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TC TO WILLIAM HALE WHITE ; 9 March 1850; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18500309-TC-WHW-01; CL 25: 43-44
Chelsea, 9 March, 1850—
My good young friend,
I am much obliged by the regard you entertain for me; and do not blame your enthusiasm, which well enough beseems your young years.1 If my Books teach you anything, don't mind in the least whether other people believe it or not; but do you for your own behoof lay it to heart as a real acquisition you
have made,—more properly, as a real message left with you, which you must
set about fulfilling, whatsoever others do! This is really all the counsel I can give you about what you read in my Books or those of others: practise what you learn there; instantly, and in all ways, begin turning the belief into a fact, and continue at that,—till you get more and ever more beliefs, with which also do the like. It is idle work otherwise, to write Books or to read them.
And be not surprised that "people have no sympathy with you"; that is an accompaniment that will attend you all your days if you mean to lead an earnest life. The "people" could not save you with their "sympathy," if they had never so much of it to give: a man can and must save himself, with or or without their sympathy, as it may chance.
And may all good be with you, my kind young friend;—and a heart stout enough for this adventure you are upon: that is the best "good" of all.— I remain
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The charming and at times hilarious documentary, "Meet the Patels" will soon have everyone wanting to meet this Indian family. Directed by adult siblings, Ravi and Geeta Patel, and starring Ravi, Geeta and their mother, Champa and father, Vasant, this documentary examines universal themes like the societal pressure of marriage and marrying within one's culture. The film had its U.S. Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival Saturday night, and is also competing for Best Documentary.
Mixing comedic animation with interviews, confessionals and follow-doc footage, "Meet the Patels" begins after the break-up of Ravi and his American girlfriend, Audrey, a relationship he never shared with his parents. Deciding to find himself, a 'la "Eat, Pray, Love," Ravi travels to India to do some soul searching. However his trip is more a family vacation since he's traveling with Mom, Dad and sister.
In India, Ravi discovers that his mother was an expert matrimonial matchmaker and through advice from various family members agrees to at least try some family matchmaking. He's nearly 30, and as his parents say, it's time to settle down and start having a family.
In hilarious sequences (both live action and animated), Ravi's parents fill out his "resume" for the Indian "Biodating" system, and sign him up for the "Patel Matrimonial Convention." Ravi is willing to try these cultural mores for dating, and Geeta films his journey, his dates, and his parents' reactions to his successes and failures.
Surprises are revealed along the way, but what makes "Meet the Patels" such a joy to watch is its relatable theme – of finding the right partner and trying to please the parents. Sure, not all of us have the pressures of dating within one's culture, but finding the right match and having friends and family approve is certainly a common thread for most.
Equally impressive are the Patels themselves. Funny, caring, and honest in their hopes and desires, this is the type of family that is rarely represented on film. Much too often we are forced to watch families in a state of heightened dysfunction. What a breath of fresh air to find the Patels.
This is not to say the family is perfect or completely open to everything; the parents are conservative, after all. And everything the kids do, don't always please them. But there is certainly a sense of respect on behalf of all parties as they try and understand and appreciate one another.
It's rare to come across documentaries that are authentic and laugh-out-loud funny. "Meet the Patels" is such a gem.
"Meet the Patels" is 88 minutes and Not Rated. For further festival screenings, check out the LAFF website.


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DEER PARK — The family of confessed serial killer Israel Keyes held a funeral Sunday in a small Washington town.
"He is not in a better place. He's in a place of eternal torment," said Jake Gardner, the pastor for Israel Keyes's family, before the funeral in Deer Park, a town about 15 miles north of Spokane.
The 34-year-old Keyes confessed to killing eight people across the country before he committed suicide recently in a jail cell in Anchorage, Alaska. The FBI and Anchorage police now say they believe he may have had three additional victims. Authorities in Oregon are also investigating whether Keyes also had murder victims there.
Keyes slit his wrist and strangled himself with bedding, and was found dead Dec. 2. He was facing federal murder charges in the kidnapping and death of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from an Anchorage coffee stand on Feb. 1.
On Sunday, his funeral was attended by his mother, Heidi, and four of his sisters. The family did not make a statement to the press.
Gardner said the family decided to hold the funeral in Deer Park because it was a convenient location in case any of his acquaintances wanted to attend. Keyes grew up in the nearby town of Colville in Stevens County — a remote corner of Washington state.
On Sunday, there was no indication of any other attendees besides family, who mostly live in Texas.
"Israel rejected the gospel and thus the outcome of his life is this tragic story," said Gardner of the Church of Wells in Wells, Texas.
Gardner said Keyes will be buried later at an undisclosed location in Washington.
Law enforcement officers in Anchorage conducted up to 40 hours of interviews with Keyes after his March arrest in Texas. During that time, Keyes confessed to killing Koenig, Bill and Lorraine Currier in Vermont and five other people, although details about those victims were sparse.
Investigators said Keyes told them he enjoyed killing people and seeing coverage of his crimes in the media.
Of the five other murders Keyes confessed to, four were in Washington state and one on the East Coast, with the body disposed of in New York.


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TNA News
– Austin Aries posted today on Twitter that he has re-signed with TNA. The following is from his official Twitter account:
Amidst their recent signings, I'm happy to say I've also re-signed with TNA. I'm excited for this next year, and see #GREAT things ahead…
— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) May 19, 2012
I find this interesting as we reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium in March that Aries' TNA contract was coming up and WWE was interested in him for their prospective WWE Network show for cruiser weights.
– TMZ is reporting that King Mo has reached out to Hulk Hogan and Sting for advice following his deal to compete with both TNA and Bellator. Mo is expected to join TNA this summer where he will be first start to make crossover appearances between TNA and the MMA organization.
– I am now able to confirm reports of Alex Shelley's imminent departure from TNA Wrestling. After working last weekend's house show loop, Shelley is waiting for the days to run off his current deal which is believed to be up soon. Shelley's partner, Chris Sabin, is believed to be signed through September but is also expected to leave at that point. According to a source close to The Motorcity Machineguns, both would love to be picked up by WWE, however, no immediate interest is known. One observer feels they will be more likely to work the independent circuit domestically as well as possible dates in Japan.
– Brooke Hogan will be doing her first media blitz for TNA Wrestling today in New York City. Scheduled appearances include appearances on "Fox & Friends" on Fox News, "Inside Edition" on CBS and "Showbiz Tonight" on Headline News.
TNA hired Brooke last week as the new Executive in Charge of the Knockouts.
– Preliminary estimates indicate that this month's TNA Sacrifice pay-per-view failed to cross the 10,000 buys threshold. The number is expected to be between 8,000 and 9,000 buys.
– TNA Wrestling filed an injunction request Wednesday in Davidson County Chancery Court alleging that former office employee Brian Wittenstein provided WWE with confidential information and trade secrets. TNA alleges WWE is now using the insider information provided by Wittenstein to poach talent. According to the suit, a WWE official notified TNA on May 7, 2012 that Wittenstein, who was hired earlier this year as a creative assistant, had provided them with confidential information. While the lawsuit notes Wittenstein was fired from WWE when it was learned what he did, TNA claims WWE waited three weeks before notifying them of the breach. TNA now believes WWE is using the insider information regarding TNA contracts provided by Wittenstein to poach talent. One of the names at the center of the lawsuit is none other than Ric Flair. As we reported here on WrestlingNewsWorld.com Premium on Monday, Flair has been trying to get out of his TNA contract in order to return to WWE. According to the suit, Flair approached TNA about getting out of his deal on May 9th and has no-showed every scheduled appearance since. Today, a judge signed a temporary restraining order requiring WWE and Wittenstein to return and not destroy the confidential information. A hearing has been set for June 11, 2012. You can read much more on the suit, including comments from WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt, at this link.
