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Robinson rallies Bulls past Pistons
CHICAGO (AP) -- Devoid of energy and headed toward another head-scratching home loss, the Chicago Bulls needed an answer.
Enter Nate Robinson.
The spunky guard had 11 points and seven assists in 21 minutes off the bench, leading a furious fourth-quarter comeback that carried Chicago past the Detroit Pistons 85-82 on Wednesday night.
Joakim Noah sacrificed his body to save a loose ball, which Marco Belinelli converted into a game-winning basket with 7 seconds left. Tayshaun Prince and Rodney Stuckey each missed potential tying 3-pointers at the other end.
Robinson put the Bulls on his back, scoring nine straight points early in the fourth as Chicago overcame a 17-point deficit to beat Detroit for the 17th straight time. The comeback matched Chicago's largest of the season.
"My biggest asset to the game is energy," Robinson said. "We needed a lift and I just had to force the crowd to get out of their seats and give us a boost."
He hit a jumper with 10:25 left to cut the lead to eight, then was fouled in transition on the next possession. He rose from the floor and beckoned the sold-out crowd to get on its feet, which it did.
Robinson took it from there.
He made both free throws, then scored on the two ensuing possessions. Robinson also found Noah alone underneath the basket with 8 minutes left to tie the score at 71.
"I just felt like I was invincible, unstoppable," Robinson said. "It's the Peter Pan theory -- you can't fly without happy thoughts."
The Bulls extended the lead, their first since the opening minutes, to six, but Detroit didn't fold, tying the game at 82 with 29.4 seconds left on Jason Maxiell's layup.
Belinelli missed a go-ahead 3, but the ball ricocheted off the rim toward the row of cameramen. Noah and his 7-foot frame barreled through to keep it alive.
"The best play," Robinson said. "The funny thing about it is we're over there celebrating and he's still knocked over by the cheerleaders."
Belinelli was fouled on his layup and converted the free throw to give Chicago a three-point lead.
"That unit that finished the game really inspired us," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "They erased the deficit and got the lead for us."
Coming from behind is not a new concept for the Bulls, who trailed by as many as 17 when the teams last met in December, a 108-104 Chicago win.
Noah, who posted career highs with 30 points and 23 boards in the December meeting, finished with 10 points and 18 rebounds this time around. Jimmy Butler added 18 points and nine boards while starting a third straight game in place of Chicago's leading scorer, Luol Deng, who is dealing with a right hamstring injury.
Brandon Knight led Detroit with 13 points and seven assists. Kyle Singler had 12 points and made several big shots in the second half to quell potential Bulls runs.
"We have to match their energy for four quarters," Prince said. "We only did it for 3 tonight and you see what happens.
"The last two or three times we have played them we had leads through three quarters. We should have had wins."
Detroit began the second half on an 8-0 run to extend its lead to 17, and forced 15 turnovers, but couldn't seal its first win at the United Center since Dec. 3, 2005, a 12-game span. The last time the Pistons beat the Bulls at all was Dec. 23, 2008.
"We put ourselves into that position," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "We were passing up open shots, and allowed mistakes to let them back in the game."
Detroit (16-26) fell to 4-15 on the road. The Pistons had won nine of 13 overall.
Turnovers and atrocious shooting put the Bulls in an early hole. Fourteen of their 15 turnovers came in the first three quarters.
Carlos Boozer scored eight of the Bulls' 14 first-quarter points as the rest of the team went a combined 2 for 15 from the floor. By halftime, Chicago had missed all 10 3-point attempts and only Boozer had made more than two field goals.
NOTES: Chicago finished 3 for 14 from 3-point range. ... Butler's 18-points, nine rebounds and four assists all tied career highs. He is averaging 15.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and almost 46 minutes per game in Deng's absence. ... Pistons rookie Andre Drummond had eight points and seven rebounds, four on the offensive glass. He ranks second in the NBA in offensive rebounding percentage with 16.3 percent.


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For Today I Am a Boy
by Kim Fu
c.2014, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
$23.00; 242 pages
You've planned for it, dreamed of it, wished it would happen. You imagined yourself with it and envied those who had it: family, vacation, money, success, a sibling, a pony. Whatever it was, it's been your most fervent desire since forever.
Yes, you've wanted it your whole life but, as in the novel For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu, you might not have fully realized it.
Peter Haung should have inherited the keys to the kingdom.
He'd been the answer to his parents' prayers: a long-awaited boy, given a Cantonese middle name that meant "powerful king." He would be the son who would not shame his father.
It was a role that Peter didn't want.
Truth was, he didn't know what he wanted.
All his life, he admired his beautiful oldest sister, Adele. She was patient, generous, and agreeable, the sort of person others took advantage of. Peter wanted to be Adele—but he didn't want the things she did to get by.
He loved steadfast Helen but she seemed incapable of anything but study. Constantly reminded that her destiny was law school, she knew that she was nonetheless a disappointment to her parents. Books couldn't change her gender, but they could get her out of Fort Michel, Ontario.
Sassy, cute Bonnie was the little sister to whom Peter was closest in age and camaraderie. It was Bonnie who participated in Peter's schemes, Bonnie whose hair Peter styled. They shared a bed when they were young, and pretend-games as they grew—the latter of which was a secret, lest they anger their father.
Father would be livid if he knew that Peter wore his sisters' clothes and make-up. Their father never touched them—in anger or affection—yet the feelings that welled up in Peter would certainly have made him furious.
Peter tried sports and dating girls. He tried to get used to "the thing" that extended from his groin, and he tried a religious "camp" to fix his longings. He tried all his life to be a good son—and maybe that was the problem….
Here's a little warning for you: from the very first sentence of the prologue, it'll be hard to resist For Today I Am a Boy.
That's because this is an absolutely gorgeously-told story that author Kim Fu hands us—but it's so appealingly melancholy, too: for the first two-thirds of this book, Peter is unsure of his own desires, other than to become like his sisters. Fu gives him a sense of confusion that's almost surreal at times—we sometimes can't decide whether he's thinking or doing, and it's difficult to predict what will happen to him. That will-he-won't-she guessing—the only thing more perfect for this novel is its ending.
This is a relatively short book that you'll want to make last. It's moving and sad, but hard to put down—and if that's what you need, then For Today I Am a Boy is what you want.

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May is here and that means National Poetry Month is officially over. As promised, we're going to highlight a few of the submissions we've received from our call for your ocean poems.
Sailors, divers, and sunbathers all penned poems. Some praised the big blue's beauty. Others bemoaned its mistreatment. Coral reefs inspired some, aircraft carriers moved others (literally and figuratively).
Full disclosure: the Ocean Portal staff does not profess to have advanced degrees in poetry, rhyming, meter, or the like.
Thanks to all who submitted their work! Your poems are truly inspiring and moving. You can still add poems here and also let us know your faves, too! National Poetry Month may have ended, but our love for the ocean endures...
Without further ado, here are four of our -- completely subjective -- favorites, in no particular order:
One ocean
with a billion shores
in zillions of ways...
I walk firmly on one
wet beach
following tide lines
salt air in my curling hair
- Anne Selden Annab
Scale-less majesty
Hydrogen and oxygen
Two thirds of the Earth
-B. Platt, Lawrence, KS
Where land and ocean greet
a living Mandala
a magic carpet
a sacred mosaic
Sands sprout small legs and sideways dance
shells intricately-wrought delicately glide by
fallen stars festoon water's windswept gown
pebbles glisten, or glitter as precious stones
on a sublime neckline
Ocean surface a liquid sky
a great glass ceiling
to a fluid wonder world
Now, through a looking glass, gaze deeply
onto a strangely illumined, meditative existence
(where sound is swallowed whole)
a silent motion picture featuring
otherworldly cast of characters
of Infinite variety and beauty
Dramatic dreamscapes and fantastic gardens
living coral atop skeletons of past generations
palimpsest upon which ocean story is inscribed
coral bones to body of water
Communal castles of Life and Death
these reefs turn none away
home to a profusion of color-forms
exercises in poetic precision
or deliberate imagination.
- Yahia Lababidi, Washington, DC
I love the ocean, but it doesn't love me.
I've a terrible salt water allergy
That me makes me itch and say "Oww-eee"!!!
-- Anonymous


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Natasha Trethewey, the United States' 19th Poet Laureate, will give her first reading at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. this Thursday.
Trethewey became the national Poet Laureate in June of this year. The reading later this week will kickstart her duties in the role.
