Tuesday, May 15, 2007
January 23, 1973: A Revolutionary Change in Direction for the Country and Me as We Take to the Streets.
[Fifty years of politics written for my kids and grandchildren.]
While creating and running a small federal agency changed my outlook from so-called moderate to conservative and the defeat of Richard B. Ogilvie which convinced me the best political practice was to be the practitioner of a small, efficient state government that did not duplicate the federal government (as Ogilvies did with a separate EPA and various auxiliary branches) yet another convulsion put me irrevocably on the social conservative side: that was the landmark decision by the U. S. Supreme Court that snatched the issue of abortion from the purview of the states where it belonged and enacted it as a federal constitutional right.
The fact that the Roe decision was written by a Republican appointee, Harry Blackmun of Minnesota and supported by such Republican appointees as Chief Justice Warren Burger of Minnesota made me wonder whysince I had known both slightly at an earlier time (Blackmun who was around Rochester and a supporter when Quie was in Congress and Burger who had been a big shot in the Minnesota Republican party)--I had not perceived their gross insensitivity to (a) the biological facts of life, (b) the genesis of the U. S. Constitution, Natural Law and (c) plain and simple humanity. Some time ago I launched an Internet conversation with some people in Minnesota who knew both Blackmun and Burger better than I. We delved into the strangeness of their friendship ranging from their early days in St. Paul to Blackmuns in Rochester as a lawyer for the Mayo Clinic and beyond.
In addition, we know from Linda Greenhouses (Supreme Court reporter for The New York Times) valuable biography of Blackmun and Bob Woodwards The Brethren something I in all my years previously had not sufficiently understood. That was the propensity of the human condition to be corrupted by jealousy and flattery which can shape great federal policies documented further by my contacts in Minnesota.
Why I didnt perceive this when I had been all my life involved in political negotiations of one sort or another, I dont knowbut my research has satisfied an inner need I had to find out how two people, originally fast friends (with Blackmun the best man at Burgers wedding) could have supported such an egregious error. At the bottom of it was collusion by mischievous liberals William Brennan and William O. Douglas working on Blackmuns insecurities at being overshadowed and dominated by Burger and Douglas-Brennan telling Blackmun he was smarter than Burger not the other way around and he should rebel against Burgers autocracy so as to bring out legalized abortion which Brennan and Douglas favored.
By writing into the law a constitutional right to abortion, they said, Blackmun would show Berger whats what and get his attention: no longer would Harry be regarded as a back-bencher on the Court. That and stand tall in Georgetown, the wealthy suburb where liberals abound and where Blackmun and his socialite wife passionately desired to be loved.
We are told that with Brennan and Douglas best wishes (we trust in your scholarship, Harry!) went with Blackmun as he flew back to his home town of Rochester, Minnesota and researched his opinion at the Mayo medical library.
How could such a miserable job be done researching human biology at the nations foremost medical center? Everybody knew as all of us had learned in high school biologythat a childs life begins at fertilization, the joinder of the male sperm and the female ovum. After 18 days 18 days the unborn childs heart starts to beat. At six weeks, when the child weighs 1/30th of an ounce, he/she has every internal organ he/she will have as an adult: mouth, lips, tongue and twenty buds for his/her milk teeth.
At 43 days his/her brain waves can be detected by electroencephalogram but this does not mean that he/she begins life at that point: he/she has begun life much earlier. At 6 weeks the unborn child has recognizable fingers, knees, ankles and toes. If you could stroke his/her lips, he/she will bend his/her body to one side and make a quick backward motion with his/her armsa total pattern response which involves most of his/her body. At 8 weeks his/herbrain is fully present; a stomach that secretes gastric juices and if you could tickle his/her nose he/she will flex his/her head backward from the stimulus.
At 9 weeks, electrocardiogram recordings of his/her heart can be taken; he/she squints, swallows and moves his/her tongue. If you could stroke his/her palm he/she will make a tight fist. At 11 weeks he/she has fingernails, all his/her body systems are working and he/she sucks his/her thumb. He/she has spontaneous movement without stimulation. He/she breathes fluid steadily, gets oxygen through the umbilical cord. At 10 weeks he/she feels pain. At 12 weeks he/she will kick his/her legs, turn his/her feet and fan his/her tones, bend his/her wrists, turn his/her head, squints, frown, will open his/her mouth and press his/her lips tightly together. At 16 weeks he/she has eyelashes and at 18 weeks he/she cries, although we hear no sound because there is no air in the womb.
At 20 weeks he/she will react to loud noises and his/her mothers voice. If he/she is given an intrauterine transfusion, frequently two people have to do it; one to hold him/her, to keep him from jumping away from the needle and the other to make the injection.
How did it happen that with outstanding medical research at his fingertips at one of the nations premier health centers, Blackmun did not take into account the biological truth? Easy. The guidance Blackmun received from Mayo from a younger cadre of physicians wasnt biological; it was political, my contacts at Mayo confirm. Such medical authorities whom Blackmun consulted couldnt deny the biological factsnor did they. They sublimated them with liberal pragmatic philosophical theory. Doctors and scientists there were, like many in academe, influenced by the residual experience of John Deweys Humanist Manifesto which has been the foundation of liberalism at its outset in the 1930s--not fully digested by the old liberals such as Hubert Humphreys and others who ran in the post-Depression years but which has sprouted with McGovernism since.
Dewey dictated that man is a part of nature and he has emerged as result of a continuous process since moral values derive their source from human experience. Thus support for abortion and unrestricted sexual behavior between consenting adults. Also, an individuals right to die with dignity, euthanasia and the right to suicide.
Those scientists were not different from many of the intelligentsia educated at modern universities in scientific laboratories and political science seminars...or in law courses taught by those who had absorbed the identical views of Hans Kelsen all of whom who were swayed by the dogma of Sir Julian Huxley who said all belief in absolutes, whether the absolute validity of moral commandments, the authority of revelation, of inner certitude or of divine inspiration is subject to intellectual evolution.
Or as Humanist Barbara Wootton has written, We ask no longer what is pleasing to God but what is good for men. Thus the physicians and scientists at Mayo as have modern legal theorists, modern theologians and philosophers... did not deny that human life is present in the womb. They could not. They did deny that what is present is a person. Thus they influenced Blackmun to postulate that an unborn child is not a person and therefore has no right to live. Tax lawyer Blackburn took that down in almost stenographic style. In his decision he said that an unborn child, even in the third trimester of life, is something other than a human personbut has the potential of life. What was essential, the Mayo scientists said, was the a woman shall have control of her body. The contradiction is ironic: it was a new absolute to replace the timeless absolute about life only it dealt with a woman and her body.
How Blackmun could have bought the humanist philosophy cannot be appreciated until one reads his writings, Greenhouses commentaries and Woodwards book as well as my research which instructs about his human condition. He was born in tiny Nashville, Illinois and whose family moved to St. Paul where they lived in the poor Dayton Bluff area (I know Dayton Bluff, having lived near there in a rooming house as a bachelorand it had not progressed much since Blackmuns time; now, however, it is upscale). Lonely, a young recluse, Blackmuns only joy was academics; he chafed at his inability to make friends. Indeed by young manhood he had made only one close friend, his old high school classmate.
He was the stronger- willed Warren Burger with whom he went to high school in St. Paul. Burger was the one who dominated basis his having excelled in football, baseball, swimming and track at their high school, who worked building the Robert street bridge over the Mississippi summers and who sold insurance while going to the St. Paul College of Law. Blackmun, the more introverted, who shunned fast friendships except Burgers, got the more fashionable education, winning a full scholarship to Harvard for undergrad and proceeding from there through Harvard law school. Still all the while he felt insecure before Burger and Burger unintentionally rubbed it in glorying in his gregariousness, his participation in campus athletics, his growing circle of friends.
Rubbed it in by doing what often a friend should not dohe sought to dislodge and upset Blackmuns comfortable life by pressuring him to abandon the lucrative tax law career he had initiated and become a federal judge so as to be a colleague of Burger. In fact, goad the brilliant but insecure tax lawyer to become first an appellate federal judge and then join Burger on the Supreme Court. Evidently Burger needed to have Blackmun around to impress and Blackmun, knowing that he was the weaker of the two, didnt want to repeat the old stance of being a nebbish who was fated to be impressed by Burger.
Burger did more than entreat Blackmun; he lobbied the White House to appoint Blackmun to the federal district court of appeals. Then after two disastrous appointments to the Court which were voted down, to the Supreme Court where he could work with Burger. Blackmun tried to resist; in fact he pointed out his livelihood was much more affluent than Bergers. A federal judges pay was far below his standard. Burger wouldnt hear of it and Blackmun gradually assented. First to the Court of Appeals he went and then to the Supreme Court. In fact, the whole tale of one strong willed judge pushing a boyhood friend to join him sounds well odd. And the reclusive partner allowing himself to be pushed sounds well just as odd. There may be a deep psychological need underlying Burgers wish to be with Blackmun and Blackmuns agreement to be with Burgerbut I dont want to think about it now.
Once on the Court, Burger did what he had done in their youthdominate Blackmun. Their rulings were so identical, the two were called disparagingly by the media, the Minnesota Twins. Being junior to Burger may have been all right for Blackmun as the two grew up but now, as a Justice, Blackmun felt the comparison bitterly, believing people thought him by far the junior partner. Now Brennan and Douglas moved like Iagos to Macbeth, whispering treason to the old friendship, telling Blackmun that he was too as good as Burger even brighter and that they were confident he would grow and mature on his own. Essentially this was the serpentine cooing of lascivious praise in Edens garden.
The goal was to get Blackmun to take the lead in an issue they knew would come before the courtlegalized abortion. Burger had indicated he would oppose legalization and had expected Blackmun to go along as well. Burgers sole preoccupation was to preserve the political balance, to keep as much unity in the Court as was possible to maintain. Then, in conference, Blackmun astounded Burger by saying he favored legalized abortion. Burger still wouldnt give up. He did an unusual thing. He said he would join in the decision! Why? Because a Chief going along meant he could name the one to write the majority decision and Burger named Blackmun with the intention of moderating the decision when it was finally written. Douglas, the Iago, whispered to Blackmun later: He still thinks he can roll you and soften the decision! Blackmun became enragedbut quietly.
Thus to show Burger that he, Blackmun, was a man and his own man, Blackmun in his draft not only circumvented human biology and adopted Huxleys and Deweys humanism as explained by the young doctors--but re-wrote constitutional law as Brennan and Douglas applauded from the sidelines.. The fact that a court, not a legislature, was entrusted to make the decision and to overrule legislatures was unconscionable. Blackmun was repeating the Humanist dogma by stating the Court need not decide whether the unborn child is a human being, he/she is a non-person and therefore not entitled to the right to live. Since then the Supreme Court will be nothing more than a free-floating constitutional convention on the issue of abortion. A convention because of a weakness in the U. S. intellectual framework behind the Constitution. The weakness of U.S. law has always been that there was no room for an external moral interpreterand John Locke who believed in Natural Law but Natural Law as defined by a majority, is not the source which is God.
