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" Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Author: mervyn Peake / Audio Book / Narrator: Rupert Degas "
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I've been spending a good deal of time driving up and down the M6 just lately. As I tend to set off at the crack of dawn on a Sunday, there isn't much in the way of good listening on the radio at that ungodly hour so I've taken to borrowing audio books from the library to help take my mind off the mind-numbing boredom of motorway driving. On my most recent trip, one of the audio books I listened to was Titus Groan, the first instalment of Mervyn Peake's dark fantasy series, Gormenghast.
I've listened to several other recordings produced by Naxos and have been very impressed by the quality not only of the books available but also of the narrators and in that respect this one is exceptionally good. More of the narrator later because he's key to the success of this recording.
Rather unexpectedly, a baby has been born to Lord Sepulchrave, the 76th Earl of Gormenghast and his countess, Gertrude. The child, Titus Groan, is heir to a crumbling city state, hidebound by rituals which have origins lost in the mists of time, and he proves to be a catalyst for change throughout the city and its population. For years the status quo has been maintained but all that is about to change and much of it is masterminded by Steerpike. Steerpike is a kitchen boy who is looking for a way out of the kitchens and an entry into the very seat of power and he will use anything and anybody to achieve his aims, including members of the very dysfunctional ruling family of Groan.
The author and his creation:
Titus Groan was originally published in the late forties in a Britain struggling to repay its debts and rebuild the economy following World War II, so a time of austerity somewhat like today and the story setting of Gormenghast Castle definitely has a cold, grey and austere feel to it. The characters, however, are some of the most eccentric and colourful you'll ever meet.
Mervyn Peake was a novelist and artist and his original drawings accompanied the text. These drawings showed pinched-faced, hunch-shouldered grotesque characters and his original concept was to create a cycle of books detailing Titus's life from cradle to grave. Titus Groan covers the first two years of Titus's life up to his 'Earling'.
The narrator:
I grew up as a child of the radio age and some of my earliest memories are of listening to Children's Hour where often stories were read in serial form and it's a pleasure I've never grown out of. I think those of us who grew up listening to radio often pay more regard to speaking voices than, possibly, children from the television age and certainly when listening to an audio book, the quality of narration can make or mar a story. This book is read by Rupert Degas and his narration is very much in the style of those early listening days.
I'd never heard of Rupert Degas but a quick Google search shows he's appeared in lots of radio, TV and theatre productions as well as doing voice over work. With a voice such as his, I'm guessing he's rarely out of work. He has a beautifully modulated tonal quality, neither too light nor too deep which he uses for the general narration but the voices he gives to the characters' dialogue are superb and he gives each a unique and distinct voice. These range from being light enough to pass for female to the deeply menacing and slightly sybillant tones he uses for the more malevolent and grotesque characters.
My opinion:
If ever a book was written to be read aloud, this is it. There is so much scope for a narrator to flex both his vocal range and his ability to read beautiful English prose which combines the lyrical with the darkly fantastical all delivered with a soupçon of subtle humour and Rupert Degas' delivery makes this a wonderful listening experience.
This may be a fantasy but it's definitely adult fantasy and probably not suitable for very young children because of the darkly sinister undertones. All of the characters in and around Gormenghast are grotesques. The original book had accompanying illustrations by Peake and Rupert Degas manages simply through the versatility of his voice to conjure up images of those bizarre pinched-featured creations.
Many modern fantasy writers, I'm sure, take Peake as one of their influences but listening to this recording I was struck by how the writers who must have influenced Peake come through in the narrative. There are definite shades of Alice in Wonderland here, especially with regard to Countess Gertrude who has a certain similarity to the Red Duchess in her uncaring attitude towards her child.
"Slagg", said the Countess, "go away! I would like to see the boy when he is six. Find a wet nurse from the Outer Dwellings. Make him green dresses from the velvet curtains. Take this gold ring of mine. Fix a chain to it. Let him wear it around his wry little neck. Call him Titus. Go away and leave the door six inches open."
The grotesqueness of many of the characters could also easily be attributed to the influence of Dickens and I'm pretty sure that Peake's choice of names for his characters such as Lord Sepulchrave, Flay, Prunesqualler and Rottcod, owe more than a nod in that direction.
Whatever Peake's influences, the story is uniquely his own and his description of Gormenghast brings the crumbling ruin of the castle and its inhabitants, both the aristocratic Groan family and their servants, to vivid life. The characters, though wildly fantastical, have traits which are somehow endearingly repulsive and Steerpike, whose Machiavellian manoeuvrings form the basis of the plot, combines charm with ruthless ambition, making him one of literature's true monsters.
I read these books in my teens and although I enjoyed them, I have to say I found them hard going in parts because the descriptive language sometimes get in the way of the story. This recording is abridged and I'm guessing many of these quite longwinded descriptive passages have been omitted though this doesn't interfere with the telling of the story in any way and probably makes it flow all the better for its brevity. Although this is abridged, the recording still has a running time of just over 5 hours but it's compulsive listening and you'll be amazed how quickly the time passes as you wander the dark corridors of Gormenghast Castle meeting the mad Lord Sepulchrave, his dysfunctional relations and his servants and you'll fear for the future of little Titus as Steerpike manipulates everyone around him in his quest to rise to the peak of power.
This is a wonderfully evocative recording of this modern classic fantasy and I'll certainly be listening to the follow up recordings of the other two books in the trilogy. Titus Groan can be bought online in CD format from around £5 or can be downloaded direct from Naxos for £11.


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On January 25, 2010, The Times Online's blogger and Times leader-writer Oliver Kamm told a lie.
Boy, was it a whopper.
That is to say, in his January 25 blog for The Times Online, "An apology to my readers," Oliver Kamm wrote the following:
"I of course haven't attempted to 'justify' the killings of civilians at
So, what makes Kamm's denial of his past record on the
Well, as Edward Herman and I point out in our "The Oliver Kamm School of Falsification" (MRZine, January 22), Kamm used the 62nd anniversary of the
There, we write (see the section we've titled "Kamm and Nukes"):
As a genocide denier and facilitator, it is hardly surprising that Kamm defends the nuclear bombing of
Our endnote #72 is also highly relevant here. — As we used it to add:
[72] Oliver Kamm, "Terrible, but not a crime," The Guardian, August 6, 2007. Instead, see Abbas Edalat and Mehrnaz Shahabi, "Prospects of Armageddon," The Guardian, August 7, 2007. As these authors rightly objected, the "subtext" of Kamm's defense of the nuking of
Thus, in fact, Oliver Kamm has gone on the record in the past to justify the mass killings of civilians at
I don't believe this for one second. But it is the argument that Kamm offers in public.
Nevertheless. Kamm's real reason for justifying the mass killings of civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes down to something much closer to this: Because one of his favorite mass killers (in this case, the
Of course, readers can only speculate how many other lies Kamm told in his "An apology to my readers."
The next time, he owes his readers a sincere apology.
"An apology to my readers," Oliver Kamm, The Times Online, January 25, 2010
"The Oliver Kamm School of Falsification," Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, MRZine, January 22, 2010.
"Oliver Kamm Tells A Lie," David Peterson, ZNet, January 25, 2010

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt met with Bill Clinton on Wednesday in New York for a global conference to help the poor. At the conference, Jolie and Pitt announced they are planning to raise millions to educate kids in war-torn countries and to rebuild New Orleans.
According to the New York Post, Jolie said she wants to reach the children that have been forced out of their countries, like the thousands of Iraqis who moved to Lebanon or Syria, and the kids from Columbia who are now in Costa Rica. One program she is working on will help over 150,000 displaced children get an education through "distance learning," which works with children through the use of radio, TV, laptops and cellphones.
In an effort to encourage people to help rebuild New Orleans, Pitt announced that he is willing to spend $10 million, matching funds to build 150 affordable homes in New Orleans' Ninth Ward.


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Step Down to Terror
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominous events and conflicting evidence leave Helen suspicious, but uncertain about her brother-in-law as tension builds...
