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Share the Harvest gives quarter-million pounds of venison to feed hungry
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — More than 4,500 deer hunters donated more than a quarter-million pounds of venison (228,306 pounds) from last season's deer harvest to the state's Share the Harvest program. The donated deer meat will help feed hungry Missourians all around the state.
Share the Harvest is coordinated by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM). It works by deer hunters donating their extra venison to participating meat processors throughout the state who grind the deer meat into one-pound packages. The packaged venison is then given to food banks and food pantries for distribution to Missourians in need of food assistance.
The program coordinates the efforts of thousands of hunters, more than 100 participating meat processors, numerous local supporting organizations, and about a dozen statewide sponsors.
Processing fees are covered entirely or in part by numerous local sponsors, along with statewide sponsors that include: MDC, CFM, Shelter Insurance, Bass Pro Shops, Missouri Chapter Safari Club International, Missouri Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation, Midway USA Inc., Missouri Food Banks Association, United Bowhunters of Missouri, Missouri Trappers Association, the Missouri Hunter Education Instructors Association, and the Walmart Foundation.
Since the program was started in 1992, Share the Harvest has provided more than 3.5 million pounds of lean, healthy venison to help feed hungry Missourians.
Missouri's Share the Harvest program helps deer hunters donate surplus venison to the needy. This program is administered by the Conservation Federation of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Conservation. In 2014, 3,961 hunters donated 212,343 pounds of venison.
Donating is easy
Simply take your deer to an approved meat processor and let the processor know how much venison you wish to donate. The processor will package the meat, which will be picked up by local sponsoring organizations and taken to a charitable agency for distribution.
Processing funds are available at some local processors
Get help with processing costs when you donate a whole deer during all portions of the archery and firearms deer seasons. The Conservation Federation of Missouri reimburses processors a pre-determined amount for each whole deer donated. This allows processors to reduce processing fees to hunters. In addition, many processors have local money available that allows deer to be processed for free or at reduced cost. Be sure to contact individual processors to determine if funds are available. The cost of processing the deer is your responsibility when local funds to help cover the full cost are not available.
Costs are covered during the urban zones portion
During the urban zones portion, the entire processing cost for whole deer donations is paid by the Conservation Federation of Missouri and local sponsors. To have processing costs covered during the urban zones portion, you must take your deer to a participating processor in the urban zones area. Not every processor listed in the table participates in this portion. For a list of those that do, contact your regional Conservation Department office.
Why Share the Harvest?
The National Institutes of Health state that children need protein in their diets for proper growth and development, and adults need it to maintain good health. Yet many Missourians and their families can't afford or can't get to good sources of protein. Through Share the Harvest, Missouri hunters can help provide those in need with high-quality protein in the form of deer meat, which is naturally lean.
Who can get the meat?
Any Missourian who needs it. Adults or families can get in touch with a participating distributing agency, and the agency will allocate the venison according to its supply.
How do hunters donate venison to the program?
It's easy to donate. Hunters take their deer to an approved processing plant and simply tell the processor how much venison they wish to donate. The hunter has the option of donating a few pounds or the whole deer. There is no price reduction for partial donations. The processor then packages and stores the meat until it's transported to a distributing agency by the coordinator. Agencies receiving venison will distribute it to ensure that all venison is used and is goes to where it serves the greatest need.
How can my organization get involved?
You can get involved as a member of almost any club or organization that would like to work with the Share the Harvest program. Sponsoring volunteer clubs are vital to this project. They provide promotion and manpower on a local level to a program that addresses the needy in their area. In addition many local groups provide additional funding to augment the moneys paid by the Conservation Federation on the donation of whole deer. Raising local funds greatly increases donations.
How to get Share the Harvest started in your area
- Clubs or organizations wishing to coordinate the Share the Harvest program in their area may contact a conservation agent in their county or the Conservation Department at the address on the back panel. Agencies that distribute venison also may fulfill the role of coordinator.
- Distributing agencies should be nonprofit charitable organizations. They must have proper storage for the meat and agree to distribute uncooked venison directly to families or individuals.
- The coordinator should locate a deer processor who agrees to participate in Share the Harvest. Processors also must be a government-inspected facility.
- Once agreements are made with coordinator, deer processors and distributing agencies, permission must be obtained from the Conservation Department to conduct a Share the Harvest program.
- After the local conservation agent approves the coordinator's choice of meat processors and distributing agencies, the coordinator will receive written authorization and instructions.
Share the Harvest Guidelines
- Requests to participate in Share the Harvest should be submitted to the director of the Conservation Department through a local conservation agent. Requests must include names of participating meat processors and the distributing agency.
- Meat processors must be licensed by the Conservation Department to process deer and be subject to government health inspection, or be approved by the Missouri Department of Agriculture's Meat Inspection Program.
- State and local health regulations must be followed.
- A conservation agent must initially approve the coordinator, processors and distributing agency.
- Only venison from white-tailed deer legally taken in Missouri will be accepted.
- Donated venison must be processed at approved meat processing facilities.
- Records detailing number of donors, pounds of donated venison, and charitable recipient group must be kept by the coordinator, and submitted to the local conservation agent no later than Feb. 1.
- Donated venison must be stored and transported in department-provided plastic bags that display the Share the Harvest logo, or in approved containers clearly marked with Share the Harvest labels.
- Venison may not be served cooked by the distributing agency, and must be frozen at some time prior to being eaten.
- All donated venison must be distributed by May 1.
- Approval for participation is required annually.
If you want a successful Share the Harvest program:
Knowledgeable, enthusiastic processors are a vital key to a successful program. Likewise the coordinating organization needs to take an active role in promoting the program. Having volunteers available at deer processing plants during the firearms deer season to personally contact hunters, hand out literature and answer questions about the program will greatly increase donations. However, don't interfere with the meat processor's business.
For more information on the Share the Harvest program, contact:Share the Harvest
Missouri Department of Conservation
P.O. Box 180
Jefferson City, M0 65102-0180
573-751-4115 Conservation Federation of Missouri
728 West Main
Jefferson City, MO 65101
State-wide sponsors of the cost-reduction program include the Conservation Department, Shelter Insurance, Bass Pro Shops, the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Chapter Whitetails Unlimited, Missouri Chapter Safari Club International, Missouri Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation, Drury Hotels, Midway USA Inc., Missouri Deer Hunters Assoc. and Missouri Food Banks Association.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Johnson hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and Atlanta beat the New York Mets 4-1 on Wednesday after Braves outfielder Jason Heyward sustained a broken jaw when he was hit by a pitch.
Atlanta got an RBI single from Freddie Freeman and another impressive start by rookie Alex Wood in splitting the two-game series for its 20th victory in 24 games. The Braves also benefited from a disputed call in the 10th.
Andrelton Simmons singled off Scott Atchison (3-2) with two outs and Freeman hit a two-strike grounder back toward the box that ticked off the bottom of Scott Rice's glove and rolled behind him. The reliever retrieved the ball and fired to first, where Freeman was called safe.
Greg Burke allowed Johnson's homer.
Luis Avilan (5-0) pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and Craig Kimbrel reached 40 saves for the third straight season. He has converted 30 chances in a row.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Carlos Beltran and Allen Craig hit towering home runs in St. Louis' six-run second inning, and the Cardinals held off Milwaukee.
Matt Holliday also homered and Shane Robinson had three hits for the Cardinals, who are one game behind Pittsburgh in the NL Central race.
After taking a one-run lead in the first inning on a double by Craig, the Cardinals went ahead 7-0 in the second off Brewers starter Tom Gorzelanny (3-5). Starting pitcher Jake Westbrook hit a bases-loaded double into the left-center field gap that scored two runs.
The Brewers cut into the lead in the third on a three-run homer by Aramis Ramirez, and then added two runs in the fifth.
Kevin Siegrist (2-1) recorded two outs to notch the victory. Edward Mujica earned his 33rd save in 35 attempts despite giving up a home run to Logan Schafer in the ninth.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ian Kennedy pitched seven strong innings, combining with two relievers on a four-hitter, and Yonder Alonso drove in two runs as San Diego beat Pittsburgh to avoid a three-game sweep.
Kennedy (5-9) won for the second time in four starts since being obtained from the NL West-rival Arizona Diamondbacks on July 31. He held Pittsburgh to four hits, struck out eight and walked three.
Luke Gregerson pitched the eighth, walking Felix Pie and allowing Andrew McCutcheon's sacrifice fly, and Huston Street worked the ninth for his 24th save in 25 chances.