– The following is from the official Twitter account of Dixie Carter:
Let me know if u had problems getting the first 6+min of Impact last night? Think it was a DirecTV east coast feed issue. Tell me your city
— Dixie Carter (@TNADixie) May 25, 2012
TNA has moved two of their "BaseBrawl" live events:
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This is a discussion on Can you recommend a good holster for a Taurus Model 85? within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I prefer to wear OWB or between the belt and pants. Any suggestions for a holster that holds the revolver very close to the body? ...
I prefer to wear OWB or between the belt and pants. Any suggestions for a holster that holds the revolver very close to the body?
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Try holsters made for Smith & Wesson J-frame revolvers. Brock, of Bluegrass Holsters, could probably help you out.
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I carry mine in one of these from Don Hume:
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It's inexpensive and it works great with my Taurus.
- I find the "store bought" Don Hume JIT and 712OT to be effective budget OWB choices. The JIT is straight drop so I can utilize it those few times I decide to carry cross-draw. The 712 0pen Top holds my small frame revolver high, tight, and comfortably........and conceals admirably.
- "Simply Rugged" makes a very nice, basic handcrafted OWB pancake style holster called the "Silver Dollar" that is extremely comfortable; it is "bargain" priced at $45 !
- ......My very favorite "custom" OWB holster for a small snub-nose revolver is C. Rusty Sherricks U.S. Hight Ride. I nearly forget I am carrying when I wear this rig.....made of horsehide it's a work of art !
These are what I find work for me....the trick of course, is to find what works for you. I think most of us would agree that discovering what works is a "process".
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Tatyana McFadden
Track and Field
Classification: Nordic - LW10-12, Sitting; Track & Field - T54
Height: 5' 3"
Hometown: Clarksville, Md.
High School: Atholton HS (Columbia, Md.) '08
Paralympic Highlights
- Four-time Paralympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014); 11-time Paralympic medalist (3 gold, 5, silver, 3 bronze)
- Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, silver (1 kilometer sprint), 5th (12-kilometer sprint), 6th (4x2.5-kilometer mixed with Jake Adicoff), 7th (5-kilometer sprint)
- London 2012 Paralympic Games, gold (400-meter, 800-meter, 1500-meter), bronze (100-meter)
- Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, silver (200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter), bronze (4x100-meter)
- Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, silver (100-meter), bronze (200-meter)
- 2015: IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships, 6th (1-kilometer sprint), 8th (10-kilometer), 9th (5-kilometer)
- 2015 World Cup, Oberstdorf, 9th (12-kilometer sprint), 10th (1-kilometer), 11th (5-kilometer)
- U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Championships, 1st (1-kilometer), 3rd (5-kilometer)
- 2013 World Cup, Cable, Wis., 4th (15-kilometer), 5th (5-kilometer, 1-kilometer)
- 2013 IPC World Cup, Canmore, Canada, 7th (1-kilometer), 11th (5-kilometer)
- U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Championships, 1st (1-kilometer); Named to U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Team
Career Highlights - Track & Field
- 2016: Boston Marathon, 1st
- 2015: IPC Marathon World Championships/London Marathon, 1st; Boston Marathon, 1st; Chicago Marathon, 1st; New York Marathon, 1st
- 2014: London Marathon, 1st; Boston Marathon, 1st; Chicago Marathon, 1st; New York City Marathon, 1st;
- 2013: London Marathon, 1st; Boston Marathon, 1st; Chicago Marathon, 1st; New York City Marathon, 1st; IPC Athletics World Championships, 1st 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m
- 2012 Chicago Marathon, 1st
- 2011: IPC World Championships, 1st 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3rd 100m
- 2010: New York City Marathon, 1st
- 2009: Chicago Marathon, 1st
- 2006: IPC World Championships, 1st 100m, 2nd 200m, 400m
- 2004: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, 2nd 100m, 3rd 200m
After her past year of overwhelming success in track & field, Tatyana McFadden has become a well-known athlete both within the Paralympic family and beyond. McFadden was adopted from St. Petersburg, Russia, at age six by Deborah McFadden. Born with spina bifida that left her paralyzed below the waist, McFadden walked on her hands at her orphanage and did not use a wheelchair until after her adoption. Once in her new hometown of Clarksville, Md., McFadden played many sports in her youth, including wheelchair basketball, sled hockey, swimming, gymnastics and track & field. McFadden continued her athletic success at the University of Illinois, where she joined the Fighting Illini's wheelchair basketball and wheelchair track teams.
McFadden competed in her first Paralympic Games in 2004, where she earned a silver and a bronze medal in track & field. She has competed in every summer Paralympic Games since then and is now a ten-time Paralympic medalist, including three gold. In July 2013, McFadden became the first woman to earn six titles at a single International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championship. Additionally, she became the first athlete to win four major world marathons in a single year after taking victory in the women's wheelchair division of the 2013 London, Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons. McFadden's sister Hannah also competed at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in the 100m, marking the first time siblings have competed together in a Paralympic Games.
With the encouragement of two-sport Paralympian Alana Nichols, McFadden was encouraged to try Nordic skiing for the first time last year. It didn't take her long to pick up the sport, as she earned a national title at her first U.S. Adaptive Nordic Skiing National Championship in January 2013. She is currently a member of the 2013-14 U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing National Team, having already earned five top-10 finishes in the first three world cups of her Nordic career.
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Red, White & Trending: April 22-28
Jamie MacDonald April 29, 2016
Team USA celebrates #100DaysOut in style (surf's up for Casey Eichfeld and Aaron Pike, a legendary selfie, brothers in beard Brad Snyder and Seth Weil, Dagmara Wozniak trains anyway), Tatyana McFadden's wild ride continues in princely fashion, an Olympic pair celebrates their first anniversary, the 'Fastest Man in Rugby,' Tyler Clary goes even faster, Team USA rallies for Jamie Nieto, soccer players become hockey fans, Simone Biles needs some sleep and more.
The Best Photos From Team USA's 100 Days Out Celebration
April 28, 2016
Team USA took over Times Square to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Team USA Celebrates 100-Day Countdown To Rio By Taking Over Times Square
Lynn Rutherford April 27, 2016
Some 85 Olympians and Paralympians celebrated the milestone in New York City.
Watch: Athletes Celebrate 100 Days Until Rio At The Toast To Team USA
April 27, 2016
Tanith White talks to Olympians and Paralympians past and present as they look forward to Rio.
Red, White & Trending: April 15-21
Jamie MacDonald April 22, 2016
Team USA reacts to the loss of Prince, Tatyana McFadden manages to inspire yet again, Shawn Johnson goes East on her wedding day, Charlotte Drury makes her dream come true, Notre Dame shines bright in fencing and more.
