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And they called it puppy love
Yesterday a reader wisely suggested that we check in on those adorable puppies that we wrote about a couple of weeks ago -- and their beleaguered mom. And so we dropped a line to their primary human caretaker, who provided a detailed update last evening:
Thanks to your help telling the story of their plight(!), they are in good shape and have found new homes. I'm going to keep them with their mama for another three weeks until they are fully weaned, and at eight weeks they get to go to their new families.
"Whiysky," the mom, has been re-named Walter (after my grandfather -- I know, I know, it's not a girl's name). She is a great new sister to my other pooch, Henry. She follows him everywhere. He is like an aged bachelor uncle to the puppies -- slightly nervous around them. And he's only three years old! My two otherwise mellow cats have been adjusting to this new squealing brood. I have been working with Walter to NOT chase the cats!
We have fixed up an outdoor pen and an indoor pen (in the garage), and we rotate the pups back and forth. We started toting them back and forth in a box, but they outgrew that and then another one, and now they have to be toted one by one.
When I found the pups and brought them home, everyone thought I was crazy and that I should surrender them to the shelter. But I just couldn't. I think I was influenced by people telling me I "couldn't" do it. Now when I look at them in their cozy little pens, with all the attention in the world, and without the chaos of the shelter, I feel especially glad I took them in. I say that about the shelter without any malice -- my dog and both my cats came from the shelter and that's the first place I would look for a pet. But I just couldn't surrender these babies!
Thanks to your blog, KOIN-TV, KPTV, and a few radio stations that told the story of Walter and her pups, as well as the email I put together, news made it around town pretty quick. Within five days I had over 150 phone calls and emails asking about the puppies, with most of the people interested in meeting them for possible adoption and some kind hearts wanting to donate to their care. Basically, my phone rang off the hook -- and that's a good thing in a case like this. I am still getting calls now -- I got one after dinner tonight in fact.
I set up three "open houses" where folks could come meet the puppies and I could meet them. I got an adoption interview form from the Oregon Humane Society and modified it.
People came out of the woodwork to offer help and support. Three are notable.
First, a volunteer foster parent from the Oregon Humane Society, Denise, came over to my house on the second night. She brought me a couple of portable pens, a ton of newspaper, and gave me some good advice. Best of all, she took the pups for the second weekend so that my boyfriend and I could keep our camping reservation down at Detroit Lake. She has been incredible. Denise takes in needy pets on a regular basis, unlike me, the accidental foster mother.
Second, the Halsey East Animal Clinic, paid a home visit--unheard of. They sent over a vet and a vet-tech to give the puppies and mom a checkup and de-worm them all. This made things so much easier. Not only did they come to my house, they donated ten bags of Science Diet puppy chow! They are coming back in a week to administer the first shots.
Third, members of the community who heard about these abandoned puppies and their mother have called and emailed me to offer support and gratitude--it has been encouraging, because did I mention my friends all thought I was crazy? And since many of these folks asked how they could help, I set up a charitable account to help pay for the medical care of the pups and a spay/neuter fund. I didn't ask how much the vet visit and shots were going to cost, I just figured we'd get it paid for. We'll use what's in the fund to cover this and the adoptive parents will split the rest. Any extra will go to Dove Lewis. Of course, I had a dream the other night that I called to check to see if there had been any donations and there was $37 in the account, so in fact I haven't called to ask because I'm afraid there won't be anything in there! Well, maybe I'll suck it up and call today.
The happiest news is that these puppies have all found adoptive homes! It was hard to choose the parents, honestly, because so many great people came forward.I urged Sarah to go ahead and check the balance in that bank account, and let us know how much money has found its way there. If I hear back from her on that, I'll post an update of my own.
They all have names now: Bowden, Righty, Daisy, Barclay, Prince, Mocha, Luna, Lola, and Dot.
We organized into a puppy care collective, of sorts, and the parents come at different times of the day (before work, lunchtime, after work) to help out and of course play with the brood. This has made it a lot easier on me, because for the first week all I did was change out the newspaper, entice Walter to feed them, and change the paper.
They will go to their new homes on August 24th. Here are a few pictures of them, some with their new people.
On behalf of Walter and the gang, a million thanks to you, Jack, and to all your readers who took the time to drop me a line. I'll send some more pics and an update when it gets closer to going home time.
All the best,
Sarah Bott
P.S. Walter is a total food scavenger and counter surfer. One night she came waltzing out into the back yard carrying a cooked chicken! Last night, she broke into a gallon-sized Tupperware container and scarfed down an entire casserole! And this is on top of the five or six bowls of puppy chow she eats every day! She just gives me a hangdog look that says, "I was homeless! This is how we did it!" The vet says she needs to gain 10-lbs, but we clearly have a foodini on our hands!
P.P.S. The puppies all have teeth now! OUCH! They like to use them!

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In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three protagonists is strange, at the very least. After Anna (Hanna Schygulla) and Gordon (Niels Arestrup) invite the expecting Malvina (Ornella Muti) to live with them, Anna becomes neurotically jealous and attempts suicide but is thwarted and in the end decides she really wants to be there for the baby when he/she comes into the world. Rather than trying to get rid of Malvina and the baby, both Gordon and Anna are in agreement on keeping it. When Gordon is accidentally killed, Malvina and Anna are left to plan for the future (now the best of friends), though it turns out the baby is destined to have only one mother after all. The confusion in the relationships of the main characters in this film is at times buried by clichés on the joys of motherhood and metaphors that overtake and bury the story.
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Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, along with Assemblymember Susan John announced today the New York state Assembly's support of Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Biotechnology Education and Training (CBET) with $4 million in funding.
This brings the total state commitment to date to $8 million, including $4 million from the state Senate's Gen*NY*sis fund announced last month by Sen. Jim Alesi.
The $8 million will allow RIT to begin the design process immediately for a 46,000-square-foot facility to house CBET.
"This is tremendous news for RIT and for the Rochester community," says RIT President Albert Simone. "This funding provides us with the additional resources needed to move forward on this important program. Workforce is the number one issue for companies in the biotech industry that are making site location decisions. Because of CBET, it is possible for Rochester and RIT to offer an extraordinary advantage to this industry-that is, access to the highly specialized talent that this facility will provide."
CBET will train professionals in the biotech industry and educate the lay-community about biotech issues in the news, such as the biology of bioterrorism and its environmental effects.
"We are extremely grateful to Assemblyman Joe Morelle, Assemblymember Susan John, and their colleagues in our Assembly delegation, and especially to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, for this investment in RIT," Simone notes.
