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1860 Charleston SC Slaveholders Listed Alphabetically
Alphabetical listing of all slaveholders on the 1860 Charleston, SC slave census, with the number of slaves held.
For the 1860 slave schedules, census enumerators were instructed to provide the names of all slaves age 100 years or more. The Decennial Digest reports there were 1,570 slaves age 100 and up on the 1860 slave schedules. Using the 1860 slave census index at Ancestry online [subscription required],1,555 such slaves have been found, and they are included in the table.
African American Genealogy Resources: Slavery
Links from Christine's Genealogy Website.
AfriGeneas - Slave Data Collection
Enslaved ancestors in public and private records. Clues and keys to the last slaveholder.
Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820
Online searchable database of over 100,000 descriptions of slaves found in documents in Louisiana between 1718 and 1821 from Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860
Original source: Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 18071860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Savannah, Georgia, Slave Manifests, 1811-1860
Original source: Savannah, Georgia: Coastwise Slave Manifests, 1801-1860. ARC 1151775, U.S. Customs Service, Record Group Number 36. National Archives Southeast Region, Morrow, Georgia.
U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1878
Original source: Records of the field offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1902, 21 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Field Offices for the State of Georgia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1903, 90 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Records of the Fields Offices for the State of North Carolina, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1909, 78 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
U.S., Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938
Original source: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, 19361938. Vol. 1-17. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration microfilm publication SCM 000 320, SCM 000 321, SCM 000 322, SCM 000 323, SCM 000 325, 5 rolls. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Selections from the WPA American Slave Narratives.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
More than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves from the Library of Congress.
Chester County Archives: Fugitive Slaves Records Index 1820-1839
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Digital Library on American Slavery
This resource provides an easy means to search through thousands of county court and legislative petitions (1775-1867) from fifteen states and the District of Columbia that relate to race and slavery. The Digital Library provides detailed information on more than 150,000 individuals who are party to the petitions, including 80,000 individual slaves and 10,000 free people of color. Hosted by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives
These are first first person narratives of slave experiences given in vivid detail.Records the mental and emotional reflections as well as physical realities.
From the Augusta Chronicle. Meticulous records kept by slave owner allows descendants to chronicle their history in South Carolina.
Companion site to the PBS documentary film. As a young child growing up in North Carolina, Macky Alston thought that it was unusual that many of his African American elementary school classmates shared his last name.
Fold3 - African American Records $
Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
Amistad - Federal Court Records FREE
Original source: NARA M1753. The district and circuit court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner Amistad, seized in 1839 by the US Navy.
Amistad - Supreme Court Records FREE
Original source: NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the Amistad, a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839, and popularized in a 1997 movie.
From Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's History in the Civil War Era
Article by Noralee Frankel.


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January 16, 2015 to December 23, 2015
From the United States' earliest days the American West was lauded as a land of uncharted opportunity, with westward expansion the nation's ultimate destiny. California's mid-19th-century Gold Rush helped engender the myth of the state's endless possibilities. Late-19th-century descriptions of California as the "Land of Promise" and "Golden State" serve as further evidence of California's mythos and role in the American psyche as a place of affluence and growth.
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November 18, 2014 to December 31, 2015
Read to Lead, a partnership between the Oviatt Library and CSUN Athletics, highlights the reading habits of CSUN leaders. An important part of this exhibit includes each leader talking about a book that has influenced his or her life and career. This exhibit sends the powerful message to the CSUN community that books and reading be an influential force in personal and career development, in building relationships, and in developing leadership qualities and opportunities.Read More
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January 31, 2014 to May 23, 2014
In celebration of the Chinese New Year of the Horse, which begins on January 31, 2014, CSUN China Institute and Oviatt Library Music and Media have created a special "Chinese New Year and Culture Exhibition," which covers four major themes: Chinese New Year Celebration; Beijing Opera at CSUN and CSUN Music in China; Chinese Olympic Stars at CSUN; and Chinese Tea Culture.Read More
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The 6.7-magnitude Northridge Earthquake occurred at 4:31am on Monday, January 17, 1994. Its epicenter was around Wilbur Avenue and Arminta Street in Northridge, about a mile from campus. The earthquake and subsequent aftershocks caused extensive destruction to the Northridge and Sherman Oaks areas.Read More


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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
A rash of break-ins in Price during the weekend caused small business owners a headache and some losses.
The crime spree, apparently perpetrated by the same person or persons, started last Friday night when the unidentified subject or subjects reportedly broke into a number of businesses.
The episode purportedly continued Saturday night in another part of town.
Six businesses suffered damage and losses in connection with the ongoing incidents.
Included in the list of alleged victims were Price Travel, Shear Joy, Image of Beauty, Love Floral and Top Line Computers, according to local law enforcement officials.
Also damaged and ransacked was Munchkin Manor Preschool.
Discussing the matter Monday morning, Price Police Chief Aleck Shilaos indicated that the subject or subjects took numerous items from the businesses, including an undisclosed amount of cash.
"In two of the cases, the crime would be attempted burglary because they tried to gain entry and but didn't," pointed out the Price police chief.
At Price Travel, the perpetrator or perpetrators apparently entered the building through a back window and took various things from the business' office, including postage stamps.
The subject or subjects also broke into two safes, but apparently got nothing as a result of the criminal efforts.
"It's actually kind of funny," said Price businessman Tom Anderson. "They broke into these safes that were already unusable so there was nothing in them."
Anderson and his wife, Gigi, operate Price Travel.
One of the safes that had the door torn from it also had bent hinges.
The hinge pins were still laying on the floor where the criminal or criminals had apparently left the items.
At the Price Travel building, the unidentified subject or subjects reportedly went into a utility room and broke through the wall into the preschool.
"The burglar must have been a very small person," said Paul Anderson, who showed the Sun Advocate the damage done at Price Travel as he pointed to a very small window through which the person or persons entered.
Paul Anderson also revealed the space in between pipes and wall joists where the alleged burglar or burglars had to pass through to gain access into the preschool.
According to Shilaos, a significant amount of what was taken during the incident was fairly small, "except in the case of Top Line Computers, where they took some kind of a machine."
The machine removed from the computer store could be considered a fairly large item.
By Monday morning, all of the businesses had cleaned up the messes, repaired windows that were broken during the rampage and were up and running.
As of Monday morning, Shilaos said the police had no suspects in the string of break-ins.
Carbon County residents with information regarding the burglary incidents are encouraged to contact Officer Susan Hyde at the Price City Police Department.
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osforlife wrote:Thank you for bringing up my mistake. I totally botched what I was trying to say. Okay, let me start over. Manny Machado is a very good player, and it is truly amazing how valuable he was able to be at age twenty. It will be a joke if he doesn't win a gold glove. But, in 2013, he was really only fairly productive at the plate. He was Baltimore's third best offensive player, but was no where near the offensive caliber that Adam Jones and Chris Davis produced at. Machado didn't get on-base at a very effective rate, and didn't hit for an excessive amount of power.