With Another Boston Marathon Win, Tatyana McFadden Begins Pivot Toward Rio Paralympics
Justin A. Rice April 18, 2016
McFadden is aiming to sweep seven events in 10 days this summer in Rio de Janeiro.
With Another Boston Marathon Win, Tatyana McFadden Begins Pivot Toward Rio Paralympics
Justin A. Rice April 18, 2016
McFadden is aiming to sweep seven events in 10 days this summer in Rio de Janeiro.
16 Olympic And Paralympic Medalists On The Advice They Wish Someone Had Given Them
Lisa Costantini April 14, 2016
With 61 medals between them, these Team USA athletes share words of wisdom to future medalists.
Paralympic athletes return for April track and field events
Brianna Tammaro April 08, 2016
Before the season starts, find out where the road to Rio will stop for Team USA track and field stars in April.
Red, White & Trending: March 4-10
Jamie MacDonald March 11, 2016
A highlight reel of fun from Team USA Media Summit (Matt Grevers hams it up, gold-medal friendships form, Sam Mikulak leaves an impression, Jackie Galloway runs the gauntlet), Alex Morgan and Hope Solo share lots of hardware, Bode Miller has a walker, Cyrus Hostetler channels King James and much more.
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Miami Dolphins: Who fills Joey Porter's shoes?
The Miami Dolphins and Joey Porter aren't officially divorced just yet because the NFL rejected the roster money due to salary cap ramifications.
But Friday's attempt to release Porter clearly indicates the three-year marriage between South Florida's beloved football team is clearly coming to an end. The Dolphins want the world to know they are better off without the 11-year veteran, and his inevitable release will allow them to avoid paying the $1.2 million he was due this offseason in roster and workout bonuses.
Of course it didn't help matters that Porter spent all of last week campaigning for his release, citing irreconcilable differences.
Well, the Dolphins plan to give Porter, who was one of four linebackers named to the NFL's All-Decade team for the 2000's, what he wanted. His outright release allowing him to look for a 3-4 team on the West Coast, which is where his family resides.
When he's eventually cut during the first week of March it'll be interesting to see how many teams show interest in signing Porter, who turns 33 in March.
While the four-time Pro Bowler led the team with nine sacks, he registered a career low in tackles (41), and failed to live up to his captain designation on a team that was lacking in leadership.
Despite playing more than any other outside linebacker (especially since he refused to leave the field at times), Porter only produced 15 knock downs, and 4.5 QB hurries. His 19.5 pressures ranked him 51st in the NFL.
But he was still the best (production wise) pass rusher the Dolphins had to offer in 2009. That's why it'll be interesting to see who fills the void his departure creates.
Despite playing out of position as a strong side linebacker, Jason Taylor contributed 42 tackles, seven sacks, an interception, and forced three fumbles. But Taylor only produced 14 knockdowns and quarterback hurries, which had the 35-year-old tied with Matt Roth for 89th in the NFL in pressures.
Taylor's a free agent, and if re-signed it's likely he'll move over to the weakside, attacking the quarterback from the side of the field he's use to. But does the Trifecta want him back, and will they offer enough to keep him from signing with New England, the team's that's coveted his skills for a while?
Former CFL standout Cameron Wake applied consistent pressure when given opportunity. Wake contributed 23 tackles and 5.5 sacks in his limited playing time. He also produced 14.5 quarterback pressures, which means he was more productive than Taylor in his fewer opportunities.
But considering 2009 was Wake's first season learning how to play outside linebacker in a 3-4 scheme, he wasn't very good at stuffing the run and dropping back into pass coverage. Those skills need to improve if Wake's going to increase his snap count.
Charlie Anderson, Erik Walden and Quentin Moses are also options. Anderson did have that three sack game against Tampa Bay, but he disappeared afterwards. Neither of the three have shown they are ready to be anything more than role players. However, it takes at least two seasons to learn the nuances of that 3-4 outside linebacker spot, so maybe it's their time. The clock is ticking on each.
The Dolphins might turn to what's expected to be a weak free agent pool, and/or the draft to address the outside linebacker position. But there are no guarantees going that route. In free agency you're likely to overpay for another team's discards, and in the draft it's a role of the dice (can you say Vernon Gholston).
No matter who is addded to the mix I think Porter has helped the Dolphins and the Trifecta learn a very valuable lesson: Be careful whom you get in bed with.


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Removing Questionable Material
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(The title is from a Ben Franklin quip.)
From: "Richard Whitner"
To: "Positive Atheism"
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2004
Subject: verification of a quote
Dear Mr. Walker,
I'm writing to you about a quote on your site that is attributed to James Madison:
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe
in blood for centuries.
-- James Madison, letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803, quoted from James A. Haught, ed., 2000 Years of Disbelief
I've been seeking more information about this quote, but have been unsuccessful at finding any context on the internet other than the description listed above. I have contacted the editor of the "James Madison Papers" and the author of the source cited above, James Haught, and neither of them were able to find the original source of that quote for me.
Anyway, I was hoping that perhaps you could shed some light on it. Do you have a copy of the Haught book? And does it provide any more details about the source of the quote than just the year and general subject of the letter? I am aware that the quote espouses the basic beliefs of Madison, but I would like to get some confirmation of this quote before I continue using it to support my arguments.
From: "Positive Atheism"
To: "Richard Whitner"
Subject: verification of a quote
Date: November 22, 2004
Thanks for writing!
I will look into this quotation and, if those who work on these things cast sufficient doubt, I'll either remove it or move it over to the "Phony Quotes" portion of the Madison section. But I'm sure you can see why I cannot act on a single e-mail unless the problem is entirely self-evident (such as when the lifespan I listed for a man had him dying 23 years before he was born -- whoops! wrong century!).
Meanwhile, if you doubt a quotation's authenticity, even if you have the slightest questions about it, then by all means stop using it! Anybody who would make a case by using quotes should (I think) be very, very selective about the quotes she or he uses.
In any event, I'm not sure about the role that quotes play in an argument. Yes, your Christian adversaries are fond of using them in their attempts to recruit your teens, but this behavior seems to be, more than anything else, an extension of their propensity for hurling Bible passages at one another than anything else! (Ahem!) To me, arguing a point involves, more than anything else, my ability to see that the point in question is a superior idea. For that reason, I would hope that the idea itself could be made to shine on its own merits.
Paine said that it doesn't matter who said something, because the words themselves are what carry the message anyway. The ancient Pharisees would attribute new wisdom to some obscure historical figure to prevent the identity of the real author from biasing the message's recipients. In this sense, if you think the Madison (mis)quote is an excellent idea in and of itself, then run with it -- but -- use it strictly on its own merits, not as the opinion of an American Founding Father!
One thing I try to keep in mind about the Founding Fathers is that according to their own words, their opinions shouldn't mean diddly squat to those of subsequent generations except as historical points of interest (or perhaps to garner arguments or perspective regarding this or that viewpoint). We must always guard against committing the Genetic Fallacy, saying an idea is valid simply because of its origin. Is an opinion valid simply because Einstein (for example) said it or Lincoln would have agreed? (What Would Jesus Do? What Would YOU Do?)
