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My friend's father used to tell us, "You can fix anything if you have the right tool." Needless to say, my friend's father had an amazing shop.
There is a lot of value to having a wide variety of tools on hand, and that principle applies to running shoes too. We are fortunate because the range of running shoe "tools" is so diverse. There isn't just something for many; there's a lot for all. If you can swing the expense, choose several types of shoes to diversify your training for all types of weather, surfaces and speeds.
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By CNN's Bryan Koenig
(CNN) — Joining other Republican-controlled states like Texas and Ohio in legislative efforts to restrict abortion, the North Carolina state Senate Tuesday amended a bill originally focused on preventing foreign laws from playing any role in state legal proceedings to include a number of restrictions on abortion.
Amended and tentatively passed by the state Senate in one day in a 27-14 vote without any support from state Democrats, the bill would limit insurance coverage for abortions, require doctors to be present for the entire procedure, make gender-selective abortions illegal and require abortion clinics to meet the same licensing standards as surgical centers. It's due for final approval by the state Senate Wednesday.
The licensing requirement in particular has become a popular tactic among anti-abortion advocates, which they argue ensures the safety of the procedure. Opponents argue it is an onerous requirement aimed solely at forcing abortion clinics to close.
Planned Parenthood's North Carolina branch is calling the amended bill a "sneak attack" on abortion rights and has vowed to fight the legislation, with supporters rallying in the state general assembly Wednesday morning.
The bill was first introduced in early April and was aimed solely at keeping foreign laws, which would include Islamic Sharia law, out of state legal proceedings such as divorce and child custody.
NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina said in a statement that the abortion amendment was passed without warning or public notice, arguing that it was meant to fly in under the radar. "In the final minutes of marking up an unrelated piece of legislation, the Senate Judiciary committee swiftly tacked on every anti-choice piece of legislation introduced since January," said Executive Director Suzanne Buckley.
Opponents of the North Carolina bill have expressed an awareness of larger fights over abortion, with references in particular to the filibuster and temporary disruption of a Texas abortion bill last week. In a Facebook post Wednesday morning, the Planned Parenthood Health Systems Action Fund cautions North Carolina protesters: "FYI: As opposed to Texas, anyone who is disruptive in the Senate gallery will be arrested."
Some protesters have even said they're "wearing their Wendy Davis shoes," in reference to the Texas state senator who staged a 13-hour filibuster last week that was buoyed by disruptive protesters who crowded into the state capitol.
As the debate rages in North Carolina and Texas, Ohio has already managed to pass controversial abortion restrictions in its state budget. Signed into law Sunday by Republican Gov. John Kasich, the budget requires ultrasounds for anyone seeking an abortion and limits the ability of abortion patients to transfer to public hospitals.
A CNN affiliate in North Carolina, WNCN, contacted a spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory Tuesday night, she had no comment. McCrory said in his campaign last fall that he wasn't interested in pursuing further abortion restrictions.
The bill was shepherded by Sen. Warren Daniel, who referred to the "house of horrors" of the Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of murdering live babies in defending the legislation. "This bill is about safety," the Republican said during the floor debate, according to WNCN. "If we require regulations that are burdensome on orthopedic (offices) and they can compete in the marketplace, than … abortion providers can, too."
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony List, applauded the legislation, specifically referencing the Philadelphia case. "Numberous states have rightfully taken steps to increase the health and safety standards of their own abortion facilities in an effort to protect women," she said in a statement. "North Carolina legislators, like those in Texas and elsewhere across the country, are acting on the will of the pro-life grassroots in advancing this much-needed, common ground legislation."
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OAKLAND -- Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced an agreement to upgrade the quarter-century-old wind turbines in Altamont Pass to make them more efficient and less deadly to migratory birds.
"This landmark settlement mandates the replacement of outmoded wind turbines with newer models that are more efficient, generate more power and are less harmful to eagles, falcons and other birds," Brown said.
The Altamont Pass Wind Resources Area in Alameda and Contra Costa counties is the site of the world's first wind turbines. These units, constructed more than three decades ago, are now outdated, inefficient and deadly to thousands of birds each year.
Today's settlement is between environmental groups, the state, and NextEra Energy Resources, the largest turbine operator at the site. Under the agreement, NextEra will upgrade all its older-model turbines. Scientific data shows that newer, larger turbines are more efficient and kill far fewer birds.
A 2004 study commissioned by the California Energy Commission found that the 5,400 older turbines operating at Altamont Pass killed an estimated 1,766 to 4,271 birds annually, including between 881 and 1330 raptors such as golden eagles -- which are protected under federal law -- hawks, falcons and owls. The bird fatalities at Altamont Pass -- an important raptor breeding area that lies on a major migratory route -- are greater than on any other wind farm in the country.
In September 2005, Alameda County renewed permits for the turbines, but several Audubon Society chapters and Californians for Renewable Energy (CARE), a local environmental group, challenged the permits in a lawsuit under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
After a settlement failed to substantially reduce the large number of bird fatalities, Brown stepped in and brokered today's agreement.
Under the agreement, NextEra will replace some 2,400 turbines over the next four years and will shut down all its existing turbines no later than 2015. The company also has agreed to erect the new turbines in environmentally friendly locations.
NextEra agreed to pay $2.5 million in mitigation fees, half to the state Energy Commission's Public Integrated Energy Research Program and half to East Bay Regional Park District and the Livermore Area Regional Park District for raptor habitat creation.
A copy of the agreement is attached.