The center was conceived as a national model for comprehensive academic and career training programs in biotechnology. It grew from a workforce study conducted by RIT's Douglas Merrill, head of the department of biological sciences and Gary Skuse, director of bioinformatics.
The center will increase New York state's competitive presence in the biotechnology marketplace.
"Downsized workers from related fields can be trained to fill available biomanufacturing positions," says Roy Snoke, CBET director.
In addition, CBET will:
Outreach efforts will include workshops such as "DNA and the Law" designed for lawyers, and a program on genetically modified foods, under development for local growers and food distributor groups.
Future workshops are envisioned for political leaders who must make decisions about biotechnology; journalists who report on biotechnology issues; and members of the medical and insurance industries who need to know facts about DNA testing and genetic diseases.
For more information about CBET, contact Douglas Merrill, head of RIT's Department of Biological Sciences, at 585-475-2496 or Roy Snoke, director of CBET, at 585-475-7902.


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www.giga.de/downloads/free-gmail-backup/Giga Software Upsafe free Gmail backup review by Marco Kratzenberg [in German]
The service Upsafe Gmail Backup easily backs up and restores mail accounts. You can download all messages and store them in a local repository as EML files (one e-mail = one file) with attachments. You can choose to backup emails in a certain period of time (this can be applied to the new emails starting from a certain date). The backup is incremental.
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Office 365 Cloud Backup is fairly intuitive to use and also it is a good example of the possibilities that are provided by Office 365 APIs. The app for backing up emails at Office 365 is simple to use.
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As far as I can tell, Upsafe is Windows-only, but it's stone-cold simple. All you do is install the program, connect it to your Gmail, and download. It will do incremental downloads and even let you browse your downloaded email and attachments from within the app.
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Next on my technical agenda is deciding on a photo editing program. I really enjoy using apps on my iPad to edit photos, so I'm hoping there's a program out there for regular computers that will achieve the same effects. Wish I was more of a techie in times like these.
I'd rather spend my time watching wild birds peck at these seed wreaths my nephew and I made this summer...
...or chase rainbows like this one.
(I snapped this picture from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle,
somewhere between Illinois and Wisconsin!)
somewhere between Illinois and Wisconsin!)
...or do some sweet talking to mama deer in order to get shots like this...
I've really been enjoying the Fall season this year.
All summer long I'd been watching the corn grow outside my studio window, and was looking forward to seeing it being harvested. But it was done on a weekend when we weren't home.
It really takes some getting used to when the corn is gone and the view opens up.
This summer I made a goal to have at least one fresh garden bouquet in the house at all times.
I'll do that every year from now on because I loved everything about it!
Not much makes me happier than being outside messing around with my flowers,
smelling them, picking them, arranging them, taking pictures of them...
This is probably the last fresh flower bouquet of the growing season.
I've been doing quite a few custom jewelry pieces lately, which I love love love.
It's really fun to meet with a client, get to know their style, and then create a sentimental one-of-a-kind jewelry piece.
If my client is local, I have them come to my home studio and look through my beads and baubles.
I recently finished these two custom necklaces, made as a memorial to my client's mother.
She picked out angel wing charms and garnet crystals, her mother's birthstone.
I printed her mother's image on translucent paper for the pendants.
It just warms my heart to make pieces like these, and refuels my energy when I start wondering if what I do 'makes a difference'.
It's time to get busy in the studio again, as I've got a couple events coming up before the holidays.
It's almost that time of year again!
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There's A Little Barley in the Kettle.
We have some pretty cool news happening over here at the Blotter. There is a bit of barley in the kettle.
I decided to take our latest home brew out of conditioning today. I poured about 2 gallons into my party pig and took it over to see some friends. The Hop Chocolate (a Dark IPA) tasted really good – and everyone agreed. Unfortunately, our wonderful editor and the pulse of this blog, Jessica Reiser, could only take a sniff. How dare her? Oh the disrespect? Nay. There is a bit of barley in the kettle.
That's right. If you haven't got my weird hint, Jessica is pregnant. Its her first babe. Pretty exciting stuff.
Don't feel bad that she missed out on a taste of the Hop Chocolate. Don't fret that she will go without a breakfast beer for 9 months. Its all very good, she's about to become a beer aroma expert.
So, if you see Jessica – shoot her a congrats. We will miss her wonderful enthusiasm for enjoying great beer, writing engaging stories and keeping the blog rolling. Luckily, she will continue to hold the weekly beat with her Beer Week column. I'm sure she will be back on the regular routine in September.


