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dollars per annmn in advance y*"p " teclat^lper-quarefortliefirat . ent insertion court or ( • ni higher vi.,slow.-h hat do you know fwadleigh's sleeping in meeting f witness i l<"ow all about it ; taint rpt 1 guess , - ' .."'__ then tel us all about it that s - ue want to know his head well short of it is john wad i " . orking man : that is he - ",' h'tv hard doing nothing and t5 hardest work there is done it i ' ,'., a feller sleep quicker than pop so il stands to reason that ".!,' would naferally be a very sleepy person well the weather is some ., considerable warm and loodv sarmons is sometimes ra stop said justice winslow flection upon parson moody that i were called hen for ',.,..... — i don't cast no reflection on ■• '. 1 ivas onlv t<'l!in_r what ii john wadleigh's sleeping ■■"•■and its my opinion especial .-:.. weather that sarmons that lvydike an<l two hours long na ' : ,;,■a tendency — j . stop i say said squire wins ; vou repr.-it any of these reilec arson moody again i'll commit cage for contempt of court s — 1 don't cast no reflection on , \\ idy i was only telling what bout john wadleigh's sleeping rting v , winslow — well jro on and tell lhat vou wern't called hereto out parson moody s that's what 1 am trying fo u wouldn't keep pulling me out . niv opinion in warm weather nsiilerably apt fo sleep in rneet vvhen the sarmon — i mean where they get pretty tired i il il pretty hard work to get by . and tightly in the sarmon my mce get by then 1 gener _• nu i kind of a waking train md make out to weather it but . ;. \\ adlei_.li ; i've generally he lii-gins to gape at lhe ightly it's a gone goose • he gets through tenthly sn • nun brings the people tip - i rul wadleigh comes up with e opening a jack-knife sana smith sues — having noticed that - es maj as well be made trees tsbrubs nnelude to tell you how i lone in the spring of j s-_f ■ommenced a garden and a : hings cuttings for current leteririined to make an experi ■se cuttings and as s ion i . ■• i pinched off all the leaves ex m lift which i lel grow the i . was • i k jut fourteen inches high ■. ng uns summer the sprout from i jrevv perhaps len inches i tl -.- pinched oil till the leaves i ft'aj up lhe first year's i so t to leave lhe lowest limbs i u ground.-it branch ■i handsome little dwarf ■i a it came to bear fruit it was i luciivt than any other bush in garden and the fruit larger it was i vith spiders and other in ■'• ou!d not pick oil the fruit ■- is in • weeds were more easily i ra ili^it the roots and it was or i it ins d ol a blemish now 1 ■• propos lhat current cuttings be i '~ aboul l or 5 feet apart each i et them be straight ones trained i es michigan farmer i »* ij.vriiixn mr charles i lhe cincinnati advertiser thus forth upon the importance of bathing ' i risk of repeating what i have al i 1 said on the subject of bathing let rr,ii!iid my readers of lhe importance inning off the impurities which the ■ion of the blood is continually de f '-' ni the human surface since all i nicious tilth is subject if left then r token up again by the absorbents i manifest prejudice of health and ■ms is the grand cttuse of various ■i diseases of summer : its mildest i king the debility which renders j/^asan so uncomfortable and which ■■■'■el the true reason we usually h^''e o the extreme heats if any per ■us this let him observe a fact experience supplies that an infant ht^nio;*u'r washes it all over with cold ka r re_ularly day by day commencing h le«arly spring months never has jjer complaints ■jr from the benefit to health the ■/ ;<< enjoyment of a bath should tempt b>4 ult's oi — \- to isp in h ' "; • • e when the same words in an b would please as well the wfe s''°uld be — the voice clear t*m aiid e;lch syllable distinctly artic ki..7 imi,a,ion •*-"• t tl11 oi witch b*>k i"u ; such superstitions 0,in minis are rarely jidol 3 to rect a chiul to act brpmani whereas it is not often be llule l,(,-v '° ripe iie ma b 0 conform his demeanor to his b^wjf nas ils own peculiar de — ew england galaxy ■>, ru_t wn a beprej _ rnarrjwj man v]1 rl!'''r i a ii he wil le k she wih tell w>ncr6istor will teu everybody the carolina watchman brcner & james . % -,.. . b , } keep a check cpo all your editors _)• proprietors } rulers ( new series do this axd libert v is s^fk ) ahj_i gen'l harrison ) number 12 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday july 22 1847 the storming of cerro gordo the following extract from the rath way x j register contains some par ticulars of that terrible conflict by one who was a party in il which will be read with interest : — col vv s harney 2d dragoons was our oilicer in command as soon as we hul taken our places and all laid down col harney gave his orders thus as soon as you hear the word charge rush right down the hill as fast as you can and up tin oilier — it is rather sleep but that's all the better lor as — yell like devils as soon as you reach the ravine and then up tin hill to their breastworks as soon as you jan and for god's sake dont fire unless you shoot a mexican !"' an orderly now mime from gen twiggs — the general says if you don't want him to go crazy for heaven's sake fire !*' the guns were soon ready and our side began they ired for a tew minutes when a force was ibserved coming down the jalapa road md tbe riflemen were ordered tothe bow f the mountain to engage them in gelling out ofthe hollow tbey had to \ kiss just in range of the enemy's guns i*id the grape shot took awful effect — such a scene may i never witness again s each successive shower came shouts f " oh god !" and cries ofthe most pain ul description came from their ranks vhile the blood spattered and dust flew n every direction capt mason's leg vas shot entirely away but he took it ve y coolly simply looking at it and obsprv ! ng " well there's my leg gone !'* by the trenuous exertions of their oilicers the auks were kept closed " keep in the auks men don't fall out — stand firm vhile at every shower death strode among hem the word was now " the third orward and our bugle sounded the charge we rose and pitched for the . - > | erp a v lescent t_nd now tdeed for vhole lire of which the enen was cap . ile was directed against us all their in antry was at work and the constant roll if musketry with now and then the loud t and more startling report of artillery rom all the enemy's forts which were iross-firing us was awful still cheering ve rushed on cheered by our leader the ntrepid harney a gnat many were hot while we could not lire a gun our elves and even onr artillery had now to e silent as wi were in the range of it we reached the bottom of our hill in ihowers of bullets almost exhausted but igain we gave three hearty cheers and jotnmenced to climb ihe enemy's height ind storm their breastworks and battery riiousands upon thousands of bullets whiz zed past our ears now and then laying ine of my comrades low here i saw nany of my brave comrades fall — men ivho had like myself fought in all the bat les iii mexico and i thought for certain hat my time had come but no my dear lister the recorded prayers of those whom i love best on earth were still around me then as ever and the thought lightened my heart as 1 rushed on col harney was at the head of us all cheering us on and in a few minutes we gained the top and were just outside the breastworks — they fought like devils — better than mex icans have fought before in this war col harney was almost the first man on their breastworks capt alexander in com mand of our regiment was the third man and he shot three or four before he got in and two afterwards with a revolver — lieut ewell of the rifles was the first oilicer on the breastworks and was cheer ing with his cap of when be received an escopette ball through the heart the 3d infantry was among the first over and the enemy commenced running but too late — they were shot down in their tracks many of them as we turned their own artillery upon them and the 2d infantry which had by this time got round met them near the foot of the mountain our flag was instantly hoisted on the fort and the route was complete — for ihe enemy seeing that their main dependence was wrested from them took the panic and abandoned themselves to flight twenty-eight miles of porks — doug lass jerrold considers no education com plete without a certain acquaintance with medical science all no douht know that the skin is a perspiratory organ but few probably are aware of ihe magni tude of the part which in virtue of its function it performs in the animal econo my with reference therefore to this point he cites the following statement of surgeon wilson f r s the celebrated english anatomist : to obtain an estimate ofthe length tube of the perspiratory system of the whole surface ofthe body 1 think that 2 800 might be taken as a lair average of the number of pores in the square inch and 700 consequently of the number of inches in length now the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordi nary height and bulk is 2.500 the num ber of inches of perspiratory tubes 1 750,000 that is 145,833 feet or 18,600 yards or nearly twenty-eight miles forly million bushels of barley are annually consumed in england in the production ot malt account of the death of capt a r porter the charlotte journal of the 15th inst says : — the following letter lo the father of capt a r porter has been furnished for publica tion at the earnest solicitation of the citizens of mecklenburg it is from capt desha who was 1st lieutenant of capt porter's company at the bloody battle of buena vista it gives j in detail all the circumstances connected with the melancholy fate ot the captain as lieuten ant desha was cognizant of the whole scene the letter will be read by his fellow citizens with a proud satisfaction proud at his noble daring under such trying circumstances yet re j grelting lhat he should be cut off in lhe prime of his usefulness it will be seen lhat his friends intend to bring his body back to this country so that he may be buried in his nalive land when that respect can be paid to his re mains which is justly the meed of ali those who die in defence of their country's honor la encantada camp of the arkansas regiment 13 miles s of saltillo mexico may 19 1847 mr james porter : dear sir — your letter of the 17th ult di rected to gen wool enquiring into the par ticulars of the death of your son capt a r porter who was killed in the bloody battle of buena vista on the 23d of feb and also as to lhe practicability of having his remains