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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona linebacker unit has a double bonus this season. Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson leads the group, plus they house the team's leading tackler in Austin Hasquet.
"Our job is to get out there and stop our opponents," said Thompson. "I love the effort that the guys are showing every day, so we just need to keep up the good work and we'll be ready come game time. Saturdays become a lot easier when you're mentally and physically prepared."
Hasquet is a senior all-conference honoree and CFPA Linebacker Watch List candidate. He will be the leader of not only the linebackers, but the entire defense. The Peoria, Ariz. native led the Lumberjacks with 91 tackles last season, and was named the team's Defensive Outstanding Junior of the Year.
"I definitely believe that we're going to be strong," said Hasquet. "We're a lot farther ahead than what I thought we'd be at this point. My expectations are very high for this defense and I fully expect us to be just as good as last year if not better."
Hasquet started all 12 games last year and accounted for three of the team's 14 interceptions. He recorded eight or more tackles in eight games, was credited with five pass breakups, one sack, one quarterback hurry and 5.5 tackles for loss during the season.
NAU brings back two players other than Hasquet with linebacker experience – senior Craig Frum and junior Harrison Johnson. Frum returns to the field after an injury cut his season short last year. During his sophomore season, Frum recorded 34 tackles and appeared in all 11 games for NAU. Johnson saw significant playing time last season, in addition to registering 13 tackles and an interception. Johnson has appeared in 21 games during his time at NAU with three starts.
Jake Thomas transitions from tight end to linebacker. Thomas was a linebacker in high school, where he set the school record for sacks.
Key losses for the Lumberjacks are Ryan Reardon and Anthony Harrington, who completed their eligibility. Reardon was fifth on the team in tackles with 53, had 6.5 tackles for loss and recovered two fumbles. Harrington registered 38 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and a pair of sacks.
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Barcelona says it has agreed to sign defender Douglas Pereira from Sao Paulo on a five-season deal for 4 million euros ($5.3 million) pending a medical examination.
The club says Douglas will travel to Barcelona at the end of the week to undergo a medical examination, "sign a contract and be presented as a new player."
The transfer fee could rise another 1.5 million euros according to the number of games the 24-year-old right back plays for Barcelona.
Douglas' transfer is the latest in Barcelona's turbulent off-season after incorporating Luis Suarez and Ivan Rakitic, and being forbidden by FIFA to sign new players during the next two transfer windows for breaching regulations governing the acquisition of minors for its youth teams.

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Bernard Lehideux (born 23 September 1944 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France. He is a member of the Union for French Democracy, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
He is also a substitute for the Committee on Development, a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.
- Head of the office of Michel Poniatowski, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1969)
- Special adviser to Michel d'Ornano, Secretary-General of the Independent Republicans (1973)
- National secretary of the Independent Republicans, then of the Republican Party, with responsibility for relations with the press and internal information (1976)
- Member of the Economic and Social Council (1979–1984)
- Secretary-General of the 'Perspectives et Réalités' clubs (1990–1993)
- Member of the Paris Council (1983–1995)
- Chairman of the UDF Group on the Île-de-France Regional Council (1992–1995)
- First Vice-Chairman of the Île-de-France Regional Council (1995–1998)
- Member of the European Parliament (1998–1999)
- Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Development|Committee on Development and Cooperation
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In its ninth year, the open will feature halfpipe and slopestyle competitions at Cardrona, with the Remarkables and Treble Cone to host the big mountain events.
Organisers have scaled back elements of the competition, in part due to financial belt-tightening. All events are capped at 80 men and 40 women, on a first-in basis.
The overall purse has been reduced, the freeski open is now bronze rather than gold status for the halfpipe and slopestyle, while the big mountain will be a three-star Freeride world qualifying event, not four-star as originally intended.
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Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez confirmed the blow for Cole following the 1-0 victory, secured by Demba Ba's spectacular second-half strike.
England international Cole departed after 21 minutes of the contest and will now miss Thursday's Europa League quarter-final first leg with Rubin Kazan and Sunday's Barclays Premier League match with Sunderland.
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15 Fascinating Halloween facts you didn't know
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28 of the easiest, spookiest Halloween decorating ideas
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32 Amazing apple desserts to try this fall
Super Sized
No matter how scary your local haunted house is, it probably can't top the Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio. Measuring 3,564 feet long, the Guinness World Records has named it the world's longest haunted house. Even spookier: It's located 80 feet below ground in an abandoned mine.
Great Gourds
Halloween wouldn't be the same without pumpkins, and thankfully, there are plenty of gourds to go around. According to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, in 2010, the top pumpkin-producing states?Illinois, California, New York and Ohio?produced 1.1 billion pounds of pumpkins.
The Kids Are All Right
In 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated there was 41 million trick-or-treaters ages 5 to 14 in America. Parents spent an estimated $1 billion on children's costumes. By 2014, that number nearly tripled. According to the National Retail Federation, party-goers spent an estimated $2.8 billion on costumes overall.
Feeling Corny
Since its invention in 1898 by the Herman Goelitz Confectionary Company of Fairfield, California (now known as the Jelly Belly Candy Company), candy corn has been wildly popular?so much so that today, nearly 35 million pounds of candy corn are produced each year.
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Heart in Hand
In 1950, Philadelphia-based trick-or-treaters traded in a sweet tooth for a sweet action. In lieu of candy, residents collected change for children overseas and sent it to UNICEF. Subsequently, the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program was born.
