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The more cover you have, the more it costs. This applies to the number of sections taken, limits and extras bought.
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Your health dictates whether you can buy individual insurance and the price you will pay. Insurers consider your current health status, medical history, age, gender, residence and occupation before they decide whether to offer you a policy.
If you have or had a serious health condition - cancer or diabetes, for example - an insurer can reject you based on pre-existing conditions.
If you suffer from less severe conditions, such as hypertension or knee problems, an insurer may offer you a policy with a temporary or permanent exclusion, meaning your specific condition won't be covered.
Some insurers may cover the condition but drastically increase the price of the policy.
Typically, the young and healthy find the best deals on individual coverage, while older and sicker individuals pay much more.
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Very low premiums may be attractive at first, but what really matters is the combination of premium plus your likely out-of-pocket spending on health care below the deductible. Remember: you pay all of those costs from your own pocket. So while it's tempting, don't shop on premium alone.
Add up all of your potential costs under a policy, including deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance and any other cost-sharing obligations.
The costs to you include low limits. For example, if you have an operation that costs £5000, there may be a limit generally or on that type of procedure of £3000 - the extra £2000 comes out of your pocket.
You do not get money back if the cost of the operation is below the limit.
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MACTEC Seeks More Network Solutions from AT&T
Leading Engineering Services Provider Prepares for Additional Growth While Maintaining Business Focus
Atlanta, Georgia, April 10, 2006
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has renewed a three-year contract worth more than $1.5 million with MACTEC, a leader in the engineering, environmental and remedial construction industries. Under the contract, AT&T currently provides long distance voice service, AT&T Managed Internet Service and an MPLS-based high speed networking solution. MACTEC uses these services to maintain a company network covering approximately 90 locations nationwide.
MACTEC was an early adopter of MPLS services when it first engaged AT&T in 2003. The contract renewal will extend the company's relationship with AT&T by transferring a portion of its in-house data center to one of AT&T's Internet Data Centers (IDC).
Because of MACTEC's significant operational growth during the past few years, it needed a more advanced network solution to support its Metro Atlanta headquarters. To facilitate a quick expansion, MACTEC decided to move some of its IT infrastructure into AT&T's IDC, which allows the firm to quickly scale its network for additional growth and take advantage of AT&T's managed services portfolio.
"Our recent growth plus a strong forecast for the construction market required a significant upgrade in our network infrastructure," said Larry White, CIO of MACTEC. "Working with AT&T, we are able to quickly expand our network infrastructure while maintaining our business focus."
About MACTEC
MACTEC is a $435 million firm providing a full range of engineering consulting services to more than 7,000 clients worldwide. Ranked 24th on Engineering News-Record's list of the Top 500 Design Firms, MACTEC has become a leader in the engineering, environmental and remedial construction industries. Operating with 90 U.S. offices and 3,000 employees with specialists in over 50 scientific and engineering disciplines, MACTEC has the resources to perform virtually any scope of work, regardless of location, size or complexity. For more information on MACTEC, visit their website at www.mactec.com.
About the New AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with more than 54 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at www.TheNewATT.com.
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Jorge Colombo /// New York: Finger Paintings by Jorge Colombo
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New York: Finger Paintings by Jorge Colombo
With essays by Jen Bekman, Christoph Niemann, and JC
Chronicle Books, in association with 20x200.com
7-1/2 x 11 in; 120 pp; hardcover; 2011
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An essay by Jorge Colombo
Each image in this book was painted from life, on location in New York City, between 2009 and 2010. And each image in this book was finger painted on an Apple iPhone G3, using an application called Brushes 1.1. (Both my hardware and software were already outdated at the time of this writing, by the way.) No photos or sketches of any kind were used.
It might have been easier to work from photographs: a snapshot takes only a moment, and then you bring it to your desk and take your time. But I prefer an image to carry my memory of the hour or two I spend standing on a sidewalk, drawing from the urban life passing by.
Cities end up acquiring their visual personality by way of collective contributions. Hard as they are to trace back to their origins, there are factors that define prevalent styles of windows or a main palette for buildings. Sometimes the identity of a city is obvious -- details and landmarks easy to spot -- but often that identity is to be found in subliminal touches. I find it a richer challenge to extract the intrinsic New York-ness or the San Francisco-ness out of a nondescript vista. That essence can be in the proportion of the sidewalks, scale of the buildings, quirks of architecture, urban vegetation, or quality of light. Like the chords of a tune that brand it as Cantonese, like a group of tourists that somehow projects "Scandinavian," something triggers identification.
I grew up in Lisbon, Portugal, and moved to the United States in 1989, at the age of twenty-six. I've been fascinated by the visual patchwork of the cities I have lived in (Chicago, San Francisco, New York). I look for the traces, the scars, the accidents that have changed the character of a building or a street over the years. Architecture and urbanism's grander designs are fascinating, but so are the instinctive interventions of mere users, clumsy and misguided as they may be. There's as much humanity in dysfunction as in sophistication. Every detail, accretion, modification, damage, or patch speaks of the people who at some point passed through the landscape. I like to imagine their stories.
In my early New York years, I drew pen-and-watercolor portraits of passersby glimpsed in the street, one a day. I called that project The Dailies. Rather than choosing eccentric characters, I favored those I felt I had seen twenty times before. No particular emphasis on likenesses either, but I made sure each clothing detail was correctly recorded. The shape of a nose is just an accident of nature. The length of a dress, the brand of a shoe, a tattoo, these are cultural choices, more often than not insights into one's self-perception, heritage, or aspirations. Crowds tend to sort themselves into style subgroups, not as many as we would imagine. Certain clothing items or hairstyles are almost exclusive to specific age, ethnic, or social groups. This will to conform to the sameness of a group sounds boring and unimaginative; to me, it's also touching. People are trying to belong somewhere.
A technological breakthrough tends to be exciting at the beginning, and then it's just a footnote. Doing something early on isn't as relevant as doing something that will live on. We don't really care about who first used acrylic paints or camcorders. The same phenomenon will happen with the iPhone, the iPad, and whatever follows. Just one more tool. And it won't eliminate the tools that preceded it, either: acoustic guitars didn't die when electric ones came along. Our tool kit is simply expanded. Using black and white film in 1910 was the only possibility; today, it is a choice, and thus has a different meaning.
Until the iPhone/iPad touch-screen boom, painting digitally was for the most part an indoor affair. On a park bench, even a laptop felt clumsy, let alone one with a drawing tablet connected to it. The iPhone/Brushes combo turned out to be to digital painting what 35mm film and Leica cameras were to early photography. Lugging a high-end, large-format apparatus to a location is still an alternative, but the allure of pocket-sized equipment is hard to beat. Computer touch screens seem like an inevitable development, both as a future standard and as a common art-making tool. To me, everything elsekeyboard, mouse, tablet, stylusfeels obtrusive by comparison, like a prosthetic.
There are other apps around, but Brushes, created by Steve Sprang, a former developer at Apple, has served me well, so that is all I've used so far. Although Sprang has continued to improve the software, for a long time I chose not to upgrade, and stuck to one of the earliest versions: only three brush types and no layers. (Layers are a major perk in graphic programs. Like multitrack music recording, they allow you to work each component individually without affecting the others. But I enjoy the risk factor of having to get it right on the first pass.) The learning curve wasn't that steep. It took me a while to confine myself to the 2" x 3" screen, but zooming in (800% maximum) and out (70% minimum) quickly became second nature. In fact, I have always tended to draw small, so covering the length of the canvas with a simple finger motion allows for broad strokes and easy control of composition. The brush width can be calibrated to a pixel-wide line, so it doesn't matter how thick or slender one's fingers are (a common question). Being able to draw on a surface lit from within makes it at last feasible to work outdoors at night without having to point a flashlight at what I am doing. And since Brushes exports its iPhone files to a regular computer not as images but as scripts, the drawings can be rebuilt as printable high-resolutions -- or strung as ever-popular stroke-by-stroke videos. Of course, the videos retain only the correct brushstrokes: mistakes are omitted, which would make any artist come across as preternaturally precise. The speed of those videos is a lie. Half of the process is trial and error.
