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Smith, Jean Edward.
New York : Random House, c2007
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|Franklin D Roosevelt; Franklin D Roosevelt; Franklin D Roosevelt
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|Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 2008.
|xx, 858 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
|Preface --
1. Heritage --
2. My son Franklin --
3. Keeping the name in the family --
4. Albany --
5. Awakening --
6. Anchors aweigh --
7. War --
8. Lucy --
9. The campaign of 1920 --
10. Polio --
11. Governor --
12. Albany redux --
13. Nomination --
14. Nothing to fear --
15. One hundred days --
16. New deal ascendant --
17. Hubris --
18. Low tide --
19. On the brink --
20. Stab in the back --
21. Four more years --
22. Arsenal of democracy --
23. Day of infamy --
24. Commander in chief --
25. D-Day --
26. Last post --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
|Jean Edward Smith.
Acclaimed biographer Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to narrate the epic life of the president who, more than any other individual, changed the relationship between the American people and their government. We see how Roosevelt's energy, intellect, and personal magnetism permitted him to master countless challenges. Smith recounts FDR's battles with polio and physical disability, and how they helped forge the resolve to surmount the turmoil of the Great Depression and the wartime threats. FDR's private life is also depicted, with close attention paid to the four women who molded his personality and helped to inform his worldview: His mother; his wife, Eleanor; Lucy Mercer, the great love of his life; and Missy LeHand, his secretary, companion, and confidante. Smith also tackles the failures and miscues of Roosevelt's public career. Smith gives us a clear picture of how this Knickerbocker aristocrat, a man who never had to depend on a paycheck, became the common man's president.--From publisher description.
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WATCH – 'Married And Counting' – A Gay Couple Get Married In Every State That They Can.
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The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) took place over the weekend, but one new high-tech babysitter was not featured in Las Vegas. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute has developed underwater robots to find, track, and protect baleen whales in the Gulf of Maine, particularly the highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whale.
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NFL fantasy football: 3 RBs to rescue your team
BY JEFF AGREST Staff Reporter November 12, 2013 7:06PM
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Bye weeks: Cowboys, Rams.
Redskins at Eagles: The Eagles rank fourth in yards, the Redskins fifth. The Eagles rank 31st in yards allowed, the Redskins 27th.
Jets at Bills: If a game has no fantasy value, does it make a sound? Bills RB Fred Jackson is the best option, but the Jets' run defense is No. 1.
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It has been a terrible year for rushers. Injuries always
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Andre Ellington, Cardinals: Though he continues to share carries with Rashard Mendenhall, Ellington is the better play. He's averaging 7.2 yards on 54 carries (slightly skewed by an 80-yard touchdown) and has more agility and burst than Mendenhall. He also has a favorable schedule. The Cardinals' next two games are against the Jaguars and Colts, who rank 32nd and 26th, respectively, in run defense.
Rashad Jennings, Raiders: Filling in for Darren McFadden, Jennings totaled 107 yards in a tough matchup Sunday against the Giants. He had 176 total yards in a relief role the week before. Jennings had 20 touches in the two losing efforts, and he figures to stay involved without a lot of talent elsewhere. McFadden isn't out for the season, but his history suggests either a long recovery or another injury ahead.


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The recent case of Hunn v. Hunn, No. M2013-00860-COA-R3-CV (Nov, 25, 2013 Tenn. Ct. App.) shows Knoxville divorce attorneys when it is appropriate to award attorneys fees in a divorce action.
The parties married in 2011 and had two children. The parties attended mediation and reached an agreement. In June 2012, Father filed a Motion to Enforce the Mediated Agreement alleging Mother had refused to follow the terms and would not sign a Marital Dissolution Agreement. Mother responded alleging the mediated agreement was not in the children's best interest and requested a trial. Father then filed a motion asking to lift the restriction against his paramour which was denied and Father was ordered to immediately disclose his phone number and address to Mother. Mother then filed another motion to obtain his address, to compel his compliance and for sanctions and attorneys fees for failing to follow court orders. After a hearing, the court ordered both parties to provide complete contact information about the whereabouts of the minor children at all times and that a violation of that could result in jail time for the parties. Father then filed a Petition for Contempt. A hearing was held on Mother's Complaint for Divorce, Father's Counter-Complaint and the Contempt. The trial court made three findings: 1) the Father did not act in good faith when he entered the mediated agreement 2) Father perjured himself in court regarding where he and the children had been living and his credibility is non-existent 3) that co-parenting will be determined by the court based on statutory factors and not the mediated agreement. The divorce was granted to Mother, who was also granted primary residential parent. The contempt motion was denied. Based upon the "additional attorneys necessary to determine the whereabouts of the children" and otherwise pursue the case, the court awarded Mother her attorneys fees and court reporter fees in addition to mediation costs which totaled $11,000. Father appealed.
Until it is signed by a judge, a mediated agreement is a contract. Under contract law, a party may be relieved of the contract if the agreement was "not the result of a good faith negotiation." In the absence of a transcript or statement of the evidence, it is unclear as to the nature of Father's misconduct. However, the Appeals Court presumed there was sufficient evidence to support the finding that Father acted in bad faith. Therefore the trial court's determination is upheld.
Regarding attorneys fees, the trial court has the power to award fees in custody or support proceedings under T.C.A. 36-5-103(c). The award of fees will not be modified unless an abuse of discretion is proven. A abuse of discretion is where a trial court applied an incorrect legal standard, reaches a decision that contravenes logic or uses reasoning that cause s injustice, or the evidence does not support the decision. Here, there is nothing in the record to indicate that the fee might be unreasonable or whether counsel for Father questioned or objected to the fees. Accordingly, there is no way to determine that an abuse of discretion occurred and the trial court is affirmed.
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I discovered how to play this game...
posted by momenteer (SAN DIEGO, CA) Jul 15, 2009
Member since Jul 2009
6 out of 6 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
It looks good, and they don't tell you how to play it so it is INFURIATINGLY FRUSTRATING - which is why so many people gave it a negative review.
I stuck it out. Here's the deal. The ONLY objective is to kill everybody. There are 3 ways to take REGULAR guys out:
1. Non-Locked-On Attack (couple hits and they are down)
2. Grapple Throw (lock on to an enemy first, then press x once to initiate a grapple, wrestle for a moment, by pulling the stick to pull the dude around, then press in a direction and hit x again to throw opponent and follow-up kill with a slash of b or y)
3. Special Kill (There are places on each level like a log, a wall, etc. where you can grapple throw an enemy near it and the lock on indicator will turn red above their head - then press b or y and you will trigger a special kill that gives you big points and gives a cinematic breather)
Most of the fights are with characters that are stronger than you. Use the same tactics - though play more defensively as they will grapple you too (in which case move the stick to or counter what direction they pull you in, and press x or a & x to escape) Hitting x after escaping a grapple will make you jump out of the way from the follow up attack, if there is room to move.
