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James Madison to Henry Lee5 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 30, 2008
November 30, 1788
My Dear Sir
Your favor of the 29th ult: was received in N. York—the pleasing one of the 19th Inst. found me in this city, whither I had come with a view either to return to N. York or proceed to Virginia as circumstances might determine—I have not sooner acknowledged your first favor, because it intimated that the subject of it admitted of delay, and I did not wish to precipitate a determination on it—although I did not foresee any addition of lights to guide me—The truth is I am fully satisfied that your calculations of advantage in the purchase are in substance at least well founded—I cannot be less so, that the proposition to me is the genuine offspring of a friendship, which demands the warmest returns and acknowledgements—an opportunity of bettering my private circumstances cannot be prudently disregarded by me—and I need not add that one more acceptable could not be found, than that in which every instance of profit to myself would be a pleasing proof of concurrent profit to you. To these considerations nothing is opposed but an inability to make the contributions which would be due & necessary on my part—and a fixt aversion to becoming a burden in the contract, and to stand in the way perhaps of other friends, who have an equal title to gratification, with the requisite means of giving effect to the plan—I do not know that within 12 months I could command more than one or two hundred pounds, unless I could dispose of property, which is not at present practicable.
You will see from the above explanation that notwithstanding my inclination, I dare not avail myself of your friendship on this occasion—any further than arrangements can be engrafted in the Bargain which will make the bargain contribute itself the means of fulfilling its obligations, and its objects. So far I shall be happy in partaking its benefits in such proportion as you may think fit—not exceeding the reparation in your own behalf—How far the means can be extracted out of the bargain you alone can determine. I apprehend that one at least of the gentlemen on whom you have cast an eye, is in no condition at present to enter into such a speculation. Wadsworth is probablyable—but I cannot even guess his dispositions on the subject—of the other I know nothing—The measures pursued at Richmond are as impolitic as they are otherwise exceptionable—if alterations of a reasonable sort are really in view, they are much more attainable from Congress than from attempts to bring about another convention. It is already decided that the latter mode is a hopeless pursuit—N. H—Mass—Con. N. J. Pena. & Delaware having appointed Senators known to be Bona fide friends to the constitution—From the 1st State will be Langdon & Bartlett—from the 2d Bowdoin & Strong—from N. Jersey, Patterson & Elmer—the others you know—Maryland, S. Carolina & Georgia will make appointments of the like complexions. The elections of Reps for Pena is over, but the result is not yet known from all the counties, little doubt is entertained on one side, that it will prove favorable, though the other side do not renounce its hopes. In the city the majority was nearly as five to one—In Lancaster county still greater I am told, and in one or two others, the proportion not less—The antifederal counties however are farthest off, and have not yet been heard from—In Berks where unanimity almost prevailed on that side, the badness of the day and the height of the waters reduced the number of voters to about 400—although the county must contain several more—In general a small proportion of the people seemed to have voted—How far this is to be charged on the weather or an indifference to the occasion I am not able to say.
I am not yet entirely recovered from the complaint which was reproduced by the journey from N. York hither—Nor am I yet absolutely decided whether I shall go back in consequence of the reappointment to Cong.—or proceed forthwith to Virga—I mean to be a member of the H. of Reps if elected to that service—and to take the proper steps for offering my services. Those of a contrary character I shall certainly decline. Even the electioneering appearance of a trip to Virga. at this crisis is not a little grating to me. Present me in the best manner to Mrs Lee. I am yrs affy
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Alexander Hamilton to James Madison0 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 23, 2008
November 23, 1788
I thank you, my dear sir, for yours of the loth. The only part of it which surprises me is what you mention respecting Clinton. I cannot, however, be lieve that the plan will succeed. Nor, indeed, do I think that Clinton would be disposed to exchange his present appointment for that office, or risk his popularity by holding both. At the same time the attempt merits attention, and ought not to be neglected as chimerical or impracticable.
In Massachusetts the Electors will, I understand, be appointed by the Legislature, and will be all Federal, and 't is probable will be, for the most part, in favor of Adams. It is said the same thing will happen in New Hampshire, and, I have reason to believe, it will be the case in Connecticut. In this State it is difficult to form any certain calculation. A large majority of the Assembly was doubtless of an Anti-federal complexion, but the schism in the party, which has been occasioned by the falling off of some of its leaders in the Convention, leaves me not without hope that, if matters are well managed, we may procure a majority for some pretty equal compromise. In the Senate we have the superiority by one. In New Jersey there seems to be no question but that the complexion of the Electors will be Federal, and I suppose, if thought expedient, they may be united in favor of Adams. Pennsylvania you can best judge of. From Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina, I presume, we may count with tolerable assurance on Federal men; and I should imagine, if pains are taken, the danger of an Antifederal Vice-President might itself be rendered the instrument of Union. At any rate, their weight will not be thrown into the scale of Clinton, and I do not see from what quarter numbers can be marshalled in his favor equal to those who will advocate Adams, supposing even a division in the Federal votes.
On the whole I have concluded to support Adams, though I am not without apprehensions on the score we have conversed about. My principal reasons are these: First, he is a declared partisan of deferring to future experience the expediency of amendments in the system, and (although I do not altogether adopt this sentiment) it is much nearer my own than certain other doctrines. Secondly, he is certainly a character of importance in the Eastern States; if he is not Vice-President, one of two worse things will be likely to happen. Either he must be nominated to some important office, for which he is less proper, or will become a malcontent, and give additional weight to the opposition to the government. As to Knox, I cannot persuade myself that he will incline to the appointment. He must sacrifice emolument by it, which must be of necessity a primary object with him.
If it should be thought expedient to endeavor to unite on a particular character, there is a danger of a different kind to which we must not be inattentive—the possibility of rendering it doubtful who is appointed President. You know the Constitution has not provided the means of distinguishing in certain cases, and it would be disagreeable to have a man treading close upon the heels of the person we wish as President. May not the malignity of the opposition be, in some instances, exhibited even against him? Of all this we shall best judge when we know who are our Electors; and we must, in our different circles, take our measures accordingly.
I could console myself for what you mention respecting yourself, from a desire to see you in one of the executive departments, did I not perceive the representation will be defective in characters of a certain description. Wilson is evidently out of the question. King tells me he does not believe he will be elected into either House. Mr. Gouverneur Morris set out to-day for France, by way of Philadelphia. If you are not in one of the branches, the government may sincerely feel the want of men who unite to zeal all the requisite qualifications for parrying the machinations of its enemies. Might I advise, it would be, that you bent your course to Virginia.
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James Madison to Edmund Randolph3 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 23, 2008
Philadelphia, November 23, 1788
My Dear Friend,
Your two favors of the 5th & 10th instant have been duly recd. The appointments for the Senate communicated in the latter, answer to the calculations I had formed, notwithstanding the contrary appearances on which the former was founded. My only surprise is that in the present temper and disproportionate number of the anti federal part of the Assembly, my name should have been honored with so great a vote as it received. When this circumstance is combined with that of the characters which I have reason to believe concurred in it, I should be justly chargeable with a very mistaken ambition, if I did not consider the event in the light which you anticipated. I shall not be surprised if the attempt should be equally successful to shut the door of the other House agst me, which was the real object of my preference as well for the reason formerly suggested to you, as for the additional one that it will less require a stile of life with which my circumstances do not square, & for which an inadequate provision only will probably be made by the public. Being not yet acquainted with the allottment of Orange in the districts, I can form no estimate of the reception that will be given to an offer of my services. The district in which I am told it is likely to be thrown, for the choice of an Elector, is a very monitory sample of what may & probably will be done in that way.
