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Stephen Marble
Associate Professor of Education
Areas of expertise
My specialization is Teacher Education, with an emphasis on Secondary Education. I am certified at secondary school level in Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies and taught in a one room school in rural Alaska for a number of years, an experience which deeply informs my work with pre-service secondary teachers. My research interests focus on deploying tools for effective teacher learning, including Japanese Lesson Study, action research, and peer coaching. I also study the implications on educational practices of Gilles Deleuze, the French philosopher whose wide-ranging thought provides new views of the educational terrain.
PhD ,University of Texas at Austin 1992
Masters in Secondary Education,University of Hawaii at Manoa 1982
Bachelors of Journalism, Bachelors of Arts,Unviersity of Texas at Austin 1976
Associate Professor
Southwestern University
August 01, 2006 - present
Teach courses in teacher certification program, including Educational Foundations, Elementary and Middle School Social Studies Methods, Reading in the Content Area, Teaching Secondary Students, The Secondary Teacher, and supervision of secondary Student T
Associate Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
January 01, 2003 - June 01, 2006
I coordinated the Master of Education in Teaching program, taught Elementary Science Education methods for undergraduate teacher certification, and graduate science education curriculum courses.
Senior Trainer/Program Manager/Vice President
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
January 01, 1991 - December 01, 2003
I worked as a Senior Trainer with this federally funded private non-profit, designing and delivering professional development in mathematics and science education across five states in the Southwest. Major responsibilities included working with science-ri
High School Teacher
Lower Kuskokwim School District
August 01, 1978 - May 01, 1987
I taught all subjects in a one room high school in Rural Alaska and then became the science teacher when additional staff were added in subsequent years. I taught in two villages in the Lower Kuskokwim district, Kasigluk (Akula) and the Oscarville.
My research follows three intertwined threads.
The first thread has evolved from my experience teaching high school in rural Alaska and working in Hawaii's highly diverse public schools. The focus of this thread is the cultural contexts that surround the teaching/learning relationship.
A second thread involves the use of Japanese Lesson Study in teacher education and professional development settings.
The third thread explores the educational implications of Gilles Deleuze and his search for responses to the dogma of orthodox thinking. Teachers face constantly changing situations every moment they are in the classroom.
Specific subjects or issues you can knowledgeably discuss:
Teacher education
I am willing to talk to the media: yes
I am willing to talk to community groups about my area of expertise: yes
Can you do interviews in Spanish? no
Other languages you are fluent in: null
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Jonathan Drouin, the third overall pick in the June draft, is in the midst of that process after appearing in his first preseason game with Tampa Bay on Thursday at The Forum. The 5-foot-11, 194-pounder skated with 2011 first-round pick Vlad Namestnikov and skilled winger Nikita Kucherov.
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http://www.experienciasxcaret.com Xcaret México Espectacular, the most representative stage show about our countrys history and folklore, which has been enjoyed by over 11 million spectators for more than a decade at the Gran Tlachco Theater, will say goodbye at the end of 2013, to be substituted by a different and totally new show, designed to overcome its predecessors success.
The announcement was made by the Vice-president of Experiencias Xcaret, Carlos Constandse Madrazo, who highlighted that, with a remarkable success, this presentation has left its mark on several generations of both Mexicans and foreigners, who had the chance to enjoy this perfect portrait of our identity.
This presentation began in 1995 and its been greatly successful ever since due to its commitment to enhance the culture and traditions of Mexicos different regions. Featuring more than 300 artists, this is Mexicos most important show of its kind. Since March 2002 it has been presented at the Gran Tlachco Theater, specially designed for this celebration.
Thus, as a tribute to the former stage show Xcaret Noche Tradicional, there will be a period of special presentations from May 27th to June 8th, from August 19th to October 22nd and from November 20th to December 20th, at Xcaret park. Meanwhile Xcaret México Espectacular will be presented normally, alternating dates with the Noche Tradicional performances.
Accompanied by Lizeth Álvarez Gorosave, Experiencias Xcarets Commercial Director, Constandse Madrazo also informed the May 2013 launch of the new Xenotes Tour which will offer a unique experience in the Puerto Morelos Cenotes Route, Quintana Roo, visiting 4 sinkholes on the same day. All of them are enchanting sites with unique characteristics, fully respectful of the environment and with activities and services that offer the quality Experiencias Xcaret is known for.
At the close of 2012 the number of visitors to our Parks and Tours surpassed 2 million, 290 thousand, 13% above the year before. Growth reports in the Cancun-Riviera Maya destination during 2012 have shown a 12% growth in comparison to 2011, stated Lizeth Álvarez.
Carlos Constandse informed that the investments made in 2012 to strengthen the range of services are the most significant in the history of the group, amounting to 321 million pesos. At the same time, the investment to be made in 2013 amounts to 315 million pesos.
He also mentioned that Experiencias Xcaret ratifies its commitment to be a leading organization in sustainable tourist entertainment, which compels it to always strive for excellence financially, socially and environmentally. This is confirmed by the certifications it has obtained after being evaluated in its commercial and financial performance, its working environment, its social responsibility, its bond with suppliers, as well as its correct use of natural resources. All of the above gives it a high level of competitiveness when facing with the vitality of the international tourist sector.
For further information:
Iliana Rodríguez
Chief PR and Communications Officer
irodriguez (at) experienciasxcaret (dot) com.mx
Cel: 044 (998) 845-5644
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8.45 to 9.15 a.m. Pick from your Nairobi hotel. 9.30 a.m. Depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve, stopping at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley and at Narok town for lunch. Arrive in time for a late afternoon game drive in this park, which is essentially the northern extension of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park as an artificial border only separates the two. Dinner and overnight at the Sarova Mara tented lodge or Keekorok lodge or basic camp.
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Early breakfast followed by a full day of game drives within the reserve. The Masai Mara is famous for it's black maned lions, elephants and buffalo that make three out of the 'big five' though luck is essential for spotting the other two namely leopard and rhino which are rather shy and elusive. The park's animal concentration and abundance is second to none.
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Due to a more globalized working environment, more companies embracing telecommuting and more workers having the ability to log in from home via the Internet, the number of internal employees and contractors/consultants accessing critical internal information on the network from remote locations is rising. Hence, organizations are realizing the need to enforce granular network access to eliminate risks involved when using unmanaged endpoints. As network access control can help organizations ensure network compliance to remote and local users, there is increasing demand for its products and architectures.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World Network Access Control (NAC) Products and Architectures Markets, reveals that the market earned revenues of over $85 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach over $600 million in 2013.
