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;usiirally- -iu.iividu ally--Ijy convention- -by I Ki'
press by lie voice. In every way which Northern
feeling ever fvids utterance, lot it now ho heard, like
lie sound nl many mingling waters. Let it nut he an
uncertain mind. Let there he no "(" to net ns a
peacemaker beteen truth nnil a lie: no "bul',
"Which is a j-iiler to bring frrlh
S ime monstrous malefactor."
Let evprv voice that snoaks, say to the South ns
nor "We will abolish Slavery in our measure imme
liiatiiy. We wiix n t iioi.o flavin with v u
another Hoin! Thpn those who look upon our im
lion crying, "roto pi;rpetuun will have their heart's
desire. Whoso, in this field of right, bows incVspnir,
shall reap a glorious harvest. Whoso loselh his life
shall Hod it- Whoso dissolves his union with slave
holders, shall in thai same proportion, preserve theso
States united and sofa. Tliore is hut one danger to
uur country rr to ourselves falsehood to our free
principles. If pven 90 few im wc, continue faithful
to these, the basil only of our Union will he changed
from Slavery to Freedom, while tho Union itself
will bo more stronpl" cementrd 'linn it has ever he-fore
heen. To lhii work we would devote ourselves,
though wo alone, should he left to carry it forward.
But we lire not alone. The spirits of the good ami
great of nil ages are round nliout our humble hand.
The souls of those who have left this work to us in
solemn testament of death, are cvertnoro strengthen
ing our weakness. To this end was the world made,
that all men should be it.i:k; and therefore the suc
cess of the American Anti Slavery Society ij sure.
From the Providence Gazette.
Gov. Dorr released!
We stop the press to announce the fact that tho hill
before the Legislature for the liberation of Governor
Dorr, and for a general amnesty, as given in our leg
islative proceedings, was passed into a law yesterday
morning, Juno C'lth.
The new, togcthoi with nn authenticated copy of
tho not, wan brought to this city yesterriuy at half
past six o'clock, and was immediately carried over to
tho prison hy Walter S. Burges, who took with him n
carriage to receive Gov. Dorr, and convey him from
the loathsomo sccno of his wrongs and sufferings,
who is now, at 34 o'clock, making preparations to
quit the prison. Hundreds ot citizens aro crowding
the prison door and hundreds nmre, in carriages, on
horseback and on fool, are thronging (he roads leading
to that hated place, to get a glimpso of this victim ol
persecution and once more welcomo him on his resto
ration to his friends, tho people and to tho world.
Ho comos forth, not restored to his civil rights, but
lie conies to receive a joyful welcomo, and :hu deep
est sympathy and tho warmest reception, from a peo
ple, who high'y appreciate his public services und
noble sacrifices in their behalf. Tho citizens, aro an
imated by a warm and generous enthusiasm hy this
event, but tho most ccmmcndablo trauquility prevuils
in the city.
The loud booming of tho canncn from Smith's and
Federal Hills, and the waving of tho Hags from the
hickory pole and flag staves, give unequivocal tokens
of the general and undisguised joy which pervades
all ranks and sexes in the city. Gov. Dorr is now
restored to his liberty, nod tho people are rej aicing
with exceeding groat joy.
From the Liberty Herald.
JEFFERSON, July 5, 1845.
Mr. TAtT, Dear Sir: Wa have hud another
treat in the exhibition of Abby Kelley and her asuo
elates, who have been hero a couple of days,uuder the
wing of Mr. Giddings, preaching Dissolution.
Thero arc some facts connected with this matter,
which go to enrich tho exhibition, nnd show up some
of the performers to admiration.
It appeer3 that Mr. J. R. Giddings, ITon. perhaps I
night to soy, has heen in correspondence with our friend
Abby, and by written communications passing be
tween tho two, it was agreed that Miss Kelley should
get in ahead of tho meetings of thu Ohio Anti-slave
ry oocicty, with a view as is well known, ol forestall
iug public opinion, and creating a prejudice against
tho liberty-loving part of tho abolitionists. Tho re
sult shows that there was another compact entered in
to between these anti-compromisers, which seems to
he no less than that Giddings on his part, agrees to
endorse the sentiments of Madam Kelloy, Disunion,
on condition that she should praise tho whig party
and call Mr. Giddings a great man. Tho way that
scene opens is rich in thu extreme. The Hern of the
wash tub, as she calls herself, led off, and fullfillod to
tho letter her part of the undertaking, praising the
whigs and extolling Giddings, and '.hen called upon
Mr. Giddings to fulfil his part of tho compact, But
it appears that Giddings understood (ho contract to
be that ho was tn give his silent, dignified approbation
of her course that an Hon. was only tostnnd by and
look on opprovingly, without any public pledge of his
adhcrnnceto any specific point from which he could
not back out if necessary, and coma out upon some
other tack. But Abby would not thus bo trifled with .
Sho laid down her positions that tbo Government was
conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity. That
the Constitution of the United States was a pro-slave-ry
document. That each and every person swearing
to support or voting unJor that Constitution, was
hound by his oath to suppnrt iho system of slavery.
That the only means of abolishing slavery was a Dis
solution of the Union or an annihilation of tho Fed
eral Government and then called upon Mr. Gid
ilinqstogivo in public his assent or dissent to each of
her propositions. Mr. G. manifested exlrcmo reluc
tunce to commit himself and, had it not been that the
wholo assembly seconded her call, and demanded of
him tho fulfillmont of he pledge, he would have dodg
ed the question, and come off with flying colors on
whichever side of the fence he might, nave tnougnt
most convenient, or best calculated to give him $S
per day and travelling expenses tho longest period of
ime. Mr. Giddings took the stand and said: "In
what the Lady has said I find no point on which I can
disagree. I have heard no sotilitnoal to which I would
jiol respond Amen."
- - '"'".." wnc in trouble, it was a cause
fur Jivoifc fioni his 1. .vli., spvufe, lint the should in
llict the eMiemn cruelly upon him of calling him out
on that nrrnsion, and it was necessary that some
inental'rtservaliun tluuM ha und.) in favor of hi?
own dear :S per day and travelling expense?, nod
that came up in the form of a promiso that he would
reconsider the constitutional question not of slavery,
for of that ho was salir-fied, hut of his ability to
adopt Ihir non-resistant principles und dissolution mea
sures ol Ai'hy Jvelley nod escape t ho imputation
perjury which she hail been lavishing upon nil w
had the hardihood to cast a vote under the Constitu
tion, and still call iheintelvcs abolitionists. It was a
rich rpecimen of woman' inhumanity to man, to s.e
Giddings standing under the pulpit, piously calling
upon God to witness his sincerity, while ho was
writhing under tho infliction of tho penalty of his
compromise, and striving to work in some saving
clauao in such n manner (is to still retain his sunt in
Congress all that was wanting to niako tho whole
farce comploic, was a pocket full of Guiding' Gar
land Forgeries, of tho truth of which ho had ni
dence l ist fall as.-ftrong as any ovidonco of the truth
of Holy writ.
You niay hear from me again.
Yours, A. DAG LEY.
From the Liberty Herald.
Mit. Tait, Snt: Your Herald of last week has
just fallen under my eye. It contains a tissue of the
most bnso und impudent falsehoods, over the signatuic
"A. Btigley." It is not my custom to mako ony re
ply to newspaper sqmlis, slanders, misrepresentations
or ridicule; but in this one instance 1 depart from my
wonted course. Not that I design to defend Mr. Gid
dings' reputation or my own. Mr. G.'s character is
sufficiently well understood in this, his own neighbor
hood. As for myself, if I nm na faithful to tho truth
ns lie whom I desire to fallow, I shall, like Him, he
without reputation. My object is to call on tlio pub
lic to brand ihu writer of the article to which I refer,
ns utterly dislitulo of common honesty, and never
again to Le trusted, till hu shall have lived n long life
of repentunre. I know not who that writer is, wheth
er man, woman or child, I presumo it is not a child,
as there is a hardilocd of lying about it, whirl) no
child, f think, could have acquired. For the honor of
my sex, I trust it is not a woman, and I therefore uso
the masculine pronoun in referring to tho writer.
lie speuks witli the coolest aisuraace of nn ogree-
ment between Mr. Giddings nr.d myself, ns to the
holding of meetings with n view lo frustrating public
opinion, and creating prejudice ngninst tho liberty
loving party of fie abolitionists. Mr. G. had noth
ing to do with fixing tho lima of our meetings, nnd
knew nothing of our appointments (ill wo wrote him
a request, that ho would s.-o that they were notified.
