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OREM, UTAH -- I came across an F-150 I was interested in at Legacy Mazda. The sales manager wanted me to pay his opening bid: $20,000. After a long and heated negotiation (including that classic treasure: "Someone's coming in 15 minutes to buy this truck!" Seriously, they pulled that one) we were getting close. The salesman took the "jacket" (the paper where they put down a customer's info) wrote a note saying I agreed to buy the truck for $19,000 out-the-door. I signed it. The sales manager agreed to that price and we shook hands on it.
More than an hour later they finally had the paperwork ready. I signed the whole pile of documents, then we got to the contract and the business manager specifically pointed out the price: $19,000. Sure, that's what we said. Fair enough. I signed the papers. Later when I read the contract I saw that $19,000 was the amount of the loan! They'd just put down the 20,000 they wanted, like we'd never had any negotiation at all. Then they subtracted the $1000 I had given them as a down payment to get the $19,000 number the finance manager pointed out to me.
What an idiot I am! I can't believe I just trusted they would put down the number we had agreed on. Fortunately there was the paper I had signed proving they had agreed to the 19K ... Oh, wait... they kept that paper. After trying for a week to straighten it out, I got a call from another sales manager who told me they weren't going to honor the price they had agreed to. When I pointed out that there was a signed document proving we had agreed on 19,000 otd he said "You signed the contract. That's all that counts." He said that $19,000 was too low a price. I told him if that was the case they probably shouldn't have agreed to that price, huh?
Look, if you can't sell the truck for 19,000 that's great. That's fine. Car dealers have to eat, too. But don't tell me you will! How sleazy is it to agree to a price just to shut up the customer then throw in an extra thousand bucks when you write up the contract? They have to be laughing so hard that they slipped that one past me.
Oh, well. We squared off and they beat me at their game. They got their opening price. Hey, and all it took was giving up their integrity. I honestly wonder how these people look their family in the eyes. Believe all the negative reviews here. When you read the glowing review by athenagoddess keep in mind that she is an employee of Legacy Mazda. Maybe it's just me, but I think that's a relevant detail. DO NOT deal with these crooks. I was a complete idiot, but don't think they won't try it on you.
Just had the worst experience I've ever had while shopping for cars at Legacy Mazda. I can't really get into the details, but I wanted everyone out there who doesn't like getting ripped off to know that Legacy Mazda is full of LIARS!!! Never get your financing through them as they will charge you a higher interest rate to make money off the back end.
Never let them touch the keys to the car you are thinking about trading in or it will be impossible to get them back. Never trust the price they give you when quoting how much they are selling the car for because when you get into signing the paper work it will be about 8 thousand more than you thought you had agreed upon.
Look, if you think I'm the only one chapped about this dealership I plead with you to reconsider. I've been so freaking ticked at them I've been trying to warn everybody I talk with everyone who has had a personal experience with them, or knew someone who did, had horrible things to say about Legacy Mazda in Orem. At the bank there were two employees who had bought cars there. One said he got screwed by them on several things. The other warned me that the "free tires for life" promise is actually **. They always find excuses why your situation is different and you don't qualify to get the free tires they promised.
My brother has a neighbor who bought a car from them that started smoking two weeks after he bought it. They told him there was nothing they could do, he bought the car and they didn't have to fix anything. We was so pissed he wanted to burn the place to the ground. Seriously, I hate dishonest businessmen and therefore I HATE Legacy Mazda!
OREM, UTAH -- I purchased a car from Legacy Mazda on 9/1/2008. One of the managers (troy **) said that he would get us a spare key to the car and an owners manual and a lug wrench since the car was missing these items. When I got the car home the trunk was not always latching shut so I took it in to a Mazda dealership by my house and they had told me that the reason why it was not latching was because the car had been in an accident. All that Legacy Mazda had done was put a new bumper cover. We called the manager at Legacy Mazda and they told us to bring the car down there and they will have the car properly repaired.
When we went down to go and pick up my car the rear bumper had stress cracks in the paint. No they will not replace the bumper even though they had done the damage. They are saying that it was like that when we purchased the car. Do not ever buy a car from Legacy Mazda!!!!!! This was the worst car buying experience that I have ever had!!! Legacy Mazda is full of lies and liars.
OREM, UTAH -- I've read some really negative reviews of dealerships on this site and just want to stick up for one. Most people only write bad reviews they never give props to the companies who did something right. I bought a used Ford Explorer from Legacy Mazda a few months ago and had a great experience. The sales staff is young but friendly. Though you can expect to go through some rounds of negotiations, that's just the way it works (at least in my experience).
The dealership needs to make a profit and I get that. But I also want a good deal and I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. I felt that they treated me with respect and really listened to what I want. And it didn't take long at all. Overall, I think Legacy Mazda did a great job and I would recommend them to anyone.
OREM, UTAH -- Today I talked to a Mike who is an Internet sales manager from Legacy Mazda, we talked about getting several 2008 Mazda 6's and he told me that it would be $500 above invoice which on the car we wanted would be $18,049 minus $2500 on rebates which would bring the cost down to $15,549 I had the money I was going to pay for it and the taxes with a check. I also had my mom meet me there so that she could get a car as well. Unfortunately my mom beat me there, and the dishonesty started right away.
They had a sales lady and her "trainee" start helping my mom, the first thing they did is say, "you really should go for this used Chevy", my mom kept on saying no no no, well when I got to the dealership they would only show her Chevy's. I asked for Mike from Internet sales and we were able to relay the deal we made over the phone to the sales lady (the one who was trying to force feed the one Chevy to my mother).
We go and sit down and try and talk about trading in my 2008 Nissan Sentra, so mother and I sat their as the saleslady and her trainee went to get a quote on the car. They came back and said "your car at MSRP brand new was $19,356" and went on to explain that of course once you took it off the lot it lost $3000 value and that because it has 5000 miles it loses another $2000 and then we have to inspect it so that costs another $2000 (that's $7k).
Part of the problem here is that my car is a fully loaded SL with everything you can upgrade to, if you go to www.nissanusa.com you can build your own and fill everything except Floor and Trunk Mats without-drive and hide, and you will see that the cost of the car (remember completely upgraded) was $21,700 this is a difference of $2,344. I look at cars daily I love it. I know the prices very well (not to mention I bought the car) to know that they were already being dishonest, I started to protest and say "that is not right", a manager overheard me say this and came over.
I said "look my mom is going to stay here. I need to go and pick up wife so she can play the harp for her sisters wedding tonight. I will be back, please fix the numbers you suggested was the MSRP and let my mom test drive the different cars so she gets a feel for which one she likes, and when I get back we will have her get the car in her own name." (Something she needs to do to build up her credit again since her divorce).
I asked them to have her drive all the Mazda cars to see which one she likes the best. As I was going back to the dealership I received a phone call from my mom that she had picked out the car she liked and that the dealership told her was in her price range (which was $16,000 before taxes and fees). I asked her what was the car. She said a 2006 Hyundai Elantra with 33,732 for $14,999.
Knowing that a brand new 2008 Hyundai Elantra cost $14,625 I was really concerned that they were extremely overcharging my mother, I told her not to do anything until I got there that at the most I would pay $10K maybe $10.5K but not the price of a new one for what is essentially a 3 year old car (cars come out usually the year before the year of the car).
I got there and sat down with my mother and the sales lady and her trainee and explained how this was a bad offer, and that we came to get a 2008 Mazda 6 not a 2006 Hyundai Elantra with 33,732 miles for that was only worth $10.5K maybe stretching it to $11K at the most for the car. They asked what would I pay for it. I said "$9.5k maybe $10.15K." She said "OK let me go ask my manager."
