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"Save America's Treasures" has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington's tent.
65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
Some of naval aviation's earliest operations involved searching for submerged submarines from the air, and in the wide-ranging war against German U-boats during World War II, naval aviation solidified a place as a prime instrument of antisubmarine warfare. Read more »
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Mr Mahesh Tomar, director, Team Computers, said that, "We look at ourselves as a bridge between the world of business needs, and the world of high quality and affordable IT solutions. Through this event, it was our endeavor to offer a complete enterprise mobility solution for companies which includes applications powered by Indegene, the best available device in the form of iPads, and state-of-the-art analytics for pharma through Qlikview; all this with pan-India service and support by Team Computers."
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Well Shafter... I have to admit... Your PAC 10-12 boys do play some amazing non conference schools. I noticed OR beat Nicholls ST 66-0, Stanford bulldozed Army by an incredible 34-20, UCLA beat 3-6 Nevada 58-20, and ASU beat Sacramento State 55-0.
I know those west coast boys are tough... I'm just glad my South Carolina Gamecocks didn't have to run that gauntlet...
Schaeffer, I've never claimed to be an intellect; however, I feel pretty confident that you're not and if you don't like what I post then feel free not to read it. If you're ever in Louisiana let me know so we can see if you can shut my pie hole up!!! For what it's worth my posts are directed are your idiotic comments.
You guys still read them? After seeing all the flack you guys were writing about him I just put him on the ignore list. Sounded like a legit troll account that only signed up to play ego games and stir the pot. Seems that's still what's going on.
Dustin, he's not bothering me in the least but ignoring him does seem like a good idea.
Hah, you LSU guys are pretty smart, but that ignore thing'll only work 'til he shows back up with the user name SECffer.
teams of all conferences schedule the same "get well" opponents. as someone noted earlier, sometimes the athletic directors and coaches get a shock when they put these schedules together. here are two examples of how different expectations can be from reality in the few years between a schedule being set and the game being played:
1. when alabama scheduled virginia tech for their 2013 schedule, i am sure bama thought vt would be the top tier, highly ranked, quality team history indicated they would be. didn't turn out that way!
2. when tennessee scheduled oregon for their 2013 schedule, i am sure the vols thought the ducks would suck just like the ducks have throughout recorded history. didn't turn out that way!
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Lake Tang research...
I've wanted a Lake Tang shellie tank since I first saw one on here. Unfortunately, up until now I didn't think I had any shellies available in my area -- but I discovered a store in my area selling Neolamprologus brichardi and Lamprologus occellatus "gold" for $55 each. And for the first time ever, I saw Altolamprologus calvus at my LFS for $99. Pretty pricy, I know.
So I was just wondering, would there be a way of stocking a tank with these three species? The tank would have to be no larger than 30g. I see that some people stock their tanks with 1 A. calvus and a group of L. occellatus. What is the minimum tank size for them? Also, where would N. brichardi fit into a community equation? From my research I'm starting to gather that although they're in a similar family, they're not hugely compatible with the others.
Thanks in advance. Pictures of peoples shellie tanks and stocking would be greatly appreciated!
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/article...cutter_29g.php is a place to start even t hough those guys do pack 'm in tight.
If I was going to do this I'd start with two species at most and at those prices a pair of each.
Also, two tips:
1. read up on salt mixes and water hardness requirments
2. do some searching, someone on your island must breed these fish, typically for cichlids once they start breeding they keep going.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
You're not joking on packing them in tight -- 2 angelfish and 3 yoyo loaches in a 29? I can't imagine those angels would have any fins left at the end of it.
Thanks for your help Dutchie -- I've asked around but so far I can't find anyone in the South Island who breeds these fish. There is someone in the North Island who is breeding the L. occellatus with $10 + $40 shipping, but he will only ship you more than 10 are bought.
I understand the like hard water with high pH -- I was thinking of having silica sand mixed with crushed coral to boost the pH a little but haven't thought about it too much yet. My water is very neutral here, about 7.2. Also NO idea where I'm going to get the shells. I've never seen shells like the ones shellie's use for sale here.
Yeah, like I said, they pack 'm in tight. Don't know why but if you compare suggested stocking between American and European sites there's a difference. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...t.php?sid=4553
Lake tang water is a bit more complicated than simply adding crushed coral (a product I personally try to avoid, don't believe it's sustainable) http://www.jbl.de/de/aquaristik-sues...lawitanganjika http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/rift.html als do some googling, I'm pretty sure fellow Dutchie and world famous cichlid expert Ad Konings has written something about it. He reviewed 1960s survey data I believe.
Shells.... you're on an island, must be something?! I remember someone getting a batch of escargot shells from a French restaurant, that's apparently not that uncommon since there's ebay sellers offering these.
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My recent trip to Daniel Island has prompted a four-alarm, poppy alert! I know, I sound crazy and corny but if you haven't seen the rows and rows of fiery poppies lining roundabouts and roadways along the north end of the island, I have to recommend a Sunday drive (or "motor tour," as my dad calls it). I was scouting a house out that way on Tuesday when I noticed the flowers were in full bloom. And after circling one of the roundabouts a good three or four times because I just couldn't leave those flowers (I'm surprised I didn't get a little dizzy), I pulled to the side of the road and admired them properly.
I first noticed poppies in Monterey, California, while visiting my sister (sure, I've seen them here and there, but literally. Here. And there. Not in eye-popping rows). They were planted along the waterfront down near the docks, and for whatever reason, they've struck me ever since as very confident flowers. Odd, I know, but here's why:
- Poppies stand straight up and proud, plenty tall enough to attract attention.
- They're not afraid to look you in the eye. Their sizeable blossoms are more than happy to face you and flaunt their perfect shapes.
- They don't pull any punches with color either—sharp oranges, yellows, and reds. I like that in a flower. Forget variegation, I'll take a full-force, look-over-here color of the rainbow any day.
The other reason this poppy sighting was so exciting? We can grow these! According to Luana Courtney (great name, isn't it?), landscape superintendent of the Daniel Island Club, Papaver nudicaule 'Champagne Bubbles' are perfectly suitable for Lowcountry planting. Interested? Here are Luana's growing tips:
- Plant Champagne Bubbles in the fall for spring blooming, eight inches center to center.
- They're heavy feeders so root in lots of good-quality, organic soil (Luana piles on the cow manure.)
- Come March, follow a light weekly feeding schedule with a slow-release fertilizer. Poppies require full sun and good drainage.
- Snap flowers right out of the plant when done to encourage repeat blooms. They'll fizzle out by summer though—it's too hot.