My present situation embarrasses me somewhat. When I left N. York, I not only expected that the Choice for the Senate would be as it is, but was apprehensive yt the spirit of party might chuse to add the supposed mortification of dropping my name from the deputation to Congress for the fraction of a year remaining. I accordingly left that place under arrangements which did not require my return. At the same time, I had it in view, if left entirely to my option, to pass the Winter or part of it there, being desirous of employing some of the time in matters which need access to the papers of Congress, & supposing moreover that I should be there master more of my time yn in Virginia. The opportunity of executing my plan is given me I find by one of the votes of the Assembly. On the other hand I am now pressed by some of my friends to repair to Virginia, as a requisite expedient for counteracting the machinations agst my election into the H. of Reps. To this again I am extremely disinclined for reasons additional to the one above mentioned. It will have an electioneering appearance which I always despised and wish to shun. And as I should shew myself in Orange only, where there will probably be little difficulty, my presence could have no very favorable effect; whilst it is very possible that such a mark of solicitude strengthened by my not declining a reappointment to Congress, and now declining to serve in it, might by a dexterous misinterpretation, be made to operate on the other side. These considerations are strong inducements to join my colleagues at N. York, and leave things to their own course in Virginia. If Orange should fall into a federal district it is probable I shall not be opposed; if otherwise a successful opposition seems unavoidable. My decision however is not finally taken.
Mr Dawson arrived here this morning. He took Anapolis in his way, where he tells me the disputed election of Baltimore engages the whole attention at present.
Will you be good eno' to enable me to answer the inclosed paper. I do not chuse to trust my recollection of the law on the subject. The enquiry comes from the French Consul at N. York.
You may continue to address yr. letters to N. York till I give you other notice as they will not be lost whatever direction I may take, and will be highly grateful if I should go thither.
Yrs most Affecty.
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Thomas Jefferson to James Madison0 comments Posted by HCPS at Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Paris, November 18, 1788
Dear Sir,
—My last to you was of the 31st July: since which I have received yours of July 24, Aug. 10 & 23. The first part of this long silence in me was occasioned by a knoledge that you were absent from N. York; the latter part by a want of opportunity, which has been longer than usual. Mr. Shippen being just arrived here, and to set out to-morrow for London, I avail myself of that channel of conveyance. Mr. Carrington was so kind as to send me the 2d vol. of the Amer. phil. transactions, the federalist, and some other interesting pamphlets; and I am to thank you for another copy of the federalist and the report of the instrns. to the ministers for negotiating peace. The latter unluckily omitted exactly the passage I wanted, which was what related to the navigation of the Mississippi. With respect to the Federalist, the three authors had been named to me. I read it with care, pleasure & improvement, and was satisfied there was nothing in it by one of those hands, & not a great deal by a second. It does the highest honor to the third, as being, in my opinion, the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written. In some parts it is discoverable that the author means only to say what may be best said in defence of opinions in which he did not concur. But in general it establishes firmly the plan of government. I confess it has rectified me in several points. As to the bill of rights however I still think it should be added and I am to see that three states have at length considered the perpetual re-eligibility of the president as an article which should be amended. I should deprecate with you indeed the meeting of a new convention. I hope they will adopt the mode of amendment by Congress & the Assemblies, in which case I should not fear any dangerous innovation in the plan. But the minorities are too respectable not to be entitled to some sacrifice of opinion in the majority especially when a great proportion of them would be contented with a bill of rights. Here things internally are going on well. The Notables, now in session, have indeed passed one vote which augurs ill to the rights of the people, but if they do not obtain now so much as they have a right to, they will in the long run. The misfortune is that they are not yet ripe for receiving the blessings to which they are entitled. I doubt, for instance, whether the body of the nation, if they could be consulted, would accept of a Habeas corpus law, if offered them by the King. If the Etats generaux, when they assemble, do not aim at too much, they may begin a good constitution. There are three articles which they may easily obtain, 1, their own meeting periodically. 2, the exclusive right of taxation. 3, the right of registering laws & proposing amendments to them as exercised now by the parliaments. This last would be readily approved by the courts on account of their hostility against the parliaments, & would lead immediately to the origination of laws. The 2d has been already solemnly avowed by the King; and it is well understood there would be no opposition to the first. If they push at much more, all may fail. I shall not enter further into public details, because my letter to Mr. Jay will give them. That contains a request of permission to return to America the next spring, for the summer only. The reasons therein urged, drawn from my private affairs, are very cogent. But there is another more cogent on my mind, tho' of a nature not to be explained in a public letter. It is the necessity of attending my daughters myself to their own country, and depositing them safely in the hands of those with whom I can safely leave them. I have deferred this request as long as circumstances would permit, and am in hopes it will meet with no difficulty. I have had too many proofs of your friendship not to rely on your patronage of it, as, in all probability, nothing can suffer by a short absence. But the immediate permission is what I am anxious about; as by going in April & returning in October I shall be sure of pleasant & short passages out & in. I must intreat your attention, my friend, to this matter, and that the answers may be sent me thro' several channels.
Mr. Limozin at Havre, sent you by mistake a package belonging to somebody else. I do not know what it contained, but he has written to you on the subject, & prayed me to do the same. He is likely to suffer if it be not returned.
Supposing that the funding their foreign debt will be among the first operations of the new government, I send you two estimates, the one by myself, the other by a gentleman infinitely better acquainted with the subject, shewing what fund will suffice to discharge the principal and interest as it shall become due, aided by occasional loans, which the same fund will repay. I inclose them to you, because collating them together, and with your own ideas, you will be able to devise something better than either. But something must be done. This government will expect, I fancy, a very satisfactory provision for the paiment of their debt, from the first session of the new Congress. Perhaps in this matter, as well as the arrangement of your foreign affairs, I may be able when on the spot with you, to give some information & suggest some hints, which may render my visit to my native country not altogether useless. I consider as no small advantage the resuming the tone of mind of my constituents, which is lost by long absence, and can only be recovered by mixing with them: and shall particularly hope for much profit & pleasure, by contriving to pass as much time as possible with you. Should you have a trip to Virginia in contemplation for that year, I hope you will time it so as that we may be there together. I will camp you at Monticello where, if illy entertained otherwise, you shall not want for books. In firm hope of a happy meeting with you in the spring or early in summer I conclude with assurances of the sincere esteem & attachment with which I am, Dear Sir, your affectionate friend & servant.
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Alexander Hamilton to George Washington0 comments Posted by HCPS at Tuesday, November 18, 2008
November 18, 1788
Dear Sir:
Your last two letters have duly come to hand, and the Count de Moustier has delivered me the watch you committed to his charge. Your obliging attention to this matter claims my particular acknowledgments. I will make no apology for asking you to take the additional trouble of forwarding the enclosed to the General. I take the liberty of passing it through you, that you may, by perusing the contents, know the situation of the business.
The demand of fifty guineas is to me quite unexpected. I am sorry to add that there is too good evidence that it cost a mere trifle to the General. This, however, I mention in confidence. Nor shall I give you any further trouble on the subject. Whatever may be proper will be done.
Mrs. Hamilton requests her affectionate remembrances to Mrs. Washington, and joins me in the best wishes for you both.
P. S.—Your last letter, on a certain subject, I have received. I feel a conviction that you will finally see your acceptance to be indispensable. It is no compliment to say that no other man can sufficiently unite the public opinion or can give the requisite weight to the office in the commencement of the government. These considerations appear to me of themselves decisive. I am not sure that your refusal would not throw every thing into confusion. I am sure that it would have the worst effect imaginable. Indeed, as I hinted in a former letter, I think circumstances leave no option.
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Abigail Adams to John Adams3 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hartford, November 16, 1788
My Dearest Friend
We Reached this place last evening and put up at a Mr. Aves private Lodgings, where we are very well accomodated. I am delighted with the view I have had of this State, the River is in full sight from the House and the fields yet retain their verdure. Lands I am told are valued here at a hundred pounds per acre, and it is not unusuall to let the Farms upon this River st four pounds per annum per acre. Manure is generally carried out in the fall. So much for Farming which is in your own Way, besides I have learnt a New Method of preserving pumpkins which is in my own way. I hope to make the journey usefull to me by further observations. I followd your injunctions Stricktly kept open the windows, walkt some times &c. but still no remedy against evening air. The day's being short and the evenings fine we wisht to improve the good weather and get on our journey as fast as possible, so rode late in the Evening by which means I got a bad cold, or rather added to that which I had when I left Home, it is however going off today. I hope you are relieved from yours and that without the assistance of Bridgham prescription. I think of you very often and how I shall get back to you. I find the weather full cold enough now for travelling with comfort. We have a very easy carriage good carefull driver and able Horses, yet find thirty miles as much as we can accomplish in one day. Some of the Road Rough enough as you well remember. Our Landlord who is an intelligent man fell into politicks to day, inquired who were talkd of for Senators in our state, &c. but finding no politicians in comapny few observations were made. He was high in praise of Dr. Johnson and Judge Elsworth, hop'd the rest of the States would send as good Men and then he did not believe that the House of Lords in England could equal them, did no like pensilvana's sending chusing a Man who had never been heard of before, he might be a good Man, but he wanted thoses Men in office whose Fame had resounded throughout all the States. I ventured to ask him who we talkd of for representatives. He said Col. Wadsworth would be one, but that much had not been said upon the Subject yet. Our Friend Trumble lives within a few doors of this House. I have sent my compliments to him to come and take a dish of Tea with us, the Messenger is not yet returnd. We propose persuing our journey early in the morning and hope to reach New York by thursday Night.