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Player A's 2013: .283/.314/.432
Player B's Career: .282/.316/.423
Player A is Manny Machado; Player B is Delmon Young. Tell me again why it is so ridiculous to compare a .746 OPS to a .739 OPS?
No Manny is not Adam Jones and I don't know who said he was. Manny is a lot younger and has only had a little over a year in the majors. I for one am not looking at "faults" in his game or comparing him to anyone else.
Back to the ridiculousness and Delmon young. I'm totally speechless about your argument thinking that they are comparable. Maybe if Manny was a DH and fat and slow I might agree, but this is the real world and there is a hell of a lot more to baseball than OPS stats.


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Panthers coach Ron Rivera told reporters Friday he anticipates 6-10 touches for Jonathan Stewart in his 2013 debut versus Atlanta.
Nate Washington (hamstring) and Cecil Shorts (shoulder) have been ruled out for Thursday night's Week 5 game against the Colts.
Andrew Luck (shoulder) is questionable for Thursday night's Week 5 game against the Texans.
Julius Thomas (hand) was limited in Wednesday's practice.
DeSean Jackson (hamstring) participated in individual drills Wednesday.
Jordan Reed (concussion, ankle, knee) is not practicing Wednesday.
Coach Rex Ryan confirmed Anthony Dixon will be the Bills' No. 1 running back Week 5 against the Titans if Karlos Williams (concussion) can't play.
Karlos Williams (concussion) will not practice Wednesday.
The Houston Chronicle's Aaron Wilson expects Arian Foster to have an increased role in Thursday night's Week 5 game against the Colts.
ESPN's Josina Anderson reports Eric Ebron is dealing with a bruised knee and could miss "up to" three weeks.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians expects Andre Ellington (PCL) to return Sunday against the Lions.
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The Perfect Seat
Traditionally, padmasana has been considered the meditative posture par excellence. But why all this reverence for the Lotus? According to yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar, Padmasana is the only pose in which all four areas of the body are perfectly balanced: the feet, legs, and pelvis; the torso; the arms and hands; and the neck, throat, and head. When the body achieves perfect balance, Iyengar says, the brain can rest correctly on the spinal column and breathing comes easily. In other words, once the legs are settled in Lotus, the torso can soar upward without any effort and the diaphragm is able to expand more fully.
But getting down on the floor to sit doesn't mean forcing yourself into Padmasana if your body doesn't belong there. Even seasoned asana practitioners who can get into Lotus without a problem may not find it comfortable for long sits. Luckily other seated meditation poses exist and can provide many of the same benefits. If you can't do full Lotus, try Ardha Padmasana (Half Lotus Pose). Siddhasana (Adept's Pose) is another sitting pose that comes with sterling historical credentials: The Gheranda Samhita lists Siddhasana as a legitimate meditation posture, and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika even promises that it will lead the practitioner to Samadhi if practiced consistently for 12 years. For very many practitioners, Siddhasana puts less strain than Padmasana on the ankles, knees, and hips. Sukhasana (Easy Pose)sitting upright with legs crossed at the shins and your feet under your knees or thighsalso allows many people to sit upright without experiencing strain in the leg joints. For would-be meditators who cannot conceive of ever sitting in any cross-legged position for more than a just a few labored breaths, Virasana (Hero Pose) also gives a firm foundation; in this pose, you kneel and then sit back onto the floor or a yoga block placed between your feet.
These poses all work well for meditation because they share certain essential qualities. Physically, a good meditation pose should be one you can hold for an extended period, quietly, without fidgeting or fussing. It should provide a solid foundation, a base on which you feel secure and stable. You should experience a balance between release and effort, surrender and exertion, and grounding and lifting. Energetically, you should feel firmly connected to the earth and yet light as a feather. Finally, a good seated pose should bring a sense of clarity and alertness.
Western Challenges
Unfortunately many Westerner practitioners suffer more discomfort than lightness in meditation poses: pain and instability in the knees, tightness and aching in the hips and sacrum, as well as fatigue and cramping in the back muscles. Ironically the Western culture's attempt to find comfort and stability in sitting by creating ever-cushier chairs and sofas has backfired. Our reliance on such props has weakened our back muscles, kept our hamstrings in a constant state of gripping, forced our heads to jut forward, pushed our sacrums backward, and rounded our upper backs.
Most experts tend to agree with Julie Gudmestad, Yoga Journal's anatomy columnist and a physical therapist, who says the hips play a key role in proper sitting. "In order to sit comfortably, you need a lot of external rotation in your hips," she says; lack of external rotation prevents your knees from releasing down toward the floor. If rotation in your hip joints is limited, says Gudmestad, then your body will accommodate your attempt to rotate by moving at the next available joint. Unfortunately that joint is the knee, which is much less stable than the hip. The knee's main job is to flex and extend; it has no business twisting. When you externally rotate the leg at the knee instead of the hip joint, knee pain often results. And as any yoga teacher will tell you, knee pain is never a good thing: If your knee hurts in any cross-legged position, choose another way to sit.
According to Gudmestad, tightness in the hip will not only threaten the knee but can also "end up torquing the pelvis, causing it to rotate posteriorly." So in other words, you round your back. Put simply: If your thigh can't rotate, your shin or lower back probably will. And a rounded lower back pushes everything else out of alignment: The whole spine slumps, the head falls forward, and then the diaphragm compresses, all of which impedes the blood flow to the core of the body and restricts breathing. No wonder anyone sitting this way feels uncomfortable!
Of course, lack of external rotation isn't the only problem in cross-legged sitting. According to Anusara Yoga founder John Friend, another reason for such slumped posture is weakness in the paraspinals, the muscles running up along the spine. Tight hamstrings in the back of the legs and tight gluteal muscles in the buttocks can also contribute to slumping by making it difficult to tip the pelvis back toward alignment.
And while external rotation is crucial, some practitioners have plenty of external rotation and still cannot successfully execute a comfortable Padmasana or even Siddhasana. In fact, too much external rotation can also be a problem: Ballet dancers often complain of sore hips when they sit, not because their femurs can't externally rotate but because many of the muscles surrounding their outer hipsincluding the gluteus medius muscles in the buttocks and the illiotibial (IT) band on the outer hip and thigh are so tight from years of turnout. As Friend points out, the femur head (the top of the thighbone) needs to be able to do more than just externally rotate; it must move in toward the midline, toward the inner part of the hip joint. In addition, the femur head must glide back within the socket. To help with these movements, Friend suggests that some students can actually benefit from manually rotating their upper thighs inward first, so they ground the sitting bones and release the sacrum forward before trying to go into external rotation.
What's a Yogi to Do?