- Abide-A-While in Mount Pleasant and Hyam's on James Island are both good sources for Champagne Bubbles
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Mideast upheaval, dwindling resources, economic crisis, and new threats to the U.S. homeland were among the issues at the top of a packed inbox for U.S. foreign policymakers in 2011. For a refresher on some of the notable insights and policy prescriptions offered, read the following Editor's Picks from more than 150 interviews published by CFR.org in the past year:
Egyptian Upheaval and U.S. Interests
"This is a textbook example of why it's hard to conduct foreign policy. I say that because in the formulation and implementation of our foreign policy, we have to consider principles and values-- democracy, human rights, freedom. But we also have to consider the national interest, whether or not the particular entity we're dealing with is aligned with the United States or not." – Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III on Egypt's crisis, Feb. 2, 2011. Read More
Tunisia and Egypt
"Tunisia to me is a dolphin, sort of jumping nimbly through the waves of this transition and getting everyone's admiration. But Egypt is a whale, and although the Egyptian transition is a difficult one, we have to remember how important Egypt is. If this whale dives down, it's going to take everything with it." -- Michele Dunne of the Atlantic Council, Oct. 28, 2011. Read More
Iran's Internal Divisions
"The stakes are who controls Iran next, and there are very different visions, even among the hardliners. The revolution is at a stage that it's begun to eat itself up." -- Robin Wright of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Dec. 2, 2011. Read More
Food and Stability
"More and more countries are jockeying for position and trying to figure out how to enhance their own food marketplace even as demand is outstripping supply, weather events are even further diminishing supply of key grains, and foods in key regions and price speculation are driving up the cost of the available supplies. This is not good for the global community as a whole." – CFR Senior Fellow Laurie Garrett, Feb. 4, 2011. Read More
Cuts to U.S. Foreign Aid
"The perennial difficulty with the so-called 'international operations account,' which includes State and USAID, is that there is no national constituency for those programs. When you look at the Pentagon and its gargantuan budget, it's likely that every single congressional district in the United States has either a U.S. military installation or a defense contractor." -- CFR Senior Fellow Stewart Patrick, July 26, 2011. Read More
The Threat from Cyber-Espionage
"The challenge has been that everyone has been talking about waiting for this massive event--a 'cyber Pearl Harbor' -- but what's really happening is that we're suffering a death by a thousand cuts." -- Dmitri Alperovitch, Vice President Threat Research, McAfee, Aug. 11, 2011. Read More
Revising U.S. Counterterrorism Law
"It's been noted that there is a great irony that the United States has to go to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts to conduct electronic surveillance of a U.S. national, but is not required to go to any court in order to use lethal force against him."—CFR's John Bellinger, Sept. 1, 2011. Read More
China and its Neighbors
"I had a talk with other ASEAN leaders and they share the same view as me that China must be a part of preserving the security and order in the region. It's my hope that China can do the same [as us]--avoiding gunboat diplomacy and solving any dispute in this region peacefully." -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, May 25, 2011. Read More
U.S.-Taliban Talks to End Afghan War
"You have to solve some statecraft puzzles. How do you handle the regional diplomacy? How do you handle the talks with the Taliban simultaneously? How do you handle the intra-Afghan political challenge? But if you don't take each of those tracks equally seriously, resource them all and try to unify the strategy, it's going to be very difficult to achieve the kind of progress that would change the level of violence in Afghanistan, which is, after all, the point." -- Steve Coll of the New America Foundation, February 24, 2011. Read More
How to Reform the Eurozone
"We are exactly at that moment in Europe where we need to go from a confederation to a federation by the process of the creation of a federal budget, exactly as the United States did"– Jacques Attali, former president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, August 11, 2011. Read More
The Dispersal of U.S. Economic Power
"We're entering a period in which our economic power and national influence are going to be more broadly spread out. And we'll need help to manage the whole operation in terms of security and economic balance and sustainability -- but we're going to have to figure out how to do it together, without being a dominant player." – CFR Distinguished Visiting Fellow Michael Spence, June 16, 2011. Read More


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Jason Wilnis Replaces Sahak Parparyan At It's Showtime Brazil This Weekend
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It's Showtime Brazil is going down this weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We originally had Sahak Parparyan vs. Alex Sandro Pereira as one of the fights to watch this month, but unfortunately Sahak has had to pull out of the fight due to visa issues.
Replacing Sahak will be Jason Wilnis, a 21 year old Dutch-based fighter who Sahak defeated in September. Wilnis has fought numerous times on It's Showtime cards, mostly on the undercard. This is still a big opportunity for Wilnis, who now finds himself in the main event.
Unfortunately for Pereira, he no longer gets to fight one of the biggest names there is to fight at 85kg anymore in Sahak Parparyan. Nonetheless, this is Pereira's big opportunity to get a win in an organization like It's Showtime. With GLORY starting up 85kg next year, both fighters could garner some interest with good performances.
As of now, the fight card for It's Showtime Brazil is as follows:
Thiago Costa vs. Sergio Paulo Freitas
Alessandro Benacci vs. Cesar Almeida
Jorge Daniel vs. Inaftali Gomes
Cleidinei Junior vs. Paulo Tebar
Main Card:
66kg: Marcus Vinicius vs. Raz Sarkisjan
63kg: Emerson Falcao vs. Sergio Wielzen
77kg: Rogerio Bezerra vs. Duoli Chen
70kg: Wallace Lopes vs. Hafid El Boustati
73kg: Thiago Michel vs. Steve Poort
85kg: Alex Sandro Pereira vs. Jason Wilnis


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Knoxville's police review committee could be model for Madison
Citizens review police investigations in Tennessee city
MADISON, Wis. - When a police officer fires shots in Knoxville, Tenn., police investigate but, unlike in Madison, the people have the power of review.
It started 18 years ago when, just like in Madison in recent months, police shootings divided the Knoxville community.
After Madison police cleared an officer who shot and killed Paul Heenan in November, some in Madison are asking why the city doesn't have independent oversight of police shootings.
Knoxville has a lot in common with Madison -- a major university, a bustling downtown and an engaged police department.
In her fifth-floor office in Knoxville's city-county building, Avice Reid gets several copies of the police department's internal investigation reviews a month.
Reid, who doesn't wear a badge, is the executive director of Knoxville's Police Advisory Review Committee and can do everything from interviewing officers to watching squad car dash cams
"We have access to KPD's information, and that's very powerful, because the citizens in the past did not have access to that information," Reid said.
Eighteen years ago, four separate police shootings in Knoxville and an outraged community forced the city to do something.
After three years of deliberation, the result was a seven-member panel of well-known, diverse community members to check everything the police did.