There are no health powerups, so try not to take any damage at any time. Breathe, Relax, and get to choppin bodies!
Man, I wish I had someone to play this game one-on-one with! That is where this game shines I imagine...
posted by tomatohead (Seattle, WA) Jun 23, 2008
Member since Apr 2008
2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Really Bad
It really IS bad...
posted by peacefrog (CHERRY POINT, NC) Sep 20, 2007
Member since Feb 2007
2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Samurai Action
posted by Scarab893 (TAMPA, FL) May 19, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
15 out of 17 gamers (88%) found this review helpful
First off mastering the different stances of your blade and upgrading your stances with certain moves. From strong attacks to weak quick attacks its all about chambara in this game. Again if you compare it to whats out there its totally different so I think thats why people are giving it a bad deal. Yeah it gets repetative sometimes but again its more about the sword play. If you remember back on the PS1 there was the Bushido Blade series, well this is the updated version. Yes graphically there isnt anything to go crazy for, but again sword play. Knowing a boss battle can be a drawn out sword slashing or a complex blade to blade chess match never knowing if your going to land that single deadly strike. Yeah its cool cause if you time it right or get the right combo you can kill a boss with one lethal blow and the fight is over.
Again I know it seems like there are more cons than pros but you gotta give this game a chance. You cant just pick it up and expect it to be awsome you have to understand the mechanics of sword and once you master the combos you'll see
what this game is about.
A bad example of a hack and slash
posted by Baene21 (STILLWATER, OK) Aug 23, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Rent worthy? No
Buy worthy? Definitely not
Above Average
Better then what people say
posted by Kimimaro (OCALA, FL) Sep 19, 2007
Member since Jun 2007
16 out of 20 gamers (80%) found this review helpful
There are many good features of this game, and quite a unique twist for the online mode. However, there is no practice, or tutorial on how to play the game or work the fighting mechanics, so you have to get first hand experience in game.
There's a Story mode, combat mode (1v1 fighting), and Online mode. During Story mode you will be able to choose 1 of 3 starting characters, which you can unlock more characters later. Your character has basic combos which when you complete the mission you will obtain points to be able to unlock different moves that go along with a specific button (Y or B) combo or other attacks that are initiated by pressing a directional button and Y or B. There are 3 different stances for a character, all which you can switch between during combat and can purchase moves for. However you can't save points that you didn't use to another upgrading session. You can also unlock "AI traits", which are used for Online, by finishing missions.
Combat mode is, well.. 1 vs 1, nothing to really explain there. Online fighting is a bit different.. The "Ai traits" you unlock in story carry over here, and effect how your character fights (you don't actually fight yourself, it's basically a bot match).
Graphically, they are somewhat better then Xbox quality, but not even close to being able to completely take advantage of the 360s graphical capabilities. Game play is decent, but will bore you after a few days since it isn't really revolutionary or innovative, and online (since you don't play it yourself) won't really have you coming back for more.
Really Bad
Nothing like the original
posted by Phatslugga (FARMINGTON HILLS, MI) Aug 29, 2008
Member since Dec 2006
5 out of 6 gamers (83%) found this review helpful
Lots of things have changed, and not in a good way. Firstly, this game is no longer a VS style fighter. Instead, its now a generic hack and slash action game that is being choked to death by its own linearity. There are two different attack buttons, and you can mix them up a little bit, but there is little reason to do so, since all the combos do the same amount of damage, and there really is no incentive to switch it up.
Graphics are pretty bad, sound is nothing special, just a total bore. If you're looking for anything that resembles the original game, look somewhere else.
Kengo, a game for all you hardcore samurai fans
posted by shmooey (AUSTIN, TX) Sep 16, 2007
Member since Sep 2007
16 out of 23 gamers (70%) found this review helpful
Now I will admit this game dose have some down falls. The story mode is a bit thin and uninteresting and the online mode is really weak, because all you do is watch your samurai fight. I do really enjoy the two player offline mode though. If your a hardcore samurai person then this game is a must have, other wise just rent it and see if you enjoy it. Well that's my two cents.
Very Good
One of the best fighting games IMO.
posted by Whovencrof (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) Jun 18, 2009
Member since Jan 2009
4 out of 6 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
- A fairly advanced skill based fighting system, complete with a cadre of instant KO moves.
- The ability to use your surroundings as a weapon.
- Characters that mimic your style of play, and only get better when you do.
- Custom combo/skill trees.
- A rather harsh learning curve.
- A somewhat poor storyline in comparison to other good games.
- A cadre of instant KO moves.
- Characters that only get better when you do can be annoying when you aren't very good.
All in all I'd say it's at least worth a try, if you're a fan of fighting games.
Really Bad
WOWThat Sucked!!!
posted by BlakDragn (COQUILLE, OR) Sep 28, 2008
Member since Sep 2007
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
Above Average
.....at least it has multiplayer?
posted by foolmanchu (BRISTOL, WI) Oct 2, 2007
Member since Dec 2006
12 out of 25 gamers (48%) found this review helpful
for a 360 game, the graphics are bad, and if you are someone who needs their game to be completely stylized and unrealistic, you wont like this game at all. but the realistic fighting moves and combos are probably the best part of this game. you dont do superhuman techniques or fly through the air, u block, slash, and try to throw your opponent off balance. this game is good because it is technical, if you are a button masher, you will fail miserably at this game.
now, you DO have to be a samurai fan to realy enjoy this game, especially 'cuz the story mode is so dry. the only REAL fun in this is sparring with a friend in battle mode. another downfall for this game is they dont tell you how to play it, wich WILL frustrate you at first, but you WILL get the hang of it, i promise, and when you do, you will destroy your friends with either a powerful downwards slash to the back, or by stabbing them and throwing them down a well. this is not the best game ever, but it may be one of the best samurai games ever. a definite rent for people with freinds to play against.
worst game ever
posted by ubergamer1 (ALTO, MI) Jan 31, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
5 out of 11 gamers (45%) found this review helpful
the instructions don't come with game fly games and there is no tutorial or anything. 3 seconds into the game you fight a legion of samurai who wrongly accuse you of some dumb junk, they are just filler, and offer no real opportunity to learn how to fight because they surround you so you are forced to kill most of them immediately, then if you do get one alone they die too easily for you to try out any moves. once you have defeated the dozens of puffballs you go up against a boss. You will likely die the first time you fight him. and the second and third. each time you will be forced to watch your corpse for several moments, ya know, laying there. Being dead. then back to the title screen to start all over, no checkpoints, nothing. needless to say, after learning to fight and getting to the third or fourth boss fight, getting beaten and being forced to start from the beginning again, it gets frustrating. plus the gameplay is lethargic, the controls lame and I just hate everything about this game.