Luckily for modern-day practitioners, yoga asana practice has burgeoned and become much more sophisticated over the past 2000 years. Myriad poses now exist to help set those femur heads properly in their sockets, elongate and strengthen the back muscles, soften those groins, as well as open up pathways for energy (prana) to flow unimpeded from the base of the spine up through the crown of the head. How to begin? California yoga teacher Patricia Sullivan created the practice sequence outlined in this article to specifically address sitting challenges. Since a restricted range of motion in the hip sockets plagues most people, she's included poses that work the legs in internal rotation, like Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend), as well as some to externally rotate the thighbones, such as Supta Padangusthasana II (Reclining Big-Toe Pose) with the leg out to the side. Back-strengthening poses, like Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose) also encourage the pelvis to tilt properly as the thighbones move within the sockets. Several poses help relax and lengthen tight inner thighs and groins: Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose), Supta Ardha Padmasana (Reclining Half-Lotus Pose), and Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Legged Forward Bend); all provide a good stretch while encouraging external rotation of the femurs.
In the end, what many practitioners find most helpful is simply doing a well-rounded practice consistently. Take the body through its full range of motion-forward bends to lengthen the hamstrings and release the sacrum, backbends and standing poses to strengthen the back and open up the chest and abdominal region, seated poses to open the hips and encourage proper femur rotation, and supine poses to stretch the hamstrings and groins. Not all the preparatory poses need to be active ones; passive poses allow you to open the body without tiring and to draw awareness in toward the Self.
Senior Iyengar teacher Patricia Walden reminds us all to be patient. Most beginning students will find their bodies speaking to them rather loudly when they first sit down to meditate. Richard Rosen suggests that you sit for only a few minutes at a stretch, gradually increasing the time as the posture gets easier. Use props to make your sitting time more comfortable. Sit on folded blankets, a zafu (meditation cushion), or a bolster, so you can keep your knees lower than your hips. You do want to help our knees descend toward the floor, but do not overwork the forward tilt of your pelvis to accomplish this; instead, draw your spine up so your weight comes toward the front edge of your sitting bones. At this same time, allow your tailbone to actively extend toward the floor. As you do this, be careful not to center your weight too far back on your sitting bones; if you do, you will overround your lower back.
If your back spinal muscles insist on sagging, sit against a wall for support. Walden says the wall can give you valuable information. Is one hip closer to the wall than the other? Does one shoulder press into the wall while the other moves away? Use the wall as your guide to gently correct your posture.
If no sitting pose works for you at first, begin with what your body is used tosit in a chair. But sit mindfully. Richard Rosen suggests sitting so that the top rim of your pelvis (those bony protrusions at the top of your hips) stays parallel to the chair seat and the pubis and tailbone are equidistant from the chair seat. To keep those muscles around the spine active, lift the front body from the perineum (the floor of the pelvis) up through the crown of the head. Rosen says that the front of the spine should feel slightly longer than the back. This length in your spine should help free up the diaphragm, making breathing easier for you. If you have trouble keeping your spine lifted, Walden recommends you sit with your legs through the back of the chair and use your arms on the top of the chairback for support to help you elongate your spine.
Even if you cannot do Padmasana no matter how many different variations of stretching and strengthening poses you practice, you can certainly move toward realizing the benefits of Lotus without falling prey to its difficulties. No matter what sitting pose you choose to use, work toward simultaneously rooting down and lifting up, so that you are aiming to build a sense of groundedness and freedom.
And as your meditative postures begin to grow stronger and more comfortable, let yourself enjoy those occasional moments when sitting becomes effortless, the subtle channels of your body open, and prana flows with total freedom.
Contributing Editor Linda Sparrowe has recently written two books: A Woman's Book of Yoga and Health: A Lifelong Guide to Wellness (Shambhala Publications, 2002) and Yoga: A Yoga Journal Book (Hugh Lauter Levin & Associates, 2002), which contains more than 375 of David Martinez's stunning asana photos and an overview of yoga history.


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Lawrence C. Longway double-dipped on housing tax exemptions in New York state and Florida from 2005 to 2010, and legal experts say he cannot retain tax savings from both states.
The Pamelia supervisor received a STAR tax exemption for his residence at 23803 Route 37 from 2004 to 2010, according to Jefferson County assessment rolls for that period. In Hillsborough County, Fla., he has received a homestead exemption since 2005.
The Basic STAR tax exemption from the state Department of Taxation and Finance provides homeowners with a $30,000 assessment reduction on their school taxes, resulting in annual savings ranging from $200 to $450. The homestead exemption in Florida saves homeowners a minimum of $750 a year. Both programs require applicants to be considered permanent residents to receive benefits, making it impossible to get both tax breaks simultaneously.
Mr. Longway and his wife, Virginia, still receive a homestead exemption for the house they own at 1245 Acappella Lane, Apollo Beach. But Mr. Longway soon could be in hot water with the Hillsborough County property appraiser office, which is investigating the case, if it rules that Mr. Longway actually was a New York resident during years he received savings.
Depending on the evidence, Florida or New York could end up taking legal action against Mr. Longway, said William E. Shepherd, general counsel for the Hillsborough County property appraiser office. If Hillsborough County rules that Mr. Longway was not a permanent Florida resident for years he received a STAR exemption in New York, it would have the authority to recoup tax savings by placing a lien on the Longways Tampa Bay house. A 50 percent penalty also would be assessed for improperly exempted taxes, plus 15 percent interest per year.
In order to claim a STAR exemption, you have to claim youre a resident of New York, so that obviously gives us additional concern as to where Mr. Longway is claiming residency for those years, Mr. Shepherd said. The evidence is piling up against Mr. Longway. Either the homestead exemption down here is improper, or the exemption up there is improper. He had a New York drivers license and voter registration for some of the years in question, so there is clearly a problem. Theres evidence going both ways, and obviously the most problematic thing is hes claiming to be a resident in both states simultaneously. At the end of the day, hes going to have to make a choice.
Mr. Longway declined to comment when called Tuesday.
On his homestead exemption application submitted in 2010 for the house at 1245 Acappella Lane, Mr. Longway claimed to be a permanent Florida resident since June 1, 2004. From 2005 to 2009, the Longways received a homestead exemption for a previous home in the Tampa Bay area.
Mr. Longway has saved at least $6,000 in taxes since 2005 from the homestead exemption in Florida. By contrast, the six years he garnered STAR exemption savings in New York saved roughly $2,500 in taxes, according to reduced home assessments from 2004 to 2010 that were calculated based on the Pamelia tax rate for the General Brown Central School District.
Mr. Longway sold his Route 37 house in January, and he claimed a commercial building that he owns to be his permanent residence: Long-Park Tire at 23751 Route 342. That address was listed on a petition Mr. Longway submitted to the Jefferson County Board of Elections to run as an incumbent in the Republican primary election Tuesday. Mr. Longway defeated challenger Scott Allen 149-94.
