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|Stephen Douglas
|United States Senator
|Term Start:
|March 4, 1847
|Term End:
|June 3, 1861
|James Semple
|Orville H. Browning
|Term Start1:
|March 4, 1843
|Term End1:
|March 3, 1847
|Constituency established
|William Richardson
|Associate Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
|Term Start2:
|February 15, 1841
|Term End2:
|June 28, 1843
|Seat established
|Jesse B. Thomas Jr.
|7th Secretary of State of Illinois
|Thomas Carlin
|Term Start3:
|November 30, 1840
|Term End3:
|February 15, 1841
|Alexander P. Field
|Lyman Trumbull
|Birth Name:
|Stephen Arnold Douglass
|Birth Date:
|April 23, 1813
|Birth Place:
|Brandon, Vermont, U.S.
|Death Place:
|Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois and the designer of the Kansas–Nebraska Act. He was a member of the House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in a Senate contest, noted for the famous Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short in physical stature, but a forceful and dominant figure in politics. (His height is given in various sources as being in the range of 5feet to 5feet; five feet four is reported most often.)[1] [2] [3]
Douglas was well known as a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation. He was a champion of the Young America movement which sought to modernize politics and replace the agrarian and strict constructionist orthodoxies of the past. Douglas was a leading proponent of democracy, and believed in the principle of popular sovereignty: that the majority of citizens should decide contentious issues such as slavery and territorial expansion. As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the Senate from 1850 to 1859. He was largely responsible for the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues; however, in 1854 he reopened the slavery question with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which opened some previously prohibited territories to slavery under popular sovereignty. Opposition to this led to the formation of the Republican Party.
Douglas initially endorsed the Dred Scott decision of 1857. But during the 1858 Senate campaign, he argued its effect could be negated by popular sovereignty. He also opposed the efforts of President James Buchanan and his Southern allies to enact a Federal slave code and impose the Lecompton Constitution on Kansas.
In 1860, the conflict over slavery led to the split in the Democratic Party in the 1860 Convention. Hardline pro-slavery Southerners rejected Douglas, and nominated their own candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge, while the Northern Democrats nominated Douglas. Douglas deeply believed in democracy, arguing the will of the people should always be decisive.[4] When civil war came in April 1861, he rallied his supporters to the Union cause with all his energies, but he died of typhoid fever a few weeks later.
He was born Stephen Arnold Douglass in Brandon, Vermont,[5] to Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk. Douglas dropped the second "s" from his name some years later.[6] His father, a physician and Middlebury College graduate, died suddenly when Stephen was just a few months old. He grew up with his mother (or under the care of a bachelor uncle) and was educated in the local schools. As a teenager, he was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in Middlebury. His mother remarried in 1830 and moved to western New York. Douglas attended Canandaigua Academy. Although he wished to attend Middlebury College like his father, his family couldn't support his continued formal education. Instead, he began to teach school while studying law with Walter and Levi Hubbell.[7] While studying law he became friendly with Henry B. Payne, a law student in another attorney's office. Payne later became a prominent businessman and politician in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a supporter of Douglas' subsequent campaigns for president.[8]
In 1833 Douglas migrated first to Cleveland, and then to Winchester, Illinois, where he served as an itinerant teacher and opened a school for three months at three dollars a pupil.[9] He then settled in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he was admitted to the bar. By the end of the year, he wrote his Vermont relatives, "I have become a Western man, have imbibed Western feelings principles and interests and have selected Illinois as the favorite place of my adoption."
Douglas briefly courted Mary Todd (who married Abraham Lincoln instead). He became a member of the Masonic fraternity in Springfield Lodge No. 4 in Springfield, Illinois in 1839. He was a member of several Masonic organizations in Springfield.[10]
In March 1847 he married Martha Martini, the 21-year-old daughter of wealthy Colonel Robert Martin of North Carolina. The year after their marriage, her father died and bequeathed Martha a 2,500-acre cotton plantation with 100 slaves on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, Mississippi.[11] He appointed Douglas the property manager but, as a senator of the free state of Illinois, and with presidential aspirations, Douglas found the Southern plantation presented difficulties. He created distance by hiring a manager to operate the plantation, while using his allocated 20 percent of the income to advance his political career.[11] His sole lengthy visit to Mississippi was in 1848, and he made only brief emergency trips thereafter.[12]
The newlyweds moved their Illinois home from Springfield to fast-growing Chicago in the summer of 1847. They had two sons: Robert M. Douglas (January 1849 – 1917) and Stephen Arnold Douglas, Jr., (November 1850 – 1908). Martha Douglas died young on January 19, 1853, after the birth of her third child, a daughter. The girl died a few weeks later, and Douglas and the two boys were bereft.[12]
On November 20, 1856, Douglas married a second time, to 20-year-old Adele Cutts, a southern woman from the capital. She was the daughter of James Madison Cutts of Washington, D.C., nephew of President James Madison, and Ellen O'Neal, niece of Rose O'Neal Greenhow. Her great-aunt was the former U.S. First Lady Dolley Madison. Her mother Ellen O'Neal Cutts was from a Maryland Catholic family and raised Adele as a Catholic.[12] With Stephen's approval, she had his two sons baptized as Catholic and reared in that faith.[11]
She had a miscarriage in 1858 and became ill. The following year, Adele gave birth to a daughter, Ellen, who lived only a few weeks. She was left weakened by childbirth.[11]
Douglas was appointed as State's Attorney of Morgan County in 1834, serving until 1836. In the next few years, Douglas became a leader of the dominant Illinois Democrats. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, was appointed registrar of the Springfield Land Office, became Illinois Secretary of State, and at age 27 was appointed an associate justice of the Illinois Supreme Court when the court was expanded in 1841.[13]
He resigned from the Court upon being elected US Representative in 1843, and was re-elected in 1844. In Congress, he championed territorial expansion and supported the Mexican War. In 1846 the Illinois General Assembly elected him a US Senator.
In the sectional crisis of 1850, Douglas was one of the strongest advocates of compromise. He supported the proposals of Henry Clay, despite their partisan differences (Clay was a Whig). But Clay's "omnibus" bill for the Compromise of 1850 was defeated - there being a majority who were opposed to various parts of it. Douglas stepped in and divided the parts of the Compromise into separate bills, each of which had majority support, though a different majority for each, and thus the Compromise was passed.[14]
By 1852, he was considered one of the Democrats' national leaders. He contended for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1852, but was passed over for "dark horse" Franklin Pierce.[15]
Douglas was easily reelected to the Senate in 1853. An avid promoter of railroad expansion, he devised the land grant system to fund the Illinois Central railroad. He intended it to link the nation north and south, from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico; Douglas hoped that would more thoroughly integrate the regional economies and reduce sectional tensions. The railroad was begun, but its southern extension was interrupted by the Civil War. It did not reach the Gulf until afterward. Douglas owned land in Chicago which the railroad would make more valuable, but his primary motivation was political.[16]
Douglas always had a deep and abiding faith in democracy. "Let the people rule!" was his cry, and he insisted that the people locally could and should make the decisions about slavery, rather than the national government.
While never a religious man, he donated 10 acres of his lakefront property in Chicago, worth $50,000, to a small new Baptist college, the first University of Chicago. Critics said that he wanted to enhance the value of his adjoining lots.[17]
Douglas set off a tremendous political upheaval with the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854. Nebraska Territory, west of Missouri, was then being settled, and Congress needed to provide territorial organization for the region. The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery there (because it was north of the 36°30' compromise line), and the Compromise of 1850 had reaffirmed this.
At this time, various proposals for a transcontinental railroad to California had been offered. One was for a southern route, from New Orleans; another was for a central route, from Chicago. Douglas owned Chicago real estate, expected to boom if the central route was adopted.
Southern leaders proposed a deal: they would support the central route if slavery was permitted in the new Territories. Douglas agreed. In the first version of the Act, Douglas allowed for the Territories to choose slave or free status at statehood, but the Southerners demanded immediate permission for slavery there (an implicit repeal of that part of the Missouri and 1850 compromises). Douglas discovered a "clerical error", and revised the Act to suit.[18]
This action was initially highly unpopular in the North. Douglas joked that he could travel from Washington back to Illinois by the light of burning effigies of him.
But he responded with a principled argument which won over many of his critics. He invoked "popular sovereignty", the doctrine that the people of a community were rightfully entitled to decide such issues for themselves.[19]
Douglas argued that therefore, the people of a Territory should decide whether to permit or exclude slavery, not Congress. He also asserted that the soil and climate of the Territories was unsuitable for slave agriculture anyway, which reassured northerners. Douglas defended applying popular sovereignty as consistent with American democratic tradition, and said it would remove the slavery issue from national politics, where it threatened to rip the nation apart. Douglas thus regained most of his support in the North.
"Free-soil" and anti-slavery Northerners remained critical. Among them was Abraham Lincoln, who attacked Douglas in three major public speeches, most notably at Peoria on October 16, 1854.
Congress passed the Act by the votes of some Northern Democrats and of allSoutherners, Democrat and Whig alike; Douglas had little to do with the final text. This was the first appearance of the Solid South. Opponents of the Act saw it as a triumph for the hated Slave Power. The Whig Party dissolved; anti-slavery Northern Whigs formed the Republican Party instead, joined by many "free-soil" Democrats.[20] There was a Senate election in Illinois in 1855: Republicans and dissident Democrats elected "Anti-Nebraska" Democrat Lyman Trumbull, a clear rebuke to Douglas.
In 1856, Douglas was again a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, and received strong support at the convention, but again was passed over. When the Know Nothing movement arose, he crusaded against it, but privately welcomed it as a split in the former Whig opposition.
Douglas continued to steer a middle course on the slavery issue. His "popular sovereignty" doctrine that slavery should be decided on locally by states and territories was satisfactory to Southerners who didn't want outside interference with slavery and Northerners who didn't want to take sides over it. It was famously said of him that he didn't care "whether slavery was voted up or voted down," as long as it was voted on by the people.
Then in 1857, the US Supreme Court issued the Dred Scott decision, which declared that under the Constitution, neither Congress nor a Territorial legislature created by Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in a Territory. This struck down key elements of the Missouri and 1850 Compromises, made the Kansas–Nebraska Act irrelevant, and denied the basis of "popular sovereignty".
Pro-slavery Southerners had praised Douglas for relaxing restrictions on slavery in the Kansas–Nebraska Act; now, ardent pro-slavery "Fire-Eaters" denounced him for supporting any restrictions at all. At the same time, some Northerners, seeing "popular sovereignty" apparently dead, went over to the Republicans.
Douglas faced an ugly dilemma. If he rejected Dred Scott, he would lose Southern support he needed for the presidential election of 1860. If he embraced Dred Scott, he would lose northern support. He tried to avoid both hazards, issuing a tepid endorsement of the decision, while continuing to assert popular sovereignty without explicitly saying the Court was wrong.
Another issue came up at this time, and here Douglas did take a side. President James Buchanan and his Southern allies tried to get Kansas admitted as a slave state. But the anti-slavery majority in Kansas rejected this, despite efforts to rig the voting there.
Douglas strongly opposed Buchanan's machinations, and the two became bitter enemies. Even his Republican critics praised him for this stand, and he restored his standing with the moderates of the North.[21] This was critically important, because his Senate term ended in 1859, and he wanted to be re-elected.
