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Skip to comments.Cpt Connie Rhodes, MD files new complaint in Georgia seeking class action statuse
Posted on 09/04/2009 11:36:07 AM PDT by Sibre Fan
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES, DECLARATORY JUDGMENT, and INJUNCTIVE RELIEF: 10 U.S.C. §938 and Army Regulation 27-10
COUNT III: DECLARATORY JUDGMENT: EXECUTIVE ORDERS OF Jan. 21, 2009
COUNT IV: Declaratory Judgment & Permanent Injunction PLAINTIFF SEEKS A FIVE-PART DECLARATORTY JUDGMENT AS WELL AS A PERMANENT INJUNCTION TO PROTECT CONSCIENTIOUS DISOBEDIENCE TO UNLAWFUL ORDERS FROM RETALIATION
COUNT VI: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT---5 U.S.C. §702, AND FEDERAL COMMON LAW apply to the PRESIDENT AS COMMANDER-in-CHIEF
COUNT VIII: CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ACTIONABLE UNDER 42 U.S.C. §§1983, 1988(a)(a)
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My guess is that it is a legal case by a soldier asking for "clarification" on the CIC's authenticity.
Could you make it a smaller size and/or not all caps, please?
I thought a military lady doctor filed a case in Texas courts? A class action suit with thousands of active duty John & Jane Doe soldiers is what is needed.
They also need an experienced attorney running the case - not Orly. She is a good lady but they need a attorney with trial experience.
I thought a military lady doctor filed a case in Texas courts? A class action suit with thousands of active duty John & Jane Doe soldiers is what is needed.
They also need an experienced attorney running the case - not Orly. She is a good lady but they need a attorney with trial experience.
My apologies as I assumed it was clear from the headers to the complaint and from the link.
Context: Last week, Dr. Orly Taitz filed a TRO Motion in Texas on behalf of Captain Connie Rhodes, M.D. F.S., seeking a TRO preventing her deployment to Iraq pending a decision on whether Obama is qualified to be president. That case was discussed @ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327189/posts. (The TX judge denied the TRO.)
This story: Now, Taitz has filed a new case on Rhodes' behalf in Georgia, making essentially the same claims, but seeking class action status (on behalf of all military members who have been or will be deployed outside the US on or after January 21, 2009.
The case is before Judge Land. Judge Land is the judge who denied Taitz's motion for a similar TRO filed on behalf of Maj. Stefan Cook last month.
A military Captain is asking for BHO to be proven a citizen. Basically she is seeking an injunction for her to disobey orders from a fraudulent CIC and she is seeking it to be certified as a class action to cover all active military personnel.
Who will be fully known is CSIC. As far as I am conerned. Just my opinion.
She is no different than any other war resistor. They all think they have "good arguments."
I've dealt with lawyers like this before. They're incompetent, and all they end up with is a client in jail.
I'm failing on my FLA ID. Let me se: stupidhead, sycho (sp), soulless....
Headers are always in ALL CAPS.
This ain't activism.
I've been here 9 years, buddy.
Much ado about nothing if Orly is invovled........ This was dismissed a few hours after it was filed in Texas. Now she's [both Orly and the Female Cpt] are moving to the Georgia courts and expanding it to all unnamed military. You ever wonder how much these people cost the tax payers with this kinda crap?
That's not the point, its the MONEY...and if they win the fame. But,,,first,,,follow the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
This is about a coward who cannot show the public his birth certificate!
You have a problem w/the military protecting the USA from enemies outside the USA and within?
I'm active duty. I have a problem with people violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Ya you got it
Ya you got it
I have a problem with anyone with a disregard for The Constitution.
1. The State of Hawaii has authenticated his Certificate of Live Birth. That is game, set, match. Don't feed me the "he won't show the long form version" bullcrap. Not buying. Certified copies of State records are presumptively authentic in all courts of law.
2. Even assuming that Pres. Obama was illegitimate - that doesn't make the orders for her to deploy illegal. SecDef Gates, and other personnel confirmed by Congress - NOT the President - cut her orders. They are legal.
And I have a problem with promoting sedition and mutiny in the ranks.
For legal documents, yes, but for here, they don't have to be. Nor do they have to be in a large size. It's easier to read.
Why did you feel the need to capitalize in your post?
They "cost" a lot less than the ineligible usurper failing to provide ANY documentation to the AMERICAN citizens.