The sales lady and her trainee never came back, instead Matt a manager came over and said "what seems to be the problem." I said "the car you are trying to sell my mother is over priced and we won't pay it." The sales manager then states "I came over here because my sales ladies tell me you are using vulgar language to talk to them." I turned to my mother and asked "have I sworn or used a vulgar word, even used a sexual word?" My mother looked at me then Matt the manager, "no you have been very straight forward using only facts."
Matt then goes on to say, "now what would you pay for this car?" And I said "$9.5k maybe $10.15K." Matt then went on to say, "then you're in the wrong car, we need to find your mom a car for that price range." I then said "sir, as you know my mother qualifies for the price range you are charge for the car, I simply think you are charging way to much for that car." Matt then repeats himself then "you're in the wrong car, we need to find your mom a car for that price range."
Instead of repeating myself, I said "yes we need to go with the original deal that Mike and I discussed on the phone a New 2008 Mazda 6." Mike told me that it would be $500 above invoice which on the car we wanted would be $18,049 minus $2500 on rebates which would bring the cost down to $15,549.
Matt then states "I won't give you that price" then I state "you're going back on an agreed amount? You're not going to keep your end of the what was promised?" Matt then states, "if you had just butted out and let your mom enjoy the car buying experience we wouldn't be having this discussion." I turned to Matt and said "excuse me, I am here to help my mother and make sure things happen properly." Matt interrupts and says "well you're not, you should just let her do this with no help."
My mom then gets involved and says "Matt as I told the sales ladies and I have been trying to tell you one of my other sons has a concert at UVSC (Utah Valley State College) where songs being played by the jazz band are songs he wrote, we need to go we can work on a deal tomorrow." Matt then states "if you go we will not give you the deal we promised." I then state "really Mike on the phone didn't say we had to purchase tonight for this deal, it was an open ended deal."
Matt then states fine, walks off and takes another 20 minutes to return with the keys that he had taken from my mother. As he hands her the keys, we will only live up to that promise if you come in before 12:30 (noon) tomorrow. We leave go to my brothers Jazz Band Concert and come home.
I get online to look up prices, to make sure I was on the right page (mostly I am) to find that the very car the 2006 Hyundai Elantra that they offered to my mom at $14,999 wasn't being sold at the price but rather $12,499. They were going to charge my mom $2500 more than the advertised price online? Wow, they thought they saw a sucker in my mom, lucky for her I was there to help. Most car dealerships start at the listed price and negotiate down, not raise it $2500 then try and then not allow negotiations, and act like they weren't offering the car at an unreasonable price. Stay away from these guys.
Lastly, mom told me that while I was gone, they wouldn't tell her the interest rate on the car, and kept trying to push for more and more down on the car, even though she kept telling them she didn't have more. Stay as far away from this dealership as you can, they are the most dishonest dealership I have ever worked with (and that is saying a lot).
Please forgive me for the spelling and grammar errors I needed to get this out as quickly as possible.


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This blog is for people interested in the meaning of the Tao Te Ching.
As you perhaps know the Tao Te Ching (translated the Classic of Tao and Te) was written by Lao Tzu with the main intent of providing a handbook of wisdom. Many tried to explain the Book in phylosophical terms – only a few stressed its immediate utility as a guide to the everyday living. This feature is dealt with on this blog.
There are two main difficulties when we try to decode the Book's text:
1. Its language 0f ancient Chinese; this issue explains why we don't have an accurate translation of the Book.
2. Its wisdom, mainly Taoist, which operates with strange terms such as: tao, yin-yang, wu, wu-wei and fu. Western people are not familiar with them and much less with their meaning.
3. Its antiquity. Many considers the Book a piece of ancient Chinese cultural history, something one should put in a museum, or a work dealing with the occult.
One have to face all these aspects in order to seize the real message of the book and its actuality. And the most difficult of all are the concepts. For example. here's what Lao Tzu himself told us about the Tao:
The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and
unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and
unchanging name.
(Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven
and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all
Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound;
But if desire always within us be,
Its outer fringe is all that we shall see.
Did you grasp the meaning of this passage? I doubt you did!
So I suggest you start with the Summary section of this blog. Then follow the Tao-Te, the Teachings and Comments.
Regarding the comments, please keep in mind that not all you already read on the Net are accurate! So you should start from the scratch with ours and see if they fit!
Moreover, when reading the comments, please keep an empty mind. Why? Because one should forget everything he/she thinks he/she knows in order to learn new things. This idea is not Taoist – one may find it in Christianity too. In the Gospel of Thomas one may read: When the disciple is empty he/she is full of Light. When he/she is full, he/she is full of Darkness.
Here too emptiness is the key!
Emptiness is the key with Taoist too. Remember the quote:
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty
space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends.
The wheel usage depends on the empty space inside the nave. The more with the learning process – it depends of the emptiness in the mind of students.
What is emptiness (wu) and what is it good for, many tried to explain recurring to all kind of speculations. Philosophy only will not help. We need more: direct experience with the empty mind. We must live and act like the Taoist Masters did!
Now a few things about translations. I use to read James Legge's version of Tao Te Ching. There are many translations, and many will come soon or later, and what is worst they are not similar. This make the choice of the best one an impossible task. Many ask what is the best? I use to answer: there's no such thing!
- Lao Tzu and Tao Te Ching PDF
I want to finish this intro with the presentation of a good guide to the Tao Te Ching, meaning it explains everything in plain words (like at school) – it is a PDF ebook that may be downloaded right now. Click here to learn more.
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I nbeed this guide but I wonder how much I need to know to follow it.
Is this guide related to the Tao te Ching or it is rather a personal approach?
I read many commentaries on the meaning of Tao te Ching. What maakes yours more interesting?
I know of the Tao as being described as the Mother of all things. Is this a metaphor or rather something related to the cosmology?
Great book, and great guide to living with the perspective of the "way". Take it too literally and you'll miss the point and confuse yourself even more.
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Greetings Survivor Fans,
We've got a monster LF show for you in this episode with lots of different analysis and food for thought as we head into the final stretch.
This week we hear from Josh, Christiana, Shelley, Sharon, Bob, Bill, Enzo, Todd, Damien, Kurt, Dave, Sandi, Drew & Elise, and Mike.
We're going to try a conference call with the Gizmo project software phone tomorrow at 6:30pm PST, 9:30pm EST. The idea is to determine if it's something we could use to create group interactive shows in the future. We will post an update here with the phone number we will be using just before 6:30pm PST.
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31:02 Enzo from Japan
32:43 Todd from Canada
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38:59 Kurt from California
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40:50 Sandi from Georgia
47:36 Drew and special guest Elise from Utah
64:10 Observations from Survivor Live
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72:19 Outro Music: Car Chase Theme by Big Money Grip
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Soup: $4. Box of tissues: $1. Medicine: $15. Making it all better: Priceless.
Turns out MasterCard had it wrong. Everything has a price, including things I didn't even know we could sell, such as one's virginity.
In late October, news broke that Catarina Migliorini, 20, was auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder, but for a good cause. She planned to spend the proceeds on building homes for the poverty-stricken in her hometown. A physical education student and self-described romantic at heart, Catarina commanded $780,000 from the highest bidder, a Japanese man called Natsu.


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Venus Williams has one big problem, very early: Sabine Lisicki in the second round. If she gets through that, I see the unseeded Venus beating Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round and getting to the quarters.
Shuai Peng. The Chinese veteran has found her game again, and sits in a favorable spot in the draw to make a deep run.
