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For 30 years, HSLDA has helped secure homeschooling freedom for families in all 50 of the United States of America. This week on Home School Heartbeat, hosts Mike Farris and Mike Smith recall five landmark cases that have helped parents exercise liberty to educate their children at home.
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Listen to the complete program with Mike Smith and Mike Farris.
Mike Farris:
Farris is a constitutional appellate litigator who has served as lead counsel in the United States Supreme Court, eight federal circuit courts, and the appellate courts of 13 states.
He has been a leader on Capitol Hill for over 30 years and is widely known for his leadership on homeschooling, religious freedom, and the preservation of American sovereignty.
At Patrick Henry College, Farris teaches constitutional law, public international law, and coaches PHC's Moot Court team which has won six national championships.
A prolific author, Farris has been recognized with a number of awards including the Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship by the Heritage Foundation and as one of the "Top 100 Faces in Education for the 20th Century" by Education Week magazine.
Mike and Vickie Farris have 10 children and 14 grandchildren.
Mike Smith:
Michael Smith and his wife Elizabeth, along with Michael Farris and his wife, Vickie, incorporated Home School Legal Defense Association in 1983 and were the original board members. Mike grew up in Arkansas, graduated from the University of Arkansas where he played basketball, majoring in business administration. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served three years before attending law school at the University of San Diego.
In 1972, he was admitted to the bar in California and also has been admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.
Mike and his family began homeschooling because their 5-year-old flunked kindergarten. This was quite a disappointment to Mike in light of the fact that he was preparing this child to be President of the United States by starting his education as early as possible.
His family's life changed drastically when he heard a radio program in 1981 which introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. When they started homeschooling, they began homeschooling one year at a time to meet the academic and social needs of their children. After spending lots of time around people like Mike Farris, he became convinced he had been called to use his gifts and talents in the legal profession to assist homeschoolers who were being prosecuted because they didn't hold a teacher's certificate or satisfy the school district that they could competently teach their children.
Mike came to HSLDA full-time in 1987 and has served as president of the organization since the year 2001. In addition to serving as president, he also is a contact lawyer for California, Nevada and Puerto Rico. All of Mike's children are now grown, and three of the four were homeschooled. The most enjoyable part of Mike's job is when he is able to go to homeschool conferences and meet what he calls America's greatest heroes, homeschooling moms.


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Linux Buyer's Guide Launches: Linux Journal Introduces Its New On-Line Resource
The print edition of the Linux Buyer's Guide has always been a hit with Linux enthusiasts around the world, and this year we are excited to introduce the guide as an on-line resource. Free to all, this comprehensive directory of services and products will allow users to effortlessly search Linux-related products and companies.
Linux Journal Editor in Chief Richard Vernon commented, "With the ubiquity of Linux, the number of Linux-related products is growing exponentially and keeping track of them is certainly no easy task. The Linux Buyer's Guide brings together information on thousands of Linux-related products -- everything from server hardware to games. By switching our Buyer's Guide from a print to an on-line format, we can ensure the information is up-to-date and easily searchable."
Vendors and maintainers of free software wishing to list their products and services in the Linux Buyer's Guide can do so for free, and will now have the ability to update their listings as often as needed, with a minimum of once per calendar year to ensure accuracy. For additional information on the Linux Buyer's Guide please visit http://www.linuxjournal.com/bg, or send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Linux JournalLinux Journal is the premier Linux magazine, dedicated to serving the Linux community and promoting the use of Linux world-wide. A monthly periodical, Linux Journal is currently celebrating its eighth year of publication and and boasts a circulation of over 100,000. Linux Journal may be purchased at all major bookstores and newsstands and may also be ordered by calling 1-888-66-LINUX, sending e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or visiting http://www.linuxjournal.com/. For additional information about Linux Journal send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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James Alfred Stanley was born October 5, 1932 in Harrold, SD to John Alfred Stanley & Mildred (Kimball) Stanley-Smith. He passed away peacefully on May 1, 2013 in Muskogee, OK at the age of 80.
After joining the Army, he met and married the love of his life, Evelyn I. Walker. They were married February 12, 1956 in Muskogee. Together, the couple had an active military life as James served his country for 3 years in the Army and 23 years in the Air Force. James was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He is survived by six of his eight children: June Gardner & her husband, Paul of Ridge Manor, FL; Jane Arnold of Las Vegas, NV; Valerie McAffey & her husband, Bill of Washington State; Colleen Mitchum & her husband, Joe of Muskogee; Wesley Stanley & his wife, Robin of Muskogee; Laurie McCormick & her fiancé, Eddie Kirk of Edmond; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; a brother, Robert "Bob" Smith & his wife, Carolyn of Beatrice, NE and a sister, Patricia (Smith) Powell of Des Moines, IA; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
James was preceded in death by his parents, John A Stanley, Mildred Stanley-Smith & Russell Smith; his wife, Evelyn; two sons, James Osbon Stanley and Rodney "Randy" Stanley and one brother, Jack Stanley.
He will be sorely missed.
A funeral service celebrating the life of James Stanley will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, May 6, 2013 at Anchor Baptist Church with Pastor Howard Potts officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery with Greg Mitchum, Marcus Stanley, David Stanley, Roger Stanley, Eddie Kirk and Jason Stanley serving as pallbearers.
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Dogs Banned at Legislature
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A lawmaker's extreme fear of dogs has led to a ban on pets at the legislative office complex at the Tennessee Capitol.
An emotional Rep. Joanne Favors on the House floor on Monday evening said seeing a dog in the Legislative Plaza before the session had affected her blood pressure.
Afterward, the Chattanooga Democrat put her head down on her desk and was attended to by fellow lawmakers and a nurse.
