travel to the capital, Kinshasa, and visit the South Kivu and Orientale provinces affected by armed violence.
The humanitarian situation in DRC is one of the world's most serious and long-standing due to continuing armed conflict and general insecurity. The complex humanitarian crisis is compounded by widespread poverty, chronic instability and serious abuses against civilians. It is estimated that 1.7 million people are displaced due to armed violence and millions of people live in fear of attacks by armed groups, including killing, looting, sexual violence and burning of villages and homes.
In the Upper and Lower Uele districts, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continue to attack civilians. Over 100 presumed LRA attacks have been reported in DRC since the beginning of 2011. Some 33,000 new displacements were recorded during the first quarter of 2011, bringing the total number of displaced in LRA affected areas in DRC to an estimated 335,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs). Since late 2008, the LRA are allegedly responsible for killing over 2,000 people and abducting 1,800 adults and 950 children in DRC. Abducted women are used as slaves, including for sex, while children are trained to fight for the LRA.
Protecting civilians, preventing and responding to sexual violence, and humanitarian access to people in conflict areas are among the priorities that the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator will raise with authorities, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), and the humanitarian community.
"This crisis receives far less attention than it deserves. We call on the Government to step up its relief efforts. We also urge donors and the rest of the international community to continue supporting humanitarian response, notably in the north-east, to alleviate the suffering of thousands, while working with the Government to promote peace and stabilization," said Ms. Bragg.
In a meeting today in Kinshasa with Raymond Tshibanda, Minister of International and Regional Cooperation, and Ferdinand Kambere, Minister of Social and Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Bragg welcomed the close cooperation between the Government of DRC and the international community in addressing humanitarian needs, protection concerns, and the safety of humanitarian workers.
The ministers and Ms. Bragg also discussed the peace process in the east, and the crisis involving the LRA in the north-east. Humanitarian access remains a key challenge in DRC. Humanitarian actors have been increasingly targeted since 2008 and attacks are often brutal. During the second week of April 2011 alone, international NGOs reported five separate attacks in the Kivus and Province Orientale, resulting in two fatalities and three serious injuries.
More>> OCHA Press Release [English - French] - RDC Humanitaire (DRC Portal)


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Title: American Hominy Flake Co.
Description: Advertising card for the American Hominy Flake Co. showing a pink rose and a winter town scene. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Try a package of Snow Flake Hominy and Cormane And You Will Be Happy.." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Product: Snow Flake Hominy and Cormane
Subject(s): Advertising cards; Grain industry; Roses; Canals; Bridges; Cityscapes;
Local Subject(s): American Hominy Flake Co.;
Date: ca. 1880-1900
Item Type: Advertising Card
Dimensions: 7 x 11 cm.
Collection: Advertising Cards (SC3)
See finding aid: http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Local,37216
Company Notes: Address given in 1892 City Directory: 1207 W. 9th.
Location: SC3, Box 2, Food/Beverages/Grocers
Barcode: Front: 10019431; Back: 10019436
Repository: Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
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Presidential power is topic, Feb. 16
Posted February 8, 2006; 05:19 p.m.
"The Emancipation Proclamation and the Commander-in-Chief Power:
Lessons from the Lincoln Administration for the War on Terror" will be
the topic of a lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in 104 Computer
Science Building.
Michael Stokes Paulsen, the McKnight Presidential Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School, will speak as part of the Alpheus T. Mason Lectures in Constitutional Law and Political Thought.
He will discuss broad claims of presidential power, including the domestic surveillance program that President Bush directed the National Security Agency to launch shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He will draw upon Abraham Lincoln's view of presidential war power and its relationship to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Paulsen is a former attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel
of the U.S. Department of Justice and a former federal prosecutor. His
lecture is presented by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.