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ca.news.yahoo.com PARIS - A French mountain climber stumbled upon a case of dozens of cut jewels, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — believed to be debris from one of two Air India crashes decades ago, police said. Police commander Sylvain Merly of France's Savoie region said the experienced Mont Blanc climber, who asked to stay anonymous, found the box marked "Made in India" while scaling one of the peak's glaciers and turned it in on Sept. 9. Authorities hope to find someone connected with its owner, who is presumed to have been a passenger on one of the two jets that crashed in 1950 or 1966. Merly said Thursday the metal box, slightly smaller than a shoe box, was filled with small bags of loose jewels, mostly emeralds and sapphires. Merly said debris from the Air India crashes regularly rises to the surface on Mont Blanc. "Things come up from the glaciers," Merly said. "They're always moving." Merly said the climber's decision to turn over the box immediately "means that there are still honest people." "He could have kept them but he chose to turn them in because he knew they belonged to someone who probably perished," Merly said. It wasn't immediately clear what would happen to the jewels if nobody claimed them.
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In spite of lighthearted suggestions by Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson that their differences be settled as gamers, the battle between developer Mojang and The Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda is headed to the courtroom.
Last month lawyers for Bethesda Softworks sent a lengthy letter to developer Mojang, claiming that the Minecraft studio's upcoming card-based strategy game, Scrolls, was too close for comfort to Bethesda's flagship franchise, The Elder Scrolls. With The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim right around the corner, Bethesda requested that Notch and company rename Scrolls to avoid any potential confusion.
We didn't take the request too seriously. Judging by Notch's suggestion the case be settled with a Quake match, neither did he.
Earlier this morning, however, Notch tweeted that the case was going to court. So yes, things are serious now. So serious that Notch briefly tweeted a Washington Post from 1992 involving Bethesda parent company ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman being indicted on felony charges in New York, before removing the angry tweet and apologizing.
I wish Notch and crew the best of luck. I believe there's room in the world for two Scrolls games. As Minecraft's daddy himself has pointed out, this is a world where Bethesda's Rage can coexist with the classic beat-em up Streets of Rage, so anything is possible.
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Hola amigos. What's shakin'? I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but the waters are not always smooth in Lake Anchower. The brakes on my Festiva were starting to whine and grind, which really pissed me off. If it's not one thing, it's another with that car. I was gonna sell it and let someone else have the headache of fixing the brakes, but then gas went up to $3 a gallon, and my Festiva gets like 35 miles to the gallon. These gas prices can suck my ass. I remember when it used to cost $12 to fill up my car.
So, I had them fix the brakes, and I spent a day giving her a tune-up myself. Changed the plugs, the wires, filters—everything. I even wiped off all the crap on the engine. I hate getting started on that stuff, but once I'm up to my elbows in oil, nothing feels better. Now it's in great shape, which is more than I could say for me.
You may think that my life is pretty sweet, and who could blame you? Usually, Jim Anchower drives where he wants, drinks what he wants, tokes when he wants, and doesn't take much shit from anyone unless he absolutely has to. But lately, things have changed in a big way.
My summer was packed full of hanging out, keeping Ron from accidentally burning his place down, and getting together with Wes, which has been hard to do since he moved. Anyway, a few days ago, there was a knock on the door while I was trying to find my keys so I could make a beer run. I opened the door, and this woman was standing there.
Now, I had no idea who she was. All I knew was that I had five minutes to get to the liquor store before it closed, and someone I don't know is in my way. Plus, I might have forgotten to pay some bill she was there to collect, in which case I wouldn't have beer money anymore, so I told her this is a bad time and tried to get past her. That's when I noticed she was carrying a 12-pack of Miller Genuine Draft. If she's a bill collector, she knows how to get my attention.
She told me that she was sorry for throwing up on my floor. Then I remembered who she was. She was one of those chicks Ron and his friend Rob brought over to my place to watch Dude, Where's My Car? a couple months back. They were all pretty wasted, and this girl, Debbie, puked all over my floor. It was disgusting. It was all I could do to throw a shopping circular or two over it and wait for it to dry.
I told her it was cool, but I still have to get to the store. She told me that the MGD was for me, and she had another 12-pack in her car. For the first time, I took a good look at her. She's not Pamela Anderson hot or anything, but she's all right to look at. So I invite her in.
So this chick, who I barely know, walks past me and starts making herself at home. She put the 12-pack in the fridge, right on top of the pizza from two days ago. She grabs herself a beer, don't even offer me one, then sits down on my couch and turns on the TV. In my book, that's a hell of a way to say you're sorry, but I let it slide since she brought beer.
We were talking some and watching whatever was on. She seemed cool enough. She was able to keep up with me, beer for beer. I wasn't really paying much attention to the TV. I had a girl on my couch that was probably good to go, if I could figure out how to get the engine running.
I couldn't even remember the last time I dipped the wick, so I was thinking about what I did last time that worked, only I didn't get a chance to make a move. Before I could even come up with something, she was all over me.
Now, I don't want you making any judgments on me. I did what any man would do in my position: bumped uglies. I ain't going to tell you any more details than that. All I'll say is, she sure as hell wasn't puking that night. I mean, she got up to use the bathroom once or twice, but I don't think she puked or anything.
The next morning, I woke up thinking she was gone. I don't like a lot of snuggle bunny shit, so I was glad I had some space to get my head together, which was hard because I was pretty hung over. I went to the kitchen, and there was Debbie going through my cupboards. I asked her what the hell she was doing, and she told me that she was looking for coffee. I told her that I don't have any.
That would be enough for most anyone, but not her. She just kept rummaging through my shit without answering me, as if she didn't believe me. I told her that there was a gas station two blocks away and maybe she could just pop down there and pick some up. That seemed reasonable to me, but not to her. She turned and looked at me like she was going to rip my head off, and said that if I was a man, I'd get my ass down to that gas station and pick her up the biggest coffee they had with cream and sugar.