The genetic fallacy is a tough call: that a Founding Father held an opinion does not, in itself, make the policy behind it appropriate for us today. The Founders were making a country (laws, a Constitution, and a Bill of Rights) that was, for them, "good enough," considering the short amount of time they had for working these things out. Almost to a man (Madison being the exception) they said that the work they did was for their generation. We, the members of a subsequent generation (they said), need to work out our own government designed to suit the needs of a subsequent day.
The Founders who said these things were, back then, guarding against the very mistake that both the Christians and the Separationists are committing today. From both sides we hear people taking the laws framed by the Founders and the ideas spoken by the Founders and setting them in stone for all time.
Franklin, the only one I would consider "middle class," predicted that the Americans would eventually take the Liberties wrought by his generation and exchange them for things like safety and protection from harm. Ultimately we would embrace some form of tyranny as the true cost of ensuring our destinies. See Gore Vidal's recent book, Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, for an eye-opening (and hair-raising) look at Early America. The LA Weekly Interview, "Uncensored Gore Vidal," gives an ample peek at what Vidal found in his studies.
Readers don't like me talking like this, but we need to guard against the idea that "The Ten Amendments" are something that's "Set in Stone" or written by the finger of The Founding God. Christians and other religious folks are accustomed to thinking that way, but that thinking is inappropriate for human-made documents. Our laws and protections require that we think of them as such. To me, this would mean re-examining each of the ideas in question and arguing for retention only of those ideas that are worthy of our generation today.
... the editor of the "James Madison Papers"...[could not] find the original source of that quote for me.
As a historian of no small stature, his opinion would be worth much. Of course this quip reflects the ideas of Madison, even if they are not the exact words that came forth from his pen (see under Haught, below). What did the Madison historian he think of the statement? Did he say whether or not he thought it might be genuine? does he doubt its authenticity on grounds other than the fact that he hasn't found it?
On giving it a good look, the term "separation of church and state" looks out of place right off the bat. Madison's preferred language seems to be "separation of Religion from Govt.," with the words capitalized and abbreviated as I have written them here. My local copy of the Big List is dismantled right now, but if you would be willing to send me the dialogues you had with the "Madison Papers" editor, I'll move it or remove it when I put the Big List back together.
It's generally impossible to prove that someone did not say this or that, unless the individual in question had special circumstances, and this is rare. To show what I mean, I'll review the example of physicist Stephen Hawking, who cannot speak without the aid of a machine. If someone with similar limitations rigs the machine to keep a record of what he says (via the machine), then we can easily prove that this individual did not say what he, in fact, did not say. Courts are another example: in court, whatever anybody says gets written down, allowing an observer to assert, for example, that "The judge did not express an opinion while deciding Saul Lipcyst's suit against the city."
PAMBLOQ is short for Positive Atheism Magazine's Big List of Quotations, which is now an online book in its own right. I've called it the "Big List" from the beginning, ever since it was nothing more than one large file filled with quotations, arranged alphabetically by the speaker. At the end were three "Scary Quotes" to exemplify what some of the more radical Christian activists were thinking. I got them (and the name) from a pamphlet of some sort that I found at an atheist meeting. At first, to make the "Scary Quotes" section, the saying had to be something that would have embarrassed me to no end had I still been a Christian when I first heard the quip. (Often, I'm embarrassed even as an atheist -- embarrassed that my fellow humans could be talked into thinking this or that way about us or about others!)
The Big List became very big very quickly. During those months when a 56k modem was a status symbol, I had to split the pages up several times, carefully trying not to allow each page to go over 20k -- which was twice the size that Web Monkey was recommending at the time. Thus, the Frames version was born. (A few afternoons on Web Monkey is as close as I come to getting any formal HTML training!)
When I select a quotation from a collection or excerpt it from a book or article, I try to provide the secondary source citation whether or not I know the primary source. If the secondary source gives a primary source or another secondary source, I include all the information I can get my hands on, in case anybody needs to verify the quote. After all, without the primary source, I am trusting the work and judgment of others!
By including secondary citations, I give credit and responsibility to the secondary work's editor or author. In one sense, I am saying, "My trust in this person's work is my justification for using it in mine"; in another sense, "This is really all the information I have." With that, I rest on my decision in lieu of a valid reason for doubting the decision. For example, I now have reason to doubt that Madison quotation (and because of this, I'd like to see information you've come up with).
I'm hoping that my practice of including all the information I have helps readers trust that I'll candidly report whenever I get wind that some find this or that quote to be questionable. "When in doubt, leave it out!" is the rule with lists of quotations. At one time I had planned to remove quips for which I had no source information. Instead, I decided to let readers decide what to do with these; meanwhile, the idea is available, which, as I stated above, is more important than whose idea it was to begin with.
When I started this work almost ten years ago, I didn't see many collections of any kind that consistently tried to provide source citations. The specialized, "scholarly" collections had them, but that's about it. The situation today isn't much better: most collections still do not provide any source citations at all! Back then, I got the impression that nobody cared. But I decided that I care and hence tried to track down as many sources as possible, sometimes spending an entire afternoon on one quote!
What was available for atheists (etc.) was this huge, unresearched pile (literally) of sayings, some of which probably tickled the imaginations of certain atheists -- but most of these didn't impress me in the least. It was clear that a great many of these quotations were included precisely because they contained sentiments that one might hear from an atheist of the village variety. Source citations were incidental, at best. Many of the quips were flat-out anonymous. (I certainly wouldn't admit to having said some of these things!) Some of them even I knew to be false (and I was no expert at the time, believe me). Many were in all caps or had other idiosyncrasies. All were hastily (or even automatically) pasted into a huge seven-bit ASCII file that occasionally grew bigger.
Ah, but that was fine for me, because I wasn't interested in quotations, anyway. Every atheistic web page had an ample supply of "atheist quotations."
Then I noticed something that got me thinking: all the collections I saw used this one big file as its resource! Hmmm! Uh, no: I've already got my hands full.
Then I lost a bid to do a small project for a group, a project that I considered important both for me, in doing the work, and for the group, in that I had the patience to do this thing right and create something pleasing as well as useful. The group wanted me to find quotations and print or trace them onto sheets of fine paper for posting on their walls! After agreeing to do it, I put ten or twelve hours into the project, coming up with several dozen outstanding quotes. I assembled these into a list for them to review so they could tell me which ones they wanted. That's when I was told that somebody else had wowed the group leaders with this huge list. They grabbed the job right out from under me!
When I learned of this, I checked the huge online list for duplicates and removed those from my list (out of sheer spite over the group's having chosen this over the work of their own members). I called it, "The Big List of Quotations," and posted it on my budding atheistic web site. A day or two afterwards, someone noticed the list and, thinking I was serious, suggested that I include sources: "At least now we might have a list that we can find halfway useful" were the sentiments I remember reading in this very polite letter.
I decided to create PAMBLOQ exactly backwards from the way this online list was put together. No more blindly posting whatever anybody submitted (or removing what they didn't like). Most importantly, no more including something simply because the topic was somehow remotely related to atheism!
I started with ten general topics, eight of which made the list. The ninth was, at first, a somewhat popular threesome of chilling sentiments from television preachers and anti-abortion activists that I had seen somewhere in the print media, simply called "scary quotes": "I want you to let a wave of hatred come over you!" Yeah! That guy! The tenth category, gratuitous ridiculing of theists, solely on general principles and for no good reason, was, at first, my Windows Recycle Bin. Then it necessarily became a file on my computer wherein I documented why I had rejected this or that quip. Today it lives in my mind, because I have a very good idea what I do and do not want to do with PAMBLOQ!