The "poet-historian," as the Library of Congress describes her, was born and raised in the South, hailing from Gulfport, Mississipi, the state in which she currently holds another Poet Laureate title. Trethewey is also Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University in Atlanta. Besides teaching, the poet and author has published four collections since 2000 and one work of non-fiction, Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Her 2006 collection, Native Guard, won her the esteemed Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Of her poetry, James Billington of the Library of Congress has said Trethewey
inter-mixes her story with the historical story in a way that takes you deep into the human tragedy of it. It is her ability to weave the present and the past, to engage the public and the personal, and to give language to the unsaid that makes Trethewey's poems of such lasting import.
The history Billington references is Trethewey's own family history, which her poetry relates to the "racial legacy of America" as a whole. At the time of her birth, Trethewey's parents' marriage wasn't legally recognized; on Natasha's birth certificate her mother's ethnicity was recorded as "colored," her father's "Canadian." The Supreme Court reversed anti-miscegenation laws a year later, but the impact of racial prejudice surely struck the future poet from a young age. Later, the family tragedy that was her mother's murder further spurred Trethewey to become a poet, if anything to simply "make sense of what had happened." Her mother's life became the inspiration behind Native Guard, which is dedicated to her memory.
Perhaps one of the best examples of the weaving between present and past, public and personal stories, is found in the poem "Letter Home":
I sit watching–
though I pretend not to notice–the dark maids
ambling by with their white charges. Do I deceive
anyone? Were they to see my hands, brown
as your dear face, they'd know I'm not quite
what I pretend to be. I walk these streets
a white woman, or so I think, until I catch the eyes
of some stranger upon me, and I must lower mine,
a negress again. There are enough things here
to remind me who I am.
For a preview of her upcoming reading, view the clip below recorded at Trethewey's April 12th recitation at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, courtesy of Poets & Writers magazine and the Dark Room Collective.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Since I tossed this out there I will be the one to have a first crack at it and will submit what I come up with for everyone to review. Typically I overthink things but in this case I might be thinking its too easy of a change. The DVD installer adds some desktop applications on the hybrid/core. It was odd to me then that the Diskless_Setup by default actually creates more desktop applications and programs. If there is discussion about the usefulness of a desktop environment lets keep it to media director only. The core/hybrid has a desktop now and if you want to add little progs or apps then put them there or work on changing the primary installer.
My proposal and the task I believe I am up to involved the Diskless_Setup only, it is something I think I have the ability to change myself with my limited programming ability. Correct me if I am completely off the wall but this is how I think the process works.A new device is plugged into the network and looks for a DHCP to point it towards a bootloader.DCErouter (specifically tftpboot.cfg) creates a few new directories based on its MAC address and points it to initrd and vnlinuzThe new device uses these as kernel= and boot=, and builds its image in root=<core>/?/nfsBased on the content of vnlinuz and initrd, combined with polled info from various scripts the MD image is created just as it would install itself on a computer with a ubuntu install cd.-add my changesBecause bootloaders can have options in the menu.1st file (sorry I know grub best, even though lmce I think uses something else because of the APPEND options) I believe I can add options here that will point to alternative initrd and vnlinuz versions.Default option = just like it is nowOption1 = load initrd and vnlinuz that install different applicationsOption2 = load initrd and vnlinuz that install different applicationsOption3 = load initrd and vnlinuz that install different applicationsThere are options in the web-admin and warnings about kernel version on MDs so that part I don't think I have any control over. I have tinkered though and adjusted the bootloader on the core to point a specific MAC address to a custom folder which booted TinyCore, DSL, 12.04 LTS and openWRT on different machines around my house. I never got my own custom dsl+squeezebox configuration to boot however and is what led me to the idea of taking LMCE's setup and changing it to my desire.I believe that I can take all of the source code needed to compile LMCE diskless, change and remove certain components and then compile and make options in the bootloader menu to select that version. Is that an accurate statement? Obviously I would need to debug and repeat a lot of effort but because I am only altering working source code, I would assume I am only looking at minor necessary work. The years of hard work and coding behind current LMCE remains and I am just the jack-wagon that stripped some off.If some off-the-shelf hardware doesn't quite fit the bill for a full MD, why not have the option to boot as audio only MD? If an MD is going on the bedroom wall where a keyboard will never touch it why not have the ability to boot it without a desktop? If I want to build a minimal media MD for use as an intercom outdoors, why can't I load a boot template designed for just that? These are all just pipe-dreams of mine at this time as I haven't done yet any modification or compiling of lmce code. I have just booted other pre-compiled kernels using lmce tftpboot.
Hopefully this novel of a comment clears up what I plan to do and how I plan to do it. After everyone has a laugh at my ignorance please feel free to correct me.
If you were in there anyways and was curious then awesome! If you dug around at my request let me know if I owe you for your time. I will grab your pastebin tommorow as I have a curiosity about dropping other items from create_diskless, such a X. That is the fail point for 90% of my media director attempts. Thank you.


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The 43rd FIDE World Chess Olympiad is taking place from 24 September to 5 October 2018 in Batumi, Georgia. The biennial tournament is an 11-round Swiss open, with one rest day on 29 September. The open section features 185 teams from 183 countries, with the 919 players including almost the whole world chess elite. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Each team consists of five players, with four playing each match. Draw offers are not allowed until move 30. The standings are determined by match points, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw, then game points. Official website: batumi2018.fide.com


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Saturday, 6 June 2009
See, Read, Do, Make, Eat & Write
1.You might like to READ an interview I did with Rowe at SocieteAmore about my views on blogging.
2. Or perhaps SEE my new internet soap opera called Search and You Will Find. This tongue in cheek soap opera (a work in progress) is based on all the search terms that people use to end up on my blog. If you aren't using Google Analytics DO. It's highly amusing.
3. Maybe EAT cake! And not any kind of cake, but Classic Coffee Walnut cake. MAKE this one. It's so easy and tastes so good.
4. FIND your creativity. JOIN everyone at Remembering Paris to PAINT up a storm for the Inch by Inch Art Project.
5. WRITE a story in 100 words. JOIN in The Raisin Chronicles fantastic Fiction Friday writing contests.
6. WATCH and LAUGH as Ellen DeGeneres gives the commencement day address at Tullane University.
7. DESIGN your own blogger header, mosaics, posters etc using Big Huge Labs.
And finally, this one is the extra icing on the cake - VISIT Fleur de Aleta and be inspired by Aleta's moving and precious stories about her inspirational Mother.
I will visit you all over the weekend and be back in a week! Have fun!!
48 comments:
Enjoy your week off, Lilly! By the way, I'm going to get to eat some cake tomorrow -- going to a wedding! :)ReplyDelete
Have a GREAT week!ReplyDelete
Have a nice week off!ReplyDelete
Have a great week off... thank you for all these lovely links! The writing, the cake and Ellen especially. By the way, I received my Sam prints and am so very happy with them. Thank you again for the fabulous giveaway!xoReplyDelete
Oh, my, Lilly...LOL...looks like you are going to keep me busy while you are away! LOLReplyDelete
Enjoy your break!
Have a great week off Lilly :)ReplyDelete
Have a great week, Lilly! And enjoy!ReplyDelete
Will miss ya while you are gone, but we'll of course be ready when you are for your return! I will of course have fun checking out your links :)ReplyDelete
A whole week off, how nice for you! ENJOY! In the meantime, I'll be working my way through your interesting to-do list. All sound like fun!ReplyDelete
I love you Lilly. Enjoy your break!ReplyDelete
I have to tell you, I love Ellen's speech. Tulane is where Bronson is going and it jumped up a notch in my book after watching that.
I think my eyes just about popped out of my head! You mentioned my blogs about Mom. Awww... Lilly ~ that was touching. Thank you!ReplyDelete
(By the way, if you get a moment, Greg was the guest blogger... he said it was getting too serious with the last 4 blog posts about Mom and I suggested he guest blog. He's a character!)
Did you know that Ellen DeGeneres is from New Orleans - I'm all for number 6.
Hmmm.. # 7 sounds fun too.
Will miss your blogging, come back soon!
come back soon! I should check out number 7.ReplyDelete
that's agreat list! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Hope you have a good time!
Your suggestions are great ('fatafati' is the Bengali word for it - no connection with 'fat').ReplyDelete
I already read Aleta's blog regularly. The write a story and design your blog suggestions were especially helpful. Thanks,
and be back soon!