Jelena Jankovic. No one seems to love the stage as much as Serena Williams. No one that is, except for Jelena Jankovic. The former world No. 1 has been teetering on the cusp of irrelevance for much of the last year, watching her ranking slip as low as 16. But in her run to the Cincinnati final, where she outplayed Maria Sharapova for most of the match, Jankovic seems to have rediscovered her game and her confidence. The Smiling Serb has been to the finals here before, and she's one of the few players who raises her game against Serena. She'll need to, as they are in the same quarter, but if she serves well and remembers that she has one of the most effective backhand-down-the-lines in the game, don't count her out.
I'm all-in on the Agnieszka Radwanska bandwagon, a gritty, scramble-for-every-point Murray clone. The plucky Pole has become a tough out, including a semis appearance in Toronto in which she took out Vera Zvonareva and Andrea Petkovic.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has charted steady progress since winning the U.S. Open girls' title five years ago. Count on the 20-year-old Russian to improve on last year's run to the fourth round -- and maybe even crash the semis.
At the French Open, Sabine Lisicki blew a match point in the second set and fell in a heartbreaker to Vera Zvonareva. Since then, she's won Birmingham and made deep runs in Wimbledon (losing in the semis to Maria Sharapova) and Stanford, where she was rolled by eventual champion Serena Williams. If the 21-year-old can pick up her first career win against potential fourth-round foe Zvonareva, she should make the semis where Sharapova likely awaits.
Victoria Azarenka. The dubious seeding system creates a major casualty, much too early, as Azarenka loses to Serena in the third round.
Caroline Wozniacki: Pick your reason -- tension with dad, the excitement of a new romance, insecurity with her game, lack of full comfort with her new racket -- the elusive first major feels a long way off right now.
Petra Kvitova. The young Czech has obviously had a phenomenal year, winning titles on all four surfaces (yes, indoor counts as a "surface") and of course, her crowning glory at Wimbledon in July. But the charmingly shy 20-year-old has won only one match since, and has admitted she suffers from asthma in the heat and humidity. With little match play before the Open, I just don't see her getting out of a quarter that includes Maria Sharapova, Peng Shuai, Agnieszka Radwanska, and Lucie Safarova.
Everyone loves the flamboyant Francesca Schiavone, but her summer (losses to Lucie Safarova and Jelena Jankovic) portend an early
Caroline Wozniacki may be the least-fancied top seed since, er, Dinara Safina. Not even
With an over-packed schedule and poor play in the hard-court swing, Caroline Wozniacki isn't ready to capture her first Slam. Don't be shocked if she falls to Daniela Hantuchova or Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.


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Good dental care is essential for your pet's health and happiness. Just like you, your pet needs to receive daily dental care at home. It's ideal to begin home care when your pet is young however, it is never too late to start.
There are many different methods to prevent dental disease and to assist with dental hygiene at home, some of which include:
If your pet has any accumulated tartar (calculus) it must be removed by your veterinary surgeon. This process, called prophylaxis (or scale and polish), will allow you to start your home care with teeth that are free from plaque and tartar and will make your efforts easier and more effective.
Daily brushing of your pet's teeth should not be underestimated. Commitment to daily brushing could be what makes the difference to your pet's health and sparkly smile.
Brushing your pet's teeth should be a pleasant experience for both you and your pet. Many pets enjoy the added attention while many owners look forward to close quality time spent with their companion.
The supplies you would need is a toothbrush or finger-brush (preferably one designed for pets) and a pet toothpaste. Most pets accept brushing very well if they are introduced to the procedure in a calm and patient way. The best way to introduce your pet to this exercise is to gradually introduce the process over time.
Gently pet and scratch the muzzle, slowly lifting the lip for about 30 seconds. Reward with praise and a treat at the end of the session.
Repeat as above and also gently run your finger or finger toothbrush and a small amount of animal toothpaste over your pet's teeth for 30-45 seconds. Reward with a treat and praise.
Repeat day 2, adding 15 seconds of time and running your finger or finger toothbrush over your pet's teeth. Always reward with praise and a treat.
If all is going well, run your finger over the teeth for 30 seconds and then gently insert the toothbrush and again run over the teeth for 30 seconds.
Repeat as day 4 and increase the time by 30 seconds.
Repeat as day 5 and gently rub your pet's teeth.
You know your pet best of all. If you feel that they are not accepting the brushing well, gradually increase the brushing time until you are able to spend at least one minute on each side of the mouth.
At any time that the animal is resisting, stop and wait until the next day. If your pet is still not accepting your efforts, contact your Greencross Vets pet care team for more advice.
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Culla is waiting on the riverbank for a ferry ride across the river. The ferryman will not run his craft for a dime, which is all he charges for a person. Culla has to wait until someone with a horse wants to cross. He charges twenty-five cents for a horse and ten cents for a person. The ferryman tells Culla that the town across the river is Morgan, where he may find work. Finally, late at night, a man with a horse arrives at the ferry for a ride. Culla boards the ferry giving the ferryman his dime. The river has risen quite substantially. A cable breaks and the ferryman loses control of the barge as it thumps sideways against the current. Water pours over the rails as the horse, untethered, races back and forth, looking for a way out and...
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With tears in their eyes ...
By Catharin Shepard
Published in News on February 10, 2009 1:46 PM
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Robin Cooper, right, and Kim McCampbell groom two of the more than 50 dogs they have cleaned up since they began their work at the fairgrounds. Many of those seized from Thornton Kennels Friday needed baths and trims.
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Volunteer Betty Harmon sneaks in a snuggle Monday with her favorite pooch, a dirty poodle seized Friday morning from Thornton Kennels by Wayne County animal control. Ms. Harmon, of Raleigh, is one of dozens of volunteers from across the country who dropped everything to rush to Goldsboro and provide care for the nearly 300 dogs
As her cat-printed T-shirt suggests, Betty Harmon usually works with felines at the Safe Haven for Cats shelter in Raleigh.
But when she received an urgent e-mail Thursday night from United Animal Nations, she rushed to Goldsboro to help care for the nearly 300 dogs seized Friday morning from Thornton Kennels, an alleged puppy mill in Wayne County.
Looking after so many animals is challenging, but the volunteers have hashed out a schedule to keep the pups clean and happy.
"We do have a routine. We did spot cleaning, now we're doing trash, soon we'll do food," Ms. Harmon said.
"Then we do cleaning, again," added Louise Woods, a volunteer from Wilmington. "It's overwhelming, but it's fun."
The dogs quickly learned how to get attention from the workers.
"Look, he widdled in his cage after we just cleaned it!" Ms. Harmon exclaimed, pointing out one unapologetic poodle who wagged his tail at her.
The dogs seem starved for personal interaction, but are very friendly, Ms. Woods said.
"There are a lot who just want to be petted," she said.
Seeing the animals in such poor condition is upsetting, but the volunteers try not to let it get in the way of doing their jobs, Ms. Harmon said.
"You just focus on the moment, you focus on what's in front of you here, and law enforcement takes care of the rest," she said.
That focus didn't prevent her from taking a moment to visit with one dog in particular, a charcoal-grey poodle already cleared by the veterinarians.
"This is my boyfriend," Ms. Harmon said, cradling the questionable bundle of fluff. "He does have two eyes, they're just hidden. We call him a dirty poodle, because we don't know what color he is."
Cleaning crates and water bowls, dishing out food and checking on all the dogs is hard work, said Angel Zebraski, a volunteer with the Emergency Animal Rescue Service.
