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WATCH: Did you catch "Sharknado!"
This HORRIBLE F- movie aired this past Thursday on SyFy channel. Did you watch it?? It would seem not many did as this trailer continues to trend up with over 2.6million views...which I am guessing was 2.6 million more views than the actual show got LOL.


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I finished my latest article on Silver Wheaton (SLW) with the statement that it's a buy in a range of $25.50-$27.00. Some people commented they think that waiting for the stock to drop more can result in missing the rally, should it happen. I would like to address this issue. I believe that it's better to miss the opportunity than to enter at the prices that I think are uncomfortable. Chasing stocks is a bad way to manage your hard-earned money. I'm on the conservative side and so are my articles.
SLW finished at $26.46 on Friday, April 12, after being as low as $26.05. Honestly, I did not expect this drop to happen so fast. While the stock market is mostly ignoring negative economic news, commodities are being hit. Silver prices fell to new lows, and so did the silver ETF (NYSEARCA:SLV), that finished the day at $25.28, a multi-month low. The fundamentals clearly did not change for Silver Wheaton in the last few days, but the stock lost more than 10% since it closed at 29.86 on Tuesday, April 9. I think it is time to get greedy and consider buying SLW.
As a silver streaming company, Silver Wheaton has a nice portfolio of mines from which it buys silver and gold. It deals with mines owned by Goldcorp (NYSE:GG), Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Vale (NYSE:VALE). The buying price is fixed. For example, SLW buys silver from 777 Hudbay's mine for the price of $5.90 per ounce (sourced from company's annual report) and gold for the price of $400 per ounce. The average silver cash cost for 2012 was $4.06 per ounce, while the average gold cash cost was $362. Such a business model makes a company more predictable. On the other hand, all that Silver Wheaton can do is to manage its portfolio. It could not influence productivity or deal with operating costs.
It is important to notice that Silver Wheaton links dividends to operating cash flow in the previous quarter. As the company's costs are mostly fixed, profitability depends on the silver and gold prices. When prices fall, dividends will fall too. If the company were to reproduce its first quarter dividend of $0.14, the annual dividend yield would be 2.12%. I do not think that dividend is the decisive argument to buy SLW, but it's worth noticing.
The company trades at 16.04 P/E and 12.14 forward P/E. The stock presents value at current levels. As the company's business model is different from other silver stocks, so I would not be comparing SLW to them.
Silver Wheaton presents a terrific way to play silver. The company is not burdened by the costs associated with mining. It has good portfolio and decent buying terms. The main risk is the drop of the silver price. In my opinion, while the stock market is perhaps overestimating the state of the world economy, the commodity market is under undeserved pressure. I do expect silver prices to rebound from current levels, although currently the charts may be looking a little bit scary. Typically, this is the time to step in.
I would recommend buying SLW at current prices. There could possibly be a little more downside for the stock. But I think that at current levels the risk to miss the good price finally exceeds the downside risk. Should the silver prices go even lower, that, of course, would have a short-term impact on SLW. However, I do not see the stock trading at $24-25 for a significant time. If you view silver prices falling for a while, you can consider starting accumulating your position at current levels and adding to it if the stock trades lower. We would know more about how Silver Wheaton handled the environment when its first quarter results would be released on May, 10.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in SLW, SLV over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 63,
November 2011 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Chicago, Illinois November 4-9, 2011.
Soluble Form of Herpesvirus Entry Mediator (HVEM) Is Elevated in Sera of Active Collagen-Vascular Diseases and Might Be a New Biomarker of Disease Activity.
Arai, Satoko, Kurasawa, Kazuhiro, Okada, Harutsugu, Ohwada, Takayoshi, Maezawa, Reika, Fukuda, Takeshi
Herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM), a member of TNF receptor superfamily, regulates immune-responses. HVEM binds to LIGHT to activate both interacting cells. In addition, HUVEM interacts with BTLA and CD160 to deliver negative signals. Animal studies have shown that HVEM/ LIGHT/ BTLA/ CD160 interactions are involved in the development of autoimmune diseases. However, role of these molecules in human collagen-vascular diseases are not fully clarified.
The aim of this study are to determine whether there exists soluble form of HVEM (sHVEM) in sera from CVDs, and to clarify clinical importance of sHVEM in CVDs.
We developed a EIA system for detection of sHVEM and examined sera before treatment from SLE(n=44), RA(n=63), scleroderma(SSc)(n=21), vasculitis(n=21), and healthy controls(n=42). Clinical features of the patients were examined by reviewing medical records.
Serum levels of sHVEM in controls were 1.93+0.85ng/ml. Soluble HVEM levels were significantly elevated in sera from CVDs (Fig.). The levels were 5.27+2.31 (average+ s.d.) in SLE, 4.50+2.23 in RA, 3.99+1.57 in SSc and 7.84+3.99 ng/ml. When cut-off level was determined as 3.63 ng/ml (average +2SD), elevation of s HVEM was found in 72.7% of SLE, 66.6% of RA, 52.3% of SSc and 95.2% of vasculitis.
In SLE, patients with low complement levels or high anti-DNA titers showed high sHVEM levels compared to those without the abnormalities. No significant relation was found between sHVEM levels and organ involvements. In RA, sHVEM levels from patients with moderate to high disease activity were higher than those with remission or low disease activity. In vasculitis, patients with more extended organ involvements had higher sHVEM levels. Moreover, immunosuppressive therapy reduced sHVEM levels significantly in SLE, RA and vasculitis.
Soluble form of HVEM exists in human sera. Serum levels of sHVEM were significantly elevated in varieties of CVDs compared to controls. The elevation of sHVEM reflects disease activity and treatment reduced titer of the molecules. Soluble form of HVEM could be a candidate of new biomarker of disease activity of CVDs.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Arai, Satoko, Kurasawa, Kazuhiro, Okada, Harutsugu, Ohwada, Takayoshi, Maezawa, Reika, Fukuda, Takeshi; Soluble Form of Herpesvirus Entry Mediator (HVEM) Is Elevated in Sera of Active Collagen-Vascular Diseases and Might Be a New Biomarker of Disease Activity. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2011;63 Suppl 10 :1403


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Charlie Samuels, the Mets' longtime clubhouse manager accused of stashing away stolen uniforms and equipment from the locker room that could be worth millions, turned himself into police Wednesday morning, according to bloomberg.com.
Samuels, 54, was suspended without pay last October and fired by the Mets in November after working 27 years as clubhouse manager. Investigators have been looking into the possibility that he also padded expenses, in part by skimming money from hotel rooms that he ordered while serving as the team's traveling secretary.
The stolen property is said to include a full set of uniforms from the Mets' 1986 championship team as well as other jerseys, bats and balls autographed by players. The New York Times reports that many are autographed by Mike Piazza, Roberto Alomar and Tom Glavine.
Some of the loot was stored at a storage facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla., the home of the Mets' spring training site.
Samuels, who has homes in Florida as well as Long Island, has already admitted that he placed bets on sporting events. but is not expected to be indicted on gambling charges. His tax returns showed up to $700,000 in income, although his wages from the Mets were only about $80,000 per year.
On Tuesday, former Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur said he gave Samuels $50,000 -- $35,000 in a check cashed so he could purchase a car for his parents and $15,000 as a tip for Samuels and his crew for work performed in the Mets clubhouse. Francoeur played for the Mets in 2009 and 2010 and told the Daily News:
"I wrote him a $35,000 check and he gave me cash for it and I bought a car for my mom and dad. And that's what it was all about. That's the whole thing. My parents help pay our bills and stuff while we're away during the season. I didn't want them to see what I paid for the car. … Then I gave him $15,000 when I left, which was for him, the cooks, the massage therapists - a tip at the end of the year."
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BIDEN: Bush Budget Could Roll Back More than a Decade of Success in Combating Domestic Violence
United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) and author of the landmark 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) took the Administration to task today for drastic cuts in funding for crucial domestic violence programs. President Bush's FY 2009 budget released today proposes a $100 million cut in Violence Against Women Act programs, from $382 million to $280 million. In addition, the Administration's budget makes a radical proposal to collapse over 20 separate VAWA programs into one "consolidated competitive grant program," which would force individual victim service organizations, police, prosecutors, judges, tribal governments and states to compete for funding from the federal government. The Administration's proposal would also strip away critical, guaranteed funding to states through the Act's cornerstone provision - the STOP (Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors) grant program.
"The Administration's budget for Violence Against Women Act programs is an outrage," said Sen. Joe Biden. "Domestic violence impacts one in every four women, yet the Administration proposes cutting spending by almost a third - deviating significantly from historic spending on family violence programs."
According to a new national survey in just one 24-hour cycle, at least 7,700 battered women and children were turned away because of a shortage of services. Services like emergency shelters, counseling, and legal representation simply did not have the resources and manpower to handle those families afflicted by domestic and sexual violence.
"It's time to spend more, not less on our nation's communities. If President Bush's budget proposal is followed, rest assured the number of abused victims and their children turned away from critical services will only increase," added Sen. Biden.
The Administration's budget also makes a radical proposal to collapse all Violence Against Women Act programs into "a new consolidated, competitive grant program."
"This funding reorganization proposal creates an unwieldy and profoundly unfair playing field, forcing both small and large entities to compete against each other for funding. Those on the front lines will now have to fight for resources to continue their work. Reorganization on this scale abrogates entirely the intent and language of the Violence Against Women Act," said Sen. Biden. "Since its passage, Congress has taken great care to ensure that VAWA grants are provided to a variety of vital domestic violence programs. If allowed to go forward, this Administration's disastrous budgeting priorities could roll back more than a decade of success in investigating, prosecuting and preventing domestic and sexual violence."
