1.1 The "trade Buyer" means the account applicant or person who accepts a quotation of Cousins or whose order for the Goods is accepted by Cousins.
1.2 "Cousins" means Cousins Material House Limited.
1.3 "Conditions" means the conditions of sale set out in this document and any special and/or additional conditions agreed in writing by Cousins.
1.4 "Good" or "Goods" means the goods (including any instalment of goods or any parts for them) which Cousins is to supply in accordance with these trade Conditions.
2.1 These trade conditions apply to the sale of all Goods by Cousins to the trade Buyer to the exclusion of all other terms or conditions the trade Buyer may wish to apply under any request for quotation, purchase order, confirmation of order or any such similar document unless agreed in writing by Cousins.
2.2 Cousins' employees or agents are not authorized to make any representations concerning the Goods and in placing an order the trade Buyer acknowledges that the purchase does not rely on any such representations unless confirmed by Cousins in writing.
2.3 Any error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by Cousins shall be subject to correction without any liability on the part of Cousins and without any prior notification.
2.4 Cousins shall not be held liable to the trade Buyer for any direct or indirect, special or consequential loss or damage, costs, expenses, loss of contract, goodwill, revenue, profit, anticipated savings or any other claims for compensation whatsoever (whether caused by negligence of Cousins, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or resale by the trade Buyer.
2.5 No contract for the sale of Goods shall arise until Cousins dispatches the Goods to the trade Buyer.
2.6 Acceptance of delivery of Goods shall be deemed conclusive evidence of the trade Buyer's acceptance of these Conditions.
2.7 The views or opinions expressed in any literature or on Cousins web site are those of the contributors and should not be taken necessarily as fact.
3.1 All prices given in any literature, price list or on Cousins website including special offers and promotions are strictly subject to availability. The trade Buyer should in all cases confirm the price at the time of order. The latest price of an item will always be updated and reflected in your basket prior to placing your order including saved for later items. Cousins Material House Limited is a trade wholesaler. By placing an order or request for quotation with Cousins, you are accepting our trade terms and conditions and confirming you are purchasing items for use in your trade. Your existing statutory rights are not affected by these conditions.
3.2 Cousins reserve the right to revise prices prior to dispatch of Goods to reflect any indirect or direct increase in costs.
3.3 Unless expressly stated otherwise all prices are exclusive of VAT. Charges for packing, postage and carriage (plus VAT) shall be paid in addition.
3.4 Discounts including website promotional discounts: From time to time we will offer discounts which will be for a limited periods of time. Items which have been ordered with a discount but we are unable to supply due to being out of stock or the item is no longer available will not be subject to the discount if and when the item at a later date becomes available.
4.2 Receipts for payment will not be issued unless requested and agreed in writing by Cousins.
4.3 Time for payment shall be of the essence and any failure to pay by the due date shall entitle Cousins to withhold despatch of future orders (without prejudice to any other remedy that Cousins may have).
4.4 Trade Buyers who do not qualify for credit accounts may pay by debit or credit card; payment must be made in full before dispatch of any Goods.
4.5 All invoices shall be paid in full, free from any deduction for any set-off, counter claim or otherwise.
4.6 When purchasing by credit or debit card via the website or over the phone your card details are sent directly to the card processing company (in an encrypted file which is not human readable) for processing and authorisation. Both Cousins and the card processing company are fully PCI compliant. The card processing company will store saved card details on their servers in an encrypted file (not human readable), if you prefer that the card processing company do not hold these details, you can remove them within "My Profile", click on "Remove Card" and this will delete the card information that is held. Please note that removing card details can take 5 to 10 minutes to activate.
5.1 The method of dispatch for all orders will be at Cousins' discretion unless expressly agreed otherwise at the point of order.
5.2 Charges for and the timing of all deliveries will be at Cousins discretion. Any promotional offers in respect of delivery charges shall only apply to UK mainland.
5.3 Time of delivery shall never be of the essence and Cousins shall not be liable for any losses, costs, damages or expenses incurred by the trade Buyer or any other person or Company arising directly or indirectly out of any failure to meet any delivery date. Any quoted delivery date should be treated as an estimate; the Goods may be delivered by Cousins before or after any quoted date.