Born in Yakima, Washington on 10 November 1932, Colleen Miller was discovered for films in 1951. The story goes that 19-year-old Colleen Miller was fishing in the California mountains when a resort photographer recruited her to pose with a prize trout; a movie scout saw the picture in a magazine. Her first film was the RKO Jane Russell vehicle The Las Vegas Story (1952). In 1953, Miller signed a contract with Universal-International to do a string of films. Her best notices were for 'Playgirl (1954)', 'Four Guns to the Border (1954)' and 'Man in the Shadow (1957)', gaining critical praise for her fine natural talent and carefree sensuality. Although her film career was going well, she retired from the screen after the release of Step Down to Terror in 1958 to play the role of wife and mother. In 1955, Miller married entrepreneur Ted Briskin (whose ex-wife was the troubled 1940s star Betty Hutton). The couple had two children by the time Colleen Miller came out of retirement for her final film, Gunfight at Comanche Creek, released in 1964. Miller and Briskin divorced in 1975. She later married Walter Ralphs of Ralphs Markets fame
Josephine Hutchinson was born on October 12, 1903 in Seattle, WA. After making her first film appearance at age 13, Josephine Hutchinson attended at Seattle's Cornish School of Music and Drama. Still in her early twenties, after several years of stock work in New York, she joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater where she won critical praise for her title role in "Alice in Wonderland." Her impeccable credentials notwithstanding, Hutchinson's earliest movie publicity emphasized the fact that hers was the longest name of any movie leading lady. She came to Hollywood in 1934 under contract with Warners, debuting in "Happiness Ahead". She co-starred with Paul Muni in "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936). At Universal, she played the wife of Basil Rathbone in The Son of Frankenstein (1939), an experience she cherished primarily because of the warm camaraderie between her co-stars Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Lionel Atwill. She played in many small roles, both in films - e.g., the phoney U.N. ambassador's wife in North by Northwest (1959) - and television ("Twilight Zone, " "Gunsmoke", "Perry Mason") in the 'fifties and 'sixties and continued to work steadily in films and television into the 1970s, most often playing firm, forceful elderly women. She died June 4, 1998 at Manhattan's Florence Nightingale Nursing Home, aged 94.


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Construction Businesses For Sale in Ramona CA
Searched the DealStream database for Construction Businesses For Sale in Ramona CA and found no matches. Expanded the search to nearby areas and found the following matches.
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This company was started in 1963 and specializes in 600 volts to 12,000 volts. Work is generally completed under a fixed price or time and material contracts for public and private entities. • 7/8 of Company's Revenue comes from state and federal projects • Several new contracts recently awarded....
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Inherited a Stetson straw hat. Looking for more information on it as it looks like most Stetsons were made in the USA from what I can see. This one says made in Italy. Does anyone have any information about this product that they can offer? I would love to know the history. I know it is pretty old.


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I'm going to tell you a story that never happened. A man and a woman didn't stand and watch a sunset and exclaim, "That's the ugliest sunset I've ever seen!"
Think about it. Have you ever heard someone complain about how unattractive a particular sunset is? The fact of the matter, though, is that some sunsets have to be better than others, right? They're not all created equal, but there's something about their nature that only makes us remark on them when they're beautiful.
Wow. Think about that. If you could infuse some of that positive power into the products or services that you sell, you'd have a much easier time marketing your business. So what is it about sunsets that makes them so powerful, something that we typically only comment on in order to praise it?
Not sure? Here's the answer: it's scarcity. Scarcity? You may be thinking that sunsets happen nearly every day. They can't possibly be considered scarce. But scarcity is the reason we prize these daily, ever-shifting light displays. We know they'll only last for a few moments, and then they're gone. We know that we have to savor them while they last because there will never be another exactly the same.
That's the kind of scarcity you want to cultivate for your business. Here's how you do it:
- Limit Access. Reserve certain products – or unique bundles of products – only for your best clients. If you create a special club of sorts, whose members get access to products other clients don't, then they'll see more value in those products. They'll feel special and will be predisposed to find their exclusive offers to be valuable.
- Create Beauty in your Business. If you display your special offering for a limited time only, then consumers will be more apt to snap it up right away. Limited time offers give customers a sense of urgency for the purchase, and a sense of relief when they receive their exclusive product. Showing the special benefits that your customers with exclusive access receive makes other customers want that privilege as well. Whether it's a section of your website, or a special area of a retail store, find a way to showcase your special offers.
- Raise your Prices. We value that for which we spend more money. If you create an exclusive, limited time offer for your customers, then they'll be willing to part with more money in order to secure your special deal. Pack in tons of added value, and it's a win for everyone. They key here isn't just to slap a higher price tag on the same old product. You must create an authentically more valuable offer, and your customers won't be able to resist it.
The ultimate marketing win is when you can get consumers so excited about your product or service that they start to market it for you. We see this happen all the time on Facebook. People "share" books they've bought on Amazon or "share" the outrageously expensive eyeshadow palette they just bought from Sephora. Why do websites prompt shoppers to "share" their purchases? Because we see value in the things our friends buy. Use the sunset effect in your marketing, and you'll start to see excited customers sharing the news about your brand.


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Enrichment & Purging of Stem Cells in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
This study has been completed.
Stanford University
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Stanford University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 13, 2005
Last updated: May 10, 2012
Last verified: May 2012
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Detailed Description:
To evaluate the role of purging the hematopoietic cell graft on outcomes for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
|Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
|Procedure: high dose chemo then auto hematopoietic cell transplant
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Enrichment and Purging of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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MedlinePlus related topics: LymphomaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Stanford University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- PCR positivity in peripheral blood cell collections after cyclophosphamide
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Enrichment of hematopoietic stem cells
|Study Start Date:
|October 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
To study the use of peripheral blood stem cells which have been treated in an effort to remove tumor cells. The researchers hope to learn whether or not this will be more effective in removing the tumor cells as compared to other methods of purging (the removal of cancer cells).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 75 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:- relapsed NHL
Exclusion Criteria:- liver dysfunction
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00186355
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00186355
|United States, California
|Stanford University School of Medicine
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
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|Principal Investigator:
|Robert S Negrin
|Stanford University
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77063 ( Other Identifier: Stanford University Alternate IRB Approval Number )
12170 ( Other Identifier: Stanford IRB )
|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2005
|Last Updated:
|May 10, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
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Technology Ideas for the Classroom
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illegal voting in that city at the recent elec
tion. The arrest of Miles Ogle, the celebrated
counterfeiter, has been followed by the
capture in Cincinnati of s large quantity ot
well executed counterfeit bank-note platet
and about 40,000 bogus 80-cent pieces. It
is said that Ogle "squealed" to the de
tectives and revealed where the stuff was
At Gentry Settlement, Saline County,
Ark. , on the night of the 23d, two women,
Mrs. H. T. B. Taylor and Mrs. H. Stauer,
the wives of respected planters, were mur
dered in cold blood, robbery being the pre
sumed cause. They were stopping at the
same house, their husbands having gone to
Little Rock with produce.
Col. S. D. Chiids, President of the Sonth
Carolina National Bank, of Columbia, has
made an affidavit denying the statement
made by Beverly Nash, Republican Elector,
before the Congressional investigating com
mittee at Washington, to tho effect that he
(Chiids) attempted to bribe him (Nash) to
cast his vote for Tilden.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
approves the action of the President and
Secretary of State in declining the Centen
nial address of the Irish people, presented
by John O' Conor, member of Parliament.
The committee say that all communications
to this Government from aliens must come
through the regularly accredited channels of
the minister representing the government to
which they belong.
The recently reported massacre of the
members ot a wagon train ot 20 men, be
longing to Tankten, by the Indians on the
Black Hills route, is entirely without foun
dation. '
Sheriff Manning was shot and killed by a
desperado named John Fret well, at Austin,
Miss. , on the 23d. Fretwell was a relative
of Manning's wife, and had recently been
pardoned out of the Penitentiary through
Manning's efforts. The murderer escaped.
The President has nominated Thomas
Settle of North Carolina United States Dis
trict Judge for Florida, and Benjamin F.
Flanders, United States Assistant Treas
urer at New Orleans.
Ex-Governor Haines, of New Jersey.dled
on the 26th.
'William K. Neil was hanged at Albany,
Oregon, on the 28th, for the murder ot
Seth W.Hayes.
W. W, Christian and Wm. Howell were
both instantly killed by the bursting ot an
agitator at the Standard Oil Company'sRe
finery, Cleveland, Ohio, on the 26th.
At Memphis. Tenn., on the night of the
26th, Robert Gibson, Deputy United States
Marshal, from Carroll County, .was shot
and almost Instantly killed by Robert Drury,
The father of Drury is under Indictment for
issuing counterfeit money, and Gibson was
the principal witness agauwt him, Drury
fled and had not been arrested up to the
following day. He had Just served a term
in the Penitentiary for counterfeiting.
Sheriff W P Wallace, ot Cincinnati,
was arrested, on the 2Cth, on a United
States warrant, charging him with fraudu
lently and corruptly procuring the escape
of C. W. Young, under indictmentfor ille
gal voting at the October election, and an
important witness in contested cases now
on trial. - --
Mr. C. D. Whips, proprietor of the Wll
lard Hotel at Louisville, Ky., on the morn
Ingot the 26th, shot and fatally wounded
Mr. John W. Stockton, superintendent of
the hotel. The shooting was the result of
an altercation regarding the management
of the honse. Stockton died on the fallow
ing day. "Whips was held to bail in the sum
of $10,000.
Four men were killed by a boiler ex
plosion in a saw-mill near Eaton, Ind., on
the 25th.
Gen. John McDonald, chief of the former
St. Louis Whisky Ring, has been pardoned
by the President, on the ground of ill health,
and released from confinement.
