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(AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has authorized eliminating and consolidating dozens of state boards and commissions.
Quinn issued the order approving the shrinking of government groups Friday.
Quinn's directive eliminates various commissions whose work has been completed such as the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial and Ronald Reagan Centennial commissions.
It also lists commissions considered by his office as redundant or dormant. This category includes a task force that studied racial profiling and the Chronic Disease Nutrition and Outcomes Advisory Commission.
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(or Passion NY) is not a Japanese brand I pay that much attention too, but sometimes they come up with cute stuff.
I noticed their new shades in the Rouge Kiss G range (glossy type).
Kiss always pick girls to model for them that look around 13 and are as pasty as hell. Hey, nothing wrong with being pasty. It's the slightly pervy-13-but-seductive look I think is weird.
I got two shades, Pure Apricot and Pure Peach, which infact is anything but peach, it's a pearly pink. It spells peachy and is very very glossy. There is also a new Rouge Kiss set which is more pigmented but hey, it's summer! Bring out the gloss!
Pretty packaging as always but not as nice as the older lipsticks I own:
The Japanese companies do the watery-shine-gloss lipstick better than anyone else. It looks great of the lips and feels fab too – sometimes I do wonder when trying out make up on regular counters how behind they really are.
The lipstick-gloss feel lovely on the lips. Soft, comfortable, light. It has royal jelly essence, honey and chamomile extract too.
Pure peach, which is not peach at all –
It's a light, shimmery pink. Oh it so lovely! I love it! Not too 80s.
Pure Apricot is a warm orange with glitter –
More pigmented but not overly so. This is a glossy, glittery warm orange – better for warm tones:
My lips look a bit porny in these photos, hmmm…not that I would know what that looks like.
To be completely honest, if you are a Japan-makeup-aphile, you will already own a glossy, shiny lipstick like this somewhere. Nevertheless, tis PERFECT for summer as it feels so comfortable to wear, has a light shimmer, makes the lips look
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It looks like Microsoft is working with Prometric to put out a different way of testing for certification. Basically, it's an emulation, there are tasks to complete, and the emulation grades based on how well the tasks are completed when all is said and done. This is different than from what Microsoft calls a simulation where there's only a limited number of paths. Having seen the various Cisco router/switch "sims" I guess those are better described as emulations, especially the more robust ones where you can set up several switches and routers and issue almost the entire set of IOS commands. But in any case, it sounds like a step in the right direction. More here:
The pilot is just that: a pilot. It's not a beta exam, there's no score, it's to test out how well the new mechanism works. However, the first 3000 folks to participate will get an exam voucher out of the deal. One proviso, the pilot is based on simulating Windows Server 2008 Active Directory configuration.


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Then it happened. TLC posted a blog from of all people Robyn, who is clueless, CLUELESS on what concerns women may have in their daily life. In fact, just to show how self-centered she still is (after almost 3 years of marriage) her first blog entry focused on Robyn and how a beautician mistreated her.
Remember Robyn's rant about Hunter not so long ago? Well, now she has turned her wrath on an unknown beautician. I imagine Christine and the older Brown children are breathing a sigh of relief that Robyn has set her sights on someone OUTSIDE of the family cul-de-sac this time.
I find her story to be unbelievable. This is how she described what happened:
"I had this experience with a beautician that really threw me off and set me back. I sat down in her chair to get my hair done and immediately I could tell she was bothered. Her face was hard and after a few moments of awkward small talk she looked me straight in the eye and said, 'You must be crazy and stupid to ever think being married to a man with more than one wife was a smart choice.' "
Trust me, if I thought a beautician was that upset about my sitting in her chair, I would get my fat behind up off that chair and ask for another stylist. Or complain to the manager. Or look at my watch and say "Oops, I've got to go. Thanks, I'll leave your tip with the cashier." I would not just sit there and allow a woman with a scowl on her face (and a pair of deadly weapon scissors in her hand) anywhere near the juggler veins in my throat, let alone the hairs on my head.
Nope, that was pure fantasy on Ms Sullivan's part.
In a way, her Letter to a Monogamous Beautician was so indicative of what makes Robyn tick.
When Robyn says "Please allow me to enlighten you" she's actually saying How DARE you talk to me that way. I am better than you, and don't you ever, EVER forget it !
And can Robyn be so simpleminded to think that her 'belief system', which apparently allows single women to fantasize about married men as potential husbands, would sit well with the married women in the world? No wonder her 'belief system' doesn't actively proselytize. What married woman would want to join a 'belief system' where every "belief system' get together becomes a supermarket where single women can shop for a husband. Based, of course, on that man's track record with his current wife (or wives), his ability to parent, and surprise surprise, his wealth. Wealth that the original wife worked hard to obtain and now some single female wants to share. Let's be real, forget about how the man treats his wives or his ability to parent, it boils down to this: Easy money, and with Kody Brown, 15 minutes of fame on the side.
So this is how I picture Robyn meeting Kody that first time. While Robyn was husband shopping, a check out girl announced "Clean up on aisle 3", Robyn hurried over and saw Kody standing there with camera crew in tow. Robyn may not be the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but she's not a total idiot. The rest is history.
When Robyn says "I KNEW my husband was going to be a good husband and father before I even started to consider marrying him..." I laughed out loud. Robyn honey, like you said in that book you co-wrote, you saw the convertibles, you were offered a free wedding and honeymoon. Woman, you saw DOLLAR SIGNS and a TV SHOW - that's what motivated you to get married again. Short of Kody falling off of Mount Everest, this was a done deal. And to support this, you even said of your first marriage you were married to the son of a very prominent plyg family. Well, now you are married to a plyg man on a reality show on national TV. So please, spare me the "I am lucky and blessed" simplistic view of your 'belief system'. You married up, and most likely you will be onto your next plyg hubby once the Sister Wives train pulls into the depot for the last time and the McMansions go on the auction block.
Just so no one will forget just how Robyn operates, let's take a walk down memory lane...
On the right is a picture of Kody kissing his girlfriend (Kody's words) ..while Christine is in the hospital about to give birth to Truely.
On the left, Truely's crib located in Christine's bedroom in the Lehi house. While Kody was away courting Robyn, Meri and Janelle helped a very pregnant Christine rearrange her bedroom furniture so the crib would fit.
On the right is Sol's crib located in Robyn's Las Vegas rental. Sol had his own bedroom. According to Robyn, her first husband (from a prominent plyg family) did not provide any of her 3 children with a crib. At least that's what she told Kody...
To summarize her words towards Hunter at the time: You can no longer deny I'm your father's wife now because I just gave birth to his baby. Deal with it.
I bet there's an open letter to Hunter hidden in her bedroom
For some reason, Robyn felt it necessary to bring in outside help.
It was announced on the show last season that Taralyce would be living with her sister Robyn. On camera, Taralyce was featured in the Plygcation episode. Off camera, she accompanied Robyn on various trips, including the Nauvoo trip.
So much for relying on sisterwives for help.
And let's not forget the wonderful comment she left on her MSWC Facebook page that admonished readers to remember before complaining about being billed for merchandise they haven't received, or misspelled words or errors in grammar, that she's got a screaming baby hanging onto her legs (or something like that).
Like I said, looks like those amazing sisterwives aren't all they are cracked up to be, in the real world.
You can read the entire article here:
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Hi everyone!!!
whew! I have a severe headache. i'm sitting in Hall C, waiting for the last of the artists to be done...
So there were some changes this year. one of the big ones, internal to Artists Alley and not the con in general, was the map. I wonder what you all thought of that? I was concerned about the 2 blocks in the back end being split up to give us more tables and block areas and less traffic space - how did that work for those of you over there?
Okay so, um, in general, i don't think i heard too many complaints this year? So things must have run as smoothly as they possibly could (given that nothing ever runs completely smooth) and that makes me happy!
On the staff end we did have a few problems. I found the room was too cold, and no easy water access stations. but we never get those so...I dunno anymore.