Republican House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick of Chattanooga told his colleagues to "be on notice" that pets are not allowed at the Plaza.
Republican Rep. Jon Lundberg of Bristol often brings his dog to his Nashville office. McCormick said it wasn't Lundberg's dog that frightened Favors, but asked that he no longer (bring) it along.
Could have been Faulks.
Add the word "bring" at the end of the sentance.
Too bad lawmakers don't have the same reaction to incompetence, runaway spending, patronage, and all of the other things in the Legislature that are FAR more dangerous than any dog could be.
Thanks, to The Sen. .....
Mike Faulk has, indeed, had his dog visiting on occasion recently. And the word bring has been inserted into the item (It was left out in the AP original, thus inserted in parenthesis)
What a wussie! Another case of rules being made for bad reasons. I suppose the "can't stand to smell cologne" women will be next to get coddled.
That is an idiotic knee jerk reaction that is typical and a perfect example of what is wrong today..one person has an irrational phobia and everyone else is suppose to validate it? No..obviously the lady needs treatment and help..what happens when she sees a dog in the park? Now are dogs going to be banned everywhere because someone might be afraid? That is just pure silliness. A Representative's dog on a leash isnt going to hurt anyone but dogs running loose now that can be another story..like all the dogs I see on a daily basis. She needs to see a vicious dog on a leash and a nice one to get a frame of reference or youtube devil dogs.
This is absurd. I am so sick of Democrats demanding things for a single person. What about the rights of other people she is infringing on? That woman has a serious mental health problem and the idea that she is voting on state issues scares me to death. What's next?
Does McCormick have the power to unilaterally ban pets? Could he stand up and say "No more blue ties!"? Or is this some obscure rule that he has pulled out of the books and is now enforcing?
I share the same phobia and let me tell you that it has caused me some serious anxiety. i refuse to go to walking paths around our city because people bring their dogs and seem to think that everyone loves animals. not only do i have the phobia, but i am also allergic to dander. i obtained my gun permit so that i may protect my self from animals when i am working in my yard. my neighbors seem to think that it's okay to allow their animals to roam free. dog owners need to understand that not all people are pet lovers. not all people have the same passion for animals. thanks you, ms favors. there is no place for animals in the state capitol.
Uh? Hello! You can't take your animal to any place of employment so why should politicians be any different.? What are we arguing here? So, if I worked at McDonald's, where would I keep my dog if it were allowed at work?
Did Karen just say that she got a gun premit to "protect herself from animals" when she is working in her yard? What's the matter sweetie? Got a flock of angry geese at you? Did you insult the N.R.A. (Neighborhood Rabbits Association)? Give me a break. Do us a "favor", take that pea shooter back to Walmart


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MILTON -- Danville jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter to go on and beat Milton 61-40 for the Heartland-I win on Friday.
Zach Kozick led Danville (3-1, 2-0 HAC-I) with 14 points, while Bret Berg and Matt McConnell both chipped in 13 points for the Ironmen.
Chad Diggan led Milton with 15 points.
n Shikellamy 63,
Midd-West 34
SUNBURY -- A slow start by the Mustangs helped the Braves get off and running for the HAC-I victory.
Ernie Tyler led Shikellamy (3-2, 2-0 HAC-I) with 14 points, while C.J. Tyler and Zach Herbster added 10 points apiece for the Braves.
Midd-West (1-4, 0-2) was led by nine points from Andrew Karchner.
n Loyalsock 76,
Southern Columbia 39
WILLIAMSPORT -- Behind Roger Wilson's game-high 21 points, the Lancers easily took the HAC-II win over the Tigers.
Matt Klock led Southern (1-2, 1-1 HAC-II) with 13 points, while Bryce Parry added 11.
n Jersey Shore 66,
Shamokin 46
JERSEY SHORE -- The Bulldogs outscored the Indians 38-22 in the second half to break open a close game and take the HAC-I win. Austin Stine led Shamokin (1-4 overall) with 16 points.
n Montoursville 57,
Warrior Run 46
TURBOTVILLE -- After starting the game on fire, the Defenders cooled off down the stretch and fell to the Warriors in HAC-II action.
Lance Pealer scored 12 points to lead Warrior Run (1-3 overall), which was outscored 30-20 in the second half.
n Lewisburg 46,
Mount Carmel 36
LEWISBURG -- The Green Dragons remained undefeated on the season thanks to a high-scoring game from Travis Conrad in the HAC-II matchup.
Conrad scored 23 points for Lewisburg (5-0, 2-0 HAC-II), hitting six 3-pointers. Sam Allen chipped in eight points for the Green Dragons.
Ben Scicchitano had 12 points for Mount Carmel.
n Sunbury Christian 56,
Walnut Street Chr. 31
NORTHUMBERLAND -- All nine players who dressed for the game scored for the Eagles, with Blake Spangler-Jones leading the way with 21 points in the Allegheny Christian Athletic Association win.
Ashton Bartlett added 10 points for Sunbury Christian (4-6, 3-2 ACAA).
n Meadowbrook Chr. 72,
Columbia County Chr. 58
BLOOMSBURG -- All but one of the five players who scored for the Lions scored in double figures to lead them to the ACAA victory.
Graham Feaster and Curtis Klodnicki led Meadowbrook (3-3, 3-0 ACAA) with 19 and 17 points, respectively. Tyler Baughman added 16 points and Austin Schott chipped in 12 more for the Lions. Klodnicki also had 13 rebounds for Meadowbrook.
n Sunbury Christian 52,
Walnut Street Chr. 19
NORTHUMBERLAND -- Tiffany Billings had a double-double and teammate Faith Gingrich almost had one as the Eagles cruised to the Allegheny Christian Athletic Association victory.