Mr. J. Harris, a respectable citizen of
Blue Creek Township, was assaulted by a
negro named Culfer, near Paulding, Ohio,
on the 21th, and clubbed and stabbed to
death. The negro escaped, and the cause
of the killing is unknown.
William R. Messick, Democratic Sheriff
elect of Avoyelles Parish, La., was shot
and k'llcd on the 27th by Policeman McMa
hon, who claims he only fired to frighten,
not to injure, the deceased.
The Academy or Music at Indianapolis
was destroyed on the night of the.25th.
Loss from $150,000 to $200,000, partially in
sured. The physicians of Chicago held a meeting
on the 23th, to devise means for checking
the present alarming spread of scarlet fever
and diptheria in that city.
Lawrence Mack, a barkeeper at the The
ater Comique in St. Louis, was shot and
instantly killed at an early hour on the
morning of the 25th by Wm. Wiener, a pri
vate watchman at the same establishment.
Mack was a quiet, inoffensive young man,
and the shooting appears to have been the
esult of a drunken frenzy on the part of the
The British ship Ada Irondale, with a
cargo of coal from Scotland to San Fran
cisco, took fire in the lower hold on the voy
age, and when discovered the fire had made
such headway that the crew were forced to
abandon the vessel, which they did on Oct.
15, on three open boats. On Nov. 9, after
great suffering from exposure and hunger,
and the loss of one boat and one of its crew,
the survivors reached Marqueses, 2,400 miles
distant from the point where they abandon
ed their vessel.
A peddler called at the house of S. S.
Chalfant, near Thornville, Ohio, on the
night of the 26th, and obtained permission
to lodge over night. During the night he
ohloroformed the entire family and ran
sacked the house, carrying off $900 in
money and $35,000 in drafts. The robber
was tracked to Lancaster, but not appre
hended W H. Hardy, the defeated candidate for
Congressional Delegate from Arizona, has
petitioned the Supreme Court of that Terri
tor to compel the Secretary to recanvass the
A cargo ot arms and munitions of war for
the Turkish Government, valued at $1,769,
100, was shipped from New Haven, Conn.,
on the 28th, on the British steamer Lotus,
to Constantinople direct.
The National Executive Committee of the
Union League of America, at a meeting held
in Philadelphia on the 25th, elected Gen.
Daniel Ullman, of New lork. Chairman for
the ensuing year, and adjourned to meet In
Washington on the lith of February.
Two rival saloon keepers at Hot Creek,
Wyoming, had a serious shooting affray on
the 26th . Daniel Perry was fatally wound
ed In the breast and head, and J. P. Price,
his antagonist, was seriously wounded in
the leg.
In the Senate, on the 22d, consideration
was resumed of the bill in regar I to counting the
Electoral vote, anil Mr. Morton took the Soor.
He said the bill was the product of a monstrous
plan. The shadow of intimidation bad entered
tho Senatechamber. lie believed Batherford B.
Haves had been elected President of the United
States under the lorms ot law, and according to
law, and he should be counted in, as eighteen
other Presidents bad been, and inaugurated.
mere wouiu oe no revolution. The
Constitution provides that the President of the
Senate shall, in the presence ot the two
hoases, open all certificates and the
vote shall then be counted, and if no
one candidate has a majority of all
Electors appointed the House shall immediately
proceed to elect. The process contemplated was
a very simple one simply toopen toe certificates
and count the votes, but contemplated no lime
or place tot y questions of the eligibility either
of the candidates or of tbe Electors. Whether
the Electors were eligible was a matter left with
the States un'er the Injunction of the Constitu
tion. The handing down ot tbe certificate by
the President ol tne Senate was a declarat on of
tbe vote contained in it Very few Bepublicans
respect this bill. It will be taken by Republicans,
ii tasen ai an, as uow 01 canor on. senator
Edmunds burned his ship behind the bill
when be denied the power of tbe President of the
Senate to count the votes in the absence of legis
lation. He thus seemed to make it necessary to
accept this bUl. Geologists tell us there was a
period in the earth's crust when there were
akuUness vertebrates; now we nave got to the
period when there are vertebrateless skulls.
The power to count the vote resides la the Pres
ident ot the senate or in the two hoases. If it
resides in the two houses it can not be delegated
to a commission or to a court The mere mat
ter of connting the votes -is clerical, and
may be performed by a teller. If any
question arises that requires Judgment or
diMretion it can not be delegated to a commis
sion . The decision of the Conference Committee
is binding only upon being ratified by both
houses, but the decisions of this Commission are
binding unless reversed by tbe action ot both
bouses. It is, in every respect, a court invested
with high Judicial powers to decide questions of
law as well as fact, with a right ot appeal, not to
another court, but to the two houses of Con
nesa. There is no Dower to ro behind the rn.
turns of the election of Electors certified by
proper returning or canvassing officers of a
State. State courts can not do it, nor
can Congress nor united states courts.
If we concede, for the sake of argument, that the
two booses have a right to count the votes, there
is atUl a Question lvtnir behind that, and inde.
pendent of it, and that is as to what papers the
rrsuaeni ai ue kuw i icuniiea to open in ue
presence of ue two bouses and hand to the tel
lers. Tbe Electors in the several States are to
seal np their votes ana lists made np by tbe
Governortaml inclose them to the President of
tbe 8enate, Indorsing the names of the electors
upontheoutsideoftheenvelope. He is thus noti
fied who the Electors, or pretended Electon-, are
who have voted , whose votes are contained in the
envelope. It is a certificate from the Electors,
and noae other, that he is required to open in tbe
presence' of the two houses. He lis not in fact
required to receive the certificates of anybody
but tbe true Electors of a State. He Is therefore
reauired in the diacbanre of the dutv of Ha offlcn
to determine and present a true certificate from
tbe Electors ot a State, He is bound as an officer
ot the Government of the United States to take
notice of those who have been declared elected
by the proper authorities ot the State; and, when
aceriuuwccomesuuonu nanaa.Jiisnis Dull
ness at once;to investigate and determine tor
himself whether It comes from tbe Electors -ot a ;
State. He must decide that question am his
peril, and present tbe certificate to the two
nmaM nff iVwiimi BbBui tnml It TT-va
I ought to be Inaugurated, and must be'inaugu-
rated, unless a bill should be passed to count
him out. in defiance of well known prin
ciples of law. He was not well enough
to-day to argue this question as fully
a she would like to." The Democratic Senators
would not support this bill if it did not give
them a chance to count in Mr. Tilden by going
behind the returns. At 2 :lo Mr. Morton said be
was not able to proceed farther to-day, and
therefore suspended his remarks. Mr. Preling
buysen, member of the special committee, then
took tbe loorand spoke in favor of tbe bill. The
debate was further continued, Meurs. Sherman
and Cameron (Pa.) speaking azainstthe bill .and
Messrs. Tburmaa and Bayard for it..........
In the House, a motion to suspend the rules and
Siss a resolution directing the Committee on
Hilary Afiairs to inquire into tbe cause ot the
removal of troops from the fronUer, whether
sufficient force remain there to protect it, and
the number of troops stationed at Wash
ington, was defeated tor want of a two-thirds
vote. Mr. Hunter moved to suspend the rules
and pass the Joist resolution to amend the con
stitution by providing that no claims shall ever
be allowed or paid by the United States for
property used, consumed, injured, or destroyed
during the late rebellion, unless It belonged to
Krsons who were loyal to tbe Government.
ist Teas.' 123: navs. 71: not two-thirds.
A message was received from the President,
in reply to a resoluUon passed In December, re
questing informaUon in regard to tbe service of
tne army in the Sonth since the first of August
The following is the substance of Mr.