I hope to hear from you by Genll. Knox or Mr. Jarvis, pray see that our son exercises daily. I shall wnat to know a little of politicks, but ofwith them I suppose you will tell me I share no Buisness. I design to be vastly prudent I assure you hear all and say little I hope you will be in good Spirits all the Time I am gone, remembering Solomans advise that a merry Heart was good like a medicine. Love to all my friends.
Have had a charming visit from Trumble we were so happy and sociable. I wisht you had been here to have shard it, we talkd of Books a little politicks, &c. &c. and so long that, the post is just going, and I have only time to say a good Night and that I am yours most tenderly
A Adams
Dont leave my Letters upon the table.
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Alexander Hamilton to Theodore Sedgwick0 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 09, 2008
November 9, 1788
My Dear Sir:
Your last letter but one met me at Albany attending court, from whence I am but just returned. Yours of the 2d inst. is this moment handed me.
I am very sorry for the schism you hint at among the Federalists, but I have so much confidence in the good management of the fast friends of the Constitution, that I hope no ill consequences will ensue from that disagreement. It will, however, be worthy of great care to avoid suffering a difference of opinion on collateral points, to produce any serious division between those who have hitherto drawn together on the great national question.
Permit me to add that I do not think you should allow any line to be run between those who wish to trust alterations to future experience, and those who are desirous of them at the present juncture. The rage for amendments is in my opinion rather to be parried by address than encountered with open force. And I shall therefore be loth to learn that your parties have been arranged professedly upon the distinction I have mentioned. The mode in which amendments may best be made, and twenty other matters, may serve as pretexts for avoiding the evil and securing the good.
On the question between Mr. H. and Mr. A., Mr. King will probably have informed you that I have, upon the whole, concluded that the latter ought to be supported. My measures will be taken accordingly. I had but one scruple, but after mature consideration, I have relinquished it. Mr. A., to a sound understanding, has always appeared to me to add an ardent love for the public good, and, as his further knowledge of the world seems to have corrected those jealousies which he is represented to have once been influenced by, I trust nothing of the kind suggested in my former letter will disturb the harmony of the administration. Let me continue to hear from you, and believe me to be, with very great esteem and regard, etc.
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James Madison to George Washington0 comments Posted by HCPS at Wednesday, November 05, 2008
New York, November 5, 1788
Dear Sir,
The inclosed memorandum was put into my hands by Mr. St. John, the French Consul. He is a very worthy man & entitled, by his philanthropy and zealous patronage of whatever he deems useful, to much esteem and regard. You will therefore oblige me by putting it in my power to afford him the little gratification he asks. I have another request to trouble you with, which concerns myself. Col. H. Lee tells me that he has purchased the tract of land thro' which the Canal at the great falls is to run, and on which the basin will be, for £4000. The tract contains 500 Acres only and is under the incumbrance of a Rent of £150 Sterlg per annum; but, on the other hand derives from its situation, as he supposes, a certain prospect of becoming immensely valuable. He paints it in short as the seat of an early Town, the lots of which will be immediately productive, and possessing other peculiar advantages which make the bargain inestimable. In addition to many instances of his friendship he tenders me a part in it, and urges my acceptance on grounds of advantage to myself alone. I am thoroughly persuaded that I am indebted for the proposal to the most disinterested and affectionate motives; but knowing that the fervor with which he pursues his objects sometimes affects the estimate he forms of them, and being in no condition to make hazardous experiments, it is advisable for me to have the sanction of other judgments to his opinions. You are well acquainted with the situation and can at once decide whether it presents the material and certain advantages on which Col. Lee calculates. A general intimation therefore of the light in which the matter strikes you, will lay me under a very particular obligation. I am by no means sure that in any result it will be in my power to profit by Col. Lee's friendship, but it may be of some consequence whether the opportunity be worth attending to or not.
My information from Richmond is very unpropitious to federal policy. Yours is no doubt more full and more recent. A decided and malignant majority may do many things of a disagreeable nature; but I trust the Constitution is too firmly established to be now materially vulnerable. The elections for the Legislature of Penna. N. Jersey, & Maryland, ensure measures of a contrary complexion in those States. Indeed Virginia is the only instance among the ratifying States in which the Politics of the Legislature are at variance with the sense of the people, expressed by their Representatives in Convention. We hear nothing from Massachuts or N. Hampshire since the meeting of their General Courts. It is understood that both the appointments & arrangements for the Government will be calculated to support and as far as possible to dignify it. The public conversation seems to be not yet settled on the Vice President. Mr. Hancock & Mr. Adams have been most talked of. The former it is said rejects the idea of any secondary station; and the latter does not unite the suffrages of his own State, and is unpopular in many other places. As other candidates however are not likely to present themselves, and New England will be considered as having strong pretensions, it seems not improbable that the question will lie between the Gentlemen above named. Mr. Jay & Genl Knox have been mentioned; but it is supposed that neither of them will exchange his present situation for an unprofitable dignity.
I shall leave this in a day or two, and am not yet finally determined how far my journey may be continued Southward. A few lines on the subject above mentioned will either find me in Philada, or be there taken care of for me. Should anything occur here or elsewhere worth your attention, it shall be duly communicated by, Dear Sir your very respectful and Affectionate Servant.
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James Madison to Edmund Randolph0 comments Posted by HCPS at Sunday, November 02, 2008
New York, November 2, 1788
My Dear Friend,
I rec'd yesterday your favor of the 23d. ult. The first countenance of the assembly corresponds with the picture which my imagination had formed of it. The views of the greater part of the opposition to the federal government, and particularly of its principal leader, have ever since the Convention, been regarded by me as permanently hostile, and likely to produce every effort that might endanger or embarrass it. The defects which drew forth objections from many quarters, were evidently of little consequence in the eye of Mr H—ry. His own arguments proved it. His enmity was levelled, as he did not scruple to insinuate agst the whole system; and the destruction of the whole system I take to be still the secret wish of his heart, and the real object of his pursuit. If temperate and rational alterations only were his plan, is it conceivable that his coalition and patronage would be extended to men whose particular ideas on the subject must differ more from his own than of others who share most liberally in his hatred?
My last letter with Col. Carrington's communications to which it referred will have sufficiently explained my sentiments with regard to the Legislative Service under the new Constitution. My first wish is to see the Government put into quiet and successful operation; and to afford any service, that may be acceptable from me, for that purpose. My second wish if that were to be consulted, would prefer, for reasons formerly hinted, an opportunity of contributing that service in the House of Reps. rather than in the Senate; provided the opportunity be attainable from the spontaneous suffrage of the Constituents. Should the real friends to the Constitution think this preference inconsistent with any primary object, as Col. Carrington tells me is the case with some who are entitled to peculiar respect, and view my renouncing it as of any material consequence, I shall not hesitate to comply.—You will not infer from the freedom with which these observations are made, that I am in the least unaware of the probability that whatever my inclinations or those of my friends may be, they are likely to be of little avail in the present case. I take it for certain that a clear majority of the assembly are enimies to the Govt. and I have no reason to suppose that I can be less obnoxious than others on the opposite side. An election into the Senate therefore can hardly come into question. I know also that a good deal will depend on the arrangements for the election of the other branch; and that much may depend moreover on the steps to be taken by the candidates which will not be taken by me. Here again therefore there must be great uncertainty, if not improbability of my election. With these circumstances in view it is impossible that I can be the dupe of false calculations even if I were in other cases disposed to indulge them. I trust it is equally impossible for the result whatever it may be, to rob me of any reflections which enter into the internal fund of comfort and happiness. Popular favor or disfavor, is no criterion of the character maintained with those whose esteem an honorable ambition must court. Much less can it be a criterion of that maintained with oneself. And when the spirit of party directs the public voice, it must be a little mind indeed that can suffer in its own estimation, or apprehend danger of suffering in that of others.