5.4 A carrier's first attempt to deliver shall be considered as the delivery date and unless otherwise agreed in writing by Cousins all deliveries can take place up until 6 pm.
5.5 Cousins may deliver any order in instalments and any delay, default or non-delivery in respect of any instalment by Cousins shall not entitle the trade Buyer to cancel the remainder of the order. Instalments will be invoiced separately, failure by the trade Buyer to pay for any instalment will entitle Cousins to withhold any further deliveries and the trade Buyer will remain liable for any costs incurred by Cousins relating to the order.
5.5.1 Cousins reserves the right to cancel an item where it cannot be sent complete and the value of the item(s) and associated carriage cost make it uneconomical to ship or back order, carriage charges are recalculated at the point of invoicing to reflect any change made to the order. Out of stock items under £100.00 for overseas orders and items under £5.00 for UK orders will always be cancelled.
5.6 Goods will be sent to the delivery address notified at the time of order. The trade Buyer is responsible for any arrangements necessary to take delivery of the goods whenever they are tendered for delivery.
5.7.1 Store the Goods on behalf of the trade Buyer until delivery can reasonably be arranged. Reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage shall be passed on to the Buyer.
5.7.2 Cancel the order and re-stock the Goods, in which case reasonable costs for re-stocking and the original delivery charge will be passed on to the trade Buyer.
5.7.3 Sell the Goods on behalf of the trade Buyer at the best price readily obtainable, in which case the trade Buyer will remain liable for the value of the goods as invoiced including delivery minus any price obtained (after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses).
5.8 Contents damaged or missing must be reported to Cousins via the returns/order issues section on our website within 3 days of delivery.
6.1 In addition to the conditions in section 5, the following will apply to Goods ordered by any trade Buyer located outside the UK or Goods delivered to an Address outside the UK.
6.2 The trade Buyer is responsible at their expense to obtain any import or export license or any other documentation deemed necessary by any compliant authority.
6.3 The trade Buyer is responsible for any import or export duties, taxes or any other such charges as levied by any compliant authority.
6.4 For the avoidance of any doubt any contract regarding the supply of Goods by Cousins will be governed solely by English law and the trade Buyer agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
7.1 Goods below a certain value will normally be despatched by Royal Mail Packet Post (including back order items) to keep delivery charges to a minimum. Royal Mail Packet Post is an untracked unsigned for service and subsequently the risk in Goods shall pass to the trade Buyer immediately the Goods leave Cousins premises.
7.1.1 Cousins will not enter into any claims procedure for orders despatched by royal mail packet post as no loss or damage compensation is available for untracked services. Please see Royal Mail's terms and conditions.
7.1.2 Cousins will submit a claim on your behalf where a signed for delivery service has been used and the carrier has lost your order. Cousins will not enter into any claims procedure for orders sent by a signed for service that are not delivered within the carriers specified time frame.
7.2 Should the trade Buyer prefer Cousins to bear the risk of Goods in transit the trade Buyer must make this clear at the point of order. The Goods will then be sent using a tracked and signed for service, the full cost of which will be included in the packaging and delivery charges passed on to the trade Buyer.
7.3 Cousins remain the owner of any Goods ordered by the trade Buyer until Cousins has been paid in full in cash or cleared funds for such Goods and all other Goods agreed to be sold by Cousins to the trade Buyer for which payment is due.
7.4 Until such time as the trade Buyer has paid for any Goods in full, the trade Buyer shall hold the Goods on behalf of Cousins and shall keep the Goods separate from those of the trade Buyer and third parties and properly stored, protected and insured and identified as Cousins' property.
7.5 If any payment due under these Conditions is overdue in whole or in part, Cousins may without prejudice to any of its other rights recover and/or re-sell the Goods or any part thereof. Cousins' servants or agents may enter the trade Buyer's premises to recover the Goods and the trade Buyer shall be liable for all Cousins' costs of so doing.
8.1 Equipment and machinery supplied by Cousins are covered by their respective manufacturer's warranties, details of which are included with the product. Faults which develop within the warranty period should be notified as specified. Cousins will repair, replace or refund, at its discretion, any product which proves within the guarantee period to be defective, except where the defect results from misuse, fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the instructions, lack of technical understanding, alteration or repair without Cousin's approval. Any claim for defect must be notified to Cousins within three days of receipt of the goods or where the defect was not apparent on reasonable inspection within seven days after discovery of the defect. If upon inspection, the Manufacturer deems the product not to be faulty, Cousins reserve the right to return the product to the Customer and to re-invoice.