The Illinois legislature elected in 1858 would elect a US Senator in 1859: either Douglas or a Republican challenger. Thus the legislative election became a proxy for the Senate election, with both parties emphasizing their Senate candidates above all other issues.
The Democrats selected Douglas; the Republicans named Lincoln. Douglas tried to avoid meeting Lincoln directly. He traveled the state, making speeches for the Democratic ticket. (Douglas was provided with a private train, through his friend, Illinois Central vice-president and future Civil War general George McClellan.) Lincoln followed Douglas around the state, answering each Douglas speech with one of his own a day or two later.
After several such incidents, Douglas agreed to seven formal joint appearances, now known as the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
In the debates, Douglas reiterated his support of popular sovereignty. He demanded to know whether Lincoln would ever vote to admit a new slave state, even if the majority of settlers favored slavery. He denounced Lincoln for his insistence that slavery was a moral issue that had to be resolved by the nation as a whole. Douglas described this as causing an unnecessary conflict between free and slave states, which threatened to boil up into disunion and war. He also asserted that Lincoln supported civil and social equality between the races, and insinuated that Lincoln even accepted interracial marriage.
At Galesburg, Douglas explicitly declared that the Declaration of Independence was not meant to apply to non-whites. He said, "This Government was made by our fathers on the white basis ... made by white men for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever".[22] Douglas also emphasized his opposition to the Lecompton Constitution and alluded to the hostility of the Buchanan Administration. (Buchanan had used Federal patronage to form an anti-Douglas faction of Illinois Democrats. This group, known as "Danites", ran their own candidates for the legislature.)
For his part, Lincoln criticized Douglas for his moral indifference to slavery, but denied any intention of interference with slavery in the South. He evaded Douglas' question about the admission of a slave state. He also suggested that, despite the public break between Douglas and Buchanan over Kansas, Douglas, Buchanan, and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney worked together to extend and perpetuate slavery. Lincoln disclaimed the radical views on racial equality attributed to him by Douglas, arguing only for the right of negroes to personal liberty and to earn their own livings.[23]
Both men attacked each other for allegedly extreme or irresponsible statements by supporters or colleagues, and accused each other of bad faith in denying responsibility for such statements or for inconsistency in their own statements.
Most importantly, however, Lincoln forced Douglas to commit himself on the question of Dred Scott versus popular sovereignty. In the second debate, at Freeport, he asked a direct question: "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way ... exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?"
If Douglas answered "No", he would fully endorse Dred Scott, and would alienate Illinoisans and other Northerners. If he answered "Yes", he would reject Dred Scott, and would alienate Southerners.
Douglas made one last attempt to square the circle. He declared that while the Supreme Court had barred explicit prohibition of slavery, that didn't really matter, because the people of a Territory could exclude slavery in practice by "unfriendly legislation".[24] This was the Freeport Doctrine.
It was enough to satisfy Illinoisans, even in many former Know-Nothing strongholds. In the 1858 legislative elections, the Democrats won a narrow majority of seats, and Douglas was re-elected by a vote of 54 to 46. Republican candidates actually received more votes statewide, but the districts had been laid out per the Census of 1850. At that time, Republican areas in northern Illinois were much less settled and so received fewer seats. The pro-Buchanan "Danite" candidates got only a handful of votes.
The Freeport Doctrine was vehemently rejected by most Southerners. The "Fire-Eaters" denounced Douglas as no better than an abolitionist.
The debates were redefining republicanism. Lincoln advocated equality of opportunity, arguing that individuals and society advanced together. Douglas embraced a democratic doctrine that emphasized equality of all citizens (only whites were citizens), in which individual merit and social mobility was not a main goal.[25]
Douglas was the obvious nominee for the Democrats in the election of 1860, despite the opposition ofPresident Buchanan. Although Douglas was not reappointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories, his allies defeated Buchanan for control of the party throughout the North, and in early 1860 he was the front runner for the nomination.[21]
However, Douglas faced implacable opposition in the Deep South. When the 1860 Democratic National Convention met in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 23, Douglas supporters included half of the delegates, but very few from the South. Many Southerners openly predicted the collapse of the party and the election of Republican front-runner William H. Seward.
The Southern-controlled platform committee explicitly endorsed Dred Scott, and called for Congress to enact a slave code for all the Territories. (That is, Federal law prohibiting any Freeport-style "hostile legislation" by any Territory, and committing Federal authority to protect slavery there.) Douglas supporters responded that with such a platform, they would lose every Northern state. The Convention adopted the committee's minority report, which evaded Dred Scott and rejected a slave code, prompting 50 delegates from seven Southern states to withdraw.
The remaining delegates now voted on a Presidential nominee. Douglas received just over 150 votes out of 250 cast, but the Convention's rules required a 2/3 majority for a nomination, and chairman Caleb Cushing ruled that 2/3 of the entire convention was needed. After 57 ballots, the convention adjourned on May 3.
The convention reconvened on June 18 in Baltimore, Maryland. After replacement delegates were seated in place of some of the withdrawn delegates, most of the remaining Southerners withdrew. The delegates overruled Cushing and Douglas was nominated by 190 1/2 votes of 203 1/2 cast.
The bolted Southern Democrats nominated Vice President John C. Breckinridge. Some former Whigs formed the Constitutional Union Party and nominated John Bell.
During the subsequent campaign, Douglas broke an unwritten rule by campaigning in person. From the first presidential election, that had been considered beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate. But Douglas, seeing the dangers facing the country, went on speaking tours across the country. Douglas campaigned energetically, attacking abolitionism in the North, and disunionism in the South.
In early October, Republicans won state elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Douglas told his secretary "Mr. Lincoln is the next President. We must try to save the Union. I will go south." He went to the South to rally Unionist sentiment.[26]
He made no compromises. At Raleigh, North Carolina, he said "I am in favor of executing in good faith every clause and provision of the Constitution and protecting every right under it - and then hanging every man who takes up arms against it!" (While this was clearly directed at Southern secessionists, it also included by clear implication the anti-slavery activists who resisted enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.)[27]
Despite the vigor of his campaign, Douglas was defeated. He received 1,376,957 popular votes (second at 29%), but only 12 electoral votes (fourth and last at 4%), with Lincoln receiving 180. The support for Douglas in the North came from Irish Catholics and poorer farmers; in the South, Irish Catholics were his main supporters.[21]
Douglas urged the South to acquiesce to Lincoln's election, and tried to arrange a compromise which would avert secession. As late as Christmas 1860, he wrote to Alexander H. Stephens and offered to support the annexation of Mexico as slave territory.[28]
Douglas denounced secession as criminal; he was one of the strongest advocates of maintaining the integrity of the Union at all hazards.
After the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Lincoln decided to proclaim a state of rebellion and call for 75,000 troops to suppress it. Douglas looked over the proclamation before it was issued and endorsed it completely. He suggested only one change: Lincoln should call for 200,000 troops, not just 75,000. "You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men as well as I do," he said.[29]
At Lincoln's request, he undertook a mission to the Border States and to the Midwest to rouse the spirit of Unionism; he spoke in Virginia, Ohio and Illinois.
Douglas died in Chicago from typhoid fever on June 3, 1861. He was buried on the shore of Lake Michigan. After his death, Douglas's friends created the Douglas Monument Association. Leonard Volk, a prominent sculptor, was commissioned to design the monument. The Memorial and tomb were completed in 1883.[30]
For a century and a half, historians have debated whether Douglas opposed slavery,[31] and whether he was a compromiser or a devotee of principles.[32]
Douglas married into a slave-holding family (as did Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant). His wife had inherited a large slave plantation in Mississippi.When she died in 1853, Douglas, acting as executor of her estate and guardian of their minor children who inherited the slaves, controlled the plantation and derived most of his income from it. He denied that he ever personally owned these slaves, for they belonged to his wife and his children.[33]
In his "Freeport Doctrine" of 1858, he repeatedly said that he did not care whether slavery was voted up or down, but only that the people had the right to vote it up or down. He denounced as sacrilegious the petitions signed by thousands of clergymen in 1854, who said the Kansas–Nebraska Act offended God's will.[34] He rejected the Republican assertions that slavery was condemned by a "higher law" (Seward's position) and that the nation could not long survive as half slave and half free (Lincoln's position). He disagreed with the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision that Congress had no ability to regulate slavery in the territories. When Buchanan supported the Lecompton Constitution and the pro-slavery position on Kansas, Douglas fought him in a long battle that gained Douglas the 1860 Democratic nomination but ripped his party apart.
Historian Allan Nevins was harsh on Douglas, writing "When it [slavery] paid it was good, and when it did not pay it was bad." Nevins assessed that Douglas did not "regard a slaveholding society as one whit inferior to a free society." He criticized what he called Douglas's "dim moral perceptions."[35]
Graham Peck finds that while several scholars have said that Douglas was personally opposed to slavery, none has presented "extensive arguments to justify the conclusion". He cites recent scholarship as (equally briefly) finding Douglas "insensitive to the moral repugnance of slavery" or even "proslavery". He concludes that Douglas was the "ideological [and] practical head of the northern opposition to the antislavery movement" and questions whether Douglas "opposed black slavery for any reason, including economics".
Harry V. Jaffa thought Douglas was tricking the South with popular sovereignty—telling Southerners it would protect slavery but believing the people would vote against it. Johannsen found Douglas "did not regard slavery as a moral question; at least, he never condemned the institution in moral terms either publicly or privately." However, though he "privately deplored slavery and was opposed to its expansion (and, indeed, in 1860 was widely regarded in both North and South as an antislavery candidate), he felt that its discussion as a moral question would place it on a dangerous level of abstraction."[36]
Starting with Josiah Gilbert Holland's 1866 Life of Abraham Lincoln, a number of sources recount an anecdote about Douglas at Lincoln's first inauguration. Lincoln took the oath of office, then took off his "stovepipe" hat in preparation for giving his inaugural address. But he had nowhere to set down the hat. Douglas, who was on the platform, stepped forward and took the hat from Lincoln's hands. Moving back, he remarked "If I can't be the President, at least I can hold his hat."
The story seems symbolic of both the power of the moment and the character of Douglas, but was often considered apocryphal. Though he and Lincoln had been well-known rivals for both Senator and President, his respect for the office and his loyalty to the Union overcame any personal bad feelings. In 1959, Allan Nevins reported the discovery of an independent contemporary source which corroborated that Douglas had actually held Lincoln's hat; a newspaper article from March 11, 1861.[37]
In 1930, E. Alyn Warren portrayed Douglas in the United Artists film, Abraham Lincoln. In 1939, Milburn Stone portrayed Douglas in the Twentieth Century-Fox film Young Mr. Lincoln. In 1940, Canadian actor Gene Lockhart portrayed Douglas in the RKO film Abe Lincoln in Illinois. In 1957, the actor Walter Coy portrayed Douglas in the episode "Springfield Incident" of CBS's The 20th Century Fox Hour. Other stars of the segment are Lloyd Corrigan and Tom Tryon, and Alan Hale, Jr.[40] Richard Dreyfuss portrayed Stephen A. Douglas in a Lincoln-Douglas debate audiobook with David Straithairn portraying Abraham Lincoln.[41]
In the alternate history short story Lincoln's Charge by Bill Fawcett (published in Alternate Presidents), Douglas wins the election of 1860, a change which only postpones the outbreak of war by one year.
Douglas is a significant character in the mash-up novel . However, in the film adaptation, his role is reduced to a cameo played by Alan Tudyk.
Douglas is referenced by folk-artist Sufjan Stevens in the song "Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!".
Edgar Lee Masters' work Children of the Marketplace: A fictitious biography is about Stephen Douglas.