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Somewhere Above Us, Nicole Richie Might Be Flying A Plane
What's a girl gotta do to get to Montreal, Canada these days? If you're Nicole Richie, you co-pilot your own flight. No, seriously. She spilled about the awesome experience on her blog, saying
"This past Thursday I flew to Montreal to promote my two lines Winter Kate, and House of Harlow 1960. And by flew, I mean I actually flew. My partners, Rick and Brian, let me be the co-pilot once again on their jet! It was so much fun! Now if only everyone else on the flight felt the same way.
I got there and it was FREEEEEEEZZZING. Which made me even more grateful that so many people came out to Holt Renfrew to hang with me. It's important to me to do these in-stores because it gives me a chance to come face to face with everyone that has supported my dreams and get to thank them personally."
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October 31, 2011 | Heather Burchfield
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If the tie-up proceeds, the enlarged vehicle would hold one of the most valuable office, industrial, retail and residential portfolios in Australia, including Mirvac's 8 Chifley Square in Sydney and Australand's Southbank tower in Melbourne.
Australand on Tuesday said in a statement it had not received a proposal.
Meanwhile, Mirvac said: "We continually assess opportunities to increase shareholder value."
"We are also aware of our continuous disclosure obligations and there is nothing to disclose."
It is believed a merger with Australand is one of several options Mirvac's new chief, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, is considering with advisers at Citigroup, though it remains at an early stage.
The potential approach comes as Australand fends off a $3 billion unsolicited offer from
For the deal to succeed, Mirvac would need to win the support of Australand's controlling shareholder, Singaporean real estate giant CapitaLand. The GPT bid was rejected in part because it would have left Australand holding less attractive residential property assets.
A Goldman Sachs analyst said "it would not surprise us...if [other] parties were interested in having a look at Australand's assets."
Merger thought to appeal to Singapore's Temasek
Some in the market argue a merger between Australand and Mirvac is more likely to appeal to the Temasek-backed CapitaLand. This is because Mirvac, which has a similar, medium-density residential business, would fold Australand's residential assets into its existing portfolio.
CapitaLand is also thought likely to support an offer that is equitable for all shareholders.
For Mirvac, one of the key attractions is the Singaporean group's access to cheap loans to help fund and expand the business.
It is understood Mirvac has been eyeing Australand for some time. But its focus has intensified as GPT emerged as a potential rival.
Analysts said a merger between Australand and Mirvac would be logical. JPMorgan's top listed real estate analyst, Rob Stanton, told clients last week that Mirvac "seems to have the most complementary business".
Moelis analyst Simon Scott said the merger would boost value for both sets of shareholders. "Mirvac has done a great job of improving its office portfolio, but neither Mirvac nor Australand have reached the double-digit return on capital employed that they have been targeting on the residential side," Mr Scott said.
"By combining the residential business then you can effectively improve the return on capital employed.
Bold move for new CEO
"It's a bold move considering the Mirvac chief executive has only just got her feet under the desk, but perhaps the timing was forced on them by GPT's proposal."
However, there are questions over whether Ms Lloyd-Hurwitz would embark on a such a large transaction so early in her tenure.
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In his research note, Mr Stanton pointed out that since Ms Lloyd-Hurwitz is "only weeks into the job, it may fall into the too-hard-basket for them."
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Hybrid IPS/IDS Systems
Deploying separate IDS and IPS devices is cumbersome. Protecting your network using hybrid IPS devices, though, enables you to obtain the benefits of both technologies from a single device because IDS and IPS are complimentary technologies.
Using the ongoing network configuration, a hybrid IPS device can provide the IPS protection to prevent an attack coming from or going to the Internet (see Figure7-5). Using IDS functionality, the same device also can watch for attacks going between two internal systems.
Figure 7-5. Hybrid IPS Device Providing IPS Protection
Shared IDS/IPS Capabilities
Although Intrusion Prevention provides some unique capabilities, you should also understand the capabilities shared by IDS and IPS systems, because these two technologies usually are deployed in unison. The combined IDS/IPS capabilities include the following:
Each of these items is examined in detail in the following sections.
Generating Alerts
You need to be able to monitor when your network is under attack. Your IDS or IPS should be able to generate alerts to indicate that an attack has been launched against your network even if the intrusion software prevented that attack from succeeding. These alerts enable you to correlate activity on your network between security devices such as IPS and IDS sensors, as well as other infrastructure equipment.
Initiating IP Logging
Sometimes, you want to record the traffic a potential attacker is sending against your network. By analyzing this captured information, you can gain insight into what the attacker is trying to do against your network. Other times, you might want to log traffic that is violating your defined security policy. By seeing which traffic violates the security policy, you can determine what the impact is if you decide to make the security policy mandatory by actively stopping offending traffic.
IP logging refers to the ability to capture the traffic traversing your network. It can be initiated either manually or automatically in conjunction with defined signatures. Most intrusion systems provide IP logging functionality that falls into several categories, such as the following:
The benefits and limitations of these logging options are explained in the following sections.
Logging Attacker Traffic
The most logical logging option is logging traffic from an attacking system. In this situation, you want to monitor all the traffic originating from a specific source IP address. The benefit of logging all of the packets for a specific source IP address is you can examine all of the traffic attackers are launching against your network, not just the traffic to the specific system that initially initiated the logging. The drawback is that logging all the packets from attackers might make analysis more complicated. It also requires more memory or hard drive space to store the information, especially if the attackers are generating a lot of traffic, some of it invalid trying to hide the real attack traffic. Logging traffic from a single host also assumes that the attackers are using a single address from which to launch their attack.
Logging Victim Traffic
Instead of logging the attacker's traffic, you can log the traffic going to a specific target or victim system. In this situation, you focus on all traffic going to the target system, regardless of the source IP address. The advantage of this approach is if the attackers are coming from multiple source IP addresses, you capture all the traffic being sent to the victim machine, not just the traffic from the initial source IP address that initiated the logging. The drawback is, again, the amount of traffic you might capture. If the target system is a large server, you might capture a large amount of information, making it difficult to distinguish attack traffic from normal user traffic.
Logging Traffic Between Attacker and Victim
Another logging option most systems include is the ability to capture all the traffic being sent between two specific systems. This limits the information captured to only the traffic being sent from the attacking system to the victim system and traffic being sent from the victim system to the attacking system. The advantage of this approach is the traffic logged is limited to the IP addresses of the traffic that initially triggered the logging action. The drawback is your captured information provides a limited view of the traffic being sent to the victim as well as a limited view of the traffic being sent from the attackers to your network.
Resetting TCP Connections
One of the original responses incorporated into IDS solutions was the ability to reset a TCP connection, sending a packet with the RST flag set to both systems involved in a TCP connection. By resetting the TCP connection, the attackers lose their TCP session to the victim system. At that point, the attackers need to establish another TCP session to the victim system to continue the attack. This response is particularly effective if the connection is reset before the attackers complete the entire attack, because the attack is never allowed to complete. The drawback is if the attack is already complete by the time the connection is reset, the attackers might have access to the system via a mechanism that is not detected by your security devices, such as a back door opened by the attack. Furthermore, this action is limited to attacks that use TCP-based protocols.
Initiating IP Blocking
IPS devices have the capability to stop traffic before it reaches the target system. IDS devices, on the other hand, passively monitor network traffic by analyzing a copy of the actual traffic. To enable IDS devices to block traffic from attacking systems, they utilize existing infrastructure devices to deploy access control lists (ACLs) on the network. Blocking traffic in this fashion, however, is reactive in that the initial attack traffic has already been sent to the victim system before IP blocking is initiated. If this initial attack traffic succeeds in creating a back door on the victim system, the attackers can easily access this back door undetected from any system. It might not necessarily be the same system used to launch the attack.
An intrusion system usually provides the following IP blocking options:
When you are using both of these blocking options, your IPS device needs to know when to remove the blocking action. Automatic blocking actions are performed only for a configured length of time. When the time period expires, your IPS removes the block and traffic from the blocked host is again allowed into the network. IP blocking is not meant to permanently prevent a system from accessing your network. The blocking action simply gives you time to analyze the situation and take the appropriate action to protect your network.
One of the downsides of IP blocking is IP spoofing. When using IP blocking, you need to make sure that an attacker cannot use your IP blocking response to deny traffic from valid systems. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) traffic, for example, is connectionless. Many UDP messages are one-way and do not elicit a reply from the destination system. If you configure a UDP-based signature to initiate IP blocking, an attacker using IP spoofing can pretend to be another system. Then, when your IDS blocks the address detected, it is actually blocking traffic from a valid system, maybe one of your business partners.
Numerous programs enable attackers to create packets from any source IP address that they choose. When attackers identify traffic that initiates an IP blocking response, they can then attempt to generate spoofed traffic from a legitimate IP addressyour business partners, for exampleto see if they can block valid systems from accessing your network.


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to take the trouble to meet the objections
of constituents who did not approve the
Mr. Leatz argued that the second-class
condittons for mail matt3rs must be con
sldcred part of the educaUon:il system of
the eountry. He had his desk and the sur_
roundincr desks plled high with the books
of standard authors and poets. which he
said. were placed withln the reach of the
(humblest boys and glrls because they had
nroe?s to the mall at pound rates. He
crcated cortijridcirablo enthusiasm. both on
ttw floor a]7d in the palleries, as he a.p
rra.l?l for 'a continuation of these pri,-*i
. arr. MoPht-rson, of lowa, in support
of the bill. denounced the lobby which he
said was lnfecting the corridors and gal
lcries~"of the Hjou.??, cairying on a cor
rupt campalgn against tliemeasure. Dur.
ing the course of hls remuxks, Mr. Hill, of
Conneoticut. rising to a question of pri\ni
legc, stated that literature in opposition
to the bill was being dlstributed on the
floor of the House by the jjages. Hc de
mandecl tliht the rule be enforced.