So far the tab is up to about $3 to 4 TRILLION the Kenyan has spent. Maybe the judiciary should do it's job.
This captain, like Major Cook, have a question that begs tehm to violate their conscience-and you have a problem with that?
While I do not know this offcier's history, she , like Cook, probably have served in harm's way already, but now, under the question of lawful command authority (CIC) they must ask teh question.
Mindless they are not, patriotic, they are.
You swore an oath to the defend the constitution the same as they have.
Why do you think they are "war resisters"? Are they not in uniform, have they not (at least Cook -on the record) have indicated they have no problem prosecuting the defense of this country (and have), but they want to know for certain that they are doing so lawfully under this administration.
Thanks for your service.
Sure you are active duty. An Islamic usurper took control of "your" country. Now you have American boys dying in Islamic countries with a phony islamic CIC.
I would bet intel from the Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood moles in the white hut is getting back to the Taliban and Al Qeada.
They are acting under orders and the authority of the President who is the Commander In Chief in times of war. They issue orders by dir.
The crux of the issue is that if the CIC is not legally authorized to be CIC, then all subsequent actions are illegal. This is not sedition, nor is it mutiny. There are simply too many questions that the man refuses to answer that are questioning his legitimacy.
So did this guy. And this guy.
While I do not know this offciers history, she , like Cook, probably have served in harms way already, but now, under the question of lawful command authority (CIC) they must ask teh question.
That's not what they're doing. They're suing to avoid going to Afghanistan or Iraq because they lost an election.
Why do you think they are war resisters? Are they not in uniform, have they not (at least Cook -on the record) have indicated they have no problem prosecuting the defense of this country (and have), but they want to know for certain that they are doing so lawfully under this administration.
They're no different than the war resistors that said Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal because they weren't authorized by the UN.
BUMP. A class action by Military members and vets would be excellent news
How those Obama kneepads fitting? Comfortable?
First of all, even assuming the underlying assumption of your argument, that is not true. President Obama, even if he were technically unqualified, still holds apparent authority - and Congress, by seating him, has ratified his apparent authority with actual authority.
This is first year law school stuff.
Not nearly as much as Obama not releasing his birth certificate
What violation? She's demanding proof of the CIC's credentials to legally give orders.
Ooooo... original.
That's called insubordination. That's a crime under the UCMJ.
this is the same dame. Her case was denied in Texas the day it was filed. She's filing in GA now because it has jurisdiction over her case at the present time.
Show me where in the UCMJ it prohibits soldiers from civil lawsuits?
Article 92, UCMJ.
That's about "lawful" orders. IF she is correct, then these are unlawful orders. Hence the lawsuit. Could be settled for $12.
I know exactly what Hawaii said and did not say. You apparently are clueless.
Same is true with the President.
You conspiracy theorists are the clueless ones.
Except if you are INDEED a liar, like Obama, then it is you who has committed the fraud
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Making those arguments today at Internet Retailer's Mobile Marketing & Commerce Forum 2012 in San Diego were executives from two companies that collect consumer data: Eric Feinberg, senior director of mobile media and entertainment at ForeSee, which surveys consumers on their satisfaction with mobile and online sites; and Hans Fredericks, vice president of mobile business development at comScore Inc., a company that tracks online and mobile consumer behavior.
As of June, 110.9 million mobile phone service subscribers were using smartphones, 47.4% of all mobile phone subscribers, and by the end of the year that should be more than half, Fredericks said. 25% of smartphone owners use their phones for shopping-related activities, and 9% of online sales now come from mobile devices, he added.
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Feinberg of ForeSee made that point even more strongly, presenting data indicating that consumers are far more satisfied when they shop on web sites than when they use mobile commerce sites or apps. Among 20 top retailers, all but one—Sears Holdings Corp.—got better marks from consumers for their web sites than mobile sites or apps. "The big finding is that mobile underperforms the traditional web across the board," Feinberg said.
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Skip to comments.Wyoming Introduces Bill To Nullify Any Federal Gun Control Measures, Jail Federal Agents
Posted on 01/13/2013 8:31:16 AM PST by yoe
This week, Wyoming lawmakers introduced a bill banning the federal government from enforcing an assault weapons ban or a prohibition on high-capacity magazines in the state, calling the effort an attempt to take the Second Amendment seriously.