We had to ask quite a few sellers to take down their stickers and washi tape. May i please point you all at the  FAQ - section 17: What you can and can't sell (and why)
Most everyone we had to talk to was very cooperative and understanding and we thank you all for that. I know things can be frustrating sometimes and communication is always key for fixing issues.
Security - i think, ran much smoother and faster this year. i certainly only heard one thing and that is a big leg up from last year.
I feel like i'm missing something - these are usually much longer. Feel free to add to this - and this thread is for the convention itself, and how things ran and how they went for you during con, please.
Congratulations on surviving another con! hope it went well...hope you all got yourself one of those buttons for surviving the false fire alarm. A friend got me mine and i'm just very glad it was false and we did NOT have to evacuate the building (my heart was in my throat and i'm sure it was in yours as well). but it certainly did NOT help the near constant headache i had all weekend.
Thanks for coming! Hope to see you all next year. I think the battery is gonna die - so, signing off - please leave your own thoughts behind - both good and bad. *crosses fingers*
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I loved Artist Alley this year.
Other than that, I honestly wouldn't change a thing!
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Other than that, I honestly wouldn't change a thing!
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Scottsdale Shootout!
Not to sound melodramatic, but in the years and decades to come, we will look back fondly to 2013 as the year autocross finally hit the big time. Specifically, the Goodguys 16th Southwest Nationals on November 15-16, 2013, at WestWorld of Scottsdale was the occasion that marks the first time such a large cash purse was ever paid out to amateur autocrossers racing against the clock on a coned-off parking lot. In this case, $5,000 cash was handed out to the top four finishers in a heated 24-car bracket that consisted of the top 20 qualifiers from previous events (more on that later), and the four fastest qualifiers that weekend at WestWorld.
The plan was hatched by Goodguys at the beginning of 2013: Take the fastest amateur cars at each of the 11 events leading up to Scottsdale, and give them each entry into the elite field at the year-ending meet at WestWorld. These 11 would be combined with the nine top finishers from the pro ranks during the competitions leading up to Scottsdale. (Pro teams are made up mostly of Goodguys autocross sponsors). This group of 20 were guaranteed a spot in the final elimination run-off on Saturday, November 16, but there was a catch: They would still have to earn a good position on the elimination ladder, and they would have to do battle against four scrappy competitors who would fight their way into the final open four positions during qualifying on Friday.
Pouring more gasoline on the fire, the 16th Southwest Nationals started exactly one week after the end of the SEMA show in Las Vegas, and just five days after the tire smoke cleared at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational—both a scant half-day's drive from Scottsdale. We just happen to have all the baddest muscle car iron on the planet putting all their lopsided weight on the Left Coast in a very short span of time. Simply put—you'd have to be an idiot not to bring your Pro Touring street machine to Scottsdale to take a swing at that fat $5,000 purse. And while many of the cars at SEMA and Optima had already earned one of the 20 spots, as we said, others were still hungry for fame and fortune, thus presenting an opportunity that couldn't be passed up. All this hot competition made for an exciting weekend of autocross madness that topped off one of the most memorable weeks in all of Pro Touringdom.
We planned the entire year to be there, and when the time arrived, we hit the highway with two of our own corner-carving project cars—Project Nova and Project Olds. PHR photographer Robert McGaffin was on a West Coast swing with his 1965 Cutlass for SEMA and Optima, so we hit the highway together from L.A. to Scottsdale to enjoy the drive in our machines, all while hoping to get some laps in on the Goodguys course. As luck (or the lack of it) would have it, McGaffin had mechanical issues, which kept him from running hard enough to get one of the final four slots. As for the 1968 Nova, our Nitto NT01s were deemed illegal for competition (something about being too sticky!), so we weren't even allowed on course to make fun runs. No worries though, we had a blast rooting for our friends, hanging out in the pits, and enjoying the always nice weather. One cool thing about a big cash purse like the Goodguys Finals is that it brings all the heavy hitters out, so while things were friendly pit-side, it was also serious, especially out on track.
The Goodguys Finals format is unique in that the first day—Friday—was the only day for open time trials and qualifying. After that, only the top four cars from Friday were allowed to run with the other 20 finalists on Saturday. Through qualifying on Friday and early Saturday, the cars had been ranked top to bottom, and placed in a 24-car elimination ladder to be run Saturday afternoon. With Search & Restore's Tim Strange on the mic announcing the action, fans pressed against the fence barriers to get a glimpse of the action. All afternoon, cars were knocked out of contention, and when the dust settled the fastest and third fastest qualifiers remained: Brian Hobaugh in a 1965 Corvette and Danny Popp in his 1972 Corvette. Both these guys play hard for keeps and have many wins under their belt, but it was No. 3 underdog qualifier Danny Popp who took the crown, and the $3,000 top prize. Hobaugh—who was just hot off of his Optima Challenge win—didn't go home empty-handed though. His take: a cool $1,250 in cash. (Jim McKamey took $500 for Third, and Mary Pozzi took $250 in a run-off of the round-three losers for Fourth.)
So the question is this: Will we look on the years leading up to 2013 as the good ol' days before autocross went Hollywood, or will it mark the beginning of a golden era where autocross eclipses drag racing as the dominant expression of the muscle car and everything that entails? With dragstrips closing or limiting access, while the country continues to be paved with more and larger parking lots, it only makes sense that autocross will continue to become more popular. We'll be watching to see if other organizations follow suit with big cash prizes—this could be the beginning of something even bigger!


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More snow is on the way for the Poconos tomorrow. The latest forecast calls for 3 to 5 inches. Check our Winter Storm Center for updates. And if you haven't already, sign up for our severe weather text alerts.
More snow is on the way for the Poconos tomorrow. The latest forecast calls for 3 to 5 inches. Check our Winter Storm Center for updates. And if you haven't already, sign up for our severe weather text alerts.
All that snow is creating happy trails for Pocono area ski resorts, where business has been booming the last few days.
There's a horrific story out of suburban Philadelphia today … A young woman's Christmas – and her life – were shattered when she was kidnapped, raped, robbed and beaten in her own car by three teenagers over a five-hour period.
A 33-year-old Tobyhanna man has been charged with robbing a bank on Long Island yesterday.
Look for more of New Jersey's garbage to be traveling through the Poconos in the new year. Morris County has awarded a contract to a Pennsylvania waste hauler to take its trash to a Dunmore landfill.
That's not the only story about trash in the news today. Much of the rubble left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is ending up in – you guessed it – Pennsylvania.
What will you be doing to ring in 2013? Do you go out? Host a party? Have a special tradition? Tell us about it.
Just in time for New Year's Eve, we profile some of the Poconos' most popular bartenders. They reveal the secrets and circumstances of the drink-mixing trade.
Taxes are falling in Pocono Township, but tempers are flaring between supervisors. Who knew passing a budget with a tax cut could be so hard!
Residents of Delaware Water Gap aren't so lucky. Taxes there are going up 8 percent next year. The borough needs to buy a new generator to power its water system after the old generator went kaput during Hurricane Sandy.
Monroe County commissioners hope to save $300,000 next year by self-insuring for workplace disability claims.
Meet the Pen Argyl woman who could make 'Wheel of Fortune' history tonight. Did she become the second-biggest winner in the show's history when she taped an episode back in September? You'll have to watch to find out.
What are you doing with your New Year's Eve? If you don't know yet, or if you're looking to get out to the nightlife scene this weekend, PopRox blogger Mike Sadowski has some ideas for you in a jam-packed special edition of Your Poconos Weekend Fun Guide.


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Welcome to "Classroom Connections," The Sun's new education blog!
Most of us have heard the Internet described as the "Information Superhighway." Well, we see this blog is a two-way street --- with your thoughts and opinions making up an integral part of the discussion, debate and exploration of education news and trends.
