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It Happened Here: 7 Historical Sites to Visit This Summer
Plan a pilgrimage to one of these destinations, each of which witnessed a landmark moment in American culture.
By Monica Michael Willis
Chip Kalback
Where Stephen King dreamed up The Shining
The Stanley Hotel; Estes Park, Colorado: This 104-year-old resort is famous for spooking guests—among them, the author, whose 1974 stay in Room 217 inspired his classic hotel horror story. The innkeepers embrace the haunt's past (employing a resident clairvoyant, Madame Vera), while delivering such luxe amenities as a spa and a whiskey bar serving Prohibition-era cocktails. (From $239 a night; stanleyhotel.com)
While you're in town: Sign up for a guided horseback trek through Rocky Mountain National Park, including a picnic of barbecued ribs. (skhorses.com)
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Where Winslow Homer painted Weatherbeaten
Winslow Homer Studio; Prouts Neck, Maine: A converted carriage house on Maine's craggy coast was the spiritual home of landscape master Homer, who found material for his most compelling works in the views from his studio's balcony. On permanent display: the artist's family photos and a windowpane on which he etched his name. (portlandmuseum.org)
While you're in town: Ten miles to the north, Portland's cobblestoned downtown offers antiques shopping, plus local Pemaquids and Winter Points at Eventide Oyster Co. Check in to the cozy Chadwick B&B, with rockers awaiting on the front porch. (From $225 a night; thechadwick.com)
Where The Supremes recorded "Baby Love"
Hitsville U.S.A.; Detroit: Diana Ross's girl group cut this 1964 chart topper in the same studio that launched Marvin Gaye and The Jackson 5. Now a museum, the old Motown HQ houses The Supremes' stage costumes, Michael Jackson's sequined glove—even Berry Gordy's upstairs apartment, preserved in all its '60s glory. (motownmuseum.org)
While you're in town: Catch a live set at Cliff Bell's, a restored 1935 jazz club, and request a river-view room at the Beaux-Arts Fort Shelby hotel. (From $169 a night; doubletree.hilton.com)
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Where Thomas Edison filmed the earliest motion pictures
Edison Laboratory; West Orange, New Jersey: The creator of the incandescent lightbulb, the phonograph, and 1,091 other innovations toiled in this sprawling complex from 1887 to 1931. Now a national park, Edison's lab is open for self-guided tours. Also at the site: a replica of the Black Maria, the studio where the inventor shot the 1894 film Fred Ott's Sneeze. (nps.gov/edis)
While you're in town: Poke around Glenmont, the estate Edison purchased for his wife as a wedding gift in 1886; later, bunk at The Pillars, a Victorian manse in nearby Plainfield. (From $125 a night; pillars2.com)
Where a glittery discovery kicked off the Gold Rush
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park; Coloma, California: When mill builder James W. Marshall hit pay dirt on the American River in 1848, he helped speed the nation-changing settlement of the West. These days, you can pan for gold yourself in the river and hike the woodland canyon. (parks.ca.gov)
While you're in town: Cruise the 19-vineyard Placer County Wine Trail; then relax pondside at the Eden Vale Inn. (From $189 a night; edenvaleinn.com)
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Where William Faulkner wrote his first novel
Faulkner House Books; New Orleans: Fittingly enough, the ground-floor French Quarter apartment where the author drafted 1926's Soldiers' Pay has become a jewel-box shop specializing in Southern lit, including first editions of Faulkner's works. (faulknerhouse.net)
While you're in town: The Soniat House hotel, spread across three 1830s town houses, keeps you close to the action in the Quarter (from $225 a night; soniathouse.com). But to experience some insider culture, venture to up-and-coming Freret Street, near Tulane, for craft cocktails at Cure, and Dat Dog's crawfish sausage.
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Where Lewis and Clark's expedition met the Pacific
Cape Disappointment State Park; Washington: Don't let the name fool you. In 1805, Lewis and Clark's intrepid Corps of Discovery were anything but disappointed by this dramatic coastal spot—even though it took them 18 months to get there from St. Louis! (An earlier, errant explorer bestowed the disparaging moniker.) Save for a pair of 19th-century lighthouses and a few clusters of campsites, cabins, and heated yurts, the state park's majestic old-growth forest and two-mile span of beach appear much as they did more than 200 years ago. (Yurts $74 a night; parks.wa.gov)
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Chosun University is presently taking steps to revoke her Master's degree in Trade and her PhD in Business Administration. Born on August 9th, 1985, Jin-young is a South Korean trot singer and entertainer. For a brief period, she was a member of the South Korean girl group SWAN, debuting with them in 2007.
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She had a brief run with a girl group called SWAN until going solo in 2009. She went on to release singles such as 'Love Battery', 'My Love' and 'Boogie Man'. In 2014, she resigned from her management Core Contents Media. In November 2014, Jin-young released her first EP 'Life Note'.
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We know it all because we've been getting various complaints from our readers who use the Apple iPhone and iPhone 8 Plus. It doesn't have to be a general problem, but if it is your problem, here are our suggestions!
Try to scan for a new iOS version, to make sure that you're not dealing with an outdated firmware.
When the Wi-Fi Assist is turned off, you can be sure that your Apple iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, iPhone Xr, iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus will no longer try to connect to another wireless network whose signal may be very low. If nothing changes, we still have an ace up the sleeve for you!
You know that we have mentioned the cache memory in this tutorial, but that was only for the Internet browsing app. This time, you might have to clear the cache of the iOS through a special feature known as Wipe Cache Partition. You will have to boot into Recovery Mode to access this command and since the process is somewhat special, we have prepared you a whole separate guide on this topic. Read more on how to wipe the cache on iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus and put it into practice right away. Do not worry, it won't delete any of your files and data!
Taking the device back to the shop or the store from where you've bought it, chances are you'll get a fast solution even for the most complicated issues. Even if proven defective, with or without warranty, you can get a replacement or a repair suggestion. This is, obviously, your last chance to solve the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone Xr, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max slow internet speed.


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Viewpoint: Sugar Tax announced in Budget
Professor Simon Capewell is Vice-President for policy for the UK Faculty of Public Health and a professor of clinical epidemiology at the University. Professor Capewell is also a trustee for the UK Health Forum for Heart of Mersey and a founder member of Action on Sugar.
"In this year's Budget Chancellor George Osborne announced the introduction of a 'Sugar Tax' on soft drinks. It will come into force in 2018 to give the industry time to adjust. The £520m expected to be raised will be used to help support school sport.
"This is certainly a major step in the right direction, particularly given that over 30% of children and 70% of adults in the UK are either overweight or obese. And that children today consume three times as much sugar as recommended.
"This tax represents a strong and symbolic tool for helping to reduce the levels of fat and sugar in our diets. It sends a clear signal to industry that the government agrees with the scientific evidence: sugar is harmful at the levels currently consumed by ourselves and by our children.
"There are obviously no magic bullets. On its own this tax cannot reverse or solve the obesity problem, but as part of a comprehensive strategy comprising a package of evidence-based intervention, then it is fine.
"We need to increase the affordability and availability of health options, and limit junk food and sugary drink promotions to children. Then we will really begin to address the problem."
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What makes a successful leader? According to the majority of workers, it's time to rethink the traditional definition: In a recent study with Deloitte, 72% of respondents said that they believe we need to redefine leadership for today's world.
The study revealed that modern leaders should balance hard and soft power traits. Soft power traits — traditionally considered feminine — actually emerged as three of the top five most important values for a good leader to have: being communicative, flexible and patient. This top five was rounded out by two hard power — and traditionally masculine — traits: being hardworking and confident.
Both men and women have masculine and feminine qualities. The truth is that we need both types of leadership styles for business success. However, the rules for corporate culture were written more than 100 years ago for and by men, and, because of this, traits considered masculine have traditionally been more valued.
I had a 'heartbeat moment' when I realized that I brought different qualities of leadership to the table. I was nurturing, empathetic and passionate. These traditionally feminine strengths are what helped me be successful, allowing me to run my company like a family.
More proof that leadership norms are changing and workers are recognizing that traditionally feminine traits are needed for success: Half of Americans would prefer to work for a female-led company, according to another study led by Berlin Cameron's division Girl Brands Do It Better and The Harris Poll. Majorities say they're more purpose driven (56%), more likely to include access to childcare (78%) and are more likely to offer equal pay (75%).
Compassion is described by 53% of millennials as the most important part of employment, according to the Girl Brands Do It Better study.
Exercising compassion and empathy at work not only contributes to a culture of care, but it also helps you better position yourself to get others on board with your objectives. "I don't have to agree with [all my employees' decisions], but I have to understand the other person's position and then adjust to be able to get my agenda through," said Suzanne Kounkel, CMO of Deloitte Consulting.
Authenticity is a big buzzword, but its buzz is warranted: Research shows that half of workers think leaders should be more authentic and transparent to help their organizations succeed.
Research shows that when employees feel more connected at work, turnover rates decrease. That's good for your company's bottom line, because we all know that turnover is expensive. Get to know your team and create a culture where strong relationships are valued.
What do you think are the most important traits needed for successful leadership today? I'd love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts to @ShelleyZalis.