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Sunday, September 2, 2012
Review: The Kingmaker's Daughter
The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Kingmaker's Daughter is probably my favorite of the Cousin's War series to date. It is written from the perspective of Anne Neville and gives yet another interesting point of view from this volatile period of history. One of the things I enjoy so much about Philippa Gregory's novels is that she somehow manages to turn what could have been tedious political maneuvering into exciting intrigue that keeps me riveted from the first moment. I am not a historian so I have no idea how historically accurate this series is, but I can say that they certainly paint a vivid picture of what living in that time period might have been like. From the court customs, to the fashions, the scandals, the betrayals, and executions, each aspect was brought to life in such a way that I almost felt myself a part of the story.
Each character was shown from Anne's point of view so was colored by her own biases and was a bit different from how these same characters were presented in the previous books. The story was focused so much on Anne, and to a lesser extent Isabelle, that many of the other characters, at times, felt a bit flat. Anne's relationship with her sister Isabelle was reminiscent of the rivalry between Mary and Anne Boleyn in Gregory's popular novel, The Other Boleyn Girl. While there was always that undercurrent of love, each sister didn't hesitate to betray the other in order to further their own cause or that of their husband. I didn't find either sister to be particularly likable, and sometimes thought that their personalities were a bit contradictory. For example, Anne seems to have grown from a bright, practical, inquisitive child into a fearful woman ruled by her superstitions and unwilling to even consider any point of view than that which painted her family in a positive light. I guess that the struggles she was faced with could account for such a drastic change in character but it was still a bit odd.
One of the things about this series, including The Kingmaker's Daughter that I was not a fan of was the witchery and spells and magic that were included. However, after discussing this with a friend who is also reading the series, I can see how it may have been presented this way because of how the players so wholeheartedly believed that witchcraft was responsible for many things such as storms, sicknesses, and death. Curses were taken very seriously in 1400's England and so reading from Anne's perspective, I can see why an unexpected storm would be believed to have been whistled up by the witch who hated her. I guess this was a realistic danger in this time period, that any misfortune could be laid at the feet of someone believed to be a witch. This would have been a very effective way to discredit a powerful woman, as it seems to have done in the case of Elizabeth Woodville.
While The Kingmaker's Daughter can be read on it's own as a stand-alone novel, I would definitely recommend reading the entire series in order simply because it is a beautifully written thrilling story. Despite the fact that I found many of the characters to be a bit flat, the fast paced plot was such that I found the book hard to put down. I know many people, after reading Philippa Gregory's historical fiction have been inspired to find out more about this violent era and these fascinating people. I would absolutely recommend this and any and every other book written by this author to any fans of this genre.
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2 comments:
- Sam said...
I have heard great things about this author's work, but I've yet to try something by her. I will have to check out this series one day. I'm glad you enjoyed it Donna! Beautifully written review. :)
- September 3, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- Donna Smith said...
Thanks Sam! I love historical fiction and I haven't found anyone that does it better than Philippa Gregory. A lot of her critics say that her books are not historically correct, but then the operative word I guess is "fiction". Her stories are nothing if not exciting and entertaining, and they feel authentic, like it COULD have happened that way even if it didn't.
If you get a chance, watch the movie The Other Boleyn Girl which is based on her book of the same name. Of course the book is better but the movie was still really good.
- September 3, 2012 at 11:03 AM
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Mother Teresa
Mr. Yohei Sasakawa
German Consul General
Lalit Mathur IAS (Retd)
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Henry Alderfer
Mr. Deepak Mangala, Head of GSC Operations - HSBC, India inaugurating 'Prabodh' the Summer Camp for the children of SRH on Wednesday 12th May. The camp will run for 4 weeks and will include spoken English sessions, art, music ,movies etc. This camp will be run by volunteers from HSBC.
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I would also like you to know that this outdoor furniture pattern came from Ana White. Her furniture patterns are great and she designs for all skill levels. If you haven't checked out her blog make she you do...you won't be disappointed.
Thank you for stopping by...I hope you enjoyed your visit. And, thank you to all of you who have left such great comments! I love your feedback. Have a great day!