The Si-caker directed the employes of
tlie House to cease distributing t!he docu
Mr. MoPhfcrson proceedlng, attacked Mr.
Ijcntz, creating some sensation by~ char
acterSzing hlm as the attorney for the
Mr. Lentz was not on tflie floor at the
tlme. but Mr. Richardson, tlie minority
lca-der, nromi>tly called Mr. McPhereon t?
'Mr. McPliersoh withdrew the word "at?
torney" and was allowed to proceed.
RBTORT VIOIjBXT.
Later Mr. Lentz on a question of prlvi
logn. replled to Mr. McPherson, expresslng
surpriso that a momber, eveti wiCh the
liniited expenience in the rules of de
cency enjoyed by t3ie gentlenian from
lowa, shouWl have charged him with be?
ing the attorney of a lobby in connection
with the pending bill. He prooeeded to
explain the clrcumstances under which
he had broug'ht into the House tiio books
and pamphlets comiJalned of. and in con
closlon salld he did not know he could pro
tect himseif from charg?s based upon
sueh fllm?>' grounds. "'But I want to say
in the gcmtloman's teeth," ho said, "that
the gentleman who charges. me with be?
ing the attorney of a. lobby is undoubtedly
hlmself the attomey of the oxpress com
Here Mr. <P?yne. of Xew Tork, inler
posed to call Mr. Lentz to order.
Later Mr. MoPherson got the floor. say
- ing that he had at tho time withdra-wn
the objectionable romark, but that the
speech of Mr. Lentz, when it anpeared,
would display the facts whioh had called
lt forth. Hc said it would further show
that Mr. Lentz was in telegraphic corre
spondence i\ith those laboring tp defeat
tho bill
In th? Housp
WjaSHHNGTON, March 2L?Upon the
autliority of the Governor of Al3s:<a. Mr,
. Turnex. of Washlngton, xnade the state
snent In the Senate to-day that conces
' ttlons lor gold mlning in the b,ed of the
?*a near Cape Nome, Alaska, had heen
granted toy tha Secretary of War, and
upon that statement he baeed a r*soau
tion of lnqulry.
Senator Turner aald if sucJi a grant
"". h?4 ibeen made -lt was "a sharoe, ^ re
': 3>roach *nd "*' scandal." The reaoluiion
?wm agraed 4o.
.Jb a few minutes, and without dlscus
?}on, the 'addjaional urirent tleflelenoy
?v.-UlB *was jpassed, .with one or two other
'ijaeasures of lmportance.
:.;\V-:9tr.-jy/Ulte6i-;|faye;jiotiee.'.ihat he would
,^?allup to -mprrow tha csnference report
?Von tfie Porto" Rlob epproprlation olll.
; :0.:$tk; Jfumerts % a-efiolulion ; <Mwo te'd the
lirfiecxetary. Pf SPfir to- Jnform Jthe''.} Senate
^^etter:anyJ^ncesElons to -ekcavate th*
j^jcoW^^eailnff^edSbf^tttC Bea;' in;the^v:cints
'^^^?^pip<0^l(izae,: ^Alaskai^or rfin? other;
^~^f0uo^?^i^*Xfi ^1?^3ne4?:Jto:ranj^
WarDepartjriant ofllclal. and if so, upon
what theory such grant was made.
A SCANDAjU
?The Secretary of War," ?*" said Mr.
Turner, ."has jurisdictlon over th?? navi
gable waters of the TJnlted Sta'ies, and at
various times has elv<en to prlva:e lridi
viduals authorlty to excavate the b.'d of
such waters for??proper purp3ses. Now,
If tliis atfthorKy fcas been. strctched t<>
cover such' a^conoession a3 that men
tloned in the resolutlon, lt ls a shame,
a reproach -and a scando.1."
Mr. "Wolcotl, of Oolorado, eaio! that In
vlcw of this cxtraordlnary statement, the
Secretary ol |Warwould be anxious to
answer any propor inquiry. touching it.
If such a concesslon had b3cn granted, lt
was clearly a violation of the Iswiv
(Mr. Carter said lt certalnly could.not
toe in contennplation of the Secretary of
"War to give mining leases without a ecm
blance of law.
"I think the resolutioh should be
adopled," said Mr. Carter, "as I am satis
fied the response will show the Secretary
has not arrogated to himself such power."
The resolutions were agreed to.
Mr. Pettigrew offered another resolutlon,
direciing the Secretary of War to inrorm
the Senate what were the ciualiiications
of voters in the approaching elections ln
Ouba, who prescribed the <iua1ifications,
the purpose of the election, and who
would have charge of It. This was passed.
? Mr. Halc called up the measure making
appropriations to supply additional ur
gent deficiencles. The committee amend
ments thereto were agreed to and the
bill was passed without comrtient. .
A biil to authorize the judges of the
cistrict courts of the Unlted States to
appoint stenographic reporters and de
termine the duties and compensatfon of
such reporters, was passed. The bill pro
V;d?s for the appolntment of ninety court
reporters ln the TJnUed States at a salary
of $2,009 each, cxtra pay being provided
for extra manuscripts of court proceed
ings supplied.
The bill to provide a clvil code for the
Distrlct bl Alaska was then taken up
for consHeration. The committee amend
ments were agreed to. After some other
minor amendmenls tho bill was lald aslde
and the Portb Rlco bill taken up.
.The bill, after some discussion of the
creation of a TJnlted States court on the
island. was lald aside.
The Si.nate agreed to the conference
asked for by the House on Uie legisfative
appropriation bill. and Messrs. Oillom,
Sewell and Teller were appolnted as con
ferees on the part of the Senate.
The Senate then, at 3 o'clock, wentlnto
executive session, and two hours later
Olr. L/entz explalned that he had tele
graphed for information regarding the
amount of postage paid by publishers.
That was all.
The Senate amendments to the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill were non
concurred in and the b'ill sent to con?
ference. Messrs. Cannon, Barney and
Pearce were appointed conferrees.
At 5 o'clock the House adjourned.
He Will l)e Mr. Tricg's Gucst on 3Iay
Washington Bureau, The" Times,
515 Fourteenth Street.
WASKENGTON. D. C, March 21-Spe
clal.?Representatlve Burton, chairman
of the iRivers and Harbors Committee,
to-day said that pressure of public busi
ness wooild prevent him from accepting
the invitation of Mr. "W. K. Trigg, presi
dent of the Trigg Shipbuilding Com
pany. to visit Richmond as his guest un
til Friday. April Oth, on whlch d'ate he
wlll go to Bichmond. and will ? probably
be accompanied by two or three other
monrbers of tlie committee. The con
templated itrlp of Mr. Burton -will ln no
way interfere with arrangements of the
committee in -visiting Richmond in con
nection with James River mprovements.
Timo for Ratffication of tho Treaty
WASHINGTOX. Marqh 21.?Secretary
Hay and Ambassador Cambon to-day
signed a protocol extending the time al
lowed for the ratification of the French
reciprocity treaty. By the terms of the
protocol the treaty is to be ratified "as
soon as possible and within twelve months
from dale.''
This is the same provislon that was
adopted in respect to the British West
Indian reciprocity treaty.
Mr. Jack Grizzard Held Up ln His
Own Chamber and Money, Watches
and His Pistol Taken.
BJH'OWA. VA., 'March 21.?Special.?
One of the boldest robberies that has ever
occurred in Empbria was perpetrated last
night at the residence of Mrs. E. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Grizzard o'ecupied
a cnamber on the first floor At half-past
?> o'clock in the mormng Mrs. Grizza.d
awakened her husband, asklng him who
it was in the room. A raan was searcn
w the bureau. and as Mr. Grizzard
started from the bed the man polnted a
oistol in his face, with the admonition
-"not to move or I will blow your brains
The robbery was bolder from the fact
that a lamp was kept burning through
the night. The robber took in watches,
money"and clothing $1G0 and left, warn
ing Mr. Grizzard not to move or he
rt-ould be killed. He also carried, off Mr.
Grizzard's pistol.
Comlng on down the street the robbers
shot a favorlte setter dog belonging to
Dr. G. Bl W'ood. The. Doctor, hearing
the shot and , tho , piteous howls of tho
dog, immediately took a pistol and
searched hls-premises, but saw no one
around. As soon as Mr.. Grizzard couid
leave his wife, who wasthrown in quite
a nervous state by fright, he gave the
alarm. At once telegrams' were sent: to.
the different stations on both the South
ern.and the -AUantlc <Coast Une. Einpq
rla belng at the junctlpn of^the two roads.
A bloodhound was-:brousht,,fram SufColk
to-day. anfl^ eyery effprt is^belng;.niade.by.
the citizehs .o'f r the to.wn tp trace and dis
cover the robbers,;: ?'?';.ryi
A tclegram just recelved from Arring?
dale, a-statlon onfthc Sbuthern, "states:
; that a suspiclous"character. is;. trying-tp
.^ell.a watch,;;Jand as:,twp ;wereXseoured:
,among[i the' sibleh ; artlcle^,:; -from ^MrsJ
PeeblesV lt? ls:^bpedv that thlsviriijr5,be;a;
;>lue rtp^ihe jthleyes;^^. -.^fi^^'M>'#yS&^j
CARNIYAL WEEK, MHONftMrff TO 19.
Gatacre Sweeping Coun
try Like a Cyclone.