Artists were working on iPhones long before I even bought one, sharing their work online. (Even one of my personal heroes, David Hockney, has been working on touch screen devices.) I first discovered Brushes on Flickr, through the sunset paintings of Stéphane Kardos, a French artist living in LA. When I got my iPhone in February 2009, it was mostly to check my e-mail on the go. Soon, I started experimenting with NYC landscapes, and a few of these drawings went up on my Web site. My brother-in-law Mark Yoes sent the link to his friend Jessica Helfand, who posted a brief note on designobserver.com. Some media took noticethey can't resist a gadget story -- and so did Jen Bekman, a gallerist I knew via mutual friends, who proposed to edition and sell some of my images online at 20x200.com. Those images caught the attention of Françoise Mouly, art editor at The New Yorker. She was intrigued by the on-location character of the images. I visited her at the magazine offices, where we looked at every single Arthur Getz cover in the archives. On June 1, 2009, one of my images appeared on the cover of The New Yorker. It was the first time a magazine ran a cover entirely created on a cell phone. Other covers ensued; additional images started appearing weekly on the magazine's Web site.
The New Yorker covers are a time capsule. And reviewing them in sequence is like reading a visual record of the New York intelligentsia's self-image. Other than a decrease in trim size, typographic tweaks, and a big leap from the original 15¢ price, the only way to distinguish this month's cover from one from the '20s is by the clothing styles -- or the graphic ones. The sequence of images is riveting. Social classes literally emerge and vanish before our eyes, conventions of dress and posture are revised, the yearly calendar of rituals is revamped. Comparisons are made easier by the consistency of the format. Once-standard service icons such as dignified butlers and drivers become scarce; so do early instances of ethnic insensitivity. The very body types shift. The cocktail shaker-shaped upscale ladies of Helen Hokinson's '30s would be harder to find today: their social equivalents are likelier to be toned by yoga and personal trainers. Authority figures, growing younger and much less portly, are progressively enthralled by technological fetishism. There are only fifty-two weeks in a year, so cover themes are likely to repeat themselves under the Rea Irvin logo; and as decades roll by, that's part of the appeal. Like jazz standards, a cover subject accumulates the patina of a classic as it is reworked by a succession of artists. The predictable calendar occasions -- New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, April 15, return to school -- are starting points for an intergenerational dialogue between New Yorker artists. Except for otherworldly eccentrics like Thurber, Addams, and Steinberg, who created their own universes from scratch, the magazine's long-term artists such as Alajalov, Steig, Irvin, and Price remained faithful to New York iconography and its landscape. The first Christmas gift my wife Amy gave me was the Knopf album of all The New Yorker covers 1925-1989, with an introduction by John Updike. For a newcomer to the country, it was like happening onto a family album. One feels like every neighborhood, landmark, angle, mood, and experience has at some point been depicted there.
The paintings I create on the iPhone look unlike anything I have previously done. Although in recent years I had probably worked more on photography than on drawing, and had even started experimenting with short films, most of my career had been as an editorial illustrator. I didn't have a fine arts background of any sort: my preferences ran to commercial and editorial art. Even my favorite painters, like Edward Hopper and David Hockney, tended to be of the narrative type. Other references for my work were photography (especially pilgrim-like wanderers of the WPA crowd and Robert Frank and Raymond Depardon) and film (cinematographers such as Gordon Willis and Robby Müller) and the meticulous, documentary Japanese woodcuts of artists like Hiroshige. Plus The New Yorker cover artists, who have always struck an ideal balance between commercial art and personal vision.
My drawing technique was shaped mostly by graphic novels of Francophile origin: the Hergé school and, later on, the sophisticated work of the (Á Suivre) magazine authors such as Jacques Tardi and Jacques de Loustal. Everything I did was rooted in neat line work, achieved by successively tracing over my own sketches until they became precise enough, and then applying flat watercolor coats (or, more recently, digital layers). This drawing style is hard to replicate on the iPhone, which feels a lot like painting with a blunt brush. But I have always enjoyed tailoring my approach to imposed limitations. On the iPhone, my line work became tentative, so I abandoned it entirely and concentrated on colors and shadows. I had previously rarely created images with no outlines, but sharp line work and controlled coloring are not easy when you're painting with your finger on a surface smaller than a credit card. Loose smudges and bright layered colors are naturals. So I embraced the language suggested by the equipment, and ended up with a collection of loose, fuzzy, casually brushstroked images that years ago I wouldn't have imagined myself doing. I captured my New York with much more immediacy than I had in my old watercolors.
My first personal interaction with The New Yorker had taken place in 1994. Françoise Mouly had seen some of the watercolor landscapes I was doing in Chicago, and asked me to send her some cover proposals. I had been admiring her choice of artists, many of them European types I had followed since my early years. But those were the Tina Brown years, which were characterized by a return to the more timely, topical newsiness and irony of the Harold Ross '20s. I felt my un-ironic valentines to New York, as I see my images, were out of place in The New Yorker's contemporary universe: I hardly offer a catch, a twist, a comment. My work is about perspectives, volumes, light, details, and atmospheres. I came to believe I had approached The New Yorker a few decades too late.
Yet a steady New York physiognomy has continued to turn up on New Yorker covers between provocative images, well into the David Remnick years. That vision has persisted, as can be confirmed by exploring the long hallways of the Condé Nast Building's twentieth floor, where all the Mouly-assigned covers -- around nine hundred of them, by last count -- remain pinned in sequence. The recipe for a The New Yorker cover is elusive. One key factor does emerge: a passion for and enchantment with the magic of New York City.
The best way for me to find painting locations is on foot. Sometimes I pick a spot in advance; other times, I simply take a bus or a subway, exit at a random stop, and start exploring. I occasionally do advance research on Google Street View, but nothing replaces location scouting. I often get to a place that I expected to be a perfect subject only to discover that the surroundings are overpowering, proportions are dull, details are off... or that the perfect vantage point is in the middle of the street, amid the traffic, which is a problem if you plan to spend any time painting on site. Many of the images in this book are accidents of my everyday errands or recordings of key places from my personal history, memories to keep. A few are responses to other works of art: photos or paintings, film locations, that sort of stuff. It's impossible to capture every aspect of New York City in a hundred images, so this is a personal collection of whereabouts, discoveries, preferences, moments.
Elements clash in an ever-inspiring kaleidoscope. I do my best to keep discovering my surroundings as freshly as if I had just arrived. The deep accumulation of historical resonance, ambitious development, art iconography, pop culture references, architectural landmarks, loads every New York street with its own lore. As often happens, ditching my precedents and changing my approach altogether when I started using the iPhone turned out to get me closer to my deepest intentions. These were the images I wanted to get out of New York all the time.
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This proverb is as follows: "Even the black cow's milk is white."
He sees in the stable a white horse and a black cow, with a white or luminous-headed calf.
And she ran to Mother Brindle, who was standing by the fence, talking to the neighbor's black cow,—her with the spotted nose.
Formerly, it is said, they were accustomed to offer a black cow.
I'll stay at home and read to Bedstemor out of the old Bible which Bedstefar bought in exchange for a black cow!
Over to the fair you must go to-morrow morning, and take the black cow with you and sell her.
She perceived an ink bottle, and exclaimed, "Ah, more milk from the black cow!"
The Doctor and I made a pet of that black cow, to the extent of seeing she got her rations regularly.
It's time for me to go show Blish about fixing that sore place on the black cow's back.


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|Set temporary stake where I ought to find Brown and Jones Second Mile corner.
|Finding no evidence of corner, I remeasured my whole line and differ from first measure only one link. I then continued a random line south to a point 14 links East to Brown and Jones Second Mile Mound.
|This mound and trenches are quite distinct and the evidence of the decayed post were found in place in the centre of the mound, so as to identify it beyond doubt without the old bearing trees, which I do not find.
|Having thoroughly satisfied myself as to the Identity of the mound, I reestablished it by setting a cast iron Boundary Post in the precise position of the old one and raising a mound according to my instructions viz:
|Set cast iron Post 5½″ long 4″ diam. Section octagonal, each surface 1.66″ and marked by raised letters and figures on the surface. Strictly in accordance with diagram of Post furnished with instructions
|North side "2 miles" South side "1877"
|East side "Ark.", west side "Choc." sunk it 2½′ below natural surface and raised mound 1½′ sloping to a base of 5′. Dug a trench 3′ long, 2′ wide and 1½′ deep deep on the boundary line 1½′ from base of the mound on the North side and a like trench on the South Side.
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red oak 10″ in Dia. bears S38 W33 lks.