8.1.1 Manufacturer's warranties do not compensate for any postage costs incurred when an item is required to be returned for Investigation therefore transit costs are at the customer's expense and will not be refunded by Cousins. Cousins will forward return goods to the Manufacturer at our expense if they are confirmed to be faulty in manufacture.
8.2 Cousins shall be under no liability regarding guarantees or warranties if any payment for the Goods is overdue.
9.1.1 Cousins do not have or offer a pattern matching service.
9.1.2 Any item sent to Cousins by the trade Buyer by way of pattern is entirely at the risk of the trade Buyer.
9.2 The trade Buyer should make provision at their expense for any such item to be insured whilst in transit or held at Cousins or forwarded to a manufacturer/supplier.
10.1 Goods supplied by Cousins in accordance with any order made by the trade buyer must not be returned without the prior authorisation. To obtain authorisation use the "My Returns" functionality via your dashboard on the website home page. You will receive notification back confirming that your dashboard "My Returns" has been updated detailing the appropriate course of action. Any items returned without prior authorisation from the "my returns" function will not be recognised or accepted regardless of any proof of posting / delivery. All items delivered to Cousins without prior authorisation will not be recognised and will remain the customers' property until such authorisation has been provided. Unauthorised returned goods received will only be returned to the customer at their expense and will be destroyed if not claimed within 6 months of receipt.
10.2 Due to the nature of certain items they are sold on a no return, no refund basis. This policy is based on restrictions placed upon Cousins by the manufacturers. Examples include sealed or unsealed spare parts (including circuits, coils and movements), assortments / kits, books / catalogues and consumables (including items that are made of natural materials and / or of a hygienic nature) that are supplied correct to order. In exceptional circumstances damaged Spare parts may be repaired at additional cost to the customer at the discretion of Cousins.
10.2.1 Quality of products is often reflected in the selling price. As a business to business trade transaction it is reasonable that the trade buyer understands the relationship between quality and price.
10.3 In the case of Goods ordered in error or no longer required by the trade Buyer, the trade Buyer will be liable for the cost of delivery to Cousins or collection by Cousins.
10.4 As a trade wholesale supplier Cousins will not enter into any claim for costs incurred when posting return goods to us regardless of their disposition.
10.5 The trade Buyer will be liable for the cost of remedying any damage to or loss of Goods returned where such damage or loss has, in the opinion of Cousins, been caused by the Goods being inadequately packaged by the trade Buyer or through the trade Buyer's fault.
10.6 Cousins reserves the right to make a handling and restocking charge per item of £15.00 or 15% of the value of the Goods (whichever is the greater) on Goods which are returned if they were ordered in error or are no longer required by the trade Buyer. These charge values also applies as a processing charge if we ask the supplier to investigate your issue and your item is found not to have a manufacturing fault. Any returnable goods ordered in error or no longer required must be notified to Cousins within 7 days of receipt, after this period they do become non returnable.
10.7 Goods not normally held in stock by Cousins or that are subject to special order from the manufacturer/supplier ordered by the trade Buyer may not be returned and no such order may be cancelled.
10.8 Contracts to which the DSRs (distance selling regulations) do not apply include selling products and services to other trade buyers (Businesses).
11.1 Should Cousins fail to insist upon strict adherence to the provisions of these Conditions the trade Buyer shall have no future right of waiver over any or all of these Conditions.
12.1 Any notice required by these terms and conditions will be sent to the trade Buyer at its registered office or principle place of business or such other address as is relevant at the time by first class post. Notice will be deemed to have been delivered 48 hours after posting (six days if overseas).
13.1 Should any of these terms or conditions be held to be unenforceable or invalid in whole or in part the remainder of the terms and conditions will not be affected.
14.1 Any contract arising from the agreement of Cousins to supply Goods to the trade Buyer shall be governed by the laws of England and the Buyer agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
15.1 You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on the Cousins Material House Ltd website(s), printed catalogues & literature without written permission from Cousins Material House Ltd.