Thus are we driven to morality by consensus. When a Supreme Court says unborn babies can be killed, objecting citizens ought to be able to cite a source acceptable to the community as the interpreter of Natural Moral Law. Unfortunately we cannot because of the Lockean influence on our founders. But it is erroneous. Natural Law stands alone and is not what a bare majority says it is. The conclusion: If the state which possesses the power of coercion is its own interpreter of natural law, it is really not subject to it and people are at its mercy.
The decision written by Blackmun in which Burger half-heartedly concurred marked the end of the trail for the two. When Burger died his one-time best friend, the man who served as his Best Man at his marriage, Blackmun did not even go to his funeral. Blackmun felt that he had finally shaken off the figure who had dominated him for most of his life.
Once one makes a decision that the Supreme Court has erred as it did with Dred Scott a prudent man will seek to move heaven and earth and do what he can to change it backat least I did and still do. Just as Lincoln refused to accept Dred Scott and labored mightily short of war and then utilizing war to undo it Americans who disagreed with the abortion became enlisted not in politics but a movement, spanning demonstrations legal briefs plans to pass constitutional amendments plans to elect pro-life presidents and congressmen. The U.S. political scene has not been the same since. Where once liberals and conservatives could disagree and drink with each other after hours, the chances grew less likely after Roe.
Normally, my inclination would have been to support Republicans or various types and exercise the luxury of endorsing this or that variant of them regardless of shading of legal view. Not now. The situation changed.
The Old Order changeth. Richard Nixon,we are told by Monica Crowley (Nixons own Monica), a bitter-end feminist whom I know, that he was in sympathy with Roe to the end of his days. Certainly Monica who worked with him in his exile made sure he stayed firm. Gerald Ford was in sympathy until pressure got him to change over the strident objections of his wife. Ronald Reagan signed Californias severe abortion law and changed, over the objections of his wife and her physician father. George H. W. Bush favored abortion and changed over the strident objections of his wife. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were both original pro-lifers and changed. George W. Bush always was a pro-lifer and is so now over the private objections of his wife. So the fight goes on.
Although I was a the political officer of Quaker Oats, a corporation whose officers normally supported the ruling as a matter of course and whose wealthy wives were predisposed to it I did several things to advance the pro-life cause. First, I got active in pro-life activities through education and training sessions on political action. I joined the board of the Illinois Right-to-Life committee and ultimately headed two different groups.. I formed a new groupthe Illinois Pro-Life Coalition (IPC) which endorsed candidates. When the IPC went the way of all flesh and disappeared for lack of funding, I joined with a few others and formed Friends for Life, a 501 © (3) with excellent foundation backing which we obtained from a sympathetic heir to the Miller brewing fortune. We went to Milwaukee often to importune him for funds which came through in a huge amount. I even held informal pro-life sessions off-hours to train pro-life volunteers at the Merchandise Mart until we were tossed out on our ear by a fellow officer who was so opposed to the effort he couldnt contain himself.
Secondly, I formed a specifically Republican organization of grassroots activists, the Republican Assembly of Illinois. While working to reform the Republican party, I found it necessary to support Democrats who were pro-life against Republicans who were not. Sen. Charles Percy was a pro-abort. Normally I would be his supporter. Not any more. So when he ran for reelection in 1972 without making a great fanfare of it, I voted for Roman Pucinski, the Democratic nominee even though in line of political duty I had to debate Pucinskis daughter, Aurelia, in the suburbs. In 1978 Percy was opposed by Democrat Alex Seith who while not pro-life was markedly less pro-abortion than Percy: so he it was whom I supported. Third, I served as chairman of Family PAC, a funding mechanism that supported pro-life candidates for state office.
In 1984 I favored State Sen. Phil Rock, a pro-lifer, Democratic leader of the Senate and chairman of the Democratic state party for the U. S. senatorial nomination but as a Republican, I voted for Rep. Tom Corcoran of Illinois who challenged Percy in the primary and the RAI endorsed Corcoran. In the general election when the candidates were both pro-abortPercy and Paul SimonI abstained. In 1998 I voted proudly for Rep. Glenn Poshard for governor over Secretary of State George Ryan, having been told from discreet inside sources that Ryan had made a deal with pro-abortion forces to support their cause once he went to the governorship. A good friend of mine, Bob Kustra, started out as a pro-lifer in the legislature but he determined his career would advance more quickly if he abandoned the position and became a pro-abort. He was named Illinois lieutenant governor and the day he was named, he announced his switch.
Before he switched, he phoned me at Quaker and said that despite my earnest advice, he was doing so. I said flatlymore in sorrow than anger-- that I would do everything I could to defeat him a neighbor whom I once served as finance chairman. We never spoke after that. When as lieutenant governor he determined to run for the U. S. Senate against Dick Durbin, I chaired a meeting in the suburbs we called it The Council of Trent to find a primary candidate against Kustra. One was found and I worked in a leadership position to fuse conservative grassroots movements together: pro-life, home schoolers, 2nd amendment people, tax cutters, even motorcycle riders who disdained mandatory seatbelts (they belonged to a group called Abate). We defeated Kustra with State Representative Al Salvi. We did not win the general. Republican regulars said: see? Now because of that primary split, youve got Durbin who is much worse. That cuts no ice with a true movement conservative.
Another Council of Trent I served on recruited Peter Fitzgerald who went on to defeat the pro-abort Republican state comptroller, the favorite, and to defeat the incumbent Carol Moseley Braun. Fitzgeralds single term was more accomplishment-filled than many other Senators who have served decades in that he found a U. S. District Attorney who convicted Governor George Ryanwho angered all pro-lifers by abandoning his position. Thats how movement politics works. The movement takes precedence over the party.
Within the corporation, the going was somewhat difficult because the leadership of Quaker seemed unanimous in favor of abortion rights. I had to tiptoe many times but I never had the feeling that the company was out to punish me for my stand; far from it, it was generous and supportive of me in all my activities. Still, I had to be careful that I was not flying the flag of defiance in the corporations face since I was the officer to whom most listened to on political matters.
In addition, I resolved to demonstrate and with Lillian we marched many times in the spirit of the earlier civil rights marchers. To learn how to participate in and lead a demonstration, I called upon my earlier knowledge of civil rights actions and even talked with some local leaders who wondered what in the world I wanted to learn their techniques for. It was both exciting and dangerous since I felt strongly that were I to have been arrested, I might well have had to leave my job. Several times I came close to being arrestedone time when our little regiment was picketing the home of Ruth Rothstein, the venerable pro-abort head of Cook County Hospital who helped move the hospital to practice abortion after the pro-life tenure of George Dunne ended.
It so happened about fifty of us were picketing her luxury apartment building marching in an orderly fashion down the street, turning at an alley, making a U and returning, carrying our placards. I looked up at her window at the 5th floor and saw the elderly lady standing there on the phone, hopping mad and shaking her gnarled fists. I deduced she was calling the cops. Sure enough about ten minutes later the Chicago Police wagon arrived. As it pulled up with a screech, I had just approached the alley where we were to make the U turn. Not me.
I stood there and watched my colleagues being loaded into the police wagon very willingly, but thinking of my job and the support of my family, I just kept on sauntering away, watching the wagon, its lights flashing on and off and its horn blasting, roar away loaded with my friends. Staying out of jail may condemn me forever as coward; it was also a prudent action for the breadwinner of the family. Earlier my reporting relationship at Quaker had switched to an executive not nearly so favorable to my independence of action and I had every reason to think that going to jail, even overnight, would have been the end of my careerwith three kids in college to support and a little one in high school.
It was with some strained relations that the next morning, Ruth Rothstein was to appear before a City Club of Chicago meeting at which I presided as president. When an intermediary tried to introduce us, she said tartly, yes, I feel I know Mr. Roeser very well having seen him in action yesterday when he was directing the picketing of my house and I marveled as his nimble adroitness as he hop-scotched his way down the street avoiding the police wagon. Jail is where he should be this morning if the police had truly done their work well. I had no objection because the lady was correct. Hop-scotch is what I did; rather nimbly, too, as she said.
There was other examples of anomaly. I picketed Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge which sanctioned abortion where one of our fellow picketers was Virginia McCaskey, owner of the Bears, no less. Not long after, I was driven there in the middle of the night to have its surgeons operate on me to save my life by relieving pressure from a brain hemorrhage sustained in a fall. Ah yes. And once having recovered, I picketed it again.
I was disturbed at no other aspect of my corporation than its continued donations of large amounts of philanthropic money to Planned Parenthood which has a thriving abortion referral division and which also receives support from the federal government. How to get the corporation to cut down if not eliminate entirely its donations was the point. My immediate supervisor the new one was, of course, in full and passionate support of the contributions to placate his superiorsbut he was also frenetic about the orderly process of the corporation for which he was also corporate secretary.
So it happened that a group of pro-lifers came to an annual meeting and raised the roof about the donations. Dealing with a grassroots movement for a corporation is vastly different than with other dissident stockholders or even critical politicians. Intriguingly enough (and I use that word advisedly), I was asked to negotiate with the pro-lifers since alone in the company I was recognized as its only pro-lifer.
After some time spent in meeting with them interesting because they were all friends who had been involved with me in forming the pro-life group I returned and reported that there was one way to heal the breach which was that the company refrain from so conspicuously providing large contributions. Was I sure they would calm down if this happened, I was asked. Well, pretty sure but of course I couldnt guarantee anything. The contributions shut down and the company was not bothered further. I dont know if my supervisor fully understood that in the negotiations I had switched one hat for another. My sympathetic secretary knew and she murmured within my earshot, duplicitous little devil, isnt he? I murmured back: Duplicitous, yes. Cowardly, too. But prudent.
I dont want this to seem as if I have no political friends but pro-lifers. Indeed, some pro-lifers are so cantankerous they drive me crazy. Other pro-choicers like Jack Franks will always be friends no matter what they run for. But this long article happens to give the only explanation of my politicsbecause the Supreme Court on January 23, 1973 made me a movement conservative irredeemably rather than a corporate one.