This is how it startedv Since then I have, almost daily at times, spent multiple hours carefully assembling this thing. The story of how it (almost) ended is written between the lines in the copyright notice at the bottom of each main page.
James Haught is a writer, a scholar, and a man whom I consider a remote friend (I've never met him in person). Generally, he's an associate in the activism that we both do and we've had several conversations that have greatly influenced the quality and direction of my work on PAM. It was James who initially got me off the ground by allowing me to quote liberally from his book and other writings. Indeed, his book has led me astray on (now) three occasions (if this quote remains unverified). This is, actually, a very good record for a work by a single individual, considering how many of his quips I converted to e-text.
After completing the first of two major phases of converting material from Jim's book, I discussed with Annie Laurie Gaylor excerpting passages from her then-brand new Women Without Superstition: "No Gods -- No Masters" (1997). The task of excerpting quips from this volume is monumental, to say the least, as it is not simply a collection of quotations, like 2000 Years of Disbelief, but, rather, a collection of complete (short) works and excerpts of longer works: essays, pamphlets, book chapters, and the like. Needless to say, excerpting "by hand" is the toughest way to go about building a collection of quotations, and the project of adding material from Women Without Superstition continues, off and on, to this day (as I find time to pull it out and read it).
About the same time, I found a wonderful little self-published paperback volume in a used bookstore titled, The Great Quotations on Religious Freedom edited by Albert J. Menendez and Edd Doerr. I converted about one-quarter of this book, including material from the sections of quips by people, institutions, and governments. A few years later, a reader asked me to help him come up with a copy of the book. After several months of diligent search, I finally found a used copy on the East Coast, and with that I justified posting what remained of the quotes from people (leaving the institutions alone). Happily, this little gem has since been picked up by Prometheus Books, and you can now buy a brand new copy from them! I like to think that our Big List had something to do with the decision to reprint!
Others have joined the fray, sending in quotes and lists for our use, including Laird Wilcox, who has built several large volumes of quotations about subjects that are, in a way, tangential to the goals I have for PAMBLOQ. Certainly Liberty of Speech is of concern to anybody interested in Liberty of Religion: they all fall into the larger category of Liberty of Conscience and they all fit into our scheme of things.
My two favorite contributors, by the way, have asked me not to include their names due to conflicts of interest with other writing gigs they have with other atheistic groups.
I also have at least one "milk crate" full of books either suitable for excerpting or collections themselves, another milk crate filled to the rim with old Humanistic, Atheistic, and Freethought magazines, and a third filled with locally produced newsletters. Then there are the files: I have been saving out the e-list dispatches from several atheistic and skeptical foundations and writers, and these are a literal goldmine for quotations that are not to be found online.
And there's where I'll leave this description: Positive Atheism Magazine's Big List of Quotations accepts only quotations that are not already online somewhere. This isn't always easy to check out: Google and the others don't find everything. The main point is that the Internet is the one place where we do not go looking for material to post.
This, by the way, is precisely why I have not been working on PAMBLOQ for the past three years: why should I do all this work, desiring to create a reason for readers to come spend some time at our place, when the moment I post these quotes I have typed, by hand, into my computer, some shiftless ne'er-do-well will come by with his fingers lazily poised on the Ctrl+C key and paste all that work I just did into his web site! Why should I work so hard just to bring attention and glory to someone else's web site (especially someone like that)!?
So I stopped producing new material for PAMBLOQ. When I stumble across a new quip and have the fifteen or so minutes it takes to drop what I'm doing, format it and paste it into the right file, update the "What's New?" list, and upload everything, I'll do it. But I might as well give it up if it comes to simply saving the quip out into the "To-Do" folder, 'cause I'll probably never get around to it.
Hey! Thanks for writing, and thanks for the heads-up!
I hope this didn't bore you too much! I wrote it mainly for posting and will probably rewrite much of it -- but thanks for the opportunity to finally get this story "on paper."
Again, I'd be interested in seeing whatever information you come up with.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
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to people with no reason to believe
"Those who are not theists are atheists."
This definition is favored as a generic
self-definition for our social class by a
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ventured an opinion on the subject.
We recommend the popularization of this
definition as a potential means to reduce
the stigma that is leveled against atheists
from virtually every corner.
Don't let antagonists tell us who we are!
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believe any of the dogmas of traditional
theology and, further, that there is no
reason to wish that they were true. Man,
in so far as he is not subject to natural
forces, is free to work out his own destiny.
The responsibility is his, and so is the
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the minimal religious opinion of
one-fifth of the World's and of
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to such acts only as are injurious to others."
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"We are excited to launch a collegiate lacrosse event with ESPNU and Warrior Lacrosse," said Clint Overby, senior director of events, ESPN Regional Television. "We look forward to growing the event as a fixture in the collegiate lacrosse landscape."
Massachusetts won the East Coast Athletic Conference championship last season before falling to Princeton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Minutemen, who finished the season with a 9-6 record, are leaving the ECAC this year for the Colonial Athletic Association. In the ESPNU Warrior Classic, UMass faces former ECAC rival Georgetown, which is also joining a new conference, the BIG EAST. The Hoyas finished with a 7-7 record last season.
Fairfield posted a 7-6 record in 2009, its first winning campaign since 2006. The Stags will face ECAC rival Denver in the ESPNU Warrior Classic. Fairfield won three of five meetings when the two teams were part of the Great Western Lacrosse League from 2001-05. Denver welcomes new head coach Bill Tierney, who won six NCAA titles in 22 seasons at Princeton. The Pioneers were 7-8 in 2009.
"We're very excited to be invited to play in the first annual ESPNU Warrior Classic," said Dave Urick, Georgetown head coach. "This is a tremendous opportunity for the sport of lacrosse to have increased exposure in the Northeast, and this field brings together some very talented teams. ESPNU has provided great television exposure for the sport of lacrosse and this event shows their commitment to the sport."
"The Denver Pioneers are thrilled to be a part of the inaugural ESPNU Warrior Classic," said Bill Tierney, Denver head coach. "To play alongside such prestigious programs as Georgetown and UMass and compete in an important ECAC matchup with Fairfield is an honor for our team. We are trying to create excitement about lacrosse in Colorado and in the West, and this event will certainly help us spread the good news about the University of Denver and our lacrosse program. ESPN has been so instrumental in the visibility and rising popularity of college lacrosse, through its coverage of the NCAA Tournament and regular-season telecasts."
"We are very excited to be a part of the ESPNU Warrior Classic," said Greg Cannella, Massachusetts head coach. "We are looking forward to playing one of our former ECAC rivals, Georgetown. When these two teams get together and play, it is always exciting and fast, the way college lacrosse should be played. We look forward to the opportunity and thank ESPN for putting the event together."
"We're thrilled about the opportunity to play in the ESPNU Warrior Classic," said Andy Copelan, Fairfield head coach. "Having a nationally televised lacrosse doubleheader featuring four great teams at Rentschler Field is great for the development of our sport in this region. We thank ESPN and everyone involved for putting this together and we are looking forward to a great day of college lacrosse."