"It's tiring," she said. "You start out with a big adrenaline rush, but by the end of the day, your back hurts from bending down into the cages."
Mrs. Zebraski, who runs a doggie day care and training facility, signed up with EARS after Hurricane Katrina, but this weekend marked the first time she was called out to help with a rescue.
"It's sad to know that someone actually slept at night knowing their dogs were in this condition," she said.
But the physical and emotional stresses had silver linings for the volunteers.
"When they're reaching out for you from the cages. And when they fall asleep in your arms," Mrs. Zebraski said, cuddling a sleepy Pomeranian.
"I would call her Precious, but she doesn't officially have a name," she said about the contented canine.
Even if the judge awards the dogs to Wayne County today, it's not likely Precious will be going home to Benson with Mrs. Zebraski.
"Only if someone adopted my husband. He already warned me, no sneaking dogs home," she said.
As some workers prepared to serve the dogs their evening meal, Cathy Fiddler settled into a barn stall to play with two poodles as they waited for their turn with the groomer.
"It's like they've never been petted," she said, watching one poodle run excitedly around the stall. "They're all good dogs, none of them are crazy, none of them are biters."
Ms. Fiddler also signed up to volunteer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She drove all the way from Leesburg, Va., where she does humane wildlife removal, to assist in the rescue.
"I love it," she said. "I wish I could take them all home."
Meanwhile, professional groomer Kim McCampbell was putting the finishing touches on one grey and white dog. The wiry-haired mutt didn't have a name before his date with the clippers, but left Ms. McCampbell's grooming table with the newly minted moniker, Oreo.
Ms. McCampbell left her business in Raleigh, Pretty Paws grooming, to spend a few days brushing, snipping and combing the seized dogs. She and other local groomers donated their time and skills to help make the pups more presentable.
By Monday afternoon, piles of multicolored fur were strewn about the aisle as the volunteers clipped their way through more than 50 of the neglected dogs. Oreo stood without complaint as Ms. McCampbell brushed the last stray hairs from his muzzle, sneaking in a scritch here and there.
"It's amazing how good they are. They're loving it. They love us after we groom them," she said.
The impromptu salon treatment wasn't just for looks. Some of the dogs' fur was so badly matted, "it's dangerous," Ms. McCampbell said.
"It's hard to believe people could do this to an animal. We need to get the word out that people don't need to be neglecting their animals like this," she said.
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The Irish Times
Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:58
Roger Lloyd-Pack, who played Trigger in Only Fools And Horses, has died aged 69, his agent said.
Lloyd-Pack was born into an acting family in north London and his father Charles was a regular in Hammer horror films. Although best-known for playing the dim road-sweeper in Only Fools And Horses, Lloyd-Pack appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including a regular role as farmer Owen Newitt in The Vicar Of Dibley.
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan was among those paying tribute online. He said: "Very sad news about Roger Lloyd Pack. Trigger was an ancestor to Father Dougal and I'm glad I once had a chance to tell him so."
Lloyd-Pack was also a successful stage actor, appearing regularly at Shakespeare's Globe in central London, but knew he would always be best known as
Trigger. In a 2012 interview with the Guardian, he said: "People will never stop shouting 'Trigger!' at me in the street. The other day I jumped some lights on my bike because someone was hollering at me. A police van pulled me over, and when I stopped they also shouted: 'Trigger!'. It can be very annoying."
He was also politically active and a prominent campaigner for left-wing causes in the capital.
Lloyd-Pack's daughter Emily shot to fame in the 1987 film Wish You Were Here before stepping back from the celebrity limelight after struggling with health issues.
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Born: 2/18/1944, Islington, London, Engand, U.K.
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The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants is attempting to take Monday, April 30 viral, promoting the fourth annual Financial Literacy Social Media Outreach Day by highlighting personal finance resources through its social media channels.
Using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, the TSCPA is also celebrating the whole of April as Financial Literacy Month in promoting consumer personal finance website www.ValueYour Money.org.
The society's efforts also include setting up a Texans for Financial Literacy Facebook page, publishing articles about the effort in member newsletters, and positing notices on tscpa.org.
Last year's social media campaign reached more than 20,000 people, TSCPA reports, and the society anticipates surpassing that this year.


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You may have heard a lot recently about highly speculative schemes to attain life extension via download to computers. If you're like us, we doubt the plausibility of these approaches. We at In Its Image place all of our faith in the Creativity Machine paradigm as the natural vehicle for immortality and hope that through our educational outreach, you will too.
If you resonate with the idea of surviving death by combining with a neural matrix capable of contemplation and self-awareness, the Creativity Machine, we would definitely like to hear from you, if only to serve as moral support.
In the meantime, we need representatives around the world to begin spreading the word that a unique and exceptional form of artificial intelligence has been developed that promises to be the cure for death. If you are hopeful, drop us an email. Likewise, if you differ or even dissent, let us know too. We're not at all a dogmatic institution.
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First published in 1969, this novel by one of the most prolific authors in the history of science fiction explores an idea that is truly "far out." Imagine a future world where death is not exactly the end. You can record everything about you that ever made you a distinct human being and then be implanted in the mind of someone living. Paul Kaufmann had been the richest and most powerful man on Earth. Imagine having his knowledge and insights integrated with your own persona. The tycoon's mind becomes the prize in a deadly game for those still living who want more out of life than they could ever achieve on their own. The great man's "soul" is stored in the Scheffing Institute, waiting for the time when someone hungry enough gives him back his appetite. Silverberg extrapolates as only he can from this intriguing premise. "To Live Again" is about a future where the dead are slaves to the living--until at last someone leads a rebellion.
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One thing I haven't heard yet it the problem of replacing a neuron. I've heard people say, we'll just replace the neuron with a nano-neuron! Well, first off that'd be hard by itself. The kicker is that real neurons have 1000's of dendrites that connect to other neurons, how do you plan on matching all those connections? Its stupid to think that you can.
Its funny how people don't seem to have the slightest idea of human anatomy or physiology. I've heard people talk about neurons turning "on" and "off" and how it could be translated to a cyber-human (whatever you want to call it) as binary 1s and 0s, not that simple. There's this thing that determines whether or not a neuron fires called an action potential. This happens through inhibitory and stimulatory signals, how would that be translated into your cyberhuman? Of course, no one seems actually interested in understanding the basics of the human brain yet you have no problems running your mouth off on how a cyberbrain that doesn't even exist would function.
Do people realize is that all it takes is a supernova or some other event to kill your "immortal" computer body? A gun to the face might not kill you but a supernova would sure do the trick.
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i do not see why we would need 100 years to develop them . rather I would say "no more than 50 years, possible 30 years" . It is simply impossible to anticipate in the range of 100 years as the Artificial Intelligence can change the world we live at a faster rate than our human capacity can.


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The Hotel Edison, already embroiled in a sex-harassment suit filed by ex-employees, is now facing a legal challenge from a thrice-fired 65-year-old desk clerk.
Michael Spiegel's suit, filed this month in Manhattan Supreme Court, says he was canned because of his age and because he blew the whistle on safety hazards at the West 47th Street hotel.
The allegations come on the heels of a suit filed this month by four former staffers who claim the hotel's general manager solicited sex from underlings and fired those who rebuffed him.
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The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. will continue to insure homeowners, automobile, commercial insurance, individual life and group benefits customers affected by flooding in Tennessee if they are temporarily unable to make their premium payments.
Although premium bills will continue to be issued, policy cancellations due to non-payment will be temporarily suspended in the 52 designated counties in Tennessee retroactive to May 1, 2010. The grace period will extend to June 11, 2010.