The Sepr. British Packet arrived yesterday, but I do not find that she makes any addition to the stock of European intelligence. The change in the French Minister is the only event of late date of much consequence; and that had arrived through several other channels. I do not know that it is even yet authenticited; but it seems to be doubted by no one, particularly among those who can best decide on its credibility.
With the utmost affection I am my dear sir
Yrs Sincerely.
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(Reuters) - Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons kept pace with the 10-1 Houston Texans after a scrappy 24-23 win at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
The Cleveland Browns took advantage of the Pittsburgh Steelers' injury problems to record a 20-14 win over their old rivals while Peyton Manning threw for 285 yards and two touchdowns as his Denver Broncos beat Kansas City 17-9.
The Cincinnati Bengals pushed themselves into playoff contention with a 34-10 crushing of the Oakland Raiders and Jay Cutler enjoyed a winning return with Chicago against the Minnesota Vikings.
The San Francisco 49ers moved to 8-2-1 after 31-21 win in New Orleans.
Ryan threw for 353 yards and a touchdown, with one interception, while receiver Julio Jones had 147 yards and a touchdown, but the Falcons had to work for their win against an improved Tampa Bay (6-5).
The Buccaneers grabbed the lead in the fourth quarter when Doug Martin ran his second touchdown of the game, a one-yard rush at the end of an 82-yard drive.
Connor Barth's 48-yard field goal extended the lead to 23-17 but Falcons running back Michael Turner powered in for a three- yard touchdown to give Atlanta a one-point advantage.
Still, the Bucs had one more chance to secure a win but this time Barth failed with a field-goal attempt from 56 yards as Atlanta held on against their divisional rivals.
The Steelers were without starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his deputy Byron Leftwich through injury and 37-year-old third-choice Charlie Batch struggled, throwing three interceptions in the loss at Cleveland.
A 15-yard rushing touchdown by Trent Richardson proved to be the game-winner for a Browns team that took full advantage of eight turnovers by Pittsburgh, including a costly late fumble by running back Chris Rainey.
It was just the second time in 18 games that Cleveland (3-8)has enjoyed victory over the Steelers (6-5) and the win damages Pittsburgh's hopes of catching the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North.
The Ravens (9-2) defeated the San Diego Chargers 16-13 in overtime.
A superb play from Ray Rice inside the final two minutes, when he converted on a catch and run on a fourth down and 29, allowed Baltimore to keep their game at San Diego alive.
Justin Tucker converted a 38-yard field goal to take the game into overtime and then Tucker again, from the same distance, won it late in the additional period.
After the Chiefs took the lead with two field goals, Manning led the Broncos (8-3) to their sixth straight win with touchdown passes to tight end Jacob Tamme and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.
It was a tough day for New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees who was sacked five times in the defeat to the 49ers and threw two interceptions, both of which were returned for touchdowns.
Ahmad Brooks' 50-yard return in the second quarter and then Donte Whitner's 42-yarder helped San Francisco to a win despite Brees throwing for three touchdowns and 267 yards.
Colin Kaepernick, in at quarterback for the 49ers in place of the recovering Alex Smith for the second game, had a steady performance, throwing for 231 yards and a touchdown and running another one in.
Cincinnati continue to quietly improve with quarterback Andy Dalton throwing for three touchdowns and 210 yards against struggling Oakland to move the Bengals to 6-5 after their third win in a row.
Quarterback Cutler was back with the Bears after missing last week's loss to San Francisco with a concussion and he threw for 188 yards and a touchdown in an important 28-10 win over the Vikings.
The Indianapolis Colts improved to 7-4 with a 20-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills but the Seattle Seahawks suffered a surprise 24-21 loss at the Miami Dolphins.
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Woman sentenced in shooting over shrimp
A 70-year-old Beaumont woman was sentenced Monday, March 4, for shooting another woman in an argument over a bag of shrimp.
Joann Boutte pleaded guilty to the June 2012 assault charge in exchange for a plea agreement of 10 years of probation.
The argument began at an apartment complex at Dolores and Elmira streets in Beaumont on June 27, 2012, and eventually led to multiple shots being fired after Boutte went to her car and retrieved a hand gun, according to police.
Boutte was struck in her right hand and the 23-year-old was shot in her right arm. Both were taken to Baptist Beaumont Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Judge John Stevens had some admonishing words for Boutte after her plea in Monday's courtroom.
"Somebody asking for shrimp should not lead to someone getting hit over the head and then shot," he said.
As part of the agreement, Boutte must undergo an anger management course, pay $1,400 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.
Stevens also sentenced Boutte to 60 days in the Jefferson County jail. Boutte began sobbing openly upon the realization she would be confined.
"You're lucky you didn't kill someone ..." Stevens said. "And over a bag of shrimp."


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I was supposed to write this last night, but I totally forgot! Ah! I have a massive day today so I'm trying to get it written out this morning as quickly as possible. You'll have to forgive me :)
If you live in colder climates, you know that we've entered the season (much longer than three months...) where we're all forced indoors until the world finally thaws into something much more comfortable. In honor of that, and because the last blog about free dates was such a hit, I decided to do a part two and the feedback was to make it more wintry for those of us who can't really (or don't really) want to venture out. God speed to all of you who love driving in terrifying conditions or enjoy winter sports. This is clearly your perfect environment. I'm still trying to figure out why *I* live here, as neither of those statements personally apply.
So, here we go! Some of these are more like marriage/relationship enhancers than dates... but they're fun ways to add life and depth to your partnership.
1. Invent your own game!
This is a great way to entertain yourselves. We constantly make our own games up. One of them is super embarrassing and on-going. It has no end. I can't share it because of my obligation to John, but it is awesome. Think of some game you can play, even in public, and go for it! Make it physical, or tricky or a mind game or whatever.
2. Be Musical Together!
Karaoke, or if someone can play an instrument- do that. Games like Singstar are so fun! Music really is merry. If you want to be super adventurous, go caroling together... though that involves leaving the home AND being outside.
3. Make a Code.
This is tiny, but make a little code that only you understand. My grandparents had a set of letters (HSLPH) that they promised each other. They never told us what each letter stood for, but it was the covenant of what my grandfather would provide for my grandmother if she married him. Very, very sweet. Decide what your promise is to each other and make it prominent in your home. Make art out of it or just write it everywhere as a reminder.
4. Count the...
Bet on how many things are in the house (towels, spoons, sweaters, shoes, pieces of candy... you get the idea). Set a number together and then one person takes over and the other person takes under. If it's over the listed number, over person wins. If it's under, then the under person wins. If it's exact... well. You both win?
5. Hide and Go Seek!
Yes, we frequently do this in our tiny apartment. I promise... it is so fun.
6. Name that Tune
John and I played this when we first started dating. Actually, on our first date! Open i-tunes or your music player. Take turns choosing a song.. the opponent gets 3 (adjustable to your skill) seconds to ID the song based on either the intro or a random spot you choose. Keep score!
7. Internet Trivia
Go to an internet trivia site and square off!
8. Childhood survey
Spend an evening going through all of your childhood things together. Yearbooks, photos, mementos... It's really fun to see where your person came from. Plus you're bound to hear some interesting stories. I recently shared my most embarrassing first grade story with John... it is way funnier now than it was then!
9. DIY Hot Chocolate
Invent your own hot chocolate recipe. Here is a standard to start from, take it and then make it your own. Add spices, add caramel, do whatever you want to make it your own special recipe. Kick off the winter season each year by making it!
Auna's Hot Chocolate Recipe:
1.5 cups of milk (any you'd like. Whole milk gives the creamiest texture, but any milk substitute will work well, too)
1.5 tablespoons of dark chocolate baking powder OR 3 tablespoons of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
4-5 large marshmallows.
Place everything in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until melted. Makes one serving, double for two. Make your own marshmallows, too... I love this recipe for vanilla bean agave mallows.