Have a good blogcation. I hope you get everything done you need to do!ReplyDelete
Have a good week off from blogville. Do what ever you have to or want to do and then please comeback! I will miss you but will have fun with what you left behind for us to read and do!!
Thanks for the shout out. What is the sunset clause? Lovely picture, by the way.ReplyDelete
hope you enjoy your week off. I think we all need a break from blogging now and then to accomplish other things.. :)ReplyDelete
HAve fun.
- Sarah6 June 2009 at 10:34
Aw did you give us homework? I will miss you even for a week.ReplyDelete
I'll eat cake for you Lilly, no worries :))ReplyDelete
Have a fun week Lilly.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your week off. I'll try a few of your suggestions. I already did a fiction Friday post, but I do believe it's more than a hundred words, LOL. Not sure I can write in 100 words. I also created a new blogger header, as a matter of fact I created a new blog. I'm not that good at making a cake, so I'll leave that to some other adventurous souls. I read your suggestions, and let you know what I think. Not much into soap operas, so I think I'll pass on that.ReplyDelete
Most important though, really enjoy your week off!
Have a great week, Lilly!ReplyDelete
And thanks but no thanks regarding the "to possibly do" list; I've got my own to work on :)
Love that strawberry pink sky! Have a lovely week off! I am looking forward to exploring your links!ReplyDelete
I'll be missing you.ReplyDelete
oooo... so gonna make that coffee & walnut cake! looks amazing! xReplyDelete
have a lovely week. x
Will miss you, Lilly, but enjoy your week off! I'm going to go check out the links now...ReplyDelete
Hello Lilly, most happy to hear from you, and your compliment is a smile for today.ReplyDelete
May you accomplish much, only if you want to (lol) on these days off, me friend!
Have a great week, Lily. I think you deserve a break.ReplyDelete
A classic coffee walnut cake sounds good. I'm off to check the recipe.ReplyDelete
Hope you enjoy the week off, have fun and be careful.ReplyDelete
enjoy your week off Lily, take care=) thanks for these links, would be dropping by!ReplyDelete
- Stefan7 June 2009 at 17:07
Now that cake does look good. I really like coffee and walnut anything.ReplyDelete
- Magee7 June 2009 at 19:08
Oh just wanted to tell you Sasha had a baby girl.ReplyDelete
Have fun next week! We all need an occasional week off from blogging...sometimes this blogging stuff eats us alive.ReplyDelete
So good t have made contact with you!ReplyDelete
One day I will actually get to Australia.
Have a lovely week off and thank you so much for leaving us so many fun things to do!ReplyDelete
Thanx Lilly, have a great week away. You'll have to take us all on a World Blogging Tour one day!ReplyDelete
- Sarah8 June 2009 at 17:51
Guess what I MADE the cake and it is YUM.ReplyDelete
I think I will make that cake and watch Ellen and eat the whole thing. It sounds so good. Then, if I am able to get up, I will check out the rest of your stuff. Have a great week off!ReplyDelete
Have a smashing time. your lsit is so clever. 4, 5, and 7 are def for me. ..Well, not to say the coffee cake isn't almost, but as much as I have a sweet tooth, I don't usually get round to baking as I know who woud snarf it all doen! Yeap, moi!ReplyDelete
You have left us with much to do. Have a joyful week!
Hey LillyReplyDelete
Loved, really loved reading your interview and yes your blog is eclectric, humorous, authentic and alot more!
Also I was not a big fan of Ellen DeGeneres UNTIL I watched that video of her commencement day address at Tullane University....what a clever funny lady she is.
Still have to check out some of the other things you suggested BUT I do have a life outside blogging!!!LOL.
Take care my dear friend.
Have a great week Lilly...at least it will give me some time to catch up on your posts. :)ReplyDelete
What a great list. There is so much to do! I hope you have a great week off.ReplyDelete
Have a good time off, we will miss you :o(ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone for your comments -I just popped in to put up a quick post, I will be around to visit on the weekend!ReplyDelete
excellent suggestions!ReplyDelete


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- [319 U.S. 88, 89] Messrs. Charles A. Lethert, of St. Paul, Minn., and C. D. Todd, Jr., of Washington, D.C., for appellants.
Mr. Allen Crenshaw, of Washington, D.C., for appellees United States and Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. Franklin R. Overmyer, of Chicago, Ill., for appellees Regular Common Carrier Conference, etc.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal1 from the judgment of a three-judge court (45 F. Supp. 793) which dismissed a complaint filed by appellant to review and annul certain restrictive provisions of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (28 M.C.C. 653), granting appellant a permit to operate as a contract carrier by motor vehicle under the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 543, 49 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 49 U.S.C.A. 301 et seq.), now designated as Part II of the Interstate Commerce Act. 54 Stat. 919.
Appellant filed an application for a permit as a contract carrier under the 'grandfather' clause of 209(a) of the Act. That section provides that if the contract carrier or his predecessor in interest 'was in bona fide operation as a contract carrier by motor vehicle on July 1, 1935, over the route or routes or within the territory for which application is made and has so operated since that time', he [319 U.S. 88, 90] shall be granted a permit without more. And 209(b) provides that the Commission 'shall specify in the permit the business of the contract carrier covered thereby and the scope thereof.' 2
The Commission found that appellant was not a common carrier of general commodities but a contract carrier3 of specified commodities. It found in that connection that on and after July 1, 1935, appellant had been 'in bona fide operation as a contract carrier' by motor vehicle 'under individual contracts' with persons who 'operate food canneries or meat-packing businesses, (a) of canned foods from Blue Island, Ill., to St. Paul, South St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Minnesota Transfer, Minn., and (b) of fresh meats, canned foods, dairy products, and packing-house products and supplies, from South St. Paul to Grand Forks, N. Dak., Chicago and Rockford, Ill., and points in that portion of Wisconsin on and east of the Mississippi River from the intersection of the Wisconsin-Illinois-Iowa State lines near Dubuque, Iowa, to La Crosse, Wis., and U.S. Highway 53 from La Crosse to Cameron, Wis., and on and south of U.S. Highway 8, and ( c) of the commodities described in (b) from Chicago to St. Paul, Minneapolis, South St. Paul, Winona, and Rochester, Minn., and La Crosse, Wis., over irregular routes;' 28 M.C.C. p. 660. The Commission accordingly found [319 U.S. 88, 91] that appellant was entitled to a permit authorizing 'the continuance of such operations'.
Appellant's chief objection to that limitation of his rights under the 'grandfather' clause is that the Commission has restricted the shippers or types of shippers for whom he may haul the specified commodities. His argument comes down to this: once the territory which he may serve and the commodities which he may haul have been determined, he should be allowed to haul these commodities for any one he chooses within those territorial limits. In the present case appellant hauled under contract miscellaneous supplies for Swift & Co. such as glue, paper, barrels, soap, bolts, thermometers, etc. His argument accordingly is that he should be allowed to haul the same items for any other person in the territory, whatever may be the business of that person and irrespective of the fact that appellant had never had any contract of carriage with him.
The Commission at one time seems to have followed that view. Longshore Contract Carrier Application, 2 M.C.C. 480, 481. But it no longer does. Keystone Transportation Co. Contract Carrier Application, 19 M.C.C. 475. In the latter case the power and duty of the Commission under 209(b) to specify in the permit 'the business of the contract carrier covered thereby and the scope thereof' were reexamined. It was held that that phrase meant 'more than just the business of being a contract carrier within a defined territory. It is all-inclusive and connotes in addition to the business of being a contract carrier the exact and precise character of the service to be rendered by such carrier.' 19 M.C.C. 493.
We agree. An accurate description of the 'business' of a particular contract carrier and the 'scope' of the enterprise may require more than a statement of the territory served and the commodities hauled. An accurate [319 U.S. 88, 92] definition frequently can be made only in terms of the type or class of shippers served. Unless the words of the Act are given that interpretation, permits under the 'grandfather' clause may greatly distort the prior activities of the carrier. He who was in substance a highly specialized carrier for a select few would be treated as a carrier of general commodities for all comers, merely because he had carried a wide variety of articles. That would make a basic alteration in the characteristics of the enterprise of the contract carrier-a change as fundamental as we thought was effected by a disregard of the nature and scope of the holding out of the common carrier in United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., 315 U.S. 475 , 62 S.Ct. 722. If the business of the contract carrier were not defined in terms of the type or class of shippers served, that 'substantial parity between future operations and prior bona fide operations' which is contemplated by the Act (Alton R. Co. v. United States, 315 U.S. 15, 22 , 62 S.Ct. 432, 436) would be frequently disregarded. The 'grandfather' clause would be utilized not to preserve the position which the carrier had obtained in the nation's transportation system, but to enlarge and expand the business beyond the pattern which it had acquired prior to July 1, 1935. The result in the present case would be a conversion for all practical purposes of this contract carrier into a common carrier-a step which would tend to nullify a distinction which Congress has preserved throughout the Act. If such a metamorphosis is to be effected or if the appellant is to obtain a permit broader than the actual scope of his established business, the showing required by other provisions of the Act must be made. See 206(a), 207, and 209(b).
