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Tennessee Democrat James K. Polk is generally ranked among the nation's most effective chief executives. In this straightforward, unnuanced biography, Borneman (1812: The War That Forged a Nation) relates why. Coming into office determined to annex Texas, gain the Oregon Territory from Britain, lower the tariff and reform the national banking system, Polk achieved all four aims in his single term in office (1845-1849). But Borneman overlooks that in more or less completing the nation's lower continental territory, Polk bequeathed a fateful legacy to the nation-not so much transforming the U.S. (as the subtitle overstates) as setting it on the road to civil war. With the annexation of Texas came war with Mexico, which stripped that nation of half its lands while gaining the U.S. the southwest and California. It also unloosed the mad genie of slavery's possible further spread westward. Polk left the nation larger but politically crippled and morally weakened. But Borneman sticks to the narrative and doesn't place his subject in a larger historical context. 'Tis a pity, for Polk's administration ought to be a lesson to all candidates and all presidents at all times. 16 maps. (Apr. 8)Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information
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In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for and won tariff reductions, reestablished an independent Treasury, and, most notably, brought Texas into the Union, bluffed Great Britain out of the lion's share of Oregon, and wrested California and much of the Southwest from Mexico. On reflection, these successes seem even more impressive, given the contentious political environment of the time.
In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk's life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led, and we are reminded anew of the true meaning of presidential accomplishment and resolve.
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Borneman (1812: The War That Forged a Nation) presents a birth-death biography of Polk, albeit one leaving readers wishing there were more details of his subject's early life. About half of the book dwells on the presidency of a man who resolved from the start to serve only one term. Yet Polk exerted tremendous influence over the nation's path between 1845 and 1849. Borneman soundly argues that Polk was not the dark horse candidate so often portrayed but Andrew Jackson's protégé who met his primary objectives for his administration: reduce the tariff, create an independent federal Treasury, and bring in Oregon and California. Borneman contends that Polk was the most assertive president up until Lincoln, especially regarding the Mexican War, which Polk used to further his aim of adding to U.S. territory. The major battles in Mexico are covered, of interest to military history buffs. Borneman has a pleasing style and makes fine use of primary sources that all demonstrate why Polk is habitually ranked as one of the ten best presidents by historians. More detailed and extensive than John Seigenthaler's entry in the presidential series from Times Books, this is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.
Bryan Craig
"For quite a while we've needed a new biography of James K. Polk–America's great underrated president. Now, at last, Walter R. Borneman has delivered the goods. This book is both well written and diligently researched. Highly recommended!" –Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University, author of The Great Deluge
"Borneman gives us a book that is full of interest and insight and is a pleasure to read."—Robert Middlekauff, Bancroft Prize-winning author of The Glorious Cause
"[An] informed and readable biography." —Wall Street Journal
"Borneman is a trailblazer in the mold of his subject [and has produced] a volume that can stand with all but the very best presidential biographies."—Louisville Courier-Journal
"With impressive exuberance . . . Borneman rightly describes his subject as America's greatest expansionist president."—Austin American Statesman
"Borneman manages to pull [many] threads together into a comprehensible and entertaining narrative. . . . [His] biography gives Polk his due."—Rocky Mountain News
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Chapter One
Old Hickory's Boy
JAMES K. POLK always had what any politician craves—the unqualified support of his era's greatest hero. To be sure, some folks vilified the very name of Andrew Jackson. But they were usually in the minority, and from his fabled victory at New Orleans in 1815 until his death in 1845, Jackson cast a huge shadow across the American political landscape. Throughout most of that time, there was never much doubt that James K. Polk was Old Hickory's boy. It was no small coincidence that the men were born within twenty miles of each other in the frontier hills of the Carolinas.
Jackson was the elder by twenty-eight years. Because Jackson's recently widowed mother was traveling to join family, there is some doubt which sister's home, and hence which side of the North Carolina–South Carolina border, Elizabeth Jackson was at when her third son was born on March 15, 1767. But young Andrew grew up at his aunt Jane's on the South Carolina side and stayed there until he rode north to Salisbury, North Carolina, to study law seventeen years later.
The law and a lust for adventure soon led Jackson west across the Great Smoky Mountains to Tennessee. In Jonesborough at the age of twenty-one, he fought his first duel, after taking the sarcasm of opposing counsel during a trial a little too personally. Both parties fired into the air, and Jackson left the field satisfied that his reputation was secure. Later in that same year of 1788, he arrived in Nashville.