10. Create a "Favorite Places" Binder
Spend an evening putting together a binder of your favorite places to eat, go, be... etc. You can make a section for places you'd like to make your favorite as well :)
11. Reenact Your First Date
Go where you went, wear what you wore (if possible...) and have fun! Think of how much easier it is now than it was then ;)
12. Poems + Library
Head over to your local library, cozy up to the fireplace (ours has one!!) and read your love poetry.
13. Make a Love Calendar
Make a calendar with all of your important dates ... first date, first kiss, engagement date, wedding day... all of that! Anything significant to you. Celebrate those days every year.
14. Write a Love Song Together
15. Personal Cookbook
Scour the internet or your own cookbooks to make a binder full of YOUR favorite recipes. Add in little notes of how you perfect them as a couple.
16. Hide the Note
Hide little notes or photographs around your home for your loved one to find. You could spend an hour writing and hiding them and then reap the benefits for the next month!
17. Breakfast In Bed
Spend an entire day/morning/afternoon... whatever you can give... in bed! Eat breakfast there, watch cartoons, play games... have fun!
18. Create a Ritual
Make a winter ritual. One day per week (MTWRF- make it consistent), go to the same restaurant, or take a winter stroll, watch a certain show... etc.)
19. Play the "See How Much I Love You" Game
I learned this in a book about marriage. A couple used to write the acronym SHMILY everywhere (in the sugar, under chairs....) throughout their home for the other person to find. Maybe take the acronym from above and do the same thing. Every day you'd each write it some place and the first partner to find it wins.
20. "Reminder" Folder
Create folders for each other, dazzle them up, and then every time you see an article or have a thought that reminds you of the other person, store it in there for them. On your date night, go through your folders together.
21. Purge Your Closet
Purge your closet together and sell the clothes to Plato's Closet (or similar). Use the money for something totally fun and unnecessary to do together or have that you've wanted.
22. Wash the Hair
It used to be a way OUT of a date. Make it a way INTO a date. Take turns washing each other's hair, giving a nice little head massage. It's very relaxing.
23. Indoor Picnic
Pack yourselves a little picnic, spread a blanket out on the floor and enjoy!
24. Invent Your Own Language
Use Morse code like Jim and Pam or use actual words you create. My friend and I spent a long time developing our own written code and it was super fun. It would be even MORE fun with John. Then you can communicate in public without anyone knowing... it's intimate and fun!
25. Coupon Book
Make a coupon book for each other and then spend the night redeeming them. They can include anything you want to give your spouse or that s/he has asked for.
26. Pinterest Together
I love pinning things with John! We discover goals, similar taste, all sorts of things when we pin together. Try it out. And make sure you spend that evening actually CREATING something you saw there- whether it was a craft, photograph or recipe!
27. Create a Christmas Advent
28. Make a Wishlist
Create a wishlist of things you want, 5 each. Then decide how you'll get them and in what order.
29. Wii/Video game night!
Maybe you already do this... it's rare for us. Take back the gaming system from the kids (or borrow one!) and take your partner now!
30. Conversation Game
Play the Heart 2 Heart game together or a similar conversation game. If you can't find the game, then just invent your own questions you've always wanted to know and ask each other. Make them background, story, etc. related.
31. Research Your Family Tree
Get online and see where your roots came from!
32. Deck of Cards
Poker, Go Fish.... whatever. It's fun!
33. Nerf Attack
Pick up some nerf guns and destroy each other!
34. Online Dance Classes
Check out youtube for some online classes (Salsa, anyone??). It will be way less embarrassing to practice behind closed doors... once the snow melts, blow everyone away with your new skills :)
35. Limbo!
Bust out the Hawaiian music and go for it!
36. Indoor Bowling
Free! Line up some empty 2 litres and use a old ball or orange. You can put liquid in the 2 litres depending on how difficult you want the game to be.
37. Sculpture Night
Bust out the playdough or clay and sculpt something together!
38. Truth or Dare
Yes. For real. Ps- this isn't the time to interrogate your partner about what happened last year... keep it fun, people!
39. Youtube Laugh-a-thon
Take turns showing each other your favorite funny virals, or discover new ones together!
40. Marshmallow Creations
Armed with mallows and toothpicks, see what you can create! and then eat...
41. Facebook Stalk
This sounds really bad. But show off your favorite or influential people (this person taught me to... or he and I used to...).
42. Tea Party
Whether it's mad hatter themed or much more British (complete with scones!) have a tea party together!
43. Hair & Tats
Do each other's hair in various or weird ways. Test out how you'd look with a tat by drawing on each other with a sharpie, washable marker or eyeliner. You never know... it could turn into a trip to the salon or tattoo shop!
44. Childhood Fun
Play your favorite games as kids, watch your favorite childhood movie, eat your favorite snacks.. you get the idea.
45. Arabian Nights
Learn to belly dance with a DVD, get some Aladdin inspired attire. Eat appropriate food... have fun!
46. Ice Cream Sundaes!
Create the largest, most intense ICS together and then devour it!
47. Budget Travel
Set a budget travel ($10, 15... whatever you can afford). See how far you can get on it, extra points if you use a bus or train!
48. Fitness Night!
Work out together! I may have done this before... but oh well. It's worth it! Working out together is fun, plus you won't have to worry about "losing weight" as a new year's resolution if you keep it off together :)
Ok... well... I can't come up with two more! That was super hard. The first list has some great winter activities, but I didn't want to repeat, so you can feel free to click this link for even more. I believe in marriage, strong and healthy and forever marriage... I hope this helps to make yours even better!
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Every time Southwest coach Phil Padgett returns to this stage he appreciates it just a little more, especially when he thinks back to his first trip to the state football finals and also reflects on how so many of his coaching buddies who have come up short.
�I�ve got some of my friends that have never gotten there,� said Padgett, whose Stallions (13-1) play defending state champion Swain County (15-0) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the NCHSAA 1-AA title game at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh.
�I look at how fortunate we are to play six times. You just look at Onslow County there�s only two teams that have been to the state finals. � It�s hard to get there. I appreciate it even more now.�
All but one of Southwest�s previous trips were at 2-A, with the first coming in 1999 when the Stallions fell to High Point Central 30-7. The Stallions advanced to the 1-AA final in 2009.
�I know when we first went in �99 I said, �Well, I�ll never go back again. I saw my one time,�� Padgett said. �Since then, we have. Yeah, I appreciate it. It makes me happy for the kids.�
Win or lose � the Stallions are 3-2 in the finals � the 53-year-old Padgett said he�s learned something that helped him the next time around.
�It helps us prepare the kids for what�s going to happen. Each time I get a little bit smarter as far as those kinds of things. And my staff obviously has been with me so long they�ve been there so they understand. So it�s much better each time you go back,� he said.
First meeting
Southwest has never played Swain County in the playoffs, a meeting which would only have occurred in the finals since the two teams are in opposite regions. But Padgett said he thought the two teams would meet in the 1989 finals, but the Stallions lost in the East Regional final while Swain County did make it � and won, beating Currituck 35-14.
Currituck beat Southwest 44-14.
�We thought we were going to play Swain,� Padgett said. �Swain had flown two guys down here to exchange tapes. Swain was one of those teams you want to play. We�re playing a great program. I love that. I do.�
All-Name team
Not only does Swain County have the best team nickname (Maroon Devils), but it has two of the top early entries in the all-name squad among the teams in the state finals.
They are Jacob Wildcatt and Corbin Panther.
Wildcatt is a 6-foot-4, 253-pound senior who wears No. 75 and starts at tackle on both sides of the ball. Panther is a 6-2, 225-pound senior who sports No. 61 and starts at left guard on offense and outside linebacker on defense.
Still, Southwest owns one of the best names for its home field: The Corral.
Rally Devils
Swain County rallied from an early 21-0 deficit to beat Monroe 28-21 last Friday night to advance to the state final � but only after inside linebacker Payton Parker recovered a Monroe fumble at the Swain County 9-yard line with 1:21 left.
�I did it for my team,� Parker told The Asheville Citizen-Times after last Friday night�s win. �They�re like a second family. � It�s a special night. I know we�re going to play our hearts out next week.�
One year earlier the Maroon Devils pulled off an even more spectacular rally, rallying from a 28-0 deficit to beat West Montgomery 37-35 to advance to the finals.
TV time
Time-Warner Cable will televise all the state championship games live this year, and they will also be available on the Internet at news14.com. The 1-AA title tilt at 3 p.m. Saturday between Southwest and Swain County will be on Time-Warner channel 520.