Since the Commission did not apply an incorrect standard in defining the nature of appellant's business and its [319 U.S. 88, 93] scope,4 our function is at an end. The precise delineation of an enterprise which seeks the protection of the 'grandfather' clause has been reserved for the Commission. United States v. Maher, 307 U.S. 148 , 59 S.Ct. 768; Alton R. Co. v. United States, supra; United States v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., supra.
We have considered the other objections raised by the appellant and find them without merit.
Mr. Justice MURPHY took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
[ Footnote 1 ] Secs. 210 and 238 of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C. 47a, 345, 28 U. S.C.A. 47a, 345.
[ Footnote 2 ] Sec. 209(b) also provides that the Commission shall attach certain terms, conditions and limitations to the permit. It does on to state, however, that those conditions shall not 'restrict the right of the carrier to substitute or add contracts within the scope of the permit, or to add to his or its equipment and facilities, within the scope of the permit, as the development of the business and the demands of the public may require.'
[ Footnote 3 ] The term 'contract carrier' is defined by 203(a)(15) as 'any person which, under individual contracts or agreements' engages in the transportation by motor vehicle of 'passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce for compensation.'
[ Footnote 4 ] We do not accede to the suggestion that the permit specification clause in 209(b) is applicable only to new operators, not to 'grandfather' applicants The Commission has consistently taken the view that it covers both. Motor Convoy, Inc., 2 M.C.C. 197, 200; Wray Wible, 7 M.C.C. 165, 168; James P. Hunter, 13 M.C.C. 109, 112-113; Marine Trucking Co., Inc., 17 M.C.C. 615. That interpretation is entitled to 'great weight'. United States v. American Trucking Ass'ns, 310 U.S. 534, 549 , 60 S.Ct. 1059, 1067. It is consistent with the wording of 209. Paragraph (a) requires a contract carrier to have a 'permit' in order to operate as such; and it requires the Commission to issue the permit 'without further proceedings, if application for such permit is made to the Commission as provided in paragraph (b)' within the prescribed time limitation.
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Swartzentruber, Edna (1901-1976)
Edna Swartzentruber, born 22 May 1901, died 11 December 1976, and her husband Amos were the first Canadian Amish Mennonite missionaries. Edna was born at St. Agatha, Ontario, an older sister of Nelson Litwiller. She studied at Bethany Bible Training School (Church of the Brethren) in Chicago. Amos Swartzentruber subsequently enrolled at the same school. They were married on 23 June 1920, at the Steinmann (Amish) Mennonite Church, Baden, Ont. After farming briefly, the couple entered service with Mennonite Board of Missions (MC), Elkhart, Indiana, first evaluating and closing its institutional mission at Youngstown, Ohio (1923), and then as missionaries to Argentina (1924-63). They had three children, Doris, A. Orley, and Anita. In Argentina Edna taught the daily lessons for Bible readers, who in turn did home visitation. She was a good teacher and public speaker, a stern disciplinarian, and had a good sense of humor. While her main role was to manage the home, her oldest daughter comments, "I am sure that in this day she would qualify as a minister." After her husband's death in 1966 she moved back to Argentina and lived close to her youngest daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Raul Garcia, until her death.
Youth's Christian Companion 6 (1925): 765, 771, 781.
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Dec. 3, 2012 2 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. 2237 Rayburn House Office Building
How transparent has President Barack Obama's administration been? While the first term seemed to start with several bold initiatives, members of the transparency community have been disappointed with the apparent lack of initiative since then. Panelists gave the administration mixed reviews at the Dec. 3, 2012 Advisory Committee on Transparency event examining what's happened over the past four years and what in store for the next four.
Participants in the panel discussion, moderated by Daniel Schuman, policy counsel at the Sunlight Foundation and director of the Advisory Committee on Transparency, had a hard time listing the Obama administration's accomplishments without mentioning caveats in the same breath. Anne Weismann, chief counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said the administration's efforts may have been well intended but were not always well executed. The decision to release the White House visitor logs, for example, resulted in more transparency about who is trying to influence the executive branch, but also resulted in some staff taking meetings to coffee shops.
Weismann gave the administration credit for working to make some changes at a time when there is a history of secrecy in many federal agencies. She pointed to the Open Government Directive as one way the White House tried to direct agencies to adopt a more open culture. Changing that culture can be very difficult, and it certainly takes time, she noted.
Hudson Hollister, executive director of the Data Transparency Coalition, looked at the progress of the administration from the open data perspective. He said that while there were strides toward publishing more government data, the most useful government data is still not being published – information, for example, used by executive branch agencies to guide their decision making. Another problem is that some of the data that is being published is not in a machine readable format, which makes it difficult for outside groups to analyze and reuse that information. One of the biggest questions about the administration's transparency record, Hollister said, comes in regard to government spending. The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, known as the DATA Act, was proposed in 2011 and enjoys bipartisan support, but the White House has actively undermined the spending-disclosure measure.
Josh Gerstein, a White House Reporter at POLITICO, framed the administration's transparency record as a tale of two Obamas. The President seemed to initially be much more supportive of openness, but has since backed away from it. In the current negotiations about the so-called fiscal cliff, for instance, Obama has allowed a series of secret meetings with CEOs, interest groups, and others. After being criticized for similar moves during the heatlhcare reform talks several years ago, Obama had said he realized a need to be more transparent. His actions belie his words.
All of the panelists agreed more needs to be done if Obama wants to improve his transparency record, and his second term will afford him a second chance. The panelists also discussed the need for the transparency initiatives that do exist to be institutionalized lest they be lost.
The video of the event is available on C-Span.
The conversation drew attention in the media, with Washington Post coverage of the discussion highlighting some of the administration's achievements and disappointments.


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My biggest brick wall in my genealogy has always been my great grandfather, George M. Rogers. My hope is that by writing this out, I will get new ideas as to other places to search. I also hope that anyone else out there looking for George will be able to connect with me and we can share information. I'd also be happy to take any suggestions or comments - I am here to learn!
Back Story
I know very little about George and the few stories I have from family members haven't helped me at all - and truthfully, I am not even sure if they are true. Unfortunately, my dad's side of the family does not talk much about family and no one seems to know much. There aren't many older people alive on my dad's side of the family - only my aunt and my dad.
George's Story
George M. Rogers was born about 1882 in James County, Tennessee (Sources 1-5)
I don't have George in the 1900 Census. My guess is that he might be in Tennessee (he was born there) or Arkansas (he enlisted into the army in Little Rock, Arkansas.
However, I have George enlisting in the Army in Little Rock, Arkansas on the 7 of November 1904 (Source 3). His occupation before signing up is listed as farm hand, which makes me wonder if his family lives on a farm. Here is where it gets interesting though: under the remarks section of his enlistment record, it says "Disclid Nov 6, 07 at Fort Mott, NJ ???????". I can't read most of what it says in this section, so if anyone wants to help me out by telling me what this section says I would greatly appreciate it (click here to see the image on Ancestry.com)
George reappears in 1908 by enlisting in the army in Missouri. (Source 4)
George then appears in the 1910 U.S. Census at Fort Casey, King County, Washington. He is a soldier. (Source 2)
George reenlists into the army in 1911 in Missouri. According to this source, he is honorably discharged on Sept 26, 1914. (Source 5)
I believe George served in WWI (that is what I've been told by family members and I have some old notes my grandma wrote that correspond to this). But I have yet to find a service record for this. However, I think it will just take me longer to find his service record since his name is so common.
I have not been able to find George in the 1920 census. To be honest, I have no idea where he would be.
I believe George married my great grandmother, Julia Margaret Morris around 1923 (Source 1).
George and Julia's daughter, Nancy Jean Rogers (my grandmother) is born on 13 Dec 1924.