Billings scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, while Gingrich had 11 rebounds to go along with her nine points for Sunbury Christian (7-1, 4-0 ACAA).
n Meadowbrook Chr. 46,
Columbia County Chr. 45
BLOOMSBURG -- Powered by Madison Burrows' game-high 24 points, the Lions pulled out the ACAA win. Mikayla Lynd added 10 points for Meadowbrook (2-3, 2-1 ACAA).
n Lourdes Regional 47,
Schuylkill Haven 31
COAL TOWNSHIP -- Sarah Getchey had 21 points and five rebounds to help lead the Red Raiders to the Schuylkill League win. Rachel Schultz added 14 points and seven rebounds for Lourdes (5-1 overall).


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I ignored the Yo app — yes, the one that lets you send the word "Yo" and nothing else — even after it was covered by Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. I ignored it when it passed 1 million downloads and raised $1 million in funding. I kept ignoring it when clones proliferated, one of them only able to say "Hodor!" like the laconic character in "Game of Thrones."
I knew Yo could only be a passing fad, and statistics seem to bear that out. The app, which on June 20 reached 4th place overall in number of downloads from the U.S. App Store, had dropped to 269th by June 30, according to App Annie.
I'm not so sure the latest app craze will prove so transitory, however. About 10,000 people have signed up for usernames for a chat app that isn't even out yet: Emoj.li. It's an instant messenger app that uses no words at all — not even "Yo" or "Hodor!" Instead, it employs only emoji icons. The app's creators, Matt Gray and Tom Scott, list "Yo" as an inspiration. "We weren't sold on it until we realized that usernames should be emoji too," the founders told Forbes in response to written questions. "At that point, we burst out laughing and realized we had to build it."
My username is two emojis — a pig and a penguin. I suspect it will soon be difficult to get a two-character one: There are only 943,812 two-character permutations of the 972 characters in Unicode 7.0.
Apps for non-verbal communication have been created before, but they were meant for autistic children and others who have difficulty communicating with words. Emoj.li is a communication tool for a growing cohort that dislikes words or is no good with them: Generation Z. Members of Generation Z, born in the 1990's, frequently prefer emoji to communicate. (Perhaps at a cost: 68 percent of schoolteachers say digital tools reduce the effort students put into their writing. Why should they struggle when a picture is worth a thousand words?)
We old-fashioned verbal people can also have fun with emoji, turning communication into an endless guessing game, devising elaborate emoji puzzles for lengthy novels and complicated plot lines. Last year, the Library of Congress accepted the novel Emoji Dick, engineer Fred Benenson's remake of Herman Melville's masterpiece. Mashable.com has translated 20 great novels into emoji.
In other words, not only the verbally challenged can play this game, which is why I signed up. (Well, also because my 11-year-old daughter uses more emoji than words in her text messages; that's her preference.)
The speed with which we communicate is driving us to use simpler forms of interaction that dehumanize exchanges. When humans communicate primarily in icons, computers will be much more likely to pass the Turing test because emoji messages are much more vague and open to interpretation than natural-language ones. Algorithms meant to discern emotions, too, will have an easier time of it: A smiley face is a smiley face, and a sad one is a sad one. Sarcasm can be expressed with emoji, but there is a risk that even the person it is meant for will not get it.
I make money writing stories, so I'm a bit uncomfortable watching the evolution of the zero-word trend. There is still room for hope, however: Perhaps a hybrid language — part verbal, part pictorial — can become even more expressive and nuanced than either form by itself.
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Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week:
+ Roberto Luongo, supposedly demoted to backup status in Vancouver, isn't playing like a No. 2 goalie. He has made three straight starts and has given up three goals in that span, including a shutout of Colorado and a shootout victory over Chicago on Friday. Do the Canucks still trade him? Or do they move Cory Schneider instead? Luongo has shown class in handling a difficult situation.


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Based on his extremely inconsistent play in the early stages of the offseason, it's hard to imagine surprise first-round WR A.J. Jenkins making anywhere near the kind of impact that surprise 2011 first-round draft pick Aldon Smith made for the Niners in his rookie campaign.
"He hasn't looked very good," said one daily team observer of Jenkins, who was widely considered more of a second-round talent. "He displayed some flashes with a few really difficult catches, but he's also looked really bad at times, and he seems to have had problems staying on his feet.
"It's early. Maybe he'll show more in training camp."
Entering training camp, though, close observers could make a strong case for as many as six other Niners wideouts looking better than Jenkins up to now, including undrafted rookies Chris Owusu and Nathan Palmer and not including veteran Ted Ginn, who has been nursing injuries most of the time.
Fellow newcomers Randy Moss and Mario Manningham, as well as holdovers Michael Crabtree and Kyle Williams, who both have had excellent offseasons up to now by all accounts, have greatly overshadowed Jenkins, who sources agree needs to work on building up his upper-body strength in order to hold up against aggressive press corners at the pro level.


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the leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee requesting a hearing. The letter was signed by senators from South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
The corps has been criticized for its management of Missouri
River reservoirs in the Upper Midwest that have been swollen by
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NORMAN — Having it doesn't mean it's necessarily maintained. It can't be mandated nor picked up in St. John Arena and brought to Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Still, the Sooners have it right now. And right now, that's all they can ask for.
What is it?
Some call it the zone.
"We call it the 'It' factor," Oklahoma women's basketball coach Sherri Coale said.
And it doesn't come around very often.
You can win big games without it. You can play so collectively hard that you overcome not having it. You might even, if everything falls just right, find a way to upset Tennessee in the Oklahoma City Regional semifinal at 3:35 p.m. Sunday without it.
Still, it's much better to have it than not have it.
It makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Call it cohesion or chemistry, focus or being dialed in, it's the synchronicity of urgency and purpose the Sooners put on display in their 85-72 victory over UCLA Monday night in Columbus, Ohio.
