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term of the watchman m subscription per year two dorxars-payable in fj.in.-e 15at it not paid in advance 1 wo dollars imj i fifty cts will be charged vertisemknts inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts ■for eaoh subsequent insertion uir orders charged ■25 per ct higher than these rates a liberal ik-juc i ion 10 those who advertise by the year h,ettrr to the editors must be postpaid liter from mexico ... scott has left mexico for new york ¥ - — court of inquiry adjourned and now sitting in new orleans — probable j ratification of the treaty from the x (). picayune may 8 i the united states steamer new or leans arrived on sunday from vera cruz leaving sailed 1 hence on the 3d inst general scott and suite left the city of mexico on the 22d ult and arrived at vera cruz on the 30th lie immediately rnharked on the brig st petersburg for kew york under a salute from fort con jfccption lie was waited upon by the ftommander of the licet and received a galute from th flag ship cumberland — a monday the 1st inst the st peters burg was towed to sea by the propeller thompson in passing the store ship re lief and frigate cumberland their rigging was manned and three cheers given the old hero on the 3d in>f the general gjxehanged visits with coin perry and ib'as saluted by the flagship cumberland among the passengers on the new or gans were gen pillow and staff gen lovvson gen cu>hing and stall colonel kelknap col childs col duncan col ilhers and a number of ollicers so desperate at one time was thought 4he chance ol bringing together a quorum jfcf congress that the president had de termined to exclude ihe stales of new wlcxico chihuahua and yucatan in esti nating the representation so that a sniall ir number may constitute a quorum — subsequent events led him to believe lhat ii quorum could be obtained and the pre idcjjt re-considered bis determination special correspondence of the picayune city of mexico april 20 1848 gen pillow left here on sunday the 22d instant with an escort of louisiana jlounted men the night before he left he was serenaded by the splendid band of the 2d infantry and the next morning a large number of officers accompanied him some distance upon the road the court of inquiry left on tin 24th in my last letter 1 stated that general bullet was to review the volunteers in the city on the 22d inst the review was far more extensive than i was informed it would be and cameoffon the plain front ing molina del key the divisions of gtii worth and pillow the former con i*«ting of live regiments of infantry of the old line a squadron of horse and col t)uncan's battery now commanded by j_i<jut hunt and the latter of the six re giments of kentucky tennessee and in diana volunteers wen reviewed and the line when extended was over a mile in ; length this is the largest review that has been during ihe war and all present confessed il was the most magnificent mil itary display they had ever beheld a melancholy interest was added to the spec tacle by the display of the torn and tat tered colors ol the 4th 5th and gih regi ments of infantry as they marched by the general-in-ehief on ihe 24th tin fine division of gen smith was reviewed by the generalin chief and its manceuv eriug elicited the admiration ol every mil itary man present these reviews were in anticipation of the possibility of a for ward movement being soon required o the letter oi your < queretaro correspon dent of llie 23d inst which j send you is lull ol interest and some of his informa tion is important the extracts from the piess_gt ot llosa to the members of con gress now at queretaro show that pena y pena fully realizes the dangerous posi tion of the nationality of he country should the treaty not he ratified in season jm and also shows an energetic determina tion to spare no el fort to bring about peace the passage in the conclusion oi the mes sage 1 presume refers to the intention of tin president to decree that in conse quence of the condition of yucatan and other states arising from the war a cer tain number less than the constitutional quorum lt is probable he will have to resort to this measure as it is understood here that several congressmen who are toot willing to oppose the treaty by a di rect vole intend to defeal it by breaking the quorum whenever the question is put the paragraph in the letter relative to the sermon of the padre sanchez is at this moment very important it was supposed that in consequence of the amendments bade by the senate of the united stales to the clauses ot ihe treaty relating to the recognition of the mexican church in the r territory proposed to be ceded to us that the clergy would oppose the ratification of the treaty or at least require that the clause be re inserted not so however your correspondent is right in represent ing the padre sanchez as t..c organ of jfce clergy and a gnat majority of them mvor the ratification ol the treaty as it lands fhe clergy of this city fearing the inability of pena y pena to raise the forced loan of 8150,000 to 200,000 in queretaro for the purpose of assembling congress and supporting the government which when translated means tor the purpose of bribing the refractory con gressmen held meetings and resolved upon loaning tin money from ihe funds of the church i understand the whole sum will be sent to queretaro to-morrow — i these facts to my mind settle the ques | tion as to whether the treaty will he rati ; lied or not in the affirmative the individual referred to as having fpeen baptised with so much pomp at que taro and who had the honor of having jena y pena stand at ihe baptismal font s his godfather is without a doubt the bruner & james ) > " keep a check uro.v all your editors y proprietors \ rulers ) new series do this and liberty is safe > gen i.harrison \ volume v number 4 salisbury n c thursday iway 25 1848 lieut o'sullivan i have already spoken of its having resigned li is commission in ihe 3d infantry and gone to queretaro to join the enemy he is not a legal deserter ; hut all the dishonor of moral guilt will ever attach itself to his name the commssioners will not leave for i queretaro until the 29th or 30th instant in the meantime the troops which are to ; form the escort are being prepared to pre ] sent a lino appearance in point of cloth ing and equipments the tiitil of lieut hare of the penn sylvania regiment for burglary and mur : der was concluded hut ihe result was not , known a nolle prosequi had heen enter j ed in the case of lieut mathison of the ! same regiment and he was remanded to prison lieut dutton's trial was next to come on lieut tilden 2d infantry has also heen implicated by the state's evi j deuce and arrested the letter from queretaro referred to gives an extract from a government or der calling for a forced loan of 8150.000 to 8200,000 to pay the expenses of mem hers of congress and urging it on the ground of the shortness of time for rati ! lying the treaty which should he ratified : by the 15th may at the latest to reach washington by the 2d june lt concludes as follows : — his excellency the president thinks that the salvation of the republic impe j ratively demands the prompt meeting of congress and in order not to incur the j terrible responsibility of losing the nation ! ality of the country the executive will ; dictate extraordinary measures which he j never would have adopted if circumstan i ces were not so very dillicult and danger j ous the priest sanchez the clergy's organ in one of his sermons at which the great j er part of the members of the adminis i tration and of congress were present said gentlemen the only way to save ! the republic and in pardoning the in j juries you have received — to prove your • selves christians is to make peace qikhi_t._eo april 25 1818 few of the deputies are wanting for a quorum queretaro presents a most ani mated aspect and nothing is talked of hut peace the most vehement party for j war is without doubt the army but it i has fallen so low in public estimation and > is so numerically weak that it is doubtful j if they can get up a pronuncittmento as it was publicly rumored here within the last few days they would the court of inquiry — the court of inquiry met at the st charles hotel in this city this morning with closed doors and adjourned until to morrow morning ! when various witnesses in this city will be examined we understand that the members of ihe court will leave the city i on the 10ih or 11th by the way of the riv er to hold a ses>ion in frederick md where they will adjourn about 20th inst ! unless something unexpected should turn up in ihe meantime — n o picayune from cal forma intelligence from california as late as 20lh march has been received it con lintis what has been before stated that lieut haywood who was hemmed in by guerrillas at san jose has been relieved by the crew of the cyane after an engage ment in which the mexicans suffered some loss lieut col burton at san lose had received a reinforcement of one hundred and fifty men from upper cali fornia from the new york regiment and had marched upon san antonio taken the place killing a number ol the ene i my and taking many prisoners also re taking the american officers and men that had been in confinement fur months j those released wete passed midshipman duncan of ohio and midshipman war ley of south carolina with the men tin i der them report says that commodore jones intends taking tepee by orders from our government commander sel fridge has sailed for ihe united states i yucatan — in the senate debate on the ; hill to occupy yucatan messrs clayton and crittenden said the hill was in viola tion of the treaty of icace with mexico this position was taken by us at the first blush of the affair and we are glad to see lhat our views tire sustained by such good authority mr clayton observed lhat during the armistice and the penden cy of the treaty we could not take pos session of any part of the territory of mex ico unless we obtained her consent on ihe first communication ot the fact that , the white population of yucatan was i threatened with extermination the hu mane instincts of the people of the united states were for extending assistence in ihe mode suggested by the president or in j any oilier mode but a more calm consid eration of the circumstances has modified those feelings to employ the naval for ces of ihe united slates in removing such portions of the distressed people as are tieeing from massacre fulfils every die tate of humanity without committing us j to unknown hazards of intervention the simple proposition of humane interposition w;ts mixed up in tin president's message with the inapplicable abstractions of mr mouroe against european colonization i on this continent this with certain sug j gestions as to the occupancy of yucatan ! gave such a color to the interference as j brought it within the circle of those ob j jections lhat have been urged against j fresh acquisitions of mexican territory i and additional