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President's Message on Coal
and Oil Monopolies.
Tells Congress Garfield Has Nearly
Finished Inquiry Info Same Sub
jects Commission Needs
Money and Power.
WASHINGTON. March 7. President
Roosevelt today sent a message to
Congress announcing his signature to
the Joint -resolution recently passed In
structing the Interstate Commerce
Commission to make examination into
the subject of railroad discriminations
jind monopolies in coal and oil. He
my frankly that he has signed It with
hesitation, because it may achieve lit
tle or nothing. He Indicates, too, that
If the Investigation proposed by the
resolution is conducted thoroughly, it
will result In giving immunity from
criminal prosecution to all persons
who are called and sworn as witnesses.
In the opinion of the President, the
direction contained In the resolution
will remain practically inoperative un
less money be provided to -carry on the
Investigation and tlie Commission be
authorized to take testimony under Its
provisions. He suggests, therefore,
that Congress give serious considera
tion to Just what it desires the Inter
state Commerce Commission to do. and
that $50,000 be placed at the disposal
of tho commission to defray the ex
penses of the produced Investigation.
The message in full reads:
Make Inquiries Effective.
WHITB HOUSE. Waahtncton. March 7.
To the House and Senate: I. have sirned
the Joint resolution "Inatructlns the Interstate
Commerce Commission to make .examinations
Into the subject of railroad discriminations and
monopolies In coal and oil. and report on the
Mine from time to time." I have slrned It
nith hesitation, because In the form in which
It was passed It accomplishes very little and
may accomplish nothing, and It la highly unde
sirable that a resolution of this kind shall be
come law In such form .as to give the Impres
sion of Insincerity; that Is, of pretending to do
fomethlnr which Is really not done. But.
Rfter hesitation, I concluded to sign the reso
lution because Its defects can be remedied by
legislation which I hereby ask for; and It
must be understood that unlens this subse
quent legislation is granted the present resolu
tion must be mainly, and may be entirely.
Before ineclfing what this legislation is. I
wish to call attention to one or two prelimi
nary facts. In the first place. & part of the
investigation required by the House of Repre
sentatives In tho resolution adopted February
15. 1805, relating to th oil inquiry and &
further part having to do with the anthracite
coal taaulry. haa been for some time under
Investigation by the Department of Commerce
and Labor.
These investigations, I am informed, are ap
proaching completion, and before Congress ad.
Journs I shall submit to you the preliminary
report of these Investigations. Until these
reports are completed the Interstate Commerce
Commission could not endeavor to carry .out
so much of the resolution of Congress a re
fers to the ground thus already covered with
out running the risk "of seeing the two investi
gations conflict and therefore render each other
more or less nugatory. In the second place. I
call your attention to the fact that if as in
vestigation of the nature proposed in the Joint
rwehttlee. to tfcereughly &b4 effectively ess-
ducted it will result in giving Immunity from
criminal prosecution to all perrons who are
called, sworn and constrained by compulsory
prtKvies of law to testify as witnesses,
thouch. of course, uch Immunity from prose
cution 1h not given to those from whom tate.
menta or Information merely In contradistinc
tion to sworn testimony la obtained.
This Is not at all to fay Uiat such Investiga
tions fhould not be undertaken. Publicity can
by itself often accomplish extraordinary re
sult for good, and the court of public Judg
ment may secure such rcsulti wher courts or
law are powerless. There arc many caia
where an Investigation hecurlng com pi Me pub
licity about abuses and giving Congress the
material on which to proceed In the enact
ment of laws is more useful than a criminal
prosecution can possibly be. But It nhould not
b provided for in law without a clear under
standing that It may be an alternative Instead
of an additional remedy; that is. that to carry
on the investigation may nerve an a bar to the
successful prosecution of the offenses disclosed.
Money and Power Required.
The official body directed by Conxrrres to
make .the invwtlgutlon must, of course, carry
out ltrt direction, and therefore the direction
should not be given without full appreciation
of what It means. But the direction contained
in the Joint resolution which I have- aimed
will remain almost Inoperative unless money
is provided to carry out the Investigation of
the question, and unless the commission in
carrying them out Is authorized to administer
oaths and compel the attendance of witnemw.
As the resolution now in, the commission,
which is very busy with its legitimate work,
and which has no extra money at Its disposal,
would e able to make the investigation only
in the most partial and unsatisfactory manner;
and. moreover, it 1 questionable whether it
could, under the resolution, administer oaths
at all or compel the attendance of witnesses.
If this power were disputed by the parties In
vestigated, the Investigation would be held up
for a year or two until the- courts passed upon
it. In which case, during the period of waiting,
the commission could only Investigate to the
extent and in the manner already prencrlbed
under lln organic law, ko that the passage of
the resolution would have achieved no good
retwlt whatever.
I accordingly recommend to Congress the
serious consideration of Jukt what they wish
the commission to do and how far they wish
to go, having in view the possible Incompati
bility of conducting an investigation like thin
and also proceeding criminally In a court of
law, and. furthermore, that sufficient sum,
ay, $50,000, be added to the current appro
priation for the commission, so as to enable
them to direct the work In a thorough and
concise manner, while at the ame time the
power is explicitly conferred upon them to ad
minister oaths and compel the attendance of
witnesses In making the investigation in ques
tion, which covers work quite apart from their
utfual duties. It acems unwise to require an
investigation by a commission and then not to
furnish either the legal power or money, both
of which are necessary to render the resolu
tion effective.
Four St. Louis Police Wanted Two
Cannot Be Found.
ST. LOUIS, March 7. The names of four
police officers Indicted recently by the
grand Jury on charges of bribery and graft
were made public today. They arc Ser
geant J. J. Connors and Patrolmen Ed
ward CantiUion, "William J. Habcrstrohe
and Theodore Vollmer. Connors and Can
tiUion were placed under arrest, Haber
strohe and Vollmer could not be found.
Suit Has Cost Him Dear.
ABERDEEN, "Wash.. March 7. J. A.
Actson. of Hoqulam, brought suit to re
cover $3 for alleged excess charges pf the
water company of that city. He recov
ered 50 cents rebate In the Justice Court
and loses In the Superior Court. The
costs against him amount to $1L
Italian Tiller Is Sentenced.
ABERDEEN. "Wash., March 7. Spe
cial.) George Lewis, convicted of robbing
the Northern Pacific statloa at Montc
sano, has been sentenced to two years la
Extracted From Forest Plants.
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make a scientific, non-alcoholic extract o'f them with just the right proportions and yon have
DR. PIERGfE'S GOLDEN MEDWAL DISCOVERY.
It took Dr. Pierce, with the assistance of two learned chemists, eight years of hard work ex
perimenting to make this vegetable extract and alterative of the greatest efficiency.
Just the sort of spring remedy you need to make rich, red blood, and cure that lassitude and
feeling of nerve exhaustion. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bears the stamp of PUBLIC
APPROVAL and has sold more largely in the past forty years than any other bloo'd purifier and
stomach tonic. The refreshing influence of this extract is like Nature's influence the blood is bathed
in the tonic which gives life to the blood the vital fires of the body burn brighter and their in
creased activity consumes the tissue rubbish which has accumulated during the winter. Dr. K. V.
Pierce, the founder of the Invalids' Hotel and urgical Institute, and a physician of large experience
and practice, was the first to make up an ALTERATIVE EXTRACT of roots, herbs and barks,
Without a Particle of Alcohol or Narcotics,
which purifies the blood and tones up the stomach and the entire system in Nature's own way
The "Golden Medical Discovery is just the tissue builder and tonic you require when recovering
from a hard cold, grip, or pneumonia. No matter how strong the constitution our stomach is apt
to be "out of kilter" after a long, hard winter; in consequence our blood is disordered for the stom
ach is the laboratory for the constant manufacture of blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
strengthens the stomach puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood helps the liver and kidneys
to expel the poisons from the body. If you take this
Natural Blood Purifier and Tonic
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own way; not only in respect to its ingredients but also as the only spring tonic and reconstructive
which absolutely contains NO ALCOHOL.
Civic Federation Will Manage
New Campaign.