In the letter making this request, wo distinctly stuted
to him, tint, although wo did not agree with him ns to
measures, yet, ns ho was an abolitionist, as well J is a
Iriend of free discussion, we presumed ho would eo
tar aid us ns lo give our notices. Indeed, wo wrote
lo him, enly as wo did to Mr. Hutchins, in relation to
our warren meeting, and Inero was qiito as much
agreement between Mr. II. nnd myself to thwart the
wnigs and aid tho Jjiberly party, as there was net ween
Mr. G and myself to thwart tho Liberty party and
aid tvhigism.
But there issomething exceedingly rich in the bold
and deliberate manner ol stating another falsehood
when ho says Mr. Giddings agrees to "endorse inv
sentiments on disunion, if I would prniso tho whigs
and call Mr. G. a great man." I have heard of false
hoods mado out of wholo cloth, but this is modo of no
cloth nt all. It must have sprung from tho foulest
place in a terribly foul brain.
But I will proceed no farthor. Tho article is nil
of a piece, and too filihy for dissection. That its
author may bo speedily brought to repentance, is the
sincciro and earnest prayer of
Yours for veracity,
P. G. A word of comment on your editorial of
lat-t week, which has my namo for i's caption. hy
did you not, as requested, publish tho nolo sent you,
not at my suggestion, but by Mr. Jones? Tint would
havo corroded your misrepresentations, and saved
you a long artielo of farther misrepresen t r.s. Do
you not daro allow free discussion?
I now again state, that the American Ami Slavery
Society is no more opposed to human governments,
than is tho Presbyterian Church or tho Liberty Tarty.
It opposes no governments hut those which support
Slavery. As to my individual opinions on religions
or governments, I do not conceive that they have any
business in the meetings of that Society, but ns you
misrepresent me in your paper, I will make the cor
rection. 1 am not opposed to any human government
that docs not contravene the government of God.
lEWVLISBON, AUGUST 1, 1845.
"1 love anitation when there is cuue for it tho alarm
bell which startles the inhabitants of a city, saves them
from being burned in their beds. - t.dmund harkc.
Dr Bailey and Comeouterism.
We perceive by tho Philanthropist of July 9th, that
Dr. B lily has dissolved his connection with the Meth
odist Protestant church.
We havo respect for the man who leaves his popular
pro-slavery party, and tells his Whig or Democratic
orothren that their practice gives tho lie to their pro
fession, and that he considers membership in their
party derogatory to the character of a freeman. We
have more respect because the sacrifice is groator
for tho man who forsakes his religious sect as a testi
mony against its pro Hlaycry character, and tells the
brethren whom he has left behind, that they aro false
their trust, rocreant to thoir duty, and that thoir as
sociation is unworthy tho namo of a christian church,
We supposed from the promineut position Dr. Eaily
occupies as a Liberty party man, that ho left his for
mer purty in the manner above mentioned if so, wo
c. mu.i.nd him f -I it. II,.: :-.), ,i , from ir -li
was, however dm-in a v.'ry .liiftrcnt way from ihai
tnwhifh wn hr.vBbrirli,' p-fcrrcd. We did not ex
pect hotter of him; for tho man who hel.irgs to a par
ty vl.ich places politic higher than religion, or in
other wf-rds, requires a nun prrf.Ti s'an larl of inor
iili'y from Ihe politichn linn (be religionist, will not
He Hl;ety lodeil very h us'ily v.uhiao clrirch how.
ever corrupt it may be. Ejt perhaps in this matter
of politics, we hivo heretofore given the D. morn
than his due; for ho savs "we n?snmo not to pro
nounce judgment up in thos-j who ,v.m continued nd
heston (to sect or party) iipi.n tho whole." This
is his profession, hut whM ii hi3 practice as a member
of the Liberty party? D .es not tint, with its m flti
plicily r.f machinery continui'ly condemi ndhc?ion
to the other parties? Will not Whigs and l)jtn jcm's
scornfjlly laugh nt the L .slor' abortion til it ha djos
not condemn thorn?
In his letter or resignation lu infor m ihn church,
that although it is gravely delinquent on tha guhpet
of slavery, and hoi Ji a peculi ir connottion with the
evil; thai although tho great nnjirity of its members
neglect Iho duly of sympathizing with llnsj in bonds
as bound with them, yet hi "d icj not question tbo
christian character rf im membership." If we
rightly understand thi?, it ig a very p ilito way of
saying "you ore a parcel of hypjcnles, bjt quite an
honest set of fellows oftrrall."
Tho Dr. is identifi td with Liberty Partv, is ac
knowledged as one of its Ladsrs in Ohio. Th a party
says you must supp rt no ni in for oflL-e who is in con -nectioT
with cither tho H';igor P-jnvicratic parties.
They ought not to be trusteJ so lung as they remaio
in lhat connection. The Dr. in hi-; roplyto Iho lei
ernf EJward S.niih, spwkin:; of tlii connection ol
Librrty party mon with pro si v?rv church-! stys:
'It is true that Iho lead ts of ih ! Lih.-riy party i.i
Cincinnati oio connects"! with C'utrck'.M which h:iv
notndoptu.l nnti-slav ,-ry ground; b it tin man uh
should say lint litis circu .n.-t-meo Ins e.-or abitjl
their z?al in ihu causi of fr-ed-nn, restrained or n
nnv refppct or degree mod C -d th.jir c-fl'ir's to adv-mci;
this o-.use, would bear false witness ng ijnst them."
We would ns!; Liberty party whethur it would
like to have this doctrine applied to Whig and Damo
cratic parties. Let us see how the cstraal will read
thus applied :
"It istrua that Iho leaders of AhMilianhm in Cin"
cir.r.ati arc connected with political parties which
hnvo not ndopted nnti-slavery ground; but the man
who should say that this circumstance h is ever elm
ted thoir -zeal in iho c.iuse of fr 'ej .mi, res'.niivd or in
any respect or degreo modified their efforts in advance
this cause, would bear la.'sa wiineas against iham."
The Whigs and D -mocrats would doubtless bu ns
much pleased to havn Liberty party preach this doc
trine, as are the pro slavery sects to hiwo the Doctor's
original. Tho views of the Philanthropist will of
couro commend themselves to all Liberty patty men
who wish to remain ecclesiastically.- pro-blnverv ; but
"when tho Devil gets the man, what will become of
the Bishop?'' Wo suppose wo oubt to reverse this
saying, na Liberty party requires the man lo ha bet
ter ns a mnn, lhaii as a Bishop. j
The tUwuid notion cf being able lo vo'o down e'a
very whilo you treat it in the. church as christian,
could ut.ly havo originated in tin brain of that party
which ns absurdly strives to prove a pro slaverv
compact to bo nn anti-slavery Cmvitution, and its;
practice is truly laughable. A man aal.s Liberty pHr
ty fur votes. IIo wnnts to be surveyor or constable.
It appears ho is a Whig or a Democrat. lie is not to
bp trusted, says Liberty party; let bin leave his pro
slavery party and wo will then give him an office, cr
tryto. We admit ho is a very good christian, prop
erly qualified to be D:acon, or Eider, or even Minis
ter of our Church, nnd if ho wishes it, wo will ap
point him to any of these offices, but don't ask us to
vote fur him at the polls, for ho is not fit cither to
mend a road or arrest a criminal .
If yvo judged from the testimony of actions, we
should think that that party had no very exalted idea
of Christianity, inasmuch as tho man whom it regard
as a worthy teacher of its doctrines, drinking nt the
fount of iurpiralion, is considered unlit to receive ttie
meanest office in thu gift of tho politician.
Thomas W. Dorr.
A great deal of sympathy has been expressed for
Thos. W, Dorr in consequence of his imprisonment
which wo are glnd to say is terminated. It was con
tended by his friends that ho was guilty of no crime,
and therefore that his punishment was unjust nnd
cruel. Wo do not intend to enquire whether the law
under which he was condemned was cruel or humane,
constitutional nr unconstitutional, but merely to assert
the fuel, tha! if he was unjustly incarcerated, the
millions who are grinding in the prison house of
southern slavery are at least as unjustly imprisoned
that if he was cruelly treated, their condition is e
thousand times worse that if iC was entitled to our
sympathy, they have far greater claims to our com
miseration. Have the Dcmocruls of our land so little eympailiy
lor diofe who ire hfj is'ly and cr.ieily treated, tint
one min absorbs it all? Why j., j, ihat hundre.b . t'
Dsmorraticfinthcringshave sent forth resolutions ex
pressing their sympathy with the D.irr of Rhode L
land, nnd containing burning words of rebuke nod
condemnation for his oppressors; while thu condition
.f millions of D .rrs in the S mth, nnd the conduct of
die tyrants there, received not even n word of passim,
comment? It has been suggpg'.ed to us that political
capital could bo mnde out of sympathy li r I)..rr.
while sympathy for tho slavu yields no material from
which can be manufactured such a labric. Cun ling
be the reason? Who will answer?