We chose the blog's name, "Classroom Connections," because it best describes our endeavor to give readers an upclose view of where the real action happens --- the bottom line is all about the differences that are being made in the classroom.
You can expect to frequently see news updates and fresh insights from The Sun's education team --- a group of nine reporters who cover state, national, regional and local school news.
We believe that "Classroom Connections" will provide a centralized location for readers to find information of the happenings in and around the education world, particularly in Maryland.
Toward that end, we are launching a few features --- and will add new ones as the blog evolves --- that are designed to augment the blogging experience, including:
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Each Monday, we'll invite readers to submit questions to be answered by local education enthusiasts, including school system administrators, teachers, students, parent advocates. Sometimes we'll look at a particularly hot topic in the news, other times we'll seek your questions about a variety of compelling education issues and trends. The answers will be posted on the blog the following Monday.
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With your help, we'll spotlight outstanding educators from across the region. To salute your favorite educator, please e-mail any of The Sun's education reporters the following information: The educator's name; school; educational background; and personal data, such as age, residence and family. This person may be anyone who works on the behalf of students ... teachers, principals, guidance counselors, etc. Then, answer this question: "How does this educator make a difference?"
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From time to time, we'll toss out a question or raise an issue for discussion, and post your responses. "Talk Back" is designed to spur discussion of hot topics in the news as well as trends and issues in education.
We believe this blog will serve as a powerful tool to bring together the community of people who are passionate about the health of our school systems. We urge you to visit the site regularly and weigh in with your questions, thoughts and ideas.
On that note, let's get started with our first "Education Q&A."
With news accounts of kids bringing guns to class, fights breaking out at high school sporting events, and the recent Virginia Tech massacre, school leaders, government officials and education advocates across the country are asking themselves if enough being done to prevent such violence. Schools are supposed to be havens. Scared teachers can't teach, scared students can't learn. A local school security official and a police officer will answer your questions on this pressing issue. Please submit questions by 10 a.m. Wednesday for Larry Faries, security coordinator for Carroll County public schools, and a Howard County police officer. Their answers will be posted next Monday.
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my suggestion would be to right click click on the picture then save the picture to your hard drive, resize it, then upload it to a pic host (like imageshack or something) without the dashes. Then point your URL to that new URL.
Fine, just take the exact words/idea I posted up there and then get all the credit for it!!!


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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band marches onto the set of THE TALK as today's official house band in New Orleans, Monday, January 28, 2013 from CBS Super Bowl Park at Jackson Square in the heart of the historic French Quarter. The Talk will air Monday, January 28 – Friday, February 1 (2:00-3:00PM, ET, 1:00-2:00PM, PT) leading up to CBS Sport's coverage of Super Bowl XLVII to be broadcast on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Heather Wines/CBS ©2011 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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We're in the midst of the 2014 Detroit Auto Show here, and we've been running around, covering all the reveals. So far, nothing is terrible. But whoa nelly things in the past were bad. What's the worst?
We're not looking for a chintzy, stupid reveal itself, but we're looking for a product that was unveiled in Detroit that just flat out sucked.
A disappointing Corvette. A terrible compact. An unusable SUV. What's your pick?


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Hi everyone,
Long-time reader and bento maker, first time forum resident! I live in London, UK (in West Kensington... hence the name) and have been making packed lunches in various forms for years... from the margarine sandwiches (mmm, delicious!) which accompanied my penniless gap year days to the bento boxes I pack for work now.
My work (I'm a barrister) involves a LOT of travelling around the south-east of the country, and every day is different - so I don't know whether I'll be eating my bento in the sun outside the visitor's centre at HMP Wayland, or sitting down with a load of papers in the robing room at Inner London Crown Court. I try to pack something different every day, but I'm sure we all have days when we reach for the familiar: my fall-back is rice, a soy egg, some kind of stir-fried vegetable and umeboshi plums (I'm addicted). I'm really looking forward to learning everyone's speed bento tips, as well as how to use my freezer more effectively in the bid to make-ahead!
Well, I think that's a long enough introduction. Hope to see you all around the forums sometime,
West Ken Girl.
Hi and welcome. I'm a fan of Rumpole, so I probably have completely the wrong idea of the life of a London barrister. Can't imagine him getting out his bento box down at Pomeroy's Wine Bar somehow.
My blog is Food and Shoes
I have to say, the food at El Vino's (the bar Pommeroy's is based on) is so dire for vegetarians I'd be sorely tempted to get my bento box out, but I'd get no end of funny looks :)
A hello back, from Oxford. I'm impressed: a barrister with a bento...who would have thought of that combination, but I like it! Am also a long-time bento maker, though mine are not always as artistically inspired. I'd like to know how to do that, in a time-efficient manner. But like you, can understand what it's like about funny looks when one takes out the bento box!
I went to uni in Oxford, so I know it well! Is the little Asian supermarket on the bridge by the station still there? I bet that's handy for bento supplies!
I think I missed the "barristers are SERIOUS middle-aged men who definitely don't take pastel-coloured lunchboxes and bunny chopsticks to court" memo :)
I tend to "cheat" with artistic stuff, like having colourful sauce bottles and things to stuff in like that, rather than doing cutesy things with the food itself (no time!). I'm always really inspired by Biggie's "speed bento tips" over on lunchinabox.net.
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i terms two dollars per annum in advance uvei ; . re for ih lirst reach subsequent insertion court or nl higher sl'l'fi'll of mr lulilhxtielt ontlu rill to reduce the tariff in the il - nf rejtrcsenttitives july 1 is 10 air barkinccr s aid that he was at all limes very averse to enter upon the are ■. i of regular debate in this house his . iperience here had satisfied him that those who were most frequently desirous of occupying the floor wire noi regarded as the mos useful or influential members of th/s 1 o ly j 1 ' was especially reluctant .,, address the committee at this stage of shausted debate but the subject - one i the gravest importance ; it called by some the great question of lay he had some views on thissub -. which is regarded as so deeply inter every section of the l'nion and , la s of the people of this nation ■h he desired to present to this com i e and to the public he was not in mfortunate positioned the gentleman had just addressed the committee 1 stanton of tennessee and who • . i so greatly embarrassed in the ef ■reconcile the differences of his dc riends in this house he had i r to say to their quarrels which . to threaten such serious collisions in ir ranlcs but which he was satisfied , i be healed by proper efforts and ap mces if it be necessary to pass this bill was well aware of the facilities his locratic friends always possessed in nciling their apparent and sometimes a terences ; and he counted nothing . • the fate of the bill before the commit fironi the exciting collisions of opinion cb on the surface only indicate such ;; - disruption among the members ofthe part on the final vote on this great isure he had no such unpleasant task to perform on his side of the house had no conflicts of opinion to recon i in this side we shall present very iy an unbroken phalanx on the final rote hut he did not mean to make a speech and though his views on this tion differed materially from those ': by a majority ofthe democratic par - louse as now organized he was rl.i<l to say not by all of that party he free ! to gentlemen advocating the r side quite as much honesty in their nd purposes as he claimed for hiinsi the two bills now before the commit mr chairman as well that common died mr mckay's bill as the substt itered by the gentleman fromn.york mr hungerford propsed entire changes ii i!i whole fiscal policy ofthe govern ment i arlicst organization to the time changes ' not gradual but te sweeping radical for al h i some slight degree they both use the principle of protection to a '"" industr and this too wherever it e in its most odious form yet coining - ihey do under the sanction of lhe executive message of december last and fficial report of the secretary of the sury and based as they are on the i of that famous report which has red such consideration both in this j and england especially in the use oi lords from whom it receiv unusual compliment of being prin i i their use both these measures ially the former from the com et ways and means amount to a ial and total abandonment of the hole protective policy indeed sir that object i distinctly avowed on this floor it without the fear of successful diction that the policy which is now supported by the opponents of this bill to repeal the act of 1842 has been main tained since the foundation of our govern ment to the present time wc should al ways hesitate long to disturb a policy w'nich has received the constant approba tion ol the nation to the principles and practice ol our revolutionary statesman who were conversant with the early wants 1 our country and established the con stitutional forms of free government un der which we hav . so long lived and pros i'led do we owe an especial deference and respect the most imperative reasons ounded on considerations of absolute na tional independence demonstrate the ne early adoption ofthe princi ple ot a fair and reasonable encourage ment to domestic industry the pream ble ol the second act passed by the first <• ongress declared that " whereas it is ne cessary lor the support of the government lor the discharge of the debt's of the 1 mi ed nates and the encouragement and pro tection of manufactures that the duties f>e laid on goods wans and merchan dise imported c this act was ap proved and signed on the 4th of july 1789 > i by george washington the father of ms country and voted for by james madi son the ablest and best expounder of our constitution on tbo r.i r i .