Klecllon TCcform Conference Hears
How Elections Arc Hun .and
Hcsolvcs to "Work for
Definite New Laws.
NEW TORK, March 7. The Natfonal
conference for the reform of the primary
and election laws, held here under tho
auspices of the National Civic Federation,
concluded Its sessions today. It is expect
ed that the work for ballot reform begun
by the conference will be carried forward
by a department of the National Civic
Federation, charged with this duty and
created through a resolution adopted by
the conference. This resolution was In
troduced by Joslah Qulncy. of Boston. All
the members of the conference are to be
come members of the new department.
Another meeting of the conference, it Is.
provided, shall be called at such future
time as may be expedient. Another reso
lution Introduced by Mr. Qulncy and also
adopted reads:
Proposed Changes in Law.
Repolved, That experience shorn that ex
isting provisions of criminal law against the
purchase of votes are Inadequate; that proper
'corrupt practices legtalatlon should Include II)
the publication of all contribution! and expen
ditures; (2) the prohibition of political contri
butions by corporations; (3) the definition and
limitation of permissible political expenditures;
(4) provisions for Judicial Inquiry Into elec
tion expenditure and existence of corrupt
practlcce. In which proceeding any citizen may
participate. (5) the punlthxneat of corrupt
practices by further penalties, such aa dto
franchlsement or disqualification for oSlce, In
addition to fine or IxnprUooment.
The conference declined to adopt a reso
lution declaring for direct nominations
through tho primary system, referring the
matter by a vote of IS to 11 to the depart
ment of the Civic Federation.
Professor H. A. Garfield, of Princeton,
said he believed in municipal ownership,
but the man who knows only municipal
ownership was not fitted to be Mayor of
a great city. He favored the Massachu
setts form of ballot.
A. W. Terrell, ex-Mlnister to Turkey,
chairman of the committee on elections
in the House of Representatives and au
thor of the Terrell law, spoke of the elec
tion laws of his state. He said that iha
poll tax qualification of the Texas law has
given the state a clean general election.
Tho man who Is unable to pay the tax of
$1.73 Is not desirable as a voter, he said.
Congressman 'William a Bennett, of this
city, told the conference) that when he
wanted the Congressional nomination it
depends upon the action of one man. al
though he represented the suffrage of
250.009 people.
Seth Low, ex-Mayor of New York, said:
"There Is a keen realization throurhnnr
tho country that vast sums of monev hv
been spent, often unnnecessarily and often
improperly to secure elections. People
think with the increase In freauenev that
an election here and an election there
has been won by the use of money."
asar . swiuvan. of this city, said that
in recent elections in a county of South
western Pennsylvania he saw X15.608 haiwi-
ed out on election day among 909 voters.
'EJWr n It . .
w i'ti an im. iae vote wtcs
purchased." he continued. "The farmers
regarded It as a part of their annual In
Mr. Sullivan said that his experience In
elections In Isiulsvllle. Ky.. has proved to
him that the city was helplessly corrupt.
Hansdcll Proposes Rivers and Ca-
nals as Check on Railroads.
NEW YORK. March 7. The develop
ment of the waterwnys of this country
as the best means of regulating railroad
rates was advocated by Congressman Jo
seph E. Ransdell. of Louisiana, in ait
after-dinner speech last night at the an
nual banquet of the North Side Board of
Trade In the Bronx.
"Water transportation." said Mr. Rans
dell, "costs only one-third to one-llfth as
much as rail, and It should be developed
to the utmost both us a carrier of freight
and a regulator of rates. Whenever wo
have rivers, canals and lakes with good
navigation, freights are cheap, and there
Is no demand for rate legislation."
Mr. Ransdell called attention to the
cheap freight rates prevalent In Franco
and Germany as a result of the numerous
canals of those countries, and offered
statistics to show that of the total appro
priation for all purposes made by Con
gress In tho last ten years, the rivers and
harbors had received only 3 per cent, and
that only one per cent In addition to that
had been appropriated for the promotion
of commerce, while 40 per cent had been
expended for the Army, tho Navy and
pension purposes.
Senate Approves Amendment Allow
ing People to Make Laws.
COLUMBUS. O.. March 7. The Senate
today, by a vote of 3 to 13, adopted a res
olution providing for submission to the
people of a constitutional amendmont per
mitting the people to Initiate and to vote
on legislation. The resolution goos to the
Let Lawyers Nominate Judges.
NEW YORK, March 7. A movemont is
to be launched next week among the law
yers of the city to take the nomination
of Judges out of politics, and to put for
ward for Judicial otllces next year men se
lected and Indorsed by the legal fraternity
without regard to the wishes of any polit
ical organization. Ten prominent mem
bers of the bar of this city are to attend
a dinner to be held next week. At this
the condition of the Judiciary bill will be
Candidates, it is said, are to be nomi
nated for alt the vacant Judgeships, and
It Is Intended that the legal profession
shall head a campaign In their favor as
Independent of all organization support.
It is understood that among those asked
to the dinner will be William Cl rhiuto
"W. B. Hornblower, Austen G. Fox. Fran
cis Lynde Stetson, Paul D. Cravath. and
District Attorney Jerome.
Committee on Currency Reform.
NEW YORK. March 7. Morris J. Jes
sup, president of the Chamber of Com
merce, appointed Monday a committee
to consider the general question ofcur
rency reform. The members arc Frank
A. Vandcrllp, Isador Straus. John Claflln.
Duraont Clarke and Charles A. ConanU
This committee has been named as the
result of a resolution introduced by Jacob
H. SchifC and adopted by the Chamber
of Commerce at Its February meeting.
The report of this committee when com
pleted Is to be submitted to the President
of the United States and to the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Two-Cent Fares for Virginia.
RICHMOND. Vn . Afnroh
-Churchman bill fixing railway passenger
rates at cents per muc for 500 and 1000-
mne ucxets passed the House today. It
has Breviettslv Baased the Stnat an.i n
gee t the Governor.
;Army and Church Conduct
Funeral of Schofield.
President, Veterans - of Army and
Navy, and 3'cmbers of Cabinet
Present Body Laid In Ar
lington Reside Sons.
WASHINGTON. March 7.-CItlzcn and
soldier paid reverent tribute to the mem
. ory of the late Lleutenant-Gcncral John
M. Schotleld. at St. John's Protestant
; Episcopal Church, this afternoon, where
the burial service was read over the body
of the distinguished soldier by Right Rev.
Alexander Mackay-Smtth. bishop coadju
tor of the diocese of Philadelphia, a warm
friend of the late General. The inter
mcnt was In the National Cemetery at
Arlington, in a beautiful spot on the east
ern slope, selected by General Schofield
more than 15 years ago. Near by lies the
body, of General Philip Sheridan, and to
tlie westward rises the Temple of Fame.
The troops that formed the funeral es
cort comprised practically all that are on
duty In Washington and at the posts near
the city.
Heads of Nation and Army Attend.
The services at St. John's, where Gen
eral Schofield was a worshiper while sta
tioned In Washington, consisted of the
reading of the simple burial service of
the Episcopal liturgy. The casket was
covered with the American flag, and at
Its head, rising several feet from the
floor, was a wreath of Easter lilies and
white carnations from President and Mrs.
The President, accompanied by his mili
tary and naval aides, attended the serv
ices at the church. Back of the President
sat the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of War. the Postmaster-General and the
Secretary of the Interior. The Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the United
States occupied the third pew with Major
"Wallace Randolph. U. S. A., retired, and
other close friends of the family. The
pallbearers, except members of the Cab
inet, who sat with the President, occupied
the next two seats, and Included Senator
Alger. Senator Proctor and Senator El
klns. formerly Secretary of War; Admiral
Dewey, who was accompanied by his aide,
Lieutenant-Commander Wood; Lleuten-ant-GcneraJ
Merrltt. U. S. A., retired:
Major-General John C. Bates. Chief of
Staff of the Army; Major-General J. P.
Sanger, and Brigadier-Generals S. M.
Dodge. Thomas M. Vincent and W. M.