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What a glorious day! Blue skies, temps in the upper 60s, lovin' it. Okay that is RL, but I am feeling the chill in the air in Second Life too. Autumn is always festive for me; I feel it fast approaching.
|Thorn Andel & Esme Capelo (SL Live Radio CEOs)
Sundays are always perfect for concerts.
Compliments of Mimi Juneau, the Sunday Concert in the Kitchen presented the fabulous Jaynine Scarborough in Dream State (240,71,22). Look out for her weekend concerts by joining Mimi's group!
Rock Your Rack!
Throughout September, it's Rock Your Rack - Fashion and Entertainment
Rock Your Rack 2014 is an annual event supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation. More than 65 designers are participating with exclusive designs for the event (and from those special items 100% of sales are flagged for the foundation).
Main Fashion Sim: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SaliMar/89/101/4002
Here's the line-up of performers & djs,
Always something going on - check your SL Calendar for SL Live Music -
and listen Sundays to SL Live Radio's SLOW BAKE Noon to 2PM SLT for some of the best of SL's music scene, with yours truly.
Here's some photos from Sunday's show -
|Kara Trapdoor
|Bel & Soni
|Thorn and Esme (with Lacy Muircastle in background)


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And here are my portions of this wonderful kit:
And you can download my kit by clicking HERE.
And your next stop is the marvelous Larisa of Garden Girl Designs. You can get her beautiful portion on her blog HERE!
You can get a complete list of ALL participants by visiting the LDS Blog Train Blog HERE!
*Remember with designers being from all over the world, time zones vary. All links should be active by the end of today!


