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Muskogee was at one time the home of General Eli Lundy Huggins, but that officer was of such a modest demeanor that few persons
outside of his close friends knew of his distinguished career in the United States Army during the Civil War, campaigns among
the wild Indians, the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Uprising in China.
Eli L. Huggins, the son of the Rev. A. G. Huggins who was the first white settler of Nicollet County, Minnesota, was born
in Schuyler County, Illinois, August 1, 1842. He left Hamlin University at the age of eighteen to enlist under the first call
for troops at the beginning of the Civil War1 He became a private and then corporal of Company E, Second Minnesota Infantry July 5, 1861 and served in that regiment until
July 14, 1864; private Company K, First Minnesota Artillery February 16, 1865 until he was honorably mustered out as a first
lieutenant September 27, 1865. He entered the Regular Army as a second lieutenant of the Second Artillery with rank from February
23, 1866; was promoted to first lieutenant December 24, 1866 and transferred to the Second Cavalry April 11, 1879. He became
a captain April 23, 1879.2
Young Huggins participated in the battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 19, 1862 where the Confederate army was utterly
routed and Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer was killed; siege of Corinth, Mississippi, May, 1862; Perryville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862
where the Union army was commanded by Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook and the Confederate troops fought under Gen. Braxton
Bragg, Gens. B. F. Cheatham and Simon B. Buckner and included General Wheeler's Cavalry; Chapel Hill, Tennessee on March 25,
and 26, 1863; Chickamauga, Georgia, September 10, 1863, where he was wounded three times and captured by the enemy. He was
discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, September 27, 1865.
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Huggins received an appointment in the Regular Army upon the recommendation of William Windom, Member of Congress from Minnesota,
and was assigned to the Second Artillery as a second lieutenant February 23, 1866; he was promoted to the grade of first lieutenant
December 24, 1866. For several years he was on duty with troops on the Pacific coast, Alaska and then on the Atlantic Coast.
He was transferred to the Second Cavalry April 11, 1879 and became a captain on the twenty-third of the same month. The cavalry
service called for duty in the West and for a long term his regiment served in Montana and was almost constantly engaged in
campaigns against hostile Indians.
On Friday, October 18, 1867, Gen. Lovell Harrison Rousseau took over Alaska from Russia.3 Captain Huggins was stationed with his battery at Alcatraz Island, California when he was ordered to conduct Battery G to
Fort Kodiak, Alaska, and he joined that post June 6, 1868. He remained there until June 22, 1870 when he was assigned to detached
service at St. Paul's Island, in that same territory. He rejoined his battery at the Presidio, San Francisco, November 19,
1870. The objects of the occupation of the newly acquired territory by United States troops were: ". . . to prevent, in the
absence of any organized civil government, any abuse by the settlers, traders and fishermen upon the natives of the Island,
and second, to keep in check and overawe, by an exhibition of military force, the more barbarous natives of Kenay and Alaska
Peninsula, who visit Kadiac for purposes of trade."4
During his sojourn in Alaska young Huggins wrote interesting letters to his sisters, telling of his life and surroundings
in the far-away territory. The service was tedious at times but he occupied it in studying Russian in which he became so proficient
that he was able to read a novel in that language. "I suppose my russian will soon rust away after I leave Alaska as there
will very little opportunity for its use . . . unless I had
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influence enough to get attached to the suite of the minister to the russian capital, which I should very much like . . .
I had a call today from a russian priest and his daughter. They arrived here a few days ago in a small sloop from one of the
Aleutian Islands, and are waiting for an opportunity to go to San Francisco, and from thence to Russia. The daughter is young,
rather good looking, and I think quite good natured, but never having been out of Alaska is quite timid with strangers. She
seemed to be quite intelligent and is I think almost half native being not quite as dark as a sioux half breed. She parted
her hair on one side when we first came here, but a good many of them part it in the middle now. The priests from the time
of their ordination till their death never allow scissors or razor to touch their hair or beards. They part their hair in
the middle, and some of them have hair reaching to their waists. They frequently have it done up in a knot, when at home,
but when visiting or conducting services they always have it hanging about them. This with their long grey beards, and ample
robes, reaching to the ankles gives them a very venerable appearance. They say that a priest being in the service of God should
bear the image of God as nearly as possible, man being formed after the image of God. No one who is blind or lame, or marred
in any way can conduct services in a russian church. When the priest enters any house he pauses at the door and invokes a
blessing on all the inmates before entering. When he shakes hand with any of his flock, he takes the man's hand in his left,
makes the sign of the cross on the palm with his right forefinger, and solemnly repeats the words, 'In the name of the father
and of the son and of the holy ghost,' both priest and parishioner pulling off their hats until the ceremony is over. When
any russian hears of the death of a friend or acquaintance, by letter or otherwise, he or she makes the sign of the cross,
and says devoutly, 'May he receive a heavenly kingdom.' . . . "5
On December 20 he wrote: " . . . Winter has set in with more severity than last year, but much milder than our Minnesota winters.
The coldest weather so far is sixteen degrees above zero." The brig Olga left for Sitka that day and she took
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away ". . . about half of the soldiers, whose time is out, so that the place will be in every way much quieter than it was
last winter.
"I have some rose trees in my room which I think will bloom this winter. I had some very beautiful roses about six weeks ago.
The doctor says that they poison the air, but I have felt no bad effects yet from them. . ."
From San Francisco, April 18, 1870 Huggins wrote his sister ". . . I expect to go to Kodiac in the Newberne, a Govt vessel,
with room for thirty passengers. There will be three officers families on board, and about ten or twelve officers . . . I
shall go by way of Victoria . . . also by way of Sitka, Tongass, and Wrangell . . . The desire to see these places makes me
more ready to go than I would otherwise be . . ." On May 7, 1870 Huggins wrote from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island: "The Steamer
Newberne arrived here from San Juan Island day before yesterday morning and we have been taking in coal ever since. Nanaimo
is a small english town on the north end of Vancouver island. It is a very pretty place surrounded with a forest of evergreens.
Its only importance is the coal mines near the coast. There is a British man of war in the harbour, the officers of which
have visited us twice, and we are going to return the compliment this morning. There are three churches in Nanaimo. We visited
the Indian village yesterday. It is a mile from the town. There are about four hundred of them, but at present the population
is nearly all absent fishing for salmon so we saw hardly any one but old people and small children. They live in enormous
one story houses built of puncheons which they hew out themselves. The chiefs house is 240 feet long & eighty feet wide, but
it is very poorly roofed and has no floor. Over the door outside are two hideous images carved out of wood, and painted red,
stuck up about four feet from the ground. There are two small churches in the indian village one methodist and one episcopalian.
"We expect to sail again this evening and will probably reach Tongass island where there is a military post, on the 11th.
The voyage so far had been just like a pleasure excursion."
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In a letter to one of his sisters, written July 25, 1870, the officer recounts a journey to Walrus Island from Saint Paul
Island where he was staying. ". . . Walrus Island [is] sixteen miles from here. It was a cold dreary trip in an open boat,
but I was well paid for it. Besides myself were Count Veritenikoff and five natives rowed the boat. When we left here at three
oclock in the morning we hoped to sail most of the way, but the wind being contrary the natives had to row most of the way.