Gerrit Cole (6-6) allowed two runs and 10 hits in six innings, struck out five and walked none.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Young hit the winning single with one out in the ninth inning after Carlos Ruiz tied the game with a double, pushing Philadelphia past Colorado.
Erik Kratz opened the ninth with a double off closer Rafael Betancourt (2-4). Pinch runner Casper Wells advanced to third on a grounder and scored the tying run on Ruiz's pinch-hit double to left. Jimmy Rollins was walked intentionally and Young followed with the winning single to left.
Jake Diekman (1-3) tossed a scoreless ninth for the win.
Wilin Rosario homered for Colorado. Chase Utley went deep for the Phillies.
Phillies starter Cliff Lee remained winless since July 5 and is 0-4 with two no-decisions since beating Atlanta.
MIAMI (AP) — Zack Greinke allowed one run in eight innings to win his fourth start in a row Wednesday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers took advantage of sloppy defense by Miami for the second consecutive night.
Greinke (12-3) allowed six hits, walked none and lowered his ERA to 2.91.
The Marlins' lone run came on a first-inning homer by Giancarlo Stanton, and they had only one hit after the fourth inning.
Miami committed a season-high three errors, including two in the Dodgers' three-run fourth inning.
The Dodgers improved to 27-5 since the All-Star break, and they have won 21 of their past 24 road games. They are unbeaten in their past 18 series since mid-June.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Shin-Soo Choo went 4 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs to spark Cincinnati's offensive outburst in a win over Arizona.
The Reds opened a six-game lead over Arizona in the race for the National League's second wild-card spot.
Cincinnati remained third in the NL Central, but moved to 2½ games behind first-place Pittsburgh.
Mike Leake allowed four runs in the fifth inning, but was dominant in his other five innings for first win in his past five starts.
Leake (11-5) allowed six hits and four runs with no walks and three strikeouts while the Reds were building an 8-0 lead.
Aroldis Chapman pitched the final two innings for his 32nd save — his first career two-inning save.
CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Werth and Scott Hairston hit three-run homers to lead Washington over Chicago.
Werth's three-run homer in the third inning off Jake Arrieta gave the Nationals a 6-1 lead and was his eighth since the All-Star break.
Hairston, who was traded by the Cubs on July 8, was pinch-hitting for Tanner Roark and hit his off James Russell (1-4) with two outs in the seventh to give the Nationals a 9-6 lead after they had given up a 6-1 lead.
Anthony Rizzo hit his first two homers since Aug. 6 and had three RBIs, but couldn't stop the Cubs from losing their 15th in their past 18 at home.
Ross Ohlendorf was activated off the disabled list before Wednesday's game by Washington and allowed four runs and six hits and 4 1-3 innings.
Roark (3-0) allowed two runs in the fifth, but pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Drew and Will Middlebrooks each hit a home run, Jonny Gomes and Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in two runs apiece, and Boston beat San Francisco.
Felix Doubront (9-6) rebounded from a tough outing to pitch eight strong innings for the Red Sox, who have won three of five. Doubront gave up one run on five hits. He walked one and struck out three.
Joaquin Arias homered among his two hits for the Giants, who have lost three of four.
Barry Zito (4-9) lasted 3 2-3 innings in his first start since July 30. He allowed six runs on seven hits, walked two and struck out three.
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It's no secret that worldwide computer sales have been on the decline, and one of the most recognized reasons for this slide is the rise of "good-enough" computing. The Good Enough revolution rode on the popularity of netbooks, making its real debut into tech culture around 2009 when a roster of publications – including Wired, The Economist, Fortune, and PC World – published articles hailing "good enough" as the future of computing. These renowned publications argued that, if given the chance, people would be happy to abandon the breakneck pace of a computer's upgrade cycle.
There's reason to believe today's home computers have reached a plateau. The average home doesn't need a new quad-core processor to run Word and check email, suggesting that today's PCs are as powerful as they'll ever need to be. Is this the permanent state of computing? Or has the hardware simply out-paced innovation?
The interface of the future demands horsepower
The interface you use when you sit in front of your PC today isn't fundamentally different from that used two decades ago. It's a two-dimensional graphical user interface (GUI) that relies on fine manipulation of different elements. Recent innovation has replaced the keyboard and mouse with touch, which is only half of a step in a new direction; use of a 2D GUI is still standard.
We're just now beginning to see the possibilities beyond a standard GUI. They exist in technology like Microsoft's Kinect, which can recognize gestures and voice as input. Gesture and voice are both rudimentary implementations that can only interact with users in limited ways, but the possibilities only require imagination. The days of computers being used at a desktop may be coming to an end.
But these new technologies need power. The Kinect's task, simple though it may be, was demanding enough to require the use of a separate processor inside the Kinect rather than the hardware already in the Xbox 360. Even so, it can only handle a small number of inputs in limited situations, and its tracking is not perfect. In fact, motion tracking is a serious computing problem. A computer that's tracking motion is taking images of an area and using algorithms to compare them and then determine where motion has occurred. Higher precision requires better images and more complex algorithms, both of which need more power. That's tough enough as it is, but to be appealing, a future gesture-based interface would need to detect motion in three dimensions, which, of course, only increases the power needed.
We're still years away from gesture-based input becoming a common computing interface, but it's already being researched by some of the world's largest tech companies. The only question is how quickly it can be made practical for home PCs.
What are the system requirements of the holodeck?
Virtual reality has been the holy grail of geeks for decades. It's agreed to be an awesome concept, though, like flying cars and truly intelligent AI, it's still found in fiction more often than life. VR systems exist, but most of them are expensive simulators far outside the average person's budget. Plus, the quality of the experience isn't on par with the life-like virtual worlds found in sci-fi films and shows.
VR differs from flying cars, however, because its only obstacle is technology. Recreating reality – even an approximation of it – needs some form of immersive display paired with advanced inputs (like the motion-tracking we've already discussed). Both demand incredible computing power. Even modern 3D graphics are a long way from providing the realism that VR demands.
Of course, innovation in this area won't impact computing if it never reaches the consumer market; but there's reason to believe it will. Microsoft has submitted a patent application for a 360-degree projector that can be used alongside a television to create a simple virtual environment. Oculus is working on the Rift, a Kickstarter-supported VR headset. And Google is working on a pair of augmented-reality glasses that are small and light enough to wear every day.
None of these technologies are full virtual reality, but they're an indication that technology is finally mature enough to support exploration of basic mass-market VR. Once we head down this path, we'll find that computing power will be one of two major obstacles (the other being display technology) between us and even-more-realistic VR. Good-enough computing will only be relevant when humans have literally recreated reality.
Not good enough for tomorrow
It's not hard to see today's computers as good-enough if your perspective is tied to their capabilities. Obviously, they're more than capable of handling today's tasks. What's in contention is the assumption that today's tasks are all computers will ever handle.
I don't think that's the case. Today's home computer will eventually be replaced by a home that is a computer. It will be able to activate pre-programmed functions when you come home from work. It will let you navigate a recipe book via gestures while you're cooking. It will envelope you in 360-degree entertainment and games. The possibilities are endless and exciting.
This future relies on the evolution of technology that's available today. Refining all of these elements into a complete vision, however, requires computing power and efficiency far beyond what's available in the today's consumer PCs. Plateaus are often large, but they're not infinite – and this one is only the base of the next summit.


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TAMPA — Meet Tomas Kaberle, the latest success story of the Claude Julien rehabilitation and resuscitation program.
He's now worthy of being called a top-four defenseman, even if he still might not be worth a top prospect, a top draft pick and a potential second draft pick.
After the Bruins' Game 1 win over Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference Final, Kaberle was a target of derision because of his terrible play and the absence of an effective power play in Boston. Two days later, on the eve of Game 2, he faced the masses and declared that he knew that he needed to be better.
Later that day, Julien didn't threaten to bench or scratch Kaberle or ridicule him. He did what he always does — just ask Michael Ryder, Chris Kelly and Johnny Boychuk — with a struggling player who has a track record that tells him that player can perform better. He stuck with him. He talked about "working with Kaberle" to boost his confidence, as long as Kaberle took some initiative to improve his play.
The Bruins now stand with a 2-1 series lead. Kaberle finished with two assists in Game 2. But more impressive, he didn't hit the score sheet in Game 3 and still you could see had an excellent game. The Bruins' overall return to their defensive structure obviously helped matters. However, Kaberle was skating hard, getting in proper position in his own end and blocked three shots. He even threw a hit. Although he didn't attempt a shot and the Bruins' power play was kept off the board, he made some excellent passes and used some stick work to keep the puck alive and keep momentum rolling Boston's way.
