Characters in disguise appear in the 1926 operetta The Desert Song (originally titled Lady Fair), The Shadow, Batman, Spiderman, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Zorro, and Superman.  Characters switching identities:  The Prince and the Pauper and Trading Places.  Some authors disguise their names by using pseudonyms.

Ten of the best disguises in literature by John Mullan  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/25/ten-best-disguises-literature 

Holdings in WorldCat for English literature in the Age of Disguise  http://www.worldcat.org/title/english-literature-in-the-age-of-disguise/oclc/3552747/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true 

Liberty Bell facts

Location:  Liberty Bell Center, Market Street & 6th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bell Originally Cast:  Whitechapel Foundry 1752
Bell recast:  Pass & Stow Philadelphia 1753 and again later that year
The yoke weighs 200 pounds and is made of American elm a.k.a. slippery elm.  Read more at:  http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/facts.html

Imply means to state indirectly (for instance, to include a suggestion in a message).
Infer means to deduce (for instance, to extract a suggestion from a message).
http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/imply_infer.htm

Impute means to:
1.  attribute or ascribe
2.  attribute or ascribe (something discreditable) to someone or something.
3.  attribute (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to a person or persons vicariously.
4.  charge (a person) with fault.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/impute

Poor eyesight can no longer be an excuse for not playing Scrabble at the Highland Public Library.  Vincent Alcorn, a senior at Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan made sure of that, creating a giant Scrabble set for the library for his Eagle Scout project.  “I worked along with librarian Dawn Dittmar to come up with the idea,” Alcorn said.  Alcorn, part of the Highland library's Teen Advisor Board, said he brainstormed various ideas for projects and since he was so active at the library, it seemed logical to come up with a project to benefit the library.  And soon after, the larger-than-life Scrabble idea was raised.  “So many different sections of the library could use it,” Alcorn said.  “It has a word theme, so it fits.”  The folding, hinged wooden board measures five feet by five feet and is complete with all necessary labels to play a game.  The Scrabble letter tiles are 3'ªø1‚-2-inch squares, complete with point values.  Accompanying giant replica tile racks complete the set.  The large Scrabble set joins the library's jumbo Jenga set and is being used in both the adult and teen services areas.  http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20130509/NEWS11/305090410/Scout-creates-giant-Scrabble-set-Highland-library 

Elmhurst. a neighborhood in Queens

One of the first European towns in Queens was present-day Elmhurst.  Its original name in 1652 was Middleburg, and then in 1662 New Towne (soon just Newtown).  When Queens became part of New York City in 1898, the name changed to Elmhurst, at the bequest of Cord Meyer developers, in order to distance it from polluted Newtown Creek.  Elmhurst is in western Queens. Roosevelt Avenue is the neighborhood's northern boundary with Jackson Heights.  To the east is Corona at Junction Boulevard. Woodside is to the west along 74th Street and the LIRR tracks.  Elmhurst dips south of Queens Boulevard to the Long Island Expressway (and Rego Park, Middle Village, and Maspeth).  The area below Queens Boulevard, especially south of the LIRR tracks, is a sleepy area of row houses, multi-family homes.  The neighborhood used to go further south to Eliot Avenue, but a zip code change added a sliver of "South Elmhurst" to Middle Village.  For a student of architecture or diversity, the neighborhood's religious buildings are fascinating.  You can find: Christian churches with roots in the colonial-era whose congregation is Taiwanese; historic St. Adalbert Church, the main Thai Buddhist temple in NYC, a Jain temple, a Chinese Chan Buddhist hall; and the beautiful Geeta Hindu temple.  A lively, diverse population makes Elmhurst one of the most interesting New York City neighborhoods for food.  The zip code is considered the most diverse in NYC, with some 57 languages spoken according to the NYC Department of Education.  http://queens.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/elmhurst-ny.htm 

Health insurance subsidy calculator  This tool illustrates health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in new health insurance exchanges (or “Marketplaces”) created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Beginning in October 2013, middle-income people under age 65, who are not eligible for coverage through their employer, Medicaid, or Medicare, can apply for tax credit subsidies available through state-based exchanges.  Additionally, states have the option to expand their Medicaid programs to cover all people making up to 138% of the federal poverty level (which is about $33,000 for a family of four).  In states that opt out of expanding Medicaid, some people making below this amount will still be eligible for Medicaid, some will be eligible for subsidized coverage through Marketplaces, and others will not be eligible for subsidies.  With this calculator, you can enter different income levels, ages, and family sizes to get an estimate of your eligibility for subsidies and how much you could spend on health insurance.  As premiums and eligibility requirements may vary, contact your state’s Medicaid office or exchange with enrollment questions.  http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/ 

If you haven't heard, the future is wearable computing.  But how that future—seen through Google Glass specs—will go mainstream is still out of focus.  At the D11:  All Things Digital conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. this week—here, the tech elite buzzed about the promise of microcomputers that attach onto humans.  They opined not just about fitness-tracking bands, which are already becoming ubiquitous, but also about multipurpose mobile gadgets that we can strap onto our wrists, heads or other body parts.  Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., which is reported to be working on a watch-like device, said wearable computers will likely be "another key branch" of the Apple tree.  But in reference to competitor Google Inc.'s Glass headgear, Mr. Cook said high-tech eyeglasses would be "difficult" to pull off as a mainstream product.  On stage, he wore a Nike+ FuelBand bracelet that tracks physical activity.  Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said wearable computing would be the star of the "third cycle" of the Web.  In her annual report on the state of the Internet, she said the world was already entering a cycle of "wearables, driveables, flyables and scannables."  Even companies that few would consider high-tech were eager to plant a flag in wearable computing.  On Wednesday, Tom Staggs, the chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, trotted out MagicBand, a wristband that stores information about consumers' identity and preferences, so that Disney characters can greet guests by name. 

Evelyn M. Rusli  The Wall Street Journal  May 31, 2013