-.. ,. , ... il > inebthot lanuarv 7.i general washington used the following language in hw first annual address to £«*«»: thesafety and interest of the people require that they should promote such manufactures as tend to render them independent of others for essential esde eiajly military supplies and in hwlast address on the 7th of december 1796 i washington in continuation of the same policy be had always supported and j r sed before congress used the following language : « congress has repeatedly and not without success directed iheir atten jon to the encouragement of manufac the object is of too much eoe.se j«ence : not to ensure a continuance of sr eliuil h "' cvery which shah ap " sj he i lowin " is rn extract of the mes gj 0 mp jefferson to congress on the l ah ui december 1802 : ii i ce maintain commerce ai 1 navi i "*- 1 | bruner & james ) editors -.<• proprietors ( " **** a ri,eck °!° n *"* y0vr ' ; j rs save " rclers do this un libert ) & w series gen'l harrison £ number 14 of volume iii salisbury n c friday july 31 18467 a nnrspriwi c no .;".,.:.." 1 ,!>., »., .,,.,..,. r i i *^ ™"~~~* —==^=^-=: — .- _ — ■•-■.... ,.",,__<_. ■_.... ....■> ...^ ui i iinni am to protect the manufactures adapted to our circumstan ces ; to preserve lhe truth ofthe nation l.y an exact dis ■of its debts and contracts ; expend the public mo ney with the same inn and economy we practise with ur own and impose on our citizens no unnecssary bnr •: ns ; to keep in all things within oar constitutional powers and cherish the federal union as the only rock of safety these fellow-cittizes are the landmarks by which wc nre to guide ourselves in all our proceedings in lis message of the 5th november 1811 mr madison says '" other objects will press more immediatelv ■deliberations a portion of them connot but be well bestowed on the just and sound policy of securin to our manufactures the success they bave attained and " attaining under the impulse of causes not per manent aid to our navigation unequal regulations of foreign oovernments besides the reasonableness ofs tingour manufactures bom sacrifices which a change ol circumstances mighl bring upon them the national nteresl requires that with respect to such materials at east n belong to our defence and primary wants we should not be lefl instate of unnecessary dependence on i jh rnal supplies mr madison never failed to enforce sim ilar sentiments on the consideration of congress and the country whenever a fit opportunity presented itself i shall not letain the committee by further extracts from that distinguished source mr mon roe,distinguished for his devotion to the jest interests of his country in his inaugu ral address expresses himself thus : " our manufactures will likewise require the system itic and fostering care of government possessing as we do all the raw materials the fruil bf our own soil md industry we ought not to depend in the degree we iave done no supplies from other countries while we nv thus dependant the sudden event of war unsought md unexpected cannot fail to pi un ire us into the most serious difficulties it is important too that the capi tal which nourishes our manufactures should be domes tic in its influence as its influence in that case instead il exhausting as it may do in foreign hand would be ell advantageously in the agriculture and every other ranch of industry on the 3d of december 1817 in his message to congress mr monroe said " our manufactures will require the constant atten tion ol congress the capital employed in ihem is con siderable and the knowledge required in the machine t i ' 1:|l "' ol all the most useful manufactures i of rreat value their preservation which depends on due encouragement is connected with the high inter ests ol the nation in his second annual message he uses this language : '• it cannot be doubted that them complete our interna s and the least dependanl we are on foreign i for every national as well as domestic purpose the greater and more stable will be oar public plenty by the in rease of our domestic manufactures will the demand for the rude materials be increased ; and thus will the dependence of the several parts of the l'nion on each other and the strength of the union itself be proportionately augmented again in his message on the 3d decem ber 1822 he says : " satisfied i am whatever may be the abstract doc trines in favorof unrestricted commere provided all na tions would concur in it,and it was not likely lobe inter rupted by war which has never occurred and cannot be expected there are other strong reasons applicable to our situation and relations with other countries which nnpo.-v on us the obligation to cherish our manufactures gen jackson repeatedly recognised and enforced the same suggestions of public policy in his message of the 7th dec 1830 he employs the following emphatic and unanswerable argument : '■the jiowcr to impose duties on imports originally belonged to the several states the right to adjus't these duties with a view to the encouragement of domes tic branches of industry is so completely incidental to that power that it is difficult to suppose the existence ofthe one without the other die states have delega ted their whole authority over imports to the general government without limitation or restriction savin the very inconsiderable reservation relative to he in spection laws this authority having thus entirely passed from the stales the right to exercise it forthe ■oi protection does noi exist in them ; and.i - ■-' tienl y il ii be noi possessed by the general govern ment it must be extinct our political system would thus preseni the anomaly of a people stripped of their righl tn proteel their own industry and to counteract the most selfish and destructive policy which mighl be a dopted by foreign nations this surely cannol be the case tins indispensable power thus surrendered by the states must be within the scope ofthe authority.on the subject expressly delegated to congres in this conclusion i am confirmed as well by the opinions of presidents washington jefferson madison and mon roe who have each repeatedly recommended the exer cise «.| this right under the constitution as by the uni form practict ot congress as by the continued ncquies • nci ol the states and the __. m ral understamuiis oj th people 1 will not refer to the votes of gen jackson and other of the leading states men ofthe opposite party in favor of the act of 1842 ; nor to his remarkable letter oi april 23,181 1 on this subject to dr cole man of my own native state i could cite line upon line and extract upon ex tract from the solemnly recorded and expressed opinions of the great statesmen j a11 parties in our countrv and at all limes in our history to show both the right and duly ol congress in the proper eases to give a fair and reasonable encourage ment to american labor the sentiments i have quoted are opinions of those who have bad the fullest confidence of the country and especially ofthe south the truth is mr chairman that no president or party v hig or democrat federal or kepubhcan hadomited when in powerto maintain in both the constitutionality and expediency of the doctrine contended for by*>ur side ol the house it was a chief element oi success in the election of cen jackson it had never been disputed in a presidential message until the annua communication of the present incumbent in december last even mr polk ad mitted it or at least desired it to be under stood that he was in favor oflhe doctrine j'j to that period you all remember sir li;s celebrated kane letter which was made to assume all the hues of the cham eleon and which has been so severely commented on in this debate every gen tleman from the great democratic state di pennsylvania who has vet taken part ii this discussion has admitted that mr i oik could not have gotten the vote of hat state but for the belie produced by that letter that he was in favor ofthe ta riff and was even a better tariff man than mr clay i will not allude sir to the bitter fruits which i fear that great state is destined to reap from the deception which has boon so skilfully practised upon her confiding people the gentleman from kentucky mr tib hatts has here publicly admitted that mr polk could not have received the votes of the w estera states except for the belief that he re cognised the constitutionality aud expediency of incidental protection within the revenue range and of discrimination to protect all the treat in terests of the country even in the inaugural address of lhe president of the 4th of march 1845 we have the strongest recorrnition ofthe power to legislate with a view to the encourage ment of the great industrial pursuits of the coun try he said : the power to lay and collect taxes duties imposts anil excises was an indispensable one to lie conferred on tin federal government which without it would pos sess no means of providing fur its own support in ex ecuting this power hy levying a tariff of duties for the snppori ni government the raising of revenue should be the object and protection the incident to reverse ihis principle and make protection the object and revenue the incident would be to inflict manifest injustice upon all other than the protected interests in levying duties for revenue il is doubtless proper to make such discrim inations within the revenue principle as will afford in cidental protection to our home interests within the revenue limit there is a discretion to discriminate beyond that limit the rightful exercise of the power is not con ceded