I didn't even know what to say. I believe in being a gentleman and all, but I don't usually have someone yelling at me first thing in the morning. I was about to say that when she reached in the cupboard and threw a pot at me. That was all the encouragement I needed. I went down to the gas station and got two coffees, one for me and one for her.
I got back and she was sitting on the couch flipping channels. She hung out for a while and watched TV, finally leaving at 2:30. But before she left, she said if I had plans that night, I better change 'em, 'cause we were going to a movie.
Seriously, I like getting some trim, but I'm not too big on having to look after someone else. See, I like to play it by my rules. No compromises, no remorse. I don't need no one to tell me when to be home and what we're doing this weekend. She drops by unannounced with beer once or twice a week, then expects me to drop everything so we can get busy? Hell, I'm not a machine.
Jim Anchower has to have some space. I can't have Debbie telling me where to go and what to do. I figure I can only take another month or so of this before I let her go. Don't worry, I'll let her down easy. I'm king of the breakup. I just need to get some weed in the system first so I can get myself in the zone.
Jim Anchower joined The Onion's editorial writing staff in 1993 after several distinguished years on The Come Back Inn dishwashing staff. He comments on community-affairs, automotive, and employment issues. He attended LaFollette High School in Madison, WI.


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MOSCOW — North America will host the 2026 World Cup after FIFA voters overwhelmingly opted Wednesday for the financial and logistical certainty of a United States-led bid over a risky Moroccan proposal for the first 48-team tournament.
The soccer showpiece will return to the U.S. for the first time since 1994 after gaining 134 votes, while Morocco got 65 at the FIFA Congress in Moscow, where the 2018 tournaments starts on Thursday.
"Thank you for entrusting us with this privilege," U.S. Soccer Federation President Carlos Cordeiro told the congress. "The beautiful game transcends borders and cultures."
Denver could host some of the 60 games that will be played in the U.S. A final determination of 16 cities — three in Canada, three in Mexico and 10 in the U.S. — will be made by 2021.
Denver is one of 16 U.S. cities that are finalists to host games for the prestigious tournament.
President Donald Trump tweeted after the victory : "Congratulations, — a great deal of hard work!"
While Trump has been feuding with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over tariffs and policy after the G-7 meeting and with Mexican leaders about his proposed border wall, the heads of state are not heavily involved in the World Cup bid.
Even if Trump wins re-election, his presidency would end before the 2026 World Cup.
The vote by national football federations was public, in contrast to secrecy surrounding the 2010 vote when FIFA's elected board members picked Russia to host in 2018 and Qatar in 2022, defeating the U.S.
The regional bid proved more appealing this time and the North Americans even collected 11 votes from Africa.
"The United bid was strong and if it was just the United States, I think Morocco would have beaten them," said Cameroon federation official Kevin Njomo, whose country voted for Morocco.
"People have a soft spot for Mexico, especially looking at Mexico as a little bit under-developed and giving them a chance. Canada is a good tourist destination.
"But I think where it had the advantage was the World Cup would be more profitable in America and it is a capitalist world."
North America is optimistically promising to deliver $14 billion in revenue helped, while the tournament won't require major construction work required on the 16 planned stadiums, all of which already exist.
The U.S. proposed staging 60 out of the 80 games in 2026, when 16 teams will be added to the tournament, leaving Canada and Mexico with 10 fixtures each.
But FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested the split of games could change.
"They have made a decision among themselves but ultimately it will be up to FIFA to decide," Infantino said.
Morocco appeared too hazardous as a potential host when all 14 venues had to be built or renovated as part of a $16 billion investment in new infrastructure.
The vote leaves Morocco reeling from a fifth failure in a World Cup hosting vote, with the continent's sole tournament coming in 2010 in South Africa.
While Morocco's combined tickets and hospitality revenue projected to be $1.07 billion, according to FIFA analysis, North America would generate $2 billion more.
Canada will host men's World Cup matches for the first time, while Mexico gets its first taste of the event since 1986.
"To have a message coming from football that says actually Mexico, Canada and the United States together can organize the biggest sporting and social event together," Infantino said. "It is a nice message."
The 87,000-capacity MetLife Stadium outside New York is proposed for the final.
It's just miles from where federal prosecutors spearheaded an ongoing investigation into FIFA corruption. More than 40 soccer officials and businesses indicted, convicted or pleaded guilty.
The bribery scandal put the governing body on the brink, Infantino told the congress ahead of Wednesday's vote.
"FIFA was clinically dead as an organization," Infantino said, reflecting on his election in 2016 before announcing plans to another four-year term in 2019. "Two years later, FIFA is alive and well, full of joy and passion and with a vision for its future."
The North American victory suggests current FIFA leaders don't hold grudges against a country whose government has jailed corrupt sports leaders.
"When they help us fight against corruption, of course, we are pleased," Infantino said.
The North America bid also had to overcome concerns about the impact of policies from the Trump administration, including attempts to implement a ban on travel by residents of six majority-Muslim countries.
FIFA now has the final say on which cities are selected to host games and whether all three countries are guaranteed a place at the tournament.
Victor Montagliani, the Canadian who leads CONCACAF, wants them to take three of the seven guaranteed qualification slots reserved for the region as host. the United States and Canada failed to qualify for this year's World Cup.
There is also a chance to send an eighth team via an inter-continental playoff. North America will host the six-team playoff tournament in November 2025 to decide the last two places in the 48-team lineup.