We see that Dorr refuses to take the onth of alle
giance to tho State; nnd why? Dots ho believo its
government to bo unjust and oppressive? W'c be
lieve the government of the United Stales to bp full ns
unjust nnd oppressive, arrogating to ileelf powers not
"derived from Ihe consent of ttie governed," nnd giv.
mg in its Cons iiution "solemn guarantees" as Web
ster calls them to tho system of slavery. Does ho
n -Tost) becauso it is a usurpation of powei ? The Uni
ted States government is ns great a usurper; its Con.
stitution opens wiih a he, declaring it wai ordnincd
hy "we tho people" when one sixth of ihe people
had not a single representatives there, and the Cramers
of the Constitution knew it. As well might Victoria,
and her minicters nrrogaie to themselves the title of
"we Iho peoplo" ns for tho framers of tho Constitu
tioo s' to do under ihe circumstances which witness
ed their assembling.
Our objections lo taking the oath of allegiance to
th U. Slnles governmout are ns well grounded ns
sro Dorr's (o swearing tn support tho Uhode Liana
S-ntn government, and we think ihem fur stronger.
B raus-e nf the stand we have thus taken wc have
b-cu denounced dB no government men: is Tm. W.
Dirr a no govoruincnt man? Who will anvei?
"Liberty Herald."
Wc do not hke to engage in uontetss try controver
sy, but when misrepresentations are mudo which nro
calculated to injuriously nff:ct .ho cau.se we advocate,
wb leel culled upon to notice them. Of such a char
acter was Iho lL-rald's editorial notice of our nntici
piated meeting? at Warren, in which tho agents of tho
Am. Society were held up lo the public us Iho repre
sentatives of the no government party in iho East.
At the first meeting which they held iheie, they deni
ed the charge, nnd stated that the edi or, in what h?
said, manifested cither a hick of honesty ,or of iplelli
gence. The history of iho controversy between New
and Old Organization wag open to him, nnd if he
tnuld draw from thai, or any other source, evidence
to eurlAin his charge, w hy did he not produce it when
We would rather attribute his misrepresentation to,
ignorance, than to dishonesty ,- and had be promptly
made tho retraction when ho found himself unnbln to
prove his charge, no suspicion of dishonesty would
h iv;) ntlnchcd to him. Tho next No. of the Herald
contained no nllus-ion whatever to the nniller; not u
shadow of evidence lo sustain his charge, not a word
f explanation. The Editor doubtless thought tho
hi Iter way was to preserve a dignili -d silence, but
unfortunately for himself, there were some who were
not content with that mode of procedure, and one of
'hose whom he hod so grossly misrepresented, sei.t
him the following note:
Mil Tait: I havo juet seen the IlemM of Julv
h, and wns mucn surprised to find lint it contained
no correction of Iho misstatement which was in your
editorial of Iho previous number. You know ibe
statement to which I refor: it was in substance that
mycclf and associates were the agents or representa
tives of the no government party of abolitionists.
You may remember that wo staled at our meeting in
Warren, that the Editor who made the charge was
either not sufficiently intelligent to conduct a paper,
eiso was dithonest; and ws called upon you either
retract, and make the retraction as public as your
charge, or else bring forward the proof upon which
was bnscd, for tho truth of the charge we utterly
and unqualified! denied. You have done neither:
and on behalf of myself and associates, wo ask tf
you as an act of justice to ourselves und the society
wo represent tho Am. A. S. Society to give this
communication a conspicinus insertion; In record our
denial of the charge, and our demand of proof or a
prompt nnd explicit retraction. If von do not pre
sent tho one, or make the other, iho inference we draw
from your conduct will bo far from favorable, either
yourself personally or the cause your represent.
Instead of having the manliness and fairness lo
publish it as requested, he wrote on editorial on "Ab
Kelley." Io his first article he charged thorn with
being opposed to Liberty party, with advocating a
dissolution of tho Union, and in favor of no-govern-
mentiMn. The first two charges their lectures fully
confirmed, and tho last disproved. It was the last
charge, and that alone, which in Warren they told
was false, and whose falsehood they ro asserted
tho above letter. What folly then for him lo talk
about the first two, and by showing that tho agents of
Am. Society were opposed to Liberty party, anil
favor cf Dissolution, try and win character for
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In the beginning
a voice cried in the nothingness,
and nothingness became,
then things went boom,
back to back those two,
creator and destroyer,
And breathing over the waters
the preserver wandered -
or so the stories go.
They meander,
our stories,
we weave them in in some form
or another,
creator, preserver, destroyer –
things begin,
things last for a time,
things go boom.
How red the blood,
dripping drop
by lone drop
to scatter in the wind
as they weave their dance,
a seed to bloom to wither,
and then to seed.
Taking a deep breath,
I ponder how we weave the tales -
I think of Siddhartha
sitting by the river,
and those who wandered
across the desert,
and blood on a cross,
and Schrodinger's cat
and the eyes of a dying woman.
Staring at the wasteland before me
I bat away the flickering shapes -
specters, ghosts, goblins
crawling in the midday heat -
their stories get old.
The sun feels good on my shoulders.
Thirsty, I take a deep drink.


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Fwiw, St. Justin Popovich also died on his birthday-- a strange coincidence, but I don't think it's more than that.
I posted in the prayer forum about the death of my wife's grandmother today. What is kind of odd is the timing. Consider:December 5, 2001 My maternal Grandfather died.December 4, 2007 My paternal Grandfather died.December 3, 2008 My wife's maternal Grandmother died.I just found it kind of interesting if nothing else. Anyone else have anything like this in your family? Just wondering. Enquiring minds want to know--also, do you suppose I need to be cautious of December 2 next year?
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So, after one day out in the madness, it seems that the default nickname of Coldchella is going to stick -- at least for now. For the first time in the history of the festival, the Empire Polo Fields got rain.
It wasn't crazy rain, just scattered showers that came on when it seemingly felt like it. Occasionally. strong winds accompanied the unlikely weather and even caused the photographers to be escorted out of the photo pit for a few minutes before Jimmy Cliff's set (the swaying of massive overhead equipment was a bit troublesome).
But knowing that the entire weekend wasn't going to follow its chilly kickoff, I welcomed it. The typical days of scorch are daunting, and it was lovely not to be sweating within 30 seconds of leaving your car. At times, it seemed downright appropriate -- like during Mazzy Star's set -- there was just something perfect about a light rain falling while Hope Sandoval sang "Fade Into You."
Of course, there were a few people put off by the lack of blazing heat -- namely the folks who didn't mind to check the weather report and came dressed in the traditional Coachella next-to-nothing outfits. I can't tell you how many times I saw a gaggle of bikini-clad girls huddled together making a beeline back to their car/campsite to swap short shorts for sweatshirts.
But, as usual, the music made everyone forget.
I saw an amazing lineup on Friday that went something like this:
- I started off with Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar. I was surprised to see how many people came to see the up-and-coming MC, and even more surprised to see how many women were enthusiastically singing along to choruses like "Pussy and Patrone." But there was certainly no lack of enthusiasm on either side of the stage, and hands were in the air for most of the set.
- Next, it was London's noise rock quartet Yuck. They ripped through a rocking set from their debut record and seemed to live up to the Sonic Youth comparisons.
- Next up was James, a band I was introduced to a long time ago by an obsessed girlfriend, and it was fun to watch lead singer Tim Booth first survey the crowd, then get down from the stage and sing to them, and then, finally, jump into the crowd and sing with them.
- Next it was off to the Gobi tent to see Gary Clark Jr. The young Austin guitarist delivered one of the best sets of the day, shredding through pure Texas blues rock, recalling fellow Austin guitar god Stevie Ray Vaughn. This guy is going to be huge before he's done.
- Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff was next, and he ran through his greatest hits catalog while being backed by Rancid's Tim Armstrong.
- Then it was off to see San Francisco's GIRLS, who played a quality set from a flower-adorned stage.