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It's Halloween! Time to overdose on candy and watch horror movies. Rock stars even get in the fun and sometimes make…interesting appearances in horror movies. Sometimes it's not that bad, but most of the time it's clear they should stick to music. To get you in the mood for things that go bump in the night, here are ten rock stars you forgot in horror movies. They're ranked from best performances to worst.
10. Tom Waits in Bram Stoker's Dracula
Somehow Tom Waits playing the role of the insane Renfield in Dracula is oddly appropriate. Watching scenes of him eating flies and gravelly cackling about his vampiric master is hypnotizing and frightening. He perfectly shows how far gone Renfield is at this point in the film. What is probably the creepiest thing is how he still seems charming even though he's spiraling into madness and is out for blood. With his demeanor and trademark gravelly voice, seems like Waits should be in more sophisticated horror movies.
9. Chester Bennington in Saw 3D
Unless you're an avid fan of the Saw franchise, you might've missed Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington in the seventh installment of the series. In the film, he plays a Neo-Nazi named Evan who has to gruesomely tear himself from a car seat in order to save his friends. As you expect, things don't end very well for the gang. Bennington puts his hard rock chops to work by screaming for his life. The scene is hard to watch and turns your stomach. Bennington landed the role by happenstance. Producer Mark Burg lived next to one of the Linkin Park bandmembers and heard Bennington was a huge fan. It's an odd cameo, but at least he was decent at it.
8. David Bowie and Peter Murphy in The Hunger
If there's anyone who could play a suave, sexy vampire, it's David Bowie. The rocker landed the starring role in this 1983 "erotic thriller" about a love triangle between a doctor and a vampire couple. It's not a horror movie per se, but rather a slick looking film with supernatural elements. Though the movie received mixed reviews, Bowie is as cool and stylish as ever. It may not be an awarding winning performance, but it's better than most on this list. Bauhaus' Peter Murphy also makes a brief appearance during the film's credits singing the Goth anthem "Bela Lugosi's Dead."
7. Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne in Trick or Treat
Two legendary rockers pop up in this forgotten 80s horror movie. In this film, Eddie is devastated over the loss of his favorite rocker Sammi Curr. He gets more than he asks when Curr starts haunting him. Simmons plays Nuke, Eddie's friend who's a DJ at the local radio station. The performance is forgettable and easy to miss as Simmons if you aren't paying attention, or if you aren't a KISS fan. But Ozzy's turn as an evangelist talking about the evils of heavy metal must be scene. Dressed in a suit and with his hair slicked back, Osbourne warns kids about the evil of heavy metal with a straight face. Seeing as Ozzy's music was touted as being Satanic and responsible for deaths in the 80s, it's hilarious to hear him talk about the evilness of rock music.
6. Sting in The Bride
Did you know there was a remake/re-imagining of The Bride of Frankenstein? Yeah, it's a terrible idea. To make things even more confusing, the film starred Sting as Baron Charles Frankenstein. The movie follows the same basic plot of the original: Frankenstein makes a mate for his infamous monster and everything goes to shit. Set in a lush Victorian setting, the film is visually pleasing, but that seems to be the most interesting about it. The movie was critically panned, as expected. Gene Siskel even called it a Monstorous Failure. But that didn't stop Sting from starring in more movies, like Plenty and Dune. Guess the guy can't take a hint.
5. Dee Snider in Strangeland
When Snider isn't fronting Twisted Sister he's apparently writing horror films. He wrote and starred in 1998's Strangeland, which focuses on a small town being terrified by a tattooed and pierced baddie Captain Howdy. Howdy uses internet chat rooms to stalk and torture his victims. This is a movie that can only be made in the 90s when everyone was young and naive about the internet. The trailer looks cheesy as hell, but Snider at least seems decent. Still, the movie got negative reviews upon release. Guess people liked the movie the first time they saw it as Hellraiser.
4. Marilyn Manson in Rise: Blood Hunter
Marilyn Manson is no stranger to acting. He's made appearances in films The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things and Party Monster. But in 2007 he made a low key appearance in sub par horror film Rise: Blood Hunter starring Lucy Liu. Judging from the three-minute clip, the movie is pretty lame. Manson is monotone and boring as the everyday bartender who helps Eve (Liu) to find someone. There's nothing notable about his acting. The most interesting thing about the clip is Manson sans makeup, which is not as shocking as it used to be. There's probably a reason you've never heard of this film. Maybe we need to keep it that way.
3. Jon Bon Jovi in Vampires: Los Muertos
Jon Bon Jovi has some weird obsession with being a cowboy. It started with "Dead or Alive" and lead to several roles in Western films. So when John Carpenter penned a script a horror Western, Jovi took the call to star as Derek Bliss, vampire hunter. This is actually a sequel to Carpenter's 1998 film Vampires, which was pretty successful. This one, however, is a straight to video sequel. There's really nothing else to say after that. You don't need to see the entire movie to know it's bad. Just watch the trailer and see how stiff and lifeless Jovi is in the starring role. Even the scene when he kind of turns into a vampire is dull. Maybe the rocker should stick with radio friendly hits that you love, yet hate at the same time.
2. Alice Cooper in Monster Dog
When browsing through Netflix one night, I came across this odd movie. A horror flick starring the equally frightening Alice Cooper? What could go wrong? Apparently, a lot. The movie is slow, dull, and just awful. Not even funny awful. Just bad. Cooper's performance is unremarkable and the plot of wild dogs attacking random citizens sounds cool but is hardly terrifying. Even the scene where Cooper turns into a werewolf, which you have to sit through the entire movie for, is boring. To make things worse, the movie is dubbed in English and none of the English actors voiced their own lines. So throughout the entire viewing, you wonder if something's off or if you're just going crazy.
1.Roger Daltrey in Vampirella
In this terrible adaption of the long-running Vampirella comic series, The Who frontman Roger Daltrey stars in this direct to video film. That should say it all right there. Daltrey stars as Vlad/Jamie Blood, who is Vampirella's enemy and a rock star on weekends. And yes, that does mean there is a musical scene in the film. Seeing an aging Daltrey straining and trying to be enticing with a rat's tail on the side of his head is cringe worthy. He doesn't sound bad performing, but when it comes to enticing vampires, Daltrey isn't the first guy you think of. Judging from the trailer, it's one of those movies you watch with friends to laugh at how awful it is. What was Daltrey thinking?
Honorable mention:
Sonny Bono in Troll
I didn't include this one because Sonny Bono isn't a rock star. But seeing him transform into some weird plant/pod monster was too good to not talk about. Bono gets trick by a troll in the titular movie Troll, yes the precursor to the hilariously awful Troll 2. If you can manage to sit throughout the entire thing, you'll even catch a young Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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There was them, and there was me. We were all doing the same thing from different ends of the hall, but they all stood in a large group at the other end, engaging in conversation and warding off delinquents by their size and presence. I stood alone at the my end, fending off the masses alone. No one ventured down to my end of the hall. They kept to their end and left me to mine. The students, of course, knew my end was the weaker one. They were scheming shenanigans and I was the softy letting them pass because I wanted them to have their last hoorah. I loudly ushered them back into their classes, enforced sternly where a breech of authority could be plainly seen, but otherwise slowly turned from their fun so they could have it. At the other end of the hallway, there was a reunion of teachers. They all seemed to be having a good time, providing a comedic escape for the haggard few enforcing authority down there. I reflected to myself: isn't this how it's always been? The Christian life, symbolized.
I'm a loner. Probably not by choice at first, but now I relish it. I used to relish people and activities, but years of isolation and loneliness have turned me from extrovert to introvert and I have finally just embraced it. The truth is, I don't belong in most groups because there's too much that goes on that I disdain. I don't "get" most jokes because my humor is decently nonexistent. What the world finds funny, I abhor. I have a fresh dislike for gossip, having been the subject of a very painful strain lately. I think most opinions are ridiculous, having their root in human logic rather than the Word of God. This is me, as symbolized here, coming out from among them and being separate. I don't think I chose this. I just read the Bible until it became the only truth I care about and it seems that this isolation and loneliness is a direct result of that one pursuit: the wisdom and knowledge of God.
"Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" (1 Cor. 1:20). Sadly, the church is trying to engage this present culture with their own smoke and mirrors. We try to engage the godless with the very things that offend the Holy Spirit, throwing off the cloak of righteousness that separates us in favor of anything we can find in the costume closet that makes the lost look at us with oooohs and ahhhhs. We might get their attention at first, but then we adopt their ways and call it "Christianity." In fact, we are being less Christ-like and more like the devil every day. The world cannot distinguish us because we would rather fit in – make it into that gaggle at the end of the hallway – then stand alone.
I'm not judging. I know it's painful to be the odd man out. I lived it for many years before I finally managed to silence the still small voice inside long enough to run into the world and taste it's wild fruit. It's intoxicating. Mezmerizing. Death to the man or woman of God inside. So I went back into the Word, and necessarily, farther from being able to "hang" with most of the people in my life because we just aren't on the same page. The things most people revel in, I find repulsive. This is not to imply that I am perfect. I am not. But when the Holy Spirit is your most constant companion, your discernment for what pleases God is awakened and you struggle to abide by things you once found "normal human behavior." You desire less of the world and more of heaven in your daily life.
It'll happen, friend, if you aren't careful. Get a little too reckless with your time and you will find that the more you give to God, the less you will like the world around you. The less you will fit in. The more you will fight the enemy because people will dislike you simply because of who your friends are. While they have so many, you will only have three: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. You will become an absurdity among men. Don't fight it. You have been called to be a peculiarity (1 Peter 2:9). God has spoken your name, calling you to "come out from among them and be separate" (2 Cor. 6:17). You will either embrace the world with all it's present, albeit fading, glory. Or you will embrace Christ. One offers you all that glitters in this life; the other, an eternity of being held in the arms of your Savior. One offers flesh all that it craves of attention and affection; the other promises to kill the flesh, but breathe eternal life into the spirit. You do have a choice, friend. God has laid it out and left it precariously in your hands. "You will hate the one and love the other" (Matt. 6:24). You cannot shirk the choice because to not decide is to decide in favor of this world. "Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of this world becomes an enemy of God" (James 4:4). And with that, the present state of the American church as it is quite clear: "I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me" (Amos 5:21). Why? Because our churches are full of dead men. There is no revival in our hearts because we choose not to talk about what displeases God. We don't preach so that men may know the error of their ways and repent, we preach so that men may feel justified in their sin. That message will make a man think he has no need of a Savior. What does he have to be saved from?
We bring in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny for young children and their adoring mothers. We even dress up and hand out candy on Halloween. We sell the church to rock bands Friday evening, and expect the Holy Spirit to reside in the same place we have allowed the devil to cavort. It is not that the Spirit cannot, but that the Spirit of God will not. The Spirit of God will not abide in a place ferreted out to the world six days of the week. The church thinks God has lowered His standards, but closer inspection of the Word reveals He cannot. "He is the same YESTERDAY, TODAY and FOREVER!" (Heb. 13:8).
Leonard Ravenhill once said that "The only reason we don't have revival is because we are willing to live without it." I would add that we are willing to live without it because we are afraid that God might reveal the darkness in us. He might call forth repentance, in which case we would have to acknowledge that we are not as righteous as we pretend to be. If revival were to fall in America, it would completely shake up the churches. Santa and the Easter bunny might have to find a new hangout among pagan temples because we would no longer welcome them in our hallowed halls. We would shut down our church bar coffee shops and stop making money of the fatigued Sunday School crew, because suddenly, Jesus' tirade in the temple courts would make sense again. We would preach an unwavering message of holiness, "without which none shall see God" (Heb. 12:14).
The church must be willing to stand alone. We must be willing to swim against the tide, because while we talk about the direction the world is headed, we are sadly just swimming alongside our neighbors in the same direction, telling them all they want to hear because we don't want to offend anyone. The church has taken on PC Culture as if we came up with it, but in truth, it's the doctrine of the devil himself. Jesus did not engage in conversations in a PC manner. He confronted sin. He confronted rebelliousness in the hearts of people. Yes, he did it in love. But love is not completely disregarding the sinful nature of a lost humanity. Love is compelling people with tears to come to God. To run from sin. To avoid eternal damnation. To speak an uncomfortable truth that puts us at odds with most everyone. Our message will isolate us, for sure. It'll be uncomfortable and we will often feel overwhelmed, uncomfortable and outnumbered. We will say, like Paul, "a great door of effective ministry has opened for me, and there are many who oppose me" (1 Cor. 16:9).
We have mistakenly believed for so long that the world will embrace us. No! The world will persecute, plunder, and put us to death. That is why we are implored to be courageous. That is why we must have faith. That is why we need the Holy Spirit filling us every moment of every day. The world will forever be at odds with the church of God that is truly after His heart, because the world is in the clutches of Satan. There will always be them and us. "No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval" (1 Cor. 11:19).
Choose you this day whom you will serve; as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Josh. 24:15). We choose Christ knowing that it makes us enemies of the world. Knowing we face isolation and loneliness, persecution, disgrace, and everything else the world can lay siege to us because we bear that name that is above all other names. There is them, and there is me. Where are you?


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The tradition of Eid-special magazines can be traced to post-Liberation War Bangladesh when Shahadat Chowdhury (founder editor of weekly magazines Bichitra and 2000) took the initiative to bring out a special literature-based publication on Eid. According to Golam Mortoza, acting editor of Weekly 2000, the idea and inspiration came from 'Sharadiya-specials' published in West Bengal. Says Mortoza, "Back in those days there was no quality literature-based publication in our country and Shahadat bhai wanted to provide a platform for our writers both popular and upcoming. That's how the first Eid-special issue of Weekly Bichitra happened. The issue featured fresh new literary works by authors and special features."
"Other magazines soon began to bring out their Eid specials but some of them included works of writers from West Bengal. There is an avid readership of Indian literature in our country. However the attitude of readers in West Bengal has been and still remains nonchalant towards our writers. Which is why Bichitra only featured Bangladeshi writers; 2000 is continuing that tradition. It's good to see that other magazines too have started following that trend," Mortoza adds.
The current Eid-special edition of 2000 includes novels by Al Mahmud, Anisul Haque, Faridur Reza Shagor and Dhrubo Esh. Special features include memoirs of renowned food connoisseur and nutritionist Siddiqua Kabir. We have all seen her glory days but the feature brings to light Kabir's fascinating and struggling days. Another interesting feature is a dance-drama titled Usha-Utshob by Selim Al Deen. And 2000 has not forgotten the young readers either. The Eid-special includes 10 short stories by young authors who won at the 'Nido-Weekly 2000' writing contest.
Prothom Alo's Eid-special publication has also found popularity among the readers for its insightful features, exciting fiction and appealing illustrations. According to Zafar Ahmed Rashed, in-charge of Prothom Alos literature page and chief assistant editor of the Eid publication, "We began working on the special issue six months ahead of Eid. However the last two months have been crucial." Rashed adds, "Mainly getting the features from writers takes time. However, it is understandable one cannot rush creative work, specifically writing and we have to deliver what we promised to our readers."
The Eid-special issue of Prothom Alo includes a science fiction novel by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, a novel by Monica Ali (of Brick Lane fame) translated by Mustafa Kaisar and a fiction by Selina Hossain focusing on Rabindranath Tagore in Shilaidaha. A compilation of letters written by the recently deceased poet Shamsur Rahman, Syed Abul Maqsood's feature on 'Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Betar Kendra' and its role during the Liberation War and an insight on a possible female warrior in Dhaka during the '1857 Uprising' by the sepoys against the British in Shamim Aminur Rahman's write up have already created a buzz.
Anondobhubons Eid-special issue includes a feature on artistes who have become regulars in Humayun Ahmed's TV plays and movies, novels by noted author Rabeya Khatun, Alauddin Al Azad and Selina Hossain. Reminiscence of bygone days by singer Fakir Alamgir and a travelogue by Imdadul Haq Milon are special attractions of the publication.
Begum, the pioneering women's magazine in the country, has also published an Eid-special. Among its special features, Nawab Faizunnisa by Zeenat Azim stands out. The issue also includes poems, stories and more.
And this write up would be incomplete if Unmads Eid-special issue is not mentioned. The cartoon magazine with a cult following has as usual included their take on TV shows and films that have attained public attention. The spoofs include Daruchiruni Dwip, Close down one two 3, Amader Niranondo Bari and more.
With so many choices, the readers are definitely in for a treat this Eid.