It wasn't an easy decision. In fact, the mayor at the time had to do it by executive order because the city council wouldn't go along with him. But over time, the committee's had success and become popular. Even police say they've accepted it, and it has made the city better.
Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch was a young patrolman when the review panel was up for debate, and he opposed it.
"What we didn't want was a witch hunt. What we didn't want was some panel set up of folks in our community that just wanted to see policemen get in trouble," Rausch said.
What Rausch didn't see then was how the community viewed the department, and how a panel of their peers could help.
"I've got the advantage of now having that 20/20 insight, of being able to look back and say, that's what my concerns were then and now having the clarity of it and seeing how it has helped this agency," Rausch said.
Rausch said the biggest help has come in building trust. As an example, he pointed to a problem his agency faced last November.Knoxville's police review committee could be model for Madison
A Knoxville officer shot and wounded a suspect in a mall parking lot. Weeks later, Rausch went on TV to say his officer had made a mistake.
"We train that you don't put your finger on the trigger until you've made that decision to fire, and he had his finger on the trigger," Rausch said. "We haven't had this outcry of an issue. The officers didn't get excited because I went on and said we made a mistake. The community didn't get excited because I went on and said we made a mistake, and that's because of this partnership that we have and this understanding that things are going to be done transparently and fairly."
Only one man in Knoxville has been police chief and review committee chairman -- although Sterling Owen said he didn't want the committee position at first.
"I was concerned as to how it would be accepted, by both sides," Owen said.
The former FBI agent became chief after six years heading the review panel. He said that while it has subpoena power and can put up a fight, the real value is the partnership between police and the people.
The review panel meets every three months in different parts of the city, and the executive director and police chief meet more often.
The chief gets insight into the community's concerns, while the panel gets answers to its questions.
"I think it has gained in credibility over time, but it's because we went in there saying it's going to be a level playing field," Owen said.
Reid said the best marker of success may be a smaller workload. The number of community complaints against police have dropped from 270 when the review panel started to about 100 last year. Reid said most of the cases prove the police were right.
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There's also an effort at the state Capitol to start independent reviews of police shootings, although not as Knoxville does it.
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An itemized list / cost breakdown, more often than not is used against the contractor when it is shared with other builders who will then beat it.
Good contractors use good people, and good people cost more. Just the cost of having the appropriate insurance / bond can be the difference between winning a job or losing it ot a 'lower bid'.
It is the rule of three; there is Good, Cheap and Fast. You can have any two: Good and Cheap, won't be Fast; Good and Fast, won't be Cheap; Cheap and Fast, won't be Good!
When comparing bids, it isn't the cheapest or the 'nicest' person you should select. You should understand why there is a large price difference (it shows there are gaps in your design program or what you have asked for specifically, which means there may be arguments later). If most of the bids are in line, and one is way high or way low, you want to know why before dismissing or selecting them.
A price-only decision almost always costs more in the long run.
Good luck!
No. Heck no. Here's a good example. We very recently needed to find someone to install about 500 square feet of exotic wood flooring (we already have the materials). We contacted about 12-15 top-rated Angieslist contractors. Out of the few who did get back to us, we got 5 quotes, 2 of them were literally just over the phone. They "didn't feel it would be necessary to even see the space".
Here were the bids:
$4000 (sight unseen), $2800 (sight unseen), $2500, $1500, $1450
We didn't "share our budget for this". Why would we? We asked them to bid the job. That's it. All of them should be well-qualified and they are all highly rated. We were interested in how THEY value their time/resources - for an apples/apples job.
Do you still think that you should tell them about your budget? Your choice. From my standpoint it isn't their business. I'm asking them to bid on a project. Invariably I'll get some very high bids, medium bids and a few more reasonable ones - ALL from "highly rated contractors".
Herlonginc's answer stated that it is not the contractor's job to pay for materials and labor to do the job. I say baloney - a reputable, established contractor has the funds (or a business operations line of credit) to "carry" the job between interim or partial payments, each of which should be keyed to completion of distinct easily measured mileposts in the job, and for a homeowner I would say should be in not more than 20% increments for jobs exceeding a week or so. For shorter jobs, then an initial payment, 50% completion, and completion would be normal. His cost of carry funds is part of his cost of doing business, and is figured as part of his overhead.Bear in mind when he is buying materials and paying labor, his materials he typically pays for on a 10-30 day invoice, and his labor typically a week or two after they work, so he is not really "fronting" that much money if you are giving him weekly or biweekly interim payments, on a typical residential job.
If he does not have the funds to buy materials (excepting possibly deposit on special-order or luxury items, which still typically are 10-30 day invoiceable to him) and hire personnel then he is a fly-by-night operation, and he should not be bidding that size job. You should never (other than MAYBE an earnest deposit of not more than the LESSER of 10% or $5000) let the payments get ahead of the approved/inspected work progress - typically payment should be 10-20% BEHIND the progress, with at least 10% retained at the effective end of work until final inspections and completion of the final "punchlist".
That promotes rapid continuation of the work, discourages the all-too common nightmare of contractors taking on more work than they can handle so they leave your job for weeks or months to go work on someone else's job (frequently to start that someone else's new job so he can get the job), and does not leave you out a tremendous amount of cash if he does not finish and you have to hire another contractor to finish the job. Remember, if you have to hire a new contractor to finish the job, he will charge you a lot more than the original bid to finish someone else's unfinished mess.
This may seem cynical, but having started in the construction business about 50 years ago and seeing the shenanigans that a lot of contractors pull you cannot be too safe. You have to remember contractors are like any other people - I would say maybe 10% are outright crooks, another 25% or so will pull a fast one or overcharge if the opportunity presents itself, maybe 30% will do the work but not any better than they are forced to, about 25% are good conscientious reputable workmen, and the last 10% or so are really spectacular - conscientious, fair, and efficient craftsmen. This top 35% are the only ones you should have bidding in the first place. Therefore, only get bids from long-term reputable firms (so you shake out the marginal short-timers with less experience and also generally less ability to finish the job on budget and schedule), only those that have good RECENT references, and preferably with excellent word-of-mouth recommendation from people you know and trust. That way, you are starting right off with the cream of the crop, so hopefully whichever one bids low should be a good choice.
NEVER start with bids, then check the references of the low bidder - why even consider a vendor or contractor who you do not have faith in from the start ? Get references and short-list you possibles BEFORE you ask for bids.
Low bids - that is another matter - commonly the low bidder is NOT who you want, especially if he is significantly lower than several others, which might mean he is desperate for work, made a math error, or did not correctly figure the entire scope of work. You want a reasonable bid with someone you connect with and trust - that is worth a lot more in the success of the job than the absolute lowest bid.


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sometimes i just hate doctors!!!
