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California Department of Transportation
January 3, 2011
Tamie McGowen (916) 919-3357
Presidio Parkway Public-Private Partnership Agreement
First Transportation Project Approved under Senate Bill X 2 4
San Francisco, CA – Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (Authority) are one step closer to delivering the second phase of the Presidio Parkway project as they awarded the public-private partnership agreement to the selected bidder, Golden Link Partners. The project received $46 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
"This is a major milestone for the Presidio Parkway project, as well as a significant innovation to our project delivery process," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim. "Caltrans is ready to take this vital step forward."
Caltrans and the Authority were able to reach agreement with Golden Link Partners after the required 60-day comment process by the State Legislature and the Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission. The agreement sets the terms to enable Golden Link Partners to design and build the second phase of the project as well as operate and maintain the facility for 30 years. The Presidio Parkway project, the Doyle Drive replacement, will be the first transportation project in California to be delivered through a public-private partnership under the authority of Senate Bill X 2 4.
"The Presidio Parkway is a perfect candidate for such a partnership, which will bring the best practices of both the public and private sectors to bear on this project," added José Luis Moscovich, Executive Director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.
The next major milestone of the project will be reaching a financial agreement by the end of summer 2011. Construction activities on the second phase of the project will begin in late 2011 and continue through early 2015, and involves construction of a new northbound bridge and Battery Tunnel, the Main Post Tunnels, and the Doyle Drive/Girard Road/Marina Boulevard/Richardson Avenue interchange.
California has obligated nearly $2.6 billion in Recovery Act funding to nearly 1,000 highway, local street, and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit http://recovery.ca.gov/
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For high resolution images, visit www.presidioparkway.org/contact/press_center.aspx.
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Background: In advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), or 'Rio+20' as it is commonly known, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls upon policy-makers to rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection. Among the key issues at the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit are the green economy and an institutional framework in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication.
Key Issues:
• IUCN supports a green economy that places nature at its center and adopts measures that ensure equity. "The world has been slow to embrace and agree upon the concept of 'green economy' due to a lack of clarity of what it really means," says Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General. "It's time governments included nature in development strategies, working to achieve internationally agreed goals, specifically those set out in the Aichi Targets adopted in 2010 in Nagoya to stop the loss of biodiversity."
• IUCN urges governments to do more in terms of policy and institutional coherence. "Rio+20 is an opportunity to analyze together the challenges in achieving sustainable development and to give new impetus to international collaboration," says Constanza Martinez, Senior Policy Officer, Global Policy Unit. "States, civil society organizations and the private sector are well aware of what needs to be done—there must be a commitment to working together towards the same goal: protecting nature so it can protect us. We must move towards a more resilient planet"
• Rio+20 is an important opportunity to promote investments in enhancing the natural assets on which poor communities depend. "Landscape restoration will help countries meet international commitments to slow, halt and reverse forest and carbon loss and to restore degraded ecosystems. By focusing on both forest and agricultural lands it will generate income worth billions of dollars each year to national and local economies and provide food security to millions of forest-dependent people," says Stewart Maginnis, Global Director, Nature Based Solutions Group. "This should include concerted efforts to invest in the Bonn Challenge to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands by 2020."
Press Material and Events:
Please note press briefings will take place at: Rio Centro, Pavilion 3, Media Centre, Press Briefing Room P3- 6
- Corporate Action on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services session: Saturday, June 16, 16:00, Windsor Barra Hotel
- Forest landscape restoration international news release and press briefing: 11H00 Monday, June 18
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Update international news release and press briefing: 11H00 Tuesday, June 19
- IUCN Side Event—Nature Based Solutions For A Sustainable Future: Tuesday, June 19, 17h30, RioCentro
- Rio+20 Opening Statement: Wednesday, June 20
- Rio+20 Closing Statement: Friday, June 22
The IUCN World Conservation Congress to be held in Jeju in September 2012 is the first event of the implementation phase of the outcomes from the Rio conference.