Really Bad
How could it be so bad??
posted by bugwump (EL CAJON, CA) Sep 14, 2007
Member since Oct 2006
3 out of 10 gamers (30%) found this review helpful
Swordplay is a joke. A couple of slash buttons, a block button and a charge button. String them together and you have combos more boring than the original street fighter.
I was pretty excited about this game as I love swordplay. The only reason this didn't get shipped back the same day as I received it was because I missed the last pickup for the postman....horrible.
posted by gorgeousp (HAMPTON, VA) Sep 13, 2007
Member since Jul 2007
11 out of 46 gamers (24%) found this review helpful
- Neither Bioshock, Stranglehold, MOH:A or Heavenly Sword (PS3) is available to rent
- You like garbage Tenchu looking games (and that game was already garbage)
- You have no chores to do around the house (clean, wash clothes, mow the lawn)
- You have no job or class to attend
- You are absolutely flat out bored
It is better than Two Worlds I will give you that! If you rent this game well you have been warned, if you BUY this game I'll give you my address and you can send me the 40 bucks next time you feel like wasting money.
This game is broke.......
posted by IamtheStig (PORT RICHEY, FL) Sep 24, 2007
Member since Dec 2006
2 out of 8 gamers (25%) found this review helpful
posted by humper (WESTERVILLE, OH) Sep 21, 2007
Member since Oct 2006
1 out of 5 gamers (20%) found this review helpful
Worst game ive played on 360
posted by Master78 (POOLER, GA) Sep 15, 2007
Member since May 2005
1 out of 9 gamers (11%) found this review helpful
never again
posted by xXSupermanXxLC (ELK GROVE, CA) Aug 1, 2011
Member since Jul 2011
For real Samurai Fans
posted by Dartic (SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT) May 21, 2011
Member since Mar 2011
Trained to kill
posted by karatekid206 (CARROLLTON, TX) Mar 18, 2011
Member since Mar 2011
I say keep it around for the VS mode! its nice to see your friends struggle with the stances then finally start throwing out a good challenge.
One good thing to say about this game is, usually I get soooooo ANGRY when i die quickly in games, like UFC 09 Knockouts urrrr!!!!
but this was fun to be out skilled by a Ronin or w.e. happend to run you through! Have fun dont expect a lot!
p.s. i train in martial arts and everything is right on the money if thats incentive to pick it up!
posted by 557r35 (WILLCOX, AZ) Nov 6, 2010
Member since Nov 2010
posted by Fac3less (JOELTON, TN) Oct 31, 2010
Member since Sep 2010
Kenjo 9
posted by DeathZero (BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA) Dec 23, 2009
Member since Dec 2009
Really Bad
posted by xenonative (MIDDLETOWN, NY) May 3, 2009
Member since Mar 2009
barely worth a rent not worth a purchase
posted by KILLAro (Hollywood, FL) Feb 23, 2009
Member since Feb 2009
waves of enemies until you reach their boss and with the remainig health you have find a way to defeat him. the leveling up system is questionable as well.and the online multiplayer well there is none.this game is dry and infuriating but if you're that into samurai give it a try


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The American Monarchy
Is the US President as a republican substitute for royalty? Frank Prochaska explores the relationship between George III and the Founding Fathers, and the constitutional and ceremonial continuities between Britain and America.
The pride, the glory of Britain, and the direct end of its constitution is political liberty ... Thus have we created the noblest constitution the human mind is capable of framing, where the executive power is in the prince, the legislative in the nobility and the representatives of the people, and the judicial in the people and in some cases the nobility, to whom there lies a final appeal from all other courts of judicature, where every man's life, liberty and possessions are secure. (King George III).
In September 1761, the colonial Englishman Benjamin Franklin, on tour in the Low Countries, eagerly anticipated a return to his home in London to attend the coronation of George III. With his invitation secured, he reached London in time for the festivities, but a storm delayed his arrival at Westminster Abbey and he had to content himself with watching the pageant from a distance. From his vantage point, Franklin would not have known that the ceremony itself was a shambles. Among other mishaps, the authorities had forgotten the canopy, the sword of state and chairs for the King and Queen; and the Dean of Westminster, it was said by an eyewitness, 'would have drop'd the Crown, if it had not been pin'd to the Cushion'.
Franklin, fascinated by royalty, would have forgiven the King had he sat on the Crown. He wrote to a friend that George III's virtue and sincerity would dissipate faction and predicted that His Majesty's reign would 'be happy and truly glorious'.
Franklin's admiration for his monarch had few limits. After a dinner at Versailles hosted by Louis XV in 1767, he reported that 'no Frenchman shall go beyond me in thinking my own king and queen the very best in the World and most amiable'. As a frequent guest at court, he attended George III's birthday festivities in 1771, and the following year wrote to his son of the King's 'great regard' for him.
As Franklin's devotion to royalty illustrates, it was no easy matter to break with so universal a system of government as monarchy, especially for colonial subjects who thought of themselves as patriotic Englishmen and their King as a guardian of the Protestant faith and the 'father of his people'. George III was no less revered in America for being so remote. Distance made him a more difficult target and enhanced the monarch as symbol. With an ocean between them, few colonists ever set eyes upon a member of the royal family, but they demonstrated their allegiance through ritual celebrations of royal birthdays, coronations, and marriages.
Royal authority was slow to weaken in a land of English-speaking emigrants on the fringes of the known world, whose leaders looked to the King for political legitimacy. As the colonists believed the monarchy to be the guarantor of their rights, even the disaffected were hesitant to blame the King for their discontents. Popular indignation centred on the ministry and not the King, who was typically described in resolutions as 'the best of sovereigns'. Oliver Wolcott, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, wrote that the reservoir of respect for George III had been so deep on the eve of the Revolution that 'the abilities of a Child might have governed' the colonists.
The colonial tradition of looking to the Crown for redress was powerful. While Americans often acknowledged the authority of Parliament, they found reasons for refusing to accept it in specific cases, such as taxation. Dismissing the monarch was more difficult given the deep roots of royalism in the colonies. Parliament, subject to party politics, had little symbolic importance in American political rituals, whereas, in the words of Brendan McConville (2006), the King was 'the empire's living embodiment'. Franklin said he could understand the sovereignty of the Crown but not the authority of Parliament. As John Brooke observed in his biography of George III (1972), 'the fathers of the American republic were the heirs of the Tory tradition in British politics'. He added: 'perhaps the only true Tories in the world today are to be found in the United States'.
