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When to Ditch an Old Design
Should you merge that classic package design with the modern? Or should you break new ground?
Crayola's deliberate use of visual design assets such as one crayon holding three other colored crayons adds personality to the brand.
Crayola's refreshed logo with a rainbow-colored smile elicits an emotional response from people of all ages.
Campbell's has gone beyond its iconic red and white cans to introduce products with new colors and visual images.
Ted Mininni
Marketers are fond of saying "What's old is new again." These marketers are referring to wistful consumers who associate retro brand packaging with a sense of nostalgia—a recalling of simpler, less complicated times. With all due respect, there's more at play here. Of course, consumers who see classic product packaging generally make positive associations with the brand. There's an element of authenticity and trust because of the long life of a brand that's still going strong. But recognition doesn't necessarily create an impulse to buy. Strong emotions do.
The opportunity exists when repackaging a classic brand, or licensing one, to leverage those unique and desirable elements about it to a brand-saturated culture. When contemporizing packaging, it's important to maintain relevance with a modern audience while preserving the key visual equities that make consumers recall not only the heritage associated with the brand, but the emotive aspects of it that have moved them to purchase in the past. That leaves designers with a choice: put a modern twist on classic packaging or jettison it altogether. However, there are two other factors to consider.
First, younger consumers might not have any history with the brand, making it even more important for the brand to present its equities in a manner relevant to them. Second, there are new consumer products being positioned by classic brands that break out of the mold completely. These products call for new packaging that is a departure from the core look and feel of existing packaging. So, if we're going to create a package design that stands out and stands apart, we need to look at those classic properties and brands through a new lens. The focus of that lens is customer experience.
Keeping it Engaging
In an era when high-tech toys seem to be dominant, surprisingly few tech brands are showing strength. Instead, many classic brands are leading the way. That's likely because they encourage intergenerational interest and play. Whether legacy toy brands are being reinvented or reintroduced for today's kids, the winners have packaging that speaks to this generation in a compelling manner while simultaneously touching the hearts of parents and grandparents who have fond memories of them.
The addition of interactive apps to some classic toys has upped the ante on their appeal as they bridge real and virtual worlds, effectively reinventing them. Hello Barbie and LEGO Dimensions offer great examples of these kinds of toys. Consumer product packaging for these brands expertly leverages their important visual assets while simultaneously showing the interactive nature of these new toys in a highly relevant manner.
Hello Barbie, for example, is positioned in clean, contemporary packaging designed with a white background. A round window allows the face of toydom's most famous fashionista to be displayed. A round speech bubble is superimposed over the window with the words "Hello Barbie" emanating from a young girl who is photographed "speaking" with the doll by pressing on her belt. The speech bubble is in Barbie's signature pink, and the word "Barbie" appears as her logo in classic script—these visual brand elements are recognized around the globe.
The verbal brand communication is short and on point: "Press Belt & Talk" with a pink arrow that points to Barbie's belt. The signature pink bar across the bottom of the package shares information on the necessary app that must be downloaded to make Barbie interactive. The words "Let's Chat" and "Doll Answers" appear with appropriate iconography. The left-side panel of the package shows the full-length image of the doll clad in a white t-shirt, black belted jeans and silver leather jacket. Barbie is also wearing fashionable jewelry, as we'd expect. While this package design stands out from basic doll packaging, it carries enough of the visual equities of the brand forward to tell consumers unmistakably that this is a unique Barbie doll.
Many entertainment properties with legacies continue to create rich content and use multiple media platforms to allow their fans to experience them in a highly personal manner. Doing this enables character back stories to be explored in depth, as well as advance new storylines that are relevant to modern audiences.
Hasbro's Transformers, DC Comics' Batman and Marvel's Spider-Man are great examples of these brands. With the
release of each new film or animated series on television or online, these properties continue to extend the brand with new consumer products and packaging in an effective manner. They deploy new licensed package design not only for toys but in all consumer product categories by deftly using visual cues that are relevant to the brand, while merging each property with backgrounds and other visual assets that are appropriate to the latest storylines.
No Tech and Sticking To It
Many classic toy brands haven't gone high tech, nor are they media stars. Instead, they've repositioned their offerings, repackaged them and then relied on compelling line extensions to remain relevant to kids' current interests and play patterns.
Crayola has relied on no-tech line extensions for its legacy brand throughout the years, retaining its relevance even though it's more than 100 years old. In 2002, Crayola refreshed its logo creating a rainbow-colored smile within a signature cartouche of yellow outlined in green. The logo elicits an emotional response from people of all ages, and it reflects the brand perfectly. The Crayola brand name appears in a rounded custom font rather than the older block-lettered versions of the past. The new brand identity is brilliant because it infuses personality.
Smart line extensions include washable crayons (bringing a sigh of relief to parents everywhere), washable markers, construction paper crayons, colored pencils, colored chalk and washable kids' paints. There are also packaged sets containing a mix of these products that engender creative play and artistic work for kids and adults alike. Crayola brand marketers have wisely positioned their products for consumers and teachers by leveraging smart, direct verbal brand communication on the package in an effective manner.
Colors Say 'Crayola'
The ever-growing product line is unified by Crayola signature brand colors of yellow and green, with key visual assets on packaging. Classic package design architecture featuring dark green, angled stripes in the bottom corners of the front panel and the brand identity clearly say "Crayola." But personality has been added to what might otherwise be viewed as basic commodity products. Clever packaging on boxes of crayons merely utilizes the Crayola brand name instead of the full logo, but it appears above a broad smile depicting a range of crayons as teeth at the top of the center panel. This is ingenious and effective.
Boxes of washable crayons depict a brightly-hued Crayola with arms and large eyes peering over sunglasses on the right-hand side of the packaging. Bubbles indicating water-solubility appear on the center front panel. The 96-crayon box similarly employs a smile of crayon teeth beneath the brand name. And then there's a smiling crayon with bulbous eyes holding three crayons himself on the left-hand side of the packaging while another crayon peers up from the lower right-hand side. This is packaging that is amusing and appealing to consumers of all ages.
Crayola's deliberate use of visual design assets like these adds personality to the brand. Not to mention pops of color. And isn't that what the brand is all about? This is packaging that delivers a great deal of information in an emotive manner—at a glance. It's fresh and delivers enjoyment in a compelling manner while retaining the relationship-building, classic assets of the brand. There's nothing stodgy about this packaging.
Doing Something New
Few American consumer product brands are as iconic as Campbell's Soup. Yet, this is a company that honors its legacy while resisting the temptation to rest on its laurels. Campbell's is feeling its way into the future and making some meaningful inroads with consumers because the company is taking its time to develop, position and package new products.
The "Well Yes!" line that debuted at the end of 2016 took eight months to develop. Packaging wise, the sub-brand is a departure for Campbell's and for the ready-to-eat soup category. The decision not to package these soups under the red and white label makes perfect sense. Taking a page from the natural product industry, Campbell's Well Yes! soups pack a nutritional punch: whole grains, legumes, vegetables and antibiotic-free chicken were carefully paired in interesting combinations. Additionally, these soups don't contain modified starches, artificial colors, flavors or ingredients of any kind.
A new package design system had to be developed for Well Yes! to reflect its wholesomeness. It also needed to stand out from every other soup brand in retail food channels. The new labels accomplish this goal. They are black across the bottom so that visuals encompassing the ingredients stand out in stark contrast for each variety.
Where appropriate, "chicken meat with no added antibiotics" appears in a script font with an arrow that points to the image of the bird. Very effective. The top part of each label features the Well Yes! brand logo in unique typography with what appears to be the sun's rays above the "e" in the word "Well." Bright backdrop colors on the top of each label clearly act as segmentation for each variety. The Campbell's logo appears in a much smaller size at the upper left of the Well Yes! logo. This is clearly done by design because the sub-brand is quite different than Campbell's core soup line.
Parting Thought
Legacy brands might be making a mistake if they choose to go too retro with their packaging. It's important to recognize that today's sophisticated, empowered consumers respond to classic brands if marketers up the ante with contemporized package design that speaks to them in a relevant manner, so we can't get stuck in the past.
Today's packaging should imbue life and personality into the brand. Just make sure to retain and leverage the core visual assets that define the brand in the minds—and hearts—of consumers. Then, add new design cues to keep the brand fresh and evergreen. You know, something old with something new. Culturally, we've always known that works.
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Ted Mininni is president of Design Force Inc., a leading package and licensing program design consultancy to the consumer product and entertainment industries. He can be reached at 856-810-2277. Mininni blogs about package and licensing program design at www.designforceinc.com
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Innov865 Week Micro Event to Focus on Electronic Solutions in Government
By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA
"Ever since I was a kid, Knoxville has been described as a government town," Vendor Registry's Chris Van Beke says. "Let's embrace it."
That concept of building on your strengths is at the heart of a special micro event that Vendor Registry, eGovernment Solutions, and The Lighthouse Fund are hosting on Thursday, September 22. It is part of Knoxville's first-ever "Innov865 Week" and will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Knoxville Chamber.
The two relatively young Knoxville-based companies are focused on the government market. Vendor Registry streamlines the purchasing process for local government agencies and vendors, while eGov bills itself as a one-stop source for web-based government software platform. Together, they represent a solid foundation to grow government-focused technology companies.
"They have more than 200 customers together," Geoff Robson of The Lighthouse Fund says. His group is an investor in Vendor Registry, but he's also taking a more global view of the regional opportunity.
"We want to validate the belief that our region has the resources to grow companies in this space," Robson says. "The idea is to get those folks together to talk about the opportunity and near term actions."
The target audience for the micro event is local government managers, finance and purchasing directors, entrepreneurs, and software developers. It's not your typical mix, but the planners believe great ideas will come out of the interactions that will start on September 22.
Vendor Registry and eGov will share their experience, and some local government executives will describe their needs.
"We need to sell the development community on the concept and get them excited about it," Van Beke says, explaining that many coders are not aware of the business opportunities that exist in the government services space.
The same holds true for entrepreneurs.
"We think there are entrepreneurs out there with good ideas that can be applied to government," Robson adds. "This will be an opportunity to validate their ideas and begin taking them to market."
The Lighthouse Fund has what Robson describes as a "sweet spot" for software.
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To register for the event, click here.
(Note: This article appeared previously on teknovation.biz, a web-based service that was launched to spotlight and celebrate "all things" related to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship in East Tennessee.)