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General IUCN
Cyrie Sendashonga, Global Director, Programme & Policy Group
About IUCN
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. www.iucn.org


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maj cole's iron front building corner main and fisher streets 10:0m w b beacham architect and builder salisbury n c residence on lee and monroe streets ! correspondence solicited t b councill m % d salisbury 3n3 o offers his professional services to the citizens of this and surrounding communi ties all calls promptly attended day or night may he found at ray office or the drug store of dr j ii enniss respectfully j h council m i szg office in the heilig building 2nd j floor front room 18:6m _ . . _ . . j elys catarrh i cream bali llsi cleanses the nasaljg£4fy^cufte$c°^n pascals allay sw$&c o qh e adj pain andinflamma-|wfever t i o n h e als the m /&$$& sores estcrcs bl o^s the senses of t?»t:qhs£rt^%>^9 and smell b^psgx^u;»j try the ci:rk.hay-fever catarrh is a disease of the mucous membrane generally originating in the nasal pas : sages and maintaining its stronghold in ■the head from this point it sends forth ! a poisonous virus into the stomach and thraugh the digestive organs corrupting ihe blood and producing other trouble some and dangerous symptoms a particle is appllel into each nontrll and is agreeable price w cents at druggists by niall registered 60 cents ely bkos ia.'i greenwich street new york 13:ly g i to the store pear the stand pipe ; to buy cheap goods dave julian & watson are decidedly in the lead with low prices and honest roods their retail department is full of bargains and their line of dress goods shoes do mestics hats and notions are complete ai.t laces gloves iloisery embroideries handkerchiefs neck wear blankets comforts counterpins flannels table linens house . furnishing goods &<-.. ke bacon kurd sugar and cnflve salt and flour in short a full line of groceries j the above and a dozen others l>esi.-les art the stock they ofter at figures which make . every article a bargain they l)u v and sell country produce hide bones old iron wool loose cotton &«•.. &,-. , they are also agents for tho most popular , brands of fertilizers in short at their store yon can ppt what ever you want at bottom prices all thvy a«k is a chance to prove what thev say julian & watsox s i would not enter on my list of friend though graced with polished manners and fine sense yet wanting sensibility the man who needlessly sets loot upon a worm — cowpek i in the pooft-ingos fa lady of a vrenlthy eastern family thic'jgh some estrangement loft her home and went to j the west misfortune and ill-health swept i away her little all and in her old age she found , b home in the poor-house one evening shortly after she was found sittincf by her bed reading the poem rock me to sleep mother and weepirg that night the death angel came and the tired feet rested on tho echoless shore rock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep why does the reader pause why does she weep withered the qulv'ring lips head bowing low careworn the wrinkled face where the tears flow far from her childhood home old and alone no one and nothing to claim as her own fort.ine and friend all are lost in the past 1'ound in her old age he poor-house at last rock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep trembles the voice for tha mem"ries that sweep far from the sunny land when she was young kush o'er her heart as a harp long unstrung music that once has charmed chords lost so long move's sweetest harmonics joy's happy song come from the silence so lone and so deep kock me to sleep mother rock mo to sleep rock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep just ns when weary of playing i!o peep i-.cn long a?o she would turn to hf-r breast yearning for love words and kisses and rest turns she to night a child now om-e more : mother come back from the echoiess shore what do her dim eyes ee what does she hear why floes she linger where tear follows tear over and over in sobs 1-w and dee > — hock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep morn came the sun like a fond mothers face wake 1 earth with a kiss from night's still em brace ; hushed were those lirs in that peaceful repose only the friendless who finds it err knows mother had come from the echoless shore clasped her a^ain in her arms as of yore open the book lay beside the lone dead tear-marked the lines o'er and o'er she had road kevermorc here e'er to wake or to weep — rojk me to sleep mother rock me to sleep rock me to sleep mother rock me to sleep oh ! when the night shadows round the heart creep when all the strife and f'e tuiiift are done kmpty anil prizeless the fame we have won friends whom we loved passed away from our sii,'ht jtopn we havo cherished nil buried in night fondly we turn to our childhood nr:un i,ofiging for love arid caresses as then once more the words from the weary heart leap — rock me to sleep mother ttu me to sleep — lu ii catf.in you'/i's companion mr tidywaite ills serv'ce as sprcial constable and what game of it no slipht sensation wns occasioned in the household of mr joseph tidywaite xhe sen ior partner in tidywaite chink oc bullen's bank pall mali when that gcnleman an nounced his intention of enrolling himself as a special constable surely joseph there are plenty of younger mon available said mrs tidy waitc younger men ! pnhnw rxrlnimed the valiant bunker drawing himself up like a hero of romance to his full height which was just 5 ft fi 1 * in we must show the youngsters that a man nr-ed not be past serving liis country at fifty-niiip but consider tho weather joseph and your rheumatism continued his wife think of your asthma papa dear and these dreadful fogs added miss tidy waite nonsense nonsense replied mr tidy valte a litile impatiently for to tell the truth he had thought a good de:il about all the;»c circumstances nlrpady it is a mat ter of du'v elik kpkidfs i havo prom ised lord bayswaier that i will serve ue called at the bank this morning to obtain recruits and i vish tc set t!ie clerks an ex;mipl mr tidywaite expected that th allusion to lord bayswater would havo effect upon his wifi nod he was not disappointed miss tittvv titfc uovvevbi m young iudy ol much senso aa well as independence was not sc easily silenced i can't see why they want to call out sr-ocial constables at all she observed there arc not to bo anv more attemp's to hold rapp-tiugs in trafalgar square and if tho people had not been stopped from going there there wou.'i live ticz uoue of thi3 disturbance and where dm j^a iearn that pray inquired the bankei sharply and casting a suspicious glance at his daughter winfrc-d blushed slightly and turned away i liave ward peoplo say it she replied kut p;ip:i dear if there be any danger as you s;y surely the police and tho military ure sufficient without the help of old gent i mean persons in your posi tion i my dear winifred replied her father you must excuse ray saying that you do not understand what you are