George, Julia, and Nancy appear on the 1930 U.S. Census in Seattle, King, Washington (Source 1).
- When was George born exactly?
- Did George have any siblings?
- Find George in the 1900 U.S. Census.
- What was the names of George's parents?
- Find a marriage record for Julia and George.
- Where is George buried?
- When exactly did George die?
- Why was he in Arkansas when he first enlisted with the military?
- He was a postal worker in 1930 - are there any records that come from this?
- Did he serve in WWI?
- Did he recieve a pension for his service in WWI (assuming he served)?
Closing Notes
As you can tell, I do not have much on him. I know I have not exhausted all avenues of possible records - which is half of the reason I wrote this post. I wanted to lay everything out - be able to see what I have and what I don't in an attempt to lead me to other possible sources. Still, if anyone has any ideas, suggestions, or comments I would love to hear them. I am open to everything.
To be honest, I think George intimidates me because he has such a common name and so little is known about him. I need to break this cycle of fear and learn to face these brick walls head on.


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When investing in gold, I often say diverse opinions promote critical thinking and a healthy market. I believe elevated groups of buyers and sellers create a competitive tug-of-war in the bid and ask price of the precious metal.
Last week, we saw the gold bears growling louder and gaining strength, as the world's largest gold-backed ETF, the SPDR Gold Trust, experienced its largest one-day outflows since August 2011.
The Fear Trade fled the sector following the Federal Reserve's meeting that revealed a growing dissension among some of its members over the central bank's bond-buying program.
Despite the discord, the Fed is continuing its course to purchase $85 billion of bonds every month and keep interest rates near zero. Ben Bernanke's plan bloating the balance sheet to more than $3 trillion has been keeping the Fear Trade coming back for more metal.
For good reason, too, as the correlation between the Fed's balance sheet and the price of gold has historically been very high, at 0.93, according to Macquarie Research.
The firm found that for every $300 billion expansion in the balance sheet of the U.S. government, there was a $100 an ounce increase in the price of gold. When you factor in the Fed's current bond purchases totaling $85 billion per month for the next nine months, the central bank will be adding $765 billion in new assets. "Using the previous ratio, this would compute to a $255 an ounce increase in the gold price," says Macquarie. By this measure alone, gold would rise approximately 16 percent over the next several months.
On Bloomberg's Taking Stock with Pimm Fox on February 22, I said that Bernanke will likely keep liquidity high for quite some time, in his effort to meet his goal of lowering the unemployment rate. If the Fed did take its foot off the bond-buying pedal sooner than planned, such a move is apt to shake the resolve of some gold buyers. It's easy to be confident in gold in times of extreme fear; when the economy improves, one may no longer feel that gold stands on solid ground.
Take another period characterized by extreme volatility and fear, when there was conflict in the Middle East, oil-related inflation shocks, declining value in the U.S. dollar, rising U.S. unemployment and a strong resolve from the Fed to act aggressively. This was four decades ago, after President Richard Nixon removed the gold standard, and the yellow metal climbed to a peak of $850 by January 1980.
Back then, India and China had little financial footing in global markets; gold demand from these areas of the world was about 15 percent of total demand.
Since then, we've seen a rapid increase in GDP and incomes, resulting in a dramatic rise in gold demand. According to the World Gold Council (WGC), there's now an "increasing relevance of emerging markets in the gold market, particularly over the past 12 years." In 2011, you can see that emerging markets accounted for 74 percent of total bar and coin, jewelry and ETFs gold demand. India and China alone make up 50 percent, and together with Turkey, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia, these countries' residents clearly "have a cultural affinity to gold," says the WGC.
To help investors analyze whether gold continues to be a wise investment, I like to refer to the book The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki. There are four factors to consider whether a crowd is suffering from groupthink or is making wise decisions:
- Is there a diversity of opinion?
- Are investors independently acting on their best interests?
- Is there a decentralization of gold believers?
- Is there aggregation?
Read Evaluating the Wisdom of Buying Gold to see a summary of each factor for your reference. I believe you'll find these factors continue to be valid for gold.
Ultimately, the key to gold is moderation. As I said in my book, The Goldwatcher, and often reiterate to investors when I speak at conferences, gold is a volatile asset class and the daily price can be more dramatic than blue-chip stocks. We have always advocated that investors hold a modest 5 to 10 percent weighting in gold and gold stocks. In other words, we feel strongly that an investor should not try to get rich from the metal.
Marc Faber expressed a similar idea in February's Gloom Boom and Doom Market Commentary. Instead of selling his gold when the price is falling and buying it back at a lower price, he says he doesn't stray from his asset allocation approach. He holds a 25 percent allocation to gold, which is much higher than we recommend, and believes that if the price of gold declined, it is likely that his financial assets would increase.
In his closing, Faber reminds readers of the English Proverb: "When we have gold, we are in fear; When we have none, we are in danger." If the proverb were written today, it might be revised to say, "When we have gold, we are in love."
Editor's Note: Frank Holmes is CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors Inc., which manages a diversified family of mutual funds and hedge funds specializing in natural resources, emerging markets and infrastructure. He has been profiled by Fortune, Barron's, The Financial Times and other publications. If you want commentary and analysis from Holmes and the rest of the U.S. Global Investors team delivered to your inbox every Friday, sign up to receive the weekly Investor Alert at www.usfunds.com.]
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Based on a short film of the same name but now produced by Tim Burton, the new version of 9 features a computer animated post-apocalyptic future where the very fabric of life is constantly threatened.
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When 9 (Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.


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MARKLE (Marakle, Marcle), ABRAHAM, businessman, politician, and army officer; b. 26 Oct. 1770 in Ulster County, N.Y.; m. Mrs Vrooman, a widow, and they had at least one son; m. secondly Catharine —, and they had seven sons and two daughters; d. 26 March 1826 at his residence near Terre Haute, Ind.
Abraham Markle was of Dutch ancestry. By his own account he had four older brothers who served with John Butler*'s rangers and settled in the Niagara peninsula after the American revolution. That tie may explain Markle's brief residence in Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) in 1794; if so, it was not sufficiently strong to keep him there, and through the remainder of the decade and into the next he lived at various places in New York State. In 1801 he ran a hotel in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) in partnership with one of Robert Hamilton*'s sons; they also operated a local stage line for a short period. On 25 Jan. 1802 the partnership was dissolved with Markle taking control for several months before selling the operation to his former associate. By 1806 he was established in Ancaster as a distiller. In the first quarter of that year his distillery had the largest production in the Niagara District, outstripping even Richard Hatt*'s large complex, Dundas Mills.
Markle possessed a considerable measure of entrepreneurial flair, particularly for making deals. He headed the 15 shareholders of the Union Mill Company, which in 1809 purchased the milling complex of John Baptist Rousseaux* St John, and there is a possibility that the group had been running it as early as 1806. Like most businessmen of the period, Markle was an active speculator in land. He did not operate on the scale of investors such as Robert Addison, but his lots were always well chosen for their marketability. In 1808 he patented, and then sold, 200 acres in nearby Nelson Township; the following year he purchased 200 acres in Aldborough Township. By 1810 he had acquired 700 acres in Ancaster Township, 200 acres in Markham Township, and 400 acres in Nelson which he leased from the crown. His portfolio was completed by the acquisition of a tavern licence in January 1813. As a businessman, if the records of the civil court are an indication, he managed to avoid the pitfalls which ruined Benajah Mallory* who, like Markle, would desert to the United States during the War of 1812. The court records reveal only one large judgement against Markle (for £200 in November 1806); his name does not appear again until February 1812 and then for a much smaller amount.
Markle's election to the House of Assembly for Saltfleet, Ancaster, and the west riding of York in June 1812 thrust him to the centre of provincial concerns. President Isaac Brock* had high hopes that this parliament would overcome the opposition led by Joseph Willcocks* and pass the emergency legislation he deemed crucial to wartime survival. Until this point, the only hint, and it is a veiled one at best, of Markle's political predisposition had been his refusal, reported in June 1811, to perform militia duty with the 5th Lincoln. The journals of the summer session of 1812 are no longer extant but the Niagara merchant William Hamilton Merritt* described Markle as one of Willcocks's "adherents." Three days after parliament met, Brock lamented a situation "critical, not from anything the enemy can do, but from the disposition of the people." Apparently led by Willcocks and Markle, the assembly spent, in Brock's words, eight days "in carrying a single measure of party – the repeal of the School Bill" – and in passing an act requiring public disclosure of treasonable practices before magistrates could commit suspects without bail. On the council's recommendation, Brock prorogued parliament. Lack of hard evidence precludes anything more than conjecture as to Markle's motives. There was nothing startlingly new about the presence of the opposition or its concerns; resistance to the executive arm of government had focused increasingly in the assembly, albeit with some interruptions, for a decade. Moreover, the Head of the Lake (the vicinity of present-day Hamilton Harbour) had already acquired a reputation for radicalism by the election of John Willson* in 1809. Markle obviously shared the broad concerns of the whig tradition, especially hostility to martial law and infringement of habeas corpus.