ESPNU has been televising NCAA lacrosse matches since the first week the network was launched, in March 2005.
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The marriage between the Seahawks and Marshawn Lynch was never destined to last long, so it's no surprise to hear the enigmatic, Skittles-loving folk hero known as Beast Mode might no longer be "all about that action."
And, contrary to what sentimental fans might think, it wouldn't be the end of Seattle's offensive world.
It remains to be seen whether Lynch pulls a Barry Sanders and never comes back or just holds out all summer awaiting more money -- or whether he just shows up to the mandatory minicamp next week, dispersing all of the smoke and rumors about retirement and money.
If reports are true and he really does want the Hawks to pay him more and commit to him beyond 2015, he'll probably have to make good on the alleged retirement threat, because the Seahawks are very unlikely to raise his salary. In fact, conventional wisdom says they will go the other direction with it in 2015.
The 28-year-old power back is due to be paid $5.5 million in 2014 -- including $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses. While he is paid among the top five at running back in the NFL, he reportedly wants to get a pay hike to No. 2 or 3. That would mean adding up to $2 million to his salary -- a number that does not make sense for Seattle.
Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider have been good to their key players, generally paying them market value or better (e.g., Red Bryant) and even adjusting contracts when guys have been underpaid (e.g., Chris Clemons and Brandon Browner). But the Hawks are now on a tight budget and seem very unlikely to fork out more money to Lynch just two years after giving him a fair market deal.
In fact, the team likely will seek to lower his $9 million cap hit -- third highest on the team -- in 2015 as the Hawks put together a blockbuster deal for quarterback Russell Wilson. It could be a symbolic shift -- taking money from the former face of the offense to help pay the new face.
Lynch certainly has been the heartbeat of the offense ever since the Hawks acquired him from Buffalo in October 2010 for two mid-round draft picks.
The historic Beast Quake run against New Orleans in that season's playoffs was the beginning of a great three-year run in which Lynch embodied the toughness Carroll wanted his offense to exude.
After running for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2011, Lynch signed a four-year, $30 million contract that guaranteed him $17 million. It was a gamble by the Hawks that Lynch would continue to stay out of trouble and keep up his Beast Mode style of play.
His personal quirks aside, Lynch has not disappointed the Seahawks or fans.
Behind a mostly patchwork offensive line, Lynch has turned out three straight seasons with more than 1,200 rushing yards and scored 39 total touchdowns. He has done much of the work on his own; last season he led the league in broken tackles.
"Marshawn has been a great leader in that regard. He is everything we want in that attitude," Carroll said at the Seahawks Town Hall last week. "We've been blessed to watch 24 do it. He has been a great part of our team."
Meanwhile, fans have embraced Lynch's eccentricities, showering him with Skittles (you know the story), supporting his reticent approach to the spotlight and loving him for being "all about that action, boss."
It was always assumed (by us at least) that Lynch would not play in Seattle past 2015, when he will be 29 heading to 30 and possibly wearing down (the Hawks already rest him every Wednesday during the season).
Those fans who adore Beast Mode and think the Hawks must have him to win will be disappointed when he leaves -- whether it is this year or next or in 2016. But the Hawks are prepared to win without him. Perhaps wary of Lynch's whims, they have drafted three running backs in the past two years: Christine Michael and Spencer Ware in 2013 and Kiero Small this year.
The apparent improvement of Michael looms large. The Hawks cannot keep the explosive runner on the bench for much longer -- or they risk wasting their draft investment in him. (See this story from last year comparing Lynch-Michael to Ricky Watters-Shaun Alexander.)
At the Town Hall last week, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell caused a national commotion when he said the Seahawks would be running back by committee, and he added, "We need to see what's going on with Marshawn."
Bevell then retracted/clarified the committee comment to mean the Hawks were using a committee in minicamp with Lynch absent.
It remains to be seen whether Lynch stays away when it matters, starting with next week's mandatory minicamp and extending to training camp next month.
There are four possible outcomes to the situation, although only two seem like real possibilities:
**The Hawks could shuffle his money around, paying more this year and perhaps guaranteeing some of his 2015 salary in exchange for lower cap numbers. But that likely would mean adding a year or two onto the deal for bonus proration, which would mean more dead money once he is gone. Is that really an option the team is interested in? Highly doubtful.
Lynch's situation is different than Chris Clemons' holdout during minicamps in 2012. The Hawks gave Clemons a new deal, but that was their first extension for him. Lynch also received a new deal in 2012, and -- whether he or his fans like it or not -- he probably is not going to get another one.
**The Hawks could try to trade Lynch, although they probably would not get any good offers for a physical, workhorse runner who is entering the back end of his career. Some team might offer a third-rounder, but Carroll and Schneider surely prefer not to get rid of the guy who largely has carried their offense the past three years and seems capable of doing it for at least another.
**Lynch could retire. It wouldn't be a very smart financial move, as he would be giving up $5.5 million in 2014 salary and would have to return $3 million in forfeited bonus money. The Hawks would net his $5.5 million for the 2014 cap and be relieved of a $7.5 million obligation in 2015. His cap hits would be $1.5 million each year.
**Lynch could report and play under his current deal in 2014 -- even if he is unhappy about it. If he fails to play to the same Beast Mode standards, the Hawks have other options. They won't let him distract from another Super Bowl run -- even if it means releasing him or just sitting him on the bench.
We won't know until next week whether the reports of Lynch's planned holdout are true. Whether they are or not, it's clear his time in Seattle is winding down.
But there's no reason to be concerned. After all, it was never destined to be a long-term relationship -- and the Hawks are prepared to win without him.


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First time poster here, so please be gentle!
Anyway, so I bit the bullet and bought the X-Fi2, upgrading from my old Sleek Photo, and I'm generally pleased with it (aside from some video compatibility, but I'm not too worried about that).
What my issue is, is that i have ripped most of my music using WMP (now on 12) in wma lossless format (I know, I know - more fool me...). From what I understand, the X-Fi2 won't play these files natively and they need to be converted to another format to play - something that WMP11 did (wma lossy?) but WMP12 doesn't - it just transfers the files without converting, so when I go to play the tracks it just skips through those in lossless format without playing.
Now, is there anything I'm doing wrong here (please don't suggest other media players, especially the creative offering...!) or is this something I'm going to have to put up with and maybe convert to another format?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Oh yes another thing - any reason my playlists won't transfer to the device either?
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Hello kralw69. Good to see you own this player as well.
Regarding the playlist question -
I also use WMP12. I drag n' drop a playlist to the player it copies the files but doesn't copy the playlist!
I manually copy the playlist through windows explorer it picks it up but shows the playlist as empty!
It's just a firmware bug or player bug IMO. Can't do nothing but wait.
Other option would be too make playlists on the player itself.
I'm tinkering with the options...I will let you know off my finds. There's a thread regarding this playlist by another user as well so your not the only one having this playlist problem.
Regarding your 1st question - Your best bet would be to convert the files to MP3 or FLAC.
WMP12 won't convert your files to FLAC. It could convert them too WMA, I haven't used WMA Lossless that much.
You can try Winamp for converting WMA Lossless to FLAC. It's pretty neat but use it for only Audio nothing else. It's pretty crappy for video.
OR try another aftermarket sound format conversion software.