The bill, which is sponsored by eight Wyoming state representatives and two state senators, calls for federal agents who attempt to enforce those measures to be imprisoned for at least one year and up to five years, and fined a maximum of $5,000.
It also contains broad language prohibiting any public servant
or dealer selling any firearm in this state from enforcing any act, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.
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Good on Wyoming for standing tall in the face of Washington tyranny!!!
I know where I'm retiring.
Any WY freepers on this site?
Now that should work if they manage to pass it.
Pussy Galore had bare arms.
Texas: Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime. Art. I, § 23 (enacted 1876).
1836: "Every citizen shall have the right to bear arms in defence of himself and the republic. The military shall at all times and in all cases be subordinate to the civil power." Declaration of Rights, cl. 14.
1845: "Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in lawful defence of himself or the State." Art. I, § 13.
1868: "Every person shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defence of himself or the State, under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe." Art. I, § 13.
[Self-defense right explicitly protected.]
God Bless Texas!!!
Yo', calling Governor Rick Perry, listen up. If you can't lead, follow Wyoming's example.
How are the property values there?
I would like a small place in the middle of ten acres, out in the country.
Their fingers haven't thawed out enough yet to use the keyboard.
I like it. If they can pull this off, the next step is to do the same to imcome tax and the IRS.
"...our Constitutional right to bare arms..."
Sitting here in a short-sleeved shirt, I agree!
There are some parts of Wyoming when you could probably pick up ten acres for a $100...
There are some parts of Wyoming where you could probably pick up ten acres for a $100...
Even I like the prospects of having property in Wyoming.
And I live in Alaska.
Obama fancies himsel to be Lincoln, I wonder if he will decide to reinforce Fort Sumter again (figuratively speaking)?
I haven't heard Palin speck out on the gun issue. Have you heard anything from her?
OPSEC may be in effect, the usefulness of the internet during the upcoming Second American Revolution is under review.
Arizona got in a jam when it tried state laws to enforce the existing federal laws — imagine what will happen now that Wyoming passes laws to enforce the existing Constitution of the United States.
Thanks yoe.
Well of course they can pull this off. Do the questionables on this thread actually think that if the feds sent in armed agents to enforce this, that it would go unanswered? It would be the spark that set things in motion, and hence, start of the downfall for Odumbo!! God Bless Wyoming!!
Wyoming: Where it is hip to be square.
Wyoming has the right to ignore those laws is chooses not to enforce, just as the Federal Government does.
Nullification was one of the 19th c issues that got settled by the Civil War, so no, but regardless, this bill in Wyoming merely states that firearms manufactured in Wyoming and sold and used and owned in Wyoming are not under federal jurisdiction.
[Self-defense right explicitly protected.]
You can't open carry, and you need a permit to carry concealed; IOW- you have to pay for the right, and that's wrong.
Long ago, those wihout guns were the SLAVES and those with guns were the MASTERS.
Open carry is being taken up this legislative session as well as lowering renewal requirements.
This should be interesting.
After making this grandstand play does the WY legislature have the cajones to get in zero's grill and pass it??
I'm going to buy a bit more popcorn in the hopes that they do. This could be fun to watch!
Wyoming makes us proud to be Americans...
I never look at Fuax news, so I don't know what she says, except for reading info here and elsewhere.
I can think of two reasons we haven't heard from her:
1) she realizes things are too far gone to make any big difference -- so why be a lightning rod, or
2)She is waiting for the Marxist to make his move on guns and then come at him with a blistering frontal attack.
It is my hope it's (2) and that she is unrelenting in her criticisms of the Marxist and the GOP-e. I hope she resigns Fuax news this year and goes on the road and battles the left and the disgusting GOP-e.
I missed that. Thanx!
If the legislators in Wyoming are really serious about it, they'd go further, and make clear that because federal agents who attempt to enforce such rules would be acting without any legitimate Constitutional authority, an attempt to enforce such rules by forcibly detaining someone would constitute kidnapping, breaking into an unoccupied dwelling would constitute burglary, breaking into an occupied dwelling for the purpose of accosting persons therein would be robbery, etc. If anyone dies as a consequence of such crimes, the charge would be murder. Additionally, if the state can provide clear and convincing proof that such actions were taken in collaboration with other people from outside the state, it would be authorized to regard that as evidence of extreme flight risk, and deny bail on such basis.