If the New York Department of Taxation and Finance rules Mr. Longway ineligible for the STAR exemption because he was a Florida resident over that period, it could take legal action to recover tax savings. The penalty for those found to have willfully submitted erroneous information on past applications now includes a $100 penalty paid to the assessing municipality; payback for up to three years of inappropriately received benefits, plus interest; and disqualification for any STAR exemption for five years. Stiffened penalties were approved by the state for the 2013-14 fiscal year, but they will apply only to STAR benefits received by households after Oct. 1.
Geoffrey T. Gloak, a spokesman for the tax agency, said that to deter applicants from illegally receiving benefits, the STAR application warns people about fines for misrepresenting information.
The STAR registration was put into effect to ensure that every eligible homeowner continues to receive exemptions, and caution anyone who is not a resident, Mr. Gloak said.
Paul J. Warneck, director of Jefferson County Real Property Tax Services, said the department has assisted residents in the past who accidentally received STAR exemptions and Florida homestead exemptions at the same time. Those applicants submitted a renunciation application for the state Tax Department to recoup savings from STAR exemptions. It allowed residents to keep homestead exemptions in Florida.
If Mr. Longway needed to renunciate STAR benefits to avoid penalties and the loss of his homestead exemption, he could make an application to repay the savings with interest. Then, in the eyes of New York state and Florida, he would be clear of any problems, Mr. Warneck said.
But that potential solution would depend on whether Mr. Longway is determined to have willfully misrepresented information to receive the STAR exemption, Mr. Warneck said, or if its deemed an accident.
In 2010, he knew he couldnt have both exemptions and let it go away, Mr. Warneck said. Obviously, he took some affirmative action to get rid of it.
And that may not solve Mr. Longways Florida problem, since he is on record through the Board of Elections as having been a legal resident of the town of Pamelia the entire time he claimed the homestead exemption. If Mr. Longway renounces his STAR exemption because he is a legal resident of Florida, he cannot remain as Pamelia supervisor.
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Living within the water means we have
The proposed water pipeline from Lake Powell to Washington and Iron counties has been considered pie in the sky for many years. It is however starting to get some traction as developers and those who love the green stuff in their hands start to imagine the possibilities in the southwestern part of Utah.
For years the St. George area has been growing like crazy. Right now Washington County has between 80-90,000 people, but many experts project that the population there could grow to 350,000 by just past mid-century. Of course that growth would depend on a lot of things, one of which is enough H2O to go around.
Now some state legislators are proposing to pay for the billion plus dollars cost of the pipeline with your money, not Iron or Washington counties money. They are talking about a statewide "tax" or an increase in water rates, or the creation of a statewide "special service district" to pay for the pipeline. In other words, once again we in the other rural parts of the state would have to support some pork barrel project to help poor little St. George.
The arrogance of southwestern Utah politicians has surfaced once again.
But worse than making us pay for something that will never benefit us and only really benefit a few developers and money hoggers in southern Utah, is the precedent it will set.
For the last 90 years our county has been in a fight with Sanpete County over trans-basin water diversion. They want to build Gooseberry Dam to trap water from the drainage that naturally flows our way. They want to use that water first for agriculture, but we all know they also covet it for the fact that they are quickly becoming a bedroom community of the Wasatch Front and want it eventually for residential and industrial growth.
The battle that has raged seems to come and go, but over the years one of the main reasons the dam hasn't been built is because the funding has never really been there. Neither the state nor the feds have come up with the cash, and poor little Sanpete just doesn't have the dough either. So even if they could get everything legally in line to build it, they couldn't. But a move in the direction of building the St. George pipeline could change all this, because if it was done for one project, why couldn't it be done for another in the name of "growth."
One has to also look at the political alliances these kinds of things could attract. Do you think the Sanpete politicians and others in the state who support Gooseberry wouldn't jump on the band wagon of the St. George project if they thought the support would be reciprocal?
And worst of all, we in Carbon, with a specific state wide scenario of funding for local water projects that could be put in place, could end up paying for the very dam that would only hurt the economy of our county.
I don't like trans-basin water diversions and never have. The Central Utah Water Project made it so the Wasatch Front could learn to waste water rather than learn to conserve it. So I am against the St. George project, mainly because they have not learned how to conserve either. They use almost twice the water per person that Tuscon, Ariz. residents use, yet their weather, as hot as it is in the summer, is overall much cooler than Tuscon's.
I find it interesting that some of the biggest backers of the project are some of the most conservative politicians too. They are always telling us that the government should live within its means. Well shouldn't municipalities live within their means too, those means being water that is available to them.
If we are going to stop Las Vegas from stealing water from the agricultural users in the Snake Valley in western Utah, we had better get and keep our house in order too.
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6 U.S. Code § 1163 - Railroad security assistance
(a) Security improvement grants
(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and other appropriate agencies or officials, is authorized to make grants to railroad carriers, the Alaska Railroad, security-sensitive materials offerors who ship by railroad, owners of railroad cars used in the transportation of security-sensitive materials, State and local governments (for railroad passenger facilities and infrastructure not owned by Amtrak), and Amtrak for intercity passenger railroad and freight railroad security improvements described in subsection (b) as approved by the Secretary.
(2) A railroad carrier is eligible for a grant under this section if the carrier has completed a vulnerability assessment and developed a security plan that the Secretary has approved in accordance with section 1162 of this title.
(3) A recipient of a grant under this section may use grant funds only for permissible uses under subsection (b) to further a railroad security plan that meets the requirements of paragraph (2).
(4) Notwithstanding the requirement for eligibility and uses of funds in paragraphs (2) and (3), a railroad carrier is eligible for a grant under this section if the applicant uses the funds solely for the development of assessments or security plans under section 1162 of this title.
(5) Notwithstanding the requirements for eligibility and uses of funds in paragraphs (2) and (3), prior to the earlier of 1 year after the date of issuance of final regulations requiring vulnerability assessments and security plans under section 1162 of this title or 3 years after August 3, 2007, the Secretary may award grants under this section for rail security improvements listed under subsection (b) based upon railroad carrier vulnerability assessments and security plans that the Secretary determines are sufficient for the purposes of this section but have not been approved by the Secretary in accordance with section 1162 of this title.
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A recipient of a grant under this section shall use the grant funds for one or more of the following:
(1) Security and redundancy for critical communications, computer, and train control systems essential for secure railroad operations.
(2) Accommodation of railroad cargo or passenger security inspection facilities, related infrastructure, and operations at or near United States international borders or other ports of entry.
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(5) The security of intercity passenger railroad stations, trains, and infrastructure, including security capital improvement projects that the Secretary determines enhance railroad station security.