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With the score tied at 80, and seconds to go in the game, Colorado guard Sabatino Chen banked in a three-pointer at the end of regulation. After a review, the officials waived off the shot saying the ball came off Chen's hand a fraction to late. That sent the game into overtime where the Wildcats dominated and defeated Colorado, 92-83.
The game was Colorado's to lose. The Buffaloes held the lead from the 16:28 mark in the first half, all the way until Mark Lyons free throw with 10 seconds left in regulation.
Arizona (13-0) trailed by 10 points with under two minutes to play, but Lyons scored 14 of his game high 24 points after that, leading Zona to victory.
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Among the talented music students at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute in the late 1920s, a teenager named Samuel Barber must have stood out. After all, he was an incredibly gifted triple talent: a pianist, composition student, and a singer. Maybe it just ran in the family: his mother was a talented amateur pianist, his uncle Sidney Homer a respected composer of art songs, and his aunt Louise Homer was a leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera.
On today's date in 1933, it was another Metropolitan Opera artist, mezzo-soprano Rose Bampton, who gave the premiere of one of Barber's early masterworks: a setting of a text by the British poet Matthew Arnold entitled "Dover Beach" for voice and string quartet.
This first recording of "Dover Beach," made in 1935, however, featured Barber himself as the vocalist, making him perhaps the only classical composer to sing one of his own works on a professional, major-label recording.
When the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams heard Barber sing his setting of "Dover Beach," he urged Barber to continue to compose. The young man took his advice, and rather than make a name for himself as a concert pianist or opera baritone, rapidly established himself as one of the major American composers of the 20th century.
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Federal prosecutors have said that President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan accepted large bribes in connection with dispensing his country's oil concessions during the 1990's, and later tried to obstruct the federal inquiry into the payments, which came from American oil companies, according to legal documents.
The allegations were made by the Justice Department in a sealed motion and described recently in a letter of complaint from Kazakhstan's lawyers to the deputy attorney general. The letter was part of a quiet effort to exempt Mr. Nazarbayev from prosecution.
Mr. Nazarbayev and his representatives have raised the issue with Vice President Dick Cheney and other senior officials several times, but the effort to curb the investigation has been unsuccessful, according to court records and officials of both governments. Administration officials said Washington had rebuffed the Kazakhs' efforts.
Relations between the United States and Kazakhstan have hit a rough patch. Though military cooperation has expanded as part of the campaign against terrorism, senior Bush administration officials have expressed concern over Kazakhstan's treatment of political opponents, journalists and American oil companies.
Last month, Deputy Commerce Secretary Samuel Bodman said Kazakhstan's path toward market-based economic reform had moved in a ''worrisome direction.'' Mr. Bodman, who cited disagreements over oil-industry contracts, was trying to resolve a new dispute involving Kazakhstan's interpretation of a 1993 oil contract that involved ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil.Continue reading the main story
Kazakhstan is a crucial part of the administration's strategy to reduce dependence on Persian Gulf oil and to stem Islamic militancy in Central Asia. But the corruption inquiry and its fallout illustrate the diplomatic and economic difficulties that can arise in a quest for energy security.
Reid H. Weingarten, a Washington attorney for Kazakhstan, touched on the problem in a lengthy letter he sent in September to Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson, asking him to intervene.
''I am deeply concerned that foreign relations between the United States and the Republic of Kazakhstan -- an important ally in the war on terrorism with significant oil and gas reserves in an unstable geographical region -- will deteriorate if prosecutors maintain their pursuit of the documents in Kazakhstan and continue to aggressively investigate Kazakh government officials,'' Mr. Weingarten wrote.
The letter, a copy of which was provided to The New York Times by another lawyer who is not involved in the investigation, said Kazakhstan was prepared to cooperate, but in return wanted ''a formal assurance that President Nazarbayev will not be indicted.''
The broad outline of the federal grand jury investigation has been known for some time, based on court records and interviews with officials in both countries: tens of millions of dollars in payments to Kazakhstan by American oil companies in the 1990's wound up in Swiss bank accounts that are thought to have benefited top Kazakh officials, including President Nazarbayev.
The companies, including the Mobil Corporation, now part of ExxonMobil; Amoco, now part of BP; and Phillips Petroleum, now part of ConocoPhillips, have denied any wrongdoing and say all their payments were made directly to the Kazakh government.
James H. Giffen, an American businessman who advised American companies doing business in Kazakhstan before becoming a counselor to Mr. Nazarbayev, has also denied any wrongdoing. American and Swiss investigators have said Mr. Giffen and his company, the Mercator Corporation, are under investigation for possible violations of American laws, including a prohibition against bribing foreign officials.
Mr. Weingarten's nine-page letter provided new details of the investigation. He recounted a motion filed under seal by prosecutors in May in which they asked a judge to order Mr. Giffen and Mercator to turn over documents for the investigation.
The government motion stated that ''President Nazarbayev has received enormous bribes and personally obstructed the prosecutors' investigation,'' Mr. Weingarten wrote. Specifically, the prosecutors ''accused President Nazarbayev of personally directing the Kazakh minister of justice to manufacture a claim of executive privilege over Mr. Giffen's official actions in an effort to obstruct'' the investigation, he wrote.
Bryan Sierra, a Justice Department spokesman, said the department would not comment on the letter on the investigation, which is continuing. Mr. Nazarbayev has declined to respond to written questions from a reporter. Mr. Weingarten declined to discuss the letter.
Mercator has turned over 300,000 pages of documents to prosecutors. But lawyers for Mr. Giffen and the Kazakh government have tried to block efforts by prosecutors to obtain thousands more pages detailing the oil-related negotiations and transactions. They argued that the records are protected by Kazakhstan's sovereign immunity.
But last September, Judge Denny Chin of the federal court in Manhattan ruled that the additional documents must be turned over, though the public order did not identify the country or the source of the bribes.
''The republic's interest in protecting governmental confidentiality is strong,'' Judge Chin wrote, but he added, ''A foreign government that is alleged to be a recipient of bribes from an American corporation cannot be permitted to bring a grand jury investigation to a halt.''
The judge wrote that the foreign government had told Mr. Giffen, who is identified as John Doe in the ruling, that his information is protected by the ''sovereign rights of the republic'' -- Kazakhstan -- and that he could face prison if he turned over the documents. The judge also noted that the foreign government had tried to persuade the United States to stop the investigation.