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Pint of Science is coming to Limerick!
This was a worldwide event where Scientists doff their white coats and headed to the pubs to tell their research tales. Limerick was one of 50 cities in eight countries taking part in the world-wide event. The aim of Pint of Science was to deliver science talks in a fun, engaging and approachable way by bringing them to a relaxing public space – the local pub. The idea is to invite people to sit back, drink, listen and engage with the scientist presenting … over a pint.
Limerick’s event, which was organized by the University of Limerick, took place in The Locke Bar on Monday May 18th May (7-9pm) and in the White House Bar on Tuesday May 19th May(7-9pm). The talks covered Health, Environment and Technology with topics including; Computers dreaming of electric music; Contagion; Brains R Us; Mathematics of Brewing Coffee; Bringing Maths Eyes to the masses; and Flying to the moon. Following the talk a question and answer panel discussion was opened up in the pub at the end of the night.
Prof James Gleeson spoke on “Contagion” on Monday night (in The Locke Bar), Dr William Lee spoke on the “Mathematics of Brewing Coffee”.
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Problem Solving with Industry ESGI 110 28th June - 3rd July 2015
Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation, Damien English addressed the group on the first day of the week-long intensive problem-soliving challenge for industry. Appliedmathematicians from around the world spent the week working on real-world problems that companies presented. We are pleased to announce that MACSI's problem solving workshop with industry will
The 2nd Stent Workshop 4th September 2015
Dr Tuoi Vo organised a one day workshop "Next generation medical stents: scoping the future" at the University of Limerick. The workshop was very successful: there were about 40 participants including modellers, cardiologists and experimentalists from Ireland, the UK, France, Italy, Portugal and the USA and industrialists from Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Veryan Medical (Ireland), CBSET (USA), Instent (France) and Vascular Flow Technologies (UK).
The first FameLab event for MACSI took place during Maths Week on Wednesday 14th October. Presentations were judged according to FameLab's "3Cs"; Content, Clarity and Charisma. On the evening the winnes was Gary O'Keeffe.
Workshop on “Nonlinear Waves in Stratified Flows” 05-06 November at the University of Limerick.
This was a small and very dedicated workshop that brought together approx 10 researchers with expertise on internal waves in the atmosphere and ocean.
Ricardo Barros (MACSI - UL, Ireland)
Miguel Bustamante (UCD, Ireland)
Madga Carr, (Univ. St. Andrews, UK)
Wooyoung Choi (NJIT, USA)
David Henry (UCC, Ireland)
Ted Johnson (UCL, UK
Paul Milewski (Univ. Bath, UK)
Emilian Parau (Univ. East Anglia, UK)
José Carlos da Silva (CIMAR/CIIMAR, Univ. Porto, Portugal)
Roxana Tiron (OpenHydro, Ireland)
On the 26th November Prof Cathal Walsh delivered his inaugural lecture titled The Mathematics of Decision: Healthy Bayesian Statistics.