"I try to play my best every game. Obviously, like I said, not every game you're going to feel the same," said Kaberle today after an optional practice at the St. Pete Time Forum. "I feel way better the last few games. It's important for me to get confidence back."
It doesn't hurt when you're being nurtured by your head coach and his staff. Even at 33, an athlete requires encouragement. Most can't perform under the stresses of criticism.
"It's nice to hear from them. Obviously, they've been positive with me and it gives you confidence when the coach talks to you like that," said Kaberle.
Some — especially in Toronto — might make jokes about this, but Julien noted today that Kaberle has seemingly relaxed over the last couple days. Luckily he hasn't relaxed too much, but a less-stressed Kaberle has become a more effective player that gives the Lightning something else to worry about in their game plan.
"He's passing. He's more poised. He's a little bit more aggressive. And he's not sitting [back] on his heels," said Julien. "And I think that's made a big difference in his game. And we say it almost every day when we talk about players, it's about confidence. That word "confidence" plays big.
"And whether he feels it from others or whether he plays with it, that makes a big difference in the players' reaction."
Consider Kaberle graduated from Julien's school of confidence. The reward might be increased playing time and responsibility, and in turn more victories by the Bruins.


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The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland.
The Harvard Classics.
Part I: The Treason of Ganelon
The Embassy and Crime of Ganelon
Ganelon rides under olives high,
And comes the Saracen envoys nigh.
Blancandrin lingers until they meet,
And in cunning converse each other greet.
The Saracen thus began their parle:
What a man, what a wondrous man is Karl!
ApuliaCalabriaall subdued,
Unto England crossed he the salt sea rude,
Won for Saint Peter his tribute fee;
But what in our marches maketh he?
Ganelon said, He is great of heart,
Never man shall fill so mighty a part.
Said Blancandrin, Your Franks are high of fame,
But your dukes and counts are sore to blame.
Such counsel to their lord they give,
Nor he nor others in peace may live.
Ganelon answered, I know of none,
Save Roland, who thus to his shame hath done.
Last morn the Emperor sat in the shade,
His nephew came in his mail arrayed,
He had plundered Carcassonne just before,
And a vermeil apple in hand he bore:
Sire, he said, to your feet I bring
The crown of every earthly king.
Disaster is sure such pride to blast;
He setteth his life on a daily cast.
Were he slain, we all should have peace at last.
Ruthless is Roland, Blancandrin spake,
Who every race would recreant make,
And on all possessions of men would seize;
But in whom doth he trust for feats like these?
The Franks! the Franks! Count Ganelon cried;
They love him, and never desert his side;
For he lavisheth gifts that seldom fail,
Gold and silver in countless tale,
Mules and chargers, and silks and mail,
The king himself may have spoil at call.
From hence to the East he will conquer all.
Thus Blancandrin and Ganelon rode,
Till each on other his faith bestowed
That Roland should be by practice slain,
And so they journeyed by path and plain,
Till in Saragossa they bridle drew,
There alighted beneath a yew.
In a pine-trees shadow a throne was set;
Alexandrian silk was the coverlet:
There the monarch of Spain they found,
With twenty thousand Saracens round,
Yet from them came nor breath nor sound;
All for the tidings they strained to hear,
As they saw Blancandrin and Ganelon near.
Blancandrin stepped before Marsils throne,
Ganelons hand was in his own.
Mahound you save, to the king he said,
And Apollin, whose holy law we dread!
Fairly your errand to Karl! was done;
But other answer made he none,
Save that his hands to Heaven he raised,
Save that a space his God he praised;
He sends a baron of his court,
Knight of France, and of high report,
Of him your tidings of peace receive.
Let him speak, said Marsil, we yield him leave.
Gan had bethought him, and mused with art;
Well was he skilled to play his part;
And he said to Marsil, May God you save,
The God of glory, whose grace we crave!
Thus saith the noble Carlemaine:
You shall make in Christ confession plain.
And he gives you in fief full half of Spain;
The other half shall be Rolands share
(Right haughty partner, he yields you there);
And should you slight the terms I bear,
He will come and gird Saragossa round,
You shall be taken by force and bound,
Led unto Aix, to his royal seat,
There to perish by judgment meet,
Dying a villainous death of shame.
Over King Marsil a horror came;
He grasped his javelin, plumed with gold,
In act to smite, were he not controlled.
King Marsils cheek the hue hath left,
And his right hand grasped his weapons heft.
When Ganelon saw it, his sword he drew
Finger lengths from the scabbard two.
Sword, he said, thou art clear and bright;
I have borne thee long in my fellowss sight,
Mine emperor never shall say of me,
That I perished afar, in a strange countrie,
Ere thou in the blood of their best wert dyed.
Dispart the mellay, the heathens cried.
The noblest Saracens thronged amain,
Seated the king on his throne again,
And the Algalif said, Twas a sorry prank,
Raising your weapon to slay the Frank.
It was yours to hearken in silence there.
Sir, said Gan, I may meetly bear,
But for all the wealth of your land arrayed,
For all the gold that God hath made,
Would I not live and leave unsaid,
What Karl, the mightiest king below,
Sends, through me, to his mortal foe.
His mantle of fur, that was round him twined,
With silk of Alexandria lined,
Down at Blancandrins feet he cast,
But still he held by his good sword fast,
Grasping the hilt by its golden ball.
A noble knight, say the heathens all.
Ganelon came to the king once more.
Your anger, he said, misserves you sore.
As the princely Carlemaine saith, I say,
You shall the Christian law obey.
And half of Spain you shall hold in fee,
The other half shall Count Rolands be,
(And a haughty partner tis yours to see).
Reject the treaty I here propose,
Round Saragossa his lines will close;
You shall be bound in fetters strong,
Led to his city of Aix along.
Nor steed nor palfrey shall you bestride,
Nor mule nor jennet be yours to ride;
On a sorry sumpter you shall be cast,
And your head by doom stricken off at last.
So is the Emperors mandate traced,
And the scroll in the heathens hand he placed.
Discolored with ire was King Marsils hue;
The seal he brake and to earth he threw,
Read of the scroll the tenor clear.
So Karl the Emperor writes me here.
Bids me remember his wrath and pain
For sake of Basan and Basil slain,
Whose necks I smote on Haltoias hill;
Yet, if my life I would ransom still,
Mine uncle the Algalif must I send,
Or love between us were else at end.
Then outspake Jurfalez, Marsils son:
This is but madness of Ganelon.
For crime so deadly his life shall pay;
Justice be mine on his head this day.
Ganelon heard him, and waved his blade,
While his back against a pine he stayed.
Into his orchard King Marsil stepped.
His nobles round him their station kept:
There was Jurfalez, his son and heir,
Blancandrin of the hoary hair,
The Algalif, truest of all his kin.
Said Blancandrin, Summon the Christian in;
His troth he pledged me upon our side.
Go, said Marsil, be thou his guide.
Blancandrin led him, hand-in-hand,
Before King Marsils face to stand.
Then was the villainous treason planned.
Fair Sir Ganelon, spake the king,
I did a rash and despighteous thing,
Raising against thee mine arm to smite.
Richly will I the wrong requite.
See these sables whose worth were told
At full five hundred pounds of gold:
Thine shall they be ere the coming day.
I may not, said Gan, your grace gainsay.
God in His pleasure will you repay.
Trust me I love thee, Sir Gan, and fain
Would I hear thee discourse of Carlemaine.
He is old, methinks, exceedingly old;
And full two hundred years hath told;
With toil his body spent and worn,
So many blows on his buckler borne,
So many a haughty king laid low,
When will he weary of warring so?
Such is not Carlemaine, Gan replied;
Man never knew him, nor stood beside,
But will say how noble a lord is he,
Princely and valiant in high degree.
Never could words of mine express
His honor, his bounty, his gentleness,
Twas God who graced him with gifts so high.
Ere I leave his vassalage I will die.
The heathen said, I marvel sore
Of Carlemaine, so old and hoar,
Who counts I ween two hundred years,
Hath borne such strokes of blades and spears,
So many lands hath overrun,
So many mighty kings undone,
When will he tire of war and strife?
Not while his nephew breathes in life.
Beneath the cope of heaven this day
Such vassal leads not kings array.
Gallant and sage is Olivier,
And all the twelve, to Karl so dear,
With twenty thousand Franks in van,
He feareth not the face of man.
Strange, said Marsil, seems to me,
Karl, so white with eld is he,
Twice a hundred years, men say,
Since his birth have passed away.
All his wars in many lands,
All the strokes of trenchant brands,
All the kings despoiled and slain,
When will he from war refrain?