Trelinghuysen's remarks, on the 23d, upon the
bill to provide for the counting ot the llectoral
votes: Having been appointed a member ot the
Special Committee which framed the bill, and
having, to tbe best of his ability, discharged bis
duty, he felt he could not remain silent while
retecting and patriotio people of the country
were interested In this measure to tbe extent that
the dignity of the Government should be main
tained; that no bad precedent should be set, and
that the peace of society should be preserved. If
there ever was a time when tbe representatives
of the American people should rise above party
prejudices anu party ieeung; n was now; ana,
with true oourare and natnoUsm. thev should
determine that they would avert this peril
irom tne country, xne uuues oi a raiiniui sen
ator were alwavs responsible, but it seemed to
him as if they now touched the highest point of
.responsibility. At all events. Senators must do
their duty, whether it pleased their constituents
or not. lie had no doubt that the complication
which now seemed to Imperil the Government
would be adjusted by Congress and accepted by
the people, and the strength of this naUon, de
veloped aunng toe war, wouia carry ner xor
ward into anew era. as all would have renewed
confidence in our institutions. He believed this
nation would enter upon a degree of pros
perity which had but few parallels. He
then referred to the bill, and said
he believed tbe measure met with more opposi
tion from Republicans than it did from Demo
crats. He would seek to take no unfair advan
tage of the opposing party, and be would be the
last man to sacrifice the honor of that great party
of liberty which had stood by the Government in
its hour of peril. Ue thn referred to tbe late
22d Joint Rule, and said it had been used for ten
years when both Houses of Congress were Re
publican. Those who were opposed to this
measure must see at once that, under the rule
which had prevailed for ten years while both
Houses were Republican, or even under tbe bill
which passed the Senate at the last session, there
would be a sorry prospect for having the votes
of either Louisiana, Florida or South Carolina
counted with the rule of the last ten years against
Republicans as precedents. The Democrats in
Congress bad acted with great fairness in Joining
with Republicans in reporting this bill . Ue then
referred to the power claimed for tbe President
of the senate to count the Electoral vote, and
said if the power to count that vote was vested in
the President ot the Senate, why bad it been ex
ercised by the two Houses of Congress during
the last ten years? He denied Uut tbe power to
determine and count the votes was vested in tbe
President of the Senate, and said it
would be a wonderful power to repose
in one man. Suppose, during the late
rebellion, the President of the Senate had
held that the Union could not be dissolved, and
insisted upon counting all votes which might
come up from the southern States; would the
Senate and House have been compelled to sit
auieUy by and take no action? He argued that
le Constitution imposed upon Congress the duty
of deciding upon and counting the Electoral
votes, and Congress was bound to perform that
duty. It would be a great negligence now not to
have legislation to that end . Ue argued at some
length in favor of the constitutionality of the pro
posed measure, and said tbe failure of Congress
to pass the bill would be t case upon the
outgoing President the duty of determining to
whom he should transfer the Government. Every
consideration of justice demanded that Congress
should pass the bill. It all patriots of this coun
try should assemble in one vast plain their pray
er would not be for riches, but it would be that
this land might be delivered from the baleful in
fluences of party strife. In. conclusion be spoki
in favor ot placing the best men in power, and
said if tbe present difficulties should be adjusted
tbe nation would profit by the lesson, and would
be tbe most happy and prosperous on the face oi
the earth.
In the Senate, on the 23d, a number of
petitions from various cities were presented,
praying for the passage of the bill presented by
the Joint Committee on counting the Electoral
vote. Cons! Jeratioa was then resumed of the bill
In regard to counting the Electoral vote, and Mr.
Sherman spoke in opposition to it. Ue said when
the select committee as appointed to consider
this subject, be expected, as a matter of course,
to be abie to vote for tbe bill reported by the
committee, because he entertained the highest
respect for the mem' era ot the committee. It
was painful for him to dissent from the views of
the men whom be esteemed s highly, but after
the brief examination be had given tbe measure
he thought it was his duty to oppose it. This
bill was to make tbe court to decide the case al -ready
made up, and there were provisions in it
incompatible with tbe Constitution. Such a law
as this was an evil example and it could not be
sustained under tbe Constitution. The ques
tions heretofore discussed had been:
First Shall the President of the Senate
count the vote? Second Can either hoase admit
or exclude a vote' Third can both houses con
curring do so9 Fourth Can tbe Vice-President
decide when tbe two bouses disagree? The bill
presented other questions which were of a more
grave and serious character. It contained four
propositions: First That the President of the
Senate had nothing to do but preside and open
the vote. Second One bouse of Congress
can not reject a vote. Third The
two bouses by a concurring vote
may do so. Fourth It provided for a grand
commission .the decision of which must be final,
unless overruled by the concurri g vote of the
two houses. He then argued that the bill was
uncoaetitutlonal.and be particularly opposed tbe
clause providing for the seleci ion of five Judges
of the Supreme Court as members of tbe Com
mission. Ue also opposed the biU because it is
understood to delegate powers conferred upon
Congress to tbe Commission. It was an axiom
of law that legislative powers could not
be delegated. He read from various legal
authorities and argued that the bill was
intended to apply to a case passed, ended and
concluded, which was clearly unconstitutional
If the power to make laws could not be delegat
ed, bow ccmld Congress delegate power which
controlled the votes ot tbe States to a packed
tribunal ? Another feature of the bill which vio
lated tbe spirit of the Constitution was that
authorizing the appointment of a committee of
fire members of each House as members
of tbe committee, not to take deposi
tions and report as other committees, but to be
beyond tbe control of tbe two houses after being
organized. The Constitution provided that no
me-nber of either house shall hold office ceated
while he held a seat in Congress. Mr. Sherman
then spoke on the power and duties of tbe Com
mission authorized by the bill, and asked if it
was to take tne recorns aseernnea oysiaie omeers
If so. every body knew who would be President,
but if vhis Commission was to be allowed to go
back of tbe returns, God only knows what the
result would be. It would depend entirely upon
lot, tbe chance which selected tbe fifth Judge of
the 8upreme Court who would be the fifteenth
member of the Commission. Mr. Conkllng fol
io wed Mr. Sherman and spoke hi favor of the bill .
In tbe House, a number of memorials, etc.,
were presented in favor of tbe so-called compro
mise bill. Mr. Buts was admitted as a member
from South Carolina. Tbe report of tbe Com
mittee on Privileges was discussed at some
length by Messrs. Seelye, Williams (Wis.) , and
Taeter. Mr. Cox, Chairman ot the Committee
en Election Frauds in New York, submitted a
report in regard to alleged tampering with Mr.
Hewitt's mail in the Xew Tork Post-office. It
completely exonerates Postmaster James and his
subordinates In the Post office from all blame in
the matter, and declares that no such tampering
has been done.
In the Senate, on the 24th, the bill to pro
vide for counting the Electoral vote was taken
np as unfinished business. Mr. Conkllng was
entitled to the fioor, but not being present, Mr.
4 Sargent spoke in opposition to the bill. Ha ar-
Siea uai sne xnuncr ux wd uwuuiiluub never
tended to lodge in Congress the dangerous
Swer ot discriminating between returns ot
ectoral votes, but that tne power to count the
votes was lodged in the President of tbe8enate
alone. He opposed the bill because it degraded
hbe Supreme Court by bringing the
Judges down to tbe mnddy pool of polities and
compelled them to wade through it. He further
objected to the bill because It invited the polIU
cai party defeated by the ordinary torms to
clamor for another hearing. The people would
not repeat the decision of this tribunal, which
was without precedent and without sanction. He
regarded the dIU not as a compromise, but as a
surrender of Republican rights. Mr. Sargent
having concluded. Mr. Conkling resumed the
floor and concluded h s argument in favor of the
bill. A motion to adjourn was then
made and rejected, and a recess
was taken till 7 p. m. During the
evening session speeches were made in favor of
tbe bill by Senators Bayard, chrUUancy, Thur
man, Stevenson. Howe and Whyte, and against
It by Senators Morton, Blaine and Eaton. Sev
eral motions to adjourn were rejected, and at 4
a m. the Senate was still In session, it being
the purpose ot the friends of tbe bill to force
it to a vote before adjsumment
In the House, consideration was resumed ef
the resolutions reported by the Committee on
Privileges, and tbe House was addressed by Mr.
McDlllin favor ot the resolutions submitted by
the minority of the committee. The Presitknt's
message in regard to tbe use of troops in tne
South was then taken upas unfinished business,
and Mr. Wood offered a resolution that tbe mes
sage be referred to a select committee of eleven
to inquire whether there had been an exercise
of authority not warranted by the Constitution
and laws on the use of troops, lor which the
President is justly responsible, with power to
send for persons and papers After considera
ble discussion the resolution was adopted yeas,
13l;najs,7i. ""
The following is a brief retime of Senator
Conkllng's speech, delivered on the J3d andzlth,
upon the Electoral bill : Mr. Conkllng said that a
study ot the matter, years ago, convinced him of
the right, and therefore the dnty, of Congress to
asc ertain and verify the Electoral votes , and de
clare the true result of Presidential elections, or
else by an assertion ot law-making power to de
clare how these acts should be done His pres
ent judgment did not rest on preconceived opin
ions. Some weeks ago be reviewed carefully
and cautiously every act and proceeding in oar
history bearing noon this Question, and. with
out the aid of compilations made since then, be
had examined every utterance in books. He
then spoke of the objections to the bill and said ,
if it were true that the i ight to count the votei
was by the Constitution imposed upon the Presi
dent of tbe Senate, tbe bill now upon the table,
nor any bill, rule or plan would be of the slight
est efficacy or effect. Whenever the Constitution
deposited a power with any officer, department
or functionary, there it mustresaain. If the Con
stitution deposited in the President of the Sen
ate power to count Uie Electoral vote, there
was an end of it ; and any act or rule to strip him
ot that power would be a bold Intrusion upon the
Constitution. If such were the power of the
President of the Senate, then every proceeding
had heretofore by the two Houses of Congress
was a flagrant violation of the Constitution He
denied that tbe power to count votes was vested
in tbe President ot tbe Senate, and said, it the
Constitution gave all the power to one man, it
was not easy to see how Congress could
witness or verify tbe act. If the
President of the Senate chose to
utter words, members of tbe two houses must
listen to him. The Constitution declared tho
President of tbe Senate should open all certifi
cates. That was a grant of power. It then de
clared tho vote should be counted. By whom?