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Drew Thomson, the Single Mothers frontman, is out with a brand new single for his solo project to start of 2019 right! This marks the projects 5th single release. He has just dropped a single called "Break" under the name The Drew Thomson Foundation. The song features Alex Newport. The song is a 1990's sounding rock song with hints of modern day pop punk. Lyrically, the song speaks about having a romance with someone that just doesn't see how good they have it in the relationship. The song is about Drew Thomson's partner taking a "break" from the relationship to realize that he is "the one" for her. This rock song builds throughout it's 2 minute run into a rock anthem. The only wish that we have is that the song was a bit longer. Rock the Pigeon also recommends checking out Drew Thomson's 2018 single "Stay." Drew Thomson cites his musical inspirations as: The Hold Steady, The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball, Okkervill River, Joyce Manor, Tiger Jaw, Pkew Pkew Pkew, The Dirty Nil, The Sidekicks, Drug Church, Self Defense Family, Culture Abuse, and Former Member.


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I'm a Service member at USAG Bavaria. How do I vote?
For voting purposes, your "legal voting residence" can be the state or territory where you last resided prior to entering military service, or the state or territory that you have since claimed as your legal residence, according to FVAP.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Voting is your constitutional right, and it's one of the rights you defend as a member of the U.S. military. You can have a voice in the electing process. If you don't vote, you don't have that voice.
Voting season is around the corner. What am I eligible to vote for?
You can vote for a new president in 2016. Additionally, you can vote for state officials and issues based on your state or territory. On November 4, the U.S. Army is kicking off the 2016 voting season. You need to have registered and have your absentee ballot before Jan. 15, 2016 — the date when the electoral process begins in most states. After Jan. 4, most states won't take in any more votes. Go to the Federal Voting Assistance Program website at www.fvap.gov, click on Military Voter and then click your state. This page will tell you what the cut-off date is for the voting process registration.
I'm a military brat. I don't know my legal voting residence. What do I do now?
For voting purposes, your "legal voting residence" can be the state or territory where you last resided prior to entering military service, or the state or territory that you have since claimed as your legal residence, according to FVAP. FVAP says that even though you may no longer maintain formal ties to that residence, the address determines your proper jurisdiction. To claim new legal residence, consult the legal office or your legal advisor. If you are not sure if you registered to vote in your voting state, you can check to see if you are registered to vote by going to the FVAP links page. Scroll down to "State Voter Registration Verification Website." Here you will choose the State you vote in, and be redirected to that State's registration verification page. Contact your local election official or FVAP directly if you have any additional questions or concerns.
What steps do I need to take to vote?
You must do this in your state of legal residence by completing a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), according to your state or territory's specific instructions. Then, submit it to your local election office.
Complete the Federal Post Card Application using the FPCA online assistant or PDF fillable form.
Sign the form and affix the appropriate postage to the envelope.
Return the completed FPCA to your local election official. Send it to the address of your voting residence. Addresses are available for each state or territory at the FVAP voter registration page. FPCA materials can be sent as free postage paid via First-Class Mail.
Your state or territory's election official will determine if you meet the jurisdiction's residency requirements and may decide which ballot to send. You may also be contacted if there are any questions about your application. Your ballot may be sent to you via mail, email or fax depending on your State's requirements.
ballot by your state deadline (or at least 30 days before the election, whatever is later), you may use the FWAB anytime before the election. A FWAB is a back-up ballot that can de used if you requested your state ballot but did not receive it in time to vote.
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Writing letters to the editor is an important way to support Hank and the issues that are important to all of us. Before writing, think about how Hank would best serve Virginia in the United States Senate, and how he will best serve you. Keep your letter brief, but touch on these points.
Here is a sample letter to help you get started. Try to personalize it, make it your own - that way you'll have a better chance to get your letter printed. Remember, helping Hank helps us all!
I am writing to you today to talk about Hank for Senate. As you no doubt know, Hank is a lifelong Virginia resident who has the vision and leadership to help make Virginia a better place. We all know that a better tomorrow starts with jobs - Hank has the clear and concise plan to support businesses, bring new businesses to Virginia, and bring new jobs to the community.
We don't need another politician in Washington who will do nothing, we need someone with a clear plan and the experience to get the job done. We need Hank for the United States Senate!
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The search is on to find a new owner for a Newport cat who has been looking for a second chance of happiness following a road traffic accident.
Lily is a gorgeous semi long-haired tortoiseshell female cat, who is approximately four years of age – and keeps RSPCA staff busy with her love of affection, and toys with feathers!
She came into RSPCA care in April, with a leg injury understood to have been sustained during a road traffic accident in the Duffryn area of the city. Lily's previous owner was unable to be located, despite a search from the charity.
Two recent operations on her left back leg have been necessary due to the extent of Lily's injuries. After much rehabilitation and rest, she is able to bear weight on all four of her legs again.
She is an affectionate and playful cat, searching for a home where she will be the only pet, with RSPCA re-homing co-ordinators noting how affectionate Lily "craves all the attention for herself!".
A number of cats at the Newport Animal Adoption Centre within Newport Pets at Home – where Lily is based – continue to search for the perfect forever home. The centre is based within the Mendalgief Retail Park on Docks Way.
RSPCA Cymru re-homing co-ordinator Sarah Sibley said: "We know the perfect forever home is out there for the wonderful Lily.
"She's such an affectionate and playful cat, who has developed a real love for toys with feathers!
"Lily would suit a home where she is the only pet, as she craves all the attention for herself! She is also a little wary of other cats and dogs.
Should you wish to help the RSPCA with its animal welfare work, you can give £3 now by texting LOVE to 87023 (text costs £3 + one standard network rate message). We are a charity and rely on public donations to exist.
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was a district in Japan belonging to Mutsu Province (currently to Miyagi Prefecture). Established in the 8th century as Korehari or Koreharu District (伊治郡) and abolished in 2005, the territory is identical to the city of Kurihara today.