(6) Technologies to reduce the vulnerabilities of railroad cars, including structural modification of railroad cars transporting security-sensitive materials to improve their resistance to acts of terrorism.
(8) To obtain train tracking and communications equipment, including equipment that is interoperable with Federal, State, and local agencies and tribal governments.
(9) To hire, train, and employ police and security officers, including canine units, assigned to full-time security or counterterrorism duties related to railroad transportation.
(10) Overtime reimbursement, including reimbursement of State, local, and tribal governments for costs, for enhanced security personnel assigned to duties related to railroad security during periods of high or severe threat levels and National Special Security Events or other periods of heightened security as determined by the Secretary.
(11) Perimeter protection systems, including access control, installation of improved lighting, fencing, and barricades at railroad facilities.
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(17) Emergency response equipment, including fire suppression and decontamination equipment, personal protective equipment, and defibrillators.
(18) Operating and capital costs associated with security awareness, preparedness, and response training, including training under section 1167 of this title, and training developed by universities, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit employee labor organizations, for railroad employees, including frontline employees.
(19) Live or simulated exercises, including exercises described in section 1166 of this title.
(21) Development of assessments or security plans under section 1162 of this title.
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(3) award the funds authorized by this section based on risk, as identified by the plans required under sections 1161 and 1162 of this title, or assessment or plan described in subsection (a)(5);
(4) take into account whether stations or facilities are used by commuter railroad passengers as well as intercity railroad passengers in reviewing grant applications;
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Grant funds awarded under this section may be awarded for projects that span multiple years.
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A grant made under this section may not be used to make any State or local government cost-sharing contribution under any other Federal law.
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Each recipient of a grant under this section shall report annually to the Secretary on the use of grant funds.
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Not later than 240 days after August 3, 2007, the Secretary shall provide a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility and appropriateness of requiring a non-Federal match for grants awarded to freight railroad carriers and other private entities under this section.
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A recipient of a grant under this section and sections 1164 and 1165 of this title shall be required to comply with the standards of section 24312 of title 49, as in effect on January 1, 2007, with respect to the project in the same manner as Amtrak is required to comply with such standards for construction work financed under an agreement made under section 24308(a) of that title.
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The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (still known as ATF) is facing growing pressure after whistleblowers exposed "Project Gunrunner" and "Operation Fast and Furious" to public and congressional scrutiny. It turns out many of the guns shipped to Mexican crime syndicates with ATF permission have ended up at crime scenes on both sides of the border. And at least three of the weapons were involved in the slaying of U.S. federal agents.
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EAST PROVIDENCE - After sweating out back-to-back nailbiters that weren't decided until the final seconds, East Providence was able to relax a bit on Thursday night and enjoy a blowout victory.
Sparked by a game-high 17 points from Mary Monagle and 14 points and as many rebounds by Taylor Wiggins, the Townies, who are back in Division II after a two-year stint in Division I, ran their young league record to 2-0 by rolling to a 58-38 crossover victory over Burrillville on their home floor.
The Townies, who kicked off their season last Friday with a 45-43 Injury Fund loss to Division I Portsmouth, and two days ago, netted a 47-44 victory over Lincoln, found themselves in another close battle with the Broncos for most of the first half.
With 4:30 on the clock, the Townies owned a 20-18 lead, but at that point, they threw a full-court press on the Broncos that saw the visitors turn the ball over four times and E.P. rattle off the next 12 points to take a double-digit command they never relinquished.
"The kids did a nice job with the press," added E.P. coach Mike Solitro. "It's something I'm not fully confident in using right now, but they did a nice job, and for the most part, that kind of gave us the separation that we needed."
The Townies went into the break up by 11 (36-25), and after the Broncos' Alyssa Lemire opened the second half with an open jumper, the hosts quickly came back with the next eight points, and they claimed their largest lead of the night (58-32) in the final minutes on back-to-back layups by Lindsee Allienello.
"I thought defensively we were very, very soft in the first half," offered Solitro. "I kind of got on them at halftime and they turned it around a little bit in the second half. We didn't really change defenses, we just changed our intensity."
While the Townies got a lift from their defense, they also got a spark from Monagle, who scored just two points in each of the Townies' first two games and was forced to leave the game against Lincoln with an ankle injury.
But Monagle showed little signs of wear and tear on this night, especially in the first half, where she scored 12 of her points. She also finished the night with five steals and as many assists.
"She wasn't even supposed to play today," said Solitro. "We were wondering if she was going to play because she hurt her ankle last game, but she came out and she sparked us."
Thomeeka Speaks also had eight points and six steals for the Townies, and Allienello also dished out five assists and played well defensively.
Those performances were just some of the highlights in a contest that clearly resembled an early-season game. Both teams not only teamed up to commit 38 fouls (22 by the Townies), but they also totaled 51 turnovers (28 by the Broncos).
And while those turnovers were plenty for the Broncos, so were their misses from the free-throw stripe, where they shot an unusually-low 42 percent (13-for-31).
"We were hurting ourselves," said Burrillville coach Lindsay Rachlow, whose crew was playing in its Division II opener after beating North Smithfield in an Injury Fund game last Friday. "We had a lot of turnovers, we couldn't hit anything from the free-throw line, and we didn't have any type of momentum until the last five minutes of the game."
Tori Libby's 10 points and Lemire's eight led the Broncos.
"It's a tough loss, but I'm not worried," offered Rachlow. "I knew we were playing a good team tonight. It tells us exactly where we stand and what we need to work on."


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Bristol Academy U18s went down 40-24 to London Wasps in an entertaining encounter at Maidenhead RFC on Saturday.
Played on an IRB-approved 4G surface, Bristol went close early on when centre Lucas Slowik was bundled into touch five metres from the line.
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Wasps came back strongly in the second period, crossing twice to go 26-14 up, before captain Joe Joyce powered over to reduce the deficit to 29-19.
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"The one area where as a group we need to improve is our execution. We made three small errors - a missed penalty kick to touch, a lost lineout and a poor restart kick - which cost us twenty-one points.
"We have got to realise that at this level we will be punished even for small errors. The attacking mindset of the team is really pleasing and credit must go to Attack Coach Keith Leaker, as we have scored ten tries in our three games.
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I'm going on a float with a local whitewater club. I'm going to rent a packraft to give it a try. They said I need a helmet so I am going to buy one. What is a good helmet to use? Are there any lightweight helmets you guys recommend for packrafting?
This also begs the question- What type of water do you expect to see? What class? If you're renting a packraft to give it a try, what other rafting experience do you have?I guess all I'm saying is that I wouldn't take a packraft on Class III or higher if I had never been in a packraft before. I'd want a lot of experience. But that's just me.Also, what packraft will you be renting? Alpacka?
Edited by T.L. on 08/26/2013 09:00:56 MDT.