You never know
In 1999, Southwest had what Padgett called a �fantastic� team, but a team that lost in the state 2-A finals to High Point Central.
A year later the Stallions were back in the 2-A finals and won 14-13 over Newton-Conover.
�We graduated everybody (after 1999),� Padgett recalled. �The 2000 team couldn�t have beat the �99 team, couldn�t have come within four touchdowns. You don�t ever know.�
Short takes
The 16 teams vying for eight state championships in four classifications are a combined 220-13 and include seven undefeated teams. � QB Raymius Smith is only the second player in Swain County HS history to throw for more than 2,000 yards. The other was a guy named Heath Shuler, who went on to make something of a name for himself at the University of Tennessee. � Swain has won 26 straight games and is averaging 46.1 points per game. � Southwest is 1-0 at Carter-Finley Stadium in state finals thanks to its 20-14 win over Burlington Cummings the 2-A title game in 2003. � Southwest was No. 3 and Swain County No. 1 in the final Associated Press 1-A high school rankings.


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What other critics thought of Gearbox's (or is it TimeGate's) Xenomorph romp
The verdict is in for Aliens: Colonial Marines, and it's not pretty. Even having beaten the campaign over a week ago, I'm still in a hazy shock over just how bad it was, even by licensed game standards. Of course, I've made it quite clear in my review just how much I hated it -- what's everybody else been saying?
Colonial Marines seems to have a unifying effect among the videogame press, since most of the biggest voices in game criticism all agree on just how awful it is. Terms like "fan fiction" and "generic" are in almost all the reviews, accompanied by frequent savaging of the awful animations and broken A.I.
In Destructoid's first round-up of reviews around the Web, we've collected some of the most notable summaries from our fellow outlets, including a rather shocking outlier from one particular reviewer who, against the odds, managed to love this thing. How I envy him.
Eurogamer: "Even if it were polished to an acceptable, 2013-standard AAA shine, Colonial Marines would still only be a generic effort coasting on borrowed iconography. Weighed down by so many grindingly obvious mechanical issues, it never even gets off the ground. For a game all about exterminating bugs, it's a fatal irony." [3/10]
IGN: "There are some feelings of nostalgia to be enjoyed, but it soon wears off and all that is left is some bog standard run 'n' gun action that brings little of note to the FPS table - and it suffers from a severe lack of optimisation on PS3 and 360. Aliens: Colonial Marines has definitely been crafted with a lot of love for the franchise, it just needed a little more imagination - and a hell of a lot more polish." [4.5/10]
Polygon: "Aliens: Colonial Marines plays like a budget title from early in this console generation. The production values are underwhelming, and there's very little game present. Those things are enough to make Colonial Marines bad. But the infuriating amount of confidence on display as Aliens: Colonial Marines systematically misses the point again and again is what really poisons the experience. The end result feels craven and exploitative of its source material and the fans that will hopefully know better." [3/10]
EGM: "Like most successful license-based games, Aliens: Colonial Marines is much more than a loving homage; it serves as one of the most robust story-driven co-op experiences to date. The concept definitely has room to grow, but as maiden voyages go, Colonial Marines is a clear winner." [9/10]
GameSpot: "The four- to five-hour campaign has no thrust to it; it feels the same from beginning to end, and the finale just drops with a thud. And by being so easy and predictable, the game lets down the license. There's little suspense, nothing to absorb you or spur your curiosity. Colonial Marines is tone-deaf to what makes the Alien franchise what it is--and what makes the best shooters so exciting." [4.5/10]
Penny Arcade Report: "I'm not even mad at the game, I'm disappointed. I love the Aliens series of films, and James Cameron's take on the material proved that he understood how to make a good sequel. You begin with what the creative individual did before you, you put your own stamp on it, and you make sure you move the franchise forward in a way that makes sense. Colonial Marines feels like fan fiction written by a group of developers trying to figure out how to make their first game, and the fact Colonial Marines is being sold for full price in this condition is unacceptable." [N/A]
PC Gamer: "Neither staged carefully enough to be scary nor dynamic enough to be exciting, it succeeds only where other players are capable of breathing life into it. There are better linear shooters, better asymmetrical multiplayer games, and better Aliens sequels, and your love of the motion tracker and pulse rifle would need to be profound to surmount those obstacles. I really wanted this game to be good: having played it, I still want to play the game it sometimes gestures at being. It's one to study, maybe – but it isn't one to bring back." [48/100]
VG247: "For every fleeting, enjoyable segment, there's an irritating one waiting around the corner to dampen the mood. As a fan of the film I'm personally willing to overlook a handful of issues, but they're too frequent and blatant to warrant £40-plus for the privilege." [N/A]
CVG: "If you want to experience Aliens as you saw it in the movie, stick to the competitive modes. They do a much better job of recreating its most tense moments, and it makes the xenomorphs seem like a genuinely formidable foe, rather than rubber ducks at a shooting gallery. But even with decent multiplayer, Colonial Marines is still a major disappointment; one that stands in the shadow of Cameron's film classic. Game over, man." [6.2/10]
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It only comes around once every four years, but why? Why do we have Leap years? Who came up with the idea of adding an extra day to our calendar? Well, those are all questions we have asked at some point, and the whole purpose of leap year (and significance of the leap day) is very important. The Earth actually takes a little bit longer than a year to travel around the Sun. To be exact, it takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds (chiff.com). To account for the discrepancy between the solar year and the man-made calendar year, an extra day was occasionally added to the calendar. That extra day was chosen to be February 29, and thus, Leap Day was born. Leap Days only occur every four years, as they are only included in years divisible by four (2008, 2012, 2016, etc.).
So now you may ask what if you are born on a Leap Day? Technically your birthday only comes around once every four years, so when do you celebrate? Typically, those born on Leap Day (or "leaplings" as they are usually called) will choose either February 28 or March 1 to celebrate their birthday and some choose to celebrate only on February 29. It is commonly believed that those born on February 29 have unusual talents and personalities. Leap Day is also the one day of the year where women propose to their men, instead of the other way around. Whether you were born on Leap Day, or just like to celebrate the occasion, we here at Filters Fast would like to wish you all a very happy Leap Day!
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A majority of this book was back-story. It like reading a story of a person reading a story. With that being said, this book was a lot better than the previous book. The characters aren't falling into every single trap and are able to solve problems with whit, skill, and knowledge rather Deus ex Machina - though in classic Goodkind, it still saves the day. All-in-all, not a bad book, but could do with a bit of work with the exposition of the story to make it a bit more exciting than making me feel "book-cepted".
a very good second book. i know some people thought it was drawn out but i found it pretty action packed and easy to read. i eagerly await book 3
We will just have to agree to disagree. I liked this book. It's not the "sword of truth" but it is something. I hope he is working on a marathon and not a sprint. There were books in the "SOT" that I did not like but kept with it.
I love that Richard is being forced to learn new things and and overcome. If he was super war wizard it would take the journey out of it. He would just have need and stop time plug up hole in the kingdom, kill this guy and back to peace in the midlands.
I think the general dying (is a total give my life for the better of my wife and king, was a great death. Complete sacrifice. That is the kind of husband and general you want on your side.) will make the Cara character come back as a complete sociopath again. More mord-smith less squirrel feeder.
And lastly, I love the fact that the main adversary (the resurrected guy) actually has respect for Richard for once. I think this will make the future battles much better and so much harder to win. So hopefully they head back to the wizards keep and we learn more back ground on the wizards of old, and hopefully they learn some new kick *** magic.
I agree with senji1101. 50 pages of translating the language on a wall, and it seemed like 20 pages of debating each move to make. I almost did not finish the book, but I hung in there & the rest of the book was just OK. BUT, I felt no emotion when a major character (in the series but not in this book) was killed & I usually do feel something. The ending seemed rushed & convenient. I also am not sure if I will continue the series.
First, I must say that I loved the first 11 books of The Sword of Truth. That said...
This book, it seems to me to be missing a lot of things I loved about the first 11 books. It drags on at times for 50 to 100 pages before it gets semi interesting again. The problem is that it doesnt stay interesting for very long.