Methuen to Invade Transyaal With
Twenty Thousand Troops
Lord Roberts isQuietly Makinjr Prc
paiations for HisiNext Movc Wnich
May Mcan the Fall of the Boer
Cnpital and Breaking of
Krugcr's I'owcr-Briton
and Boer Confer.
LONDON, March 22?4:15 A. M.?Several
telegrams havo pased betwen President
Kruger and the iBritish Government in
addition to the Salisbury-Kruger corres
pondence already published.
The Foreign Office received" a dispatch
from Pretoria yesterday. The ?oritents
of theso communications cannot yet.be
iSo far as the anilitary situation is con
cerned, there ds practicaly no change.
Lord Roberts is quietly making prepara
tions for the next move. As necessary
to a beginning. General Gatacre and Bra
bant are swiftly moving from point to
polnt in southern districts of tlie Free
State, dispereing or acceptin'g the sur
rend'er of any remaining Boers, thus en
suring tlie safety of Lord Roberts' com-.
munications before starting.'toward Pre?
A correspondent of the Dally News at
Springfontein, discussing these move
ments, says:
"General Gatacre is sweeping through
the icountry like a cyclone with flying
columns in all directions. His swiftness
and strategy have proved of inestimable
The 'rebuilding of the railroad bridge
at Karvals Pont will occupy two months.
The 'temporary bridge will be com'pletei
in about ten days. MeanwiMle supplics
are fransported in an aerlal trtimway.
across the igap. These works necessarily
delay the provlding of supplles for the
advance. '
?Lord Methuen's movements north of
Kimberley aTe 'believed to be a pr'elude
to the gathering of ta. columrn of twenty
thousand men with Kimberley as u buse,
to strike eastward f romFourteen Btre^ms
into the Transvaal.
The long and anxiously aWaited new?
of the relief of Mafeklng has not yet
been received.
IMr. Schreiner, the Cape (Premier, has
granted the request of the Mayor of Cape
Town that a public holiday be proclaimed
throtrghout the 'Colony on the relief of
Marekinff Kelief Column Has Ceased
Advanciiiff ov Ucpoiiiii{r.
8D0ECDON, - March 21.?At War
renton, north of Kimberley, dcsul
tory fighting occurred all Sunday, re
sulting in the retreat of the Boers to
wards Christiana, under shell fire. The
progress of this column towards Mafe
king has either almost ceased or Is
forbidden to be mentioned in despatches,
Nothing new comes from Colonel Pium
er, and Mafeking apparently still awalts
The Pretoria account of the skirmish at
Fourteen Stieams March 16th, says that
a Boer coromand was preparing to Oe
stroy a railroad bridge. and that'the en
gagement lasted half an-hour, with the
result that one bugler was slightly
The same despatch anndunces the ar
rival at tha Transvaal capital ot Gen?
eral Schalk-Burger from Natal.
The second edltion of the Times to-day
publishes a despatch from B'ocmfonteln,
-datedi Qlonday, March 09th, which
says:. - ?
"The blowing up of bridges by the
teoe'rs is an evident sign that the Trans
vaalers intend to abandon. the defence of.
the Free State." '
All is quiet ? in the south and west.
A corps of young Boers from the farms
surrounding Bloemfontein, under an itn
perial offlcer, has been detailed for po-.
lice work and to prevent the further loc*
ing of abandoned farms by the Kar -
'lt' is said that when President Kruger
left Bloemfontein, after his reosnt v.s?
there, President Steyn/s partlng remark
was: ' ' -
"Mind .the British do not catch you, or
you will get fcetter quarters at Bt. He.e
na than I." ? . ?,_?_
Rudyard Kipling has gone to Bloem
f?ThentBoers at Allwel Xorth are repor
ted to be .still "holding a position in the
big hills.on the Free State side.
From a Pretoria despatch lt a?m?
some misunderstandjng , regardlng Lord
Salisbnry-s replyv? to Ame^ca.s -otter Jt
mediation, exists theref It had been
quotedto the effect tnat.Lord Sa sbu-y
said he could accept. tn?. intervention ot.
no other power which leads to the be
lipf that the Amerjcan -represtntatlons
would be Js^ned to in the; final 6ettleT
,ment. -
Reply.-or Swiss Federal Union totlic
','>?-...;'., Boor Reqncsr.
; BERNB/ SWITZERLAXiD. March 21.?
r^no^-g-^cleral. Council has answered the
Boer appea'lJfT mediation'as follovys: -
"The iSWls?-^Federal Councll wpuld'hnve
baeri. pleasedi:to;co-operate ln frlendiy m*-'
dlation in?rder to end-iurther bloodshe-l,
caii^:iRepu^lics ;haye: directly. approachtd
vtheBritish.;;^yernnient:iri'order tovrcen-:
v^lude peace'pnaYpasis ihdicated.arid thp:
^r^lsh E'spvprh^at v.has^?hpvTO^
'%gainst.the.prpppsal; 'ah^i^iij^Yfi^iSsrmo'rev';
:"Uie'; 3ritis^; j^vernmen^^
XiM CCaDihetyat^aMinff^n^tnat^#Mitt;
The Streets of Savannah
CrowdedWith People.
Ringing Cheers Rant the Air and
FlagsWavedin Profusion.
Beautiful SilverVase, Xhreo Feet Hiffh
and ElcsantlyEnsravcd Presented
to the Adniiral on Behalfof City
of Sava:inah?Mrs. Dewey
Was Entertained by
Fifty Liaclies.
SAVANSTAH, GA., March ? 21.-Ftfty
thousand persons on the streets here this
afternoon gave Admiral George.Dewey as
enthusiastlc a welcome as was ever ac
corded' to any public man anywhere. The
Admiral had recovered from his indispo
sition of yesterday suffioiently for him ,
to take part in the military parade and
review arranged in his honor, and as he
rode through' the streets with Mrs. Dewey
at his side- ringing cheers rent the air
and waving colors made the scene one j
to be long remembered.
There were present and. in the parade
five milltia companies from Charleston
under conrmarcd of Major Chacte; naval
r'eserves from Charleston, Mt. Pleasant,
Beaufort, S. C, and Brunswick, Ga,, and
?military organizatlons from Columbla,
Pelzer, and Timmonsville, S. C, and Au
gusta, Brunswick, and Thomasville, -Ga.
There were in all seventeen out-of-town
organizatitfns. Adding the local militta
there were riearly 4,000 men in line.
The review took place in the park ex
tenslon, where an admiral's salute was'
fired by the Chatham Artillery from
brass pieces presented to the organiza
tion by President:George "Washington.
Business, public and private, was sus
pended from noon in honor of . Admiral
Dewey. ????.
The climax of the occasion occurred at
the banquet at the De Soto Hotel to-nlghf.
where the Admiral was presented with
a beautiful silver vase on behalf of the
city of Savannah by Aon. F. G. Dubginon.
The vase is elegantly engraved and stands
nearly three feet high on a m'arble base.
At the banquet table, General Nelson
A. 'Miles, who arrived' in the city' this
ovening <too late for the military' feature,
sat next to Admiral Dewey. While the
main: funeticn was in progress a com?
mittee of fifty ladies entertained Mrs..
Dewey at a 'banquet in an annex adjoln
ing the ? banquet hall. Upon the conclu
sion of the dinner, the ladies were ac
commcdatea with chairs in the main
room that they could -iiear the speches.
Among the speakers were Judge Emory
Speer, of the United States Court j Sur
geon-General Wj-man, Congressman
Brantley, of Gcorgia; ex-Attorney-Gen
eral W. O. Smith. of Hawaii, and others.
In speaking of the toast, ."The Presi
dcnt of the TJnlted States," Judge Emory
Speer said in part:
",While the administration of PresI-'
dent McKinley. more than any other,
save that of Lineoln, rwill afford to the
historian materlal at once. to attract,
to instruct and to thrill the students and
readers of -the future, it is nevertheless
true that 'his Americanism.- while prompt
and purpOseful in conviction and de- -
cisive lih action, has been cautious and
concilatory at home and abroad.
"The .war was inevitable; its results
have .followed in inevitable sequence. ?
"By 'tho supreme law of the land the
Phllippine Islands hecame the territory.
of the United States with a title as clear
as >tbat iwhioh we have to Florida or to
any foot of that marvelous empire to
the westward of the Mississlppi acquired
by the Loui'siana purchase, or by 'treaty
with Mexlco. Who will sray that the
President had the powcr or right to ig
nore his duty to 'the American people
and to mankind in the territory thus
aequiredV : ? '??
"The administration of "Wiilliam McKin-.
ley and its great achievements will ra
celve proud recompense. He will Iive in
?history as the first President who directed
? the energies of this nation In a great and
suceessful war beyond the seas. ^Greater
clvic renown may yet be his, but to my
mind the crowning glory of his life will
be found in, those simple words of prof
fered kindly nationai recognition of- tlhe
honor due the sacred ashes of his once in
comparaole foes.".
This peroration refars to President^Mc
Kinley's recommendation that the graves
'of the Confederate dead should becared;
for by the nation.
Will Ask in Fairness That Congress
Correct Roster of Those Who Re
signed and are Marked Dismissed.
BAI/TIMORGB. March 21.?Stfecial.?For
! many years there has been muuch qulet
italk among the livimj officers and de
scendants of officers of the- ConfedJ.-ate
States T>avy relative to the false llght
1 in which most of those who left the
Unltcd' States Navy at 'the oulbreak of
1 "the war appear- uppn the record? at
, "Washington. toy. reasoifof the fact that
ln many cases thelr reslgnations -?-??
ignored and they were, marked" "dls
' missed" upon the rcster. sj- , ^ ? *y
! -This talk has nowj culmlnated ?n~'A.(
proposttlon to ask,qo,ngress fo make ;hY
1 iproper-entries 1n the cases of JLhSse/offiir.
oers* who .were- entered^ as 'havingr :_been.