Wherry, retired, officers of the United
States Army. Filling the remainder of
the nave of the church were representa
tives of the Society of the Army of Ten
nessee. LeaSers of the Army and Navy
Union and other veterans of the Civil
War, with officers of the General Staff of
the Army, and hundreds of friends of the
deceased, were in the transepts and the
and Salute at Arlington.
From the church the body was taken
to Arlington Cemcterv. Ther Krhti .
cavalry band played a dirge. military sa-
tuic oi ii Euna was nreu as a last tribute
to General Schofield as an ex-Secretary of
War. At the grave three volleys were
fired by the squadron of cavalry. A bu
gler slowly marched up to the grave and.
while the guns of Fort- Meyer boomed i
forth a last salute. "Taps" was soundpd
and the body lowered Into the grave.
Goncral Schofleld'w grave immediately ad
Joins that of his son. Captain C. B. Scho
field, Second lTnltod States Cavalry.
Son of Italian Banker Saves Father
$20,000 Hansom.
NEW YORK. March 7. Antonio Boz
zufll. tho 14-year-old boy who was kid
naped last Sunday and held for $20,000 ran
som, returned alone to his homo today.
He escaped from his captors, he said, by
stealing out of a room above a saloon in
Fifty-ninth street today, while one of his
captors, who had been left alone to guard
him, turned his back for a moment. The
boy says that It took him but a second to
spring beyond the man's reach and get
downstairs to the street, where no at
tempt was made to pursue him.
He told how he was terrorized Into writ
ing a letter to his father, John Bozzufli,
an East Side banker, Informing him that
$3X000 must be paid, and that if the police
were Informed his life would bo taken.
One of the men. he said, pressed a re
volver against his head and commanded
him to write the letter. After this epi
sode, according to the boy's story, he was
treated kindly.
Sufferers In North Japan Perish by
VICTORIA. B. C March 8. Advices by
the steamer Kamagawa say:
The famine In North Japan is causing
considerable starvation, the death list
from cold and hunger growing dally. Tho
Japanese newspapers have correspondents
In the famine districts, and their tales
of woe and misery till column after col
umn of the vernacular press. It has been
an exceptionally cold Winter.
The officials were holding back, although
thousands applied at the relict works,
fearing to pauperize the people, but, as
one correspondent said: "This Is no longer
a consideration; nothing is but the saving
of life."
Ex-Sheriff Must Go to Jail.
BOI3B. Idaho. March 7. (Special.) Pe
ter A. Steers must serve the sentence of
24 years Imposed upon him by the District
Court of Bannock County, under convic
tion of embezzling $300 from Bingham
County while he was Sheriff there. The
Supreme Court handed down an opinion
today affirming the Judgment of the lower
court to that effect.
In tills case It was found, after Steers
had gone out of office, that he had failed
to account for $300 collected from E. C.
Shearer, May 23, 1S04. for a retail Hquor
license. He was arrested on a charge of
embezzlement. Tho case was removed to
Bannock County on the application of the
defendant. There he was convicted and
sentenced on August 11, 3305, to serve 2&
years for the crime.
Steers has been out on ball pending the
result of his appeal. The opinion In the
case is written by Chief Justice Stock
slager. It covera a number of technical
Benson the Stumbling-Block.
NORTH YAKIMA. "Wash.. March 7'
(Special.) E. F. Benson, of the Prosser
Falls Land & Irrigation Company, was
successful in his efforts to Induce the
Washington Irrigation Company to take
up a portion or tne oonds of hts comuanv
Thdre are no new developments' in the
water squabble. Benson seems to be the
stumbling-block In the way of further
The centenarv of thi hfrth nf xm t.
Ib, March 6, will be celebrated by "the Plo
aeer Club la Lonitea.
4 W:herry I
Oregon Iron & Steel Company
Causes Loss to Ranchers.
For Fight Years Dilatory Tactics
Have Been Used in the Courts,
While Fruitful Acres
Lie Waste.
OREGON CITY. Or.. March 7. (Special.)
For eight years a considerable acreage
of rich agricultural land bordering on the
Tualatin River near this city has been
rendered impossible of cultivation. The
responsibility for this condition belongs to
tlie Oregon Iron &. Steel Company, which,
through It3 dilatory tactics, is exhausting
every legal recourse to avoid a compliance
with the mandate of the State Circuit
Court for Clackamas County.
In 1SS8. when the Oregon Iron & Steel
Company was operating its plant at
Oswego, the company installed a dam in
the Tualatin River at a point near the
confluence of that river with the Willam
ette, In order to supply a flume construct
ed for the purpose of delivering wood from
the Upped Tualatin country to the com
pany's plant at Oswego. This obstruc
tion caused the Tualatin River to over
flow, flooding a considerable acreage of
the rich and productive agricultural land
on either side of that stream.
Owners of this property found their
land rendered useless for the reason that
the water did not recede, making It pos
sible to cultivate' the land until late In
the Fall, during the dry season, when
there remained an insufficient timo. In
which to cultivate and harvest a crop of
any kind before the land was again In
undated by reason of the Winter rains.
The farmers appealed to the manage
ment of the Oregon Iron & Steel Company
for relief, but receiving no satisfaction,
August Krause. In 1901, Instituted suit
against the company for $1000 damages
and a decree of the court enjoining the
corporation from further maintaining the
obstruction In the rlvr. The case was
tried In the Circuit Court the following
June, when Judge McBrlde awarded the
plaintiff damages In the sum of $100, his
costs taxed at $215.S0. and directed that
the dam be abandoned. In his decree, ht
"If the said dam Is allowed to remain
across the said Tualatin River hi its pres
ent state, it will be a permanent and Ir
reparable Injury to the plaintiff."
Tho defendant company appealed the
case to the Supreme Court, which. In
every respect, affirmed the Judgment oi
the lower court- But stIU further to de
lay the final determination of the matter,
the company, by Its attorneys, filed a mo
tion requiring Judge McBrldo to Interpret
the decree of the Appellate Court. This
motion was dismissed by Judge McBrlde,
on the grounds of lack of Jurisdiction.
and from this ruling the Iron & Steel
Company has again carried the case to
the Supreme Court.
In the meantime, as has been stated, the
lands affected by the dam, which Is now
worthless to the Oregon Iron & Steel
Company, since the corporation Is not
operating Its mill at Oswego, continue, to
remain practically worthless to the
owners. The appeal on Judge McBride's
ruling is now pending before the Supreme
court at saiero.


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Exercises without weights are called bodyweight exercises, because obviously they are just using your body and gravity. When you lift a part of your body up, one or more muscles have to do work. All muscles are designed to lift certain parts of the body. With bodyweight exercises you increase the weight by getting the muscles to lift more of the body, up to a maximum of the entire body weight. Bodyweight exercises are very common. Press-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups are all examples of simple bodyweight exercises.
All exercises can be adjusted to make them slightly more difficult or slightly less difficult. To begin with, making an exercise more difficult usually means making that muscle move more weight. Making a muscle move less weight makes the exercise easier. You 'can' do this by adding or removing weights but you can also do this by simply adjusting your body position, which is much cheaper since you don't have to buy weights or pay for a gym membership, but you do have to think a bit.
There are several principles involved in adjusting the difficulty of exercises. To understand these you must first understand how muscles work. The muscles that control a particular joint are usually located on the side of the joint that is highest when standing straight. There are always at least two muscles working on each joint to allow for movement in both directions. Muscles can only pull, never push. One muscle pulls on the bone to bend the joint in a certain direction. Another muscle pulls on the same bone in the opposite direction to bend the joint in the opposite direction. At some joints there are more than two muscles involved in producing the range of movement but each muscle can only pull the bone it is attached to towards itself. You need to bear this in mind when choosing which exercise to use to exercise a muscle.
All joints divide the body into two parts. The parts connected to the bone above the joint and the parts connected below it. When a muscle pulls across a joint it will use the one part as an anchor from which to move the other part. Normally it will be the heaviest part that remains still, but if you anchor the lighter part then the muscle is forced to move the heavy part when it contracts. You can easily observe this, by lifting your arms up and down, and then keeping hold of a bar above your head and trying to repeat the same body movement. The further away from the centre of your body the joint is, the bigger the difference in weight between the two parts. This is the most fundamental way of increasing the intensity of an exercise.