P. oak 8″ in Dia. bears N32 lks.
R. oak 12″ in Dia. bears N23 E117½ lks.
McQee found that the Brown and Jones line was easily followed; their blazes were yet very plain; and occasionally there was found an old tree blazed differently from the usual man-
ner supposedly made by the Conway surveying party of 1825. He found that many of the fields and other improvements mentioned by Brown and Jones, had since been abandoned, while some new ones had been made. The mountain regions abounded in valuable pine timber, but it was inaccessible to market. The inhabitants of the country claimed for it great mineral wealth but nothing of that character worthy of mention was found by the surveyors.62
The retracement was completed May 24, 1877 and the surveying party returned to Fort Smith. McKee commenced the survey of the Choctaw treaty line (the true boundary) on June 2, and completed it July 9, 1877.63 It was found that the two lines began to diverge from the initial point at Fort Smith, the boundary mark on Red river being 4 miles 16 chains west of a line due south from old Fort Smith, showing that the Choctaws had been justified in their charges. Valuable salt springs were located between the two surveys and laid totalling 136,204.02 acres.64 The attention of Congress was called to this fact and largely through the efforts of H. E. McKee of Washington and J. B. Luce of Fort Smith, the Choctaws were paid for the land between the treaty-line and the false-surveys.65
The line of the false survey remains the boundary line between Arkansas and Oklahoma,66 with the exception of more recent changes made in the immediate vicinity of Fort Smith. An Act of Congress approved February 10, 1905, changed the west-
ern boundary of Arkansas near Fort Smith as to include in that a portion of the Indian Territory (about one-fifth of a square mile), the boundaries of which were described as follows:67
"Beginning at a point on the south bank of the Arkansas river one hundred paces east of old Fort Smith, where the western boundary line of the state of Arkansas crosses the said river, and running southwesterly along the south bank of the Arkansas river to the mouth of the Poteau River; thence at right angles with the Poteau river to the center of the current of said river; thence southerly up the middle of the current of the Poteau River (except where the Arkansas State line intersects the Poteau River) to a point in the middle of the current of the Poteau River opposite the mouth of Mill Creek, where it is intersected by the current of Mill Creek to the Arkansas State Line; thence northerly along the Arkansas State line to the point of beginning."68
The western boundary line of Sebastian County, Arkansas was extended to include this tract,69 and on May 27, 1909 the County Court of Sebastian County made an order authorizing the annexation of the territory to the city of Fort Smith. The City Council of Fort Smith accepted the tract Dec. 6, 1909, so it is now a part of that city.70 This marked the final disposal of land that had entered into the difficulties beween the Choctaw Nation and Arkansas.
After the United States Government had gained title to Lovely's Purchase and the Great and Little Osages had, by the Treaty of 1825, surrendered their claim to the land lying west of the State of Missouri and the Territory of Arkansas, and north and west of the Red River, plans were furthered to remove the Cherokees West into that region.71 In the Spring of 1828, a delegation of the Western Cherokees arrived in Washington clothed with authority to present to the President their numerous grievances, and to adjust all matters in dispute for their people. The burden of their complaints had relation to the delays that had occurred in fixing their boundaries to the failure to secure for them their "western outlet"; to the adjustment of the hostilities that continued to exist between themselves and the Osages; and to the irregularity in the receipts of their annuities,72 as well as to the encroachment of white settlers.
The delegation had not been given the authority to negotiate for any exchange or cession of territory.73 Notwithstanding that fact, a communication was addressed to them from the War Department desiring to be advised if they had any objection to opening negotiations upon a basis of an exchange of land for territory west of the western boundary of Arkansas provided that boundary should be removed a distance of forty miles to the east, so as to run from Fort Smith to the southwest corner of the state of Missouri, and also that the Creeks should be removed from their location above the Falls of the Verdigris River to territory within the forks of the Canadian and Arkansas.74 The Cherokee delegation at first refused the offer, but finally agreed and signed the Treaty of 1828. Governor Izard of Arkansas Territory thought that an injustice was being done the whites who had removed from the Choctaw country to the Lovely Purchase and charged that the chiefs who negotiated the treaty were persuaded to do so through "pecuniary advantages resulting to themselves individually."75
By the seventh article of the treaty, the Cherokees agreed to surrender the lands in Arkansas, and leave the same within fourteen months, which were secured to them by the Treaty of January 8, 1817 and the Convention of February 27th 1819.76
In article one, the western boundary of Arkansas was defined as follows:77
"A line shall be run, commencing on Red river, at the point where the Eastern Choctaw line strikes said River, and run due North with said line to the River Arkansas, thence in a direct line to the South west corner of Missouri."
The grant extended up the western boundary of Missouri to the point where that boundary crossed the Neosho (generally known as the Grand River) thence due west to a point from which a due south course would strike the old North West corner of Arkansas Territory, thence down it to the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers, embracing 7,000,000 acres of land.
All the parties to the treaty knew that it was wholly illegal, as the delegation had no authority whatever even to consider the subject of surrendering their land. Aware of this and familiar with the motives of some of the half-breeds who desired to promote their own interests by acquiring mines and salt springs on Lovely's Purchase, and conscious, of the probability that bribes had been paid to members of the delegation, members of the tribe at home became deeply indignant at the thought of being compelled to abandon their little farms and remove to a new country. Poles were erected in front of the homes of James Rogers, the interpreter, and Thomas Naw, one of the delegates, as a threat that they would be hanged when they came home.78 A special council was called to try the delegation for betraying the tribe.79
The whites residing in Lovely's Purchase were equally as indignant over the prospect of being ejected to make way for
the Indians. But Congress provided preemption rights elsewhere for those forced to remove, and Governor Izard issued a proclamation on September 27, 1828, notifying them to remove east of the new line within ninety days or lose the rights offered them.80
The Legislative Council of Arkansas Territory was called in special session in October, 1828 to adopt new lines for county and judicial districts disrupted by the removal of the western boundary of the territory. By the Act of October 17, 1828, Miller County North of the Red River was abolished, and the remnant of that county east of the new boundary line, was added to Sevier County. Lovely County was likewise destroyed and the fragment that lay east of the new Cherokee line was incorporated in the newly created Washington County.81
The United States agreed to run the lines of the boundary of the Cherokee cession,82 and Joseph H. Brearley, in the fall of 1828, surveyed the boundary from Fort Smith to the southwest corner of Missouri.83
Much to the dismay and dissatisfaction of the Creeks, they found that the Cherokee cession overlapped the region south of the Arkansas river where they had settled under the advice of the government officials associated with them, Colonel David Brearley and Colonel Arbuckle.84 The wording of that part of the Cherokee treaty which related to the Cherokee boundary touching the western boundary of Missouri was also ambiguous, the secretary-of-war having interpreted it to mean that the Cherokee line was to continue on the line of Missouri, north of the corner of the state, until it crossed a stream of water called Grand river running into the Neosho.85
A survey of the boundaries of the entire Cherokee nation was ordered. Isaac McCoy, Baptist missionary, was appointed on March 31, 1831 by Secretary-of-War, John H. Eaton, to survey the boundaries, because of his knowledge of the country west of Missouri and Arkansas Territory.86 Mr. McCoy arrived at Fort Gibson and found that no means for carrying out the survey had been provided, though money and men had been promised in his letter of instructions from the War Department. Yet in spite of these trying circumstances, he set out across country to the southwestern corner of Missouri, accompanied by two Cherokee representatives of their tribe, and two surveyors, Dr. Rice McCoy and Mr. John Donelson.87
Mr. Donelson surveyed the line from the southwestern corner of Missouri to Fort Smith during August, 1831, then between Sept. 19, 1831 and January 28, 1832, corrected the line and established markers upon it.88 After the survey, it was found that about 589,000 acres remained north of 36° and south of the Osage reserve, so it was suggested by Mr. McCoy that this tract be occupied by the Cherokees, and the Creeks be given title to land south of the Arkansas river. "By this arrangement," he said, "the Cherokee country would not be diminished and the lands which they would receive, it is believed, in regard to soil, water and wood, and salubrity of atmosphere, would not be inferior to that relinquished."89
On February 14, 1833, a treaty which was really a supplement to the Treaty of 1828, described the boundaries of the 7,000,000 acre tract of land west of Arkansas that had been ceded to the Cherokees and in addition guaranteed a "Perpetual outlet west as far as the sovereignty and right of soil of the United States extends."90
After the Treaty of 1817 which provided for the removal of only a part of the Cherokee nation west, Georgia made strong
and violent protestations because of the large number of Indians left within her borders. She charged that the federal government failed to extinguish the Indian title to lands to Georgia as promised when the cession of 1802 was made.91
Even after the Supreme Court decision, in the Worcester vs. Georgia case, declaring Georgia laws extending jurisdiction over Indian Territory unconstitutional, that state refused to acknowledge the decree of the Federal Court. President Jackson who was in sympathy with Georgia preferred to remove the Indians rather than make Georgia submit92
On December 29, 1835, a treaty was concluded at New Echota, in the state of Georgia, by General William Carroll and John F. Schermerhorn, commissioners on the part of the United States and the chiefs, headmen and people of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, in which agreements were made to complete the removals west.93
The final treaty united the Cherokees within the bounds set forth within its provisions. The Cherokees, however, were troubled with white intruders, especially in the region of eastern Kansas, called "the Neutral Lands."94 Others trespassed across the borders of the nation proper, so the following provision was included in the Treaty of 1899:95
"It being difficult to learn the precise boundary line between the Cherokee country and the states of Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, it is agreed that the United States shall, at its own expense, cause the same to be run as far west as the Arkansas, and marked by permanent and conspicuous monuments, by two commissioners, one of whom shall be designated by the Cherokee National Council."