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1. I just today found out that a very good friend's mother passed away. I feel bad I didn't know sooner. Knowing the mother's illnesses, I know she's at peace now. But I'm still sad for my friend.
2. The father of a different very good friend also passed away. He'd been battling cancer and while his tumors were shrinking, chemo was kicking his butt. They expected longer. He died very shortly after his 80th birthday. I have really great memories of hanging out with him. He was so like my own dad. His sense of humor was as dry and his intelligence was as high. We always had a blast - drinking Heineken, hanging out on the sun porch and talking about everything, laughing hysterically. We camped in their yard, climbed their trees, had awesome badminton games narrated in a British accent, the kids chased fish in the stream, we hiked through awesome scenery... We crammed a lot of fun into the two summers before they moved to a warmer climate.
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Well my day did not go as planned....I was in a car accident. The good news is that we (my 2 kids where with me) are all OK....the car not so much :( Just another case of a 16 year old who just got his license and was in a "sports car" and thought he could out run anyone...including turning left onto an intersection others (myself) were driving through. Good news is that he has insurance (as of 2 days ago) and was at fault so I don't have to pay for the repairs...just need to deal with the mess of having them done. So now I am home and got to catch up on work tonight. Hope everyone else is having a better start to their holiday weekend!


Obviously this is huge news for everyone who finally got around to buying their Willie Green jersey, but aside from that contingent, I can't express how thrilled I am. Brackins is a high upside prospect recently drafted out of Iowa State. Songaila is a $4.8 million expiring contract. This is awesome.
You have no idea how much this excites me to A) get rid of Willie Green once and for all and, B) get Craig Brackins, the player I was advocating the Sixers take a shot at in the late first round or early second. He ended up going in the middle of the first round to the Hornets but he's ours now. At 6'10" and 229 pounds, he provides some much needed size for the interior.
The Sixers also get an expiring, serviceable inside role player in Songalia instead of having a slow, soft, expiring Jason Smith. I'd say this is a win on all accounts for the Sixers.
I love this trade on so many levels. Getting rid of Willie Green is obviously incredible, but receiving a player (Brackins) drafted in the first round last year in return is even more incredible. Brackins may never amount to much, but trading Willie Green and Jason Smith for any prospect is a steal. And all we have to take back was Darius Songalia's expiring 4.6 million dollar deal. Give Thorn props on this deal. He made something out of nothing.
I can't say I'm nearly as in love with Brackins as some of my cohorts. I'm not sure what he projects to as doing well on the NBA level. He played a lot of mid-post in college, but he's not great at establishing position, and it led to a lot of contested jumpers that he didn't shoot a great percentage on. He's not great as holding defensive position in the post, he's not a great athlete to be a shotblocker, he's not strong enough or consistent enough to be a great rebounder, and his range, while he shows flashes, isn't consistent and he's fairly inefficient from midrange.
Perhaps his post game translates, I'm just not sure. He certainly didn't get much help from his guards, so maybe he's got some untapped potential. I thought he was a late first/early second guy, not mid-first. I definitely liked him more on a non-guaranteed second round deal.
That being said, even though the Sixers are adding salary on this deal, just not having Bill is reason enough to celebrate.
On whether Brackins has more upside than Smith ...
Yeah, he definitely has more potential than Smith. If he adds some lower body strength he has the chance to be an average defender and rebounder, something I don’t think Smith ever had.
Somebody pat Rod Thorn on the back. More to come later.


Enjoy this dish that combines beer and oysters in one tasty meal!
Put a cup of beer and the sugar into a pan over gentle heat and reduce down to about 1/8 of a cup.
Put this into a mixing bowl and when cooled whisk in an equal volume of vegetable oil – if you have ¼ cup of beer whisk in ¼ of oil, 3 tbls beer to 3 tbls of oil etc
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and chopped chives.
Spoon some vinaigrette over a fresh oyster garnish with some finger lime pulp and eat.
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How can I learn more about the research conducted at Loma Linda University?
Do you have any research-related events that are open to the public?
Check our Symposia & Presentations for a list of upcoming events. Some of these events are for the LLU research community, but many are open to the public.
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We invite our community to participate in LLU research in a number of ways:
- Volunteer for a clinical trial;
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- Make a donation to support our research programs.
Where can I find a list of clinical trials that are being conducted at Loma Linda University?
The Clinical Trial Center (CTC) can help you search for clinical trials currently accepting patients at Loma Linda University. You might also be interested in CTC's page for research volunteers and their families.
Who do I contact if I have a question or concern about a clinical trial?
Where is the Office for the Vice President of Research Affairs located?
Map and directions are available here.
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|SA-Dakar Rally: Mitsubishi result - "Small moments have significant impact".|
Mitsubishi was ruling the Dakar for years, mostly sportive, not with big money like Volkswagen. With Volkswagen, Mitsubishi became a bigger concurrent, with more budget, more influence.
Volkswagen was participant and sponsor in one person - so nobody wondered, when the Dakar organiser styled the "new" Dakar in South America like Volkswagen wanted to have them wo win. Easier tracks, less offroad, no marathon-stages.
Mitsubishi doesn´t had the budget and power - and with the new Diesel-Racing Lancers from 2009, also no winning car anymore. So they sold their cars and retired as factory-team. First the French Nicolas Misslin re-started the project, re-built the Lancers and re-equipped them with petrol-engines. Good results in the Dakar 2010 - but then Misslin ran out of money.
"Wevers Sport" and "Mitsubishi Brasil" started again to re-built the Mitsubishi Racing Lancers. With success - in the "OiLibya Rally of Morocco" the "new" Mitsubishi´s showed a good pace. But enough for the Dakar?
Only three of the five Racing Lancer finished this year. Guilherme Spinelli (Mitsubishi Brasil) and Gert Huzink (Wevers Sport) had to retire from the race. But Bernhard Ten Brinke / Matthieu Baumel finished 9th overall, Erik van Loon / Harmen Scholtalbers 17th and Teamchef Erik Wevers and Fabian Lurquin on 34th position.
"That was not, what we expected" said Dutch Erik van Loon after the Rally. "But I´m not dissatisfied. The car was fantastic. I was better, faster and safer then in the last edition - and in this strong field we could reach the Top 10 several times." But on the stage to Arequipa he lost more then four hours after repairing the alternator. "We also get stuck sometimes and simply had bad luck" he added.
So, a good future for the Mitsubishi? "The car is great, but a number of small moments have a significant impact" Van Loon said. But: "The only problem is that the Racing Lancer were nor created to drive through water - other Mitsubishis had problems with it too."
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Hui of the Year
The Maui Weekly acknowledges the commitment and hard work of a few of the many wonderful local organizations that are vitalto our community.
December 30, 2010 - Trisha Smith
Feed My Sheep Striving to keep Maui a “hunger-free zone,” the grassroots Feed My Sheep (FMS) organization effectively provides food to more than 9,500 at the poverty level, with......
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It's no secret the human race has disrupted the Earth's balance, and our global environments remain in serious distress. Western capitalist markets have infected generations with notions of nature as property, and continue to instill laws that solely protect the property rights of individuals and corporations.
We would like to think each Hawai'i resident feels deeply connected with nature, and that decisions and ethics are based upon what is good for the whole. Yet, problems today still include where and how the money ?ows, not the water.
Our delicate ecosystems are fortunate to have environmental heroes, plus a few of the "good guys" in government and law, that are hopeful and willing to educate communities of progressive efforts working worldwide.
Presented by Ala Kukui and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and made possible with support by the Hawai'i Tourism Authority and County of Maui, a thought-provoking, four-part series called "Man/Woman and Nature: Restoring the Balance" will take place through November in the McCoy Theater in Kahului.
Located within a rural Hana haven, Ala Kukui ("Pathway of Illumination") is a retreat and gathering place that works as a nonprofit organization. Its mission is personal and global healing transformation. The spiritual center presented the "Rights of Nature" dialogue on Tuesday, May 15, as the first in its speakers' series on key environmental issues focusing on the "need to shift from a philosophy of dominion over nature to one of interpretation and mutual respect."
Moderated by well-respected Maui environmentalist Lucienne de Naie, the presentation included keynote speakers Thomas Linzey of the nonprofit Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF, www.celdf.org) in Pennsylvania and Kapua Sproat, an environmental law professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and counsel for EarthJustice.
"We're here to discuss something potentially revolutionary," said de Naie.
Linzey, CELDF's cofounder, executive director and chief lawyer, has worked to provide free and affordable legal counsel to communities dealing with threats to their environment, farming, economy and quality of life since 1995. His dedication and efforts have made a miraculous difference in communities ranging from rural Pennsylvania to third-world countries such as Ecuador.
According to Linzey, by recognizing nature's right in its constitution, places like Ecuador--and over 140 other global communities--are basing their environmental protection systems on the idea that nature has inalienable rights, just as humans do. Ecuador was the first country to recognize the "Rights of Nature" language in its constitution to address issues, including deforestation and water pollution.
"These communities are refusing to wait for other people to save them," he said. "The only thing that is going to save you is yourselves."
Familiar faces in Maui's nature advocacy community attended to learn more about this inspirational global movement that works to amend constitutions and introduce laws to codify the rights of the natural world, balancing a relationship between humans and the planet.
"To me, Thomas' 'Rights of Nature' approach is revolutionary, because much of how we've treated nature in the past is as someone's 'property' or something humans/corporations have a 'right to use,'" said Sara Tekula of Plant a Wish, a native tree-planting awareness and documentary film project. "We've overstepped our rights to use nature more than we should have, and we've even misused it a lot it's about time that someone 'speaks for the trees.'"
Growing up on the North Shore of Kaua'i within a family of fisherman and farmers on her ancestors' land, Sproat naturally developed a strong sense of kuleana. She's dedicated herself to protect to the lands she loves, and works passionately as a professor of environmental law and serves as counsel on an array of Native Hawaiian cases. She saw firsthand how the island has changed after the demise of its sugar cane industry, as Kaua'i "stopped growing cane, and started building houses."
Linzey spoke about problems with corporate constitutional rights, how "enforcement, not laws" is the trouble when it came to such places as Pennsylvania, which faces issues regarding factory farms, sewage and hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
"Communities are prohibited from banning legal uses," Linzey explained. "States legalize it through permit issuances and corporations write the regulations."
Linzey and his firm follow the "Rights of Nature" perspective, which recognizes that nature in all its life forms has the "right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles." The movement maintains that people have legal authority and responsibility to enforce these rights on behalf of an ecosystem, which itself can be named as a defendant.
"The river is invisible to the courts now, though," he said. "This movement can create new forms of local control, recognizing that streams, rivers, forests, etc., have rights of their own."
Sproat discussed how "Hawai'i is different" and uses public trust principles in many cases, viewing the land as indigenous property and "part of the extended family." "It's not enough, though, to just do the permits," she said.
Sproat called for more action in Hawai'i, "true successors" who fight for the perpetuity of the land. "It's not a perfect system, as we know," said Sproat. "We have had success blocking some projects and corporate interests, but we need to work harder."
"While we may have protected them from future development, and even establish ongoing stewardship practices to rehabilitate the land, that is about the extent of what we've been able to do," said Tekula regarding Maui's living ecosystems.
Learn more in next week's issue of the Maui Weekly regarding the battles communities face with corporations when trying to implement the "Rights of Nature" perspective, and how concerned citizens can "provoke the right kinds" of fights right here on Maui.