brought lo the united states was received a few days since and handed over to the colonel of this regiment for information who hand handed it lo me inasmuch as i now command capt porter's company and am knowing to the cir cumstances of his death burial s_c i was lhe 1st lieut of his company and was close to him when he received his mortal wound four companies of the arkansas cavalry a i nong which was capt porter's the remain j jer of the regiment being engaged with the nemy in another part of the field were form 3d in conjunction with the kentucky cav dry to resist a charge from the mexican ian ■" ii 15*30 to 20*30 men — \ uen '-._'* '••'<• ' iihiti 73 o l ■• we fired upon ihem and rflnri l upon their lines iley al ... n charging and dividing so as to surrou.ij here a bloody encounter hand to hand took ilace which in a short time resulted in the dis j icrsion of the enemy ; though outnumbering | js some 4 or 5 to 1 in this desperate charge j your son fell at the head of his company gal fiitly leading it on to victory he and cm fell who commanded the arkansas regiment ell within a few paces of each other whin captain porter was found on the field his ireast was pierced with a lance his left hand ralf'cut off with a sabre and his face split om the left eye to the mouth with a sabre [ saw the mexican pierce him through the ireast with his lance and 1 immediately dash id at him with my sabre remarking to capt forter that i would kill him the mexican lor iim he made me no reply but seemed lo be sending over in his saddle as if in the agonies f death the mexican who killed him and vho had been dismounted for he was on fool a'hen he struck him with his lance ran in a i nong our horses and i did not get an opportu nity to slay him these sir are the circum tatices of your son's death and you may rely ipon thoir truth as i was an eye witness to hem the sabre wounds i think he must have eceived whilst in the act of falling from his lorse as the wound in the breast was mortal [ was well acquainted with capt porter and md been for the last three or lour years we ived in the same town and practiced law in he same courts 1 deeply sympathise with you n his loss ami although he has fallen young md in the midst of his usefulness yet i know hat it will be a source of proud gratification o you to hear that he fell as a brave sol ber in the ever memorable battle of buena vista whilst upholding the honorof his country immediately afier the battle and when all ihings had became quiet i had his body enter red along side of col yell when vour let ter was received the company was making ar rangements lo have his remains carried to the u states everyman of his company is anx ions that it should be done for no man was held in higher estimation by his men or more belov t*d by ihem than was capt porter i am now having a cofiin prepared in saltillo suitable for carrying his body back in to the united slates our regiment will leave here on the 5th of next month for new orleans there to be dis charged at llie expiration of its term of service which is aboutthe 1st of july as lhe regiment will leave here and probably the army befure this leiter can reach you and any one come here to gei his remains we bave thought prop er to take his remains as far as new orleans with us and there deposit them from which place you can easily have them taken to north carolina it was our intention to take ihem back to llie place of bis adopted home and where he had raised his company but of course we will abide by your wishes and leave him at new orleans i will write from here and let you know where they can be found capt porter had been unwell with the rheumatism in his ancles and knees for two or three weeks before the battle and was advised by the sur geon not lo go out to the ii<_.ht but impelled by ti love of glory and a sense of duly to his coun try he determined to participate in lhe glory of lhe day even though it cost him his life hop ing lhal i have satisfactorily answered your let ter i remain with much respect vour obedient servant f r desha capt com d arkansas regt cavalry mr james porter charlotte n c a man who had lived much in society said that his acquaintances would fill a cathedral but that a pulpit would hold all his iriends philosophical happiness is to want lit tle and to enjoy much ; vulgar happiness is to want much and enjoy little from the n o picayune june 6 i from the army of gen tay lor the u s steamer fashion capt ivy arrived yesterday from brazos santiago ; with about fifty discharged soldiers and ! teamsters by this arrival we have our ; j correspondence from monterey to the 20th i ult and the matamoras flag of the 30th i the following passengers came over on ' the fashion : mr j b bigelow l w webster capt j adams and n g try on captain adams is in charge of two men who are said to have deserted from the american army just prior to the bat tle of buena vista their names are isaac mcfield and christian reath from the flag we learn that brig gen hopping then at matamoras was to pro ceed immediately to mier to superintend the formal ion of a camp of instruction for the troops now on the rio grande and to arrive the flag gives the following ac count of the troops to go into camp the 16th col tibbatt's regiment en tire is now at camargo and wili be the first at the camp two companies of the 13th col echols's regiment passed up the river on monday ; one companv is in fort paredes where it will remain for the present and two more are at the bra zos expected up the ther five . nies of this regiment are yet to arrive the 10th regiment colonel ten.pit.\j complete is in camp at this place and will remove to the camp of instruction when relieved by the illinois un derstood to be on the way out the bat talion of 3d dragoons now here are un der orders to remove to the camp but their march is delayed in consequence of the non arrival of horses in addition to the troops above men tioned the following forces raised and to tie raised under the recent call for volun teers and assigned to gen taylor will nter gen hopping's schoul at mier as i'ast as they arrive : one regiment of infantry from indiana fonc from ohio one battallion five i .... ' "■from ew-.tersey ; one bat i_o five u ; trpm deleware an ; ma yiand one battalion five do fro m iama ; one company of foot porn i our companies of horse fro hi ansas ohio and alabama ; two co lies of foot from virginia and one com iany from xorth carolina the troops will be exercised in their studies at this school under col belknap md when they shall have passed through i course of instruction under him they vill be fully prepared to fight under gen taylor's invincible banner the troops quartered at matamoras a jout 1400 in number were to have been eceived on the 1st instant by col da venport the commandant maj ben mcculloch and his men had been for some days quartered at matamo ras the men were enlisted for six months and the major has gone up to see if they ould be received we regret to hear that the major is in bad health the flag has a report communicated by letter — in which by-the-way it puts no faith — that a scouting party of gen wool had been cut oil near encarcacion and nil but one man killed or made pri soners the letter further said that gen wool was expecting an attack the let ter is dated june 10th had there been any truth ir its reports they would have been noticed by our correspondent writing ten days later from monterey special correspondence of the ricaynne monterev mexico june 20 1817 nothing of any note has transpired since my last and we are all in pretty much the same condition now as then except that the prospect of moving upon san lu is has grown a little brighter and we look forward to the arrival of the 1st sep tember with considerable importance — at least the majority of those here do i understand that gen taylor has been ap prised from headquarters that three of the volunteer regiments recently called for arc also to be assigned bim they will pro bably be in lhe field by the latter part of august and ready to march by september accounts ofthe crops in the interior are very flattering the wheat crop is said to be unusually fine and corn also gives to ken of an abundant harvest this is very cheering as by the time a movement is made the corn harvest will be at its very height and there will be no difliculty in foraging the animals the army will probably be subsisted upon fresh beef on the route to avoid the necessity of trans porting salt provisions and levies will be made upon the surroundingcountry lam perfectly elated with the prospect of going to san luis and coming home by the oth er route i imagine that gen taylor will visit the states late in the fall afier pen etrating into lhe interior and uniting with gen scott a mexican of considerable intelligence ar lived direct from san luis a few days since and reports that gen taylor had been expect ed there for some time ile statea lhat there are some regular troops th-*ie but no very large force and that but little had been done tuwards fori ifv ing lhe place mexicans here state that urrea has levied a tax upon all the inhabitants in this region for the support of his forces and that lie has agents attending to its execution all those who have arms are directed to keep them in good order | and be ready at a moment's warning to stand ith a;>ain to protect their soil it is thought jv lie mexicans here and they could not be uade to believe olherwise that gen taylor contemplates a speedy movement upon san luis n consequence of all the troops being sent on o saltillo immediately after their arrival here ind lrrea is said to have expressed his inten ion of retaking monterey as soon as gen t jeparts i am afraid that he will be disap ointed in his expectations that urrea has issued orders and promulgated an address i can not and do not doubt why should he not as well as canales ? eight companies of the north carolina re gunent col payne pan ol whom arrived with the last tram from below marched up to sal lilloon thursday and apparently with pret v full ranks a part of the massachusetts e giments are at cerraivo and the rest at camar go and are soon expected up gov early in consequence of the exorbi tant prices demanded for all son of marketa ble matters meats and vegetables has been compelled to fix prices for every thing at rea sonable and remunerative rales the mexi can hucksters are in a great rage about it but to make use of a vulgar expression have to grin and bear it j e d from the city of mexico the mobile herald and tiibune has