?Cdismlsaedr wh'en.tJn cfaqt^^eySrea:i^H1d.i!
' vJR?i?-es*ntatIve* Jaro^^fienny^ Qf^gj
MAKES denial
He Disclaims tKe Iriter
Senator Daniel Expresses No Opinipn
asto Nebraska Platform.
Scnfoi- Virghiia Senator Dcclares Tha?
He Has Not Made Himself Convcr
sant With Bryan's Statement of
tlie PemocraticJt*arty'sPrin
ciples and Caa Not
Pass Jndsemcnt.
' A special to The Times from "Washinj
ton last night says:
Senator Martin rerused to be seen ta
night in regard to the interview wltn
him published ln the New York Herald
and Baltlmore Sun to-day. However he
was finally induced to mak& a wrltten
statament Over his signature, as foilows:
"Have "glven no intervtew to any Her
aljd. man or any one eise, and have not
seen what you refer to. If any has been
ptfbllshed, lt is iwithout my authority and
did not emanate from me."
The utterances acoredfted . to Senator
Thomas S. Martin created much c:m
ment in' .Democratlc ranbs in this city
and throughout .the State. The following
is taken .from the Herald and Sun of
"Demooratic Cbngressmen .are not en
thusiastic over the tone of the Bryan
platform, .as enunclated by the Nebrasfca
Deimu'cratic Conventlon yesterday. Some-;
of the most consplcuous members of the
Democratlc party are dlsposed to criti
?ise the; Nebraska platform because of its
Populistic flavor. .
"Senator- Jones does. not ahare in . the
indtgnation of some of his Demcerattc
ibrcithren. iHe says that it Is on the whole
a fair decIaratibn'Of Dumocraths prihci
ples. He adds, however, "that lt does toi
fow that the National Democratlc Com?
mittee must take, that platform. The on
ly objeatlon Ihe had urged against the
Nebraska platform was that phink which
relates to the initiative and referendum,
?which aTe alleged to be Populistic. -
"Senator 'Clay, of Georgia. said he could
ndt support the pfaitform adopted by the
Nebraska Democracy, and he did not be
lieve it would be aeoeptable to the iNa
tional JDemocracy.
"SenaVor 'Bacon, of Georgia, said the
Democratic party did not take k'ndly to
the iexpressions inttiatlve and referen?
dum, because of their close associitloji
with the Populistic party.
"Senator 'Martin, of Vtrstnia, said the
Democratlc party cannot and will not
stand on the Nebraska platform of !he
Kansas City Oonvontion. It ls possiblu
thalt it was framed to meet the demands
of the fuslon movement Whicih exlsts ln
that State. for it is hardly reasonable to
suppose that a man of Bryan's astute
ness and experience would for a momen/l
imagine that the Democratic party could
make a suceessful. campaJgai on a plat?
form tinatured with Populistic ideas.
"Senator Lindsay, of Kentuoky, said*
he was not surprised at the tone of the
Nebraska platform, for he had always
considered Mr. Bryan more 'than half
. "Senator Tillman said !he could not see,
tke use of igetting exclted over the Ne?
braska platform, as it was buitt to suit
the exigencies "of the party in >Nenraska
and >not-4ntended to be binding on the
party In the national campalgn.
"The present leaders in the >Republi
?can party are generally delighted with
the. Nebraska platform. The farther
the Demoirats go towardf Populism the
i 'better they suit the Republipans, and the
faot that the Nebraska Democrats. with
the approval of Mr.-Bryan, have adopted
such an extreme platform is taken as an
indication that the national platform will
:be along the'same. lines.
. Representative Babcock, of "Wisconsln,
? " 'As T understand* it, the Nobraska
platform. has been approved by Mr.
Bryan,; and its cordial endorsement of
the Chicago platform of 1896 is the one
thlng most desired by the Ropublican
party. Representative Democrats all
over the .country repudiated that plat?
form Ih.1896, and they will do so again
iri 1900/
"Former; Governor James Campbell, of
Ohlo, said It would be fatal to the Dem?
ocratlc ,'party, to go' betore the country
On isues which - are ;recognized. as <Popu
listic In their tendeney- V
[' "Mr. .Campbell considers the prbspect of!
Democratic success particularly 'brlglit
at this time provided the party hominate
a "good, sound, : iproctlcal, - conservatlve
Democrat, like 'William C. -Whltney - br
Arthur ? P.' Gorman:"
Senator John i\V. Daniel Ur now ln
Uns city. He was seen'last night and
asked' what position he took in regard
to the" platform by the Nebraska Dem
I "I have not read the. platform. I do
! not know wihat planks it oontains. other
i than from hearsay. In view of'thls fact
1 I am not pre$ared to say how I regard
"Do you think that Sehator Martin' -en
dorses the views acredited to him?" ~ *
"I have not seen the artloie you refer
to." ^ t k"-- "- , -*
Senator Daniel was then shown >th&^
article as?it appeared ln the,New.Torlc
Herald. '-After readlng'? Senator/Dan
|el saidi ^'Isn't,|t oorroetj" z f ' - ^
1 He ,vras, told that?The.^rhnes .haoV^aj
| telegram, from Senator* Martin.^ denyinsr'*
, Its authentieityX -, ^J? rf?, ^-^^i"^
' "Well, I canr.ot,roake_.any etatenaent'
great many mlttions ot dollaxs. to tt?;eot?r;
pany"; aecuring "eu'-i verdict: | Bpttt vsfde??
haves been actively prepath^;fpr;the> ttM:
for a-Iarear, and the; cotmtr^;;hi^, pee?
scoured? for. minlng - expertss ;*tp?>tesUOr.v:
Mine modelsjcostlng thousandsIoT doUaft*?
have been coristructed. for Jthe^purposefj
of the trial, iwhich will he a notable one>
Ricbmond Firm*Amonjr Victlms of ]
''??';-?' GSans of' Derranrter*.
SAWUS^XS, GA., March 2t?In th?
United States ?istrict. Coart to-day I>.
A. Tyson and ten others pUaded guilty
to the cbarge of conspiracy to detraud
through. tfhe use of the mal'.s. Thuscol
htpsed a case that has eugaged the court
for the better part pf two.weeks, and
?which JudgeSpeer charectertzos as* one
of tbe most notable cases ever trled in
the Federal court in this country." "~
The consplracy had ran^ffcatons
throughvhalf a dosen ot the counties;of
this ? State. most at , them prptUbltlon
countles. The consptrators would seml
orders by maH to wfrolesale mercoants
out of the State fst all manner of soods.
prlncipallv beer and Uquors. whSclt they
wouW dispense in "Bllnd Tigers," and
the isBlppers <would never hear^of ttoefr
money. 'But while Uquors for sale in
"dry" countles wete a specialty, many
?other kinds of goods ,were embraced in
the orders of tfhe. gang. Indeed, the con
fess'ed leader of the conspirators. J>. A.
Tyson, built ana equipped,a Iong distance
telephone line. connecfcing this.city with
a dozen neighlboring towns, .wltb mate
rials fraudulently ordered on elegantly
cngraved Ietter paper of fictttrous flrms.
Tyson made use of a numtber.of airatl
countrv merchants-. wftom he persuacJed
to ipermit the use of tihelr .names for the
?fraudulent ordering of 'gqods. Many
pianos. organs, reaper3> cases of wma
and other articles were found in depots
in the territory of the gang. consign.ed to
the v-arious members of ? it. The gansr
victtmlzed wholesale merchanbs !n Mont
gomery, Chattarrcoga. IRtcbmond. Charlea
ton, BaStlmore, Cincinnatt and elsewhere,
The trial had gone on nearly two weeKs,
-and nearty one hundred witnesses had
?been examined, when lt was suddenly
'termraated by the plea of gullty.
' - , ? -?
Tbe Katio or Deaths is Seventy-Fonra
WASHTNGTQN. March 2a.?The. War
Department officials deny recently-pub
li3hed statements that General Otls' e.im
palgn is costing upward of one thotjsana
men every monCh. According to the oftt
clal records since the Amencan occupa
tlon of tOie Phllipptnes, June 1st, 1S?>, u.t
to February 17th, 1900. the date of the
?last ofHcial eompilatlon.the actual mor
tality in tbe army in the Phlllpplni's was
65 offlcers and 1,460 men, a total of 1,5;?,
or ait the ratro of 74 deaths a month.
?More details are contalned in the repirt
of Colonel Woodhull, Chief Surgean of the
Philippine army. His report, however,
dose not extend beyond the end of the
last calendar year. It shows that from
the time Americari troops Tanded in
Manila up to December 1st, 1890, the.'to?
tal number of deaths were 68 officsrs; and
1,263 men. Of .thls^numflber 42 offlcers and
570 men died of violence, and 16 offlcers
and G93 men died of disease. Most of the
deaShs by violence oecurred in battle.
There were. however, 137 deaths fram
violence outside ot actual hostilitles. lt
is a.singular fact that .more'th?in one
half bf the latter class of deaths were
caused by drowning. ,'.
The total number of wounded Wtthout
fatal results' during the perioa covered
by the report was 1,767.
Mcdical Officors Go There to Relieve
?WASHINGTON", March 21.?Arrange
ments have bean made to send an addi
tional detaclnnent of med'ical offlcers to
San Francisco with a view to their trans
portation to Manila for the relief of a
similar number of, medical offlcers in
the Philippines desirous of returning to
tfce TJnited States. I
Among the acting assistant sni??nr>s.
ordered from San Francfeco from thelr
present stations, are Randal I>. Stoney.