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The queitioii|f ^vliat sl^niU t titlii sheep to |fg1-jtjr|| ^Vas diswtHsed length, and A c.(ffliiii)«t,« was ajtpohited decide the i/ointHwvhjt|l®sfi6nld tix a staii ard^if exci.llencei|n sljqiJp:, Cnif'A(n), N'ovl talrU^lije/Anierieatji Col s- wold Associatiotifhedd n|leir seventh aniui ineetiiiif at the Si:|erMii; .ltlous.- last nig The Executive u|)ui'm|tS;ii reported that creased interest li'i Co|s.iyol(l sheep as wo)l- growers was evirtced iitfjrqughout the cor try. The following (itlicers were elected" President, E. lj?Einari^ Center Hill. In Vice-Presidents,;c. K.'i jnlm, Sp.rinjrtield, t 1 I'. Aluttocks, I'OrthtiidV .Me.. .anil JohnSn hVImonton. OntaHo: Se®etary uiul Treasui 3cOrire Ilardii/x:'Wa-ViMisliu, \\ is. The Iloi C E<lm Georg-t of Directors wi E. 15..Emory. J. ffiNliv r" Judson, Farmliigtjj Chit-ago-. . if eiStitig of the Natio ial |Sherman Iloase ast «d At the annual Swine Breeders;! at i night, the following jplllcers were elec for the ensuing iyeaijt . President, D. vfi Sijittl#,:Bates. 111.; Viee-P -03- ident, D. L. Thpnias. UuShville, Ind.; Se :re- tary, J. T. MatlifiHjJacksonville,111.; Trins- urer B. R. VaiTffi Irouagarte, la. Lloyd Mnggi^andjJFi W. McCltmg \yere appointed to ac# with {he .officers as an ecutivs Committee. |;: |v i : TheJ second ^ljnnaKnieeting of the lied- Poll Cattle ClttV) mf jAdlerica was held atl "" Grand Pacific |IlotfelMlast evening, J. Knapp in the j|ilairj. |pwing to the fai of the Secret ar|" (to glfejnotice of the nieet- ing, there was fill tit ;a?small attendance; SeereUuy hiinsiplf' befftgl among those were absent. [Jjrhif IclUb was orga one 1 year agttJ itsi ipbjt'ct being to •mote the ii«ere^t|t of breeders to secure for ufd-polfijcattle a proper rc nition among <i0iei! brfecds in America, yet this breed |||f cattle ?s rare on fliis tinent," the wlitfle 'rjumbpr oT heads ir istence in tiie ttditejl^tates being estin at less than foilr hundred. The club el " the ensuing year: the following ojliei'rsfor President, Geperal li;F|^Ross, .of Iowa la.; Vice-1'resitfent.iSji i(. Knapp, gran; Secretar}fflJ.'C.r Ktnn-ay, of Mi . Treasurer&V'. .M. W'arron, of Kansas zfc .U and $1 25 15, 20, 2 374 DOTJGLAS AVENUE. Good Fatnily Flour per sack, - - A NO. 1 Japan Tea per pound, i A Good ifapan Tea, - - , - Cofifee ac - - . " - " - Best Bicie per pound, - I- «■ - iBird Seed per pound. 7c, four povinds, "A Choice Line of Canned Goods each, < - r ! j A Complete Line of Cigars and Tob^ocoe. | All G-oods Warranted and Delivj^red. F. -A.- E-Sl No. 37^ r30U.ffla,sA.fv©nU® an 5 and 28 25 • TheJllljiol|^ffliilatnre. Chicago, lie threatened lock in the jfetaW ;Legislature .has broken, it j^is ;all|along been sup wsed jc.ui, had been elected that Leman, the M. ure uet- tlie rt'ho organ i/.ed |pro- and cog- As con- ex- ated ted City, of .Michi- aqudkotn, lead been State Senators dofca^inK Brand, Dembcr.it. " ■ " & "J'iuld have made the ;s- ■uggleli for a .miccesspr to i jr true ft wou ipo on joint ballot, and fteccs- sfruggki fir Had this bc< Legislature ai sitated a sj United Staifea Senator Logan. I Ine official canvass, however, shows Bratul to have been vMjtorioUstiby a small ma. thus giving jthe peijiocjrats in the Legisla- ture a majondjy of 6ite! joint ballot. It is considered certain that' Carter H. Ha Tison, the defeatedianid!d«e for Governor, yill be chosen to filljMr. Logan's seat. A Bad^easonior MiiAVAt'iifeK, Noj-. season has aud it has business, .?a,ooo. NOTABLE ^lie llrlllljiit Weddtnjj of a D'au^titcr ol Willium tor—Scenes of Spleii'j'Jt'r-AI'Ag- nlficent Trousseau—DlHtinguishetl nests'# New York, Nov. 19.—Miss Carrie Seller- norh'orn Astor, youngest daughter of Will- iin Astor, was married yesterday afternoon o Marshall Orme Wilson, son of Richard T. Wilson-, the', banker. The ceremony took ilacq at sj:3U' o'clock Iln the picture- ;allery |.of the- Astor liiansion, On Fifth ivenue, Klv. Morgan I)ix, Hector of Trin- ity Church, ortlciating. It was the grand- Lst wcd(ling in, the recent history of this [city. More than two thousand noted so- ciety people were present, crowding the splendid mansion in every part. Thebrtdal procession moved to'the iuusic of the wed- ding tnarcli from '•Lohengrin." Eight ush- rsaiul eight bridesmaids headed thecoluhin. Following | the brii|scmaids came the bride leaning t)n her •'» fatfwr's. arm. Her dress 'Wafe the crowning creation of Worth. The material} of the train and corsage was, white satin wrought with threads of silver in hftivy brocaded tigm'es, and the effect was that of chased or engraved silver. Tiie front of the dress was covered with Sp/ays of artificial orange blossoms. These buds were made of wax, ,but Were so simitlir. to the natural Mowers tliat it was impossible to tell the diil'eretiee. The train.! which was three' yards long,.fell in double box plaits from the belt. The veil, purchased in Europe expressly I for Miss Astor, was one of the finest pieces of. Brussels point lace ever wrought by the needle. The .groom, accompanied by his best man. his brother, Mr. K. T. Wilson, awaited the bridal pmty ill front of the large' n|antel-pjeee, where the! ceremony was performed. A fter the ceremony the bride mid bridegroom held a ^reception, which was followed by a sumptuous;collation. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson then donnied traveling diess, and started on their bridal tour, cfltering I heir. carriage amid a shower of rice. I The bridal gifts tilled |*a largii room, and are estimated to be worth ••j'J.jO.OpO. Among the uoted'guests were: I (iencral mid Mrs 'Grant, General and .Mrs. Gcorvre It. McC'lellan inul daughter, Mr. aud Mrs. I redoriek M. Sclieilck; Gciicral Asjiin- .wi.ll, It. Ingram! Cauuon, T. .1..(laklcy Ithlne- !aii(ier. Li^jienard Stcwar't, ('aptaiii Kccj'h, Mr. and Mrs. \V . (_'. iichermei!b"!ni. .Itilin Anllibn. Mrs i'aran Stevens, John Jacob .iistoiv Hobci't Ccolct. Mifs. Oliver Belmont, Picjjre I.orillard. I'eter Mal-ie. llobert CuVtin^. John ^lUy' and Colonel Delaneey V'aue. | Mr. William Astor's i>re'sent to liis daugh- ter was a fully furnished, house on Fifth avenue, between Thirtyrseventli and Thirty- eighth silrcets.. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Will occupy tljis iinjnediatelv upon their .return from their bridal tour. A NEW LAKE. Important <<c<>Kmpl>£c:il Dl-coiyfery in Call-■ itdit—V iliival of l.ako Sii|ieriop. QueiUjC, Nov. 1'9.—F. 11. Bigiiell. of this citi', who left in June last in eomnmnd of the ; transport expedition to Lake Vi stassiiii, in tiie Northwest Territory of Camilla, has returned. He gives .