talking about the magnificent spectacle of a mass of law-abiding citizens marshalled in sup rort of the civil and military forces will of itself strike terror into the mob and nip tbe spirit of anarchy in the bud winifred was a devoted daughter but she had a sense of humor and th magniti cent spectacle of her father striking terror into the mob was more than she could dis cuss with gravity tho subject cons quontly dropped later on however when mr and mrs tidywaite found themselves alone joseph suddenly said to his wife has ted o'brien been here again " not to my knowledge replied tho lady why do you ask because i am convinced that no one but o'brien could have put that radical clap trap about the special constables and the people into winifred's head i think that she met him last night at mrs somerset's joseph then understand that i distinctly forbid her to go to mrs somerset's again said the banker angrily or anywhere else ' where she is likely to meet that young jack j anapes he has quite turned the girl's head we shall have her defying her own father next now mr edvrarl q'urien was a young relative of mrs tidywaite who had come to london from dublin to study medicine although ha had distinguished himself at the hospr als he was still on the thresh | old of his profession and as his private means wore sm&ll he was hardly an eligi | ble son-in-law for ihe senior partner in tidywaite chink & bullen moreover he whs an earnest nationalist and a thorough going radical and in those characters doubly obnoxious to mr tidywaite when therefore tho bunker was apprised i tha a>i attachment rown up between hisdaugh;«x wtoifted td the young doc tor he promptly order the latter out of he hows »•• r 1 v 1 "** i '--' r - '"^ tf m»t»jw>t should ne»er be mentioned a^ain t on the morning fter the abct6 convcr tion mr tidywaite acccmoanied br mr chink his partner and a formidable body of their employes was duly sworn in ci a special constable he had his first taste of active service on tbe following sunday when after he had duly rendezvoused at albany street barracks at eleven a m he was marched through the mud and the fojjf por 6 pirlnk and breathless to cavendish square and there held in reserve till about five p m the mob to do them justice did not appear overawed by the sdectaclo on the contrary thev occupied themselves throughout the above period with facetious comments on the appear ance of the specials individually and collectively mr tidywaite although he had contrived to get into the rear rank came in for his share of this fun and he went home with the rudiments of a bad cold an unpleasant stiffness in the legs and an aggravated sense of grievance against the lower orders generally but fortunately with nothing worse a week or two later however his fortitude and sense of duty were put to a sharper teat ue received a notice that in riew of the threatening demonstration being organiied at tho other side of loud ju the regular constables on duty in his district would bo withdrawn in the evening and special con stables in pairs would replace them on their beats tho beat assignod to mr tidywaite included portland square duchess place and several adjoining streets in the west end the day duly arrived and a dreadful day it was heavy snow in the morning was succeeded bv a general drizzle as the day wore on the cold which mr tidy wait had caught in cavendish square had now assumed portentous dimensions aud settled on his chest his rheumatism was also troublesome at tho last moment mrs tidywaite was anxious for a medical cer tificate but unluckily did not think of it till too late and she was about to help her husband get ready for his work when they were informed that the police superintend ent desired to see mr tidywaite 1 just called sir said the officer to warn you to keep a sharp lookout on no 9 portland square it is the duke of dub lin's house he is the president of the irish landlords ancient rights mainten ance league you know sir ah certainly you are not anticipating any attack on the duke's house i hopei inquired mr tidywaite rather anxiously no but we have standing instructions to look after tho residences of gentlemen in the duke's position and we know the dyna miters aro very active a?ain just now de;ir me how dreadful and can you tell me who will ire wi h me on my be.it r theilo.i guy wyldnre sir lord liule brain's youngest son you will find him a very pleusaut young gentleman 1 think good night sir sorry you have such a nasty evenin.z this interview did not raise mr tidy waite's spirits on the contrary it filled him with uneasiness it was his rule never to keep firearms in the house but he wished now that he bad had a pistol that he could put in his pocket to supplement the protec tion of his truncheon as it was he could muster no more deadly weapon than a pair of handcuffs wnich he had purchased short ly after being sworn in as likely to be of service in tho event of his having to effect an arrest these he now stowed away in one of his deepest pockets while mrs tidywaite assisted him in his other prepara tions wrapiiin a good length of stou flan nel around his kuee the rheumatic one — and stuffing his pockets with sausage-rolls sandwiches a flask or two of comfor.ing cordials and a plentiful stock of cough lozenges thus provisioned and equipped in his largest overcoat and a new pair of goloshes the banker marched forth stop joseph stop cried his wife as the door was closing on him you are going without your respirator 1 didn't forget it my dear said ihe old gentleman rather nervously but i thought that it would look a that is that 1 should hardly require " look or no look joseph replied his wife who was accustomed to be obeyed in such matters you put on that respirator before you eo outside the door poor joseph submitted with the best grace he could the respirator was duly adjusted and the good man made the best of his way to the spot where he was to re lieve the regular constable and where he found not ouiy hon guy wyldfiro but also a select quorum of 6treet boys and loafers who had come to see the fun o my eye kre's the city corporation been and swore insself in a a speshul ejaculated one of the bystanders at tho bight of mr tidywaite's portly form hallo copper when did you see your toes lastt inquired anotner i say bill said a third what's the bloke been and gagged hisself for to save his false teeth from bein knocked down his throat most likely re plied bill please sir be you the speshul or the h extra or the hextra speshul 1 cried a cheeky arab amid an encouraging churus in this key the two constables started on their rounds they walked slowly over the extent of their beat and thon came to a standstill in portland square snow had now set in again vigorously and a keen northeaster drove the flakes in the faces of tbe two specials and caused the elder to shiver be neath his wraps do you think said the banker pres ently tha 1 it would appear—a—unprofes sional if 1 wore to put up an umbrella contrary to all the regulations replied mr wyldtire who kept up his spirits very creditab'y