DVRs Affect Some Scheduling Decisions At CBS, But Not All
There’s little surprise the DVR has impacted how the Big Four networks put together their prime-time line-ups with people recording shows to watch later. And, yet there’s still an adherence to the old days when an 8 p.m. show was to elegantly lead into the next hour, which would flow into the hour after that – hopefully with one night even setting the table for the next. At least that’s the world where CBS operating.
“I do think more and more now in this multi-channel environment, you really have to just worry about doing what you do best, not that the competition is unimportant, but I don’t think we look at it the same way we used to even five or 10 years ago,” CBS’s chief of scheduling Kelly Kahl said in a recent interview on Los Angeles radio station KCRW.
So, as the interviewer Kim Masters suggested, there might be fewer attempts to place a strong show against a weak one on another network to stunt its growth. Even with DVRs, endless channels and frenzied lives weakening the likelihood a viewer will stay with a network throughout prime time, networks (at least CBS) don’t want to go with a schedule that’s completely disconnected hour by hour.
“We don’t expect people to start watching CBS at 8 and certainly be there at 11 o’clock when we’re done, but we’d like to think that you could be … and there’s a logic and a flow between the nights,” Kahl said on the show “The Business.”
CBS found last year that with Ashton Kutcher replacing Charlie Sheen on “Two and a Half Men,” the show’s audience helped CBS get a little younger and more female on Mondays. So, CBS has sought to keep that going this year with its comedy block by slotting in new show “Partners” between “How I Met Your Mother” and “2 Broke Girls.”
“Two and a Half Men” has been shifted to Thursdays to pair with another big hit, “Big Bang Theory,” in a move that some might say smacks of a vanishing era -- when networks would place their best shows on Thursdays to capitalize on pre-weekend ad dollars for movies and retailers. A sign that a Thursday emphasis may be changing is NBC placing a Brian Williams-fronted newsmagazine in the 10 p.m. hour. But Kahl said it’s still “absolutely” a big night financially.
As for cable, where networks are increasingly offering original programs at 10 p.m., Kahl said CBS looks at the competition there largely as a whole, rather than network by network. And he said that even as CBS has become more of a force in the 18-to-49 demo, it’s mighty happy to continue as a stalwart in the less-appreciated – by one group in particular – 25-to-54 segment.
“It's honestly a mistake that a lot of TV reporters write that 18-to-49 (is) … the sales demo,” he said. “It’s a sales demo, but 25-to-54 probably makes up 40% of the sales dollars in the country. Billions of dollars are put against 25-to-54, so to call 18-to-49 the be all, end all is a little bit misinformed.”


Are you planning for the future but still thinking for today? Then try these 5 creative ways to get the most out of your money without compromising without breaking the wallet.
- Stop thinking you have to do extravagant things to spend some QT with the family. Never underestimate the power of sites like Groupon (www.groupon.com) or Living Social (www.livingsocial.com), who can assist you with planning an economical family adventure without the need of a third or fourth job in order to pay for it.
- Parks can a families best friend. Parks are places that the entire family can enjoy and it doesn’t cost a thing to go to them. If you are looking for a little more fun, you can always invite some friends and family for a small picnic with hot dogs and burgers.
- Movie nights are something that we tend to enjoy a lot. We pick a night that we can all sit down with a bowl of popcorn and the latest kid friendly movie that we can find.
- Cooking together is a great way for children to learn and to also be able to spend time with one another.
- There have been a ton of board games that have made it’s way to the shelves. The best part about board games is that you can do them anywhere and especially at home with your family. There are board games for nearly all ages and some as young as three years old.
How do you spend family QT on a budget?


