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Born To Kvetch (Hardcover)
Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods
St. Martin's Press, 9780312307417, 320pp.
Publication Date: August 25, 2005
Other Editions of This Title:
Digital Audiobook (3/20/2006)
Paperback (8/15/2006)
Paperback, Large Print (11/20/2007)
CD-Audio (2/28/2006)
As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped kvetching---about God, gentiles, children, food, and everything (and anything) else. They even learned how to smile through their kvetching and express satisfaction in the form of complaint.
In Born to Kvetch, Michael Wex looks at the ingredients that went into this buffet of disenchantment and examines how they were mixed together to produce an almost limitless supply of striking idioms and withering curses (which get a chapter all to themselves). Born to Kvetch includes a wealth of material that's never appeared in English before. You'll find information on the Yiddish relationship to food, nature, divinity, and humanity. There's even a chapter about sex.
This is no bobe mayse (cock-and-bull story) from a khokhem be-layle (idiot, literally a "sage at night" when no one's looking), but a serious yet fun and funny look at a language that both shaped and was shaped by those who spoke it. From tukhes to goy, meshugener to kvetch, Yiddish words have permeated and transformed English as well.
Through the idioms, phrases, metaphors, and fascinating history of this kvetch-full tongue, Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile.
About the Author
Praise For Born To Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods…
"...an earthy romp through the lingua franca of Jews, which has roots reaching back to the Hebrew Bible and which continues to thrive in 21st-century America. Canadian professor, translator and performer Wex has an academic's breadth of knowledge, and while he doesn't ignore your bubbe's tsimmes, he gives equal time to the semantic nuances of putz, schmuck, shlong and shvants. Wex organizes his material around broad, idiosyncratic categories, but like the authors of the Talmud (the source for a large number of Yiddish idioms), he strays irrepressibly beyond the confines of any given topic. His lively wit roams freely, and Rabbi Akiva and Sholem Aleichem collide happily with Chaucer, Elvis and Robert Petrie. . . . this treasure trove of linguistics, sociology, history and folklore offers a fascinating look at how, through the centuries, a unique and enduring language has reflected an equally unique and enduring culture."
---Publishers Weekly
"Wise, witty and altogether wonderful…. Mr. Wex has perfect pitch. He always finds the precise word, the most vivid metaphor, for his juicy Yiddishisms, and he enjoys teasing out complexities. "
---William Grimes, The New York Times


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LILYPAD ARDUINO Y TEXTILES INTELIGENTES 1.9 Jun
Adding sound and using conductive thread as a pressure sensor6 Dec
In our last meeting we used the conductive thread as a pressure sensor that triggers sound and turns the LEDs on. Conductive thread works as a cable for transferring electricity to the circuit, but can be also used as a pressure sensor. By connecting it to an analog pin of your Lilypad and observing the incoming values in the serial monitor of your Arduino sketch and then using these values to trigger some kind of behaviour, you can add interactivity to your circuit. So we decided to use this incoming values to trigger a sound function and added a speaker (the lilypad buzzer) in order to reproduce certain notes. The melody is from Kraftwerk' s Transeurope Express anthem ;D
Source code:
int ledPin = 6; // LEDs are connected to digital pin 6
int speakerPin = 9; // speaker connected to digital pin 9
int sensorPin = 3; // conductive thread sensor is connected to analog pin 3
int sensorValue; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor
void setup()
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // sets the ledPin to be an output
pinMode(speakerPin, OUTPUT); // sets the speakerPin to be an output
Serial.begin(9600); // initialize the serial port
digitalWrite(17, HIGH); // sets analog pin a2 to high
void loop() // run over and over again
sensorValue = analogRead(sensorPin); // read the value from the sensor
Serial.println(sensorValue); // send that value to the computer
if (sensorValue {
scale(); // call the scale() function
delay(1000); // delay for 1 second
void beep (unsigned char speakerPin, int frequencyInHertz, long timeInMilliseconds) // sound producing function
int x;
long delayAmount = (long)(1000000/frequencyInHertz);
long loopTime = (long)((timeInMilliseconds*1000)/(delayAmount*2));
for (x=0;x {
digitalWrite(speakerPin,HIGH); // turn the speaker on
digitalWrite(speakerPin,LOW); // turn the speaker off
void scale () // melody function
digitalWrite(ledPin,HIGH); //turn on the LEDs
beep(speakerPin,196,500); //G 3
beep(speakerPin,207,500); //Ab 3
beep(speakerPin,277,450); //Db 4
beep(speakerPin,261,500); //C 4
beep(speakerPin,196,250); //G 3
beep(speakerPin,207,450); //Ab 3
beep(speakerPin,261,250); //C 4
beep(speakerPin,233,750); //Bb 3
beep(speakerPin,196,500); //G 3
beep(speakerPin,207,500); //Ab 3
beep(speakerPin,277,500); //Db 4
beep(speakerPin,261,500); //C 4
beep(speakerPin,233,250); //Bb 3
beep(speakerPin,261,750); //C 4
digitalWrite(ledPin,LOW); //turn off the LEDs
Second step: a LEDs bracelet17 Nov
Connecting the Lilypad to the cloth, with 5 white LEDs in a row and conductive thread.
Source code:
Turns on a series of LEDs on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly.
This example code is in the public domain.
Modified by smartcraftLab on 2011
void setup() {
// initialize digital pin 6 as outputs.
pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // Pin 6 is connected to an LED
void loop() {
digitalWrite(6, HIGH); // set the pin 6 LED on
delay(1000); // wait for a second
digitalWrite(6, LOW); // set the pin 6 LED off
delay(1000); // wait for a second
First steps10 Nov
In our first meeting as a group, we got familiar with the Lilypad Arduino board, its digital and analog pins and we started to experiment with LEDs. We started by connecting one white LED in our Lilypad board and then we added one more and programmed them to blink one at a time.
We experimented with the Blink example that comes with the Arduino 0.22 platform. Source code:
/* Blink Turns on an LED on for one second, then off for one second, repeatedly. This example code is in the public domain. Modified by smartcraftLab on 2011 */ void setup() { // initialize the digital pins as outputs. pinMode(5, OUTPUT); // Pin 5 is connected to an LED pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // Pin 6 is connected to an LED } void loop() { digitalWrite(5, HIGH); // set the pin 5 LED on digitalWrite(6, LOW); // set the pin 6 LED off delay(1000); // wait for a second digitalWrite(6, HIGH); // set the pin 6 LED on digitalWrite(5, LOW); // set the pin 5 LED off delay(1000); // wait for a second }
A introduction to Lilypad Arduino10 Nov
The LilyPad Arduino microcontroller is a set of sewable electronic components that let you build your own soft, interactive clothes, fabrics, embroideries or even drawings if you use it with conductive ink. It is created by Leah Buechley, an MIT professor and director of the High-Low Tech Group and by Sparkfun Electronics. It is programmed with the Arduino open-source platform.
If you are interested in soft circuits and using the Lilypad, start by consulting the Setup Tutorial by Leah Buechley:http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/01_computer_attach.html

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Hi friends, yesterday when I was browsing through the internet I read this real incident and I felt it has some thing inspirational and informative for all of us and now I am privileged to post this here in my blog.
A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with relish to run the race to the finish and win.
All, that is, except one little, boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back......every one of them. One girl with Down's syndrome bent down, kissed him, and said, "This will make it better." Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story.
Why? Because deep down we know this one thing: More than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.
"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle,
why not you be one?"


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Four Juveniles Charged In May 17 Oneida Fire
Four Oneida juveniles have been arrested in connection with the May 17 fire that destroyed a building on Hubbard Place and West Elm Street.
Oneida City Police say a 12 year old, two 14 year olds and a 15 year old were all charged with criminal trespassing and one of the 14 year olds was charged with 4th degree arson.
The 14 year old allegedly lit papers in a recycling bin and spread them to other boxes of papers.
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ITV news ran with a story last night about the owner of a property company who feels like the bank were using "underhand tactics" and deliberate delays. It is hard to argue with that suspicion given that the scheme took much longer than expected to set-up and we are now twelve months into the scheme proper and there have only been a relatively small number of payouts. It was anticipated that matters would have been finalized for the majority of victims
Anthony Browne, chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, told ITV: "The banks are working to a deadline set by the regulator...but there is a lot of work to be done." The deadline was a moveable feast in the first place given that the regulator never made clear when the clock started running and I think it is highly unlikely that the banks will have completed the work anytime soon. Remember that it was hoped that 6 months would be sufficient time and it was only in the case of banks with bigger review populations (widely interpreted to simply mean RBS) that 12 moths was the time limit. We have well and truly sailed past the 6 months now and many are still to have their cases assessed.
The fear that we have always had is that the banks would play for time and allow the 6 year limitation time limit for starting court proceedings to expire for most people. We have constantly advised people to enter into "standstill agreements" with the banks so as not to run out of time. It will be interesting to see over the next few months how many headed that advice and how many have allowed themselves to place trust in the banks again when being told by them that they don't need to see a lawyer and that they would be sorting matters out. The FCA's complicity in giving this "advice" could well prove to be a final sting in the tail of this whole sorry story.