warlike expenditures if we were to take possession of yucatan i after the lapse of such a length of time as to have allowed our humanity to be j come cool and calculating the impression ! ofthe whole civilized world would be in derogation of our claim lo benevolent im pulses — charleston nctcs plank roads the rapid increase of number and great popularity of this kind of roads at the north will justify a frequent refer ence to them especially in a part of the country like this where the population is not sufficiently dense nor the produce and wealth sufficiently abundant to justify the construction of a great number of rail roads we are indebted to the hon d m barringer for a copy of a report made to the legislature of wisconson by philo ! white esq formerly of this state who j as chairman of a committee has embo died a great deal of information derived j from reports to the n y legislature by | engineers and others from this main ly we collect the following facts and views plank roads have heen in use in rus sia for many years they were first in | trodueed in america by lord sydenham j who had seen and appreciated them in i russia and who when appointed gov j ernor of canada determined to improve ! the highways there by introducing these roads accordingly less than ten years ago he commenced the first plank road in i america as soon as its advantages were ■seen others were projected until about fifteen of them of about the aggregate ! length of 4 or 500 miles are either finish j ed or in progress of construction in can j ada in new y'ork the first plank road char j ter was obtained in 1814 since that ! time 20 such roads have been or are be ! ing constructed ; and a number of others | are projected the length of the whole being about 500 miles oa a single track road the plank is best i 8 feet long on a double track two sep | arate planks 8 feet wide each all over ! 8 feet is found to be for all practical pur ! poses useless ordinarily one track with \ a good side road for a turn out is found to be sufficient the plank should be 3 or 4 inches thick and 8 to 15 inches wide two sleepers 4 inches square are had i lengthwise of the road for an 8 feet track ! in some roads however sleepers are not j used but the plank laid directly on the earth when used they should be placed so as to be under the wheels and should j be sunk in the ground so as to leave ihe ! upper surface visible merely they will ; last as long as two or three plankings if properly bedded side ditches and cross culverts are in dispensably necessary to the durability of the road by carrying off the water the plank should be laid close tight and firm ; on the surface ofthe earth the grading required is not often great ; an ascent of one foot in ten being perfectly admissible i on a plank road it is ascertained that a plank road will | last from seven to twelve years the wear of the first year is equal to that of the next seven and the repairs of the j first year double those of any succeeding year until it is required to replank mr ceddes the engineer made the fol lowing estimate of the average cost per mile ofthe salina road : sills 4 by 4 inch scant ling 14,030 ft plank 8ft long 4 inches thick 108,9.0ft at 85 per m 183.000ft 8914 laying and grading 81 pr rod 320 ; engineering superintendence c at 10 per cent 102 gates and gate houses 100 sluices bridges and contingencies g3 aggregate cost per mile 1,500 this was the estimate the actual cost of the road as we learn from the super intendent was only 81.4s7 per mile persons who have travelled in england say that there is not as good a road in lhat country as this salina road two horse light wagons with five or six passengers travel from 8 to 10 miles an hour with ease on plank roads two horses usually haul 4000 lbs or 16 bbis of flour at a load and these roads are not affected by good or bad weather — ; the travel in winter is about as good as in summer the distance travelled may be nearly double with double the load usual on our common roads the tolls charged on the plank road at the north are from 1 to 2 cents per mile for each two horse vehicle with such tolls the salina road has paid dividends of 12.1 per cent per annum and accumula ted a surplus fund it will be seen at a glance what a change such roads would work in north carolina a four horse wagon loaded with perhaps 3000 lbs now struggles a long at the rate of 20 miles a day with great wear and tear of wagon and hors es and owner's patience on a good plank road the load of the same team would be 0000 lbs the distance travelled with more ease probably 30 miles a trip to and from salisbury on such a road would occupy eight days now it takes twelve here would be a saving of four days to drivers and horses the freight received for hauling a load of 3000 lbs is now at 75 822 50 a load of g000 lbs at the same rate would produce 45 — j but probably the price of hauling would be reduced one-half in eilher event the difference would he saved a load of corn is now about 40 or 50 bushels on such a road 80 or 100 bushels might be brought now corn is not worth haul ing from any great distance with plank roads it would be well worth hauling from even beyond salisbury and we i might hope to see the produce of that rich section ol our state meet the produce of ohio in the wilmong.on market and drive it back freeing our agricultural state from the reproach of buying its food from ohio — fay observer from ihe richmond whig how gen taylor came to cross the nedces notwithstanding llie pertinacity with which the supporters of the polk administration have defended the order given to gen taylor to i march to llie rio grande on the false and aim ! sy pretext as admitted by themselves in various \ official acts that lhat river from its source to ! ii s mouth constituted the true boundary between '• texas and mexico — an assumption which if j it had heen well founded would not only have i justified the order in question but rendered il j imperative — ihey have nevertheless impliedly confessed that it was a great blunder by en deavoring to divide the responsibility of lhat act between the administration and gen tay \ lor — which they would never have done hud the act itself been a defensible one for this j purpose they seised in the first place upon an j expression in one of gen taylor's letters to ' the war department to the effect that the ar ! my ought promptly to take its position at some j eligible point on the rio grande if the presi j dent had determined to insist as a sine qua non upon that river as the boundary but this per ' version of a suggestion founded upon a contin j geney over which the president alone had con i irol into a positive recommendation is mani i festly so preposterous and absurd that it has ! been abandoned except by a few of the more unscrupulous party hacks who like the witness that had testified that a certain horse in dispute was fourteen feet instead of fourteen hands high refused as he had once sworn to it to retract his declaration more recently however a ' convenient witness against general taylor up on this point was found in one dr rimmell of hinds county mississippi who transmitted lo one ofthe representatives of that stale in con gress a fabulous narrative of a conversation he ! tween gen taylor and himself in which the ; general was made to assume the entire respon sibility of bringing on the war with mexico i by the movement of his army from the neuces ' to the rio grande and entiiely lo exculpate mr polk from all censure in respect to it ! — even if the fact were so we are at a loss to conceive why the friends of the adminis : tration should in one breath contend that all the territory between the neuces and ihe rio grande belonged to texas and there fore that the president was hound to lake pos session of it while they assert in llie next thai he would not have discharged this high and so lemn obligation had he not been prompted so j to do by gen taylor's advice .' they betray by this mode of argument their own conviction lhat the order to gen taylor lo advance from corpus christi was unjustifiable in itself oth erwise ihey would place the president's vindi cation upon the impregnable ground of right and duty instead of endeavoring to show lhat i it was necessary that he should be instigated to its performance by gen taylor's recom mendation the new orleans national throws addition al light on the subject by the publication ofthe following letter from baton rouge gen tay lor's place of residence written it informs us " by a gentleman acquainted with the facts not improbably by major bliss it not only exonerates gen taylor from all agency in ad vising that act of war but show's that he would not even cross the neuces until he had re ceived positive instructions from ihe war de partment : baton rogue april 27 1s43 editor of the evening national : the na lional intelligencer of the 8th instant contains the proceedings of the lower house of con gress of the previous day the spirit of which is to force ihe impression on the people of the country thai gen taylor originated the order and marched on to matamoras by his own will and judgment that any member of congress should he so unscrupulous or so ignorant ofthe true history of general taylor's movements is a matter of surprise as documents already pub lished by the ** war depaitment " give the out lines if not the particulars relative to the sub ject so clearly thai there need he no justifiable cause of misrepresentation when gen taylor was ordered to mexico he was instructed to take up a position near the rio grande point isabel being named as a peoreb place but in consequence ol hav ing large discretionary powers he preferred to lake a position on undeniably american soil ] rather than infringe upon disputed territory — i he tberefote made his head quarters at corpus christi a place that beyond ils being within the acknowledged boundary of texas was in convenient and in no way favorable fir an en \ campment — slill general taylor prepared lo suffer every evil incident to his situation rather than in any way compromit his government — after general taylor had been some time al corpus christi maj donaldson the represen tative of ihe united states government in tex as came to taylor's camp for the especial pur pose of advising general taylor not to cross the neuces lest he should involve tin gov ernment in a war with mexico jen taylor in the mean lime having been informed by the j government that it wished him to confer with i maj donaldson in the course of events maj donaldson left gen taylor's camp and there came on from washington letters lo gen tay ! : lor informing him that he should move part oi his force west of the neuces jen taylor not wishing to divide his small command and . . the government having relieved him of the re ' \ sponsibilily of crossing the nueces he took his [ i whole force over as he could by so doing ! ■readily obtain a good camping ground and a ' depot convenient for his military stores the . events that followed this movement