Although the colonists' regard for George III was slow to wane, events on the ground increasingly strained their patience. In the 1770s, the tightening of political authority and the behaviour of the British Army towards colonial civilians heightened fears that the American arcadia was being sacrificed to satisfy European dynastic interests. As the crisis deepened, it became more common for the colonists to depict the King as the head of a tyrannical government. Pamphleteers fuelled the growing anxieties as the crisis turned violent at Lexington and Bunker Hill. The King, intent on defending his authority, played into their hands by resolving to bring the colonists to heel. As Jeremy Black notes in his life of George III (2006), the result was a breakdown of the paternalism that marked relations between the King and the colonists, whom he had described as his 'rebellious children' at the beginning of the conflict.
While the 'rebellious children' denounced the King as a despot in turn, it is debatable whether George III was even the 'executive' in British government in view of the constraints on his prerogatives. A century later Walter Bagehot observed in The English Constitution (1867) that the framers of the American constitution assumed that the King was the executive when in reality he was but 'a cog in the mechanism'. Though George III publicly approved of a harsh policy towards the colonists, he did not declare war on America nor lead the nation into battle. He advised and reprimanded but deferred to his Cabinet on strategy and generally followed the lead of his ministers. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence in 1776 that King George had shown himself 'unfit to be the ruler of a free people', yet Parliament carried every measure against the colonies by large majorities.
The defiant colonists needed a scapegoat and the zealous denunciation of George III in the Declaration of Independence, though unwarranted, was an astute propaganda device. Jefferson understood the value of personalizing the enemy. Having discredited Parliament, the revolutionaries needed to discredit the monarchy in order to define their cause and rally the troops. Thus Jefferson took aim at the King, describing him as 'a Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant'. Most of the Declaration of Independence is a litany of royal 'injuries and usurpations' heaped on the colonists, from the King's refusal to assent to laws for the public good, to destroying lives. Nothing did more to shape the unhappy reputation of George III in America than what Samuel Adams called this 'catalogue of crimes'.
George III loomed large in America's foundation myth, and thus became a fixture in US history, an antitype of the Founding Father. A belief in the despotism of the King was invaluable in shaping the vision of the United States as a nation founded in patriotic struggle. In turn, the rejection of European dynastic and political interests contributed to the conviction that America is a nation uniquely blessed, which has characterized American self-perception since the Revolution. But the belief in American 'exceptionalism', like the belief in the 'free-born Englishman' that nourished it, has always been better propaganda than history, for America was, and remains, less exceptional than it takes itself to be. The Puritan John Winthrop fashioned his 'City upon a Hill' in the hills of Suffolk, England not the hills of Massachusetts.
The hostility to Britain and its King during the Revolution has tended to obscure the constitutional affinities between the two nations. Americans, as Franklin's grandson Benjamin Franklin Bache put it in 1797, created a constitution before they 'had sufficiently un-monarchized their ideas and habits' (his italics). Republics, such as Venice, and 'elective' monarchies, such as Poland, existed in the western world; but hereditary monarchy was the principal constitutional model on which Americans had to draw before the French Revolution. The forms of government on offer to the Founding Fathers were essentially variations of monarchy, 'the rule of one'. Moreover, most colonists had looked favourably on Britain's hereditary monarchy before the Revolution. So too had leading eighteenth-century European political philosophers.
Though few Americans said it openly after 1776, many of them believed that limited hereditary monarchy was a practical system of government. As John Adams wrote to Benjamin Rush in 1790:
No nation under Heaven ever was, now is, nor ever will be qualified for a Republican Government, unless you mean ... resulting from a Balance of three powers, the Monarchical, Aristocratical, and Democratical ... Americans are particularly unfit for any Republic but the Aristo-Democratical Monarchy.
Such phrases as 'Aristo-Democratical Monarchy' suggest just how arbitrary definitions of republican – and monarchical – government were in the late eighteenth century. Even Thomas Paine recognized that kingship was not inconsistent with republican government. As he put it in the Rights of Man, 'what is called a republic, is not any particular form of government'. King George, though often described as a tyrant, was himself a classical republican, wholly supportive of a balanced constitution.
Not all the Founding Fathers were averse to kingship, at least of the undespotic, limited variety, a point made nearly a century ago by the American historian Louise Dunbar. Various American thinkers, most notably John Adams (d. 1826) and Alexander Hamilton (d.1804), leaned towards incorporating monarchical elements in the American constitution, a tendency that fuelled the hostility of their critics. As an officer at Valley Forge in 1778, Hamilton had signed an oath in which he repudiated any allegiance to George III. But his mind had been shaped by the British constitution, which he believed, like many of his contemporaries, to be the finest in the world. His admiration for England led to a good deal of ridicule from his enemies, who retailed stories that he was in league with British paymasters. Jefferson had the New Yorker Hamilton in mind when he wrote to La Fayette that the champions for a king, lords, and commons were often from the east,
... and are puffed up by a tribe of Agioteurs which have been hatched in a bed of corruption made up after the model of their beloved England.
Jefferson had a point when he accused Hamilton of monarchical sympathies. Hamilton wrote in his notes in 1787 that republics suffered from corruption and intrigue, while monarchical power provided vigorous execution of the laws and acted as a check on the other branches of government.
The monarch must have proportional strength. He ought to be hereditary, and to have so much power, that it will not be his interest to risk much to acquire more.
In his subsequent remarks on constitutional questions, Hamilton dropped all references to the virtue of 'hereditary' monarchy. In the Federalist essays he mocked those who equated the authority of the President with that of a hereditary British King. In a purposeful sleight of mind, he inflated the monarchy's powers so as to make the powers of the presidency, which he wished to be extensive, seem relatively modest.
Like other Americans with royalist leanings, Hamilton judiciously covered his tracks and retreated from any notion of replicating in the republic a hereditary institution that had been complicit in so much turmoil. For years, he sympathized with the idea of what he called an 'elective monarch', who could serve for life on 'good behavior'. Indeed, he put forward this proposition in a long speech to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The delegates rejected the idea, yet in the end the Constitution did not preclude the emergence of an elective monarch for life, at least in theory, for it permitted a President to be re-elected for successive four-year terms. As the Founding Fathers were aware, monarchy did not necessitate the hereditary principle or life tenure. Elective monarchy had a long history, with examples from Anglo-Saxon England, the Holy Roman Empire, Poland and the Vatican. As Hamilton noted, 'monarch is an indefinite term. It marks not either the degree or duration of power'. As Johnson's English Dictionary defined it, monarchy was simply rule by a single person.