Charleston. S. C arid Joslah, T^- Ward.
of Newbern, N. C.
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An AddressrotheQneen.
? UaJTEJRIOK, March 2L-At a.v publlc
meeting held in Lamerick this eyenfng a
resolution to present an address to the
Queen during her vUit to Ireland was
enthusiastically adopted.
Con'ference Held in This City last
Ni?ht and', Plans to Test Valua-T
tion Act Decided Orr.
"With Senator John W. Daniel at the
head soine of the leadmg constltnUonal
lawyers of Vlrginla met in conferenee at
the Jefferson last evening to.diacusaiand
map out a plan of action against the re
cent act of Legislature proylding for^the
appointment of commissionera bt valua
tion of personal property and lncomea.
The session was a lengthy one.? faatlr&
abput four hours. Those In attendance
were^'besides Senator DanieU Jndge
HorVley, of Lynchburg; JFrancis'Fi-Can
sey.'of Hampton, who'flled the flrst sult;
in the testlng of the consUtutionaKtyJ at
,the law;,W. K. Whlte, of Norfolk; Mfe
Jor ?Charles S. Stringfellow, Frank Chris
tian, :ahd- Beverly B. Munford, "of thi?
"cufr?:^-:A':^^-'-'~.-' ?'? ' :'::-'^-^^
: The Supreme Court had annonnced that
- that f trlbunal^iwould hear argum
: orie; case :bnly>fand- argument:t?rpuia ibtf:
llmited'ito; twb Jiour8:' on. eacJ^ -sfdeiito:
view." ot,?tWsfacr; the groand waaf care^;
?funy}gpne":over,'.y^dus cases. wereiEpr*-:;
posedi;: ^dS; tne'v^^^exchange; of v couwselaf:;
^wouM^be?conducjted :^wer&" decidep^tiRQa4!SS
fi ThV^ndemenSpreseiit^towe^
been done.fbut the;above.factsfeenrobr
K.^ Randbfon:Hioks yandi:,G?Qrgre^l?e>errf
Consid^raitipii of^Be C
HELD m ABMMCm
His Resignaton From the Vofrinteer^
Army Not Acceptedf? " 'j%
THEDEStRESOFTHE PRESlDHf|||
He Iw Understood to- Waut fo-Pat Sotft^ 'j
1 JLee and WheelorUpomtheKathred^ '^
IilstasBrisadicr-GeneraIs?BaC .-4^
lbl? Cait'c be Done Wilbout .^
SpeciaH.estsratlon.by . '; V? 5
CbngreM* * ' ,
WASHIXGTON, . irarcU. 2??General -1
Wheeler calterf at the War DepartmenC ?
this morning and offteially reported ht?
return front theV PbilipDlnes. to Secretary
Root. iri accortfanc* with the onlers of the .
Department.^ ..It was expected that tho '
question ot Geiu Wheeler*s futura milJ~, ?;
tary status would be determlned at this- ."J
meetfng. Secretary CRoot was so busy. ^
however. with other Important question*
which had accumulated durlng ftls ab
sence from tho city, that it was concludV ,
ed best to defer the constderation. ? pf ,
General Wheeler's. caaa to a more oppor- -
tune time. ' _
. The matter will probably be settled'
wlthin a few- daya. Meahwhtler the resjg"- f~-,
nation of General Wheeler iron* the vol~
unteer army will be held in. abeyancei
and the question as tO\ General Wheeler's
ellgibility to a seat in. Congress will be
held up, pendinc tae- settlemenf'of hl3> ?
military status., '
TO HE7TERB Hiar. 9
There is a strontf desire to jiut tho i:
namea or General Wheeler andToeneraT"J
Lee om the retired Ust of the army, with-^
the rank ot brtgadier-generalV buc the ex,- -
ecution of this plan. 'requires speclal leg
Islation by Congrcss. Existing law prohlb- ,
its a. man. sixty-four years of age- fron>
?servingr on the actlve list ln the army.
General I*e Is- over sixty-four and""Gen
eral Wheeler will be sixty-four in Sep-*
The last named, therefore, & the only >
one eligible for appotntment to tho reg> .
ular army. The ahort tirae he would havw
to serve, In case-of appolhtmenr, !s mad*,
an argument tjiainst suctt action. *
?Moreover, the desir? ar the* Preslcran.^,'*1
.!? understood to be- to> honor borfc ofthas '
- dtstmgnlanea^voJttnteer! officers In, tlxer^
? same way, aBdrnbetb'singfe out a, partJB^""
[Ular ona ifor.?pecJaE>prefenn?n{.rJ With
; the consent of Con'gress; it!wbnrd" be pos
[ zlble^ to a ppofnt th-ni: btfjradier-RBnoral*
: on the- retirefi list Such action would en
= abfe .th?m to rri':wju.Uh their nreHenC
, dutles and Insure their fufure walfarei
l XAT CCCPTINCEr A.CTT\-E r;UTT.
; 5\?llowinff the preccd6n^ astabUshtd Irt
the caae of Generar Shafter, c.C!TWPat ^
? Wheeler may cOntinne on activo dtity in-<=
, deffnitely under hl? volunteer comm?s3tonv
; but in caae of his fcransfsr to the resufctr/'
F f-aitabllshment he would be obllzed, to re
Hnquishi actlvo- duty uponi reachin^ thox "
age of sixty-four. There is reason to be
? lieve that General Wheeler would be will.,
Ing; to forego his-rfghts fco a seat in Obn
gres? under exlstlng conditlons, provUIaO
he was .ossured of an appotntment to the" "
regular army. As an. ofBcer on the retlreii -
list there would be no qiicstion as to M?
eHgiblllty to a seat In the- national Degls
: lature In caae his foimer constituents de
? sire to elect him.
NOT ALLOWEDTO AUALfFY. "
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?NORFOL.K. VA, Marell 3L?Specl-*r.?
Colonel W. W. Saie^ recenUy ojppotitect
Commt?sloner of Valuatlon for NorfoW*
to-day'appeared bef""^ Judge of flhe= Cbr
porattoni Court Hanckol. asWns to be eon
firmea. The Court refuscd conlirmatlon.
?holdlnjt that tho law recet Oy ennotett
under' which tho commissloner was ap?
pointed ts unconsUcutlonal.
At RIchmond to-morrow the Sunremar
Court wiU.be asked to tssue a mandiunus
cempelUngr Judge- Haflckel to permit Got
onet.Sate: toi qualify. Attcrneys R. R,
Hick3 and George Pilcher represant the
Comnrissioner, white White, Tunstair an*E
Thoro. those who opposed hia confiirmatlon.
The'govemmentjug'Tecumseh 3alled to=_
ntight tar Waslhingrton towlnt? the Yacht
Onelda.. which wlU be used as a practtce
vessel by the DIstrict of Columbla navat
'mflilja.'.;-.: :?'"'?'??"
?Senator Martin decfes an fntervfew.
?lawyers confer as to th? Valuatlon
?Difflculty in securing fireman for tho *
custom-house. ,
?Golden weddtns of a popular coupls--'
?IJquor dealers. complah* of the.llcensa
tax tmposed. t ,
^-Sam Stern may run, for Mayor.
?Dr. Hunter McGutre somewhat imr
?Republtcan City Convention on, tho
7th of AprllX
?Eugene B: Hatcbk of Orange county.
feit from his-horse witlt apoplexyv and
was fountf dead? Jrt the-road.
?Stafford*r Democrats .monranire by' *
el?cting a^chsllrmans andl'new committee '
?Judge Turnbutt, wttbdraw? from the*"
race for Cbneress-^ - ? " " Tk
?Rev. ,J.-ELHf Rtddfclr wtll b? trfedl 3
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Watford Borough Council is due to start taking on apprentices at its offices.
The authority said it has joined the National Apprenticeship Scheme, which aims to provide young people with entry level routes into different professions.
The council is currently looking at which of its departments would be best suited for an apprentice schemes.
Manny Lewis, Watford Borough Council's managing director said: "Apprenticeships are an exciting way for young people and adult learners to earn while they learn, whilst at the same time gaining qualifications and experience.
"They create opportunities for both employers and the individuals who undertake the apprenticeship and I am looking forward to seeing how the council's scheme develops."


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Events at Albuquerque Museum
In addition to these events, Albuquerque Museum offers daily docent tours of the current and permanent collections.
Albuquerque Museum Gallery TourJun 21, 2017 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Docent guided tours of select Albuquerque Museum gallery exhibitions are offered year around, Tuesdays - Sundays at 2 p.m. No reservation necessary.
Albuquerque Museum Sculpture Garden TourJun 22, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Albuquerque Museum docents offer guided walks through the Sculpture Garden Tuesdays - Saturdays at 10 a.m., through November. No reservation necessary for individuals and families.
NM JAZZ Workshop "Under the Stars" 2017Jul 28, 2017 from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
NM Jazz Workshop presents a great summer line up of Jazz, Blues, Salsa and More in the Amphitheater at Albuquerque Museum
Family Art Workshop at Albuquerque MuseumJul 29, 2017 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Every Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m., families can create a work of art inspired by what they see at Albuquerque Museum. A different project every week! Free with Museum admission.
Art in the Afternoon: Sage & Jared's Happy Gland BandJul 29, 2017 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Join us for free live music and free admission at Art in the Afternoon!
Chatter Summer Concert Series: Music in FilmAug 03, 2017 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Albuquerque Museum proudly welcomes chamber music ensemble Chatter presenting a dynamic musical series exploring film in New Mexico.