Was back in the hospital the past few days with my gf. She spiked a temp of 105.2 so i rushed her to the er. Basicaly what could have been wrong with her was an infection in her blood or heart.... Not fun. Any ways she got admitted into the hospital and the dr wanted her central line removed. He was insisting on it. Long story short. She had a fever of 104.3 when she was admitted, and by the time she was in her room she had a stable 99.0 and was stable. He wanted her line removed because he claimed he knew it was infected, even tho the cultures were still too young to say one way or the other. She said no, but he wouldnt stop. He said (at least half a dozen times!!!) If she didnt do what he said that he would not treat her and she would. After 3 minutes of that she was in such a state of emotional distress she couldnt talk anymore. He was arguing with me and her brother for 2 hrs at 2am telling us complete bs. Turns out the reason the consult said to remove the line is cause the dr who was arguing with us said she still had a fever of 103. After the 2 hr fight with this dr i ended up calling a friend of mine who works the er at the same hospital, he told me to have my gf tell him she wanted to be taken from his care. And to ask specifically for another dr. When that dr came on he was pleased we didnt remove the line and was furious with the other dr. Welp guess who showed up the next eveing..... Yep the first doctor. He was telling her to remove the line AGAIN. This is after the culture havent grown anything in over 18 hrs.... Needless to say we didnt believe a word coming from him and told him if he didnt leave the room wed call the cops on him.
In the end it wasnt anything too major. Turns out she had a slight allergic reaction to the cath flow she needed earlier in the day that caused her to get the fever. If she had that central line put in the only other place they could have put it would have been her neck and that is beyond painful... I was tok scared to sleep, because that jerk tried catching her alone when i went to the bathroom. We have opened a complaint against him and her insurance might want to take legal action against this jerk. She wont see a cent from it since shes on goverment ins. But its the principle of the thing. I dont think he will be working there too long, the consulting dr even joined the claim saying he lied in the reports.
I guess when it rains it poors.... I doubt this will be the last hospital stay we have tho.....KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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Ick. So sorry you had to go through that. Hopefully that doctor gets what he deserves. My mom has been fighting cancer since early 2012 and i've been pretty much her only caregiver, so i've spent more than my share of time in hospitals and with doctors. It's never fun but just hold out hope that it will get better. Fortunately her care team has been pretty great so far, esp now that shes at moffitt.
Mom's had a couple of those lines and the reason they monitor them so closely is that if they do get infected you can go from a fever to dead in a few hours. Whenever there's a major infection it's always the first thing they look at. But why in gods name he would be insisting it gets removed after her fever stabilized is well beyond me.
Not sure whats going on with the gf but you have my hope thats it's not anything to seriously and she will be better soon
Last edited by FinalJenemba; 08-25-2013 at 01:16 PM."At some point you aren't making the animal more dead...You are just making a bigger mess." - Demjor19
Sorry to hear you all had such a bad experience. Just a reminder that we do have to stay on top of things and have at least a small idea of what's going on.55 g Goldfish Tank - 3 Fancies, 2 Comets
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so frustrating that there are few really good doctors around
Sadly there are some great drs around, but those are peppered with dirt bags like this one. She has her central line because it the only way she can get nutrition. She has chrones and shes 2 steps away from a colostomy. But now they are thinking she might have been miss diagnosed 10 yrs ago and they are just realising it now. The reason we were in the hospital 3 weeks ago was because she ate.bread... Its that bad. We have started a list of drs we feel like we can trust since we are most likely not done with hospitals.
It seems like every stay either a dr or resident (who introduced him self as her dr....) Is bad... The worst thing is she get super bad anxiety so if the dr or nurse is doing something she doesnt like shes like a deer in the head lights. So some one has to be with her 24/7 just in case. Thanks for the kind words every one. I basically just needed a place to vent that wont upset her lol.KING OF THE GOLD BARBS RAWR!!!!
I wonder if i plant one of my tiger barbs would the demon seed grow to a full tree?
gotta love them bunnies!
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I realize your frustration, but you probably should be mindful of what you post if there is a legal option pending.
Not all Doctors are great unfortunately... Unfortunately its hard for patients who know they are not as educated on the subject to feel empowered to request someone else. But you can always ask for someone else.. even when you just don't like the bedside manner.
My heart goes out to you guys. I have IBS and anxiety issues, and mom's dealing with ulcerative colitis on top of her cancer. So im well versed in these type of things and know just how much it sucks. If you need any advice or just someone to talk too feel free to pm me anytime."At some point you aren't making the animal more dead...You are just making a bigger mess." - Demjor19
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Don't know if I am allowed to post this, but I will put you and your girlfriend and the other person and their mother in my prayers. It too, have been thru caregivers syndrome. If I hadn't watched everything they did to my late husband, I would have lost him years earlier. hang in there.
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*Looks Heavenward*, I feel terrible for your, and your girlfriend's frustration and anxiety over incompetence. I know what that's like. I know what its like, won't go into details, but would love someone in the medical profession to stop telling me I'm "crazy" and realize I'm sick, that'd be lovely.2 10 gallon tanks, 1 20 gallon tank, 1 Fluval Edge, 1 29 gallon tank, and one backyard pond.


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TUPELO – Lee County students will begin next school year on Aug. 7.
The school district approved its 2013-14 school calendar during a school board meeting last week. The last day for students will be May 23, 2014, and graduation will be held on May 24.
Teachers will report for four days of professional development from Aug. 1 to Aug. 6. Thursday, Aug. 1 will be the annual Industry Education Day.
Students and teachers will again have three full weekends during Christmas break. The last day of classes for the first semester is Friday, Dec. 20, and students return on Tuesday, Jan. 7. Teachers must report on Jan. 6.
Other holidays include Labor Day (Sept. 2), Columbus Day (Oct. 14), Thanksgiving (Nov. 25-29), Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 20), Spring Break (March 10-14) and Easter (April 18-21).
Oct. 15 and Feb. 17 have both been set aside for professional development for teachers. That means students will have a four-day weekend from Oct. 12 to 15.
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Download IDF's latest Campaign Update here.
WHO Executive Board - January 2013
Diabetes was high on the agenda of the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation, held from 21-29 January 2013. WHO Member States focused on two important consultations for diabetes and NCDs - including to endorse the set of nine global NCD targets and discuss the next Global NCD Action Plan (GAP) 2013-2020. Member States are in support of the GAP's overall structure, but are in agreement with IDF and the NCD Alliance that more work is needed to before it is adopted at the World Health Assembly in May 2013. The NCDA Alliance gave a statement at the Executive Board (EB) focusing on our critical priorities for the GAP, which are principally the need for leadership, resources, civil society engagement and a robust reporting system. The process to finalise the GAP is now as follows:
February: online consultation with member states, civil society and the private sector that IDF will participate in;
6-12 March: in person consultation with Member States, civil society and the private sector to inform WHO's final draft of the Global NCD Action Plan;
21-28 May: Global NCD Action Plan is adopted by governments at the World Health Assembly, Geneva.