The portion of body weight that a muscle moves in an exercise can also be adjusted by changing the level of support the muscle is getting. This is a fairly simple process of making sure some of the weight of the body is supported somehow, either by resting on or leaning another part of the body against an object. Leaning against an object obviously provides less support than resting on an object, since it is only an indirect support. To demonstrate this, if you try and do a press-up without the support from your feet touching the floor you will find that it is much harder because your muscles have to support much more weight. Also, the lower the support in relation to the rest of your body the more support it can provide. If you try and do a press-up while your feet are resting on the seat of a high chair you will again notice how much more difficult it becomes.
All joints act like levers and the same principles apply to joints as to all levers. The further away from the pivot point a given weight is, the harder it is to move it. Again you can test this easily by holding a heavy bag in one hand, first against your chest with elbow bent, and then out at arms length. You will notice that it much more difficult to hold the bag when it is further away from your shoulder. This principle also applies to supports. Supports further away from the heaviest part of the body or further away from the muscle being worked will provide less support than supports close to it. Doing a press-up with your knees touching the floor feels easier than one where it is your toes touching the floor.
These principles take a bit of getting used to but they mean that bodyweight exercises can be just as effective as weight training, especially when combined with plyometric principles.


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14th Annual Clean Up Your Park Day
The annual Clean up Your Park Day was held on March 14th. Jody Doyle coordinated this event in conjunction with Defiance County Environmental Services, KAB Great American Clean Up and Defiance City Parks. Individual volunteers and groups, totaling over 175 people, worked several hours cleaning up the following parks: Bronson, Kingsbury, Diehl, Latty's Grove, Pontiac and Defiance Fort Grounds.
The Defiance City Parks Division had employee's working at parks to grind up and mulch leaves and twigs. Other volunteers gathered up over 75 bags of litter!
Volunteers were unable to clean up Kingsbury with the recent flooding, but arrangements were made for volunteers to complete this park as well on an alternate date.
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The appearances last week by Chairman Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove at the Republican National Committee meeting cheered the party faithful. Their strong and positive messages were reassuring. But when measured against the party's communications needs in the present political crisis, these two spokespeople need reinforcements.
The Grand Old Party desperately needs some fresh new faces, especially from the ranks of Congress. Mehlman and Rove are political operatives whose motives and methods will always be suspect to many. If we are going to right the upside-down polling numbers on Congress and generic ballots for Congress, we must have genuine, duly elected Republican members leading the charge.
Make no mistake about the situation: Republicans face a tough battle this November to maintain our majority. And as in most crisis-management scenarios, there are both effective and futile strategies for addressing the situation. Last week's GOP conclave saw some of each.
One particularly insipid and ineffective strategy is talking longingly of our party's distant heritage, even when the talk is of the sainted Ronald Reagan. Last week's meeting featured a well-produced video titled "A Tribute to Ronald Reagan." Similarly, in states where the party's situation is especially beleaguered, I constantly see party officials invoking Reagan's legacy to try to make things better.
This strategy is wrong on so many levels that it's hard to know where to start. For one thing, summoning the specter of Reagan just reminds too many voters how far we've fallen. I can imagine a lot of voters sitting there wondering, "Who are these guys? They don't seem at all like Reagan."
The fact of the matter is that the former president probably wouldn't think too kindly of many in the current leadership of the House and Senate. In public policy and political style, he'd be disappointed. And he'd probably be especially annoyed at their clamoring attempt to use him as a lifeboat to escape the coming flood.
But more generally, appeals to heritage are almost always a failure. The desperate marketing tactics of yesteryear to save legacy brands like Pan Am or Oldsmobile frequently encouraged consumers to hearken back to the "good ol' days." But these brands disappeared. Losing professional sports teams put on their throwback uniforms to try to regain the mojo of their franchises' past glories. Yet they lose again.
We see this strategy going on now in an effort to rescue the failing Saab line of automobiles, a company that's reportedly losing hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Saab's marketers are pushing a campaign that says Saabs are "born from jets" in an attempt to convince buyers that these Swedish meatballs can fly because Saab has been a distinguished aircraft designer and builder. The New York Times recently cited one ad critic, David Burn, who unmasked Saab's scheme: "Using a heritage as a sell job is always a last-ditch defense, but even more so when the heritage bears no resemblance to the offspring."
These aren't the only reasons to object to such frequent and direct use of Reagan. Someone needs to say that exploiting Reagan is just in bad taste. It gives me the same creepy feeling I get when Ford used digital video of Steve McQueen to drive and sell the new Mustangs or when Frank Sinatra was shown pimping the NBA. The only people who seemed to have understood how to handle this legacy technique properly have been at DaimlerChrysler. That company paired throwback Lee Iacocca with contemporary figures, actor Jason Alexander, Snoop Dogg and a newcomer who played Iacocca's granddaughter.
If Mehlman could get Snoop to invoke Reagan for our side, I guess that would be rizzle. But without something new, the old-school Reagan stuff will fizzle.
I say forget all that retrospective stuff and get some of our best and brightest young members out front of the campaign to restore a visionary and reformist image for our party. That's the fresh start that we need.
Hill is director of Hill Research Consultants, a Texas-based firm that has polled for GOP candidates and causes since 1988.


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My daughter was born with a physical disability called arthrogryposis..I tell her everyday how beautiful she is and I wouldn't change her for nothing so for me to get a tummy tuck or breast implants has me worried that she might think if her mommy isn't happy with the way she looks and is getting surgery to fix herself then how do I look.
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The Western Sydney Sexual Health has a very active research program encompassing many aspects of Sexual Health and HIV. It also works collaboratively with a number of other organisations, both within Australia and overseas.
Currently we have a number of students (both full-time and part-time), actively engaged in research, either in the format of a PhD or other advanced study.
Click on the research project menu links if you wish to see some of the opportunities available for PhD students at the University of Sydney, or be part of the MMed by treatise. Some of our current projects are detailed here.
Our research students have presented their work at a number of scientific meetings (e.g. Australasian Sexual Health Conference), and have published in a wide range of journals.
We currently do not have any vacant research posts. However, if you are considering a PhD in this area and you think that you can secure funding you are very welcome to contact us.
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General information regarding funding opportunities can be found at the University's Research Office Research Funding Opportunites web page
There are a number of scholarships that may be of interest to students considering undertaking a PhD or Masters by Research at WSSHC. Please note that most (but not all) are only open to citizens or permanent residents of Australia. These include:
- The University offers up to 10 new Fellowships per year, with a closing date in September. The Fellowships are extremely prestigious and highly competitive internationally in line with equivalent externally funded fellowships. Applicants must have an outstanding track record relative to opportunity in order to be short-listed. Successful applicants are expected to be based full-time at the University for the duration of the Fellowship and must not hold a concurrent paid appointment. Further information can be found at the University's Postdoctoral Research Fellowships web page
- A number of scholarships specific to Sydney Medical School are also available. Information pertaining to these scholarships can be obtained via The Sydney Medical School's webpage
- Potential research candidates from overseas may also wish to consider AusAID and other aid agencies working in their area.
- 'JASON' is a postgraduate scholarship search engine. Scholarships in the database apply to Australian students wishing to study at home or abroad, and to international students wishing to study in Australia. Further details can be found at the Jason website
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In the age of bottle service and VIP rooms, the luxury cabana has become a status symbol at resorts and hotels.
The beach cabana has become prime holiday real estate. For the price of the average honeymoon suite, some hotels are providing beach and poolside cabanas with an endless list of high life amenities: butlers, TVs, Evian spritzers... even sunglasses cleaning. While on the surface it might seem like a private cabana would imply a desire for seclusion, in fact these fabulous follies are all about being seen.
Gone are the days when a well-placed sun-lounge would elicit envious glares from fellow guests. In the age of bottle service and VIP rooms, the cabana has become a much-coveted status symbol. They range in style from little more than a curtained daybed to poolside palaces, and tend to be prominently positioned in the very best locations at the water's edge.