2nd Saturday at Casa San Ysidro: Cowboy LifeAug 12, 2017 from 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Casa San Ysidro invites our neighbors, partners, and the public to experience cowboy culture
The Milagro Beanfield War: BOOK DISCUSSION AND TOURAug 12, 2017 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Albuquerque Museum invites you to delve into the classic New Mexican novel, The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols with librarians from the Albuquerque Public Libraries
Music in Film: 3rd Thursday at Albuquerque MuseumAug 17, 2017 from 05:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Albuquerque Museum features the third program in a series that explores the intersections of concert music and film
2017 3rd Thursday Music SeriesAug 17, 2017 from 05:30 PM to 08:00 PM
Albuquerque Museum is proud to present its 2017 3rd Thursday Music Series.


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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
Photograph by Timothy Burk, My Shot
Once marking the turbulent division of East and West Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate now stands at the head of a pedestrian plaza just blocks from the German parliament. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a physical and social reinvention has taken place throughout the city, visible in the bold lines of new architecture juxtaposing mementos of eras past.
Ballerinas, Berlin
Photograph by Maria Helena Buckley, My Shot
Ballerinas prepare to hit the stage at a theater in Berlin. In the past decade, an emergence of world-class ballerinas and choreographers has led to a rising interest in German ballet.
Wangen Town Center
Photograph by Paul Hogie, My Shot
Though post-Communist Germany has seen a rapid expansion of its capital and an embracing of modern architecture, many smaller towns—such as Wangen in the country's south—preserve their cultural heritage with traditional storefronts and cobblestone alleys.
Oktoberfest, Munich
Photograph by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images
Originated in 1810 as a wedding celebration for two Bavarian royals, Oktoberfest now marks the start of the harvest season each year. Instead of gathering corn, though, participants in the two-week-long festival gather in Munich to consume some 1.8 million gallons (7 million liters) of beer produced by local breweries.
Bavaria Winter
Photograph by Iva Seto, My Shot
Snow creates a winter wonderland scene near Linderhof Castle in Bavaria, Germany's largest state. Mountain peaks and lakes dot Bavaria, which shares a border with Austria, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland.
Residenz Palace, Würzburg
Photograph by Cotton Coulson
The extravagant rococo chapel of the Residenz Palace in Würzburg excites architecture buffs and novices alike. Designed by young architect Balthasar Neumann, the space surrounds visitors with an embrace of twisted columns and wavy walls punctuated by tall windows.
Café, Berlin
Photograph by Brooks Walker
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the capital city of Germany has created its own blended culture in the art districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Mitte. A steady economic climb throughout Berlin has encouraged many small business owners to open shops in the city.
Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
Photograph by Per Olof Stoltz, My Shot
Opened six decades after the end of World War II, Berlin's Holocaust memorial draws visitors from all over the world who come to honor the approximately six million Jews killed during the war. A grid of 2,700 concrete slabs fills the five-acre (two-hectare) memorial site, creating a maze of alleyways for guests to explore.
Market Goods, Berlin
Photograph by Brooks Walker
Originally born in the year 1200 as a pair of trading villages, Berlin still enjoys markets full of local produce and wares for sale.
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Photograph by Miguel Villagran/AP Photo
Once Europe's liveliest intersection, Potsdamer Platz was reduced to rubble by Allied bombs and bisected by the Berlin Wall. Today, passersby can visit an outdoor exhibit displaying pieces of the wall that used to divide the country's capital.
Hainich National Park, Thüringen
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Originally a military training camp for Soviet and German armies, Hainich National Park—set in the middle of a primeval forest in central Germany—now welcomes civilian visitors who walk its many trails.
Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden
Photograph by Getty Images
After being severely damaged during World War II bombings, the ornately decorated Katholische Hofkirche, or Catholic Court Church, underwent significant reconstructions to restore its roof and upper levels.
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Former Victorian police commissioner
Paul Garvey
A 120 megawatt gas-fired power plant, designed to fill in for electricity demand when wind-supplied power is not available, has begun operation in Western Australia. The Kwinana power station, operated by Perth Energy, has the backing of renewable energy groups in the state. It takes five minutes to reach full capacity.
Peter Kerr
The men's health columnist at The Australian Financial Review, Jill Margo, has won two National Asthma Council of Australia media awards for her article "When exercise has you running out of puff", which explored exercise-induced asthma. She was awarded the print media section prize and the overall prize.
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These "Advanced Scarfing Techniques" Will Blow Your Mind And Keep Your Neck Warm
The internet is full of scarf-tying tutorials. Here are 15 of them. But if you really want to step up your scarf game and stand out from the crowd, you definitely need to watch this "Advanced Scarfing Techniques" video, in which a very nervous man models some innovative scarf configurations for people who are "frightened and confused by scarves." I'm totally adding "The Jet Pack" and "The Frightened Leper" to my scarf-tying repertoire. [YouTube via The Mary Sue]


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Jordan Garden
In the area which had previously been called the South Garden, there is now the glass connector to the Historic Palace, the Achtmeyer Terrace Garden (outside Café G on the Palace Road side of the site) and the Darlene and Jerry Jordan Garden (outside the Living Room).
The South Garden was created in 1903. It was traditionally more open, with a lawn and walks with narrow planting beds beside them. Here in the sun, Isabella Gardner had perennials and bulbs. A hand-colored postcard from 1951 shows the walks with blooming tulips and other flowers. Significant changes were made to the South Garden in the late 1970s, when it was redesigned by Eleanor M. McPeck. She wrote "Changes were made to the outside garden to the south of the Museum, which has become overgrown since its landscaping in the early 1930s. In contrast to the Monks Garden to the east of the building, which is heavily planted with New England vegetation, the new design is open and simple in concept."
In 2012, when the Gardner opened its new wing designed by Renzo Piano, it also introduced a new plan for the exterior gardens including outdoor spaces which would be visually compelling from within the glass walled first floor and inviting to visitors during the warmer months. The gardens also serve as possible locations for outdoor programming, experimentation and artists installations.


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March 20, 2014
Credit Union Management's online-only "Inside Marketing" column runs the third Thursday of the month.
A couple months ago I wrote a column called "The CU "Selfie," a piece focused on providing credit unions with a self examination checklist for 2014. It was a hodgepodge of suggestions to ensure you guys were heading into the New Year with your ducks in a row and included things like:
- Are you offering mobile/online services (and do they work well)?
- What's up with your website? Have you gone responsive yet or are you still working on updating it once every six months?
- Your CU's image toward the Gen Y crowd—are you connecting?
- Your CU advocacy efforts – if any?
- Your tellers' knowledge about your products and services? Hopefully, they know.
And there were a bunch more.
In this new version of the "selfie" story, I'm providing suggestions credit unions can use as actual selfie pics – you know the ones your teenagers are posting on Instagram every 10 seconds. In this case, your credit union can really take advantage of this trend – as long as you don't go overboard with it.
I got this idea originally from Convince & Convert's Jay Baer. One of his website's writers, Jessica Gioglio, wrote a story called "5 Creative Examples of Selfies as Social Media Content."
The five selfie campaigns included:
1. Dove's #BeautyIs campaign – mothers and daughters compare their perceived flaws to the attributes others compliment them on. This short selfie film ran at the recent Sundance Film Festival to much fanfare.
Credit union use: perfect channel for member testimonials, showing how their credit union helped them achieve a debt-free life, buy a home, plan for retirement, save for college, etc.
2. #MuseumSelfieDay – a global initiative to encourage people to visit their local museums, which generated myriad artistic and unique images – or selfies.
Credit union use: not sure about the legalities of taking selfies inside an FI branch (hopefully, there isn't or this one's a bust), but this one would be perfect for members to take a quick shot of themselves after making a deposit, signing loan papers, showing off their new car or house, or just hanging out with their MSR. Again, another buzz-building effort that easily gets the word out about your CU simply because people like taking pics of themselves in different places.
3. Star Wars launches Instagram account with an unexpected selfie – that would be Darth Vader in a comical self-portrait proclaiming "Another day at the office."
Credit union use: perhaps your staffers could take a few selfies throughout their workday to get a "behind-the-scenes" look at your CU. Brings that whole humanization thing into - reality. It allows your members to get to know your staff, which is always a good thing. It's all about relationships, right?
4. New York Library's photo booth selfies – the library installed a photo booth in its 42nd and Manhattan locations for library visitors to take a quick pic of themselves. Their photos could then be shared on various social media networks, while helping promote the New York Library.
Credit union use: a little odd to have a photo booth in your branch for members to snap a few pics and share on Instagram, but it seems like an easy, cost-effective, and fun idea to create a little viral buzz about your CU. Talk about word-of-mouth advertising when your member leaves the branch: "Guess what was in the credit union branch today – a photo booth!"
5. Dunkin' Donuts' celebrates passionate fans by shining a spotlight on their selfies – this is a no brainer showing all the ardent customers' selfies with Dunkin' Donuts drinks, donuts, etc., to promote the eatery. The company featured a different fan's selfie on its Facebook page each week to give that person a little pub, as well. The photos were also shown on the company's digital billboard in Times Square.
Credit union use: this one mimics #MuseumSelfieDay a bit. Passionate members can take pics of themselves signing loan docs (please blur out any sensitive info), showing off that new car in front of the branch, getting the keys to the new house, or anything that has to do with your CU. Then you can feature that member on your homepage or Facebook page to promote the great things your CU is doing for members. It's infectious.
As annoying as selfies can be at times, they're not going anywhere because we like ourselves too much. So why not take advantage of people's narcissistic nature and promote your credit union through their self expression – and reward them for it.
What ideas do you have for a "selfie" promotion at your credit union? We would love to see them. Share your stories and selfies in the comments, below. Or tweet them at @TheRealCUES and @CUbroadcast.