The Illusionist
A working magician from the age of 17, Harry Houdini (née Ehrich Weisz) became America's favorite magician and a world-renown legend for his daring escapes. It was only fitting, then, for this master trickster to die on October 31, 1926?from a ruptured appendix.
Circle the Wagons
Due to safety concerns, trunk-or-treating was introduced in 2000 as an alternative to hitting the pavement for candy on Halloween night. Cars are parked in a circle at a school or church parking lot, with event-goers decorating their open trunks and dressing in costume in order to hand out treats.
Dressed to Thrill
Americans are more ready than ever to get into the Halloween spirit. According to the National Retail Federation, 66.7% celebrated the holiday in 2014, and they spent an average of $77.52 per (adult) person on candy, costumes and decor.
Sweet Spot
Valentine's Day is no longer the sweetest national holiday?at least when it come to candy sales. More than twice as much chocolate is sold for Halloween as for Valentine's Day; 90 million pounds of chocolate are sold during Halloween week alone. In total, $1.9 billion is spent on Halloween candy each year.
Dear Mr. Postman
Although the cards may be ghoulish, the sentiment is sweet?according to Hallmark, Halloween ranks as the sixth most popular card-giving holiday, with 20 million cards sent each year. Christmas comes in first place, with a whopping 1.5 billion cards sent each year.
No Teen Spirit
In 2010, Belleville, Illinois, became the latest city to ban trick-or-treating for kids over 12. Teens can face fines from $100 to $1,000 for going door-to-door (although according to officials, more often than not, over-age Halloween-goers are just given a warning).
The Golden Touch
Halloween candy coffers wouldn't be the same without California. Why? Because according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Golden State leads the nation in nonchocolate confectionary production. Out of the 409 sites that manufacture nonchocolate confections in the U.S., California is home to 45 of them.
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Got leftover Halloween candy? Save it for later! Dark and milk chocolates can last up to two years if stored in a dry, odor-free spot. Hard candy can last up to a year, while unopened packages of candy corn can last nine months.
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Musicians Born On October 15
1935 Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction)
1938 Mary Johnson (I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose)
1942 Don Stevenson (Moby Grape)
1946 Richard Carpenter (Carpenters)
1948 Chris de Burgh (Lady in Red)
1953 Tito Jackson (Jacksons)
1966 Douglas Vipond (Deacon Blue)
Number 1 In The Charts On October 15
1966 Four Tops: 'Reach Out I'll Be There' US 45
1977 Debbie Boone: 'You Light Up My Life' US 45
1983 Genesis: 'Genesis' UK LP
1988 Whitney Houston: 'One Moment in Time' UK 45
1988 Chris de Burgh: 'Flying Colours' UK LP
1994 Take That : Sure : UK single
1994 REM : Monster : US LP
Various Music Events On October 15
1955 Sonny Boy Williamson debuts on US R&B chart with 'Don't Start Me Talkin"
1956 Tommy Steele makes his UK TV debut on 'Off the Record' on BBC
1964 Screaming Lord Sutch runs for parliament for the first time
1965 Country Joe and the Fish give out their first record, an EP called 'Fire in the City/Superbird', during a protest march to Oakland
1966 Pink Floyd appear with Soft Machine at launch party for underground newspaper 'International Times', playing their first major gig
1971 Rick Nelson booed off stage when performing new material at rock-and-roll revival show at Madison Square Garden. He writes 'Garden Party' as a result
1976 Ike and Tina Turner split up
1988 Def Leppard become first act in chart history to sell seven million copies of two consecutive LPs, with 'Pyromania (1983)' and 'Hysteria'
1988 For the first time ever, reggae tops the American charts as UB40 hit No. 1 with 'Red Red Wine'
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Truro, Nova Scotia, November 16, 2012 - Canada's wild blueberry industry will increase its international competitiveness thanks to an investment by the Harper Government. Member of Parliament Scott Armstrong (Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment for the Canadian division of the Wild Blueberry Association of North America (WBANA Canada) to develop and enhance international markets for wild blueberries.
"Our Government is helping Canadian producers increase the volume of high-quality wild blueberry exports to target markets because we know trade creates jobs and economic growth," said MP Armstrong. "With this investment, WBANA Canada can undertake market research and promotion and attend key international trade shows to increase awareness of the value, quality, and diversity of Canadian wild blueberries."
Canada is the world's largest producer and exporter of wild blueberries, and this investment of $700,000 will further strengthen the place of Canadian producers in the world market. In 2011, exports were valued at $199 million, making wild blueberries Canada's number-one fruit export. In rural communities in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, wild blueberries contribute significantly to the agricultural industry, representing $86 million in farm-gate value in 2011.
"WBANA is very grateful for this federal government investment, which will help us develop new worldwide demand for Canadian wild blueberries," said John Cameron, Nova Scotia Industry Representative on WBANA Canada's Board. "The growth of new market demand means more production and more employment in many rural areas of eastern Canada. I don't think you could have a better partnership or a better example of how industry and government working together can accomplish positive results."
This Growing Forward investment, made through the AgriMarketing Program, reinforces why federal, provincial, and territorial governments recently identified market development as a priority under Growing Forward 2. The new five-year (2013-2018) agreement includes investments in strategic initiatives of over $3 billion for innovation, competitiveness, and market development plus generous multi-year funding for risk management programs.