com plete files of papers from the cilv of mexico down to the 16ih of june several davs later than we have seen the news is not of great importance but il lets us into the slate of af f the capital va_d,*m e lievm we i-'arn that the diario v dobicrno ot the 13th june contains the de crie or santa anna prohibiting the publica hon ot notices as lo the slate of defence ofthe city of mexico l(1 cutti t.ffallcommuiiica on with the point of the republic occupied hy our common enemies ie north an.eri cans all persons therefore requiri to pa«s into or to write to such parts must obtain a sale conduct from lhe supreme government or irom properly constituted military authorities in the diario for the 15th june d jose ma na cobos slates in regard to the mcintosh s j-onvoy that the heights ofthe bridge pu mite nacional were occupied by mo°re than hree hundred infantry besides about two hun ired infantry and over a hundred cavalry in he oad at the base ofthe heights ; lhat the bridge ivas completely obstructed by a thick barricade if brambles and trees :" that the americans red a loss of 150 killed as he had ob had buried a hundred and odd j sea ant beii dozen shot whom the - guerillas : '■full n : and t td i ian '"- .... o rebolledo was onvoy iu paso de ocejas us he cou ' * o;..,r d without prejudice to the defence ofthe bridge that an hundred and odd american cavalry md infantry had descended from jalapa to as ist the convoy and lhat four of this reinforce nent had been killed and others wounded father jarauta represented ihat the enemy ell back in a most shameful manner that th lorritic fire irom the ambuscade caused a loss o ihe enemy of over u hundred dead and many vounded and leaving us numberless wagons md animals to-morrow wiih the force i nay have though only dozen men i proceed o calera where with lhe assistance of i ju in aburto i propose to strike another blow until jarauta i'he following paragraph is from the diario f the 12th june : trustworthy letters and the evidence of per tons of veracity confirm the report that lhe ankees in puebla do not number 0000 lhe irlillery does not amount to 25 pieces most of b g and 4 pounders what garrison will they hink of leaving in pluebla in case they moved or ward ? certainly not less than 2000 and villi hardly 4000 will they attempt to come to mexico in such cases it is vulgarly said the meat is too litile for so much broth fourth of july accidents — just after the evening salute had been commenced at alba ny on the 5th a young man by the name of william shep.ird of bradford was struck by a wad from the cannon on his thigh the wad passing through his limb between the bone and the femoral artery tearing the flesh badly but not so that amputation was deemed advisa ble at the time this morning he was doing as well as could be expected at newton lowel falls a cannon wiih which the inhabitants were celehratin the ap proach of the day exploded into a hundred frag ments the largest that could be found weighed but six pounds and that was thrown six hun dred feet to within a short distance of lhe rail road depot at the time of lhe explosion the gun was surrounded wiih people but no one was in the slightest degree injured the annual catalogue ot accidents commen ces this year as in preceding with deplorable instances of the fatal result of carelessness and improvidence in troy a man was killed by the bursting of a cannon in schenectady an other had his hand blown otf by the same cause rather ef/uivocal — a complimentary dinner was given to mr uedinger by the unterrified democracy of page county va a few days ago at which the follow ing regular toast was drank : james k polk distinguished alike for his valor etnd skill as commander in chief of the american armies msi well as for bis wisdom and statesmanship as pres ident ofthe united slates we were yesterday shown by a gen tleman frum the adjacent county of prince george's a sample of common red wheat raised on the estate of the late thomas sasser esq the heads of this wheat are ucommonly large averaging ten rows and one hundred grains to the head of fine full grain the whole field had not a single false head in it so says our in formant ; f north carolina mint a letter in the boston post speaking of the operates of the d s mint in north carok na says : " charlotte is the centre of the r u rr.r r n-.kc.-ji hi "._ tr_r_f branch of the lnited states mint the molh er mint is at philadelphia and there are threj branches at new orleans at dahlnne.r georgia and at charlotte at philadelphia hey coin gold silver and copper ; at new or leans gold and silver and at dahlonega and his place gold only but liule silver i foe , here ; no more lhan is wanted inassayi _ coining he gold theymakeoi.lv ! and quarter eagles here the ' " coined here in any one year less than 8400,000 a v ," some i xvill give a i . borneof he processess th _ trough the . miners have • _■iii j i rock fine keep i g it we .-,., , . lu as jt becomes line | t ii*.-s - the have a hard kind of l>r ■thev then mix quicksilver with it mj f^t collects the gold dust it u washed - r.__ed ami g through some kind *.._£ """ l,r"cess the gold dust is ihen u,su?iv f>w he of h sot j s lhe miners melt i if before " . m ., t app*i-'i-e ml rai •- is ,-. ... • i-.hita___l ' ' '• ot an uml i .«« ;•_ ihe mint the melters take the gotj dust melt it and cast it into a bar when it is weighed accurately and a piece is cut off the assayer he takes it melts it with twice its weight in silver and several limes iti weight of lead il is melted in some small cup made of bone-ashes which absorb all the lead when a large part of the silver is extracted l»v another process and the same is then rolled out to a thin shaving coiled up and put iu a sort of glass vial called a main ass alon with some nitric acid the mattresses are put on a furnace and the arid is boiled some lime poured off a new supply put in and boiled again j his is done several times till ihe acid has ex tracted all the silver and other mineral suh slance leaving the sample pure gold tho sample is then weighed and by the difference between the weight before essaying and afier its true value is formed all the silver over and above five pennyweights for each lot is paid for by the mint at its true value the mi ner calls at the mint after his lot of gold has been assayed and gels its full value in gold coin lhe government charging nothing for coining that is what one ofthe officers of the mint here old me though i had always understood that he government got five per cent tor coining — i'he gold after it has been assayed is melted efined and being mixed with its due propor ion of alloy equal parts of silver and copper is drawn into long strips it shape not unlike an iron hoop for a cas . ie round pieces cut will i sort of punch each piece weighed and brought to the right size by a file if too heavy when it is millt;l or the edge raised and put nto a stamping press whence it comes forth a lerfect coin bearing the endorsement of ihat espectable old gentleman uncle sam general taylor's letter we are amused at the apparent ecslacv in imh the remark in general taylor laie that he cannot permit himse.f lo be the > of any party or yield himself to par », has thrown the ejiquirer and the ;!- : l has *..* ij i to lhe some v , — r|v s lk • her i j u'"1 ' ii as the e .- laps becau . er ives very clearly lhal .. jen tajlm ,.•.",_ s a solvent sufficently owerfultodis : ig parly it may not e less potent in 1jpo heir oppo lenls or more p ' iuse he union nows that ah r mav -,,. op osed to a conrentiono . auu thou|d ie be elected to the l'n es to ro nto that olliee un hligatkms and un ie is nevertheless . hat his administration .- \ .•• ecessil m ts sanction in the main to whig policy lence ilie union says : " under such circum lances il is moreover quite manifest that nv commitment at this time on the art of any section of the demo jratic party in favor of the election of jen taylor is unsafe and ill-judg ed ;'' and hence the earnest uess with which t ur^cs its friends to - wait until such an avow il ot his opinions has been made i.y general taylor and has received iheir approval before naking up their minds lo ive l.im their stn ort u a candidate for lhe presidency the i nion is manifestly more apprehensive of the eiidency of this declaration of jen taylor to * disorganize the locofoco parly — and tin re ent demonstrations in pennsylvania and else where well justify its fears — tharr of iis effect o disturb the harmony and future unanimity of heir opponents ! — richmond whig running from office the n o daily national says that among he volunteers in col doniphan's command vas a young man who enlisted to keep from uniting for the missouri legislature ' this ave umbrage to his constituents and bis name was put up and was elected by a unanimous rote the unfortunate individual who thus lad honors thrust upon bim while marching in low time with his musket on bis shoulder over n santa fe is suddenly disturbed by ihe ap jearance of an express from the executire uf missouri demanding ol ol doniphan on pun ind penalles if neglected il.e body ol the mem jer eleet of missouri legislature now a i eer in his regimen tl.e colonel a a mili ary man is obliged to obey biscommandcr-in dii^f ; so be ordered the legislator out of the ranks and told him ihat he inu-i fool it jack under a guard to missouri willingly if he ivould or chained as a prisoner tie repre sentative vented iin ecatiotis upon his const t*nls and upon his sovereign male and took lhe back track home perfectly disgusted with bis popularity at lie polls another private in col doniphan's command now in california has been elected to congress drunkenness in queen anne's time drunkenness was rather popular lhan otherwise in tbe manuscripts the british museum there i latter from the private secretary of ihe celebrated dutchess of marlborough ad dressed to the pope which began ihus ir my lady the dutchess being drunk was unable to see you when you called yesterday temperance was unknown in tho_e days
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|The Thursday, July 22, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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|The Thursday, July 22, 1847 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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BREAKING: Kia increases sponsorship in Greater Hickory Classic
With 180 days until it kicks of its 11th annual event, the Greater Hickory Classic golf tournament announced some major sponsorship news on Tuesday.