You can read the NCD Alliance's analysis of the First Draft GAP and watch this space for future updates on how to get involved.
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As the process to define the post-2015 development agenda builds momenutum, the UN is convening a series of 11 consultations on different dimensions of global development. IDF and the NCD Alliance are influencing the important consultations for diabetes and NCDs - health, inequalities, food security and nutrition and environmental sustainability. Find out more about these consultations, and add your voice, through the UN's World We Want online platform. Download IDF's responses to the thematic consultations on Indigenous Peoples and Inequality, Environmental Sustainability, Food Security and Nutrition, and Health.
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Perhaps the chief benefit of the Internet has been the "democratization" of information; no longer is it easy for DVMs and pharmaceutical companies to "control" the "facts" that are disseminated to the people. We, the common man, now have access to information on both sides of any argument.
It is clear - and understandable - that many vets will fight the scientifically established findings and recommendations that Kris has posted directly from the veterinary research community and label them as "manure"...it threatens the "vaccine hook" which vets use to bring clients through the door and bolster their bottom lines.
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Google Android: Android App Review Marathon Liveblog. I'm very much looking forward to buying an Android-based phone in the next year. The apps are looking to be very well done so far. I haven't decided whether I'll be getting a G1 or if I'll wait for AT&T to come out with one, which is unlikely. I don't like going to T-Mobile's network, but considering I'm in Chicago, I may still be ok. We'll see how the year progresses. Whatever I get is going to double as my PDA for M3 and M4, so it's gotta be good!


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Sunwize Flexware 500 OBPP-FX3048T-2 with OutBack FX Sealed Inverter/Chargers - 6000W
Flexware 500 OBPP-FX3048T-2 with OutBack FX Sealed Inverter/Chargers - 6000W
SunWize FLEXware Assemblies with OutBack Inverter/Chargers
Pre-assembled Power Centers
SunWize, an OutBack/ETL Integrating Partner, offers pre-assembled power center assemblies tested to UL-508A listing for USA and Canada CAN/CSA 22.2#14-M95 "Industrial Control Panel." SunWize FLEXware power centers are assembled, wired and tested by SunWize in a code-compliant package. These FLEXware power centers are a modular building block for the OutBack FX and GFX series inverter/chargers allowing modular expansion from single inverter back-up systems to a multiple inverter village power system. SunWize FLEXware power center's versatile design allows the choice of many installed options and offer a generous number of knock-outs allowing the installation of conduit, cable glands and other installation accessories.
Outback's new, attractive FLEXware design also enables a lighter weight installation. The corrosion-resistant aluminum, silver powder-coated enclosures makes for a great looking installation that will last and look great for years to come. All FLEXware power centers are designed to be wall mounted for an indoor installation. The compact and flexible design of the mounting plate allows the inverters to be positioned in either a vertical or horizontal orientation for a professional-looking installation.
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For applications with medium power requirements such as homes or light commercial power systems, the FLEXware 500 supports up to two OutBack inverter/chargers and two MX60 controllers. Standard FW500 power center assemblies include all of the protective over-current devices, two AC bypass breakers, two AC input breakers, two AC output breakers, AC I/O bus bars, and DC main breaker(s). Also included are a 500A DC negative shunt, negative bus bar, ground bus bar, positive/negative DC bus bar, DC main breaker bus bar, and a remote battery temperature sensor. Dual inverter assemblies include a HUB4 communications manager. The FW500-AC section functions as a 120/240V AC load breaker sub-panel with space for adding eight OB-AC DIN mount breakers. The FW500-DC section allows DC load circuit breakers by the addition of eight OB-DC panel mount breakers. Space limited when used with MX60 charge controllers and/or PV-GFP.
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As a latecomer to the growing crop of food-industry exposés, Ana Sofia Joanes's even-handed documentary on the evils of factory farming doesn't live up to its title. Yet despite tilling familiar ground, its argument for sustainable alternatives intrigues.
Credit the eloquent, charismatic organic farmers profiled: in nimbly edited interviews, one says he wants to see chickens "fully express their chickenness," and another recounts his life-altering run-in with an antibiotics-stuffed pig. The now-standard footage of massive "animal cities" will ruin your barbecue, but the film fairly portrays industrial farmers as caught in a hard-to-shake snare of government subsidies and corporate monopolies.
Packing much into a lean running time, Fresh equals its rivals as a call to action. If the images of poultry without beaks don't inspire a trip to Whole Foods, the mouth-watering harvest of an organic farm in downtown Milwaukee will.
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Kim Caron wants people to know that art is for everyone. The owner and operator of the Caron Gallery in downtown Tupelo showcases and sells the works of Mississippi artists.
"The biggest hurdle we have had is to show people that we are not a stiff, white-walled sort of place," she said. Caron said making art more approachable is one of her goals.
"People don't realize that for what they pay for a print" at a home decor store "they could get an original piece of art," she said.
Caron emphasized that no experience is necessary when selecting an original work. She said the only thing that matters is that you love what you buy.
Caron and her husband, Tupelo dentist Dr. Richard Caron. began shopping for their own home at the Gumtree Festival. "We would buy one piece a year," she said, adding that most of those pieces still hang in her home today.
Original pieces in Caron's gallery range as much in price as they do in style. Earrings that start at $15 a pair are situated near an oil painting by a well-established artist priced at $4,000. And the gallery hits almost every price point and medium.
The small gallery has a lot from which to choose. In addition to paintings, Caron offers sculpture, jewelry, pottery and photography.
Caron said, "Buying art is a process." She frequently takes pieces to the homes of potential customers so that they can see how it will look in their own home, not just in the gallery.
Caron's enthusiasm for art is broad. She encourages her customers to find what appeals to them and not worry about any particular style or medium.
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Outcome: Some of you have emailed me and asked me which food I chose. After consulting with a veterinary nutritionist for Cornell, I put my field champion on Dr. Tim's Pursuit. This is the note I wrote to Dr. Tim today: It says it all:
My labrador retriever field champion has been on Pursuit for the past 6 weeks, and the results have been dramatic. His coat is tremendous. While he still can have some gas, his stools are actually formed, even on a trial weekend. Most importantly, his energy level is back! And I can tell he feels better. I am not sure what I was wishing for with regards to the energy level..... but his tail is high, his eyes are bright, and he is back to being his obnoxious self that I have come to know and love. I now can get to the end of a trial weekend without him showing great fatigue! His trainer, who was resistant at first, states, "wow, I wish we would changed this earlier! It has made all the difference in his coming back after an injury!" This dog tore his CCL 1 year ago, after burying himself in the silt on the edge of a pond (like quicksand) and fighting his way out (twisting injury also). He is s/p TPLO. Thanks Dr. Tim! You have a loyal customer!