On the great Cumberland River, Nashville was still very much a fledgling frontier settlement, a town of a few hundred people that nonetheless had already managed to erect both a courthouse and a distillery. Jackson's boisterous personality attracted plenty of attention. In 1796, after helping to draft a state constitution, Andrew Jackson was elected Tennessee's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was all of twenty-nine years old.1
By then, back in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Samuel and Jane Polk had welcomed their firstborn. Jackson's Scots-Irish ancestors had barely reached America when Jackson was born, but the Polks were old-timers, Scots-Irish themselves. Sam's greatgreat- grandfather had arrived along the eastern shores of Chesapeake Bay in the late 1600s. The Polk clan soon migrated to south-central Pennsylvania and then to the Carolina hill country. Jane was a Knox, descended from a brother of Scottish Reformation leader John Knox. She was a no-nonsense Presbyterian, and she named the baby she delivered about noon on November 2, 1795, James Knox Polk after her father.
Just about everyone else in Mecklenburg County was also Presbyterian, but there were various shades to their zeal. Sam Polk's father, Ezekiel, was a case in point. After the children he fathered with his second wife all died in infancy, Ezekiel became disillusioned with Presbyterian orthodoxy and began to espouse deism.
When Sam and Jane presented Ezekiel's grandson to be baptized, a young "fire and brimstone" minister named James Wallis chose to interrogate Sam at length about the depths of his own commitment to Presbyterian doctrine. A heated argument ensued and the result was that little James Knox Polk was taken home without receiving the sacrament of baptism. Jane was mortified. Quite an uproar ensued throughout Mecklenburg County as Ezekiel voiced his views louder and louder and the Reverend Wallis preached back with equal passion. As if mortification weren't enough, Jane Polk was soon caught squarely in the middle of the debate when her widowed mother married none other than the Reverend Wallis's widower father. But by then, Ezekiel and most of the Polks were looking farther west.
In 1803, Ezekiel Polk led four of his children and their families into the Duck River country of Middle Tennessee in search of new land. At first, Sam and Jane stayed behind in Mecklenburg with their son James and his two younger sisters and a brother. By the time another son was born and the crops of 1806 harvested, Sam and Jane had also left Mecklenburg and made the four-hundredmile trek over the Smokies to Ezekiel's settlement south of Nashville. Ostensibly a farmer and part-time surveyor, Sam Polk quickly turned to land speculation.
With half the area populated by kin, it wasn't long before the Polk clan was instrumental in establishing the county of Maury and the new town of Columbia as the county seat. Sam Polk was soon a county judge, a respected civic leader, and well on his way to becoming downright wealthy. One of the influential men of Tennessee to grace the Polk house from time to time was Andrew Jackson, by then an ex-judge of the state superior court and a well-established land speculator in his own right.
Sam's son James, however, was not doing well. His schooling to date had been marginal, in large part because of his rather poor health. On a rough-and-tumble frontier where robust men like Andrew Jackson epitomized manhood, James was decidedly frail. In time, his chronic abdominal pains were diagnosed as urinary stones, but in this era before general anesthetic or even proper antiseptic agents, a surgical solution was a major undertaking.
In the fall of 1812, Sam Polk determined to send his almostseventeen- year-old son to Philadelphia to receive the care of Dr. Philip Syng Physick, later known as "the father of American surgery." Resting uncomfortably on a makeshift bed in a covered wagon, James bounced along as the eight-hundred-mile journey from Columbia began.
But before traveling very far into Kentucky, James "was seized by a paroxysm more painful than any that had preceded it." Doubting that he could survive all the way to Philadelphia, the Polks turned instead to Dr. Ephraim McDowell of Danville, Kentucky, who—relatively speaking—was also a surgeon of some note.
Relying on a liberal dose of brandy as both anesthetic and antisepsis, Dr. McDowell made an incision behind the young man's scrotum and forced a sharp, pointed instrument called a gorget through his prostate and into the bladder. The urinary stone, or stones, were then removed with forceps. Any way one looks at it, the procedure was a ghastly invasion of one's body. James recovered quickly, however, and outwardly appeared no worse for the wear.
Relieved of this health burden, James made the most of his newfound energy. Sam Polk offered to set his son up in the mercantile business, but James was determined to get a proper education. In July 1813, James—despite the fact that his principal biographer chose to call him "Jimmy" and "Jim," there is no evidence that his elders and peers called him anything but James—enrolled at a nearby Presbyterian academy.
After a year, his father agreed to send him to a more distinguished academy in Murfreesboro. James excelled there and by one account was "much the most promising young man in the school." Such promise was to be rewarded, and with Sam Polk by now well able to afford it, James was admitted to the University of North Carolina as a second-semester sophomore in January 1816. He had just turned twenty.