I dont know what Goodkind is doing, but whatever it is, it needs a LOT of work. Im on the fence of weather or not to even bother with the next book when it comes out. The good thing there is it will be at least a year before I really have to make that choice. As it stands, Im not curious enough to want to bother with another if its like this.
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Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 4 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS—The Athens community will celebrate the joint heritage of Texas and Mexico with a day of dance, food and fishing at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center on Saturday, May 4.
The event will feature performances of traditional Mexican dances in the Hart-Morris Conservation Center beginning at 11:30 a.m. The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center will present a hawks and owls show at 1:00 p.m. Athens area restaurants will compete in a salsa contest, which will be judged at 2:30 p.m. See a complete schedule below.
All Cinco de Mayo activities are included with regular admission to TFFC.
Highlights of the dance performances include appearances by Tyler Ballet Folklorico, Athens area elementary students and Las Tapatias, Athens' own folkloric dance group.
The Blackland Prairie Raptor Center will do walk-around displays of birds including owls and hawks throughout the day. Visitors will be able to see the birds at close range and learn about their abilities and habits.
El San Luis Restaurant will serve food in the Hart-Morris Conservation Center.
Athens High School Key Club and National Honors Society students will be decorating the facility and volunteering during the event.
Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the joint heritage and history of Texas and Mexico. It honors an important victory of the Mexican army, led by Texas native Ignacio Zaragoza, over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. The victory helped preserve Mexican independence.
Schedule of Events
- 11:30am Tyler Ballet Folklorico adult dance performance
- 12:00pm Dance performances by Athens ISD students and Las Tapatias
- 12:30pm Tyler Ballet Folklorico children's dance performance
- 1:00pm Blackland Raptor Center Hawks and Owls presentation
- 1:30pm Athens ISD students dance performance
- 2:00pm Tyler Ballet Folklorico regional dances performance
- 2:30pm Salsa contest judging and Las Tapatias dance performance
For more information on the event contact James Booker at (903) 670-2266, email@example.com. Se habla español.


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Monteverdi was a contemporary of William Shakespeare. He was born in 1567, towards the end of the Renaissance period, and lived on into the Baroque period. He wrote a large volume of church choral music and many operas - some of which have been tragically lost.
Monteverdi was in the vanguard of a great flowering of art and music. He was the first composer to emphasise the importance of words in vocal music, and incorporated in his operas a single vocal line, which greatly enhanced the scope for drama. His contributions enriched and enlivened choral music, and also laid the foundation for modern orchestral music.
Monteverdi wrote many madrigals (songs, usually for several voices), and turned opera from the preserve of a scholarly few into a spectacular popular entertainment. Monteverdi's ability to adapt to a range of styles in his quest to express emotion through music has led many people to regard him as the first truly great composer.
Monteverdi died on 29 November, 1643 in Venice.
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Florida governor removes prosecutor from 21 first-degree murder cases
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday issued executive orders reassigning 21 first-degree murder cases for a state attorney.
The governor issued executive orders to reassign State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who drew controversy last month after she said that she would not seek the death penalty for alleged cop killer Markeith Loyd. Scott later removed her from that case that month.
"Each of these cases I am reassigning represents a horrific loss of life," Scott said in a statement. "The families who tragically lost someone deserve a state attorney who will take the time to review every individual fact and circumstance before making such an impactful decision."
Scott cited how some of Ayala's cases included a "teenager whose life was taken before he could bravely testify as a witness to a dangerous crime, a single mother who was abducted and killed as she called for help and a young child whose life was brutally cut short."
He said Ayala's refusal to consider capital punishment for her entire team "sends an unacceptable message."
State Attorney Brad King will take over her cases. The decision drew commending remarks from the state's attorney general, Pam Bondi.
"I would like to commend Gov. Rick Scott for his swift action for not only protecting citizens of Orlando, but standing up for all crime victims and their families," Bondi said.


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Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley is tucked away on injured reserve with his playing career in question after suffering a spinal contusion last month in a game against the Cleveland Browns.
After NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported in October that surgery remained an option for the 26-year-old pass-catcher, former Packers tight end Mark Chmura told WAUK-AM on Monday that Finley plans to go under the knife this week.
"I will give you a little snibbet," Chmura said. "I got a chance to talk to Jermichael Finley before the game, and I would bet my bottom dollar his career's over. Over. He needs surgery, and it's herniated in (the C3 and C4 vertebrae) ... He's definitely not gonna play in Green Bay, I'd put my house on that."
Said Chmura: "I believe he's undergoing surgery on Thursday. ... He literally could not move his neck."
It's a worst-case scenario for Finley, who becomes a free agent this offseason and faces an uncertain-at-best future with the Packers.
He made his way back from a 2010 torn meniscus, but neck injuries are a different beast. Finley has been relatively quiet about his recovery, but Rapoport noted last month that doctors believed at the time that Finley would play again.
We'll find out soon enough, and we wish Finley the best.
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text: Vettel shifted up a gear in the Championship chase - but race was marred by death of marshal [GALLO/GETTY]Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has led other drivers in paying tribute to a Canadian Grand Prix marshal who died after being run over by a mobile crane during Sunday's race in Montreal."The work of marshals is not always seen, but it is vital to our sport and without their commitment, time and dedication, there would be no motorsport," Red Bull's race winner said on his website on Monday."I am very, very sad to hear this news and my thoughts are with his family and friends," said the German.The marshal, as yet unnamed, died in hospital from injuries sustained while removing the Sauber of Mexican rookie Esteban Gutierrez, who crashed out seven laps from the end of the race.The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that the track worker had dropped his radio and attempted to pick it up. In doing so, he stumbled and was hit and run over by the recovery vehicle.The marshal was the third to die at a grand prix since the turn of the century but the first since Graham Beveridge was killed by a loose tyre that flew through a gap in the safety fence at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.Italian fire marshal Paolo Ghislimberti died when he was hit by a wheel at the 2000 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, prompting a review of safety at race tracks and the introduction of improved measures to protect circuit workers.Every Formula One ticket carries a warning that motorsport is dangerous but the fact that it had been more than a decade since the last fatality, despite marshals performing some of the riskiest roles, is testimony to the constant striving for safety. Nothing to celebrate The last driver fatality at a race weekend was Brazilian triple champion Ayrton Senna at Imola in 1994."My dearest condolences to the family of the marshal who lost his life today, our prayers for him & his family. RIP," Gutierrez wrote on his Twitter account."Shocked & saddened by the news that a marshal who is there to keep us safe has lost his life during our race today. Rest in peace my friend," said McLaren's Jenson Button, winner in Canada in 2011."Today there is nothing to celebrate. Terrible news arrive with the death of a marshal this race. Very sad. R.I.P," said Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the double world champion who was runner-up to Vettel on Sunday.While the marshal's death appeared a freak accident, there has long been concern about the use of such cranes while the race is still going on - but more from the point of view of driver safety.Former racer Martin Brundle, now a commentator with Britain's Sky television, observed during Sunday's grand prix - before the accident with the marshal - that it might have been safer to leave the car where it was rather than hurrying to remove it.Now-retired seven times world champion Michael Schumacher was fortunate to escape serious injury in Brazil in 2003 when a recovery crane was deployed during a rain-hit race and his Ferrari skidded off and almost crashed into it. SOURCE: Reuters Humanitarian crises Sport Formula One US & Canada Latin America


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As you all know, Wednesday, October 21st 2015 is the date 'Doc and Marty' arrive from 1985 in Back to the Future II. We've been trying at the last minute to arrange a local celebration and the California Auto Museum has stepped up with an indoor (our cars get inside) event (free for us owners, half off for everyone else in costume), with ice cream and whatever else we can set up. I know it's weekday and short notice, but I'd like to be able to get as many of us together as we can. While none of us have a car with all the BTTF props on them, I and others have many of those props to display. The press will be there along with lots of local time-traveling costumed people. It's a great excuse to get our cars out and at least some way to celebrate the day.
Along with the event at the museum, the Old Sacramento Business Association wants to do a flash mob/photo event in Old Sac itself. They need one car to circle up to old sac from 4 to 5pm and then return to the museum. So I'm looking for one volunteer to do that. Please, I need one of you to help!
We're also looking into extending the event into the evening at one of the local hot spots. It may be in Old Sac or at the Dive Bar on K Street. They will have room for a car or two to be placed out front.