Mike Lawson, principal and founder of the PR/marketing firm DML Communications and the online CUbroadcast show, has two decades of journalism, public relations and marketing experience. His unique and robust knowledge allows him to meet the varied needs of editors, end-users and clients. Lawson's expertise enables him to enhance his clients' market exposure through media relations, social media tools, advertising efforts, target marketing strategies and more. He also speaks on PR, marketing and media issues to audiences nationwide.


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Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa and Mie police have all separately apologized to four men who were believed wrongfully arrested recently for online threats sent via their personal computers, which were found to have been infected with a remote-controlled virus without their knowledge.
Tokyo police, who placed one of the men under arrest, and Osaka police, who collared another, apologized Sunday. Similar apologies were issued earlier by the Kanagawa and Mie forces.
Hiroo Kawahara of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau and two other MPD officials visited the home of a 28-year-old man in the city of Fukuoka Sunday afternoon and admitted his arrest had been a mistake.
"We are very sorry for causing a great deal of trouble to you," the police officials told the man in a statement.
The man told the officials he hopes they capture the real party behind the online threats, according to Kawahara. The MPD side promised to make every effort to learn who was behind the threats.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office is expected to soon announce the man won't face indictment.
Also on Sunday afternoon, two senior Osaka Prefectural Police officials met with Masaki Kitamura, a 43-year-old animation producer, and his family at a police station and apologized for his wrongful arrest.
The officials vowed to do everything possible to arrest the offender.
The Tokyo police arrested the Fukuoka man on Sept. 1 for allegedly sending an email message to a kindergarten in the capital, threatening to attack the facility. On Sept. 21, the man was dealt a separate arrest for allegedly sending an email threat to an entertainment agency.
He was released Sept. 27. His PC was believed infected with the remote-controlled virus.
The MPD did not investigate the circumstances regarding the PC infection or the sending of the threatening emails because the man had owned up to the wrongdoing.
Kawahara told reporters after the visit to the man's house that the police will investigate how they erred in handling their probe.
After once owning up to the allegations, the Fukuoka man told the MPD later that he lied to protect a woman he lives with, suspecting she had sent the threatening email, according to investigative sources.
The man's PC was believed to have been infected with the virus when he downloaded free software from the website of 2channel, one of the largest Internet forums in Japan, on Aug. 26, the day before the Tokyo kindergarten received the email threat, the sources said.
The Osaka police arrested Kitamura on Aug. 26 on suspicion of posting an online threat of mass murder on the website of the municipal government. The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office subsequently charged him.
But prosecutors Friday asked the Osaka District Court to cancel Kitamura's indictment after determining his PC also was infected and thus he, too, was not responsible for the threat. The court the same day canceled the indictment.
Over similar cases involving malicious online messages, Mie police offered an apology to a 28-year-old man Friday for wrongfully arresting him last month for allegedly threatening to blow up Ise Grand Shrine. His PC was found to have been infected with the same virus.
Kanagawa police, who arrested a 19-year-old youth in July on suspicion of threatening to attack an elementary school in a message posted on the website of the city of Yokohama, admitted Saturday the arrest was wrongful and apologized to the suspect.


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WLAN Guest access can ping WLC Management interface
I encounter the following issue regarding WLAN guest access.
I have WiSM in a VSS context. I configured a Guest WLAN mapped on a L2 vlan.
Even if this vlan is not routed, I can ping the management interface of the controller from the Guest SSID.
The "management via Wireless" checkbox is unchecked.
- The source MAC address of the ICMP reply is the WLC virtual interface MAC address.
- If I traceroute the WLC management interface, There is just one hop wich is directly the WLC management interface and not the guest vlan gateway.
Do anybody knows why guest users can ping the WLC management interface ?? and how to avoid this ?
Thanks for any help.


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VETERAN New York Times environment journalist Andy Revkin has endured more than his fair share of climate-speak over the past 15 or so years. So few commentators are as qualified as him to detect - at the end of a packed program of the latest climate science in London this week - a significant change in the weather, strategically speaking.
The Planet Under Pressure conference - which drew some 3000 specialists and inspired more than 2 million ''tweets'' - was convened as something of a war-conference before the Rio+20 UN sustainability conference in June.
Its tone - as encapsulated by comments from Sir John Beddington, science adviser to the British government - reflected a shift away from ''solving the climate crisis'', Revkin observed in his blog, Dotearth.
Instead, it focused on strategies to manage climate risk by enhancing the capacity of populations to withstand extreme conditions, while not giving up on efforts to stem emissions.
Beddington argues, pragmatically, that while much is uncertain about the longer-term, the challenges of the next 20 years are clear: population growth (another billion people by 2025); urbanisation; and climate change as a consequence of the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere.
Revkin said he found this shift ''refreshing''.
Others might find it depressing - evidence that the argument for mitigation (hauling back greenhouse emissions) has failed, leaving adaption (living with the consequences) the only realistic recourse in the face of the anticipated devastating effects of warming on human society and natural systems.
Meanwhile the ''realpolitik'' of climate change and its consequences - and the argument that it is already upon us - was also underscored in two reports published this week in which scientists explained why they were increasingly confident that the recent incidence of heatwaves and heavier rainfall was linked to rising greenhouse emissions from human industry.
One, a 594-page report by the UN Intergovermmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), drawing on the heavily reviewed work of 200 scientists, warns that more extreme weather events are on the way and urges governments to evolve systems to prepare for them as a priority.
Much of the report is devoted to finding practical ways to survive and recover from extreme weather events - from early warning systems to better drainage systems (for flooding) and water harvesting.
The other report, by scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, examines patterns of extreme weather in the past decade.
It argues that the trapping of warm air, which soaks up more moisture, by greenhouse gases has ''loaded the dice'' to make events such as heatwaves and unusual downpours, in particular, more likely. (Their work is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.)
The theme emerging in these and other papers, especially in the realm of identifying possible solutions, is to find ways to break out of the traditional silos of information, to recognise environmental issues within the wider realities of economy, society and culture.
This message was underlined in a video-link press briefing for local journalists on Thursday with leading Australian scientists participating in the London conference - its co-chair, Dr Mark Stafford Smith, science director at CSIRO's Climate Adaptation Flagship, and Professor Will Steffen, executive director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University.
Steffen one of the opening speakers at the conference, emphasised science's growing understanding of the interconnectedness of the Earth's biosphere - the relationships between atmosphere, biology, oceans etc - and warning that climate change was now pushing several of the planet's ecological systems towards dangerous ''tipping points''.
''We start to see some evidence that the subsystems are starting to shift in directions that could lead to very rapid change in the case of the Amazon or methane [outbursts from permafrost melting].
''There is quite strong evidence that we're moving into a new state of the Earth system called the Anthropocene [from the Greek, defining a human-influenced geological epoch]. But it is a dynamic state, and we don't know where it is going to end up.''
Mark Stafford-Smith said that in the same way that there had been a deepening understanding of the connection of natural systems in recent years, there had also been a growing appreciation of the connections of physical science and social science.
The three pillars of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental - had to be linked, he said.
In the past they had been tackled separately - ''we've dealt with improving health, reducing poverty, looking after the environment - all worthy and important goals - but we've dealt with them separately, and essentially set them up almost in conflict with each other''.
Dealing with climate change had to begin with the recognition that the power of human influence on the environment - equivalent to the geological forces which had swung the planet in and out of ice ages through deep history - required more than local solutions from individual nations.
''We are at a time when we need to rethink some of our global governing problems in a way that can cope with these complex, integrated planetary stewardship issues,'' he said.
This would be the basis of a proposal which would go to the Rio conference to set up a Sustainable Development Council within the UN system ''which has the same level of authority as the Security Council, and which can drive a more integrated approach.
''[It's a] new contract … between science and society.''


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Arts & Crafts
Wisconsin Gardener Segments tagged as Arts & Crafts
Creating An Engish Wattle Fence
Learn how to make an old English-style wattle fence with Shelley Ryan and Susan Churchill. It's the perfect accent for any garden.
Making a Whimsical Garden Statue
Create a whimiscal garden man out of pieces of wood. Woodworker Mike Donnell of Merrimac shows us how from the Woodlanders Gathering in Mineral Point.
Creating a Willow Garden Tower
Learn to make a willow garden tower with John Schakel from Spring Green during the Woodlanders Gathering in Mineral Point.
Creating with Dried Flowers
Create autumn wreaths and garlands using dried leaves flowers and nuts from the garden with Waunakee artist Mitzi Kust.
Building A Living Playhouse
Create a wonderful playhouse out of concrete reinforcing wire covered in leftover prunings or vining plants. It's a perfect hideaway for children.
Grafting Trees
Jeff Epping of Olbrich Gardens demonstrates how to create trees from pruning cuttings in a process called tree grafting.
Fall Decorating With Natural Materials
Celebrate harvest traditions by learning how to create a fall wreath at Monches Farm. Floral designer Johanna Klecker shows how to bring a little bit of the outdoors in even when the weather cools.
Dying With Herbs
Larry Schmitt shares the process of dying silks with plants, herbs and other natural products. One can wander through the pantry, the kitchen, the grocery store or the backyard to find ingredients for these dying experiments.
Fall and Winter Containers
In Green Bay, Jan Wos shows how to create wonderful container gardens for fall and winter. His motto is, "If it doesn't move, plant it." Wos has personally filled a grand piano, gold bags and suitcases with riots of plants. In this segment he tones it down a notch with more practical planting containers.
Concrete Leaves
Make beautiful concrete leaf sculptures with host Shelley Ryan and David Calhoon of Swanstone Gardens in Green Bay. Calhoon shows that it's easy for all!


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