At that time, the University of North Carolina was staffed by a single administrator, one professor, a senior tutor, and two recent graduates who served as additional tutors. The most valuable education may have come from membership in one of the university's two literary societies. James Polk joined the Dialectic Society during his first term at Chapel Hill and was soon engrossed in its weekly debates and essay presentations. It was here that he learned to speak, write, and formulate an argument.
Unfortunately, no detailed minutes remain from the meeting at which the Dialectic Society debated the question "Would an extension of territory be an advantage to the United States?" Which side did young Polk take? A majority voted no. Another topic asked whether an elected representative should "exercise his own judgment or act according to the directions of his constituents." Polk favored the latter, as did a majority of his classmates. A less serious question asked "Is an occasional resort to female company beneficial to students?" The all-male assemblage was unanimous in its verdict.5
In due course, Polk was elected to a succession of offices in the Dialectic Society and broke a precedent by winning reelection to the presidency. In presenting a speech on that occasion, Polk told his peers, "your proficiency in extemporaneous debating will furnish you with that fluency of language, that connexion of ideas and boldness of delivery that will be equally serviceable in the council, in the pulpit and at the bar." Considering the large number of his University of North Carolina contemporaries who went on to public service, including his roommate William D. Moseley, who became governor of Florida, Polk's advice was well taken.
Polk graduated with honors in May 1818, but the studious young man had given his all to his academic efforts, and despite Dr. McDowell's successful surgery, his general constitution was still frail. When Sam Polk arrived in Chapel Hill late in July to take his son home, James was in such a weakened condition that Sam returned without him. Not until October was the graduate fit enough to ride the winding mountain roads back to Tennessee. Unbeknownst to Polk, the next time he set foot in Chapel Hill, he would be president of a much larger union than the Dialectic Society. If James K. Polk came of age intellectually during his two and a half years at Chapel Hill, Tennessee in the interim had also come of age. In fact, the state was booming. Even in Columbia, its population just over three hundred, Sam Polk and his new son-in-law, James Walker, were busy chartering a bank, building a Masonic Hall, and organizing a steamboat company for the Tennessee River. James Polk might have applied his new education and his meticulous attention to detail to these kinds of business ventures. But the give-and-take of the Dialectic Society had more than whetted his appetite for the public arena, and the most obvious route into it led through admission to the bar. Determined to become a lawyer, James Polk promptly headed fifty miles north to Nashville.
The little frontier settlement that had welcomed Andrew Jackson thirty years before was now a thriving city with three thousand inhabitants and paved streets. It was the commercial hub of Middle Tennessee and was quickly becoming the political center of the entire state.
Jackson had just returned to Nashville from exploits in Spanishheld Florida. His nickname, Old Hickory—as in "tough as hickory"— had been won in the early days of the War of 1812 and his national fame secured by his lopsided defeat of the British at New Orleans at the war's end. Most recently, Jackson had led U.S. army regulars, Tennessee volunteers, and Georgia militia into Florida during the First Seminole War. Largely on his own initiative, he had forced the Spanish to abandon West Florida to the United States. Now Jackson was building a mansion he called the Hermitage, east of Nashville. Whether Jackson or Sam Polk provided James with an introduction to Felix Grundy is uncertain but probable, and James was soon clerking for one of Nashville's most celebrated lawyers.
Felix Grundy quickly became James Polk's first mentor.
Grundy grew up in Kentucky, helped that territory become a state, represented it in the U.S. House of Representatives, and ultimately became the state's chief justice. But Tennessee beckoned, and Grundy climbed a similar legal and political ladder there, representing the state in Congress and achieving some notoriety as one of the war hawks who urged war with Great Britain and then cheered Andy Jackson's every military move.
By the time James Polk came calling in 1819, Grundy was known far and wide across Tennessee for his mastery of juries as well as his wide circle of political connections. Polk readily immersed himself in both Grundy's law library and his school of personal experience.
Polk's fellow clerk was a young man named Francis B. Fogg, who was so studious as to make even the scholarly Polk look like a legal slacker. That year, Grundy was elected to the state legislature, and he suggested that Fogg accompany him to the upcoming legislative session and seek election as clerk of the state senate. Fogg thought a moment and then pronounced himself far too busy with a mountain of legal minutiae to do so. Polk, however, jumped at the chance. After all, to him the law was the vehicle, not the destination. So, with Grundy's endorsements, Polk accompanied him to Murfreesboro, where the legislature was to meet. On September 20, 1819, the Tennessee senate elected the young man from Columbia as its clerk and proceeded to pay him the then-princely sum of six dollars per day to manage its paperwork. (The legislators themselves were paid only four dollars per diem.) That Polk performed his job effectively and with precision was evidenced by his reelection without opposition when the next legislature convened in 1821.
In the process, he learned the full gamut of parliamentary procedure and legislative routine.