On the fifth day of May, 1871, James Ashley was appointed commissioner on the part of the United States and John L. Adair commissioner on the part of the Cherokee nation, to supervise
the survey. July 18, 1871, they let the contract for the survey to D. P. Mitchell, and the survey was commenced August 26, and completed on October 11 of that year.96
Mr. Mitchell began the survey at a cedar post which stood on the north bank of Cowskin or Elk river, at the southwest corner of the Seneca lands and ran the lines south 8 miles, 53 chains and 68 links, on the line separating Missouri from the Cherokee Nation. From the southwest corner of Missouri he ran a random line south 7° and 45′ east between the state of Arkansas and the Cherokee country, setting temporary mile posts every 80 chains, and at 77 miles 39 chains and 8 links, he reached a point 9 chains and 86 links west of the "Initial Point" at Fort Smith.97 He then learned, to run a true line from the "Initial Point" at Fort Smith to the southwest corner of Missouri, that he must run the line north 7° and 50′ west. Following that direction, the party began the survey of the permanent boundary line on Sept. 25, 1871. The following entry for the first milestone northwest of Fort Smith is typical of the others:98
"At 80 chains, I planted a stone 10 x 10 x 2 inches, one foot in the ground marked on the upper side with the letter "a", over which I set a coffee-bean post 5 inches square and five feet 6 inches high for a mile post; on the south side I marked "IM", for one mile, on the east side the letter "A" for Arkansas, on the west side the letter "C" for Cherokee Country.
At the four cardinal points, and about 6 feet from the post, I sunk four pits three feet square and two feet deep, and threw the earth around the post which made a mound about 8 feet at the base and about four feet high from which I marked two bearing trees Cottonwood 30 in. S. 79° 20′, E 87 links. Sycamore 8 inc. bearing S 63° 20′ west, 30 links. No other suitable trees in proper distance, Sand level, soil sandy and 2nd rate, that portion which lies between the Poteau and Arkansas rivers, overflows at ordinary high water. Timber-
Cottonwood, Sycamore, Honey-Locust, Coffeebean and hackberry."
On October 9, 1871 they planted a flint stone for the 71st mile and commented as follows: "The line passes through the eastern portion of the village of Maysville, which contains 250 inhabitants, five stores, 2 blacksmith shops and 2 grog shops."99
Mr. Mitchell found that the face of the country along the entire line was "broken, mountainous, and stony," except in the bottoms. For about forty miles, nearly the whole face of the country was covered with broken flint, but there were numerous springs and many areas supporting good pine timber. The line crossed what the inhabitants said was the old line "Donelson survey) many times and a few of the settlers on either side of the old line "would lose land and fencing."100
This line was retraced in 1877 by Henry D. McKee, after he had completed the survey of the Choctaw Nation-Arkansas boundary.101 Iron markers were set at every mile. The McKee survey showed the Cherokees had lost 2439.43 acres. Congress made the Cherokees an appropriation for the loss of land caused by faulty survey of 1831-1832.102 In 1831, while Mr. Donelson was engaged in marking the Cherokee boundary from the initial point at Fort Smith to the southwestern corner of Missouri, Dr. McCoy proceeded northwardly from the corner of Missouri and marked the line between the Cherokees and that state, and established the northeast corner of the Cherokee lands "immediately after crossing the first considerable stream, north of the corner of Missouri, which runs into the Neosho." Eight miles
and ninety-nine chains north of the corner, his party came to Elk river, a stream five chains wide, where they erected a mound and established other suitable marks to designate the same as the northeast corner of the Cherokee lands. They then proceeded on the line of Missouri twenty-two miles further, "marking every fifty mile, in order to facilitate subsequent surveys on the Indian side.103 This boundary-line was used when several different tribes were allotted tracts in present northeastern Oklahoma.104
The west boundary line of Missouri forms the last link in the eastern boundary line of Oklahoma. The boundaries of the state of Missouri that touch Oklahoma, as they exist today, were fixed by Act of Congress, March 6, 1820, as follows:105
. . . . "thence west, along the parallel of latitude thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the middle of the Kansas river, where the same empties into the Missouri river, thence from the point aforesaid north, along the said meridian line. . ."
"This meridian line passing through the middle of the Kansas river," was surveyed and established in 1823 by Joseph C. Brown and has since remained the official boundary line.106 He began his survey at the southwest corner of Missouri and set a large stone post to mark the spot. In 1845, a mound of earth having a 10 foot base and 5 feet high was placed at a point 4.83 chains further South.107 Between 1867 and 1877, the Quapaws, Medocs, Senecas, Ottawas, Eastern Shawnees, Peoria-Miamis and Wyandottes were removed to northeastern Oklahoma, but no changes were made in the boundary-lines.108 It is unlikely that any further changes will be made in the eastern boundary of Oklahoma.


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With a year-round temperature averaging around 82 degrees Fahrenheit and 36 beaches with clear and sparkling waters for locals and tourists to enjoy, Curacao is a Dutch gem located in the southern Caribbean. Only 40 miles from the coast of Venezuela, Curacao, part of the Netherlands Antilles, is a melting pot of more than 50 cultures. Renowned for its coral reefs and deep sea diving, the 171-square-mile island is located safely outside the Caribbean hurricane belt.
Curacao's white sand beaches may be enough to satisfy many families all day, but this Dutch island can provide lots of other fun activities as well. Whether you want to explore nature on land or sea, or take in colorful architecture and some history, Curacao has it all. In the island nation's native tongue of Papiamento, Bon Bini, or Welcome to Curacao!
Nature By Land and Sea
Christoffel Park, located in Westpunt in the northwestern part of the island, with its 1860 hectares of wooded hills, is the largest national park in Curacao. Local birds, including the palabrua (a rare native barn owl), flora and fauna and even the endangered Curacao white-tailed deer (there are only 250 left in the world) make their home in Christoffel Park. With eight well-marked hiking trails, families can enjoy an easy stroll, while more avid and adventurous hikers can climb Mont Christoffel. Special activities such as deer watching, animal presentations and cave excursions are available. Open to the public Monday through Saturday from 8am-4pm and Sunday from 6am-3pm, the park offers guided trips for $15 (standard admission is $9). Horseback riding, mountain bikes, ATV and jeep tours are also available for an additional price. Visit the Caribbean Research & Management of Biodiversity's website, www.carmabi.org, for more information.
Although there is much to see on land, the waters surrounding Curacao are known as some of the best dive locations in world and feature spectacular marine life. If your family is looking for more than simple snorkeling at the hotel beach, head to the SeaAquarium to explore the "window into the Caribbean Sea." Featuring more than 40 different open-water-system aquaria, the entire complex is home to hundreds of creatures that make the Curacaoan waters home. Various animal encounter programs allow guests to dive into the contained lagoons and canals. You can touch a goliath grouper named Herby, feed lemon and nurse sharks through a glass panel, interact with stingrays and even witness the beauty of large sea turtles. Families with young children should note that youngsters under the age of 12 cannot participate in these excursions. However, the aquarium is still bursting with activities for children. They can visit the Underwater Observatory Boat to see feeding demonstrations or even to watch older family members on their dive. Upon arrival, pick up a schedule of events to learn what the theme of the day is and when the interactive shows and learning programs will take place. Favorites include the sea lion and dolphin shows.
Culture and History
A typical Caribbean port town, Curacao's capital, Willemstad, was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997. Its streets and plazas feature colorful and impressive architecture reminiscent of 17th century Dutch colonial buildings. Local legend claims that an early governor declared that no house could be painted white as the reflection of the sun hurt his eyes. Thus all buildings, each marked with the date of construction, are painted vibrant hues of bright blue, orange, yellow, pink, green and others. Later it was discovered that this governor, responsible for Curacao's colorful streets, owned stock in a local paint company.
Divided into two sections-Punda, the original city on the east, and Otrobanda, meaning "The Other Side," on the west, the city is separated by the St. Anna Bay. The two districts can be crossed by the Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge or by ferry. Both sides offer winding streets to explore, casual plaza cafés to enjoy and excellent duty-free shopping. Kids will love the colorful vendors and markets selling fresh produce and meats. Plus, along the river, there are floating markets where lively vendors from South America come to sell their imported goods.