- After, I hightailed it over the Mojave Tent to see some of Laurel Canyon classic rockers Dawes, and the Goldsmith brothers were in perfect harmony.
- I couldn't resist making my way back to the main stage to catch some of the Arctic Monkeys' set, and the motorcycle jacket-adored Brits delivered once again.
- Then it was time for some Madness, and the 2 tone Ska masters had everyone dancing.
- I busted it back to the Mojave to see M. Ward rip through a few awesome tracks while doing his best Gary Clark Jr. impression before getting back to the main stage for an incredible set from Pulp. Frontman Jarvis Cocker was in rare form, jumping, posing, joking with the crowd and running through most of the Brit-pop faves' greatest hits. I can see a lot of people calling it the best set of the night.
- Next it was off to see Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All crooner Frank Ocean. It was crazy-packed, er, overstuffed, with rabid fans, and the young soulman proved why he's been a handpicked collaborator by John Legend, Jay-Z and Kanye. And when Odd Future MC Tyler the Creator joined him onstage for the OFWGKTA hit "Yonkers," it brought down the house.
- Mazzy Star was next, and I can finally scratch them off my list. It's been a long time coming for me to see the morphine-soaked L.A. duo, and it was worth the wait. They played in near darkness –-- damn them, my pictures sucked -- while a gentle rain fell over the crowd. While I enjoyed every second, it was my downfall. They lulled me into a relaxed state, and I was done after that.
I've seen the Black Keys 8,000 times, and the Horrors and Black Angels are coming to the Belly Up on Thursday, but I am now kicking myself for missing reunited Swedish hardcore screamers Refused. I should have toughed it out. But sometimes you have to make a decision like that so you can live to fight another day. And that's just what I did. I'll be back at 'em in just a matter of hours.


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Score one for honesty.
While most coaches go directly to the respect-everyone, fear-no-one rhetoric, Idaho State's Mike Kramer plows forward unrestrained. Addressing the chance to end a 44-game road losing streak (now 45), last week, he said, "Opening up at Utah and next week at Utah State, I'm sure that streak's really not in danger."
After losing 56-14 to the Utes, Kramer said, "We fell in the well. We set a goal to get a drink out of the bucket and we fell all the way in."
Note to Utes: Please schedule Idaho State every single year.
Utah State coach Matt Wells isn't bad in the quote department, either. He held nothing back after a 38-7 loss to Tennessee, saying "absolutely nothing out of that game was good."
Clearly, he missed the Hardee's commercials for fried bologna and Velveeta biscuits.
BYU looked OK in its season-opener against Connecticut — except the part where it kept stopping the game.
Officials whistled the Cougars for an embarrassing 150 yards on 15 penalties — 11 in the first half. UConn added another eight penalties for 90 yards.
School officials are debating whether the penalties constitute an honor code violation under the "disorderly or disruptive" clause.
USC cornerback Josh Shaw made sensational news, last week, when his tale of saving a nephew from drowning turned up false.
After holes in his story appeared, he admitted falsifying his account of leaping off a second-story balcony. He was later said by his girlfriend to fit the description of someone reportedly "shimmying" down the fire escape or wall of an apartment building.
It's all pretty weird but compelling: leaping off balconies, saving lives, scaling walls.
Remember, Peter Parker, with great power comes great responsibility.
President Barack Obama wore a tan suit to a press conference — rather than traditional gray, black or navy blue — last week.
Some said it was un-presidential. All Rock On knows is it wasn't a good look on BYU's football uniforms a decade ago.
The Minnesota Timberwolves officially announced the Kevin Love/Andrew Wiggins trade by placing ads in the Twin Cities newspapers.
And players thought they got treated like used cars before.
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Rollins benched after arriving late
Rollins benched after arriving late
NEW YORK -- Jimmy Rollins broke one of manager Charlie Manuel's two rules on June 5, when he didn't hustle out a pop fly that ended up not being caught. He was benched after that inning. Rollins broke the second rule -- "Be on time" -- on Thursday, and it landed him on the bench in the most recent battle for first place in the National League East. In the city where Rollins thrives as one of the public enemies, the reigning NL Most Valuable Player left separately from the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, on 118 West 57th Street, and encountered Thursday morning gridlock.
Arriving about an hour before the scheduled 12:10 p.m. ET start time -- or roughly 40 minutes after the team bus, Rollins was quickly summoned into Manuel's office. "Jimmy was late getting to the yard today," Manuel said following the Phillies' 3-1 loss to the Mets. "We talked. It's an in-house thing between him and I. That's one of our rules, hustle and be on time. That's all I have to say about it." Though Eric Bruntlett performed well in Rollins' stead -- going 3-for-4 with two doubles and single -- Rollins' absence can't be overstated. The Phillies, who have gone 13-20 since reaching a season-high 13 games above .500 (41-28) on June 13, need their sparkplug, especially after seeing the Mets pass them in the standings. That's what Rollins brings. When he was benched for his lack of hustle on June 5, he agreed with Manuel, saying, "It's my fault. I know better. That's like breaking the law and getting mad when the police show up. I just have to go out there and make sure I don't do it again." While Rollins understands that he's held to a higher standard as one of the team leaders, he didn't agree with Manuel's decision this time. "I agreed with him last time, but we're not going to agree on this one," Rollins said. "I understood it. He's the manager and has to set a precedent. With certain players, you're respected and held up to higher rules, and that's fine. "I was just a little too late. You can't change the lights." Rollins said he was late one other time this season, but called ahead. He thought about doing that again, but realized there was no point. "It wasn't any use," he said. "You can say traffic, but that doesn't really change anything. It was a situation where you know you're not going to get there no matter what you do." Rollins' only contribution in the game was grounding to third on the first pitch he saw from Billy Wagner, perhaps fittingly completing the Phillies fall out of first place. Rollins said that he "regretted" only that his team lost, not his absence. He mentioned the 60 remaining games and said the team isn't down to be in second place for the first time since June 1. "In the past, a loss was like, 'We needed this one.' Now it's like, 'We didn't get it, let's go out there tomorrow and win.' That's the difference in attitude. That's what usually starts turning things around." The difference in attitude, according to some players, may need to start with Rollins. Shane Victorino, who usually is the first to needle Rollins for infractions, chose not to speak on this topic. Jamie Moyer, one of the unquestioned leaders, did. "Rules are rules," said Moyer, who didn't realize Rollins had been benched until he was warming up in the game. "I commend Charlie for standing up to the rules he made. We all need to be accountable. Each team has rules and you play not only for the manager and coaching staff, but amongst teammates. You create who you are in the clubhouse and on the field in the way that you act and carry yourself. "I'm sure it's something that probably won't happen again."
Ken Mandel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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AER Lingus begins operating its first ever domestic British flights tomorrow – but it's doing it under contract for Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic.
The two airlines had been in competition last year to secure prized take-off and landing slots at London's Heathrow Airport that were relinquished by British Airways as part of its deal with regulators to be able to buy British Midland.
Aer Lingus and Virgin were pitched against each other last year in a bid to gain control of slots to operate a service between Heathrow and Edinburgh.
But Virgin won the slots, leaving Aer Lingus disappointed. Headed by Christoph Mueller, Aer Lingus has been eyeing ways to expand its business outside Ireland, where it generates the bulk of its revenue but where the aviation market remains depressed.
Weeks later, the two airlines announced that they had agreed a three-year deal where Aer Lingus will operate flights on behalf of Virgin Atlantic, which is 49pc-owned by US airline Delta.
That's being done using what's called a 'wet lease' agreement, where Aer Lingus provides the aircraft and crew.
The four Airbus aircraft will be painted in Virgin Atlantic livery and the crew will be dressed in Virgin Atlantic uniforms. The aircraft will be used to service Virgin Atlantic flights from London to Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
The first flight under the deal is due to take off tomorrow morning, flying between Manchester and Heathrow. The new services, including those to Scotland, will include 24 daily flights.
Mr Mueller has said that he'd be interested in securing additional wet lease agreements with other operators in a bid to widen the Aer Lingus revenue base.
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Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Mary Tingerthal to lead the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Politics in Minnesota reported more than a week ago that Dayton's administration was considering her for the job.
Tingerthal is the president of capital markets companies for the Housing Partnership Network. Tingerthal worked in 2008 to create the National Community Stabilization Trust, which puts helps puts vacant and foreclosed properties back into use.
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LOS ANGELES — He hasn't turned to him for two of the Jazz's last three games, but coach Jerry Sloan does face head-on the reason swingman Kyle Korver hasn't been playing.