I really do attribute the food to a large part of the dramatic change I have seen in my dog. I also have cut down the amount of food I am feeding him, so the expense has evened out.


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China and South Korea have designated 2012 as a year of friendship to mark 20 years of diplomatic relations. The anniversary may provide a pretext for more active diplomacy to meet a growing list of potential disputes in the relationship, including China's handling of North Korean refugees, illegal fishing in Korean territorial waters, territorial claims, and mutual suspicions regarding approaches toward North Korea. All of this is occurring in a period of political transition in both countries, as South Korea prepares for December elections while China works out a complex leadership transition later this year. Presidents Hu Jintao and Lee Myung-bak have held two summits this year, in Beijing in January and in Seoul on March 26 on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit. On his state visit to China from Jan. 9-11, Lee also met Premier Wen Jiabao and top legislator Wu Bangguo. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met President Lee and ROK counterpart Kim Sung-hwan on March 2 during his visit to Seoul for annual inter-ministerial consultations. The two foreign ministers also met in Ningbo, China, on April 8 for the sixth China-ROK-Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting. Sino-South Korean diplomatic exchanges have sharpened attention on the prospects for the bilateral partnership in the aftermath of Kim Jong Il's death.
Meanwhile, high-level contacts between China and North Korea have stalled since December. Beijing made renewed calls for restraint on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's failed launch of an "earth observation satellite" on April 13 and a UN Security Council (UNSC) President's Statement on April 16 strongly condemning the launch. The incident has dampened China's hopes for regional engagement that were raised by a series of bilateral consultations in Beijing among US, PRC, and DPRK special envoys in February. Marking the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung, the launch was made two days after Kim Jong Un's appointment as First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on April 11.


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This is just the beginning.
In case you missed it, Boeing announced massive layoffs and facilities closures yesterday. More: Small business owners are dropping the axe as they brace for the costs and burdens of Obamacare.
In case you missed it, I reported on Obamas layoff bomb last week.
Obamas Layoff Bomb
October 31, 2012
In June, a diffident and self-deluded President Obama claimed that the private sector is doing fine. Last week, the private sector responded: Speak for yourself, buster. Who needs an October Surprise when the business headlines are broadcasting the imminent layoff bomb in neon lights?
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
What's up in photo 36? Is that another battle pack? What kind of troopers are those with Vader and what is that platform he's standing on from?
that's 1 of the 2 new star tours/disney excl. sets for sw wknds.
Anyone seen Jedi Force yet? I'm sure those ships are rehabed GH ones.
I have yet to see the Jedi Force set yet. Do we know if they are going to be included with the other Star Wars toy displays like the GH sets are/were or will these be grouped with the "younger kid" toys?
I am sure that i saw someone with a Jedi Force Snowspeeder ... it has a different paint job than the GH version ...
I love the AT-RT. Now, if it only came with a realistic AT-RT pilot, I'd actualy think about buying it. I doubt I'll ever see the vintage collection version here. So, IF I even see this version of the AT-RT, I'll probably pass.
Everything else is an easy pass for me. Most of it's clone wars, and with few exceptions I don't collect that line, or the little kids line. Won't be going to Disney World any time soon either, so the exclusive set is a pass for me as well, as I'm not about to consider paying inflated on line prices. The mask, and guns look terrible and I wouldn't want them anyway, and I'm not sure what's up with the lightsaber handles. That rules out a huge chunk of what's shown for me, anyway.
I like the cheaper version of the force FX lightsabers, but again, I may have a tough time convincing myself to buy them. My daughter has wanted a lightsaber for some time though.


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CHAPTER III.page: 31
THE next thing that happened to us was very interesting. It was as real as the half‐crowns—not just pretending. I shall try to write it as like a real book as I can. Of course we have read Mr. Sherlock Holmes, as well as the yellow‐covered books with pictures outside that are so badly printed; and you get them for fourpence halfpenny at the bookstall when the corners of them are beginning to curl up and get dirty, with people looking to see how the story ends when they are waiting for trains. I think this is most unfair to the boy at the bookstall. The books are written by a gentleman named Gaboriau, and Albert's uncle says they are the worst translations in the world—and written in vile English. Of course they're not like Kipling, but they're jolly good stories. And we had just been page: 32 reading a book by Dick Diddlington—that's not his right name, but I know all about libel actions, so I shall not say what his name is really, because his books are rot. Only they put it into our heads to do what I am going to narrate.
It was in September, and we were not to go to the seaside because it is so expensive, even if you go to Sheerness, where it is all tin cans and old boots and no sand at all. But every one else went, even the people next door—not Albert's side, but the other. Their servant told Eliza they were all going to Scarborough, and next day sure enough all the blinds were down and the shutters up, and the milk was not left any more. There is a big horse‐chestnut tree between their garden and ours, very useful for getting conkers out of and for making stuff to rub on your chilblains. This prevented our seeing whether the blinds were down at the back as well, but Dicky climbed to the top of the tree and looked, and they were.
It was jolly hot weather, and very stuffy indoors—we used to play a good deal in the garden. We made a tent out of the kitchen clothes‐horse and some blankets off our beds, and though it was quite as hot in the tent as page: 33 in the house it was a very different sort of hotness. Albert's uncle called it the Turkish Bath. It is not nice to be kept from the seaside, but we know that we have much to be thankful for. We might be poor little children living in a crowded alley where even at summer noon hardly a ray of sunlight penetrates; clothed in rags and with bare feet—though I do not mind holes in my clothes myself, and bare feet would not be at all bad in this sort of weather. Indeed we do, sometimes, when we are playing at things which require it. It was shipwrecked mariners that day, I remember, and we were all in the blanket tent. We had just finished eating the things we had saved, at the peril of our lives, from the fast‐sinking vessel. They were rather nice things. Two pennyworth of cocoa‐nut candy—it was got in Greenwich, where it is four ounces a penny—three apples, some macaroni—the straight sort that is so useful to suck things through—some raw rice, and a large piece of cold suet pudding that Alice nicked from the larder when she went to get the rice and macaroni. And when we had finished some one said—
"I should like to be a detective."
I wish to be quite fair, but I cannot remem‐ page: 34 ber exactly who said it. Oswald thinks he said it, and Dora says it was Dicky, but Oswald is too much of a man to quarrel about a little thing like that.