We arrived at Walrus Island at nine in the morning. The island is half a mile long and an eighth of a mile in width. At this
time of the year it is covered with swarms of gulls and other aquatic fowl who go there to breed. When we landed on the island,
they rose in great clouds, and made a noise like that of a high wind in a forest. We could hardly step without breaking the
eggs which almost covered the ground. The natives went to work and filled the boat with eggs as full as it would hold. I am
not fond of gull eggs, but can eat them at a pinch. They are dark colored & have a rank flavor. There were hundreds of walrus
on the rocks when we arrived there, but after shooting a few of them the rest took to the water and did not come back until
afternoon, when I shot one and took the tusks. The tusks are two feet long. The walrus is an immense animal, almost as large
as an elephant. At noon the natives made a fire of walrus blubber, and made tea. They also cooked eggs and seal meat. We left
Walrus Island early in the afternoon, and reached home at seven oclock. The natives were obliged to row all the way back against
the wind and tide current, and were almost exhausted when we got back . . . There is a good deal of sickness among the natives
. . . Dr. Gildersleeve attributes this to their underground dwellings which are always damp and moldy. They live in these
underground abodes, not as I used to suppose on account of extreme cold, but because they can not get wood on any of the Aleutian
Islands to build houses. These islands, St. Paul and St. George, were not inhabited when the Russians discovered them. The
Russians brought natives from various islands to live on them. There is one family here from Kamschatka. They are very much
darker than the Aleutians, but I think they are finer looking. They have been here thirty years and speak the Aleutian language
. . . "
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To his sister Hattie young Huggins wrote from St. Paul Island, September 10, 1870— ". . . I often wish that my sisters could
be here . . . to accompany me in one of my walks. It would astonish you to see the young seals . . . The young seals which
were born in June and July are learning to swim now. It is a singular fact that a young seal cannot swim, and would drown
as soon as an infant if left alone in the water. They are now (the youngest of them) about six weeks old, and as tall as a
large cat, but three times as heavy. The old males are as large as a horse and have a mane like that of an old buffalo. They
are a formidable looking animal, and if any one who had never seen or heard of them before should suddenly come upon them
it would frighten him as much as a pack of lions. They are not dangerous though for they never fight when they have a chance
to run, and they move so slowly on shore that a small child can easily keep out of their way. I take some long walks when
the weather is fine. Little blue foxes come out of their holes and bark at me as I go by. They live on seal meat.
"Berries are ripe on the island now and I see native women and girls out picking them every day. There are two kinds of berries.
I do not like either of them much except preserved. One kind is a good deal like a red raspberry only the seeds are much larger
and coarser. The other kind is like huckleberries. The women complain that the foxes eat more than their share of the berries.
Some of the natives are quite industrious and anxious to improve their condition and be 'alle same Americansky,' but there
is not much chance of that as long as they are obliged to live in underground houses and burn seal blubber for fuel. It makes
a very rank black smoke which ruins everything in the house. There are no trees on the island so they will have to continue
as they are for a time yet. I think hardy trees would grow here, and have written to the bureau of Agriculture in Washington
to send either young sprouts or seeds of maple, cottonwood &c. I think if there is any one here to take an interest in the
matter after I leave they can have large groves twenty years hence.
"The natives here will have to live on seal meat if a vessel does not come soon. The sugar and tobacco is all gone already,
which to them is a greater misfortune than if the flour was all gone. They have to make their beer of berries alone now. It
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quite intoxicating, but they like it better when they have sugar to put in it. Oct. 9, 1870 A steamer from San Francisco arrived
this morning and I am ordered to San Francisco . . . "6
Upon the request of Gov. Horace Austin of Minnesota, Huggins was sent to the university of that state where he served from
July 30, 1872 to July 11, 1875. He was stationed at Summerville, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina; commanded the
post at Fort Johnston in the same state; served at Washington, D. C., at Fort McHenry, Maryland, and was in command of Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania until October, 1878.
His next service was with the Second Cavalry in Montana (he joined at Milk River in July, 1879)7 at Fort Keogh where he remained until November 12, 1880. On April 1, 1880 he was in command of troops in an engagement with
the Indians at O'Fallon's Creek, Montana and Captain Huggins described the campaign as follows: ". . . In one of these pursuits
in March 1880 in the region between Missouri and the Yellowstone, every member of my troop was frozen, some of them seriously
. . . brought into Fort Keogh at different times more than a thousand Indians, who surrendered in the forks of the Missouri
& Yellowstone. Among these Indians were Rain-in-the-Face,8 Spotted Eagle, and Iron Shield."9
Captain "Huggins was awarded a Medal of Honor for most distinguished gallantry in action against hostile Ogallala Sioux Indians
near O'Fallon's Creek, Montana, April 1, 1880, with his troop, surprising the Indians in their strong position and fighting
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until dark with great boldness."10 The Medal of Honor awarded Captain Huggins for his exploits had been recommended by Gen. Nelson A. Miles and it bore the
inscription "The Congress to Captain Eli L. Huggins, 2d U. S. Cav. O'Fallons Creek, Mont., Apr. 1, 1880." Huggins was also
commended for his gallantry by General Sheridan and he and Lieut. Lloyd M. Brett were the only surviving officers who took
part in the engagement.
"As this gallant action against hostile Indians was performed under many difficulties and hardships, and was so well executed
as to receive the merited commendation of the Department commander, and reflect credit upon the service . . . " General Miles
recommended that Huggins be brevetted. In the brush with the enemy one soldier was killed, an Indian was wounded and five
were captured as well as all the pony herd of the Indians.11
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan wrote concerning Huggins on March 24, 1880: "A party of thirty or forty Sioux ran off about 30 ponies
belonging to enlisted Crow scouts at Fort Custer, Montana. Forty-four officers and men went in pursuit and they traveled sixty-five
miles in eleven hours. They overtook and engaged the hostiles, recaptured sixteen of the stolen stock. Captain Huggins with
Troop E of the Second Cavalry, from Fort Keogh surprised the Indian camp on April first, captured five Indians, forty-six
ponies and some arms." General Miles' report to the secretary of war for 1880 (p. 74) stated: "Captain E. L. Huggins, 2nd
Cavalry . . . leaving Keogh to intercept these Indians on the Rosebud, struck their trail . . . followed persistently until
the hostiles were overtaken on a branch of O'Fallon Creek, an engagement followed resulting in all their stock and 5 Indians
being captured."
On December 28, 1880 Adjutant general R. C. Drum directed Captain Huggins to report in person to Brigadier general George
Crook of the Ponca Commission as "it is understood that Capt.
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Huggins is conversant with the language of the Sioux Indians, and he may be of service to your commission . . . "12
Captain Huggins was stationed in the Adjutant general's office in Washington, on special duty to January 25, 1881; at Fort
Snelling, Minnesota to May 18, 1881 and with his regiment at Fort Keogh commanding an escort to a surveying party in the field
from May to October, 1882. General Miles requested that Captain Huggins be ordered to report to him for duty as Acting Assistant
Inspector General of the Department of the Columbia.13
Gen. Felix Agnus, editor of the Baltimore American addressed Hon. Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, on July 19, 1889, on behalf of Captain Huggins: " . . . Captain Huggins
speaks French readily, has made a special study of French literature, and has made excellent translations from that language
. . . ." and Agnus recommended the assignment of the talented officer to witness the maneuvers of the French army.
Huggins was with his regiment at Fort Sherman, Idaho to June 7, 1890; his file in the War Department contains an extract of
a letter from Headquarters, Department of Dakota, June 4, 1890, which reports: ". . . marches of extraordinary length at the
most inclement season of the year . . . excellent conduct of affairs by Captain Huggins . . . rapidity of pursuit [of hostile
Indians continued after their meal ration had become exhausted and little else had been left for them to subsist upon . .
. jaded condition of their animals, until the enemy had been overtaken and encountered; the capture of the enemy herd, and
of five prisoners of his party; and the gallantry displayed by Captain
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Huggins . . . merits and receives from the Department commander the expression of his highest commendation." Huggins served
as aide-de-camp to Gen. Nelson A. Miles at Chicago to November 18, 1894, at headquarters, Department of the East, Governor's Island, New
York to April 25, 1895. The next year he was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, in command of his troop. Major Huggins was granted
a leave of absence and on September 18, 1897 he sailed from New York for Paris. He was next on duty with the Sixth Cavalry
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas until April 19, 1898.