The opposition's behaviour in the second session (25 February to 13 March 1813) is somewhat mystifying. Merritt observed that Willcocks and "his party" had become loyal. Moreover, Brock's successor, Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe*, was so satisfied by the session that on 19 March he pronounced the death of the "cabal" within the house. The legislation passed was not especially controversial, and so perhaps there was less need for opposition. Besides, the military situation, after the victories at Detroit and Queenston Heights, was less desperate than the one faced by Brock. However, in 1814 President Gordon Drummond* drew attention to the "malignant influence" of Willcocks and Markle in rejecting Sheaffe's call for a "suitable modification of the habeas corpus Act." Since the journals for this session are also missing, events in the house must remain obscure.
In the course of 1813, the climate of opinion with respect to the maintenance of civil law during wartime had begun to change. Nothing was more jarring than the actions of the disaffected such as Elijah Bentley* during the occupation of York (Toronto) in April 1813 and the Americans' subsequent push up the peninsula. In the aftermath, faith in due process faltered and collapsed: on 8 May "men of some standing and weight in this Society and holding real property to a great extent," men such as Thomas Dickson and Robert Nichol, emphasized to Brigadier-General John Vincent* that "self-defence" had become paramount; "recourse only to the civil laws . . . would be unavailing and . . . endanger our existence as a people and government." When on 6 June the British re-established their military presence with victory at Stoney Creek, fearful loyal subjects seized the opportunity to act against suspected traitors. A mere five days later Markle was ordered to appear before Vincent. Informed that "there were many Complaints lodged Against Me," Markle was sent to Kingston for detention on 17 June.
"Innocent & Unhappy," Markle immediately petitioned for release, proclaiming that it had been "Herriditary from My fore fathers to the Present age to be friends to the British Government." The charges against him he dismissed as "groundless," the fabrications of "My private Enemies." "Had I not suffered Myself to be Elected," Markle averred, "I should Never have been called disloyal or a traitor." Fearful for the safety of his family, "exposed to indians Who are Daily destroying the property of Our Neighbours," he was released. Some sources claim that Markle made his way back to Ancaster, but a militia return dated 22 June of those who had gone to the United States includes Markle. Yet late in November Merritt reported that Markle had "passed by the morning before, to join the enemy." What is certain is that by 12 Dec. 1813 he was a captain in the Company of Canadian Volunteers, formed by Willcocks after he had left for the United States. His enlistment was a coup for Willcocks, who described him as an assemblyman "possessing a Large property, and a very powerful influence."
The volunteers, dedicated to establishing a republic in British North America, fought mainly as guerrillas or scouts. Knowledge of the local territory and contacts among the population gave them an edge at this type of warfare. Moreover, they were eager to settle old scores and sought out unprotected civilian targets. The unit saw action during the burning of Niagara in December 1813 and later at the British raids on Fort Schlosser (Niagara Falls), N.Y., and Lewiston. Markle was wounded "severely" during one of the latter engagements, but he recovered sufficiently to accompany a large American force which landed in Upper Canada at Dover (Port Dover) on 14 May 1814 and burned every building between the village and Turkey Point, including Robert Nichol's mills. Commissioned major on 19 April, Markle acted as liaison with Indians in New York before being stationed at Fort Erie until 31 August, when he moved to Albany. On 15 November Markle and another officer charged Benajah Mallory, Willcocks's successor as commander of the volunteers, with embezzlement and felonious conduct. Mallory was suspended and Markle assumed command of the unit. The following day he received permission to move his family "Estward . . . to procure a situation to settle them." When his unit was disbanded in March 1815, he seems to have been living at Batavia.
Markle's treason ranks on a scale with that of Willcocks and Mallory. Unfortunately, the lack of sources makes it difficult to judge the reason for his conduct. American historians tend to repeat the conclusions of the family historian that Markle, aided by his "Masonic connections," had fled official persecution in the courts and elsewhere, persecution that had resulted from his remarks "favorable to the annexation of Canada" by the United States. However, court minute-books do not reveal one single instance of official persecution of Markle. The only documented case of harassment, and it was not of an official nature, was his brief incarceration in June 1813. Mallory accused Markle of opportunism, suggesting that he "never Left Canada from Principle but from a narrow Escape from his Creditors." That may be, but there is no evidence either in court or forfeited-estate records to substantiate the allegation.
Unlike Ebenezer Allan*, Markle had remained loyal at the outbreak of war. It is possible that with so much to lose he wanted to await an outcome favourable to his interests. But in that case neutrality and not opposition would have been the prudent course in 1813. Crucial to an understanding of his treason, therefore, is its timing. Markle's successor in the assembly, James Durand, decried the summer of 1813 as a period of military despotism. An echo of this view is found in an American newspaper's obituary for Markle. Opposing "the corruption and oppression practised upon the people," Markle, it said, "gave strong evidence that the spirits of those who had laid the basis of American Freedom, were very similar to his own." As for his treason, it was suggested that when the "civil law had been prostrated by martial despotism, the outrage and violence of the public functionaries toward him proved that the laws no longer afforded him protection, and consequently he was absolved from any allegiance he could have owed that government."
Unlike his brothers, Markle had been too young for active involvement in the loyalist cause during the American revolution. Moreover, prior to 1801 he had spent almost his entire life in the United States. His political sympathies, then, were likely to have been democratic. Certainly in Upper Canada he shared the most radical tendencies in the opposition, those of Willcocks. Events during the summer of 1813 forced Willcocks to the logical extension of his beliefs, republicanism. They had a similar effect on Markle and Mallory. Convinced that civil rights had been extinguished, these three men saw no alternative but to cross the border – desperate times required desperate measures. It is, perhaps, significant that Markle's inn in Terre Haute, Ind., the Eagle and the Lion, carried a sign depicting a "sorely dejected British lion, fast losing its eyes under the attacks of a victorious eagle."
After the war Markle was alert to new opportunities for recouping his large personal losses. Indicted for treason on 24 May 1814 and convicted in absentia, in 1817 he was declared an outlaw and his lands vested in the crown. In December 1815 an acquaintance had estimated the value of his Upper Canadian holdings at $26,900. Small wonder that Markle participated in the lobbying of the American government which led in early 1816 to the passage of bounty legislation compensating volunteers. The bounty land acts of 1816 and 1817 entitled Markle to 800 acres in total. In June 1816 he applied for additional land in his own right and another 2,080 acres for others with himself as assignee; a month later he filed papers for 320 acres more. All these petitions were granted. He located his lands in Indiana's Wabash valley and on 19 Sept. 1816 became one of the five shareholders of the Terre Haute Land Company. The town of Terre Haute soon became the district capital for the newly organized Vigo County; Markle leapt at the possibility for investment. He owned several mills, a distillery and tavern, and land. He mortgaged his land to finance further expansion but overextended himself and by 1823 he faced foreclosure. At his death he had extensive property investments, mills, and shipping and manufacturing interests, but he was heavily in debt.
Markle was not a popular figure in Indiana. He frequently resorted to the civil courts to secure payment of debts. He himself was hauled before the criminal courts: in one instance on gambling charges and in another for assault and battery. When he ran for the post of lieutenant governor on 5 Aug. 1822 he received a mere two votes. Local American historians depict him as a large man, of great energy, quick-tempered, but often generous and warm-hearted. He loved horse-racing and enjoyed drinking. He died as a result of an apparent stroke, incurred while pulling up fence posts on his farm. A member of the local masonic lodge, he was buried with its full honours. Vilified in Upper Canadian history as a traitor, when remembered at all, he is viewed by Americans as a soldier in freedom's cause, a worthy inheritor of the revolutionary tradition.