Up to about Class 3 is pretty easy in a packraft (Alpacka), assuming you've paddled in water before. Above that skill starts to come in.For a helmet, I went with the Kong Scarab primarily because it's light and approved for things in addition to whitewater like mountain biking and rock climbing.
Edited by simplespirit on 08/26/2013 09:25:49 MDT.
I canoe at 3 mph without a helmet. I flat-water kayak at 4 mph without a helmet. I motorboat at 30 mph without a helmet. I drive (at 100 mph in Germany a few weeks ago) without a helmet. I wouldn't white-water kayak without a helmet, because if one rolls, there are rocks down there. Even if not completely inverted, but sideways, smacking a rock is a possibility. So, yeah, it raises the question for me: is this more trip than you think it is? Or are they being overly conservative on this point or perhaps have a blanket club policy or insurance rule?Back on topic - does the club require any particular specification (like UIAA certification for climbing helmets)? If not, a multi-sport helmet, while a little warmer on the river, also works for skiing, snowboarding, and bicycling:http://www.sierratradingpost.com/bern-watts-multi-sport-helmet-removable-liner~p~4902g/$99 original, $65 on STP, $50-ish if you enter key code SITECOOL813 on an order over $100. 1 pound 3 ounces.I was in a climbing shop a few months and was impressed by:http://www.mountaingear.com/themountainblog/2013/07/shell-shocked-by-climbings-lightest-helmet-the-petzl-sirocco/at 165 grams, it seemed to float out of my hands. It passes all the UIAA tests. Maybe there is / will be a similar offering styled for white water. $110 at REI. Or, if you prefer, only $303/pound. That's cheaper than silver bullion.
While some helmet is better than no helmet, best for whitewater is a helmet designed for whitewater.Some important features of whitewater helmets that might not be found on other types:– Protects for multiple (as in 10s) of impacts.– Protects back and side of your head down to your ears (some cover your ears), not just the top of your head.– Different sizes of helmets, with adjustable straps and foam inserts, to insure a snug fit. You should not be able to move your helmet around on your head.– Designed to keep the helmet on your head as you are being thrashed under waterSome whitewater deaths and serious injuries were attributed to helmets slipping back on the wearer's head underwater, exposing the forehead and temple, then ... wham.I wear a helmet 99% of the time I'm on the river, no matter what class the rapids. My avatar photo is one of the few times I wasn't wearing one, but you can see it (red) just behind me, ready for the next rapid. And yes, I started wearing a helmet after a concussion in a "it's only Class III" rapid.NRS has a pretty good selection of helmets: http://search.nrs.com/search?asug=&w=helmet, but there are many more models available from different sources. The helmet I wear is no longer made, helmets and companies seem to come and go.You might be able to rent or borrow a helmet, if you aren't ready to commit.Stay safe out there.-- Rex
Edited by Rex on 08/26/2013 10:27:27 MDT.
I was told we would be floating Class II+. The trip is geared towards noobies. I have very limited paddling experience and pretty much no whitewater experience. I'll be renting a Alpacka Yukon Yak.
Edited by mtnrunner on 08/26/2013 11:01:27 MDT.
II+ water can easily flip an inflatable kayak/packraft. Prepare yourself mentally to flip and then it's not so bad.I'd probably rent the first time unless you have plenty of disposable income, a suitable helmet will start at $50.00 (Pro-tek) and go up from there.You might consider some neoprene as well. Even a shorty will keep you comfortable when you're getting splashed alot (and you will being in a packraft).
I know of no light, or even lightish, WW-specific helmets. Rent one. If you show up to class wearing a bike or climbing helmet that will just create unnecessary problems.IMO a helmet is less necessary in a packraft because most people aren't locked in with thigh straps and are thus likely to pop out of the boat and stay upright. If you're running thigh straps, you need a helmet. I have a BD Vector climbing helmet I like, and I've used a bike helmet. Neither is ideal for whitewater, but both will serve well enough, and get used for other stuff for 98% of their life.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture may—
(2) Subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, appoint and fix compensation of such officers and employees as he may deem necessary, except for a period not to exceed eight months from April 27, 1935, the Secretary of Agriculture may make appointments and may continue employees of the organization heretofore established for the purpose of administering those provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act which relate to the prevention of soil erosion, without regard to the civil-service laws or regulations and the Classification Act, as amended; and any persons with technical or practical knowledge may be employed and compensated under this chapter on a basis to be determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(3) Make expenditures for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for the purchase of law books and books of reference, for printing and binding, for the purchase, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, and perform such acts, and prescribe such regulations, as he may deem proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Source(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, § 4,49 Stat. 164; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a),63 Stat. 972; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3784.)
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The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in par. (2), is act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, which was classified generally to subchapter I (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was terminated June 30, 1943, by act June 27, 1942, ch. 450, § 1,56 Stat. 410. Provisions of the Act that were classified to former Title 40 were repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The Classification Act, as amended, referred to in par. (2), is the Classification Act of 1923 (approved Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265, 42 Stat. 1488), which was repealed by section 1202 of the Classification Act of 1949 (approved Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 972).
In par. (2), "chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5" substituted for "the Classification Act of 1949, as amended" on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b),Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1949—Par. (2). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923".
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, § 8,80 Stat. 632, 655.
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Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department of the Interior related to compliance with system activities requiring coordination and approval under this chapter and such functions of Secretary or other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with this chapter with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, §§ 102(e), (f), 203 (a),44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) ofPub. L. 102–486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by section 720d (f) of Title 15.
"Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted for "Civil Service Commission" and "Commission" in par. (2), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102,43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.
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- Round rose gold ionic plated stainless steel case with silver tone dial and date window at 3 o'clock
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- Water resistance tested at 50M
- Case measures 28mm (1.10 inches) wide
- Bracelet measures 14mm (0.55 inches) wide
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Bag It: Spring's Most Covet-Worthy Designer Handbags
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What does it take for a handbag to reach "It" status? Well, it starts with an incredibly chic design, followed by a handful of stylish celebrity owners, think: Taylor Swift, Jessica Alba, and Kate Bosworth. The 11 bags in today's story check both of the boxes, making them the cream of the handbag crop!
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Kate Bosworth
If Marni's Metallic-Leather Shoulder Bag ($1550) has the Bosworth stamp of approval, you know it's good!
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Marni Metallic-Leather Shoulder Bag ($1550)
An accordion-like design allows for multiple compartments, which are perfect for storing all your daily essentials and more.
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Jessica Alba
Chloe's new-for-spring Baylee Medium Perforated Satchel ($2900) never left Alba's side during Paris Fashion Week.
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Chloe Baylee Medium Perforated Satchel ($2900)
Perforated leather lends an element of cool to this satchel-tote hybrid.
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Emma Roberts
Given the actress' easy-chic approach to dressing, it's not surprising to see Roberts favoring Sandro's Anaconda Snakeskin Crossbody Bag ($275) as of late.