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[mythtv] Time to Vote? (as Re: Official Thread: Mythtv.org Redesign)
lists at forevermore.net
Tue Jun 5 00:01:00 UTC 2007
Sorry for being silent for so long. I've apparently been quite busy and
let things pile up.
So... The general consensus among devs in impromptu IRC discussion is:
Jean-Philippe's colors/layout are the favorites, with Herman's coming in
at a close second (but too bloggish). We do we need to come up with
some other kind of images for the header for Jean-Philippe's, since the
ones he used in the mockup have an unknown copyright status. I
personally like Ghost's play on the sproingy, but Isaac says he is still
partial to the current "bubble" form of the sproingy.
I also liked Miguel's design (again, too bloggish), but the consensus is
that the logo should stay what it is, and no one really liked the orange
color, so it looks like we should stick with the current use of blues
and greys for future designs.
I've also been playing around with left-nav ideas at
And am not sure if it's worth keeping the stuff at the top, since
leaving that space empty could be used for subsite-specific info
(trac/wiki login, etc. like Pidgin.im does).
I did also get a recommendation from the graphic designer at work, which
is that studies seem to show that (as much as I personally prefer it)
light-on-dark web pages tend to cause people to browse away faster than
normal dark-on-light ones.
At this point, I have a couple of requests to you artists.. Aim for
something similar in layout to Jean-Phillippe's (i.e. get away from
bloggish layouts), but see what things would look like in a color set
more inclined to keeping people looking at the page (I'll try to
rearrange the colors in my "newmyth" page to give some approximate ideas
of what to aim for). For the logo, please stick with either the plain
silver MythTV (like Jean-Philippe and Ghost did) or the current
bubble+sproingy like Herman's.
At this point, we should also start thinking about what information goes
on the front page. I like the direction that Jean-Philippe is headed,
so I'm going to say that we at least need an overview (preferably with a
small screenshot or two) and a couple of "news" entries (but not have
them be the main focus). That might still leave space for other
information, so I'll let you guys offer ideas for what should go there.
Again, *really* rough layout mockup at:
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Chinese New Year 2020
We have come up with a phenomenal Feast Menu to usher in the Year of the Rat!
It kicks off with 'Yee Sang' - the celebratory 'Prosperity Toss' salad,
and features salted egg prawns and a wide selection of possible main courses. We can make this Feast menu vegan on request.
The Chinese New Year Feast Menu must be pre-booked and is available when we are open for any service. We will need at 24 hours' notice from you and a pre-order before you arrive to make sure you don't miss out on your desired main courses. The whole table has to participate.
Simply make a booking as normal, specifying in the Notes to the booking
that you would like to have the Chinese New Year Feast menu.
Send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.org for any
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Jared Allen Official
Responsive Website Design
How do you capture the essence of a person that is larger than life? A father, husband, athlete, patriot and for many people an American Hero. This was our challenge in creating the Official Website for Jared Allen.
Custom Website Design
Our focus in creating the latest iteration of jaredallen69inc.com was to bring together everything that Jared Allen represents in simple, clean and intuitive design. The first step was to create a separate home for all of the online properties that used to be housed on one website. The home page was then designed to showcase these other sites and direct users to those sites should they be interested.
To keep the content current on the site current and make updates easy for Jared, we created a custom Facebook feed to populate the site with current content. The news section allows you to choose from one of three Facebook feeds (Jared official page, his H4WW page and his Pro Bull Team’s).
JA's Official Properties
As Jared’s other business endeavors continued to grow it became imperative to create separate online destinations for each of those. However, we wanted to capitalize on the traffic to jaredallen69inc.com as well as make sure his fans know of his other businesses. So we devoted space on the home page as well as a “connect” page to highlight everything that Jared Allen has going on.
JA's Official Shop
One of Jared’s most trafficked sites is his online store. We re-designed and developed this ecommerce store to feature all official Merchandise of Jared Allen. This ecommerce website is built on our PURL content management system, making order fulfillment quick and easy.
JA's Apparel Design
Not only do we handle all of the Digital for Jared Allen, we also design, produce and fulfill all of his official merchandise. Jared’s Official merchandise has been distributed by a number of retail chains across the mid-west.
Since 2008 SVM has helped me create and share what Jared Allen 69 INC is. They took what I knew was my image and lifestyle and created a brand that I was now able to showcase online. As we grew I came back to SVM to revamp my original website to guide visitors to everything that is now JA69INC. This includes my merchandise, charity, restaurants, and PBR team. They always deliver great work on time and on budget!


AutoGrid is the winner of the 2019 Innovation Award for the Best Industry Smart Grid Project in India from the India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF).
The award was received at the India Smart Utility Week conference, which is hosted annually by the ISGF to present the groundbreaking projects in smart grids and smart cities.
India Smart Utility Week hosts over 250 speakers from more than forty countries and over 2,000 business delegates.
The transformational benefits of the smart grid
Reji Kumar Pillai, president of ISGF, commented:”AutoGrid’s innovative DSM solutions, deployed across all key consumer segments in their Andhra Pradesh project, illustrate how technology can bring transformational benefits to several sectors of the economy and citizens. This project serves as a model of how utilities across India and in other developing regions can leverage IoT, artificial intelligence and big data analytics at scale to cut opex and capex, save energy, reduce critical groundwater depletion, enhance agricultural sector efficiency and improve the lives of citizens.”
The projects are expected to make large savings due to the following benefits:
- Peak load shaving to reduce capital expenses;
- Time-of-use implementation to make use of off-peak hours cheaper power;
- Soil-moisture/water-level sensor-based pump-set operation to reduce energy and water used for agriculture;
- Air conditioning system cycling for energy efficiency and peak load shaving; and
- Renewable integration for cost-effective solar and wind power supply. This is done without impacting the reliability or service quality.
AutoGrid builds software applications for smarter energy distribution. Their flexibility management applications enable the following providers to deliver clean, affordable and reliable energy in real time and to a large scale:
- Electricity retailers;
- Renewable energy project developers; and
- Energy service providers.
Dr. Amit Narayan, founder and chief executive officer of AutoGrid, said: “It is an honor to receive this prestigious award from ISGF. We are delighted to be working in India and using our technology to drive the digital transformation that will shape the new energy future.”


Your animal friends want you to understand their experience. To feel the world from their point of view. To know what brings them joy, what makes them sad or fearful, and how grateful they are for you.
They sometimes even have powerful insights for you.
Things they know and feel through the purity of their love and the relative simplicity of their minds.
Every time I start a session, I can feel their enthusiasm and anticipation, especially as they decide among themselves who should share first, and what they want to say to their person.
They want to share so much with you. It is such a gift to animals to listen deeply to them.
Learning How to Be Still, Listen, and Trust
When I was first learning animal telepathy, this deep listening was so easy for me with other people’s animals. There was a beautiful flow that came and it was so tangible. It was like, “Oh, I know this way of being.”
But when connecting with my own animal friends, my inner skeptic got in the way.
It was hard to know what was real and what was my own mental projection, because I felt I already knew so much about them.
Then one evening after a busy day I said to myself, “Forget it, I am just going to quiet my mind and trust what I feel.”
And something beautiful happened.
I went into my office where my dog Sadie was resting on the floor by the sofa. I sat down next to her, with a yellow pad of paper and a pen. I felt my heart connected to hers and asked her to share. And I wrote everything down that came to me.
After writing 3/4 of a page, I looked up. Sadie had the sweetest, most grateful look in her eyes.
And THEN, the most amazing thing happened. One by one, my other animals came into the room, a dog and two cats, kind of forming a line, waiting their turn.
I couldn’t believe it.
From other parts of the house where they were hanging out that evening, they felt me opening up my heart to connect with Sadie and receive her feelings. And they wanted their turn too.
Each of them shared, and each of them was shining with appreciation afterward. The power of no-agenda, unconditional listening brought a softening to each of their eyes.
Clients often email me with the same surprising experiences after sessions and courses
My client and friend Carrie Mae shared after a recent communication with her dog Tulip: “After the session, she came into the room and sat right next to me and just stared up at me with the most loving eyes.”
A client named Blair wrote of her horse Alex: “I went to the barn today and he was so affectionate it was beautiful. I feel like our relationship is even better since you communicated with him.”
And a client Rosine shared this about her rescue dog Sparky, and her whole animal family: “Thank you! And you are totally wonderful! Sparky seems relieved today, and the overall energy around here is so sweet. They all seem to be saying, ‘Now you understand.’ So Rick and I have spent extra time today grounding in what came through. Everyone has gotten lots of communication and attention.”
We all long to feel understood, deeply seen, and unconditionally listened to by the beings in our lives we adore.
I hope to share this gift of listening with you and your animal friends very soon.
With love and joy,