16.1 At Cousins we take your data and your privacy very seriously and will never sell, trade or exchange your data with unauthorised parties. Any information that you provide Cousins Material House LTD is subject to our Privacy and Cookies Policy which governs our collection and use of your information. It is understand that through your use of the service we provide that you consent to the collection and use (as outlined in the Privacy and Cookies Policy) of this information. As part of providing you with the services we offer, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as invoice or order status messages. These communications are considered part of the service we offer and your account which you may not be able to opt-out from receiving.
16.2 Cousins Material House LTD may also use marketing emails to keep in touch with users and share industry news relating to the trade. You can always decide to opt out of marketing messages from us in the future by updating your marketing preferences on your dashboard and unticking any marketing options you no longer want to receive.
Cousins Material House Limited is a trade wholesaler. By placing an order or request for quotation with Cousins, you are accepting our terms and conditions. Your existing statutory rights are not affected by these conditions.


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The Top Schools For Urban Planners
The 6th Edition of the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs is now available. The new Guide includes Planetizen's updated ranking of the Top 25 graduate urban planning programs.
Planetizen publishes the top 25 graduate programs in planning in the Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (Guide), currently in its 6th Edition.
For the fifth straight release of the Guide, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology occupies the top spot in the rankings. The University of California, Berkeley; Rutgers University; the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill round out the top five.
The 6th Edition of the Guide required a large-scale data collection effort, relying on information provided by 80 participating programs and hundreds of educators. The rankings methodology evaluates data using a quartile system, with 29 metrics organized into four criteria. More details on the methodology are available in the Guide and on the Planetizen website. Throughout the process, Planetizen consulted with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning's Institutional Data Task Force to ensure that the Guide met rigorous standards of data collection and analysis.
Planetizen publishes the list of the top ten graduate planning programs online to help promote awareness about the comprehensive package of information about the academic study of planning available in the Guide.
Top 10 Graduate Urban Planning Programs
2019 RANK
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 3
University of California, Los Angeles 4
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 5
University of Pennsylvania 7
University of Southern California 8
University of Michigan 9
Georgia Institute of Technology 10
Source: Planetizen Guide to Graduate Planning Programs, 6th Edition
www.planetizen.com/topschools Copyright 2019 Planetizen
There's a Program to Fit Every Student's Interests
To ensure that more than these rankings inform choices about graduate schools, and to recognize the excellence of programs that didn't make this list, the Guide includes interviews with current graduate students and professional planners; essays from the Planetizen staff and Ann Forsyth, planning professor at Harvard University, providing guidance on the process of applying for graduate school and planning a career; and 97 profiles of U.S. master's programs.
The 6th Edition of the Guide also includes an expanded list of additional rankings to highlight the many diverse criteria students can consider beyond the "Top 25" list when choosing a program. Additional rankings include categories that highlight the size and characteristics of the city and region of the program's location, program size, programs offering part-time study and online courses, diversity of the students attending the program, and many more.
The profile pages of 97 planning master's programs in the United States included in the Guide reveal additional, helpful distinctions between graduate planning programs in the United States. Potential differences range from the ability to tailor credits for graduation to specific interests, take classes in related fields of study, work at internships in locally-specific and regionally-specific workplaces, and to take classes in the evening to continue working throughout the process of earning a master's degree. Each of these programs reveal distinctions in ambition and approach, as well—some established by the pedagogical tradition of the institution, but also by the specific challenges and opportunities facing the regions, cities, and towns each program calls home. One of the reasons planners pursue graduate study in the field is the ability to apply the lessons from their studies to the work they're doing in the cities and communities where graduate programs in urban planning are found.
There is a master's program to match any of the numerous unique interests and passions that attract students and professionals to the planning field.
The Evolution of Planning
Another theme that emerges with every new edition of the Guide is the ongoing evolution of the field of planning, a professional field with tremendous influence over the quality of life in communities all over the world. In a series of interviews with students attending graduate programs published in the Guide, students repeatedly reference environmental concerns and equity in housing and transportation. Similar ambitions for the field are also frequently mentioned in the introductory text for program profiles.
The numerous participants in the Guide celebrate all varieties of communities—from small towns to suburbs to big cities. Planners and future planners who care deeply about their communities are looking for new ways to help residents of these communities live healthy, prosperous lives. The vision for the future expressed in the Guide clearly responds to the ongoing challenges of the world produced by the 20th century history of planning, and intends to innovate beyond the status quo in the United States.