"This payment relief is intended to provide Hartford policyholders with extra time to organize their affairs following the catastrophic flooding that has affected so many lives," said John Wilcox, senior vice president for personal lines at The Hartford. "We hope this temporary suspension will provide our policyholders with some relief."
For additional information, our customer service professionals are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
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For claims-related questions or for information on reporting a claim, call (800) 243-5860 or visit www.thehartford.com/heretohelp.
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My card uses the wreath from Holiday Greetings and a sentiment from No Matter What. Most of the sentiments in this set were designed to fit inside this wreath, so the two sets pair beautifully. I colored with copics using a red, grey and pink color scheme. Washi tape, stitching and a portion of the Award Banner Trim Die accent things and I even added a bit of stitching down the sides. The wreath, hearts, stars and berries are coated with glossy accents and then sprinkled with dazzling diamonds for some extra sparkle.
Well, it's back to bed for me. Hope you have a fabulously creative start to your week!
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Stamps: Holiday Greetings, No Matter What (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Yours Truly (Pebbles), basic gray, smoky slate (SU!), white
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OTTAWA — Former NHL enforcer Dave "Tiger" Williams is facing several charges, including sexual assault, after incidents on a Canadian Forces aircraft.
The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office says the alleged victim reported the incidents in December while Williams was taking part in a morale trip to Latvia.
A spokesman for the office, Lieutenant (Navy) Blake Patterson, says Williams was charged Wednesday with two counts of sexual assault and assault under the Criminal Code and was arrested by military police on Friday.
Williams was released from custody on a promise to appear in court.
A hearing date has not yet been set.
While the military laid the charges, the case will go to civilian court in Ottawa, where the flight originated.
"The accused was a passenger on the flight as part of the sanctioned morale visit to deployed Canadian Armed Forces personnel," Patterson said.
The victim, who is not being identified, reported the assault during the flight, he added.
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service said it is treating the accusations seriously.
"In all cases, no matter who the accused is, we strive to restore the dignity of victims by fully investigating their complaints, gathering evidence, reconstructing events, and if warranted, laying appropriate charges," the services commanding officer, Lt.-Col. Kevin Cadman, said in a statement.
Williams played in the NHL from 1974 to 1988 on five different teams, including the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version incorrectly stated that Williams played from 1974 to 1978.
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Once You Go Mac, Do You Ever Go Back?
If you use an Apple computer with Mac OS X you are probably very happy with the experience. However, there is no arguing the fact that OS X's developer community is much smaller than that of Windows. This is an unfortunate result of the Mac operating system's smaller market share. The Mac operating system also isn't great for gaming because it can only support Open GL for rendering, and most games were coded primarily for DirectX.
Because of these issues you may occasionally think about running Windows programs with your Mac. Well, I have good news – it is completely possible. In this article we're going to take a look at several methods of running Windows programs with a Mac.
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Find Mac Versions of Windows Software
Although Mac OS X has no where near the market share of Windows, it still has a large user base. It also has a lot of credibility in the eyes of developers and tech-savvy enthusiasts. Before you assume that running your Windows program with a Mac is impossible, check to make sure that a Mac version isn't available. There are a surprising number of programs – including many made by Microsoft – which work with both Windows and OS X. Some of these programs include:
- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
- OpenOffice 3 for Mac
- Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer for Mac
These are just a few examples. There are many, many other programs which will run on both a Mac and Windows computer. Be sure to check the website of the company or organization that developed your favorite program. They might have a Mac version you don't know about.
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Boot Camp
Even Apple knows that there are certain benefits to running Windows and that Apple users might sometimes need to use Microsoft's operating system. Because of this they have included a feature in OS X called Boot Camp. Boot Camp makes it easy to install Windows on a Mac computer.
To use Boot Camp you need to start the Boot Camp Assistant, which is located in the utilities folder of OS X. The purpose of the Boot Camp Assistant is the creation of a drive partition on which Windows can be installed. You can set the size of the partition to whatever your like (within the limits of your hard drive's capacity, of course). Ideally, the partition should be as small as possible while still being large enough to handle any program you install on it. If you just need to run a few light utilities in Windows you can get by with a 20GB Partition. If you want to run Windows games you'll need a lot more space.
Once you have created your Boot Camp partition, you can restart your Mac computer and begin to the Windows installation process. Things from here do get a slight bit technical, so please read our dedicated Boot Camp Installation Guide.
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While installing Windows with Boot Camp is a great way to ensure that your Windows programs will run without issue, it does have problems. The biggest problem is the simply fact that, in order to use it, you have to go through the process of installing Windows and then booting into Windows. Shutting down OS X and booting into Windows can take a minute or two. This pause is inconvenient, and if you are in a situation where you need to run a Windows program and a Mac program side-by-side it simply won't do.
In this case your only option, should you want to run Windows on a Mac or Macbook Pro, is to install virtualization software. Virtualization is a technique that allows a computer running certain hardware and software to simulate the operating environment of one or more computers. Because you want to run Windows on a Macbook Pro or Mac, and you don't want to have to deal with any delays, you'll need to find virtualization software.
There are several programs made for the Mac which do exactly this. For more information, and a detailed guide on how to use them, check out our guide to running a virtual Windows machine on a Mac.
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Using Windows on a Mac
These are all of the techniques for running Windows on a Macbook Pro / Mac. You might be wondering, now that we've gone over the options, which is the best.
Obviously you should try and use the Mac versions of a program if they are available. Most companies which support a Mac version of their software provide a very complete program. The biggest obstacle for using Windows on a Macbook Pro or Mac is still gaming. There are many popular games which can be used on a Mac, but they often don't run as well as on Windows.
If you can't find a Mac version your choices are Boot Camp or virtualization. The first major difference is cost. Boot Camp is free (except for the cost of Windows if you don't already own it). The virtualization software you can buy is not.
The second major difference is the convenience. Boot Camp is not as convenient as virtualization. However, with that said, Windows running in a virtual environment will not perform as well as a copy of Windows installed on a Boot Camp partition.


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Well yesterday EqD posted about some Barnes & Noble Pony Nook books, Nook is their own person "in house" book reader which I cannot say how popular it is compared to Amazon's Kindle (I'm guessing like Zunes vs iPods). Since we have never really posted about what Barnes & Nobles has to offer when it comes to pony, I went through their site and picked out everyone G4 related (there is a ton of pre-G4 merch too). Most of the products are for the Nook, though I see a few items that are physical books made by Reader's Digest.
Definitely merchandise I'd flag as for parents and their kids, because yes there are plenty of people in this fandom who have kids. Someone mentioned a mother and child at EFNW, the mother dressed as I think Rarity (or Twilight) while the kid was dressed as Spike.
Several of the items are from Ruckus Media, the reading app we posted about back in the Spring. I'll also note that Nook is available as an app for iPads (and I'm sure all other iOS Apple devices, but double check). This collection after the page break includes older items from Season 1. Enjoy.
|Kids will not only enjoy this sweet story starring Rarity, the most beautiful unicorn in Ponyville, but they'll also be able to build Rarity's Carousel Boutique with the included punch-out pieces. And the fun continues as kids make up their own stories or put on a fashion show with the three included press-out ponies, a pony mannequin, and 6 press-out outfits with accessories. A pocket on the back cover stores all your press out pieces.
|Physical Book, (Pre-Order, Available 3/5/13)
|$9.69 by Reader's Digest
|Every pony has a cutie mark, but did you ever wonder how they got them? Kids will love this story that reveals how and when each pony received her special symbol. Read the story and then recreate the symbols "stamping" throughout the pages and on special Pony scenes. Readers can make up their own original stories as well, great for imaginative play.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$4.99, Illustrations by Ruth Koppel, Narrated by Tara Sands
|Friendship is Magic! Things That Go Bump in the Night is about a spooky suspense-filled camping trip. When Twilight Sparkle guides her friends up the mountain to the campsite, they discover that something mysterious is afoot! Will the ponies uncover the source of the mysterious sounds haunting the campsite?