"They've been really good. Even when they've not been good, they've been good together," Coale said. "There's an energy that's circulating among them … That synergy that we saw in the UCLA game, I have seen on a constant basis since we've gotten home."
Coale didn't want to put a number on how many times she's seen it since taking over the Sooner program, but said "it is rare" and one time her team had it was on its run to the 2002 national championship game.
"We caught it at the Big 12 tournament (that year) and we had it until we lost to Connecticut in the championship," she said. "To the final buzzer, we had it."
A couple other times OU might have had it?
Probably at the 2004 Big 12 tournament, when they became the only team ever to win without a first-round bye, topping Texas A&M, Colorado, Kansas State and Texas back-to-back-to-back-to-back on four straight days. And maybe during the 2005-06 regular season, when they went 16-0 in the conference, the freshman seasons of Courtney and Ashley Paris.
It had OU playing at its highest level of the season during the second half of its victory over the Bruins.
After the half, the Sooners scored 43 points, committed only three turnovers, earned an amazing 30 attempts from the free-throw line and, after UCLA tied the game 45-45 with 16:59 remaining, the Sooners were back up 11 points less than 6 minutes later and never allowed the Bruins any closer than nine.
"It's just everybody dialed in," senior forward Joanna McFarland said. "It's everybody focusing on what we're doing, each time we're doing it. We don't have to stop and tell somebody something multiple times … You mess up once, but it's not happening again. Everybody's just really focused and it's really fun."
Coale's not even sure how you go about keeping it, though she's pretty sure trying to strangle it to hold onto it is a surefire way of losing it.
"I think you let it go," she said. "You sort of shepherd it, but you let it go."
Then hope it doesn't leave.
"We're all really on the same page," shooting guard Aaryn Ellenberg said. "Our connectedness to each other and wanting to stay together is really what's driving us this time around."
The Sooners will have to hope that's enough to keep it going. It would be a shame to let it go now.
"I don't think it's the kind of thing you can have for 30 games. I really don't," Coale said. "So, we'll see if we can maintain it this weekend."
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Phanie Diaz and Jenn Alva, two-thirds of the power-punk alternative trio Girl In A Coma, want to emphasize that their new project, FEA, doesn't mean the popular San Antonio-based band is breaking up. But with singer (and Phanie's sister) Nina Diaz embarking on a solo record, Alva (bass) and Diaz (drums) felt the time was right to flex their creative muscles.
Syphilis rates in Bexar County jumped 15 percent, crossing the thousand person mark in 2013, according to the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. District officials are calling it an "epidemic" and have been edging up continuously for nine years. San Antonio has the highest rate in Texas and exceeds the national average.
Thousands of San Antonio kids are ending up in adult courtrooms over "Failure to Attend School" (FTAS) violations. In 2012, a third of all class C misdemeanors filed against minors were FTAS in Texas. The state saw 76,000 cases in courts that year, according to Texas Appleseed.
The Better Business Bureau is cautioning consumers about a new scam designed to capture the attention of those following the developing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 story.
The BBB reports the scam is turning up on social media, mainly Facebook and Twitter, and requires the user to click on a link to get the latest on the missing plane.
Cesar Alvarado in San Antonio, the regional public relations director for the BBB, said the process is known as "clickjacking" – using compelling information to get a user to click on something they otherwise might ignore.
A select number of Texas senators heard from groups operating along the Texas-Mexico border this week. This group of lawmakers is looking ahead of the 2015 legislative session for the possibility of increasing the state budget for border security.
Lawmakers seated on the Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security heard from Col. Steve McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, about their operations along the border.
As everyone searches for answers to the Fort Hood shooting, the psychiatric community explores the reasons for the shooting that left four dead and 16 wounded at Fort Hood. Psychiatrists worry that blaming post-traumatic stress disorder will have long-lasting effects on the returning veterans who will be looking for jobs.
Dr. Harry Croft, a San Antonio psychiatrist who works to integrate mental health tools into the workplace for returning troops, said violent behavior toward others is not usually a symptom of PTSD alone.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law July 2, 1964. It was the result of a hundred years of discrimination, hundreds of sit-ins and non-violent protests, and a political battle as large as the shift in history the act would prove to have.
San Antonio Police have made their position clear; Lyft drivers will be stopped in the city when they are caught. Lyft, the app-driven, car-for-hire service, describes itself as a ride-sharing program, and is therefore not subject to the city's current ordinance, which includes fees and additional regulations.
Medical practitioners came together with educators and community leaders last week to discuss ways to communicate more effectively with patients. The 7th Annual Community Service Learning Conference at the UT Health Science Center offered new tools practitioners can use on a daily basis.
An evolving global health care environment has challenged doctors, nurses and pharmacists to work differently to make sure patients understand even the most basic instructions.
Downtowners have been noticing some new signage pointing out major attractions in the Center City. Dozens of new signs have gone up that also help cyclists locate the nearest B-cycle station.
A lot has been going on in the first half of the "Decade of Downtown": There is Center City Development, a new Travis Park, River North, and all of the development efforts together creating a fresh crop of restaurants, bars and coffee shops and a need to get around.


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My dearest Susie
Yesterday I recieved your very welcome letter and am rejoiced to hear that you are all well. I wrote you several days ago telling you that I had got Meyers & Hawley for my Sureties, and that I had made a fair start in my business. Parties, as usual, run high here, and find some difficulty in steering a middle course, which I am determined to do. I now see my way pretty clearly, and I shall have less trouble (I expect) than in my last year's employment.