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Pennsylvania High Court Rules It Is Too Late for Alleged Child Sexual Abuse Victim to Seek Damages
Pennsylvania's high court on Wednesday dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse, throwing out a lawsuit by a woman whose lower court legal victory had given hope to others with similarly outdated claims who sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of child molestation within the Catholic church in Pennsylvania.
The 5-2 decision ended plaintiff Renee Rice's legal effort to recover damages from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown for allegedly covering up and facilitating sexual abuse she said had been inflicted on her by a priest in the late 1970s.
Rice sued in 2016, but the court majority said that was too late under the Pennsylvania statute of limitations.
A Superior Court panel in 2019 had ruled there were enough facts to let a jury decide if Rice had been prevented from learning about the alleged cover-up of her abuse.
As a child, Rice had been brought in to clean the living space of her alleged attacker, Rev. Charles F. Bodziak, and was a church organist. Bodziak has denied the allegations.
The Supreme Court majority said the two-year statute of limitations began to run when Rice was last assaulted by Bodziak, purportedly in 1981, although it may have expired in 1987, when she turned 20. Rice did not pursue her claims until a 2016 grand jury report into abuse in the diocese.
"We need not resolve the issue as it is clear the statute of limitations expired decades ago," wrote Justice Christine Donohue for the majority.
Donohue said that whether "courthouse doors should be opened for suits based on underlying conduct that occurred long ago is an exercise in line drawing that includes difficult policy determinations" and that courts are "ill-equipped to make that call."
Rice's lawyer, Alan Perer, said the high court's decision ends his client's lawsuit.
"Once a child knows they've been assaulted by a priest, it puts them on notice that they should have suspected and investigated whether or not the diocese was aware of this priest conduct, concealed it, hid it from the parishioners, including the plaintiff," Perer said.
The diocese's lawyer, Eric Anderson, hailed the decision.
"They're going to apply the statute of limitations the way it should be applied in Pennsylvania," Anderson said.
"It's been the law, established law, for a long period of time. There's nothing unique or different about this case."
The lower court ruling on Rice's side had generated a slew of new cases filed within two years of a landmark August 2018 grand jury report that detailed the sordid history of hundreds of abusive priests across the state over seven decades.
Anderson and Perer both said those cases are probably not going to succeed, given the new decision.
"This is going to have a significant impact on the viability of those cases," Anderson said.
Victims' hopes to overcome the time limits on civil litigation now rest in the Pennsylvania Senate, where it remains to be seen if legislation similar to a bill that passed the House in April will move forward.
The proposal would allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators or institutions that did not prevent it when it happened years or decades ago.
A constitutional amendment to provide a two-year litigation window was badly fumbled by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration earlier this year, putting it years behind schedule.
Many childhood victims of sexual assault lost the right to sue in Pennsylvania when they turned 18 or were young adults, depending on state law at the time.
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they want to be identified, as Rice has indicated she does.
Rice alleges Bodziak abused her at St. Leo's Church in Altoona, including attacks in the choir loft, a car and a cemetery.
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HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, businessman, militia officer, jp, office holder, and judge; b. 3 July 1790 in Queenston (Ont.), son of Robert Hamilton* and Catherine Robertson, née Askin; m. 25 Jan. 1816 Hannah Owen Jarvis, daughter of William Jarvis*, in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada, and they had eight daughters and three sons; d. 19 Feb. 1839 in Queenston.
Alexander Hamilton attended school at Queenston and Niagara and was taken to Scotland in 1795 for further education. On his return, he worked for a short period in his father's business, but he had only a desultory exposure to it before Robert Hamilton's death in 1809. His father left the stock and facilities of his major enterprises of retailing, forwarding, and portaging around Niagara Falls to him and his brother George. As a result of changing economic circumstances in Upper Canada, these enterprises were already showing signs of decline at the time of Hamilton's death. Because of the brothers' inexperience and a complex will which virtually froze the assets of their father's estate until a stepbrother, John*, had reached the age of majority in 1823, George and Alexander quickly ran down the once highly successful business. In 1811 they further complicated their situation by renting, along with their uncle Charles Askin, saw- and grist-mills in Canboro Township from Benjamin Canby. The following year Alexander and Charles purchased the operation, agreeing to pay £22,000 for it. With the outbreak of war, Hamilton abandoned all attempts to revive his father's enterprises.
Hamilton saw extensive service in the War of 1812, particularly with small raiding and reconnoitring parties. He had become a captain under Major Thomas Merritt in the Niagara Light Dragoons on 1 May 1812 and later served under William Hamilton Merritt* in that unit and in the Provincial Light Dragoons. He was specifically mentioned by Major-General Roger Hale Sheaffe* in dispatches concerning the battle of Queenston Heights and was present at the retreat from Fort George (Niagara-on-the-Lake) in 1813 as well as at many of the other major engagements on the Niagara peninsula.
Hamilton emerged from the war burdened with the debts built up by him and his brothers before the war. He placed himself further in debt by borrowing almost £1,000 from his father's estate and sinking it into an attempt to revitalize his milling concern at Canboro. Despite his attempts, the business collapsed in 1817 and he and Charles Askin were reduced to trying to sell their Canboro holdings in an attempt to meet its debts. For a time, however, Hamilton's fortunes appeared to turn. In the winter of 1817–18 he was approached by William Smith (evidently a former member of a Detroit fur-trading concern), who had been offered a contract for the portaging of the North West Company's goods at Niagara. The Montreal firms of the NWC were willing to lend money to Hamilton and Smith towards the purchase of facilities. These were expensive, however, and competition stiff, with three companies vying in the small and fragmented portaging trade at Niagara. Collapse for Hamilton and Smith came in 1821, when the NWC amalgamated with the Hudson's Bay Company and ceased to use the lower Great Lakes route for shipments. Hamilton and Smith found themselves not only without trade but saddled with debts for the facilities they had purchased.