Upon the breaking out of the Spanish-American War, Huggins applied, May 16, 1898, for appointment as colonel of a regiment
of volunteers "to be composed of men 'Immune' from yellow fever . . . " He had served his country for nearly thirty-seven
years and he was highly recommended by Members of Congress and army officers. One of these was J. C. Breckinridge, Inspector
General of the army, in which he said (May 16, 1898) that Huggins had "distinction for marked ability, conduct and courage
. . . " On May 24, 1898 he was appointed colonel of the Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; March fifth the next year
he was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service and returned to his rank in the Regular Army as major of the Sixth
Cavalry to which he had been appointed January 13, 1897. In August, 1900 with his command he sailed for China where he participated
in subduing the Boxer Uprising. The next year he was lieutenant colonel of the Third Cavalry and served in the Philippines
at Pasay Cavalry Barracks, Manila, at Santa Anna, Vigan and Lavag, Philippine Islands to December 24, 1901. He was transferred
to the Thirteenth Cavalry November 6, 1901 and became colonel of his old regiment, the Second Cavalry, on the sixteenth of
the same month. He commanded the regiment at Fort Myer, Virginia until February 23, 1903 when he was retired.
The day before his retirement the gallant officer was commissioned a brigadier general. A perusal of his papers in the War
Department explains his high standing in the service. He was reported as ". . . a man of far more than average intelligence
and attainments." His "Attention to duty: Excellent"; his "Disciplin: Good; Care of Men: Very good." When he was aide-de-camp to General Miles he was reported as "Single, ac-
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complished, zealous attention to duty. Good conduct and habits, efficient. Capacity to command good." General Huggins spoke
French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
Upon his retirement General Huggins and his sister, Mrs. J. S. Holtzlaw, moved to Muskogee, Indian Territory, where he had
invested heavily in real estate. His home was at 1609 West Okmulgee Avenue and he was a most estimable citizen and delightful
In 1890 Captain Huggins published a volume of poems called Winona, a Dakota Legend. In addition to the poem which gives the book its title are many original verses as well as translations from French and
Spanish. Shortly before his death at San Diego, California, on October 22, 1929 General Huggins published an article in the
American Mercury in which he contributed his knowledge to the mooted question of the Custer massacre.
Upon the death of General Huggins the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Gen. C. P. Summerall, wrote a sketch of his
service in which he said: "The military career of General Huggins, extending over a period of more than forty years, was distinguished
by gallantry in action, devotion to duty, and efficiency and reliability in the performance of all tasks assigned to him.
The Medal of Honor awarded him bears ample testimony to his bravery and fearlessness as a soldier. His death, which is deeply
regretted throughout the service, marks the passing of another officer from the rapidly disappearing ranks of veterans of
the Civil War."
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Lots of wine booths and vine dresser alcoves at the tower and on the market place (Marktplatz) in St. Goarshausen invite to a drink. For the event "Rhine in flames" / "Rhine aflame" booths will also be set up on the Rhine river banks. You can refuel your energy at different snack bars. Music groups play for dances on all days. Traditionally, the senior evening is arranged on Tuesday. The senior group entertains you with different kinds of dances.
On Saturday evening, everything starts. At about 8:30 p.m., the house fronts of St. Goar and St. Goarshausen and the medieval castles will be illuminated. Light rings spread out on the Rhine river and the castles Katz and Rheinfels, the towns St. Goar and St. Goarshausen and the Rhine river hills light up in bengal lights. The atmophere rises gradually.
At about 8:45 p.m. the first rocket will be ignited from a boat. This rocket builds a prelude to a firework display of the superlative. One after the other, four firework displays begin from the castle Katz (cat) near St. Goarshausen, from the head of the harbor in St. Goar, from the castle Rheinfels (biggest castle ruin in the Rhineland) near St. Goar and from a ferry. In front of the non-reappearing scenery, the fireworks draw exploding pictures in the nightly sky above the romantic Rhine river valley gorge with its steep hills, the illuminated towns and the brightly lighted castles. During this show, many a visitors feel a cold shower run down their back. The fireworks are also an acoustically impressable experience. On the rock hills the explosion sounds of the firecrackers and rockets re-echo several times. In a more contemplative programm, the firework displays show themselves in especially hot and dry years. Because of fire danger, the fireworks can only be ignited from the ferry.
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- Ask fm
Stop allowing your site to be used to abuse victims on twitter. Remove "@" and "#" from questions. Also, give people the ability to remove their twitter handle from being used in an ask.
Ask.fm http://ask.fm is currently being used by stalkers and bullies to inflict pain on vulnerable people.
Hannah Smith, 14, was found hanged in her bedroom at the family home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, by her sister two weeks ago.
She was bullied by other users on the ask.fm website, which lets people ask anonymous questions of anyone on the network, inviting answers. Hannah killed herself after anonymous users sent messages encouraging her to self-harm.
Daniel, from Dunfermline in Fife, died on 15 July. Police Scotland confirmed that officers were investigating the circumstances surrounding his death and urged anyone experiencing cyberbullying to report it.
It has been reported that anonymous users on the social media website Ask.fm had urged the teenager to kill himself about three months before he died.
Feminists who dare to talk about equality are also under attack on social networks and Ask.fm is a very popular tool for the attackers to use.
Trigger Warning for offensive language and sexual violence.
There was the circumventing blocking on twitter by using ask.fm – this involved my harassers asking questions of other people on ask.fm, that included my twitter handle, which meant that when that person answered one of these questions, I got tweeted. The "questions" varied from rape threats to publishing what they thought was my home address. And the questions were asked hundreds and hundreds of times, so that they filled up my twitter mentions. And I can tell you that on the day this type of abuse was at its worst, I broke down completely, utterly overwhelmed, starting to think that it was never going to end. By this point, it had been going on for a week.
I have also been a victim of Ask.fm where my abuser wished some of the most hateful and vile things towards me including death threats, wishing me to commit suicide and even worse.
· Why don't you do the world a favor and kill yourself?
· How does it feel knowing you will be lonely the rest of your life because nobody wants a freak like you?
· So you want to be a girl? I'll make you into a girl…….. with my hunting knife.
· Please kill yourself now. Thank you.
· The f*ggot who punched you out and crushed your eye socket should have done more. Die trans scum.
Ask.fm, do we have your attention now? Good! Here is what you can do NOW to help stop this bullying and physical abuse via the Internet.
1. Remove the ability for people to include the '@' symbol. This will take away the attacker's ability to contact the user directly from Ask.fm
2. Remove the ability for people to include the "#" symbol. This will take away the attacker's ability to abuse a victim who is watching a specific hashtag
3. Give Ask.fm users the ability to opt out of their twitter handle being used in asks. Self-explanatory.
1 and 2 should be easy enough to implement without much coding. 3 may take a bit more work but it needs to be done. Victims of abuse will appreciate your efforts.
Thank you.
- Ask fm
Stop allowing your site to be used to abuse victims on twitter. Remove "@" and "#" from questions. Also, give people the ability to remove their twitter handle from being used in an ask.
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Domain structuring for knowledge-based multiattribute classification (a verbal decision analysis approach)
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Sep 8 2015
OTTAWA— In an updated statement released today, the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) continues to recommend against the routine circumcision of newborn males.