Kazakhstan has also been trying to recover more than $80 million frozen in a Swiss bank account that Mr. Weingarten says belongs to the Kazakh government. Swiss officials say they have frozen more than $120 million at the urging of American investigators. American and Swiss investigators have said in court filings that bank accounts were set up for the personal benefit of top Kazakh officials and their families, including President Nazarbayev.
The issue of the frozen accounts was raised by two of Mr. Nazarbayev's top aides when they spoke with Vice President Cheney in October 2001, according to American and Kazakh officials. The aides also firmed up a White House visit for Mr. Nazarbayev with President Bush, which took place two months later.
Mr. Cheney was in a secure location because of terrorist threats, so he talked with the Kazakh officials via a video connection, officials said. The most vexing subject was the Kazakh concern about the Justice Department inquiry and the frozen funds, officials on both sides said.
After the video meeting, an aide to Mr. Cheney and Elizabeth Jones, the assistant secretary of state who oversees Kazakhstan, both made queries to the Justice Department about the investigation, officials said. When Mr. Nazarbayev came to see Mr. Bush several weeks later, his aides were told there was nothing the administration could do about the investigation.Continue reading the main story


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Full Cast Announced for THE ARABIAN NIGHTS at Tricycle Theatre, Nov 30
Following the critically acclaimed Red Velvet, Indhu Rubasingham continues her inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre with a new production of The Arabian Nights. Indhu said "Our new production of The Arabian Nights will be the first festive show at the Tricycle. It is the second production in my first season, and I am so excited that it's directed by Lu Kemp who has brought together a wonderful ensemble cast. This version promises to offer something different for young people as well as adults. It will be very cool with magical moments and superb story telling which will be humorous, dark and engaging. New music composed by the fantastic indie band Take It Easy Hospital will also add an extra edge and bring originality to this modern interpretation".
The full cast for The Arabian Nights is Jonathan Bonnici (Madman/Ensemble), Denton Chikura (Harun Al Rashid/Ensemble), Tunji Falana (Prince of Fools/Ensemble), Sandy Grierson (Sharyar/Aziz), Éva Magyar (Azizah/ Ensemble), Itxaso Moreno (Jester's Wife/Ensemble), Adura Onashile (Perfect Love/Ensemble), Tahirah Sharif (Dunyazade/Ensemble), Harmage Singh Kalirai (The Wazir), Ony Uhiara (Scheherezade/Sympathy) and Hemi Yeroham (Jester/Ensemble).
The Arabian Nights is written by Mary Zimmerman, adapted from The Book Of The Thousand Nights and One Night and is directed by Lu Kemp. The Arabian Nights runs at the Tricycle Theatre from 30 November until 12 January with press night on 6 December. Design is by Ben Stones, with lighting by Richard Howell, sound by Elena Pena, choreography by Ann Yee and projection design by Andrzej Goulding. Darren Lang is Illusion Consultant for The Arabian Nights and there is original music composed by Iranian band Take It Easy Hospital.
In Baghdad, a young woman starts a revolution through the power of storytelling.
For three years, King Shahryar has taken bloody vengeance against the women of his city, marrying a new bride every night and killing her in the morning.
Scheherazade is determined to stop the bloodshed using the only weapons she has – her wit and imagination. Night after night, the King's newest bride weaves tales of seduction, silliness and suspense. How long can her stories save her?
A punky, modern reimagining of ancient tales. Suitable for ages 10 plus.
Take it Easy Hospital is an Iranian indie pop band formed in the undergrounds of Theran in 2008 by Ash Koosha (singer/producer) and Negar Shaghaghi (singer/songwriter). Their first released EP was titled Human Jungle. The two starred in documentary film No One Knows About Persian Cats, which followed the real story of the band trying to find artists in Iran to play in UK music festivals. The film won the Special Jury Prize Ex-Aequo in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Jonathan Bonnici's stage credits include Beyond at Bristol Old Vic, Decades for Headlong Theatre Company, and The Black Album at The National Theatre.
Denton Chikura's stage credits include Two Gentlemen of Verona at The Globe Theatre, You Can't Take It With You at Manchester Royal Exchange, and Six Seeds at The National Theatre.
Tunji Falana's stage credits include Henry V at Southwark Playhouse, Fixer in the HighTide Festival, Ya Get Me at the Old Vic, and Romeo and Juliet at the Harlow Playhouse.
Sandy Grierson's stage credits include Tonight Sandy Grierson Will Lecture, Box and Dance at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival, A Midsummer Night's Dream for Headlong Theatre Company, The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo at the RSC, Gagarin Way at the Theatre Royal Bath, Home at The National Theatre of Scotland, and The Soul of Chien-Nu Leaves Her Body at the Young Vic.
Éva Magyar's stage credits include The Wild Bride, The Bacchae, and Midnight's Pumpkin all for Kneehigh Theatre Company, as well as Tristan And Yseult for Kneehigh and The National Theatre, The Party at Battersea Arts Centre, Ramayana at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Romeo and Juliet at the RSC. Éva's screen credits include X-Men: First Class, Fox London Productions Ltd.
Itxaso Moreno's stage credits include The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth at the Unicorn Theatre, The Tempest at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and Nation at The National Theatre.
Adura Onashile's stage credits include Skewered Snails at the Purcell Rooms, Southbank/UK Tour, Roadkill at Traverse, Barbican, and the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Arabian Nights at the RSC, The Rover at Southwark Playhouse, The Icarus Girl at the Arcola Theatre, Ma Vie En Rose at the Young Vic, Medea at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Macbeth for Out Of Joint, and The Overwhelming at The National Theatre.
Tahirah Sharif's stage credits include Moon on a Rainbow Shawl at The National Theatre, Crawling in the Dark at The Almeida Theatre, and In His Light at Hampstead Theatre. Tahirah's screen credits include The Invisible Woman, directed by Ralph Fiennes; One Night and Casualty, BBC; Whitechapel, ITV; and See Me, Film Four.