For some history, visit the Mikve Israel Synagogue. Built in 1651, it is the oldest synagogue in the entire western hemisphere. Fort Amsterdam, built in 1635 to protect the island, is now the government headquarters for all of Netherlands Antilles. The governors, the ministers and several other officials reside and work there. As a port town, ships and trade have been crucial to the development of Willemstad and the entire island of Curacao. To learn more about the nautical history of the island, visit the Maritime Museum.
The resorts on the island provide lodgings, food and entertainment for all ages. SuperClubs Breezes Curacao, located within walking distance from the SeaAquarium, is kid-friendly and located on a beautiful and calm beach. Its rates are reasonable and the meal plan is all-inclusive. For more information on the property, visit www.breezes.com.
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by Cowboy Brian, Mar 4, 2014.
Anyone signed up? What are your impressions?
Saw an ad for it. Looks like a really good deal for wrestling fans. I haven't watched wrestling since the nWo days when I was in high school. I wish they had something similar for UFC events.
I am 43 and have watched WWE faithfully until I was 18..........over the years I have watched it off and on for spurts at a time......I love the WWE Network.....
A friend of mine and I went in half on it and we've watched some stuff off of it. It's pretty cool.
I just signed up last week and I love it so far! I watched the Royal Rumble from 1990 and 1991 and it really brought me back to my childhood. The fact that you get all of the PPV's plus all of the archived matches and original programming for $9.99 a month is a good deal imo! If anyone is looking to sign up let me know cause I can refer 10 people and they'll get a $25 gift card to the WWE Store for signing up.
Initially it is a very good deal. Rumor has it that they will go up on price but I still think it is worth it.
The con in my view is that they don't add enough new content once you watched everything. You can only see retro programming for so long.
We got the 1 week free and loved it. Lots of content to watch - I'm not sure you could watch it all if you wanted to. Each week there is new content that isn't on TV that gets added also. It's cost is reasonable and even if it goes to $11.99 or $12.99 as rumored at the end of the year it's still a good deal. We don't have the time to watch it consistently so we cancelled but I really didn't want to. If all you watched was the PPV each month it's worth it so I might call them back up and subscribe again. They also have the deal with WWE merchandise where you get a $25 credit when signing up and I think you get $25 for every person you refer also. Not exactly sure of the details.
Doggone it. I was streaming Payback PPV over Google ChromeCast to my big screen TV and actually fell asleep last night halfway through the show. I hope it's available on the WWE Network for replay today after work...before RAW...
It's on replay once the show ends.
I was planning on watching Payback last night through my PS3 but it was buffering like crazy. I have a PS3 fat that is probably 6 years old so I wonder if the wi-fi inside of the PS3 couldn't handle WWE's streaming? Anyways I ended up playing it through my iMac and then I connected it to my TV via HDMI. It never buffered and the video quality was quite good. For $9.99 a month it is a very good deal and even if it goes up a few bucks a month it'll still be worth it. I love Legends House!
Been meaning to catch a show or two of Legends House, thanks for reminding me
Yep I was able to see Payback last night. Pretty entertaining show I thought. Plus, like DVR'd RAWs and Smackdowns, I am able to FF through the filler matches like with the divas.
At first I thought Legends House looked stupid but then I found myself watching 4 episodes in one night and loving it lol. Mean Gene is hilarious and gets highly annoyed at Jimmy Hart all of the time. Not to mention he is very perverted. I think it is funny and entertaining.
Payback was good and I enjoyed the last 5 minutes of Raw with Seth Rollins heal turn.
10 dollar PPV pretty much sold me and NXT.
No Seth! Say it isn't so. As a wrestling newbie he was one of my favorites.
He still can be, just as a heel
I actually meant to say he IS one of my favorites & not was.
I really like the guy. That was probably the best written segment I've seen since I started watching.
And nobody can tell me those chair shots do not hurt. I kind of wish they would not do that.
well Dean Ambrose is a big boy he can take it. He use to compete in death matches during his indie days (the kind of matches Terry Funk and Mick Foley use to compete in) so he probably has a high tolerance for pain
I am sure they can all take it but is it really necessary to hit someone 10 times in the back or over the shoulder to emphasize a beat down?
A little over the top to me but anyway.
I'll admit I was shocked by that move. The question is......is this a permanent move or something The Shield has planned for the upcoming Money In The Bank PPV?
Umm yeah it had to have hurt!


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Mayor Rick Gottman, left, signed a proclamation declaring this Friday as Lions Candy Day in Vandalia.
With Gottman is John Dotray, the current president of the Vandalia Lions Club. This Friday, Lions members will be accepting donations that will be used to support the Lions' sight and hearing programs.
Critters Tolerating Heat Wave
(Rancher Bill feeling heat)
In answer to several inquiries, the critters all seem to be handling the hot temperatures, as they are eating, drinking water, sleeping and resting well, and behaving as usual.
Their head caregiver, Bill, is feeling the discomfort more, although he is eating, and drinking water and lemonade in unusual large quantities, especially when he is weed-eating, mowing, and feeding and watering for the above mentioned critters.
Wednesday, August 27
• Royal Neighbors of America #5784, 1 p.m., Phillips Building.
Thursday, August 28
• Exxon Mobil Annuitants, noon, Vandalia Ponderosa.
• In the afternoon, maps for the city garage sales will be available at city hall, Casey's, Dollar General, St. Elmo Pet Clinic, St. Elmo Foods and Mary Ann's Restaurant.
Friday, August 29
• City garage sale maps will be available.
Saturday, August 30
• St. Elmo Labor Day Weekend Celebration starts.
The 56th Rhodes reunion will be held at noon on Sunday at the blue building in St. Elmo Park.
Meat, drinks and table service will be provided, and those attending are asked to take a covered dish. They may also take an item for a door prize.
Nature's Summer Night Sounds
When we step outside the door at night, we are treated to a chorus of night sounds presented by the various night critters (frogs, insects, etc., and sometimes, if Katie, the dog, sees a rabbit, cat or coyote in the yard we also hear frenzied barking.
Class Reunion
The Vandalia Community High School class of 1984 held its class reunion on Aug. 2 at the home of Charlie Pryor, north of Frogtown.
Family Cookout
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yagow and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Graumenz of St. Peter attended a family cookout at the Vernon Spilker home in Altamont on Sunday evening. Mr. Spilker is the nephew of Mrs. Graumenz and is retiring from teaching at Immanuel Lutheran School in Altamont.
Thursday, August 21
• The St. Elmo Business Association will have a special meeting at noon at Mary Ann's Restaurant.
• Vit-Em-In Sunday school class potluck, 6 p.m., First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.
Friday, August 22
• This Friday is the final day to pre-register floats for $2 in the St. Elmo Labor Day Parade; floats entered after this date will cost $5. Entries are to be made at the St. Elmo City Hall.
The Kleinik family reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 31, in the main pavilion at Patriot's Park in Greenville.
A potluck will begin at noon. Those attending are asked to take a covered dish and lawn chair.
The ExxonMobil Annuitants Club met on July 31 at Chinatown Restaurant in Litchfield for their monthly meeting and luncheon, with 22 members and three guests present.
The pledge to the flag was given, followed by the meal prayer given by Brock Fisher. After the meal, Black welcomed everyone.
The secretary and treasurer reports were read and approved. Birthdays and anniversaries for July were read. Cards were signed for two members having health problems.
The Vandalia Lighthouse Pregnancy Center Board of Directors, in conjunction with Kelly Curll, tobacco coordinator for Fayette County Health Department and health educator for the South Central Illinois Health Coalition, adopted a Smoke-Free Campus Policy at the center, which took effect on Aug. 1.
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About the Book
Toco the toucan had a bad day. Find out how he made it a great day!
Features & Details
- Category Children
Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
34 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 08, 2007
- Language English
- Tags King of the Yucatan, You can, Kevin Grossman, Jerry Tanner, Toucan, Toco
About the Creator
Jerry Tanner has been interested in art since he was a kid. His formal art studies started during high school. He received his bachelors degree in graphic communication from San Diego State University. He has been active in the creative field for more than 30 years. This book is dedicated by Jerry and his wife, Pam to their wonderful and amazing lovebirds, Harold & Maude—the inspiration for Toucan King of the Yucatan and Toco. Kevin Grossman is a published writer who enjoys reading, music, drumming, hiking, and travel. He received his BA in psychology from San Jose State University. Kevin dedicates this book to his wife, Amy, who encouraged him to believe in himself, to celebrate the miracle of his choices, and who is his guide through their "two halves can be two wholes" paradise.