This Guide is a call to action as much as it is an invitation to study.
Learn more about the 6th Edition of the Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs.
Search for graduate, undergraduate, and certificate programs in urban planning and related fields from around the world in Planetizen's Online Directory of Urban Planning Programs
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An adult great blue heron perches beside at least one nestling (others could be hunkered down) at a colony in Kennebec County.
A great blue heron colony is found within a beaver flowage in Maine.
Heron Observation Network sticker, a partnership between MDIF&W and Burly Bird.
Four great blue heron nests hold nestlings that are 6 to 8 weeks old and soon to fledge in Penobscot County during a recent spring.
The great blue heron population has dropped an estimated 66 percent on Maine's coastal islands in the past 40 years, said D'Auria, who specializes in non-game wetland birds. The population plunge is likely connected to the growing number of bald eagles nesting on the islands. Not only do the two species compete for food, the bald eagles is powerful enough to prey on the great blue heron.
Human disturbance also negatively impacts the heron colonies. Whatever the cause, the great blue heron was designated as a Species of Special Concern in Maine in 2007.
Since 2009, the MDIF&W ramped up its monitoring efforts by establishing the Heron Observation Network of Maine, or HERON, which enlists volunteers to monitor inland colony sites across the state through their adopt-a-colony program.
It's believed that the great blue herons living inland have benefited from the recovery of U.S. beaver populations, which have created a patchwork of swamps and meadows ideal for the heron to forage and nest in, according to Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The difficulty in monitoring the inland population of great blue herons is that they're so widespread. They nest in trees (living or dead), but about 90 percent of Maine is forested. They prefer to nest by water, but there are more than 6,000 lakes and ponds in Maine, and the state's coastline is about 3,500 miles long.
In 2009, the DIF&W Bird Group counted 1,071 pairs of great blue herons at 83 colonies (all known colonies statewide). Since then, HERON volunteers working to monitor heron colonies by ground have learned about 40 additional colony locations, though not all of those colonies are active in any given year. But they have yet to gather enough information to confidently estimate how many of the birds summer in Maine.
It won't be until the 2015 breeding season (May-June) that a much more effective aerial survey of colonies will be conducted.
In November, HERON partnered with Burly Bird, a Maine-based conservation sticker company, to help raise funds for the 2015 aerial survey. The public can now support the survey by purchasing a UV-coated vinyl sticker that sports a black and white silhouette of the great blue heron, a custom Burly Bird design. The sticker — which can be purchased from the Burly Bird website or through the MDIF&W's online store — is $4, with $3 going directly to fund the survey. Sticker sales will also help leverage federal funding through Maine's State Wildlife Grant Program.
For information about the Heron Observation Network of Maine, visit maineheron.wordpress.com. To purchase a HERON sticker to support the 2015 great blue heron aerial population survey, visit burlybird.com or maine.gov/ifw/. To report a great blue heron colony or ask questions about HERON, contact D'Auria at danielle.dauria@maine.gov or 941-4478.


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The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army ...
Por Aaron Bancroft
sulting with them, and possibly, by the delay, missing the favourable moment of action. " It may be said," he observed, " that this is an application for powers that are too dangerous to be entrusted. I can only add, that desperate diseases require desperate remedies, and with truth declare, that I have no lust after power, but wish with as much fervency, as any man upon the wide ex- . tended continent, for an opportunity of turning the sword into a ploughshare. But my feelings, as an officer and a man, have been such as to force me to say, that no person ever had a greater choice of difficulties to contend with than I have." Haying recommended sundry other measures, and mentioned several arrangements which he had adopted beyond the spirit of his commission, he concluded with the following observations.
" It may be thought that I am going a good deal out of the line of my duty to adopt these measures, or to advise thus freely. A character to lose, an estate to forfeit, the inestimable blessings of liberty at stake, and a life devoted, must be my apology."
Dec. 27.] These weighty representations were not fruitless. Congress, by a resolution, invested their General with almost unlimited powers to manage the war.
The united exertions of civil and military officers had by this time brought a considerable body of militia into the field. General Sullivan, too, on whom the command of General Lee's division devolved upon his capture, promptly obeyed the orders of the Commander in Chief, and at this
period joined him; and General Heath was marching a detachment from Peck's Kill. The army, with these reinforcements, amounted to seven thousand men, and General Washington determined to recommence active operations.