These debts exhausted what remained of Hamilton's share of his father's estate. He had already run through the monetary portion of it. To meet his part of the debts of Hamilton and Smith, he was forced to sign over his share of the lands so that by 1828 his patrimony was depleted.
After the War of 1812, Hamilton's interests had turned increasingly from business to patronage, and he systematically applied for major posts in the Niagara District as they became vacant. In 1817 he received his first commission as a justice of the peace. His search for office was undoubtedly aided by the fact that, although he sympathized with the agitation stirred up by Robert Gourlay*, in its early stages, he was not vociferously pro-Gourlay, in contrast to several of his brothers. The prestige of his family name and continuing contacts were also important to Hamilton in gaining office. His correspondence indicates that he relied upon the intervention of his brother-in-law, Samuel Peters Jarvis*, and the Reverend John Strachan*. The latter had had a long association with the Hamilton family – it was Robert Hamilton who had arranged that he be brought from Scotland as a tutor for Richard Cartwright*'s children – and he accepted a position as an executor of Hamilton's estate. Strachan's admiration for Alexander's "amiable manners and gentlemanly conduct" obviously served the younger Hamilton well. Among the more important positions he held, for various periods between 1821 and 1839, were postmaster and deputy collector of customs at Queenston, surrogate court judge, and sheriff of the Niagara District. By 1833 his fortunes were sufficiently restored to allow him to begin construction at Queenston of a mansion, Willowbank, which still stands.
Hamilton was a pillar of his community and was involved in many of Queenston's interests: he acted, for example, as an early chairman of the Erie and Ontario Railroad Company and was a commissioner of the Niagara River Suspension Bridge Company. Both enterprises were essentially projects by which interests on the Niagara River, led by Queenston, attempted to compete with the Welland Canal and restore a flow of trade to the river-front.
In December 1837 Hamilton embarked with a body of volunteers to help in the defence of Toronto and was part of the force which met William Lyon Mackenzie*'s rebels. As sheriff of the Niagara District, Hamilton was charged by the provincial government with gathering information on seditious persons in that region, a task in which he was aided by such magistrates as George Rykert* of St Catharines. Hamilton took part in guarding the Niagara frontier and conducted an investigation of the Short Hills raid [see Linus Wilson Miller*]. When the executioner failed to appear to carry out the sentence of death on James Morreau, one of the leaders of the raid, Hamilton performed it himself on 30 July 1838, having arranged, as an "act of kindness," that Morreau drop 18 feet before the rope snapped his neck. He was later complimented by the government for the "cool and firm manner" in which the execution was performed.
AO, MU 1726. DPL, Burton Hist. Coll., John Askin papers, Charles Askin ledger, 1813–15; G. Hamilton to C. Askin, 11 Dec. 1817. MTRL, Alexander Wood papers, John Strachan to Wood, 13 June 1806. PAC, MG 19, A3, 19: 623–44, 6265–68, 6277; 38: 304–6; MG 24, D45, Alexander Hamilton to James Hamilton, 28 June 1821; I26, 1–2, 4, 6, 10–15, 64–65; RG 5, A1: 35123, 109369–74, 109742–45, 109931–32, 110292–94, 110419–24; RG 68, General index, 1651–1841: 428, 539, 668. Doc. hist. of campaign upon Niagara frontier (Cruikshank), 4: 72; 5: 138–39; 6: 178–81, 209. "Early records of St. Mark's and St. Andrew's churches, Niagara," comp. Janet Carnochan, OH, 3 (1901): 38, 43, 48–49, 60, 75. John Askin papers (Quaife), 1: 539. "The Niagara frontier in 1837–38; papers from the Hamilton correspondence in the Canadian Archives . . . ," ed. A. H. U. Colquhoun, Niagara Hist. Soc., [Pub.], no.29 (1916). "Reminiscences of American occupation of Niagara from 27th May to 10th Dec. 1813," Niagara Hist. Soc., [Pub.], no.11 (n.d.): 27–28. St. Catharines Journal, 21 Feb. 1839. Chadwick, Ontarian families, 1: 146. Read, Rising in western U.C., 150. B. G. Wilson, Enterprises of Robert Hamilton.
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Bruce G. Wilson, "HAMILTON, ALEXANDER," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 1, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hamilton_alexander_7E.html.
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|Señor Campos and Tillie's Mexican Restaurant
1220 W Whittier Blvd
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Here's a restaurant I've been to a couple times recently in that far-off country of La Habra. Actually my grandparents used to live in La Habra and they liked Mexican food so it's likely they would've been to this place since it opened 33 years ago and it's not out of the question that I could've been there with them as a little kid. With the chandeliers and red tablecloths and roses all over inside I wonder if any marriage proposals have ever occurred here:
On my first visit I started out with chips and salsa and some of the boldest albondigas soup I've ever had:
This restaurant is named after its owners, husband and wife team John and Tillie Campos, and most of the items on the menu are named after people who have worked there before or still work there, such as the entree on my first visit, the Pepe's Picadillo's, a steak and potato dish with salad, rice and beans (and lots of cheese on the beans):
Or Jaime's huevos rancheros that I had on my second visit and I have no problem having excellent huevos rancheros like these at lunchtime, two eggs over easy topped with ranchero sauce over a corn tortilla with rice and beans on the side:
On my first visit I ended my meal with the free cinnamon crisp served to every customer after each meal (seen in the flickr photo album; link below); on my second visit I ended with their flan, which struck the perfect balance between silky and firm, eggy but not too eggy:
The sign I saw on my second visit stated that their 33rd birthday will be celebrated tomorrow, November 1, 2008, and they are going to have a number of half-off specials for it.