Not till Roland breathes no more,
For from hence to eastern shore,
Where is chief with him may vie?
Olivier his comrades by,
And the peers, of Karl the pride,
Twenty thousand Franks beside,
Vanguard of his host, and flower:
Karl may mock at mortal power.
I tell thee, Sir Gan, that a power is mine;
Fairer did never in armor shine,
Four hundred thousand cavaliers,
With the Franks of Karl to measure spears.
Fling such folly, said Gan, away;
Sorely your heathen would rue the day.
Proffer the Emperor ample prize,
A sight to dazzle the Frankish eyes;
Send him hostages full of score,
So returns he to France once more.
But his rear will tarry behind the host;
There, I trow, will be Rolands post
There will Sir Olivier remain.
Hearken to me, and the counts lie slain;
The pride of Karl shall be crushed that day,
And his wars be ended with you for aye.
Speak, then, and tell me, Sir Ganelon,
How may Roland to death be done?
Through Cizras pass will the Emperor wind,
But his rear will linger in march behind;
Roland and Olivier there shall be,
With twenty thousand in company.
Muster your battle against them then,
A hundred thousand heathen men.
Till worn and spent be the Frankish bands,
Though your bravest perish beneath their hands.
For another battle your powers be massed,
Roland will sink, overcome at last.
There were a feat of arms indeed,
And your life from peril thenceforth be freed.
For whoso Roland to death shall bring,
From Karl his good right aim will wring,
The marvellous host will melt away,
No more shall be muster a like array,
And the mighty land will in peace repose.
King Marsil heard him to the close;
Then kissed him on the neck, and bade
His royal treasures be displayed.
What said they more? Why tell the rest?
Said Marsil, Fastest bound is best;
Come, swear me here to Rolands fall.
Your will, said Gan, be mine in all.
He swore on the relics in the hilt
Of his sword Murgleis, and crowned his guilt.
A stool was there of ivory wrought.
King Marsil bade a book be brought,
Wherein was all the law contained
Mahound and Termagaunt ordained.
The Saracen hath sworn thereby,
If Roland in the rear-guard lie,
With all his men-at-arms to go,
And combat till the count lay low.
Sir Gan repeated, Be it so.
King Marsils foster-father came,
A heathen, Valdabrun by name.
He spake to Gan with laughter clear.
My sword, that never found its peer,
A thousand pieces would not buy
The riches in the hilt that lie,
To you I give in guerdon free;
Your aid in Rolands fall to see,
Let but the rear-guard be his place.
I trust, said Gan, to do you grace.
Then each kissed other on the face.
Next broke with jocund laughter in,
Another heathen, Climorin.
To Gan he said, Accept my helm,
The best and trustiest in the realm,
Conditioned that your aid we claim
To bring the marchman unto shame.
Be it, said Ganelon, as you list.
And then on cheek and mouth they kissed.
Now Bramimonde, King Marsils queen,
To Ganelon came with gentle mien.
I love thee well, Sir Count, she spake,
For my lord the king and his nobles sake.
See these clasps for a ladys wrist,
Of gold, and jacinth, and amethyst,
That all the jewels of Rome outshine;
Never your Emperor owned so fine;
These by the queen to your spouse are sent.
The gems within his boot he pent.
Then did the king on his treasurer call,
My gifts for Karl, are they ready all?
Yea, sire, seven hundred camels load
Of gold and silver well bestowed,
And twenty hostages thereby,
The noblest underneath the sky.
On Ganelons shoulder King Marsil leant.
Thou art sage, he said, and of gallant bent;
But by all thy holiest law deems dear,
Let not they thought from our purpose veer.
Ten mules burthen I give to thee
Of gold, the finest of Araby;
Nor ever year henceforth shall pass
But it brings thee riches in equal mass
Take the keys of my city gates,
Take the treasure that Karl awaits
Render them all; but oh, decide
That Roland in the rear-guard bide;
So may I find him by pass or height,
As I swear to meet him in mortal fight.
Cried Gan, Meseemeth too long we stay,
Sprang on his charger and rode away.
The Emperor homeward hath turned his face,
To Gailne city he marched apace,
(By Roland erst in ruins strown
Deserted thence it lay and lone,
Until a hundred years had flown).
Here waits he, word of Gan to gain
With tribute of the land of Spain;
And here, at earliest break of day,
Came Gan where the encampment lay.
The Emperor rose with the day dawn clear,
Failed not Matins and Mass to hear,
Sate at his tent on the fair green sward,
Roland and Olivier nigh their lord,
Duke Naimes and all his peers of fame.
Gan the felon, the perjured, came
False was the treacherous tale he gave,
And these his words, May God you save!
I bear you Saragossas keys,
Vast the treasure I bring with these,
And twenty hostages; guard them well,
The noble Marsil bids me tell
Not on him shall your anger fall,
If I fetch not the Algalif here withal;
For mine eyes beheld, beneath their ken,
Three hundred thousand armèd men,
With sword and casque and coat of mail,
Put forth with him on the sea to sail,
All for hate of the Christian creed,
Which they would neither hold nor heed.
They had not floated a league but four,
When a tempest down on their galleys bore.
Drowned they lie to be seen no more.
If the Algalif were but living wight,
He had stood this morn before your sight.
Sire, for the Saracen king I say,
Ere ever a month shall pass away,
On into France he will follow free,
Bend to our Christian law the knee,
Homage swear for his Spanish land,
And hold the realm at your command.
Now praise to God, the Emperor said,
And thanks, my Ganelon, well you sped.
A thousand clarions then resound,
The sumpter-mules are girt on ground,
For France, for France the Franks are bound.
Karl the Great hath wasted Spain,
Her cities sacked, her castles taen;
But now My wars are done, he cried,
And home to gentle France we ride.
Count Roland plants his standard high
Upon a peak against the sky;
The Franks around encamping lie.
Alas! the heathen host the while,
Through valley deep and dark defile,
Are riding on the Christians track,
All armed in steel from breast to back;
Their lances poised, their helmets laced,
Their falchions glittering from the waist,
Their bucklers from the shoulder swung,
And so they ride the steeps among,
Till, in a forest on the height,
They rest to wait the morning light,
Four hundred thousand crouching there.
O God! the Franks are unaware.
The day declined, night darkling crept,
And Karl, the mighty Emperor, slept.
He dreamt a dream: he seemed to stand
In Cizras pass, with lance in hand.
Count Ganelon came athwart, and lo,
He wrenched the aspen spear him fro,
Brandished and shook it aloft with might,
Till it brake in pieces before his sight;
High towards heaven the splinters flew;
Karl awoke not, he dreamed anew.
In his second dream he seemed to dwell
In his palace of Aix, at his own Chapelle.
A bear seized grimly his right arm on,
And bit the flesh to the very bone.
Anon a leopard from Arden wood,
Fiercely flew at him where he stood.
When lo! from his hall, with leap and bound,
Sprang to the rescue a gallant hound.
First from the bear the ear he tore,
Then on the leopard his fangs he bore.
The Franks exclaim, Tis a stirring fray,
But who the victor none may say.
Karl awoke nothe slept alway.
The night wore by, the day dawn glowed,
Proudly the Emperor rose and rode,
Keenly and oft his host he scanned.
Lords, my barons, survey this land,
See the passes so straight and steep:
To whom shall I trust the rear to keep?
To my stepson Roland: Count Gan replied.
Knight like him have you none beside.
The Emperor heard him with moody brow.
A living demon, he said, art thou;
Some mortal rage hath thy soul possessed.
To head my vanguard, who then were best?
Ogier, he answered, the gallant Dane,
Braver baron will none remain.
Roland, when thus the choice he saw,
Spake, full knightly, by knightly law:
Sir Stepsire, well may I hold thee dear,
That thou hast named me to guard the rear;
Karl shall lose not, if I take heed,
Charger, or palfrey, or mule or steed,
Hackney or sumpter that groom may lead;
The reason else our swords shall tell.
It is sooth, said Gan, and I know it well.
Fiercely once more Count Roland turned
To speak the scorn that in him burned.
Ha! deemt thou, dastard, of dastard race,
That I shall drop the glove in place,
As in sight of Karl thou didst the mace?
Then of his uncle he made demand:
Yield me the bow that you hold in hand;
Never of me shall the tale be told,
As of Ganelon erst, that it failed my hold.
Sadly the Emperor bowed his head,
With working finger his beard he spread,
Tears in his own despite he shed.
But soon Duke Naimes doth by him stand
No better vassal in all his band.
You have seen and heard it all, O sire,
Count Roland waxeth much in ire.