The distinction between absolute monarchy and limited monarchy was often lost on American politicians, particularly anti-federalists with a political axe to grind. But in looking for a viable constitutional model, the Founding Fathers turned naturally to British precedent. They scrupulously avoided any identification of the model with George III, for having savaged him as a tyrant they could hardly use him as a prototype. A 'pure democracy' had little charm, for it was widely seen as at best impractical and at worst anarchical. The theory of mixed government of King, Lords and Commons had a compelling logic to many Americans who desired security, a just measure of liberty, and the avoidance of arbitrary rule.
Americans sought to widen the definition of republic to embrace more fully the affairs of the public at large; but while they strained to reconcile egalitarianism with mixed government, their colonial experience eased the translation of King, Lords and Commons into President, Senate and the House of Representatives. Adams wrote to Jefferson in December 1787 on the new Constitution, observing that 'you are apprehensive of Monarchy; I, of Aristocracy. I would therefore have given more Power to the President and less to the Senate'.
The constitutional system adopted in the United States, with its ideal of checks and balances, was a creative modification of classical republican ideas suited to American social realities. But when those checks and balances do not operate effectively—as happens from time to time in American history--the powers of the presidency are arguably more akin to those of an absolute monarch like Charles I than to those of a limited monarch like George III. The effective American propaganda campaign skewed American perceptions of George's power, but it should not be assumed that as a constitutional monarch he had powers comparable to those granted the President, which have been interpreted at different times to be virtually unlimited. It is one of the great ironies of the US constitution that the Founding Fathers invested more power in the presidency than George III exercised as King.
For all their revolutionary rhetoric Americans treated 'His Excellency' George Washington as a republican version of 'His Majesty' King George. Some Americans, sensitive to the symbolism of power, believed the President required a title and pored over the titles of the European princes to find one that had not been appropriated. Thomas McKean, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, thought 'Most Serene Highness' desirable. Washington himself was said to have preferred the style of 'High Mightiness' used by the Stadtholder of the Netherlands. The reigning Stadtholder, William V, was among the Europeans who saw George Washington as an un-crowned monarch. As he said to Adams: 'Sir, you have given yourselves a king under the title of president'.
In the Senate a titles committee suggested 'His Highness the President of the United States of America and Protector of the Rights of the Same'. Adams, who believed that social distinctions and love of ceremonial were innate human characteristics, took the lead on the issue; but the Senate rejected his suggestions for titles, 'His Elective Majesty' or 'His Mightiness'. In the end, the Senate, like the House of Representatives, voted that Washington should be called simply 'The President of the United States'. But the question of how the President was to be addressed did not end there. Article 2 of the Constitution gave the President the more significant and problematic title, Commander in Chief, which had longstanding royal associations, having first been used by Charles I.
Whatever his title, the President was not short on authority and prestige. Given American uneasiness with unmerited privilege, the Founding Fathers rejected the hereditary principle. But as Bagehot observed, the President was 'an unhereditary substitute' for a king, an elective monarch serving for a fixed term. Though the source of Washington's authority was not biological, as President he was given 'semi-royal status' that suited his august demeanour and vital role in the revolutionary struggle. The African-born Phillis Wheatley paid poetic tribute, which suggested just how common it was at the time to think of the presidency as a variant of kingship:
A crown, a mansion, and a throne that shine/With gold unfading, Washington! Be thine.
Every parent believes in the hereditary principle. The want of a hereditary monarchy, what Bagehot called 'a family on the throne', has only propelled the emergence of political dynasties in the United States, from the Adamses to the Bushes. John Adams took comfort from the admixture of kingship in the presidency:
Limited monarchy is founded in Nature. No Nation can adore more than one Man at a time. It is a happy Circumstance that the object of our Devotion [Washington] is so well deserving of it.
During the framing of the Constitution, the office of President came under attack as an instrument of monarchy. Some like George Mason and James Monroe in the Virginia Convention worried lest an 'elective monarchy' prevail. Patrick Henry, another Virginian, famously denounced the Constitution's 'deformities' and saw the presidency 'squinting' towards monarchy:
If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute. The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him ... Away with your president! We shall have a king: the army will salute him monarch.
Various commentators worried about insufficient checks on presidential pretension given the extraordinary powers invested in the Commander in Chief, which in practice gave the President a free hand in foreign affairs. With the power to make treaties, grant pardons, fill vacancies, appoint supreme court judges, ambassadors, consuls, and 'all other officers of the United States', it was not surprising that critics saw American kingship in the making, for these powers resembled – indeed exceeded – the prerogative powers residing in the British Crown. Rawlins Lowndes, in the South Carolina Convention, declared the proposed presidential office 'the best preparatory plan for a monarchical government he had read'. It 'came so near' to the British form that, 'as to our changing from a republic to a monarchy, it was what everybody must expect'.
American commentators, having demonized the King, had little inclination to understand the limits of constitutional monarchy in the reign of George III. So when they said that America would lapse into monarchy, they meant something more absolute than the limited monarchy in Britain. William Short, the American chargé d'affaires in Paris, feared that 'the President of the eighteenth century' would 'form a stock on which will be engrafted a King in the nineteenth'. Alarmed by the moral temper in the early republic, Benjamin Rush wrote that 'a hundred years hence, absolute monarchy will probably be rendered necessary in our country by the corruption of our people'. In 1787, Franklin, with philosophical detachment, observed in the Constitutional Convention:
It will be said that we do not propose to establish kings. I know it. But there is a natural inclination in mankind to Kingly Government. It sometimes relieves them from Aristocratic domination. They had rather have one tyrant than five hundred. It gives more of the appearance of equality among Citizens, and that they like.
It was of no small significance that the Founding Fathers made the President both the executive and the ceremonial head of state. Doing so ensured that the nation's highest office would have monarchical overtones, with much of the attendant, uncritical awe associated with kingship. Later European republics, those of France and Germany for example, separated these roles as a safeguard against the abuse of power. In combining its executive and ceremonial roles, the United States lacks a non-political head of state who can provide consensus and a focus for national pride in times of crisis or political division. The constitution encourages Americans to revere the President as head of state even when they disapprove of him as the executive or Commander in Chief. The result is a disconnection between thoughts and feelings in the citizenry, which leads to perplexity while diluting criticism of presidential abuse.