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I've hit this error enough that I have developed a simple technique for troubleshooting this. It's not fancy, and you could probably think of something better, but this works and gets me to my resolution in a few seconds so I thought it would be worth sharing. The trick is to turn your "INSERT INTO (...) SELECT (...)" into a "SELECT (...) INTO _BadDataTable_ (...)" statement. The SELECT INTO will create a new table for you on the fly, assuming that you use the AS clause in your SELECT to name your fields the same as the destination table you're looking to INSERT INTO.
From there, you can then run this simple SQL script changing the values of @prodTable and @invalidTable into the real names of the destination table and the one you made on the fly containing the bad data. Kinda hackish, but it works and that's all I'm looking for. Note that you have to make a real table with the fields named the same for this to work. Feel free to take and modify to suit your needs, and here's to hoping the next release of SQL Server will fix this completely arcane error:
-- setup declare @prodTable varchar(100) = 'MyDestTable', -- CHANGE THIS!!! @invalidTable varchar(100) = '_BadDataTable_', -- AND THIS!!! @c cursor, @column_name varchar(255), @max_len int if object_id('tempdb..#max_len') is not null drop table #max_len create table #max_len (max_len int) -- get schema for prod table if object_id('tempdb..#prod_table_schema') is not null drop table #prod_table_schema select ordinal_position, column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length into #prod_table_schema from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS a where a.table_name = @prodTable order by 1 -- get schema for table made from invalid data with the trucate error if object_id('tempdb..#invalid_table_schema') is not null drop table #invalid_table_schema select ordinal_position, column_name, data_type, cast(null as int) as character_maximum_length, case when character_maximum_length is null then 0 else 1 end as is_char_field into #invalid_table_schema from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS a where a.table_name = @invalidTable order by 1 -- we need to chase after the max(len(COL)) info with a dynamic query set @c = cursor local fast_forward for select a.column_name from #invalid_table_schema a where a.is_char_field = 1 order by a.ordinal_position open @c fetch next from @c into @column_name while @@fetch_status = 0 begin -- get the maximum data length of the field from the table delete #max_len insert into #max_len exec('select max(len(' + @column_name + ')) as max_len from ' + @invalidTable) select @max_len = max_len from #max_len update #invalid_table_schema set character_maximum_length = @max_len where column_name = @column_name fetch next from @c into @column_name end close @c deallocate @c -- Tell me which fields have the problem select a.column_name, a.character_maximum_length, b.character_maximum_length as actual_length_of_data from #prod_table_schema a join #invalid_table_schema b on a.column_name = b.column_name where a.character_maximum_length < b.character_maximum_length


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|1. Passport - serves as your I.D., needed to exchange money at local bank, etc. Crucial to keep in your purse at all times, but MAKE SURE you have a photo copy on file in case you loose it.
|2. Iphone - I COULD NOT SURVIVE Dublin without this thing. From using my Yelp app to find a good sushi joint nearby, to using the Maps app to navigate to my interview across town, I can't tell you how many times I use it in a day.
|3. Black Leather Gloves - I bought these at M&S. They are fleece-lined and keep my fingers nice and toasty. Because if you are like me, once your hands get cold, it is all down hill from there.
|6. Warm knit beanie - this is a must have, because is can get cold and windy quick. Plus it also serves as a bad hair day fixer, which can happen all too often in this windy city!
|8. Sunnies - When the sun does shine in Ireland, it shines BRIGHT, like make you blind bright! So keep a pair in your bag just in case.


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The European Commission presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, which forms the Commission's contribution to the Rome Summit of 25 March 2017.
The White Paper is the Commission contribution to the debate on the future of our Union that will start with the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome and the Rome Declaration.
The Commission will engage with citizens from now on. The President's State of the Union speech next September will take these ideas forward before first conclusions are drawn at the December 2017 European Council.
This should help decide on a course of action to be rolled out in time for the European Parliament elections in June 2019.


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Anyway, here are some of the pins that I found interesting:
1. Paint your doors pink and yellow
This two-toned door at Amanda Happé's apartment was featured in Design Sponge. It's a nice pop of color in her minimalist home.
photo from Design Sponge
2. Plates on the wall
This photo was posted by Clemmensen & Brok, at Elly's Pancake House in Chicago. If I had the time to go to the flea market, I'd buy as many vintage plates and porcelain items as I can. And one of the things you can do with vintage plates is to hang them on the wall.
Photo from Clemmensen & Brok
3. Bri Emery's new home
Bri Emery of designlovefest had her house done by Emily Henderson, the winner of HGTV design star, my favorite stylist in the whole world.
Photo from stylebyemilyhenderson.com
4. Anthropologie's Stitch-Striped Pillow
These pastel colored pillows from Anthropologie comes in three colors. I like the styling and how they photographed the pillows in this picture.
photo from Anthropologie
5. Bunny Ear Bags
Joy Cho posted this DIY bunny ear bags for Easter. You can put treats and other surprises in this bag for a party. Easter is coming! Are you ready to decorate your Easter eggs?
photo from ohhappyday
6. What happens when a bunch of pastel paper circles are posted on the wall
This folded paper decor was posted on Oh So Beautiful Paper for a brunch for Minted. It's so beautiful I have no words for it.
photo from ohsobeautifulpaper


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Lufthansa Airline Commercial
I love this commercial! Doesn't matter if I have no idea what they're saying. Now how do I get cool music like that playing in the background whenever I walk through the terminal?
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So one of those gorgeous jars is for flour, one for sugar and the third? Well, that's where the homemade vanilla sugar comes into play. You see, on this side of the pond we don't usually use vanilla extract for baking. We use vanilla sugar, sold in little packs much like baking powder. Back in the days when recipes called for margerine instead of butter, this used to be the chemical, disgustingly artificial vanillin sugar.
These days even the smallest grocery store carries the real, organic vanilla sugar that actually contains pieces of ground-up vanilla. Not that the big companies aren't still trying to tell you that you should use that artificial crap.
But before I start a full-scale rant on why I hate artificial vanilla aroma (did you know it's in baby formula to start an early addiction?! Someone please stop me here…), let's focus on the good news. Because it's extremely easy to make.
All you need is a vanilla pod and some sugar.
You can even use a vanilla bean (is it a bean? Or a pod?) that's left over from a recipe where you used up all the seeds. Or one that you have cooked in milk for vanilla pudding. There still is enough flavor for your sugar left. But since I had quite a few left that I didn't end up using in my Christmas baking, I took a whole one, split it and scraped out the seeds and added those to the sugar as well, rubbing them in with my fingers.
Yum. I love the smell of vanilla.
And in case you're confused: we use a tablespoon or so in baking just like you use your vanilla extract, except that we add this to the dry ingredients, usually with the rest of the sugar. When baking American recipes, I usually just add it with whatever sugar the recipe calls for and decrease that amount by a tablespoon.
It also works nicely sprinkled on rice pudding. Or pancakes. Or a simple fruit salad. Once it's empty, just refill the sugar, the vanilla can be reused a few times.