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In the PR world, it's all about connections. And what better place to make those connections than the Twitterverse?
So, on this #FF, we're bringing you the public relations gurus you should be hanging out with online. If you're in PR (or you want to be), follow these women to learn, be inspired, and keep your ear to the ground of what's happening in the PR world. (Read More)
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The founder of West Levy PR (and a PR maven with serious Klout), New Yorker Heather West knows the fashion and entertainment PR world as well as she does the non-profit sphere. Follow for a great curation of industry articles from around the web.


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Hate crimes bill: could 2009 be the year?
Monday, April 27th, 2009
You have to give this to major Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League: they're persistent. A bunch of them have been lobbying for a major new hate crimes bill for more than a decade, and even though it has passed numerous votes in both Houses of Congress the measure never quite makes it into law.
This time around things could be different for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which will come up in the House Wednesday or Thursday. The biggest reasons: a stronger Democratic majority and a president who is supporting the measure instead of promising to veto it.
To refresh your memory: the bill expands the range of existing hate crimes statutes to include victims of crimes based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability.
Guess which ones have provoked ferocious opposition from the religious right. Here's a hint: it's not disability.
That opposition, including the specious claim that the law would criminalize preaching from the pulpit against homosexuality, is undiminished, said Michael Lieberman, counsel to ADL's Washington office and chair of a national hate crimes coalition. Lieberman said opponents are once again "pulling out all the stops" to beat back the legislation.
But the political environment for the bill has changed dramatically, he said.
"Last time, we needed a super-majority, because President Bush promised a veto, but President Obama has been a supporter," he said.
Also, the Justice Department is now working actively with supporters to "tweak the bill and make it as useful to them as possible," Lieberman said. "Attorney General Eric Holder has testified in support of it when he was deputy attorney general."
And the bill continues to enjoy support from "every major law enforcement organization in the country," Lieberman said.
The measure's chances look good in the House; in the Senate, backers will have to decide whether to go for a free-standing bill or couple the hate crimes measure to other, critical legislation in an effort to thwart a possible GOP filibuster.
In addition to ADL, supports include the Reform movement, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the American Jewish Committee, among others.


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Reclusion is a Sign of Right Direction
During the days of reclusion in the Holy month of Rajab, in many mosque throughout the country, our youth, men and women, from different walks of life and ages, remained; fasted for three days and felt the company of God Almighty. Some of them bid farewell to the mosque with tears, until they are ready for the next year. O My dears! This is a good sign for a community. "Those who, when We empower them in the land, observe the prayer" [Surat al-Hajj, verse 14]. It is a sign of one divine government, a sign of right movement and orientation. Take this seriously and strengthen it.
(Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei statements in a meeting with students and people in Qom on the occasion of the 19th of Dey month – 8/01/1997)
The Holy month of Rajab is a month of Self-addressing
The Holy month of Rajab is a month for the purification of the heart and freshness of the soul. It is the month of humility, Thikr (Remembrance of God), repentance, self-addressing, and liquidating the rusts of the heart, and the darkness and bitterness of the soul. The supplication, eremitism, and prayer of the Holy month of Rajab are all a tool that render us capable of freshening and purifying our heart and soul, pushing darkness and problems away from us, and building ourselves. This is a great opportunity for us, particularly for those who find success during the days of reclusion.
(Ayatollah Khamenei Friday sermons in Tehran – 19/08/2005)
Practice Watching One-self
My recommendation for these three days that you are in the mosque, practice watching your selves. The words you are speaking, the food you are eating, your socialization, the book you are reading, your thinking, the plan you are drawing for the future, watch out for the divine gratification and orders in order to be ahead of your own desires. The practice of these during these three days can be a lesson for those dear ones and for ourselves. We sit here, looking at those hermit youth and wishing to experience the same state. Teach us with your practice.
(Ayatollah Khamenei Friday sermons in Tehran – 19/08/2005)


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Sip, Savor, Shop and Celebrate at the inaugural "Holiday Bazaar" at Holman Ranch
Join Hunter Lowder from Holman Ranch, Nancy Rohan from Paradise Catering and Linda Jacobs from Casa del Soul as they host the inaugural "Holiday Bazaar" at Holman Ranch, a Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association in memory of their Moms.
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I'm be there in support of these fine ladies, their Mom's, and their families. Please join me.


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Unimodal distribution
single-peak distribution
A probability measure on the line whose distribution function is convex for and concave for for a certain real . The number in this case is called the mode (peak) and is, generally speaking, not uniquely determined; more precisely, the set of modes of a given unimodal distribution forms a closed interval, possibly degenerate.
Examples of unimodal distributions include the normal distribution, the uniform distribution, the Cauchy distribution, the Student distribution, and the "chi-squared" distribution. A.Ya. Khinchin [1] has obtained the following unimodality criterion: For a function to be the characteristic function of a unimodal distribution with mode at zero it is necessary and sufficient that it admits a representation
where is a characteristic function. In terms of distribution functions this equation is equivalent to
where and correspond to and . In other words, is unimodal with mode at zero if and only if it is the distribution function of the product of two independent random variables one of which has a uniform distribution on .
For a distribution given by its characteristic function (as e.g. for a stable distribution) the proof of its unimodality presents a difficult analytical problem. The seemingly natural way of representing a given distribution as a limit of unimodal distributions does not achieve this aim, because in general the convolution of two unimodal distributions is not a unimodal distribution (although for symmetric distributions unimodality is preserved under convolution; for a long time it was assumed that this would be so in general). For example, if is the probability distribution with an atom of size at and a density
then the density of the convolution of with itself has two maxima. Therefore the concept of strong unimodality has been introduced (cf. [2]); a distribution is said to be strongly unimodal if its convolution with any unimodal distribution is unimodal. Every strongly unimodal distribution is unimodal.
A lattice distribution giving probability to the point , , is called unimodal if there exists an integer such that , as a function of , is non-decreasing for and non-increasing for . Examples of unimodal lattice distributions are the Poisson distribution, the binomial distribution and the geometric distribution.
Certain results concerning distributions may be strengthened by assuming unimodality. E.g. the Chebyshev inequality in probability theory for a random variable having a unimodal distribution may be sharpened as follows:
for any , where is the mode and .
|A.Ya. Khinchin, "On unimodal distributions" Izv. Nauk Mat. i Mekh. Inst. Tomsk, 2 : 2 (1938) pp. 1–7 (In Russian)
|I.A. Ibragimov, "On the composition of unimodal distributions" Theor. Probab. Appl., 1 : 2 (1956) pp. 255–260 Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 1 : 2 (1956) pp. 283–288
|W. Feller, "An introduction to probability theory and its applications", 2, Wiley (1971)
A non-degenerate strongly unimodal distribution has a log-concave density.
|S. Dharmadhikari, K. Yong-Dev, "Unimodality, convexity, and applications" , Acad. Press (1988)
Unimodal distribution. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Unimodal_distribution&oldid=28560