On May 4, Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears dropped the maddening schoolyard chant they're calling "Pretty Girls." It's the kind of catchy song you can't unhear — the kind of song the music industry won't let you unhear. The irritating track has been pitched as a candidate as the "song of the summer," and there are a few indications that it will be played all summer long. The release was timed to the sweet spot when most summer anthems across the past 30 years have been released. Not only that, it has all the giggly positivity and danceability these songs tend have. But most glaringly, this is a "song of the summer" because it sounds like last year's song of the summer: Azalea's "Fancy."
It's too early to know how successful "Pretty Girls" will be. But if all goes according to plan, this summer, as with last summer, will be all about Azalea. Like a movie studio churning out sequel after sequel, this is the music industry's new strategy. And it's about to get a whole lot worse.
What makes a "song of the summer": One of the industry's most sought-after accolades, the title is decided loosely by public opinion but generally goes to the song that tops the summer's streaming, download and radio spin charts. All three factor into Billboard's Song of the Summer chart. But according to industry insiders, radio is the most important measure. It's also the most easily controlled measure — a feat Azalea and Spears are achieving already with "Pretty Girls." The song is already turning some solid radio numbers, and Britney Galaxy is working hard to push it further.
"Once you're approved for radio, you are probably going to be on there for a long time," Gary Trust, Billboard's associate director of charts/radio, tells FiveThirtyEight. "While sales may come and go, while streaming may come and go — for radio, once it finds a hit, it will play it quite a bit because it knows people like it."
Actually, that's exactly what happened last year with "Fancy," and it wasn't necessarily because people liked that song. "Fancy" was inescapable on radio last summer due, in large part, to a Clear Channel program called "On the Verge," in which Clear Channel required its 840 stations to play "Fancy" a minimum of 150 times. With Clear Channel reaching approximately 245 million listeners per month, according to the Washington Post, one can see how influential that program is.
Repetition breeds affection: Ensuring a song's ubiquity goes a long way toward making people believe they like it. Studies show people are much more likely to respond positively to media they believe is popular. In fact, the human brain can also easily mistake the feeling of familiarity with actual enjoyment. The principle is called the "mere exposure effect," and the music industry is well aware of its power to sway public opinion.
We deserve better: It may seem trivial, but it's not. When a song becomes a song of the summer, we're all implicit in that process. And, ultimately, it's our memories at stake.
"I think we're obsessed with the song of the summer in particular because it leads us to a moment in time," Tim Herbster, Clear Channel's vice president of special programming projects, told FiveThirtyEight. "It represents your entire summer the same way your class song represented your senior year in school. Memories become attached to the song that last forever."
We've already lost one summer to Azalea. Do we really want all our summer's memories tainted by Spears' irritating, pitch-perfected Azalea impersonation? Maybe we'd be better off streaming Tame Impala's "Eventually" or Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" instead.


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Wake up, Little Stevie
Christina Olson
Written and recited by Christina Olson
Little Stevie, a mastodon who lived 50,000 years ago, is interred at the Western Science Center.
in another dimension the mastodons are still alive
their teeth not yet white marble hard as a Venus's breast
and in another dimension the ocean has not yet receded like a hairline
and the freeway does not yet hold California together like sutures
and the water in Diamond Valley Lake sparkles like nothing
because there is not water, there is no lake and the mastodons
are not hardening in their muddy graves they are instead pissing
and fighting a breathing like you did this morning
and in another dimension the great tusks are not slumbering in the tar,
waiting to be dragged out of the black rot
and in another dimension you are Little Stevie lumbering in the scrub
and you are not thinking about death but rather dinner
and in another dimension you are alive, you are alive, not dead, no, never dead
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In the summer of 2017, Christina was invited to serve as poet-in-residence for a palaeontology conference and exhibition ("The Valley of the Mastodons") at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California. This piece was inspired by that time spent among the paleontologists as well as her observations of the museum's collections of fossils. This poem was written in honor of Little Stevie, one of the collection's mastodons.
The natural history of this poem
Little Stevie is the nickname of a fossil specimen of mastodon that was found in California. Mastodons, along with living elephants and their relatives, belong to the group Proboscidea. The first members of the Mastodon group (Mammutidae) appeared around 30-27 million years ago, and the group went extinct only around 11000 to 10000 years ago in the Pleistocene Epoch; this means that mastodons coexisted with modern humans!
Mastodons superficially look much like another extinct proboscidean: the woolly mammoth. They both having a shaggy fur coat and long curving tusks; however, they are actually quite distantly related and can be easily told apart by their teeth. Mammoths had molars with long ridges (similar to modern elephant teeth) adapted for eating low-lying vegetation and mastodons had molars with large pointed cusps for chewing branches and other taller plant types.
Housed at the Western Science Center (WSC) in Hemet, California, Little Stevie was the most complete mammoth skeleton found in the Diamond Valley Lake site. Little Stevie is a Pacific Mastodon (Mammut pacificus), a species named in 2019 by scientists at the WSC. They noted that the mastodons found in California had somewhat different teeth, more vertebrae near the hips, and thicker femur bones than the American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) found elsewhere in North America, suggesting they are a separate species. Little Stevie was also noted as being close to fully grown based on how some portions of its vertebrae had yet to fuse together as they do in adult mastodons.
Christina Olson is the author of the poetry chapbook, The Last Mastodon, which was a winner of the Rattle 2019 Chapbook Contest. All the poems were inspired by time she spent in the company of paleontologists at the Western Science Center and their "Valley of Mastodons" exhibit in August 2017. As they say, "These poems, exploring the nature of history, assembly, and ownership, were inspired by that time spent among the paleontologists as well as Olson's observations of the museum's collections of fossils, particularly Max the Mastodon." The poems touch on Max the Mastodon and other megafauna, as well as Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings and her relationship with her father. The book is available for purchase on the Rattle website, or you may contact Christina directly for a signed copy.
Other poetry and creative nonfiction have appeared in magazines including The Atlantic, The Normal School, Quarterly West, Passages North, Third Coast, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume Three. She tweets as @olsonquest.
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Fighting TB: No More 'Good Enough'
Photo by Elena Devyashina for Partners In Health
Clinical lead Irina Pershina and PIH manager Alexandra Solovyova look at x-rays of tuberculosis-infected lungs in Russia.
Every year for the past two decades, the World Health Organization has released a Global Tuberculosis Report and it has passed fairly directly into obscurity. This year was different. Published on Wednesday, the 204-page survey of the epidemic was covered by newspapers ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Times of India. The WHO itself described the moment as a "watershed."
Why? Largely because improved estimates of TB's prevalence suggest that TB is the new leader in a ghastly race. The number of people who die from the infectious respiratory disease now outnumber those who die of AIDS. Last year HIV/AIDS killed 1.2 million people, while Mycobacterium tuberculosis was responsible for the death of 1.5 million people.
The WHO emphasizes the positives. As is to be expected from a bureaucracy charged with building consensus and setting standards, they chose to focus on the fact that the death rate from tuberculosis is half of what it was in 1990. Despite low funding, the world has made measured, albeit uneven, progress. "The report shows that TB control has had a tremendous impact in terms of lives saved and patients cured," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said in a press release accompanying the report.
Partners In Health's TB experts view it another way. They are of course pleased to hear of lives saved, but with most TB cases curable since 1947, they find any death a moral outrage, not to mention 1.5 million deaths. Last year, as many people died from TB as from a decade of fighting in the Vietnam War.
They are also impatient with the progress. "Although tuberculosis incidence has declined over the past 25 years, it has done so at a glacial pace of about 1.65 percent annually," writes Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee, senior TB specialist at PIH and director of Harvard Medical School's Center for Global Health Delivery-Dubai. "At this rate, it will take another two centuries to eliminate the disease."
Lastly, while they applaud the WHO for pointing out dramatic shortfalls in funding, they stress that finances are only part of the problem. The end of TB will come not from calls that it be "controlled," as have long been popular, but from demands that the highly contagious disease be eradicated. "The history of TB is the failed policy of 'good enough,'" says Dr. Joia Mukherjee, PIH's chief medical officer.
PIH has been fighting TB for decades, beginning with a successful program battling drug-resistant TB in the slums of Peru in 1996. Currently, we're supporting patients, improving treatment protocols, and shaping national policy everywhere from Russia to Lesotho. This year, we began a four-year, 15-country program with Medecins Sans Frontieres and Interactive Research and Development to find better treatments for drug-resistant TB. This week, PIH TB expert Dr. Michael Rich is collaborating with the government of Liberia and Keshavjee published "Stopping the body count: a comprehensive approach to move towards zero tuberculosis deaths" in The Lancet. The WHO report is indeed a watershed moment—and a call to do better.
We're redefining what's possible in health care, but we need your help.
Take a stand.