A Sizzling Cimmarron: The Colt Single Action Army Revolver
March 10, 2011
Few firearms are as widely recognized as the Colt Single Action Army revolver, and fewer still have enjoyed such lasting accolades.
Made by A. Uberti of Italy, distributed by Cimarron Firearms of Texas, and fine-tuned by Bob Baer (retired), this stainless — steel single-action .45 is one of the finest, most accurate modern SAs according to our handgun editor.
Introduced by Colt in 1873, over 340,000 1st Generation Colts were manufactured (production halted near the beginning of World War II). Colt cranked up the tools and began producing the signature firearm again in 1956, producing 2nd Generation models, and finally once more in the 1970s with the 3rd Generation series. While it's still possible to buy new Colt single-action revolvers from Colt's Manufacturing, they're considered custom shop guns.
Besides the genuine articles, untold numbers of copycat Colts have been manufactured over the years by a wide assortment of companies. Some of these guns are top-notch, and others wouldn't even make good boat anchors.
One company that has long been renowned for producing excellent reproduction firearms is the famous A. Uberti of Gardone Val Trompia, Italy. The company offers an impressive variety of guns, including not only blackpowder stuff, but cartridge guns, such as Single Action Army copies and 1851 and 1860 Army conversions, among others. Uberti also offers a great variety of replica Winchester repeaters, Sharps rifles, and even a Spencer. I've handled several varieties of Ubertis recently, including a fine 1876 lever-action rifle in .45-60 caliber.
One of Uberti's main distributors is the famous Cimarron Firearms Company of Fredericksburg, Texas. Cimarron is one of the most recognizable names in reproduction firearms, with the vast majority of those guns being manufactured by Uberti.
Mike Harvey, the president of Cimarron, long wanted to offer a single-action revolver fashioned from stainless steel. Uberti resisted the all-stainless idea for some time, since the material is much more difficult to work with than carbon steel. At last, Harvey coaxed the company into building the stainless revolver, and what a great gun it turned out to be.
My old friend Bob Baer of Rosenburg, Texas, is a retired fine-gun builder and pistolsmith, and I can say with certainty it takes a lot to impress him when it comes to handguns. He was all smiles when he found out Cimarron would be offering the stainless-steel Model P and quickly scooped up one for himself. Being a bit on the particular side, Bob naturally worked some of his Baer magic on the gun, making it even better than the factory original.
Baer was proud enough of the gun that he started packing it with him all over Texas. He and our mutual friend Donald Peikert, the Texas gentleman from Columbus, decided to join Joaquin Jackson at a book signing in the Texas Hill Country. Bob had the Cimarron stuck in his belt while shooting the breeze with Joaquin. Naturally curious, Jackson inquired about the revolver. In private, Bob later handed the Cimarron over to the retired Texas Ranger, who immediately took a liking to the fine revolver.
"Believe I'll just keep this 'un," Joaquin said, shoving the pistol into his waistband. After some scrapping, Bob was finally able to get his Cimarron away from the six-foot-six Ranger, but the incident wasn't entirely over. Joaquin had to have a stainless revolver just like Bob's.
Being the fine hombre he is, friend Peikert later paid a visit to Cimarron Firearms in Fredericksburg and picked up a pair of new stainless-steel Model P revolvers in .45 Long Colt. Donald then took the pair to Rosenburg and dropped them off with Baer, who, since Donald was a friend, agreed to come out of retirement long enough to go to work on them with his polishing tools.
Bob is a master craftsman and does amazing freehand work. He disassembled the revolvers and worked over the cylinder bolts with a polisher, narrowed and polished the mainsprings, and eased the throats. Using his hand tools, he buffed the throats to a fine, mirror finish, which he says greatly improves the accuracy of virtually any handgun. The result of Bob's handiwork was a pair of finely tuned, accurate, and rock-solid single-action .45s.
Peikert, who is an endless traveler, made his way down to Alpine, Texas, home of retired Ranger Jackson. As you can imagine, Joaquin was thrilled when Donald presented him with one of the Cimarrons. Donald and Joaquin immediately went out and fired it, discovering, as expected, that it was extremely accurate.
Even without Bob Baer's expert "slicking up," the Cimarron Model P is a heck of a sixgun. The factory finish is as smooth as silk with no tool markings whatsoever. The frame-to-backstrap and trigger guard fit is outstanding, as is that of the loading gate and other components. The gun bears some nice touches, such as beveling around the edges of the cylinder similar to that on 1st Generation Colts, and the old-style hammer bears good checkering. The grips are varnished walnut with a Cimarron emblem embedded.
This durable Colt clone is just the ticket for anyone needing a dependable sixgun for kicking around in the country, self-defense, cowboy action shooting, or just about any other activity that might necessitate the presence of a handgun. With Baer's finishing touches on the gun, I'd consider the Cimarron stainless revolver one of the finest, most accurate modern single-action revolvers available today.
By the way, I'm not relying entirely on Joaquin Jackson's glowing report on the Cimarron. Mr. Peikert kept heading west from the Texas Big Bend into New Mexico after dropping off the Jackson gun. And now that other one's in my gun safe.


This very simple recipe that produces a lovely dense filling, lovely with Vanilla ice cream and some raspberries. If you already have a go-to shortcrust pastry recipe, use it. You can add a bit of icing sugar if you’d like but its not essential. If you want to buy shop bought and you aren’t in a squeeze time-wise, then give yourself a little slap for your minor cheat. This recipe is for a 9″/23 cm pie tin. On the subject of tins, I much prefer the ones with the loose bottoms (hehe) as its much easier to push up the pie then risk breaking the crust when trying to get the tart out of a normal pie tin.
Simple Chocolate Tart
Sweet shortcrust pastry:
- 200g Plain flour
- 100g Salted butter
- 50g Icing sugar
- 1 Egg yolk
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 300g Good quality dark chocolate
- 150g Butter
- 5 Eggs
- 50g Icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas mak 6
In a food processor, process the flour, butter, and icing sugar. Mix the egg yolk with water and add to the mixture. Process till the pasty comes together.
Remove the pastry from the processor, wrap in cling film and put it in the fridge for 20 minutes to settle and cool right down.
Roll out the pastry into a 9″/23cm pie tin. Prick the pastry with a fork, line it with baking paper and fill with baking beans. Refridgerate for 30 mins or freeze for 10.
Bake the base for 10 mins and remove the baking beans and parchment. Put it back in the oven for another 3-5 minutes as the base will be a bit wet, and you don’t want it to end up soggy.
Reduce the heat to about 180°C/360°F/Gas mark 4.
Make the filling by melting the chocolate and butter over a double boiler or by zapping in the microwave in 30 second bursts. Keep mixing until fully melted.
Remove from the heat and let it cool down before adding the eggs, icing sugar, and vanilla. Pour the filling into the pastry case and bake for 20 mins. The tart should be just firm and don’t worry if it rises a bit, it will cool down and sink again. Let it cool in the tin and sprinkle over icing sugar. Serve warm or cold.