Meanwhile, because the legislature rarely met for longer than a month, Polk was able to complete his legal studies with Grundy and gain admission to the state bar when the circuit court convened at Columbia in June 1820. The Polk clan surely celebrated, and Sam Polk even provided his son with his first case by managing to be arrested for public fighting. James secured his father's release with a fine of one dollar plus costs, and Sam was instrumental in paying for the construction of a one-room law office and library for his son's practice.
That young Polk was a stickler for detail became apparent early. When Jackson protege Sam Houston, who was then practicing law in Nashville and who would later achieve enduring fame in Texas, sent Polk a judgment from a North Carolina court for execution in Tennessee, Polk rejected it. Finding the paperwork "incomplete, and not authenticated in the manner required," Polk advised Houston not "to commence an action on this record" until it was corrected. (In their demeanor, Polk and Houston were polar opposites, and Houston is supposed to have once observed that Polk was "a victim of the use of water as a beverage.")
But Sam Houston wasn't the only one destined for fame who crossed paths with Polk in those early years. Riding to Murfreesboro for the September 1821 session of the legislature, Polk fell in with a newly elected state representative from Lawrence County.
His name was David Crockett, and while he, too, was the opposite of Polk in almost every way, Crockett had honed a knack for stump speaking that got him elected by a two-to-one majority. Some years later, after their political views had diverged, Crockett poked a little fun at Polk and perhaps himself by recounting how in the course of that ride Polk had expressed to Crockett his opinion that the legislature was likely to enact changes in the state's judiciary. "Now so help me God," Crockett later wrote in his autobiography, "I knew no more what a 'radical change' and a 'judiciary' meant than my horse, but looking straight into Mr. Polk's face as though I understood all about it, I replied, 'I presume so.' "
Just when James Polk became close to Andrew Jackson is uncertain. Most likely, it was a relationship begun in passing at Polk's father's house and nurtured by time and Jackson's connections with the extended Polk family. Having no natural children of their own, Old Hickory and his wife, Rachel, were always taking young men of promise under their wings. Similarly, it can't be said with absolute certainty when Polk met the only person to hold more sway over him than Old Hickory. Her name was Sarah Childress.
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Meet the Author
Walter R. Borneman is the author of several books, including Polk, 1812: The War That Forged a Nation, The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America, and Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land. He is the president of the Walter V. and Idun Y. Berry Foundation, which funds postdoctoral fellowships in children's health at Stanford University.
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Easy to read history with just the right level of detail. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could not put the e-reader down at times. Truly a fascinatioing account of a brief period of history that has been forgotten and not taught about because of the war fifteen years later.
Borneman's Polk is exceedingly well researched and crafted. Not a single factual error is apparent. Polk's relationships to the people and events of the period are well developed and paint a well integrated picture of the man and his times. This book is simply must reading for anyone interested in the topic.
The events and history surrounding James Polk and this period of history are quite interesting and not written about with regularity. The forces that influenced Texas, California and Oregon joining the Union are spelled out. I wouldn't call this stimulating reading and I had to jar myself to keep going. The history lesson is worthwhile.
Polk was one of the most interesting presidential biographies I have read to date. The author does an outstanding job telling the life and dedication of Polk. Outstanding read and would recommend to anyone.


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Baas was ok but why overpay for him? I mean I dont know how much he got but it makes sense for a team like the Giants to grab him because he's cheap for them, fills a need with OHara gone, and they have Super Bowl aspirations.
Us on the other hand have a first year GM and HC. They probably want to do things their way and I dont doubt they have a plan.
Everyone is freaking out about resigning Alex but why not see what he can do with a real offensive mind? Its really a win win. We see what he does and he can be a stopgap for Kap in the meantime.
Many freaked out about TKO but he's on the downturn and its better to let him go a year early that a year late.
And now Baas. The guy was decent but nothing I would tie 3-4 years and 15 Mil too.
Gotta trust the front office and realize this isnt going to be fixed in a year or even 2. Harbaugh will want his type of guys and I trust that. That is all for my rant.

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probably true, I pointed out a number of weeks back that he is a more likely candidate to pitch well than Saarloos.
I have little doubt that 2-3 starters that begin at AAA will be needed.
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
Santos is positively Ricardo Jordanesque this spring.
Raisel Ghul, the Demon's Head
Make that a thing.
Vic's better than Josias "Gonads" Manzanillo, though
Never overlook the obvious
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
Yeah, the name Manzanillo definitely comes to mind when I think of Santos.
Pyrite. Stay away.
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hmm... why even invite him to spring training then, if he is going to have a 0 ERA and still not make the team.