On him the choice for the rear-guard fell,
And where is baron could speed so well?
Yield him the bow that your arm hath bent,
And let good succor to him be lent.
The Emperor reached it forth, and lo!
He gave, and Roland received, the bow.
Fair Sir Nephew, I tell thee free.
Half of my host will I leave with thee.
God be my judge, was the counts reply,
If ever I thus my race belie.
But twenty thousand with me shall rest,
Bravest of all your Franks and best;
The mountain passes in safety tread,
While I breathe in life you have nought to dread.
Count Roland sprang to a hill-tops height,
And donned his peerless armor bright;
Laced his helm, for a baron made;
Girt Durindana, gold-hilted blade;
Around his neck he hung the shield,
With flowers emblazoned was the field;
Nor steed but Veillantif will ride;
And he grasped his lance with its pennons pride.
White was the pennon, with rim of gold;
Low to the handle the fringes rolled.
Who are his lovers men now may see;
And the Franks exclaim, We will follow thee.
Roland hath mounted his charger on;
Sir Olivier to his side hath gone;
Gerein and his fellow in arms, Gerier;
Otho the Count, and Berengier,
Samson, and with him Anseis old,
Gerard of Roussillon, the bold.
Thither the Gascon Engelier sped;
I go, said Turpin, I pledge my head;
And I with thee, Count Walter said;
I am Rolands man, to his service bound.
So twenty thousand knights were found.
Roland beckoned Count Walter then.
Take of our Franks a thousand men;
Sweep the heights and the passes clear,
That the Emperors host may have nought to fear.
I go, said Walter, at your behest,
And a thousand Franks around him pressed.
They ranged the heights and passes through,
Nor for evil tidings backward drew,
Until seven hundred swords outflew.
The Lord of Belfernas land, that day,
King Almaris met him in deadly fray.
Through Roncesvalles the march began;
Ogier, the baron, led the van;
For them was neither doubt nor fear,
Since Roland rested to guard the rear,
With twenty thousand in full array:
Theirs the battlebe God their stay.
Gan knows all; in his felon heart
Scarce hath he courage to play his part.
High were the peaks, and the valleys deep,
The mountains wondrous dark and steep;
Sadly the Franks through the passes wound,
Full fifteen leagues did their tread resound.
To their own great land they are drawing nigh,
And they look on the fields of Gascony.
They think of their homes and their manors there,
Their gentle spouses and damsels fair.
Is none but for pity the tear lets fall;
But the anguish of Karl is beyond them all.
His sisters son at the gates of Spain
Smites on his heart, and he weeps amain.
On the Spanish marches the twelve abide,
With twice ten thousand Franks beside.
Fear to die have they none, nor care:
But Karl returns into France the fair;
Beneath his mantle his face he hides.
Naimes, the duke, at his bridle rides.
Say, sire, what grief doth your heart oppress?
To ask, he said, brings worse distress;
I cannot but weep for heaviness.
By Gan the ruin of France is wrought.
In an angels vision, last night, methought
He wrested forth from my hand the spear:
Twas he gave Roland to guard the rear.
God! should I lose him, my nephew dear,
Whom I left on a foreign soil behind,
His peer on earth I shall never find!
Karl the Great cannot choose but weep,
For him hath his host compassion deep;
And for Roland, a marvellous boding dread.
It was Gan, the felon, this treason bred;
He hath heathen gifts of silver and gold,
Costly raiment, and silken fold,
Horses and camels, and mules and steeds.
But lo! King Marsil the mandate speeds,
To his dukes, his counts, and his vassals all,
To each almasour and amiral.
And so, before three suns had set,
Four hundred thousand in muster met.
Through Saragossa the tabors sound;
On the loftiest turret they raise Mahound:
Before him the Pagans bend and pray,
Then mount and fiercely ride away,
Across Cerdagna, by vale and height,
Till stream the banners of France in sight,
Where the peers of Carlemaine proudly stand,
And the shock of battle is hard at hand.
Up to King Marsil his nephew rode,
With a mule for steed, and a staff for goad:
Free and joyous his accents fell,
Fair Sir King, I have served you well.
So let my toils and my perils tell.
I have fought and vanquished for you in field.
One good boon for my service yield,
Be it mine on Roland to strike the blow;
At point of lance will I lay him low;
And so Mohammed to aid me deign,
Free will I sweep the soil of Spain,
From the gorge of Aspra to Dourestan,
Till Karl grows weary such wars to plan.
Then for your life have you won repose.
King Marsil on him his glove bestows.
His nephew, while the glove he pressed,
Proudly once more the king addressed.
Sire, you have crowned my dearest vow;
Name me eleven of your barons now,
In battle against the twelve to bide.
Falsaron first to the call replied;
Brother to Marsil, the king, was he;
Fair Sir nephew, I go with thee;
In mortal combat we front, to-day,
The rear-guard of the grand array.
Foredoomed to die by our spears are they.
King Corsablis the next drew nigh,
Miscreant Monarch of Barbary;
Yet he spake like vassal staunch and bold
Blench would he not for all Gods gold.
The third, Malprimis, of Brigals breed,
More fleet of foot than the fleetest steed,
Before King Marsil he raised his cry,
On unto Roncesvalles I:
In mine encounter shall Roland die.
An Emir of Balaguet came in place,
Proud of body, and fair of face;
Since first he sprang on steed to ride,
To wear his harness was all his pride;
For feats of prowess great laud he won;
Were he Christian, nobler baron none.
To Marsil came he, and cried aloud,
Unto Roncesvalles mine arm is vowed;
May I meet with Roland and Olivier,
Or the twelve together, their doom is near.
The Franks shall perish in scathe and scorn;
Karl the Great, who is old and worn,
Weary shall grow his hosts to lead,
And the land of Spain be for ever freed.
King Marsils thanks were his gracious meed.
A Mauritanian Almasour
(Breathed not in Spain such a felon Moor)
Stepped unto Marsil, with braggart boast:
Unto Roncesvalles I lead my host,
Full twenty thousand, with lance and shield.
Let me meet with Roland upon the field,
Lifelong tears for him Karl shall yield.
Turgis, Count of Tortosa came.
Lord of the city, he bears its name.
Scathe to the Christian to him is best,
And in Marsils presence he joined the rest.
To the king he said, Be fearless found;
Peter of Rome cannot mate Mahound.
If we serve him truly, we win this day;
Unto Roncesvalles I ride straightway.
No power shall Roland from slaughter save:
See the length of my peerless glaive,
That with Durindana to cross I go,
And who the victor, ye then shall know.
Sorrow and shame old Karl shall share,
Crown on earth never more shall wear.
Lord of Valtierra was Escremis;
Saracen he, and the region his;
He cried to Marsil, amid the throng,
Unto Roncesvalles I spur along,
The pride of Roland in dust to tread,
Nor shall he carry from thence his head;
Nor Olivier who leads the band.
And of all the twelve is the doom at hand.
The Franks shall perish, and France be lorn,
And Karl of his bravest vassals shorn.
Estorgan next to Marsil hied,
With Estramarin his mate beside.
Hireling traitors and felons they.
Aloud cried Marsil, My lords, away
Unto Roncesvalles, the pass to gain,
Of my peoples captains ye shall be twain.
Sire, full welcome to us the call,
On Roland and Olivier we fall.
None the twelve from their death shall screen,
The swords we carry are bright and keen;
We will dye them red with the hot bloods vent,
The Franks shall perish and Karl lament.
We will yield all France as your tribute meet.
Come, that the vision your eyes may greet;
The Emperors self shall be at your feet.
With speed came Margarislord was he
Of the land of Sibilie to the sea;
Beloved of dames for his beautys sake,
Was none but joy in his look would take,
The goodliest knight of heathenesse,
And he cried to the king over all the press,
Sire, let nothing your heart dismay;
I will Roland in Roncesvalles slay,
Nor thence shall Olivier scathless come,
The peers await but their martyrdom.
The Emir of Primis bestowed this blade;
Look on its hilt, with gold inlaid:
It shall crimsoned be with the red bloods trace:
Death to the Franks, and to France disgrace!
Karl the old, with his beard so white,
Shall have pain and sorrow both day and night;
France shall be ours ere a year go by;
At Saint Denys bourg shall our leaguer lie.
King Marsil bent him reverently.
Chernubles is there, from the valley black,
His long hair makes on the earth its track;
A load, when it lists him, he bears in play,
Which four mules burthen would well outweigh.
Men say, in the land where he was born
Nor shineth sun, nor springeth corn,
Nor falleth rain, nor droppeth dew;
The very stones are of sable hue.