Did the framers of tbe i onstitution Intend it
should be by the President of the Senate' If so,
two litUe words would have fixed it. The men
who dratted the Constitution were masters of
language. They were so fastidious in their taste,
so exact that words should become echoes ot
thought, that they appointed a Committee on
Style in order that every sentence might be scru
tinized, and thus provision in regard to count
ing-the Llectoral vote was referred to that com
mittee and reported back by the committee. He
could not believe that the framers of the Consti
tution intended the President of the Senate
should count good, bad, and Indifferent certifi
cates, as was argued by the Senator from In
diana (Morton) yesterday. It had been said
that the power of the President of the Senate,
though not expressed la the Constitution,
might be implied. He cenld not accept the doc
trine. Authority to do a ministerial act did
not imply authority to do a Judicial act. To
open tbe certificates was purely a ministerial
act, but to count tbe votes was something more.
The good certificates must be assorted from the
bad ones. H New York sent 4 Electoral votes,
only 45 wonld be true votes, and the true ones
must be taken from tho false ones. If certifi
cates from Massachusetts should show
that that State voted for the Democratic
candidate, it would be false. The world
knows that she voted for the Republi -an nom
inee, and must be so counted, be spoke at
some length as to the constitutionality of the bill,
and asked, Did not reason and fitness of things
inform tbe Senate that our fathers intended that
the power to vitiate, on allegations of fraud or
irregularity, the Electoral vote of a State, and
thus turn an election, should not be reposed in
one man? They knew it would be safer reposed
in the American Congress . It was not designed
to commit this vast powerto one man, especial
ly afc- that man .might be the sole judge
in his own case. Divine and human law, since
the morning of time, said no man should be a
judge of his own case, even though he sat with
others. If the President of tbe senate has the
power to count the votes, a bare majority of the
Senate might select a President lor tbe secret
purpose of making tbe count one war. Was such
a creature ot an hour a safer anchor that tbe
two bouses of Congress? No such action was de
signed for this Republic, the only considerable
experiment of free government extant on tbe
globe. Should this experiment fail.it would turn
back the bands en the clock of ages.
At 7:10 a. m. on the 23th, after an all
night session ot the Senate.during which a num.
ur nf unendments were voted down, the Elect
oral bill was brought toavote and passed yeas,
47; nays, 17. Following is the vote in detail:
Alcorn, Dennis, MrrriU,
Allison, Edwards, !.
Rarnum, Frelinghuysen, Randolph,
llayaru, uoiouiwiuie nanaum.
Bogy, Gordon, Robertson,
Booth, Howe, Saulsbury,
Houtwell, Johnson, Sharon,
Burnnide, Jones (Fla ), Stephenson,
Chaffee, Jones (ev.) , Teller.
Chnstlancy, KeUy Thurman,
Cockrell Kernan. Wallace,
Conkling, McCreery, w,bye,
trooper. McDonald, Windom,
Cragin, McMillen, Withers,
Davis, Maxey, Wright-47.
Dawes, Mammon,
Blaine, Dorsey, Morton,
Bruce, Eaton, Patterson,
Cameron(Pa., Hamilton, Sargent,
lameasprWis.) Hamlin, Shfrman,
Clayton, Ingalls, West-17.
Conaver, Mitchell,
(With the exception of -enator Eaton, of Con
necticut, all tboee voting ny are Republicans.)
Anthony, Key, Paddsck,
Ferry. 1-ogan, 8pecer,
Harvey. Norwood, Wadlcigh 11.
Hitchcock, Oglesby,
In the House the Electoral bill was taken
from the table, referred to committee, reported
bacx immediately, and read. Mr. McCrary, a
member of the Joint Committee, then opened
debate in favor of the bill. He was followed by
Messrs. Hunton, Goode, Hoar. Hewitt, Cald
well, Stevenson, Caulfleld, Springer, and Wil
lard in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Hale, Mon
roe, Smith (Pa.) , and Garfield against it.
In the Senate, on the 26th, Mr. Jones
(Florida) called up tbe memorial ot the Demo
cratic Presidential Electors of that State asking
that their vote be counted as the true retu.nsf
and addressed the Senate in support thereof.
A number of important bills were
introduced and referred In the
House, the Speaker announced tbe follow
ing select committee on tbe use of troops in tbe
Pmiilrntiit election: Messrs. Wood. Goode.
Southard, Throckmorton, Caldwell, Smith
(Georgia), Harrison, Kasson. Foster. Barnes
and Page. Tne Electoral bill was then taken
np and 10 minute speeches made by Messrs.
Hooker, Partridge, Felton, Lamar. Watterson,
Hili,Fitld.Bland,Southard.Harrison, Landers,
Hardenbergh. Townsend, Foster, Vance,
O'Brien, Walker (Va.), Brown (Ky.), Gibson
and Payne in favor of the bill, and by Messrs.
Mills, Baker (Ind.), Hurlbut, Singleton. Lap.
ham. Vance (O.), Lynch, Knott, Carr.Dunneli,
Pratt. Lawrence, Blackburn and Jones (Ky.)
against it. At 5 p.m. the Speaker announced
SSh.i rloMd and a vote was taken
with the following result: yeas, 191; nays,8S.
Tbe following is the vote in detail :
The Speaker, Hardenbergh. Eta,
Abbott, Harris(Mass.), Beaian.
Adams, Hams(Ga), ReUly.Jno.
Ainsworth, Harris (Va.), BeUly, J.B.
Anderson, .Harrison. Rice,
Ashe. Hartridre, Riddle. .
Atkins. HartzelT. Bobbins iN. C.)
Bagbr, Hatcher, Bobbins (Pa.),
Bagley.G.A.Hathorn. Roberta.
Bagley, J. H. Haymond, Boss, (N. J.) ,
Banning. Henkle, Sampson,
Beebe, . .Hereford, Savage,
Bell, - Hewitt (NT), fayler,
Bland, Hewitt (Ala), Scales,
Bliss, Hill, ' Schleicher,
Blount, Hoar, ee,Te,-
Boone, Holman, Sneakier,
Bradley, Hooker, Southard,
Bright. Hopkins, Sparks.
Brown (Ky), Hoskins. Springer.
Buckner. House, 5ttnion
Burch'rd(Wis)Humphreys, Strait,
Burleigh, Hunter, etengcr,
Tar box,
Townsend (Pa.)
Vance (N. C),
Walker (N.T.),
Walker (Va.),
Well (Mo.),
Wells (Miss.),
Williams A. S.
Williams (Del.),
Williams W. U.
Wllson(W.Ta.) ,
Wilson (la),
Young 191.
cajaweii ixenjjenxs,
Jones (N. H.)
Clark (Ky.)
Clark (Mo.)
Landers (Ind )
Landers (Conn
Phillips (Mo.),
Hamilton (Ind)Platt.
Hancock, Powell,
Baker (Ind.), Garfield, Purraan,
Baker (N.Y.) , Hale. Balney.
Ballon, Haralson, Robinson,
Banks, Hendee, Rusk,
Blackburn, Henderson, Singleton,
Blair, Hoge, Sinnlckson,
Bradford, Hubbell, Slemons,
Brown (Kas.).Hurd, smalls,
Burchard(IU.) Hurlbut, Smith (Pa.),
Butts, Hyman. Smith (Ga.),
CaldweU (Ala) Jones (Ky) , S to well,
Cannon, Joyce, Tnornburgh,
Carr, Kasson, Townsend (N T) ,
Caswell. Kimball, Tufts,
Cate. Knott, Van Voorbes,
C'onger.l Lapbam, Vance (O.),
Crounse, Lawrence, Walte,
Danford, Lynch, Waldron,
Denison, Maroon, Wallace (S. C.) ,
Dobbins, MilUken, '- Wallace (Pa.),
Dunnell, Mills, White.
Durham, Monroe, Whiting,
Evans, Nash. Williams (N.T.)
Eames, CNefl, Williams (Wis.)
Flye, Packer, Williams (Ala.) ,
Forney, Page, Wooden),
Fort. Flaisted, Woodburn,
Freeman, Poppleton, Woodworth 85.
Frye, Pratt.
(Of those voting nay 67 are Bepublicans and
19 Democrats .)
Bass, King, Schumaker,
Cason, Lord, Stevens,
Collins, Odell. Wheeler,
Egbert, Phillips (Kan ), Wigginton 14.
Hy, Boss,
The Senate, on the 27th, passed the Mili
tary Academy and Fortification appropriation
bill, and the Senate bill to extend for two years
from the tout ot March next the act establishing
the Board ot Commissioners of Southern claims.