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-- enhance your studio. -- in Fort Myers Butler and 93 point seven WEEI earlier -- had a chance to talk with. -- important piece question mark this team Red Sox reliever Daniel Bard Red Sox spring training. You brits actually Virginia barn big difference coming in the spring training for you you're you're back to their comfortable rules relievers that a big help yeah. Mean it's that stood for a cup more comfortable. Kind of mindset coming in I mean not trying to. Adjust myself to -- to a new role new position. You know not trying to impress too many new people know Johnson me. You know I have my best and nine -- -- capable of them just a matter of didn't back and you become and I -- him. Did you go last spring -- -- you become the starter but do it in front of people that. Haven't had eyes on you don't know what you've accomplished and know what to expect. Him I think we just we just had changed him anything the gate. Transformed. Myself into into stewardesses. He was that was a more mental or physical. -- more physical. Or make that mechanical changes deterrent. Answer energy and hide the ball make everything simpler -- actually overcome form itself. I think you're going on back to leading in the second half the season it's confine. Well at before I think you just took two or three months not accountable to hit the -- So good right now it is just getting back to me thrown ball away from the body it's supposed to do. And how many people pitchers realize you really care about the gun you know what the -- might say you mentioned in the secondly can compete and spring training -- to get that velocity back comfortably yeah it's. Them to come out. The it's just a matter. -- -- Feel. Like last year but arm angle. -- -- -- -- Drop to beat inaudible the top over the top -- better control my velocity is in there is that what it's all about losing to that last year. It makes sense at. Treat but the thing. That the reporters. Our -- at. The ball and some. Of the month. And then. There's -- How -- was therefore in hindsight looking back can see your best relievers in baseball for a couple of years and it turns into. Oh yeah -- don't AAA and I knocked it -- feel back I mean to be down there thinking that I should be in the big leagues I should be all star caliber reliever and I'm down here. Still trying to find. You know it's there's little more fractured -- been through the same time. Try to learn something or you're gone through it in distress signal light in the tunnel for me it was not to lose you know India through the whole season. -- -- and it's just like us that feels good now than. A -- you don't get a hitter in the box. Meant to break last week last year coming redundant you could just get away from the game there's like -- -- -- -- -- tradition -- just hasn't backed down huge from minors to get away from. You know it. It's hard to say but looking back you know maybe it would have been -- good thing you know they go to let them do it the season hasn't practiced art is about woods won the grind through. You know it's it's behind us now own room for you that right now the first -- opens -- felt that it may have thrown to. Three different catchers in the same feedback from all through it's it's been pretty positive. Just that he'd done what the Bulls do in this guy's turn things. Butler coming sequences. It's so different feelings and guys that could hear it from the guys we've seen -- do so. You couldn't raise your -- I didn't appreciate good look to this year -- voice backed him. Thanks Daniel Bard Red Sox reliever with -- in Fort Myers and there is no one. Who quite symbolizes the all or nothing Red Sox team the seventy to ninety win range people were talking about. The Daniel Bard we -- Daniel -- comes back and he is the guy was in 20114. Months -- -- Francona may be almost constant. Reliever before Papelbon used to multiple spots. I would be shocked if he told me Flames out and is at triple A half the year and Rick Ankiel again in 2013. I also would believe I mean that is that that is how. All over the place in a good market be this year what his role is going to be guys but. He could be anything and it's Red Sox team -- symbolize that they could be anything between that seven in ninety when deal. I wonder because you know in spring training it's it's always been my -- you know first timeout how'd it feel not bad coaches -- don't fastball a hundred Tony breaking balls it's tough to judge early on but. I actually think you can judge Daniel Bard early I mean if he's the first time he steps -- amount. -- you look up there in 1997. And he's actually throwing his fastball somewhere near the zone. He's in on the record -- Nick Taylor okay it was patient hitter. The velocity is back and he's around the zone. If he goes out there up for some reason you still -- 92 when you're. Four pitch walks again the -- then you could be in some serious trouble because there was no injury here with the annual -- So yeah he's actually got the first couple times you beat you watch him pitch in spring training here -- the even at the first outing for him. It's super important compared to everybody else 'cause there was such a difference from one guy to the next I think you -- to tell early on here at camp. You know think about -- when you talk to him is you know -- you have now my you have to he's a Smart guy. He's a thinking guy in it concerns me that. With him he intellectual lies just thinks so much and things get in his head I wonder if that's a fact and he got up on you know he just goes out and throws. A guy like Bart I wonder in the first couple times the first few once it gets in his head. Does it stay there you know and maybe guys like not blocking guys like Ankiel or more like -- with -- you know I wonder sometimes does he think too much. Well the one positive was he mentioned Billy Butler caught and I talked to a bottom NC caught him before. He go to the tuck it. And you've got to gear just a bullpen you know largest one bullpen and -- difference needs to get. It shows a day it was a different guy in a balls come out of him differently in last years ago is tentative things like that so. He could see the confusion lack of confidence just standing out there and -- mound so it is. It's it's hit it. It -- but the importance of that guy and what he can bring that they have a lot of guys even without Daniel Bard -- -- pitched that seventh eighth ninth inning. And a lot of successful guys to pitch those innings yeah he told him in the mix tonight Tug boats he. Strength but like -- said it's true there's no guy maybe baseball the good pitchers you could say. 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MS. Found in a Bottle
|"MS. Found in a Bottle"
|Edgar Allan Poe
|United States
Short story
|Published in
|Baltimore Saturday Visiter
|Media type
|Print (Periodical)
|Publication date
|October 19, 1833
"MS. Found in a Bottle" is an 1833 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The plot follows an unnamed narrator at sea who finds himself in a series of harrowing circumstances. As he nears his own disastrous death while his ship drives ever southward, he writes an "MS.", or manuscript, telling of his adventures which he casts into the sea. Some critics believe the story was meant as a satire of typical sea tales.