Harmage Singh Kalirai's was previously at the Tricycle Theatre in Dragon. Harmage's other stage credits include Behsharam at Soho Theatre/Birmingham Rep, Arabian Nights at the Young Vic/UK Tour, The Moonstone at the Royal Exchange Manchester, The Illusion at the Old Vic, and Doolaly Days at Haymarket Leicester. Harmage's screen credits include The Politician's Husband, Silent Witness, and Spooks, all for the BBC, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Ony Uhiara's was previously at the Tricycle Theatre in Walk Hard, Talk Loud. Ony's other stage credits include Sixty Six Books at the Bush Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing at The Globe, Charged: Charged Dancing at Soho Theatre, Eurydice at the Young Vic/UK Tour, In the Red and Brown Water at the Young Vic, Noughts and Crosses at the RSC, and Motor Town and Fallout both at the Royal Court. Ony's screen credits include Stolen, RSJ Films; Rosemary and Thyme, Carlton; and Waking Dead, BBC.
Hemi Yeroham's stage credits include The Cradle Will Rock at the Arcola Theatre, and Failed States at Pleasance Theatre, London. Hemi's screen credits include Sunshine and Bad Grandad, Common People, Sky Atlantic – broadcast in January 2013; Eastenders, BBC; Closer, Working Title; and Mamma Mia!, Universal.
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This hotel features 2 restaurants, an indoor pool, and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas is provided, as well as free self parking, a free airport shuttle, and a free casino shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a sauna, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Wilkes Barre - East Mountain provides a sauna and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 6000 square feet (557 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. An area shuttle within 5.0 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) are complimentary for guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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As they paddled through the final laps of a 24-hour swim marathon early Saturday night, the six members of Rosemount Middle School's TGIDI Destination ImagiNation team had visions of hot showers and soft beds. They were sore and they were tired, but they were also very, very happy.
The scribbled-out numbers posted on the walls outside the school's pool gave an indication just how happy. When the seventh graders were planning their event they had a goal of raising about $5,100 for muscular dystrophy research. The numbers, written in on white letter paper in black and blue and green marker, provide a running tally of how quickly that goal got left in their wake. They start at $6,750 and continue upward to $7,100, $7,500 and $9,500 before eventually topping $10,000.
"It's cool that this many people would come do something, even at 3 a.m.," said group member Anna Peterson. "We were only expecting 300 people and we got 500, 600."
The girls had lined up enough swimmers before the event started to fill each of the 20-minute shifts they had set up throughout the event, and people just kept coming once the event was up and running. High school students who came across the marathon brought in friends. Delta Airlines, where one team member's mother works, had a team fly in from Atlanta to swim in honor of a co-worker whose child was recently diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.
The event inspired many people to go beyond the $5 donation that was required of participants. One RMS student who showed up near the end brought a mason jar stuffed with cash she had earned running a lemonade stand. She was swimming in honor of her grandmother, who died of ALS, which is in the same family as muscular dystrophy. Another swimmer went door-to-door in her neighborhood and collected $265.
"The only people that really gave $5 were people our age who don't have big bank," said team member Maggie Moeller.
Keeping the whole thing running took a lot of work. The girls, each of whom swam more than 500 lengths of the RMS pool, managed a few hours of sleep on air mattresses and gymnastics mats in the school's auxiliary gym, but they were rousted early Sunday morning to make way for a Tai Chi class.
There were plenty of benefits, though, and they went beyond raising money. The girls also got to see their school in a new light. For the first time since kindergarten nap times, they had permission to sleep in school.
"I think the best part is getting keys to the whole building," Moeller said.
With the event over, the girls will compile their results and prepare a skit for the state DI competition in mid-April. If things go well there, they'll qualify for the global competition, where they brought home a title last year.


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Here's a question we last asked about a year ago: With the proliferation of high-resolution sound cards and other computer audio peripherals over the last couple of years, have you begun using your computer to play music?
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Plans for building 18,000 housing units for immigrants during the current Israeli fiscal year were announced today by Giora Josephthal, Minister of Development and Housing, prior to his departure for the United States to address the United Jewish Appeal conference this weekend.
He said that expenditures on buildings of all kinds rose from 500,000,000 pounds ($280,000,000) in 1959-60 to 800,000,000 pounds ($448,000,000) this year. He emphasized that nine out of every 10 immigrants who arrived between April and November were provided with housing and that two-thirds of the newcomers were settled in development areas. Only five percent became farmers, he said.
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The December 1992
issue of Glass on Metal magazine includes an article on 'Lusters,
A History of Dynamic Limitations' with a description of the new
mica-based luster pigments stabilized for glass, glazed ceramic,
and enameled metal applications. These new lusters are now
available to artists for one-of-a-kind pieces, exclusively from
Thompson Enamel, under the name Carefree Lusters. U.S.
Patent No. 5,366,736 has been granted for this invention.
The November 3rd
meeting of the Ohio Valley Enameling Guild hosted a lecture,
demonstration, and hands-on workshop with Carefree Lusters by
Harry McDaniel. Most everyone in attendance found the
lusters easy to use with cost, safety, and durability superior to
the typical precious metal resinate luster. Carefree Lusters
are currently available in seven rainbow colors: metallic
yellow, orange, red; and clear silver, purple, blue and
green. These lusters are very similar in form and properties
to the natural lusters found in pearls, peacock feathers, scarab
beetles, and many butterfly wings. The primary difference is
that the natural lusters are organic, while Carefree Lusters are
The new lusters are
supplied as fine powders (particle size 10 to 60 microns) which
can be dusted dry onto a wet vitreous surface or dispersed in a
gum solution (e.g. Klyr Fire or hairspray concentrate) for
application by brush. A concentration of less than about 10%
by weight (30 to 40% by volume) is recommended for most liquid
dispersions, including those for air brush and screen
printing. If a thinner dispersion is needed for air
brushing, thin with a water soluble volatile solvent like
isopropyl alcohol. If a thicker one is needed for screen
printing, thicken with an ashless organic solid like 200 to 325
mesh black walnut shells. The lusters are essentially
non-toxic, with similar materials finding use in women's cosmetics
and children's toothpastes. The material safety data sheets
for Carefree Lusters list a chemical composition of mica flakes,
and titanium dioxide and/or iron oxide. Care, however,
should be taken in handling the dry powders not to breathe the
Less than about one
gram of luster per square foot colors the entire surface of an art
object. Using less, or underfiring the piece with an excess
of pigment, will give a glossy finish, while the typical finish
will be matt. Varying the application thickness of the
luster by dilution with solvent, will give an effect like
watercolors not achievable with the precious metal resinate
lusters. Carefree Lusters when applied give close to the
same appearance as after firing. However, if the lusters are
applied in excess, the excess will not bond to the vitreous
surface and will rub/wash off. For any given vitreous
surface and at any given firing temperature/time, only a given
amount of luster, and no more, will bond to the surface.