under the circumstances don't you let the inspector catch you at it i think though that i can put you up to a better dodge than that pray what is it inquired mr tidy waite much interested p 73 the peeler on the beat tipped me a wink as he was going away and whispered that we should tind no 24 the right sort of shop i can't say what he meant but i caught a glimpse of a larky-look ing slavey at no 24 duchess place as we came by 1 mean to havo another look if you'll stop here a minute i will re turn anon and report progress and without further explanation the scion of the aristocracy departed at the end of about a quarter of an hour he returned vis ibly sati.sfled with the result of his mission it's all right he said p 73 is a brick there's a comfortable k itchen entirely at our disposal at no 24 the slavies are full of fun the family are out and i've sent for a bottle of whisky come on !" the banker gazed at his comrade in blank amazement you don't mean to say he gasped that you expect me to " why n»ti what's the use of playing at peeler if you don't i the thing properly but what about the bea and the duke's house here o they'll look after themselves for half an hour for the ma'ter of that it wouldd't be much loss to society if the fjuians were to blow old dublin into smithereens you had better come the cjok's a topper i can tell you just your sort had it beea any one else than an earl's son who spoke sir tidywaite would un doubtedly have met this ribild sjeech with the rebuke it merited as it was he con tented hiiii-rcii with declini-13 ie invita tion as s.ifflj ■« p : v»-.«w p»-'tiitt^d as you please said thehcaorab'.egny you will know w*ere to find n-.e if i am warned no 34 don't forget ta-ta he was soon out of sight and mr t;dy ! waite was left alone with his own reflo'c tions solitude did not add to the charms of his situation the storm seemej to bo steadily increasing in violence and though he had no desire to imitate the exarcpie of mr wyldflre the banker presently moved • round his beat looking for a chance of gaining shelter he came thus to no &— the duke of dublin's house it was a fine ' mansion with a large portico extending to the pavement and remembering his in ' structions from the inspector mr tidy waite thought he would be doing his duty ; as well as consulting his inclination if he stood up against ono of the pillars at the i side sheltered from the wind he stood i there about a quarter of an hour his tce3 ' ' numbed and his taeth chaptering when the clock of a neighboring church struck nine i , the last stroke had scarcely ceased when ' mr tidywaite was startled by a low i j whistle close at hand looking out j | from his shelter he perceived a tall j man in an ulster standing under j a neighboring lamp-post as if in i response to the whistle two other men hurried up from opposite directions their j : movements were so mysterious that the special constable drew back as far out of i sight as he could get the men were now j talking together and the inspector's in structions—the allusion to the duke of dublin and the d?natniters recurred pain fully to mr tidywaite's mind as he caught fragments of tho conversation in a rich milesian brogue in another minute or so the two last comers again departed in opposite direc tions and mr tidywaite's heart sank into his boots as he saw the tall man advance stealthily towards no 7 he was now close alongside the special and looking into the area beyond doubt with some sinister pur pose the inclination to fly was almost i irresis ible in mr tidywaite's breast but he summoned up all his sense of public duty and with a supreme effort stepped out and accosted the mysterious stranger now sir he said what is your busi ness here what has that to do with you returned the man -• pf i am a representative of tho law and it is my duty to ask what you are doinij and suppose i don't tell you then i must ask y^u to come along with me and suppose 1 sny i sha'n't cocv said the man with a cou emp'uous laugh then i shall arrest you in the queen's name rcpli d the valiant constable and producing his handc.iffs he made a vicious grab at tho strang r perhaps the tall man was taken aback at this unexpected display of resolute government at any rate he b'ood quite s'lil much to mr tidywaite's relief and allowed tho bracelets to bo slipped on to his wrists then he began to move off stop cri-xl the special we are going the other way 1 ain't said the tall man toucan if you like unfortunately however mr tidywaite had taken the precaution of attaching tho handcuffs ti^hily round iiisown waist the prisoner showed no disposition to stop and as his advao'ege in s'rength more than counterbalanced t>.e special's superiority in weight and as moreover the pavement was too slippery to afford any foo ho!d for resistance mr tidywaite felt himself re luctantly compellej to fullow help help ' he cned frantically as ho found himself be'ng hurried into a trot the two confederates came running up at the sound of his voice stuff his respirator in'o his mnuth mike sad 1 be tall man and tie his muff ler over it or he'll rouse the whole neigh borhood this was q'nck'y done in spite of mr tidywaite's resistance and the unfortunate special fojnd himse'.f attain dragged off bo hind his prisoner while each one of tho accomplices hold one of tin arms there was just one hope he thoutrht of escape he was beics mar hod towards baker street where he knew that other special constables were on duty the idea however seamed to strike the conspirators as soon as himself for at a word from the tail man one of the others presently took the key of the handcuffs from mr tidy waite's pock.'t and in auother moment the special himself was hand u ted while the tall man toon possession of the truncheon and trausferrod the constable's armlet to his own arm no soon-r was tins done than thev met a pair of specials on their beat it's all right sai 1 tho tall man in answer to aques'ion from one of thf con stables ho was dmnk an.l disorderly and assaultel this gentleman hero kut we've pot him safe enough now poor mr tidywaite was j:is attempting to ex plain ma'ters when he was hurriedly cur ried on by his capt rs and not allowed to again stop until the par.y arrived at a dingy-looking house in tho neighborhood of high street marylobone where the pris oner was conducted to a large roc m scan tily furnished in tho upper part of the bouse a very few minutes observation satis fled the terrified b inker that he was in a n*st of conspirators of a dark aad malig nant character to begin with his three companionb as they entered the bouso one and all assumed blark masks they ex changed remarks ton in a language which mr tidywaite had never hoard before and addressed one another by numbers iiis'ead of names the prisoner was bidden to sit down at one end of th room us i"->ckets were turned out and h'.s stock of provisions were distributed amon the gang who dis posed of them excepting the eouirh loz enges with evident rel;sh then on h:s solemnly swe.ir.ng neither to move nor speak the handcuffs were removed and an i individual known apparently as number siven took up bis post bc-s.da him pistol in hand in t:ie course of ha.f an tiuur two or three desporadoe all masked and armed dropped in and took their seats at a table at the other end of the room when half a dozon were thus assembled num ber sivea at a word from the tall man led the prisoner into a smali room adjoin ing the council arc gcing to consider your case said number siven ye'll | know your sinthenco in the co irse of half i an hour in the meantime keep quiet or | ye're a did man one moment whispered the banker as bis jailer was about to leave the room j you can not obje to tell me where you | are and where i am sure ye can guess i may bo wrong let ma kar.v the worst ye're jusc in tho hands of tin clan-r.a gael und the gintlemcn to whom y-'vo been inthrojuic.