Seems kinda pointless
Could it be that most of that result is in mop up duty against AA talent? Or maybe that he has done nothing at the major league level previously to warrant first shot at this? Send him to L'ville for some burgoo and coaching up and see where things stand if/when Miltie gets shelled or Lohse's arm falls off.
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I clicked the boxes to select posts, pictures, titles, etc.
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Seems like a lot of logic missing here - no way to make it actually work for instance.
I get the impression you need to be a heavy duty Geek HTML coder to actually make this thing work.


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What are you most proud of? All the work I did! And I can sew straight seams better now, it was a lot of practice!
What advice would you give someone starting this project? Make a present, lay it on your table, figure out how many presents you need. We put 2 1/2" strips between the presents. Cut the present squares first, cut each in half, sew in the ribbon strips. Cut it square (Granny used the rotary cutter.) Sew white blocks on the top and bottom, cut the sides evenly. Sew strips between the tall presents. Make tubes, fold and sew at the bottom to make floppy bows.
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How nice that you have taken an interest in quilting. You'll be quite the expert before you know it. What a lovely, thoughtful gift for your mother. This is a real treasure for her.
I really like your table runner. Good pattern that your granny made for you. You did a wonderful job & your choice of fabrics a really good. Would you show us a picture of your wonderful project when it is completed? That would be really nice. Thank you Audrey for sharing your project.


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HCProcessing (The Help Card) people couldn't have been more pleasant as they explained that it does not matter what my bank statement says. They received it late. There was nothing that could be worked out with them. The woman sounded like her job was to make peoples payments appear late on thier system as she lied to me with so much confidence in her voice. I cannot belief it! I am several years into this and they are still collecting 26.99% interest on this account.
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Hotels in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
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- Most bookedW Retreat & Spa - Vieques Island
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"activities and onsite food was very over priced. Really wish there was more Latin food served as well. But the resort was absolutely stunning! All the staff and island natives were so very kind and friendly! We will be returning "
A Traveller, Aug 2016, US
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"Penny was so considerate and provided us with a more suitable room for my family. Even drove us to the car rental company to get our car. checks in on us whenever she sees us. view is great from the top and about 15mins walk from ferry."
A Traveller, Jul 2016, US
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"A lot of green, gardens and beautiful beach view. Great infinity pool. Restaurant is very good. You can rent a car from them. Staff was always friendly. WiFi works great. It's a small hotel so everything is quiet, peaceful, spacious and relaxing. Near of Esperanza were all the action is and Black..."
A Traveller, Aug 2016, US
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"Stayed for just one night. The staff could not be any friendlier. We had to change bedrooms due to a problem with the bathroom pipes. The staff could not be more apologetic. They were truly sorry for this experience and offered many ways to make up for our inconvenient. Immediately we were moved ..."
A Traveller, Jul 2016, US
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"Nice house with separate and closed rooms. Room was cleaned with air conditioning. Nice roof deck. Hotel staff very nice. Only down part is that it is not near the beach and it was difficult to find the first time."
V, Jul 2016, US
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"me they made a mistake and corrected it .. giving us a room upgrade and champagne .. this is the second time that I stay and it and let it be known to many people .. worth staying here .. they are very special and dealing with the customer is terrific .."
j, Jul 2016, US
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"Felt like home. I liked being walking distance to town and good restaurants. "
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"Being a hostel, it is nothing fancy like your average hotel and has public bathrooms for all guests to share rather than bathrooms in your room. We stayed in a private room which was very cool with the AC. The bathrooms were very clean and the common area was very nice - had helpful directions, t..."
A Traveller, Jul 2016, US
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"My favourite stay in Puerto Rico!! Whilst the outside of the property needs some attention, the inside of my 3rd floor department was fantastic! Tropical feeling, light and lofty! I enjoyed a constant natural airflow through all rooms all day long and was soothed into a deep sleep each evening ..."
A Traveller, Jul 2016, GB
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"Great Escape is a beautiful place to go relax and disconnect from everything. This bed and breakfast is located on the top of a hill overlooking nature on all directions. The sound of the wind chimes, rustling of the tree branches against the wind and the ocean in the distance fill the atmosphere..."
M, Mar 2016, US
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Eros Boutique DO NOT BUY ANYTHING ONLINE FROM EROS BOUTIQUE!! YOU WILL NEVER SEE IT!! Boston Massachusetts
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I made an online purchase from erosboutique.com and 8 weeks later nothing has arrived. Absolutely no response from multiple emails. Tried calling many times - no answer. I now believe that my goods will never arrive and I have waisted $180. I will never buy from this store again.