You don't need to look farther than the preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll to see there's plenty of parity in the Big East.
No teams were ranked, but five received votes, led by Cincinnati who has a total of 90 points. Every team has its major weakness.
Still it was a bit surprising that not even one team could make it into the top 25.


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Crypto-Linked Stocks Plunge on Mounting Fears After FTX Collapse
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Crypto winter is getting even colder this week as FTX, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the world, stands on the brink of a collapse after a liquidity crunch. Moreover, FTX's rival and potential buyer of its non-U.S. operations, Binance, decided to walk away from the rescue deal Thursday.
FTX Collapse Could Leave Long-term Consequences
Crypto-exposed stocks, including Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN ), MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR ), Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY ) and Block (NYSE: SQ ), among others, are deeply in the red this week on mounting fears that the FTX event will leave long-term consequences on the crypto industry.
"What is complicating today's mood on Wall Street is that the liquidity crisis for FTX is spilling over into other cryptos," Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda, said.
"FTX was viewed as one of the so-called safe crypto players and their demise is raising concerns that other key crypto companies could be vulnerable here."
MicroStrategy, a software as a service (SaaS) business that is heavily invested in Bitcoin , saw its shares drop about 30% this week following the FTX collapse. The company held roughly 130,000 BTC, or around 0.62% of the cryptocurrency's total circulation. The firm's former CEO Michael Saylor is known for his deep convictions that Bitcoin represents a valuable store of value and a reliable hedge against inflation.
Similarly, the recent drop in Galaxy Digital's shares comes due to the company's considerable exposure to FTX's native token, FTT. Earlier this month, Galaxy reported $76.8 million in exposure to FTX, $47.5 million of which were in the process of withdrawal.
FTT price is down almost 90% this month, reflecting fears that the FTX will go bankrupt. The global crypto market cap also plunged, hitting levels below $800 billion for the first time since January 2021. Bitcoin plunged below $16,000 for the first time since 2020.
Investors are now expecting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to take an even harsher approach to regulate crypto. This type of regulatory environment may benefit some crypto-focused companies, like Coinbase, according to Citi analysts.
"We do think this event increases the sense of urgency for legislative action, which likely helps to level the playing field, encourages increased institutional adoption and perhaps establishes legitimacy for trusted players focused on sustainability regardless of the crypto season," analysts said in a note.
What Happened to FTX?
The pressure on the FTX exchange started piling up after CoinDesk reported the balance sheet of Alameda Research, a crypto trading firm also owned by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, was inflated by FTX's native token FTT.
The report said Alameda's FTT holdings amounted to $5.8 billion, in addition to $1.2 billion and $2 billion in Solana and equities, respectively. Further, the firm also had $2.2 billion in loans that were collateralized by FTT.
Shortly afterward, Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said his crypto exchange is off-loading all of its FTT holdings, worth $530 million, due to "recent revelations" regarding FTX. While CZ did not specify what revelations exactly he was referring to, it wasn't hard to conclude that he was likely referring to news involving Alameda.
Binance's decision caused a massive sell-off in the crypto market after investors withdrew $6 billion in crypto from the FTX in just 72 hours.
Zhao then offered to acquire FTX and save the rival exchange from a "liquidity crunch." Binance signed a non-binding agreement to buy FTX's non-U.S. assets in a bailout move, though that did little to stop the sharp sell-off in the market. However, the optimism was short-lived as Binance ultimately decided to back away from the deal.
"As a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged U.S. agency investigations, we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX.com," said Binance's spokesperson.
The crypto exchange initially hoped to help FTX's customers by providing liquidity, but "the issues are beyond our control or ability to help. Every time a major player in an industry fails, retail consumers will suffer," Binance added.
The potential fall of one of the world's largest and most trusted crypto exchanges is "not good for anyone," added Zhao. The recent reports show that FTX was potentially using its native token to leverage its numerous positions and taking advantage of client funds for controversial purposes.
One such example is rescuing FTX's sister firm Alameda Research, which was potentially bailed out by FTX in Q2.
Just like TerraUSD ( UST ) and LUNA in May, FTX's price tanked after Zhao announced Binance is liquidating its FTT holdings. The sell-off spilled over to nearly every asset in the digital assets industry, including cryptocurrencies and the aforementioned crypto-exposed stocks.
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Harper's Magazine, Volume 23
edited by Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen
mass must move on together according to the tendency that happens to prevail, and the minority is compelled to fall in with the majority, witheut giving the few opportunity to make their expostulations and influence tell with the many. The mass, indeed, readily accept a leader, but more from the fatality of a contagious enthusiasm than from the freedom of a sagacious choice; and hence their leader is more apt to be the most exciting name than the most desirable character. Hence great multitudes are not suitable deliberative bodies, and whatever is left to them to decide is generally badly decided. A mass meeting is very effective for popular agitation, but bad for executive, or judicial, or legislative action. The many, as such, are more under the sway of passion or emotion than of argument or forethought; and whatever appeals to the most obvious prejudices or immediate interests is likely to carry the day. Hence the danger of submitting great practical questions to the decision of mass meetings. We are not, indeed, despisers of the many, but, on the contrary, we are champions of the rights of the people; and precisely because we vindicate the liberty of every good citizen at the ballot-box, we oppose every effort to give the hue and cry of the mob sway over private opinion. We are sure that the citizen is much safer in small assemblies, that can be reasoned with and brought under the influence of sober thinkers in the quiot of fair deliberation, than in monstrous masses that are sure to be overpowered by some popular agitator.
We are not, indeed, prepared to say that the many are of necessity uuprincipled or unwise; but we do say that they are not so much masters of themselves in great masses as in moderate assemblies, and the wisdom of our civil fathers was in nothing shown more emphatically than in their desire to avoid great assemblies of the people by a duo division of the land into States and districts. An ochlocracy, or direct government by the whole population in mass, would be the most monstrous and dangerous form of society, and almost any tyranny that the earth has ever seen would be more tolerable than the sway of such a mob. It is not well that we are tending, in some respects, to such a method, and that our system of nominating our highest officers at great conventions or caucuses, is such as to make the decision sometimes dependent upon the most vehement agitator and the most brazen lungs. In fact, all great masses of men tend to a certain despotism, that merges individual judgment in the sweep of the popular tide under the popular leader. So true is it that as men multiply in numbers they diminish in independence, and in order to give even proper physical power to a great multitude of men it becomes necessary to divide them into small companies. What would an army be if the hundred thousand men who make it up were a mere mass upon a great plain, following their leader as a drove of buffaloes follow theirs? The larger the hest the weaker it would be; and while it might trample down the enemy, it would be sure to trample down its own ranks. Popular sentiment needs division and subdivision for its proper direction and efficiency as much as military power, and great harm comes to a republic whenever this principle is forgotten, and the dead-weight of mere numbers is allowed to overpower individual influence and local independence and jurisdiction.
We have but touched upon a great subject, and hereafter we may treat more at length of the tendencies of popular sentiment in America.
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IT was just on this flowery month (when we write), nearly a score of years ago, when our eyes caught the first sight of the domes and towers and trees of the central city of France. It seems only yesterday when that blaze of newness and splendor along the Paris streets gave its first wonderment. The sky calm and bright; the Tuileries garden laden with its great spikes of chestnut bloom; tho parterres gorgeous with hyacinths; the lilaes fragrant; the dingy tricolor drifting lazily over the central pavilion of the palace; here and there a lumbering diligence thundering down the side streets; a great eddy of clumsy houses filling the magnifieent court which Napoleon I. had planned, and standing there nil awry, and stained, and populous, as a kind of bourgeois protest against the vanity of Imperial promises; rough, harsh pavements along the completed half of the Rue Rivoli, which jolted you fearfully as you rode over them toward St. Cloud, and suggested the barricades they had made and might make; a seedy, mouldy look along all the houses of St. Honoro, as if the glory and splendor of the capital city had enjoyed its largest development, and you were only listening to the echees of a greatness that had passed.
There was history all around you. Here passed the tumbrils that led to the guillotine; there passed the car which bore the Goddess of Reason; in yonder house lived Robespierre; the rubicund Philippe Kgaliti lived in the fine palace you passed in the morning; Napoleon made his great breach in Revolution there by the steps of St. Roque; a merchant king, whe owus heuses and shops in New York, has succeeded. Louis Philippe is not a romantic sovereign; his children play at battledore, and Marie takes lessons in drawing.
It seemed altogether a peace ago; the deputies had their quarrels; the sub-lieutenants had their little duels in the Bois de Boulogne. There was intrigue about certain Spanish marriages, and sharp letters with England; sharp letters, too, with General Jackson about old liabilities. But the King, with his gray hair bundled to a point, like the comb of somo old-timo lady or of some sedate farm-yard rooster, was the Napoleon of poaco and of trade. France had lived out its splendid days—fading all the way from the days of Turenne and the Maintenon—and would now float along in commereial quietnde, indulging in ambitious recollections, perhaps, but keeping in the wake of our young Republic, which was now to lead the world in civilization, in wealth, in peace, and in content.
And when the break came, and when Guizot— whe had hung a portrait of Alexander Hamilton on his library-wall—was compelled to flee, and the great king of the gray top-knot to flee with him, it seemed to hopeful American eyes, jubilant in their own successes, only a little swifter disintegration of the old world powers, which had lived out their time of growth and must crumble.
How we watched that Revolution! How we pitied sane men who debated with swords and barricades! How we wished they wore as wise as we! It was strange that merchants should so peril trade, and priests forget peace-making, and philanthropists forget progress. But philanthropists did not forget progress: only such as Blanqui and Barbes conceived of a rational progress through gutters that ran blood. Civilization seemed trembling in tho balance, when Lamartine lent his poet's tongue to steal away the fieree lightning from that wrathful cloud that gathered around the Hotel deVille, and that muttered death. Poor France! how lost she seemed to all rational estimate of her own need and welfare! If she had only been educated to liberty as we; if she had only her boast of elective judiciary, and free-schools, and a four years' monarch only, she might march on without a jostle or an unwelcome stir. But France had lived through the choicest vintage of her life; the promise, and the security, and the hope were all gone Westward. It seemed only a poor sign when a General Cavaignac was summoned to power, and suspended the press and proclaimed martial law. It seemed to us that men educated as Republicans would never need this—would never tolerate it even; but with a free people a man's thought put into keen words is stron- Iger than his presence; and if martial law says, "Keep yourself in-doors," may there not be stronger reason to say, "Keep your thought in-doors?"
Well, we watched with hope and fear changing places as the French play went on. Great calm and unflinching resolution in the midst of terrible danger or of slaughter always challenges hope, and makes a nucleus where the timid may rally: the dead-wagons roll by dripping blood. France is paying a heavy price for something; what is worth most always costs heavily (a pleasant sophism, which in dreary times we try to graft our faith upon).
And after all, it is only "Louis Napoleon, President," that the blood pays for. Punch fires at him a broadside of inextinguishable fun. All those hopeful ones, such as Barret, and Lamartine, and Thiers, who had begun the labor of overthrowing the old monarchy, are disappointed utterly: all the earnest men of the middle stage, whu had caught the Revolution at mid-flood to conjure freedom, such as Hugo, and Marrast, and Pages, and Arago, are utterly discomfited.
At first it is only the energy and earnest action of Louis Napoleon that rallies the hopes of those at the great trade centres of France. No class of men shift their political sentiments so easily as merchants; and as Louis Napoleon develops power to control the destinies of France, and a determination to use it, the old monarehism and the later jubilant republicanism of the traders tumbles into judicious and easy acquiescence.
Could ever any free-born men, said we, complacently, come to such swift turn of opinion into the ways of interest?
It seemed the seal of the national decay: Victor Hugo, in Jersey or Belgium, writes a scathing lampoon, which romanticists thought must put an end to the moral influence of Napoleon. But it did not: the factories of Rouen buzzed, and the shuttles of Lyous flew swift through the silken meshes. A great brocaded glory was laid, piece by piece, on France, until it culminated in the gorgeous color of Solferino. A stalwart despotism, that so many earnest thinkers had chafed under, had after all wrought out some of the grandest accomplishments of modern civilization—giving a free banner to Italy, and swift punishment to Ottoman barbarity in the wilds of the Lebanon.
Well, while the linden-trees of the Tuileries garden whisper sweet concord overhead, and while we recall that crumbling together of the merehant monarehy of Louis Philippe (congratulating ourselves that we had a General Jackson who did not crumble)—while we recall that phantasmagoric change,
through silent shops, of rash republicanism into the dictatorship of Cavaignac (when we rejoiced that no American Cavaignac would ever suspend habeas corpus)—while we recall that cool, quiet outgrowth of Napoleonic despotism, which stifled men of thought and set factories at work (blessing God that thought, and industries, and all the humanities were guaranteed by a paper Constitution in America)—while we recall all this, under the linden-trees here in flowery May, we are appalled by the doubtful, if not broken promise of our American institutions. Where we had hoped for only growth and fullness, wo see now over seas the inauguration of a more barbarous war than the world has known since the days of Cromwell and of Naseby. Our complacency and over-arrogance is humbled. With you, across the ocean, who now feel all the bitterness of a war actually begun, it may be consoling to reflect that all the forbearance and the justice may have been on one side, and all the intemperance and rashness upon the other; but over the vista of the water we who linger see a disrupted republic, and feel that after all no written Constitution, no common inheritance, no brotherly share in past victories, is proof against an alienation that wreaks its passion in slaughter, and that builds with hospitals and tombs so many testimonials of the truth, that the best of human governments is, after all, but an experiment.
That God with truth and justice will ultimately reign nobody doubts. But who and where are the infallible interpreters?
Are the sneers of Victor Hugo at the Emperor just? Is the harsh banishment of the poet just?
Bit our eagerness of outlook and apprehensions of war are not drawn wholly across the Atlantic. The European observer has nearer indications of storm. You have already been informed of the revolutionary spirit in Poland, kindled, without doubt, by the successful issue of the Italian uprising. Our present look is upon the streets of Warsaw, as far back as the eighth of April. There are angry crowds gathering on the Square before the Castle. The Prince Lieutenant orders the troops to mass themselves in a defensive position, and summons the crowd to disperse. But the Polish crowd auswers the summous with sneers and hisses—all the more since a rumor is current that the Prince Lieutenant has received orders from St. Petersburg not to fire upon the crowd. The summons to disperse is again and again repeated, but is utterly unheeded. The cavalry are then ordered to make a charge; and, finally, the infantry fire by platoons. The killed and wounded are withdrawn within the Castle, so that there may be no more demonstrative funeral ceremonies; and so, before night, the streets are cleared. The streets are cleared, and Warsaw is still; but we have news yet to come.
It is dreary and saddening, this retrograde movement in a corner of the great empire which, under the auspices of the liberal Alexander, seemed just now lifting toward a newer and more Christian civilization: it reminds of the quick and earnest hopes which came in with Pio Nono, and which went out with the first gunshot. The Count Zamoyski is one of the heroes just now of Polish reverence; and the next news may make him the leader of a revolution or the tenant of some Siberian prison.
And the Pope—how shall we forget him in his strait? All the less, that he fainted the other day in his canonicals. There have been times in the history of Europe when the fainting fit of a Pope would have made the staple for an interesting period. And see how tamely it reads now: Contrary to his habit, his Holiness left his apartments (on the 2d April) with his head covered, and wrapped in his scarlet cloak. There were vague stories how the recognition of the new title of "Emanuel, King of Italy," by England and Switzerland harassed the old gentlemen. Who knows? However this may be, certain it is that so soon as Monseigneur Ricci chanted FEvangUe at the foot of the throne, his Holiness found himself growing worse. Yet he strove to stand, with a cardinal on either side of him. At the close of the chant the kind cardinals placed him in his seat, his head hanging on his breast. He had fainted even as they reseated him.