Kia Motors, which has presented the Champions Tour golf tournament since 2006, has increase its sponsorship for the event this October. The tournament announced the move during a press conference Tuesday morning at Rock Barn Golf & Spa in Conover.
The Champions Tour event will now be known as the Greater Hickory Kia Classic. It takes place Oct. 14-20, 2013.
The last and only other time the Greater Hickory Classic had a name change was back in 2010 when the event was called the Ensure Classic.
The PGA Tour announced on Dec. 12, 2012 that Rock Barn Golf & Spa would host an 11th straight Champions Tour golf tournament.
The tournament has produced eight winners during its 10-year history, including Craig Stadler (2003); Doug Tewell (2004); Jay Haas (2005 & 2009); Andy Bean (2006); R.W. Eaks (2007 & 2008); Gary Hallberg (2010); Mark Wiebe (2011); Fred Funk (2012).
Funk, who shot 15-under-par this past October, defeated Duffy Waldorf by one stroke at last year's GHC.

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12w,5d. Sorry for the radio silence—it's been a busy week. My 5-year-old, Ben, and I headed down to Mexico for work (yes, I know—tough life) for the past several days, staying at the Aventura Cove Palace (soon to be the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in early 2013). Ben got busy sharing the pregnancy news with anyone who spoke English—especially the bartenders there. "I'd like two piña coladas with no alcohol, por favor; one for me 'cause I'm five and one for my mom 'cause she's pregnant," he'd pipe up from his stool at the swim-up bar. Not that I minded before—but I really felt OK with his sharing the news throughout the trip because we hit a big milestone: having the nuchal translucency last Monday.
While I know plenty of folks choose not to undergo any kind of prenatal testing, when it comes to our family, I've felt strongly about the importance of knowing what we could in advance. Several years ago, when I told my OB-GYN that my husband and I were thinking about starting a family, he immediately offered genetic testing. We had it done and learned that I'm a carrier for cystic fibrosis, something that took me by surprise, given that I had no known family history of CF. Given how serious CF is, my husband was tested as well and luckily was found not to be a carrier. But, in the time between learning that I was a carrier and he wasn't one, we did a lot of thinking about what the risks were of trying to have a baby (if both parents carry the CF gene, there's a 1 in 4 chance that their child will have CF, a 50/50 chance that the child will be a carrier, and a 1 in 4 chance that the baby won't be affected at all by CF). Fortunately, the worst that can happen to one of our kids is that they'll be a CF carrier—but they'd need to inherit the gene from both of us to actually have CF.
In past pregnancies, I've opted for the nuchal translucency (this time—and maybe in the past as well—as part of the first trimester combined screening, so there's blood work in addition to the ultrasound) to help determine our risk of this particular baby having trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome, which causes severe mental retardation and is often fatal by age 1) or trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome, which often causes congenital heart disease), the expanded AFP test and, of course, the glucose test (for gestational diabetes), but not the more invasive chorionic villus sampling (CVS) or amniocentesis (the latter two simply because we felt reassured enough by the results of the NT, and I'm not yet considered to be of "advanced maternal age").
I tried really hard this time around to not think about the possible outcomes before we knew anything—because I firmly believe in a woman's right to choose (let's be respectful of all views here, please), and while some people would welcome a baby regardless of health, I think that it would be incredibly difficult for me to continue with a pregnancy that I knew had a severe chromosomal defect—specifically one that would mean an incredibly short and potentially painful life for the child. And now, having two children at home already—well, I feel like we owe it to them to continue to give them as much love as we do now, to protect them from what suffering we can… As I've mentioned before, my children—particularly my 5-year-old—are familiar with death, given that I lost my mom almost three years ago. And as terribly sad and painful that loss was, well, my mom was 71 when she died, and I expected to outlive her. I can't imagine how painful it would be to lose a child—not just for my husband and me, but how painful it would be for our sons to lose a sibling. Luckily, we didn't have to think any further about our choices or more invasive testing, as everything looked healthy on the ultrasound and the blood work came back to confirm that everything looked good. Phew. My husband and I were elated, to say the least. Although, as a side note, I was mildly terrified that something was horrifically wrong during the ultrasound, as the technician offered virtually no information other than a solemn frown, and when the doctor came in the room to actually give us some news, he was wearing an equally grim face. I guess they just try not to show much emotion regardless of the findings?
Did you have any prenatal testing done? If so, which tests?


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Space-age drive-in on the Boulevard
|Sonic Drive-in on Fort Campbell Blvd., Hopkinsville, KY
I enjoy the 1950s-futuristic look of our Sonic Drive-in. I think George Jetson could fly his little space car into a parking place at Sonic, and it would be so totally in sync with the architecture that no one would give him a second look.
Our Sonic has Happy Hour from 2 PM. until 4 PM. When I work mornings, I sometimes go to Sonic after work and treat myself to a Route 44 (extra large) Diet Limeade for half price. They're good, and I like them even better after learning that the Route 44 Lime Slush has (gasp!) 680 calories in it, but the same size of Diet Limeade has only 16 calories.


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There was a time when rum was considered rotgut. Blackbeard the pirate liked to mix his cane alcohol with gunpowder and light it — rum and croak.
Fast-forward a few centuries to rum respectability — specifically, to Rob Burr's patio deck in Coral Gables, in South Florida.
From the waterfall pond to the tiki bar, Burr's deck sets a mood not for swilling rum, but for tasting it. Not the way spring-breakers chug Captain Morgan, but the way cognac drinkers sip Napoleon: Not with Coke (or gunpowder) but neat, in a snifter.
Burr, his wife, Robin, and their son Rob Burr Jr. are one of the most expert teams of rum aficionados in South Florida. Their house is a virtual repository of the stuff. Says Rob Burr Sr., "There are probably a thousand or 1,200 rums sitting around here."
The Burrs appraise all of it, pouring their notes into the authoritative Rob's Rum Guide. Those tasting notes lay the groundwork for the annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, or Miami Rum Fest, which they'll host this weekend at the Doubletree Hotel near Miami International Airport.