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Sandro Anaconda Snakeskin Crossbody Bag ($275)
Blue and pink on one side and green and white on the other, this little cross-body bag is the ideal nod to your playful side. Even better: you can remove the straps and wear it as a clutch at night!
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Solange Knowles
With a myriad of celebrity supporters, including Solange Knowles, Emma Watson, Kate Hudson, and Eva Mendes, it's no wonder there's a waitlist for M2Malletier's Amor Fati Leather Shoulder Bag ($1880, 212.524.9770).
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M2Malletier Amor Fati Leather Shoulder Bag ($1880, 212.524.9770)
With its signature metal top handle and angular shape, this bag is the epitome of modern style.
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Kristen Stewart
It was only a matter of time before backpack connoisseur Stewart picked up Chanel's in-demand Graffiti Printed Canvas version.
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Chanel Graffiti Printed Canvas Backpack ($3400)
Does it get any cooler than a Chanel backpack? The answer is no.
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Diane Kruger
For off-duty errand runs around Los Angeles, Kruger relies on Jil Sander's versatile JIL Bag ($1690) in White.
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Jil Sander JIL Bag ($1690)
While an investment, this satchel is one you can wear to work, on the weekend, and beyond.
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Kate Mara
Talk about a chic travel companion! Kate Mara selected Louis Vuitton's NN14GM Cuir Nuance Bleu Bag ($3700, 866.VUITTON) for a flight out of LAX.
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Louis Vuitton NN14GM Cuir Nuance Bleu Bag ($3700, 866.VUITTON)
Offering a current take on the popular bucket shape, Louis Vuitton's newest must-have has the minimalist written all over it.
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Olivia Wilde
Gucci Nouveau Fringe Suede Shoulder Bag ($2500)? Check! Leather jacket? Check! Black boots? Check! Wilde's inner rocker has officially surfaced!
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Gucci Nouveau Fringe Suede Shoulder Bag ($2500)
Not just for the music festival scene, this fringe flap shoulder bag is just as alluring with a great dress for evening.
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Dakota Fanning
This season, Fanning is letting her accessories—specifically, Prada's Visage Printed Saffiano Leather Bag ($2800, 310.278.8661)—take center stage.
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Prada Visage Printed Saffiano Leather Bag ($2800)
This bag is certainly eye-catching, don't you agree?
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Olivia Palermo
Palermo is giving her beloved Givenchy satchel a break and Nina Ricci's Marche Leather and Suede Tote ($1750) some quality play time.
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Nina Ricci Marche Leather and Suede Tote ($1750)
Pick up this bag now, and we promise you'll love its sleek, timeless design for years to come.
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January Jones
The Mad Men actress may have a handful of designer bags on rotation this spring, but we're most fond of her ombre Fendi 2Jours Bag ($2542) in Red.
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Fendi 2Jours Bag ($2542)
With this tonal bag on your arm, adding a pop of spring color to your everyday wardrobe has never been easier (or more chic).
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Taylor Swift
It's easy to see why the singer loves the Sella Shopping Zip Bag ($1564) by TOD'S—the prim satchel is a perfect match for her ladylike sensibilities.
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TOD'S Sella Shopping Zip Bag ($1564)
We love this structured style in Swift's preferred nude hue, but be sure to check it out in black and white, too!
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Reese Witherspoon
What's that? Another amazing Saint Laurent bag on Witherspoon's arm? Why yes, it's the fashion house's newest style, the Sac De Jour Nano Baby Leather Tote ($1990).
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Saint Laurent Sac De Jour Nano Baby Leather Tote ($1990)
We love mini anything, especially a shrunken version of Saint Laurent's classic Sac De Jour bag.


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Hot, dry weather reduced the number of pheasant and quail chicks that hatched in much of Utah this year.
Mix in development along the Wasatch Front, and farming practices across Utah that are different from the hey-day of pheasant hunting in the state, and it looks like this season will be fair at best.
But that's not expected to keep almost 16,000 hunters from participating in one of Utah's most popular upland game hunts. And for those who find areas with good habitat, the thrill of ring-necked rooster pheasants exploding out of the brush under their feet is something they'll still experience this fall.
A good place to look for ring-necked pheasants is northern Utah. More than 50,000 acres of private land in northern Utah is now open to sportsmen through the Division of Wildlife Resource's Walk-In Access program.
For more information about the program, please visit www.wildlife.utah.gov/walkinaccess.
The following are pheasant hunting prospects for each of the DWR's five regions.
In Cache and Rich counties pheasant populations appear stable and very similar to last year. In Box Elder county the dry spring resulted in reduced pheasant production, but healthy, isolated pockets of pheasants are still found throughout the county.
DWR personnel at the Farmington Bay, Ogden Bay and Salt Creek waterfowl management areas report pheasant brood sizes and the number of broods are down from 2006. Upland habitat conditions across most of these areas are stressed because of the dry summer. The marsh vegetation is in good condition, however. Pheasant hunters should expect to find success similar to what they found last year, but not as good as the success found in 2004 and 2005.
In the central region pheasant populations are similar to last year in the southern part of the region. Agricultural lands and marsh areas around Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake harbor some birds. Please remember that written permission is required to hunt agricultural lands. Limited public hunting is available on the Utah Lake Wetland Preserve and the Powell Slough Wildlife Management Area.
In the West Desert, pheasant hunting is marginal at best. Agricultural lands in the area do harbor some birds. There is also limited public hunting on the Walt Fitzgerald and Carr Fork wildlife management areas.
In the northeast pheasant populations remain low and spotty throughout the region's agricultural areas.
In the southeastern region of the state populations are significantly lower than past years. Small grain production is almost non-existent in the region, and the farming practices don't favor pheasant populations. Hunting will be poor.
In the sourthern region a fair number of pheasants are available on the DWR's wildlife management areas. Several broods were seen near Clear Lake and Redmond this summer. A few pheasant broods were also seen in the Millard and Sevier county areas.
If one is looking for quail hunting here is the lowdown on that kind of sport.
In the central region most of the quail habitat is along the Wasatch Front where hunting is very limited, if not restricted all together. Caution should be used when hunting in the foothills above the housing areas.Please take note where city limit boundaries are to avoid illegal shooting. The quail populations are stable, and hunters should find as many birds as last year.
In the northeastern region although limited in distribution, California quail populations are in good shape throughout the brushy areas associated with agricultural fields.
In the southeastern region small populations can be found along riparian (streamside) areas in Emery and Carbon counties. Hunting will be slow.
In the southern region several quail broods have been observed in areas in Millard County, but not as many as in past years. Some birds have also been observed on DWR wildlife management areas in Sevier County. Quail populations on the Beaver Dam Slope in southwestern Utah have had poor to no recruitment. Some adults have been observed, but populations appear to be down significantly in the area. This can be attributed to a combination of fires in 2006 and a dry spring.