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Rosenblatt: Calls to 'drain the swamp' insult swamps
Sunday, January 1, 2017
As an ecologist, I've been dismayed recently by politicians using "swamp" as a derogatory term for our nation's capital and what goes on there. My extensive experience working in and studying swamps allows me to see just how terrible the analogy is. Given the sea of misinformation we currently find ourselves swimming in, I feel this is as good a time as any to clarify what swamps actually are and why they should be regarded as wonderful and valuable parts of nature rather than objects of derision and hatred.
A swamp, at its most basic, is a forested wetland that contains standing water year-round or at least seasonally. However, most people will commonly use "swamp" to refer to non-forested wetlands as well, like marshes, bogs and fens. Throughout history, different societies have viewed swamps negatively because standing water can be a source of disease-carrying mosquitoes, and because the water prevented people from cultivating the submerged land for agriculture or developing it into commercial centers.
But swamp-draining can also cause serious problems for people and the environment, and nowhere is this truer than in the Florida Everglades. Land reclamation began in earnest in the second half of the 19th century. If people could divert water away from the river of grass, the thinking went, then farmers would be able to profit from the rich peat underneath.
It didn't exactly turn out that way. The first part of the plan was largely successful: An impressive labyrinth of canals, levees and dikes was constructed in the northern Everglades, and huge volumes of water were successfully diverted, allowing cultivation of the newly exposed land. But the rich peat that was revealed was mostly fool's gold. The nutrients in the peat were quickly depleted by intensive agriculture and within a relatively short period of time, large portions of the northern Everglades had become comparatively barren and dry.
Also, South Florida's aquifers, which supply most of the region with drinking water, are recharged by the surface water of the Everglades, so "draining the swamp" led to groundwater depletion and subsequent seawater intrusion into coastal wells. Conservationists and ecosystem managers have worked for decades to restore the Everglades but the damage has not been easily reversible.
Beyond recharging groundwater supplies, swamps provide numerous ecosystem services for people. They can absorb excess water during heavy rains, acting as natural flood-control systems, and coastal swamps such as mangrove forests can protect inland areas from dangerous storm surges. Indeed, during the 1999 super cyclone that ravaged the eastern coast of India, villages that were protected by wide stretches of mangrove forest experienced significantly fewer deaths than villages without such extensive protection.
Swamps are also natural water-treatment areas, with plants acting as filters and purifiers. In addition, swamps support an impressive array of plant and animal species, including orchids, fish, reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians and shellfish. Many of these species are commercially valuable, but they're also aesthetically pleasing in their own right. Last, swamps are very good at capturing and storing carbon, with about 15 percent of soil carbon stored in wetland peat deposits. Thus swamps are an important piece of the effort to mitigate the ongoing effects of climate change.
It is clear, then, that swamps do not deserve their reputation as useless ecosystems, nor do they deserve to be co-opted as a lazy, inept political metaphor. In fact, it would serve us well to conserve and actually expand swamp lands in many areas. The next time you hear a politician or pundit talk about "draining the swamp," remember that swamps can be sources of resource abundance and protection from natural disasters, which are exactly some of the functions a responsible government should promote.
Adam Rosenblatt is a science and technology policy fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


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I mentioned the name of Delia Bacon yesterday and said I'd return to her work, so here we are. Hers was one of the earliest to put forward the proposition that the works of Shakespeare were not written by a man of that name who came from Stratford-upon-Avon, but were actually written by other men. This idea begins simply enough. There are things in the plays that could not have been written by a person of Shakespeare's class and education. He would not have had the experience of, let's say, court life and etiquette but yet the procedures and customs are portrayed in such a way that they cannot have been written by someone unacquainted with them and so must have been produced by an 'insider'. Delia Bacon thought that the works were written by such courtly men, she believed that Sir Francis Bacon was the hand behind the plays, assisted by others, including Sir Francis Drake, written to encode their radical philosophy and republican sensibilities, with which they could not publicly be seen to be associated. It's a valid enough hypothesis, worth examining if only to prove its invalidity.
Miss Delia Salter Bacon was born in a log cabin in Tallmadge, Ohio on February 2nd 1811, the daughter of David Bacon, a Congregationalist minister and his wife, Alice. David Bacon had hoped to found a Christian community in the wilds of Ohio but his plans failed (although the town of Tallmadge later prospered and grew) and the family returned to New England, where he died, aged 46, in 1817. His death left the family in severe poverty and what little money was available for education was spent on Delia's elder brother, Leonard, who went on to become a minister. Delia's formal education ended when she fourteen but she attempted the foundation of several schools of her own in and around Connecticut, all of which failed, as did her attempts at working in the schools run by others.
|Delia Bacon - Tales of the Puritans - 1831
She wrote a novel, Tales of the Puritans, at the age of twenty but it was not hoped-for success and poverty, disaster and disappointment continued to follow her (although she did beat Edgar Allan Poe in a short story competition in 1832). She tried again with The Bride of Fort Edward, which began its days as a stage-play before it was rewritten and revamped, retaining some blank-verse dialogue, and eventually published in 1839. It flopped badly, leading to more debts and this failure diverted Miss Bacon from her literary pretensions for a number of years, during which she attempted to rectify the deficiencies of her early schooling, returning to what little Latin to which she had been exposed and turning also to Greek.
|Delia Bacon - The Bride of Fort Edward - 1839
She began to give lectures on history, delivered without notes, for which she began to gain a favourable reputation and from which she earned enough to pay off her earlier debts. She began at Hartford, Connecticut, then moved to Boston, Cambridge, New York and Brooklyn, delivering her talks to parlours of like-minded ladies, all very modest, refined and genteel. She was, by what accounts we have, very good at it – interested and interesting, commanding and knowledgeable, expressive and dignified.
However, the unrelenting toil and her failing health began to tell and in 1852, she was to give the last of her history lectures. There was also, to use the terminology of her day, 'a grievous and humiliating disappointment' – a friendship with a young theology student, Alexander MacWhorter, ended when her brother Leonard intervened; there may have been a hint of romance, possibly a proposal, something deeper than mere friendship, maybe even something physical but it came to an end, breaking her heart and leading to a rift with the Connecticut Puritans of her early life.
|Leonard Bacon
It may just have been filial concern but brother Leonard doesn't come out of this well; indeed, he comes across as the archetypal smug, uptight, interfering, judgemental New England Puritan preacher. You know, the sort of bloke you wouldn't get tired of punching in the mouth. She became ill, possibly suffering from a nervous breakdown, and spent the summer at a hydropathic spa at Round Hill, where she determined to visit England to research a notion she had that someone other than Shakespeare had written the plays.
Quite what went on in her mind when she was separated from friends and family at Round Hill, we will never know. She was in virtual solitary confinement, locked away with her thoughts, she neglected herself, seldom eating or sleeping, and took no exercise, devoting herself instead to her studies of Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon. Wounded, bodily and mentally, her imagination went into overdrive. Maybe it was just the coincidence of their surnames that drew her to Bacon; maybe there was, way back in history, some ancestral link. Did she believe her forbearer was being denied the glory that was being showered on a glover's son from Stratford? Did she believe that there was a hidden meaning locked away within the plays, that she could discover? Prior to this illness, she had let it be known that she disputed Shakespeare's authorship and some of the ladies to whom she had lectured were already concerned about this interest.
|Mrs John Farrar - Recollections of Seventy Years - 1865 (1866 ed.)
Eliza Ware Farrar, second wife of Harvard professor John Farrar, attended Bacon's lectures and devoted a chapter about her in her Recollections of Seventy Years (1865), in which she mentions concerns about Bacon's 'monomania' with Shakespeare, to such an extent that his name was never mentioned in Bacon's presence and even books by or about Shakespeare were hidden from her view. Such concerns notwithstanding, patrons in New York provided her with ample funds (and a handsome new wardrobe) to be able to afford a visit to England and in 1853 she left for London.
Tomorrow - what happened next.