With regard to James Jory I have no objections to his having the farm, and I shall be glad to have him for a tennant. I think the terms so easy for him that I think he cannot object to paying the taxes as we did. You know the clearing is partly on all the lots. I wish the land along the lake to be cleared first, and have no objections to allow him any thing reasonable for the extra difficulty of clearing the swamp, but the unlogged land is in fact land, already half cleared, and an advantage to him. The chimnies he can easily put up as there are plenty of stones on the spot for a common chimny, and you can make a present of the parlour stove if you have not disposed of it.
The fences must be good and sufficient, that is to say of pine, oak, or cedar. There must also be a proviso that I shall not be prevented from selling the place, if I allow the amt of one years clearing, this, however, is not likely to occur. Strickland I know, will be kind enough to draw up an agreement on these terms, which I will sign, or he can sign it as my agent. [With the] exception of the conditions I require as [noted above], I have no objection to leave the mino[r details] to be arranged by him and you, and [I will] ratify any agreement you may make. [Bring] poor Jenny by all means. She is a goo[d hearted] soul, and I should be sorry to disapp[oint her] when she is so anxious to remain [with us]. Bring my dear child Aggy Caddy wit[h you] and [pack] the little Gazelle careful[ly] [ ] with plenty of cotton rou[nd her]. [I will n]ot, however, promise to return her as she comes, unless she is uncommonly hard hearted to our Belleville swains. I believe I shall be obliged to take a small house in town. There is very little choice. The brick house with the orchard might be had, but there is the hereditary nuisance of an old man and an old woman who live in a vinegar bottle on the ground floor. [ ] it you. The Baron's house [ ] it is rather cold and we could only have it for 3 months. The only other place is a small house near where the Baron is going to live, and where the best society is to be had. There [are] three or four rooms besides upstairs bed rooms kitchen stable and tollerable garden &c. The rent about £15 or £17.10. Parker asked £30 per an. for the house the Baron inhabits. I should not object to the rent if I could have it for a longer period, and if he would give me a few acres of land with it on which there is an orchard. I shall buy the things you want in a day or two and send them by the stage to Traills care. I have a great mind to get some lady here to buy you the materials for a cloak also. [In the] mean time my love lose no time in getting all you w[ant, such a]s shoes for the children &c. And come down as soon as I let you know that I have got a house for you. I really long to kiss you all again, and I feel miserably out of my element in a tavern. The Baroness is looking round and plump, which is not to be wondered at, as the Baron has little else to do, and you know a great deal is done in that way in a short time. But for this miserable petty party and national feeling we might be very comfortable here, even as it is I hope we will be so. I am rather out of concert with some of my countrymen here, who would fain draw me into their narrow notions. The two Doctors Ridley & Marshall both tollerably well disposed men on other points are the two opposite extremes in this way, and both are ready to give and take offence on every occasion. I am labouring to smooth the mutual prejudices of these differing Doctors . I go to both Churches, and most of my countrymen go to the English Church when Mr Ketcham1 is absent. The Epsicopalians, however, are not liberal enough to follow this laudable example. Our worthy and truly Christian Minister (Ketcham) supports my views from the pulpit. I know you will love this man. Tho' somewhat of a Calvinist he never alludes to their severe doctrines either in the pulpit or in Conversation, considering them as doubtfull matters and not as essential to salvation.
We shall have a difficult part to perform here, but by steadily pursuing a conciliatory course to all I trust by the blessing of God we may be the means of doing much good. The 'Kingston Whig' has thought proper to attack Sir G. Arthur for appointing me to the Shrievalty, calling me an out and out advocate of Responsible Govt. That paper is held in such contempt that I have not thought it worth while to answer it but I see the 'Patriot'2 has taken up the Cudgel for me and called me a loyal trusty man and perfectly competent &c. and says that these qualities had recommended me to Sir George.
Poor Parkers disappointment has made him half crazy he has thrown up his commission as a Magistrate, and when his resignation was accepted by the Governor he is like to bite the ends of his fingers off. If you want money dearest write me and I will send you some. I am very sorry to hear of poor Kates illness. I hope you will be able to go to Peterboro and get the things you want. As soon as you tell me that you are ready to start I will write to Bletcher3 to send his teams. Tell me how many loads you will have. Kiss all the dear children for me and believe me ever your Affte husband
J.W. Dunbar Moodie
Bring all the bedsteads with you. I shall get some chairs tables &c.
1. Rev. James Ketcham (17971871), a Scot, was the Presbyterian minister in Belleville from 1831 to 1844.
2. These issues of the Kingston Whig and the Patriot are no longer available. However, on 28 November 1839 John Moodie wrote to S. B. Harrison, Arthur's civil secretary (DCB, 9:36973), requesting a public announcement of his appointment, perhaps in an effort to quell the contention surrounding it in Belleville.
3. Barnabas Bletcher lived on the Rice Lake Road at Dale (three miles north of Port Hope) on lot 2, concession 3. He and his sons were important movers of freight in the Peterborough region. Poole says that at one time they moved 'eighty per cent of the freight that concerned Peterborough' and eventually they owned warehouses at Bewdley and Port Hope, and hotels at Dale and Bewdley. See Harold Reeve, The History of the Township of Hope (Cobourg 1967), 1312, 228.Copyright/Source


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Last Thursday evening, when the headlines were announcing that our first gubernatorial recall election would be held Oct. 7, I leaned toward a slim man in a perfect suit and asked to talk with his boss, the speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament. The aide demurred. I courteously implored. The Ghanaian Parliamentarian, an elderly man, appeared tired from days spent attending last week's National Conference of State Legislators, held at the new Moscone West convention hall. Burly and bored, he half-dozed at a table during the event's closing gala. Couldn't he speak with me, I asked again, just for a moment? But again, his aide refused.