"Some of the things he's struggled with a little bit has been his defense," Sloan said Monday. "I think that's hurt him some.
"He still shoots the ball very well, but it makes difficult for us to try to put a guy out there just to experiment to see where we are and see where he is."
Korver underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Oct. 28, and missed 24 games as a result.
He said Monday he still isn't 100 percent, but remains ready to contribute when called upon — and doesn't want to cause ripples when he isn't.
"I'm just trying to stay with it. We've won how many games in a row?" Korver said, knowing the answer is eight heading into tonight's visit with the Los Angeles Clippers. "I've never been that kind of person anyway, so I'll just keep on staying after practice and make sure I stay in shape and try to get better right now."
Korver plans to spend the upcoming NBA All-Star Weekend break at a California training facility he's visited twice already post-surgery.
"I'm not all the way healthy now," he said, "so I'm gonna take this time to get there."
Some of Korver's minutes have became extra for starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko; the rest have gone to a certain undrafted rookie shooting guard averaging 22 minutes per game.
"Nobody told me Wes Matthews would want some time," Sloan said, recalling another time minutes unexpectedly went to a rookie.
"Shandon Anderson came in (in 1996) ... and he was a second-round pick. Then players get upset with me because I played him," the Jazz coach added. "All I'm trying to do is play the best as much as I can, and play people that's gonna give us a chance to win. It looks personal.
But it's not anything I have against him."
Korver — who averaged 24 minutes last season in his first full year with the Jazz, and never previously missed more than eight games in any of six NBA seasons — seemingly understands.
"Mentally I'm fresh," he said.
But, Korver added, "It's been a tough year.
I've never been hurt for an extended period of time. I've never not been in the game. It's tough, sure. But, like I said, we're winning games."
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Even if that means cutting out at times a former rotation regular — one who as recently as Jan. 27 shot 5-of-7 and scored 16 in a win at Portland.
"I was disappointed I didn't get him in the last couple games," he said. "But life goes on.
"I wish it was a lot easier. It doesn't make me feel good to know he's sitting out, because he needs to play," Sloan added.
"I know he's a terrific shooter, and there will be times we need him. Hopefully he can hang in there and fight through it. So far he has."
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November 23-24: All libraries will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Meet author Andy Griffiths in person!
April 16, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, at 4 p.m.
At the Evergreen Library
For kids ages 8 and up
Come meet Andy Griffiths, the nationally known children's writer - the author of The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow, Killer Koalas From Outer Space, What Body Part is That, and The Day My Butt Went Pyscho. Find out where he gets his crazy ideas, how he knows what will work for a story- AND, what is the title of his new book coming out in July??


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This Year Can Be Different
December 30, 2010
Every year about this time, people make resolutions for the New Year. If you're like most people, by February your goal is waning. And by May, you may not even remember what your resolution was.
Well, this year can be different. The article, "Happy New Year! 8 Ways to Make Your Resolutions a Reality" (General OneFile database, Success Magazine, January 2011), lists guidelines that can help you accomplish your goals. They suggest that you pick two or three strategies from the list below:
- Write it down – Writing down your goals forces you to get clear about what you want.
- Find a replacement – One way to break a bad habit is to replace it with a good one.
- Tell someone – Talk about your goal even if it seems huge and impossible. This allows others to encourage you and support you.
- Take baby steps every day - Small steps will encourage you to move forward in the right direction.
- Take some BIG steps – Don't take all year to do what you can accomplish in one day.
- Decide and act – Don't let negative mental activity keep you from making decisions and taking action. Make a list of all the reasons why you can accomplish your goal. Refer to that list when indecision or inaction threatens to take control.
- Team Up – Have a "Success Buddy". Meet regularly with each other.
- Celebrate your successes – Every time you reach a milestone, acknowledge your accomplishments in a special way.
What is important to you in this New Year? Is there something that you have always wanted to do? Now is the time to begin. It is possible to achieve greatness if you set your mind to it.
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VANCOUVER -- Next to each work in the new blockbuster show at the Vancouver Art Gallery is a wall placard acknowledging the artwork's owner: "Lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
Spanning six centuries, the works are worthy of royalty, to be sure; they include self-portraits of old masters such as Rembrandt and Rubens, and contemporary art superstars Lucian Freud and David Hockney.
Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection debuted at The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace last year; it has travelled to Vancouver in conjunction with the sesquicentennial. The show opens at the VAG this weekend, where visitors will also find a new exhibition of paintings by the Canadian artist Gordon Smith.
One of the highlights of Portrait of the Artist - and there are many - is a red chalk portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, made by his student Francesco Melzi around 1515-18, not long before the great artist and scientist's death. "It is now acknowledged to be actually the only true likeness of Leonardo in old age - in any age, actually," says Theresa-Mary Morton, with the Royal Collection Trust.
"It's just so beautiful," VAG director Kathleen Bartels said at a media preview Thursday. "I was thinking about it all last night."
These works are part of an enormous historical collection belonging to the Royal Household - things British monarchs gathered to furnish their homes; so not just art but also silver, textiles, carpets. Thus the collection (which is a trust and no longer active) reflects the taste of successive monarchs.
The works are infused with history - but they are also alive with personal details.
Standing next to a black-and white self-portrait of the great Italian baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the VAG's senior curator - historical, Ian Thom, points to the very human quality of the works. "No one looks at themselves proudly. They look at themselves introspectively. They show the bags under their eyes.
They show the fact that he's going bald. They're not puffing themselves up." The work, created toward the end of Bernini's life in 1680, feels remarkably contemporary. Here is an older man - contemplative, tired and maybe a little afraid at the inevitable approaching.
A work by David Hockney, installed nearby, has a similar close-up warts-and-all quality - only this self-portrait was made in 2012 on an iPad.
The earliest work in the exhibition is by an unknown artist. Dated circa 1460-80, it's a brush and ink drawing on blue prepared paper of a young student learning to draw; there's a dog curled up in the corner.
It's installed next to another dogthemed artwork. The Connoisseurs: Portrait of the Artist with two Dogs by Sir Edwin Landseer depicts Landseer, famous for his paintings of animals, holding an artwork, with two dogs looking over his shoulder at it.
The painting seems to be poking fun at so-called art connoisseurs, comparing them to dogs. The Queen, of course, is famously enraptured with her own dogs.
She also loves horses, and when she sat for Lucian Freud's portrait, they spent a lot of time talking about horse racing, Thom explained, as he stood by David Dawson's photo The Queen sits for Lucian Freud. The 2001 photo captures the Queen sitting for what would become Freud's famously controversial portrait (too small, too ugly, the criticism went). If you take a look at the 1996 Freud self-portrait elsewhere in this show, you might notice some resemblance between that self-portrait and his portrait of the Queen.
Freud likes to work with many sittings, Thom explained, but that wasn't in the cards. "Her Majesty only sat twice. In the interim, a member of the royal staff sat in the chair with the crown on her head."
The show is unquestionably malecentric, but there are some exquisite works by women.
The embroidery A Self-Portrait (1779) by Mary Knowles depicts Knowles embroidering a portrait of King George III. To be fully appreciated, this must be viewed up close.
Also, look for the loose thread - a wonderful touch. The embroidery is remarkably well preserved and in its original frame (there's a key that can open the glass, perhaps allowing a royal finger to feel the work firsthand).
Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) (c. 1638-39) was created by the 17thcentury Italian painter using a complex mirror set-up so she could capture herself at work. Gentileschi, the daughter of the Tuscan painter Orazio Gentileschi, is depicted mostly in the dark but with bright light illuminating her chest, right arm and forehead - as if to suggest she is emerging from her more famous father's shadow. The sleeves of her green silk dress are rolled up; she is equipped with brushes and a palette. "She's got her hand perched on the canvas; we don't know what she's about to do," Morton says.
"She's in that moment of capturing an idea, of starting to paint."
Gordon Smith, who lives in West Vancouver, B.C., is one of Canada's great painters. His new exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery recalls a terrible time in the country's history and his own. Gordon Smith: The Black Paintings reference his experiences in the Second World War, during which he served as an intelligence officer in Europe and was seriously wounded in 1943.
There is heartbreak in these dark, dense canvases - terror, sorrow, a visceral heaviness. The paintings, created between 1990 and 2017, are abstracted, with text and collage elements sometimes dropping hints.
The words "Pachino" and "Husky" refer to Smith's deployment on the beach Pachino on Sicily where he was severely wounded during Operation Husky. On other works, the word "Juno" appears; there are dates too. Some are painted on canvas tarpaulin made from Smith's army kit.