This bond is quite durable. The bonded lustrous coating
cannot be removed by dishwashing, acid, and/or non-abrasive
scrubbing. However, if the vitreous surface is scrateched,
so will the durable lustrous coating.
Once the lusters have
been applied wet to the vitreous surface in the intended design
and allowed to dry, sgrafitto details can be scratched into the
unfired coatings. Hair spray concentrate, because of the
hardness of its dried surface, is the recommended dispersing
medium. Dry under infrared lamps before sgrafitto details or
firing of the enameled metal object. For most enameled
copper, steel and precious metal objects, a firing temperature of
about 1200 degrees F to about 1300 degrees F for two to five
minutes is recommended. For enameled aluminum, a firing
temperature of about 1080 degrees F for three minutes should be
adequate. Firing temperature is determined by the softening
point of the underlying enamel. The lower softening point
enamels will require the lower firing temperature; and the higher
softening point, the higher ones. The side of the enameled
object with the luster application can be facing down rather than
up during the firing process without any loss in quality. A
Q-Tip rub off test of the lustrous coating after the object has
been fired and cooled, can be made on a small portion of the
design to assure bonding of the luster. If the luster has
not bonded to the degree intended, the cooled object can be
returned to the oven at a higher temperature and/or longer time to
assure bonding of the luster to the intended level. Once the
luster has been bonded, wash the cooled enameled object with water
and detergent with non-abrasive scrubbing to remove any unfixed
luster; then rinse and dry. A Sparex or 10% nitric acid bath
can follow to remove fire scale, with no damage in the durable
lustrous coating.
The durable lustrous
coating in on the vitreous surface of the object with more or less
transparency depending upon the thickness of the coating (more
transparency for thinner, less for thicker coatings) and the type
of luster (more transparent for clear, less for metallic
lusters). Since the lusters are transparent with more color
and luster when the light is at the reflective angle to the
lustrous coating, the color of the luster will be more apparent
when the color of the underlying enamel is black or some other
dark color. With transparent enamels and visible underlying
metal or metallic foil surfaces, the metallic luster surface
coatings can and will provide a contrast and interplay with the
underlying metal surfaces.
These same lusters can
be used on glass and on glazed ceramic objects, as well as on
enameled metal objects. The application techniques are
similar but the firing times and temperatures will differ.
For float process flat glass, use the non-tin side for the luster
application and fire at a fusing/slumping temperature of about
1380 degrees F to about 1480 degrees F in a temperature programmed
cycle. For glazed ceramics, a bisque firing temperature of
about 1720 degrees F to about 1820 degrees F in a temperature
programmed cycle will be adequate for most high fire glazes.
Glass and ceramic objects with Carefree Lusters are microwaveable,
unlike those with precious metal resinate lusters. The
overlayer of the transparent glass as well as a flowing surface of
water on objects with Carefree Lusters enhances their luster
Gas fired as well as
electric ovens are useable, but in both cases, avoid breathing of
the dry lusters or collections of the lusters on hot gas jets or
electric filaments. The clear lusters decompose at
temperatures of about 2000 degrees F. At these temperatures,
the opaque white titanium dioxide decomposition product may give
cloudy stains on the surfaces of your vitreous objects.
Carefree Lusters are
currently available in only seven colors/tonalities, but other
lusters will become available as demand dictates. Smaller (
5 to 25 microns) and larger particle sizes (10 to 125 microns)
will become available in most of the current seven
colors/tonalities for a matt (smaller particle size) and sparkle
finish (larger size). Other clear colors (i.e. yellow,
orange, red) can be made available on special order. More
importantly, become better acquainted with the current seven
colors/tonalities already available. You will need this
experience before you can evaluate the other lusters. The
other lusters will follow closely the same application and firing
procedures, but will deliver relatively non-dramatic differences
in the end results of color and luster quality.
Blending of lusters
with other luster colors is not recommended because of the usual
accompanying loss in luster intensity. However, some lusters
can be blended with unexpected, positive results. Two parts
of clear blue and one part metallic red gives a purple luster with
more depth and opacity than the current clear purple, with no
apparent loss in luster intensity. More importantly,
Carefree Lusters should not, and need not, be blended with
transparent or opaque vitreous fluxes or frits to provide a
durable lustrous coating. Their addition results in a
dramatic loss in lustrous quality as well as an excessive use of
luster pigments. Blends of luster pigments with vitreous
fluxes and frits are covered by U.S. Patents No. 4,353,991,
assigned to the Ferro Corporation.
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Boldt, Martha (10 October 1885 - 12 April 1967)
Funeral services were held Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic Church for Mrs. John Boldt, 81, of Rt. 3, Neillsville, who died April 12, in Neillsville. The Rev. George M. Nelson officiated. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery in Nekoosa.
Mrs. Boldt, the former Martha Kransky, was born October 10, 1885, in Joliet, Ill. She came to Wisconsin as a young girl and worked as a waitress. On February 23, 1901, she was married to John Boldt in Chicago, Ill. They farmed in Indiana, coming to Wisconsin in 1927. Mr. Boldt died in 1965.
Mrs. Boldt was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and its St. Helen's Circle P.C.C.W.
A P.C.C.W. rosary service was said Sunday afternoon at the Georgas Funeral Home. Sunday evening a general rosary service was said.
She is survived by three children: Mrs. Ed (Marie) Meier of Neillsville, John Boldt, Jr., of Rt. 3, Neillsville, and Mrs. Ed (Florence) Hainz of Rt. 1 Neillsville. Also surviving are three sisters, Mary Zolesky and Stella Kransky, both of Milwaukee, and Anna Pisula of Nekoosa; two brothers, Walter Kransky of Mountain View, Cal., and Frank Kransky of Chicago, Ill.; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: Ted Schulist, Henry Langreck, Martin Feuerstein, William Schwellenbach, Don Champoux and Tony Erpenbach.
Out of town people here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Glinski of Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Becker and family of Kenosha; and Mr. and Mrs. Greg Tomac of Eau Claire.
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Small-scale manufacturers that are suffering from the rise in the dollar will be hardest hit by a jump in electricity prices, the NSW Business Chamber says.
An Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal draft determination on Thursday proposed an increase in electricity charges of 16 per cent from July 1.