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BXIMAGE.EXE "Bochs Image" Creator
- This is included from the Bochs package. It simply creates blank sectors of image space. For example, it will create an empty floppy or hard drive image of a specified size. The image will be "empty".
MKDOSFS.EXE "Make DOS FS" v00.14.15
A utility to create a FAT disk image of specified size.
- Floppy or Harddrive up to 1024meg of FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32[1].
- I have done some work with the FAT32 stuff, but it is not completed.
- Now includes an option to create an empty MBR, then start the DOS partition at LBA 63.
IMGINIT "Image Initalize" Alex Frounze 17 Jan 2009
- Creates three types of FAT12/16/32 images, including a hard drive image with extended partitions and multiple FAT partitions. Very useful in testing your partition parser. (see IMGCPY for copying to and from these images)
IMGCPY "Image Copy" Alex Frounze 17 Jan 2009
- Copies files to and from FAT images, including creating directories.
MDEL.EXE "Delete file" v00.10.01
- A utility to delete an existing file from a FAT disk image.
MDIREX.EXE "Directory Extended" v00.10.01
A utility to view a FAT disk images directory and FAT contents.
- Displays the BPB, ROOT, and each occupied ROOT entries FAT chain.
MGETIMG.EXE "Get Disk Image" v00.20.00
A utility to create a disk image from logical drives. (multiple formats).
- Logical Drives include floppies and partitions on hard drives.
- Now will handle large partition sizes (total sectors more than 32-bits)
MPART.EXE "Make Partition(s) Image" v00.10.00
A utility to create a partitioned disk image from other given images.
Source and Executable included. See samples.txt for how to use.
This utility was created for and included with FYSOS: The System Core.
MPUTIMG.EXE "Put Disk Image" v00.20.00
A utility to write a disk image to a floppy drive. (multiple formats).
Source and Executables included:
- Will write to a USB Thumb Drive, and as long as
your BIOS will boot USB Thumb Drives as 1.44 floppies, you can use it
instead of a floppy disk.
MBOOTCD.EXE "Create a CDROM Image with boot options" v00.10.10
Create a CDROM image capable of booting with only a ROOT and a single file.
- Added the Effective Date to the Primary Volume Descriptor. Some hardware wasn't booting the CD with out it.
- Fixed a few minor errors, but now more specification correct.
MGETCD.EXE "Get Disk Image of Physical CD" v00.12.02
A utility to create a disk image from a CD.
- Compiled with VC++ 6.0 as a Win32 console app
- 27May2004: Now checks for multi-session disks. I still think it isn't reading quite enough sectors, but I am working on it.
- 02May2016: (Wow, 12 years later) It now recognizes the difference between ISO 9660 and UDF discs.
- **** Now Requires a WinXP machine ****
MCDINFO.EXE "Get CD Info" v00.12.00
A utility to get the info from a CD. Displays much more information now.
Also allows a filename on the command line to use an ISO image instead.
- Compiled with VC++ 6.0 as a Win32 console app
- 02May2016: Now recognizes the difference between ISO 9660 and UDF discs and prints UDF info.
- *** Requires a WinNT machine ****
MMAKECD.EXE "Make 9660 CD from directory" v00.10.00
This is the utility by Philip J. Erdelsky from http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pje/cdmake.txt. I modified it and added to it to make it a bit more detailed.
- Compiled with VC++ 6.0 as a Win32 console app
- *** Requires a WinNT machine ****
MAPPEND.EXE "Append Sectors to Disk Image" v00.10.05
Append sectors to a disk image so that it has an even number of cylinders, heads, and spt. For example, if you get a disk image that BOCHS panics that the disk geometry doesn't match your bochrc.txt file, then use this to append enough sectors to the end of the image so that you have a cylinder value of X, a head value of 16, and a SPT value of 63.
MSECTCPY.EXE "Sector Copy" v00.10.00
This utility will copy a given binary file to a specified location in another given binary file.
In other words, copy a smaller file to an offset within a larger image file.
Used for writing MBR's, boot code, and other fixed offset items to your image file.
DUMP.EXE "Dump a files contents" v01.75.00, is now located here.
MKE2FS.EXE "Make an Ext2 file system" v00.04.14
A utility to format a partition or a file to the Ext2 File System by Matt <mattwu [at] 163.com>
I found this and the source at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43775&package_id=36151&release_id=604095 inside the Ext2Fsd-0.46a.src.zip file. I am only including the .exe and readme.txt file. For the source, grab the zip file at SF.
The home page he has listed http://ext2.yeah.net is broken.
The latest code looks to be at http://ext2fsd.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ext2fsd/trunk/Mke2fs/
MAKE_VMDK.EXE "Make a .VMDK file" v00.10.00
Okay, this isn't a tool for bochs, but this will allow you to take your hard disk images from bochs and use them in VMware's Workstation v6.0. It creates a .vmdk config file to tell VMware what type of image you are using. It is an MFC MS WinXP Dialog App but should work on Win95+.
Most utilities come with source code. I compiled them with (except were noted):
DJGPP (creates a DOS .EXE that requires a DPMI)
VC++ 6.x (creates a Windows .EXE that requires Win32)
QC2.5 (creates a DOS .EXE that will run on TRUE DOS)
All utilities come with a pre-compiled version using DJGPP with the above requirements for DJGPP .EXE's, except were noted above.
[1]Please note that I currently only use FAT12 with these tools. I have coded the FAT16 and FAT32 into these utilities, but it is unknown if they work correctly. If you use FAT16 or FAT32 and these utilities, please let me know if you had to make some modifications to get them to work. Thanks.
*** Contact info can be found here.
Here is the executable and source to a small utility to delete the second FAT from a freshly formatted DOS 1.44m floppy disk. I use it to test my FAT code for use of only one fat on the disk. However, I don't know of any DOS format util that will format a disk with
only one FAT, so... :-) Please read the comments in the onefat.asm source file.


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There are so many variations in Rogan josh preparation and honestly I am searching for the original one, please if anyone knows the traditional preparation just share with us. I know this is not the exact way of preparation but the final result is very nice.
300-400g mutton (I used rib part)
2 tsp pepper powder
½ tsp fennel powder
2 tsp vinegar
3 clove
Small cinnamon stick
One bay leaf
3 split cardamom
2 onions
1 tbsp ginger paste
½ tsp saffron (optional I used for color)
2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder (less spicy but having vibrant red color)
½ tsp turmeric powdr
1 tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp pepper powder
¼ tsp pepper powder
¼ fennel powder
Salt to taste
2½ tbsp oil
1) Marinate mutton pieces with pepper powder, fennel powder, salt and vinegar. Keep aside
2) Soak saffron in ¼ cup water for half an hour. Then add chili powder, turmeric powder, and coriander powder. Mix well and keep aside
3) Heat oil in a pot and add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaf (I forgot to add this stage so added later)
4) Once nice smell comes add onion paste (blend onion to make paste)
5) Saute well for five minute than add ginger paste
6) After two minute add marinated mutton pieces and fry for 8-10 minute
7) Then add some water and salt
8) Add prepared saffron red chili mixture
9) Mix well and close the lid. Cook for 1 – 1 ½hr (slow cooking). In between open the lid and add pepper powder and fennel powder
10) Once mutton cooked well switch off the flame and serve hot


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Friday, July 22, 2016
What Constitutes a Practicing Catholic?
Breaking my huge blog break (finally) to share this "must see" video! We all must practice our faith, and Father Mike Schmitz does an awesome job of explaining this!
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Good to hear from you! Hope everyone is well. I'm taking a blogging break myself-just checking in with all the blogs I follow.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful man and clear explanation.ReplyDelete
HI Jamie!! I LOVE this priest, don't you??!!ReplyDelete
If you're at all interested in knowing . . . the Catholic Dogma . . . that we *must believe* to get to Heaven, and which you have *never* seen . . .ReplyDelete
I list it on my website > > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com
> > Abjuration of heresy to enter the Catholic Church > www.Gods-Catholic-Dogma.com/section_19.1.html
The Catholic God knows . . . what we think and believe . . .
Catholic writing of Romans 1:21 >
"They ... became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened."
Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Deuteronomy 31:21 >
"For I know their thoughts, and what they are about to do this day."
Catholic Faith (pre-fulfillment) writing of Job 21:27 >
"Surely I know your thoughts, and your unjust judgments against Me."
The group that calls itself "islam" ... is not a religion. Fully proven by the fact that the "koran" says the *opposite* of the Old Testament Prophets > Section 113.1 of the site.