Recent evidence about the potential benefit of circumcision in preventing urinary tract infections and some sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, prompted the CPS to undertake a review of the current medical literature. The CPS reviewed the evidence to ensure that the recommendations were made as they relate to the needs and well-being of Canadian children.
"While there may be a benefit for some boys in high risk populations and the procedure could be considered as a treatment or to reduce disease, in most cases, the benefits of circumcision do not outweigh the risks," said Dr. Thierry Lacaze, chair of the CPS Fetus and Newborn Committee.
The CPS emphasizes that physicians and other health care professionals should provide parents of male newborns with the most up-to-date, unbiased and personalized medical information available about neonatal circumcision, so that they can weigh the benefits and risks.
"Families need to make the best decision for their child based on their own family, religious and cultural beliefs," said Dr. Lacaze.
The updated statement also recommends the following:
The Canadian Paediatric Society is a national advocacy association that promotes the health needs of children and youth. Founded in 1922, the CPS represents more than 3,000 paediatricians, paediatric subspecialists and other child health professionals across Canada.
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Recent Ph.D.s
department of political science
"The Ambiguities of Rousseau's Conception of Happiness"
Abstract: This dissertation is a discussion of the many ambiguities surrounding Rousseau's conception of happiness. In the first chapter, I expose Rousseau's various conceptions of happiness in Émile. His main conception is offered at the beginning of Book II. Rousseau defines happiness as the equilibrium between desires and faculties. I show how this definition fits with his conception of human nature as it is developed in the Second Discours. Then I turn to a brief exposition of the alternative ideas of happiness that are exposed in the remaining of Émile. I also discuss various recent interpretations of Rousseau's understanding of happiness.
I turn to Rousseau's autobiographical writings for the remaining chapters. The second chapter discusses Rousseau's self-understanding of what made him miserable during his life. I focus on two episodes of his life: his break with the Parisian life and his crisis during the publication of Émile. I show how Rousseau often blames the circumstances or others for his unhappiness rather than his opinions or his heart.
The last two chapters attempt to define what the happiness was that Rousseau experienced. The third chapter tries to understand what sort of solitude makes Rousseau happy, and if indeed he is happy in this situation. I explore why society is unsatisfying for him and whether his desire to be alone is coherent. The final chapter discusses the nature of Rousseau's blissful rêveries. I show how melancholia appears to be at the center of his ecstasies in the second letter to Malesherbes. In the Fifth Walk of the Rêveries, however, Rousseau seems to settle for a quasi-lethargic experience. The minimal sentiment of his own existence he defines as happiness is compared to other blissful experiences described in the book. Finally, I discuss whether Rousseau needed to know the truth or to philosophize in order to be happy. In particular, I discuss his claim in the Third Walk to be in need of the doctrine of the Profession de foi du Vicaire savoyard to be happy. Rousseau's sincerity is ambiguous. Its analysis unveils a few problems about his claims to be selfless and to have dedicated his life to the truth.
Wing Kwan 'Anslem' Lam
"The Natural Good of Man in Rousseau's Confessions: A Reply to St. Augustine's Confessions"
Abstract: Rousseau's Confessions is controversial and influential since its first publication. Besides the dispute over the relationship of Rousseau's autobiographical and philosophical works, by adopting the same title as the famous autobiography in the Christian tradition, Augustine's Confessions, the effect is striking. However, few scholars were interested in their relationship and they write only a few lines about them or do not focus upon the key idea of Rousseau's thought, the natural goodness of man, which contradicts the Christian doctrine of Original Sin. Rousseau promises to delineate his self-portrait as a man according to nature in his autobiography in contrast to the picture of a born sinner saved by God's mercy in Augustine's Confessions. By comparing with Augustine's Confessions, it is clear that Rousseau's understanding of human nature and the source of evil reject the traditional Christian view. It is Rousseau's ingenuity to compose his Confessions structurally and thematically analogous to Augustine's Confessions to refute Augustine's theology and convey his answer to the problem of secular society. I demonstrate their relationship by comparing them according to their structural and thematic similarities. This study will contribute to the study of the relationship between modernity and Christianity and that between secularization and religion.
Raphaël Arteau McNeil
"An Approach to the Laws: The Problem of the Harmony of the Goods in Plato's Political Philosophy"
Abstract: This dissertation is an approach to Plato's longest political work, The Laws, with a view to the problem of the harmony of the goods. Since I understand the problem of the harmony of the goods as a universal one, i.e., as a problem stemming from human condition rather than from the reading of Plato, the first task is to present what it means to adopt a Platonic perspective on this problem. This is what I do in the first chapter through a discussion of the Euthydemus and the Statesman. This discussion leads me to these three questions: (1) What is the relation between the happiness of the individual and that of the city? (2) What is the model that guides the statesman's work of harmonizing the goods in one whole? (3) How can the knowledge of harmonizing the various goods be passed to the citizens?
Since these three questions concern the city, it is the city that I examine next. But
since there are two cities in the Platonic corpus, I thus turn to a brief exposition of the Republic (Books I-VII) and the Laws (Books I-III). From my discussion of the Republic, in the first part of chapter two, I draw the conclusion that the happiness of the city and that of the individual may not necessarily coincide. This conclusion justifies my turn to the Laws in the second part of chapter two, for in the Laws the emphasis is more on individual happiness than on that of the city, as it is in the Republic. I then show that the first Books of the Laws provide an answer to the central question phrased at the end of chapter one, namely that it is by translating the natural hierarchy of the goods into a coherent and harmonized way of life that the good lawgiver can pass his knowledge to the citizens. Yet, since this solution is challenged in the sequel, I then move on in that dialogue.
The third and last chapter is devoted to the Books IV and V of the Laws. The core of that chapter consists in a close analysis of the general prelude to the law code of the city to be built in the Laws. I show that the aim of the prelude is to educate the citizens and that the prelude is therefore the means by which the lawgiver passes on his knowledge to them. Yet, since the prelude is a twofold speech which conveys a teaching that can be understood in accordance with the power of the listener's soul, I come to the conclusion that the answer to the question about the lawgiver's solution to the problem of the harmony of the goods is inseparable from my own interpretation of the prelude. My interpretation of the prelude is that the harmony of the goods will always remain partly imperfect and that this is why the knowledge of the hierarchy of the goods is, ultimately, more important than that of the harmony of the goods. This I take to be Plato's position.
Charles M. Robinson
"Martin Heidegger's Critique of Freedom"
Abstract: This is a study of thought and politics of Martin Heidegger. It presents an examination of his understanding of freedom, principally as he expressed it in Being and Time, but also considers some of his subsequent essays and lectures, as well as his Rectorate Address. Ever since Heidegger's public embrace of National Socialism, his defenders and critics have argued about the possible relation between his thinking and his infamous political commitments. While many of his critics have linked his commitments to an alleged lack of understanding of freedom, some of his scholarly defenders have sought to present interpretations of his concept of freedom at odds with his infamous politics, in order to separate his thought from any association with Nazism. The conclusions of these critics and defenders of Heidegger are both mistaken: in Being and Time Heidegger sought the meaning of being in the authentic experience of human self-determination revealed by the conscience, which he worked out as "forward running resolve." It was this militant concept of freedom that grounded his project for a destined community of battle to be championed by a free corps of freedom fighters, and led him to embrace, in the very name of freedom, the tyranny of Hitler's new Reich. The study of Heidegger's concept of authentic freedom reveals that, far from lacking any understanding of freedom, it was rather a central theme and concern of his philosophical efforts, and that his infamous political commitments were indeed its necessary and coherent practical consequence. Heidegger's thought thus poses a more trenchant and pressing challenge to liberal (and leftist) politics than many of his critics and defenders appreciate.