Half the rise is attributed to the introduction of the carbon tax and half to necessary investment in network upgrades.
NSW Business Chamber chief executive
"Small manufacturers tend to use a lot of power by nature of how manufacturing operates, and yet they are the ones who are also going to be struggling because of the high dollar," he said.
Individuals and very large electricity consumers will be compensated for the carbon tax, but small businesses won't be, Mr Cartwright said.
And because power bills are issued quarterly, it may be 13 weeks into the carbon tax regime before business owners understand the added costs, he said.
"The conundrum is that it's then too late to go back and retrospectively put up your prices," he said. "But on the flip side, if you guess and you get the calculation significantly wrong, you are potentially exposed to the [Australian Competition and Consumer Commission] coming down on you for misrepresentation in trade and commerce, which they have said they will do."
The independent price regulator draft determination has sparked a row between state and federal authorities, with each blaming the other for cost rises.
Former NSW Labor governments have been criticised for chronic under-investment in power assets.
But opposition energy spokesman Luke Foley said the Liberal state government should provide financial assistance to NSW households.
The Australian Financial Review


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Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowl offensive tackle Russell Okung was activated from injured reserve-designated to return after recovering from a torn ligament in his left big toe.
The Seahawks cut quarterback B.J. Daniels to create a roster spot for Okung.
"It's a six-to-eight week injury, so we hope it will all work out right for us," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters at the time of Okung's designation two months ago "Russell is determined and kind of excited that he has a chance to get back this season, as we are. So we'll just ride it out and take good care of him."
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Two men arrested near Lakenheath for alleged theft of copper cable
PUBLISHED: 11:58 11 February 2014 | UPDATED: 11:58 11 February 2014
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Two men have been arrested in relation to metal theft after being pulled over by police officers.
The men were stopped at 12.30am this morning by Forest Heath police after being spotted on the A1065, near to the junction with the B1112 towards Eriswell.
They were driving a "suspicious vehicle", according to police.
The car was followed for a short time before being pulled over in Station Road, Lakenheath, where checks were carried out.
Inside the boot approximately 10 metres of copper cable was discovered.
A 24-year-old man from Thetford and a 32-year-old man from Brandon were arrested on suspicion of theft and taken to the Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre where they are being questioned.


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Question Re: Which Color And Fading Gumpaste
Decorating By ahuvas Updated 3 Jun 2008 , 11:49pm by ceshell
Can someone advise me which color gel (I can buy Americolor or Wilton) for Dorothy the Dinosaur. I tried a mixture and ruined an entire batch of gumpaste?
Also I made some gumpaste roses and weirdly the color faded at the tips of the rose? Is this normal? Is there any way I can stop this? I dont really want to have to purchase petal powder if I dont have to?
Blue, purple and pink.. they can cause trouble..
Make your decorations and hide them from the light.. it's hard to dry something that you have to hide from the light ...
I have stuck my gp work in the oven (not gas oven) with the light off if it is in these colors.
Egad, that is a tough question. What mixture did you use, that didn't work out? To me she looks like mostly a leaf green with maybe a TOUCH of blue. Like, the tiniest hint.
As for your roses, as Christi said, colors w/red in them fade in light, and I've noticed the thinner the gp, the quicker it will fade. So yes, keep them out of the light and yes, it stinks for trying to dry them since generally speaking a dark place also is a place with minimal air circulation. I remember redoing a few pink things that I'd let dry on the counter for an HOUR, they faded so fast. Grr! (Mind you my kitchen was quite bright)
I think I tried leaf green ad a bit of teal but because it gets darker as it sits its so hard to see when to stop.
Good point about the getting darker thing, that definitely makes it hard to adjust your colors unless you have an infinite amount of time to wait for the colors to ripen. So...it turned out too blue? I hate to ask this but did you add even more green at that point, or just chuck it? You could add more green-only gp so that at least you wouldn't have to redo the ENTIRE batch...
Edited to add: I've seen a few mixing charts around, and coincidentally CCer "diane" just posted this mixing chart, don't know if it would help but here goes http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-5958447.html


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COY, Hugh Robert
Date of death: 9 Jun 1987 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Columbus Republic, June 10, 1987
Milk company employee
H. Robert Coy
Fairland resident H. Robert Coy, 61, died Tuesday morning at Community Hospital in Indianapolis.
He was born May 24, 1926, in Shelby County, to Hugh Russell and Edelle (Williams) Coy.
He married Alma (Fisher) Coy Oct. 11, 1947, in Shelby County. She survives.
A lifelong Shelby County resident, Mr. Coy worked the past six years at Banquet Milk Co. in Indianapolis. Before that he worked 15 years at Howard and Harry Oil Co. in Fairland.
He was a member of Second Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Shelbyville Eagles Lodge 84 and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 766.
A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Ewing Mortuary in Shelbyville, with the Rev. Vernard McClanahan officiating. Friends may call at the mortuary after 4 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be at Fairland Cemetery.
Surviving with his wife are his stepmother, Ruth B. Coy; three sons, John R. Coy of Shreveport, La., Richard L. Coy of Shelbyville, and William A. Coy of Fairland; two brothers, Duane Coy of Shelbyville, and Carroll Coy of Waldron; one stepbrother, Jack Winkler, Franklin; one stepsister, Judith Hendricks, Shelbyville, and five grandchildren.
Link to Hugh Robert Coy's Find A Grave entry
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I just had a ton of hair loss in the last month (I wrote another post about the knottiest hair ever) and it's not my thyroid or anything ... I went to the chiropractor and he said it's something to do with wheat ingredients in the products I'm using. Lo and behold, I came home to find out the Ouidad I had just switched to has wheat in it!,
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I have a word 2007 file having text in an Indian language (Hindi) containing line numbers on each line. About 12 pages. Some lines are bolded, some are italicized and others are colored.
What I want is to sort text in Hindi first but retain the line numbers. This is not possible I guess since the numbers will remain at their place. Sorting of text is fine, though.
The next best thing I can do is copy the text along with line numbers into wordpad and back to word, then sort the text. But this way, the sorting is done based on numbers and not text.
Another thing I can do is to remove the line numbers from the start of each line and add the line numbers to end of each line, say in brackets. But doing this manually is extremely tedious. And if I completely remove the numbering, is there a way I can add numbering to the end of each line?
I am aware that this can be done easily in Linux/UNIX using the sed tool but even if I had Linux installed, and used sed to do this, I'd had to loose the formatting of my text.