Poe submitted "MS. Found in a Bottle" as one of many entries to a writing contest offered by the weekly Baltimore Saturday Visiter. Each of the stories was well liked by the judges but they unanimously chose "MS. Found in a Bottle" as the contest's winner, earning Poe a $50 prize. The story was then published in the October 19, 1833, issue of the Visiter.
Plot summary[edit]
An unnamed narrator, estranged from his family and country, sets sail as a passenger aboard a cargo ship from Batavia (now known as Jakarta, Indonesia). Some days into the voyage, the ship is first becalmed then hit by a simoom (a combination of a sand storm and hurricane) that capsizes the ship and sends everyone except the narrator and an old Swede overboard. Driven southward by the magical simoom towards the South Pole, the narrator's ship eventually collides with a gigantic black galleon, and only the narrator manages to scramble aboard. Once the new ship arrives, the narrator finds outdated maps and useless navigational tools throughout the ship. Also, he finds it to be manned by elderly crewmen who are unable to see him; he steals writing materials from the captain's cabin to keep a journal (the "manuscript" of the title) which he resolves to cast into the sea. This ship too continues to be driven southward, and he notices the crew appears to show signs of hope at the prospect of their destruction as it reaches Antarctica. The ship enters a clearing in the ice where it is caught in a vast whirlpool and begins to sink into the sea.
"MS. Found in a Bottle" is one of Poe's sea tales (others are "A Descent into the Maelström" and "The Oblong Box"). The story's horror comes from its scientific imaginings and its description of a physical world beyond the limits of human exploration.
Biographer Kenneth Silverman wrote that the story is "a sustained crescendo of ever building dread in the face of ever stranger and ever more imminent catastrophe".[1] This prospect of unknown catastrophe both horrifies and stimulates the narrator.[2] Like Poe's narrator in another early work, "Berenice", the narrator in "MS. Found in a Bottle" lives predominantly through his books, or more accurately his manuscripts.[3]
The otherworldly ship on which the narrator finds himself may evoke the legendary ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman.[4] A number of critics have argued that the story's ending references the Hollow Earth theories propounded by John Cleves Symmes, Jr. and Jeremiah N. Reynolds. Symmes and Reynold proposed that the planet's interior was hollow and habitable, and was accessible via openings at the two poles.[4][5] The idea was considered scientifically plausible during the early 19th century.[6] Poe also incorporated Symmes' theories into his later work The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838), his only novel. Pym bears a number of similarities to "MS. Found in a Bottle", including an abrupt ending set in the Antarctic.[7][8]
However, Poe's story may have been intended to poke fun at the more outlandish claims in Symmes' theory.[4] Indeed, some scholars suggest that "MS. Found in a Bottle" was meant to be a parody or satire of sea stories in general, especially in light of the absurdity of the plot and the fact that the narrator unrealistically keeps a diary through it all.[9] William Bittner, for example, wrote that it was poking fun specifically at Jane Porter's novel Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative (1831) or Symzonia (1820) by the pseudonymous "Captain Adam Seaborn", who was possibly John Cleves Symmes.[9] It may be significant that the other tales that Poe wrote during this period, including "Bon-Bon", were meant to be humorous or, as Poe wrote, "burlesques upon criticism generally".[10]
Critical reception[edit]
The editors who first published "MS. Found in a Bottle" called it "eminently distinguished by a wild, vigorous and poetical imagination, a rich style, a fertile invention, and varied and curious learning."[11] Writer Joseph Conrad considered the story "about as fine as anything of that kind can be—so authentic in detail that it might have been told by a sailor of sombre and poetical genius in the invention of the fantastic".[11] Poe scholar Scott Peeples summarizes the importance of "MS. Found in a Bottle" as "the story that launched Poe's career".[12]
The story was likely an influence on Herman Melville and bears a similarity to his novel Moby-Dick. As scholar Jack Scherting noted:
Two well-known works of American fiction fit the following description. Composed in the 19th century each is an account of an observant, first-person narrator who, prompted by a nervous restlessness, went to sea only to find himself aboard an ill-fated ship. The ship, manned by a strange crew and under the command of a strange, awesome captain, is destroyed in an improbable catastrophe; and were it not for the fortuitous recovery of a floating vessel and its freight, the narrative of the disastrous voyage would never have reached the public. The two works are, of course, Melville's Moby-Dick (1851) and Poe's "MS. Found in a Bottle" (1833), and the correspondences are in some respects so close as to suggest a causal rather than a coincidental relationship between the two tales.[13]
Publication history[edit]
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In the June 15, 1833, issue of the Baltimore Saturday Visiter, its publishers Charles F. Cloud and William L. Pouder announced prizes of "50 dollars for the best Tale and 25 dollars for the best poem, not exceeding one hundred lines", submitted by October 1, 1833. Poe submitted "MS. Found in a Bottle" along with five others. The judges—John Pendleton Kennedy, Dr. James Henry Miller and John H. B. Latrobe—met at the house of Latrobe on October 7[14] and unanimously selected Poe's tale for the prize. The award was announced in the October 12 issue, and the tale was printed in the following issue on October 19, with the remark: "The following is the Tale to which the Premium of Fifty Dollars has been awarded by the Committee. It will be found highly graphic in its style of Composition."[15] Poe's poetry submission, "The Coliseum", was published a few days later, but did not win the prize.[16] The poetry winner turned out to be the editor of the Visiter, John H. Hewitt, using the pseudonym "Henry Wilton". Poe was outraged and suggested the contest was rigged. Hewitt claimed, decades later in 1885, that Poe and Hewitt brawled in the streets because of the contest, though the fight is not verified.[17] Poe believed his own poem was the actual winner, a fact which Latrobe later substantiated.[18]