The most basic amenities – like those at the Amankila in Bali are an endless supply of towels, water, suntan cream and an attentive butler. Guests can order breakfast, lunch and dinner from the comfort of their thatched-roof retreat and never have to leave. In fact they rarely do, as the cabanas are available on a first-come-first-serve basis and are completely complimentary. Much like a waterfront apartment offering free rent, they are extremely popular.
For $650 a day, Atlantis resort in the Bahamas lays on the extras. The cabana contains the usual array of towels and treats. In addition guests receive a hangover cart whose contents include frozen vodka and all the ingredients for a Bloody Mary, painkillers, cold eucalyptus-scented towels, vitamin C and electrolyte powder. (For purposes of comparison, an actual room at the same resort can be had for as little as $200 a night.)
In some hotels the cabana brings with it a sense of place not easily experienced by lying on a lonely towel. The mansion previously owned by the late Gianni Versace, now a hotel named The Villa By Barton G, has one of the most appropriately extravagant and priciest cabanas around. Starting from $850 a day in high season, the Bacchus pool cabana comes with private butler, stocked refrigerator, fruit and veggie platter, TV, DVD player, internet, Evian face spritzer and all the star status of knowing that Versace passed endless hours in exactly the same place.
Glimpsing a Hollywood star behind the billowing curtain (or being mistaken for one yourself) is what taking up residence in a cabana is all about. At the star-magnet Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the odds are favorable. This is the backdrop against which Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall filmed Designing Women in 1956, and the famous bungalows have played host to everyone from Frank Sinatra to Julia Roberts. Frozen refresher towels and fresh sorbet are just the beginning. They also provide sunglass cleaning, flat screen TVs, internet access, fax number, two cordless phones and a dressing room for the all important costume change. At $250 a day, it is a relative bargain.
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JIM LEHRER: Now, Romney on his religion. Ray Suarez has our story.
RAY SUAREZ: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney delivered his much-anticipated speech at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. The remarks, titled "Faith in America," were seen as Romney's attempt to ease concerns of Christian conservatives who might be reluctant to support a Mormon for president.
FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY (R), Massachusetts: When I place my hand on the Bible and take the oath of office, that oath becomes my highest promise to God. If I'm fortunate to become your president, I will serve no one religion, no one group, no one cause, and no one interest. A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.
RAY SUAREZ: Just three weeks ago, Romney dismissed the idea of having to deliver such a speech, saying, "There's no particular urgency because I'm making progress in the states where I'm campaigning."
But recent polls show former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, moving ahead of Romney in all-important Iowa. Huckabee has used his faith to attract voters, with campaign ads such as this.
FORMER GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE (R), Arkansas: Faith doesn't just influence me; it really defines me. I don't have to wake up everyday wondering, "What do I need to believe?"
RAY SUAREZ: Romney's decision to address his faith drew immediate comparisons to remarks John F. Kennedy delivered to a group of Protestant ministers two months before the 1960 presidential election. Kennedy downplayed the influence Catholicism would have on his policy decisions.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, Former President of the United States: I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president, should he be Catholic, how to act, and no protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote, where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference, and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.
RAY SUAREZ: But in his speech today, Romney argues religion and civic life should be connected.
MITT ROMNEY: The founders proscribed the establishment of a state religion, but they did not countenance the elimination of religion from the public square. We are a nation "under God" and in God we do, indeed, trust.
We should acknowledge the creator, as did the founders, in ceremony and word. He should remain on our currency, in our pledge, in the teaching of our history. And, during the holiday season, nativity scenes and menorahs should be welcome in our public places.
Our greatness would not long endure without judges who respect the foundation of faith upon which our Constitution rests. I will take care to separate the affairs of government from any religion, but I will not separate us from the God who gave us liberty.
RAY SUAREZ: And Romney sought to reassure Evangelical Christians his faith does not conflict with theirs.
MITT ROMNEY: Any believer in religious freedom, any person who has knelt in prayer to the almighty, has a friend and ally in me. And so it is for hundreds of millions of our countrymen. We do not insist on a single strain of religion. Rather, we welcome our nation's symphony of faith.
RAY SUAREZ: It's estimated Christian conservatives will comprise more than a third of Iowa's Republican caucusgoers January 3rd.
Appeal to religious voters
RAY SUAREZ: And joining us for some analysis of what Mitt Romney said today about religion, we're joined by Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek magazine and author of "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation."
Jon Meacham, it's been said many times over the past several weeks that this is a speech that Mitt Romney, quote, "had to give." Why?
JON MEACHAM, Editor, Newsweek Magazine: Well, I think there are two reasons. One is a tactical reason in the Republican primaries, in which a number of conservative Christian, orthodox Christian voters have been skeptical of Romney's Mormonism, have been skeptical of Romney's flip-flops on other issues, but very much worried about whether his values were their values, because his sectarian label was different.
I think, in a larger sense, he had, as the first Mormon to make a serious bid at this level, he need to attempt to explain to the country what his view of faith was in relation to politics.
RAY SUAREZ: OK. If that was the assignment, how did he do today?
JON MEACHAM: Well, I think he did very well if one were a person of faith. If one is an Evangelical Republican primary voter, I think this was a very reassuring speech.
I think that he clearly defined religious liberty in his terms, which was that you are free to choose whatever denomination, whatever faith tradition you wish, and not have it proscribed or dictated to you by the state.
One issue with that is his sense of religious liberty seemed more limited to that than to including those who choose to have no faith at all. And in that sense, I think that was very effective primary speech, but not so effective in terms of the general election audience reaching out to swing voters.
On the second point, I think that he did some good in demystifying Mormonism with his confession of faith in Jesus as the son of God and a human atoning sacrifice. And that really is the threshold question for a number of people in the Christian community around the country, and I think in that sense he was quite clear and quite compelling.
Drawing on founding fathers
RAY SUAREZ: He talked to you while he was preparing this speech, before he gave it?
JON MEACHAM: Well, he called me last night on his way to Houston or College Station. It had been reported that he had read my book, which you kindly mentioned, which is really a history of the idea of religious liberty. And it was more a "thank you" call than a consultation. It was not a consultation at all.
My sense is he wanted to draw on the historical tradition of religious liberty, of tolerance, of the founding fathers, to make the point that, while one can separate church and state, one cannot separate religion from politics.
And religion and politics are both about people. They're about what motivates them, what drives them, what they hope for, what they fear sometimes. And I think, in that sense, he was quite successful in laying out how religion has always been a part of the American tapestry.
If he had asked for my advice -- which he did not -- I would have argued that he needed to explain a bit more clearly that religion is one force among many in the American experience and that what Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were doing was trying to create a world in which religion could be like commerce, like partisanship, like geography, a force in the republic that would be subject to checks and balances and would be something that, instead of trying to drive it out of politics -- which can never be done -- or letting it dominate politics -- which it should not do -- it put it on a level playing field with other considerations.
Explaining Mormonism
RAY SUAREZ: You alluded to this a little bit earlier, but I want to get you to go some way further. If you are an American who was worried, curious, mystified by Mormonism, would you come away from this morning's speech with the reassurance that you were seeking from a candidate for a major party nomination for president?
JON MEACHAM: Well, I think you could take away that reassurance from the totality of the speech. I thought he sounded reasonable. Again, I thought he was a bit too focused on speaking only to religious people.
But in terms of explaining Mormonism or trying to make people comfortable with that particular faith -- you know, to some extent, the American voters are on trial here more than Romney is. Part of the American tradition is that sectarian labels should not matter. And he explained that he believes -- the core of his belief, as far as one can tell, and I think we have to take him at his word.
He has a record as governor of Massachusetts. And my sense is that he did enough to explain how his faith would affect his public conduct. To me, that's all he has to do.
He said he wasn't going to take direction from church elders. He said that he would govern according to the Constitution and the plain duties of the office, in an elegant phrase. And so my sense is that, as long as he makes those assurances, we can then judge, yea or nay, on whether one should vote for him.
I think to vote against him because of his religion, to vote against him because of the label, of the sign outside the church he goes to, is quite un-American. It's as un-American as trying to coerce faith or make someone go to any kind of church.