The event, which drew 12,000 visitors last year, has become a central stage for what you might call the rum revolution — the recent ascent of high-end, premium rum. Don't let the name Rum Fest fool you. It's not a college beach bacchanal; it's rum for grown-ups, for people who know that most aged rums today are distilled as masterfully as fine cognacs and single-malt Scotches.
"We'd call it a renaissance," Burr Sr. says. As he puts it, part of the festival's mission is to "change the perception of rum. It's perceived as ordinary when in fact it's fascinating."
The trend is most of all a Caribbean coming-of-age party. There's hardly a country or island in the basin these days that doesn't produce an upmarket aged rum — whose prices can range from $25 to $250 or more per bottle.
Among some of the best: Santa Teresa 1796 from Venezuela; Matusalem from the Dominican Republic; Bielle Rhum Vieux from a speck on the map called Marie-Galante.
Many rum master blenders are now industry rock stars. Lorena Vásquez blends one of the most acclaimed rums, Zacapa, in Guatemala. "These rums," she says, "have become some of the Caribbean's most prized ambassadors. They're a marvelous reflection of our culture."
But if this is about a new boom in the spirits industry, it's also about a new bond between the Caribbean and South Florida. Very little rum is actually made in Miami. Still, as the Rum Fest suggests, rum reputations are made here. The city today is rum's premiere showcase, as evidenced by the more than 80 fine rums on the menu at Ortanique, a Caribbean restaurant in South Florida.
"It's almost a natural for Miami and South Florida to be the mecca of rums," says Joel Garcia, Ortanique's bar manager. "It's always been the depot for the Caribbean, whether it's the melding of people or the melding of spirits."
One of Garcia's favorites is "Pyrat, from the British West Indies, if you wanna try something that will blow you away in a snifter."
Despite the almost cult following these rums are building in the 21st century — reminiscent of the craze for The Glenlivet and similar silky Scotches at the end of the 20th — sales of premium rums aren't yet blowing away cognacs or single malts. But they are rising year after year. And ironically, that's partly because rum in general carries a younger, hipper cachet than those other spirits do.
That may help explain why spirits giant Bacardi of Puerto Rico released its own line of premium aged rums last year. The most expensive, called Paraíso, sells for $250 a bottle.
"This really for us was a critical move to share with the world what we believe rum can truly be," says Toby Whitmoyer, vice president for rum at Bacardi USA.
Imbibing rum the way wine connoisseurs savor Bordeaux might sound pretentious. But spend a tasting session with the Burr family, and you do realize how rich and complex the spirit's character can be when it's not tied to a mai tai or when it's liberated from a Cuba libre.
The bounty their noses and palates glean from rum — from dried fruit to cola notes, pineapple to vanilla, chocolaty port to balsamic-y wood — seems to capture all the flavors of the Caribbean.
Like the Burrs, Vásquez of Zacapa likes to point out that rum is a product of terroir — not just its prime material, sugar cane, but the soil, climate and faster barrel aging involved in the tropics. "To achieve those special aromas and flavors," Vásquez says, "we're as careful as cognac-makers are."
Makes sense. After all, many argue rum's real renaissance started in 1862, when French cognac-maker Dupré Barbancourt, heartbroken over his wife's death, emigrated to Haiti and helped refine the way rum is made.
Hence one of Rob Burr's favorite new bottles: "A special 150-year anniversary of Rhum Barbancourt," he says. "This is actually closer to cognac."
But it's rum. Vive la différence.
Let's raise a glass now of rum. It used to be rotgut for pirates and more recently a party drink for college kids. But today, there's hardly a Caribbean country that doesn't make high-end rum for connoisseurs. This weekend, there's even a rum renaissance festival in Miami. From member station WLRN in Miami, Tim Pageant reports.
TIM PADGETT, BYLINE: If you died and went to rum heaven, you'd eventually find your way to Rob Burr's patio deck in Coral Gables.
ROB BURR SENIOR: Well, here we have a little setting that's designed, I think, to be a reflection of how we taste rum. We have a little waterfall...
PADGETT: From the waterfall pond to the tiki bar, it sets the perfect mood for Burr's favorite spirit. Rum is a family passion for Rob Burr, his wife, Robin, and their son Rob Junior who constitute one of the most expert teams of rum aficionados in South Florida.
SENIOR: I guess there's probably a thousand or 1,200 rums sitting around here.
PADGETT: The Burrs pour their tasting notes into a publication called Rob's Rum Guide.
SENIOR: The perception of rum is wrong. It's perceived as ordinary when in fact it's fascinating.
PADGETT: Fascinating enough to draw more than 12,000 visitors to the annual Miami Rum Renaissance Festival, which the Burrs helped organize six years ago and will host again this weekend. This isn't a bacchanal for spring breakers. This is rum for grownups, for people who know that most aged rums these days are distilled as masterfully as the finest cognacs and single-malt Scotches. The kind you drink neat, not with Coke, and whose prices can range from 25 to $250 bottle. Lorena Vaszquez blends one of the most acclaimed rums, Zacapa, in Guatemala.
LORENA VASQUEZ: (Through Translator) These rums have become some of the Caribbean's most prized ambassadors. They're a marvelous reflection of our culture.
PADGETT: Among other top aged rums are Santa Teresa 1796 from Venezuela, Matusalem from the Dominican Republic, Bielle Rhum Vieux from a speck on the map called Marie-Galante. But if this is about a revolution in the spirits industry, it's also about the bond between the Caribbean and South Florida. Very little rum is actually made in Miami. Rum reputations are.
JOEL GARCIA: It's almost a natural for Miami and South Florida to be the Mecca of rums. It's always been the depot for the Caribbean.
PADGETT: Joel Garcia is the bar manager at Ortanique, a Caribbean restaurant in Coral Gables. He serves more than 80 fine rums. One of his favorites...
GARCIA: Pyrat from the British West Indies. You want to try something that will blow you away in a snifter?
PADGETT: Sales for premium rum still trail cognac and Scotch, but they're rising every year. And that's partly because rum carries a hipper cachet than the other spirits. That potential for capturing a younger demographic may help explain why spirits giant Bacardi finally released its own line of premium aged rums last year.
SENIOR: It's already a big, dark, dried fruit rum.
PADGETT: Spend a tasting session with the Burr family and you realize how rich and complex rum's character can be. There are hints of pineapple and vanilla, cola notes, balsamicky wood, all the flavors of the Caribbean and, for Robin, all the colors.
ROBIN BURR: This particular rum is very golden brown.
PADGETT: Lorena Vasquez of the Guatemalan distillery Zacapa points out that rum is a product of more than just sugar cane. The tropical soil, climate and faster barrel-aging processes also matter.
VASQUEZ: (Through Translator) To achieve those special aromas and flavors, we're as careful as cognac makers are.
PADGETT: Ironically, many argue rum's real renaissance started 152 years ago in Haiti. That's where French cognac maker Dupre Barbancourt emigrated and helped refine the way rum was made, hence one of Rob Burr Junior's favorite new bottles.
ROB BURR JUNIOR: This is a special anniversary of Rhum Barbancourt. This is actually closer to cognac.
PADGETT: Rum is the new cognac. Vive la difference. For NPR News, I'm Tim Padgett in Miami. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Deal gives Davis largest signing bonus in Dallas history
IRVING — Leonard Davis and the Dallas Cowboys finalized a nearly $50-million, seven-year deal today for the free agent offensive lineman to come home with a fresh start.
Davis wasn't re-signed by the Arizona Cardinals, who took him with the second overall pick out of Texas in 2001. The 6-foot-6, 372-pound Davis is from Wortham, about 80 miles south of Dallas.
"It's a new chapter in my life," Davis said. "I want to win games, which obviously I haven't been able to do in this part of my career. Right now, all I can do is look forward to being successful. ... I want to be able to have some respect, earn respect."
The deal includes $18.75 million in guaranteed money, a team-record $16 million signing bonus and a $2.75 million salary for 2007.
In Arizona, the 28-year-old Davis played guard and tackle while starting all 91 of his games over six seasons. But he never reached the Pro Bowl-level many envisioned for him.
The Cowboys aren't sure which position he'll play.
"It just glares out at you the flexibility his skills give us making what we want to be now and in the future what we want to do in our offensive line," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.
Dallas is still negotiating to keep right tackle Marc Colombo from leaving in free agency. Right guard Marco Rivera recently had back surgery for the second time in less than three years.