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99, by Ruckus Media Group
|There's a wedding in Canterlot and you're invited! Shining Armor is about to marry Celestia's niece, Mi Amore Cadenza, known throughout the kingdom as Cadance, and everyone is eagerly looking forward to the big day.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$0.99 – Illustrated by Jill Goldowsky, Narrated by Tara Sands
|Twilight Sparkle receives two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala and must pick one friend to go with her. All the ponies want to go, so Princess Celestia sends Twilight enough tickets for them all to attend.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 – by Cari Meister & Denise Knuff
|Every pony has a cutie mark, but did you ever wonder how they got them? Kids will love this episode-based story that reveals how and when each pony received her special symbol. They can read the story and then recreate it with the stickers and four playscenes. Or they can make up their own original stories; Great for imaginative play.
|Physical Book
|$7.19 by Reader's Digest
|Applejack tires herself out trying to harvest all the apples at Sweet Apple Acres by herself. Her friends offer their help and eventually she accepts.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 by Heather Au, Denise Knuff
|The three Cutie Mark Crusaders (AppleBloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo) try their hooves at different skills in an attempt to earn their cutie marks.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 by Brad Carrabine, Denise Knuff
|Friendship is Magic! Join Twilight Sparkle, Spike the Dragon, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and other Ponyville friends in a magical journey to learn about the history of Equestria, the Kingdom of Princess Celestia. The journey leads to an exciting finale–the Grand Galloping Gala!
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 by Ruckus Media Group
|The ponies enter a competition in Canterlot together and help each other through all the hiccups they encounter along the way. They do not win, but they are thankful for their friendship.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$4.99 by Heather Au, Denise Knuff
|Pinkie Pie suspects that her friends are avoiding her because they don't want to be her friend anymore. It turns out that they were avoiding her so they could plan her surprise birthday party.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 by Brian Bacin, Denise Knuff
|Friendship is Magic! Rarity decides to put on a fashion show with all of her best friends as the models. But she soon finds making their dresses difficult when they keep asking her to change them. In the end, she learns a valuable lesson about the importance of helping others.
|Nook Color, Tablet & Nook for iPad
|$3.99 by Ruckus Media Group


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Who is Candice Swanepoel? That's a question everyone has been asking since a hot new photo of her appeared on Instagram the second week of Jan. in 2013. TMZ spotted the fabulous swimsuit model's racy bikini pic and ran a thank-you story about her sharing it. On Jan. 14, Elle magazine reported Swanepoel was wholeheartedly endorsing the new VS beachwear. But by the time her new Victoria's Secret Swim Collection photos hit the stores for unveiling in the wee morning hours of Jan. 15, 2013, her name had already been associated in the news the preceding week for endorsing another swimwear company — something that could be seen as problematic for the model's contract-holding company.
According to Elle, Swanepoel loves modeling for VS and really likes this new season's product. "Swanepoel told us… the Very Sexy Bandeau has… won her over." The model told the fashion magazine publishers, "[It's] so sexy and comfortable, [and] it is inspired by old Hollywood glamour, which I love. Plus, it comes with a removable halter strap, so it's perfect for all activities at the beach!"
But no one is really talking about the famous company's new clothing line this week. Instead, press seems to be focused almost exclusively on Swanepoel herself and her endorsement of another bikini made by a mom-and-pop rival company.
Gather Celebs reports:
[TMZ] shared, "[The Victoria's Secret Model graciously] posted the photo on her [Instagram] account… modeling a brand new bikini she got sent in the mail by a company called Frankies Bikinis."
According to the source, Candice wrote, "Thank you @frankiesbikinis for the Gift!" But their male staff member seemed even more appreciative than her. They added the silly message, "Yes, thank you Frankies. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
To that end, Swanepoel may find herself out of favor participating in future marketing campaigns for the larger company. Her bum might be famous now, but her future modeling contracts could theoretically be in jeopardy.
After all, at a time like the new launch of a product line — in her case marketing Victoria's Secret new bandeau bikini style for the 2013 swimwear season — should the celeb have erred on the side of caution and sent a simple thank you note to Frankie's? Would it have been a smarter career move to have followed them on Twitter to give them a free bump of press promotion (rather than making a big deal about how much she liked their take on a classic bikini)?
It will be interesting to see if the star celeb has any legal problems arise with regard to her contractual obligations to be one of the faces of Victoria's Secret with regard to exclusivity. As a company they keep people's attention by branding the look of their famous models in their magazine sales flyers and have their "Angels" (like Swanepoel) pose in groups for charity benefits like last year when they all donned Lycra and cycled to raise money for a non-profit organization.
While it is unlikely that Swanepoel could ever get in trouble modeling street wear clothing or haute couture for another company, marketing another company's swimsuits just a week before a new product hits American stores nationally might not have been too PC. The South African model has also worked for top fashion design house Tom Ford concurrently while endorsing the underwear company so there might not be any contractual issue arise — but it certainly is a situation that should be discussed with models in the future who are hired by either company.


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Ghosts and goblins glow in Leesburg
Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:55:18 GMT —
Leesburg police want you and your little ones to be safe this Halloween.
They were out in the Indian Oaks subdivision keeping an eye on those out trick-or-treating and handing out glow sticks for kids to wear.
"We got a lot of kids running in the streets, halloween night, they're dressed in costume, some of them wearing masks. We want the drivers to be able to see the kids," says Lt. James Vick with the Leesburg Police Department.
They were also handing out candy and fruit juice.


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James I Facts
James I (1566-1625) reigned as king of England from 1603 to 1625. As James VI, he was king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625.
The son of Mary Stuart, reigning queen of Scotland, and (presumably) her husband, Lord Darnley, James I was born in Edinburgh Castle on June 19, 1566. His mother's subsequent indiscretions forced her to renounce her title in her son's favor in 1567.
The infant king was placed in the trust of the Earl of Mar, a zealous Protestant, who was a firm believer in the value of education and discipline. The King's tutors, George Buchanan and Peter Young, were stern taskmasters, but James proved an apt pupil. By the age of 8 he was fluent in French, Latin, and reasonably conversant in English. But he received no instruction in the "courtly arts." James's sense of humor never outgrew the primitive, his language was coarse and vulgar, and his manner was most distinctly unregal.
In 1571 the regent, Lennox (James's paternal grandfather), was killed by the Marians, and he was then succeeded by the harsh Earl of Morton. In 1578 James was kidnaped by two of the Marians, Atholl and Argyle, only to be rescued within the month.
The two Catholic superpowers, France and Spain, both sought to influence developments in Scotland. From France came James's cousin, the corrupt Esmé Stuart, ostensibly to win James to the side of the house of Guise and the Catholic faith. The young king was completely smitten by this adventurer, and he gave him lands, income, and the title of Earl and then Duke of Lennox.
The new duke soon encompassed the downfall and execution of the regent, Morton. His influence over the King seemed paramount, and James's Protestant subjects vented their fears for the King's moral and religious state. In fact, the influence of Lennox and his equally corrupt accomplices seems to have been greatest in the field of politics—James completely turned from the basically democratic ideas espoused by his early tutors and began to think in terms of absolute monarchy.