Tis the home of demons, as some assert.
And he cried, My good sword have I girt,
In Roncesvalles to dye it red.
Let Roland but in my pathway tread,
Trust ye to me that I strike him dead,
His Durindana beat down with mine.
The Franks shall perish and France decline.
Thus were mustered King Marsils peers,
With a hundred thousand heathen spears.
In haste to press to the battle on,
In a pine-tree forest their arms they don.
They don their hauberks of Saracen mould,
Wrought for the most with a triple fold;
In Saragossa their helms were made;
Steel of Vienne was each girded blade;
Valentia lances and targets bright,
Pennons of azure and red and white.
They leave their sumpters and mules aside,
Leap on their chargers and serried ride.
Bright was the sunshine and fair the day;
Their arms resplendent gave back the ray.
Then sound a thousand clarions clear,
Till the Franks the mighty clangor hear,
Sir Comrade, said Olivier, I trow
There is battle at hand with the Saracen foe.
God grant, said Roland, it may be so.
Here our post for our king we hold;
For his lord the vassal bears heat and cold,
Toil and peril endures for him,
Risks in his service both life and limb.
For mighty blows let our arms be strung,
Lest songs of scorn be against us sung.
With the Christian is good, with the heathen ill:
No dastard part shall ye see me fill.
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"The Flash" will fit right in to a youth-focused network that already has series about vampires, a vampire-werewolf hybrid, medieval royalty, humans returned after being exiled in space, supernatural hunters and an injustice-fighting billionaire back after being shipwrecked. And supermodels.
CW President Mark Pedowitz also said Thursday he's trying again to make a "Supernatural" spinoff. Two older series, "Hart of Dixie" and "Beauty and the Beast," aren't on the schedule but will return at some point, Pedowitz said.
The CW ordered two other fantasy-based series for midseason use:
—"iZombie," about an overachieving medical student whose life was upended when she went to a party that turned out to be a zombie feeding frenzy.
—"The Messengers," about a group of strangers drawn together to prevent the end of the world.


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Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters have been announced as the headliners of this year's unusually diverse lineup at the Pensacola, Fla. based DeLuna Fest.
How often can you see Foo Fighters, Dwight Yoakam and DJ Jazzy Jeff all perform in the same place? Until the 2012 DeLuna festival lineup was announced — the answer was never. The just-announced Pensacola Beach music festival has scheduled something for everybody as part of their third installment, topped off with two of rock's most celebrated live acts — Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters.
Other notable rock acts found amongst the just-announced lineup include Florence + The Machine, Band of Horses, Band of Skulls and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The beach and music festival is set to take place September 21-23 in Pensacola Fla., with three day passes going on sale April 17 at 9AM ET — check out the full lineup and other details at the DeLuna Fest official website.
The 2012 DeLuna Fest appearance will be Pearl Jam's first U.S. performance of the year — their website states there is another big concert announcement on the horizon for this week, which is likely a foreign date. Foo Fighters have only a handful of U.S. gigs on the books for this year, including stops at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and New Jersey's Bamboozle Festival.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun weekend ferry service that it hopes will make it easier for travelers who normally take PATH trains into and out of Manhattan.
PATH service between Jersey City's Exchange Place and World Trade Center stations is closed most weekends throughout 2014 while the agency makes repairs and upgrades the rail lines to install a new safety system.
Weekend ferries operated by New York Waterway are sailing between Paulus Hook Terminal and the World Financial Center Terminal starting Saturday and will end on the weekend of May 4. Boats will operate between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
The fare will be $2.50 one-way, or $5 roundtrip.
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Cardinal Wolsey always maintained that he served Henry VIII to the highest levels. Wolsey's fall was primarily due to his failure to get Henry the annulment to his marriage to Catherine of Aragon that would allow Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn. As the Pope's most senior officer in England, Wolsey had seemingly made it clear to Henry that the required annulment was an easy requirement as he had the necessary contacts in Rome. When he failed to deliver, Henry decided that his chief minister was no longer required. Wolsey always believed that he had served Henry to the best of his ability as this statement, made in 1530 shortly before his death, indicates.
Ordered to report to London from his home in York, Wolsey died at Leicester in 1530. Just before he died he said the following that was heard by his gentleman usher George Cavendish:
"Well, well, Master Kingston", quod he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed. But if I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs. Howbeit this is just reward that I must receive for my worldly diligence and pains that I have had to do him service, only to satisfy his vain pleasures, not regarding my godly duty. Wherefore I pray you with all my heart to have me most humbly commended unto his royal majesty, beseeching him in my behalf to call to his most gracious remembrance all matters proceeding between him and me from the beginning of the world unto this day, and the progress of the same. And most chiefly in the weighty matter yet depending (meaning the matter newly begun between him and good Queen Catherine) – then shall his conscience declare whether I have offended him or no. He is sure a prince of a royal courage, and hath a princely heart; and rather than he will either miss or want any part of his will or appetite, he will put the loss of one half of his realm in danger. For I assure you I have often kneeled before him in privy chamber on my knees the space of an hour or two to persuade him from his will and appetite; but I could never bring to pass to dissuade him therefrom. Therefore, Master Kingston, if it chance hereafter you to be one of his privy council (as for your wisdom and other qualities ye be meet so to be) warn you to be well advised and assured what matter ye put in his head; for ye shall never pull it out again."
How someone interprets "worldly diligence" is up to the individual. Wolsey was very diligent and successful in expanding his own power base and he was very diligent and successful in expanding his huge wealth. He also used his own position to put his own men in important government posts. However, he did little to modernise the machinery of government, which historians view as remaining at a feudal level in a developing nation. If Wolsey had been diligent, he might have tackled this issue in the same way that Thomas Cromwell did. Whereas Thomas Cromwell wanted highly able men in government to ensure the smooth running of the government, Wolsey preferred to see one man dominate the whole process. Whereas Cromwell appointed able men, Wolsey appointed his own men or those who could best afford to pay the highest price for appointments. It can be argued that if Wolsey had spent less time on himself (though this was a classic feature of someone who led a feudal government structure) and more time on government, he could refer to himself as being diligent. For the number of years that Wolsey worked for Henry VIII, he must have known that if he failed to deliver, he would be held to account. This statement above, if it is accurate, hints at a man who failed to take into account that possibly Wolsey had got himself into the position he found himself in. This failure to see that he may have been at fault was almost certainly the result of years of near total power. Travelling south from York, Wolsey must have known what his fate would be. At the very least, this would have been the confiscation of his wealth and property and it is widely known that Wolsey had got to love his lifestyle that involved lavish homes such as Hampton Court and York House alongside sumptuous banquets. However, Wolsey probably knew that he faced an accusation of treason, however trumped up that may have been, and that he faced execution. Unable to bear the thought of this, he died in Leicester in November 1530.


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Miami may be closer to Cuba and home to more people of Cuban ancestry, but Tampa is ready to capitalize on economic and diplomatic ties to to the island nation once the longstanding trade embargo is lifted.
Tampa business owners are talking about how to expand into Cuba, and politicians are making trips there.
"In Tampa, they supported the revolution that freed Cuba from Spain. They supported the Castro revolution. They consider themselves a lifeline to Cuba," Eric Barton of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting told Here & Now.
- Eric Barton, reporter for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
I'm Jeremy Hobson. It's HERE AND NOW. Jay-Z and Beyonce's trip to Cuba made waves when it happened. Now, it has made its way to Congress. A new bill introduced by Republicans contains a provision that would restrict travel to Cuba for academic purposes only. Meanwhile, in Florida, there are some who would like to go in the other direction and lift the embargo with Cuba. From the Here And Now Contributors Network, Eric Barton from WLRN in Miami joins us with the details. Eric, welcome to HERE AND NOW.
ERIC BARTON, BYLINE: Yeah. Thanks, Jeremy.
HOBSON: Well, so Florida is a very big place. There are very different cities with different populations, different Cuban populations. And so I want to start in Miami which has this famously big Cuban-American population. How do they feel there about the embargo?
BARTON: Yeah. It sort of goes back to the history of Miami. You know, Miami was sort of a sleepy Southern town up until the 1950s. After the Cuban revolution, it was flooded with exiles who came over, and these are people who, you know, lost family members under the Castro government. These are people whose family members were tortured, who lost land. So to them, it's a very personal issue. The idea of lifting the embargo is the idea of dealing with a terrorist government.
HOBSON: And what about in Tampa? This is on the other side of the state, a very different population there. How do the Cubans or the Cuban-Americans feel about the embargo there?