"I should like to be a detective," said—perhaps it was Dicky, but I think not—"and find out strange and hidden crimes."
"You have to be much cleverer than you are," said H.O.
"Not so very," Alice said, "because when you've read the books you know what the things mean: the red hair on the handle of the knife, or the grains of white powder on the velvet collar of the villain's overcoat. I believe we could do it."
"I shouldn't like to have anything to do with murders," said Dora; "somehow it doesn't seem safe—"
"And it always ends in the poor murderer being hanged," said Alice.
We explained to her why murderers have to be hanged, but she only said, "I don't care. I'm sure no one would ever do murdering twice. Think of the blood and things, and what you would see when you woke up in the night! I shouldn't mind being a detective to lie in wait for a gang of coiners, now, and spring upon them unawares, and secure them page: 35 —single‐handed, you know, or with only my faithful bloodhound."
She stroked Pincher's ears, but he had gone to sleep because he knew well enough that all the suet pudding was finished. He is a very sensible dog.
"You always get hold of the wrong end of the stick," Oswald said. "You can't choose what crimes you'll be a detective about. You just have to get a suspicious circumstance, and then you look for a clue and follow it up. Whether it turns out a murder or a missing will is just a fluke."
"That's one way," Dicky said. "Another is to get a paper and find two advertisements or bits of news that fit. Like this: 'Young Lady Missing,' and then it tells about all the clothes she had on, and the gold locket she wore, and the colour of her hair, and all that; and then in another piece of the paper you see, 'Gold locket found,' and then it all comes out."
We sent H.O. for the paper at once, but we could not make any of the things fit in. The two best were about how some burglars broke into a place in Holloway where they made preserved tongues and invalid delicacies, and carried off a lot of them. And on another page: 36 page there was, "Mysterious deaths in Holloway." Oswald thought there was something in it, and so did Albert's uncle when we asked him, but the others thought not, so Oswald agreed to drop it. Besides, Holloway is a long way off. All the time we were talking about the paper Alice seemed to be thinking about something else, and when we had done she said—
"I believe we might be detectives ourselves, but I should not like to get anybody into trouble."
"Not murderers or robbers?" Dicky asked.
"It wouldn't be murderers," she said; "but I have noticed something strange. Only I feel a little frightened. Let's ask Albert's uncle first."
Alice is a jolly sight too fond of asking grown‐up people things. And we all said it was Tommy‐rot, and she was to tell us.
"Well, promise you won't do anything without me," Alice said, and we promised. Then she said—
"This is a dark secret, and any one who thinks it is better not to be involved in a career of crime‐discovery had better go away ere yet it be too late."
So Dora said she had had enough of tents, page: 37 and she was going to look at the shops. H.O. went with her because he had twopence to spend. They thought it was only a game of Alice's but Oswald knew by the way she spoke. He can nearly always tell. And when people are not telling the truth Oswald generally knows by the way they look with their eyes. Oswald is not proud of being able to do this. He knows it is through no merit of his own that he is much cleverer than some people.
When they had gone, the rest of us got closer together and said—
"Now then."
"Well," Alice said, "you know the house next door? The people have gone to Scarborough. And the house is shut up. But last night I saw a light in the windows."
We asked her how and when, because her room is in the front, and she couldn't possibly have seen. And then she said—
"I'll tell you if you boys will promise not ever to go fishing again without me."
So we had to promise. Then she said—
"It was last night. I had forgotten to feed my rabbits and I woke up and remembered it. And I was afraid I should find them dead in the morning, like Oswald did."page: 38
"It wasn't my fault," Oswald said; "there was something the matter with the beasts. I fed them right enough."
Alice said she didn't mean that, and she went on—
"I came down into the garden, and I saw a light in the house, and dark figures moving about. I thought perhaps it was burglars, but Father hadn't come home, and Eliza had gone to bed, so I couldn't do anything. Only I thought perhaps I would tell the rest of you."
"Why didn't you tell us this morning?" Noël asked. And Alice explained that she did not want to get any one into trouble, even burglars. "But we might watch to‐night," she said, "and see if we see the light again."
"They might have been burglars," Noël said. He was sucking the last bit of his macaroni. "You know the people next door are very grand. They won't know us—and they go out in a real private carriage sometimes. And they have an 'At Home' day, and people come in cabs. I daresay they have piles of plate and jewellery and rich brocades, and furs of price and things like that. Let us keep watch to‐night."
"It's no use watching to‐night," Dicky said; "if it's only burglars they won't come page: 39 again. But there are other things besides burglars that are discovered in empty houses where lights are seen moving."
"You mean coiners," said Oswald at once. "I wonder what the reward is for setting the police on their track?"
Dicky thought it ought to be something fat, because coiners are always a desperate gang; and the machinery they make the coins with is so heavy and handy for knocking down detectives.
Then it was tea‐time, and we went in; and Dora and H.O. had clubbed their money together and bought a melon; quite a big one, and only a little bit squashy at one end. It was very good, and then we washed the seeds and made things with them and with pins and cotton. And nobody said any more about watching the house next door.
Only when we went to bed Dicky took off his coat and waistcoat, but he stopped at his braces, and said—
"What about the coiners?"
Oswald had taken off his collar and tie, and he was just going to say the same, so he said, "Of course I meant to watch, only my collar's rather tight, so I thought I'd take it off first."page: 40
Dicky said he did not think the girls ought to be in it, because there might be danger, but Oswald reminded him that they had promised Alice, and that a promise is a sacred thing, even when you'd much rather not. So Oswald got Alice alone under pretence of showing her a caterpillar—Dora does not like them, and she screamed and ran away when Oswald offered to show it her. Then Oswald explained, and Alice agreed to come and watch if she could. This made us later than we ought to have been, because Alice had to wait till Dora was quiet and then creep out very slowly, for fear of the boards creaking. The girls sleep with their room‐door open for fear of burglars. Alice had kept on her clothes under her nightgown when Dora wasn't looking, and presently we got down creeping past Father's study, and out at the glass door that leads on to the veranda and the iron steps into the garden. And we went down very quietly, and got into the chestnut‐tree; and then I felt that we had only been playing what Albert's uncle calls our favourite instrument—I mean the Fool. For the house next door was as dark as dark. Then suddenly we heard a sound—it came from the gate at the end of the garden. All the gardens have gates; they page: 41 lead into a kind of lane that runs behind them. It is a sort of back way, very convenient when you don't want to say exactly where you are going. We heard the gate at the end of the next garden click, and Dicky nudged Alice so that she would have fallen out of the tree if it had not been for Oswald's extraordinary presence of mind. Oswald squeezed Alice's arm tight, and we all looked; and the others were rather frightened because really we had not exactly expected anything to happen except perhaps a light. But now a muffled figure, shrouded in a dark cloak, came swiftly up the path of the next door garden. And we could see that under its cloak the figure carried a mysterious burden. The figure was dressed to look like a woman in a sailor hat.