There have been comparatively few sustained thematic treatments of Heidegger's understanding of freedom in English. This study accordingly hopes to contribute to an understanding of this central theme of Heidegger's philosophical efforts, which not only reveals their necessary connection to his politics, but also promises to improve our access to the coherent intelligibility of his thought as a whole.
Phillip D. Wodzinski
"Kant's Doctrine of Religion as Political Philosophy"
Abstract: Through a close reading of Immanuel Kant's late book, Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, the dissertation clarifies the political element in Kant's doctrine of religion and so contributes to a wider conception of his political philosophy. Kant's political philosophy of religion, in addition to extending and further animating his moral doctrine, interprets religion in such a way as to give the Christian faith a moral grounding that will make possible, and even be an agent of, the improvement of social and political life.
The dissertation emphasizes the wholeness and structure of Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason as a book, for the teaching of the book is not exhausted by the articulation of its doctrine but also includes both the fact and the manner of its expression: the reader learns most fully from Kant by giving attention to the structure and tone of the book as well as to its stated content and argumentation. The Religion provides the basis not only for a proposed reenvisioning of the basis of existing religious creeds and practices, but along with this a devastating critique of them in particularly moral terms. This, however, is only half of what constitutes Kant's political philosophy of religion; Kant goes beyond the philosophical analysis of the social-political context of religion and pursues, alongside this effort, a political presentation of philosophy which is intended to relieve the reader's anxieties concerning the tension between philosophy and political life that it is in the interest of the partisans of the church-faith to encourage.
Heitor Gouvêa
"An Iridescent Dream: Money, Politics, and The American Republic 1865-1976"
Abstract: The United States now has an extensive, publicly controlled, and bureaucratic system of election regulation. Until roughly a century ago, however, elections were viewed as private party contests subject to minimal state regulation. We examine how this changed, considering in particular the role played by the courts, given that for much of the nineteenth century they viewed the parties as private, constitutionally protected associations. We consider how and why the libertarian argument concerning free speech came to prominence in the campaign debate, and find that at first neither the reformers nor the courts at any level viewed this as a fundamental obstacle to—or even an issue to be considered in—the regulation of money in politics. This shift from a private to a public electoral system had a significant impact on American democracy that has not often been examined. To understand these changes, we examine the arguments put forth by advocates of campaign finance reform from the nineteenth to the latter part of the twentieth centuries. We focus on how the proponents justified these laws and how state and federal courts responded to these arguments, paying particular attention to court rulings on the constitutionality of these unprecedented statutes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and to the evolution of their jurisprudence in this regard during the twentieth century.
Stephen Eide
"Locke, Tocqueville, Liberalism and Restlessness"
Abstract: Why are men in modern societies so busy and anxious? Modern, liberal democratic society is distinguished both by the unprecedented strength and prosperity it has achieved, as well as its remarkable number of psychologists per capita. Why is this?
This dissertation explores the connection between restlessness and modernity by way of an examination of the themes of liberalism and restlessness in the thought of Locke and Tocqueville. "Restlessness" refers to a way of life characterized by three features: limitless desires, mildness, and an orientation towards material goods.
Tocqueville argues in Democracy in America that democracy, by way of individualism, makes men materialistic and restless (inquiét), or restlessly materialistic. The intense, limitless pursuit of material well-being is a historical phenomenon, one of the many results of the centuries-long development of equality of conditions. Modern democrats are restless; pre-modern aristocrats were not.
Tocqueville is ambivalent about restlessness. According to him, the incessant, energetic movement of American life conceals an underlying absurdity and mediocrity. Many of what Tocqueville views as the more undesirable qualities of democratic American life are associated with restlessness, but any solution is likely to be worse than the problem. It could be worse: we must tolerate restlessness if we want to remain free. "All free peoples are grave."
Locke by contrast could be described as a partisan of restlessness. The anxious understand the world better than the complacent or vegetative. There are two dimensions to Locke's teaching on restlessness, an "is" (found in Essay concerning Human Understanding Book II Chapter 21) and an "ought" (found in "Of Property," Chapter Five of the Second Treatise). Our desires are naturally limitless-this we can only understand, we cannot change it. But if we know what's good for us, we will orient ourselves towards a milder and more materialistic way of life. We master restlessness by becoming more restless, or restless in a more enlightened way. Locke's teaching on restlessness in the fullest sense is partly his account of necessity, and partly his recommended response to necessity.
This difference in their views on restlessness points to certain important differences in their liberalisms. Tocqueville's liberalism is more pessimistic than Locke's: some fundamental problems have no solutions, and some of the highest goods cannot be reconciled with one another. Lockean liberalism is more confident about its ability to find solutions to the fundamental problems of political life, and there is no problem of the harmony of the goods for Lockee.
David Levy
"Socrates' Praise and Blame of Eros"
Abstract: It is only in "erotic matters" that Plato's Socrates is wise, or so he claims at least on several occasions, and since his Socrates makes this claim, it is necessary for Plato's readers to investigate the content of Socrates' wisdom about eros. This dissertation undertakes such an investigation. Plato does not, however, make Socrates' view of eros easy to grasp. So diverse are Socrates' treatments of eros in different dialogues and even within the same dialogue that doubt may arise as to whether he has a consistent view of eros; Socrates subjects eros to relentless criticism throughout the Republic and his first speech in the Phaedrus, and then offers eros his highest praise in his second speech in the Phaedrus and a somewhat lesser praise in the Symposium. This dissertation takes the question of why Socrates treats eros in such divergent ways as its guiding thread and offers an account of the ambiguity in eros' character that renders it both blameworthy and praiseworthy in Socrates' estimation.
The investigation is primarily of eros in its ordinary sense of romantic love for
another human being, for Socrates' most extensive discussions of eros, those of the Phaedrus and Symposium, are primarily about romantic love. Furthermore, as this investigation makes clear, despite his references to other kinds of eros, Socrates distinguishes a precise meaning of eros, according to which eros is always love of another human being. Socrates' view of romantic love is then assessed through studies of the Republic, Phaedrus, and Symposium. These studies present a unified Socratic understanding of eros; despite their apparent differences, Socrates' treatment of eros in each dialogue confirms and supplements that of the others, each providing further insight into Socrates' complete view.
In the Republic, Socrates' opposition to eros, as displayed in both his discussion
of the communism of the family in book five and his account of the tyrannic soul in book nine, is traced to irrational religious beliefs to which he suggests eros is connected. Socrates then explains this connection by presenting romantic love as a source of such beliefs in the Phaedrus and Symposium. Because eros is such a source, this dissertation argues that philosophy is incompatible with eros in its precise sense, as Socrates subtly indicates even within his laudatory treatments of eros in the Phaedrus and Symposium. Thus, as a source of irrational beliefs, eros is blameworthy. Yet eros is also praiseworthy. Despite his indication that the philosopher would be free of eros in the precise sense, Socrates also argues that the experience of eros can be of great benefit in the education of a potential philosopher. Precisely as a source of irrational religious belief, the erotic experience includes a greater awareness of the longing for immortality and hence the concern with mortality that Socrates believes is characteristic of human beings, and by bringing lovers to a greater awareness of this concern, eros provides a first step towards the self-knowledge characteristic of the philosophic life.
Kazutaka Kondo
"Socrates' Understanding of His Trial: The Political Presentation of Philosophy"
Abstract: This dissertation investigates how Socrates understands his trial. It is a well-known fact that Socrates is accused of impiety and corruption of the young and is subsequently executed. Unlike an ordinary defendant who is supposed to make every effort to be acquitted, Socrates, behaving provocatively, seems even to induce the death penalty. By reading Plato's and Xenophon's works, this dissertation clarifies his thoughts on the trial that must be the basis of his conduct and explains how he achieves his aim.