Kurihara was established as Korehari in the 8th century as a frontier district of the Mutsu Province. At that time, Korehari was the northern limit of the Japanese dominance at the pacific side of the region. Ancient Japan had continued conquest wars against Emishi. One time in 780 the district head and an Emishi officer in Japanese army, Korehari no Azamaro, revolted at the Korehari Castle and killed the governor of the Tohoku area. Much later Korehari had its name changed to Kurihara.

The district occupied the northwest part of the Sendai Plain. The population had enjoyed fertile land for rice cultivation. In addition, Kurihara has a relatively peaceful history with few if any warloads hailing from the district. The Date clan had ruled it from Sendai during the Edo period. Kurihara was incorporated into Miyagi Prefecture after the Meiji restoration.

Towns and villages

 Hanayama
 Ichihasama
 Kannari
 Kurikoma
 Semine
 Shiwahime
 Takashimizu
 Tsukidate
 Uguisuzawa
 Wakayanagi

Former districts of Miyagi Prefecture

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Charles C. McLaughlin (* 20. Januar 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 2. September 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland an Herzinfarkt) war ein US-amerikanischer Professor für Geschichte an der American University, Washington, D.C.

Leben und Werk
McLaughlin war international bekannt für seine Fachkenntnisse des Garten- und Landschaftsbaus im 19. Jahrhundert, insbesondere der Arbeiten von Frederick Law Olmsted. Er war einer der Mitbegründer der National Association for Olmsted Parks und gab u. a. Olmsteds Werk Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England sowie The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted (1977) heraus, zu denen er auch das Vorwort schrieb.

Er studierte an der Yale University, wo er 1951 seinen Abschluss in Musikgeschichte und Europäischer Geschichte machte. 1955 erkrankten seine Frau und er an Kinderlähmung und verbrachten neun Monate im Krankenhaus. 1959 erwarb er an der Harvard University einen Doktortitel in Amerikanistik. Bis 1963 war er an der Stanford University und wechselte dann an die American University in Washington, D.C., wo er drei Jahrzehnte Professor war und unter anderem Geschichte der Geisteswissenschaften und des Städtebaus sowie Landschaftsarchitekturgeschichte lehrte.

Weblinks
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[Stepping Into Big, 7/11/13] Problems: pain in the neck, or a gift?
I think the default human reaction to being faced with a problem is to label it as "bad." That's certainly true, if by "bad" you mean "something that slows down my progress." While you may be making a negative judgment about the problem, at least you're not stopping yourself in your tracks.
On the other hand, if by "bad" you mean "horrible, awful, impossible to deal with", defining it that way is likely to create exactly those results. In other words, when you judge something that negatively - when you catastrophize the situation - you're likely to short-circuit all your creative problem-solving skills. Voila! A genuine self-fulfilling prophecy.
What would happen if, instead, you looked at the problem as an opportunity to enhance your problem-solving skills, develop your creativity, and - possibly - identify a hot new business? We've probably all had the experience of expecting the worst and getting it. Why not try expecting the best and see how often we can get that?
If you need more practice in seeing problems as gifts rather than obstacles, tap into the power of the following tools.
You'll often hear entrepreneurs and small-business owners say that one of their biggest problems is not having enough time to do everything they want to do. Their struggle with time management feels never-ending.
My recommendation is to stop trying to manage your time and, instead, start managing your activities. This will both decrease your stress level and improve your productivity. Why? Because knowing you've completed a particular activity makes you feel more powerful and in control of your day, and - assuming you've carefully chosen activities that are important and will propel your goals forward - actually completing that activity is a sign of noticeable progress.
While it's wonderful that technology has made it possible for even a solopreneur to have a nationwide or even worldwide client base, being unable to meet with clients face to face can sometimes be challenging. This is especially true in situations where there's a lot of feedback being given and received on written or graphic work (like when I'm working with my graphic designer in Minnesota while I'm in Iowa).
Enter join.me, an application you can easily use for sharing screen images in real time, as well as for holding online meetings. There are both free and pro versions, depending on your needs, and you can use it on a PC or Mac, on the iPad/iPhone, or on mobile devices using the Android operating system.
Thanks to Jeri Hird Dutcher of WorkWrite Resumes for sharing this tool with us.
It may have been a while ago, but I'm willing to bet that you clearly remember what it feels like to be faced with a big, important exam of some type and be overwhelmed with the amount of information you're responsible for knowing.
That's the situation dental student Alec Whitters was in a couple of years ago. He realized that he couldn't possibly be the only student challenged by effectively absorbing enough information to pass the professional board exams, so he teamed up with two other creative friends - entrepreneurial management student Adam Neune and nursing student Ben O'Connor - to create highly interactive, engaging, convenient study guides students access through their tablets or smart phones. The three of them collaborated with professors at the University of Iowa to create a study-guide app designed for today's learners.
The results? Although Higher Learning Technologies only formed about one year ago, their study guides are currently being by approximately 100,000 users in 110 countries. A terrific example of not only refusing to be stopped by a problem, but actually turning that problem into a unique - and profitable - business opportunity.
I'd venture to say that most, if not all, of us are in business because we know that our product or service is a terrific solution to a business problem. The ongoing challenge for each of us is to spread the word about our solution so that the right people learn about it. That's often easier said than done, because there's never a lack of business-development activities facing us.
If you feel that activity management is not an area where you currently shine, I can help. My specialty is showing you how to ditch the unimportant activities and create step-by-step action plans that will enable you to effectively and efficiently move through the really vital business-builders.
If that sounds like something that could keep your blood pressure from soaring, call or e-mail me to set up a let's-see-what-we-see, get-acquainted call.