There was a rush for something that might revive the old gentleman; no physician being at hand, nothing more than incense in the sacristy, the cardinals sustaining meantime the poor drooping head with what grace they could! He, the master, all stiff in those cumbrous robes and heavy golden embroidery, seeming dead. But he was not; for when they brought the sal ammonia, or what not, and the sedan-chair, in which on occasions he takes great rides on the shoulders of men, he revived, and was borne back to his chambers—to bed. The next day, it is rumored, he chatted—only chatted—about negotiations with Victor Emanuel for a quiet settlement of their questions of difference.
The week after his fainting fit—just a week to a day—and the Holy Father might have read in the reported speech of Cavour before the Parliament of Turin such sentiments as these (we translate largely, but carry the intent): '' It is easy to demonstrate that Italy, of all the nations in the world, is the one wherein exists least antagonism between tho religious sentiment and the sentiment of liberty. All our grand thinkers of this age have applied themselves to the reconciliation of Christian loyalty with a spirit of liberty. The leading literary mind of Italy, tho man who is counted among the first poets of Europe, and whom wo are proud to count among ourselves (Manzoni?)—has throughout his triumphs striven to reconcile these two orders of ideas—ideas of loyalty to the Chureh and of individual liberty. Our philosophers—such honored men asGioberti and Rosmini—have wrought toward the same goal.
"I believe," he says, "to speak frankly, that if Rome would accept our just proposals to-day, tho party of the Chureh would bo in a majority every where in our free country. For myself, I would submit, and close my career on the benches of tho opposition.
"I am so far convinced of the profit and wisdom of what I propose, both to Italy and to the Chureh, that I can not imagine how a majority of you before me should not reach the same conclusion. It is a wonder to me—it must be a wonder to the world—to find that the representatives of free Italy manifest such calm, such moderation, such respect toward the Chureh of Rome.
"And tho world shall know full soon that what we propose is the only means of securing to the Chureh its legitimate influence in Italy and throughout the world; and not long hence, I trust, and from the bosom of tho whole Catholic people of Europe, a voice shall come to the Pope, saying,'Accept loyally what the free Italy proffers; for it gives back liberty to the Chureh and lustre to the Papal throne. Accept her terms, and Italy, in achieving her freedom, will remain most loyal of all to the true spirit of her ancient religion.'"
Why not, on the faith of this, dismiss Louis Napoleon, and make such terms as can be made with Victor Emanuel?
Meantime, and only two days before the triumphal speech of Cavour, a great reactionary conspiracy was on the point of breaking into a war that would have involved half of the Neapolitan kingdom. The night was the sixth of April; the Committee of enrollment was known; its quarters known; the Duke of Cajaniello was chief; the Ex-Jesuit Trotta one of its arch-managers; numerous bishops had been bought over; 12,000 men,it was thought, could be relied upon; even the prison-keepers had been tampered with, and the gates were to be thrown open to tho detenus. But the vigor of the administration thwarted the plot; twelve officers of the old army were arrested, pickets of soldiers posted over the prisons, and tho languid Neapolitans rejoice at their escape from a new battle. M. Nigra, of whom we had occasion to speak in a recent paper, has thoroughly proven the wisdom of M. Cavour in naming to this important post, and has won the good opinions of all.
The only delicacy of the Sardinian situation is not, however, confined to the Papal question or to the reaction of Naples. Garibaldi, in obedience to what he believes to bo tho wishes of his old army of liberation, is insistent upon a reorganization and immediate preparation for battle. Cavour, advised and influenced by the Western powers, quietly but vigorously combats this hasty action. Austria, under her present stress, is understood to be eager for an opening of hostilities with the Court of Turin under conditions (like that of tho success of the Garibaldian policy) which would alienate France. In this event sho would hope to march at once to Turin and conquer such a peace as would restore Italy to its old status. The Dalmatian ports are represented to be in a thorough state of defense, and the Austrian navy rapidly increasing in efficiency.
As for Hungary, it still holds an attitude of defiance, although it has been honored with such Imperial favors—we had almost said humiliations—as would have never ripened into negotiation even in tho days of Mettcrnich. Just now there rises a curious complication of the Hungarian difficulties, by reason of certain Transylvanian rights which are for the first time brought in question. Yet again, if the Russian Emperor is to assume the kingship of Russian Poland, and restore the old nationality, what shall becomo of Galicia, that is even more hopelessly bereft of privilege than Warsaw? Must not Posen and Galicia both be snatched from their Prussian and Austrian masters, and together reintegrate the partitioned State?
In short, it is not easy to Boo how harmony can grow out of the present discord of the purely European questions: and besides these, among which we count the Holstein troubles, there remains that startling bugbear of the Syrian occupation. To match this partially, it is understood that England has increased her garrison at Malta from three to eight thousand troops, with stores and war material in proportion. Gibraltar is furnished for any possible eventuality, and the authorities of the Ionian Islands are preparing for possible trouble. These Ionians are not insensible to the recent movements toward the reinstation of the old nationalities; their Greek sympathies are becoming more noisy than ever; and at the recent convocation of the Legislative Assembly a Zantcote member had the hardihood to propose that the question of the aunexation of the Ionian Isles to Greece be submitted to a vote of the people. A debate followed in such temper, and of such subversive tendency, that the Lord High Commissioner, representing the English crown, was compelled to prorogue the Assembly.
As for the provinces of European Turkey, the embroilments are now so complicated that we despair of giving, in the brief space at our command, any intelligible account of them. Discontent and agitation are prevailing throughout: bloody insurrections have broken out here and there, and seem to promise a general uprising against the cruelties and weakness of the Ottoman master. The Montenegrins are ready for revolt, and with them will be the people of the Hcrzogovine, of Bosnia and Bulgaria, and even Servia. A long and indignant manifest of this latter people is copied into the journals of the West.
About Paris there is much small news afloat, but very little of large news. Thus, in the way of gossip, we hear that Mademoiselle Augustine Brohan, the favorite actress at the Francais, is eager to retire for private reasons, but finds her right denied by the Societe. A suit is promised to come of it. M. About has a play accepted, called "Gaetana," and under rehearsal. He proposes to withdraw it, and is refused. Another suit, we are promised, is to come of this. George Sand and M. Henri Martin are rival candidates for the 20,000 franc prize of the French Academy. The successor of M. Scribe is being talked of, but is not named with confidence. A short piece, of indifferent success, from the pen of M. Charles Hugo, son of the poet, is just now represented at one of the lesser theatres.
Lamartine relieves his other literary labors by certain gossipy sketches (more interesting than dig-!nified) of the distinguished personages with whom his checkered life has thrown him in contact. Here j is a specimen:
"A few years later, his (Hugo's) renown had grown with his years and with his works. He was married, and had already several cradles about his hearth. I was spending a diplomatic holiday by the valley of Saint Point, in my native mountains. I: saw approach, along the paths opposite my window, through the chestnut-trees, a caravan of travelers— men, women, and children—some on foot, others on 'mules of thoughtful footstep,' as the poet says. The caravan soon reached the sandy foot of the mountains, crossed the stream and the meadows, and climbed the ledge, to the chateau. It was Victor Hugo and Charles Nodier, followed by their charming wives and fine children. They had come to beg my hospitality for a few days, on their way to Switzerland. Charles Nodicr was the boon friend of every thing glorious. It was his business to love the grand. He felt himself on level ground only at the summits. His indolence prevented him from producing finished works; but he was equal to all he admired. He was content to sport with his genius and his sensibility—like a child with its mother's jewel-case. He threw away precious stones like sand. This carelessness about his wealth made him the Diderot—but the Diderot without noise or charlatanism—of our time. We loved one another for our hearts, not for our talents. He was a chimneycorner man—a familiar genius—a general confidant —the loss of whom does not appear so great as that of a lofty reputation. But the loss deepens incessantly; for it is in the heart. The poetic caravan continued its route toward the Alps. I saw it dis
appear behind the mountain. Since that halt of his (Hugo's) we have remained friends in spite of systems, of opinions, of revolutions, of different political creeds. For these are of the hour, and change with the hour; but poetry and friendship are in the dominion of eternal things—they are of the city of God. We shake off the dust of terrestrial cities as we enter."
This mention of Lamartine calls to mind a story of an old Florentine duel of his which just now finds the light in a "Histoire aneedotique du duel dans tous les temps," which may possibly tempt an American translator and publisher. It is compiled by Emilo Colombey and published by M. Levy. Tho Lamartine episode is derived from a letter written by Gabriele Pepe, dated Florence, March, 1826, and addressed to his brother Carlo Pcp6, a writer of some distinction. Lamartine it seems, in his Dernier chant of Childe Harold, had indulged in expressions no way complimentary to the Italian character. Shortly after, he came to Florence in the capacity of Secretary of Legation to the French Embassy. He was received coldly, and Gabriele Pep6, who published in that time a little Dantean brochure, slipped into his book this aggravating mention: "This French rhymer of the Dernier chant of Childe Harold, who supplies his want of poetic fervor and of noble ideas by a facetiousness directed against the Italian character—a facetiousness that would amount to an injury, if the rhymer's assault were vigorous enough to do harm," etc., etc .
Of course the young Secretary of Legation chafed at this: he wrote to M. Pepe, a Neapolitan exile, for an apology—M. Pepe declined to grant it. Lamartine then called personally for an explanation— M. Pepe still declined.
Upon this Lamartino urged an instant meeting lss armes a, la main. "I replied," says M. Pepe, "that I would be always ready to afford him that gratification; but as he was slightly lame (having fallen from his horse the day before) I begged him to take time for his complete recovery, when the affair could be arranged. To this he consented. But a new difficulty now arose: the Tuscan laws were so severe against dueling that I, an exile, could ask no friend to stand by me without inadvertently giving a hint to tho authorities. I proposed, therefore, to M. Lamartine to meet him in the presence of his second alone. To this he refused consent; and my only resouree was to beg of him to name another of his countrymen who should represent my aid. This was arranged, and I found myself upon the morning of the meeting in the presence of three strangers—all fellow-countrymen. Of the two swords to be made use of, one was slightly longer than the other, and it was proposed to draw lots for the choice. But I objected, and at once took tho shorter one, and the fight commenced. I found myself by far tho better swordsman of the two; and having drawn a little blood from his right arm, he expressed himself, in answer to my demand, perfectly satisfied, and so the affair ended. I bound up his wound with my own hands, and we returned to the city in company. The police, however, had meantime been informed of the occurrence, and on our return I was arrested. Through the influence however of M. Lamartine and other friends I was presently set at liberty. Lamartine gave a grand dinner, at which I had the honor of being present; and not long after he published a frank avowal of his error in regard to the Italian character."
From tho same book of M. Colombey we translate another excerpt: Two lads, educated together from their infancy, loving each other like brothers, part at length upon the thresheld of life in anger. They had come from a country village up to Rio for a completion of their education together; they went away separate, and determined never to meet again. A woman the cause, who was loved by both. But unfortunately they did meet, and in such temper as forbade utterly any resort, except the last one, to a duel. At the first fire one fell, to all appearances mortally wounded. The other looked on with composure for a moment, then swooned, and on his recovery from the swoon, prattled like a child. His mind had given way under the shock, and he had relapsed into idiocy.
The wound of his friend, however, did not prove fatal; and after recovery he devoted himself assiduously to his unfortunate rival. Every resource of the medical art was tried in vain; his physical health was strong, but his mind refused to recover from the shock which had come from the murder of his dearest friend. Finally it was suggested that, since his fancy clung to the dead figure of his rival, it might be possible to restore him to himself by representing the corpse of his friend gradually coming to life again. So they arranged a bier in the room below that of the patient, and stretched his friend in grave-clothes. They brought him down, and placing him by it begged him to watch the corpse.
So he watched alone with the recumbent figure. After long hours there was a stir of the pall—the dead sleeper was waking.
"Be quiet 1" says the idiotic man. But the ghost gains strength and stirs again. The maniac slips quietly out into the garden, and bringing in a mattock with him stealthily, again orders the sleeper to be quiet. But ho stirs, and throws off the grave-clothes. In an instant the maniac beats him down and brains him with the mattock. The watchers rush in only to find the victim dead. But the maniac is calm, and says only, "Twice I told him to be still."
It gives a bad color to dueling. And wars are only great duels. And civil wars are only great duels between old friends.
Two men who lived at Rio, and loved the same fair face, and blundered into duel, and died for it— one smeared with blood and the other smeared with idiocy—are, after all, only two dead men who lived at Rio.
Of course it could not be helped: honor forbade.
What if the story were of two halves of a nation, of common blood, and speech, and ancestry; and the weltering victims counted by tens of thousands?
What if it could not be helped? And of course it could not.
Honor forbade.
Ah, the crimes that go to the account of such froth as human henor!
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REV. DOCTOR SPRAGUE, of Albany, has made a magnificent volume of Methedist Ministers, nearly two hundred of them in a book of near a thousand pages. If an;' body thinks there is no "Drawer matter" in a heuseful or a bookful of Methodist ministers he is greatly mistaken. Catch two or three of them together at the right time and place, and you will find they know hew to enjoy " the I
good the gods provide" as well as the next man. These noble fellows who figure in this portrait-gallery were the great men of their day—fathers and leaders in the Church, pioneer preachers when Methodist was a new name in this country, and the sort of men that heroes and martyrs are made of.
Valentine Cook was one of them. During the frightful convulsions of nature that occurred in the vicinity of New Madrid, on the Mississippi River, in the winter of 1811-12, the whole country was thrown into commotion. Mr. Cook, being at that time at home, was suddenly aroused from his slumbers at midnight, and, finding his bed and house rocking and staggering, and supposing the end of all things had come, sprang from his bed and made for the door. Mrs. Cook, in great agitation, exclaimed,''Oh, Mr. Cook, wait for me, wait for me!" "No, my dear," he answered; "when the Lord comes I'll wait for nobody!"
George Grav got a good bit of advice that is worth remembering. George was a boy when he became a preacher: ''Within a few days of the time that he was fifteen years and a half old his name was on the records of an Annual Conference as a traveling preacher—the youngest candidate ever received in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was sent to the Barre circuit, in Vermont. As he mounted his horse to set out for his field of labor—a journey of some two hundred miles—his uncle, who was a Methodist, and withal a man of more than common shrewdness, addressed to him some words of advice which he never forgot. 'Never,' said he, 'pretend that you know much, George; for if you do so pretend, the people will soon find out that you are sadly mistaken; neither tell them hew little you know, for this they will find out soon enough.'"
David Young was one of the pioneers of Western Methodism. "No individual, however weak or obscure, coming to him as an honest inquirer after truth, ever failed to profit by his ample instruction; but woe to the captious fault-finder, whe rndely attacked him or his creed. With such a man he did not stop to argue, but demolished him with one withering sarcasm, and passed on. On one occasion, a weak but conceited man attacked him unceremoniously on the subject of' perseverance,' saying, 'So, Mr. Young, you believe in falling from grace, do you?' He replied, promptly, 'I believe in getting it first.'"
One of the lights of the Church rejoiced in the name of Billy Hibbard. ''Once, when the roll-call of the Conference gave his name as William, he arose and objected to answering to that name, insisting that his name was Billy. 'Why, Brother Hibbard,' said Bishop Asbury, 'Billy is a little boy's name.' 'Yes, Bishop,' he replied, 'and I was a little boy when my father gave it to me.' His eccentricity discovered itself in all circumstances and on all occasions; and he would often say things which would well-nigh convulse his audience, when it was evident that he had not only had no design to produce such an effect, but could not understand how the effect had been produced. In other cases, however, it would seem as if his drollery found vent when he could not but have been aware that it must at least disturb the risibles of his audience. In the earlv part of his ministry, as he was preaching on the Golden Calf, after describing the process of its formation, he said, 'When it came out of the fire, it