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Rashmi argument on Tata Bharti talks rumour
The Power Tapes
Phone rings
Niira: Hello?
Rashmi: Hi Niira, my name is Rashmi and I write for The Economic Times.
N: Hi Rashmi, how are you?
R: I'm good, I write on telecom, out of Bombay.
N: I know, I've heard so much about you.
R: Okay, actually you know that this is regarding another story that I have learned and of course it can be totally - you know, I mean, you might not have anything to offer on that.
R: It's about Bharti Airtel being in talks with Tata Communication, with Tatas rather, to buy out their stake in Tata Communications, okay?
N: What nonsense.
R: I know, I know.
R: You have the right to say all that you want to say, I'm sending you a short questionnaire. We also have details, I mean, we have just very broad details, we also don't have finer details, inner details.
N: Hmm.
R: But um, the fact is that I don't want to write anything before of course letting Tata the chance- giving Tata the chance to you know, respond.
N: It's actually incorrect. It leads me to a meeting I had with Rahul Joshi yesterday where I told Rahul that you know, even in the case of Tata Motors, your Nandini and Lijee and all of them write stories ...
N:...and I have ten stories sitting on my table today - 8 of them are actually incorrect. Incorrect
matlab, matlab
(meaning) actually -
R: I don't know if you've been tracking my stories or not, by and large I -
N: No no, I have great respect for you. Rohit has been telling me about you and I have absolutely great respect for you.
N: You've always been, I mean you've been - normally spot on, but let me tell you somebody's having you on, coz you will force me to -
R: No no, now I'll tell you. Niira - Niira, I'll tell you - It's not only me, there're 2 more seniors in different centres, they're not even in Bombay, they're calling me up - they told me on Sunday about the same thing, and I -
N: Rashmi,
aisa kaun
kar raha hai?
(who is spreading this?) There is only one bunch of loonies that spread anything -
R: I know -
N: - which is -
R: I know, I know, Niira, I exactly know what you're saying, but something is off -
N: Rashmi, you know what their attempt is right now, to show that Bhartis and Tatas are getting closer together.
N: So they want to try - see what is their attempt, single attempt, to get 6.25 MHz of spectrum by fudging all the figures and doing what they want. They want to show the government, or not so much the government - they want to show Raja,
N: - because they've tried every other way to show that how they're getting closer to Sunil Mittal, we're doing this, we're doing that, whatever. They want to now show that we're actually entering into a business engagement -
N: So that, we are - so they can go Raja and say look, Tatas and Sunil Mittal are going to hit you, I'm the only one who's going to protect you.
N: I know your game, Rashmi, you can send me your questionnaire, I'm going to send it to Rahul, I'm going to tell him it's absolutely wrong - because it's wrong.
R: I'll still send you a questionnaire, you can send it to Rahul, and uh, of course I'm sending it after talking to Bodhi and Javed and all, so it's not that I'm randomly sending you a questionnaire on a story big like this. So what I'll do is, I'll send it, I'll mark a copy to Srinath if you want me to -
N: Please do, please you can mark everyone a copy including Mr. Tata, I don't mind -
R: No no no! I mean, that's why I'm asking you, it'll be n dot srinath at tata... com, what is it, I don't know -
N:Uh, Srinath
email id
kya hai?
? (What's Srinath's email id?)
N: Uh, srinath dot n at tata communications dot com
R: OK...tata communications...you know, if it was only me who had heard I would still doubt myself, but since some very senior people and -
N: I know where it's coming from! I know where it's coming from. I can tell you exactly where it's coming and I know who in your system is talking to whom.
N: The names that you've just given me, I can assure you, they're in touch with them, and I know that for a fact. Rashmi,
tum yeh
story carry
karoge mujhe
likhna padega.
baat hain
(Simply put, Rashmi, if you carry this story I will have to write a letter -
Nahin nahin woh toh
(No, but) (inaudible) -
N: You tell Bodhi, and you tell Javed also -
R: I've told Bodhi, told Javed, and uh, what Rajeev has already written so many letters...
N: I will not even bother with Rajeev, because this is something that is absolutely lies, I know where it's coming from, its actually not even true. We're not talking to Bharti in anyway at all, there is no discussion with anyone - this is absolutely somebody just doing kite flying.
N: And I don't think you can carry stories which are just - I mean, tomorrow I can say you know that, Bennett Coleman has been bought off by Subhas Chandra but -
R: You know Niira, everybody tells me the same thing, that your company is being bought by this this, and Rupert Murdoch is buying BCCL and you know, every time I write a story like that and you know, display back the same thing to me.
R: I really don't know, if I don't write, someone else will write. Maximum...I mean, I've kept everybody in the loop including Javed and Bodhi. I'll just check with them once again but I don't think it will be like a no-no from them.
N: Rashmi, you tell um, Bodhi that you've spoken to me. It's lies. You run the story, then let him put it - run it past Rahul.
N: Rahul and I've had a discussion yesterday, I'll leave it for Times of India to decide, and ET to decide how they want to go forward on this.
N: If the story comes out, I will then take it right to the top, because the story is wrong. I won't leave it, you can tell Bodhi that.
N: I've said that because I know the story is wrong,
? I don't have to convince you that - because I know it's not correct.
R: Niira, why don't you call Bodhi and have a word with him, I think that'll be better.
N: No no, tell him - I'm not even going to bother calling, I'm going to call Rahul just now and tell him that this is absolute nonsense that's happening and that this needs to st - this is exactly what I met Rahul on yesterday -
N: I told him, I said, Rahul, if I find negat- I don't care if it's negative or positive, if you have a negative story and we've done something wrong and you carry it Rashmi, no problem, as long as you carry my point of view, right? I have no issues -
N: But you carry a story which is actually wrong, then I have a problem.
R: Your point of view will be carried, Niira, your point of view will be carried.
hi nahin hai toj
(when there's no story to begin with), it's not even true, Rashmi. Rashmi, if I was buying, if Bharti is talking to us, it would be there
? I'm telling you it's not true!
R: It would be where? It would be where, tell me? It would be where? You would -
N: It's not there! Zero!
R: Even when you were...Niira, it's been my experience
, everytime there's...anybody talks to anybody they always deny it till the last minute, right?
To baat hi nahin hai,
main tumhe ek baat bata do, yeh baat nahin hai. Jo hai, agar hum log baat
(There is no such matter, Rashmi, none at all) - you know what I will then tell you, Rashmi?
nahin kar sakti ispe
(No comment), is what I will tell you.
N: Then you carry the story, I don't have a problem.What I'm telling you is -
Accha, theek hai
(Okay), now let me, let m e -
N: - that this is not even remotely possible.
R: No, what I'll do is tell Bodhi what you are saying and then I'll run the questionnaire through to him and then I'll like, you know, then we can take it forward from there, if I send you a mail I'll SMS you saying that -
N: Rashmi, you send me the mail, I'm going to send it to Rahul, I'm not going to respond to you, I'm going to let you run the story and after that I will leave for the Tatas to decide what they want to do with Bennett Coleman.
R: But we will not run the story - we will not run the story without your comment,
Nahin, to main tumhe
bhejungi na
? Because to me this is - you and I have spoken, as far as I am concerned this is absolutely wrong, this information is inaccurate, you are being led up the garden path.
N: I don't even want to respond that it is wrong because I've told you this, I'm not - I'm just going to - I'm going to send it on to Rahul and I'm going to say this is yet - please add it to my list of of Lijee Philip and other Economic Times stories which are factually wrong.
N: So then I will let Tatas decide what they want to do with Bennett Coleman.
R: You don't tell me all that, I'll tell Bodhi -
N: <I>Bol de na Bodhi
(So tell Bodhi) -
R: I'll tell Bodhi -
N: Rashmi, that's how strongly I feel about it because I'm so tired of having to defend.
R: My problem is, you know Niira, my problem is I've been stopped from writing stories till the eleventh hour -
R: - only to see them being formally announced the next day. So my experience with the Tata Group in particular has been so bad and -
N: No was Tata Tele and you've had a couple of instances Rashmi and I'm really sorry about that, but
nahin hai
(there is so issue with Bharti Airtel), it's not there!
Yeh baat hi galat hai
(This is all wrong).
R: That's what I'm saying, that's what I'm saying
, my experience with the group has been so bad that I mean, if it was for the first time somebody was saying like, then I would have believed. But then -
N: So what is your query? That Bharti is buying Tata Communications?
R: No the - only your stake, I mean only Tata's stake, not the whole company, they're buying out Tatas from the venture.
N:From the government?
R: No, not from the government! See, Tatas have 51% in the company no? So Bharti is buying that 51% from Tata.
N: What nonsense!
R: I know it is, I know it is (inaudible) what you're saying -
N: What nonsense!
R: Anyways, you... you agree with me, you've told me exactly how you feel about it.
R: Let me, let me just discuss it with Bodhi also and um then -
N: Rashmi. Rashmi, Rashmi, why don't you follow nice stories?
Usko tum
6.25 spectum
dila doge
(you'll get him 6.25 spectrum), why don't you - follow sensible stories -
R: I follow all sorts of stories Niira, I follow all sorts of stories. I don't write only...these big stories only come once in a blue moon. No no, I'll tell Bodhi exactly, I'll tell Bodhi exactly what you're telling -
N: You tell him you please - front page
de do mujhe (put me on the front page), double - I want full spread front page -
R: You want?
N: Ya, you please give me 5 columns.
R: Hmm, for what?
N: After that I will let Ratan Tata decide what you want to do with Bennett Coleman.
R: For which story, you're saying?
N: This one, this one - Bharti buying Tata Communications stake.
R: No no, I'll not say all that, I'll just tell exactly what -
N: 5 columns
to mujhe dogi na isme
(you'll give me 5 columns, won't you), with big headline?
Rashmi: No
, let me just uh, we're wasting time Niira, I'm wasting your time and so -
Niira: You're not, Rashmi, you're not wasting my time, I would put it another way, seriously I'm telling you - please run the story.
I will -
Niira: You run it in 5 columns, give me 5 columns -
Rashmi: I will just tell Bodhi what you're saying. I'll just tell Bodhi and I'll tell Javed also,
theek hai
Niira: Ya tell him - tell him, run the story.
Rashmi: And if at all -
(ends abruptly)