Kennedy was particularly supportive of Poe's fledgling career and gave him work for the Visiter after the contest.[19] He assisted in getting "MS. Found in a Bottle" reprinted in an annual gift book called the The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present in its 1836 issue.[20] Kennedy also urged Poe to collect the stories he submitted to the contest, including "MS. Found in a Bottle", into one edition and contacted publisher Carey & Lea on his behalf.[21] A plan was made to publish the stories as a volume called Tales of the Folio Club, and the Saturday Visiter promoted it by issuing a call for subscribers to purchase the book in October 1833 for $1 apiece.[22] The "Folio Club" was intended to be a fictitious literary society the author called a group of "dunderheads" out to "abolish literature".[23] The idea was similar in some respects to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. At each monthly meeting, a member would present a story. A week after the Visiter issued its advertisement, however, the newspaper announced that the author had withdrawn the pieces with the expectation they would be printed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[24] Publishers Harper and Brothers were offered the collection but rejected it, saying that readers wanted long narratives and novels, inspiring Poe to write The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, another sea tale.[25]
After its first publication, "MS. Found in a Bottle" was almost immediately pirated by the People's Advocate of Newburyport, Massachusetts, which published it without permission on October 26, 1833.[19]
In August 1835, Poe took a job as a staff writer and critic for the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia. That magazine's December 1835 issue carries a copy of "MS. Found in a Bottle" (see picture to the right).
- ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York City: Harper Perennial, 1991: 91. ISBN 0-06-092331-8
- ^ Stashower, Daniel. The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder. New York: Dutton, 2006: 65. ISBN 0-525-94981-X
- ^ Peeples, Scott. Edgar Allan Poe Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998: 50. ISBN 0-8057-4572-6
- ^ a b c Carlson, Eric W. A Companion to Poe Studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996: 119. ISBN 0-313-26506-2
- ^ Bittner, William. Poe: A Biography. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1962: 132.
- ^ Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy. New York: Cooper Square Press, 1991: 100. ISBN 0-8154-1038-7
- ^ Carlson, Eric W. A Companion to Poe Studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996: 212–213. ISBN 0-313-26506-2
- ^ Whalen, Terrance. Edgar Allan Poe and the Masses: The Political Economy of Literature in Antebellum America. Princeton University Press, 1999: 160–161. ISBN 0-691-00199-5.
- ^ a b Bittner, William. Poe: A Biography. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1962: 90.
- ^ Peeples, Scott. Edgar Allan Poe Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998: 32. ISBN 0-8057-4572-6
- ^ a b Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. New York City: Checkmark Books, 2001: 162. ISBN 0-8160-4161-X
- ^ Peeples, Scott. Edgar Allan Poe Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998: 46. ISBN 0-8057-4572-6
- ^ Scherting, Jack. "The Bottle and the Coffin: Further Speculation on Poe and Moby-Dick", Poe Newsletter, vol. I, no. 2, October 1968: 22.
- ^ Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson. The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987: 130. ISBN 0-8161-8734-7
- ^ Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson. The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987: 133. ISBN 0-8161-8734-7
- ^ Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. Checkmark Books, 2001.
- ^ Poe, Harry Lee. Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories. New York: Metro Books, 2008: 55. ISBN 978-1-4351-0469-3
- ^ Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy. New York: Cooper Square Press, 1992: 65. ISBN 0-8154-1038-7
- ^ a b Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson. The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987: 135. ISBN 0-8161-8734-7
- ^ Benton, Richard P. "The Tales: 1831–1835", A Companion to Poe Studies, Eric W. Carlson, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996: 111. ISBN 0-313-26506-2
- ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York City: Harper Perennial, 1991: 93. ISBN 0-06-092331-8
- ^ Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson. The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1987: 134. ISBN 0-8161-8734-7
- ^ Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. New York City: Checkmark Books, 2001: 88. ISBN 0-8160-4161-X
- ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. New York City: Harper Perennial, 1991: 92–93. ISBN 0-06-092331-8
- ^ Peeples, Scott. Edgar Allan Poe Revisited. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1998: 56. ISBN 0-8057-4572-6
External links[edit]
- The full text of MS. Found in a Bottle at Wikisource
- Media related to MS. Found in a Bottle at Wikimedia Commons
- Publication history of "MS. Found in a Bottle" at the Edgar Allan Poe Society
- Ms. Found in a Bottle public domain audiobook at LibriVox


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STANFORD, Calif. - Nicotine patches may work as well for teens trying to kick the smoking habit as they do for adults, say researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The findings suggest that physicians should consider the popular therapy for teenaged patients who routinely light up but want to quit.