-d^aro the executive coun eil of the london division — more power to them ' and with that number s.v i has tily retired heavens what a si'jation ! ttio banker's head reeled and ho wiped tho porspira m from his brow presently &..- i oke 1 around . the room bu it ciataiuel no window i;or any hope of escape or succor for half an hour or more he rein iniod there list n.njf to the voices in the text n,o:n at the end of which time he was relnced to the last stage of montal and bo ly prostration then nu^b-jr s;vca returned revolver id i hand bo '. ie i him into lb presencs of the council who word seated round * table ail masked joseph tidywaite 11 said the oiialrman whom the banker a onrc recognued as the tall man whom he had c;ip:ureu in the square yon have been charged with being n inimy of oil-eland and with thwarting an important operation of the provisional government the coancu have con sidered your case and your s:nth*»<o i death by the third proc the wretched man assayed to srv.ik bui terror tied his tongue and ho clung vf number siven to save himself from falling the council hare however mercifully attached a proviso to the atatbence pur sued the chairman your life will bo spared on condition of your taking the oath of fidelity to the oirish republic yc *» hare five minutes to nv.,io your eieciotw biven give the prisoner a chair at the expiration of five motet mr tidywaite made the choice that might hav j been expected ami to x the oath of fidelity to the irish republic in the following terms i joseph tuly.vaite hereby solemnly re nounce ail kuegianc • t ■the vjtieen of urral | britain htr !; irs and -. cesson arul iwclara | myself a true an i loyal snbje ; of the iri»h re \ public to the executive d eminent of which for the tune beii g i swear henceforward u ran der with body ai i l t.nnal ohedienc for good or evil o life or death so help me god this oath having boon administered mr tidywaite sigued the document in blood from one of his own vein which number siven dexter - y pencd for the purpose with a lancet the ceremony over he drank god sav i ireland m soae hot whisky and wat r and was then blind folded led out of bouse and restored to freedom in the shape of a hansom cab it was nearly a fortnight before the doc tor all.nvel mr tidywai e to leave his b«d but a s ion as he was able to get about again the old gentleman sent for edward o'brien on the young man's arriv&j he at once narrated the story of his terrible ex perience i sent for you edward be said at the conclusion of the recital in the hop that you might have influence with some of your irish friends which would help me cat of my horrible r.asm m think of it edward i think of me sworn body and soul to the service of a treasonable conspiracy how can 1 as an honest c tizen evade my duty to disclose the whole business to the gov ernment ?" good ucil "' esriatmed o'brien how can you talk of such a thing do yon know what it meansl remember james carry !"' i know i know repliej the wretohed banker i am .\ varo of my peril and the knowledge is driving me mid can't you help me edward i if t!.i:it r s haj been otherwise said o'brien presently i mean if there had been any tie between yon and me on the strength of which 1 might have made m personal appeal to tho executive i tell yoa frankly there is no man in london who ha a better right to ash a favor of the clan na-uael than i hive it it as it is on whal ground can i appeal to thornf my dear edward replied the banker i have never desired more than to be con vincedthat you and winifred were sincere ly attached to one anothor if my consent totbeengagem n <■inditionally of course on your rendering me this service will facilitate your negotiations with the coun cil pray consider you have it this assurance did facilitate matters very much two or three dav later o'brien reported that after a difficult negotiation with the leaders of the clan na-oael ho had persuaded the council in recognition f his own services to the cause to rescind mr tidywaite's oath of allegiance on bis swearing perpetual secrecy as to h;a own re hit inns with th clan a few days inter the banker waa c»nduct'»d ajrain tins tune by o'brien to the headquarters of ir london divialon here certain formalities were gone through tho oath of allegiance was re scinded and the special constable found himself once more a faithful suo)ecl of the qai en early in the honeymoon o'brien told his wife how her father's consent to their marring • ii id i eon obtained • :'. it i don't understand it now said wiuifred when she had h^;ird tho story of her father's singular adventure who were th ■other conspirators and who planned it all i tho consi irafor my d % ar were a par y of \> oaiisiug medicals from st mary's reii 1 ireed by one or two of our compatriots from guy's it was my re spected besl man jim sullivan who cap tur.d your father he met you at a dance you may remember where you told him tho governor was going as a cial he planned the business blest his soul at a mere practical joko at iirst we developed th idea after * ard poor papa !" said winifred i wonder he survived it he must never know ted and he never did — istndoti truth the wings of birds their i'onitlon wlirn in h t ln fthowa ay instantanoooa i'liotngraphr our readers bare been made aware from time to time of tho remarkable results obtained by m ms rev in his instantaneous photo?ra|>hs of various animals when progressing from place to place a large number of photo graphs r»f in in the acts f walking running and jumping have l>r><>n given am also a la muy bridge of horses in motion in various kinds of paits but perhaps ihc i»i<>st interesting series of the whole n thai relating to the flight of birds in l.'i s'ttiirt a number of illustrations tak"ii from m murey's negatives are triv.-n an«l they show a mosl remarkable and interesting set of positions m muy bridge's pictures wore i source of wonderment and amusement when first introduced on acconnt of the very siranjjo shapes into which tin limits of his horse seemed to be contorted ami here instead of thom beautiful pictures of bird with their pillions 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Ethan: I can't believe the Republican Party didn't take me up on my offer to become chairman!