The signing bonus surpasses the $13 million given to Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, defensive back Deion Sanders and former guard Larry Allen.
But Davis' deal came only days after free agent lineman Eric Steinbach (Cleveland Browns) and Derrick Dockery (Buffalo Bills) got similar seven-year deals that included $17 million to $18 in guaranteed money.
Davis also visited with the Washington Redskins before choosing the Cowboys. The New York Giants were also interested in the lineman.
"The decision when it came down to it was not about the money. It was about where I really wanted to live my life," Davis said. "I'm excited just to know that something new is coming up. It will be a challenge, but I'm all about challenges."


text: Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR), a leader in intelligent bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide, today announced that the Company will report its third quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results for the period ending April 28, 2012, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, prior to market open. In conjunction with the release of its third quarter fiscal year 2012 financial results, Sycamore will host a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the live Webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of Sycamore's Web site, located at www.sycamorenet.com. Interested investors are encouraged to log onto the live Webcast at least 15 minutes prior to the call. Participating in the call will be Daniel E. Smith, Sycamore's president and chief executive officer, Paul F. Brauneis, Sycamore's chief financial officer, and Kevin J. Oye, Sycamore's vice president of systems and technology. About Sycamore Networks Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR) develops and markets intelligent bandwidth management solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide. We also develop and market a mobile broadband solution designed to help mobile operators reduce congestion in mobile access networks. Sycamore products enable network operators to lower overall network costs, increase operational efficiencies, and rapidly deploy new revenue-generating services. Sycamore's global customer base includes Tier 1 service providers, government agencies, and utility companies. For more information, please visit www.sycamorenet.com. We wish to caution you that certain matters discussed in this news release may constitute "forward-looking statements," as defined under the federal securities laws. Risks and uncertainties relating to the Company's business could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those stated or implied in such statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company's reliance on a limited number of customers; industry pricing pressures; the Company's decision to focus future development efforts on mobile broadband optimization opportunities; the high cost of product development and keeping pace with evolving features and technologies desired by customers; unexpected difficulties in developing and marketing new mobile broadband optimization products; the inability of new products to achieve market acceptance or to function as expected; the consolidation of both suppliers and customers in the telecommunications marketplace; possible changes to the Company's business in connection with consideration of strategic options to enhance shareholder value; and general economic conditions. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is included in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports filed on Forms 10-Q and 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future results or otherwise.


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Kick the bottled water habit
What consumer beverage outsells milk, beer and soda, costs more than a gallon of gasoline, and is now being banned from sale in some U.S. National Parks?
If your answer was bottled water, give yourself a prize. And for many good reasons, it's time to lay off the bottle!
First off, what marketers claim is pristine and healthy is not what it seems. Nearly half of all bottled water is filtered tap water. This includes Coke's Dasani and Pepsi's Aquafina. Both are 100 percent "pristine" municipal tap water. These companies bottle taxpayer-supported, low-cost city water and sell it back to consumers at huge profits.
Others, like Nestle's Poland Spring and Deer Park, bottle spring water cheaply sucked from small town aquifers across America, sparking outrage and legal battles over corporate theft of public municipal water rights.
Studies reveal that your water at home is likely just as pure, clean and healthy (and significantly less expensive) than bottled water. The industry is largely self-regulating, with the FDA exercising minimal oversight over bottled water quality and safety.
Unfortunately, advertising trumps truth: bottled water sales set an all-time record in 2011. We bought 9.1 billion gallons of the stuff! What began as Perrier's niche market in the 70s, is now a moneymaking behemoth and environmental catastrophe. Of the 80 million disposable water bottles emptied every day, only about 20 percent get recycled; the rest end up in the waste stream (bad!) or as litter (worse!).
Many tossed bottles find their way to the Pacific Ocean's floating plastic "Garbage Island." When you consider that all those bottles are made from crude oil, then the Pacific's watery trash heap – bigger than Texas – becomes the world's largest oil spill.
What's a thirsty American to do? The same thing hikers, bicyclists and birders have been doing for decades – carry a reusable water bottle! Klean Kanteen, SIGG, and Camelbak all make good ones. Reusable bottles annihilate the argument that plastic bottles are a more convenient way of getting your recommended eight glasses of liquid refreshment daily.
If the quality of your home tap water is questionable, try a range of filtering options – from filtering pitchers, to faucet-mounted models or whole-house systems. All ensure quality drinking water.
Consumer demand propelled the rise of bottled water. Declining demand will be its demise. Come on people… are we so blind, so easily fooled, so lazy? Are we so eager to spend our money and scarce resources? This one seems like a no-brainer. Simple economics, better health, and environmental well being all demand that it's time we lay off the bottle!
Jeff Feldman runs GreenPath Consulting, a green building consulting firm in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Reach Jeff at email@example.com. ©2012 Blue Ridge Press.


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Kris Chau sent me a little packet of goodness.
Jai Tanju sent me a new zine he put together of photos he asked people to send him.
Rachell Sumpter sent me a nice little print she did for Mcsweeney's.
Such Luck sent a package of goodies to the Fecal.
Richard invited me to a cocktail party. Two blocks from the home and I can't work ALL the time.
Bridget and Richard
and then I had to wake up at the crack of dawn to catch a flight to LA for an IPath sales meeting. I didn't really have to go, but it's actually kinda fun- like a mini vacation. I like to fly, I like free meals, and I like free drinks... Hotels can be good times too.
An early morning Barker
and here we are in LA, Bigfoot.
Free food and drink
So tired all day. I don't function well with only 4 hours of sleep.
IPath fellas
I'm gaining a taste for gin.
mariah, barker, bigfoot
Some people had a view of the pool. I got the old Soviet block view.
mmmmmmm. free steak dinner.
These dudes get IPaths to your shop.
Just as we were kidding around about finding bandaids in the hot tub, one floated up to the surface. eeewwwwww.
How many pillows do I need?
Mariah and barker do some sort of flip thing
Wherever I go, there's always a middle finger waiting for me.
Bye, LA.
Hello, Breezy. I say cheers Fernet to you.
Don't forget. two shots.
Andrew from Needles and Pens has some Swedish girls in town. They stopped by and we held an impromptu bonfire in their honor.
As I type this I should be with them at the Russian river making my way down stream with a beer in my hand, but instead I'm working... Why am I working? I could have gone with them... shit, actually I probably still could meet up with them. Hum... My work ethic at times is disturbing. These girls would look good in swim suits.
I've upgraded bags. My backpack I've had for over 15 years gets left on the street like an old pair of shoes.
Softball Sunday was most epic. Sunny day and teams were like 18 to 18.
Short with the man's stash
we had fans
Andreas and Marr... Remember when Rick used to blog?
Short told DJ here that this week's Softball Sunday was a costume party when it wasn't. Nice one.
and then to Zam Zam where we took over the bar. We were the only ones there. Liquid dinner.
I miss Softball Sunday already.
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Remember Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish star of 'The Tudors' on Showtime a few years ago, and the CBS miniseries about Elvis Presley for which he won a Golden Globe Award? (He's also unfortunately known for drunken airport incidents, but we digress).
JRM is deep into production on the NBC fall series 'Dracula,' one of the beleaguered network's big hopes for the season given the success of other similar shows like 'True Blood' on HBO. There are lots of other pictures and a video preview bouncing around the web.
In other good news for the Dublin-born actor, he's reportedly up for the starring role in the upcoming 'Star Wars: Episode VII,' which has blockbuster written all over it given the history. The film, set for release in 2015, will be directed by JJ Abrams, whose new Star Trek film is currently atop the box office.
"[JRM] is a name that has been thrown around a lot, especially since he has a relationship with J.J. Abrams. He appeared in 'Mission Impossible: III,' directed by Abrams," a source said.
Check out the trailer for 'Dracula' here:


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This PROVOR float was launched by French scientists at 56.1°S, 63.8°W on 10 April 2008. It has recorded a total of 3 profiles, and made its last report on 23 April 2008 from 55.7°S, 61.4°W.