The researchers also found that the patches were equally effective in adolescents regardless of whether they were combined with an antidepressant often used to help adults stop smoking. All teens in the study also received behavioral skills training to help them identify and manage trigger situations that usually had them reaching for a cigarette.
"We're encouraged because in our study the initial quit rates for kids treated with nicotine patches and skills training were similar to those seen in adults," said Joel Killen, PhD, professor (research) of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and lead author of the study. "Just as importantly, most of the kids in the study were able to substantially reduce their tobacco usage, which has not been seen in previous studies."
The study, published in the August issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, is the first randomly controlled trial of medication to help young smokers quit and is the first to compare success rates of the patch with and without antidepressant medication in this age group.
Despite a national effort to shield kids from the lure of tobacco, one in five U.S. high school seniors smokes daily. Reasons for lighting up for the first time can run the gamut from mimicking family members to deliberate risk taking to weight control. The desire to stop can be equally complex.
"Kids tend to think they can quit whenever they want, that they're bulletproof," said Killen. But a rising awareness of the unpleasant aspects of smoking, coupled with tight pocketbooks and rising cigarette costs, is spurring more teens to reduce or stop smoking.
"A lot of teens realize that it's a nasty habit," said study co-author and adolescent medicine specialist Seth Ammerman, MD. "Some have noticed that they have poor stamina or have seen relatives die from smoking-related causes. Others have friends who are encouraging them to stop." Ammerman is the medical director of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Teen Health Van, which provides care for homeless youth.
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In the study, the authors tested the effect of the nicotine patch on 211 teens between the ages of 15 and 18 who smoked at least 10 cigarettes a day and had been smoking for the previous six months. The volunteers had all made at least one failed attempt to stop smoking and scored highly on a questionnaire that rates nicotine dependence. Teens were recruited from nine continuation high schools in the San Francisco area.
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"Physicians used to believe that they didn't have the appropriate skills to help teens stop smoking," said Killen. "Nicotine-replacement therapies may be a valuable tool for these doctors. This finding gives us a platform to build on, whereas before doctors threw up their hands when faced with teen smokers."
The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute. Medication was provided by GlaxoSmithKline.
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The patient came into the doctor's office in a wheelchair, weighteddown by a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, taking medication for thedisorder and insisting she was unable to stand or walk. Thirty minuteslater, after jogging down the hallway, she strolled out the door.
No Parkinson's patient was she. Rather, she was a perfect example ofa person with "fear of falling gait," said neurologist and Parkinson'sexpert Roger Kurlan, M.D., of the University of Rochester MedicalCenter. Kurlan has seen enough cases of the condition, where a personis so afraid of falling that the mind actually affects the ability towalk, that he wrote about the disorder in the September issue ofCognitive and Behavioral Neurology to cue other physicians about thecondition.
In the case reported in the journal, Kurlan describes anelderly woman who had an increasingly difficult time walking. Thedifficulties began shortly after her husband died, when she tripped andfell, breaking a wrist and bruising her leg. Her inability to walk ledher doctor to diagnose Parkinson's disease, and she was prescribed theParkinson's medication levodopa to treat her symptoms. Despitetreatment, she ended up in a wheelchair, unable to walk, and she wassent to Kurlan, an expert in movement disorders like Parkinson's.
A thorough physical exam turned up nothing abnormal, but thewoman refused to try to stand up on her own, even pushing herself downinto her chair as Kurlan and a nurse tried to convince her to attemptto stand up. With enough persuasion, though, and with several peopleavailable to help her up, the woman finally did rise.
At first she took short, tentative steps, sure that she wasgoing to fall. Upon hearing that she did not appear to have Parkinson'sor any other serious neurological condition, however -- and that herproblem was psychological, reflecting her fear of falling -- thewoman's bearing improved markedly. With more encouragement and offersof help, the woman began walking around the room and even jogging downthe hallway.
Doctors subsequently referred her to a physical therapist tobuild her confidence on her feet, and they also gradually stopped herParkinson's medications. Her ability to walk unassisted continued forthe six months the team followed her progress.
Kurlan estimates that he has seen at least 30 patients with"fear of falling gait" over the years, and that most neurologists whotreat Parkinson's disease have seen such patients too, though not a lothas been written about the condition. People who have Alzheimer'sdisease or who have had several strokes also sometimes have a similardisorder, he said.
The abnormal gait sometimes begins, as it did with thispatient, shortly after a fall, though many patients have never fallenbut are literally paralyzed by the fear that they might fall. Patientsshuffle or slide their feet along the floor and hold onto somethingconstantly for support. Soon the abnormal gait itself becomes aproblem, even to the point that a person doesn't walk for months oryears.
To treat the disorder, persuading patients to try to walk andconvincing them they can is crucial. Physical therapy is also useful toimprove the person's balance and ability to walk, and to build theirconfidence. Kurlan said the treatment is similar to that for any"psychogenic gait disorder," where the condition of a patient's mind,not any physical cause, affects the patient's ability to walk.
"The results can be pretty dramatic when psychogenic gaitdisorders are treated appropriately," said Kurlan, professor ofNeurology and a scientist in the Center for Aging and DevelopmentalBiology. "People literally come in in a wheelchair, and walk out of theoffice after one appointment. It's very satisfying as a physician totreat this condition. Symptoms often reverse quickly."
Kurlan said most patients are thrilled to learn that theirproblems walking have more to do with their mind than their bodies. Inhis experience about half of such patients walk out of his office whenthe appointment is over, though for many the hard work -- working outpsychological problems through ongoing counseling -- is just beginning.