Protocol and Practice of Persons Appearing in the Court of Judge Roger Brodman
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Specific Comments or Advice for LitigantsSpecific Requirements or Preferences I expect attorneys and litigants to treat everyone in the courtroom, including my staff, with respect.
Please be on time. I am prompt by nature and I am almost always ready to begin on time.
I suffer from a slight hearing loss. The hearing loss is most significant when there is a lot of background noise. Counsel should speak clearly and at a reasonable pace.
I tend to speak in a deliberate manner. Few things annoy me more than an attorney who interrupts me when I am speaking. Do not interpret a pause to mean I am inviting your comments.
I have an engineering degree and am very good at math.
Pre-Trial Practice and Management IssuesMotion Practice If you have a motion or request that you would like to have addressed immediately, please direct it to my judicial assistant, Christine Cobb. E-filed documents are not instantly available to the divisions.
Discovery and attorneys fees should be proportional to the importance of the issues and the damages involved.
Motions: Make sure the motion (not the memorandum of points and authorities) states exactly what relief you want if youre doing it right, the Court ought to be able to cut and paste it into a judgment. A good example is, Plaintiff moves for summary judgment that defendant is liable for $50,000 plus interest at 5% per annum from January 1, 2000, rather than, Plaintiff moves for summary judgment that defendant is liable for breach of contract (leaving me to hunt for an amount in the statement of facts).
Judicial Intervention: My approach to resolving discovery issues mirrors Rule 6, Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court, which provides that proceedings shall be conducted as informally as the requirements of due process and fairness permit. Most discovery disputes can be resolved in a simple phone call, without the costs and delays associated with paperwork. Accordingly, I encourage people to call my judicial assistant to set up a telephonic conference to resolve such issues. The worst I can tell you is that its too complicated to handle informally.
A letter to the opposing attorney threatening to file a discovery motion if he or she doesnt respond does not, without more, satisfy the personal consultation requirement of Rule 37(2)(C).
Injunctive Relief: I rarely grant a TRO without notice. For orders to show cause, I generally treat the first hearing date as a short return hearing where I determine the parties positions, identify common ground, and set an appropriate hearing to resolve the remaining issues.
Trial Practice and ProtocolTrial Schedule My trial days are typically Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a lunch break. If we havent completed jury selection before lunch on the first day of trial, you should anticipate exercising your strikes during lunch. Jury Selection Make certain that you have submitted a stipulated short summary of the case, so that I can read it to the jury at the beginning of jury selection.
I use a struck method of jury selection, meaning I voir dire the entire panel and then allow the attorneys some time to question the jury. The attorneys usually need 15 minutes or less, and in the majority of cases, we have picked a jury before noon. Feel free to submit proposed questions.
Absent an issue which would require individual interviews of juror to protect their privacy, I do not use jury questionnaires.
Alternates: I tend to seat nine jurors, and strongly encourage lawyers to allow the alternate juror to deliberate. Trial Practice and Procedure I have an electronic courtroom which includes an Elmo, numerous screens, and ports allowing the use of laptop computers. Youre free to use them. If you have any doubt about your ability to get your computer to work with a minimum of delay, make an appointment to play with our system before you have to do it in front of a jury.
Time limitations: Well have a discussion about time limitations before the trial starts.
Exhibits: My typical practice is to admit the stipulated exhibits at the pretrial conference. If the parties anticipate that they will disagree about the admissibility of an exhibit, they should bring a copy for me, so that I can review it. For bench trials, provide me with exhibit books so I can follow and mark up the exhibits during the trial. Courtroom Etiquette I do not require people to use the podium while presenting opening statements or closing arguments, but they should be in arms length of it.
Counsel may question witnesses from the podium or counsel table. Request to approach a witness before doing so.
Objections should be short, such as Objection, relevance, or Objection, hearsay. Speaking objections are strongly discouraged.
Attorneys Fees: Attorneys fees should be proportional to the damages in the case. Do not expect me to award $100,000 in attorneys fees on a $50,000 case.
* You may also want to view my Commercial Court Protocol.


Ashuradeh: Island in The Caspian Sea
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian northern coastline is characterized with its unique, pristine nature, a combination of see and forest.
Being extended from Astara on the far west of Caspian Sea to Bandar Turkaman on its far east, it is a 660-kilometer long coastline.
Throughout the Caspian Sea southern coastline, there is only one Iranian island, Ashurade. Being 40 kilometers to the west of Gorgan, Capital of Golestan Province, the island is a part of Miankaleh peninsula. The total area of the island used to be 1200 hectares, 800 hectares of which has submerged into Caspian Sea.
Being 26 meters below sea level, it is a mild-climate island, 5 kilometers west of Bandar Turkaman. During its heyday, the locals used to do animal husbandry, butchery, bakery and fishery. But after the island was flooded in 1993, the locals migrated to Bandar Turkaman.
Being registered as a natural reserve, it is a befitting natural habitat for the region wilderness; being so, there is a wide range of animal species in the region. Ashurade Island and its wider area, Miankaleh peninsula, are among Iranian wildlife sanctuaries and are categorized as one of Iran's most valued ecosystems.
Its vegetation includes raspberry bushes, sour pomegranate trees, to name a few and its wilderness consists of fox, jackal, rabbit, fish, seabirds, pheasant, and partridge. It is worth mentioning that the region accounts for 40% of Iranian caviar fishing.
Under Russian seize in World War I, some hospitals, residences, fortresses, and church were constructed in the island. Through the passage of time, only one fort has remained and has been registered as national heritage.
Source: Persia Port


Gruyere Potato Bake
My friend shared this recipe with me , and after I discovered what Gruyere cheese was, this easy, delicious dish became a frequent request from my boys. It's so simple…only three ingredients plus salt and pepper to taste.
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Bake: 35 min.
- 2 medium potatoes, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
- Dash salt
- Dash pepper
- 2 tablespoons chicken broth
- In a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish, layer half of the potatoes, cheese, salt and pepper. Repeat layers. Drizzle broth over top.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until potatoes are tender.


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Featuring the relaxed contemporary Renaissance style with touches of whimsy in warm, vibrant colors, the hotel is more than a space - it's an experience. Just minutes from the Carmel Arts & Design District, City Center restaurants and shops, the new Performing Arts Center and world-class golf courses, the Hotel is located one mile north of Meridian St. (U.S. 31) just north of I-465.
Enjoy and indulge in distinctive style, savvy service and expressive decor. Offering 263 exquisitely designed guest rooms and four executive suites with flat screen LCD TVs and Marriott's luxurious Revive bedding package. Visit the day/night lobby bar buzzing with activity for a.m. comfort and p.m. cool. Our restaurant, Grille 39, is cool, classy, chic and simple. Business library, 24-hour indoor lap pool and fitness center, concierge floors and lounge also available.
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Fish Pond Plantation
A DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL WOOD
2.15 ha (5.31 acres)
Within Bilham Park, this small plantation of mixed woodland is part of a circular walk bordering the park and contains ornamental fishponds. These features were probably built in the late 17th / early 18th centaury as part of a formal water garden, and feature a moat and plunge pool.


Margaret River Syrah is noteworthy because of its fragrance and attractiveness in its youth. A rachis (Latin botanical term) is the stalk to which the individual berries are attached to. This cuvee is so named because of the inclusion of 1/3 whole bunches (rachis) in the cuvee. The rachis contributes perfumes, tannin and flavours additional to the grapes. The heart and soul of Rachis are fully mature Old vines planted in 1978 in the cool south of Margaret River.


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GPS: 44°23'N 71°12'W
Hiking, as our friends in New Zealand and the Alps have shown us, can be a civilized affair, with trekking infrastructure that affords sturdy abodes, comfy beds, and a fireside cocktail at day’s end. The best American knockoff of this strategy? The “Presi Traverse,” a hut-to-hut rite of passage that crosses Mount Washington and the rest of the Presidential Range in the White Mountains. Eight full-service refuges run by the Appalachian Mountain Club dot this 19.8-mile (31.9-kilometer) high route (season starts early June), freeing hikers from having to haul heavy camping gear and making side trips to the summits of the Northeast’s biggest mountains a breeze. (Adams, not touristy Washington, wins most ballots for favorite peak.) Lakes of the Clouds is the highest and largest hut on the trip, sleeping 90 in coed bunkrooms. Hope for clear weather, when views can extend to the Atlantic Ocean and up into Canada. But when a summer thunderstorm crashes these heights with special violence, be thankful for a warm refuge and a picture window to the show.
Vitals: Appalachian Mountain Club; $213; www.outdoors.org/lodging/huts
Originally published in the April 2008 edition of National Geographic Adventure
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