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'Downton Abbey' just one of many TV shows available at Beaufort County libraries
If you've ever discovered a TV series in its later seasons and wanted to watch it from the first episode, then you should visit Beaufort County's libraries. Here you will find many shows that are currently popular.
The library system serves Beaufort County with five branches: Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Lobeco and the brand new St. Helena Island facility. Beaufort County Library is part of SCLENDS, a consortium of 16 South Carolina county public libraries. This sharing network enables library cardholders to borrow materials owned by these other county libraries, maximizing access to desired DVD products.
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The New Mexico federal court's ruling in Tom vs SB Inc. denied the defendants' requests to enter evidence of adjustments they had made to the time logging practices that their semi-truck drivers used. This ruling demonstrates that many commercial semi-truck drivers fail to keep the required time logs, and even when they keep a time log, the logs often include dishonest or inaccurate information.
The Facts of the Case
According to the opinion, a relative of the plaintiff was killed in an accident with a truck driven by an employee of the defendant trucking company. After the accident and death of the plaintiff's loved one, the trucking company wanted to introduce evidence that they have improved their time logging practices since the accident (this is a unique situation, as defendants usually want to exclude evidence that they fixed a problem after an accident that was allegedly their fault). Apparently the defendants wanted the jury to see that they shouldn't be tacked with punitive damages because they fixed a problem when they found out about it.
The Court's Opinion
Under Federal Rule of Evidence 407, plaintiffs are excluded from introducing evidence of remedial measures taken by a defendant after the alleged accident occurred. In this case, the defendants wanted to introduce the evidence and the plaintiffs were using Rule 407 to prevent them to. The Court here actually sided with the defendants in deciding that the Rule 407 exception only applies when a plaintiff want to introduce evidence and a defendant refuses.
The Court ended up excluding the evidence anyway, using Federal Rule of Evidence 403's relevance test. Because the addition of the corrected time logs may have confused the jury as to which logs were from before or after the accident. Although the Court's evidentiary ruling is interesting, the most important point to be taken from this case is that semi-truck drivers often fail to properly keep required time logs, and as a result of that failure, get into accidents.
Semi-Truck Rest Log Fraud
Commercial semi-truck drivers are not permitted to drive more than a certain number of hours at a time or in a specified period. In order to make more money, many drivers "cook their books" and put dishonest information into their time logs. Studies have shown that drowsy or distracted truck driving, the kind that occurs when truck drivers drive more hours than permitted under state and federal regulations, substantially increases the likelihood of causing an accident. With so many truckers failing to keep accurate time logs, semi-truck drivers end up being involved in many accidents. Often these accidents are the result of the drivers working too many hours, and they can sometimes be proven by an expert's look into the defendant driver's time log.
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"Mount Hermon started a long, long time ago. I first went in 1947, after the end of the World War II."
Albert, age 94
Mount Hermon did start a long, long time ago. But by 1947, it was already close to half a century old. The beginning dates back to the turn of the 20th century when Reverend Hugh Gilchrest, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Seattle, was invited to join the San Francisco seminary faculty and to pastor the Westminster Presbyterian Church in that city. But he hesitated to accept. If he left Seattle, he would have to bid farewell to the summer Bible conferences at Vashon Island, Washington. After much prayer, he replied that he would go if they would agree to hold Bible conferences there. They did, and Reverend Gilchrest moved to San Francisco.
Glenwood 1905
The first of three annual fall Bible conferences was held in 1902. They were good, but might a mid-summer event in a nice vacation spot be even better? In the summer of 1905, a great ten-day conference was held at Glenwood, about seven miles north of present-day Mount Hermon. It drew an astonishing 250 people. Every morning, Hugh Gilchrest and another pastor, Thornton Mills, met to pray and consider whether the Pacific Coast might need a conference ground of its own, one such as Dwight L. Moody had started in Northfield, Massachusetts. At the end of the Glenwood conference, Dr. W. C. Sherman preached a powerful sermon from Ecclesiastes 8:4—"Where the Word of a King Is, There Is Power." Dr. Sherman declared, "Jesus is King. We have His Word; therefore, we have authority to go ahead. The power is ours. What are we waiting for?"
What, indeed! At the end of the conference, the men called for a vote. It was unanimous. They needed a western Northfield.
In September 1905, Pastors Gilchrest and Mills—along with Henry Sanborne, another of the speakers at the Glenwood conference—met at San Francisco's Occidental Hotel. Their charge was to organize a committee to start a conference center. They spent most of their time in prayer.
They had a calling. They had a foundation of prayer. But, where should such a conference center be located? The men looked two hundred miles up and down the San Francisco coast, and as far inland as Yosemite. Glenwood, perhaps? Too small and not enough water. Point Lobos, south of Carmel? Great possibility, but again, little water. The Elim Grove of Redwoods on the Russian River? Certainly worth considering. But in the end, nothing compared with the stunning beauty, the flowing water, and the existing structures at two 200-acre parcels: the Tuxedo Hotel property, and the Arcadia property.
Neither Tuxedo nor Arcadia was an appropriate name, however. So Reverend Gilchrist sat down with his Bible, and directories of New York and Washington state, and put together a list of almost 1,000 possible names—including a few nice-sounding ones he made up. A committee of five women made the final selection. The top choice was Mount Hermon, the blessed place where Jesus went apart with His disciples and was transfigured before them. A perfect name, for through the years this has continually been a place for followers of Christ to draw apart with Him. Truly a place of blessed transformation.
Mount Hermon Association was formed and a board of directors appointed. They would raise money to buy the property by selling stock. By April 2, 1906, they had sold $30,000 worth, half paid for and the rest payable. On April 14, with praise on their lips, they bought the 400 acres for $44,000. Although they still owed $31,000, they had stock promises for every bit of it.
Four days later, the great San Francisco earthquake struck. With the city in ruins and countless fires burning, those who had paid pleaded, "We need our money back!" Those who hadn't yet paid begged, "Please, we're ruined! You cannot hold us to that debt!"
In the end, every last dollar was refunded. The fledgling conference center was flat broke. The trustees did the only thing they could do—they fell to their knees and prayed. When they finished praying they said, "God was in this before the earthquake, and He will be in it after the earthquake. We will go on. The need for the true teachings of the Word is as great now as before the disaster. We will go on in the dark, trusting God."
That sound foundation of prayer and trust in God's faithfulness that carried Mount Hermon through those dark days held secure through every challenge that followed.
On April 6, 1917, war shook our world. With sorely needed resources diverted from the fledgling conference center to the war effort, and everyday basics rationed, guests brought salt, sugar, and flour to donate to the kitchen. As men marched off to fight and supplies grew more scarce, a decision was made to hold at least one service at a campfire. They called it "Victory Circle." A unique name for a unique concept where countless lives have been transformed.
"Mount Hermon started in 1959. At least, it did for me. At Victory Circle. I was in high school, and it changed my life forever."
Kathleen, 68
Four years later, on April 18, 1921, fire roared through Mount Hermon, burning Zayante Inn, the dining room, and cabins. With the summer season fast approaching, the timing was terrible. The first response was prayer. As God moved, people donated their time, their energy, even their cabins. Whatever it took to get the camp ready. That year, Mount Hermon's operations moved to the conference center.
An even greater forest fire threatened the camp in July 1929. Once again people fell to their knees in prayer, and the wind changed. The charred ground showed how close the fire had come—two feet from Mount Hermon's property!
Three months after the fire, the new Mount Hermon Association, Inc., was created to help with the resulting financial woes. Ten days later, on October 29, 1929, the Great Stock Market Crash rocked the country. Some people suggested it was God's way of keeping the officers and directors conscious of their complete dependence on Him. It certainly did that!
On the heels of World War II, in May 1950, a group of Japanese pastors had a dream: If they could rebuild their churches and evangelize their communities, they could send the Gospel of Christ back to Japan! They intended to hold a one-time gathering at Mount Hermon, but the impact was so great that the Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS) has become one of Mount Hermon's largest annual events. Their 2,000-plus attendees fill Redwood Camp and the main conference center, and spill over into other camps in the area.
"I prayed my daughter would have a Mountain Top experience. She had something much better. Her experience was solid, knowing in her heart that God is real and present."
Ellen, 49
From the beginning, Mount Hermon Road ran through the conference center—not a problem when it was a sleepy street. But by the 1950s, the 1,200 vehicles a day that roared along the thoroughfare became a troubling situation. Fences provided some protection, but they kept getting knocked down by drunk drivers. On Sundays, the road was so busy, police had to direct traffic. As years passed and traffic increased, the troubling situation became a disaster waiting to happen. Directors and conferees alike prayed that God would somehow close the road. But if that happened, where would the cars go? And how would people get to Mount Hermon? By 1968, a full 16,000 vehicles roared through each day. Trucks rumbled along so loudly that anyone speaking in the auditorium had to pause and wait until they passed. Once again, God's people raised their voices to heaven. And God answered. A tremendous winter storm closed the road. But the county rerouted it to Graham Hill Road, and back up through Mount Hermon. People prayed on, and the rain poured down. The next year, the road washed out again, but this time it sank forty feet. Enough was enough. The county built a bypass around Mount Hermon.
"There is a perfectly logical reason for the giant hill slipping down onto Mount Hermon road… It has nothing to do with underground springs, earth fissures or pressures, I say. I contend it is all those Mount Hermon residents employing the 'faith-to-move-mountains' prayer program."
Valley Press, 1969
Mount Hermon's legacy includes many of the most influential preachers, teachers, and musicians. A few names from among the many greats: Louis Talbot, who led the Young People's Conference in 1932, and Charles Fuller with the Fuller Seminary Conferences. Henrietta Meers, who so influenced both Billy Graham, and Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. Dick Halverson, pastor of Fourth Presbyterian in Washington, D.C., who served as Chaplain to the Senate, and Luis Palau, the great preacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
When Billy Graham preached at Mount Hermon's auditorium, the staff set up bleachers and chairs throughout the mall to accommodate the crowds at two consecutive meetings. Each drew 1,400 people! On a jeep ride with Mount Hermon director Bill Gwinn, Billy Graham admired the beauty of the area. It reminded him of his North Carolina home. At the summit, he prayed with the staff, claiming the 12-acre site for the Lord. Six years later, Kaiser Sand and Gravel gifted the entire 12 acres to Mount Hermon. The result was Ponderosa Lodge, where so many high school and college students have felt the touch of God.
Gospel Hall of Famer Andre Crouch, Dove Award Winner Paul Baloche, Grammy winner Charlie Peacock, and Mount Hermon's own David Talbott join the countless men and women whose music had echoed through the redwoods over the decades.
Mount Hermon, established on a foundation of prayer, was built on utter dependence on God. Honed by earthquake and war and fire, it was made strong through unshakable trust in God's faithfulness. Today its legacy lives on in the countless lives that have been transformed for eternity.