Of course I'm working on details for protections for our cars.
Please try to join us. I'd love the hear from you all!
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Ohio Northern University housing provides:
- Dynamic living-learning environments
- A variety of on-campus housing options (residence halls, apartments, affinity housing, and fraternity and sorority housing)
- Americans with Disabilities Act compliant housing
- Networked computer outlets in each room
- 3-5 electrical outlets
- ONU cable-television service in all rooms
- Wall-to-wall carpeting
- Extra-long twin beds (loft-able units provided in some housing)
- Desk, desk chair, shelving, towel rack, mirror and closet in all rooms
- Overhead lighting
- Wi-Fi access
- Apartments include kitchens with:
- Refrigerator, stove and oven, microwave, dishwasher and counter with stools or small table with two chairs
- Some include garbage disposals
- Apartments include living room with:
- Couch, chair, and two end tables
- Suites include common area/living room, furnished bedrooms, and one bathroom per suite
Common areas of buildings include:
- Kitchenettes
- Vending machines
- High-efficiency laundry machine (no charge for use)
- Study lounges
- Televisions with cable
- Microwaves
- Refrigerators
- Telephones
- Common restrooms equipped with individual showers in some residence halls
- Front desks (recreation and athletic equipment, ironing boards and vacuums may be checked out)
- Some residential areas include work-out room(s)
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- In the event you need air conditioning for medical reasons, please click on Forms and Documents and complete the air conditioner form.
- You are permitted to bring a refrigerator that does not exceed 4.5 cubic feet.
- All students may have a car on campus. There is a charge for parking passes. You may obtain one in the Office of Public Safety, located in the Business Services Building.
- All federal and local laws apply. It is recommended that students read the Student Handbook.
- Most built-in closets are 36 inches wide, 21 inches deep, and 7 feet tall.
- Dressers have three drawers and are 28 inches long, 19 1/2 inches wide, and 25 inches in height.
- Bed frames are 86 inches in length and 39 inches wide.
- Mattresses are twin x-long and are 35 inches wide and 78 inches in length.
- Built-in desks are 47 1/2 inches in length, 23 1/2 inches in width and 30 1/4 inches in height.
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OneClickDigital, a provider of downloadable audiobooks to the patrons of Boyd County Public Library has new upgrades. OneClickDigital has officially launched the OneClickdigital app for the Kindle Fire. Users can download the app for free from the Android Appstore at www.amazon.com, by searching for OneClickdigital. OneClickdigital now offers apps for the iPhone, all Android devices, and the Kindle Fire. App users will be able to access and download audiobooks directly to their device, without having to connect to a computer. Go … Continue reading


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Faced with this reality, Raul Castro, Fidel's brother and successor, has begun scaling back government and liberalizing property laws. He has pledged to trim nearly one-quarter of the government workforce, which accounts for over 80 percent of all jobs in Cuba. Last year he began allowing private enterprise in some limited circumstances, and now "the number of private business operators has hit more than 333,000, above the expectations of the authorities, from 148,000 in 2010," according to Agence France-Presse. In October he lifted some restrictions on the buying and selling of automobiles. Now, in what the Associated Press terms "the most important reform yet," Castro's government has announced that individuals will, for the first time in half a century, be able to buy and sell real estate.
The details as reported by the AP:
The law, which takes effect Nov. 10, applies to citizens living in Cuba and permanent residents only, according to a red-letter headline on the front page of Thursday's Communist Party daily Granma and details published in the government's Official Gazette.
The law limits Cubans to owning one home in the city and another in the country, an effort to prevent the accumulation of large real estate holdings. It requires that all real estate transactions be made through Cuban bank accounts so that they can be better regulated, and says the transactions will be subject to bank commissions.
Sales will also be subject to an 8 percent tax on the assessed value of the property, paid equally by buyer and seller. In the case where Cubans exchange homes of equal value in a barter agreement, each side will pay 4 percent of the value of their home.
While the new law hardly establishes a laissez-faire real estate market, it is, as Lexington Institute Cuba analyst Philip J. Peters told the AP, "a very big step forward." "With this action," he explained, "the state is granting property rights that didn't exist before," thereby turning a person's house into "an asset that can now be made liquid."
Fidel Castro made the sale of property illegal in stages over the first years after he took power, first by giving title to whoever happened to live in a home at the time and then by prohibiting the sale of the home. Since that time, notes the AP, "Cubans could only exchange property through complicated barter arrangements, or through even murkier black-market deals where thousands of dollars change hands under the table, with no legal recourse if transactions go bad" — in other words, the usual ways the naturally arising free market evades artificially imposed restrictions.
After the ban went into effect, the government took over the building of houses; but as with all socialist schemes, it was a failure. "Three years ago, the government acknowledged that its national housing construction and maintenance program was meeting only five to seven percent of the population's needs," writes AFP. "The country is believed to have a deficit of around a million homes," the report adds. Thus, the AP observes, "many are forced to live in overcrowded apartments with multiple generations crammed into a few rooms."
Raul Castro, therefore, is simply bowing to reality by allowing a freer market in housing. This is commendable given that political leaders' propensity is never to admit failure but to intervene further each time previous interventions fail — as witness Washington's various responses to the financial crisis that was largely of its own making.
Castro claims that he will never allow Cuba to become a capitalist country. In fact, AFP remarks that Castro's reforms are "an effort to restructure a Soviet-style economic model and revive a stagnant economy while stopping short of creating a market-led system." Of course, the last time someone tried to reform a Soviet-style economy, he ended up destroying his own repressive regime instead. As Wikipedia reminds readers, Mikhail Gorbachev's program of perestroika, which "introduced some market-like reforms" into the Soviet Union's then-moribund economic system, was intended "not to dismantle socialism but rather to make socialism work more efficiently to better meet the needs of Soviet consumers." However, since it is impossible to make socialism more efficient, perestroika instead led to the fall of the communist regime in Moscow (though not exactly to a Jeffersonian republic). Castro may very well find himself in the same situation within a few years — an eventuality that could result in the ouster of his regime and freedom for the longsuffering Cuban people.


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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new type of software that enables people to use large visual displays and touch screens interactively over the Internet for business and homeland security applications. Tabletop touch-operated displays are becoming popular with professionals in various fields, said Niklas Elmqvist, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University.
"These displays are like large iPhones, and because they are large they invite collaboration," he said. "So we created a software framework that allows more than one display to connect and share the same space over the Internet."
Users are able to pan and zoom using finger-touch commands, said Elmqvist, who named the software Hugin after a raven in Norse mythology that provided the eyes of ears for the god Odin.
"Hugin was designed for touch screens but can be used with any visual display and input device, such as a mouse and keyboard," he said.
Tabletop displays commercially available are the size of a coffee table. The researchers created a unit about twice that size (58 inches by 37 inches) for laboratory studies. They tested the software on 12 users in three groups of four on Purdue's main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, and at the University of Manitoba in Canada. The teams worked together to solve problems on tabletop systems.
Findings were detailed in a research paper presented earlier this month during the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010 in Saarbrucken, Germany.
The collaborative capability would aid professionals such as defense and stock market analysts and authorities managing emergency response to disasters. The program allows users to work together with "time-series charts," like the stock market index or similar graphics that change over time, said Elmqvist, who is working with doctoral student Waqas Javed and graduate student KyungTae Kim.
"This system could be run in a command center where you have people who have access to a tabletop," Elmqvist said. "In future iterations it might allow integration of mobile devices connected to the tabletop so emergency responders can see on their small device whatever the people in the command center want them to see."
Participants have their own "territorial workspaces," where they may keep certain items hidden for privacy and practical purposes.
"Everyone only sees the things you send to a public domain on the display," Elmqvist said. "This is partly for privacy but also because you don't want to overload everybody with everything you are working on."
The researchers are providing Hugin free to the public and expect to make the software available online in this month.
"Other people will be able to use it as a platform to build their own thing on top of," he said. "They will be able to download and contribute to it, customize it, add new visualizations."
The research paper was written by Kim, Javed, and Elmqvist, all from Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and two researchers from the University of Manitoba: graduate student Cary Williams and Pourang Irani, a professor in the university's Department of Computer Science.
The researchers are working with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop technologies for command and control in emergency situations, such as first response to disasters.