We held our breath as it passed under the tree where we were, and then it tapped very gently on the back door and was let in, and then a light appeared in the window of the downstairs back breakfast‐room. But the shutters were up.
Dicky said, "My eye!" and wouldn't the others be sick to think they hadn't been in this! But Alice didn't half like it—and as she is a girl I do not blame her. Indeed, I page: 42 thought myself at first that perhaps it would be better to retire for the present, and return later with a strongly armed force.
"It's not burglars," Alice whispered; "the mysterious stranger was bringing things in, not taking them out. They must be coiners—and oh, Oswald!—don't let's! The things they coin with must hurt very much. Do let's go to bed!"
But Dicky said he was going to see; if there was a reward for finding out things like this he would like to have the reward.
"They locked the back door," he whispered, "I heard it go. And I could look in quite well through the holes in the shutters and be back over the wall long before they'd got the door open, even if they started to do it at once."
There were holes at the top of the shutters the shape of hearts, and the yellow light came out through them as well as through the chinks of the shutters.
Oswald said if Dicky went he should, because he was the eldest; and Alice said, "If any one goes it ought to be me, because I thought of it."
So Oswald said, "Well, go then"; and she said, "Not for anything!" And she begged page: 43 us not to, and we talked about it in the tree till we were all quite hoarse with whispering.
At last we decided on a plan of action.
Alice was to stay in the tree, and scream "Murder!" if anything happened. Dicky and I were to get down into the next garden and take it in turns to peep.
So we got down as quietly as we could, but the tree made much more noise than it does in the day, and several times we paused, fearing that all was discovered. But nothing happened.
There was a pile of red flower‐pots under the window and one very large one was on the window‐ledge. It seemed as if it was the hand of Destiny had placed it there, and the geranium in it was dead, and there was nothing to stop your standing on it—so Oswald did. He went first because he is the eldest, and though Dicky tried to stop him because he thought of it first it could not be, on account of not being able to say anything.
So Oswald stood on the flower‐pot and tried to look through one of the holes. He did not really expect to see the coiners at their fell work, though he had pretended to when we were talking in the tree. But if he had seen them pouring the base molten metal into tin page: 44 moulds the shape of half‐crowns he would not have been half so astonished as he was at the spectacle now revealed.
At first he could see little, because the hole had unfortunately been made a little too high, so that the eye of the detective could only see the Prodigal Son in a shiny frame on the opposite wall. But Oswald held on to the window‐frame and stood on tiptoe and then he saw.
There was no furnace, and no base metal, no bearded men in leathern aprons with tongs and things, but just a table with a table‐cloth on it for supper, and a tin of salmon and a lettuce and some bottled beer. And there on a chair was the cloak and the hat of the mysterious stranger, and the two people sitting at the table were the two youngest grown‐up daughters of the lady next door, and one of them was saying—
"So I got the salmon three‐halfpence cheaper, and the lettuces are only six a penny in the Broadway, just fancy! We must save as much as ever we can on our housekeeping money if we want to go away decent next year."
And the other said, "I wish we could all go every year, or else—Really, I almost wish—"page: 45
And all the time Oswald was looking Dicky was pulling at his jacket to make him get down and let Dicky have a squint. And just as she said "I almost," Dicky pulled too hard and Oswald felt himself toppling on the giddy verge of the big flower‐pots. Putting forth all his strength our hero strove to recover his equi‐what's‐its‐name, but it was now lost beyond recall.
"You've done it this time!" he said, then he fell heavily among the flower‐pots piled below. He heard them crash and rattle and crack, and then his head struck against an iron pillar used for holding up the next‐door veranda. His eyes closed and he knew no more.
Now you will perhaps expect that at this moment Alice would have cried "Murder!" If you think so you little know what girls are. Directly she was left alone in that tree she made a bolt to tell Albert's uncle all about it and bring him to our rescue in case the coiner's gang was a very desperate one. And just when I fell, Albert's uncle was getting over the wall. Alice never screamed at all when Oswald fell, but Dicky thinks he heard Albert's uncle say, "Confound those kids!" which would not have been kind or polite, so I hope he did not say it.page: 46
The people next door did not come out to see what the row was. Albert's uncle did not wait for them to come out. He picked up Oswald and carried the insensible body of the gallant young detective to the wall, laid it on the top, and then climbed over and bore his lifeless burden into our house and put it on the sofa in Father's study. Father was out, so we needn't have crept so when we were getting into the garden. Then Oswald was restored to consciousness, and his head tied up, and sent to bed, and next day there was a lump on his young brow as big as a turkey's egg, and very uncomfortable.
Albert's uncle came in next day and talked to each of us separately. To Oswald he said many unpleasant things about ungentlemanly to spy on ladies, and about minding your own business; and when I began to tell him what I had heard he told me to shut up, and altogether he made me more uncomfortable than the bump did.
Oswald did not say anything to any one, but next day, as the shadows of eve were falling, he crept away, and wrote on a piece of paper, "I want to speak to you," and shoved it through the hole like a heart in the top of the next‐door shutters.page: 47
And the youngest young lady put an eye to the heart‐shaped hole, and then opened the shutter and said "Well?" very crossly.
Then Oswald said—
"I am very sorry, and I beg your pardon. We wanted to be detectives, and we thought a gang of coiners infested your house, so we looked through your window last night. I saw the lettuce, and I heard what you said about the salmon being three‐halfpence cheaper, and I know it is very dishonourable to pry into other people's secrets, especially ladies", and I never will again if you will forgive me this once."
Then the lady frowned and then she laughed, and then she said—
"So it was you tumbling into the flower‐pots last night? We thought it was burglars. It frightened us horribly. Why, what a bump on your poor head!"
And then she talked to me a bit, and presently she said she and her sister had not wished people to know they were at home, because—and then she stopped short and grew very red, and I said, "I thought you were all at Scarborough; your servant told Eliza so. Why didn't you want people to know you were at home?"page: 48
The lady got redder still, and then she laughed and said—
"Never mind the reason why. I hope your head doesn't hurt much. Thank you for your nice, manly little speech. You've nothing to be ashamed of, at any rate." Then she kissed me, and I did not mind. And then she said, "Run away now, dear. I'm going to—I'm going to pull up the blinds and open the shutters, and I want to do it at once, before it gets dark, so that every one can see we're at home, and not at Scarborough."