General Maxwell liad already been sent into New Jersey, to take the command of three regi(ments of regular forces, and about eight hundred of the inilitia. His orders were, to give the inhabitants all possible support, and to prevent the disaffected from going into the British lines to make their submission, to harass the marches of the enemy, to give early intelligence of their movements, particularly of those towards Prince, ton and Trenton.
These measures were preparatory to more enter prising and bold operations. General Washington had noticed the loose and uncovered state of the winter quarters of the British army; and he contemplated the preservation of Philadelphia, and the recovery of New Jersey, by sweeping, at one stroke, all the British cantonments upon the Delaware. The present position of his forces favoured the execution of his plan.
The troops under the immediate command of General Washington, consisting of about two thousand four hundred men, were ordered to cross the river at M Konkey's ferry, nine miles above Trenton, to attack that post. General Irvine was directed to cross with bis division at Trenton ferry, to secure the bridge below the town, and prevent the retreat of the enemy that way. General Cadwallader received orders to pass the river at Bristol ferry, and assault the post at Burlington. The night of the twenty-fifth was assigned for the execution of this daring scheme. It proved to be severely cold, and so much ice was made in the river, that General Irvine and General Cadwallader, after having strenuously exerted themselves, found it impracticable to pass their divisions, and their part of the plan totally failed.
The Commander in Chief was more fortunate. With difficulty he crossed the river, but was delayed in point of time. He expected to have reached Trenton at the dawn of day, and it was three o'clock in the morning before he had passed the troops and artillery over the river, and four before he commenced his line of march. Being now distant nine miles from the British encampment, the attempt to surprize it was given up. He formed his little army into two divisions, one of which was directed to proceed by the river road into the west end of Trenton, and the other by the Pennington road which leads into the north end of the town. The distance being equal, the General supposed that each division would arrive at the scene of action about the same time; and therefore he ordered each to attack the moment of its arrival, and driving in the picket guard, to press after it into the town. The General, accompanying the division on the Pennington road, reached the out post of the enemy precisely at eight o'clock, and in three minutes after, had the satisfaction to hear the firing of his men on the other road.
The brave Colonel Rawle, the commanding
officer, paraded his forces for the defence of his post. He was by the first fire mortally wounded, and his men, in 'apparent dismay, attempted to file off towards Princeton. General Washington perceiving their intention, moved a part of his troops into this road in their front, and defeated the design. Their artillery being seized, and the Americans pressing upon them, they surrendered.. Twenty of the Germans were killed, and one thousand made prisoners. By the failure of General Irvine, a small body of the enemy, stationed in the lower part of the town, escaped over the · bridge to Bordenton. Of the American troops,
two privates were killed, and two frozen to death, one officer and three or four privates were wounded.
Could the other divisions have crossed the Delaware, General Washington's plan, in its full extent, would probably have succeeded. Not thinking it prudent to hazard the fruits of this gallant stroke by more daring attempts, the General the same day recrossed the Delaware with his prisoners, with six pieces of artillery, a thousand stand of arms, and some military stores. ,
General Howe was astonished at this display of enterprise and vigour. He found the American Commander a formidable enemy under circumstances of the greatest depression, and although in the depth of winter, determined to recommence active operations. In pursuance of this resolution, he called in his out posts, and assembled a powerful force at Princeton. ..
Having allowed his men two or three days rest, General Washington again passed into New Jer
sey, and concentered his forces, amounting to five thousand, at Trenton. He pushed a small detachment to Maidenhead, about half way between Trenton and Princeton, to watch the movement of the enemy, and delay their march, should they advance upon him. [JAN. 2, 1777.] On the next morning, Lord Cornwallis moved towards the American General with a superior force, and reached Trenton at four o'clock of the afternoon. General Washington drew up his men behind Assumpinck creek, which runs through the town. A candonade was opened on both sides. His Lordship attempted at several places to cross the creek ; but finding the passes guarded, he halted his troops, and kindled his fires.