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From: "Dan Parry" <>
Subject: RE: [NYCHAUTA] Re: Another HORACE GREELEY, and family, Sherman
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:37:44 -0500
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Horace Greeley was the son of Zaccheus Greeley and Mary Woodburn.
They had 2 sons and three daughters who lived beyond infancy.
Horace's brother was Nathan Barnes Greeley, who married (1st) in Jan
1838 to Sally A. Hines, who d. 25 Apr 1857, no record of any children.
He m. (2nd) 24 Dec 1856 to Polly R. Conn, who bore 14 children, none
of them a Roscoe.
There are quite a few Horace Greeleys, many of them named after THE
Horace Greeley, so it would be easy to confuse. The Greeley Genealogy
lists close to 50 of them.
According to the Greeley Genealogy, by George Hiram Greeley, the
earliest Greeley immigrant was Andrew Greele, b. about 1617, d. 30
June 1697. He was an early settler of Salisbury, Massachusetts,
appearing first in 1640 in land records
The Greeley Genealogy lists two Roscoe Greeleys, as follows:
1). From Andrew Greele down: Andrew, Stephen, Jonathan, Samuel, Jacob,
Stephen, then
Burnham C. Greely b. Palermo, ME; m. Maria Longfellow; resides
Augusta, ME. Children: Stephen;
No further info on these children.
2). From Andrew Greele down: Andrew, Joseph, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel,
William, then William R. Greeley, b. 19 Nov 1821 in Woodstock, NY, m.
Colesville, NY 6 Oct 1856 to Eliza Freeman, b. Colesville, NY 10 Nov
1836. He d. Susquehanna, PA 20 Nov 1877. Children:
William, b. 1 Aug 1860, d. 7 Sept 1860;
Amelia J., b. 23 Jan 1862;
Clara J., b. 4 Aug 1864;
Roscoe Freeman, b. 15 Dec 1866;
Grace, b. 16 Nov 1869;
Anna, b. 3 Nov 1872.
No further info on these children.
I am a Greeley descendant from Horace's line. Horace's younger
sister, Margaret Woodburn Greeley, married my great great grandfather
William O. Bush. That makes Horace Greeley my great great granduncle.
The Greeley genealogy has more on the ancestors of these Roscoes, so
if you can make a connection, I'd be happy to help with their
Dan Parry
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My maiden name was Greeley, and I was told that Horace Greeley of
newspaper fame was my grand uncle. do you have any factual
information about any of H.Greeley's brothers? My Grandfather's name
was Roscoe, and by tracing info on the "One World Tree" , I don't
think my information is correct. I can't find a connection durring
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CSTV to Provide National Coverage of 118th Amherst-Williams Football Game, the "Biggest Little Game in America"
November 6 - College Sports Television (CSTV), one of the nation's fastest-growing independent cable networks, will provide national television coverage of the 118th annual Amherst-Williams football game, the "Biggest Little Game in America," Saturday, November 8. CSTV will telecast the game on tape delay at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Full Story
Jeffs Look to Salvage Season with Victory Over Williams
November 4 - The Jeffs pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in recent memory last season, shocking previously undefeated Williams 45-35 in front of an Amherst Homecoming crowd over 8,000 strong. The Jeffs look to repeat the trick this Saturday at noon, as Amherst and Williams square off for the 118th time in the Biggest Little Game in America. Full Preview
Jeffs Surrender Early Lead, Bow to Unbeaten Trinity, 20-14
November 1 - The Amherst football team took a 14-6 lead into the locker room at halftime but couldn't hold on after the intermission, surrendering 14 second-half points en route to a heartbreaking 20-14 loss to visiting NESCAC foe Trinity College on Saturday. Trinity, which entered the game ranked third in New England, remains undefeated at 7-0 and extends its current winning streak to 14 games dating back to last season. Amherst drops to 4-3 with its second straight loss entering next Saturday's season finale at Little Three rival Williams College. Full Story
Patience a Virtue for Amherst Wideout Jim Devine
October 30 - Jim Devine had every intention of coming to Amherst and making an immediate splash. He was a three-year starting quarterback at Northern Virginia powerhouse Chantilly High School, where - in a run-oriented Wing-T attack that typically limits the quarterback to just 12 or 13 passes per game, at most - he was the first signal caller in nearly a half decade to throw for 1,000 yards in a single season, and he gobbled chunks of real estate as a bruising, slashing runner. Full Story
Jeffs Look to Rebound Saturday Against Unbeaten Trinity
October 27 - Coming off a gut-wrenching 24-17 loss at NESCAC rival Tufts University, the 4-2 Jeffs look to rebound with a Family Weekend win this Saturday over undefeated Trinity. Get the scoop in our full game preview. Full Story
Jeffs Bow at Tufts in Overtime
October 25 - The Tufts University football team downed visiting Amherst for the first time since 1998 with a dramatic 24-17 overtime win on Saturday. Amherst, which fell to 4-2, rallied from a 14-7 fourth-quarter deficit to take a 17-14 lead late in the game, but Tufts rebounded with a field goal in the final minute of regulation and a touchdown in overtime to seal the win. Full Story
Monteith Named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Week
October 20 - Amherst junior running back Matt Monteith was named the NESCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after rushing 15 times for 157 yards, including touchdown gallops of 78, 5 and 33 yards, in the Jeffs' lopsided 41-0 Homecoming win over visiting Little Three and NESCAC rival Wesleyan University. Full Story
Jeffs Maul Wesleyan, 41-0
October 18 - Junior running backs Fletcher Ladd and Matt Monteith combined for 322 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 32 carries on Saturday, as the Amherst football team improved to 4-1 with a convincing 41-0 Homecoming win over visiting NESCAC and Little Three rival Wesleyan University. The shutout was the Jeffs' fourth in five games this season and the most lopsided victory in the series since a 58-13 Amherst victory in 1968. Full Story
Fletcher Ladd Running Wild at Amherst
October 17 - Amherst junior tailback Fletcher Ladd is not gentle. He doesn't tiptoe out of bounds to avoid tackles, dance east to west in search of the perfect hole or juke oncoming defenders with head and shoulder fakes. He's a 206-pound flurry of churning legs, high knees, eye black, facial hair, dirt, blood, spit and guts, and his runs are violent, snarling affairs that almost always culminate in someone getting whacked. Full Story
Undefeated 1953 Football Team Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Homecoming
October 15 - Fifty years have gone by, but at the time of his recent passing, Amherst co-captain quarterback Tommy Knight '54 still had the game ball from his team's 7-6 upset win over Brown University in the first game of the 1953 season. The Knight family sent the ball back to campus for the Jeffs' Homecoming game against Wesleyan as part of a halftime celebration of the 1953 season's 50th anniversary. Full Story
3-1 Football Set for Homecoming Showdown with Wesleyan
October 13 - Fresh off a lopsided 31-0 victory at Colby - Amherst's third shutout win in its first four games - the Lord Jeff football team looks to improve to 4-1 with a Homecoming win over visiting Little Three rival Wesleyan University on Saturday. Get the scoop in our full game preview. Full Story
Jeffs Manhandle Colby, 31-0
October 11 - The Amherst football team posted its third shutout in its first four games, rebounding from last week's 17-14 loss to Middlebury College with a lopsided 31-0 win at NESCAC rival Colby College on Saturday. The Jeffs held Colby to just 123 yards of total offense (56 passing, 67 rushing), sacked senior quarterback B.L. Lippert five times and forced the White Mules into two turnovers, upping their record to 3-1 on the season. Colby dropped to 2-2 with the loss. Full Story
Jeffs Bow to Middlebury, 17-14
October 4 - Sophomore wide receiver Michael Murray recovered his own blocked punt for a touchdown in the first half and caught a game-winning scoring strike from junior quarterback Mike Keenan with 1:12 left in regulation to lead visiting Middlebury (1-2/1-2 NESCAC) to its first win of the season - a 17-14 come-from-behind victory at previously undefeated Amherst (2-1/2-1 NESCAC) - in NESCAC football action on Saturday. Full Story
Offensive Coordinator Don Faulstick Thriving at Amherst
October 3 - It's Wednesday night, 8:00, and practice has long since finished. Don Faulstick reclines in his office with the lights dimmed, telephone in hand, jotting notes on a yellow legal pad. Only two days remain until Amherst's home opener - just 65 more hours to break down film, finish scouting, put the game-plan on paper, fine-tune the offense and relay it all to his charges. It's his 39th birthday, but there's work to be done.