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FOUR men have charged following dozens of robberies and burglaries across the South including raids in Hedge End and Otterbourne.
Detectives from Hampshire's Major Investigation Team have charged the quartet with conspiracy to commit robbery and conspiracy to commit burglary following some 40 offences across Hampshire, Thames Valley, Wiltshire and Surrey.
The four are due to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday March 25.
They are: Andrew Smith, 27, from Staines, Surrey; Stewart Last, 28, and Lee Fitzgerald, 37, both from Windsor, Berkshire; and Richard Loveridge, 27, from Datchet, Berkshire. The offences are alleged between August 2011 and February 2012.
They include an attempted burglary at Carphone Warehouse in Hedge End, a robbery at Nationwide Building Society in West Street, Fareham when a large amount of cash was stolen and a burglary at Budgens in Otterbourne. Cigarettes were taken.


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Keilaniemi (Swedish: Kägeludden) is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. It is a high-rise business district mostly known for the numerous head offices of large corporations located there. The district includes the head offices of Microsoft Mobile, Kone, Fortum, Neste Oil, and many smaller corporations such as Rovio Entertainment. Keilaniemi rose to the position of a corporate concentration in 1976, when the Fortum head office was built there. The 18-story building is still one of the tallest office buildings in Finland.
Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south. The distance from Keilaniemi to the centre of Helsinki along the Länsiväylä highway is about 8 km.
Länsimetro, an extension of the Helsinki metro, is under construction, includes a metro station in Keilaniemi.[1] Significant new construction is also planned: construction of new tower blocks for office and residential use has been approved.[2]
Immediately south of Keilaniemi proper, there is the small peninsula of Karhusaari, where a 19th-century mansion, the Sinebrychoff mansion, is located. The mansion, owned by the City of Espoo, houses the Karhusaari Art Centre and is used for weddings and other events.[3]
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- ^ http://www.espoo.fi/fi-FI/Asuminen_ja_ymparisto/Kaavoitus/Lansimetro/Keilaniemi?n5=2
- ^ http://www.espoo.fi/fi-FI/Asuminen_ja_ymparisto/Kaavoitus/Asemakaava/Asemakaavoituskohteet/SuurTapiola/Keilaniemi__metro_tornihanke_220823
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Clothier's Suit Says Saks Abused Markdown Deductions
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 18, 2005
A clothing maker sued Saks Inc. yesterday for many millions of dollars, accusing the retailer's Saks Fifth Avenue chain of ruining its business through the abuse of markdown deductions.
Saks Fifth Avenue, the luxury chain of 57 stores, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States attorney's office for pressuring suppliers to pay markdown money -- reportedly deducting thousands of dollars from money it owed those vendors, without authorization. Saks Inc. has admitted $21 million in improper deductions, and has fired three executives and a handful of managers involved with collecting the extra money.
Yesterday afternoon, the chief spokeswoman for Saks Inc., Julia Bentley, said the company did not comment on litigation.
In the complaint, the clothing maker, International Design Concepts, accused Saks Inc. and Saks Fifth Avenue of breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment.
A lawyer for International Design Concepts, Donald L. Kreindler of Phillips Nizer, said the company had bought the assets of Apparel Group International, a clothing maker with a license to make Oscar de la Renta clothes for Saks, Dillard's, Neiman Marcus and other stores. Because of the improper deductions by Saks Fifth Avenue, Mr. Kreindler said, his client could not pay its licensing fees. After it lost the license -- its only source of revenue -- the company closed.
The Saks Fifth Avenue business made up 60 percent of its sales, he said.
The complaint against Saks said that International Design Concepts, based in New York from 1996 to 2003, did more than $90 million in business with Saks in those seven years, and that the markdowns -- money subtracted because the store claimed it had been forced to lower the price of merchandise -- was about 35 percent of the total, or more than $31 million.
In addition, Mr. Kreindler said, there were millions of dollars in chargeback deductions, which the lawsuit defined as ''penalties for alleged short shipments, late deliveries, mismarkings, improper packaging and various other miscellaneous claimed errors.'' (After all the documents are examined, Mr. Kreindler said, he will be able to offer a more specific figure.)
The S.E.C. is also investigating Saks Fifth Avenue's use of chargebacks.
Yesterday was a difficult day for Saks. The company also announced that it had missed earnings forecasts for the first quarter. Net income was $17.1 million, or 12 cents a share; analysts expected 16 cents, according to Thomson Financial.
Shares of Saks Inc. declined 34 cents to close at $16.60.
Normally, such quarterly earnings announcements compare last year's results with this year's. But because of the continuing investigations, the company repeated its March warning that ''statements for fiscal 1999 through the third quarter of 2004 should no longer be relied upon.''
In a conference call yesterday with analysts, the chief executive, R. Brad Martin, said that ''management is undertaking its work to confirm the amount of total vendor markdown allowances determined to have been improperly collected, as well as reviewing all its accounting practices relating to timing and recognition of certain vendor allowances.''
As a result, he said, all information was ''preliminary and remains subject to change.''
In other remarks at yesterday's session, the chief executive of Saks Fifth Avenue, Fred W. Wilson, said sales at his chain increased 5.5 percent in the first quarter, after a 15.3 percent rise in the year-earlier period. He conceded that gross margins had been hurt by too much inventory.


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There is another late Act of Parliament, which appears to me to
be unconstitutional and as destructive to the liberty of these colonies,
as that mentioned in my last letter; that is, the Act for granting the
duties on paper, glass, etc.
The Parliament unquestionably possesses a legal authority to
regulate the trade of Great Britain and all her colonies. Such an
authority is essential to the relation between a mother country and her
colonies; and necessary for the common good of all. He, who considers
these provinces as States distinct from the British Empire, has very
slender notions of justice, or of their interests. We are but parts of a
whole, and therefore there must exist a power somewhere to preside, and
preserve the connexion due order. This power is lodged in the
Parliament; and we are as much dependent on Great Britain as a perfectly
free people can be on another.
I have looked over every statute relating to these colonies, from
their first settlement to this time; and I find every one of them
founded on this principle till the Stamp Act administration. All before
are calculated to regulate trade and preserve or promote a mutually
beneficial intercourse between the several constituent parts of the
Empire; and though many of them imposed duties on trade, yet those
duties were always imposed with design to restrain the commerce of one
part, that was injurious to another, and thus to promote the general
welfare. The raising a revenue thereby was never intended. Thus the
king, by his judges in his courts of justice, imposes fines which all
together amount to a very considerable sum and contribute to the support
of government: but this is merely a consequence arising from
restrictions that only meant to keep peace and prevent confusion; and
surely a man would argue very loosely, who should conclude from hence
that the king has a right to levy money in general upon his subjects.