In Untitled (Infinity), 1991, thick paint weeps down the canvas and in the bottom right corner, next to his signature, there is his footprint in paint. Gordon Smith was here.
His use of colour booms against his dark canvases: fiery red burning into a crucifix-like figure; thick splatters of white; an almost soothing mess of purple and green.
Smith is a prolific painter and at 98, still consumed with it. At the media preview, Bartels told a story: Smith came to the gallery earlier this week to tour his own show and view another exhibition of Canadian painting. After they looked at the art, they sat down to lunch precisely at noon. At about five minutes to 1 p.m., he excused himself, Bartels recalled. "I have to go," he told them. "I have to go home and paint."
Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection and Gordon Smith: The Black Paintings are at the VAG until Feb. 4.
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Retail titans gobble up 'small' supermarkets
They had their glory days. Popular supermarket chains like Cherry Foodarama are about to be formally merged into the operations of retail giant SM of tycoon Henry Sy and Puregold Price Club Inc., as the two along with Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. slug it out to dominate the industry.
Cherry Foodarama of the Ong family is the latest independent chain to be gobbled up by the contending retail giants, after Waltermart, Glori's Supermarket, Parco Supermarket and Eunilaine.
SM Investments Corp.'s acquisition of Cherry Foodarama's three supermarket outlets is already a done deal, with the signing of the financial transaction with the Ong family set to be completed shortly.
More independent chains that have become popular within Metro villages may follow the fate of Cherry Foodarama and Glori's Supermarket, which has also been taken over by the SM Group.
SM Investments Corp. last week confirmed a report in this paper that it was in discussion with the management of Cherry Foodarama. "SM and subsidiaries are in discussion with the management of Cherry and both parties are in the process of signing formal agreements," SM Investments said.
Only two of Cherry Foodarama's supermarkets are operational—Cherry Foodarama Congressional in Quezon City and Cherry Foodarama Antipolo.
Cherry Foodarama Shaw was originally rescheduled to reopen on its original site along Shaw Boulevard in May, but it did not push through because of the entry of the new investor.
The SM Group remains the biggest supermarket chain in the country, despite increasing competition from other grocery chains such as Puregold of tycoon Lucio Co and Robinsons Retail of industrialist John Gokongwei.
SM's retail operations had 279 stores of as end-March 2015, including 50 SM Stores, 40 SM Supermarkets, 43 SM Hypermarkets, 120 Savemore stores and 26 WalterMart stores.
SM's retail group this year plans to open three SM Stores, three SM Supermarkets, 10 SaveMore stores and on SM Hypermarket.
SM's purchase of Cherry Foodarama marks its second major acquisition in three years. In 2013, SM Investments forged a joint venture with the Waltermart group through its subsidiaries SM Retail Inc. and SM Prime Holdings Inc.
Puregold challenge
SM's aggressiveness in part has been prompted by Puregold's own expansion design. Puregold plans to acquire more supermarket chains in 2015, mostly those operating in Luzon.
Puregold marketing director Vincent Co has conceded that Puregold was in negotiations with several chains and single-propriety supermarkets.
"Acquisition and expansion will continue in 2015. There's no letting up of expansion by competitors. And so are we," he said.
Puregold's latest acquisitions are Parco Supermarket, Eunilane Supermarket, Grocer-E and Sioland Supermarket in San Pablo, Laguna. It will build 25 new stores in 2015 with an estimated capital expenditure of as much as P3.5 billion.
Puregold now has 248 stores, including nine S&R stores, six S&R quick serve stores and 233 Puregold outlets. The company is rolling out 25 Puregold stores in 2015, half of them located in the Visayas and Mindanao.
"Expansion will be more of outside Luzon to Mindanao and the Visayas. We only have less than 10 Puregold stores in the regions. So we're really focusing on bringing Puregold to VisMin," another company official said.
The company also plans to put up 50 Lawson convenience stores in Metro Manila by 2015, in line with its target of 500 stores by 2020. Its joint venture with Ayala Corp. for another mall-based retail concept targets middle-income families.
Puregold Price lately acquired nine supermarkets in Luzon from NE Inc. of the Uy family. Cosco Capital Inc., the holding company of Co, also purchased five commercial properties from NE.
"The additional stores will also make Puregold the dominant retail player in the province of Nueva Ecija," Puregold said in a recent disclosure.
Robinsons Retail, the second-largest multi-format retailer in the Philippines, meanwhile, has prepared for the competition
It operates in six business segments, including supermarkets and department and convenience stores (Ministop) and drugstores.
An expanding economy and the increasing disposable income and consumption in the Philippines will prompt the country's retail giants to expand and preserve their market share.
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East Penn reorganizes with new supervisors
Jacob Nothstein and Dean Kercsmar joined the five-member board of supervisors at the Jan. 4 reorganization meeting in East Penn Township.
In public comment resident Joe Ehritz said he hoped supervisors would appoint qualified people.
New office hours were announced: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with the office closed on Wednesdays.
A pay schedule was accepted and all salaries or hourly wages were made based on that schedule with no figures given.
Herb Truhe was named chairman of the supervisors with Kercsmar as the vice chair. Meetings will be held the first Monday at 5 p.m. in the social hall.
Deanna Cunfer retains the position of secretary for the township and for the planning commission. She is also the open records officer. Susan Porcina was named treasurer on a part-time basis. Centax will be the tax collector.
Supervisor Cory Smith was named roadmaster.
The vacancy board position was filled by Mike Hudson.
Jim Nanovic of Nanovic Law Offices will be solicitor for the supervisors and planning commission, and Bruce Steigerwalt is the engineer for the township.
Richard Dietrich was named zoning permit officer. The universal construction code inspector is by personal choice of the person needing inspections. Spotts, Stevens and McCoy was named building code official.
Former supervisor William Schwab will continue as the representative to the Central Carbon Comprehensive Plan. He is also heading the parks committee and remains a member of the local tax collection committee.
Smith was named to the solid waste management advisory committee. A second position is open.
Supervisor Randy Pfeiffer wanted the recreation commission, which he heads, to be returned to a seven member board because it is difficult to get a quorum with the nine-member board. He made a motion to change it but there was no second. Julie Ziegenfus was appointed to the board.
For sewage enforcement officer, Carl Wolfe was named with the stipulation that records will be provided to the township within 30 days. Sean Corey of SSM is the alternate. Pfeiffer objected based on the fact that Wolfe was discharged for improper billing last year.
Mileage for use of a personal car on township business was set at the IRS rate.
Any supervisors who want to attend the convention April 18 at Hershey will be approved as a delegate.
Pfeiffer suggested Joe Ehritz and Alan Beck be retained on the planning commission because of their years of experience, but Kercsmar and Jonathan Emery were named.
Robert Kleintop was named as the emergency management coordinator with Brian Eickhoff as deputy. Smith was named fire chief with Eickhoff as assistant.
Ron Elsaser was named as the representative to the Lehighton library board.
James Danner was named as police chief. Truhe presented his badge at the end of the meeting. He had been officer in charge.
Nothstein resigned from the zoning hearing board. Named to the board were John Reedy and Todd Scherer.
Sherri Kleintop was chosen as stenographer on an as-needed basis.
Nothstein was hired as a part-time mechanic to work on township equipment. Pfeiffer said the position had not been advertised as required. Truhe's comment was "What else is new?" When Pfeiffer asked the same question about other positions he was ignored.
Liaisons are: Smith, roads and maintenance; Truhe, police; Smith, social hall; Smith, fire company; Pfeiffer, recreation; Nothstein, administrative; Kercsmar, planning; and Smith, parks.


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bunny's plushies tree by XBUDDYFORMEWatch
bunny's plushies
When bunny had a sad day, he goes in the evening
to his bunnies-plushies-tree and hugh all night his
bunnies plushies and talk to them and the moon.
color pencil
recources are my own.
When bunny had a sad day, he goes in the evening
to his bunnies-plushies-tree and hugh all night his
bunnies plushies and talk to them and the moon.
color pencil
recources are my own.
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Armed with an arsenal of pencil crayons and a fierce imagination *ockiun brings adorable to life in bunny's plushies ( Featured by Moonbeam13 )
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i love your art! *watches*
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Thank you thats sooooo kind, also the bunnies will bring you a very big huuuuuugh!!!!!!
You are so cool! *watches* ^.^
Coool thanks bunnies hugh you!!!
this is really amazing! the colors and the idea, its really nicely done!