on the part , of gen taylor are familiar to the world the j above is a true statement of the preliminaries that led to the advance of our aimy on mata , ! moras the main facts can be gathered as i ; i have stated from tha " public documents al ready published containing the correspondence of gen taylor with the war department ire j viotis to the battles of the 8th and 9th of may other facts slated can be proved if denied — the most superficial observer must perceive that gen taylor has never been inconsistent '■and that charges made against him whether ' frivolous or of weight when examined into only cause his prudence and strict obeying of or ders to be more and more admired the statement made in congress that some individ ual from mississippi had called on general tay lor at baton rouge and that in a long conver j sation he had with general taylor the gene j ral admitted he took the responsibility of mov : ing across the neuces caused me to write you , this letter the publication of an admitted pri vate conversation that never took place it amounts to the committal of the most offensive falsehood from the richmond whig fugitive slaves our readers are aware that the legislatures j of most of the non-slaveholding states have within a few years past enacted laws the a i vowed design of which is to prevent the en forcemenl of the constitutional provision and of the law of coiigiess passed in conformity ' thereto in regard to the recovery of abscond j ing slaves finding refuge within their respective limits to this end all state ollicers are for i bidden under heavy penalties from acting un | der the law of congress either in arresting or ! imprisoning such slaves and so difficult and \ hazardous indeed has it become lo seize upon an absconding slave within the limits of one of j those slates lhat if he once crosses the border an effort is now rarely made to recover him however boldly he may exhibit himself and j however clear may be the proof of his identity '■it has heen thought proper therefore bv some that there should be additional and more effi ! cient legislation on the pait of congress in or der to render the constitutional provision some thing more than a form of words ; and we are informed by the washington correspondent of the baltimore sun that a bill was reported to the senate on the 3d inst from the judiciary committee which gives lo the owner of the j fugitive slave the right to assert his claim be fore any postmaster collector or any united slates officer and thereupon procure a warrant addressed to the united stales marshal whose duly il is made to arrest the fugitive and deliver him up to the owner or his agent ; and anv ■person who may hinder the marshal or rescue j or conceal the slave is subjected to a penalty but we doubt whether this law even if it should pass of which there is not much proba • bility would render tbe constitutional provision a whit less a nullity than it is now the laws of the non-slaveholding states by which both the constitution and the act of congress passed in pursuance thereof have been nullified by the anti-nullifying legislatures ofthe north much more effectually than the tariff was by the or dinance of the south carolina convention are unquestionably ihe embodiment and reflex of the almost unanimous public sentiment of that region and it is scarcely possible that men who have gone so far as to abrogate one law ol congress by forbidding their own officers to execute it would fail lo find means of prevent ing the execution of a similar law by the offi cers of the united states should any one of them be courageous enough lo attempt its en : forcemenl in the teeih of the universal opposi tion of his neighbors whether the south ought not to devise and enforce some remedy for this outrage at once upon ihe constitution and upon the rights l-.»r the protection of which this provision of it was intended is a question well worthv of grave consideration but we are satisfied lhat any new act of congress on the subject will be as perfectly a dead letter as . that already on the statute-book ; and we can see no wisdom in urging its adoption therefore which if ever effected at all must lead to an exciting and irritating discussion — just such an ; one s we of the south have always professed to deprecate and which the fanatics delight to engage in a locomotive named the '* lightning an 8 wheel engine wilh 8 feet driving wheels made a trip recently in england of 53 at the rate c 75 miles an hour the engine was perfectly steady at the highest speed whitney's rail road the committee of ihe u s house of representatives appointed to examine into the merits of whitney's project for a railroad to the pacific have reported fa j vorabiy only one of ihe committee mr maclay reporting against it j if ever a party should feel h«rtnd to put forth its energies it is the whig party and at this time how many more wars we shall have if the licenliou spirit which now prevails be enduring sentiment of the country no man can tell in the troubled state of europe no man can tell how soon we may he involved if the party in pow er had its way we doubt not the country would be called on to take part in the revolutionary struggle now going on in europe the lending men of that party have for a long time been preparing the hearts of the people for war ; and now that they have given them a taste of blood in the mexican struggle who cau foresee where it is to end . wc object not to sympathizing resolu tions we rejoice in the spread of liber al principles as much as anv man but we think we discover a disposition in some of the locofoco leaders logo further titan mere sympathy in fact to involve the country in a european tear it took all i the wisdom and popularity of gen wash ; ington to keep llu country out of such a i war in the first french revolution ; and we now need some man at the head of the government who can with like wis : dom steer the ship of state but whether we shall have more wars j or not we have an account to settle with i the party in power for the one now sub : sisting and for which ibis nation will have : to pay an amount yet unknown but cer tainly enough to entail upon us an im mense national debt which posterity will have to discharge at last for this war | so unnecessary and which wise states ' manship might have guarded against the '. party in power are responsible and the time is near at hand when their responsi ; bility is to be tested before the country let the whigs but be firm and united and i we shall once more witness a liiumph like that of 1s40 kentucky observer delegates lothe convention — the whig j convention forthe 5th congressional dis j trict at hillsborough on the 4th instant appointed edwin g read esq of per | son counly delegate to the national i convention and calvin ii wiley esq i of granville alternate a resolution ex pressing the opinion that general taylor was the choice of the district was rejec ted " there being some contrariety of opinion among the delegates as to who j is the first choice of the district whether gen taylor or mr clay a resolution j cheerfully to abide by the decision of the national convention and cordially to sup j port its nomination was adopted unani mously the 8th congressional district conven tion appointed a delegate from each coun ty to the national convention viz : ed ward stanly of beaufort ; r m.g moore of hyde ; josiah collins of washington charles lvltigrew of tyrrell ; w h ; washington of craven j w griswold ' of wayne ; win foy of jones ; john f | jones of carteret ; charles edwards of greene ; f b satterlhwaite of pitt and john c washington cf lenoir the ' convention pledged itself to give a cordi al support to the nominees of the nation al convention — fay ob surry this being the regular week of surry , county court each parly availed itself of the occasion in accordance wilh custom to hold political meetings on tuesday the democrats held theirs ; which was addressed by robt p dick esq in a speech marked with ability and strong partizan feelings his party were ; evidently well satisfied with it a com mittee of twenty-five appointed by the chairman ii m waugb esq made the following nominations for tbe legis lature to wit : for the senate allen gen i try of ashe ; for the commons james r mclean charles whit lock and james sheek these nominees had neither for mally accepted or declined the nomina tions on wednesday the whigs held their • meeting which was ably addressed by ] john a gilmer esq and consultation ; col a b mcmillan of ashe was nomi . nated for the senate as to candidates : for the commons it was agreed that eve ry whig in the county be appointed a delegate to a general convenlion to be held on tuesday of june special term of the superior court when the commoners could be brought forward nicholas l williams esq was proposed as the dele gate to the national whig convention alternate lion n boyden — greens pat d e m oc r a iic move m e n ts a democrat ic district convention which ! assembled at fincastle on the 2d instant consisted says the \ alley whig of some dozen delegates from the county of bote tourt and bul three others out of it — twelve or thirteen counties had been in vited to send delegates eloquent speech es were of course delivered ; one by mr letcher of rockbridge who undertook to defend the course of the don john mini r bolts and another by mr hoge of m.:r gomery who showed most conclusively as he thought that mr clay was the strongest man among the whigs and ought to be nominated by the whig na tional covenliou — rich times mr manly in hyde — wc learn from a o-enileman in hyde that our candidate for governor met his appointment there and had a very large number of both par ties no man it is said has ever before produced in that county a more decided impression both parties seemed to yield to the captivating influence o bis speech and it is believed that in august next bis majority will be about the most deci sive ever obtained in the county mr manly is in the finest health and spirits and is most industriously occupied in the duties ofthe canva — ral reg
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|Carolina Watchman
|The Carolina Watchman
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|United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury
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|The Thursday, May 25, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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|Carolina Watchman
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|United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury
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|The Thursday, May 25, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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As promised in my last post, here is some performance testing to help you determine the performance benefits (if any) of performing your crosstabs at the presentation or code layer, as opposed to forcing SQL Server to do this.