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Order Processing Time includes time to process and pack your order. UNLIKE MOST COMPANIES EROS BOUTIQUE PROCESSES, PACKS & SHIPS 7 DAYS A WEEK to ensure your package gets to you as quickly as it can. Orders are processed, packaged & shipped from 10am to 10pm EST Monday -Sunday If the merchandise is in stock, your order should leave our warehouse in 1 day & get to you within 3 to 4 days . If the merchandise is on back order it may take additional time (Custom Latex Colors will take a additional 7 to 10 days to ship). Shipping Time is selected by you when you select the shipping method contact us at email@example.com to check for availability. We strive at Eros Boutique.com to process, pack & deliver your order as quickly as possible, our Warehouse staff prides itself on its continuous efforts to ensure your products get to you swiftly. For your convince we email you a tracking number to your email address once the order ships. (your email address is never rented or sold)"
Whenever we have a backordered item we e-mail the customer and let them know when their item is expected to ship. If a customer is dissatisfied with the wait time for a product we will immediately refund them. We do not have the authority to hold a persons funds without their consent. A credit card company will charge us a $25.00 fee for a chargeback and will up our percentage rate for all credit card transactions thereafter - it does not make any business sense to decline a refund to a customer if they request it.
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They're a group that gives "financial advice" but most of their site seems geared to promote their Chicken Little documentary. (which I admit I haven't seen; no matter how clever your speech is, I only trust the facts)
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Stansberry is part of Agora Financial.
And they've been investigated by SEC in the past.
So what's up with these guys? I'm honestly curious; they don't even seem to have a Wikipedia page. (though their movie does)
They take your money upfront, scare the h**l out of you and then run away. You can't even get your money back. Its a big scam.
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It was a collaboration between Alpine & Dyksport, diving community Aquasport, Anglers Association and Stockholm City. Stockholm City lined up with containers and closed the floodgates in the stream so that divers could dive.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Concept Art Shows Old Friends Becoming New Foes
A few days ago it was the simple but still impressive, Captain America: The Winter Soldier poster and today it's all about the concept art.
A few days ago it was the simple but still impressive, Captain America: The Winter Soldier poster and today it's all about the concept art.
Last we saw of the new Danny Trejo film was Charlie Sheen as President but today? Today it's Michelle Rodriguez turn in the newest Machete Kills image.
The first Machete was a fun bloody romp and by the looks of it, Machete Kills is set to follow in its footsteps.
A Seventh Son international trailer was released today and it is just as sweepingly beautiful and epic as you'd imagine it would be.
So we know that Christian Bale is done with Batman, now he's got a new film coming out called Out of the Furnace. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we get a look at a new poster.
There's just something about guys xeroxing their junk that is amusing. I don't know why that is, but it is. In this new trailer for James McAvoy's Filth we get that and so, so much more.
So when it comes to movie posters, they can range from the very boring Thanks for Sharing poster to the in your face but still well done, Jobs poster.
This new Captain America: The Winter Soldier teaser poster fits right in the perfect middle.
We've seen the The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones trailer in various forms, and we've seen other posters but now it's time for the final The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones poster.
So we've seen the Oldboy poster but now it's time for some Oldboy images and I don't about you but this one makes my eye twitch.
When you think of Jane Austen, you undoubtedly think of boring high school English class or Colin Firth. I know this because everyone thinks of those two things when Jane Austen comes to mind.
Keri Russell and everyone involved in Austenland are setting out to add their names to that list, as teased in the following trailer:
A new poster for the new Spike Lee movie, Oldboy has been released. Josh Brolin may be 45 years old but he looks like a young whippersnapper in this poster.
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The women-only Bin Laden White House picJennifer Lipman
May 17, 2011
By now, everyone's seen that photoshopped White House picture - you know, the one where Hillary Clinton mysteriously disappeared from view.
Thanks to blogger Erica Sackin (on a very different Brooklyn site - FreeWilliamsburg.com), we now know what the scene would have looked like had it been only women in the room.
Whether there would have been the scene in the first place had Hillary been charged with making the decision on Bin Laden is a different matter, though Mrs Clinton's shocked face suggests things could have played out very differently.
'Pinkwashing': Israeli pride and the peace processJennifer Lipman
May 13, 2011
If I asked whether the Obama administration was using its record on healthcare reform to excuse its policy on Syria, what would you think?
You might well have strong opinions on either subject – perhaps that healthcare reform was a brave but costly step, or that the White House should put its money where its mouth isn't quite on Syria. But looking at the two together? For most people, the one has very little to do with the other.
Now, change the Obama administration to "Israel", healthcare reform to "gay rights" and Syria to "Palestine", and ask the question again. Except that you don't have to: Time magazine has helpfully done it for you in this week's issue. Writes one David Kaufman:
Cheryl Cole's Jewish hairJennifer Lipman
May 10, 2011
Of all the showbiz stars about, Cheryl Cole isn't usually one mistaken for being Jewish.