-i few 'particulars taken en route. The party, With : great difficulty, reached the province.! of the Northern boundary on the height oil latid which divides .the waters-of the Sagiii iiay River from those flowing into Hudson's Bay. They then ^crossed into Kupeit's: Laud, and lit a distance: of *50 miles from Lake St. John they reaijlicd the southwestern extreinity of the grejat Lake Mistassiiii. He states that; the general trend of .the lake, as far as known, is fnwii southwest to northeast, stng|<'!iing away from Foam Bay and the heigli|i>:' latid. in tiie Southwest, to an unknown di^tanci| toward West Mfiine , and Liibrador. J The water swarms ivith lishes o:f all Ivjiids, ijind 'fur- bearing .'aniinals are labund.ajit." The eli- nu'te is i agreeable, aiid sniblble for agri- cultural jiiirposes. It is stated that the Hud- soli Bay Company has hail it:f agency there for upward of a hundred, years,: but has held it secret!-that a hike of sueli lUincnsions ever existed. It is supposed to be as large as Lake Superior. ■ An Elgin Watch. Tha United Stated clotlijng company loee not talk Waterbury or nameless watches. Mr. Arnold is givinc his cus- tomers genuine El^jin watches. The company warrants these and every Elgtnite willj add bis owh warrant. In this way .the customer knows what h* yets and a home industry ie patronized. We noticed, by tiie wav, that there is the largest and most diversified ' stock of elovea at the United .Stated store ever before seen in the west, odtside of Chi- cago. They are j of every kind and every price. In silk and worsted mufflers there is enough to keep the en- tire city from catching cold. It; is 'Bur- prising what .a lot of goods can be packed in one store. Every foot of space of the! United States ib utilized. It will well repay you to call andsee how cheaj these goods.are being sold. 11 ltf" The beBt quality, of scarlet all-wool underwear in ttie city for $1-25, worth $l.t>5, can be found at Walter Newman's. I . 11 10 f Plaid SulttiigN. M. E. Wallace 'has received a new line of plaid suitings, that is the best aseortment ever shown in Elgin. 11 3tf Whiter Suit*. ^Vdler must (positively close out bv January 1 over five hundred men's, boys' and children's suite. They are of every Bize, style and grade, from the vny finest made. An average reduction of twenty per cent will be madia on all th- se goods. They must be sold. V . /n 18wl Solo.. The Belief Corp*. The entertainment c^mmi Womnn'B Relief corps has Secured services of some of the best ti lent lit' the city, and the following excellent pro- gramme will be rendered on the occajsion of the oster supper, Thurdsdaj evening, and they claim that this will be• the happiest event of the season: j | PBCQRAMMB. ji. ).'■ ................Shepherdem Bong Miss it. Kohn. ■>. Soog..............................................-....Dreaming L. C. Hazeltine. Recitntion...........................Miss Amy Iromtfn Duet.............................................I' Travatoce MUs Elwlse Wlllard and Pr-fi Patferspn.i Song....................................................Columbia Three Little Misses, Recitation................................Sherman Taylor Solo........................................Mark D. YarWood Song....J....................................Going to MirkpJ, MIsb E. Wlllard. i ' Frank i'reston and Bertha iionng.: _• " f{ - 11 18t3 Dundee EnterpriWe. The interest of cash buyers of general merchandise is now centering* in tiie Dundee cash store of C. F. Ilall; and his immense stock aud low prices are at-f trading unusual sftentior.i' Wiih <a' magnificent store, 22x140 fefel andj two stories high, he ik enabled to store; aiid display an immense quantity, of gehera} merchandise ' ]? j |' The real secret of G- F. Hill's success is in buying and selling foircash onlj; and fin selling so many lines of jtoode under one roof. No rent, no managers/ no bookkeeper, all cash, enables hiui :td direct any aud all in th^ matter ^cin prii es. This week Mr. Hal) offers 100 pieces full standard print, 4 cents. 1 Full standard ginghams, (ij iients. jf Fine grades all wool caBsinaeres cosf, $3 to make, 75 cents per yard. .; 'j Ladies 50 cent wraps 37 cerits. ! f |!j j 200 ladies' and misses' cloaks, jnew' markets and ulsters, with cloaking ajjd trimmings in immense variety. :|| In men's and boys' clpthiiig.C. Fj H«|| will sayc you from fifty ceni$ to $o on a suit or overcoat; and bear in miiid trie assortment is equal i.o the dFsortmeutltjjr the larger cities. Now Mr. ilall wapls to see every one' that buys dry goom), clothing, boots and shoe, hats and. cajjj"., i tc , and it will-more than pay yo^tq]gjo and see him. •] j ilall is liberal apa dealer,and in oi<|^r to have no one fail to visit him he makes you. the following offer: 'Cut thii out and bring with you and he will.give yoh seventeen pounds standard A StifrarjTOT $1; and if you trade 510 worth he will pay your fare aud return from Elgin, Clrtitbti- ville or Wayne, or to the [will. ^O.b' come from. We say try [the ohiy ci»jh dealer in Northern ill.nois, C. F. Hall,I . I We give you air opportunity to benefit yourselves at our ""!■■[ |'. Expense, jf. J- ; ■ | i'-i Being our regular weekly snecialiales day, we Mil place on sale two articles of most practicable, seasonable use, "— .Cotton LANNELS, | ;'g) . of eyeiry description, and Flannels, | I | of every description. for the brief period of: one day we will sell these goods in iff; many instances less than jobbers' price^. Come one, come all and get a benefit. Theo. F. SWAN. 1 rl r 4 I 'N 14: 11 14 wu ' I ' Selling Out Kesardle#ii or Co*t.i|. Owing to a change in the firm of.Ly & Cassidy to take ' nlace about J.tni|«ry| 1st, we will seil, regardless of co^3t;||pjUr^ entire Btock, consisting of clothifig of all;- grades, overcoats,' hats, paps anil furnishing good". VVe will malip uU'durf piece goods at a great reduction. sfcdiaisp sell piece good by the •}ard ipt .4[ Now is the time for bargains. 11 ;| jj,| All bills ander $K) etric^y casn^'oii fill lulls over ?10 time 'will bej given tp'|b.ui| the purchaser, on approved paper. All those indebted top the fi:rm|twjl| please call and settle aB sopn as .possible Respectfully,'■' $ M. f 11 12tf Ly|sn & C|5Si|*ilj ''* Misses' and children's plush .hpodp,Jjin great variety, at Walter Newman's. .