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You don't know 'Mitt'
To run and to lose a presidential campaign is both publicly painful and painfully public, the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter "Fritz " Mondale lost 49 states to President Ronald Reagan. A couple of years after that defeat, Mondale was chatting with George McGovern, the Democrats' 1972 nominee, who had also lost 49 states to a Republican president, Richard Nixon. Mondale reportedly asked McGovern, "Tell me, George, when does it stop hurting?" McGovern's answer: "I'll let you know, Fritz. I'll let you know."
"Mitt," a valuable political documentary that follows the former Massachusetts governor all the way from 2006 discussions with his family about seeking the White House through his 2008 primary campaign to his 2012 nomination and loss to President Barack Obama, provides the intimate, human portrait Mitt Romney and his campaign never gave voters. Filmmaker Greg Whiteley was given near-total access to Mitt and Ann Romney, and their large and close family.
There's an old political maxim that holds that the higher the office, the more important candidate. Voters often have no idea what sort of person their lieutenant governor might be, but long before Election Day, in any year divisible by four, most voters have definite opinions about the competing presidential nominees — which one they like more, trust more, would rather have for a next-door neighbor or an in-law.
We hear a lot of cheap talk in campaigns about "family values." But after watching "Mitt," I would argue that Mitt Romney genuinely values family. At last count, Ann and Mitt have 22 grandchildren, and with each of them in this movie, Mitt is openly affectionate and playful. The kids obviously love their Grampa, too, as they, without prompting, run to hug him.
In one moving exchange, Romney speaks to his sons about their late grandfather, his own dad, the able, former Michigan Gov. George Romney: "He was the real deal. The guy was born in Mexico. He didn't have a college degree. He became head of a car company and became governor." Then, revealing an introspective side, he continues, "I started off with money and education and Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School ... I'm standing on his shoulders." Moments later, the family, without self-consciousness, are on their knees praying as Romney thanks God for the opportunities — and advantages — Romney's parents gave him.
What was missing from the Romney candidacy and from the film as well is any expression for what we, as a nation, ought to or could do for children in our country who were not lucky enough to have a father with the talents and values of George Romney. In fact, the only "victims" whose cause he embraces in private are the small businesses he regards as oppressed by onerous tax rates and red-tape regulations.
What we see is a keenly analytical Mitt Romney who tempers his family's enthusiasm following his clear-cut victory in the first debate over President Barack Obama by reminding them that incumbent presidents, because they are overconfident, almost invariably have lost the first debate. On election night 2012, as the tide turns against the GOP, Craig Romney tries to cheer up his father by pointing out that he was "still ahead in the popular vote." Mitt's clear-eyed response: "Yeah, well we haven't got California yet."
Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes. But that voters in 2012 were never able to see this very human side of the presidential challenger, which the movie "Mitt" so effectively captures, could well constitute a case of criminal negligence on the part of the Republican campaign.
— The Republican of Springfield (Mass.)


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LeFlore County to have five athletes in next week's All-State Games
There will be some LeFlore County high school graduate athletes invading the Tulsa metropolitan area for the 2012 Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State Games, which will take place Monday through Friday.Poteau's Addie Guthrie will be a member of the East All-State team in the All-State Girls Golf Tournament at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Catoosa's Cherokee Hills Golf Club.Wister's Caleb Hill will be a member of the Small East team in the Small School All-State Game at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Oral Roberts University's J.L. Johnson Stadium.Howe's Megan Brown will be on the Small East for the Girls All-State Basketball Game, which will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the ORU Mabee Center.Talihina's Austin Lawson and Spiro's K.J. Booze will be on the East team for the All-State Football Game at 8 p.m. Friday at Union-Tuttle Stadium.Guthrie finished eighth at the Class 4A State Tournament May 3 at Oklahoma City's Lake Hefner South Golf Course. Her 165 grabbed her the final East All-State spot from the tournament, which was won by the Lady Pirates to go with teammate Hannah Ward's individual state title. She will attend Claremore's Rogers State College, which just moved up from NAIA to NCAA Division II, and walk on (at the moment) to play golf.Hill batted .493 with a team-leading five home runs and a team-high 40 runs batted in this past spring for the 23-3 Wildcats. He had 36 hits total, which included his five homers, nine doubles and two triples. He had .593 on-base percentage and a .877 slugging percentage. Combining his fall and spring seasons, the last five seasons of baseball — spring 2010 until this past spring (where the 'Cats made it to the Class 2A State Tournament semifinals) — Hill played in the state tournament, with Wister winning the Class 2A State Tournament in May 2011 as a junior.Brown, who played last month in the Oklahoma Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State Game at Southwesterrn Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, averaged 15.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in her senior season. She shot 49 percent from 3-point range and 80 percent from the free-throw line for the 27-3 Lady Lions, who got to the consolation finals of the Class 2A Area Tournament, where they lost to Amber-Pocasset March 3 at the new Wilburton Gym.Lawson, who dropped only four passes in four seasons with the Golden Tigers, had 11 touchdowns, and averaged 16.23 yards per catch at tight end. He had 500 yards rushing for the 5-5 Golden Tigers this past season.Booze, who signed in February to play collegiately at Dartmouth College of the Ivy League, had 34 tackles, two interceptions and three pass knockdowns on defense for the 4-6 Bulldogs last season. Offensively, he caught 35 passes for 407 yards and five touchdowns, while rushing for 533 yards on 115 carries and scoring five more TDs.


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My professor
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23rd October 2008, 04:56 AM
We had to take Ruby to the vet last Friday because she vomited 3 times in 30 minutes. She's always been a bit of a puker (not very often, though), and she had thrown up maybe 2 or 3 times throughout the week. She also wasn't urinating as often....maybe 2 times per day instead of the usual 5 or 6. She was still acting fine, though, and wasn't lethargic or anything. Anyway, we were concerned and were leaving her with my parents for the weekend and didn't want her to get sicker there. The vet said she had struvite and amorphous crystals in her urine and that she had a UTI. She's now on Simplicef antibiotics and some prescription food to I believe get rid of the crystals. She's doing very well and playful as usual, but I'm concerned that she may have to be on a special diet the rest of her life. Has anyone else had to deal with something like this? They said she could be at risk for bladder stones because of the crystals. I remember my dachshund having them when I was a child and having to have surgery to have them removed because they were so big. Ruby doesn't have any stones (yet), so I was hoping for some advice on what to do about her diet. She's been eating Wellness and seems to like it, but I want to make sure that the food I'm giving her isn't causing her problems. Oh, and on a side note, SOOOO glad we have insurance on our little girl!!


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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is one of those magical, near-perfect youth romances, a film that so vividly reminds you of the glories of young love that you wish you were 18 again, full of hope, not jaded by life and love lost. Sassy, savvy and wistful, it throws two strangers together for one wild, unsupervised night in Manhattan, a night of searching for a lost, drunken friend and a mysterious, mythic band about to play an impromptu gig, of nightclubs that apparently never card anybody because these kids are too young to drink.
But that's OK. They're both "straight edge" types, as in edgy, hip kids who don't do drugs, booze or tobacco.
Nick ( Michael Cera) has just been dumped. Norah (Kat Dennings, adorable) is alone "again" at a bar where Nick's band is playing. She goes to school with Nick's ex, Tris (Alexis Dziena, elievably needy and cruel). She's been picking Nick's soulful mix CDs out of a trash can the trashy Tris has dumped them in. Imagine her surprise that the guy she begs "Be my boyfriend for five minutes," just to impress Tris, turns out to be the sensitive, cute but still shell-shocked Nick.
Norah has a pal, Caroline, transformed by actress Ari Graynor into the funniest underage blond drunk in New York City. She goes off with Nick's gay bandmates (a cute touch), who lose her. And Nick and Norah -- whom the band (Aaron Yoo and Rafi Gavron) )and we know were meant to be together but who can't seem to connect -- must dash hither and yon through the night in Nick's battered yellow Yugo, which every drunk in Soho thinks is a taxi.
There's a lot more of Juno about this Peter Sollett film of the Rachel Cohn/David Levithan novel than just the casting of the boy-nextdoor Cera in it. The dialogue is glib and too-too cute, full of put downs and hipster-kid jargon about "JAPS" (Jewish American Princesses, which Norah kinda/sorta is) and "bridge and tunnel" boys (non-Manhattanites).