Harriet nods. "For how long?" the doctor asks.
"For the rest of my life," she responds.
Four weeks ago, Harriet found out she was pregnant with her first baby –- and that she is HIV positive. She was not surprised, she says. She was shocked. She was also concerned for her husband who tested negative. She is worried she may have infected him. She is frightened for their child. She's also nervous since this is the first day of this "second marriage" and she has just been told what to expect. Nausea. Yellow eyes. Skin rash. Perhaps some fever.
She's 24 years old and traveled two hours in an overcrowded matatu for her appointment. Her husband found the hospital for her after inquiring with everyone he knew how he could help his wife get treated with ARVs funded through PEPFAR and the Global Fund.
The doctor examines her and feels her baby moving, lets her listen to its heartbeat. For the first time she smiles.


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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., New York, New York
Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Chicago, Illinois
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EDI Investments LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Enervest Management Co. L.C., Houston and Albany, Texas
Enviro Finance Ltd., London, U.K.
Equistar Holdings Inc., New York, New York
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, London, U.K.
European Investment Bank, Gonderange, Luxembourg
Fidelity Investments, London, U.K.
Finagra Capital, Stamford, Connecticut
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First American Bank of Texas, Midland, Texas
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First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, Ohio
First Interstate Bank Denver, Golden, Colorado
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General Motors Pension Fund, New York, New York
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Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd., Houston, Texas
ING Investment Management, Sydney NSW, Australia
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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Houston, Texas
J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., Houston, Texas
Jardine Matheson of North America Inc., San Francisco, California
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Boston, Massachusetts
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors L.P., Houston, Texas
KCS Energy Marketing Inc., Houston, Texas
KCS Resources Inc., Houston, Texas
Key Bank, Canton, Ohio
Lazard Capital Markets, London, U.K.
Lazard Freres & Co., New York, New York
Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc., New York, New York
Lehman Brothers Inc., Houston, Texas
Liberty Bank & Trust Co.Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Madison Energy Advisors Inc., Houston, Texas
Maple-Brown Abbott Ltd., Sydney NSW, Australia
Marine Midland Bank N.A., New York, New York
Marsh USA Inc., Houston, Texas
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Massachusetts
MCN Investment Corp., Detroit, Michigan
Mellon Bank N.A., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Merrill Lynch, Houston, Texas; New York, New York
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, New York, New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, New York
Michael Petroleum, Houston, Texas
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Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., New York, New York
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National Westminster Bank Ltd., London, U.K.
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Natwest Markets, London, U.K.
New York Life Insurance Co., New York, New York
Northern Trust Bank of Texas, Plano, Texas
Northern Trust Co., Chicago, Illinois
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Oil Property Investments, Denver, Colorado
Overseas Private Investment Corp., Washington, D.C.
Pembroke Capital LLC, Houston, Texas
Perpetual Investments, Sydney NSW, Australia
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Petroleum Finance Co. Ltd., Washington, D.C.
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Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc, New York, New York
Samson Investment Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Samuel Montegu and Co. Ltd., London, U.K.
SBC Warburg Dillon Read, New York, New York
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Scully Capital Svcs. Inc., Washington, D.C.
Shell Capital Inc., Houston, Texas
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Southwest Bank of Texas, Houston, Texas
Southwest Royalties Inc., Midland, Texas
Spirit Energy 76, Sugar Land, Texas
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, New York, New York
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After a global test, Twitter has done the previously unthinkable and given virtually all users access to 280 character tweets. Long-form tweeting is now the standard for everyone, and the changes are in the process of rolling out to all users. Judging by the feedback of users, it seems that the web version of Twitter is updating faster than the app version.
The changes will be standard in nearly every language, apart from some Asian ones. Twitter in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean is staying at the 140-character limit, as those languages fit more into fewer characters. The average tweet length in Japanese is just 15 characters.
Twitter is framing the move as a logical progression of the platform, one that will help users express their thoughts without ruining the brevity of the platform. According to the company, just 5% of tweets sent during the trial period were over 140 characters, and only 2% exceeded 190. "We saw when people needed to use more than 140 characters, they Tweeted more easily and more often. But importantly, people Tweeted below 140 most of the time and the brevity of Twitter remained," a Twitter blog post explains.
You'll likely notice some changes to your Twitter feed immediately. As Twitter notes, people tend to mess around with new features a lot, so you can expect some mega-tweets at launch. "We expect to see some of this novelty effect spike again with this week's launch and expect it to resume to normal behavior soon after," the company says.


On the weekend I viewed two cheese presses worthy of a new post- one ornate and the other quite unique in its design. Both cheese presses are in the collection of the Bega Cheese Heritage Centre, a treasure trove of over 160 items which will be keeping me busy in cataloguing mode for some time.
The first is a double screw press manufactured at the Days Foundry in Scotland in 1890.
The other cheese press of interest in the collection has the model name "The Gang" and its intriguing design has me wondering how many others of its type may be found in Australia. Please feel free to comment if you have any useful information.
The press was last used in 1908 at Elmgrove, a farm whose material legacy is well represented in the centre's collection.