mr chairman i shall not multiply as i could authorities on this subject it would be an an omaly if the government did not have this in dispensable power it would lie suicidal — without its just exercise we should not be an independent people it was one of the chief objects of our separation from the mother coun try whose policy had been so inimical lo the development of our resources aud who desired to restrain us from the power to manufacture even a hobnail in the colonies it was incor porated in our federal constitution and has been sanctioned by the practice of every administra tion under every diversity of pai ty even now a large portion of the ascendant party in this : house will not admit lhat it is in any sense the test of party allegiance : and even express their amazement at the theories of those who hold political communion with them on other subjects and yet mr chairman after all this weight of argument and precedent and practice gentlemen throughout this debate on the other side have been horrified and startled at the idea ofthe least discrimination even within the rev enuc range in favor of the essential interests of the nation it is represented especially by ; some of our opponents from virginia and ala : bama as a modern violation of the plainest pro visions of tiie constitution it is no new thing i sir to legislate for the protection of particular interests when their preservation and advance ment are connected with the general welfare ofthe nation by what authority have our navi gation laws been passed ! what right had we to give a preference in lhe whole coasting trade i to american shipping without regard to the rates of transportation offered by foreign vessels — : the constitutionality or wisdom of these laws has never been questioned is not this a vio lation of the principles so zealously urged by gentlemen here ? is this buying where we could buy cheapest ?" or is it not on your principles an " odious grinding monopoly in lavor ofa set of bloated purse-proud american manufacturers ?" mr chairman i do not desire to be misun derstood / a-ii not in favor of a '* hi gh protec tive tariff 1 am not tor a tariff for •' protec tion merely i do not contend for that system j of legalized plunder and robbery " that gen j tlemen so eloquently declaim about in ihis hall what i insist upon and what i think the high est interests of the country demand is such a tariff as has been the subject of good sound n big doctrine from the beginning sanctioned by the principles and practice of the lathers of true republican faith such a tariff as has been . recommended over and over again iu themes sages of our best presidents and advocated and virtually promised in the inaugural address of mr polk himself viz : a tariff which while it imposes duties on foreign imports for the neces sary revenue to support an economical adminis tration of the j overnment as its pri me object shall be so arranged and adjusted in its details as to afford a just and reasonable encourage ment in lavor of all the great interests of agri culture commerce manufactures and the me chanic arts while revenue should be the ob ject discrimination should be the incident sir you never will conduct the affairs ofthis great nation successfully on any contrary doctrine — ihis is the well-established revolutionary prin ciple for which our forefathers contended ; this is necessary for the prosperity ol the great in terests of the people and indispensable to us as a free and independent nation a tariff of some sort xve must have the c overnment must le supported s'o influential american statesman has ever seriously declared himself in favor of direct taxes as a pennant nl system if nri inie in time of peace we cannot rely on loans or treasury notes for a permanent rev enue tie objections to these are obvious — a tariff on duties of foreign imports must there fore be laid such duties have been laid from itsf to this day and sir i predict that what ever may he tin fate of this lull proposing a revolution in the whole financial system of our country experience will continue to point out j the beaten track of our fathers as the best course for us to pursue we shall soon get tired ol this untried experiment i am not for any hot house stimulus to industry and i admit that true policy requires that legislative protection should be confined iu a wise discrimination to such productions as our situation capital and re sources enable us to make successfully to sup ply the wants of the country on the 30th of august 1842 congress pass ed a tarifl law now in force this lull propo ses to repeal it is this proposed change right i nothing can be more pernicious to the labor ' and capital of the country than this vacillating i olicy — this constant fluctuation both in the irade of thp country and the revenues oflhe government i do not pretend to say that the act of f-*l if perfect ; or that it should be like . the laws of the medes and persians unaltera ble if it be imperfect as doubtless it is let il be amended iu such particulars as experience may have indicated as necessary let it be a mended iu a proper way and on thorough exam ination and not at the instance and upon the statements of british importers and their agents the regulation of a tariff of duties is neces sarily complicated and one of great difficulty it is a question of facts and details ramifying themselves through every interest of society we never have and in a country like ours of such diversified pursuits and interests we nev cr can pass any general tariff law which will give satisfaction to all the thing is impossi ble our titie course is to come as near this end as possible i have freely admitted that lhe easting law might be wisely amended i should like to see that indispensable necessary of life salt made duty free the duties and mmimums on coarse domestics might be low ered if not entirely abolished ; and on raw cot ton tiie duty which was once important but now useless might well be abolished altogeth er by this course we siiould wrest from the hands of demagogues instruments by which they aye constantly trying to deceive the people — there are other instances in which the act of 1842 may well be amended and the free list might be decreased but in the main that law had operated well ; and after all experience was the best teacher ; it is worth all vour theo ries the act of is ij had completely refuted the predictions of its enemies and fully realized the best hope of ils friends under its opera tion the country was prosperous under what circumstances had lhat act been passed ? i need not dwell on what all must so well remem ber the object of that law was to raise a sinking revenue ; to restore the public credit ; to pay the public debts and liabilities ; and last though not least to give incidental protection to j interests essential to our national welfare and j independence towards the close of the ope ! ration ofthe celebrated compromise act of 18:33 tho expenditures constantly exceeded our in : come even before the reduction had reached ; the lowest point of twenty per cent it had ut . terly failed to produce the necessary revenue this fact is admitted by the most ultra free trade men et gentlemen are for returning not gradually but suddenly to the same system — who can believe that the bill before us will raise sufficient revenue for the wants of the government curtail your expenses ; aban don your magnificient scheme of internal im provemenjs passed by this democratic house . under the name of lhe harbor and river bill * ' reduce your annual expenditure to seventeen millions and perhaps then average of twenty ! five to thirty per cent ad valorem may prove sufficient but sir does anyone here believe that this reduction will be brought about ? we must legislate for an existing state of things the expenditure of the government instead of being restricted by economy to seventeen mil lions a year amounted on an average to near twenty six millions it has stood at that rate for years past it will be increased the ac quisilion of texas and the establishment of new j territorial governments the most expensive , appendages of your government and the ne j cessary enlargement of your army and navy will enhance your expenditures they will lie from twenty eight to thirty millions per annum i do not speak of a state of war but of a peace i establishment the gentleman from n york i mr iir.\<;i:__roui has demonstrated by a most searching analysis that this bill will not produce more than seventeen millions net rev enue in time of peace and less in time of war how shall we supply the deficit ? shall we re sort to loans and treasury notes ? i fear they ; will soon again become fashionable with the aid of the ** little tariff bill as it is called passed in 1841 xvhich my colleague now be fore me mr graham well remembers the compromise act still failed to raise the neces sary income it sank to less than thirteen mil lions a year the treasury was empty — the g overnment bankrupt — and general ruined star ' ed us in the face experience spoke with a voice that could not be mistaken the com j promise act emptied the treasury ; the tariff of 1**12 filled it the compromise act prostrated the credit of the government ; and then the act of 1842 restored it who does not remember with a blush of patriotic shame the low point to which our nation had been brought how your government scrip was hawked and ped dled about in every money market in the world without a bidder ? the congress of 1842 had of necessity to revise the whole revenue system but gentlemen say the rates of that law xvere too high because they are above the revenue standard " the revenue standard ?" what do gentlemen mean by these cabalistic phrases ? is it the amount needed for revenue — a fixed quality ! ( r does it not fluctuate with the state of the nation and the necessities of our public affairs . it must necessarily depend on the state of trade and the public exigencies we want one amount in peace another in time of war there is therefore no such thing as a fixed revenue standard mr secretary walker as seits that it is twenty percent we have tried that or at least we had approached it at a time too when our importations were very large and our experiment had proved that when we got down in the scale as far as twenty-five per ct the revenue failed and the government was placed in the most perilous crisis under the act of 1842 the annual average nett revenue is from twenty six to twenty-seven