In 1582 James was taken into custody at Ruthven Castle, and Lennox was driven from the country. Within a year the King had escaped from his new captors, but he succeeded merely in placing himself under the tutelage of Lennox's most aggressive companion, the Earl of Arran, who soon took over the actual running of the state.
Personal Rule
Egged on by Arran, James attacked the Presbyterian Church, and in 1584 he forced himself to be recognized as head of the Church. James's ambition to be king of England was matched by his need for English money; despite the attack on his favorite, Arran, the alliance with England was maintained. When his mother let herself be drawn into outright treason, James did little to prevent her execution in 1587.
James then turned his attention to dynastic (and romantic) matters, and he began his courtship of Anne of Denmark. The King, newly come of age, sailed after his bride, to the joy of his subjects. He married her in Norway, where severe weather had compelled her to remain. Six months later the royal couple returned to Scotland.
By 1592 the feuds between Lord Bothwell and the Catholic lords had reduced James to a virtual fugitive, pursued by one side and then the other. By 1593 Bothwell had made James his captive—to the praise of the Presbyterians and Elizabeth, who both feared the influence of the Catholic Earl of Huntly. Bothwell, however, had overplayed his hand—James talked his way to freedom, and with the aid of the middle classes he proceeded against the man who had not merely held him a prisoner but had also sought his life through witchcraft and the black arts.
Bothwell, now desperate, allied himself with Huntly, Errol, and Angus. The result was the destruction of the Catholic earls as well as Bothwell. By the end of 1594 the position of the monarchy seemed exceptionally secure.
James's sense of security was heightened by another event of 1594—the birth of a son and heir, Henry Frederick. Entrusted to the care of the Dowager Countess of Mar, the young prince symbolized James's coming of age.
During the next 4 years James continued to consolidate his position. His finances were restored by the efforts of the "Octavians," and when the Catholic earls returned to Scotland they seemed a much chastened lot. Their return led to an excess of emotion on the part of the most zealous of the Presbyterians, and this in turn allowed the King to proceed against them and to further advance the episcopal form of ecclesiastical polity. His ideas on church-state relations, on the attitude of subjects toward their king, and on the nature of divine right appeared in print in 1598 in The Trew Law of Free Monarchies. Within 2 years James had further refined his ideas in his most important work, Basilikon Doron (written for the edification of the young Henry).
King of England
James also accepted the advice offered by Robert Cecil, Elizabeth's most astute minister, to abandon his harebrained plots with Catholics and Protestants alike and to adopt a respectful and calm tone toward the aging queen. On Mar. 24, 1603, only 8 hours after Elizabeth's death, James was proclaimed king in London.
In a sense, the events of the first 2 years of James's reign in England serve to "set the stage" for the growing conflicts that marked the remainder of his 22 years on the throne. James had decisions to make in the areas of foreign policy, domestic religion, finance, and, in the broadest sense, in the field of governmental theory. In each of these areas, and in the matter of his northern kingdom and his royal favorites, he came into conflict with the English Parliament— especially with the House of Commons. James's great failure as an English king stemmed from his inability at first to perceive wherein the English assembly differed from the Scottish Parliament, and from his unwillingness to accept the differences when at last he became aware of them.
Especially in matters of secular domestic policies, James's first year on the English throne led to his asserting what he considered to be his "rightful" role in the government and in the constitution. Thus, in the first session of his first Parliament (1604), the King's speeches about his prerogative and the privileges that he had granted Parliament led that body to draft the "Apology of the Commons," in which the Commons equated their rights with those of all Englishmen. The Commons had suddenly assumed a new role. During James's first Parliament, which lasted until 1610, the opposition to him was sporadic and relatively uncoordinated. It tended to center on the figure of James's heir, Henry, who was given his own household at the age of 9.
Affairs of Church and State
The harsh treatment to which he had been subjected by some of his ministers of the Presbyterian Church as a youth, and the disruptive, highly antimonarchical bias of the Church, led James to support an episcopal church—a church that moreover acknowledged him as its head. Indeed, James's instincts seemed to incline him toward a very highly ritualized form of worship, and he seemed at first disposed to move toward a more lenient position regarding Roman Catholicism. Whatever his real feelings on this issue might have been, the discovery of a Catholic conspiracy led by Guy Fawkes to blow up the royal family—and Parliament as well—robbed him of any initiative in dealing with the Catholics as a group. He was forced to bow to the harsh measures adopted by Parliament; his subsequent efforts to relieve the disabilities imposed on Catholics only made Parliament suspect his motives.
Suspicion clouded James's relations with Parliament over several other issues as well. His attempts to unite England and Scotland as one kingdom were thwarted; his meddling in the dealings of his common-law courts led him to quarrel with his own chief justice, Sir Edward Coke, and to espouse a more extreme view of his own prerogative; his arbitrary raising of customs duties further outraged the Commons; finally, his untoward fondness for a succession of worthless favorites (Scottish and English alike) annoyed Parliament, irked Prince Henry, and irritated Queen Anne.
Always impecunious, and without a trace of thrift, James maintained finances that were a source of embarrassment and of weakness. By 1610, amidst mutual recriminations and with the financial crisis unabated, James's first Parliament came to an end.
With Parliament in abeyance, government rested in the hands of James's favorite of the moment, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and Carr's pro-Spanish in-laws, the Howards. Carr's implication in a scandalous murder trial, the death of Henry Howard, leader of the Spanish faction, and the emergence of a new favorite, George Villiers, seemed to under-cut the Spanish party, but this eclipse was only temporary; the more the King seemed to incline toward Spain, the more he alienated his more substantial subjects. This mutual mistrust found expression in the "Addled Parliament" of 1614. For 2 months neither Commons nor King would concede a point to the other, and finally, despite his growing need for money, James dissolved his unruly legislature.
In his desperation, James now turned for help to Don Diego Sarmiento, the Spanish ambassador. His poverty really afforded him no choice, but his subjects saw this as further proof of duplicity. James began to consider a Spanish bride for Prince Charles, who had succeeded his late brother as Prince of Wales—a most unpopular project, but one which endured for more than a decade. Sarmiento encouraged the King but demanded substantial concessions that would have been impossible for James to meet.
Thirty Years War
The year 1616 saw the new favorite, Villiers (raised to the peerage as Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, and finally, Duke of Buckingham), secure his position at court and become the focus of royal government. By 1618 he had destroyed the Howard family, and his power seemed to be complete. Buckingham's rise and his arrogance led to a quarrel with Prince Charles. James reconciled the two young men, and they soon became the best of friends.
By 1618, too, James's health was failing. He was badly crippled by gout and by attacks of kidney stones, and he clearly was no longer as alert mentally as he had been. It was precisely at this unfortunate moment that he was called upon to meet the greatest challenge of his reign: the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.
James's potential reasons for action were immediate, urgent, personal, and obvious—the conflict revolved around his son-in-law, daughter, and grandchildren. On a broader level, the very existence of the reformed faith was in danger. Despite the virtually unanimous urging of his subjects, favorite, and son for an aggressive foreign policy, James vacillated, hesitated, and ultimately to his disgrace appeared to abandon his own family and to attempt an alliance with their enemies. That James sought to use Spanish friendship to aid his son-in-law's cause was neither apparent nor sensible to his subjects. When, in 1620, Spain invaded the Palatinate itself, even James was roused to anger.