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Ceremony, dark drama, and Perlman warmth with the Israel Philharmonic
Mon Feb 04, 2019 at 11:43 am
By George Grella
Itzhak Perlman performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Sunday afternoon at Carnegie Hall.
Sunday afternoon's appearance by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was more than a simple concert. Presented in a benefit concert by the American Friends of the IPO, the affair had a substantial social element, with the orchestra in general and violin soloist Itzhak Perlman in particular playing at least half the program for, and in the presence of, what amounted to several thousand extended friends and family.
Yoel Levi conducted, in place of long-term IPO music director Zubin Mehta. The first few minutes were devoted to the ceremonial introduction of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Hatikvah," the lyrical and lovely Israeli national anthem.
The form of the main program followed the generic model of overture-concerto-intermission-symphony, but the musical selections made for a fitfully awkward, though not unpleasant configuration.
First up for the main concert was Concertino for Strings, written by Ödön Pártos, an Hungarian emigre who was the IPO's principal violinist from 1938 to 1956. The Concertino is an expanded version of the composer's highly regarded String Quartet No. 1, and was commissioned and premiered by the great Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay.
What Fricsay and others heard in the quartet was made clear Sunday. This is a strong and skillful piece, flavored by Bartók, but with the rich, acrylic modernist tonality commonly found in mid-20th century American composers like William Schuman.
The IPO strings and the musical idiom were an excellent fit, the dark tonal quality of the orchestra bringing out the atmosphere and a touch of the Bartókian in the music. The Concertino has a compelling through line, straightaways and twists and turns that are all part of a determined direction. This was a meaty way to start things.
Right after, though, the tone turned toward the congenial, in no small part due to Perlman's presence. Playing Beethoven's Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for Violin and Orchestra, his simple, sweet tone made an excellent contrast with the sound of the orchestra, so much so that despite playing at a low dynamic level, he projected with ease.
So much of that was Perlman's musical warmth and personal charm, a humanism that makes a worthy companion to Beethoven. The Violin Romances are spare, elegant pieces, yet still with Beethovenian strength and dignity at their core. Perlman played with long, song-like lines, using rubato across the phrase lengths, which had an improvisational effect.
That opened what amounted to an extended set from Perlman and the IPO. John Williams' banal yet inescapable "Theme from Schindler's List" sat awkwardly in between Kreisler's Liebeslied and Liebesfreud, a dreary and predictable interlude between Perlman's shining performances of Kreisler's entertaining miniatures. The Williams perennial was shown up by the encore, Carlos Gardel's Tango (por una Cabeza).
After intermission, Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony No. 6 returned the event to a more formal concert feeling. The dusky sound of the IPO proved an ideal vehicle for this music under the direction of Levi (who conducted from memory throughout the afternoon). The first movement was enticingly languid to begin, then furious during the extreme sturm und drang of the development. But the orchestra felt oddly flat at the recapitulation.
Yet Tchaikovsky's marvelous waltz in 5/4 time was full of feeling. The audience applauded after each of the first two movements, which made their ovation after the scintillating triumphant march even more understandable than usual.
While that is often an unwelcome interruption during performances of this symphony, the sense of pleasure and the pause led to a piquant emotional contrast in the plangent final movement, its turmoil and resignation clearly having an effect on the orchestra's audience.
This sense of communal feeling was furthered and deepened by the first encore, a deep and ravishing reading of "Nimrod," from Elgar's Enigma Variations.
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The 3rd of April 2016 marked the eagerly anticipated re-opening of Killarney House which has undergone extensive refurbishment in the last 5 years. What we now call Killarney House is actually a converted stable block of Kenmare House, built in the style of a French chateau by Valentine Browne, the third Viscount Kenmare in 1726. Killarney House, on the other hand, was an extravagant mansion built by the fourth Earl of Kenmare on a site apparently chosen by Queen Victoria during her visit in 1861.
The original Killarney House cost an estimated £100,000 to build. An imposing red-brick Elizabethan Revival manor bristling with chimneys, bay windows, and gables of different shapes and heights, and its interior was said to resemble that of a luxury ocean liner.
It was still under construction in 1879, when fire broke out in the butler's pantry, causing £2,000 worth of damage. Following on from this the third Earl could not keep up his mortgage repayments and the family lived in the Isle of Wight until the 1890s. The Kenmare's then returned to Killarney House once agricultural prices started to improve. Just after its completion fire once again struck Killarney House, but this time it did not survive. Staff and locals salvaged as much as they could, but precious antique furniture, tapestries, and sculptures were lost. The house was not re-built after this and the Kenmare's abandoned the ruined Killarney House and remodelled the stables of the 18th-century Kenmare House as their home. Confusingly, this is what we now call Killarney House.
The title Earl of Kenmare became extinct with the death of Gerald 1952, and his niece, Beatrice Grosvenor sold the estate in the 1950s, thus starting a new chapter in the story of Killarney House. The new Killarney House was purchased, along with 25,000 acres by John McShain, an American building contractor. He and his wife extensively renovated the building. In 1978, John McShain and his wife donated Killarney House and the greater part of the estate to the Irish government. They accepted a price well below market value at the time as they had agreed that the house and estate would be incorporated into Killarney National Park upon their death. They had agreed to reserve Killarney House and surrounding 52 acres to their use for their lifetime. Mr McShain died in 1989 and Mrs McShain lived in Killarney House until her death in 1998, when the house and surrounding land reverted to the Irish state. Having fallen into deep disrepair since Mrs McShain died in 1998 the 1st phase of refurbishment reopened in April following a €7 million restoration.
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Following is a draft resolution that we will consider for adoption at the March 14, 2019 meeting.
Resolution of the Gratiot County Republican Party supporting President Trump decision to declare a state of emergency and build a wall on the U.S. – Mexican border.
Whereas, in 2013, the estimated cost of illegal immigration was $113 billion and has risen since.
Whereas, in 2017 and 2018, there were approximately 235,000 illegal immigrants arrested in the U.S, for various crimes including 100,000 on assault charges, 30,000 for sex crimes, and 4,000 for homicide.
Whereas, most illicit drugs in the United States, including heroin, cocaine and Fentanyl are reportedly trafficked illegally from Latin America across the U.S.-Mexico border. The unsafe border is directly connected to over 72,000 drug overdose deaths last year – more than all the U.S. deaths in the Vietnam War.
Therefore we, the elected officers of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Gratiot County, Michigan declare the following:
We fully support President Trump's position on building a wall on the Mexican Border.
Resolved that we, the elected officers of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Gratiot County, Michigan further support President Trump decision to declare a State of Emergency, as the Constitution allows him to do, and to build the wall as expeditiously and securely as possible, thus making America safe again.


There are many exciting events coming to the downtown Appleton this year such as Mile of Music, Octoberfest and the Farmer's Market on College Ave!
With the City planning some downtown construction projects, getting to and attending these and other downtown events may result in some frustration when it comes to parking. Let us help by providing several parking recommendations from ramps to metered parking. All that's left to do once you park, is have fun and enjoy all that downtown has to offer!
*The ramps require permits when parking from 2:00 am - 5:00 am. Permits are available for $30/month and allow unlimited access to the Green, Yellow and Red ramps.
We recommend parking in the ramps or on the street when looking to access local businesses. Please note this year there will be no parking on Appleton Street, as construction is taking place until mid-October to make the street into a two-way road. A nice resource to take advantage of is the mobile application offered by the City of Appleton to pay for metered parking. The app is called PassportParking, or go to ppprk.com. Users are able to pay with a debit/credit card, and can monitor their parking session. They will get a notification when their time is expiring and are able to add funds through the app for more time.
We hope this guide will help ease the process of parking in Downtown Appleton during event season! Any questions or concerns can be addressed with the City of Appleton at (920) 832-6173 or @CityofAppleton on social media.


The mortgage brokerage industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade. The only reason any industry can grow that quickly is because it's adding value to consumers. 20 years ago mortgage brokers were relegated to helping consumers that couldn't find a mortgage for themselves, but mortgage brokers began finding a new niche; finding better mortgages for all homeowners. Here are the top 3 reasons a mortgage broker can find you a better mortgage.
Mortgage brokers typically do one thing, day in and day out, and that's to secure mortgage financing for borrowers. Although to some this may sound simplistic, the reality is that navigating the complexities of lender policies, unique property characteristics and the art of negotiation is a complex task. Most mortgage borrowers only negotiate a mortgage transaction once every 3 years. This is not enough exposure to gain an expertise. Similarly the generalists that one encounters in a branch environment may not provide specific mortgage expertise due to the fact that their duties are stretched over several product lines.
Mortgage brokers are independent and can work with a variety of lenders. This independence allows them to shop the market to match you with a lender that best meets your needs. These needs may include pre-payment privileges, extended rate hold periods for long closings, or accommodating underwriting guidelines for rental properties or self-employed borrowers. More choice leads to better solutions to meet your needs rather than the need to settle for what's offered.
One of the most important factors in determining the best mortgage solution is a good mortgage rate. Due to the fact that mortgage brokers deliver large volumes of mortgages to the lenders, they get better mortgage interest rates. Lender representatives want to make their clients happy by delivering a good mortgage rate however they are also representing their company and need to deliver profits. Mortgage brokers aren't compensated to sell a higher rate and will find the lender with the best mortgage rate. Like lenders, mortgage brokers want to keep their clients happy but without the conflict of trying to up-sell a higher rate.