"I'm afraid he wouldn't have any opinion on that," he said with a rigid expression that showed no sign of changing. "We've only been in California four days. We would not be competent to speak about politics here."
The Ghanaians may be more competent to discuss the California gubernatorial recall effort than they realize. The Ghana delegation attended the conference to learn about representative government, American style. And the place was lousy with Kentucky legislators, Maine government committee staffers, Virginia lobbyists, and other folk with strong, somewhat-informed opinions about the Gray Davis recall imbroglio. Still, I was most interested in mining the Ghanaian speaker's political knowledge, because the foreign official seemed likely to have more experience in recall than anything that flyover-state legislators had ever run into.
I'd like to have asked him about the Ghanaian police coup of 1966, the bloodless military coup of 1972, the palace coup of 1978, the violent military coup of 1979, the coup by enlisted soldiers of 1981, or the attempted officer coup and subsequent executions of 1982. I wanted to know the speaker's prediction of what life in California might be like after Darrell Issa's recall campaign had turned this state into the sort of perennially unstable faux republic for which sub-Saharan Africa has long been famed. But I had no luck.
"I'm sorry," the aide repeated. "He doesn't have any opinion."
It seemed that California and I would plunge, uncounseled, into a perilous chaos called recall, which mimics a popular revolution while it empowers political consultants and fund-raisers and silences the voters who are, supposedly, so aggrieved that they've been forced to rebel.
I don't think the recall measure's going to pass. The governor may have grim approval numbers. But even people who hate Gray Davis are murmuring about the chaotic state our political system is already in, how a recall would only make things worse, and how waiting three years for an honest-to-goodness replacement is by far the best option for all of us.
California's recall law, though initially billed as a progressive reform, was pushed into being by an opportunist 1911 governor. Ninety-two years later it's working against the general will of voters. It's allowing campaign consultants and small numbers of energized voters to tie up the state's governance and, perhaps, choose a governor the majority would not ordinarily back.
If Oct. 7 comes and goes with Davis still in office, the voters of California should remain in political mode; it would be a shame to use such collective political insight only to save a mediocre governor. After defeating the attempted Davis recall, we should undergo a gubernatorial recall of a more metaphysical sort and collectively reject the legacy of Hiram Johnson, the California governor (1911-1917) who championed the still-extant recall law, along with the equally destructive initiative and referendum statutes. These measures were intended as a way to battle the corrupting power of the railroads over local and state government, but they've destabilized California politics ever since adoption.
While describing the political mess California's in, politicians and pundits alike have invoked the legacy of Johnson, the state's patron saint of populism, who pushed the referendum, initiative, and recall reforms ratified by voters as constitutional amendments in 1911. But they have contended that the mess surrounding the effort to recall Gov. Davis represents a distortion of Johnson's original reformist intent.
"What has happened is a far cry from the grass-roots reforms envisioned by Gov. Hiram Johnson," the Los Angeles Times began an unsigned editorial.
"Good old Hiram had a good idea," said freshman S.F. Assemblyman Mark Leno when I caught up with him at a SOMA political grip 'n' grin last week. "But he didn't think it through."
Actually, Johnson was less a philosophically committed progressive reformer than an unprincipled opportunist. A San Francisco lawyer who stumbled into reform politics when he was assigned to replace an attorney who'd been shot dead while prosecuting Abe Ruef, a corrupt political kingpin, Johnson is best known for his six years as governor, when he fashioned himself as a progressive firebrand. But, it seems, any noisy cause would have suited him as well as progressivism. He showed his true colors in the U.S. Senate, where he served as a crank and complainer for 28 years. Rarely a constructive force on any subject, he is remembered mainly for objecting to ideas and programs. He opposed every president, of both parties, during his one-third-century career.
This founding father of our modern malaise was not a true revolutionary; far from it. Hiram Johnson was a man without grand philosophical ideals who loved the chaos and noise of revolution for their own sake. This essence was described in a biographical chapter on Johnson in Mirrors of Washington, a book of essays on national political figures published in 1921, just after Johnson had lost his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Warren Harding.


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If you read American Police Beat, you already know that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell was forced to apologize after the state department of homeland security sent a bulletin to local law enforcement. The bulletin was intended to provide intelligence about potential security threats. The police agencies that received it said the information was re-hashed Internet garbage and useless as far as intelligence purposes. In addition to being worthless, the so-called intelligence report was also expensive.
]The state paid one of the thousands of homeland security start-ups $100,000 for intel of such low quality that one law enforcement official described the contents as something one might find in the National Inquirer.
But now the controversial no-bid contract has been terminated and the state department of homeland security says they will do their own work from now on.
According to an article in the Post Gazette newspaper, Pennsylvania is hiring four analysts and a supervisor to work at the 28-member Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence Center.
The PCIC is part of the state police that already provides security alerts to government and law enforcement agencies, said Steve Crawford, chief of staff to Gov. Ed Rendell.
The new hires can't do any worse than the firm that used to produce intelligence. The Institute of Terrorism Research & Response, a private company based in Philadelphia and Israel, had been performing that work under a $103,000 annual contract.
A hundred grand seems kind of steep considering the fact that the company's "security bulletins" were compilations of news clips and Internet posts.
Pennsylvania Homeland Security Director James F. Powers, who had approved the contract, resigned because of the controversy.
In what many refer to as the "Post 9/11 gravy train," quality control and value for dollars spent are an afterthought at best.
The homeland security industrial complex is characterized largely by no-bid contracts and back room deals.
"What's wrong with the system will not be cured by the resignation of Mr. Powers," said committee Chairwoman Lisa Baker R-Luzerne, who presided over a hearing to learn the governor's plans to remedy the problem of a contract that she said "veered so far off track."