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STARRING: CRISTIAN ORTEGA, LORN MACDONALD, LAURA FRASER
DIRECTED BY: BRIAN WELSH
I related to Beats on nearly every level. Not because I am a person that finds underground raves to party at, but because I could relate to the wild friendship at the center, involving two older teenagers, living in Scotland and spending one more night together before one friend moves away. Brian Welsh's film is shot in an exquisite black and white, set in the mid-90's, where a law was made that large gatherings, with loud music above a specific decibel, would be deemed illegal. That sets the stage for a wild night for two misfit friends, including some drinks, drugs, fights, and fun. It becomes an escape of adventurous proportions, while the pulse pounding notes of Beats take you away to an experience you never could forget.
Many of my readers know that I'm a sucker for a black & white film, which is evidence in my appreciation for Mank, or The Artist, and especially Alfonso Curon's Roma. When done right, and with the right purpose, a black & white film makes anything better. It's not always the case, but I specifically loved the use of it in Beats. This is not your typical black & white film at all, in fact, a story of this nature typically calls for bright neon lighting. The story involves two guys, Johnno (Cristian Ortega) and his outcast buddy Spanner (Lorn Macdonald). The recent news is that Johnno is going to move out of town, where his mother and new boyfriend are looking to upgrade to a nicer neighborhood in Scotland. With this news, Spanner is afraid of being left behind in his dead-end existence, so the plan is to live like there's no tomorrow. Of course that means the night is unpredictable which will result in wild shenanigans, while two friends grow closer.
What radiates from Brian Welsh's screenplay- based on a play by Kieran Hurley- is the comradery. It's not the kind of friendship that feels unbreakable, but the kind of friendship that grows from moment to moment. Spanner is living at home with his mother and his abusive brother Robert (Brian Ferguson). He lives his life in his own way, a person that never found a place or a purpose, and meanders through life hoping for a glimmer of fun. Johnno is equally in his own place, a wide-eyed man, often looking in a state of shock, in a way that makes you think he's been always on the outside. There's a quiet tone to Johnno that is impossible not to root for as well, where Welsh plays him as a kid that's been bullied by others, never given a chance because some might not think he checks the cool box. It's the underdog charisma of these two guys that makes Beats delightful, where you root for them as they go from place to place.
It's the second half of Beats where the narrative moves outside the small town, with Johnno and Spanner finding out about an underground rave, stealing Spanner's brother's secret stash of cash- even with the prospects of getting beat up- and riding their bikes as far as they will take them. In the second half the fun begins, where the two meet a trio of women excited to make their crowd of people bigger, an unexpected bonding moment, some drugs are taken, and the climactic rave will have you wishing you could join in on all the fun. Much like a building EDM song, Beats has a growing crescendo, raising the level, and hitting the note at the highest point.
There are many other movies that fit perfectly within the style of what Beats accomplishes, from Dazed and Confused, Trainspotting, and Clerks, about friendships developed through wild nights or the escape from a life at home that never has comfort. Beats is the type of movie you seek out and you're incredibly happy that you did. It reminds us of our youth, reminds us of the friendships that shape us along the way, and what can happen in an unpredictable night. Beats is a big hit and you won't regret it when you pump it up.
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Q: Usage of hasPermission with Spring State Machine I know how to secure a method with hasPermission (ex : @PreAuthorize("hasPermission(#id, 'Review', 'read')").
It seems that Spring State Machine transitions can be secured using Spring Security. But I did not find any example that uses hasPermission with a reference of the object for which the state machine has been created. In fact I cannot see how to reference an object when I define a transition of a state machine.
Did you have to secured such cases? Did you find a solution?