• ;• = lllOtf AND: i 1--1 r1~'|' I I 1 i i j' Ii II ; ' r I'll '!-. i is 'I j 1 I* I '?| k •I ■ ? I Pautaloonin!i». • ;j :|j ,, Plaids are the latest and only propel thing in pantalooning. Call fit M. Wallace's and see his fine line, ill All the lalest styles and large a«spr| ment of velvets, tips, wings, ant millinery noveltieB can be found & Walter Newman's. Good worki Sni lowest prices guaranteed. | 11 10tf| Of Interest to IilVulld*. , j| Mrs. J. M. Poi ter, j fa prOfffe8|ibn»l nurse of experience, liaa located - ji i Elgin and will be pleased to see p'arties desiriug her services aj. the-;'k|tnb|(ll house, Douglas avenue., j llj lSwl*jl; Large-assortment of lalJies' and ijjiei#' hand-made hoods and mittens at Walter Newman's.__- ;> The Women's Relief dorpB w|ill giye |a supper in the parlors iri DuBoisr:T on Thursday evening nekt. Slipper w|l be served from G to 8 o'clock. In tiije evening a programme Will be Tendered. The proceeds will be devoted to tiie relief of the poor of Elgin. I ll|;lo!l|j; C. F.Hall, The Dundee* cash dealer, is leading j|ll the dealers in men's and boys' cl&th|iigi His boys' suits at ?1.90, $2.25, [and-^3; will show you a big saving! ahd |hii^ men's suits at $4, $5, and f6.| you. We say try G. F. Hajl. |OtHBrs are reaping a real benefit. AssPJtnie'Bt complete in all departments. ! llj jl5w.L, --| |; I | pl. Bottom prices on hosiery,ica|htn«jire, German knitting midnight | yarilsjjlat Walter Newman's. To Poll Tax Delluque.ntiJ^ .j|| Elgin, Nov. :8tlJ 186' Vessel OWnerii. 18.—The navigation iic'ajiy iclosed m Mihvaukee, the most disastrous ever experienced, -fj^hie out of every ten vessel owners are Ibsers^on the season s .... ,--------rangjng from 500 to Hat*-and Caps- New and splendid styles of hats and fine caps, prices very low, at Mendel Bon's. _____J__ 11 18 wl Bargains in children's ishoes in sizo 6's to ll's, at W 8. Weld & Co.'s. If you want to secure a bareaip call at No 35 Chicago street for Rhoes\ ' '11 19tf No Dod^e. Mendelson.does not advertise the old dodge of selling out to humbug the trade, but will stay wjth you and sell you gooda for less moniey than any mer- chant that springs, the selling out dodge- 11 18wl The Excurnlbn Train j. To the Dundee Cash Stdre of C.F. Hall is running daily, Sundays excepted. It costs nothing and b a sure gain to you. •' •'__1115wl Gentlemen'* Underwea^. The most complete line of'm^n'a unV dtrwear from fifty cente to $2.50 at Men- Will you come? JFi you come? Or shall your name with the which will make cosif lyow cbmif '•.MftiiL I have |o leave police -magiBtrite, Yours, respect fully, ;ij i iMl' i Thomas S. Martin, Superintendent pf tjjijrfee||. delson'e. ll! 18wl ll-8w2 Call and see the ever polpulajf J^cneF- town dress goods in all shades;; i^will wash and not shrink;pr cockleiat |(J. J Schults'. __J_ ' 9 ;8lf is"foot bo A Cnre Warranted*. Money returned if a cfare effected by Fagan's pile remedy.; of references to psopile in : Elgin have been cured. Tliis ; rpmefl.. manufactured and so|d at the <jity';f <| rpk store- Latest etylea, perfect prices on ladies' and mir-sesVclpakjjBjat Walter Newman. Ij j. [. ll.lOtf It is a fact tbat for cheapness, durabil- ity and style, the genuine jJ|m|Btfown worsted aresB goodB beatl lthe: :wprld. Walter Newman is the agent ;for I2lgin —-Ui-L-irli'lhf Children's shoes for one doljar in jbizes 6's to ll's, at W. S. Weld's.' r 11 l?tf ii,ill r ll ; il el- ■ NEW DRE ; J11 'i . Jit • !■. - j." THOSE SS G-OODS and T.ATTI LADIES' CLOTHS. BLACK SILKS, i JUST ABRIVED, VBRT CHEAP. CARPETS, W.E. in New Designs, FOUNTAIN SQUARE. Still anotl|er style bt HI J-H ART SQUAKE WESTMINSTER i p I HEATERS "■'$ ' I " '1. We have them in V . i .. J1 Three Varieties. Also a fine line of AOORN RANGES and Oook Stoves. All made by the?well known Arm of Eathbone, Bard 4 Co. | I Complete stoolp of Heaters for all uses. Every stove war- ranted to give perfect ' 1 satisfaction. Call in arid see Cheni 'f KIMBALL % MITCHELL 14 River Street. Agents Lyman Vapor Stoves^] ' j fl j'j hi J t 1: |.1f. ^ f I ■ - !J'f? -, m: I .if 1'jt . I: .1.(? fl 11 I1 I; irf. fi: IJ: t C it. | I h- Make a Specialty of Full press and Wedding Outfits. | Their work is their advertisement. : r • '••• -- A Pull and Varied Lrne of Cloths and Suitings for Every,body. Now is -:f , Hi id-i-f, :.m the time to select your S 1^3. TUliT BROS. j. Post Offloe Block. 1-1 J..&: f,1 I 11 .1 4 • sf- .-.3 f'PJ •! | | ' . 1 jjugi il I: 1-1: i ■ fci ;i. I, & n
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|1884-11-19 Elgin Daily Courier
|Issue of the Elgin Daily Courier newspaper from November 19, 1884.
Elgin (Ill.) -- History
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|Date Created
|Gail Borden Public Library District
|Elgin Gazette
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|Gail Borden Public Library District
|City, State
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|1880s (1880-1889)
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Illinois History & Culture
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BY DOHERTTl'
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Should you go to Chicago or any other city to
Dress Goods, Garnets, or Wraps, when C. Ji. S
offers a full" assortment at prices which make i'
advantage to buv at home.
.Upon us and see
Children's Cloaks,
styles of Garments
Plush Ottoman! Silk
our immense stock of Ladies', F
Russian Circulars, Paletots,
issds' and
etc;,1, etc.
in the latest materials, including Seal.
Ma-tellesse and Fancy Beaver, Jersey
haf e just
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1p' PMU;
THE CiTfTlMEN.
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The : Convention'^' \y§ik So Far
Confined to a >1,1 bn the
Basis of RoprodkisUltibn.
'Governor Jolin IJ |{oif(t| Colorado,
' Selected for Cji^irniaj A Sug-
g-estion 1'romltheT liners.
Breeders of Fine Cattle; iSfiep'j and Hogs
Hold Important j
Also, comprises EVERY kind; and stvle, and we
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j by any one.!