An amendment to the latter bill wasadded, pro
viding that nothing in the bill shall be construed
so as to extend the time for filing claims before
said Commission, or to enlarge us jurisdiction,
or to authorise the filing of Dew claims The
House passed the Indian Appropriation bill
The four members of the Louisiana Returning
Board were brought belore the bar of the House
to answer tor contempt. They presented a writ
ten answer, which avers that in all theiraeta
they have acted with the utmost respect to the
mandates of the House, but that it is not In their
power to surrender the papers called for, and
they,aubmit that it tbey are to be punished by the
House, the guarantees of the Constitution are a
most cruel mockery or an unalle viat d folly. In
conclusion, tbey submit their rights as officers
and their liberties as citizens to the protection ef
the laws of the land. Mr. Lynde then moved the
previous question on tbe resolution that "tbey
be adjudged in contempt for a violation of the
privileges of thlsBouse," and it was carried
ayes, 143; nays, 87; a party vote, with the ex
ception of Carr, of Indiana, who voted nay.
The qmstlon now recurred on the second reso
lution ordering the witnesses to appear before
the Special Committee, of which Wm. R. Mor
rison is Chairman, to produce all statements of
notes and tally sheets of every polling place in
Louisiana, together with affidavit, etc., and
remanding them to the custody ot the Sergeant-at-Arms.
The resolution was adopted yeas,
138; nays, 78.
In the Senate, on the 29th, Mr. Robertson
called up Mr. Gordon's resoluUon acknowledg
ing the Hampton Government in South Carolina
as the legal Government, and made an address
supporting tbe resolution . He denied there was
any Intimidation on the partef the whites towards
the blacks ; on the contrary , he had no doubt many
blacks were deterred from voting the Democratic
ticket by Republicans of their own color.
In the House, the bill authorizing th Sec
retary of the Treasury ta pay James B. Eada,
the constructor of the jetties at tbe mouth of the
Mississippi River, S500.000, was taken up. An
amendment, directing payment in United States
bonds, wss defeated, and tbe bill went over. A
number ot new bills were introduced and re
ferred. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Adam and Eve, we suppose, were the
first to start "turning over new leaves."
They did it to keep up with the fash
ions. How strange that in the Charleston
races all the fast horses should have
been beaten by a jockey who, like
Balaam, had only an Asteroid.
Mrs. Van Cott alwas finds a seat in
a crowded car. The man who sees her
preparing to sit down on him slips
out in a hurry. Free Press.
The Springfield Republican sa.js that
hogs are the sheet-anchor of Western
prosperity. Bnt we thought that corn
was the main sale. N. T. Herald.
A sad-looking man, with the air of
a Had-been, stopped at a grocery yes
terday and bought a codfish, remarking
that he always was very fond of game,
and had to have it, even if it was ex
pensive. Hawk-eye.
"Which is the largestgland?" asked
a Chicago medical professor of the
newest arrival in his class, the other
day. The student buried himself in
deep and attentive tbonght. for a mo
ment, and then, brightening up sud
denly, exclaimed: "The largest gland,
sir, is England." Then the professor
kindly led the young man aside, and
pathetically advised him to think no
more of medicine, but to. join a min
strel show or enter the army.
He was a red-headed boot-black, and
had finished putting " a shine" on a
Ho. 33 boot, hung to the end of a Cin
cinnati drummer's leg. He spit a pint
ol tobaceo juice into his blacking-box,
took off his coat, grabbed his brush,
knelt down and shouted, "Change
cars." The fellow put his foot upon
tne Doy ana neia mm were aavu no
was so weak he couldn't speak, and
then went off down the alley to wade
in the mud with the foot that had the
shine on it.
Business prospects in St. Louis have
been much improved since the Con
gressional Committee agreed on their
report. The apple-woman at the Com
mercial Exchange reports her receipts
increased by fully 7 cents a day, and a
prominent citizen residing-up on Chou
teau Avenue told a boy who wanted to
sell him some soap, matches, suspend
ers, and yeast-cakes to look in again in
a week or two. The editors are ove'r-
!oyed, and their fair, large ears no
onger lie limp upon their shoulders,
but stand up erect and trim as fence-
pickets. Chicago Tribune,
Cabell, Hunton,
L Betten Girt Wk to Pellewed ftya
Ketoy Gkttt.
Miss Mary E. Guild, who resides with
her parents at No. 80 Village Street,
says the Boston Globe, seems to be a
very extraordinary child, and is appar
ently wholly inexplicable to her mother
and father. After ascending two long
flights of stairs tit the dwelling-house
So. 80 Village Street, last evening, a
Globe reporter was conducted into a
small, well furnished room, where the
whole Guild family, consisting of father,
mother, two daughters and a son, was
seated. When the preliminary ques
tioning had been gone through with,
Mrs. Guild said: "We have been very
much annoyed of late with rapping, the
'raps' only being audible when my
daughter Mary is in the room. The
raps appear to follow her wherever she
goes, and at night they are so distinct
that we are. prevented from sleeping."
R. How old is your daughter?
Mrs. G. Fourteen years of age.
R. Has she ever been in the habit of
going among spiritualists or so-called
Mrs. G. Never; and, besides, she is
not any more a believer in spiritualism
than we are. And none of us are be
lievers. R. Do these raps occur only in re
ply to questions?
Mrs. G. Oh, no; they seem to be
with her constantly, in the daytime as
well as at night. Sometimes when she
comes into this room or goes into tbe
basement, these raps are audible and
so terrify her that she becomes pale
and often dizzy.
R. Is she a perfectly healthy girl?
Mrs. G. Perfectly healthy now; bnt
her friends have noticed that she has
been losing flesh within the last few
weeks, when these raps occurred more
frequently than formerly.
R. Then she has been frequently
Mrs. 6. Yes; and at one time in
sane, and was treated for this disease
at the hospital.
R. Have medical men ever examined
her case?
Mrs. G. They have, but have been
unable to explain or account for her
sudden attacks or fits.
R. And how long do these fits last?
Mrs. G. I don't know the exact
length of time, but perhaps half or
three-quarters of an hour. While she
is in one of these fits her face is per
fectly livid and closely resembles one
dead. Her eyes are wide open and you
think that she is awake, bnt the mo
ment you shake her yon see readily
that she is perfectly unconscious.
R. Do the raps occur when your
daughter is in one of these fits?
Mrs. G. No, sir; that is, not always;
sometimes they occur. Bnt she is
wholly oblivious to every thing. When
she awakens she anxiously asks if any
raps have been audible, and if so, what
they signified. We could not always
give intelligible replies to her ques
tions, and she never was apparently
convinced. When in one of these fits
she would writhe as a snake is in the
habit of doing when stepped upon.
R. Is she subject to these attacks,
Mrs. G. She never has them now, but
I think these raps annoy her now. They
prevent her from sleeping at night, and
they scare us about half to death.
R. Will these raps occur under any
Mrs. G. It makes very little differ
ence where she is or how many people
are around her. The other day a hand
organ began playing a popular air in
the street oeneath our window. Mary
was sitting busily engaged doing some
thing, when these raps took up the tune
from the organ, and played it perfectly
accurately. This had the tendency to
scare Mary, and she immediately rush
ed out of the room.
R. Can your daughter give me a test
Mrs. G. I euess she can. " Mary, do
you think the raps will come to-night?
"I can't ten, dui i can ass;," repiiea
Mary; " shall I go into the side-room,
I eruess there b no objection. You,
sir, can go in and see for yourself that
every thing is fair."
The side-room in which the test was
to take place contained a small bed
stead, a few chairs, a bureau, etc., and
was, to all appearances, free from any
device in the shape of cords, screens,
etc. Miss Guild sat on the edge of the
bed with her hands clasped in her lap,
and the door was partly closed. The
nrst question asked tne unknown agent
of the mysterious rappings was, "are
there spirits in this room?" Three
sharp raps signifying yes immediately
followed. "Will you play if I sing?"
was the next question, and three raps,
meaning yes, followed. Then Miss
Guild commenced a familiar song, the
raps meanwhile keeping excellent time.
Miss Guild's hands or feet had not dur
ing the song been once moved from
tneir original posiuun, auu uiio waa
not another being in the room. The
next question Miss Mary asked was,
Will you play Yankee Doodle if I
will sing it?" and the answer was in the
affirmative. Miss Guild began to sing,
the raps keeping time as before. Many
other questions were asked and correct
ly answered. Miss Guilds a girl ap
parently enjoying perfect health, is
very lively in her actions, and is seem
ingly possessed of more than ordinary
intelligence. Mrs. Guild has already
invited Prof. Baldwin, who is soon to
Sve an exposition of spiritualism in
usic Hall, to fully investigate her
daughter's mysterious case, but she
does not think that he would be able to
explain away the mystery.
The great clock at the south end of
the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, Lon
don, is now in working order. It is al
most a counterpart of the great West
minster clock, with the exception of the
striking and chiming apparatus; and
the dial is said to be the largest ever
constructed, being 40 feet in diameter,
or nearly 1,308 square feet in area.. The
hands, with their counterpoises, weigh
nearly a quarter of a ton ; the minute
hand measures 19 feet in length, and
moves half an inch at every beat of the
pendulum. The distance traveled by
the point of the minute-hand is nearly
four miles a week. , During 17 days of
observation the variation, was eight seen
gads only,
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According to prophecies of Hopi and Mayan mystics and the predictions of Nostrodamus, 2012 will bring catastrophic events to plague humanity, culminating with the end of the world as we know it today.