AO, MU 1368; MU 2555, receipts, 13 April 1801, 6 Jan. 1810; RG 1, A-IV, 16: 4; C-IV, Nelson Township, concession 3, lots 5, 11; RG 22, ser.131, 2: ff.3, 6, 16-17. BL, Add.
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (Unabridged)
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Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an 18th-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave, conduct themselves, live, and die. While Hagakure was for many years a secret text known only to the warrior vassals of the Nabeshima clan to which the author belonged, it later came to be recognized as a classic exposition of samurai thought. The original Hagakure consists of over 1,300 short texts that Tsunetomo dictated to a younger samurai over a seven-year period. William Scott Wilson has selected and translated here 300 of the most representative of those texts to create an accessible distillation of this guide for samurai. No other translator has so thoroughly and eruditely rendered this text into English.
For this edition, Wilson has added a new introduction that casts Hagakure in a different light than ever before. Tsunetomo refers to bushido as "the Way of death", a description that has held a morbid fascination for readers over the years. But in Tsunetomo's time, bushido was a nuanced concept that related heavily to the Zen concept of muga, the "death" of the ego. Wilson's revised introduction gives the historical and philosophical background for that more metaphorical reading of Hagakure, and through this lens, the classic takes on a fresh and nuanced appeal.


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San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging a Washington State judge to dismiss "cyberstalking" charges stemming from rude comments left on a blog. In an amicus brief filed today, EFF argues that the case is based on an unconstitutional law that criminalizes free speech.
The defendant in the case, Brandy Edwards, created an online dating profile under a pseudonym and used it to communicate with Amanda Westmont, the ex-wife of a friend of Edwards. Months later – after the online relationship ended – Edwards posted three critical comments on Westmont's publicly accessible blog, still using the pseudonym. Employing obscenities, the posts referred to Westmont as "full of herself," a "nutcase," and a "whack-job."
Westmont deleted the posts and reported them to the police. A year later, Edwards was charged with two counts of "cyberstalking" under Washington State law. The first charge is based on Edwards anonymously and repeatedly communicating with Westmont for the purpose of "harassing and embarrassing" another person, although the conversation was consensual. The second charge is based on Edwards' use of "obscene" language for the purpose of "harassing or embarrassing." The problem with the Washington State statute is that it outlaws anonymous or obscene speech intended to "embarrass" without defining what that broad term means. In the brief filed today, EFF argues that the law is unconstitutional and the case should be dismissed.
"While we may not like a lot of what people say online, the First Amendment allows for rudeness and other impolitic comments," said EFF Staff Attorney Hanni Fakhoury. "The way this law is written, it could end up criminalizing things like posting a negative review on a website like Yelp."
Venkat Balasubramani of FOCAL PLLC in Seattle, Washington, is EFF's local counsel in the case.
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By Chris Moore:
Even with digital releases, there are album covers. This seems to be the final facet of the artistry of the album that will survive into the next generation of music consumers, especially considering just how much we like colorful displays on our technology. Still, there's something so much more gorgeous about a CD booklet or, even better, a vinyl LP. The five selections below – with an honorable mention thrown in because I couldn't ignore it – are examples of the artists who still give attention to the complete package of their albums. It was a tight contest between the top three, and these are all albums worth checking out the next time you're in a store that offers records, even if you're only going to take a glance.
1) Sky Full of Holes – Fountains of Wayne
2) The King of Limbs – Radiohead
3) Cloud Maintenance – Kevin Hearn
4) The Valley – Eisley
5) The Whole Love – Wilco
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It is no secret that a redesigned 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 is on its way … the only question is just how closely it will resemble the concept shown by Suzuki last year at INTERMOT. We suspect it will closely follow the concept when the production model is unveiled this fall in Milan. So here are more photos of that concept, along with information about the expected production spec.
Expect a thoroughly redesigned 1000cc 90 ° V-twin engine (with a huge spread of torque and north of 100 crank horsepower), new, narrow and light aluminum chassis, upside-down fork, radial-mount front brake calipers with integrated ABS (a big improvement on the old braking system), adjustable traction control, and 19-inch cast aluminum front wheel. Suzuki has also carefully designed luggage, including a top case, that will keep the bike narrow in comparison with the competition.
We expect Suzuki will try to undercut the price of most of the large displacement adventure tourer competition, and pitch the new V-Strom as a lighter, more nimble and economical alternative. Indeed, there appears to be a gap between the middleweights displacing roughly 800cc, and the now-common, pricey 1200s.
Here is what Suzuki is saying about the concept in anticipation of the 2014 model's release:
2013 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 Concept Key Features
Strong, rider-friendly Engine:
A totally redesigned, liquid-cooled 1000cc V-twin engine produces effortless acceleration along with a strong V-twin rumble.
Lightweight, well-balanced Chassis:
Slim and lightweight aluminum frame, thickly padded seat and an adjustable windscreen provides an easy, comfortable, and fun to ride character.
Brake and Suspension:
Performance-inspired radial mount front brake caliper with Antilock Brake System provides riders confidence in braking on various road conditions. The V-Strom 1000 Concept also features an inverted front fork and an easy to adjust single shock style rear suspension.
Distinctive Styling Design:
Inspired by the 1988 DR750S-Suzuki's first big on/off-road machine-the V-Strom 1000 Concept features bold and distinctive styling to create an unmatched presence.
Advanced Traction Control System:
Suzuki's advanced traction control system is equipped for enhanced sport riding, performance, and the peace of mind to negotiate slippery surfaces with confidence.
Luggage System:
An all new luggage system was designed and tested in harmony with the big V-Strom's overall development. The luggage system provides easy installation, a narrow overall width when installed, and a clean look when detached.
Here is a link to a site Suzuki has set up where you can register to receive updates on the 2014 V-Strom 1000. It is an Italian site (let us know if you find a similar site in English).


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"To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." - Oscar Wilde
Monday, June 21, 2010
William Winer Cooke: Little Big Horn, 29 May 1846 - 25 June 1876
Who would have ever imagined that a man killed in action at Little Big Horn, Montana would end up interred approximately 1375 miles away in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
William Winer Cooke's story is a very interesting one. The Canadian born Cooke, who was educated at schools in Hamilton Ontario, moved to Buffalo New York to continue his education. Following graduation in 1863, during the Civil War, he enlisted with the 24th New York Cavalry at Niagara Falls. He served as a recruiting officer and on the front lines under the command of Ambrose Burnside, and was wounded at the Siege of Petersburg.
Cooke was made 1st Lieutenant on 14 December 1864, returning to front-line duty March 1865. He was awarded promotions of Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel for meritorious service during the Civil War. His last posting of the war was at the Battle of Sayler's Creek during the Appomattox Campaign.
Following the Civil War, Cooke joined the 1st New York Provisional Cavalry and applied for a Regular Army commission. July 1866 Cooke was made 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment; in 1867 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant at Fort Harker in Kansas. In 1868, he participated in the Washita Campaign.
In 1871, he became the Regimental Adjutant under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, and was said to be a member of the "Custer Clan", the close-knit group of Custer's friends and relatives.
William Winer Cooke was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn 25 June 1876. He was 30 years old.
Cooke was buried 3 times. Initially he was interred on the battlefield; a memorial slab marks the approximate spot where he fell. In June 1877, he was reburied in the Little Bighorn National Cemetery. In August of 1877, his family had the remains disinterred again and reburied in the family plot in the Hamilton Cemetery.
Reference: For more about Cooke read Arnold, Steve, and French, Tim. Custer's Forgotten Friend: the Life of W.W. Cooke, Adjutant, Seventh U.S. Cavalry, Powder River Press, 1993.


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Teradata is hoping to gain ground in the hotly competitive data-warehousing and analytics market with QueryGrid, a new product that allows users to run a single SQL-based query across multiple data stores, from Teradata's own system to Hadoop and rival databases.
QueryGrid will be available in the third quarter and is aligned with the release of Teradata Database 15, which was also announced Monday.
Instead of moving data, the queries are pushed into target systems and the processing occurs there, Teradata said. This gives users the ability to choose the best processing engine for a particular job while working within a single environment, according to Teradata.
The approach echoes SAP's Smart Data Services for its HANA in-memory database and Business Warehouse, where remote stores are viewed as virtual tables.
QueryGrid's features build on Teradata's previously available Unified Data Architecture, which integrates Hadoop with Teradata's data warehouse and Aster Discovery Platform.