For testing purposes, I have slightly altered my dynamic crosstab procedure by adding a "debug" option, which returns the SQL generated and not the results themselves. I also made a slight alteration to accomodate data values that contains apostrophes, since that would cause errors in the original code. You can download the code for the "new and improved" dynamic crosstab by clicking here.
To set this all up, go to your Northwind database and create the crosstab stored procedure. You also need to create a view we will use for testing as well.
Once that is done, create a new C# console application and paste in the testing application found here.
The test is pretty simple, but the idea is to measure the efficiency of the following 3 techniques:
The application will prompt for the number of iterations for which to run each test. I recommend at least 20-30. As I mentioned previously, the results at this point are pretty conclusive. Please send me any feedback, especially possible of ways to make the tests more fair, or any other techniques that perhaps we can measure.
Below are the results from 75 iterations, copied and pasted from my spiffy little program. (I love writing console applications .... It reminds of the good old days when you write things like "PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE")
To make a long story short: Pivoting at the presentation layer results in clearer, shorter code and much better performance.
Beginning performance test for crosstab techniques.
Please enter the # of iterations to perform:
Testing dynamic SQL crosstab procedure....
-- Result: 25 seconds.
Testing static SQL crosstab procedure....
-- Result: 22 seconds.
Testing C# crosstab transformation....
-- Result: 8 seconds.
Testing complete.
Press ENTER to quit.
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Judge Sam Alito's mother:
"Of course, he's against abortion," 90-year-old Rose Alito said of her son, a Catholic.
I love it.
By the way, remember how Hugh Hewitt warned that some of Harriet Miers' critics were undercutting the Republicans' principled stand in favor of an up or down Senate vote for all nominees? Consider this snide observation from Ron Fournier of the Associated Press:
With no sign of irony, Republicans demanded that Alito get a vote in the Senate – something they denied Miers.
The AP appears to be setting the stage for the argument, should the Dems filibuster Alito, that what they are doing is the same as conservative Republicans scuttling Miers.


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A nasty note found in late Nirvana star Kurt Cobain's wallet for the attention of his wife Courtney Love has been released by police in Seattle, Washington.
Detectives found the communication while investigating Cobain's death 20 years ago, but have never released it until now.
The note suggests Cobain and the Hole star had fallen out, but it isn't clear if the All Apologies singer had presented it to his wife or not.
It reads: "Do you Kurt Cobain take Courtney Michelle Love to be your lawful shredded wife. even when she's a b**ch with zits (acne) and siphoning all yr (your) money for doping and whoring..."
The note, written on stationery from a San Francisco-area hotel, has a completely different tone to Cobain's suicide note, in which he calls Love a "goddess of a wife" who "sweats ambition and empathy".
A recent review of the case led lawmakers to rule that the King County Medical Examiner's original determination that Cobain's death was a suicide was correct. The rocker shot himself after taking a lethal dose of heroin.


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NBC Olympics will again utilize fully distributed NBCUniversal cable channels CNBC, MSNBC and USA Network to serve as Olympic platforms when they combine to televise 124 hours of live coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games this February from Sochi, Russia.
CNBC will serve 36 hours of curling coverage through a daily weekday show. MSNBC will host 45 hours of live hockey and curling coverage. USA Network will air live curling and hockey, including three Team Canada men's hockey games, as part of its 43 hours of live programming.
Olympic coverage on CNBC, MSNBC and USA Network will complement the programming airing on NBC and NBCSN, the details of which will be released soon. It has already been announced that NBCOlympics.com will live stream all Olympic competition from Sochi. The vast majority of live streaming will only be available to authenticated cable, satellite or telco customers via "TV Everywhere," the media industry's effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home, and on multiple platforms.
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MSNBC will telecast live hockey on 11 of its 12 days, including medal round games. The network will also feature curling coverage, highlighted by men's and women's semifinals Wednesday, Feb. 19.
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The channel will televise 43 hours of live coverage over nine days starting Monday, Feb. 10, with live women's curling featuring U.S.-Switzerland. Men's hockey coverage includes three games featuring Team Canada, including a matchup on Sunday, Feb. 16, between Canada-Finland, the gold and bronze medal-winning teams at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
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A motorcyclist caught on video cartwheeling his way to safety after colliding with a car said he believes childhood gymnastics helped save his life.
"I didn't know I rolled like that," Michael Smith said. "I shouldn't even be here right now but I'm here."
Smith, 22, was headed to lunch in Clearwater, Fla., last month when he collided with a car making a left turn. Video shows him catapulting into the air -- then flipping and rolling -- and walking away.
"When I realized I was up in the air, I just thought to myself, 'OK, I could either land on my head or my feet,' and the next thing I knew I hit my feet and I rolled and I get up," he said.
Smith didn't suffer any serious injuries. His friends only believed his story when the video was released.
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The driver of the car was ticketed for making an improper left turn and driving with a suspended license, according to Clearwater police. Smith received a summons for not having the required motorcycle endorsement on his license, which he said he is addressing this week.
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Bitmob Community Writer Ed Grabowski: I never expected Sony to lie and use manipulative advertising to try and convince me to buy a PS Vita. Yet, that is exactly what they did.
My brother had the same disappointment with the lack of Super Stardust HD. He's not suing, though :)
I'm interested to see where this goes, if anywhere.
The thing is, it wasn't even fine print.
It was clearly stated on the bonus sticker:
"AT&T Data Session And A Downloadable Game WITH ACTIVATION"
I don't get how this guy calls himself "journalist" if he can't even read properly...
(Aimed at author) Sorry but this guy is a douche. For one complaining about the Vita being pricey? Moron. So what if you wait a month, it does not say get game INSTANTLY. I bought my Vita and got wipeout after I topped up £5 and I had to wait a few hours. I didn't moan because wipeout didnt magically appear straight away. Buy a retail game you cheapskate. SSHD is like £7 quid and he's moaning like a little girl.
Also if you sue, Good luck ever getting on PSN again hah.
I don't know if it is worth suing over, but to be fair to the guy, the wording "With Activation" doesn't clearly say that a purchase or payment is required since an "activation" doesn't necessarily mean it has to be paid service.
AT&T themselves don't use wording like that, as they often use something to the effect of "with 2-year service agreement".
In short, "activation" is ambiguous and can see how a person not familiar with how these services work can be confused.
You can either forgo the use of the data service and buy the game itself for $10 or pay $15 and get the game and 2mos of service.
I'll take the later of the two and just not renew once the time is up. I dont plan on using the 3g anyways but it is nice to have if I ever got the urge to do so later on.
Here is a question. I saw that motorstorm was available for free to vita owners. I dont have my vita yet but I did dl the game to my ps3 for later when I do. Is it the full game or some special edition version that would pale in comparison to the full version?
Title should read "Self Professed Educated Gamer and Consumer Fails to Read Retail Box. Sues Sony because he can."
Seriously. If you are an educated consumer, you don't fail to read the box or the printed material. This poor dunce is just making himself more of a public fool.
I hate ill-informed journalist like this Ed Grabowski. It is because of journalist like him that consumers are misinformed.
I have taken several pictures of my 3G bundles just to prove how ill-informed this journalist is.
Here is a picture of the box with the label on it.
A close-up of the label
As you can see, it says "With Activation." You may perceive it as however it may deems fit to you, but to me it means free downloadable game with activation, ergo you must activate the service for the free downloadable game.
In the inside, there's a little flyer with information on how to activate the ATT DataConnect and get the 2nd month free of ATT DataConnect. There is also a disclaimer, which I'm sure no one read.
And there's also another ATT DataConnect flyer (more like mini-booklet), except this one shows you how to get the free game.