Royal anger, to be effective, needed money, and money could only come from a Parliament. Reluctantly, against the advice of Buckingham (who had become pro-Spanish), James summoned Parliament in 1621. At first, despite James's habitual sermonizing to the Commons, things seemed to go well. Money was voted, and while the King refused to allow Parliament to discuss matters of foreign policy, he made no overt move to keep them from overhauling domestic affairs. By the end of the first session, Commons and King were closer together than they had been for years.
Spanish blandishments dissipated this goodwill, and when, during November and December 1620, the Commons refused to vote supplies blindly but insisted on presenting their views on foreign policy, the King was furious. He denied virtually all of Parliament's privileges, and when the Commons responded with a mild protestation, he dissolved Parliament.
Final Years and Death
The gulf between James and his subjects, indeed between the Crown and the nation, was now total. Morally as well as financially, James was bankrupt. He was also wholly dependent upon the goodwill of Spain, or so he thought.
As James grew senile, he lost control not only over his country but over his son and his favorite as well. Charles and Buckingham exposed themselves, their King, and their country to ridicule by their hasty and futile pursuit of the Spanish Infanta.
James's last Parliament was no more peaceful than his first had been. Again King and Commons clashed over prerogative and privilege, but now the Commons was joined by the Lords, and the King's harsh strictures were explained away by his own chief minister and his heir. In the end, the King, and not Parliament, gave way, and England's long flirtation with Spain was at an end.
James's end came soon after; always in poor health, he died on March 27, 1625. He left behind an empty treasury, a malcontented Parliament, and a son who would succeed him peaceably—for a while.
Further Reading on James I
The best modern biography of James is David Harris Willson, King James VI and I (1956), which provides a lucid and balanced picture of the age as well as an insightful study of the King. David Mathew, James I (1967), is episodic and far less satisfactory. James's early life is recounted in Caroline Bingham, The Making of a King: The Early Years of James VI and I (1968). Other biographical works include Thomas Finlayson Henderson, James I and VI (1904), and William Lloyd McElwee, The Wisest Fool in Christendom: The Reign of King James I and VI (1958). James figures prominently in Godfrey Davies, The Early Stuarts (1937; corrected repr. 1952), and G. P. V. Akrigg, Jacobean Pageant (1962). Documents dealing with James's view of the monarchy and with his clashes with the courts and Parliament are in J. P. Kenyon, The Stuart Constitution, 1603-1688: Documents and Commentary (1966). Wallace Notestein, The English People on the Eve of Colonization (1954), is a readable and scholarly study of the period.
Additional Biography Sources
Bergeron, David Moore, Royal family, royal lovers: King James of England and Scotland, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1991.
Bingham, Caroline, James I of England, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981.
Durston, Christopher, James I, London; New York: Routledge, 1993.
Finsten, Jill, Isaac Oliver, art at the courts of Elizabeth I and James I, New York: Garland Pub., 1981.
Fraser, Antonia, King James, VI of Scotland, I of England, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994.
Houston, S. J., James I, London; New York: Longman, 1995.
Lee, Maurice, Great Britain's Solomon: James VI and I in his three kingdoms, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
McElwee, William Lloyd, The wisest fool in Christendom; the reign of King James I and V, Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press 1974, 1958.
James I (1394-1437) was king of Scotland from 1406 to 1437. Although he was an English captive for more than half his years as king, his reign was one of the most vigorous in medieval Scottish history.
When James I was born, his father, Robert III, already rather elderly and feeble, had been reigning for 4 years but was strongly under the influence of his brother, the Earl of Fife (later Duke of Albany). James's life falls into three convenient periods: his boyhood in Scotland during the troubled reign of Robert III, the years of his captivity, and his personal rule. The young James was not brought up as heir apparent, for he had an older brother, David, Duke of Rothesay. But Rothesay, whose scandalous living had brought him many enemies, was bested in a power struggle with his uncle Albany and died shortly (and mysteriously) after being imprisoned in 1402. This thrust James into the midst of the factiousness and intrigue that characterize this period of ambitious nobles and weak monarchs in Scottish history.
English Captivity
In 1406 King Robert sent James to Scotland's ally the king of France, probably so that the boy would be out of Albany's reach; but the ship was intercepted off the English coast, and James soon found himself a prisoner of the king of England, Henry IV. The news of the prince's capture is said to have caused the death of Robert III within a few weeks, and Albany, as regent for the new prisoner-king, was in no hurry to arrange for the release of his nephew. In fact, James spent over 18 years in captivity in comfortable conditions and everywhere recognized as king of Scotland, but a prisoner nonetheless. During these years James was moved about frequently, from the Tower of London to Windsor and elsewhere in England. Henry V took him to the siege of Melun in France in 1420 (in the hope, unsuccessful, that James's presence would detach some Scottish mercenary captains from the French army).
The unexpected death of Henry V and the troubled minority situation that ensued in the English government gave James an opportunity to intensify the negotiations for his release, which had became a real possibility in Scotland since the death of Albany in 1420. James was finally released in 1424, following a treaty that provided for a large ransom, suspension of Scottish military aid to France, and an English wife for James (Joan Beaufort, daughter of the Earl of Somerset and great-granddaughter of Edward III).
His Reign
After being solemnly crowned at Scone in May 1424, James initiated vigorous steps to try to tighten up the government of the country and to strengthen the monarchy. Strongly worded acts of Parliament provided for more stringent enforcement of law and maintenance of order, and a strong effort was made to restore the royal finances. At the same time, many important government offices were taken away from the great nobility and given to men James could trust. Apparently these measures aroused opposition, for several of the leading nobles were executed in 1425. Another means of controlling the nobility was by sending certain of their numbers to England to serve as the required hostages until the King's ransom was wholly paid (which it never was).
James's assertion of the powers of the central government was generally popular with other elements of the kingdom, if not with the nobility; and his reign is noteworthy for advances in the structure of Parliament and for reform in the law courts. His efforts both to concentrate governmental powers in the royal courts and to improve the financial position of the throne led also to laws limiting clerical appeals to the papacy and restricting payments from the Scottish Church to the papacy.
Despite James's marriage to an English noblewoman and the promise to suspend aid to France, the King's foreign policy remained basically pro-French and anti-English, especially in the latter years of the reign. In 1428 an engagement had been arranged between James's 2-year-old daughter Margaret and the 5-year-old dauphin Louis (the future Louis XI), son of Charles VII of France. The marriage took place in 1436, and in the same year war was resumed with England.
Though the last years of James's reign are somewhat obscure, it is clear that his efforts to secure effective royal government aroused bitter hostility among some of the nobility (a feeling highly aggravated by James's acquisitiveness in seizing the lands of inimical nobles). A conspiracy was formed to put the Earl of Atholl (the surviving son of Robert II's second marriage) on the throne, and James was murdered by Sir Robert Graham and others on Feb. 20, 1437. The conspirators' hopes were not fulfilled; they were hunted down and executed, and the crown passed to James II, the 6-year-old son of James I and Queen Joan.
James remains a notable Scottish hero, renowned alike for his efforts at good government and for the romantic aspects of his life. He is almost certainly the author of the King's Quair (that is, the King's Book), celebrating his love for Joan (or Jane) Beaufort in some 200 Chaucerian stanzas. The ascription of three other poems to him is dubious. He was fond of good living (some of his ransom money was diverted to buy jewels for the royal person) and was described by Aeneas Sylvius (the future Pope Pius II) as Quadratus, or foursquare.
Further Reading on James I
The standard life of James is E. W. M. Balfour-Melville, James I: King of Scots, 1406-1437 (1936). Historical background for the period is in William Croft Dickinson, A New History of Scotland, vol. 1 (1961; 2d rev. ed. 1965).
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