RAY SUAREZ: People looking for historical parallels have reached back to John Kennedy in 1960, but we heard John F. Kennedy say a little bit earlier this hour that he believed that the separation between church and state was absolute. And Mitt Romney this morning was very careful not to go even close to there.
JON MEACHAM: He did. This was also -- again, if one were not a person of faith, if one is not a person of faith, this was not a reassuring speech.
Governor Mitt Romney was quite strong on saying that secularism should not replace more traditional religious faith. That tends to overlook the grand and important role of moral tradition of secularism, Robert Ingersoll. There are many, many moral people who are not religious, in the same way there are many religious people who are immoral.
One cannot overlook the secular sources of morality and strong social conduct, righteous social conduct. My sense is that Romney did not want there to be any kind of sound bite that would play in Iowa to affirm to evangelical voters who may be skeptical of him that he was in any way separationist, as you say.
You know, again, if I'd been consulted, I would have suggested perhaps quoting Thomas Jefferson, who once said that, "It doesn't matter to me whether my neighbor believes in one god, 20 gods, or no god. It neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket."
And I think that is the kind of American tradition that we need to vigorously embrace and promulgate.
RAY SUAREZ: Jon Meacham, thanks for being with us.
JON MEACHAM: Thanks so much.
JIM LEHRER: You can watch our candidate interviews and follow the 2008 campaigns with our reporters' notebooks on our Web site. To do so, just go to PBS.org.


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Precious memories of my parents this Bicentennial year, the Centennial Anniversary of their birth, one hundred years 1876-1976. Wilford Granville Bishop, son of Samuel Calvin and Alice (Hayden) Bishop was born May 10, 1876 in San Jose, Ca. He died September 12, 1957 in St Louis, Mo. at the age of 81 years, 4 months and 2 days. Mary Virginia (Oliver) Bishop, daughter of James Henry and Camilla Virginia (Maupin) Oliver was born July 15, 1876 in Montgomery County, Mo. She died June 4, 1939 in Montgomery City, Mo. at the age of 62 years, 10 months and 19 days. The Montgomery City Cemetery is their final resting place. They were married September 15, 1897. The Holy bands were broken by death of mother after 41 years, 8 months, and 18 days of marriage. Eleven children blessed this union, ranging in age from 56 years to 78. There are five daughters and four sons living, two daughters passed away in infancy. They are Leola of Florida, Alma of Kentucky, Alice of Arkansas, Mary of Virginia, Floy and Floyd (twins), Wilford, Harry and Wendell of Missouri. The heritage dates back to old Virginia and Pennsylvania and spread across the United States to Bishop, Ca. The Oliver, Bishop, Clements, Maupin, Hayden, Powers and Harris families settled west of Montgomery City in the Bethel vicinity. Richer fuller deeper, sweeter as the years go by; When I wake up to sleep no more we shall meet some day, with a million years in glory and a million more to go. Sadly missed by daughter --- Alma Bishop Garrett, R. 8 Box 323, Liberty, Ky. 42539.
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ASA 128th Meeting - Austin, Texas - 1994 Nov 28 .. Dec 02
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4aAB1 A novel mechanism for directional hearing in a parasitoid fly.
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4aAB3 Studying the evolutionary history of communication: The ghost of
4aAB4 Effects of aircraft noise on wildlife: Techniques used in Air Force
4aAB5 Physiological monitoring of noise effects in wildlife.
4aAB6 Passive acoustic localization of calling animals in 3-D space.
4aAB7 Using FFT spectrum analyzers to measure animal sounds.
4aAB8 Determining the effects of low-frequency sound on the fish auditory
4aAB9 Abiotic controls on elephant communication.
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cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org wrote: > We should be inclined to encourage the project :-); the merits for > PostgreSQL are several: > - There's a fairly high chance of failure, with the potential to damage > reputation for both companies and both DBMSes > - The disruption would allow PostgreSQL to "look more stable." > (I'm speaking politically, not technically...) > - The disruption would scare some people off of MySQL > - If PostgreSQL development progresses steadily, in the interim, perceived > disadvantages might get more directly dealt with. > - Recent versions of MySQL are getting more disk and memory hungry > than PostgreSQL. I don't imagine SAP-DB integration is likely to > _diminish_ this... > - If we see steady progress over two years, that's time for a LOT of > functionality to appear before there's much more than some flakey > "betas" of "MySAP-DB". > > There should be lots of smileys throughout :-), but I'm not making > completely spurious jokes here; there is some reality to each of the > points... Hmm...I'd rather see PG win on its merits alone rather than as a result of a big management screwup on MySQL's part. Even so, I will say this: MySQL has a much better reputation than I think it deserves, and many people incorrectly believe that it is a full-featured database engine. So I won't mind seeing some of what you speak of, as long as the amount of damage is no more than what's necessary to bring the general view of MySQL back down to a firmly grounded reality. Of course, mistakes made on the MySQL side don't necessarily translate to an easier time for PostgreSQL, and could easily translate to a *harder* time for PostgreSQL depending on whether or not people view those mistakes as typical of the open source world. -- Kevin Brown kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com
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Usher's 11-year-old stepson, Kile Glover, may soon be taken off life support, TMZ reports, as the family has nearly reached the limits of its insurance coverage.
While Kile's mother — Usher's ex-wife, Tameka Foster — still hopes her son will recover from last week's tragic jet ski accident, a mishap in Atlanta's Lake Lanier that left him brain dead, she may have to pull the plug as early as next month, according to the gossip site.
The insurance company evidently hasn't set a fixed deadline, but source say coverage will run for a "a couple months … tops." Usher has apparently provided moral support for his ex and her family, but TMZ claims the R&B superstar hasn't offered to pay for medical expenses. Foster apparently doesn't view the singer as "a viable financial option."
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I've been told that the Conquest has not yet left Galveston, due to heavy fog and being bumped by a barge. The Coast Guard is inspecting for any damage, which, hopefully, will be minor.
New sailing time and changes to itinerary have not yet been posted.
I was on that. We missed Jamaica and they made it up with Progreso which was terrible. They didn't do anything for us but give us $15 for lunch that Sunday. We didn't leave till 8-9am Monday.
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Help with 'soft' sounding boys names / 'O' names
I'm expecting baby number 2 and currently trying to finalise our boy name choice. After months of name-searching, I've noticed that my preference seems to be for names with an emphasis on 'O' sounds and soft consonants (soft by name but not by nature, hehe). My son is called Arlo, so I'm not sure about another name that ends in O (might be a bit too matchy matchy?)
Current favourites are:
Rory (my absolute fave but OH is not so keen)
Monty (OH has vetoed)
Oscar (my mum's dog's name, how frustrating!)
Can you think of any similar 'soft' sounding names that would work well with Arlo? I would love some suggestions!
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I'm partial to Oscar myself, though I can see how the dog association could be a downer.
Isn't Fionn pronounced Finn? Can't see how a 'soft O' sound really comes through there...
Some of my favorites are:
Alois (I just think this name is so dashing!)
Osias (Okay, the 'sigh' sound in it sharpens it up a bit... but it's still quite a soft name)Boys: Ignatius, Hieronymus, Casimir, Osias, Ludovic, Hesperus, Calixto, Aurelius
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I have a large angora bill goat to mount. It smelled really bad when I got it but I hoped that once it was tanned this would be gone. When I got it back the smell was better yet it is still to stronge to expect anyone to put it in the house. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the stink???? Thanks.
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There will be allot of guys disagree with what I'm about to tell you but, here goes..... I've had the same problem and asked the same questions and still don't know for sure how to do it. I've taken the cape when it is returned from the tannery (wet tanned)and soaked it in gasoline for a hour or two. Taken it out of the gas, wash it good in dish soap (Dawn or Joy with lemon) and mount it like I normally would. After it drys completely if any smell is detected I'll spray it with "Ferbreze" and usually that will take care of the rest of the odor. If the Smell returns after a while or on humid days, another quick spray down with the ferbreze seems to handle it again. May not work for you, and many with allot more knowledge than I have will probably disagree, but I've tried the Malogon and other chemicals that claim to remove odors and have yet to find anything that works for "GOATS". And BTW, I've never lost a cape or had any damage to any capes from the gasoline. There is one thing for sure, You'll never get it out with just soap and water. Give it a try, "It Works for Me".