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Kiper gives Dolphins draft a C- but with a shot at an A
I know my cohort Ethan Skolnick referenced Mel Kiper's C-minus grade for the Dolphins draft in his blog today, but if he kept listening the longtime ESPN draft guru said that grade could become an 'A' if cornerbacks Vontae Davis and Sean Smith, as well as Wildcat quarterback Pat White pan out as solid contributors.
"They got two corners and two receivers, three if you're counting White,'' Kiper said on a post-draft conference call today. "If Pat develops then he's the key to their draft.''
Kiper wasn't thrilled with Miami's second-day picks. He had Monmouth tight end John Nalbone and Weber State linebacker J.D. Folsom as project college free agents. Kiper said Georgia Tech tackle Andrew Gardner was picked in the correct round (6th). He's down on USC WR Patrick Turner, "a last-round pick or undrafted free agent,'' and said OSU WR Brian Hartline was picked in the right round (4th).
Kiper said it's ridiculous to believe that White is a threat to heir apparent quarterback Chad Henne, unless…
"This kid's not beating out Chad Henne. He's only a threat to Chad Henne if Henne struggles, but Henne is this team's future, make no mistake about that. Remember, they could've had Matt Ryan last year so Chad Henne better be good because Matt Ryan is already excellent,'' Kiper said.
"White will be their, 'slash,' but Chad Henne is the key to this football team. Chad Pennington is the bridge to get to Chad Henne and it could be some time this year.''
Kiper felt that the Dolphins might've grabbed White to prevent the Patriots from doing so, however, White was taken at No. 44, and the Patriots picked nose tackle Ron Brace at No. 40 and cornerback Darius Butler at No. 41. They didn't pick again until No. 58 when they selected tackle Sebastian Vollmer.
Kiper said unless White pans out as a slot receiver and return man then the pick won't live up to its value, but he also believes that teams never have enough quality quarterbacks.
"The Patriots drafted Matt Cassel when they had Tom Brady and they drafted Brady when they had Drew Bledsoe,'' he said. "Pat White doesn't have to just be a Wildcat quarterback. He can be that change-up quarterback, a slot receiver and return man.''
Kiper said while versatile Antwaan Randle El proved he could be a receiver and return man at the Senior Bowl back in 2002, White has yet to prove that. GM Jeff Ireland said something similar Sunday, basically, that he hasn't seen evidence of White's prowess at receiver.
Former Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski raved about White's mechanics as a quarterback Sunday night so it will be interesting to see how this pans out.
I feel that Henne and White will be 1 and 1A in 2010. Sounds like a plan.
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This is a discussion on Some gun porn! (Safe for work) within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I decided to snap a few pictures of my collection and tried editing a few. Let me know what you think! IMG_20130104_153821_284.jpg IMG_20130104_161819.jpg IMG_20130104_162401.jpg Enjoy!...
I decided to snap a few pictures of my collection and tried editing a few. Let me know what you think!
Looks good to me. Great looking Glock 38 you have.
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LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — American teenager Sarah Hendrickson has won the first women's World Cup ski jump on the same Lillehammer hill used by the men in the 1994 Winter Olympics.
The 17-year-old Hendrickson jumped 9512 meters, pushing French opponent Coline Mattel to second place.
Hendrickson, of Park City, Utah, scored 277 points, Mettel 247.7, and Melanie Faisst of Germany 245.5 for third.
World champion Daniela Iraschko of Austria was fourth.
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TC TO JANE WELSH CARLYLE ; 17 January 1848; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18480117-TC-JWC-01; CL 22: 213-216
Alverstoke, 17 jany, 1848—
My Dearest,—A wet day, the rain falling in heavy gusts out of the Southwest, the sea and the wind making loud melody round us, and I solitary in my apartment, where the Dressing-gown enables me to dispense with fire for a while,—before the hours go farther, I will write a word to thee; probably the best act it may be given me all day to do.
I am not well still; sadly off for sleep &c; and have properly nothing to tell; but the telling of that will do me a little good perhaps as I go on.— Yesterday proved bright sunny and every way beautiful, so far as weather went; a walk was achieved in the afternoon, and much vain talk, with Milnes especially, but nothing else whatever.1 One cannot get even reading done; hardly can the Newspaper of the day be got read.— Today Milnes and Buller are both gone; Milnes early in the morning, as I felt to my cost, he being my wall-neighbour, and very noisy when he lifts anchor! He is gone to Yorkshire; is bent to meet Emerson if he can, and to get W. E. Forster to be of the party. Poor Milnes, he is really a social creature; and nothing can entirely abolish the naivety that is in him. Yesterday we were speaking (in the absence of the Taylors) about Aubrey de Vere and his Book;2 I said, The first thing Aubrey would have to [do],3 if anything was to come of him, would be to forget altogether that the Spring-Rices and others of the native clique had ever reckoned him a "man of genius" or the like; in fact, to give up the idea of his being a man of genius once for all.— "Hah," said Milnes, "and let me tell you it is a d———d hard thing to give up the idea that you are a man of genius! I have had it to do; and can tell you it is no easy thing." Speaking of his "happiness" he asserted that he was deeply miserable; that if any fresh misfortune were to come upon him he would "go and drown himself." "Why, you wouldn't sink," cried Lady Harriet, "you couldn't drown!" And Milnes stands the laughter like an angel.4 He has left us all regretful of him; and Charteris will be a very bad exchange indeed: "the Charterises" are coming, however, today; perhaps are come, when I go down stairs! Taylor is but a dull element; he is reading my Copy of his Essay-Book,5 having discovered pencil-notes of mine in it,—little flattering, I much doubt, but he asked my permission, and I could not refuse him without making the matter look even worse. Mrs T. is a nice little body; there comes out of her, ever and anon, some innocent half-silly half-mischievous remark, which stirs up the current of things; the chief merit its spontaneity; coming almost like a blush, as if without her consent, and really pretty as natural things all are. Taylor is very grey, and old-looking; his words scantier and more elaborated than ever. I fear he will grow to look on me as the very genius of Chaos; for I see his understanding does not in the least discern my bearings and distances,—unless his good honest heart may intimate to him some good tendency on my part in spite of all.— On the whole, this is very strenuous idling;6 I have with less suffering and exertion compassed the attendance on six College classes daily, in my time! But perhaps there is a lesson in this too; nay doubtless there is, and I hope I shall learn it, for the fees are not inconsiderable. My reflexions in my few hours of solitude,—in the early mornings, amid the tramping and trotting, especially ought to be of a didactic nature!