millions of dol lars — about sufficient to answer the wants of the government in ordinary times but mr chairman it is objected to the existing law that its operation is most injurious to tbe consuming portion ofthe community especially to the arm ing and planting interests that it raises the price of all the people have to buy and lowers the price of all they have to sell ; that il is a system of plunder and injustice ; and that it puts into the pockets of lhe manufacturers two dol lars for every one in lhe treasury — fifty four millions to enrich them and only twenty-seven millions in the national coffers ! this repre sentation which in truth is mere declamation opposed to the facts ofthe case is based on the idea that every tariff of duties is necessarily a tax and that in all cases this tax is paid by the consumer now sir i utterly deny this post hon it m ay be true as a general rule but it not only has many exceptions but there are many cases where it is decidedly opposed to the | truth ()" i,"se articles from which we de rived the greatest part of our revenue lhe duty did not raise the price and was not a tax lo lhe consumer because nearly enough ofthe articles were produced to meet the demands of consump tion without resort to ihe foreign supply do mesne competition was induced and lowered the price when the rticle is not made at home m sufficient quantities to answer our de mauds the duty was often divided between the consumer and producer or importer in which case the foreign importer pays a parl ", the tas for the privilege of selling in our market where we do not make the article at all the whole duty was strictly a lax and p:iil i by ! , j . consumer prices depend upon the teat laws of supply and demand and on the ability uf the people to consume but sir i will nut enlarge on this subject every body knows that the prices of leading articles of consumption are lower than they were at and before the passage 1 lhe act of 1842 it is an admitted fact but gentlemen say this is owing to improved machinery and other causes what has im proved machinery and given new impulse to manufacturing skill but the policy we advocate ? in regard to the prices of agricultural produce especially of that great staple cotton it was wed known that there was a great over-pro auction ' mr burt said he thought not my honorable friend from south carolina is mistaken this fact was so well known und so fully admitted that a convention had been called in the south to take into consideration de means diverting labor from the culture of cotton into some other channel that a better price might be obtained on the residue which was raised ft has been said that il we would con sent to reduce the tariff we should find a market lor our surplus agricultural productions i wish sir that the hopes which are so fondly indulged on this subject could bo realized much has been promised from the abolition ofthe british corn laws it is possible that the new system ol british legislation may so work as to afford us a market for a small portion of that surplus : but sir even this i greatly doubt the aggre gate agricultural products ofthe country amoun ted in value to between eight and nine hundred millions of dollars per annum of this vast a mount about one-half was consumed by the pro ducers our own population the other half sought a market and where was that market to be found ? _ undoubtedly the chief market was at home in the consumption by non-produ cers of agricultural produce who are engaged iu other pursuits the whole amount of our ex ports last year was about ninety nine millions of dollars this is about the average per annum of these the staple articles of cotton tobacco and rice constitute more than sixty millions of dollars aud manufactured articles make up an other sum of thirteen millions the balance of little more than twenty-five millions is made up of every other article exported the fact is sir we do not export to all foreign markets for sale onclircnlicth part of the surplus productions ! of our farmers we import almost as much as we export notwithstanding our vast surplus — ; we import even cotton as well as beef hams ' wool potatoes c but sir this small amount of imports is the mere incident of trade and commerce as is our export ofthe produce of our farms except ofthe ihree great articles which i have mentioned the foreign has never yet : been and i fear never will be our true market for breadstuff's and provisions it is prepostcr | ous to suppose that foreign countries situated as they are can ever furnish an outlet for the four hundred millions surplus of our agricultural pro ductions we must legislate in reference to the world as it is and not as we would have it to be there is no such thing as freetrade and never will be as long as mankind remain selfish and governments require to be supported by money freetrade sir is a mere bubble : it is not to be found on earth except among our own sovereign states ofthis union in that beautiful but com bined and complicated system of " many in one which is so much the admiration of the world but mr chairman suppose our surplus pro duce went into the english ports here held up as our great and best markets was it sure ot finding purchasers there ? does ireat britain so much abused here tor some purposes and lau ded by the same persons for others does she look to the united states tor her wheat and flour and grain ot every description .' is no wheat grown in germany .' none in prussia . none in the russian dominions .' none in tho provinces ol turkey will not the wheat from the baltic and the black sea meet our wheat in that mar ket and would not they undersell us ? to say nothing ofthe distance an i cost of freight until our labor in this free and happy republic shall be brought down to a level with the labor of uussiau serfs it was impossible to compete \. ith them in the english markets until our people were as poorly fed clothed and paid as the star ving millions of tbe monarchies of europe liv in on a bare subsistence we could not expect this boon so much desired by some gentlemen of selling die products of our american labor in foreign markets on erpial terms of competition v iili ih^m what does it co.-t to make a bushel of wheat in illinois for instance .' mr doi lass said about thirty cents the gentleman from illinois says about thirty cents that is a low price : but even then it will take at least twenty-five cents to get il to new york and fifteen cents for transportation to liverpool when deposited on the whan at liverpool its costs the shipper at least sev if v cents and now sir every body knows that a bushel of wheat from the great grain-growing countrv ofthe baltic can be laid down on that same wharf at liverpool for forty cents wheat was now selling in the liverpool market at a time when great scarcity created a demand at fifty cents per bushel are gentlemen so de mented as to hope to compete in the british or any other foreign market with men who ' compelled from the necessities of their position to labor for sixpence per day ? il is absurd ; obviously so that i can scarcely bring niysell to believe that gentlemen are serif i.s inthede . clarations of iheir hopes about these foreign markets for our farming productions howevei wages in this tree country shall or i jnouas urpolicy is to «./<*_#> the la boring classes here we have perfect poluwl equably j he men who toil i 00r uu i orkslmps are not debased aod ignoranl slave "" hell-mfonned and high-spirited beemea ■who constitute each man for himself a portion " hesovoreigutj ofthe land god forbid that r industry should be placed on tbe taunele , ' ,*. u - v circumstances with thq pauperja to i degraded tbe contact would be destruc mr chairman it is argued that we must re duceourtanir because england is reducinghe it is true that n some articles she is lowerins and on some taking 0 ff her duties hut i r is any fair reciprocity proposed by england to iis f and with what view ha !"■, recent policy been dictated why had the duty been taken oir of cotton only for the purpose of benefitting her manufactures there was a time when km land struggled with an abiding hope to supply herself wuh rawcotton independently of our aid ' s '"' had ma e strenuous esbrts to grow cot ll rwi1 t india ,., sessions and en tertamed sanguine hope of getting it i vnt both projects failed for a long time she posed high duties on tbe raw material ami prohi bitory duties on the manufactured article from this country but she has discovered that she cannot do without american cotton she has discovered that instead of being subsidiary and dependant for the manufacture of our own raw material we had become wholly independent of ber and from the subordinate condition ot'aco lonialdependant we have risen into the rani of a competitor and have in fact become her most formidable rival [ n t h c manufacture of coarse cottons built up under the policy we have pur sued we can compete with i.e in the markets of the world by lhe abolition of tbe duly she baa extended protection to her own manufactures iu this contest and so as to her redaction of tho duty on breadstuff's and provisii ns is any man so simple aa to suppose tbat england bas done this merely to benefit us or io consequence of any wild theories of freetrade ' let nsnotcher ish so great and fatal a delusion all nations are essentially selfish and of nil nations in tho orld england is and always has been the most so she has taken off ber duties on provisions only because she was compelled io do it by iho necessities of her starring population and that her manufactures might continue to draw tbo health ot life the same policy will induce her to put them on again whenever her interest re quires it besides all these siderations of selflinterest england is in most respects much in advance ot other nations in manfactu ring skill and capital and she is in the fortunate position of being able to invite others into rivalry with her without injury to her interests her policy has always heretofore been restrictive but sho would be willing to-morrow to enter the list in the impracticable scheme of freetrade with tbe world if other nations would consent simply becauso her past policy has prepard her for it without the fear of detriment from others and again sir the financial system of great britain is essentially different from and inappli cable to ours we derive our income chiefly if not almost entirely from customs she ob tains but one half of hers from that