Meanwhile, Teradata Database 15 is now available and features a wide range of improvements, including support for JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data. JSON is widely used in machine-to-machine communications, a trend known commonly as the "Internet of things." This support will allow customers to run large-scale analytics on machine-generated data.
Teradata 15 also introduces support for more scripting languages, including Perl, Ruby, Python and the statistical modeling language R.
Other new features include expanded support for analyzing three-dimensional geospatial data. For example, a developer could analyze the size and height of natural features and neighboring buildings to determine what their impact could be on views from various parts of a planned building.
In addition, Teradata 15 introduces a range of stability and workload management enhancements. More details are expected to be revealed Monday during Teradata's Universe conference in Prague.


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There are a ton of great wine values out in the market today but I'm always pleased to find wines that considerably outperform their price. And tonight I have such an example. As I've blogged recently, Syrah has been a tough sale here in the U.S. I think it's due to a few factors that's out of the control of domestic producers looking to find a market for their wines here in the $30+ a bottle market. When you get there, and slightly above, you can get Rhône wines that deliver the goods so why go domestic?
But in the under $10 a bottle market things are different. Here you find the tanker ship Shiraz from down-under and any number of other domestic choices. Usually they are serviceable but not very notable, with the folks at Columbia Crest probably being the standard bearer. A few others make some decent wines such as Don Sebastiani and Sons but nothing really gets close to wines costing over $25.
Or so I thought before picking up this wine at Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa recently. Not only does it deliver the Syrah goods at a steal, it does so with the unforgiving acidity it should.
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Chono, Syrah Reserva, Elqui Valley, Chile 2008 ($9) – Inky dark purple-black in color with aromas of blackcurrant, blueberry, bacon, eucalyptus and green olive. Ripe black raspberry fruit flavors with kirsch and white pepper finishing with moderate tannins, good acidity and a nice mineral streak. Delicious and completely unexpected at less than $10 a bottle. My new "Tuesday-Thursday" wine if I can find it in Minnesota.
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What would you do if a kitten among a litter your cat had couldn't walk because its front legs wouldn't hold weight? The person who owned this tiny kitten decided she was too broken to ever be fixed. She decided the kitten should be euthanized. It was such a short life; just four weeks.
After the clinic took her in, they thought it was a shame that the little kitty would never have a chance at life, so a kind lady name Cheryl called Saving Grace Rescue in Northern California. Would they think about taking her? That's when the little kitten's life took a turn for the better.
Cheryl's opinion that this was a special kitty was so right. The baby weighed less than one pound but was bright, active and ready to take on challenges. She was born with a disabling condition called radial agenesis. This disorder causes something to go wrong with the growth of the radius bone in the arm. Since she was born with it, she didn't realize there was anything amiss.
She was heatbreakingly cute, hopping around on her back legs, so they called her Kanga Roo. Not much later, a lovely woman named Joyce heard Kanga's story and called, wanting to know if she could be adopted. Although it took a little while to get her up to two pounds so she could be spayed, eventually Joyce and her family brought Kanga Roo home.
Kanga didn't know that she was different than the other cats and dogs that lived with her in her new home. She could do everything the other cats could, including hopping in and out of her litter box.
One of the other cats, a tabby called Skittles, took her under her wing and taught her the ways of the household. Skittles was very protective of Kanga, and there was no small number of hugs, kisses and cuddles.
About the time Kanga turned one year old, they discovered something else really special about her. It turned out that her sweet nature and loving disposition made her a great surrogate mom for the other kittens that were taken in as fosters.
The first foster kitten, Hector, received all the love and cuddles Kanga had received from Skittles. Turned out her big sister was a pretty good teacher.
Kanga Roo's most recent baby is little grey and white Baby Alealani, who was also born with the same condition.
But Kanga knows all about how to get around and is there to teach little Alealani. In fact, these two special felines don't think they're disabled at all. And they aren't. Just differently abled.
Watch the video and then share it with your friends. Thanks to folks like those at Saving Grace Rescue and Joyce and her family, lives have been saved, and the joy those kittens bestow are worth it all.


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The recently announced Wii exclusive House of the Dead: Overkill is the latest in a long line of mature titles for Wii, perhaps finally marking a turning point for the console, both in terms of the public's perception and from the industry's point of view. Have a look at this most recent survival horror game:
Wii´s portfolio of mature games is growing fast. However, public perception has not yet caught onto this trend. Quite the contrary, in fact. Especially in Germany, where a large number of mature Wii titles are not available, the Wii is known for Super Mario, Wii Sports or Wii Fit and, genre-wise, not much else. This is ironic, because Nintendo's console has, in fact, become a hotbed for games aimed at an older audience. And contrary to public perception, between a third and half of those are exclusives.
20 survival horror Wii games
Let us chalk it up. Soon, there will be a whopping twenty survival horror titles out for Wii, eight of which are exclusives. And I am not including ´MadWorld´, ´Manhunt 2´ or ´Fragile´ here. The former title, also recently announced, caused some controversy in the mainstream press. The U.K.'s Daily Mail and The Sun, as well as Australia's Herald Sun all noted that the Wii's family friendly image was soon to topple. Those newspapers enjoy a readership of millions and so their articles will undoubtedly become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Just as a reminder, here is the current tally of all mature games for the Wii (and mature does not necessarily mean the rating here).
Survival horror
Dead Space
House of the Dead: Overkill (exclusive)
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (exclusive)
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (exclusive)
Resident Evil 4 Wii edition
Resident Evil 0 (Japan only so far)
Resident Evil Remake Wii
Obscure: The Aftermath
Cursed Mountain (exclusive)
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (exclusive)
The Calling
Winter (exclusive), (without publisher, on hold)
Escape from Bug Island (exclusive)
Sadness (exclusive)
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers
Alone in the Dark (questionable quality)
Untitled Suda51 / Shinji Mikami project
Outrageous violence
MadWorld (exclusive)
Manhunt 2
Shooters / Other action
Ghost Squad (exclusive)
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty: World at War
Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Brothers in Arms: Double Time
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
James Bond: Quantum of Solace
The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (exclusive)
The Conduit (exclusive)
Red Steel (exclusive)
Red Steel 2 (exclusive)
Overlord: Dark Legend
No More Heroes (exclusive)
No More Heroes 2
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Castlevania Judgment
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Zone Massacre
Far Cry: Vengeance (questionable quality)
Target: Terror (questionable quality)
Untitled Renegade Kid project
The list speaks for itself. The Wii has a very diverse portfolio but there is no shortage of sometimes highly brutal action. In fact, no competing console can offer as many survival horror titles as the Wii. Why is that? Simply because they sell.
Action on Wii sells
Both ´Resident Evil 4 Wii edition´ and ´Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles´ shipped more than a million units each. Apparently, ´Red Steel´ and ´Metroid Prime 3: Corruption´ also sold more than a million, with ´The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return´ and ´Ghost Squad´ selling around half a million units.
Public opinion may soon realise this, as will the industry at large. Speaking about their motivation to bring ´Dead Rising´ to the Wii, Capcom noted that they "wanted to bring one of its premier franchises (possibly THE premier franchise when you look at the Japanese market) to the broader audience that the Wii represents." And they continue to tease Wii owners that they "only know about half the games we have in development."
Abandoning Mario and Metroid for the Touch Generations
Nintendo has been very careful to market their console as a family friendly one only. In fact, for the very first time, ´Mario´ titles took a step back from the spotlight and became second choice, as they were no longer advertised as the cream of the crop. Nintendo staff told me last year that they wanted the so-called ´Touch Generations´ titles like ´Big Brain Academy´ and ´Wii Fit´ to be associated with the console instead. Mario and Metroid, they believed, did not need to be marketed aggressively and would pretty much sell themselves. And they were right.
While Iwata may publically apologize to the hardcore crowd and reaffirm that core games are in development, the company's focus on casual titles in terms of marketing is carefully planned and is, internally, not seen as a mistake that requires such an apology. This is all part of the blue ocean strategy. Their rationale regarding traditional titles was and is that they do not require a large marketing campaign. And with the gaming press falling in love with stylish, Tarantino-esque titles like ´House of the Dead: Overkill´ and the mainstream press vocally condemning games like ´MadWorld´, Nintendo can indeed sit back and re-run their ´Wii Fit´ ads.
EDIT The good people over at That VideoGame Blog have posted a great article on how the Wii is finally starting to come off age. Check it out.
Thanks to: Kotaku, VGChartz, Nintendo Everything, Capcom, Eurogamer