The inside of it
And on number "3." it specifically stated that a game voucher code may be redeemable "30 days after your DataConnect Pass activation."
My word. That's the saddest lack of basic reading skills I have ever seen from any sort of journalist.
His words: "Nowhere, not even in the fine print, did it say that I had to pay to get these promised bonuses"
What was on the box in large print, that he acknowledges reading: "8GB Memory Card, AT&T Data Session And A Downloadable Game With Activation For A Limited Time Only"
Sad. I hope he loses thousands in court fees for wasting so many people's time.
"And that was that. Sony had made it clear that they had no intention of admitting they had manipulated me. Lied to me. Used me. They were willing to lose my business forever over $10"
They didn't give you a free game because you did absolutely nothing to deserve it. You can't read properly. You can't understand a basic sentence with simple structure. The sticker was clear as day. You even said that you read the darn thing. Sigh....
You activate a paid service, you pay for the service. Get a BRAIN.
What's stopping him from taking it back? Confused? Fine. Take it back and ask for a refund. Most places will take back merchandise like this within two weeks, no questions asked.
Or, you could just whine and expose your lack of basic comprehension skills to the entire world and go ahead with a lawsuit. To each his own...
Blizzard have been pulling that trick for years with WOW.
Old news
Don't take these morons seriously they are told to write crap like these for a living. They are in for the page clicks.
Author looks at his articles on the front page of N4G with a huge grin on his face.
Wow, this guy has flamed the website not once, but twice in a day with Sony hate. Front page no less, thats a feat.
bitmob's non-existent credibility just went into negative figures.
A bit stuck up his ass this guy is...
He's not a journalist, he's a blogger who writes poorly researched and constructed op ed pieces. Don't confuse self-dillusion with actual ability.
haha bitmob pumping them out
story quality WTF
like this website? NO
g'day to you
edit: dear god please stop calling him a journalist even in an ironic way its still derogatory to real journalist.
editX2: wat Krakn3Dfx said
dang bitemob that's two sony attack articles this week.
people should be aware bitemob was founded by dan hsu the editor that ran egm into the ground.
four months after the ps3 launched hsu chose the cover of egm showing a ps3 with a tomato slammed against it asking 'what went wrong'. the ps3 hadn't launched in the eu but was still outselling the 360 and he asks what went wrong.
where was the cover with the ms rrod billion dollar debacle asking what went wrong?
has any mistake in gaming ever cost a billion bucks? how often does any company in any field ever make a billion dollar mistake?
hsu wrote in his column that he laughed at the sony execs when he showed them the upcoming cover of egm. yeah dan hsu real objective pro - not.
And this is why you buy the wifi only edition.
i understand the flyer as i would get the 2nd data month free from at&t, and i would get the voucher from them, but i call to make sure and they said call sony.
i did and they said code would be sent out 30 days after the free activation of data plan. i said ok and moved on with my life as im patient enough to wait.
Oh look, "bitmob" again, after "the playstation brand should die"...
poor desperate fanboyz...or worst, employees for propaganda marketing.
It's not false advertising. The words "With Activation" in the statement are where this writer misconstrued the meaning of the advertisement. The statement on the box said:
"Over $55 Bonus Value. 8GB Memory Card, AT&T Data Session And A Downloadable Game With Activation For A Limited Time Only."
Again, the important part here is: "AT&T Data Session And A Downloadable Game WITH ACTIVATION."
This means that "Activation" is a pre-requisite for receiving the free data session & downloadable game.
What did he think "Activation" meant? Activation generally means that you're beginning a new service, and that costs money. I think the implication here is that when you sign up for 3G service, you get a free month ADDED ON to your service, and you get a free downloadable game code.
It makes perfect sense, to me.
It's like those DirecTV ads that say "Sign up and get HBO free for 6 months." It's not like you can just say "Here, I'm signing up for the free HBO." No, you have to sign up for their service, pay them for their service, and then along with that, you get free HBO.
The sticker on the box says with activation, also there are two flyers inside that expalin everything very well. He has no case and I doupt he is going to sue Sony. He is just grandstanding and trying to get hits.
Even if he did not completley understand the sticker on the outsideof the box there is no excuse for not reading or understanding the well explained and detailed flyers inside the box.
how comment 1.1.2 got 34 disagree's is beyond me
SONY should sue Ed; for buying multiple PS Consoles when they didn't & dont have good co-op games that would make someone buy 3 PS, 3 PS2'S, & 3 PS3's: WTF? Nut!
SONY has done this for years & people are now just learning this, well good. Now, Don't be fooled by SONY again.
ps vita 3g model is not even worth it anyways.
Must be from the US...
BTW so am I and sue happy individuals sadden me :(
The worst part is that he's too stupid to realize he wasn't promised anything free in the first place.
He isn't stupid. The wording on the outside of the box made ME, as well, think that I would receive both a free month and a free game.
You're not calling *me* stupid . . . are you?
@CaCl well that's a shame: With your contribution we now have one too many.
Conzul, this is MARKETING. To try your best to get the consumers to buy your products. Even if it is worded weird you need to use common sense.
I guess he's adamantly suing them because he wants to continue buying their products. I personally wouldn't sue if I had such a situation happen with a company that doesn't hold a track record with me. If I've been a loyal customer for a significant amount of time along with spending substantial amounts of money on their products and they treat me in such a way that was done in this person's case- then yes, suing would be a thought that would cross my mind.
I don't wanna encourage throwing lawsuits around...but if there really wasn't any fine print and if Sony really did treat him like this, I don't blame him for being pissed. I certainly would be.
The only people I would ever sue would be the people withholding content and releasing day 1 dlc but even that wellI don't buy those games so it doesn't matter to me
But man does this author sound like a little stuck up B1#^%
"But man does this author sound like a little stuck up B1#^% "
Says the guy who'd sue over Day 1 DLC....
and i also don't buy those games to begin with so it doesnt matter to me. as I said above. For example. I refuse to buy a bioware game simply due to the fact of how much dlc is released right at launch. Exclusion of content and all another example is capcom. i love capcom and all but they have really becomea bloody rose in that aspect. They make good games, then sell dlc that is on disc for a ridiculously high price.
Call me what you want buyti think its stupid that developers put out day one dlc for a game and expect people to buy it when all they are doing is withholding content. What happened to the good ol days where youd just buy a game and enjoy it without the need for dlc day 1 to get the full package? (im fine with dlc so long as its not right around the launch of a game) you can tell me that its just "bonus content" but in all reality it is not
there wasn't any *fine* print... it was *large* print.
and this would be like suing the director of drive because you felt that you didn't get enough action - utterly stupid.
I find it weird that a journalist didn't know about the "small print". I pretty sure if he visited N4G or the PS Blog/Forum he would have know about this before he went to the store. It was kind of misleading but I think most people are smart enough to know that nothing is free. The "free month and game" were to pull you into using a Att data plan and paying for it.
In the age of internet it's not very hard to research a product before you buy it.
I would take it as a lesson learned. Anyways, to each their own. I hope your path leads you to the outcome that you desire.
Does it say that you have to pay for a month of AT&T service on the package?If not then its false advertisement.Then Sony should give you the promised items.
Anyone who disagreed with you are brainless lemmings.
Seriously? I bought this bundle, and I knew exactly what it meant the moment I saw the sticker.
It seems to me that the "brainless lemming" would better describe someone that thinks you can activate wireless service without actually purchasing a plan. I've dealt with multiple wireless phone carriers, many offering bonuses upon activation, and never did I think I could activate it without actually buying service.
"Anyone who disagreed with you are brainless lemmings."
or there was not enough room on the package to Explain what the deal is with "Activation" was or meant with this deal. And thus the TWO full color fliers inside the box that clearly Explained the Deal.
the sticker on the outside:
Over $55.00 Bonus Value
8 GB Memory Card was where? inside the Box!
AT&T Data Session and a Downloadable Game "With" Activation for a limited time only.
the Key is "With Activation" what does that Mean?
Well there was TWO full color Fliers explaining what "With Activation" Meant.
All that info would not have been able to be put on the outside of the [email protected] Box. Also the info explaining this was not in Small Print.
I'm pretty sure there is some where that says, "1 month after paid 3G activation you will be given a voucher for one free game off of psn."
There's no way Sony would lose this lawsuit. It became common knowledge at some point, and it was the purchasers responsibility to look into the issue if he/she had any questions.