BARTON: In Tampa, the Cubans there were largely immigrants who came over to work in the cigar factories in the 1850s. These are people who don't have necessarily a personal attachment or a personal feeling about the revolution, about the Castro government. And so to them, they see an opportunity. They see lifting the embargo as a way to bring in jobs to Tampa.
HOBSON: And Tampa has a history of trading with Cuba.
BARTON: Yeah. It goes back 150 years, back to the cigar factories, and they also have a history of supporting Cuba. They supported the revolution that freed Cuba from Spain. They supported the Castro revolution. They consider themselves the lifeline to Cuba.
HOBSON: So who would stand to gain from a lifting of the embargo more, Tampa or Cuba?
BARTON: Cuba, obviously, has a lot to gain because their infrastructure hasn't been upgraded in 30 years, you know? Not since the Soviets pulled out have they had really any upgrades to their electrical systems, their water systems, their sewer. So they are in desperate need of just some basic services.
HOBSON: Yeah. And let's listen to somebody you spoke with. This is Patrick Manteiga in the offices of the Cuban-focused newspaper that he owns in Tampa.
PATRICK MANTEIGA: Right now, all the punches aren't nearly as hard when you say America's position with Cuba is wrong. Fifteen years ago, if we'd said this in Miami, we would have our building firebombed.
HOBSON: So there's a real - a groundswell of support for lifting this embargo, it sounds like.
BARTON: Yeah. And, you know, that might sound like hyperbole. He's saying having his office firebombed, but that really does happen. Anybody who wants to do business with Cuba stands that risk.
HOBSON: Is Miami feeling like, oh, well, maybe we should be thinking in a different way about this, we don't want Tampa to come and one-up us if this embargo is lifted?
BARTON: Well, it depends on who you ask because in polls for decades now Americans have favored lifting the embargo. Hispanics have favored lifting the embargo. And just recently, Cubans now favor lifting the embargo. But the difference is that politicians do not. There's a lot of money that get channeled to re-election campaigns, and that has kept politicians on the camp of not wanting to lift the embargo.
HOBSON: So, Eric, is there any chance that this embargo is actually going to be lifted? This is sort of a pipedream right now.
BARTON: Well, you know, every few years, you get these ideas that it could be lifted. And right now is another period of time, but there could be signs that things are coming. They are allowing their people to travel more freely now. And for the first time ever, citizens there have access to the Internet, although it's incredibly expensive. But the idea of having information readily available for the first time could be a step in the right direction for them.
HOBSON: Eric Barton from WLRN in Miami, that's a HERE AND NOW Contributors Network station and he's also with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. Eric, thank you so much.
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May 2nd - 8th
The Case for Make Believe
Saving Play in a Commercialized World
"The Case for Make Believe" is a wonderful look at how playing can heal children, how in "pretend-worlds" they can find their truest selves. As for Linn, she's an inspiringly playful woman whose compassion and fierce advocacy for kids is on every page of this terrific book."
- The Boston Globe
In her new book, The Case for Make Believe, Linn argues that while play is crucial to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, the convergence of ubiquitous technology and unfettered commercialism actually prevents them from playing. In modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only counter-cultural - it threatens corporate profits.
Both timely and important, The Case for Make Believe helps readers understand how crucial child's play is - and what parents and educators can do to protect it. At the heart of the book are stories of children at home, in school, and at a therapist's office playing about real-life issues from entering kindergarten to a sibling's death, revealing feelings they can't express directly, and making meaning of an often confusing world.
In an era when toys come from television and media companies sell videos as brain-builders for babies, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us how and why to preserve the space for make believe that children need to be happy and to become productive adults.
Consuming Kids
The Hostile Takeover of Childhood
"A cri de coeur on behalf of people too young to suspect how their 'share of mind' is being jealously divided. . . . Linn does a fine job of exposing the wickedness of preying commercially on the young."
–The Wall Street Journal
"A measured, but ultimately devastating, critique of consumerism and American childhood."
–Mother Jones
In Consuming Kids, psychologist Susan Linn takes a comprehensive and unsparing look at the demographic advertisers call "the kid market," taking readers on a compelling and disconcerting journey through modern childhood as envisioned by commercial interests. Children are now the focus of a marketing maelstrom, targets for everything from minivans to M&M counting books. All aspects of children's lives—their health, education, creativity, and values—are at risk of being compromised by their status in the marketplace.
Interweaving real-life stories of marketing to children, child development theory, the latest research, and what marketing experts themselves say about their work, Consuming Kids reveals the magnitude of this problem and shows what can be done about it.
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2012-13: Competed in 14 regattas as the crew...earned ICSA All-Academic first team honors...named to the All-NEISA Coed Crews second team...selected the NEISA Coed Sailor of the Week (10/24) after finishing atop the standings of the B Division of the Hoyt Trophy (10/21), which MIT won...helped the B Division boat finish 12th at the ICSA Dinghy National Championship as MIT ranked 14th overall (5/30)...captured third place in the B Division of the NEISA Dinghy Championship (4/14)...finished sixth in the B Division of the ICSA Western Semifinal (4/28)...ranked 11th at the New England Team Race Championship (5/5)...was the runner-up in the B Divisions of the Danmark Trophy (9/30) and Erwin Schell Trophy (3/24)...secured third place in the A Division of the Moody Trophy (10/7)...clinched fourth place in the B Division of the Boston Dinghy Club Challenge Cup (3/24).
2011-12: Competed in nine regattas as the crew and two events as a skipper...finished eighth in the B Division of the Harry Anderson Trophy (9/11)...was fourth in the B Division of the Moody Trophy (10/9) and the Atlantic Coast Championship (11/13)...ranked 11th in the A Division of the Navy Fall Intersectional (10/16)...was the skipper of a C Division boat that placed 12th at the Oberg Trophy (10/23)...captured sixth place in the B Division of the Erwin Schell Trophy (10/30)...claimed third place in the A Division of the Thompson Trophy (4/22)...helped MIT register an eighth-place finish at the NEISA Team Racing Championship (4/29).
2010-11: Competed in five regattas as the crew and three events as a skipper...skipper of the B Division boat that finished first at the Commonwealth Series (9/26)...crew of the C Division boat that captured first place at the Oberg Trophy (10/24)...crew of the A Division boat that finished eighth at the Erwin Schell Trophy (10/31)...crew of the MIT boat that placed fifth at the Hap Moore Team Race (11/7)...skipper of the A Division boat that finished eighth at the Wood Trophy (3/12) and the BU Trophy (4/2).
On Dry Land at MIT: Majoring in physics...conducted research for the Gedik group in the MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering and the Laboratory for Emerging and Exploratory Devices at UC Berkely...outreach chair for the Society of Physics Students.
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Cool Stuff: Secrets of HK 7's Coverage
Coolio historians know that most of what you read here is because it is tested and used to regularly produce successful news coverage for the Samoa News (and occasionally CNN, CBS, Honolulu Star Advertiser, the History Channel, etc). The real fact is, nobody wants to license my images unless it's something that they find hard to get, or ultra techie or expensive equipment is required to do the job.
So prepping for my work I really have to carry what I need, and prepare for the elements or lack of resources. The USA and Hong Kong 7's venues have plenty of resources around, but there are other real concerns I have to deal with to honor our Manu Samoa with quality imagery for which you and the Samoa News are proud.
Most of us who have shot a few Hong Kong 7's know that you will always have a major chance of rain. In the old days you could bring an umbrella and attach it to your monopod to protect you and the equipment. But these days, TV coverage rules the landscape, so the fear of umbrellas interfering with the view has eliminated that option. 511 Tactical to the rescue. The absolute bestest most versatile raincoat jacket in the universe is the 511 Tactical Aggressor Parka. At the USA 7's in Las Vegas we had drops of rain, bright sun, and chilling desert breezes....sometimes within an hour of each other. If you bring a light raincoat you will be cold at night, and overheated in the daytime. If you bring the 511Aggressor you have a built in removable warm and cozy fleece liner for the cold or not for the sun. The advantage of the Aggressor over normal raincoats is that it features a breathable parka shell so even if its sunny you are self adjusting to the elements. The cost of the Aggressor is a fair $259.99 (www.511tactical.com) Yup it is absolutely fair if you consider that you are getting what can be a jacket for all seasons and elements (Samoa mega rains, New Zealand chills, Mainland USA snows)...and don't forget the big secret!
Secret? You thought the heading to this episode of Cool Stuff was just a cheap ploy to manipulate you to stop doing something constructive and wander into my bizarre world? Usually thats the tongafiti, but not today.