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Shew v. Malloy, a case filed last year with the backing of several pro-Second Amendment groups, including the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America, is now making its way through the federal courts to challenge the pretended legislation passed by Connecticut legislators and signed by Governor Dan Malloy. The legislation not only banned semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines, but also required that citizens of Connecticut register their weapons with the state.
The legislation resulted in tens of thousands of Connecticut residents saying "no" to registering their guns in a mass civil disobedience display and issuing somewhat veiled threats against those that might try and disarm them through gun confiscation because of the failure to register their weapons.
Earlier this year we told you about the amicus brief filed by GOA. The NRA came alongside them with a friend of the court brief on behalf of June Shew on July 15, 2013. According to the NRA brief, the legislation should be invalidated because "The line between permissible and impermissible arms regulations is not to be established by balancing the individual right protected by the Second Amendment against purportedly competing government interests." There was even an appeal to the landmark ruling in the Heller case by the Supreme Court.
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However, a district court upheld Connecticut's ban in January 2014 and the case was then on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
In May, the NRA filed another friend of the court brief with the Second Circuit Court. According to the NRA:
The brief began by advocating that the court employ strict scrutiny if it chooses to use an interest balancing test to determine the legality of the bans. In doing so, the brief cited precedent from other circuits, along with the Supreme Court's Heller decision. "What is often glossed over," it stated, "is the fact that the Supreme Court also held a ban on commonly owned long guns, such as those prohibited by the Act, was unconstitutional …." Accordingly, the brief argued, the Act's "provisions fall within the ambit of Heller's mandate, and must be subjected to at least strict scrutiny."
The brief also called upon the court to limit the evidence that the state of Connecticut can use to justify the Act. It stated that only the evidence which was considered by the Connecticut legislature at the time of enactment should be used to determine whether the legislature acted reasonably. Further, the brief went on to attack the credibility of evidence used by Connecticut and the District Court, by refuting the so-called "expert" opinions of Dr. Christopher Koper as unreliable.
Other friend of the court briefs were filed in support of the plaintiffs by a variety of organizations, including the Pink Pistols, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, and a coalition of states including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The case is now on appeal before the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit has announced that argument in the case will be heard on December 9, the same day and before the same panel as the pending appeal in the case challenging New York's "SAFE" Act.
If you recall, politicians, specifically Republican politicians were warned well in advance of the legislation by patriots that they would not comply. One Connecticut gun collector was arrested for having "too many" guns and model rockets while patriot John Cinque was threatened by a Connecticut police officer who wanted to kick down his door and take his guns. Even Governor Dan Malloy taunted gun owners, "You lost," get over it!
Connecticut had the opportunity this month to put a pro-Second Amendment governor in charge, who vowed to get the unconstitutional laws repealed, but instead were content to let the establishment politicians fight it out instead of vote their principles.
All of this stemmed from the Sandy Hook incident, which many still question much about the official story. In fact, Connecticut legislators rammed the legislation through in spite of testimony against their pretended legislation and in favor of the protection of the people's right to keep and bear arms. One parent of a 6-year-old victim even said that the problem wasn't a lack of gun laws, but a "lack of civility."
While people called for all sorts of "pause" and not "jumping the gun" (no pun intended) the day the Sandy Hook story broke, I warned that the gun grabbing crowd would be immediately on the issue calling for more laws to advance gun confiscation. I was right, and though we had some major victories against the Obama administration in the wake of Sandy Hook, sadly Connecticut has become a casualty. Let's see if there will be a resurrection.Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook, Google Plus, & Twitter. You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here.


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Ahead of the Apple Watch's launch in early 2015, Apple has today announced an SDK just for its timepiece, the WatchKit.
Looking to get third-party app developers onboard ahead of release, it'll let devs put together new wrist-based "experiences" for the Cupertino smartwatch. So you'll have something to fiddle with when the rival to Will.i.am's "cuff" eventually hits stores.
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I've picked up a few really helpful healthy-eating tips from the email-only newsletter written by Brooklyn-based health counselor Christine Boutross. So, when a recent newsletter mentioned that the pigment in red beets, betacyanin, has been proven to be a strong cancer-fighting agent and that people "who were consuming regular servings of beets had a 30% drop in their bad cholesterol, a 40% drop in triglycerides, and a rise in HDL, the good cholesterol," I was ready to start cooking some—even though roasting these red root veggies usually leaves my kitchen looking like a crime scene. But then Ms. Boutross threw me for a loop:
To get the best nutritional value from your beets, especially those good cancer fighting agents, you want to eat your beets raw. Just peel them (If they are baby beets, you really don't need to peel them at all) and either grate them, slice them into rounds or chop them into bite size pieces.
To be completely honest, I grew up in a beet-free household and I wasn't even exactly sure what they were when I picked up a dusty bunch of 'em at my CSA a few years back. I quickly fell in love with roasted beets, but I never imagined eating them raw. Then, soon after that newsletter was sent out, I found myself at Vino Vino in Austin, Texas, noshing on a superb tian of sliced baby beets, stacked between dollops of macadamia nut purée, drizzled with Thai basil pesto, and topped with thick shavings of Pecorino Romano. The beets were raw, and they were delicious.
My vegetarian dining companion at Vino Vino had never tried raw beets either, so I guess I'm not completely alone in my lack of exposure to them. But some Chowhounds have already shared their favorite raw beet recipes, and Gourmet has an intriguing recipe for raw beet and apple tabbouleh. Plus, one commenter on BlogHer treats them like carrots and slices them into sticks for colorful crudités. Any other raw beet recipe ideas?