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1. Abbreviations of titles of medical periodicals to be used in the subject-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office
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ГлавнаяЗарубежная классикаBrady Cyrus TownsendWoven with the Ship: A Novel of 1865
Brady Cyrus Townsend
Woven with the Ship: A Novel of 1865
"Yes; but please do not persuade me now."
Respecting her desire, he doffed his cap and stood aside for her to pass, bowing low before her with all the chivalry of his race, all the ardor of his youth, all the devotion of his manhood in his look and attitude.
The sweetness of the present reality so far transcended her sometime imagination of it that the girl, on leaving him, walked away as if borne by seraph's wings through the air of heaven. Yet there was a note athwart her joy, – not exactly one of sadness or of heaviness, but a feeling, as it were, of maidenly awe before the bright vistas of happiness which had opened before her eyes, in her lover's presence, in his love. Unconsciously she put her hand to her face, as if the sight dazzled her.
A little distance away Revere, having fastened the boat, followed her up the hill. She did not look back, but she could hear his feet upon the steps. He was there, then. He was looking at her as he had looked at her in the boat. He loved her. What had she done to merit this?
She stopped on the porch by the chair where her grandfather sat gazing at the ship and dreaming as usual. She bent low and kissed him as she had never kissed him before. He awoke from his reverie with a start, half comprehending, and gazed from the girl entering the door to Revere coming up the walk.
"You have been a long time, lad," he said, as the latter stopped before him.
"Yes, sir. We took luncheon together at the old inn and rowed back slowly. Your granddaughter – I shall have something to say to you in a day or two, sir."
"I hope so," said the admiral, quietly. "I thought so. But don't wait too many days. Days are as moments to the young; to the aged they are as years."
That day Barry had not left the ship. With a long, old-fashioned glass that was chief among his treasures, which had belonged to the admiral, he had followed the boat across the harbor. He had divined – by what cunning who can say? – what had been said in the pauses under the trees. He had waited and watched for them until the lovers came back. He knew it all. Twenty times during the period of their stay upon the shore he had gone down to the locker and taken out the letters.
And at last he had succumbed to the temptation. The devil had won him in the end. Hidden away in his corner of the old vessel, he opened the bundle of letters and orders. And as he painfully deciphered them, one by one, it all became clear to him. This cursed officer had come to sell the ship over their heads. He had stolen Emily's heart, and yet he was engaged to be married to another woman. The letters from Josephine Remington puzzled him; but as he slowly blundered through them, with their casual references to an engagement, with their quiet assumption that all was understood between the two, Barry became convinced that Revere was simply amusing himself with the admiral's granddaughter.
And was he to stand idle, indifferent, impotent, while these things were going on? Was the old ship to be sold and broken up? His ship! His love, too! Was that sweet flower of innocence to be rifled of the chief treasure of her womanhood and he do nothing? Was she to be robbed of her happiness, too, while he was there? No, never!
His brain reeled under the pressure of his thoughts. What should he do? What could he do? In what way might he compass the destruction of this man? Save the ship and save the girl, too!
Ah! Like to one of old in his blindness, there flashed an idea into his mind, as he stood there with the crumpled letters in his clinched hand. At first it startled him. It was so bold; in a way it was so terrible. But he had brooded too long to look at that idea in more than one light. With the one thought of revenge upon the man who he imagined intended to sell the ship, and who would gain Emily Sanford, he brooded upon the notion until it took entire possession of him, and then, although it involved his own destruction, he grimly prepared to put it in practice.
In the Shadow of the Ship
The rest of the afternoon passed swiftly enough for Revere, because he was busy. He wrote a long letter to Josephine Remington, telling her frankly the whole situation: how he had met this girl, how he had loved her, how he had struggled against the feeling that had sprung up in his heart, honorably intending to keep his engagement, but each moment convinced him of the depth and fervor of this sudden affection. How he had come to the conclusion that it was not fair to bind her to a man who, while he admired and respected her, while he should ever hold her in the highest regard, did not, and could not, love her.
He had written to her thus frankly that she might break the engagement. He could not, he said, flatter himself that she loved him, or that it meant much to her; yet if he grieved her, he humbly begged her pardon, and hoped that some day, when she truly loved some one, she would find excuse for him.
It was fearfully hard to write such a letter, and as he read it over it seemed almost brutal in its frankness. Yet he reasoned that it were better to write it as he had than to attempt to conceal the facts; still, it was with many misgivings and thoroughly sick at heart at the unfortunate plight in which he had involved himself that he sealed it up.
The other letter was to the Secretary of the Navy. Revere reported faithfully the condition of the ship, estimated carefully what he thought she would be worth as firewood, – for the materials in her were fit for no other purpose, – and then frankly offered to buy her himself for twice the value he had put upon her. In a private letter, which he had enclosed in his official report, the secretary being an old friend of his family, he told why he wished to purchase the ship. He told him about the admiral, and the old sailor, and the admiral's granddaughter. He made him see very clearly that it would kill the old man to have the ship broken up, and, since he possessed ample means, he wished to have the privilege of purchasing it himself and saying nothing about it to the admiral, or to any one, – letting it stand where it was as long as it would. As a matter of fact, it would fall to pieces in a short time he was certain, and the admiral need never know anything about the transaction, provided the secretary were willing.
If there was any doubt as to the accuracy of his valuation of the ship, he suggested that another officer could be sent to appraise her, and he stood ready to pay twice the amount of the next appraisement for the privileges of ownership. In fact, the matter would best be done that way. It was a nice letter, and he felt sure his request would be granted.
Revere felt much better when he had completed these two letters. He felt that he could save the ship for the old admiral, and that he could save his honor as well by his tardy action. He gave the letters to his man, directing him to mail the one to the Secretary of the Navy, and get a horse and ride back to his mother's summer home at Alexandria Bay, deliver the other in person, and bring the answer to him immediately. He could not hear too quickly from Josephine.
The admiral retired early that evening, – was it from a consideration of past experience, thought Revere, – so the two lovers were left alone.
"Emily," said the young lieutenant, coming over toward her as the door closed behind the old veteran.
"No, no, not here, I beg of you!" said the girl, rising to her feet. "Come, let us go out into the moonlight. Down to the old ship. It should be a part – a witness – of our betrothal. I, too, have loved it. The earliest recollections of my childhood are about it. It has been a part of my life as well. Come, let us go."
She extended her hand to him as she spoke. He took it gravely, and the two stepped out of the house and stood upon the porch. The moonlight streamed across the old ship, standing lonely and still upon the Point beneath them. The cracks and crannies, the gaping seams of the broken, mouldering sides, the evidences of decay, were hidden in the shadows cast by the soft splendor.
They walked down to it and stopped in its shadow. Black, solid, and terrible in the silver light it loomed above their heads. They stood almost beneath it, and it towered into the skies above them. A trick of the imagination would have dowered it with spars covered with clouds of snowy canvas, and launched it upon the sea of dreams.
The girl still held the hand of the young officer. He waited for her pleasure, something telling him he should not wait in vain.
"I brought you here, Richard," she said, at last, very gravely, "that the old ship might hear you say," – the words came from her in a faint whisper, – "that the ship might hear you say – you – loved me. Here I have stood often, gazing out upon the water, dreaming and waiting. Waiting for you, Richard, dreaming of you. And here you come to me and here – I give myself to you."
She faced him as she spoke and took his other hand. He stared at her in the shadow of the ship. The little autumn breeze swept softly over their faces. Slowly he bent his head toward her. She awaited him, smiling faintly, her heart beating half fearfully. It was so new and sweet. Then his lips met her own; he kissed her, he swept her to his breast, he gathered her in his arms. Her head lay upon his shoulder, her face was upturned to his. Her eyes were light in the darkness to him. The perfume of her breath enveloped him. A faint, passionate sigh of joy and content ineffable escaped her. He drank in the white, exquisite perfection of feature so close to him; the purity of her soul spoke there equally with the passion of her heart. She was his, his own; she loved him, she gave herself to him! May God deal so with him as he dealt with her!
"I love you, I love you!" he murmured.
Pity 'tis that there is no new word for each new meeting and mating of human hearts in this old world.
Pity 'tis that the words we say so lightly, that we use so frequently of things of less, of little, moment, should be the only ones we have with which to voice the deepest feeling of our being. Yet when the hour strikes, to each heart they come with the freshness of a new revelation, with the assurance of an eternal truth undiscovered until that hour. Never again would Emily be so happy as in that supreme moment of avowal and confession.