I also got the 3G Bundle, and While it might say you needed to sign up with AT&T service it doesn't tell you that that is ONLY after you paid a for one month...and that you have to literally wait 30 days before a voucher is sent to you. Also I might be mistaken(but I don't think I am) but I saw no indications of these stipulations anywhere on the box, only on a vague slip of paper INSIDE the box.
I love me some Sony products, but I definitely felt shafted, especially after wrestling with AT&T for over a week after they charged me but still denied me service on my VITA :/
"Does it say that you have to pay for a month of AT&T service on the package?"
the Outside package sticker is to tell you get the Bonus with "Activation" the full Info is inside the Box in details.
it's right inside the [email protected] package there is even TWO [email protected] flier's! on the whole thing which he claimed there was not.
Ed's Quote:
"After tearing apart the packaging and looking for the AT&T pass and the code for a free game, I found nothing."
He would have known there was no code Document listed but He would have known the info about How to get his free month of data pass an the free game, if he would have read the [email protected] flier's. which was inside the box they were Both there!
him saying there was no such info an had to go online, he has clearly been caught in a [email protected] lie! an yes i am calling him out in fact . i know [email protected] well he is because i bought the 3G bundle an im looking at the flier's right now , right on the back it clearly states
in bold black lettering:
"Free game requires purchase of a qualifying DataConnect Pass Plan for one month."
Its a white flier with the PSVita picture on the front under the PSVita picture in big bold Orange lettering
"Change the way you play" in Orange
when you access AT&T Mobile Broadband Network in Black letter's.
He could be suing but it will fail. Sony gave out not only info inside the Box, but weeks before the [email protected] system was released.
"Sony had lied to me?"
So How has Sony Lied to you?
When the info was right on the Official Playstation Blog weeks before the PSVita was released.
the Info was on two fliers was right inside the box!
"While it might say you needed to sign up with AT&T service it doesn't tell you that that is ONLY after you paid a for one month...and that you have to literally wait 30 days before a voucher is sent to you. Also I might be mistaken(but I don't think I am) but I saw no indications of these stipulations anywhere on the box, only on a vague slip of paper INSIDE the box."
A)it's not Might need to, it does tell you in fact it does.The two fliers Explain Quite Clearly that is the only way you can get the added data an free game.
B)only on a vague slip of paper INSIDE the box
The full color fliers are Vague?
its very clear cut an worded very well an to the point.Those two fliers was one of the first thing's you see in the box,aside from the full color folded Quick Guide.
I am going to disagree with you on the idea that the fliers inside the PSVita package explaining this are Vague.
We both know you are lying. You didn't buy that bundle.
This journalist is an over-entitled idiot. He's mad because he didn't manage to actually read the deal? Even so it's just $55. Less actually as the 8 GB card is $30 bucks, so he's actually making a big deal over $25.
That does not matter the journalist should have got everything that was promised to him on the package.read his article and he says that no where on the box that it said he had to sub to AT&T service to receive the items.
I guarantee the advertisement had additional information as indicated with a "*" or some other form, specifically "with activation." Deals on products have huge amounts of legal information behind them to prevent things like this from happening.
So dramatic. But he admits himself that it said "with activation". I'm sure he had no clue what that means. Well... If he's illiterate, that's his problem only.
I don't say it's right to advertise in such way. But if you don't understand what they write on the packaging, you should ask your mummy to go with you while shopping.
its like those deals that offer a second smartphone for free or a lower price point. in order to qualify for those deals u would have to pay the activation fee and other fees. he should have treated the deal as if he was buying service for a tablet or a new smartphone
You can sue every MMO too for not getting the free,month without paying too. Oh and your $55 claim should be a bit lower since you got the memory card.
'It comes to this:' You will sue Sony and lose; Resulting in more money lost due to court and other fees surrounding the suit.
"Over $55 Bonus Value. 8GB Memory Card, AT&T Data Session And A Downloadable Game With Activation For A Limited Time Only."
I'm sorry but at what point do you see the word 'free' anywhere?
Too right. Oh I know where he saw it.
"...with activation FoR a limitEd timE only."
The guy who wrote the article... like wtf ¬¬
I certainly don't see anything mentioning further payment.
And if you have to buy or pay for an extra service, it isn't exactly a bonus value.
Cmon. Is an extra $10 for a month of the 3G services really that much just to get all the bonus stuff?
I do not like companies but I can not feel the slightest bit of sympathy ... Well, I can not be fueled and amped up by being pro consumer on this issue when stuff like subsidized phones and micro transactions on FarmVille can easily lead to raking up hundreds in hidden costs. And the latter examples are far more blatant and damming to consumers perceived value of the gaming industry.
When people make it a point to say Vita is more expensive, properiatery, etc compared to their iphone that they have on contract, spend money on devalued dlc for "f2p" games and use the proprietary app market; something is wrong with what we as consumers look at (in our "casual gaming").
I wouldn't sue, but it is kinda shocking how many hidden fee's are all around the Vita lol. I love my Vita and am super happy I bought it, but the more you play with it, the more pricey it gets.
I'm sure a new model will come out eventually where a lot of the hidden costs are no longer there though. As for this you are indeed a sucker, you bought the 3G model lol
I don't really know. What are the hidden costs? other then a data plan?
Memory card is a big one, and I'm sure a hard drive based one will come out soon.
There was a bunch of stuff I found last week, but I haven't been playing it lately so I can't remember. I know one of them was the fact there was no "value pack" this time, like when the psp released at least you got a case.
Thanks yea i have no idea like i said would like to buy a vita but its usefulness to me is just not there since i cannot look at a screen or a book for 2 long due to neck complications.
Thanks for the input
Troll now wrote an anti-Playstation article http://n4g.com/news/968418/...
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bridge this morning.
did you guys read the article? He feels like him and Sony are(*were*) BFFs or something lmfao. The guys is crazy.
The authors are not the same person on both articles. They are from the same site, but they have a lot of independent contributors.


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The press reports almost daily about commercial and financial firms that have sustained massive losses from trading (UBS, JP Morgan etc.), negligence (BP) or alleged chicanery (Barclays). Soon thereafter, we learn that the Government has exacted huge fines from these companies as well. In at least one case (BP), a multi-billion dollar penalty is expected even after the firm spent tens of billions of dollars repairing its mess. It seems that blood in the water does indeed attract sharks.
They call it a "civil monetary penalty" or a "fine," but those terms seem hollow when a financial firm itself is whacked for millions of dollars by regulators after suffering huge losses from bad bets or cowboy traders. "Piling on" seems a better description.
True, the firms made mistakes, perhaps for all the wrong reasons (e.g., when has a successful bettor been called a "rogue trader"?). And, sure, supervision and standards usually need improvement. But adding another layer of losses in the name of "enforcement" is an odd way to express disapproval.
Who does this hurt? Management does not pay. The burden for both the original losses and the subsequent fines falls upon the shareholders whose investment declines and upon the consumers who suffer higher fees for the firms' services - both innocent bystanders.
Let's face it. Regulators in these circumstances are acting like tax collectors. They brag about being Government profit centers, assessing some multiple of their budgets in fines each year, with the excess going into the U.S. Treasury just like our official tax payments.
Tax reform is on everyone's lips these days. As long as the Treasury can benefit from the misery of financial firms, while responsible management is left untouched, this is an area where genuine "tax reform" is sorely needed.


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Local musician Dan Henig's coffeehouse 'Get Low' goes viral
Warning: linked video contains graphic and profane material.
Ann Arbor musician Dan Henig recently pulled a prank at B-24s Espresso Bar in downtown Ypsilanti, playing a live, folksy, acoustic cover of Lil Jon and the East Side Boys' hip-hop smash "Get Low"—and the video chronicling Henig's performance—as well as patrons' amused response to Henig's sensitive delivery of the song's graphic, vulgar lyrics—has gone viral, currently approaching 1.2 million views on YouTube.
Check it out here—but be warned that the song contains graphic and potentially offensive adult language.
Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.
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How did he keep a straight face while sweetly singing such words? Amazing voice. I'd ask someone to pass me a slang dictionary but I don't think I want to know.
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Talent right there! I'd let him taste it.
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Great job dude!!! It's good to see local talent like this; but where is, "Ypsilanti?"