Television programming, media reports, books and blogs, are all beating the drum of impending doom which resonates within many people as they stand on the precipice of the dread year's start, tinging their celebration with a touch of apprehension. If our previous obsession with the Y2K and the fascination with failed predictions of Harold Camping are at all normative, doomsayers will find a growing audience. "Apocalypse" is destined to be a trending topic in the months to come.
Indeed, if these voices crying out that the 'end is near' are correct, it would seem an appropriate time to look back to see how we arrived at this epitome of human cognitive and cultural evolution, particularly as we stand at the eve of the promised climactic year. Historians and theologians are now taking up this task, trying to distill the essential elements of success to pass along to any remnant to bring forward to rebuild civilization.
Recent studies of ancient documents, letters and artifacts, as well as such books as Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization, indicate that the Catholic Church was the conduit by which discoveries were made and shared. It was the sociological construct that preserved and transmitted the wisdom of antiquity after the fall of Rome. As the sole surviving functioning organization that continued to operate throughout the length and breadth of the entire Empire, she became the vehicle around which civilization was ordered. Using her agencies to facilitate communication, commerce, culture and everyday life, she became the vehicle by which new advances in technology spread between different cultures and countries. The same was true when it came to transmitting developments in other fields: politics and current events, philosophical and theological progressions, etc. The Church was the essential element which made possible all these advances.
This emerging consensus has created a new understanding of the vital role Catholic institutions played in creating the liberty, wisdom, and prosperity of today. It is wisdom that will be valuable if humanity faces the task of rebuilding its preeminent place on the globe in 2013 and beyond.
Even the Vatican is getting into the spirit of the times (although accidentally) with the opening for the first time in many years of their archives for public examination. Opening such a font of primary documents for study will no doubt produce any number of example which demonstrate the essential role of religious institutions in facilitating and promoting human development across the globe.
The Church also provided an economic morality which eventual evolved into the modern western capitalist system responsible for Western prosperity today. Monasteries and abbeys created and sustained an agrarian culture which permitted the development of trades and guilds whose innovations slowly but steadily advanced the arts, culture and technology around the known world. Towns and cities sprang up around ancient churches, monasteries and abbeys which provided a template for survival and salvation during our darkest times as a civilization. Through them, the Church sustained educational, scientific exploration, economic progress and social institutions, all while acting as the ultimate juridical agent in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire.
It is not just coincidental, that the nations which have attained this high water mark of human progress, were functionally and culturally Christian for almost two millennia. The fact that the West shares one primordial paradigm from which public and private morality springs is the element which explains the causal relationship which exists between the Catholic Church and the modern secular State.
Even if the past 50 years has seen the influence of the Church wane and she has lost her privileged role in establishing Western public policy, law and morals, it is still the best-proven institution at preserving and impelling human progress when faced with an apocalyptic future. Thank God that she possesses Christ's promise that she would be a successful instrument of grace until his return. For Catholics, and for all Christians in general, the approaching New Year's celebrations simply mark one day closer to that promised day of glory.
Fr. Tim Moyle, a Roman Catholic priest of the Pembroke Diocese, currently serving in Mattawa, ON, is a frequent participant on the Holy Post. He maintains his own blog at www.frtimmoyle.blogspot.com He can be emailed at email@example.com


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The scheduled starter for the Atlanta Braves in Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays has had a slight change. Tim Hudson, who threw a complete game shutout in his last start against the Miami Marlins, has been battling bone spurs in his left ankle, and will have his start pushed back.
Hudson received a cortisone shot in his ankle, and is hopeful that it will not be an ongoing issue.
The Braves have called up Julio Teheran from Triple-A Gwinnett to replace Hudson in the rotation for one start. Teheran, who was ranked No. 5 in Baseball America's list of Top 100 prospects before the season began, is 5-2 with a 3.15 ERA and 43 strikeouts this season with Triple-A Gwinnett. The command issues Teheran had during his late-season call up, and then again while competing for a spot during spring training, have not subsided.
He has been inconsistent in his last few starts, following up good starts with shaky ones. On May 17, he lasted only 2.2 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking five and striking out two. He followed that up with a seven inning, one-run start on May 22nd. After that, he only lasted three innings in his next start on May 28, giving up six runs, and seven hits. He then pitched a complete game seven-hitter his last time out.
Teheran was 1-1 with a 5.03 ERA in five games (three starts) for the Braves last season in a late-season call up.
The Braves are hopeful that Hudson will be able to pitch on Wednesday against the New York Yankees. Hudson has a 4-2 record and a 3.83 ERA in eight starts for Atlanta this season. Backup catcher J.C. Boscan would be sent to Gwinnett to open up the roster spot for Teheran and that a reliever will be added once Teheran is sent back down after this spot start.
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A HEREFORDSHIRE-based police officer who seduced two vulnerable women victims for sex while he was on duty was caught out by his radio.
Gloucester Crown Court heard how investigators put Ian Langford in the frame by comparing the GPRS tracker on the radio to a journal of sexual activity kept by one of the women.
Langford, 46, from Tewkesbury, admitted two offences of misconduct in public office to be jailed for 18 months.
The court heard that Langford, a first response officer in the county, already had a reprimand on his West Mercia Police (WMP) record for a similar offence in 2008.
Langford resigned from WMP ahead of his sentence.
The woman were from Hereford and Ledbury with the offences dating from May 2012 to June 2013.
The Ledbury woman as involved in a neighbour dispute when Langford was sent to see her and his relationship with her lasted a year, the court heard.
That dispute resulted in a court case that was compromised at trial when Langford let it be known that he was having an affair with the principal prosecution witness.
Janine Wood, prosecuting, said the woman kept a "sexual activity" journal that investigators compared with the GPRS tracker on Langford's radio to confirm he was at her address at the times she logged while he was on duty.
The woman recalled Langford's radio going off while they were together and there were also explicit texts talking about what happened between she and Langford also confirming he was on duty, said Ms Wood.
Langford was sent to the Hereford woman after she made a complaint of domestic abuse.
He later contacted her on Facebook to start a sexual relationship.
When that ended, the court heard, Langford found her new phone number through the police computer and contacted her in a failed bid to start the relationship again.
Simon Hunka, defending, said Langford had not been predatory or pressurised the women.
Now "fragile" and being treated for depression, Langford had shown "great remorse and shame" at his behaviour, said Mr Hunka.
Passing sentence, Judge Jamie Tabor QC said Langford had brought the police service into disrepute and breached public trust.


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Nov. 2, 5:36 p.m. | Updated below |
I was happy this afternoon to see New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg choose what I consider very wise language on climate and catastrophic storms in his Bloomberg View piece endorsing President Obama:
Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.
In essence, he's saying that debating whether humans caused this storm misses the point. Pursuing wise policies on curbing greenhouse gas emissions and on boosting resilience to extreme events both make sense, and President Obama is best suited to pursuing progress on both fronts. (For the record, and given that one comment contributor asked, I'll be voting for President Obama.)
I've tried this week, as sporadic Internet access allowed, to foster some productive discourse amid a media environment that seems dead-set on creating polarization. The two most vivid examples on my mind at the moment are "It's Global Warming, Stupid," a much-shared essay in Bloomberg Businessweek, and an effort by Anthony Watts, inspired by a ridiculous U.S. News Sandy-warming poll, to list scientists and commentators for and against global warming as the storm's cause.
As if it's a yes or no question, and as if that's the most important question…. This issue came up today in a discussion with Leonard Lopate on WNYC, which you can listen to here: Read more…


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'Twas the day before Christmas, when all through B.C., last-minute shoppers cursed the H, S, and T.
As they circled past bike lanes seeking places to park, they grumbled, "Come May, we'll get you, Christy Clark."
With thoughts of their children, and what they should buy, one pair pondered Apple, products starting with "i."
iPhones or iPads, iPods of all sizes; does a three-year-old really need those? Is it wisest?
The parents paced stores, with more dread than with glee; frantically thinking, "What's this year's PS3?"
Mama sobbed in her 'kerchief looking o'er all the crap; that lined the toy aisles that they walked, lap by lap.
She stopped, with a sob, so I said, "What's the matter?" When an elfin store clerk just appeared (with a clatter.)
Up to the clerk, I flew like a flash, grabbed his arm, held on tight (finding help takes panache.)
The tag on the breast of his jacket said "Joe"; it was red, green and white, with a lustre, for show.
But some thing wasn't right, for the clerk had good cheer — and at the end of the aisle stood a sleigh and eight deer.
The clerk tried to struggle, he was "lively and quick," I looked him in the eye, "By chance, are you Nick?"