For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.


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Some of the concerns may be valid, but others are way off target.
The problem occurs when people forget that these are wild creatures and instead view them as some sort of lovable Disney creation.
These are real animals, living in a natural world that is unkind and unforgiving. Toss out your misconceptions that these are cute, cuddly, peaceful creatures. They're not. These are living, breathing animals that have three primary goals in life: to eat, to avoid predators and to reproduce.
And these wild creatures are capable of overrunning the land on which they live, which is the case in many residential areas across the state. They have no natural predators, other than the occasional coyote.
A more legitimate concern about the proposed North Ottawa Dunes hunt is safety, but even those concerns are overblown. Non-hunters often assume that all deer hunters behave like Amos Slade, the trigger-happy protagonist in Disney's "The Fox and the Hound" who sends lead flying in every direction whenever he's out on the hunt.
In reality, hunters are an inherently safe bunch. The number of hunting accidents in Michigan number around a dozen per year, and many of those involve hunters falling out of tree stands. The number of times a hunter actually fires his bow or his gun and hits something other than his intended target is miniscule.
Granted, North Ottawa Dunes is situated adjacent to a few residential areas, notably North Holiday Hills. But many hunters already set up their blinds in areas close to residential areas. This is nothing new.
Deer hunts have been held in other popular parks across the state. Near Traverse City, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, and the park is open to hunting during the fall months.
While we realize that not everyone will support this hunt, we recognize the need to manage the deer herd at North Ottawa Dunes. We'll put our faith in the experts who recommended the hunt, and our faith in those who participate in the hunt to do so safely.
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
If C.L. "Gunplay" Maxwell thought he was going to get the best of Deputy Edward Johnstone on Aug. 23, 1909, he was sadly mistaken.
Using a ruse to get Johnstone out a tavern and into the street where he could kill him was typical of a man who had literally lived his entire adult life on both sides of the law, but found himself on the bad side in the end.
It never had to be that way. Maxwell (whose real name was James Otis Bliss, but went by a number of aliases during his lifetime) was well educated, intelligent and actually had some legal business ventures in his life. But for some reason, no matter how successful he was or could be legitimately, the wild life and being an outlaw always called to him.
Maxwell was born in the eastern United States. Some accounts say he was from a well known Italian family in Maryland, while others say he came from well heeled Boston family. Regardless, his upbringing was good but as a young man he began to get into trouble. At one point he got into a bar fight and somehow ended up shooting and killing one of his friends. It was then he headed west. He went to Texas and then went north to Montana. In the early 1890s he drifted into Utah. While in the Intermountain west he often was involved in horse rustling, sometime to the detriment of his partners because at least once he took off with the money that had been paid for the stolen livestock. He was caught in Wyoming, however, and ended up at the Wyoming State Prison. That is where he met Butch Cassidy, and eventually tried to become part of his gang. He may have ridden with some of the people from the gang, but he was never part of it.
He actually was never a very efficient criminal, because he mostly did rustling and passing bad checks.
But in 1898 he did make a name for himself in Utah by robbing a bank in Springville with another man. The few thousand dollars they made from that robbery didn't stay in their hands long as they tried to go over to Diamond Fork through Hobble Creek Canyon and were caught by a posse. His accomplice (who to this day his name is unknown) was shot by the posse and he was captured. He went to the Utah State Prison for a long sentence, but five years later he helped foil a prison break and his sentence was commuted.
Maxwell was given the benefit of the doubt in that instance, something that seemed to happen to him time and again. After he got out in 1903, it appears he tried to go straight. He worked as a mine guard in Carbon County and also did some exploring, thinking that maybe he could make money on the minerals in the area. He became somewhat regarded and began working for Utah Fuel Company's attorneys, Mark Braffet, as his body guard. Braffet in an interview with the Eastern Utah Advocate (Aug. 26, 1909) after Maxwell's death told about the man he had known.
Braffet's life had been threatened a number of times during the strikes and they picked Maxwell to protect him "because of his fearlessness when firearms were the media of exchange of personalities."
"There is always a kind of halo thrown about the head of a dead desperado or outlaw," Braffet told the paper. "I do not want to be considered in any sense as weaving of such a halo about an outlaw's head nor to be considered as sanctioning the acts in the turbulent life of Maxwell. At the same time I do not have any unpleasant things to say about the dead."
Braffet went on to say that Maxwell had "always rendered loyal service to his employers" and that he "was a most energetic man and if his energies had been directed toward a legitimate end he would have been a big man and a good one."
During this time he actually discovered ozokerite (a hard wax material used in some products even today) near Colton and went into the mining business. But that evidently could not hold his attention compared to the life of an outlaw.
Over the next few years he was involved in a killing in Goldfield, Nev. (where he also knew Edward Johnstone) but was never arrested, a holdup of a Wells Fargo Stage (charges not filed) and another shootout in Helper with a railroad foreman in 1907. Both men were wounded. Maxwell faced no time there either.
After that Maxwell ended up on the west coast and married a fairly well to do woman named Besse Hume. Often using alias' he used the name William Seaman when he married her. According to the Eastern Utah Advocate, their honeymoon turned into quite a deal. Maxwell met a man named E.R. Burke, a confidence man supreme. The two of them robbed Maxwell's new wife of her jewelry (apparently unbeknownst to her) and then got in an argument, possibly over the loot. A duel with pistols took place and apparently Maxwell came out the winner, both in the duel and with his new wife because he then recovered the jewelry from a pawn shop where it had been taken. However she apparently left him over the incident and he went to Salt Lake where he got into another gunplay incident in a bar. He was not arrested in that case either.
Within the next year he had gone back to San Francisco and made up with his wife and then moved her to Ogden. They remained there but he often took trips to Carbon County to look after what he told her was his mining interests.
Years before, Maxwell had also married another woman, from whom he was never divorced. While in the Uintah Basin, he had married a woman name Ada Shaw, but there he used the name Maxwell. That situation would cause drama after Maxwell's death in that the two women would jockey for position for his estate.
It was on one of these trips that he decided that it was time to do some robbing in Carbon County (besides passing bad checks which he had a reputation for). He may have had at least one bank in his sights, but what he really wanted was to rob the paymaster at Kenilworth. He came to Spring Glen and hid out for a few days, possibly planning his moves.
Johnstone got wind of Maxwell's presence and started to investigate why he was in the area. Maxwell found out he was prying and it was at that point he decided to confront Johnstone about that, along with the fact the deputy had also been involved in other action against him in Green River and in Goldfield, Nev, during the killing he was involved in there.
Devious and calculating, Maxwell came into Price to get Johnstone. It would be the last act of criminal intent he would ever perpetrate.
Some information for this article came from Old West Legends.