Aww, a bunny plushy tree! That is so adorable. *hugs all plushies*
They already hugh you a thousand times back in the night they come to you dreams to release your stress and hugh you all night long and they will talk to the moon to bring you good luck!!!!,
Wow... the colors, the outlines, the imagination, the shading, etc. This piece is gorgeous! Plus, it's all traditional, right? This must of taken all the time and effort you could use.
Thank you! Yes it were the cheapest color pencil but I went four or five times over the same spot to get those colors and finished the outlines with a black color pencil....on a A4 paper...I just love bunnies!!
awesome wabbits!
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Oooooh thank you sooooo much that is such a beautiful nice comment,big huuuughs from allllll the bunnies in my gallery!!!!
Rainbow bunnies...everywhere! HAha good work .
You can see that I just loooove bunnies,bunnies everywhere,wish I had a tree like that in my garden!!!!
I want those bunnies!
I also and I wish I had many of those bunny plushie trees in my garden and huuugh all of them!!!


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- Ameritrade Sees Strong Growth In Key Metrics With Completion Of Scottrade Acquisition
- Key Takeaways From Ameritrade's Q4 Earnings
- Ameritrade Earnings Preview: What We Will Be Watching
- Ameritrade Sustained Its Solid Growth In August
- Ameritrade Sustains Growth Trend In July
- Key Takeaways From Ameritrade's Q3 Earnings
Retail brokerage firm TD Ameritrade (NYSE:AMTD) is scheduled to release its quarterly results on Tuesday, April 16. Last quarter, the company reported net income of $147 million, which was down 3% y-o-y. Yet the markets welcomed the results as the company had been able to reduce the y-o-y declines over the past few quarters.
Since the start of this year, Ameritrade's stock has increased nearly 20%, and its shares currently trade at around $20, almost in-line with our estimates. Going forward, we expect the company to continue attracting client assets on a net basis as we have seen across the brokerages. However, the pace of asset gathering is likely to be lower than the previous quarter in which the firm attracted a record amount of new assets on a net basis. We remain cautious about the firm's daily average trading volumes given the slower than hoped for recovery across the industry.
See our full analysis for Ameritrade
Trading Volumes Remain Low
According to our estimates, around 40% of Ameritrade's revenues are commission-based and trading commissions account for nearly 30% of the value in the company's stock. This makes trading volumes a very important operating metric for the company.
Unfortunately, however, trading volumes have remained low for the past several quarters, and the company's revenues from this division have suffered as a result. Ameritrade's transaction-based revenues declined by nearly 6% y-o-y to $257 million in the quarter ended December 31.
Going forward, it will be important to see how trading volumes trend. Volumes have shown some signs of revival throughout the industry in early 2013, but it is too early to say whether this trend will persist.
Note that Ameritrade's average daily trading levels seem to be impacted by investor sentiments much more than competitors like Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW). For example, Ameritrade's average daily client trades increased by 17% y-o-y in January when there was a market-wide uptick in trading activity. For Schwab, the increase in trading levels for that month was only 8% y-o-y. [1]
Asset Gathering And New Account Opening Is Strong
Fiscal year 2012 was the fourth consecutive year when Ameritrade recorded a double digit asset growth rate, and the momentum continued in the first quarter of 2013 (quarter ended December 31). During this quarter, the company attracted a record $16 billion in net new client assets at an annualized growth rate of 13%, thanks to a window of opportunity in which customers brought forward their incomes to save capital gains taxes and invested the money at brokerages and banks.
Ameritrade also opened around 174,000 new brokerage accounts, up by an impressive 24% y-o-y, by offering deep discounts and cash bonuses to potential customers. You can read more about this strategy here.
For the quarter ended March 31, we expect Ameritrade to again report a net increment in client assets. However, the number is likely to be lower than the record set in December because the window of opportunity for customers to save on capital gains taxes has already closed. It will also be interesting to see if the company can maintain its pace of new account openings going forward.
We will revise our price estimate for the company after the company releases its quarterly results.
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Greene keys comeback with daring dash
Greene keys comeback with daring dash
The Cardinals infielder recorded the biggest steal of his career on Saturday afternoon, helping the Cardinals to a thrilling 2-1 come-from-behind win over the Chicago Cubs in front of 42,571 at Busch Stadium. The win moved the Redbirds to within two games of the Braves for the National League Wild Card.
Greene, known more as a defensive specialist and pinch-hitter, kept the Cardinals' postseason hopes alive with a daring one-out steal of second base in the bottom of the ninth.
The former Georgia Tech standout is now 16-for-16 in stolen bases in his career, including an 11-for-11 mark this season.
Trailing, 1-0, Greene entered the game as a pinch-runner after Matt Holliday delivered a clutch single. With a great jump, Greene easily beat the throw to second from catcher Geovany Soto. The ball deflected off Greene's back and into the short left field. He promptly jumped up and scampered to third.
The theft brought the crowd to its feet and was a crucial component of an improbable comeback.
"I had the green light," said Greene. "[Carlos] Marmol throws a lot of sliders, so I was trying to feel him out, see if I could get a slider to get a little half-second [advantage].
I was just trying to be as aggressive as possible."
Marmol struck out Freese but walked the next three hitters -- Yadier Molina, Skip Schumaker and Ryan Theriot -- to force in Greene with the tying run. Adron Chambers, who was running in place of Molina, zipped home when Marmol uncorked a wild pitch, giving the Cardinals a walk-off win.
Greene's steal may have been the biggest play of the game.
"He's got that ability," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said. "Great jump, great acceleration. Big steal."
Greene had appeared in only seven games with just two at-bats since being recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Sept. 6.
But he was prepared when the opportunity came.
"It's time to stay ready, stay fresh at all times," he said. "That's what I've been trying to do. I almost pretend that I'm playing every day just to keep that mentality and be ready to go."
Greene, who is hitting .212 in 57 games this season, never thought about the negative consequences when he took off from first base.
"You can't play scared," he said. "I felt good about the situation and I was confident in what I was doing."
Steve Overbey is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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As part of its Fall/Winter 2010 Collection, Neighborhood once again teamed up with Porter to produce some accessories. This season they primarily worked with leather and offer a series of wallets and pouches with wingtip shoe inspired details in several colors. Look out for the new accessories to land in stores now.
More views of the pieces follow after the jump.
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This guide to planning the winter holidays provides creative ideas , time-saving tips, and budget-minded inspiration for making the most of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. With the busy family in mind, I've provided recipes, to-do lists, children's activity sheets, planning pages, gift ideas, and step-by-step tutorials for creating homemade gifts. Grab your copy today.
I know, I know. It's not even Thanksgiving yet. I know.
But, I also know that as soon as the turkey leftovers are tucked away, our thoughts are going to turn toward Christmas preparations. And since you might have some free time over the weekend, I want you to have this now and not next week.
For years I've put together this fun Christmas Countdown to do with my kids. It's in addition to the Jesse Advent Tree we do. One is spiritual, and the other is just silly fun. (I think the two can co-exist.)
Anywho, I put together these cards with fun things for us to do everyday in December and stuff them in envelopes to make it surprise-like. Then each evening one child gets to open the envelope for that day, and we do that fun thing. It might be to go light looking or go a jammie run or watch a movie. Whatever.
The important part is that it's an occasion for us to chill together and have some fun at Christmas time.
Great idea, right? And you'd really like to do, right? But, where are you going to find the time to put cards together, right?
I thought you might say that. I've got you covered. With the help of my lovely sister, Janel, I've put together a booklet of Christmas cards to print, cut, and stuff into envelopes. We even added activities that we've never done — yet. There is so much choice involved here. But, everything you need to pull this off is in this handy, dandy download.
(Well, except for the paper, ink, computer, and envelopes.)
But, other than that, I got you covered!
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This week's FREE download is a printable Christmas Countdown Family Activity Planner. It includes printable cards, printable labels, ideas for family activities, blank cards to make your own, and a chart to track it all.
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Free admission (all visitors, all hours)
$90.50-$95.50. Note: Show extended through June 2! Sunday April 21 single performance only at 2 pm.
Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise from childhood to her subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. "Here Lies Love" is neither a period piece nor a biography, neither a play nor a traditional musical but a wholly immersive theatrical event combining songs influenced by four decades of dance music, adrenaline-fueled choreography, and a remarkable 360-degree scenic and video environment to go beyond Imelda's near-mythic obsession with shoes and explore the true tragic consequences of power and responsibility.