Other than rain in Hong Kong, the other guaranteed drama is the presence of pick pockets. Signs on the Star Ferry from Kowloon (where us mativa guys always stay) to Hong Kong Island prominently declare, "Beware of Pick Pockets" Not a great image for promoting tourism, but it least it shows concern for us visitors. Since the handover of Hong Kong back to its rightful owner, China, I thought that pickpockets, drug dealers, and counterfeit iPhone retailers would be simply shot on sight. Nope, we are still on our own...which brings us back to almost everything 511Tactical makes. Huh?
Almost every 511 Tactical product I own has concealed pockets for my passport, my iPhone, maxed out credit cards, my point and shoot camera, photo flash cards, and the two tala the Samoa News allocates for my daily expenses. I cannot afford to have stuff stolen. Every bit of equipment I own is dear to me. I also cannot afford to get in a confrontation with a petty thief since I am old, slow to run away, and a wimp (did my wife just say "pala ai" in the background?).
My 511 Tactical Moab 10 sling bag (which @ $99 allows me to swing it to a safer position in front of my body), my Aggressor jacket, my 5-in-1 jacket (@ $259, a shorter length version of the Aggressor), and my 511 Covert Dress Shirts (quality style for church or formal dinners @ $49...casual versions only $19) all have multiple concealed pockets. It is my personal responsibility to proactively discourage crimes against me, especially in a foriegn country. I will use all legal products to achieve this goal. 511 Tactical made their products with law enforcement and the military in mind. What they didn't realize is that they created the greatest line of travel gear and clothing ever made. Maybe they need to hire me to market it as such.
Another reason 511 Tactical is terrific is that they honor their warranties. I also really, really like my double thick seat 511 Tactical Shorts @ $49.99. Several years ago my 511 shorts had a minor defect issue, which after 30 seconds on the phone, they took care of with brand new replacements. You put your hard earned dollar into a high integrity company like 511 Tactical and you will always be happy. Buy cheap stuff, you will keep buying replacement cheap stuff...with the end result being you will spend more in even the short run.
Another very important 511 product critical to my USA and Hong Kong 7's rugby coverage is the ATAC L2 Flashlight. Besides being a hard use dependable product with hi/lo and strobe capabilities, I have found that its rotary lock on the end cap keeps me from pulling out a flashlight with dead batteries. The other quality flashlight products I have studied don't have this feature. In a severe weather drama, or at night in the Hong Kong Stadium when I have to change camera settings, the ATAC L2 @$84.99 will always be ready. Another great pocket version of this is the ATAC L1 which uses just one instead of two CR123A batteries. I will go for both since failure is not an option for my Manu Samoa coverage, or my next CNN disaster coverage.
Within the rigid airline carry on size restrictions, the 511 Rush 72 Backpack is my go to bag. You can fill it up, then reduce it with its inherent compression straps, or you can just go light and it acts like a smaller bag. All 511 Tactical bags of the Rush and previously mentioned Moab line include Molle compatible webbing. Our Toa Samoa has extensive experience with Molle, as it is an integral military oriented strap system that will allow you to clip on accessories, or in my case my Moab 10 bag to the back of my Rush 72 bag.
One of my other most favorite companies in the universe, Think Tank, will balance the other side of the weather/travel equation in Cool Stuff: Secrets of USA & HK 7's Coverage Pt 2....coming to next weeks Samoa News or a Coolio embraced computer near you...from Hong Kong! Go 511 Tactical, Go Manu Samoa! And may our second favorites, the NZ 7's meet us in the finals so we can do it again....yeah Coolio's!


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Neisen Earns Top 10 Finish in Minnesota
Minneapolis - Steffi Neisen notched her second straight top-10 finish to open the season, helping the Huskers to a seventh-place showing at the Minnesota Invitational on Tuesday.
Neisen, a senior from New Prague, Minn., returned to her home state and fired a three-round score of 227, including a final-round 75 on the par 72, 6,119-yard layout at the Minikahda Club. Neisen finished in a five-way tie for eighth.
As a team, the Huskers managed a 312 team score on Tuesday to close the 54-hole tournament at 927. Kent State won the team title with a 902, including a tournament-best final-round 294. Illinois finished second at 903, while the hosts from Minnesota took third at 911 in the 12-team field.
Nebraska finished just five strokes back of fourth-place San Diego State (922) and Georgia Regents (922), while Texas State took sixth at 925.
Freshman Jordan Chael produced her second consecutive top-20 finish to open her collegiate career. The Overland Park, Kan., native tied for 18th at 231, despite a final-round 80 on Tuesday.
Senior Katelyn Wright added a tie for 23rd at 232, including a 79 in the third round, while sophomore Cassie Deeg closed in a tie for 30th at 237 after shooting a 78 Tuesday.
Sophomore Cassidy Stelzmiller round out the NU contingent in Minnesota with a three-round score of 255 to tie for 59th.
Kent State's Jennifer Ha ran away with individual medalist honors, scorching the Minikahda course with a four-under-par 68 in the final round to close one-under for the tournament at 215. Ha defeated Stephanie Miller from Illinois by seven strokes. Her Fighting Illini teammate Ember Schuldt took third at 223, while Kent State's Josee Doyon and Texas State's Lejan Lewthwaite rounded out the top five in a tie for fourth at 224.
Nebraska returns to action next week at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in Manhattan, Kan., Sept. 23-24. The tournament opens with 36 holes on Monday, Sept. 23, at 8:30 a.m. on the par 72, 6,181-yard layout at Colbert Hills.
Minnesota Invitational
Sept. 16-17, 2013
Minikahda Club (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Par 72, 6,119 Yards
Final Team Standings
1. Kent State - 306-302-294-902
2. Illinois - 300-303-300-903
3. Minnesota - 309-299-303-911
T4. San Diego State - 309-309-304-922
T4. Georgia Regents - 305-313-304-922
6. Texas State - 316-299-310-925
7. Nebraska - 303-312-312-927
8. Cal State Fullerton - 318-306-309-933
9. Long Beach State - 311-310-313-934
10. Jacksonville - 328-317-317-962
11. UC Irvine - 317-332-314-963
12. Idaho - 324-324-323-971
Final Individual Results
1. Jennifer Ha, Kent State - 76-71-68-215
2. Stephanie Miller, Illinois - 76-72-74-222
3. Ember Schuldt, Illinois - 75-74-74-223
T4. Josee Doyon, Kent State - 76-76-72-224
T4. Lejan Lewthwaite, Texas State - 80-72-72-224
T6. Sirene Blair, San Diego State - 73-77-76-226
T6. Eunice Yi, Georgia Regents - 72-79-75-226
T8. Tisha Alyn Abrea, Cal State Fullerton - 78-75-74-227
T8. Jessica Haigwood, Georgia Regents - 73-80-74-227
T8. Emma Henrikson, San Diego State - 80-73-74-227
T8. Emily Joers, Illinois - 72-78-77-227
T8. Steffi Neisen, Nebraska - 76-76-75-227
Nebraska Individuals
T8. Steffi Neisen - 76-76-75-227
T18. Jordan Chael - 75-76-80-231
T23. Katelyn Wright - 76-77-79-232
T30. Cassie Deeg - 76-83-78-237
T59. Cassidy Stelzmiller - 84-85-86-255


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I think this was a fun and easy book to read. I liked it a lot because you weren't really sure what was going to happen. I found Bolivia and Derek interesting because they came up with good ideas on how to see if Rory was a thief. I've read other books like this because they are all mysteries and you don't know what's going to happen.
I recommend this book because it's a fun and easy book to read. People who like Johanna Hurwitz books will like this book a lot!


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NEW JERSEY—Coty Inc., a fragrance, cosmetics and body care company headquartered in New York, has signed a 98,000-sq.-ft. lease for research and development space to 500 The American Road in Morris Plains, N.J. Cassidy Turley's Richard Bernstein, executive vice chairman, principal and Ralph Giordano, senior managing director, negotiated directly with the principals of Lighthouse Real Estate Ventures, Paul Cooper and Louis Sheinker, on behalf of the tenant.
Coty has committed to a 16.5-year lease at the facility as the company expands its R&D space from two other buildings within the same Morris Plains corporate park. The facility will include laboratory, office, consumer testing and warehouse space for Coty.
"Since taking ownership of the asset, we have strived to make this the premiere flex/office destination in Morris County," said Louis Sheinker, principal, Lighthouse Real Estate Ventures. "We're glad Coty sees this value and look forward to a long-term relationship with this successful company."
Founded in 1904, Coty Inc. has more than 12,000 employees worldwide in more than 30 countries.