More rapid than eagles his curses they came. Our eyes fixed on the deer, then he called me bad names!
"Yeah, that's Dasher! That's Dancer! That's Prancer! That's Vixen!; There's Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen!
"But they're made out of fibreglass to mount on the wall, of our store's Santa workshop, now dash away, y'all."
I dry heaved a little, and felt like a jerk, as I lessened my grip, but kept hold of the clerk.
"I'm so sorry, Joe. It's an honest mistake. I'd hoped they were real, but I see now they're fake.
"It's just that this year, for the kids, we are lost. Can you think of some presents? We don't care what they cost!"
As leaves blown by Moore's hurricane, he claims will fly, "when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky."
Up to the top shelves, our clerk, Joe, he flew, soon returning with toys, saying, "Guys, don't be blue."
He pulled out a strange object, it was twinkling, with hoofs. "My Little Pony, Joe? Surely, you spoof?"
Still shaking my head, looking down at the ground, Joe shot down the aisle, soon returned with a bound.
He held up some Furbys, up with which I can't put; they were teal, orange and red, one the colour of soot.
More toys soon emerged from a bundle on his back. Our gift woes, clerk Joe, with great zeal did attack.
"Their eyes, would they twinkle, with Nintendo's Wii? But I feel I must warn you they're nowhere near free."
"Perhaps a toy weapon? I don't think they're OK. That just creates morons who join the N, R and A."
Now Joe, too, seem stumped, which brings us to his pipe, which all the do-gooders had been trying to swipe.
He struck a wood match, lit the pipe in his teeth, then a strange skunky smoke drifted 'round like a wreath.
I now had an inkling how Joe stayed so jolly, working retail at Christmas with people so squally.
Seeing what I was thinking, as he continued to glow, Joe claimed, "Hey, dude, chill. I'm from Kitsilano."
Blinking his eyes and twisting, that head; Joe told us, gift-wise, we had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, grinning, went to his work, bagging presents and stocking stuff, too, our dear clerk.
We thanked him profusely, then asked where to pay, but Joe said, "There's no charge. It's just your lucky day."
"But what about taxes, won't the government know?"
"Don't worry, they are focused on the Port Mann and snow!"
Then he took off his retailer's jacket and tag, and into the sleigh he tossed his big bag.
For the first time I noticed the white beard on Joe's chin — and the fact he was in a red suit with white trim.
"Hey Joe . . ." I said, startled, putting two beside two. "You must be Saint Nicholas, it's got to be you!"
Then laying his finger aside of his nose, as Clement Clarke Moore wrote in much better prose.
Well, actually, poetry, but you get my drift, Joe, sleigh and "fake" deer, they started to lift.
As they shot from the store, "Joe" yelled back, "Don't betray.
"Wish others, 'Merry Christmas,' not 'Happy Holiday!' "
Gordon Clark's Gordzilla column will return in three weeks.
Gordon Clark is the editorial pages editor of The Province. His weekly column, Gordzilla in the City, appears in the newspaper on Monday and at various times online, depending on how lazy he's feeling. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or monitored at twitter.com/gordzillacity.


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Decision makers
- District Attorney, Jack Whelan
- State Rep. Bill Adolph
- Robert A. Graci, PA Judicial Conduct Board
- Congressman Pat Meehan
- Judge Chad F. Kenney Sr.president judge
- Tom McGarrigleDelaware County Council Chairman
Delaware County Corruption: An Investigation is Overdue
The hostility of the lower court emerged when Superior Court VACATED the lower court's order on July 8, 2004 in "favor" of Paula Lombardi. If Superior Court had not vacated Judge Pagano's Order, Lombardi's rights under the New Jersey Note for repayment of a loan to her opponent for $20,000 would have ended.
Since Lombardi prevailed in Superior Court, the retaliation and abuse from the Delaware County Court escalated. This case has been deliberately delayed to deny Paula Lombardi her property & constitutional rights. Since Snyder never paid his debt under the note, Lombardi's escrow funds of $22, 685 should have been returned to her.
In the end, coercion took place to remove the NJ lien without payment to Lombardi and the Court "cannot" show proof of the alleged disbursements from Lombardi's escrow account.
It now appears that NO escrow account was ever established for Paula Lombardi.
The Delaware County Office of Judicial Support in Media Pa. is desperate to BLOCK Lombardi from discovering the truth of who really got her money! click for video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gpPTwcxhtM
Click the link to read the full story and hear the court audios http://delawarecountycorruption.wordpress.com/
*Funds stolen by this court? email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
- District Attorney, Jack Whelan
- State Rep. Bill Adolph
- Robert A. Graci, PA Judicial Conduct Board
- Congressman Pat Meehan
- president judge
Judge Chad F. Kenney Sr.
- Delaware County Council Chairman
Tom McGarrigle
1. On March 5th, 2012 a hearing was to take place to dispute the fact that Lombardi's opponent [Snyder] never paid his debt of $20,000 under the New Jersey note. Instead, Lombardi was ambushed with sheriff intimidation to coerce her into signing a release of the lien and without the note satisfied. Sheriffs were placed at Lombardi's sides with threats she would be jailed until she complied to sign a release of the note and lien. Lombardi requested proof that Snyder paid his debt and pleaded to the judge to just ask Snyder if he paid his debt. Snyder's attorney silenced his client from testifying. Lombardi questioned how she could be forced to sign away her legal rights when the debt was still outstanding. Each question was answered with more threats of jail if she did not comply. Lombardi stated NO new complaint or proof of payment was entered on the record and that the venue was improper since the lien was on a NJ property. She stated NO JURISDICTION existed to remove a lien in another county in another state. Each time Lombardi quoted the Pa. or NJ laws on property or asked for proof no debt was due, there were more threats of jail. She was given ten [10] days to comply.
2. On March 15th, 2012, again sheriffs were placed at Lombardi's sides with threats to be jailed on this day if she did not sign a release on her Snyder's New Jersey property. Under duress, Lombardi signed to avoid being jailed.
3. Throughout the years, Lombardi has been denied an accounting of her escrow account [$22, 685] or even to know the name of which bank the court held her funds. Lombardi NEVER received a bank statement or interest payments since the date of deposit in 2001. On May 30th, 2012, Lombardi filed a Motion to Seek Accounting of her escrow funds.
4. On March 18, 2013, one year after the coercion to sign the release of the NJ lien, Lombardi discovered her escrow funds that were thought to be in safekeeping with the court, were long gone. The Office of Judicial Support director presented ONLY a "handwritten index card" which appeared to be written this day and was the ONLY document presented in court to show the alleged disbursements of July 24, 2009 and March 2, 2012. Lombardi testified she NEVER received any bank documentation; NO statements, NO interest, NO disbursement Orders nor canceled checks to show the party who received her funds. Lombardi was NOT permitted to question.
5. On March 25th, 2013, Lombardi sent a letter to the Office of Judicial Support director requesting she send all banking documentation to correspond with her testimony on March 18th, 2013 and claimed she had already sent Lombardi in the past. The following day the director phoned Lombardi to say she would not be sending any proof of anything. Lombardi remarked she needed to see the evidence of the alleged disbursements and the paper trail of her escrow. The director stated, "there is none".
6. On March 27th, 2013, an email from the Court Treasurer confirmed that NO escrow account existed in January 2008, which contradicts the testimony from the Office of Judicial Support director on March 18, 2013 that the court treasurer distributed the checks to Snyder in July 2009 and in March 2012.
7. On March 28th, 2013, Lombardi filed a Petition for the Production of Bank Records. The appeal of the Order dated March 18th, 2013 has been BLOCKED by the refusal to recognize Lombardi's "IFP" status. The stress from the abusive behavior on April 17th, 2013 by the Office of Judicial Support triggered a Lupus flare causing Lombardi to seek immediate medical treatment.
8. Complaints with evidence of docket tampering, fabricated court orders, Orders not signed by a judge and overwhelming evidence that Fraud upon the Court has occurred have been submitted to the District Attorney for an investigation. In addition, the United States Postal Inspector and numerous Officials including the FBI and the Judicial Board have been notified of the violations. The Delaware County District Attorney is protecting the Court by refusing to conduct an investigation. Several laws have been broken. Rights have been violated including the American's with Disabilities Act.
"NO investigation will prove that the "cover up" is worse than the crimes."
Many reading my story have also suffered a loss of health, happiness, time and faith in the judicial system. Given the primary purpose of the court is to protect the rights of the litigant and pursue the truth, this abuse must end and an investigation must be conducted.
Please sign this Petition to remind the Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan, that he is the "chief law enforcer" in the county and that his duty is to protect the community not the judges. This Petition will be forwarded to the PA Judicial Conduct Board to investigate complaints with merit and not to sweep them under the rug to avoid embarrassment by these corrupt judges.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
Please sign this Petition for this can happen to you, your children or your grandchildren some day.
Paula Lombardi
Blog: "delawarecountycorruption"
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