To deal with Socrates' view of the trial as a whole, this study examines three questions. First, does he believe in his own innocence? I argue that before and even at the trial, Socrates does not intend to prove his innocence effectively. He does not reveal his belief clearly, but at least it is clear that to be acquitted is not his primary purpose. Second, what does Socrates want to achieve at the trial? Socrates' primary purpose is to demonstrate his virtue in public. His speech that provocatively emphasizes his excellence as a benefactor of the city enables him to be convicted as a wise and noble man rather than as an impious corrupter of the young. Third, why does he refuse to escape from jail? I argue that by introducing the speech that defends the laws of the city, Socrates makes himself appear to be a supremely law-abiding citizen who is executed even when escape is possible.
This study maintains that Socrates vindicates his philosophy before the ordinary people of Athens by making a strong impression of his moral excellence and utility to others. His presentation of philosophy makes it possible that being convicted and executed are compatible with appearing virtuous and being respected. Socrates promotes his posthumous reputation as a great philosopher, and thus secures the life of philosophy after his death by mitigating the popular hostility against him and philosophy as such.
Socrates' understanding of his trial leads us to his idea of the nature of philosophy and the city, and of their ideal relationship. This dissertation is therefore an introduction to Socratic political philosophy.
Paul Nolette
"Advancing National Policy in the Courts: The Use of Multistate Litigation by State Attorneys General"
Abstract: This dissertation examines the use of coordinated multistate lawsuits by state attorneys general (SAGs) as a tool to create national policy. Entrepreneurial SAGs have increasingly employed multistate litigation against private industry and the federal government, reaching numerous out-of-court settlements and favorable court judgments. These lawsuits have imposed new national regulatory requirements across several policy areas and have challenged regulatory regimes established by Congress and federal agencies.
This study investigates three interrelated questions about multistate SAG litigation: (1) how SAGs have used this litigation to achieve national regulatory goals, (2) why this activity has increased over time, and (3) what the consequences are for American politics and policy. Employing both qualitative and quantitative analysis, I examine these questions through two stages. First, I present an analysis of an original dataset containing SAG lawsuits and legal settlements in four key policy areas covering 1980 through 2009. Second, I examine three case studies involving pharmaceutical litigation, air pollution control litigation, and lawsuits against the firearms industry.
I find that changes in federal law instituted by Congress and the federal courts have created new opportunity points for SAGs, helping spur a dramatic increase of multistate litigation. The SAGs built upon earlier successful efforts, including their blockbuster settlement with the tobacco industry in 1998, to create new avenues of collaboration among their fellow SAGs, public interest groups, and the private bar. The result has been to substantially alter the regulatory landscape in areas including prescription drug pricing, pharmaceutical advertising, and greenhouse gas emissions.
By shedding light on this significant form of "regulation through litigation," this dissertation illustrates how SAGs have seized upon the trend towards adversarial legalism in America by using the courts to achieve policy goals when attempts to do so in other venues fail. This runs contrary to a line of scholarly literature suggesting that litigation and courts have a limited impact on significant social change. This study also demonstrates how American federalism, commonly thought to serve as a restraint on the federal government by diffusing power, can be used by skillful political actors to create more energetic government and stronger national regulation.


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Our World Crumbles With News That Snooki Got In Booze-y Trouble In High School
Snooki, the tiny orange spray-tanned star of Jersey Shore, was charged in 2004 in connection with the tragic death of a high school friend. Not our Snooki!
Michael Truncali was killed when he drove drunk and crashed his car while coming home from a party at Snooki's house. The police charged the then 16-year-old Snooki with Prohibited Sale of Alcoholic Beverages, because she was apparently charging a fee for people to drink at her mother's home.
Truncali's parents apparently believe that Snooki "doesn't care" about what happened to their son but that they don't blame her for their son's death. However, Truncali's parents believe that someone other than their son is to blame for his tragic death and they hope that by coming forward with Snooki's past run-in with the law that "the truth" to come out.
Alcohol seems to be more of a harbinger of trouble than of fun for Snooki: she drank too much in the first episode of the Jersey Shore and embarrassed herself in front of her cast mates and famously got punched in the face by a Queens guido after she complained that he was stealing her drinks.


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The 'I Want A Referendum' campaign has been holding votes in 10 marginal constituencies this week. See the results live and exclusively on the Politics Show on Sunday.
'I Want a Referendum' campaign
This month, hundreds of thousands of people in 10 marginal constituencies have been invited to take part in a series of mini-referendums on the Lisbon Treaty.
Pro-referendum campaigners believe the public is being denied the opportunity to vote on the Treaty - or Constitution depending on your point of view - which they see as giving away too much sovereignty to Brussels.
So they have commissioned their own poll to test the demand for a full referendum.
The Politics Show will bring you the results of the poll - live and exclusively on the programme.
One of the constituencies where a mini-referendum is being held is Harlow. Bill Rammell is the local MP and a Government minister.
He will debate the results live in the studio with the Chairman of the "I Want a Referendum" campaign, Derek Scott.
Getting your child into the school you want
Next Monday is "Admissions Day". It is when hundreds of thousands of parents find out if their child gets into the secondary school of their choice.
In some areas fewer than 50% get their first choice. And last year there were more than 40,000 appeals.
The Conservative Party's Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Michael Gove, will be in the studio to tell us how he would change the system.
Clone Town Britain
If you were captured, blindfolded and released in a random British High Street, how would you tell where you are?
They all look much the same. Woolworths, Sainsburys and Costa Coffee are pretty much everywhere. But what happened to all the small, independent retailers that used to make each town distinctive?
The Conservatives want to know. Their Parliamentary Enterprise Group has been looking at the issue. And the Politics Show has had a sneak preview of its conclusions.
Wild Boars
In the Middle Ages you couldn't throw a rock into the bushes without hitting one of them. They died out 300 years ago but now they're back and some claim they're a nuisance.
This week after more than two years of head scratching the Government finally published an action plan - giving advice and guidance on managing their numbers. But is it too little, too late?
We sent Gillian Hargreaves to the Forest of Dean to investigate.
I'll see you on Sunday. Meanwhile, if you are unlucky enough to encounter a Wild Boar before the weekend I will leave you with this advice from britishwildboar.org.uk.
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UC320 Packet Flood
I have just setup a UC320 for a client and it was working without trouble for the last few days up until last night. It is now taking out my entire network and causing a packet flood. When i disconnect the device from the network all comes back up ok and i can then reconnect the UC320 and all goes back to normal for a while until it happens again. I cant seem to see any pattern to it though.
I have a few things that i can think of that might be causing it. First of all, the WAN port IP is on the same subnet as the LAN IP. This is because the router i am using doesnt support a seperate WAN subnet. (Topology is Route Voice Only) I am only using the device for voice so i could always put these on seperate subnets but my thinking up until now has been that i need to be able to access the config remotely from a machines within that subnet.
Both the WAN and the LAN ports on the device is connected to an SG300-10P and all handsets are powered via POE. The SG300 is also connected back into the main network. I would have thouht that if there was an issue with the UC320 flooding the SG300 would shut that port down using Spanning Tree.
I also figured that the WAN and LAN port must be routed seperately within the device therfor not causign a loop. If this wasnt the case then i would have a constant loop but the device has and does work in the configuration just not all the time.
As you can tell by now im pretty new at this and this is my first of hopefully many installs.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated as i am struggling to get on top of this one.


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Don't Make Eye Contact With Katy Perry – Or Any Other Famous Person!
A couple of weeks ago on The Hollywood Dirt Blog, Mike posted the details of Katy Perry's tour rider. Tour riders are those contract details that tell people at different tour stops how a celeb wants their dressing room to be stocked, and in Katy's case, how she doesn't want to be looked at or spoken to by her chauffeur! Turns out, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for Katy's no eye contact policy…..