Phil: You might have had a shot if you weren't so eager to raise taxes.
Ethan: You mean like Republicans did this year?
Phil: I warned them that raising taxes would come back to haunt them in 2014. You don't need to remind me of the Democratic campaign tricks this early.
Ethan: All kidding aside, now that your party has selected Rick Bennett, I thought this might be a good opportunity to offer him some advice on reversing your party's slide. In 2010, Republicans ran both branches of the State House, occupied the governor's mansion, and had two U.S. senators with an R next to their name. Today, three of those are gone (House, Senate, Olympia), and if you don't do something serious, you'll be down to one (Susan Collins) in a year.
Phil: Those were exciting days. Maine was on the move for the first time in 40 years.
Ethan: So, what's your first bit of advice for the honorable former Senate President?
Phil: Bennett is a friend, a former Maine Senate colleague, successful businessperson and a pillar of the community in western Maine. He also has solid relationships with former legislators from which he can build contacts all over the state. Simply put, be yourself.
Ethan: Well, "being yourself" better include getting up in the governor's grill. Gov. Paul LePage is going to be the first one-termer in 50 years if someone doesn't reel him in.
Phil: I wouldn't suggest "getting up in his grill" as much as I'd suggest some time around a barbecue grill. The governor and Bennett must break bread and strategize on how the governor can speak in a style befitting the office.
Ethan: You are much more diplomatic.
Phil: Bennett should be out front speaking on behalf of Republicans, including the governor, to build a clear distinction and advocate for a better result. LePage should continue making policy and budget statements and leave the rest to Bennett.
Ethan: After getting the governor in line, Bennett's job No. 2 has to be winning the Senate District 19 special election in Sagadahoc County. If you don't win that seat, you have no shot at winning the Senate. Plus, the power of winning a special election can provide great momentum, as we saw when Democrats first won the special election in Senate District 20 in 2011 (Chris Johnson over Dana Dow) and then won back both Houses.
Phil: Yeah, this is a must win if Bennett is going to get off to a good start. He could use this victory to rejuvenate deflated Republicans and silence all your musings about how we Republicans went from roosters to feather dusters in just one election cycle.
Ethan: The problem for Republicans is that your grassroots structure is in shambles after three years of infighting. And, as you know, grassroots is key to winning an election at the end of August when about 17 people will actually vote.
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Phil: All sarcasm aside, you are correct: Reinvigorating grassroots support matters most. Bennett has legislative relationships spanning back to his days in the House in the early 1990s, the Senate in the 2000s, and the ones he built personally from his campaigns for Congress. His success will be found in reaching out to them for a helping hand.
Ethan: OK. Job No. 1 is LePage. Job No. 2 is the special election. Job No. 3 is grassroots. What is job No. 4?
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Ethan: Easier said than done. Job No. 5?
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Phil: Oh, you just can't help yourself when you see an opening to suggest hypocrisy.
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Two HISD schools that have been showered with extra cash and support over the past three years could be headed for closure this summer as enrollment continues to plummet.
Supporters of Ryan Middle School and Jones High School, however, are protesting Superintendent Terry Grier's recommendation to close the campuses and merge them with nearby schools.
The Houston Independent School District board is scheduled to vote on the proposal Thursday.
Ryan and Jones have been part of Grier's reform program, called Apollo, which has funded special tutors and longer class time for students. Grier said the schools have improved academically, but changing neighborhoods and a reputation for poor performance have hurt enrollment.
"The schools are a lot better," Grier said. "This is an issue about school size and funding."
Trustee Paula Harris, who represents the two schools, said, "My community has asked me to stand with them in opposition of the consolidations."
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Ryan Middle School has 263 students, down from about 780 a decade ago, according to HISD and state data.
Roughly 350 students in the neighborhood chose to attend other HISD schools this year. The Third Ward campus once was home to Yates High School.
Grier had proposed closing Ryan last year but the school board president at the time pulled the item, saying district officials had not studied the impact on other campuses.
HISD ended up pouring extra money into Ryan this year, funding five extra teachers, said chief school support officer Mark Smith.