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Kisagotami and the Buddha
A woman -- dove-eyed, young, with tearful face
And lifted hands -- saluted, bending low:
"Lord! thou art he", she said, "who yesterday
Had pity on me in the fig-grove here,
Where I live lone and reared my child; but he
Straying amid the blossoms found a snake,
Which twined about his wrist, whilst he did laugh
And tease the quick forked tongue and opened mouth
Of that cold playmate. But, alas! ere long
He turned so pale and still, I could not think
Why he should cease to play, and let my breast
Fall from his lips. And one said, 'He is sick
Of poison'; and another, 'He will die.'
But I, who could not lose my precious boy,
Prayed of them physic, which might bring the light
Back to his eyes; it was so very small
That kiss-mark of the serpent, and I think
It could not hate him, gracious as he was,
Nor hurt him in his sport. And some one said,
'There is a holy man upon the hill --
Lo! now he passeth in the yellow robe --
Ask of the Rishi if there be a cure
For that which ails thy son.' Whereon I came
Trembling to thee, whose brow is like a god's,
And wept and drew the face-cloth from my babe,
Praying thee tell what simples might be good.
And thou, great sir! didst spurn me not, but gaze
With gentle eyes and touch with patient hand;
Then draw the face-cloth back, saying to me,
'Yea! little sister, there is that might heal
Thee first, and him, if thou couldst fetch the thing;
For they who seek physicians bring to them
What is ordained. Therefore, I pray thee, find
Black mustard seed, a tola; only mark
Thou take it not from any hand or house
Where father, mother, child, or slave hath died:
It shall be well if thou canst find such seed.'
Thus didst thou speak, my Lord!"
The Master smiled
Exceeding tenderly. "Yea! I spake thus,
Dear Kisagotami! But didst thou find
The seed?"
"I went, Lord, clasping to my breast
The babe, grown colder, asking at each hut --
Here in the jungle and towards the town --
'I pray you, give me mustard, of your grace,
A tola -- black'; and each who had it gave,
For all the poor are piteous to the poor;
But when I asked, 'In my friend's household here
Hath any peradventure ever died --
Husband or wife, or child, or slave?' they said:
'O Sister! what is this you ask? the dead
Are very many, and the living few!'
So with sad thanks I gave the mustard back,
And prayed of others; but the others said,
'Here is the seed, but we have lost our slave!'
'Here is the seed, but our good man is dead!'
'Here is some seed, but he that sowed it died
Between the rain time and the harvesting!'
Ah, sir! I could not find a single house
Where there was mustard seed and none had died!
Therefore I left my child -- who would not suck
Nor smile -- beneath the wild vines by the stream,
To seek thy face and kiss thy feet, and pray
Where I might find this seed and find no death,
If now, indeed, my baby be not dead,
As I do fear, and as they said to me."
"My sister! thou hast found," the Master said,
"Searching for what none finds -- that bitter balm
I had to give thee. He thou lovedst slept
Dead on thy bosom yesterday: today
Thou know'st the whole wide world weeps with thy woe:
The grief which all hearts share grows less for one.
Lo! I would pour my blood if it could stay
Thy tears and win the secret of that curse
Which makes sweet love our anguish, and which drives
O'er flowers and pastures to the sacrifice --
As these dumb beasts are driven -- men their lords.
I seek that secret: bury thou thy child!"
The Light of Asia
, Book the Fifth by Sir Edwin Arnold
narrative on Kisagotami and her dead child
Though one should live a hundred years without perceiving the deathless state, yet better indeed is a single day to one who has perceived the deathless state
Dhammapada 114
Karma explained
Kisagotami & her dead child (poem)
The Light of Asia


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ITT Exelis has completed the acquisition of Applied Kilovolts Group Holdings Ltd., a provider of precision high-voltage power supplies for medical, scientific, pharmaceutical and food safety instruments.
Financial terms were not reported in the April 12 announcement.
The acquired company, which will become part of the existing power-solutions business within the Exelis Geospatial Systems division, produces components for global analytical instrumentation under the brand names Applied Kilovolts and Brandenburg.
ITT Exelis, of McLean, VA., will continue to market products under those brand names.
The acquisition supports a key growth strategy for Exelis, enabling the company to expand its position as a provider of image-chain solutions, from sensors to data to decisions. In this case, the deal ensures Exelis will be a supplier of key components for the high-growth medical and scientific instrumentation market, the announcement said.
Based in Sussex, England, Applied Kilovolts posted 2011 revenues of $13.2 million.
Last year ITT, of White Plains, N.Y., spun off its ITT Defense and Information Solutions business unit into ITT Exelis, the company announced in early April, with ITT Defense and Information Solutions President Dave Melcher serving as CEO of the new company.
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One of the highlights of Mount St. Mary's sub-par 2013 campaign was a 14-6 demolition of Georgetown on March 12 that ended up being the team's second biggest win via margin of victory.
Both sides will re-acquaint themselves on Wednesday at 3 p.m. when the Mountaineers (0-1) visit Multi-Sport Field in Washington, D.C., and Mountaineers coach Tom Gravante said he fully expects the Hoyas to use last year's outcome as motivation.
"That was a great day for Mount St. Mary's – not so much for Georgetown – but it's a clean slate," he said Monday. "It's a new start and we certainly are a new team. We have changed some things up, and we're trying to help our guys learn how to battle and how to develop chemistry, and that's exactly what practice was today. It's a new team, another year, and I'm certain that Georgetown hasn't forgotten. I think it's safe to say that they're returning more starters than us. So they're going to be ready to go, especially in a home game for them."
The Mountaineers fared badly in their season opener last Saturday at No. 11 Maryland, getting outscored 11-2 in the first half en route to a 16-3 setback. The suddenness of Wednesday's contest might give Mount St. Mary's a chance to bury the memory of that loss to the Terps, but Gravante conceded that he would have preferred to have more practice time to tutor a youthful roster.
"Every coach would say that they prefer more time to prepare, but there's only so much time to schedule 17 games," he said. "And because these are out-of-conference games, we have to schedule what's open before we get into late March and early April. As a player, I enjoyed playing two games a week, and I know that when we get to the conference games, the coaches take kind of a football philosophy and want to prepare for just one game a week."
While the Mountaineers have one game under their belts, Georgetown will open its season on Wednesday. The Hoyas might have some preseason rust to them, but Gravante said there are a few factors that might be in their favor.
"They're probably more healthy, they've got the practice experience under them, they're ready, they're excited," he said. "That's something we have to assume, that they're going to be ready to go on Wednesday."


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Description: High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 accommodates you whether you prefer to play a single game, an entire season with playoffs, or just want to whack the ball out of the park in home run derby. All 30 major league baseball teams and ballparks are represented, with the actual updated 2001 teams and player rosters. There are five modes of play: batting practice, exhibition, season, playoffs, and home run derby. You can strike out batters with multiple pitch types, and use the auto-fielding option for easy play.
Choose your hit:
When batting, there are five ways to hit the baseball.
Grounder: Press Down + B.
Homerun (sometimes): Press Up + B.
Left Field: Press Left + B.
Right Field: Press Right + B.
Random Hit: Press B.
Glitch: Double play after a walk:
Sometimes when a batter walks, he will stay at home plate and not go to first base. You (or the CPU) can make a double play if the next batter pops out.
Hidden pitches:
When pitching you are normally only able to choose from a "fastball" and a "split". Hold Left, then rotate the D-pad clockwise and press B to unlock the rest of the pitches.
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I think I'm finally to the point where I'm no longer holding on to the vestige of living in Florida. I'm ready to move. I'm so tired of packing and planning and ready to find my new normal in California. I've given up my sadness (mostly) and traded it in for excitement and curiosity. I'm trying to battle my anxiety with trust and hope. Most days, by the grace of God, it's working.
I'm overwhelmed by the goodness of this week and the opportunity to have THREE interviews while I'm not even in California yet. I am praising God for his provision in all of this and trusting that it will work out. I'm praying for more jobs to apply for and more interviews and of course the perfect job (for this season) to come quickly. (Pray for my job search!)
I'm sure my blog will be silent for the next week or so as I move across the country. But don't worry, I'll be taking pictures and trying to take it all in to report back!


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FC: Similar Ecosystems By: Mickey4, Rawrinator4, and Shelanimalgirl4
1: In this Mixbook, we will be comparing different ecosystems and explaining how they are similar. This will cover ecosystems all the way from oceans to deserts. Enjoy!
3: A rain forest ecosystem and an ocean ecosystem are alike in many ways. One of the most known things about both of these ecosystems is that both consist of many animals. | Another similar factor of these is that both have a large amount of vegetation. This vegetation feeds many of the ecosystems living organisms.
4: A tundra and a desert are surprisingly similar in many ways. One of these ways, the biggest but most unknown of these would probably be the lack of moisture. Both ecosystems have extreme amounts of sunlight and a very small amount of water. There are also small numbers of animals coexisting in these areas.
7: A mountain and savanna may seem very different, but are actually quite alike. | Both have a good amount of large animals. For an example, the Savannah contains elephants, giraffes, wildebeests, and zebras. | Mountains have mountain goats, mountain lions, yaks, and wild horses. Also, both are pretty much deserted by humans.