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Professor's musical composition performed at Independence Day celebration
Posted July 10, 2000; 11:40 a.m.
River, Rolling Stone," a composition by Assistant Professor of Music Barbara White, had its premier performance at the Fourth of July celebration in Fitchburg, Mass.
The eight-minute piece was performed by the Thayer Symphony Orchestra during a concert July 4. The march portion of the composition was performed earlier that day during the July Fourth parade.
White's work was part of a program called Continental Harmony, which teams communities and composers and is spearheaded by the American Composers Forum and the National Endowment for the Arts. White visited Fitchburg several times to conduct research for the piece. She incorporated the city's ethnic and musical heritage within her work.
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RIC Grad School Alumnae Receive Presidential Award for Excellence
President Barack Obama has named two Rhode Island College graduate school alumnae as recipients of the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Clare Ornburn, a fourth-grade teacher at Ashaway Elementary School in the Chariho School District, and Regina Kilday, the K-6 math coach for the Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District, are among the 102 teachers across the country recognized for their dedication to advancing the mathematics and science fields.
Ornburn, who helped initiate a turnaround of her school's science curriculum in order to incorporate inquiry-based scientific learning and writing, holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Rhode Island College.
"Our students have really gained from inquiry-based science," Ornburn said. "They learned how to be critical science thinkers. It's about guiding lessons and letting children discover, then pulling them back in for discussion."
Rhode Island College presented the ideal environment for graduate study, Ornburn said.
"I had fabulous professors at RIC who were out-of-the-box thinkers, and they really helped me to realize that school should be fun for kids," she said. "They drove home the point that if you made learning fun, children would want to learn. I go by that philosophy every day."
Kilday leads the Exeter-West Greenwich District Math Team and runs family math nights, parent math workshops and mathematics Web pages to promote mathematics education. She is president of the Rhode Island Mathematics Teachers Association and is a board member of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England. She also works at Metcalf and Wawaloam Elementary Schools.
"Receiving this award is very humbling, and I am very honored," Kilday said. "When I first started teaching elementary school, I was terrified to teach math, though I always enjoyed it. But you just start growing and growing, and it's amazing where things end up."
Kilday earned a mathematics specialist certificate from RIC after becoming involved in mathematics leadership within her school district. She plans to complete a Master of Arts in Teaching with a concentration in mathematics.
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is awarded annually to outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers. A panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators selects winners from state-named finalists.
"These teachers are inspiring today's young students to become the next generation of American scientists, mathematicians and innovators," President Obama said in a news release. "Through their passion and dedication, and by sharing their excitement about science, technology, engineering and math, they are helping us build a promising future for all our children."
Ornburn and Kilday will join other award winners in Washington, D.C., for educational and celebratory events. Winners each received a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.


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By Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
JACKSON – Residents in county school districts that elect their superintendent of education will have to vote on whether they want to switch to an appointed superintendent under legislation that passed the House on Wednesday.
The legislation, voted down Monday, was revived by the Republican leadership by a slim 58-57 margin and then passed 62-55. It now goes back to the Senate.
Of the 146 elected superintendents nationwide, 64 are in Mississippi – primarily in county districts. Superintendents in the other 87 Mississippi districts are appointed.
For years, various groups have advocated all-appointed superintendents, and while the legislative leadership supports the concept this year, changing the law is proving difficult.
Rep. Joe Warren, D-Mount Olive, authored the amendment, which passed on a voice vote, giving residents in the districts that have an elected superintendent a vote on whether to change to an appointed school head. The election would be in conjunction with federal elections in November 2014.
"Everybody will be assured a vote, and it will not cost the counties a dime extra because they will be holding elections already," Warren said.
The Senate can now accept the House legislation or invite negotiations. The bill passed by the Senate earlier in the session would require all superintendents to be appointed unless 1,500 registered voters, or 20 percent of the registered voters, whichever is less, petition for a referendum.
The Legislature allowed residents of school districts with elected superintendents to vote for a change in 1988, and in every case voters opted to stay with an elected superintendent.
Most of the Republican majority voted for the legislation Wednesday, though the vote was bipartisan with many members who represent districts with elected superintendents voting against the proposal.
Vote of Northeast Mississippi House members on legislation that would require residents in districts with elected school superintendents to vote on whether to make the post appointed:
FOR — Brian Aldridge, R-Tupelo; William Tracy Arnold, R-Booneville; Jim Beckett, R-Bruce; Randy Boyd, R-Mantachie; Chris Brown, R-Aberdeen; Kelvin Buck, D-Holly Springs; Lester "Bubba" Carpenter, R-Burnsville; Gary Chism, R-Columbus; Joey Hood, R-Ackerman; Mac Huddleston, R-Pontotoc; Brad Mayo, R-Oxford; Nolan Mettetal, R-Sardis; Jody Steverson, D-Ripley; Preston Sullivan, D-Okolona; Jerry Turner, R-Baldwyn.
AGAINST — Nick Bain, D-Corinth; Donnie Bell, R-Fulton; Tyrone Ellis, D-Starkville; Steve Holland, D-Plantersville; Bill Kindade, R-Byhalia; Steve Massengill, R-Hickory Flat; Tommy Reynolds, D-Charleston; Margaret Ellis Rogers, R-New Albany.