Early in the evening General Washington assembled his officers in council, and stated to them the critical situation of the army. " In the morning," he observed, " we certainly shall be attacked by a superior force, defeat must operate our absolute destruction, a retreat across the Delaware is extremely hazardous, if practicable, on account of the ice. In either case, the advantages of our late success will be sacrificed. New Jersey must again be resigned to the enemy, and a train of depressing and disastrous consequences will ensue." He then proposed to their consideration the expediency of the following measure. " Shall we silently quit our present position by a circuitous route, gain the rear of the enemy at Princeton, and there avail ourselves of favourable circumstances ? By this measure we shall avoid the appearance of a retreat, we shall assume the


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Tor Weekly News — June 24th, 2015
Harmony harmony01 at riseup.net
Wed Jun 24 15:12:01 UTC 2015
Previous message: Tor Weekly News — June 17th, 2015
Tor Weekly News                                          June 24th, 2015
Welcome to the twenty-fifth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly
newsletter that covers what's happening in the Tor community.
1. Adopt an onion with Nos Oignons
2. Miscellaneous news
3. Upcoming events
Adopt an onion with Nos Oignons
Alongside the thousands of individual Tor relay operators who donate
their time, expertise, and resources in order to build a fast and stable
Tor network, a number of Tor relay organizations (independent of the Tor
Project itself) have been set up in several countries. These groups make
use of the benefits that formal non-profit status brings — such as
funding opportunities, resource pooling, and legal advice — to set up
and operate fast, secure Tor relays, and often to represent Tor and Tor
users in local-language media. Torservers.net — the Germany-based relay
organization and umbrella group for these projects — currently lists [1]
fourteen partner organizations in eleven countries, with more on the
Nos Oignons [2], the French Torservers.net partner, runs five
high-capacity relays on three machines that together handle a fiftieth
of current Tor traffic. The bandwidth for one of these is generously
provided by the registrar and hosting company Gandi [3], but the other
two are funded by the organization itself, at a cost of around 300 euros
per month. With only three months' worth of financing left, Nos Oignons
is holding its first funding drive [4] to ensure these major relays stay
online for the benefit of all Tor users.
If you donate more than 2 euros to Nos Oignons between 15th June and
15th August, you can suggest a name for their next Tor relay. The
current set are named after the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, Ursula K.
Le Guin's "Ekumen" universe, and the protagonist of Walter Tevis' novel
"Mockingbird", so use your imagination! At the end of the fundraiser,
three entries will be chosen at random and the team will pick one of
them; see the campaign page (or the English announcement [5]) for
information on how to take part.
[1]: https://www.torservers.net/partners.html
[2]: https://nos-oignons.net
[3]: https://www.gandi.net
[4]: https://nos-oignons.net/campagne2015/
[5]: https://nos-oignons.net/pipermail/announces/2015/000005.html
Anthony G. Basile put out version 20150616 [6] of Tor-ramdisk, featuring
updates to core software.
[6]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-June/038199.html
meejah announced [7] that txtorcon, the Twisted-based asynchronous Tor
controller, now supports David Stainton's "tor:" endpoint parser.  "This
means two things: txtorcon now depends on txsocksx, and you can do
"client-type" things directly with endpoints". See meejah's message for
[7]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-June/008961.html
Jesse Victors published his second Tor Summer of Privacy status
report [8] for the OnioNS (Onion Name System) project, detailing further
work to decentralize the system and improvements to event logging.
Arturo Filastò published a summary [9] of the costs incurred by OONI's
next-generation data-processing pipeline since March.
[9]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/ooni-dev/2015-June/000295.html
Thanks to Ana Lucia Cortez [10] for running a mirror of the Tor Project
website and software archive!
[10]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-mirrors/2015-June/000904.html
Jun 24 02:00 UTC | Pluggable transports/bridges meeting
| #tor-dev, irc.oftc.net
Jun 29 18:00 UTC | Tor Browser meeting
Jun 29 17:00 UTC | OONI development meeting
| #ooni, irc.oftc.net
Jun 30 18:00 UTC | little-t tor patch workshop
Jun 30 - Jul 02  | Many Tor people @ 15th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium
| Philadelphia, USA
| https://petsymposium.org/2015/
Jul 01 13:30 UTC | little-t tor development meeting
Jul 03 19:00 UTC | Tails contributors meeting
| #tails-dev, irc.oftc.net
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/2015-June/000242.html
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