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In September of this year, the Magistrate's Court of Kallithea in Greece recognised non-binary gender identities, stating that the right of the individual to their names is a "statutory element" of their identity. Allowing for non-binary gender markers in official documents is primarily an issue of accuracy, privacy, and respect for a person: non-binary people who must choose between only 'male' or 'female' gender markers are unable to have their documents match their identities, and as a result are often exposed to privacy violations because of assumptions about their sex assigned at birth.
When your government does not acknowledge or respect who you are, the psychological consequences can be significant. A major survey this year of LGBTI people, conducted by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), indicated that over 50% of trans respondents identified somewhere outside of the binary, while in the EU Trans Study, released in June 2020, one-quarter of the respondents who had not changed their legal gender said that the gender marker they needed were absent. Public opinion is also moving toward supporting non-binary markers: 46% of respondents to the 2019 Eurobarometer supported a third gender marker.
These six European countries are on the vanguard in their growing recogntion of non-binary gender, and represent a shift towards equality. One way or the other, they are pointing the way forwards for gender markers.
The passing of Belgium's gender recognition legislation in 2017 was largely celebrated, although it fell short in some respects. Since its enforcement in 2018, a change of gender marker and name is possible in through simple administrative procedure, although minors still have to bring along a medical certificate and a waiting period is required. Despite this positive development, the only choices of gender are, still, male and female. However, in 2019 the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of a non-binary gender option on birth certificates, which could lead to even more positive changes when the ruling is implemented in law. "Persons having a non-binary gender identity should have the possibility of adapting the sex shown on their birth certificate to reflect their gender identity," the ruling said.
Since 2019, Icelandic given names are no longer male or female in the national registry, thanks to the Gender Autonomy Act. Moreover, Icelanders registering their gender as "X" can take gender neutral family names meaning "the child of" instead of surnames designating an individual as someone's son or daughter. However, this option is not available to those registered as male or female.
The category "divers" was introduced on driving licenses, birth certificates and other official documents in 2019, thanks to the efforts of activists and in particular, Vanja, a German citizen whose demands to be officially registered as "other" were rejected until 2017. However, this third gender category is technically only available only to intersex people who provide a medical certificate at the moment, which means it excludes trans people, non-binary people and intersex people who cannot present a certificate.
Since 2018, people who do not want to register their gender as male or female in Malta can mark "X" on their IDs. Not many laws in Malta differentiate according to gender. However, as ILGA-Europe found out in this research on non-binary gender registration models in Europe, individuals with an "X" on their IDs may encounter obstacles in the healthcare system, similar to those experienced by intersex people or trans men when, for example, trying to schedule gynaecologist visits. As stated in our research, "this is why it is crucial for anti-discrimination laws to cover gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in all spheres of life, including public and private actions."
By 2025, Dutch ID cards will be gender-free. The government seeks to end "unnecessary" registration of gender where it is irrelevant. The cities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have already removed gender markers in some documents. However, as reported in ILGA-Europe's research, "reducing the dissemination and recording of gender information in the Netherlands does not in itself abolish the civil status registration of (binary) genders. For certain purposes, for instance when people come in contact with gender-specific laws (e.g. affirmative action laws or prison allocations), one's legal gender as registered in the civil registry matters. However, if gender is less important for official identification purposes, it could become also less relevant for the organisation of society in general."
It is a pivotal moment in Europe, and beyond, when it comes to discussions of gender and gender equality. With the European Commission's next Gender […]