But according to OK magazine, the X Factor presenter has got one kosher credential.
Discussing her styling in a new advert for L'Oreal and her look at the US X Factor auditions, the fashion pundits write: "Chezza has hit Hollywood with hair the size of a Jewish grandma."
Bin Laden's death shouldn't be a kodak momentJennifer Lipman
May 6, 2011
A couple of months ago I opened an email that I later wished I hadn't. It contained photographs, grisly, explicit photographs of the victims of the Itamar massacre.
Yuli Edelstein, Israel's Minister of Information explained the decision thus: "our goal in sending out the photos was clear: to show that this attack crossed all lines."
A fair point, surely. Israelis – sadly – are perhaps more desensitized than others around the world to scenes of horror and devastation, yet what happened to the Fogels was incomprehensible.
Julian Assange finds another Jewish conspiracyJennifer Lipman
May 3, 2011
Never knowingly under-paranoid, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has found a new Jewish bogeyman.
Following on from his "Jewish conspiracy at the Guardian out to get me" meltdown, I give you Assange v Zuckerberg.
As told to Russia Today, Assange thinks Facebook is "the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented".
Dateline WashingtonGeoffrey Paul
May 3, 2011
Just as those who were around at the time recall where they were when Kennedy was assassinated, folks here in Washington DC are already exchanging details of where they were when they heard of the Osama bin Laden assassination. Most it seems were already in bed (a vast amount of US TV viewing seems to be done in a prone position) but quickly aroused themselves when they heard the President was to make an unprecedented near-midnight address to the nation. There's no question about the boost the killing of bin Laden has given his prestige. His re-election seems almost guaranteed, unless the Republicans find a strong (non-female) candidate to put up against him and there is no sign of this to-date. Many American Jews, specially on the religious right where support for Likud is solid, are concerned that a strengthened Obama,relying on his national popularity,will feel emboldened to pressure Israel for a deal with Fatah (now, possibly, Fatah-Hamas) which will be unsafe for Israel. Obama was already so unpopular among some Orthodox Jewish groups that congregations with which they pray have, quietly and unofficially, dropped recitation of the prayer for the President. While they most certainly applaud the political and military risk that Obama took in authorising the bin Laden operation, they are unlikely to be sporting the favourite tee-shirt of the day which proclaims the widespread delight that "Obama Got Osama!"
More than a few crumbsGeoffrey Paul
Apr 21, 2011
Having spent the first days of Passover in an American venue of kosher excess - 24-hour food of such variety, quality and abundance that it becomes almost impossible to accept a small portion, the wine bottles piled high with an invitation to help yourself - it came as a real shock to open the New York Times to a front page splash, based on a Census Bureau report, that the poorest village, town or city in the US with a population of more than 10,000 is the Satmar-dominated ultra-orthodox community of Kiryas Joel, less than an hour's drive from New York City. Seventy per cent of its 21,00 residents live in households whose income is below the federal poverty threshhold. The women marry young and have many children. The median age in Kiryas Joel is 12. Many of the boys will follow in their fathers' footsteps and spend their days,not working, but in religious studies.
All of which intrigued the New Yirk Times reporter. If things, according to the Census Bureau, were so bad, how come they had thriving schools and a first-rate medical centre with a highly-developed welfare system for over-burdened mothers? If you visit Kiryas Joel, you won't find people starving or a lack of pushchairs, kids' bikes or even cars. How do they do it ? Well, in the first instance, in any election, federal or state, Kiryas Joel can be counted on to vote as a solid block for favoured candidates. When it comes to handing out funds for education, health or programmes, these favoured candidates are unlikely to forget Kiryas Joel. Most unlikely. Then there's the matter of the local poultry slaughter house which has a throughput of 40,000 chickens a day. Since the community owns it, it rates as a not-for-profit enterprise. And the major matzo bakery which produces 800 tons of matzo a day? That belongs to a local shul and is equally a charitable enterprise.
They certainly know how to count their chickens in Kiryas Joel,,,which reminds me, it must be time to go and have a bite or two to eat.And a glass of wine, of course.
Help the JC mark Israel's 63rd birthdayJennifer Lipman
Apr 18, 2011
What's your favourite thing about Israel?
To mark Israel's 63rd birthday, we want you to send in video clips and photos telling us what it is about Israel that you love.
Whether it's the diverse geography, the view of the Kotel in Jerusalem, the Israeli drivers or the taste of an Iced Aroma, let us know and we'll put them together into a video for the world to see.