A psychogenic gait disorder is similar to other neurologicalsymptoms that have their roots in causes that have nothing to do with apatient's physical health, Kurlan said. Some patients experiencehysterical blindness -- they think they can't see -- when there isabsolutely nothing wrong with their eyes or their nervous system, forinstance. Other people at times can feel weak, or can even lose theirability to speak -- and all these symptoms can sometimes be due to themind, not the body. Usually, treatment that focuses on the patient'spsychological well-being helps ease symptoms.
"For a lot of patients, we simply help them get over their fearof falling by getting them into physical therapy and getting them moreconfident about being on their feet. Some patients never get over thefear, though, and they spend the rest of their lives not walking."
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by Earlene Moore
|Most cake shows are held in the
spring and fall of each year. The summer months are so hectic for many
of us (with the wedding cake season) that summer shows simply arent
Why have cake shows?
Cake shows give cake decorators an opportunity to stretch their skills, try new ideas, share ideas with other decorators and educate the public on what can be done with the ever enlarging world of sugar skills. Many people have only seen what can be done by a local bakery and when they see a cake show and all the possibilities for things that can be made from sugar it blows their minds. You wont get orders for wonderful sugar creations unless the public is educated to know that these things are possible. It is greatly to our advantage as cake decorators to educate Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
Who sponsors cake shows and where are they held?
Local cake clubs, local cake shops, state and international cake clubs organize and sponsor cake shows. The local cake shows are normally sponsored by cake clubs or a local cake shop with the assistance of some local cake decorators. Cake shows are lots of work behind the scenes just to get them organized and jobs delegated. State and international shows are normally sponsored by and manned by a large group of decorators who form committees and organize the larger shows. Most of these are totally volunteer operated and will welcome those who are willing to help do all the numerous tasks that must be done to run a show. i.e registration, draping tables, marking categories and divisions on the tables, organizing the prizes and ribbons, soliciting the prizes in advance of the show. Lots of work goes into the organization before the show even starts.
Who can enter the cake shows?
Anyone (child to senior adult) who wishes to share an idea, and enter a sugar piece or cake after carefully reading all of the show guidelines can enter the cake shows. Most shows have different divisions and categories for different levels of expertise. There are usually many levels of expertise as well as several categories such as Birthday cakes, novelty cakes, wedding cakes, and etc. Beginners will not be classed with Master decorators. Wedding cakes are not usually judged against novelty cakes until final rounds of judging are begun. Then the best of every category is considered in choosing a best of division and best of show cakes in most shows.
Why enter the cake shows?
Entering a cake show is a way to test your personal skill abilities and your creativity. I love to see the wonderful creative ideas that come from all levels in a cake show. Even when the skill level is low on a cake it can still give all of us a new idea to go home and try. The ribbons and prizes are nice but personally I love talking to the public and new decorators about the possibilities of things that can be imagined in sugar. The sharing of ideas and meeting your fellow cake decorators should be incentive enough for all of us to enter the cake shows.
What do the judges at the cake shows look for?
|Creativity - Copying a cake from a book, magazine or yearbook
will not gain you many points if the cake judges are
aware of that original cake design.
Overall design - The overall cake design should be well coordinated. Flowers, leaves, graphic design or sugar additions such as butterflies or fairies should all be coordinated in color and design. Group things together that complement one another. Such as this fun hamburger cake grouping with a (cake & icing) dill pickle and gumpaste potato chips. The board covering should also be complimentary to the cake design like this red and white checked covered board.
|This small cake is just full of tiny little details. Can you find the families of skunks, rabbits, mice, and snakes all checking out these two small children. This is a 9 X 13 cake so you can see all the figures and flowers are miniature in size. They are all hand molded with out the assistance of molds, except for the two childrens faces. This was lots of fun to create. Entries such as this one are just plain fun to create. None of my customers would be willing to pay me for the time it took to make all these little pieces. But, a cake show is a good place to try out those ideas that no one wants to pay you to do. Have a little fun and get real creative.
|Precision and neatness -
|This Nirvana style cake is another
example of a cake design that requires very precise work
to make the overall look of the cake fit together.
Gumpaste pansies and leaves in small arrangements
compliment the lattice and butterfly designs
|Color - When creating a cake for a cake show, try to keep all your colors
as natural as possible. Pink roses in real life are not one shade of
pink from the outside into the center. Shading, color accents, painting
little details, adding soft blending of colors. All those little details
can make the difference. A royal icing one color pink rose will not
have the life that a three shades of pink royal icing rose will have.
Learn to use color and texture to your advantage to make your design
Size - Bigger is not necessarily better. Size of the cake only counts when it is extremely well done and beautifully displayed. Sometimes very small cakes take the best of show ribbons because of the beautiful precision work, exquisite detail and overall beauty in the design and color.
Boards - In most cases the board under the show cake should be very sturdy and approximately 4 inches larger than the displayed cake. Of course there are exceptions when the board is part of the design in an unusual novelty cakes. Care should be taken to be sure all boards are very neatly covered and compliment the cake design. Icing covered boards score higher than foil covered boards.
Degree of Difficulty -Some techniques are much harder to do than others. Such as doing realistic gumpaste flowers, floating collars or very detailed figures. As a decorator advances through the divisions in a cake show it builds your skill levels. But, each of us have the possibilities of learning very advanced techniques at any level. When techniques that take higher skill levels are done well by persons in lower division levels then the judges take that into consideration. Do the very best work you are capable of when entering a cake show. Get creative, be very neat and precise and stretch your imagination to build your skill level no matter what division you are in.