The Founding Fathers turned naturally to British precedent to answer constitutional questions but also to answer questions of political etiquette. They cast off British rule, but retained a liking for British ceremonial practices and customs. As Gordon Wood points out in Revolutionary Characters: What made the Founders Different? (2006), Hamilton urged Washington to follow the forms of 'European courts', while Adams advised him to indulge in a show of 'Splendor and Majesty'. Washington's presidency illustrates that a 'Republican Court' emerged, complete with artillery salutes, parades, martial music, odes set to the music of 'God Save the King', bewigged footmen, levées, lavish dinners, a presidential barge manned by thirteen river pilots in formal dress, and travels through the states that were reminiscent of royal 'progresses'. The courtly formality enraged radicals and anti-federalists, who thought it recreated the divisive rituals of monarchy.
The first inaugural in 1789, which set the tone for future administrations, had many of the elements of a crowning. Dignity and grandeur, thought essential to the union and the nation's highest office, were the order of the day. In a pale imitation of George III's golden state coach pulled by eight cream Hanoverian stallions, David McCullough describes how:
Washington rode to Federal Hall in a canary-yellow carriage pulled by six white horses and followed by a long column of New York militia in full dress.
Back at the Senate, the President called his address 'His Most gracious Speech', which raised a few eyebrows, for it was noted that those words were the same as those placed before the speech of the King at the annual opening of Parliament. When a critic protested that the usage represented 'the first Step of the Ladder in the Ascent to royalty', the President greeted the complaint with surprise, saying that it was 'taken from the Practice of that Government under which we had lived so long and so happily formerly'.
George III, always attentive to etiquette and ritual, approved of the royal overtones of the American court. He would have been amused to discover that the former colonists celebrated Washington's birthday rather as his British subjects celebrated his own, with the sound of cannon, bells, and drums. It was followed by a levée, a formal reception long associated with royalty. Though frowned upon by many democrats, the levée became a fixture of the nineteenth-century American court. Even Jefferson, who discontinued the practice on becoming President, held one in 1805, to the dismay of some of his admirers. In a striking union of republican content and monarchical form, James Madison celebrated July 4th with a levée. Such practices fed the popular criticism of the nation's monarchical tendencies and the penchant of presidents for pomposity and seclusion from the people.
At his levées, George Washington played the king to weekly audiences, while Mrs Washington, in imitation of Queen Charlotte, opened her drawing room on Friday evenings. After witnessing one of Washington's receptions a colonel from Virginia despaired for the safety of the nation. As he observed, the President's 'bows were more distant and stiff' than any he had witnessed at St James's. Attacks on these formalities, the 'mock pageantry of monarchy', were a recurring feature in the young republic. John Adams, dubbed 'His Rotundity' and the 'Duke of Braintree', was often criticised for his princely style. His love of decorum led his enemies to conclude 'that he sought a hereditary monarch, with himself as king and son John Quincy groomed as his dauphin' (Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 2004).
America's adaptation of 'elective monarchy' and the borrowing of British ceremonial suggests just how deeply indebted the new nation was to its colonial past. In Britain, as Bagehot and a host of constitutional writers agreed, a republic had 'insinuated itself beneath the folds of a Monarchy'. In America, a monarchy had insinuated itself beneath the folds of a republic. The phrase 'Monarcho-Republicanism' was sometimes used to describe the British Crown in the nineteenth century. It had a variant in the US presidency, which many a participant in the Revolution recognized. Even Jefferson, the scourge of American royalists, felt that the spirit, if not the letter of monarchy, had persisted. He feared an eventual tyranny of executive power in Washington, which he believed to be a feature of Federalist politics. As he wrote to James Madison in 1789: 'We were educated in royalism; no wonder, if some of us retain that idolatry still'.
Contrary to Jeremy Black's excellent new biography, George III was not 'America's last King'. The Founding Fathers rejected hereditary monarchy, but a penchant for 'the rule of one' had a recurring echo in the republic, which the constitution did little to silence. Throughout American history references to the President as a king have been a feature of the nation's conversation about its political leadership. Such references have increased of late, as a glance at many a newspaper will attest. Stephen Graubard's recent survey of presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush sees them as a breed of would be monarchs surrounded by courtiers, with vastly expanded executive authority and 'unmistakable signs of having assumed the trappings traditionally bestowed on European heads of state'. Brought up on trappings of royalty many Americans continue to succumb to the idolatry and charm of kingship. If they only knew, some of their presidents would give monarchy a bad name.


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NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Amarin Corporation plc ("Amarin" or the "Company") (NasdaqGM: AMRN). Such investors are advised to contact Peretz Bronstein or his investor Relation's coordinator Eitan Kimelman at email@example.com or 212-697-6484.
The investigation concerns whether Amarin and certain of its officers and/or directors have violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On October 11, 2013, shares of Amarin fell $1.28 or 20.09% to close at $5.09 after the FDA released its briefing documents for the October 16, 2013 advisory committee review of Amarin's application seeking expanded approval for the use of its fish oil-based drug, Vascepa, in the treatment of adult patients with high triglycerides with mixed dyslipidemia. The FDA briefing documents raised questions about the mineral oil placebo potentially negatively impacting the control group data and consequentially overstating Vascepa's effectiveness.
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Good news everyone, the Koch Brother's have created jobs. In Iran.
Koch Industries made "improper payments" to win contracts in other countries, and circumvented a U.S. trade ban in selling petrochemicals to Iran, according to an investigation by Bloomberg News.
Asjylyn Loder and David Evans of Bloomberg report that in 2008, an internal investigative team was sent to the company's Koch-Glitsch affiliate in southern France to probe the company's management, and discovered that since 2002, the company had paid out bribes to win contracts in six countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
From the Bloomberg report, Koch Industries was also found to have used foreign subsidiaries to avoid a U.S. ban on trade with Iran that's been in place since 1995.
Because Iran is one of the favorite boogeymen of the Right Wing, does this mean the Koch Brothers will now join the ranks of the most wanted alongside President Ahmadinejad?
Oh, that's right. If you commit a crime or violate sanctions put in place by your own country in the name of Capitalism, it's okay. The Right Wing may even pat you on the back and say job well done.


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Nursing Distant Education Program
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MAILED: June 16, 1999
EAU CLAIRE A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire School of Nursing distance education program designed to serve people in every nook and cranny of Wisconsin recently received funding from a UW System grant.
The program, titled "Asynchronous Distance Education for Nurse Practitioner Students," will allow UW-Eau Claire and UW-Madison to put six graduate nursing practitioner courses on-line, giving students from under-served and rural areas the opportunity to further their education from a convenient location.
"This gives those people who live too far away from a UW-System school the opportunity to advance their education without having to leave home or their community," said Susan Johnson Warner, associate dean and educational administrator at the UW-Eau Claire School of Nursing.