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DOWN in prices (quality s
we WILL NOT be nndejrsoid
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session of tli'.' N;itit)ii;tl C'ou.yf
tlcinen beijilii at lU::iD;ji. in: j|
man ka'iuwnter ;4iiin|>iujdei|
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zens' Executive Coiiii|iittjet;$
invited the -delcgiiilsj to }
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its' jExchang^ ; SoiiU Finn was
jinted • •Se'igiaififca&raiiif. Form il
jiinfi'iueiit w;tsilJL'n liliijli: < f tin? liiem-
MSHtRS asd JEWELERS.
siji'oiul day's
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lliat the.Citi-
si. Louis had
grand j 'lom-
enade concert this feyMifi!^. at the -Mer-
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Archive for November, 2010
Veterans Day 11/11
Posted by lightenup in Peace on Earth, Politics on November 12, 2010
Fallen soldiers of peace, I honor you
for having served peace, love, brotherhood, unity, innocence, purity.
Living Warriors of the heart, I honor you
who felt the duty to pick up arms in the darkness
and ward off enemies who would attack and destroy
peace, love, brotherhood, unity, innocence, purity.
I honor all guardians
on any side, who sought to protect these.
In the darkness of battle
one can listen to the voice of politics or to commanders orders or to voices of friends and family. Those who choose to listen to their hearts within the hell of armed conflict, I especially honor you. My highest aim is to make that darkness disappear by adding my light to the world in whatever way I can, so that the enemies of peace can be seen by all and be disarmed forever.
puzzled earth
Posted by lightenup in Peace on Earth on November 10, 2010
Earth is a dynamic system. Like what was done in the study of our own bodies, science has broken it up into subjects such as geology, hydrology, oceanography. Only recently have the studies begun to be integrated with each other. Consider the weather. Weather began to be studied as a global system in the 1970s through the use of improved tools. Before then science had lots of separate pieces of information about it, but did not know how they all fit together. Before we "knew" we got theories. Guesses. And as anyone who has ever worked on a jigsaw puzzle knows, without a good picture on the top of the box, you really have only guesses where pieces fit together. Once the puzzle begins to take shape though, you can fit things together faster and easier.
We have huge amounts of information about the earth now. Information on magnetic pole reversals, fossil discoveries, Greenhouse gas measurements, climate changes. Scientists have theories about how this information fits together. Educated guesses yes, but has anyone seen the top of the earth puzzle box? The most profound effects of the currently ramped up geophysical earth processes such as sunspots, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc., may not be their physical ones. Instead their greatest effects may be on the current scientific ideas of how these events fit together and relate in the systems of earth.
Before you let some expert convince you that the "end" of the world is imminent, please take a step back. Take a deep breath. Take a larger view. Take the warnings with a grain of salt. There are an awful lot of guesses, and a lot of unproven theories. Don't allow them to unduly alarm you.
At least until they can show you the completed puzzle or the top of the box.
Links to pages of information about geophysical events around the world.
Earth's Active Volcanoes
MTU Volcanoes Page- World reference
Earthquake info
Incorporated Research Institutions for Siesmology
Latest earthquakes around the world
About the sun
Solar and Heliosphereic Observatory
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Next time you see that red 1974 Super Beetle tooling around Red Hook, be sure to wave. It's Shelley Bernstein, farm-hand extraordinaire (as evidenced by her photo above).
She is also the Brooklyn Museum's Chief of Technology. Remember that great exhibit, Click: A Crowd-Curated Exhibition? Yeah, that was her.
She has been in Red Hook about six years — "I love it because it reminds me of Texas" — and has one super-cute pup, Teddy.
I'd tell you what she does in her free time, but she has none. She's a self-described workaholic who is either at the museum on the farm or walking Teddy. Sounds like a pretty nice life.
What was the food culture in your house growing up?
My mother went to cooking school when we were living in Europe, so I had a good example there. On the other hand, my father and I ate every meal at Burger King for an entire year at one point. At 16, when I became a vegetarian while still living in Texas, my parents had trouble grasping the concept.
One food you won't you eat?
As a vegetarian, meat is the obvious answer. But I will admit I have issues with eggplant.
Favorite vegetable?
As of late that tends to be seasonal, so right now I'd say I'm super excited about the okra we just got from the farm. The okra and upcoming tomatoes will be especially welcome considering my Texas heritage.
Favorite food experience?
Backpacking through Europe picnicking on local cheese and fruit; picking watermelons on my grandfather's farm; eating freeze-dried ice cream at Space Camp.
What do you value about food or eating?
That I'm lucky enough to have a lot of choice, but see that many others don't.
Favorite appliance?
Cuisinart food processor and mini-chopper; vintage Pyrex mixing bowls and refrigerator dishes.
Favorite food book or memoir:
Chapter 9 of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. I'm not a fan of marketing in general and reading that chapter on big organic changed the way I eat and shop.
Most disastrous kitchen or garden experiment:
Ah ha, that would be the pie crust all-nighter that I pulled for the first Red Hook CSA potluck.
Why are you involved in the Red Hook CSA?
In the past couple of years, I've really started to notice the difference the Red Hook Community Farm has made in our neighborhood. I find that very inspiring and it is something I want to support. It's one of a few instances where I find the very diverse Red Hook community coming together.
I'm learning a lot about community as I continue to participate, which is something I care a lot about on both a professional and personal level. Lastly, I'm finding that volunteering on the farm is a great way to mitigate what is often a stressful work week.
What's the best lunch option near you?
There are a ton of good options in Prospect Heights near the museum, but Chavella's is really pretty amazing and my current favorite.
What inspires you?
I get inspiration from all kinds of things – stuff just sort of hits me. Here's a recent example.
Your opinion: Does talking to plants help them grow?
Do you sing to them?
I don't even sing to my dog!
Best piece of advice you've ever been given?
Fail forward.
Tell us one thing about yourself that would surprise us.
That I spend a lot of time thinking about city planning in addition to community.


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Symptoms of acute and persistent low back pain improved significantly in the first 6 weeks after treatment, but even at 1 year there was lingering chronic pain and disability, a major meta-analysis by Australian and Brazilian researchers found.
Mean pain scores (52 out of a maximum of 100, 95% CI 48 to 57) at baseline were reduced by almost half after 6 weeks (12 out of 100, 95% CI 9 to 15) but pain lingered for months, the researchers reported online in CMAJ. The study encompassed data from prospective cohort studies conducted among more than 11,000 people in a dozen countries.