source the average annual revenue of england is a bout 50,000,000 ofthis sum she derived in 1842 from excises cl 1,500,000 from stamp du ties 7,000,000 and fromzan tai 1,700,000 making a fraction more than the halt ofthe whole sum are we to imitate her example in these odious taxes from tea ami coffee which we admit free she exacts about 5,000,000 — from sugar alone 5,100,000 : and from lobar co 3,500,000 ; and from manufactured goods the whole amount of the customs duo in eng land does not amount to a half per cent while we collect thc largest part of our revenue from that source i.et gentlemen look into thc facts before they call on us to follow in tbe footsteps ofa nation that always legislates not to benefit others but to promote and secure her own sel fish policy and interests as to the importance ofthe home market of wbicb so much has been said in this debate ( do not attach so much value to it as some of my friends here but still it is a matter not to be o verlooked how sir can a producer of colton to say nothing of the vast home consumption of provisions and breadstuff's consider the homo market of small consequence when between tour and five hundred thousand biles of every cotton crop arc consumed here ai least one sixth cf the whole product found a market on our own shores mr 1-lkt ot south carolina said he believ ed this estimate was too large my honorabio friend from south carolina i mistaken as he will find on examination i bave aii mr chairman that this bill pro pose a great and radical chan bv a virtual abandonment of all incidental protection but it proposes another equally material alteration in our policy by the adoption ofthe ad valorem principle and the abr ig it ion of all specific duties in the mode of their collection tiie duties aro to be levied and assessed on the foreign valua tiotl of the floods wans and merchandise im ported this system will inevitably lead to enormous frauds on the revenue by false invoices : it wii lead to a ruinous reduction in tin ic-vcnu and it will work a most serious injury to honest american importers and american commerce bv throwing eventually the whole import trade in th hands and undejr the control of foreigners it will destroy that uniformity in the assessment of duties wbiuh isexp ■■- ly required by lhe con stitution the same kind an i quality of good will be valued at on ■rate i.i charleston and at another in new york and boston and new or leans the assessment wil necessarily depend on the various judgments ot the different apprai ser it is liable too to this great objection that when the artic-u i most in demand and the price highest the duty will be tbe most heavy and oppressive when tbe article imported is cheapest and the least in demand ihe duly will be the lowest the less th , re able to ime the higher th ■dut rosi : and when our industry of all kinds most needed protection they woul and when iheylcast needed it tbey would __• t i i t "> en tirely m m a rreneral system it would well applj to many a tiile bul it i v h . ied tooth ers besides it is a m and 1 am op : to experiments unless i am sure it will w rk right in practice it ha been heretofore repudiated by our government and never adop m ,.\.'; . . by any wise got ernment on ibe face ofthe globe il was not ,| ,. ... gland oi france r if ihezou verein which i - > rapidly itself o»er all the north of europe our whole merman eommercial commuity baa expre e i iheir op
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i terms two dollars per annum in advance uvei ; . re for ih lirst reach subsequent insertion court or nl higher sl'l'fi'll of mr lulilhxtielt ontlu rill to reduce the tariff in the il - nf rejtrcsenttitives july 1 is 10 air barkinccr s aid that he was at all limes very averse to enter upon the are ■. i of regular debate in this house his . iperience here had satisfied him that those who were most frequently desirous of occupying the floor wire noi regarded as the mos useful or influential members of th/s 1 o ly j 1 ' was especially reluctant .,, address the committee at this stage of shausted debate but the subject - one i the gravest importance ; it called by some the great question of lay he had some views on thissub -. which is regarded as so deeply inter every section of the l'nion and , la s of the people of this nation ■h he desired to present to this com i e and to the public he was not in mfortunate positioned the gentleman had just addressed the committee 1 stanton of tennessee and who • . i so greatly embarrassed in the ef ■reconcile the differences of his dc riends in this house he had i r to say to their quarrels which . to threaten such serious collisions in ir ranlcs but which he was satisfied , i be healed by proper efforts and ap mces if it be necessary to pass this bill was well aware of the facilities his locratic friends always possessed in nciling their apparent and sometimes a terences ; and he counted nothing . • the fate of the bill before the commit fironi the exciting collisions of opinion cb on the surface only indicate such ;; - disruption among the members ofthe part on the final vote on this great isure he had no such unpleasant task to perform on his side of the house had no conflicts of opinion to recon i in this side we shall present very iy an unbroken phalanx on the final rote hut he did not mean to make a speech and though his views on this tion differed materially from those ': by a majority ofthe democratic par - louse as now organized he was rl.i


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text: Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel awarded prestigious gold Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Portland, OR - The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently gave a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence on the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon. This national award recognizes hospital critical care units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient and family outcomes. Only 15 adult and children's critical care units in the U.S. have achieved the gold designation for the Beacon award; four of those are Pediatric Intensive Care Units. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Randall Children's Hospital is the only Intensive Care Unit (adult and pediatric) in Oregon, Washington and Idaho awarded the gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence. Mishawn Pedersen, R.N., supervisor in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, led her exceptional team in the award process. Mishawn says, "Our Beacon application process, much like the award itself, demonstrated the passion of our devoted multidisciplinary team. Many hands and hearts touched the application to ensure it represented our exceptional unit. The Beacon Award for Excellence is special because it highlights statistical data and what families and patients feel when they enter our unit. We are proud our patient care is exhibited in our commitment to outcomes, family centered decisions and passionate care." The Beacon Award for Excellence - a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments - recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and align practices with AACN's six Healthy Work Environment Standards. AACN President Mary Stahl, R.N., MSN, ACNS-BC, CCNS-CMC, CCRN, applauds the commitment of the caregivers at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Randall Children's Hospital for working together to meet and exceed the high standards set forth by the Beacon Award for Excellence. These dedicated healthcare professionals join other members of the exceptional community of nurses who set the standard for optimal patient care. "The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes caregivers in stellar units whose consistent and systematic approach to evidence-based care optimizes patient outcomes. Units that receive this national recognition serve as role models to others on their journey to excellent patient and family care," she explains. The gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence earned by the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Randall Children's Hospital signifies excellent and sustained unit performance and patient outcomes by meeting the following evidence-based Beacon Award for Excellence criteria: • Leadership Structures and Systems • Appropriate Staffing and Staff Engagement • Effective Communication, Knowledge Management, Learning and Development, Best Practices • Evidence-Based Practice and Processes • Patient Outcomes About Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel: One of Oregon's largest providers of pediatric inpatient and trauma services, Randall Children's Hospital opened its new home in February 2012. Randall Children's Hospital has a medical staff of more than 600 physicians, including pediatric medical and surgical specialists, sub-specialists, hospitalists and community pediatricians. Randall Children's Hospital receives nearly 100,000 patient visits per year. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit cares for 1,100 of our community's most fragile, ill and injured children a year in a 24-bed unit with all single, private patient rooms. Patients are babies and children up to age 21, depending on the diagnosis. About the Beacon Award for Excellence: Established in 2003, the Beacon Award for Excellence offers a road map to help guide exceptional care through improved outcomes and greater overall patient satisfaction. U.S. or Canadian units where patients receive their principal nursing care after hospital admission qualify for this excellence award. Units that receive the Beacon Award for Excellence meet criteria in six categories: leadership structures and systems; appropriate staffing and staff engagement; effective communication, knowledge management, learning and development and best practices; evidence-based practice and processes; and patient outcomes. To learn more visit www.aacn.org/beacon. About the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Founded in 1969 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. AACN joins together the interests of more than 500,000 acute and critical care nurses and claims more than 235 chapters worldwide. The organization's vision is to create a healthcare system driven by the needs of patients and their families in which acute and critical care nurses make their optimal contribution. To learn more about AACN, visit www.aacn.org.