"I love you, I love you!"
It was only a whisper. She would have felt the truth had he been voiceless.
It was but a murmur that blended with the sigh of the wind, that harmonized with the sound made by the breeze as it swept through the cracks and crannies of the ship, yet another listened, another heard.
Profanation to the royal arcanum of their hearts!
One had marked them descending the hill, one had divined that they would stop by the ship, one had gone down into the grim, black depths of the monster and with his ear pressed against the riven side had heard, and in the hearing had understood what he could not see.
So despair, heart-break, envy, jealousy, raged a few feet from love and joy and peace ineffable.
So in life it happens. Was there not a serpent in the Garden of Eden?
As he heard the sound of lip on lip, the break of kisses, and the murmur of caressing words, the man listening could endure no more. He turned and stumbled blindly away. Had it been mid-day he could not have seen where he went.
The sound of his going startled Emily.
"What is that?" she cried; "something moving on the ship!"
They listened, but Barry had gone far enough away by that time for them not to hear him more.
"'Twas nothing, dearest," answered Revere, holding her tenderly to him; "a piece of timber, a loosened plank, a tottering frame. The newest and best of ships are full of strange sounds, much more these old ones."
"Bit by bit it wears away," said the girl, sadly.
"Ay, sweet, old things go, but new ones come," answered Revere. "Life ends, yes, but new life begins. It begins for us. Come. We have told the ship the story. Let us go back to the hill."
"Keep thou the secret, old ship," said Emily, fancifully, yet half in earnest; "tell it not while thou livest, and if thou must fall, let it perish with thee."
She bent and kissed the plank. Where she kissed it Barry had listened. The whisper of love and the oath of despair, – a few inches of sheathing alone divided them.
Forgiveness the First Lesson
"That kiss, sweetest," said Revere, gravely, as they walked up the hill, "has made the ship immortal in my heart. It shall stand until it falls away. I was sent here by the government to sell the ship. It was to be destroyed."
"Oh, Richard!" she cried in sudden anxiety and alarm at his words.
"Nay, love; say nothing of it to any one. It shall not be."
"Who will prevent it?"
"I."
"You! But how?"
"I shall buy it myself and let it stand as long as it will."
"How good you are!" she exclaimed, greatly relieved. "But, Dick, are you rich enough to buy a whole ship yourself?"
"My darling," he answered, "since you kissed me I think I have the mines of Golconda at my command."
"Ah, but kisses won't buy ships," returned the wise maiden. "Seriously, Richard?"
"Seriously, dearest, I suppose I am rich enough to buy anything I want; that is, anything in reason that is buyable. No fortune could put a price upon you, I am afraid."
"Nonsense, Dick!" said the girl. "Are you as rich as that?"
"I am of the opinion that I am," he said, somewhat reluctantly; he could not exactly comprehend why. "Does it disappoint you?"
"No, I believe not," she answered, doubtfully. "I never dreamed of such a thing, I'll admit. I always thought we would have a little cottage somewhere – "
"We?" joyfully.
"Of course. We. I was waiting for you, you know."
"Well, dearest, I hope you will become accustomed to something larger than a cottage. Money has some advantages, you know."
"I doubt not I shall if you will teach me. Oh, Dick, I am so happy! I feel so sorry for that other girl."
"What other girl?" he asked, faintly conscience-smitten.
"Josephine, you know. The girl you saved."
Her words struck him like a blow. They brought him to himself. He had to tell her the truth. They were by this time sitting side by side on the gun-carriage on the little platform overlooking the brow of the hill.
"Emily, dearest," said Revere, desperately. He hated to do it; he told himself that he was a fool to say anything, yet her presence and her trust compelled him. "I have something to confess to you. I cannot allow a shadow of deceit to rest on our happiness this heavenly night, and even though it hurts you – "
"Tell me, Dick," she said, as he lingered, reluctant to speak, "whatever it may be. I think I have had happiness enough to last a lifetime as it is; and you love me, don't you? It is not that you do not?"
"Love you? I worship you!"
"Then nothing can matter much," she interrupted.
"But I must say it," he persevered; "I am – I was engaged to marry – "
"Josephine?" a note of terror in the exclamation.
"Yes," with great contrition.
There was a long silence. The girl shrank away from him. She hid her face in her hands, but she did not weep. That would come later. Was she not to be happy, after all?
He felt so guilty and conscience-stricken that he made no attempt to restrain her movement of avoidance, although he longed to take her in his arms again.
"Oh, Richard, how could you?" she said at last, the misery and reproach in her voice cutting him to the heart.
"I could not help it."
It was the old answer that seems so weak, so futile, so foolish, and yet the only answer that could be given; a vague reply, and yet she comprehended.
"I've been a mean coward," he exclaimed. "But at least I love you, and I could not help it."
"Yes, I believe that – that you love me, I mean, – but you could have helped it," she answered, faintly.
"Well, I ought to have helped it," he admitted, in honest misery; "but I love you, and before you it was hard to be silent."
"But you loved the other girl before?"
"No, never, I swear to you!"
"Look me in the face, Richard."
She turned him about in the moonlight and gazed at him keenly, passionately, hungrily almost. He met her glance undaunted. The incubus of the secret was lifted from him – he was another man, even though still bound.
"Emily, I swear to you that my heart has never beat quicker at the thought of her since I have known her. Believe that."
"Yes, I do believe," said the girl, trustingly, at last.
"It is true, and you may. It was an engagement entered into as a sort of family affair, and I never cared anything about it one way or the other. I thought it would be rather pleasant – "
"Is that all?"
"Yes, on my honor, until I met you; and then I knew it could never be."
"You said you were engaged to her, Richard. What do you mean by that?"
"As soon as I could after I had spoken to you this afternoon I wrote to her, telling her the truth about my love for you and giving her a chance to break the engagement."
"Where is the letter?"
"It is gone."
"Suppose she will not break it?"
"She will, of course."
"Dick, I know that she loves you. I know she won't give you up. Oh, my heart is breaking!"
"Nonsense; she doesn't love me at all!"
"No woman could help it who knew you as I do," decidedly.
"No one knows me as you do, dearest. To no one have I ever shown my heart, myself, as I have shown them to you. She must give me up; she shall! I tell you I will marry no woman but you, no matter what happens!"
"And I, Dick, will marry no one but you. But, oh, the pity of it! Why didn't I know you before?"
"But you believe me, don't you, that I love you, only you?"
"Yes, yes, I believe," mournfully.
"And you will trust me?"
"Yes, I suppose I will have to trust you," she answered.
"But you won't do that merely because you have to, will you?" pleaded the young man, coming nearer to her.
"No," she said at last, faintly. "I will trust you because I – I love you."
He suddenly swept her to his breast again and kissed her once more. But she did not return his kiss, and immediately thrust him away from her.
"Please do not do that again, Richard; at least not yet," she murmured, as she resolutely disengaged herself from his embrace. "Poor girl! you don't love her. And now good-night. I must think – it's all so strange – I don't know. We will talk over what is best in the morning."
"But you love me still? You won't let this make any difference, will you?" he pleaded, in deadly anxiety, stretching out his hands to her.
"It won't make any difference in my love, – nothing will ever change that," she answered, sadly; "but it makes a great difference in my happiness."
Poor Emily! she was just learning that the beginning of a woman's love is forgiveness.
In the oldest of Books is written, "It is not good that man should be alone," and the saying is as true as it is ancient. The human being who looks at things through but one pair of eyes – his own – is apt to receive distorted impressions, to see strange visions, and to dream fearful dreams.
To be solitary is to go mad. Society is the preserver and promoter of intelligence and all the virtues; alas! of many of the vices as well. Men – ay, and women, too – have tried to dispense with humanity, seeking something higher. They have withdrawn themselves from the world a while, and, far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, in the vast expanse of some limitless desert, or upon some rough-ribbed Sinai's rocky crest, in seclusion from the sound of tongues and the war of men, have sought to draw near to God.
And they have not found Him. Rather Satan has entered into them and they have become victims of diabolic obsession. For God is in the people. The human touch conveys the divine. The attrition of men is the outward force that makes character. Life is to fit in and be a part of daily duty among common men. So other and higher life is won.
Barry was a man, alone, – a madman now. Revere had added the finishing touch by breaking in upon the man's solitude. The admiral was becoming only a daily duty to the sailor. Habit had almost encysted his affection for his superior. As Emily had approached womanhood she had drawn away from Barry. He worshipped her from a greater and greater distance, constantly increasing. And now that she loved one of her own age and her own class, the old man felt that she had almost vanished from his sight. The last link that held him in touch with humanity was breaking. Should he not strike while there was time? Love was not for him, but hate is everybody's. He should claim his portion.
The rotting ship was his mountain, his desert, his hermitage. Its bare, gaunt timbers were his horizon. He looked, he listened, he read again the letters, he agonized, he broke, and was lost. And when the devil came to him, under the guise of good to be accomplished, he found a place ready, swept and garnished for him.
Oh, poor, blind, possessed old sailor!
The Chalice Of Courage: A Romance of Colorado
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The Grip of Honor