But there are two new events today: one is the arrival of a hardy useful-looking horse or high pony from Winchester; on which, if the weather will clear, I myself or along with Baring hope yet to get a ride;—a most useful event that. The other is, that I have changed my lodging; have got installed into the late Milnes's room, and there am now writing. It is the room at the very end of the passage, where Buller, I think, used to lodge; as would appear, it was intended for me from the first, but the valetaille [flunkeys] put me into the old place by mistake. It is a decided improvement at any rate; a much better-looking bed; distance greater from all travail; a really beautiful view of the sea and Island7 (over that sheltered walk by the wall behind the Offices): your room too was and is somewhere on this "eastern wing," tho' I cannot yet rightly make it out:—or perhaps this is to be yours, after I have properly warmed it for you? In fact, I do not know; nor, till your bulletin arrive, even know whether it is worth investigating,—by "inquiry" under difficulties. We expect some word tonight with great eagerness. The additional feeling of weakness I rather liked, as a sign of really increased strength. It is possible the "change of air," which could not but be beneficial, might outweigh the other conditions likely to be detrimental: but I cannot say; nobody but yourself can say. Mrs Taylor would be a kind of resource to you while she stays; but only in a small degree I fancy, and how long she stays I do not know. To the Charterises, especially to Charteris, I look forward with no anticipation but that of indifference or self-defence. Oh my Dear, I am all tied together; as with ten thousand thrums and packthreads: this is not the place of my rest;—alas, I know not where that is! But one is bound to keep the lid down; otherwise there will be no broth cooked at all. Oh my Goody, do not forsake me, do not distrust me,—be good to me rather, as it is given thee! My poor Jeannie, I am thine (if good for anything) forever,— T. Carlyle
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WWE posted video footage of Sting's surprise appearance at the San Diego Comic Con on Thursday at this link. You can also watch embedded in the video below:
Michael Cole introduced Sting as one of the most iconic names in WCW history, making his first WWE appearance of any kind. Sting said that it was awesome to be there and his first WWE action figure was very special to him. Cole asked him if he ever thought this would happen and Sting said he thought it would happen but so much time had passed, he was starting to wonder.
As for what this means for Sting/WWE, nothing has changed. The two parties have already come to terms on a licensing and merchandise deal that will see WWE release a DVD/Blu-Ray set on him in September. They're already selling Sting t-shirts on dot com and obviously, Mattel is on board with an action figure. He's also pre-order DLC for the WWE 2K15 video game.
A separate deal will have to be worked out if Sting were to wrestle and obviously, he hasn't been shy that he wants a match against The Undertaker. That not only hinges on WWE's desire for Sting to compete at age 55 (he'll be 56 at Wrestlemania 31) but Undertaker's desire and health for such a match.
We posted photos from Sting's surprise appearance and WWE posted a backstage video that you can watch below:


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Ends June, and the Randy Thom Special too. Let's see some interesing interviews and articles by Randy talking about his work, his techniques, and special sound development for several movies and games.
What is Sound Design?
You may assume that it's about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn't describe very accurately what Ben Burtt and Walter Murch, who invented the term, did on "Star Wars" and "Apocalypse Now" respectively. On those films they found themselves working with Directors who were not just looking for powerful sound effects to attach to a structure that was already in place. By experimenting with sound, playing with sound (and not just sound effects, but music and dialog as well) all through production and post production what Francis Coppola, Walter Murch, George Lucas, and Ben Burtt found is that sound began to shape the picture sometimes as much as the picture shaped the sound. The result was very different from anything we had heard before. The films are legends, and their soundtracks changed forever the way we think about film sound.Read More


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B-CU falls 12-1 at UNF in baseball
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Jake Welch had the lone RBI for B-CU (19-21) in a 12-1 loss at North Florida (16-21).
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We all deal with data and we do our best to crunch it and munch it and scrunch it and beat it to death to find some actionable insights. Then we go up against a "committee" or to a decision maker and present our insights only to cause a lot less action to be taken than we had originally anticipated.
Effective communication of reports / data / insights / tables / graphs / stuff is extremely hard, and it is harder still in the complex ecosystem that is the web where there are sixteen things changing…
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LG talks-up its new Optimus G smartphone. Says "G" is for "great", will "eat up market share" with it
LG started talking up its upcoming Galaxy S3 challenger – Optimus G.
According to LG's spokeswoman Jinny Lee – "the G in the name stands for "great,'' and such confidence isn't irrational… So far, LG has been underdog in smartphones. But we are sure to eat up more market share with the Optimus G".
To back their claims up, LG is touting 4.7" True HD IPS+ 320 ppi (128x768px) display made by its LG Display subsidiary, which should be thinner, brighter, less power hungry and more durable than Samsung's AMOLEDs.
Another key part LG brags about – is the Optimus G battery developed by LG Chem subsidiary, which "… provides more power than other similarly-sized batteries by running 60 percent more efficiently" and can go through 800 charging cycles before going bonkers, compared 500 charges on other smartphones. Unfortunately, LG didn't say anything about the most important battery metric of them all – how long your typical smartphone will last on a typical charge doing your typical chores. So we'll have wait until Optimus G ships, to see if all the claims above are just an empty marketing fluff, or if LG is finally onto something.
I know I sound pretty skeptical about LG Optimus G. But that's because I've been here before.
With LG issuing a lot of PR fluff about its upcoming flagship, weeks before official announcement, touting it as the next best thing since sliced bread which will change the smartphone industry forever. Only to released underdeveloped product with a lot of bugs, months too late, and have it fizzle out in the market. This happened to LG Optimus 2X – "the world's first dual core smartphone", then to Optimus 4X , Optimus 3D – their 3D flagship. And those are examples only from the last 20 months.
So excuse me, if I stopped taking all these LG's pre-launch PR tricks seriously a while ago.
A bit of advice to LG:
Please stop talking about what great things you are gonna do, and just do them. Design and then make a good, quality product with top of the line specs. Test it, test it, test it. Then launch it, and back it up with a huge marketing budget. You may get something on the level of Samsung's Galaxy S line this way. You most certainly will not get one just by hinting that "G" in the name stands for "great".
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When the Cincinnati Bengals need a yard, they give the ball to BenJarvus Green-Ellis and let him plow straight ahead. Need a big play on third down? In comes rookie Giovani Bernard to catch a pass or make a cutback that turns into something special.
And the Bengals are far from alone in splitting the role of running back.
Half of the teams in the NFL are using more than one running back regularly this season, underscoring an evolution in how teams are handling the position. Sixteen teams have two or more running backs with 25 runs or catches so far this season, according to STATS LLC.
Denver leads the list with three, its "Rock, Paper, Scissors" approach with Ronnie Hillman, Montee Ball and Knowshon Moreno.
On many teams, having two complementary backs is better than leaving it up to one.
"The league is just changing in a way," said Bernard, the first running back chosen in the draft last April. "Rather than one specific back, you need a lot of backs that can do different things."
Denver, the New York Jets and Giants, Philadelphia, New Orleans, New England, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta, Tennessee, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Oakland, Buffalo, San Diego and Houston all have more than one running back that has touched the ball 25 times so far, according to STATS.
Running back combinations have always been part of the NFL's fabric, whether it was Lenny Moore and Alan Ameche in Baltimore, Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung in Green Bay, Jim Brown and Ernie Green in Cleveland, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo in Chicago, Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick and Mercury Morris in Miami, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in Pittsburgh, Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen in Oakland.
The difference now is that teams are looking not for two who run the ball with different styles, but for a combination that can run it straight ahead or catch it in the league's evolution toward pass-heavy offenses.
"If you have a back that's a one-dimensional, between-the-tackles guy, you can load up (the line of scrimmage) and sure, you've got some play-action that you can do with that, but it's tough sledding," Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said.
"You like to think you could line up in the I-Formation and Student Body Right and Iso Left — it's tough. I don't think they're totally gone; I think there's still a place for it a little bit. But I think you'll see more of the other."


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