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I stick with my original opinion of the Miami housewives -- if Elsa is in an episode, it's probably a good episode. Marysol's mother Elsa, opens the episode by threatening to hit a drag queen with her pocket book.
Leah finally confronts Marysol and surprisingly apologizes to Marysol. But Marysol doesn't accept her apology or the invitation to her gala.
Adriana confronts Karent (finally) after complaining about "beating her to the tweet" for the last two episodes. Adriana tells Karent she interrupts, is a copycat and thrives on the spotlight. Alexia, a housewife from last season who chose not to be on the show this season because her son was in a very serious car accident, agrees with Adriana. Then Karent tells Alexia that she's shocked by the way she is treating her because she sent her messages saying she was sorry about her son's accident. Using Alexia's seriously injured son to guilt her into feeling bad about attacking her. Low blow. Alexia immediately asks Karent to leave and she does so relatively gracefully-saving a shred of her dignity.
The next day Ana visits Alexia, and it's clear that despite her son's progress, she is still struggling to deal with the situation. Ana is equally offended by Karent's behavior at the party.
The division between the housewives is forming, and the show's premise of new money vs. old (that they promoted in all the previews) is finally coming to fruition. We will see how this plays out. My guess is it will be Joanna, Karent and Lisa versus Adriana, Ana and Leah (and sometimes Marysol).
After hinting that Roman may not be fully committed to Joanna, she looks at Roman's emails. She is shocked to find messages between him and another girl. I'm not shocked. But still, I feel bad for Joanna- well, as bad as you can feel for a gorgeous model.
Her solution? Let's make him a romantic dinner.
Marta comes over while Joanna is cooking and says that she is ridiculous for doing this for him. But Joanna wants to fight for their relationship.
What's more pathetic than her attempt to save the relationship? Joanna's cooking skills. But in the end she makes a meal that Roman actually says is good.
Joanna works up the courage to bring up the emails and Roman is surprisingly honest.
Roman tells Joana he wanted to leave her, but he couldn't do it. Joanna admits she has been selfish in their relationship over the last year. But Roman wants to regain her trust, and she wants to make it work.
Well that went better than expected.
Next week we can look forward to a lingerie party and Joanna getting punched in the face. Can't wait to see what solicited that!


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Dr. Joshua Zimm of the University of Toronto School of Medicine and currently at Lenox Hill Hospital and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Institute in New York and colleagues said photographs of 49 patients who underwent aesthetic facial surgery from July 4, 2006, to July 22, 2010, were used to show 50 blinded raters, each of whom was randomly assigned to four groups.
Raters were asked to estimate the age of each patient in the photographs presented and to rate the patient's attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 10.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Facial Plastic Surgery, found the mean overall years saved following aesthetic facial surgery was 3.1 years.
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A day in a theme park isn't usually a bargain. Frugal visitors may find admission deals or resist souvenir stands, but we've gotta eat, right? When a soft drink price is twice what you'd pay at a 7-Eleven, you've got to swallow hard.
Ah, but there are ways to keep meal costs down, too. We asked Theme Park Ranger readers and Twitter followers (twitter.com/themeparks) to share their top tips for saving on sustenance at the parks, and their suggestions mainly broke down into two categories: Pre-Visit and Post-Turnstiles.
Many folks say pack a snack — or more — and none of them reported shakedowns during bag check. Once, I watched a family spread out a feast of peanut-butter sandwiches in a queue during a rain delay for a coaster. They seemed pretty dang smart as we watched other food options close up shop amid the lightning strikes.
Some of the inside-the-parks tips might seem borderline dishonest, but let your conscience — and your wallet — be your guide.
Before you go•Rule No. 1: Eat a big breakfast. It will give early energy and can sustain folk through the noon hour. Then hold out for a late lunch, before dinnertime pricing kicks in.
•Fruit snacks are easy to pack and eat. Likewise, the peanut butter and jelly Crustable sandwiches. "They defrost throughout the day and are perfect as an afternoon snack," says Vicki.
•Bring frozen water bottles, which will last through the day and provide cool water at all times.
•Bring packages of flavored mix (like for punch or tea), ask for a cup of water at restaurant counter, combine. You can make that work at any water fountain as well.
•A reader named Steve says he packed a soft-sided, insulated cooler/backpack with cold meals, sandwiches, juice boxes and the like. Then put blue ice packs on top. The bag was always searched, of course, but he was never turned away. "I would lock it in one of the park's rental lockers so I didn't have to lug it around all day," he says.
•Hotel guests, especially those with refrigerators and microwaves in their accommodations, should eat breakfast, snacks and late meals in their rooms.
Once inside•Some counter-service restaurants have self-serve drink stations. Guests refill their drinks — sometimes even hours later. This is offered at Epcot's Electric Umbrella, the Backlot Express at Disney's Hollywood Studios and others.
•Order a double hamburger but ask for an extra bun — some readers report they aren't always charged for it. Then you can create two burgers on your own. This works even better in locations with a toppings bar.
•Or share in a bigger fashion. A more expensive meal, divided among two people, might be a better deal. (I also recommend splitting the delicious/lethal peanut butter and jelly milkshake at Hollywood Studios' 50's Prime Time Cafe.)
•Eateries bundle food into combo packages, but you can order a la carte. I ordered a barbecue sandwich, hold the baked beans, and was charged about $1.50 less than the listed price. And I didn't have to eat beans.
•Think small, suggests reader Michelle. "I have been known to purchase the children's portions, which are less expensive and also more realistic portions, calorie-wise, for an adult."
Or just go for itSometimes, you must splurge. But you can do that intelligently and economically. Here are places our readers recommended:
•"The Brown Derby [Hollywood Studios] is a wonderful place to sit down and splurge and take in a quiet meal."
•Boma, the bountiful buffet at Animal Kingdom Lodge. The fare's a bit exotic, yet kids find familiar choices, too.
•"Totally worth it to do Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary — but reservations always fill up fast."
•And lunch at the lobby restaurant at Wilderness Lodge. "Pricey but all-you-can-eat barbecue — chicken, ribs, pulled pork, brisket — and they bring it to you and put it on a Lazy Susan in middle of table. Rib rub to die for."
Get in lineCan't get a FastPass fast enough? Disney's Animal Kingdom is testing a centralized location where guests can obtain some passes without trooping over to the attraction. Check out our first impressions at OrlandoSentinel.com/tpr
• ANIMAL MAGNETISM: SeaWorld has a new tour with reserved seats for shows, photo ops with animals, including a penguin. Details at OrlandoSentinel.com/tpr
• CIRQUE CITY: Florida-resident discount deals for "La Nouba" (buy one, get another for $25) go on sale Tuesday. Details at OrlandoSentinel.com/tpr.
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Keep smiling: Big prize on line Broad grins were not in short supply for finalists of the 67 Days of Smiles competition, which is put on by the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Ten two-person teams vied this week for the top prize of spending 67 days doing 100 attractions in town (plus lodging, use of a car and $25,000). The winner will be announced next week, and the 67-day stint starts Aug. 26. Even the "boot camp" elements — including hang gliding, karaoke, dinner show, attractions and more — were happy times for the contestants, who blogged and Tweeted along the way. Social media skills were seen as vital to winning the extended free vacation. Finalist Rommy Kopp, teamed with her cousin Tanja Höhn, has lived in Orlando for five years after growing up in Germany. For a while she worked at the German pavilion at Epcot, but takes a broader view now. "I just wanted to make Orlando more popular and show a different side of Orlando, not just the theme parks," Kopp says. "There's so much changing here. There's always something new."


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First Look: Disney XD's Kickin' It Returns For Season 3
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa officials responded quickly to allegations against an athletics department official accused of improperly touching students and properly followed internal policies during the investigation, according to an audit report released Wednesday.
University auditors also found "no irregularities" in the hiring of Peter Gray in 2002 to supervise counseling and advising services for athletes despite his firing from another job in 1999 and allegations about improper behavior during his earlier employment at Iowa, according to the report.
University President Sally Mason ordered the review in November amid a firestorm that followed Gray's resignation. An internal university report accused him of sexually harassing students and athletes through improper touching that included shoulder massages, hugging and rubbing — behavior that allegedly dated back to his earlier work at Iowa from 1993 to 1995.