Looks like just ten years after the 9/11 attacks, people are starting to ask some questions about the wisdom of the ways we spend billions of tax dollars on the homeland security industrial complex.
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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 13, the 318th day of 2012. There are 48 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On Nov. 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
On this date:
In 1312, England's King Edward III was born at Windsor Castle.
In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, Jean-Baptiste Leroy: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
In 1849, voters in California ratified the state's original constitution.
In 1909, 259 men and boys were killed when fire erupted inside a coal mine in Cherry, Ill.
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between lower Manhattan and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.
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In 1985, some 23,000 residents of Armero, Colombia, died when a volcanic mudslide buried the city.
Ten years ago: Claiming Iraq was seeking the "path of peace," Saddam Hussein's government agreed to the return of international weapons inspectors. U.S. Roman Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved a compromise sex abuse policy after the Vatican demanded they make changes to balance fairness to priests with compassion for victims.


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Tomorrow the Twins will play their first unofficial game, and there are already a few interesting observations in this very young Spring Training. As always, you can find all the Spring Training news and analysis on this site here.
First of all, as far as the "B" game (free to fans, BTW) tomorrow goes, the Twins have announced who is playing. All of: Scott Baker, Nick Blackburn, Liam Hendriks, Jeff Manship, Jason Bulger, Carlos Gutierrez, Tyler Robertson, Brendan Wise and Deolis Guerra will pitch an inning a piece. The line up will be: C- J.R. Towles, 1B- Aaron Bates, 2B- Pedro Florimon, 3B- Ray Chang, SS- Brian Dozier, LF- Ben Revere, CF- Joe Benson, RF- Rene Tosoni, DH Brian Dinkelman.
So what have we learned so far:
So the Twins are playing their first game tomorrow. Baseball is here. And this is incredible news!
- The clubhouse atmosphere is upbeat and easy going and players like Ben Revere have been lighting up the atmosphere and bring in positive energy
- Joe Mauer did not miss a single workout, a single bullpen catching or a single batting practice. This is extremely encouraging.
- Justin Morneau did not miss a single workout and hit a double and a home run off Fransisco Liriano the other day, which means that he can time and turn a fastball this early in Spring Training and this is great news
- The Twins lost Joel Zumaya and someone from the organization will have to step up. My analysis about this is here, but several of these pitcher will be pitching tomorrow.
- Based on the starting lineup tomorrow, unless they reverse, Florimon is viewed as the second baseman and Dozier as the SS for the Red Wings. It Looks like the Twins will give Dozier many chances to win the short
stop of the future label. As a matter of fact, that lineup, minus Revere, might be the Rochester Red Wings starting lineup.
- Ron Gardenhire is open with his outfield positions, especially now that Revere's arm is stronger
- Late edit, because it just came up in Phil Mackey's notebook. According to Joe Mauer, Carlos Gutierrez, Casey Fien and Fransisco Liriano have been the most impressive pitchers he caught in camp right now.


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Honda Civic Hybrid IMA Problems
gremlin1 Posts: 6My posting was a bit confusing. I did not own the Prius. Only the lemon 2000 Honda Insight Hybrid. I read a letter in the Costco Magazine where a guy had been quoted $2,740 plus tax for a new battery for his 2001 Toyota Prius. He got the quote from the dealer and was going to think about it. He read in the Costco magazine about a program offering members a 15% discount on parts and services at select dealerships. He went to the Costco website, located a dealer and saved almost $430 on that battery.
Just put this info out there in case it would benefit anyone - did not mean this info as an endorsement.
My Honda Insight went through 6 batteries and the last failure was just a few months out of warranty. The excuses given me were that 1) I drove it too much or 2) I didn't drive it enough, but never that Honda had a problem. And looking back, I believe (couldn't prove it) that I was given reconditioned batteries each time.
I would never buy another Honda hybrid. My transportation now is my 1985
Honda Civic that I bought new. It was the dependable car all the time I owned the 2000 Honda Insight which was just over 10 years.
bassd50 Posts: 1I too have a 2003 Honda Hyrbrid and had to replace the battery pack at 50,000 miles at a cost of over $4000 in the summer of 2012. There went all my cost savings from fuel economy. When I first purchased the car I averaged around 42-45 mpg around town and that is now between 38-40 mpg. Since I have spent the money on a new reconditioned battery from the dealership I will drive it for another year and then get rid of it and buy an American car that gets just a good gas mileage as I get from my Honda and no battery pack to worry about in the future. I was told by the dealership that it was because I did not drive it enough is why the battery failed at such low mileage because of the recharging for my short drives.
vidar Posts: 16I have read on this forum that the software upgrade doesn't exist for my car (2005), but know that I received at least 4 notices from Honda for the upgrade, and just found one of them when cleaning out my desk. Also received a notice three weeks ago for yet another software upgrade for something associated with the car. I can't remember the specifics, but it went in the trash. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I currently have 198k on the car, just replaced a front left wheel bearing, and recovered 3 mpg over a 500 mile trip odometer reset. Battery is still hanging in there, and no IMA problem since your assistance with troubleshooting the bad A/C relay. The battery does degrade a little faster with the hotter weather, but charges up quickly without hurting the mpg.
With that said, when cooler weather gets here and no need for the A/C, I am expecting getting back to the listed 48 mpg as long as I stay off the interstate.
whitemthiker Posts: 1have a 2005 Civic hybrid with over 180,000 mi. - Engine light on - told indicates hybrid battery should be replaced - cost $2,400. Car seems to be performing normally if anything gas mileage better than before 45-50 mph for mostly highway driving. Want car to last at least 2 more years (about 60,000 miles).