There's a number of items on the menu I still want to try such as Lupita's Arroz con Pollo and Suqui's Sopes that I didn't even get when Suqui was my waitress. Maybe next time. That's the great thing about this blog: any restaurant can be reviewed any number of times. There's no limit. Señor Campos earns a four Speedy Gonzales rating:
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Do What Makes Your Soul Sing
Notes on Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Volume 8 (2012-2013)
About the Book
A collection of notes from the inspirational lecture series "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders". Read advice from 24 different lectures including leaders such as Tim Draper (DFJ), Stephen Cohen (Palantir), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly), and Nassim Taleb (Author).
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- Steven McCormick (Moore Foundation)
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- Stephen Cohen (Palantir)
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- Pursue Passions with a Vengeance
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- How Things Gain from Disorder
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I wanted to write up an intro to getting Riak installed on AWS, even though the steps are absurdly simple and already available on the Basho Docs site, there's a few extra notes that can be very helpful for a few specific points during the process.
Start off by logging into AWS. At this point you can take two different paths that are almost identical. You can follow the path of using the pre-built AWS Marketplace image of Riak, or just start form scratch. The difference is a total of about 2 steps; installing & setting some security port connections. I'm going to step through without using the prebuilt image in these instructions.
Security Group
First thing you'll need to get a security group with the correct permissions setup. For that, you'll need to make a security group.
NOTE: No, I didn't mean to misspell Riak, but it's in there now. 😉
Before adding the ports, go to the security group details tab and copy the security group id. I've pointed it out in the image above.
Now add the following three and assign the security group to the ports; 4369, 8099 & 6000-7999. For the source set it to the security group id. Once you get all three added the list should look like this (below). For each rule click the Add Rule button and remember to click the Apply Rule Changes. I often forget this because the screen on some of the machines I use only shows to the bottom of the Add Rule button, so you'll have to scroll down to find the Apple Rule Changes button.
Now add the standard port 22 for SSH. Next get the final two of 8087 and 8098 setup and we're ready for moving on to creating the virtual machines.
Server Virtual Machines
For creating virtual machines I just clicked on Launch Instance and used the classic wizard. From there you get a selection of items. I've used the AWS image to do this, but would actually suggest using a CentOS image of your choice or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Another great option is to use the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Really though, use whatever Linux version or distro you like, there are 1-2 step instructions for installing Riak on almost every distro out.
Next just launch a single instance. We'll be able to launch duplicates of these further along in the process. I've selected a "Micro" here but I'm not intending to do anything with a remotely heavy load right now. At some point, I'll upgrade this cluster to larger instances when I start putting it under a real load. I'll have another blog entry to describe exactly how I do this too.
Keep hitting continue until you get to the key pair selection. Pick the key pair you want, either making a new one for this cluster or use one you already have. Either way works fine.
Continue again until you can select the security group that we created above.
Now keep hitting that continue button, until you get to launch, and launch this thing. Once the instance is launched launch your preferred SSH connection tooling. The easiest way I've found for getting the most current private IP to connect to with the appropriate command is to right click on the instance in the AWS Console and click on Connect. There you'll find the command to connect via SSH.
Paste that in and hit enter in your SSH App, you'll see something akin to this.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
$ cd Codez/working-content/
$ ssh -i riaktionz.pem firstname.lastname@example.com
The authenticity of host 'ec2-54-245-201-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (18.104.22.168)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 31:18:ac:1a:ac:fc:6e:6d:55:e8:8a:83:9a:8f:c7:5f.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'ec2-54-245-201-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com,188.8.131.52′ (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Please login as the user "ubuntu" rather than the user "root".
Enter yes to continue connecting. For some instance types, like Ubuntu you'll have to do some teaks to log into as "ubuntu" vs. "root" and the same goes for the AWS image or others. I'll leave that to you, dear reader to get connected via ole' SSH.
One of the other things, that you may have to do some tweaking about and googling, is figuring out the firewall setups on the various virtual machine images. For the RHEL you'll want to turn off the firewall or open up the specific connection ports and such. Since the AWS firewall does this, it isn't particularly important for the OS to continue running its firewall service. In this case, I've turned off the OS firewall and just rely on the AWS firewall. To turn off the RHEL firewall, execute the following commands.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
[root@ip-x-x-x-x]# service iptables save
iptables: Saving firewall rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:[ OK ]
[root@ip-x-x-x-x]# service iptables stop
iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ]
iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ]
[root@ip-x-x-x-x]# chkconfig iptables off
Now is a perfect time to start those other instances. Navigate into the AWS Console again and right click on the virtual machine instance you've created. On that menu select Launch More Like This.
Go through and check the configuration on each of these, make sure the firewall is turned off, etc. Then move on to the next step and install Riak and cluster them. So it's time to get to the distributed, massively complex, extensive list of steps to install & cluster Riak. Ok, so that's sarcasm. 😉
Step 1: Install Riak
Install Riak on each of the instances.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
package=basho-release-6-1.noarch.rpm && \
wget http://yum.basho.com/gpg/$package -O /tmp/$package && \
sudo rpm -ivh /tmp/$package
sudo yum install riak
NOTE: For other installation methods, such as directly downloading the RPM or other Linux OSes, check out the http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/tutorials/installation/Installing-on-RHEL-and-CentOS/.