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Undefeated Jeffs Set for Saturday's Matchup with Middlebury
October 1 - Boasting the top offense in the NESCAC and an unscored-upon defense, the undefeated Amherst football team looks to run its record to 3-0 with a victory over visiting Middlebury College (0-2) on Saturday. Get the scoop in our full game preview. Full Story
Jeffs Improve to 2-0 with Second Straight Shutout; Blank Bowdoin 21-0
September 27 - Senior tailback Fletcher Ladd pierced the career 2,000-yard plateau with a game-high 138 rushing yards on Saturday, and junior quarterback Marsh Moseley completed 15 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown, as the undefeated and unscored upon Amherst football team improved to 2-0 with its second straight shutout, a one-sided 21-0 win over visiting Bowdoin College. Full Story
Whiting Making the Most of Life, On and Off the Field
September 25 - Senior Paul Whiting needs more hours in his day, literally. Each morning he looks at his schedule, and it's like trying to fit an elephant in a suitcase - too many places to go, too many people to see and not enough time. Everything has to be compartmentalized, tucked neatly into different sections of his life and pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. Full Story
Jeffs Set for Saturday's Home Opener Against Bowdoin
September 23 - After bombing Bates 34-0 last Saturday in Lewiston, Maine, behind 166 rushing yards by senior Preseason All-American Fletcher Ladd, the Jeffs look to run their record to 2-0 when they host Bowdoin this Saturday at 1 p.m. Get the inside scoop in this full game preview. Full Story
Ladd Named NESCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week
September 22 - Amherst senior quad-captain tailback Fletcher Ladd was named the NESCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after rushing 16 times for 166 yards, highlighted by a school record 90-yard touchdown run at the start of the second half, as the Jeffs blanked host Bates College 34-0 in both teams' season opener. Full Story
Jeffs Blank Bates 34-0 in Season Opener
September 20 - All-NESCAC senior running back Fletcher Ladd rushed 16 times for 166 yards, highlighted by a school record 90-yard touchdown run at the start of the second half, while the Amherst defense held NESCAC rival Bates College to just 164 yards of total offense, as the Jeffs blanked the host Bobcats 34-0 in both teams' season opener on Saturday, marking the fourth consecutive year Amherst has started its season with a shutout. Full Story
Whiting Named to AFCA Good Works Team
September 17 - Amherst senior quad-captain defensive back Paul Whiting was one of just 11 players from NCAA Divisions I-AA, II, III and the NAIA named to the 12th Annual American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works team on Wednesday. Whiting was the only player chosen from the NESCAC and the second consecutive recipient from Amherst , following recently graduated place-kicker Mike Proman, who was named to the team in 2002. Full Story
Jeffs Return High-Powered Running Game, Experienced Quarterback in 2003
August 25 - The Jeffs finished 6-2 in 2002, and capped the season with an improbable 45-35 Homecoming win over previously undefeated Williams, which entered the game with a 15-game winning streak and a wealth of momentum in tow. To find similar success in 2003, they'll have to overcome the loss of 16 seniors on both sides of the ball, with the offensive line and defensive secondary being the hardest hit. Full
Ladd Tabbed Preseason All-America by D3football.com
August 18 - Amherst senior quad-captain tailback Fletcher Ladd was named a Second-Team Preseason All-American by D3football.com on Monday. Ladd, who finished second in the NESCAC with 1,148 rushing yards on 236 carries as a junior, was the second Amherst player to earn Preseason All-America honors this season, after junior return specialist Jay Wagstaff was named a second-team pick by Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette.
Wagstaff Tabbed Preseason All-America by Football Gazette
July 18 - Amherst junior return specialist Jason Wagstaff was named a Second-Team Preseason All-American by Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette after topping the NESCAC and finishing 18th in the nation in punt return average (14.1 yards per return), earning First-Team All-NESCAC and Second-Team ECAC Division III Northeast All-Star accolades, in 2002. Full


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There's a 150-room hotel tower sprouting at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
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I find that normally happens when both interfaces are on the same bit of ethernet
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From: "Chris Buechler"<cbuechler at gmail dot com>
Sent: 03/03/05 21:08:40
To: "Bill Dempsey"<dempseyb at davishealthsystem dot org>
Cc: "m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch"<m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Question Concerning logs
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:26:01 -0500, Bill Dempsey
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> I'm logging the following in the system log of M0n0wall.
> The IP in question is a RedHat linux box.
> My Question is, what causes this - I assume it's probably a problem with
> multiple nics in the box. Any one know how to fix it?
> Mar 3 08:01:21 /kernel: arp: 10.1.30.11 moved from 00:0f:1f:6a:01:c3
> to 00:04:23:ab:81:44 on xl1
> Mar 3 08:01:21 /kernel: arp: 10.1.30.11 moved from 00:04:23:ab:81:44
> to 00:0f:1f:6a:01:c3 on xl1
That log indicates exactly what it shows. The RH box is using
alternating NIC's to access the internet for some reason. BSD logs
ARP changes like that because it can be a sign of ARP mischief.
Possibly some sort of failover on the same IP between the two NIC's?
I've seen messages like that in various failover setups that aren't
operating properly (or are failing over for legit reasons).
A forum/list with more Red Hat knowledge available might provide more
helpful info than we can on this one.
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IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was already having a rough day at the House Ways and Means Committee when one particularly hot question shoved him into the lower depths of a church-state Inferno.The question concerned a letter sent by IRS officials in Cincinnati to the Coalition for Life of Iowa, linked to its application for tax-exempt status."Please explain how all of your activities, including the prayer meetings held outside of Planned Parenthood, are considered educational," said the … [Read more...]
Mitt Romney faces the Moral Majority
When the Rev. Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979, many fundamentalist pastors were appalled by his decision to wade into the muck of politics.Even more shocking, Falwell said this would be an interfaith project from the get-go, one open to conservatives in many flocks -- including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The goal was to focus on the moral convictions that united believers in different faiths, not the scriptures, creeds and theology that separated … [Read more...]
State of the Godbeat 2010
This was not your typical New York Times headline: "For Catholics, a Door to Absolution is Reopened."The news report itself offered a flashback into an earlier age, back to the days before Vatican II or even to the tumultuous times of Martin Luther. On one level, this was simply a trend story about the Vatican trying to revive some old traditions. However, there were complicated details behind the blunt headline."In recent months," the Times reported, "dioceses around the world have been … [Read more...]
How Evangelicals Talk 101
There she goes again.According to a top strategist in the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain, Sarah Palin believed that the decision to pick her as the Arizona Republican's running mate was actually made by Almighty God.Translated into the logic of an Associated Press report, this political theology sounded like this."In an interview with the CBS news magazine '60 Minutes,' Steve Schmidt described Palin as 'very calm -- nonplussed' after McCain met with her at his Arizona ranch just … [Read more...]
Our political high holy day, part I
EDITOR'S NOTE: First of two columns on President Barack Obama's inauguration.As Aretha Franklin finished singing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," the queen of soul did what she has done for decades -- she improvised.The result was a soaring bridge between the inauguration of President Barack Obama and a sermon 45 years ago at the Lincoln Memorial."Our fathers' God, to thee, author of liberty, to thee we sing. Long may our land be bright, with freedom's holy light, protect us by thy might," sang … [Read more...]
Politics dominate 2008 religion
After waves of headlines about faith and politics, President-elect Barack Obama was the clear choice as the top Religion Newsmaker of 2008.The odds were also good that the Religion Newswriters Association would pick the White House race as its top news story. But there was a problem. There were so many faith-based issues in play during this election year that America's religion-beat specialists had trouble deciding which of these hot stories was No. 1.In the end, this was the winning item: … [Read more...]
Obama meets The 700 Club
NASHVILLE -- Washington correspondent David Brody knew it was a symbolic moment when Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean appeared on the Christian Broadcasting Network.Then there was the landmark Nevada trip to interview Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his wife Landra at their home. Landing a face-to-face interview with Sen. Hillary Clinton for "The 700 Club"? Say no more.Finally, after a year of negotiations, Sen. Barack Obama's staff took a leap of faith and scheduled an interview with … [Read more...]
Gov. Sarah Palin, Antichrist
The punch line rocketed around the World Wide Web, inspiring smiles in pews friendly to Sen. Barack Obama.The Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners saw a campaign button based on this one liner and, on the "Interfaith Voices" public radio show, said it was a fine response to Gov. Sarah Palin's jab at the work of "community organizers."Donna Brazile -- who ran Al Gore's 2000 White House campaign -- saw the same gag and, on CNN, quickly linked it to the Bible's message that "to whom much is given, much is … [Read more...]