"Here Lies Love" is an 80-minute, fully immersive, 360-degree theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged.
Concept and Lyrics: David Byrne
Music: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Additional music: Tom Gandey, J Pardo
Directed by Alex Timbers
Choreographed by Annie-B Parson


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Tantalize your taste buds at "Ahhh...qua". They believe the best part of an unforgettable meal is the fun of enjoying it. This restaurant's stunning entrance is flanked by two custom-made aquariums containing exotic, brightly colored fish, which leads to a sleek, black stone interior.
The Vibe
From the first step through the doors of this restaurant to your immaculately set table, this detail-oriented restaurant is elegantly set yet simple enough to set you at ease. The windows are especially angled to please your eyes with a breathtaking view of the Nile. Individual preferences are catered to with different dining spaces. Choose from the Sushi bar (modeled after those in contemporary Japan); a main dining room, or 2 private dining room.
The Food
Dishes served at Aqua are by all means conversation starters, and not without reason. What sparkles here are definitely taste, presentation and the unhurried pace, a rare combination for a Cairo dining experience. Using premium quality ingredients imported from Japan, the menu is a kaleidoscopic attempt at pleasing and salivating guests to the extent that you become irresistibly charmed. We recommend you start with the Unagi eel, which tantalizes your taste buds, leaving them overwhelmed as slivers of delicately Pan Seared Fois Gras trickled with marinated Teriyaki sauce and grilled to perfection, are savored. To really indulge your senses (dare I say, compulsory for any Sushi fanatic); try the crispy Salmon Skin Roll and array of raw delicacies. What truly sets Aqua apart is the Raw Scallop ( which is so fresh it melts in your mouth. Among their specialties (and a good bonus point when impressing that special someone); are their famous Dragon Rolls; Tempura Shrimp Rolls served with wasabi mayo, crisply adding sensation with every bite.
The Service
The staff are efficient in service and it shows, with each staff member out to accommodate your every request. It certainly made the experience at Aqua a well-rounded one.
Four Seasons at Nile Plaza have created a restaurant that invites enjoyment on a number of levels, and he seems content to serve the serious diner, as well as someone looking to enjoy a meal of light appetizers, a good glass of wine or to share in his love of fine seafood.
The Food Advisor's take on Aqua
Based on what everyone seems to already know, Aqua's friendly service and sumptuous dishes have been the key to this restaurant's success over the years. The winning formula has spawned a host of copycats with the same name, but the original remains the best.
To taste premier quality incor-porated with excellent culinary skills of the chefs, this restaurant displays serious dedication in quenching that ubiquitous gourmet thirst prevalent in the best of us. Those who are looking to sample gourmet Sushi will appreciate the exquisite selection offered at Aqua.


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Reconfigurable High Performance Fault Detectable AES by Using Composite Fields
With rapid increases in communication and network applications, cryptography has become a crucial issue to ensure the security of transmitted data. This paper provides an efficient VLSI architecture to increase the throughput and security of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Algorithm. The existing architecture provide the Look up Table technique for the Subbytes and inverse Subbytes transformation used in AES algorithm, the authors' proposed technique uses combinational circuit and pipelining technique which increase the throughput and reduce the delay. This design proposes a new technique for implementing the S-box, which decides the speed and power of AES architecture and the basic components of this architecture is made completely fault detectable by using pseudo-nMOS technology and thereby increases the security of this system.


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Infection with emerging atypical pathogen leaves scarring after resurfacing
In a poster presented at the 2011 meeting of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, Dr. Al Dabagh, dermatology resident, and Dr. Burton, professor of dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., reported on a 53-year-old woman admitted to the hospital with painful, erythematous, eroded papules and pustules involving the chest, neck and face. Her history included nonablative radiofrequency treatment for rejuvenation of the face and neck, followed two weeks later by CO2 fractional laser resurfacing of the face, neck and chest.
She had received antiviral prophylaxis pre- and post-resurfacing and reported the appearance of itchy pustules around her eyes and upper lip four days after the procedure. She was started on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and showed a partial response, but she had to discontinue the antibiotic because of intolerability. Her eruption then worsened.
Treatment with a topical corticosteroid and oral fluconazole, acyclovir and doxycycline was started, but the patient was admitted to the hospital due to lack of response. Skin biopsies were taken and histopathology showed suppurative granulomatous inflammation and acid-fast bacilli. Eventually, M. massiliense was identified based on speciation from tissue culture.
Based on the initial histopathology, therapy was changed empirically to azithromycin, moxifloxacin and tigecycline, and it was maintained for five months with azithromycin only after the antimicrobial susceptibility test results were received. The infection resolved, but the patient had residual scarring of the neck and chest. She is being treated with pulsed dye laser.
M. massiliense facts
"M. massiliense was first validated as a species in 2006 and has become recognized as an emerging pathogen based on several reports in the literature describing outbreaks and individual cases of skin/soft tissue and other infections caused by this atypical microorganism," Dr. Al Dabagh says. "Overall, atypical mycobacterial infections are rare. However, based on personal communication with dermatologists and other physicians, they are frequent enough to be recognized as a real concern.
"The experience with this patient underscores the importance of maintaining an index of suspicion for atypical mycobacteria in a patient with a skin infection that does not respond to an initial course of therapy with standard antibiotics, regardless of immune status. In this case, threshold for biopsy should be low," he adds. "It also highlights the need for beginning empiric therapy with multiple antimicrobial agents and for prolonged therapy to clear the infection. In addition, we feel it is important that the risk of atypical mycobacterial infections and the possibility of residual scarring be mentioned in the informed consent for patients undergoing cosmetic or medical dermatologic surgery procedures."
Dr. Al Dabagh says that scarring as a result of the ongoing host inflammatory response can occur even with more timely initiation of effective therapy.
Based on a literature review, Drs. Al Dabagh and Burton believe this is the first case of M. massiliense infection after laser resurfacing reported in the U.S. The source of the pathogen in this patient was not determined, but Dr. Al Dabagh says M. massiliense and related species are ubiquitous in the environment. Water is a particular reservoir. Infection may occur during or post-procedure from an exposure.
In other reported cases and series, infection with M. massiliense and related organisms has been traced to contaminated medications, surgical instruments, footbaths, spa beds, tattoo dyes and ink in surgical marking pens.
"It is important to recognize that M. massiliense is very resistant to some chemical disinfectants that are used for surgical instrument sterilization, including glutaraldehyde and quaternary ammonium compounds, possibly because of the organism's enhanced ability to form a biofilm," Dr. Al Dabagh says.


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Sherbet is sweet and cold~ > w < I guess even she needs a scarf. I think this goes in the cartoon category rather than manga ^ u ^ If you think it goes to manga (original) please tell.
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Cute hehe! The scarf and your "Forest Walk" drawing reminds me that fall is in 1 week! Very cute!
cute! ^^ Ehh, i'm not sure which category you shoud put this drawing in...but overall, it's a super adorable drawing! ^-^
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Car-sharing service Zipcar brought in $55 million in its third quarter this year, up 46 percent from the same quarter a year ago when it made about $38 million in revenue, according to the company's most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Zipcar is essentially a streamlined car rental service that lets people rent cars by the hour. It's available in most cities where the cars are strewn across the city in special parking spots. Users sign up and then schedule a time and a car to pick up through the company's website. They receive a card that activates the car and are free to drive it during their scheduled time.
Zipcar still lost $2.5 million in its last quarter. The company hasn't been profitable since the fourth quarter last year, when it made $1.3 million off $36 million in revenue. That was also the only quarter the company hasn't lost money going back to its first quarter of 2008. Most of the cost has come from "fleet operations," the cost of the company's staff and maintaining leases and expenses for vehicles.
But its revenue has been steadily increasing. It made about $58 million in 2007, about $84 million in 2008, and brought in $131 million last year. The company has posted around 40 percent year-over-year growth each quarter this year.
The company's been on a bit of a spending spree, which materializes as a loss on its balance sheets. Zipcar most recently picked up London car-sharing service Streetcar and acquired a minority stake in Spanish car-sharing service Avancar. Zipcar also acquired American rival Flexcar in 2007. The expansions have been funded by a healthy dose of venture capital. To date, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company has raised $59 million to finance its operations.
The company filed to go public earlier this year in order to raise $75 million. The funding was intended to help spin up their operations and pay off debt. To get around the slight losses each quarter Zipcar has also gone through six rounds of funding. It recently closed a round of funding worth $21 million to help pad its balance sheet before it finally goes public sometime next year.