That report also alleged that he had improper sexual photographs on his computer, including a screen saver of the men's swimming team and two showing individuals engaged in sex acts with stuffed animals or toys, and had traded complementary football tickets to someone outside the university for nude photos. A superior had counseled Gray about his behavior, but it continued despite complaints from colleagues, coaches and at least one athlete, the report said. Gray acknowledged some touching but denied grabbing a student's genitals or buttocks.
Mason had apologized to those affected and ordered the audit and separate reviews of hiring and management policies. Gray's supervisor, longtime athletics department official Fred Mims, was stripped of his management duties, and the department reorganized a unit that oversaw student services and compliance with NCAA rules into separate divisions.
The report by the school's Office of Internal Audit was released Wednesday at a meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents in West Des Moines. It found that the university provost's office was made aware Sept. 25 about allegations against Gray, and the school's sexual misconduct response coordinator was immediately notified. Within a week, a formal complaint was filed and a joint investigation by the Equal Opportunity and Diversity office and human resources officials was launched. Gray was placed on paid leave Oct. 8.
The investigation report concluding that Gray violated university's sexual harassment policies was issued Oct. 24, far ahead of an internal guideline for completing written findings within 45 days. Gray resigned days later.
The audit appears to undercut earlier criticism by Board of Regents President Craig Lang that the university moved slowly and failed to implement sexual harassment training for employees ordered in 2008 after a sexual assault scandal involving football players. In fact, auditors found, all athletics department employees had received the training as of Nov. 30, weeks after the scandal broke, compared with a university-wide rate of 82 percent.
Lang did not attend Wednesday's meeting, but he said in an email Monday that the report was only "a start and we will request more information." Regents did not ask the chief auditor, Todd Stewart, any questions after he presented a brief summary of the report.
The report said Gray beat out 27 others who applied for the 2002 job at Iowa and that the department "followed university policy and procedures for this hire." Gray had been fired from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., in 1999 for poor performance. He worked as an athletics department adviser at Indiana University from 1999 until 2002 and at University of Mississippi from 1995 until 1998 after leaving Iowa the first time.
The report also found "no significant issues" with department employees' use of complementary tickets to sporting events.
In the one area targeted for improvement, auditors found that 24 out of 183 department employees did not have the required annual performance review, a higher non-compliance rate than the university as a whole, and recommended several changes. Athletics officials vowed to take steps to reduce the number of reviews that aren't completed and make sure they are signed and stored properly.
Gray's supervisor never mentioned any "documented incidents or accusations regarding sexual harassment" in annual performance reviews examined by auditors, the report found.


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ATI Teams Up With LG For 3D Enabled Phone
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Cell Phones, Video Games,
I'm starting to appreciate gaming on a phone. It's always so readily available. Sure the games oftentimes look like crap, but they're quick, fun, and best of all cheap. Looks like handset graphics are really going to improve by leaps and bounds though, as LG's new SV360 contains ATI's Imageon 2300 media processor, giving it the power to render over 10,000 triangles per frame. With that kind of power, they decided to even make the phone interface in 3D. Coming later this year in all it's 320x240 glory, we'll see how the public takes to it, in light of all the Sony/Nintendo handheld action going on.
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Arkon Steering Wheel Laptop Mount
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Well now here's an accident waiting to happen. I was actually a little worried about posting this because it might get people to look into purchasing it. Sure, the product comes with all kinds of warnings against using it on the road while driving, but why tempt folks? This $50 device from Arkon lets you use laptops weighing up to 10 lbs right from your steering wheel. I just fear that people may opt to use this instead of spending the crazy money you need for an in-dash GPS system. And you guys thought people driving with cell phones were a hazard.
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Couch Potato Tormentor Review
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Not surprisingly, many of you showed great glee in the fact that there was a gadget that would allow you to annoy those who enjoy their home entertainment. The Couch Potato Tormentor was announced a few days ago, and we have had a chance to play around with it for just about that amount of time. If you are thinking of picking one up to annoy your roommate or loved one, we have all the details on this little device. Check out our review of the Couch Potato Tormentor after the jump.
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Get fired up with this week's DVD releases, starting with Ladder 49. Staring Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta, Ladder 49 tells the story of the brave men and women we call fire fighters. If you prefer something a bit less sappy, the ninth season of Friends has also been released today. Be sure to check out one of these hits this weekend as you relax from a long week at work or school:
Ladder 49 ~ Joaquin Phoenix
Friends - The Complete Ninth Season ~ Lisa Kudrow
Columbo - The Complete Second Season ~ Peter Falk
Baby Einstein - Baby Monet - Discovering the Seasons
Tribal Fusion: Yoga Isolations & Drills for Bellydance ~ Rachel Brice
Xena Warrior Princess - Season Six ~ Lucy Lawless
XNA Studio Released
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Microsoft has release XNA Studio for video game developers on Monday to ease in the creation of video games for its current console as well as for its next console. The product is meant to help developers exchange code amongst teams in order to speed up development and standardize systems for porting video games from PC to Xbox (2) and vice versa. This means that the tools will be able to assist developers to keep their budget and keep video games from being ridiculously overpriced. According to Microsoft executives, XNA will be help developers keep next generation video games on the same level as the current Xbox video games. We'll just have to keep our eyes wide open during the months to come and see if these promises are fulfilled.
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50 Cent's Custom Made Nintendo DS
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In other related 50 Cent video game gossip - feast your eyes on the rapper's customized Nintendo DS. Apparently 50 Cent wasn't feeling the silver bling of Nintendo's portable console, and settling for a Nintendo DS skin certainly wouldn't be P.I.M.P. The result is a custom made urban camouflaged Nintendo DS that has "G-Unit" emblazoned on the front cover. Now that's gangsta!
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50 Cent: Bulletproof - The Game
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Rapper 50 Cent will be the main character in an upcoming video game set to be released later on this year. Fiddy will be playing himself in 50 Cent: Bulletproof.
50 Cent: Bulletproof will star hip-hop artist 50 Cent, including his likeness and voice. The game will have a plot that focuses on New York's drug underworld, putting players to the task of uncovering an international conspiracy.
Okay so maybe we don't have many details on the game to make it sound better than it looks – however, the game's visuals look great. GameGossip has more screenshots for your viewing pleasure.
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Samsung's 82 Inch TFT-LCD HDTV
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Come on now, Samsung. Why do you taunt us so? Obviously this 82" TFT-LCD high definition television isn't even on the market yet (you can expect to see it in a couple of years), but once it does hit retail, who is going to be able to afford one? Oh well, it sure is a nice way to hit CeBIT with style.
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South Park Studio Version 2
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If you have ever wanted to create your own South Park character - or create yourself as a South Park character - now is your chance. The South Park Studio over at Planearium allows you to put together bits and pieces, Potato Head style, to create your own South Park characters. I must say, they did a good job with this one. It is definitely fun messing around with all the different pieces they have to offer. Feel free to link to some of your creations.
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Pilot Watch With Slide Rule
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My geek meter went right past the 11 mark when I saw the Pilot Watch, which has a built in slide rule. If you didn't know, a slide rule is a device made obsolete by the invention of the electronic calculator. For those of us who want to get nostalgic or flaunt their supergenius, the slider helps you solve time, distance and speed equations, provide currency conversions, multiply, divide, and perform any conversion of a linear nature such as ounces to grams, kilograms to pounds, miles to kilometers, etc. Impress your date and calculate tips at the same time! It retails for $250.
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Longtime Exeter Hospital executive Glenn Klink has been named executive director for Minuteman Health in New Hampshire.
"Glenn brings a high level of health care knowledge and deep experience in the New Hampshire market to the position, and we're very pleased to have him aboard," said Minuteman CEO Tom Policelli.
Klink has 25 years of health insurance experience, including eight years of managed care experience for Prudential and Aetna.
From 1994 to 2013, Klink worked at Exeter Health Resources, the holding company for Exeter Hospital. As a member of senior management, he helped set corporate strategy and was responsible for health insurance contracting, government affairs and new business development.
He has served on various state coalitions, committees, task forces and local boards, and is a certified Professional for Healthcare Management (PAHM).
Klink, who holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire, lives in Exeter with his wife and two children.
Minuteman Health is a new member-governed, nonprofit health maintenance organization (HMO) currently selling insurance in Massachusetts. The company recently received its license to start selling in New Hampshire in 2015.


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