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Lincoln, Ford Motor Co's boomer-oriented luxury brand, has been having a pretty good 2013 so far when it comes to auto industry ratings. Last month, Lincoln was named one of the top 5 brands in the annual J.D. Power auto dependability survey, and it also topped two categories in the Kelley Blue Book's best-value rankings. This week, one of the brand's models passed an arguably tougher hurdle: Its MKZ luxury sedan was one of five to earn a "Top Safety Pick +" ranking by passing a difficult new crash test imposed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Other models that got the crash-safety honor were Volvo's XC60 midsize luxury SUV, the 2- and 4-door versions of the Honda Civic compact, and the Mazda 6 midsize sedan. To earn the designation, the models had to get at least an "acceptable" rating on a "small overlap frontal crash test," which measures how a car holds up in a collision at 40 miles per hour involving just the front driver's-side corner of the car. (For an explanation and demonstration of the test, see the Wall Street Journal video below.) The Lincoln and Mazda each rated "acceptable" on the new test; the other models scored a "good." The winning models also each got a "good" rating on the other four crash tests used by the safety institute.Lincoln has been trying assiduously in recent years to shed its image as Grandpa's car (the average Lincoln owner is 65, according to Autoweek) by restyling its models and advertising aggressively to younger boomers. The awards, we assume, can't hurt.


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My Lonely Planet guide claims Kanchanaburi's night market has the best hoi tod (fried mussels in batter) in the whole of Thailand. Even though the guide has a fairly comprehensive food section, I'm always sceptical of such claims, and usually take them with a few buckets of salt. I mean, have the authors really tried every street food vendor in the country?
But, regardless, I thought it would be a shame to leave the town without at least trying them. The stall was perched halfway into the market (Th Saeng-hchuto), near the bus station, and if customers are anything to go by, it certainly looked liked it had a great reputation.
There was a large queue waiting for fish supper-style wrappers of hoi tod, and after ten minutes with nothing for company but a cold bottle of Tiger, I got to try them. But I was quite pleased really for the wait – it gave me the chance to watch every part of the operation rather than just standing there making them feel uncomfortable like I normally do.
Unfortunately, hardly anyone at Kanchanaburi night market has more than a few words of English, and my Thai is worse than dreadful, so I had to guess at certain parts of the recipe. The stallholder had a flat wok in front of her, about the size of Pluto, which was heated underneath by a calor gas burner.
She poured vegetable oil onto the wok and within seconds it was spitting away like a trapped cobra. Next she added a few gallons of batter. I couldn't ask her what was in it, but most Thai recipes contain tapioca flour, seasoning and soda water, and eggs are cracked in during the cooking process. But she definitely didn't add any eggs so they must have already been in the batter, which was about the thickness of single cream, and quickly formed a massive pancake in the oil.
After a minute she scattered in some chopped spring onions, coriander stalks, and a few wheelbarrows of shelled raw mussels that were lined up on ice next to her stall. Using two enormous spatula-type objects, she kept pushing the mussels around the pan until they were well mixed into the crispy batter. After a couple of minutes of circling action, she threw in half a ton of beansprouts and let them wilt in the mixture. She then scattered huge portions of the hoi tod, garnished with coriander, on to sheets of paper next to her, folded them up with a small pot of chilli sauce inside, and handed them out to the waiting crowd.
I grabbed mine and headed for a table. The flavour was mild and slightly under-seasoned, but extremely moreish and fresh, and worked perfectly with the chilli sauce. I reckon they would make a brilliant tapas dish or starter.
When I got back to Bangkok I tried them again, and they weren't as good. I'll have to take Lonely Planet's word that those in Kanchanaburi are the best in Thailand.
Hoi Tod (Fried Mussels in Batter)
The following recipe is my approximation of what I saw and tasted. I think it was the cooking process involved that was the secret to the dish rather than the exact ingredients and seasonings, so adjust it to your taste. If you can't get tapioca flour, just use an equal tempura mix of plain flour and corn flour – it won't make much difference.
500g fresh mussels
Cup of tapioca flour
Salt and white pepper
Ice-cold soda water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
1 egg
Small bag of beansprouts
2 spring onions, finely chopped
Two sprigs of coriander, chopped
1tsp finely chopped ginger
1 tsp finely chopped garlic
Remove the mussels from their shells, de-beard them, and wash well in cold water. Make the batter by putting the tapioca flour and seasoning in a bowl, and whisk in the egg and enough soda water until it is the thickness of single cream. You will probably end up with more batter than you need, so store in the fridge and use for something else.
Heat a large frying pan (you may need to do this in two stages, depending on its size) and when it begins to smoke, pour in the oil. Then pour in a cup or so of batter and swish the pan round so the bottom is covered. Add more batter if needed, but the pancake shouldn't be too thick, otherwise the dish will become doughy and unpleasant.
Using a spatula, push the crisping batter round the pan so it doesn't catch and scatter in the drained mussels, ginger, garlic, and spring onions. Then stir again for a couple of minutes until the mussels are cooked. Finally toss in the beansprouts and coriander, allow to wilt, and serve immediately with chilli sauce.
Lennie Nash is a journalist, writing about his failure to make it as a professional chef.


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Minnesota Twins Justin Morneau Getting His Confidence Back
2013 is a big season for the former MVP, Justin Morneau. The first baseman/designated hitter is entering the final year of his contract with the Minnesota Twins.
Since Morneau's MVP season in 2006 with the Twins, where he batted .321, hit 34 home runs, and batted in 130 runs, the Canadian has battled injuries (concussions and back) and hasn't been the same. Before last year, he hadn't played more than 81 games, but for the Twins a year ago, he hit .267 with 26 doubles and 19 home runs in a 134 games.
It appears his confidence is up and yesterday, Morneau asked manager Ron Gardenhire if he could play first base in today's game against Toronto. He's played eleven innings the last two days, and was going to play designated hitter today. Last year, he didn't play in three straight road games until March 22-24. He also has has three RBIs after two games, something he didn't get until March 24 a year ago, too. This year, we are still in February.
Morneau is going to play in next week's World Baseball Classic, and he told Phil Mackey of ESPN 1500, "I'm not going to proclaim anything, but I feel strong. I think for me, as most guys, with strength comes confidence, and that's something, when you feel prepared and you feel strong, confidence kind of follows. So hopefully that continues and I'm able to maintain that through the spring and into the season."
Morneau is 31 years old now, and it appears the former MVP is ready to make a statement and he will need to if he hopes to stay with the Minnesota Twins in the long run.


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U.S. company Bunn-O-Matic Corp. is rolling out a Cloud-based service that allows operators to manage their brewing equipment remotely. It's initially available for Bunn's new line of Espress superautomatic espresso brewers.
Routine and on-demand maintenance through the new Bunnlink service are coordinated via machine-to-machine (M2M) communication that enables remote monitoring, configuration and management of geographically disbursed equipment.
The technology identifies service needs in real time, along with best-practice troubleshooting scenarios. Onscreen error codes and diagnostic reports can be simultaneously analysed by the Bunn service team and the operator. Service dispatches are reduced by assuring the technician arrives on site with correct parts so the equipment can resume operation on the same visit.
Bunn chief executive and president Hy Bunn said the M2M smart services model "provides peace of mind and lowers overall operational costs of the beverage for operators" because every design function on their digitally equipped machines can be used properly.