Plastic Figures, Silk Flowers and Etc. - Plastics, silks, porcelains, and even cold porcelain items used on a cake in a cake show are basically ignored. They dont count for you or against you. When you take away those decorations from the design then what is left is what is considered in the judging. Most of the time the only type of plastics that are considered in the judging are the separators used in the Wedding cake set ups. Even purchased cake tops are basically ignored as far as the judging is concerned. Read the rules for the idividual show. Some of the shows ban this type of decorations.
Please, Please enter the cake shows to be a learning experience. Enter to build your skills - not to show off what you already know. I know many decorators who have gotten discouraged at cake shows because they went in expecting their work to be thought of as wonderful, perfect, the best in their area. It is a real ego breaker to find that there are others who are as equally talented or maybe even better. Celebrate the creativity and the wonderful work no matter who wins the ribbons. I love seeing a beautiful cake win over anything I have done. Congratulate the winner and learn from what that person has executed.
The ribbons and awards are not the important things in the long run. The important things for each of us is learning from and about our fellow decorators. When you leave a cake show with a new friend and new knowledge about sugar techniques then you have gone away from that show the better for having been there.
Enjoy - Learn - Share with others.


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You have only to look at the world's conservatives to know something is badly wrong, says Philip Jones.
In the early 1900s Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame, wrote a lyric that ran, "Ever-y-one is a little lib-er-al or a little con-serv-a-tyve". Around the same time George Bernard Shaw observed that: "It is always the Conservatives who stop behaving like gentlemen first."
Scientific studies conducted a century later have further defined the said affliction of conservatism. An American journal, Psychological Bulletin, recently published an intriguing study of a trio of figures belonging to the far right of the political spectrum: Hitler, Mussolini and Ronald Reagan.
It reported the findings of a group of distinguished psychological researchers after probing the emotional and cognitive functioning of their gang of three. They found that "conservatism emerges as a set of neuroses nourished by aggression, dogmatism and an intolerance of ambiguity".
All three shared a propensity for "moral certainty and a dislike of nuance". They were, in short, fundamentalists. They proselytised for "a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality". Read, for Australia, Pauline Hanson, John Howard and Brian Harradine.
Australians, by comparison with Americans, possess a healthy cynicism. A straw poll revealed that the odds-on favourite to succeed Peter Hollingworth as the Queen's representative was the mythical Barry Humphries creation Sir Les Patterson.
This inbuilt irreverence helps protect us from the life-destructive conservatism inherent in our political system. Well, up to a point, anyway.
The first great lie of the first great conservative prime minister of Australia, R. G. Menzies, was to designate his fledgling postwar political party, the Liberal Party. This dominant power in Australian politics was founded on a blatant obfuscation from the beginning.
The untruths of the conservative "Liberal" Party have, after five or so decades, reached their apogee with the current leader, John Howard, who has, on various occasions, misled the Australian Parliament with shameless insouciance.
The great con of the conservative parties of Australia, Britain and the United States is that of peddling the notion of "small" government. Election catchcries abound in promises to give freedom to the individual to get on with his/her life; to enjoy the fruits of a free, unfettered society.
"We'll get out of your hair and allow you to get on with your life," cry the Tories. The reality is the reverse. Peer through the smokescreen. Conservative governments go to extraordinary lengths to consolidate centralised power. The process is endemic to their authoritarian nature.
In Britain, Margaret Thatcher dissolved the statutory bodies of the Greater London Council and the Inner London Educational Association. Thus a democratic, grassroots control of the destiny of 12 million citizens was subsumed into an awesomely powerful, large, central Westminster government.
The Iron Lady enacted punitive legislation to limit the rights of gays. Her pitiless cruelty allowed Argentinians to drown after the Belgrano had sailed away defeated. She raised her eyebrows in astonishment when the Archbishop of Canterbury prayed for the souls of the enemy.
As Governor of Texas, George Bush presided over 160 prisoners on death row. The fact that (as revealed after a comprehensive statistical survey) a high proportion of these inmates were innocent, left him unmoved. His presidency was made possible by a conservative-stacked Supreme Court and by the nepotic machinations of his brother, the conservative Governor of Florida.
In Australia, John Howard has imposed arduous toil for millions of ordinary Australians by handing the poisoned chalice of tax collection to the nation's small retailers. He has strengthened the powers of ASIO to unnecessary, draconian limits, to fuel his lust for control over the prerogative of the individual. He jails the children of asylum seekers. As a prop to his political survival he fosters the anxieties of the so-called silent majority.
It is interesting to follow the media apologists for conservative dogma. Never before have they had such voice. The left is emasculated, so they aver. They despise the left. They are obsessed with its naivety, its muddle-headedness, its backwardness and its political correctness. Yet they cannot leave it alone. They worry it like a dog does a bone. Are they protesting too much? Is the Freudian unconscious tormenting them? Do they need treatment?
As an unrepentant conservative baiter, I say better the ingenuousness of the left than the cupidity of the right. I, for one, am unsurprised by the conclusions of the American shrinks. I have always known that the conservatives are sick.
Philip Jones is a Melbourne writer.
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76-year-old former French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own, as his wife called it, "clinically depressed" pet Maltese.
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