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About Maggi
Over the past 21 years, I have been fulfilling the Real Estate needs and dreams of those in Whistler. My priorities are simple. They're yours! When buying or selling a home, you deserve a Realtor who'll take the time to listen, find out what's important to you and put your interests first. If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, please share your goals with me. In turn, I'll share my success with you.
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Maggi Thornhill - President
office: 604.932-1875 | cellular: 604.905.8199
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Whistler's top residential realtor, Maggi has been working in the real estate industry since 1989, specializing in the sale of single-family homes, condominiums and luxury homes. Maggi immigrated to Canada from England in 1983 with her husband and three children.
After residing in West Vancouver for five years, the Thornhills relocated to Whistler British Columbia, making it their permanent home. Maggi and her family love and enjoy Whistler's relaxed lifestyle, summer and winter activities, and the valley's natural beauty year round.
Max Thornhill - VP of Sales and Marketing
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Max's lifelong exposure to real estate and intimate knowledge of Whistler and surrounding areas combines with his excellent people skills to make him an invaluable member of Maggi's team.
Max previously worked in the movie industry as a production coordinator in Vancouver and now resides in Whistler with his wife Hali and son Aiden.
Bob Daniels - Broker/Manager
office: 604.966.2083 | cellular: 604.932.2733
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As a licensed realtor since 1988 and broker/agent since 1992, Bob has strong experience in the industry. Bob and his wife Kashi Richardson have lived in Whistler since the 1970's and have raised two daughters, Claire and Mia who share their passion for the mountain lifestyle which Whistler offers. Along with his managing responsibilities for the Thornhill Real Estate Group, Bob continues to sell real estate and serve his network of clients.
Heather Murray - Transaction Coordinator and Bookkeeper
office: 604.966.2086
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Heather will assist you every step of the way once a deal has been accepted. With her meticulous attention to detail, she will assist you with building inspections, lawyers, accountants, insurance, rental agents etc. -and will take you to a stress-free completion. You will enjoy Heather's friendly disposition and recognize her capabilities.
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Obama flooded America with Syrians & Muslim Brotherhood plans parallel Islamic society to overthrow the USA. Stop the flood of unvetted Syrian refugees at https://www.tpa.us/e6
The Americans who are fleeing the area these days now refer to Allentown and the greater Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania as "Little Syria."
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There are so many Syrians in that part of the state that rival clans are duking it out in the streets and hitting each other with their protest signs as if it's the Arab Spring all over again.
There are five separate organized warring factions including the Syrian government, the Syrian Opposition, the Syrian Democratic Forces, the Islamic State and the Al-Nusra Front.
That doesn't include the hundreds of inter-family blood feuds and clan warfare that happens in Muslim countries anytime there is an uprising.
As of the 2010 census, there were only about 140,000 people of Syrian ancestry living in the United States.
In 2016, Obama brought more than 13,000 unvetted Syrian pseudo-refugees into the country.
Barack Obama almost doubled the number of Syrians in the United States in less than a four-year span.
The Daily Mail says a new government report has been issued there proving that the Muslim Brotherhood is using the Syrian refugee crisis to establish a "parallel society" in Sweden.
Meaning the Muslim Brotherhood and the imams in the mosques are encouraging all of the refugees and immigrants to never assimilate.
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New Wave Junior 2015 is less than a month away and a number of this years singers have now been selected to participate in the show.
The 7th edition of New Wave Junior will be taking place at Artek in Crimea, to date a total of 13 singers have been selected to participate. Participants are between the age of 8 and 13. Last year a total of 11 countries participated in the competition with 17 singers in total taking part.
The following singers have so far been selected to take part in New Wave Junior 2015:
- Armenia – Mary Kocharyanry
- Belarus – Sasha Mineok
- Belarus – Yulia Levina
- Georgia – Nino Basilaya
- Greece – Emma Khamza
- Lithuania – Kleopatra Wasilewski
- Israel – Timoti Sannikov
- Kazakhstan – Daneliya Tuleshova
- Moldova – Eva Timush
- Russia – Dikiye Gitary (Wild Guitar)
- Russia – Vilena Khikmatullina
- Ukraine – Anna Trincher
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Fun in the outdoors starts with the right equipment, and the Variant snowshoe is just that! The Variant allows for easy maneuvering in any winter conditions.
- Construction: Alu frame
- Binding: One pull binding with EVA padding
- PU coated polyester weave decking
- Steel crampon
- Dimensions: 8" W x 25" L
- Weight (per pair): 4.5 lbs (2.04 kg)
- Surface Area: 200 sq in
- Optimal Load: 110-170 lbs (50-77 kg)


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CEIC News@lert: Poor Outlook for Croatia's Government Debt in Light of Weaker Indebtedness Indicators and Bleak Economy
April 22, 2014 OVERVIEW: Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook on Croatia's government bond Ba1 rating to negative from stable on 21 March 2014. This decision follows similar rating actions by its peers, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's Rating Services, and was prompted by an increasingly negative assessment on Croatia's government debt and overall economic outlook. DISSECTING THE TOWERING GOVERNMENT AND EXTERNAL DEBT Croatia's government debt rose to HRK219.41 billion by the end of 2013 from HRK183.27 billion at the end of 2012. This translates into a significant deterioration in its government indebtedness ratios; general government debt amounted to approximately 66.84% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013, rising from 55.78% during 2012 and 51.85% during 2011. These increases were exacerbated by the deterioration in GDP, placing further upward pressure on the debt-to-GDP ratio. Croatia's soaring debt in relation to its GDP merits further analysis as it is an important component in determining its creditworthiness. Rising debt has been largely attributable to increased long-term domestic and foreign general government borrowings. Combined, long-term government debt amounts to HRK132.12 billion (40.25% of GDP), comprising HRK71.97 billion and HRK60.15 billion of domestic and foreign debt respectively. While the bulk of these government debts are of long-term maturity, negative growth prospects and the persistent inability to put a lid on government debt growth has been a constant theme in Croatia's worsening debt profile. High general government debt is exacerbated by persistently high fiscal deficit. Croatian National Bank statistics reveal that fiscal deficits were consistently above 4% of GDP from 2009-2012. As of December 2012, the fiscal deficit stood at 4.02% of GDP. A deteriorating economic climate questions the government's ability to close this gap. CROATIA'S WEAK ECONOMY Croatia's economy was dealt a serious blow by the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, which saw real GDP growth falling sharply by 8.29% as of the first quarter of 2009. Since then, Croatia has been struggling to recover, experiencing negative GDP growth for eighteen consecutive quarters, with the exception of modest growth measuring 0.35% and 0.56% respectively during the second and third quarters of 2011. Considering the country's currently weak economy, the Croatian government faces the twin pressures of balancing its books and creating economic growth. Furthermore, Croatia's presently high external debt position (measuring 109.13% of GDP at the end of 2013) places tight constraints on Croatia's external liquidity position as a whole. Combined with general deterioration of the Croatian government bond rating, the downgrades may place further challenges on Croatian-based entities to refinance their debt or raise new funds. CONCLUSION The turbulent economic climate and downright pessimistic growth scenario since the recent global financial crisis mean that Croatia's indebtedness ratios are unlikely to improve in the near future, as reflected by the opinions of the three major rating agencies. However, Croatia's entrance to the European Union offers a glimmer of hope, insofar as to support exports and capital flows in the context of closer Croatia-European Union integration. At the same time, closer Croatia-European Union integration brings about increased access into the European markets as well as possible allocations for European Union cohesion. At the same time, stricter scrutiny on government finances – in line with European Union guidelines – may help encourage greater fiscal discipline by the Croatian administration. That said, these integration benefits should also be viewed in the context of the presently volatile economic climate in the European Union as a whole. Discuss this post and many other topics in our LinkedIn Group (you must be a LinkedIn member to participate). Request a Free Trial Subscription. Back to Blog