It's because of Darshan! You know, Darshan!
Ok, what the heck is Darshan? Well, it's the concept that if you are in the presence of a great spiritual leader or a holy place or thing, then you get their blessing just by being in their presence. But you get an even better blessing if you catch their gaze!
You can check out the whole explanation here, but I think that once you reach the level of success that Katy and other celebs who get the heebee jeebees from contact with the peons, the circle of people in your life gets really, really small. Those people are probably making a living in some way off of you, so it makes sense for them to keep you isolated so the circle of money-makers doesn't get any bigger. Seems a little sad, doesn't it?
Personally, when I get really, really famous – no laughing from the peanut gallery! – I'm going to insist on two hour long massages EVERY DAY! The other stuff like unfussy furniture and roses that have been de-thorned, don't mean anything if I'm tense!
What would your craziest tour rider be if you were famous and could demand anything?


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All rounder Dhiraj Goswami has been recalled after being dropped from the last match while Pritam Debnath and Chandan Rawat found berths in the 15-men squad.
Pritom Das, Rajdeep Das are not in the team.
The team: Dheeraj Jadhav (capt), Pallav Das, Kunal Saikia, Gokul Sharma, Tarjinder Singh, Sib Sankar Roy, Dhiraj Goswami, Pritam Debnath, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Arlen Konwar, Arup Das, Chandan Rawat, Syed Mohammad, Deepak Gohain, Amit Sinha.


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There are three primary considerations to innovation: (1) what to build; (2) how to sell; and (3) how to protect it. Therefore expertise in engineering, business and legal comes together to take an idea to market and protect it. When students participate in the Young Innovator Competition their inventions are subject to three tiers of judging:
- Initial judging reviews hundreds of invention submissions and selects the top 20-50 entries based on marketability; functionality; feasibility and potential value. Initial judging is performed by industry experts, patent attorneys and engineers.
- Finalist selection is perform by a local chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI members are U.S. patent holders that have often been through the entire process of bringing a new product to market. The NAI members select the finalists.
- Finalist judges hear live presentations from the finalists selected by the NAI members and award the grand prizes on or near February 11th each year (Thomas Edison's birthday).


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"It's a big honor, a very big honor, to be chosen for this game. It's great to be here in Texas, too. I'm very happy to be down here playing in the game. It's a really cool opportunity to get to meet some new people. It's great to play against some other people, some great players," he said.
Prince, a long time North Carolina commit, is one of three future Tar Heels playing this game. He's enjoying the opportunity to spend some time with defensive linemen Dajaun Drennon and Nazair Jones.
"We played in another Bowl Game together, so we got to know each other. It's a great chance to be around each other, be on the same team, and have a great time, too," he said.
The lineman is also looking forward to making a statement about North Carolina.
"I'm going to go out there and give it all I got and in the game, too. I just want to play well," he said.
The 6-foot-6, 285-pound prospect will join the Tar Heels program in a few weeks, as he's enrolling early.
"I wanted to stay in state, so that was one of the most important things to me. It's a really good school and my family will be able to come watch me play," he said.
Though he plays both tackle positions, he thinks he'll ultimately end up on the right side. He's looking forward to contributing to the Tar Heels' offense.
"My size is probably my biggest strength on the field, but that's a given. I'm athletic and quick and I use my size well," he said.


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Light up a cigarette and pour yourself a drink, Benny Westmore & His Private Numbers want you feeling mellow. Papa Bill Records is proud to present Westmore's first effort for our small Montreal-based soul operation.
From the suburbs of Montreal's West Island where most kids play in metal and punk bands comes an outfit of young fellas who are trying to do one thing: Bring back real R&B.
Benny Westmore, founder of Montreal's own Papa Bill Records, has always been entranced by soul music from the late 50's and 60's. He founded Papa Bill Records in hopes that maybe one of the 45's he'd churn out of his buddy Connor Seidel's basement studio in Montreal's west end would end up getting in to the hands of DJ's who keep soul alive and kicking. His label's first release, "Boogaloo on Clark Street" by Black Joe Lewis & The Soul Distributors has already gained a small cult following on the soul scene. DJ's all over North America and Europe are starting to discover what Papa Bill Records has to offer.
Apart from writing and producing records, Benny ultimately decided to dip his toe in to the the realms of being a recording artist. He and his band The Private Numbers are here to keep the sounds of early R&B alive, bringing it to a new generation of young listeners who aren't too familiar with it.
Their first record, "One Hundred Years Old" is bound to get your feet tapping.
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A (I'M Gonna Live Till I'M) One Hundred Years
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Bertie looked longingly at the lovely Princess Beatrice, remembering how he used to stroll with her down to the edge of the pond, and how she would always bring some bread for the Sadie the beautiful black swan and for all the ducks, coots and geese who would come quacking and honking up to greet her. He noticed that today she was carrying a silk bag over her shoulder, and every now and then she would stoop down to the ground and take something out of her bag and place it carefully under a vegetable or a leaf.
In this special Bertie Story for Easter, the annual Easter egg hunt in the palace garden is heading for disaster, and Prince Bertie the Frog is about to take the blame for eating the eggs belonging to the children.
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It was springtime on the pond, and all the pond life were sitting by the edge of the water, looking out at all the lovely daffodils that were starting to spring up around the palace vegetable patch. Sadie the Swan was sighing, "I do love the spring, Bertie, because all the flowers make me feel so romantic…"
Colin the carp said, "I don't like flowers. People go on about their lovely smell, but I can't smell a thing, because I'm a fish."
Just then, Tim the Tadpole stuck his tiny head out of the water and spotted a young woman walking under the fruit trees and the vegetable patch.
"That's the most beautiful person I've ever seen," he said. "Who can she be, Bertie?"
"Why," said Bertie, "that's the lovely Princess Beatrice, of course." Then he croaked rather sadly because, as you probably know, when Bertie was a handsome prince, he was engaged to marry the lovely Princess Beatrice, but then her horrid stepmother turned him into a frog, and he misses his princess quite a bit sometimes. Now she was ever so close to the pond, but she didn't recognise Bertie, because he looked just like a green frog. But all the pond life gazed at her. They were fascinated to catch a glimpse of her royal loveliness of whom they had heard so much.
"What's she doing?" Asked Tim.
Bertie looked longingly at the lovely Princess Beatrice, remembering how he used to stroll with her down to the edge of the pond, and how she would always bring some bread for the Sadie the beautiful black swan and for all the ducks, coots and geese who who would come quacking and honking up to greet her. He noticed that today she was carrying a silk bag over her shoulder, and every now and then she would stoop down to the ground and take something out of her bag and place it carefully under a vegetable or a leaf. The things she was hiding so carefully looked like ostrich eggs, only instead of being white like usual eggs, they were all sorts of bright and attractive colours.
"What are those?" Asked Tim, who is a very curious tadpole, and is always asking loads and loads of questions.
"Those," said Bertie, "are Easter eggs." Tim opened his tiny mouth and was about to ask another question. But before he could ask, Bertie answered it. "This time of year is called Easter, and all the children who live in the palace, and all the children from the nearby villages, come to the palace gardens, and they hunt for Easter eggs. The rumour goes that they are hidden by the Easter bunnies – but because I was a prince, and princes know everything, I realised that really it was the lovely Princess Beatrice who hid them. Do you know what I used to do? I would watch her from the top of the palace tower through my telescope, and spot where all the biggest eggs were hidden… especially the ones with jelly beans inside, because those are my favourites."
"I didn't know you liked eggs," said Tim.