What is likely to happen if i do not replace battery? Maintenance advisor couldn't or wouldn't tell what would happen. Should i replace it?
thereigo2 Posts: 5The issue that started this thread has to do with 2009's and it seems to be a common occurrence with 2009 AFTER the upgrade. My car used to avg. 40 to 40.5 mpg easy, now it consistently averages 36 to 37. Honda first said I needed to change the Air filter and the tires, did all that, did not change the mileage. The power issue and the mileage changed AFTER the update. So that is why this is called "The update that broke my car." Honda refuses to take responsibility for something they have messed up and hopefully it doesn't take someone dying because they have to pull out into freeway traffic and the car will only go 20 miles an hour with it floored. My car had great pick up and great mileage, I loved the car I bought. Now I have a car that is NOT THE CAR I PURCHASED, and Honda won't do anything. They are the ones that ruined it. People ask me all the time how I like my Hybrid, I tell them I used to love it, Honda ruined it, would never by one again. Thought about putting a sign in the window to warn people about buying a Honda Hybrid, or even a Honda at all from a company that treats its customers like this. You want a Hybrid, buy a Toyota. Note too that my 2003 gets better mileage than the 2009, esp. now. :lemon:
turleygirly Posts: 1That does not sound "BUNK" to me. I live in Dallas Tx. My 07 Hybrid has completely shut down 4 times. Usually in rush hour traffic. I have barely missed 3 fatal accidents from this car and countless fender benders. I have taken the car to the dealership 5 times and every time they say they just need to reprogram something. Then 2 times apparently 2 different sensor needed to be replaced, and my car still runs crap, gets 29 MPG sometimes and has no acceleration. I want to sue Honda. I have 2 small children and this is a safety issue. I don't want to have to wait for a fatal car accident before something is done. Has anyone else had similar issues?
Obviously there are plenty of who completely unhappy with our Hybrids. Why don't we do something about it!
slider162 Posts: 16A year after I was able to convince Honda that my IMA battery was bad and had it replaced, I am satisfied once again with my 2007 HCH. I am convinced that if you lost gas mileage or are unhappy after the software update, that you have a bad/weak IMA battery. There is nothing wrong with the software update other than it does use the IMA less. I am getting just as good gas mileage after the update as I did when the car was new (before the battery took a crap).
hondaladyontv Posts: 1
I had a 2006 HCH and was vey happy with it the first 2 years..Then the IMA began failing and my milage slowly dropped. The dealership told me of a software update but warned my milage would go down..so I never allowed them to put the software flash in....until at 60,000 miles my ima failed completely. The dealership told me I was screwed because Honda would replace the battery only if the software flash was done. I called honda of america and was never treated so bad..it was all or nothing. I did finally get them to state 'honda will replace the battery but would void any further warranty". I had no choice then.. My car only had 60000 miles on it. My milage dropped to 37 from 43 on my yearly trip to Indianapolis. I traded it in in Feb for a 2011 Prius only after talking to many prius owners. I was giving 0% financing and ave 52.5 mpg. Honda owners only recourse is to get the word out. 60 minutes or dateline, etc...or as one fellow mentioned a sign on his car or even picket honda dealerships or honda of america.
My experience is similar to yours. The update tries to preserve the battery by more aggressive charging especially when below four bars charge. If you have a weak battery that requires more charging you will get poor mileage. If your battery is strong you should not notice any difference in mileage with the update. Also, you need to drive more cautiously when the battery is below four bars to maintain good mileage. This should not happen often if your battery is good.
"I have read on this forum that the software upgrade doesn't exist for my car (2005), but know that I received at least 4 notices from Honda for the upgrade, and just found one of them when cleaning out my desk."
Yes, but they are not for the "Upgrade 2006-2008 MDM to 2009-2011 software". They are for a different update, and you will not experience the problems that the 2006+ Civics do. Your car is totally different than the 2006+ and actually is closer to the 2000-2006 Insight in design than to the 2006+ Civic. The name is the main thing they have in common. The earlier notices you got probably relate to your catalytic converter.
"I believe all the battery replacements are reconditioned, not new. They have a lot of failed ones to recondition."
There is evidence to show that they started putting refurbs in in 2008. warranty batteries arter 2008 seem to last about 2 years.
The warranty and the $2400 battery are refurbished, the $3000 battery is new old stock.
The update does not do more aggressive charging of the battery...at least not directly....the update uses the battery much less which by definition means you will not get the same amount of boast therefore less gas image...<a href="keep in mind when my update was forced on me a reconditioned battery had been put in the SAME day....I LOST 6 MPG. Also keep in mind Honda does not sell a "real" hybrid card.....they sell an Eco boast as Gm now calls theirs.


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RAYMOND —It's time to start getting really serious about this critical general election coming up on November 6. The next couple weeks, I will try to give you a short opinion on some of the serious issues.
Looking at the Legislative Service Requests (LSR) list that has been so far posted, I see where a current very liberal Democrat
has filed LSR 137 to increase the tax paid on each gallon of gasoline, jumping right on-board with his candidate for governor,
who has indicated that she was also open to raising the gas tax.
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We have proven this year that a gas tax is: un-necessary; would hurt our small businesses, especially along the state's borders;
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the government is hurting us enough with the high, unwarranted, cost of the gas itself.
Another LSR, #191, requested by another Democrat representative, would establish a 1% personal income tax to fund chartered
public schools. Talk about "opening the door" legislation. This sounds like it's no big deal, only 1%, but: it opens the door
to expand it to other needs; opens the door to increase the percentage; once established it will never go away; and we don't
want or need an income tax. The Democrat candidate for governor says she's against an income tax, but she won't sign the "no
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This Democrat LSR 191 and their governor candidate, shows me that the Democrats are not serious about no income tax. My real
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One more liberal Democrat with his taxization bills: (1) LSR #135 relating to tax graduation. (2) #136 increasing beer tax.
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