The School of Nursing at UW-Eau Claire and UW-Madison will develop the courses over the next two years, said Jeannette McDonald, clinical associate professor at UW-Madison. Existing courses will be redesigned to be delivered over the Internet to help remove the barriers of time and place, making it possible for students to remain with their families in their home communities and in their jobs, she said.
"This project will allow us to build on previous and ongoing efforts to provide primary care education to under-served communities," McDonald said. "This is bringing us closer to delivery of whole degree programs to students in their home communities."
ADE for nurse practitioner students helps to meet some of the recommendations of the Study of the UW System in the 21st Century such as removing time and place as barriers to learning, enhancing student-centered learning environments, fostering internal and external collaboration and developing instructional technology resources, McDonald said.
The two-year grant came to UW-Eau Claire through the System's cooperation with the Wisconsin Program for Training Regionally Employed Care Providers, which was created to start the process of delivering primary care education at a distance through collaboration among nurse practitioner, physician assistant and nurse midwifery programs throughout the state. WisTREC is funded by seed money from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and by contributions.
As the program continues to develop over the next two years after starting this summer, Warner said the two schools will take a careful approach to putting the courses on-line by obtaining feedback from students on whether the program is effective.
"We're doing something new and cutting edge but we are not jumping into this blindly," she said. "We want to make sure this method of teaching works for our curriculum and our students. We're very excited about this."
For more information on the program, contact the UW-Eau Claire School of Nursing at (715) 836-5287.
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10 New Project Patterns. Original Designs for Landscapes, Animals, Wildlife, Flowers, Borders, Corner Designs, Celtic Knots and more
Acclaimed carver and instructor Lora S. Irish takes you step-by-step through simple carvings on a practice board to introduce all of the essential cuts, contouring and smoothing steps used in basic relief woodcarving. You'll learn how to handle your tools, prepare a wood surface, follow a pattern, and apply a finish.
10 original new project patterns are accompanied by clear in-depth instructions and dozens of how-to photographs. Each design is presented both as an outline pattern for tracing directly onto wood, and as a detailed sketch to guide your work. A stunning photo gallery of finished projects is included to offer further inspiration.128pp
A smooth piece of wood, some sharp carving tools and the 37 tried-and-true relief woodcarving projects and patterns from the archives of Woodcarving Illustrated, are all that is needed for this popular form of artistic expression. By following the step-by-step instructions, woodcarvers can create everything from trivets and clocks, to signs and mantels in wood, or adapt some of the many patterns to create their own projects.
Relief Woodcarving Projects & Techniques also features a stunning gallery of work. Readers will gain expert information, insight, and inspiration from today's top relief carvers, including Lora S. Irish, Kathy Wise, Jim Dupont, Cyndi Joslyn, Frederick Wilbur, Mary-Ann Jack-Bleach, Floyd Truitt, and Bob Duncan. Join them as they create an assortment of compelling carvings, in a variety of skill levels, for the home and beyond. 144 pages
This wonderful collection of inspirational period carving projects ranges from the quick and simple to the long and complex, and caters to hobby carvers of all abilities. The new carver can start with the simplest project and, over a period of time, work through to the intermediate and advanced levels, while experienced carvers will find pieces to challenge and engage them. Each project is designed to capture the spirit and style of a particular period throughout history and at the end of the project the carver will have developed new skills, gained an understanding of another style, and created a carving to proudly display in the home. Projects each have an introduction, setting it in historical context, a tracing pattern, an inspirational photo of the finished carving, and comprehensive, easy to follow step by step instructions and photographs.
From celebrated artist Lora S. Irish comes a treasure trove of small and beautiful patterns for crafters of all mediums. Perfect for carving, woodburning, painting, quilting and more, the patterns are provided in two detailed varieties: a line drawing for transferring and a shaded variety for illustrating depth and shadow. For new carvers Irish demonstrates the whole carving process from start to finish with a charming Country Apple Quilt Square project. She also explains the tools you'll need, the appropriate woods to use, and how to achieve the appropriate levels of depth in a relief carving. While small in style, each pattern is large in style. The wildlife, botanical, mythical, landscape and corner designs can beautifully stand alone or be incorporated into functional and decorative items around your home.
Follow along as Wilbur illustrates how to use historic ornamentation to accent items for your home, like classically carved bookends, an heirloom quality jewelry box, a cabinet for storing CD's and much more. Perfect for the beginner or advanced carver, this book takes you from start to finish with detailed instructions and step-by-step photography.
This compilation of fascinating articles from Woodcarving magazine combines sound technical advice with inspirational projects for you to make. Renowned woodcarving author Chris Pye take you through all the practical information you need to achieve some great results, With diverse and appealing projects presented with clear, easy-to follow instructions, this book is ideal for all woodcarvers - whatever their ability. 176pp
William provides instruction and inspiration in this step-by-step guide to relief carving. From the theory of relief carving, to basic cuts and tool overview, no detail has been left out. You will learn to carve with skill and purpose as you follow the author through a step-by-step project and study the inspiration behind various carvings. 118pp
Inside, you will follow Master carver, Kurt Koch, through a variety of progressive carving exercises - each one designed to teach a specific skill. You will start with simple exercises such as carving with and against the grain, and proceed to the more advanced techniques used to carve an elaborate flower banner. You will be able to tackle any architectural carving project and skill with confidence. 73pp
If you are looking to add architectural elements to fireplace mantles, archways, seat backs or any other item-you will not find a more comprehensive collection of patterns! From the simple to the ornate, this collection from Master carver, Kurt Koch, provides 63 designs that can easily be transferred to wood. . 72pp
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Follow the author's demonstration for carving a horse head in high relief featuring over 150 step-by-step photographs. Learn layout, measuring levels, and giving your carvings the illusion of depth. These techniques can be applied to other relief projects too! 64pp
An in-depth introduction teaches novice carvers basic techniques, such as choosing wood and transferring a pattern while intermediate and experienced carvers will appreciate a section devoted to advanced techniques, such as undercutting for depth and creating free-floating areas within a carving. Step-by-step line drawings are included for each project, with shaded patterns illustrating depth and shadow. Genre-specific techniques for wildlife creatures are given exclusive study in this resource and include difficult detailing elements such as creating facial features, and texturing fur, hair, and feathers. More than 60 patterns, including 15 new projects for creating fighting buck, mule deer, elk, and fish, will provide skilled hands with many new challenges. Additionally, woodcarvers will learn how to add finishing details to their projects with woodburning, Danish oil, and paint. 176pp
Whether you are a beginner or a veteran, this "what-to" treasury is sure to become an invaluable part of your reference library. Detailed patterns and design tips suitable for carving, burning or painting. An Excellent Book! 186pp
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Minimum Wage To Top $8, But Debate Continues
Florida's lowest-paid workers will get a raise Jan. 1, but a higher minimum wage sought by state and national Democrats doesn't appear on the immediate legislative horizon.