Bieber, Bibi, Barack and BillJennifer Lipman
Apr 15, 2011
Remember when Bill Clinton hosted Charlotte Church at the White House? Did you know Mariah Carey recently entertained the Obamas for Christmas? Or that before he became Prime Minister David Cameron dined with Simon Cowell?
What about the Alternative Vote campaign (both yes and no) at the moment – both sides of which are a veritable who's who of showbiz supporters?
What have they got to do with a teenage pop star from Canada with floppy hair?
Don't stop leaning: Glee's Pesach connectionJennifer Lipman
Apr 13, 2011
For years, we had Ross and Monica Geller, then Josh Lyman and Toby Ziegler and of course the Sandy and Seth Cohen double act. But in recent years, there have been very few.
I'm talking about Jewish characters on the small screen. Years after the demises of Friends, The OC and of corse The West Wing, television watchers remained without a credible "Jewish hero or heroine to get behind. And no, the cast of Friday Night Dinner and Grandma's House don't count.
So when Glee launched last year, it marked a turning point. Rachel Berry, a proud Jew who even, in one memorable episode, dated rudeboy Jew Noah Puckerman. Awkward humour, annual Simchat Torah screenings of Schindler's List, Neil Diamond Songs. Jewish TV quota, check.


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There's a common sentiment that goes, "Nobody can make you feel bad without your permission" – generally trotted out when someone's been hurt by a mean thing that someone said.
The idea, I believe, is that we are all rational, robot-like beings who can control our emotions – and thus if we get upset by someone's assholic statements, we have chosen to be upset. We could have shrugged it off instead.
Problem is, people don't work that way.
Now, first off, "shrugging off other people's insults and accusations" is a learned skill. If you've ever raised a kid, you know most of them don't come pre-baked with the "Eh, whatever" switch – if you yell at them, they cry. If other kids make fun of them, they get upset. Actually placing the "Okay, they're mocking you, but do you respect their opinion?" switch in place is a process that takes years, requires a healthy ego on the kid's part, and isn't 100% successful.
So expecting everyone to have that skill is kinda jerky. Admittedly, it's a vital skill that everyone should actively cultivate – without it, abusers can emotionally manipulate you into the most awful of situations by pressing your "guilt" button whenever you complain about valid stuff.
But not everyone had nice parents. Not everyone's discovered how to interrupt their emotions with logic. And as such, sneering, "Well, you chose to feel bad"isn't actually true. They have yet to develop a barrier between the onrush of primal feelings and the rationality to say, "Wait, no, that's actually something I shouldn't feel."
You might want to start that long discussion of how to get to the point where they can shove off that tidal wave of sadness with a cold freeze of logic… but that's not how this is used. Instead, the "Nobody can make you feel bad…" argument is generally wielded as a club to make it the victim's fault when someone decided to be an asshole at them.
Yet hey! What about me? I've been on the Internets for years. I've received death threats. I've had hundreds of blog-entries devoted to what a jerk I am, entire forum-threads of vitriol. Some people loathe me personally, and they've never met me – and yet I'm still posting my opinions daily.
So as one of the most thick-skinned people I know, I clearly understand how nobody can make me feel bad without my permission, right? Otherwise I'd just be shivering in a closet.
What I know is that I can shut down those bad feelings that come when someone chucks a nastygram in my direction - but it takes me effort to do so.
I think of it as walking to the store. Under normal circumstances, I'll get to where I'm going. But with the right insult, some asshole can drop a fifty-pound weight in my backpack. I'll still get to the store, but thanks to their jerktasticness, it's a fuck of a lot more effort.
And if I was low on energy that day? Or in a rush to get somewhere?
Lord, those insults can fuck up my day, whether I wanted them to or not.
And that's not me saying that human interaction should be scrubbed of all potentially harmful content. Some people do get butthurt incredibly easily, and I think there's a point at which you have to make the decision that this person's rigid boundaries are going to hem in your speech to unacceptable levels, and blow them off.
(Some people don't read me because they're offended by my swearing. I support their right to unfriend me in order to protect their sanity, but stopping? Fuck that noise.)
But when you say, "Well, nobody can make you feel bad without your permission!", that sets up a world where you have no responsibility for your speech. Were you digging for weak spots, mocking to make a point? Oh, hey, well, you were trying your damndest to make them feel bad, but if it worked it's their fault for not having sufficient defenses. It's not 100% correlation, but when I see "Nobody can make you feel bad!" I usually find a taunting dillweed nearby, taking potshots from the brush and then claiming no responsibility.
No. You may not be able to make someone feel bad, but you sure as fuck can make them burn strength they were planning to use for other projects that day. So speak carefully. Try to be kind. And don't be a dick unless it's your last choice.
It won't hurt to be a little nicer, man. I promise.
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