"These were chocolate eggs, Tim," said Bertie.
"What's chocolate?"
Now little Tim is known for asking some very silly questions, and quite often when he asks them, the other creatures on the pond go, "Tim, don't you know even that?" But this time they kept very quiet, because they were all eager to learn from Bertie what chocolate was. Bertie licked his lips with the memory of its taste.
"Chocolate, little Tim, is the most delicious food in the entire universe."
Colin the Carp, who is a very grumpy fish, and very seldom agrees with Bertie, or with anyone else for that matter, said, "You might like chocolate, but it's not nearly so tasty as a dead insect with a nice bit of mud on it. In fact, chocolate is not nice at all, unless you are a frog, and a stupid one at that."
"Oh yes it is," said Bertie.
"Oh no it isn't," said Colin.
"Oh yes it is," said Bertie.
Just then Sadie the Swan glided across the pond. "Tish tish boys. You're always quarrelling. Instead of arguing about it, why don't we try just one little piece of chocolate? Then we can all make our own minds up."
Bertie thought that was a wonderful idea, because it was a very long time now since he'd had any chocolate, and even longer since he'd had a jelly bean.
"Come on," boomed Bertie", "Let's go and hunt for Easter eggs."
So Bertie hopped through the grass, and Sadie waddled next to him. Tim came along for the ride on Bertie's back, and a family of ducks with six little ducklings followed them. Only Colin the Carp wasn't able to leave the pond, because he's a fish, and he can only swim in water. So instead, he snapped at a fly that was nearby, and missed it. "Humph," said Colin, and he sunk down to sulk at the bottom of the pond, because when there are no insects to eat, grumping and sulking is what Colin does to pass the time.
When Bertie and the pond life reached the vegetable patch, they found one egg hidden behind the broccoli, and another one behind the cauliflower, and another behind the beetroot, although Bertie didn't want to go too close to that one because he never liked beetroot when he was a prince.
Bertie found the eggs, and then Sadie rolled them back to the pond with her beak. One by one, all the animals tried the chocolate.
"Ah, bliss," said Bertie, as he flicked another jelly bean onto his froggy tongue. "This is the life."
"Yummy scrummy," said Tim, as he licked a piece of an egg that was at least fifty times bigger than he was. Tim's mother, who is a frog, looked on rather anxiously. She was worried in case he didn't leave any room for his dinner inside his tiny stomach. She was planning green slime that night, and green slime is full of good and important vitamins for a growing tadpole.
"Oh, oh," trilled Sadie. "I think it's the most delicious thing I've ever tasted. Even more scrumptious than crusts of soggy sliced bread."
"I suppose it is quite nice," said Colin the Carp, "if you've run out of flies that is."
Just then, Barker the palace dog bounced through the vegetable patch. Now Barker is quite a silly dog, and also quite greedy, and when he smelled chocolate, his big tongue hung out of his mouth and slobbered. Next he started to hunt for the eggs with his wet shiny nose. Each time he found an egg, he went, "Woof, woof," and before Bertie could do anything about it, he ate it up. Bertie thought that he ought to stop Barker eating all the eggs, but when you are a frog, and no longer a brave prince with a prince's sword at your side, even a silly dog like Barker can seem quite frightening. So Bertie pretended not to notice Barker, and went on telling the other pond life stories about Easter time. When Barker had eaten six whole chocolate eggs, he started to dig a hole in the ground with his paws, and he buried all the other eggs, and covered them up with earth.
The next morning was Easter Sunday, and after church, Princess Beatrice led all the children into the garden, and they started hunting for the eggs. They looked behind the cauliflower, the cabbages, and even behind the beetroot, although none of them wanted to go near the beetroot very much.
But they couldn't find any of the eggs. Not a single one!
"Oh, that's funny," said Princess Beatrice. "I'm sure they are here somewhere."
"These are stupid children," said her stepmother, who is very wicked and rather horrid.
Some of the children started to cry, because they were looking forward to finding the eggs so very much.
Colin the carp said, "Well now, Prince Bertie the Frog. Just see what you've done. You've upset the little children because you're so greedy."
Bertie thought that wasn't very fair of Colin, especially as he knew that it was Barker the dog who had eaten most of the eggs. But he wasn't in the mood to quarrel with a grumpy fish. He felt too sad, because he could see the children didn't have any eggs. Then he had a great idea. "Come Barker," he said, calling over to the silly dog.
He hopped onto Barker's back, and told him to run to the palace kitchen. He was a bit nervous, because really he was rather frightened of Barker, but he held on tight, and closed his eyes, and in a minute they were in the kitchens.
Now Bertie knew where the cook kept the special supply of eggs for the king, Bertie's father, because sometimes, when Bertie was a prince, he used sneak into the kitchen and borrow one – although he never actually gave it back, on account of having eaten it.
He got Barker to pick up the bag of eggs in his mouth, and then they ran back to the vegetable patch. By the time they returned, all the children were crying, and even the lovely Princess Beatrice had tears in her gorgeous green eyes. Just then, Barker said, "Woof woof," because he was a rather silly dog, and that was what he always said when he saw somebody. As he opened his mouth, the bag fell down, and the eggs rolled out onto the ground.
"Found one," shouted one of the children.
"Found one," shouted another. In the next few moments, each of the children had found an egg.
The children cheered and Barker pranced around and woofed excitedly. The lovely Princess Beatrice just happened to have some special doggy treats in her handbag, and she gave him a handful, which he licked up in no time.
"Oh Bertie, said Sadie the Swan. "That was so brave. You've made all the little children so thrilled."
Now if you promise not to tell anybody, I'll let you into a secret. Do you promise? Okay. Then I'll tell you. That evening, after it began to get dark, Barker the dog sneaked down to the vegetable patch. He sniffed out the hole where he had buried the remaining eggs. Then he dug them up with his front paws, and he and Bertie stuffed themselves on chocolate and jelly beans until they both felt quite sick – but very happy. So perhaps Barker isn't such a silly dog after all.
And that's the storynory of Bertie's Easter Egg hunt.
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IBM has revived efforts to sell its low-end server business and Dell, Fujitsu and Lenovo are all lining up to take a look, according to reports this week.
Lenovo was said to be in talks to buy IBM's commodity hardware division last year, but the discussions apparently broke down over price. IBM is now searching again for a suitor, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.
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For IBM, shedding its low-end server business might make sense. Weak hardware sales have dragged down its quarterly results, and low-end servers yield less profit than its mainframe and Power systems.
Hewlett-Packard led the x86 server market with 32 percent of revenue in last year's third quarter, according to IDC. Dell was second with 21 percent and IBM third with 13 percent. IBM performed worst among the top three, however, with sales down 18 percent, IDC said. Figures for the fourth quarter aren't yet available.
A deal with Lenovo would accelerate its efforts to expand in the corporate hardware business. Lenovo and IBM are now "back at the negotiating table," the Journal reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed source. Lenovo acquired IBM's PC business in 2005.
Dell, which recently went private and is trying to reduce its reliance on PCs, is also a candidate, the Journal said. And on Wednesday it reported that Fujitsu is also in the fray.
Spokesmen for Dell, Fujitsu and Lenovo declined to comment on what they called rumors and speculation. An IBM spokesman also declined to comment.
Morgan Stanley has estimated that IBM's x86 server business generated $4.9 billion in sales in 2012, or about one-third of its overall server sales, the Journal said.
IBM sells several types of x86 server. Analysts last year said any deal is likely to focus on the low-end, commodity systems, and not its PureSystems and iDataPlex servers.
James Niccolai covers data centers and general technology news for IDG News Service. Follow James on Twitter at @jniccolai. James's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com


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