Former chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), Professor Anya O. Anya and Nigeria's former Ambassador the Equatorial Guinea, Dr. Gregory Okon, yesterday disagreed on the workability of western democracy in Nigeria.
While Anya argued that the country's backwardness should be blamed on the adoption of western democracy, Okon said that was not the case and laid the blame squarely on the country's ruling elite.
Anya, therefore, canvassed restructuring of the country, insisting that the western model of democracy has not impacted positively on the wellbeing of Nigerians. He added that there was the need to explore the adoption of Chinese model of democracy to tackle the myriad of problems besetting the country.
They spoke at the maiden Okali Seminal Ideas Foundation for Africa (OSIFA) Great Debate Series (OGDS) in Abuja, where Anya argued that restructuring the country would create the enabling environment for Nigerians to reap the dividends of democracy.He said adopting the Chinese model of democracy would throw up a leadership recruitment process that would be based on merit as against the present system whereby consideration for merit are sacrificed on the alter of parochial interests.
Anya pointed out that China's astronomical growth in recent years compared to advanced democracies of Europe and America to justify his assertion that a leadership recruitment process based on merit have been helpful in producing leaders with innovative ideas and increase in productivity.
However, Okon explained that the model of democracy being practiced by China, and other Asian countries like Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea, are similar to the western model of democracy, insisting that the ruling elite should be blamed for the nation's backwardness.He maintained that the country was yet to practice either the parliamentary or presidential systems of governments in their truest sense since the country attained independence in 1960.
He added that agitations for Nigeria's restructuring would have been unnecessary if the ruling class catered for the interests of citizens.At the event, chaired by a former Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Banjo, Okon contended that democracy would thrive in the country once a solid economic foundation is laid to protect the masses interests.


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When workers are denied a collective voice - we should say enough.
When rights to be represented are challenged by ill informed supervisors - we should say enough.
When workers face demands to destroy what little job security they have - we should say enough.
When workers have to sign company imposed individual agreements if they want to work - we should say enough.
When any criticism is met with threats and sanctions - we should say enough.
Postscript : When an employer applies to end the bargaining for a collective agreement using the Government's brand new laws - we should say enough.
And we should say it is Talley's.


This beautiful Ketch was built by a reputable Black Sea builder , chestnut hull and mahogany interiors .
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Israel welcomed some 19,200 new immigrants in 2013, with French Jews leading the way.
The number of new immigrants in 2013 was a modest increase from the 18, 940 who arrived in 2012, the Jewish Agency for Israel said in a statement.
The year 2013 saw a 7 percent increase in aliyah from most countries, with the exception of Ethiopia, whose numbers are set by the Israeli government. This past year marked the conclusion of Operation Dove's Wings, which brought the remainder of those in Ethiopia who have been deemed eligible to immigrate to Israel.
The most dramatic increase in aliyah numbers was from France, with 3,120 immigrants, a 63 percent increase over the previous year. The Jewish Agency credited its programs to introduce French young people to Israel with much of the increase.
The statement said that the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and The Jewish Agency are set to introduce in the coming year new programs to ease the immigration and absorption process and make it easier for Israelis residing in France to return to Israel.
Some 2,680 immigrants arrived from the United States in 2013, compared to 3,070 last year, a 13 percent decline.
Another 321 immigrants made aliyah from Canada, about the same as last year's 319.
The largest group of immigrants to Israel in 2013 came from the former Soviet Union and numbered 7,520, compared to last year's 7,629, a 1 percent decrease.
Some 1,240 immigrants came to Israel from Latin America in 2013, a 34 percent increase over last year's 926.
The new immigrants to Israel were younger than in the past, with 60 percent under the age of 35, including 37 percent between the ages of 18 and 34. The oldest immigrant was a 103-year-old man from the United States and the youngest was five weeks old, also from the United States.
Some 2,400 new immigrants chose to settle in Jerusalem, and another 1,650 headed to Tel Aviv.
"The 2013 data proves that more and more Jews around the world realize that Israel is their home. Every immigrant who arrives in order to make his or her home in Israel fills me with joy and I hope aliyah continues to increase," said Minister of Immigration and Absorption Sofa Landver.
"This is an era of aliyah by choice, rather than aliyah of rescue, and so it is important that we continue The Jewish Agency's efforts to strengthen the young generation's Jewish identity and deepen their connections to Israel," Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky said.
This story "Immigration to Israel Rises by 7% — Led by French" was written by JTA.