Never did the British Parliament, till the period above mentioned, think
of imposing duties in America for the purpose of raising a revenue. Mr.
Grenville first introduced this language, in the preamble to the 4 Geo.
III, c. 15, which has these words: "And whereas it is just and necessary
that a revenue be raised in Your Majesty's said dominions in America,
for defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing the
same: We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of
Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, being desirous to make some
provision in this present session of Parliament, towards raising the
said revenue in America, have resolved to give and grant unto Your
Majesty the several rates and duties herein after mentioned," etc.
A few months after came the Stamp Act, which reciting this,
proceeds in the same strange mode of expression, thus: "And whereas it
is just and necessary that provision be made for raising a further
revenue within Your Majesty's dominions in America, towards defraying
the said expences, we Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects,
the Commons of Great Britain, etc., give and grant," etc., as before.
The last Act, granting duties upon paper, etc., carefully pursues
these modern precedents. The preamble is, " Whereas it is expedient that
a revenue should be raised in Your Majesty's dominions in America, for
making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of
the administration of justice, and the support of civil government in
such provinces, where it shall be found necessary; and towards the
further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing
the said dominions, we Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects,
the Commons of Great Britain, etc., give and grant," etc., as before.
Here we may observe an authority expressly claimed and exerted to
impose duties on these colonies; not for the regulation of trade; not
for the preservation or promotion of a mutually beneficial intercourse
between the several constituent parts of the Empire, heretofore the sole
objects of parliamentary institutions; but for the single purpose of
levying money upon us.
This I call an innovation; and a most dangerous innovation. It may
perhaps be objected that Great Britain has a right to lay what duties
she pleases upon her exports, and it makes no difference to us whether
they are paid here or there. To this I answer: these colonies require
many things for their use, which the laws of Great Britain prohibit them
from getting anywhere but from her. Such are paper and glass. That we
may legally be bound to pay any general duties on these commodities
relative to the regulation of trade, is granted; but we being obliged by
the laws to take from Great Britain any special duties imposed on their
exportation to us only, with intention to raise a revenue from us only,
are as much taxes upon us as those imposed by the Stamp Act.
What is the difference in substance and right whether the same sum
is raised upon us by the rates mentioned in the Stamp Act, on the use of
paper, or by these duties on the importation of it ? It is only the
edition of a former book, shifting a sentence from the end to the
Suppose the duties were made payable in Great Britain.
It signifies nothing to us, whether they are to be paid here or
there. Had the Stamp Act directed that all the paper should be landed at
Florida, and the duties paid there before it was brought to the British
colonies, would the Act have raised less money upon us, or have been
less destructive of our rights? By no means: for as we were under a
necessity of using the paper, we should have been under the necessity of
paying the duties. Thus, in the present case, a like necessity will
subject us, if this Act continues in force, to the payment of the duties
now imposed.
Why was the Stamp Act then so pernicious to freedom? It did not
enact, that every man in the colonies should buy a certain quantity of
paper - No: It only directed that no instrument of writing should be
valid in law if not made on stamped paper.
The makers of that Act knew full well that the confusions that
would arise from the disuse of writings would compel the colonies to use
the stamped paper, and therefore to pay the taxes imposed. For this
reason the Stamp Act was said to be a law that would execute itself. For
the very same reason, the last Act of Parliament, if it is granted to
have any force here, will execute itself, and will be attended with the
very same consequences to American liberty. Some persons perhaps may say
that this Act lays us under no necessity to pay the duties imposed,
because we may ourselves manufacture the articles on which they are
laid; whereas by the Stamp Act no instrument of writing could be good,
unless made on British paper, and that too stamped.
Great Britain has prohibited the manufacturing iron and steel in
these colonies, without any objection being made to her right of doing
it. The like right she must have to prohibit any other manufacture among
us. Thus she is possessed of an undisputed precedent on that point. This
authority, she will say, is founded on the original intention of
settling these colonies; that is, that we should manufacture for them,
and that they should supply her with materials. The equity of this
policy, she will also say, has been universally acknowledged by the
colonies, who never have made the least objections to statutes for that
purpose; and will further appear by the mutual benefits flowing from
this usage ever since the settlement of these colonies.
Our great advocate Mr. Pitt, in his speeches on the debate
concerning the repeal of the Stamp Act, acknowledged that Great Britain
could restrain our manufactures. His words are these: "This kingdom, the
supreme governing and legislative power, has always bound the colonies
by her regulations and restrictions in trade, in navigation, in
manufactures - in everything, except that of taking their money out of
their pockets, without their consent." Again he says: "We may bind their
trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatever,
except that of taking their money out of their pockets, without their
Here then, my dear countrymen, ROUSE yourselves, and behold the
ruin hanging over your heads. If you ONCE admit that Great Britain may
lay duties upon her exportations to us, for the purpose of levying money
on us only, she then will have nothing to do but to lay those duties on
the articles which she prohibits us to manufacture - and the tragedy of
American liberty is finished. We have been prohibited from procuring
manufactures, in all cases, anywhere but from Great Britain (excepting
linens, which we are permitted to import directly from Ireland). We have
been prohibited in some cases from manufacturing for ourselves, and may
be prohibited in others. We are therefore exactly in the situation of a
city besieged, which is surrounded by the works of the besiegers in
every part but one. If that is closed up, no step can be taken, but to
surrender at discretion. If Great Britain can order us to come to her
for necessaries we want, and can order us to pay what taxes she pleases
before we take them away, or when we land them here, we are as abject
slaves as France and Poland can show in wooden shoes and with uncombed
Perhaps the nature of the necessities of dependent states, caused
by the policy of a governing one, for her own benefit, may be elucidated
by a fact mentioned in history. When the Carthaginians were possessed of
the island of Sardinia, they made a decree, that the Sardinians should
not raise corn, nor get it any other way than from the Carthaginians.
Then, by imposing any duties they would upon it, they drained from the
miserable Sardinians any sums they pleased; and whenever that oppressed
people made the least movement to assert their liberty, their tyrants
starved them to death or submission. This may be called the most perfect
kind of political necessity.
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