Step 2: Setup the Cluster
On the first instance, get the IP. You won't need to do anything to this instance, just keep the IP handy. Then move on to the second instance and run the cluster command.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
sudo riak-admin cluster join riak@<ip_of_the_first_node>
Do this on each of the instances you've added, using that first node. When you've added them all, on that last instance (or really any of them) then run the plan. This will get you a display plan of what will take place when the cluster is committed.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
sudo riak-admin cluster plan
If that looks all cool. Commit the plan.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
sudo riak-admin cluster commit
Get a check of the cluster.
[sourcecode language="bash"]
sudo riak-admin member_status
That's it all done. You know have a Riak Cluster. For more operations to try out your cluster, check out this list of base API Operations.


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EastEnders and Carry On legend Dame Barbara Windsor has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Her husband Scott Mitchell says she has kept the devastating news secret since they were first told in 2014 - but that her symptoms have grown worse in recent weeks.
In an emotional interview with the Sun, Mr Mitchell said he wanted to set the record straight amid rumours in showbusiness circles about his 80-year-old wife's deteriorating health.
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"I'm doing this because I want us to be able to go out and, if something isn't quite right, it will be OK because people will now know that she has Alzheimer's and will accept it for what it is."
The star, famous for her roles in nine Carry On films and for playing pub landlord Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, was given the heartbreaking diagnosis on April 22, 2014.
After shedding some tears, her first words were: "I'm so sorry", Mr Mitchell added.
A small circle of friends who had begun to notice her occasional confusion were told shortly after the diagnosis, he said. But he stopped the news from going public after his wife struggled to come to terms with it.
He stressed that revealing the news any earlier would have been detrimental to her health.
Mr Mitchell told the paper he first noticed symptoms of the condition in 2009, just before Dame Barbara left EastEnders for the first time, when she began finding it difficult to learn her lines.
She underwent a series of mental agility tests, a brain scan and a lumbar puncture, before the couple's worst fears were confirmed.
By 2016, her forgetfulness and confusion were getting worse, and it was agreed she would leave EastEnders for the final time, Mr Mitchell said.
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The Inter-American Development Bank's energy portfolio includes a wide array of investments aimed at improving the energy security of its member countries by exploiting both conventional and renewable sources. In 2007 the Bank approved US$2.5 billion in energy-related operations. Many of these loans will support high-priority gas and electricity infrastructure projects. For example, the IDB approved: A US$32.7 million loan for a wide-ranging investment program to strengthen Nicaragua's electricity system.
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The Inter-American Development Bank was created in 1959 to help accelerate the economic and social development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and to promote regional integration. The Bank has 47 member countries: 28 in the Western Hemisphere, 16 in Europe, as well as Israel, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The Latin American and Caribbean countries as a group hold half the shares in the institution.
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Good luck on rain - we need bad up here in northwest Minnesota, too!ReplyDelete
They must be very happy that they're back on green grass at last.ReplyDelete
They look so happy to be out! I will hope for better rain for you this season.ReplyDelete
SEnding rain your way!!ReplyDelete
Ty for the wonderful pics of green grass lol. Saskatchewan and most of Canada still have snow on the ground with more coming this weekend. Green is beautiful!!!ReplyDelete
Wishing for rain for you. Wishing ALOT!!ReplyDelete
I have my fingers crossed that you guys get some much needed rain to grow the pastures this year. The sheepies do look very happy to be out and about! :)ReplyDelete
I'm hoping for a much better hay season for you two. Worried about the empty hay barn and having to turn them out early.
Oh my good lord, I am praying for all our rain to go to you instead. Here in Michigan it has been raining straight for 6 days. Of course it is during my week of vacation that I took to get the gardens ready for summer :-) Heres hoping it comes to you next!ReplyDelete
Hi Everybody,
Thanks for all the nice comments and the rain wishes. We had a huge thunderstorm roll in last night and it rained for a few hours - woohoo! Please keep it coming! :)
Glad to hear you have some rain coming! I sooo love your blog. I haven't even been able to get any seeds started this year because I've had some awful morning sickness. So I'm living vicariously. :)ReplyDelete
I love the pic where the two wool-bearers are kicking up their back heels - joyous to be out and about I presume !~!ReplyDelete
You do have quite a few sheep. Beautiful scenery also.ReplyDelete
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|Charlotte Armstrong (1905-1969)
After writing three detective novels between 1942 and 1945, Armstrong broke this mold with The Unsuspected (1946), a suspense tale much celebrated in its day, as was Mischief (1951), which followed five years later (both of these novels were quickly adapted into films).
Sometimes Armstrong seemed to strain so hard against genre boundaries that she burst them, producing what more properly can be seen, in my view, as so-called mainstream fiction.
To me, Armstrong's keen insight into the follies of humankind--justly recognized in A Dram of Poison--is her most remarkable quality as a writer. This quality also is found in Armstrong's last novel, The Protege, which was posthumously published in 1970.
Armstrong's late 60s/early 70s paperback publisher, Fawcett, tried rather desperately to shoehorn The Protege into the traditional suspense novel formulation, writing breathlessly on the back cover:
Then both women watched with dawning horror as a bizarre scheme unfolded--a scheme to revive the past terror they thought they could forget....
Such purple prose notwithstanding, nothing in The Protege is lurid or even really that terrifying. But the novel is still quite worthwhile.
There is suspense in The Protege, though readers will be clear about most of the back plot rather early on (there is one very nice twist, however--not original, but I'm pleased to admit I missed it coming).
Admittedly, I found Mrs. Moffatt's granddaughter-in-law, Zan, who provides a still requisite love interest, less interesting--was Armstrong finding highly opinionated young people tiresome at this point, near the end of her life?