Outcomes were found to be similar across all cohorts, with improvement gradually slowing and "even at 1 year, patients had low to moderate levels of pain and disability," wrote Christopher G. Maher, PhD, of the University of Sydney, and colleagues.
While the data did not include the exact nature of the back pain nor the treatments, "the important conclusion that can be drawn from the data is that much of the apparent benefits of any treatment for low back pain are likely to be unrelated to the effects of specific interventions," wrote Rachelle Buchbinder, MBBS, PhD, of Monash University in Malvern, in an accompanying commentary.
About 80-90% of the population gets l0w back pain at some point in time and about 25% would report having back pain in the past week, Buchbinder noted in an e-mail to MedPage Today.
Current treatments are aimed at symptom relief and "we are not going to get more effective treatments until we better understand the pathoanatomical basis of back pain," Maher said in an email interview.
Recovery was measured in 19 (56.6%) of the included inception cohorts (meaning the patients were enrolled when the episode of low back pain was first reported). The majority of acute back pain patients had recovered by 12 weeks. Among those with persistent low back pain, less than half had recovered by one year, the investigators said.
The pooled estimates of the clinical course of pain and disability were determined with mixed linear models. Acute low back pain cohorts were defined as those with a mean or median pain duration of less than 6 weeks; persistent low back pain was defined as pain duration of more than 6 weeks at study entry.
"The clinical course of pain and disability in the acute pain cohorts was similar and the difference not statistically different (p=0.20). However, the clinical course of pain was more favorable than the clinical course of disability in the persistent pain cohorts (p=0.002)," Maher's team reported.
The mean reduction in pain and disability scores within the first month was 58%.
It is difficult to prevent low back pain and, while a minority of people become disabled by their pain, the idea "that disability, rather than low back pain, persists is an important pointer for improving our interventions," Buchbinder noted in her commentary.
Many patients are getting out-of-date treatments rather than treatments that are known to be effective, Maher remarked in his email to MedPage Today.
Both authors concluded that back pain, like other health problems, should now be regarded as a chronic and long-term, and that patients should be better educated about its nature and the likelihood of recurrence.
"Back pain should be considered as a chronic recurring condition which means that we should reconsider how we manage it. A one-off visit when it (the pain) is bad is not likely to provide the best outcome," said Maher.
There was no specific funding for this study.
Christopher Maher is supported by the Australia Research Council. Co-authors reported support from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council, the University of Sydney, and Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
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CMAJSource Reference: Costa OP, et al "The prognosis of acute and persistant low-back pain: A meta-analysis" CAMJ 2012; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111271.
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CMAJSource Reference: Buchbinder R, Underwood M "Progosis in people with back pain" CMAJ 2012; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120627.


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This article will show you how to take a new picture, or add one to an existing track or route.
Take a New Photo
1. To take a picture at any time, tap the + icon in the top menu and select 'Take Picture'. With this option, a waypoint will also be created for the picture to be attached to at your exact GPS location.
2. To take a picture while recording a track, tap the camera icon that appears next to the track timer. This will also take a picture at your current location, and the image will be tied directly to your track.
3. You can also take a picture from the Trip Screen
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1. You can also add a new photo to an existing track, route, or waypoint. To do that:
- Navigate to your saved menu and open the details for your track, route or waypoint
- Scroll to the bottom of the page to find your photos
- Tap the + icon to take a new picture or select one from your device's camera roll
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Regular readers know that I've consummated multiple beer trades with a shadowy north-of-the-border gentleman known pseudonymously by the name of "Peet". The way it works is pretty simple – he grabs something off the shelf in Ontario, Canada, I grab something off the shelf in San Francisco, California – and we meet up at a predetermined location in the US for the handoff, usually the site of a major wireless industry gathering so as to blend in, stay cool and not blow our cover. This last exchange involved me bringing a rare TELEGRAPH BREWING beer; "Peet" responded in kind with GREAT LAKES 2008 WINTER ALE. "Great Lakes", you're thinking, "…aren't they those fellas from Cleveland?". Aha, you're right and yet very wrong there, my friend. There are two GREAT LAKES BREWINGs. Those highly-regarded Cleveland brewers, and an equally highly-regarded Toronto brewer who've been around since the 1980s.
GREAT LAKES WINTER ALE is what was slipped into my satchel, and it's what we're here to discuss today. As "Peet" mentioned to me, I had not tasted my final beer of the 2008 winter beer tasting season, contrary to previous writings. GREAT LAKES WINTER ALE pours a deep, dark red – exceptionally beautiful in the glass. They say that we should have been expecting predominant flavors of cinnamon, orange peel and ginger, but all me & my drinking/rating sidekick could get out of it was the cinnamon. It is a liquidy, malty beer, more thin-bodied than I would like and definitely downplayed when it comes to the alcohol – a "big beer" this is not, appearances to the contrary. (Which is no problem and not a complaint by any means). Here's the thing – while this beer smells great with a terrific fruity & spicy aroma, not enough of that actually makes it through to the back of your throat – which is where it counts, right? It's when the men are separated from the boys. I liked Great Lakes Winter Ale just fine – it was a good complement to the dinner it was enjoyed with, and went down easy – yet I'd have liked it more if they'd packed a little more of their wintery je ne sais quoi into the taste of the beer itself. 6/10.
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This blog is for users of the Microsoft Windows Operating System, it contains tips, tricks and secrets for both beginner and expert users.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Windows 7: Resizing Desktop Icons
Want to easily change the size (larger or smaller) of the icons on the desktop? All you have to do is click on an empty part of the desktop, hold down the CTRL key, then using the scroll wheel on your mouse, scroll up or down to re-size the icons.
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Bruins Shut Out North Texas at Clovis Auto Row Softball Classic
March 12, 2004
FRESNO, CA - Top-ranked UCLA improved to 23-0 on Friday afternoon at the Clovis Auto Row Classic in Fresno, CA, with a 6-0 victory over North Texas. Caitlin Benyi had two doubles and a home run in the game as Lisa Dodd struck out six for her ninth victory of the season.
UCLA manufactured its first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning, as Caitlin Benyi led off the game with a double to right center, was sacrificed to third by Andrea Duran and scored on a fielders choice ground-out by Claire Sua.
In the second, a Kristen Dedmon walk turned in to a two-run home run to right field by Caitlin Benyi, her ninth homer of the season. That shot gave the Bruins a 3-0 lead.
Pitcher Lisa Dodd retired the first 11 batters she faced in the game before giving up a two-out double in the fourth inning for the first hit of the game.