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Mayor Booker to the rescue!
Handsome Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker was a real-life superhero on Thursday when he help rescue his next-door neighbors in a fire. Booker, 42, arrived home from a TV appearance to discover the house next door ablaze. He rushed inside the burning home, where a member of his security team, Det. Alex Rodriguez, had already saved two women on the first floor. The Mayor and another security person ascended to the second floor to help a third woman.
"I suddenly had the realization that I can't find this woman." Booker told New Jersey paper Star-Ledger. "I look behind me and see the flames and I think 'I'm not going to get out of here.' Suddenly I was at peace with the fact that I was going to jump out the window."
Discovering the woman, Booker said he "just grabbed her and whipped her out of the bed."
They both made it downstairs and then collapsed, Booker revealed.
The pair were then both transported to a local hospital for treatment, and Booker was released Thursday night. No official word yet on how the woman Booker saved is doing.
"Thanks everyone, my injuries were relatively minor," Booker tweeted after the experience. "Thanks to Det. Alex Rodriguez who helped get all of the people out of the house."


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Spotted in Chicago, here's a taxi all dressed up for RAGE's upcoming release.
If between today and Tuesday you spot a RAGE taxi, be sure to snap and photo and email the photo to [email protected]. The first ten folks to spot the cab will receive some RAGE swag.
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History of the Province of Caserta region
As a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians.
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History of the Province of Caserta region
A ll I can find on the history of this region is general information like it was one time Magna Grecia or under Austrian or Angevin or Bourbon control etc. Since my grandparents lived there (I have traced them to 1803 ) I am very curious about where they came from before their years there.Was there a "native " Italian population? I have heard about the Samiti people etc. How can one tell if ones ancestors were original native people or Greeks ,Romans ,Austrians etc.who settled there also .Thanks for your help.
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The people of campania region was all italians if they had italian surnames! if the surname of your ancestor was a foreign surname italianized by time, well the search must made by the surname and not for all people of Campania region or Caserta province... sometimes the soldiers of borbons or angioini married to italian women, and in this case the surname could be italianized...
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Obama's visit has produced harmonic convergence in Aaron David Miller and Steve Walt. "Been There, Done That," is Miller's headline. "Empty Words" by Steve Walt, who says rhetoric doesn't move leaders, power politics does, and Obama will never use the tools at his disposal to pressure Israel to end its current policy, apartheid and bantustans and colonialism:
He did not say that future American support for Israel would be conditional on its taking concrete steps to end the occupation and allow for the creation of a viable state (i.e. not just a bunch of vulnerable Bantustans)…
For realists like me, in short, halting a colonial enterprise that has been underway for over forty years will require a lot more than wise and well-intentioned words. Instead, it would require the exercise of power. Just as raw power eventually convinced most Palestinians that Israel's creation was not going to be reversed, Israelis must come to realize that denying Palestinians a state of their own is going to have real consequences. Although Obama warned that the occupation was preventing Israel from gaining full acceptance in the world, he also made it clear that Israelis could count on the United States to insulate them as much as possible from the negative effects of their own choices. Even at the purely rhetorical level, in short, Obama's eloquent words sent a decidedly mixed message.
Because power is more important than mere rhetoric, it won't take long before Obama's visit is just another memory. The settlements will keep expanding, East Jerusalem will be cut off from the rest of the West Bank, the Palestinians will remain stateless, and Israel will continue on its self-chosen path to apartheid. And in the end, Obama will have proven to be no better a friend to Israel or the Palestinians than any of his predecessors. All of them claimed to oppose the occupation, but none of them ever did a damn thing to end it. And one of Obama's successors will eventually have to confront the cold fact that two states are no longer a realistic possibility. What will he or she say then?
Aaron David Miller writes that Obama's trip has the feel of checking boxes; and nothing will eventuate. I wish Miller didn't call Netanyahu "Bibi" even as he uses last names for everyone else. What's that about?
Until we have a lot more information, it might be better to see the president's inaugural visit to Israel as more about managing old business and checking boxes than as a determined leap into the wonderful world of two-state diplomacy..
If he pushes too hard on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, however, he may well run into open opposition and hostility. No matter how well this visit went, there are fundamental differences between Bibi and Obama on the core peace-process issues — particularly on territory and Jerusalem, where Obama is much closer to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Moreover unlike Iran, progress on the peace process could fracture Netanyahu's own party, bring down his government, and set up another test of wills with the United States.
Obama knows the score, and has seen the movie. The glow in the aftermath of this reset will vanish quickly the harder he pushes Israel on the Palestinian issue. The real issue is this: Is the reset functional? Can Obama work toward a process that brings Netanyahu along without triggering a crisis, and still keep the Palestinians on board?
Right now, it seems like a circle that's very hard to square.
Right now, the administration has no strategy — or at least not one that holds a lot of promise. The current approach seems to be pressing for negotiations that lead to a provisional Palestinian state, based on a tradeoff between security for Israel and sovereignty for the Palestinians. Borders first, so to speak — and then negotiation of a more general character on the identity issues, Jerusalem, and refugees.
I'm not critical of this approach, because frankly there doesn't seem to be a much better one right now. But we're deluding ourselves if we think it can work quickly, or perhaps at all. It's a very pro-Israeli approach, in that it calls for direct talks without preconditions, says nothing on settlements, and doesn't include a timeline to resolve the final status issues. And it really does presume an enormous amount of trust between Netanyahu and Abbas, which currently doesn't exist.


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RAWALPINDI, July 3: As the young doctors' strike continues, so does the human suffering at three government-run hospitals in the garrison city as a cardiac patient allegedly died at Holy Family Hospital due to the unavailability of doctors.
On June 30, Arzoo Bibi, 55, was admitted to Holy Family Hospital with a cardiac problem. She was admitted to the female ward of Medical Unit 2.
When her condition deteriorated on Tuesday her son contacted the administration which immediately sent doctors, but she did not wait and passed away.
Dr Arshad Ali Khan, additional medical superintendent of the hospital, however, denied the allegation that doctors were not available. A medical officer provided her with treatment. He said such deaths occurred in the hospitals on a routine basis.
Despite repeated attempts, HFH Medical Superintendent, Dr. Muhammad Fayyaz, was not available for comments.
The situation at hospitals went from bad to worse when the younger doctors withdrew from providing their services. The insufficient staff put the administration in even more trouble. According to official figures, more than 300 postgraduate trainees, house officers and medical officers were working at Holy Family Hospital, 250 at BBH and 190 at DHQ hospital.
The Punjab government deployed military doctors, demonstrators of Rawalpindi Medical College, and even appointed new doctors; but, it seemed like there was no end to the patients' miseries.
The gynae wards of three hospitals told a tragic tale: due to the widespread unavailability of senior doctors, the wards had to be run by senior nursing staff and inexperienced doctors instead.
Intensive Care Units (ICUs), which require experienced doctors in order to function, also became a victim of neglect. As a result, the government and doctors' tussle left the patients attached to ventilators at the mercy of doctors from the Basic Health Unit (BHU) that had no experience when it came to ventilators.
YDA Punjab Chairman, Dr Mohammad Haroon, said that it was not the doctors' fault, but that the provincial government must take strict action regarding withdrawal of services from emergency departments, ICUs and Inpatient departments.
He said that the government would be unable to work in the hospitals without the trained doctors who were protesting for their due rights.
He said that the government should call more doctors from the Pakistan Army, and the deployment of five military doctors per hospital was nonsense.
"The doctors from rural areas are not able to run the ICUs and conduct surgery at emergency departments because the government is forcing the trained doctors to stay at home," he claimed.
In response to a question regarding the release of doctors in Lahore, he said that the provincial government had released only arrested medical students and that the main leadership of YDA Punjab was still in jail.
"We will not come to the table unless the YDA Punjab leadership is released as I alone cannot make decisions," he said and added that the young doctors were united and they did not continue performing their duties at three allied hospitals of Rawalpindi.