text: > SGI has a product that uses the DMAPI support code that's > included in mainline XFS, along with some additional code > (the "never merged" stuff Christoph refers to) that we > maintain separately. To our customers that need it, this > is an extremely important feature. So why don't you bother to get HSM support upstream properly, or at least maintain it somewhere where you can get at it? What sourcxe tree do those important customers use it? > What follows is a set of patches that I think accomplishes > these goals. The net result of these changes is: While this is a lot better than the old DMAPI supoort, it's still lots of dead code in the mainline tree, that won't ever be used there, as proper HSM suport if it ever was merged would sit at the VFS layer. In addition to that the people who effectively maintain XFS for both the community and lots of paying customers have done a large amount of work ontop of the DMAPI removal of the last 1 1/2 month. So I'd say rebase your changes over http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dgc/xfsdev.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/for-2.6.36 and keep them in a separate branch dmapi-dev branch where SGI can pull the code for it's customers from. This branch could also include the actual dmapi code and core kernel modifications, so that people that want dmapi support actually have chance to find a complete kernel tree for it. I'd also hope you have fixed grave bugs like the oops on unmount after multiple mount one I pointed out to SGI about two years ago, but which still wasn't fixed inthe last dmapi enabled tree.


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Lose The RWC, Win A Nobel for Mindless Repression
Lose the Quarter-final, Win the Nobel for Mindless Repression
Opinion By Julie Webb-Pullman
Prime Minister Helen Clark can only be seen as a very poor loser, or very bad strategist, in this week's unleashing of unprecedented illegal detentions to top off the quarterfinal loss in the Rugby World Cup.
Even Mexico made it into the finals of their national sport whilst their Government repressed its citizens. Maybe our Prime Minister thinks the free trade deal with mini-Mex (he got way less than most of the votes) will let NZ porkies in to join those of the US through the NAFTA draft in the cat door conveniently left flapping. But to even the most bored and cynical, the Game Plan is, er, erringly the same.
Those with kaumatua hear the story and hopefully learn, those without live it – in NZ as anywhere else. As a Mexican Federal Preventive Policeman put it, arrest and imprison (diplo-speak from the country controlling the UN Council of Human Rights for beat, rape, torture, detain) at least 70% innocents - it scares the rest of the populace into thinking it could be them next time. Most importantly, flaunt your use of whatever it is you are accusing them of. Feel familiar, Ruatoki?
Get used to it - our latest Free Trade partners are way more scary than anyone you're going to find in the Ureweras!!!
Bad Cop – Good Cop – what's the difference when they're smashing down your doors, scaring the shit out of your kids, holding guns to the heads of your gran and children? As Louise Nicholas and countless others have discovered, the NZ justice system has little to do with guilt, and a lot to do with innocence.
Occasionally, a (usually male) person will be released after kiwis of conscience, commitment and courage take a stand - Thomas, Bain, Zaoui spring to mind, not to mention Mandela. They're the lucky ones.
Today there are 17 political prisoners in New Zealand jails. Some of them had the audacity to demonstrate against the weapons conference in Wellington earlier this week – whose past, if not present, delegates and sponsors have enjoyed apparent impunity from our otherwise enthusiastic police, and especially from our immigration and security forces, despite their record of peddling, promoting and purveying the means of actual and realised mass death and destruction.
The putative threat to security of the fatal 17 pales in comparison...
Whilst it is kind of reassuring that the HART of New Zealand is still beating despite so many seemingly terminal economic rationalist transplants, it threatens to flat-line unless we call in the crash-cart of public opinion.
So pull out those old National Geographics, poke them down your socks and vests, and drag your 1.7 off-spring from the couch - you're needed in the streets - again. Just don't expect to see Helen Clark or Trevor Mallard in the ranks this time round - they're neither confirming nor denying that they are Not At The Office or beating around the Bush, but it's pretty clear they are definitely out to lunch.


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Become a 5 Star Activist!
The MoVimento 5 Stelle {5 Star MoVement} has no money, but it has the extraordinary participation of people. Every day in the squares that are heaving with people, some that have never been so full, even in the time after the second world war with Christian Democrats and Communists, with De Gasperi and Togliatti and Guareschis posters plastered up everywhere. The M5S is a political community that is being created. Its a child that wants to grow massive. In this Tsunami Tour Im meeting some really heartwarming people. Im worn out by this unending on the road election campaign. I sleep in my bunk in the camper. As soon as I lie down, Im asleep and in the morning, theres Walter waking me up to have a coffee. I ask where I am and then I ask him to leave me in peace for another quarter of an hour. Its the same picture every day. Every day a new place with people I dont know who are smiling at me. I would like this journey to go on forever and when it finishes, I know Ill feel out of place, abandoned, an exile in my own home. Ill miss the faces and the smiles of Italy, from Sicily to Friuli, all different, but all basically the same. Everywhere I feel the will to change, to turn things upside down, to start again whatever, with a new direction, because the way we are going now can no longer be continued. Its no longer possible to go on as we are doing. I am reading this in the eyes of the people. The forthcoming elections will be decisive for getting us out of the stinky pond that this country has become or to stay there for who knows how much longer. Change is possible. What seemed impossible yesterday is becoming reality today. You are the M5S. Im asking you to distribute the manifesto. Im asking you to let people know about the candidates, and to talk about these issues with people who have no access to the Internet. From today, anyone who wants to, can become a 5 Star activist and move Italy towards a better future.
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Officials begin talks to accept Snyder Road 'turnback' in Penn Township
Penn Township officials are pursuing the possible takeover of a 1.5-mile stretch of state-owned Snyder Road from its intersection at Pleasant Valley Road.
Township commissioners last week authorized manager Bruce Light to discuss a potential transfer through the state Department of Transportation's "turnback" program that would pay the township about $6,200 a year in perpetuity for that portion from Pleasant Valley Road to Snyder's intersection with Boxcartown Road.
The proposed turnback follows a November legal settlement that the state and township authorized for an Allegheny County woman who was seriously injured in a 2007 crash at the intersection of Pleasant Valley and Snyder.
The township's insurance company paid $240,000 because of the township's liability associated with owning Pleasant Valley.
The state paid $125,000.
State and township officials are working on a solution to designate Snyder as a one-way street from Pleasant Valley until its intersection at Wilderness Road.
That scenario would permit drivers to make only right turns from Pleasant Valley onto Snyder.
Light said Rick Skovensky of PennDOT asked the township to consider applying to take the turnback to Snyder's intersection with Boxcartown instead of Raymaley Road.
"When you look at it, it sure would make our snow plowing activities much easier," Light said.
The turnback program typically involves state roads that have a low average daily traffic count, according to PennDOT.
Traffic counts by the state and county estimate that about 400 people drive on Snyder Road daily.
The state pays an annual rate of $4,000 per mile to compensate the municipality to takes over the road.
Road crew hours
Commissioners approved an agreement with the township's road crew union to refine how the township calculates overtime and holiday pay for weeks when employees work four 10-hour days.
The road crew has worked 10-hour days in the past, but the agreement sets the time frame as the first full week following Easter until the start of the last full week in September.
Employees will be compensated for 10 hours on Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day.
WWMA amendment
Commissioners are advertising an ordinance that would amend the service agreement for the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority until 2052 to enable it to extend the length of its debt for an estimated $58-million capital-improvement project.
The current terms limit the authority to a debt of about 19 years, which is equal to the longest term undertaken by any of the authority's six member communities.
However, the authority's auditors are recommending a 30-year debt for a project to eliminate discharges of untreated wastewater into Brush Creek in North Huntingdon.
Ginsburg appointed
Westmoreland County Register of Wills Michael Ginsburg, a former township commissioner, is rejoining the Penn Township Recreation Commission.
Ginsburg, a co-chairman of the Penn Township Fall Festival committee, replaces Robin Artz, who resigned because she is moving to South Carolina. The term expires at the end of 2015.
Infrastructure funds
The all-Republican board of commissioners passed a resolution supporting the Westmoreland County commissioners' endorsement of state efforts to increase transportation funding.
The county's endorsement at a Jan. 10 meeting stated that Westmoreland encourages Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and state legislators "to work together on a long-term solution."
Earlier this month, the all-Republican Manor Council voted against supporting the county's endorsement. Council members said they interpreted the resolution as approval for Corbett's plan to lift the cap on the wholesale tax on gas stations.
Chris Foreman is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 8671, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The "Big Red" are starting to make some big noise in the Hockomock League.
North Attleboro carried a 7-2-0 mark into last night's league game against Stoughton, matching the most wins in a season since the program was resurrected and returned to varsity status in 2007-08.
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