Ryan's budget of $2 million is almost twice as large as the budget for nearby Cullen Middle School, which has twice the enrollment.
Ryan students would attend Cullen under the plan. Grier's administration is looking at turning the Ryan campus into a magnet school for middle school students interested in health careers, similar to HISD's prestigious DeBakey High School.
Shawana Senegal, the mother of two boys at Ryan, said she thinks the small setting helps the students there.
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She said she worried about students fighting at Cullen and about parents in the high-poverty neighborhood who lack transportation to take their children to a more distant campus.
Cullen and Ryan are about four miles apart. HISD will provide busing, but Senegal said, "I'm scared to put my children on the bus."
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Several Jones High alumni attended a school board meeting Monday to show their opposition to merging the school with Sterling High.
Under the proposal, Sterling's students would be moved to the Jones campus next school year while Sterling is rebuilt with funds from the district's recent bond issue.
Monica Roberts, a Jones graduate, said the district has created instability at the school with four principals in five years.
Larry McKinzie, a Sterling graduate, accused HISD of pulling a "bait and switch" by not telling the community before the bond referendum in November that Sterling would be rebuilt to include the Jones students.
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When you begin to make a garden, it's all too easy to get carried away acquiring plants. One of this, one of that, and suddenly the garden has become a dotty collection of curiosities. One way to avoid this pitfall is to focus on collecting every species of a single plant genus. Like Patrick Anderson; for him, the revered genus was-and remains-Aloe; there are more than 300 species alone. "I do try to select them according to what they will look like in the garden, but I admit that I've never met an aloe I didn't want," says Patrick, a touch ruefully. He echoes the words of every collector who has ever pursued an object of desire down a long and dangerous road that, all too often, ends in a place called Obsession.
Patrick's half-acre garden in Fallbrook, California, in the hills north of San Diego, began innocently enough. More than 20 years ago, he brought home a few specimens from a plant sale at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, where he worked as a volunteer at the plant sales and helped with plant propagation. His efforts soon became concentrated on the Desert Garden area. "I looked at it and thought, I can do that!" he explains, describing how his interest in plants for semi-arid conditions evolved from a childhood love of succulents. "I knew that I wanted to use plants that would be appropriate to the area and also adapted to low water." Unlike many water-wise gardeners, Patrick's preferred watering technique is to use a handheld hose and a simple oscillating sprinkler. He eschews soaker hoses, having determined that they water too narrowly and are a nightmare to maintain.
Today, the main garden area occupies the south-facing slope that rises away from the front of the house. The land was previously devoted to avocado and lime trees, but in 1996, when Patrick decided to get serious about the garden, these were grubbed out and the slope was scraped clean of weeds and unwanted vegetation.
Describing his design technique, he recalls, "There were a couple of trees that I'd planted a few years earlier that we had to work around, but otherwise it was just me observing the ground from various angles to figure out how to shape the garden." Using powdered lime and hoses to mark the way, Patrick devised a meandering path to slow people's pace as they stroll through the garden, thereby encouraging them to look at the plants they pass. Tons of rocks and boulders were brought in to edge the gravel walkways. "It was like arranging furniture, with me directing the guy with the backhoe who was shifting boulders around: 'Put one here, and another here.' It took two days, and by the time they were all in place, I wished I'd gotten three times as many." Never underestimate your need for boulders.
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The paths were leveled and covered in pea gravel, an ideal path surface for many garden settings, as water percolates straight through; plants germinate freely into it, too, so you can get lots of volunteer shoots to increase plant stocks. Weeds pull out easily, especially if the path is first lined with horticultural fabric mulch or a thick layer of newspaper. And gravel does have a pleasing crunchy sound underfoot.
"The first plant to go in was a tree aloe," says Patrick. Nicknamed Hercules, this plant now towers above a cobalt blue accent wall that also screens a neighboring house from view. Patrick claims he did not consciously arrange his plantings, but, "I did have a picture in my head of how I wanted the garden to look overall-a lush jungle of plants that, although they share similar horticultural needs and belong to the same families, come from different places all over the world." Thus, plants like aloes from South Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean rub shoulders with euphorbias from Madagascar and agaves from Mexico and South America, so the garden is far from natural.
There is no denying that planting in drifts has a very satisfying effect in the garden. Once the older plants in a garden are well-established, they begin increasing in number; agaves make "pups," and cacti and aloes make offsets, which can be separated from the parent and replanted in massed groupings, as Patrick has learned. "I don't want to have one of everything. I want drifts of things. Like the golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii ) by the pavilion: One plant is eye-catching, but a swath is simply breathtaking!"
As the garden has matured, it has taken on another role-as a venue for entertaining. The focus is the pavilion, located at the top of the garden overlooking the house. "From there we watch the sun set and the moon rise, then in the twilight make our way down the paths through the garden, finishing up at the terrace, where we serve dinner," explains Patrick. "We have candles in sconces along the paths to light the way, and it really is quite dramatic. We don't use artificial light in the garden ever-it's too stagey."
There's no denying, though, that this garden has drama and its stars, like an enormous century plant, Agave americana, growing near the driveway. Patrick cautions gardeners to be sure to know how big a plant will be in maturity because "moving a plant that is covered in spines and weighs more than 100 pounds is not something you ever want to do!"
But a garden is never static, and one day the huge agave will flower and die, allowing Patrick to acquire and place another perfect specimen in his beautifully collected garden.