This interactive CD-ROM contains a full-version study guide .pdf file. Pages can be printed off as needed or students can enter answers directly on the computer and save their work-in-progress; parents can also grade work on the computer, leaving comments and notes within the file. Answers are not automatically graded, as most answers are in essay-form. This CD-ROM includes the study guide .pdf, answer key .pdf, and and ReadMe file; the booklet is not included. Work must be printed out, and cannot be completed on the computer. Middle & High School guides take approximately from 8 to 10 weeks to complete.
For hundreds of years lighthouses have warned ships and sailors of danger. Today lighthouses have electricity, radios, and radar to help them. Many years ago, however, dedicated lighthouse keepers used whale oil and petroleum for their lamps, and would often be cut off from other people for up to several months. It was their job to keep the lamps lit, to warn the ships at sea of dangerous rocks. Matinicus Rock is off the coast of Maine.
This is a true story about Abbie Burgess and her family. In the winter of 1856, her father, a lighthouse keeper, leaves to get badly-needed supplies and oil for the lamps. A violent winter storm rises almost as soon as he has left, making it impossible for Mr. Burgess to return for four weeks. Abbie, having promised her father that she would keep the lamps lit, spends the days and nights running up and down the lighthouse steps taking care of the lights. When her father finally returns he is very proud of Abbie.


The holidays are upon us! December is filled with so many festivities and traditions around the world, and Mexico is no exception. In this post, I will cover just a few of the traditions that some people observe such as posadas, ponche, los villancicos, and el nacimiento.
The party marathon that stretches from December 12 to January 6th is nicknamed the Guadalupe-Reyes. These are intense weeks of celebration with lots of food, drinks, and family. December 12 is the birthday of the patrona of Mexico, la Virgen de Guadalupe. Her birthday is a huge celebration throughout the country and many people, nicknamed Guadalupanos, do a pilgrimage from all over the country to her church in Mexico City named La Basilica de Guadalupe. When I was young, Christmas did not officially begin until after December 12 as a sign of respect for the virgin. This has changed and Christmas decorations are up at the beginning of December.
In this marathon, Reyes, are the three wise men or the reyes magos as they are called in Spanish. On January 6th, the reyes bring kids presents, kind of like Santa Claus. Santa Claus is quite a young tradition in Mexico. In my mom's time, baby Jesus would bring you a present on the eve of December 24th. Nowadays, most families are visited by Santa Claus and then again by the Reyes Magos, when the holidays are officially concluded.
The official posada season begins on December 16, however, nowadays, the word is used to just mean any holiday party. Posada literally means an inn and the idea is that people recreate the scenes of Mary and Joseph asking for shelter before the birth of Jesus. Two people dress up as Mary and Joseph while others act as the hosteleros or the owners of the posada. People walk around singing villancicos (Christmas songs) until, in the end, Mary and Joseph are let in. One of the most common villancico is below.
The most important part of the celebration: la comida. There are several traditional dishes that people eat during the holidays. I will name just a few in this section.
The cooler evenings call for some comfort food and nothing says comfort quite like churros and buñuelos. Because churros are a lot more common, I will focus on describing buñuelos. These are basically a dough mix with anise that is flattened like a tortilla and then fried. It is topped with cinnamon and sugar and is a common treat in markets.
Romeritos are quite common during Christmas dinner, and, from what I gather from my grandmother, are quite tedious to make. The dish consists of a spring of a plant called Suaeda plant covered in mole sauce and accompanied with a shrimp pattie. The video below explains where and when this plant is grown.
This is certainly a Spanish influence. For Christmas and New Years, Bacalao a la vizcaína or Basque Style Codfish is a staple. The dish is mainly comprised of salted codfish cooked with potatoes, capers, tomato sauce, onions, and olives. Most specialty stores in Mexico sell high quality salted codfish in December.
Last but not least ponche navideño. This beverage is a warm fruit punch that is made with typical winter fruit of Mexico including guayaba, tejocotes (crataegus mexicana, like a wild small apple), ciruelas pasas (prunes), manzanas (apple), peras (pear), and tamarindo (tamarind) all mixed nicely with a bit of rum.
Mexico is a religious country and Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Nativity scene. Families set up their own nativity scenes at home, and some are very extravagant. I remember once walking around near my home in Mexico and seeing a house with a huge nativity scene on what would be the covered driveway. They had so many animals and different scenes within the nativity scene. Some Mexican families like to create a heaven and hell type of scene with sheep that represent the different members of the family. Some families like to move these sheep around depending on their behavior. Mischievous children tend to have their sheep in hell while others might just be on their way there.
The news segment below describes in more detail some of the traditions around the holidays.
How do you celebrate the holidays? Have you ever been to a posada?


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Advanced Public Safety is proud to announce that we have been chosen by West Virginia Dept of Transportation as the successful vendor following a RFQ issuance in September 2006.
VS is now supplying a state wide collision/citation reporting system for all WV agencies.
The State of Virginia, DMV has selected ReportBeam by a sole source purchase in April 2007. That means every police officer in the State of Virginia will be supplied with the ReportBeam software to complete the Virginia State crash report, as well as SmartRoads diagramming software to complete the diagram portion of the report.
Advanced Public Safety has awarded the contract to provide a state wide crash reporting system in May 2007. Under the contract terms all Wyoming agencies will have the ReportBeam system software installed which includes an electronic replica of the Wyoming Crash report for completion, as well as the SmartRoads diagramming application.
The Virgin Islands US territory have adopted ReportBeam as their territory wide electronic crash reporting solution in July 2007. All collision forms now will be filled in electronically with advanced validation resulting in more accurate reports.
ReportBeam was quickly deployed and adopted by the officers of Union City Police Department in July 2005. In addition to providing the standard crash report, ReportBeam was expanded to include Incident Reporting, Field Interview Tracking and Private Property crash forms in a matter of weeks.


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Singapore in a Box Rice vermicelli noodles, BBQ pork, egg, vegetables, mild curry sauce.
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Chili Combo Thick rice noodles, BBQ Pork, chicken, beef & vegetables in a hot chilli sauce.
Fried Rice White rice, Asian pork sausages, egg, vegetables, traditional soy sauce.
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Spring Rolls (5 Pcs) With sweet chilli dipping sauce.
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Yum Cha Box (6 pcs) 2 x prawn wontons, 2 x pork & chive dumplings, 2 pork dim sims.


Microsoft's first 11 employees went off into some weird, wild, and wacky new careers.
It's been 17 years since the release of "A Walk to Remember." Here's what stars like Mandy Moore and Shane West have been doing since then.
The Rams and Titans' 2016 trade for the No. 1 pick included nine players in total, and produced some NFL stars like Jared Goff, Derrick Henry, and Corey Davis.
Every season of "Project Runway" has delivered a talented designer. Here's what the winners of the past 16 seasons are up to now.
Grey's Anatomy is known for killing off characters or having actors leave the show. Here's what the actors who left Grey's Anatomy are up to now.
Many of the stars of the first national championship that pitted Alabama against Clemson in 2016 have gone on to become impressive NFL players.
The majority of stars aren't with the winner they fell in love with over the course of a short few months.
Many of the Food Network stars from the '90s have gone on to become household names. Here's what 10 of your favorite Food Network stars are up to now.


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Fauda star Itzik Cohen: 'The show has become a great force for bringing people together'
By CCFP Staff June 18, 2018 June 19th, 2018 Blog Post
Itzik Cohen, who plays Captain Gabi Ayub on the hit Israeli TV show Fauda, wrote this guest blog for Creative Community For Peace (CCFP), expressing his views on the show and on its contribution to peace.
Fauda is a startup, a series that was made on a very low budget, and in the midst of the summer heat, with a great deal of tension of a possible war in the air. None of the actors or creators thought for a minute that the whole world would embrace the series. Most of us thought that even in Israel it would be considered a niche series.
Reality proved otherwise. In fact, Fauda changed everything we knew about Israeli Television and it became a phenomenon. Everyone who was part of the series upgraded their career.
But everything begins and ends with sensitive and meticulous work. The show's creators, Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, together with Assaf Bernstein, the director of the first episode, placed an emphasis on the complexities and sensitivities of the characters, and insisted on not creating Jewish or Arab stereotypes.
This is the reason they cast me. I come from a background in comedy and musicals, and so fit beautifully as the opposite type cast for the dramatic and complex role of Captain Gabi Ayub. They didn't want the stereotype of the tough and macho Shabak investigator, but instead wanted to reach the heart of the conflict in order to show how people find themselves in complex and dangerous situations that end up touching our hearts.
Read the rest on the Times of Israel: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/fauda-star-itzik-cohen-the-show-has-become-a-great-force-for-bringing-people-together/
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Is there one thing you can think of that small business owners do that usually overwhelms them?
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