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Some recovery in Florida's economy has helped give lawmakers a chance to focus on new items rather than the budget.
Performance Could Alter University Funding
Lawmakers will consider a plan this spring that would fund the state's 12 universities based in part on performance, a move that could see some universities lose money and others gain it.
Scott Continues Pushing Citizens Depopulation
Governor Rick Scott continued to make his push to depopulate Citizens Insurance Friday in front of a friendly crowd at the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
A Closer Look At Florida's Amendment 3
This November's ballot is the longest in South Florida history. The reason: 11 constitutional amendments, some as long as a half of page. On the ballot, Amendment 3 is titled State Government Revenue Limitation. In simple English that means a new formula for the state budget.
Senate Committee Approves Casino Resort Bill
Clearing the first legislative hurdle, a Senate committee Monday approved a controversial bill that would allow up to three resort casinos in Florida.


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Seven Prime, Inc. drivers competed in the Revolution 3 Olympic distance triathlon relay and aquabike in Anderson, S.C.
Owner-operator on CNN FitNation team trains in Hawaii
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Across the city, the hum of air conditioners has ceased, as has the sound of splashing water in the pools. Neighborhoods have grown quiet. On the horizon, you can see it coming ever so cautiously down the street. The mere sight of it strikes terror in young hearts while at the same instant it induces total and unequivocal tranquility in the hearts of their mothers. It's big. It's yellow. Here comes the school bus!
Little did I know what fate and destiny would conspire to cook up for me when my car found its way to a strange, lone house on a barren hilltop – the address my editor gave me to cover a Halloween masquerade food party.
The seed for the creation of Earth Day was planted when Rachel Carson's bestseller "Silent Spring" was published in 1962. It made the need to protect the environment and public health part of the national conversation. Earth Day and the birth of the modern environmental movement were based on an idea from Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson. The devastating environmental damage of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1969 had a profound impact on him. He wanted to start a national political movement to protect the earth from the ravages of air and water pollution.


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Player packs entire WoW account with level 85+ characters
Ever wondered what it must be like to level every last character slot on your character select screen to the level cap? It's not unthinkable for players who enjoy devoting a lot of time and energy to the game, but it's not exactly a project most players have the mental stamina to grind through. Shiver in fear, then, as we bring you the story of a man who's leveled characters to 85+ not only for an entire realm or even two but in every possible slot of his WoW account. That's five realms: two with 11 characters, two with 10 characters, and one with eight, hitting the hard cap of 50 characters on a single account, all told.
And that's just the Cataclysm-era installment of this altaholic's leveling efforts. Bluemain of Darkspear (EU-Alliance) is still ticking along. That's right: This herd of 85s is still leveling. Since we began our interview process, Blue's replaced and scooted a couple of characters here and there, but they're all 85 again as of this week, and he's working on his 19th level 90 character.
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Co-existence and Interworking of IEEE 802.11a and ETSI BRAN HiperLAN2 in MultiHop Scenarios
In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Workshop on Wireless Local Area Networks, Boston, MA, USA, 2001.
IEEE 802.11a and ETSI BRAN HiperLAN2 are evolving standards for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Radio systems of these types will operate at the unlicensed 5GHz bands. When these radio systems operate at the same radio channel in the neighborhood, they will mutually interfere with each other. Data throughput, quality of service levels, and availability will be degraded and unpredictable if the different radio systems are not able to coordinate the competing access to radio resources. We discuss a solution for interworking, i.e., communication between 802.11a and HiperLAN2 and policy-based approaches to achieve fair spectrum sharing. By combining the two protocols of IEEE 802.11a and ETSI BRAN HiperLAN2 we look at ways to achieve co-existence, interworking, and discuss the potentials of our new hybrid approach for the application of multi-hop networks.
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On the Lookout for a Dow Theory Sell Signal
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Investors and traders looking for clues about the stock market's direction should pay attention to Dow Theory, because it could flash a sell signal.
If you're unfamiliar with Dow Theory, it's an old-fashioned method of technical analysis that looks at the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Dow Jones Transportation Average.
Essentially, a Dow Theory buy signal occurs when either of those indices sets a new closing high for the period being analyzed, followed by a confirming closing high by the other index. If the second index fails to make that confirming high, it's called a Dow Theory nonconfirmation.
Similarly, a Dow Theory sell signal occurs when transports or industrials set a new closing low for the time being analyzed, followed by a confirming closing low by the other. If the other index does not follow, it is a Dow Theory nonconfirmation.The daily chart for the Dow Jones Transportation Average (below) is negative with declining momentum (12x3x3 daily slow stochastic, and closes below the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages at 5078 and 5075, respectively, which are close to a bearish crossover. Last year, there were expectations for a Dow Theory buy signal, but it wasn't to be. The Dow transports set an all-time high of 5627.85, and an all-time closing high of 5618.25, on July 7, 2011. The previous closing high for the transports was 5514.87 on April 29, 2011. The year-to-date high for the Dow industrials in 2011 was also set on April 29, 2011 at 12,810.54, so a Dow Theory buy signal in July required a close above 12,810.54 by the Dow industrials for confirmation. Source: Thomson Reuters The best the Dow industrials could do was a 12,724.41 close on July 21, 2011. On Aug. 2, 2011 both averages plunged below their 200-day simple moving averages. The daily chart for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (below) is also negative, with declining momentum (12x3x3 daily slow stochastic). The Dow industrials is below its 50-day simple moving average at 12,609, but the 200-day simple-moving average at 12,523 held at Tuesday's low. The transports are thus leading the industrials lower. Source: Thomson Reuters
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Compute total harmonic distortion (THD) of signal
The THD block computes the total harmonic distortion (THD) of a periodic distorted signal. The signal can be a measured voltage or current.
The THD is defined as the root mean square (RMS) value of the total harmonics of the signal, divided by the RMS value of its fundamental signal. For example, for currents, the THD is defined as
The THD has a null value for a pure sinusoidal voltage or current.
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The power_RMS_THDpower_RMS_THD model uses a THD block to compute the THD of a 60 Hz signal with second harmonic and a DC bias.
The model sample time is parameterized by the Ts variable set to a default value of 50e-6 s. Set Ts to 0 in the command window to simulate the model in continuous mode.