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-if you are ever feeling a little low, i recommend a blog-birthday! wow. im so overwhelmed by all of your sweet and wonderful comments that i could float -except that im not floating, but instead very, very tired from a looong day with a final exam! you are the best! all of you!
remember that new-comers can comment on the birthday-post until monday and be in the draw for the secret gift! okay.
here we go:
▶ Maria: Thank you so much sweet Maria -i must have too much time on my hands :) The vase/candle-thingy is from Kähler and designed by Louise Campbell!
▶ Jessica: Thank you so much!
▶ Katrine Ny: Tusind tak, hvor er du sød! blogs er bare den perfekte overspringshandling! jeg kommer altid til at tjekke blogs i undervisning! I tror jeg laver et lille indlæg om den store collage i morgen ...
▶ Lena: Thank you so much! im going to make a little post about the collage tomorrow ... :)
▶ Lottie: Oh, yeah it would be so cool to make a poster of the year like that! Our photowall in the kitchen works kind of like a giant collage of past time, and its so lovely to have around!
▶ Brinja: Tak -du er for sød!
▶ Hanna: Yeah that is really funny to think of! when you start reading a blog you rarely notice when it was started!
▶ Mutti: Tak søde mutti! og tak for den søde kommentar!
▶ Stride: Hvor er du sød! tusind tak! jeg er meget beæret over at kunne være dit frirum!
▶ Elin: Oh, so do I -i would love to see your blog! thank you so much for commenting! im so glad to here from you and your sweet words make me blush!
▶ Emma: you are welcome! thank you for all your comments! -i think its crazy that a year can contain as many things as are in the collage!
▶ Sarah: Tak! og jeg er glad for at have fundet din! bliv ved med at læse!
▶ Saga: Thank you so so much! i love your characteristic of the blog!
▶ MotherSvea: Thank you! its weird to think of it as a success, but it is!
▶ Gracia: Thank you so much! i have bought some frozen berries for a smoothie because i could not stand all the delicious fruit on your blog!
▶ B: Ja, jeg glæder mig også! tusind tak fordi du læser!
▶ Wide-eyed: Thank you for the sweet comment! im proud to be a favourite! more on the photo-collage tomorrow..
▶ Sandra: Thank you so much -and thank you reading! Rufus kissed me thoroughly!
▶ Sopchan: No, Thank you so much for the sweet comment!
▶ Fredrik: Tak TAk! im loving they way your blog is evolving too!
▶ May: The blog thanks you -it was starting to think i got too much of the credit!
▶ Phoebe Marie: Thank you so much for the comment! im proud to make you happy!
▶ Infing: det er sådan en sjov tanke at der hver dag oprettes så mange nye blogge så mange forskellige steder! tak fordi du læser med!
▶ Pamplemous: Oh, so. am. i. im really really happy that i started and have not wanted to stop since!
▶ Steph: I think keeping intouch with a place is such a good reason to read a blog --i will have to photograph the city more!
▶ Laura: Thank you so much for the sweet comment! i feel like i have been blogging for much more than a year too!
▶ Aixx: Thank you so much -i will remember to show more of copenhagen!
▶ Joanne: Thank you -and yes; many many more!
▶ Lynn&Horst: You are too sweet! thank you!
▶ Ashes and Milk: Thank you! more on the collage tomorrow
▶ Mia: Tusind tak -tak fordi du læser!
▶ SammyRose: Thank you so much! thanks for stopping by!
▶ Lea: Du er sød! jeg er glad for at jeg fik dig til at blogge! i morgen fortæller jeg hemmeligheden bag mosaiken!
▶ M: You have too!
▶ Sasha: :) you will! the huge photos was one of my biggest wishes from the beginning! i love huge photos!
▶ §s§: Åhh, søde paragraf! hvornår skal vi drikke kaffe?? kan vi ikke nok nå det inden weekenden?
▶ Schanett: Im kinda proud of the whole regularity too! i do post every single day except when im out of town! keep reading and commenting!
▶ Arbejdsglæde: -hvor er det et fint navn! Jeg elsker at omvende folk til sushi! det er det bedste! tak fordi du læser med!
▶ Veja cecilia: Thank you -i like the post too! i think i will return to it many times just to look at all the photos!
▶ Marieke: Thank you! you can always visit the old blogs through the sidebar, but this design has definitely been the best!
▶ Myszy: the will be so much blood in the future ;) (ungt blood= young blood)
▶ Niller: -they all do, but the others just try to hide it! and no! it won't increase your chances!
▶ Famapa: I wish i could have a big party and invite all my readers! maybe next year?
▶ Lisen: Sometimes you are just busy with other important things ;) Thank you and you are very welcome!
▶ Brita: Thank you so much! keep doing it!
▶ Louise: Thank you. its going to be hard for 2009 since this year was our wedding for example -but im sure other unexpected surprises will come up, making it the best year ever.
▶ yasemin: The competition is getting hard! thank you for visiting!
▶ Ol: How fun! hope you are liking Canada! thank you for the comment -i hope it will last for many years, but who knows where the internet and where i am in just a year. alot can happen!
▶ Amy: What a great achievement! im happy to make you giggle!
▶ Sulu-design: I have made many a comment blunder in the past yeat :) thank you for stopping by and do it again!
▶ Lina: WooooooooooHooooooooo!
▶ Roberta: Thank you so much. In regards to the records, i find keeping it low is the best trick ever - in regards to the dogs, hoooray for sight hounds!
▶ Asphalt and air: thank you so much! i will keep it up!
▶ Ingenting: Tak!
▶ Pappi: Thank you so much sweet pappi -and i have all ready photographed another tower... i will show you soon!
▶ Fenke: Thank you -and the vases are from Kähler -designed by Louise Campbell -they are magnetic so you can arrange them in different ways!
▶ Søster: Tak!! jeg glæder mig sådan til vi ses i weekenden!
▶ Mieke +Willems: I know! im overwhelmed by all the comments! its so wonderful! -you actually wrote your comment while i was doing all these replies!
▶ Júlía: Oh, i love a little icelandic on my blog! thank you so much -im so glad you stop by!
2 comments:
- Veja cecilia said...
wow! I can´t belive you replied to everyones comment. Just great!!
- January 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM
- nilleren said...
i'm pretty sure this will increase my chances to win (even though you say it won't)
- January 14, 2009 at 11:09 AM
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A third of voters remain undecided in the Colorado Springs mayoral race, according to a poll sponsored jointly by the Independent and FOX 21 and conducted by Luce Research last week.
The front-runner, former Attorney General John Suthers, leads the six-person field with 30 percent, while former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace got 22.25 percent in the poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.
Amy Lathen and Joel Miller polled at 7.75 percent and 2 percent, respectively.
Appealing to the undecided 33 percent likely will keep candidates busy leading up to the April 7 city election, for which ballots will be mailed starting March 13.
The 400 people polled by Luce, a local firm, have voting records suggesting they're likely to participate in the city election. Three-quarters are 50 or older; nearly 87 percent have education beyond high school; and nearly nine out of 10 have lived here for 10 years or longer. Fifty-four percent are Republicans, 24.75 percent are Democrats, and 21.25 percent have another affiliation or are unaffiliated.
Those demographics might suggest a majority have deep roots in the community and are well-informed, but 28.25 percent said they hadn't heard of Suthers, who's kept a high profile for decades as district attorney, U.S. attorney and director of the state Department of Corrections.
Suthers leads the way on fundraising with about $241,000, and recently poured $147,000 into radio and TV ads. He's been endorsed by the powerful Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs and by Colorado Springs Forward, a newly formed group composed of moneyed interests.
Asked to comment on the Indy poll, Suthers says, "The only poll that counts is that which ends on April 7. We're going to run to the finish line and work very hard."
Makepeace has the most name recognition of any candidate, the poll shows, with 84 percent saying they've heard of her. But only 44 percent gave her a favorable rating, while 27.75 percent gave her an unfavorable rating, and 11.25 percent said they were unsure.
Makepeace, who's raised about $42,000 (including $1,000 from Independent president Fran Zankowski), says she's seeing an increase in volunteers, donations and buzz on social media. "I think that [grassroots approach] is working," she says, noting her campaign is focusing on neighborhood outreach.
"I'm ... trying to touch people who might not typically be engaged in local elections," she adds, "and I'm finding people very receptive."
Approval ratings for Lathen and Miller, neither of whom has sought or won a citywide race, polled lower. Lathen, an El Paso County Commissioner since 2008, tallied a 25 percent approval rating, but 47.25 percent said they hadn't heard of her; another 15.5 percent were unsure how they felt about her. She's raised about $80,000 in campaign money.
Miller has raised only $10,000. A former city councilor who resigned in November to run for mayor after representing north District 2 for two years, Miller received favorable ratings from 10.25 percent of those polled, while a whopping 62.75 percent hadn't heard of him and another 15 percent were unsure of him.
Two additional candidates — Tony Carpenter and Lawrence Martinez — shared 2 percent in the ratings.
The poll gave outgoing Mayor Steve Bach a 50.25 percent approval rating, with 31.5 percent rating him unfavorably, 9 percent saying they hadn't heard of him.
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