UCLA posted an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth inning and the Bruins manufactured a fifth run in the bottom of the fifth as Jodie Legaspi walked, went to third base on two wild pitches and scored on a single by Emily Zaplatosch to give the Bruins a 5-0 lead.
The bottom of the sixth inning featured a one-out rally with consecutive singles by Andrea Duran, Stephanie Ramos and Claire Sua to load the bases before a fielders choice by Jodie Legaspi gave the Bruins a 6-0 lead.
Dodd finished with six strikeouts and did not walk a batter while scattering three hits in the game. She is now 9-0 on the season.
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By Richard Neiman
As I'm writing this, New York City has just had its first snowfall of the season, reminding me that my first year as superintendent is almost at an end. As someone who joined state government for the first time after 25 years in the private sector, I was forewarned by previous superintendents that there is a tradition of financial emergencies striking at the beginning of a term. My term was no different. As soon as I showed up at the office, I was faced head on with two major challenges that were significantly intertwined: the subprime mortgage crisis and preemption. While the problems in the mortgage market take first place, the two issues came together for me in analyzing the role of the states in developing solutions.
We recognize the role that nontraditional lending institutions, many of which are based outside of New York, play in subprime lending. Nevertheless, we also have to acknowledge that the entire industry has been involved in the process to a certain extent, whether as wholesale lender, servicer, securitizer or investor. And, regardless of where the loans were originated, the problems have broad repercussions, in terms of industry reputation and confidence in the mortgage market. When confronted with the subprime problem and the foreclosure crisis, the state's ability to design an effective response was further complicated by the preemption issue.
From my perspective, the upside to the preemption debate is that it provides a unique opportunity to reassess the balance of power between the state and federal government, particularly as it relates to consumer protection. From your perspective as industry leaders, while I am sure you share my concerns around consumer protection and market stability, my concern over preemption might not evoke a similar sympathy.
After all, the Supreme Court's decision in Watters v. Wachovia, which upheld federal preemption of state consumer protection laws for operating subsidiaries of national banks, has been described by some as a victory for industry. While the decision certainly is a loss for state regulators, this loss does not automatically translate into an industry gain. The Watters decision jeopardizes the careful checks and balances in the dual-banking system, and industry should be keen to see the system's built-in restraints on excessive regulation maintained.
The connection between the dual-banking system and balanced regulation may not always be readily apparent. Instead, multiple levels of government can seem like an albatross to industry, especially during times when one level of government is prepared to grant greater latitude than the other. However, it is precisely this type of competitive tension among regulators that the dual-banking system was designed to create. The purpose is not to frustrate industry, but to help ensure that the regulations and public policies that emerge from this dialectic process are both necessary and optimal.
While we want to remain competitive with respect to foreign markets that may have more consolidated regulatory regimes, and there are opportunities to streamline our system, the basic concept of the dual-banking system is still valid. Our federal approach offers many benefits that we ought to preserve, even as we consider how best to equip state government to respond to contemporary challenges in the industry.
Keeping the best of our current system while adapting to the evolving needs of the 21st century is one of the goals of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's Commission to Modernize the Regulation of Financial Services, on which I serve as a member. We anticipate issuing recommendations over the course of 2008, and I hope to hear your thoughts on maximizing our supervision of banking, insurance and securities. I expect that the current turmoil in the mortgage market will provide us not only with examples of areas for improvement, but also with models that work to further coordinate regulation.
One of the many lessons the subprime crisis has taught us is that residential mortgage loans are an engine of the economy, a critical sector that deserves multiple levels of oversight. The crisis has also illustrated that protection of mortgage borrowers is not a separate social policy concern, but is inextricably linked with fiscal soundness. We are experiencing this implosion in the mortgage market precisely because the connection between consumer protection and safety and soundness was underappreciated. And as the origination of subprime and nontraditional mortgage loans increased, frankly, the federal government has not been as swift to act in predatory lending prevention.
Instead, state governments were the first to respond to this need and translate a heightened concern over the proliferation of subprime mortgage loans into action. When it comes to mortgage loans, the market may be global, but the collateral is unavoidably local. This locality means that state government is close to the effect on the community, from displacement of families to related social upheaval.
Being this close to the problem, it is no surprise that states were the early leaders in offering solutions. Perhaps this is also an example of a new form of federalism, in which decentralization at the national level has highlighted the states' traditional role as overseers of the real estate market in their jurisdictions. New York has not shirked this historic responsibility. Our state's anti-predatory lending law was among the first in the nation, and state bank supervisors and attorneys general took the lead in landmark consumer settlements for unfair lending practices.
It is not only consumers who benefit from state involvement in the mortgage market. Industry also benefits from having a variety of legal, social and economic environments in which to innovate and test new business strategies. It's been said that the states function as "laboratories of democracy" by providing venues in which new ideas can be proven and then offered to the country as models. While I think that expression is true, the positive role that the states play is much more than an experiment. State supervision and the dual-banking system is a time-tested model of oversight that promises the best mix of security and creativity when it functions as intended.
So my New Year's wish is to see the promise of the dual-banking system more fully realized, through a deeper level of federal-state cooperation in supervising the mortgage market in 2008.
Richard Neiman is superintendent of the New York State Banking Department.


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Nov 29 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Delta Air Lines has barred a disruptive passenger who shouted pro-Donald Trump and anti-Hillary Clinton remarks at fellow passengers on a flight from Atlanta to Allentown last week, the airline's chief executive Edward Bastian said. nyti.ms/2gdFjjY
- In one of the most sweeping and rare bipartisan acts of this Congress, lawmakers will move this week on a $6.3 billion bill to increase funding for research into cancer and other diseases, address problems in the nation's mental health systems and enact potentially far-reaching regulatory changes for drugs and medical devices. nyti.ms/2gdKFeO
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- Samsung Electronics said it might restructure its vast operations as a way to unlock shareholder value. The family-controlled South Korean electronics giant said it would consider creating a holding company and listing its operations on international exchanges. Samsung will begin a review of its options that will take at least six months. nyti.ms/2gdEqIf
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Q: What does Writing Kit offer that Elements, currently, does not?
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Markdown shortcut keys, Dropbox sync and integration with CloudApp, OmniFocus, TextExpander touch, Terminology and the Quick Research tools are my favourite Writing Kit features.
It's worth mentioning that although I'm really enjoying using Wrtiting Kit, right now, Metaclassy the developer of Byword app, my favourite Markdown app for Mac OS, has been hinting that something iOS and iCloud related is in the pipeline. I'm betting on Byword for iPad.