I finished Armstrong's (short) novel in one evening, not because of the horror and terror provoked by any bizarre scheme, but simply because I wanted to see how things would work out for these two compellingly presented people. The Protege is a worthy addition to Charlotte Armstrong long line of superbly humanistic novels, call them whatever genre you will!
Note: Thirteen Charlotte Armstrong novels, including A Dram of Poison, are now available in eBook form from Mysterious Press. See also Ed Gorman on Armstrong in 2007.


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Low: 131.7 feet above sea level (at the Progress Ridge Rock Quarry / Murray-Scholls Transit Center area)
Average: 189 feet above sea level
High: 698.2 feet above sea level (just north of Highway 26 and Camelot Center)
Form of government: Strong mayor (mayor / council)
Location: Seven miles west of Portland, Oregon
Median Household Income: $56,123 (2012)
Population: 93,395 (July 1, 2014)
Population density: 4,690 residents per square mile (2013)
Property tax statement: $4.24 per $1,000 assessed value for operations and debt service (figure based on 2013-2014 tax year).
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The Yamaha NS-AW150 Outdoor Speaker – What You Need To know
- Budget but good sounding.
- Easy to mount.
- Very good bass performance.
- Many positive reviews.
- Don't deal with extreme weather well.
- Aren't audiophile quality.(not really a knock at this price, just is.)
Summer is coming and these Yamaha NS-AW150 have your name on them if you are budget conscience but still need good sound outside on your porch or garden.
With 88 overwhelmingly positive reviews on Amazon.com these are hard to beat.
The speakers use a 5-inch high-compliance, polypropylene, mica-filled woofer and .5-inch PEI dome tweeter. Though with a sensitivity of 80dB these will need a moderately powered (35W-120W) amplifier to drive them. Most likely some where in the 80-100W for the best response at higher volumes.
- One pair of 2-way indoor/outdoor speakers.
- Acoustic-suspension design for clear sound and taut, controlled bass response.
- 120 watts maximum power capacity, 35 watts nominal.
- 5-inch high-compliance, polypropylene, mica-filled woofer and .5-inch PEI dome tweeter; magnetically shielded and water resistant.
- Each speaker measures 5.41 x 10.125 x 6.16 inches (W x H x D).
The cabinets user an acoustic-suspension and seal to prevent tubby bass. Which is good but you'll have to forgive them for their overall quality if you are used to a more premium grade.
The speakers are magnetically shielded so you can place them near an outdoor TV or computer without fear.
These are best to place under and eve since while they are 'outdoor' speakers and wind and water resistant, they aren't going to survive a down poor or rain and freeze.
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here. However, instead of grinding the peanuts, I bought ready-made peanut powder. I really like the creamy and slightly crunchy texture.
melt-in-mouth german cookies! I have made chocolate flavour, green tea flavour, duo or marbled version...and the latest, I added mini chocolate chips (I used 50g) into the batter. The cookies taste awesome! The semi-sweet chocolate chips greatly enhanced the taste of the cookies and the best thing is, the melt-in-the-mouth texture is not affected at all.


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One thing I can confidently say is that the bread anywhere (or at least everywhere we tried during our stay) is ridiculous. It's warm, pretty much already covered in butter or cheese or both, perfectly crusty on the outside and oh so soft on the inside. From low end to high end places, the bread was always fantastic.
Here we didn't try anything crazy - just wanted to ease ourselves into the gluttonous days ahead. Pictured are shrimp and grits, gumbo of the day (chicken and andouille), fried catfish with green rice and chilies, and a grilled tuna sandwich (note, not tuna salad). Everything was delicious.
After walking around after lunch and stuffing ourselves with beignets from Cafe Du Monde, we pretty much passed out until dinner time. Erm, food comas were a huge theme of this trip.


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In a multiplayer game, if I were to give someone a permanent with Donate and they were to die while controlling that permanent, then would I get that permanent back? Or would the permanent get put into a graveyard?
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Elusive Snow Leopards Collared for Science
Scientists have outfitted two snow leopards in a wild corner of Afghanistan with satellite-tracking collars, a first for the country and a boon for researchers trying to better understand the habits and favored habitats of the endangered cats.
The snow leopards, both male, were captured in Afghanistan's northeastern Wakhan Corridor, a narrow strip of desolate, windswept mountains sandwiched between Pakistan and Tajikistan, and a spot where camera traps first snapped the elusive cats in 2011.
The first snow leopard was captured and released on May 27, the second on June 8.
Researchers weighed and measured the animals, took DNA samples and fitted them with satellite collars before sending them on their way.
In the intervening weeks, the first cat has traveled more than 78 miles (125 kilometers) and the second cat has traveled more than 95 miles (153 km), according to a statement from the Wildlife Conservation Society, one of the main participants in the field work.
A film crew from Nat Geo WILD was on hand to document the research, for a film that is slated to air in December.
Snow leopards make their homes in the harsh, rugged mountain regions of 12 Asian nations, yet despite their wide range and impressive survival skills, the spotted cats' numbers are dwindling. The species has declined by as much as 20 percent in the last 16 years, and only 3,000 to 7,500 individuals remain in the wild, according to population estimates.
Officials with the WCS lauded the recent capture and tracking of the Afghan snow leopards as a milestone in the fight to save the big cats.
"The information garnered from the tagging will assist researchers as they learn more about the range, behavior, movements and habitat used by snow leopards," Peter Zahler, WCS's deputy director of Asia Programs, said in a statement.
That information will be shared with the Afghan government and local communities to design protected areas and improve conservation strategies in the country, he said.
The announcement comes on the heels of other encouraging snow leopard news from Mongolia. For the first time ever, researchers uncovered a snow leopard den in that country, and caught a mother and two tiny snow leopard cubs on video.
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