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The open-sided garden pavilion was designed to frame views across the garden. Near the path, a swath of ball-shaped barrel cacti offers a counterpoint to the stiff upright shapes of aloe and agave.
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The aluminum sculpture "Ventana," by local artist Peter Mitten, anchors a collection of flowering aloes and echoes the broad silvery-gray leaves of Agave attenuata 'Bouttin Blue'.
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Cacti and succulents do well in containers. Patrick made this eye-catching display from square ceramic drainpipes. There are ready-made potting mixes for these sorts of plants, but Patrick prefers to improve on them with his own formula: To a commercial cactus potting mix, add one-third crushed pumice or turkey grit and a generous handful of a slow-release general fertilizer like Osmocote. Shallow, wide pots usually suit cacti and succulents best, as the plants are shallow-rooted. For deep containers, partially fill with rock or other clean rubble. Then spread a layer of horticultural fabric mulch across the top, and fill with potting compost. (The mulch prevents the soil from washing out.)
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The rich gold color of the house complements the mostly gray-green and occasional dark red foliage colors in the garden.
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The pottery and table linens used to deck out the garden pavilion pick up the colors at work throughout the garden. Pot-grown specimens line the edges of the broad staircase leading up to the pavilion, and individual plants are brought in to accent the season.
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Aloe plants have remarkable colors and markings, which make them particularly attractive for arid gardens.
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A carpet of rust-red, starfish-shaped Aloe cameronii is one of Patrick's favorite features in the garden.
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Bold plants and equally bold garden ornaments help maintain scale.
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In the distance, beyond the golden barrel cacti, the spare white trunk of Hercules glows in the afternoon sun.
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Patrick's urge to collect extends to Bauer Pottery, the brightly colored dinnerware developed in Los Angeles in 1916 by J. Andy Bauer. The company began by producing art-pottery vases and bowls in a popular matte green glaze.
Louis Ipsen took over the design side of the business after Bauer's death and introduced the now highly desirable Ring-Ware pots. The bowls, service ware, and table settings finished with high-gloss glazes in shades of blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and black easily hold their own among the powerful shapes and exotic colors of Patrick's garden.


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Add two more games to the list of area basketball postponements this week, compliments of wintry weather.
Wednesday night's games between Jonesboro-Hodge and Sterlington and Thursday's contests between Riverdale and Prairie View have been called off for the second time. Both are district games and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Bastrop's Thursday soccer matches were still on go as of late Wednesday night. The Lady Rams are scheduled to play at Wossman at 5:30 p.m.. However, a final decision will not be made until the pitch is inspected Thursday morning. The Rams' 7:30 p.m. match at Ouachita is expected to be played as scheduled.
Friday night's basketball schedule has Bastrop at Wossman, Sterlington at Homer and Prairie View at River Oaks.


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text: Watch U.S. Corn Stocks for Potential Surprises January 4, 2013 06:37 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email On Friday, Jan. 11, USDA will release its final estimates on corn and soybean production and acreage for the 2012-13 crop year as well as quarterly estimates for U.S. grains stocks and its monthly world and domestic supply and demand estimates. "The January reports will have the final numbers," says Chad Hart, Iowa State University agricultural economist. "I don't expect a lot of changes on the supply side. The crops matured quickly, they were harvested quickly, so USDA's November estimates should be good." USDA will release five reports Jan. 11: Crop Production, Annual Crop Production, Winter Wheat Seedings, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, and Grain Stocks. New Release Time Beginning this month, USDA will release major crop reports at noon, EST, instead of at 8:30 a.m. Affected reports are World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, Acreage, Crop Production, Grain Stocks, Prospective Plantings, and Small Grains Summary. In response to changes in market hours by major commodity exchanges, USDA sought public comment on changing the release time for major crop reports. Following that review, USDA announced the later release time in September. "The shift to a noon release allows for the greatest liquidity in the markets, provides the greatest access to the reports during working hours in the United States, and continues equal access to data among all parties," USDA Chief Economist Joseph W. Glauber says in a USDA press release. Watch U.S. Corn Stocks Allendale, a brokerage services firm in McHenry, Illinois, will be closely watching two of the five reports released next week. "For corn, we'll be watching the quarterly Grain Stocks report," says Rich Nelson, chief strategist at Allendale. The Grain Stocks reports for the 2009-10 crop all held surprises on U.S. corn stocks. "We have little confidence in the trade's ability to guess these numbers, especially with the early harvest," says Nelson. USDA's grain stocks survey specifically asked how much grain producers had in the bin as of September 1 from the 2012-13 corn crop as opposed to old-crop inventory, but with 1 billion bushels of corn harvested prior to September 1, Nelson says USDA has had trouble separating stocks by crop year. World grain stocks will be reported in WASDE, but few changes in inventory numbers for either Brazil or Argentina are expected. World grain stocks will not be that important this month, Nelson adds. While some analysts expect USDA to decrease corn production for the 2012-13 crop year due to a revision in harvested acreage, Allendale does not expect a major change in corn production. For More Information Here's what you need to know for USDA's Jan. 11 Crop Production, Annual Crop Production, Winter Wheat Seedings, WASDE Grain Stocks reports. Read AgWeb's Pre-Report Analysis, News of Jan. 11 Reports. Back to news