She's " Englewood, up to no good," and he's "Hoboken, no jokin'." It'll never work.
Except that we know it will, despite the wild odyssey Caroline leads them on, staggering from train station to gutter to toilet, re-using the most disgusting stick of chewing gum in the history of the Big Apple.
It's smart. It's romantic. It's not coarse, crude, sexist or homophobic. It's High Fidelity meets Sixteen Candles, not that your average teen will spot that. But they won't need to. Nick and Norah is now, their generation's Say Anything. Don't let them keep it to themselves.


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The 65-year-old admitted on Monday that he was unsure of his side's ability to secure the forward's signature and has now claimed that clubs and agents "fighting for big money" is not helping matters.
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|CARTOON: QPR among the victims as slain FA Cup gianst pile up
"It's like gang warfare out there - it's scary. If you're trying to get a player another agent will try to scupper that deal if he's not involved in it to try to get you to have one of his.
"It's unreal, unbelievable. They're all fighting for big money - that's the problem."
Odemwingie handed in a transfer request on Friday to try to secure a move away from the Hawthorns – a move that Goal.com exclusively revealed would happen 11 days previously – only for West Brom to reject QPR's latest bid of £2 million.
However, Redknapp has underlined his stance of refusing to pay more than £3m for the Nigeria international, with the transfer window set to close on Thursday
|Loic Remy is 11/4 with Bet365 to score anytime against Manchester City
"I have not spoken to anybody, I've left it to the chairman. We made anoffer, two offers. If they don't accept them, what can you do? It's end of story."
Another player who Redknapp is reportedly chasing is Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue, after previous target Moussa Sissoko opted to join Newcastle instead, but the Englishman fears that a move could prove too costly for the relegation-threatened side.
"He's expensive. Maybe too expensive for us," Redknapp conceded, "but I like him. I watched him against last week. The money they are asking is quite expensive for us so it would be a problem."


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God's Providence: A Two-Edged Sword (Part 3)
Positive Providence When considering the definition of negative providence, we used Ed Wynn's comic parody of the poet. Now, considering positive providence, we consider the poet himself: There is a destiny which shapes our ends, Rough hew them though …Read More
True & False Assurance
Probably Romans 8:16 is the greatest assurance text in the entire Bible. It is appealed to by Reformed and Arminian evangelicals alike, though they have conflicting ideas of assurance. Romans 8:16 reads, "The Spirit Himself testifies with our …Read More
John Gerstner
John H. Gerstner (1914-1996) was a Professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and an authority on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards. Gerstner counted among his students R.C. Sproul and wrote several books, including Primitive Theology.


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|System: PS3, Xbox 360
|Dev: Platinum Games
|Pub: Kojima Productions
|Release: TBA 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Robert VerBruggen
About once every ten or fifteen years, the Metal Gear franchise adds a new word to its name and dramatically shifts its gameplay focus. In 1998, plain old "Metal Gear" became "Metal Gear Solid," and the gameplay shifted into 3D. In 2012 will come the first installment of "Metal Gear Rising," subtitled "Revengeance," and the move is guaranteed to be controversial.
The problem isn't that anyone expects Revengeance to be a bad game. Metal Gear kings Kojima Productions will be involved, and they're teaming up with Platinum Games, makers of Bayonetta and Vanquish, two of the best games of the past several years. Rather, the problem is that the stealth aspects of the series have been shunted aside, and Revengeance will focus on hack-and-slash action. In other words, Revengeance will have the Metal Gear name on it, but it won't be a true Metal Gear title. To a hardcore fan, Metal Gear without stealth is like Mario without jumping—starting a new sub-franchise called "Rising" doesn't change that.
That said, you have to respect such a gutsy move. Back when the game was called Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the plan was to make it a blend of action and stealth—something that could satisfy the series faithful while attracting new players. But instead of settling for half-measures, the powers that be canceled the project, brought in Platinum, and resurrected the game with a new name and a complete devotion to action.
And fans of action games have a lot to look forward to. You will control Raiden, a cyborg equipped with katanas that are capable of cutting through just about anything. Whereas Solid Snake has to lurk in the shadows and figure out clever ways to take out big enemies, Raiden goes toe-to-toe with an army of Metal Gears and comes out alive. The fluid, fast-paced, stylish fighting we saw in Bayonetta is definitely present in Revengeance's trailer. No, it's not what the Metal Gear name is supposed to stand for, but it's still awesome.
A major new feature of the gameplay is its free-form cutting system, called "free-slicing mode," which will allow you to control Raiden's every movement as he hacks items into little bits. You'll be given a targeting reticule to guide your strikes, and virtually everything in the game's environments will be destructible. There's no word on whether this system will support Kinect or Move, but I, for one, would not mind some motion-controlled savagery with a sharp blade.
Another innovative element will be a change to how you take items from fallen enemies—you'll have to cut them out of their bodies. There will also be other standard action features, including bullet time, a fast dash in the style of Vanquish, and the ability to carry weapons besides Raiden's trademark katanas (a dagger, for example).
The aesthetics of Revengeance will be a change from the rest of the franchise as well. Raiden has a bit of an emo vibe about him, including a feminine face and a stupid haircut. He even says things like "Let's have some fun!" before his rampages. Metal Gear has always been a little cheesy, especially in its dialogue, but I usually got the sense it was unintentional. Here, judging by the trailer, almost everything the characters say is self-consciously silly.
But even Metal Gear fans who aren't crazy about the new direction might want to play Revengeace to follow the story. Revengeance will add to the series' ridiculous, convoluted plot by explaining Raiden's backstory and adding to his lore. Raiden was a feared child soldier, known as "Jack the Ripper," during the First Liberian Civil War. Today, he lives by the code of the samurai. (In keeping with Metal Gear tradition, we will probably learn about his childhood and philosophy through some incredibly long, incredibly awkward cutscene conversations.) Revengeance's plot will explain what happens to him after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4, though the exact details have not yet been released.
Also, while Sony has done a decent job of keeping Metal Gear games tied exclusively to PlayStation consoles, that bond seems to be breaking. The recent HD Collection brought most of the classic games to the Xbox 360, and a remake of the collection's biggest missing piece (the original Metal Gear Solid) has been long available for Gamecube as "Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes." Revengeance will continue this trend—Xbox 360 owners will be able to pick it up right alongside their PS3-owning friends. Maybe this is a sign that we could one day see Metal Gear Solid 4, too.
No doubt, Revengeance deserves skeptical glances from the Metal Gear faithful. It's virtually guaranteed to be a Metal Gear game in name only. But given the sheer amount of talent that's behind this title, I'll be surprised if it doesn't work extremely well as a hack-and-slash action game. We'll find out if I'm right next year.
Robert VerBruggen
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Users of the phpChess application for their website should take note of this new advisory posted on the Secunia website. It's related to a vulnerability that allows for multiple file inclusion, allowing for malicious code to be included. This issue is for Community Edition versions 2.x.
GolD_M has discovered some vulnerabilities in phpChess Community Edition, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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Methodology for measuring cognitive functions in patients with allergic rhinitis
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|September 22, 2005
Objective: Previous investigations from our department showed that patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) evaluate their cognitive functions poorer than healthy subjects, however only few objective differences were found. This discrepancy between subjective experience and objective performance can be explained by the hypothesis that AR patients invest more "mental effort" in order to achieve the same performances, resulting in earlier exhaustion. Especially, this should be measured in the more time-demanding and strenuous cognitive tests.
Material and Method: AR patients and healthy subjects were tested before and during the allergic season, with a combination of subjective questionnaires and time-demanding strenuous objective cognitive tests.
Results: The following tests seemed suitable: Mackworth Clock and Continuous Performance Test for measuring sustained attention, Word Learning Task for short and long term memory, Tower of London for executive functioning and Motor Choice Reaction Test for the speed of data processing and the motor system. Significant differences in cognitive functions were found between patients with AR and healthy subjects. Furthermore, scores from visual analogue scales showed that there are significant differences in mental effort to perform certain tasks.
Conclusions: The battery of cognitive measures we developed should enable us to measure the effects of AR on cognitive functions, which can not be found with the existing tests on cognitive functioning.