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Dexter Revival Gets A Release Date and Synopsis
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Dexter Revival, The official synopsis of the show reads "Set 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, the series finds him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons."
Dexter Revival, We said that the final season will start right from where the 8th season ended. And it is true in so many sorts. Dexter is on the run and has been settling down in his new life. But his old demon will hunt him again and he might go on hunting once again. We might also see some of the flashbacks of what happened with Dexter in those 10 years.
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The makers have also announced the release date of the final season of the show. The ten-episode limited series will premiere on Showtime on November 7.
Showtime also released the new sneak peek of the final season of the show. And I am not going to lie, but it looks really good. It looked like "DEXTER" for real. I don't know how it will turn out, but if it is anything like the trailer, we are in for a treat.
Dexter Revival will feature Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Alano Miller (Sylvie's Love), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country), Oscar Wahlberg (NOS4A2), Jack Alcott (The Good Lord Bird), and Michael Cyril Creighton. Clancy Brown is reported to be the new antagonist of the series.
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Clyde Phillips is overseeing the story of the ninth season while Marcos Siega is directing it. Both of them will also produce the series alongside Michael C. Hall.


Jussie Smollett could still face federal charges as the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are continuing their probe into a threatening letter Smollett might have sent to himself, a report said.
Federal investigators continue to probe whether Smollett — who was cleared of state charges on Tuesday — delivered the racially charged letter to the "Empire" office in Chicago, according to ABC News.
A source told the network that the dismissal of the state's case has not impacted the federal probe.
The hate-filled letter arrived a week before his alleged hate crime occurred.
Smollett said the letter stated "You will die black f-g" in cutout magazine letters with a crude stick figure drawing hanging from a tree.
"MAGA" was written in red letters across the envelope, which also had a crushed-up white powder in it that was later determined to be aspirin.
When police brought disorderly conduct charges against Smollett last month, claiming he staged a hate crime against himself, they said the Empire actor was upset the letter he received didn't get enough attention so he decided to stage an actual attack.
The FBI has remained tight-lipped throughout the duration of the Smollett investigation, even when he was still considered a victim.
However, the Chicago Police Department said the FBI assisted them in their investigation and all of the evidence in the case was being processed by the FBI.


Lear is back folks! Well almost back. They're about to re-emerge from bankruptcy, after wiping out holders of the previous class of common stock. Barclays is out this morning upgrading what I'll assume are the "new" shares. They're probably making a good call -->>now that management owns enough of the new shares to actually care about the equity holders in this new "structure."
I put this info out there not because I enjoy ranting about inept management, but rather as a warning to people who assume common stock ownership is (1) as safe as you think it is, and (2) that management is on your side all the time.
Here's a presentation Lear gave back in April. I love the gem in there, "The Company recognizes that it needs to address its debt structure."
For those who've not followed the story, Lear was hit with the perfect storm of high debt, a crumbling auto industry, and a high fixed cost structure. Earlier this year it became apparent they would need to take drastic actions in order to fulfil debt maturities and plug the holes in their cash-losing operations.
Writing about it back then, I spoke to the company and asked if they might consider some "SYA financing," like Alcoa had done. By that I mean "save your a$$" sales of common stock. Yes, it's at low prices and would dilute the hell out of existing shareholders, but at least said shareholders - THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANY -would live another day.
AlphaNinja - C'mon Lear, respect the shareholders. Put a major turnaround plan together, and sell some common stock. With your stock trading at 1.42, the market sees little chance for a turnaround. With additional cash raised from a stock offering, the market may increase your odds of a turnaround, and bring the stock up into the high single digits.
I just got off the phone with Lear's investor relations. After suggesting that the company take actions similar to what Alcoa did, the response was "not at this stock price." Fair enough argument, no one likes to sell low and buy high. So when I ask about how shareholder-friendly the management plans to be in a potential turnaround/restructuring, the reply was (approximately) "the management and board's first responsibility is to the shareholder. But when we get in a potentially bad situation, our lawyers tell us that we have to take steps to protect the whole enterprise value, including debt holders and employees."
Now this is what's frustrating -when does the board and management decide that the line has been crossed, and that they now have to let shareholders get stiffed in order to protect other stakeholders. It is a very worrisome scenario to me - how can one feel comfortable investing money in common stock when their interest in tough times is subject to board and company management, who might prefer to hang onto their jobs and give debt holders control of the company, instead of taking drastic actions(liquidation) that would preserve/salvage shareholder value?
They did exactly as I suggested they would, a veritable waltz into bankruptcy. While I never was excited about the potential job losses in a liquidation, I was enraged by this company's total lack of concern for the common stockholder. Their actions bordered on criminal.
And finally, with an amazing amount of unintentional comedy, they call themselves the most "talented" management in the industry. First off, this industry (at least lately) certainly isn't known for management excellence, so I'm not sure what kinda bar they're setting. More importantly, you're DAMN right they're motivated! They destroyed the previous common stock, cozied up to debt holders, and now have lucrative stock incentive to "motivate" themselves. Too bad they weren't motivated before.