On the other hand, Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) Principal Prof. Dr. Mussadiq Khan said that the situation in the three hospitals of the garrison city was under control, and the doctors were doing their job.
"More than 30 young doctors rejoined their duties in Benazir Bhutto Hospital and they have been provided police protection due to threats of the YDA," he said.
DHQ Hospitals Medical Superintendent, Dr Sher Ali Khan, reported that 57 doctors joined their duties, six of whom were young doctors of the same hospital, 26 were demonstrators of RMC, eight were newly recruited by the Punjab Public Service Commission, four were from Chakwal, eight were from local dispensaries, and five were doctors Pakistan Army.
BBH Medical Superintendent, Dr Asif Qadir Mir, reported that 56 doctors had joined their duties including 20 young doctors of the same hospital, 18 demonstrators of RMC, seven from Jhelum, four from Mianwali, two from Attock, and five from Pakistan Army.
HFH Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr. Fayyaz Ahmed, reported that 53 doctors had joined their duties including 20 demonstrators of RMC, five army doctors, and 17 newly recruited by Punjab Public Service Commission.


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As the economy melts down faster than the polar ice cap, there is a glimmer of good news at an unexpected place — the gas pump. A gallon of gas is more than a dollar cheaper than it was just a month ago.
In a world of lost jobs and evaporating retirement accounts, the falling price of gas is a happy reminder that prices can go down as well as up and that capitalism and the laws of supply and demand still work.
The price of crude oil has dropped by more than half since July. In the Tampa Bay area, that means the record price of $4 gas back in July has fallen to $2.51 now. If you fill a 20-gallon tank once a week, the price difference would put $1,500 in your pocket in a year.
Don't mourn for the major oil companies during this drop in demand for crude — not that you would. They're doing just fine. On Thursday, Exxon Mobil smashed its own record for quarterly profit, netting $14.83-billion in the third quarter. On Tuesday, it was BP posting a net profit of $8-billion, a rise of 83 percent.
There are side benefits to the price decline. The drop in petrodollars might keep the worrisome ambitions of Iran, Venezuela and Russia, among others, in check. OPEC has been forced to cut production to stabilize prices. And now the Republican chants of "drill, baby, drill" seem even more off key.
Falling gas prices reinforce that short-term answers don't solve long-term problems. The nation needs to keep the focus on developing alternative energy sources, demanding better fuel economy and pushing other conservation measures. A drop in gas prices doesn't mean SUVs should again become the vehicle of choice.
But at the moment, enjoy the break at the pump and see the tank as half full rather than half empty.


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Spring Break in full effect at South Padre Island
Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:35:58 GMT —
Fifteen-degree weather and rain need not apply on South Padre Island during Spring Break 2012.
The first batch of the 40,000 to 45,000 college students expected during March have arrived - most coming from outside of Texas and enjoying the warm weather and sunny skies.
It's quite a drastic change in weather for these students from Minnesota.
"We love it...Amazing...Feels nice"
The students from St. Cloud State University said it TMs quite a change in weather which they described as amazing. They said SPI was their pick for a Spring Break destination for several reasons.
"(Panama City, FL) is too far away, and Cancun is just too expensive," Evan Carter said.
Convention and Visitors Bureau Event Coordinator Mary Hancock said 2012 is a comeback year for "Padre" as they anticipate the largest crowds of the past five years.
"A lot of that has to do with the way the schools are breaking this year, Hancock said. They typically break during Texas week (but) Illinois, Kansas and Oklahoma will be breaking|following Texas week. (It gives those schools) more room to come, more rooms available and (for the Island) much bigger crowds towards the end of the month."
Large numbers of college students looking for a good time, can also increase the potential for disaster.
Once again, Island emergency responders and police have staged make-shift, 16-bed hospital on Coca-Cola beach, and for the first time, a paramedic will be rolling up to those in need with ease.
"(There will be) one guy on a motorcycle so he can get there fast, get through traffic and then assess the situation, SPI Fire Chief Burney Baskett said. If it's obviously a serious situation, we'll keep the ambulance going, (but) if it's a minor emergency or minor injury that he can handle, he'll treat it.
Although some students said they TMve been given advice about rules during Spring Break on SPI, Baskett said students simply have to follow the law.
Abide by the law and you'll have a great time, Baskett said. If you're here to cause problems, and if you do cause issues, unfortunately you're going to get a close up and personal introduction to law enforcement."


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Zack takes aim at top team berthChris Dutton
Published: March 1 2013 - 3:00AM
Zack Holmes hopes a more aggressive game style and an overhauled kicking technique will boost his chances of forcing his way into the ACT Brumbies' game-day rotation.
And after getting a taste of Super Rugby action last year, the playmaker will use the ACT XV clash with Samoa A at Viking Park on Friday to show he is ready to be recalled to the top squad.
Holmes almost lifted the Brumbies into the finals in his rookie Super Rugby campaign after regular fly-halves Matt Toomua and Christian Lealiifano suffered season-ending injuries.
But while he has showed he can handle the next level of competition, the 22-year-old has to bide his time and wait for another chance to shine.
''I'm not a naturally patient kind of guy, but this is a team sport and you want what's best for everyone,'' Holmes said.
''My approach has been to improve as a player and I knew it was going to be difficult for me to play with everyone healthy and fit.
''When you get a taste of playing, it makes you more hungry to get back there, but it's about the squad and doing everything to get the team playing well.
''I'm just waiting for my chance. It's great to see the boys going well.''
Fifteen contracted Brumbies will be out to impress coach Jake White in the first match of the Pacific Cup.
Powerful No.8 Fotu Auelua will captain the side. Robbie Coleman, Siliva Siliva, Scott Sio and Colby Faingaa will get valuable game time.
Holmes loomed as the Brumbies' fly-half saviour last season when Toomua and Lealiifano were out.
With the Brumbies on the cusp of a finals appearance, White put his faith in the young pivot rather than convince Stephen Larkham to come out of retirement.
Holmes had a sparkling debut against the Wellington Hurricanes and was solid for the rest of the campaign as the Brumbies fell agonisingly short of a play-off berth.
To ensure he is better this season, Holmes wants to be more aggressive and faster on the field.
He has also changed his kicking technique. His accuracy helped the Brumbies win plenty of games last year, but a missed shot after the siren against the Queensland Reds was the difference between playing finals rugby and being relegated to seventh.
''I've got a bit more upper-body strength this year,'' Holmes said. ''I was a bit passive in contact last season, so I just want be a bit more aggressive. Goalkicking has been a big focus for me, I've spent quite a lot of time changing my technique to make sure it feels comfortable.
''I think my game's at a better level than it was last year, it's just a matter of if I get my opportunity, I've got to take it.''
ACT XV v SAMOA A at Viking Park, 6pm.
ACT XV: 1. Scott Sio 2. Siliva Siliva 3. Ruan Smith 4. Etienne Oosthuizen 5. Leon Power 6. Jordan Smiler 7. Colby Faingaa 8. Fotu Auelua 9. Ian Prior 10. Zack Holmes 11. Stephan Van Der Walt 12. Jordan Rapana 13. Tevita Kuridrani 14. Tom Cox 15. Robbie Coleman. Reserves: 16 Robbie Abel 17. Sione Taula 18. Les Makin 19. Gareth Clouston 20. Tim Cree 21. Mark Swanepoel 22. Sam Windsor.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/zack-takes-aim-at-top-team-berth-20130228-2f9ea.html


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John C. Aclin, 102, of North Little Rock, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.
His parents, John Pete and Mary Parthena McGiboney Aclin; brothers, Lloyd and Roy Aclin; and sister, Martha Hubbard preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 74 years, Luceille Aclin; son, Dale Aclin and wife, Carol; two granddaughters, Kim Watts and husband Matt and Karrie Wiggins and husband Marty; and four great-grandsons, Jacob and Tate Watts and Grant and Griffin Wiggins.
Memorials may be made to Park Hill Baptist Church Building Fund or Shrine Children's Hospital.
A graveside service was held, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013 at Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Sign the online guest book at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.