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Skip to comments.Woman left to discover jar containing her baby
Posted on 10/09/2002 1:23:13 AM PDT by ALS
MY HORROR FIND AFTER ORDEAL OF ABORTION Oct 8 2002
Woman left to discover jar containing her baby
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A WOMAN who had an abortion was stunned to find the foetus left in a jar after a hospital blunder.
Nicola McManus made the horrific discovery when she was left in a room to answer a phone call from her husband.
The jar was labelled with her name.
She said: "I fell apart. I couldn't believe anyone could be careless enough just to leave it lying there. That image will live with me forever."
Mum-of-three Nicola, 27, received a a full apology from the hospital but plans to sue North Glasgow NHS Trust, claiming the handling of the abortion left her psychologically scarred.
She took the RU486 abortion pill, which requires no surgery and is supposed to make terminations easier.
However, she said it no quick fix and she was offered no counselling by Glasgow's Stobhill Hospital.
She said: "They explained the procedure and got me to sign some forms. But no one actually sat down and asked me if this was what I really wanted to do.
"I was struggling to get my head around it. They made me feel just like a number."
Nicola, from Lennoxtown, near Glasgow, was nine weeks pregnant when she had the abortion in August.
She and husband Frank, 26, who is epileptic, decided a fourth child would be too much to cope with.
Nicola's eldest son, Nathan, six, has behavioural problems and demands a large chunk of her time, as do Aiden, four, and baby Bethany.
The abortion pill works by causing a miscarriage. Nicola lay for hours in the ward waiting for it to take effect, then felt intense pain.
She said: "I wanted Frank to hold my hand but was told he could only stay during visiting hours. I was in a lot of pain and felt so alone."
Then, said Nicola: "They gave me a bed pan to take to the loo and something to cover it up. Eventually, I felt it happen. I was really upset. I've never felt so low."
She was relieved when Frank phoned to find out how she was.
Nurses showed her in to a side room to take the call and that's when she saw the jar containing the foetus.
She said: "I was mid-conversation and saw it. I told Frank and he tried to comfort me but I wasn't listening any more. I was crying.
"I was clearly upset when I returned to the ward and the nurses asked what was wrong. How could they not know?"
Nicola filed an official complaint and received an apologetic letter from the trust which said the room was not normally used by patients.
General manager Mary McGinley wrote: "Unfortunately, the products of conception from your termination were in a labelled jar ready to be sent to pathology and awaiting collection.
"The ward sister apologises for the obvious distress this has caused you."
Until now, the abortion pill has only been given in hospitals but family planning clinics and GPs were recently given the go ahead to use them.
Women may even be allowed to take the drug alone at home.
But Nicola fears a lack of medical support could leave some women traumatised.
She said: "Women need more counselling before abortions, not less.
"I will never get over what happened to me."
As well it should, murderer.
I hope so!
This is the most monstrous aspect of this story. Use birth control or get your tubes tied if you can't cope with more children, idiots. They should take the other children from them and then they won't have to cope with anything.
Welcome to reality. What do women think happens to the so-called fetus after abortion? They just mysteriously disappear into a cloud of beautiful rhethoric?
Pathologists. Are they medical researchers? The remains of the morning after pill were labelled. I didn't know that researchers could use such early stage bodies. Seeing her name on the jar was creepy. I would suspect the remains needed a careful DNA background of the mother. FReegards....
What a shame the baby had to die for you to realize your a killer maybe you wont be careless next time and keep your legs together i hope the image haunts you all the days of your life and then some
She and husband Frank, 26, who is epileptic, decided a fourth child would be too much to cope with.
A full size photo of the fetus should be sent home to this fella as well signed "this was your child now just a memmory " to bad he dont experiance the same trauma as she will!
I'd agree except that what if the father wanted to keep the baby and the "mother" was unilaterally exercising her "right to choose"?
"How dare they confront me with the reality of my own crime!"
That is exactly why he should be invited to attend. Let mothers consider this rather... ehem... uncomfortable situation.
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What's with all this "poor me" stuff? Her baby won't "get over it" either.
Now she wants to sue...
This bitch needs to be spayed.
Such compassion for an aborted child. /sarcasm
The mother at least realized what she had done.
The doctor?
The father "had to leave halfway through a delivery!) since visitinghours were over, then the baby is labeled "products" .... As it were no more than a the usual contents of a bedpan.
At least the hospital gave her some towels ... because they knew they had to hide the dead baby.
It certainly raises an interesting question about how American women will react when their DIY abortions take place in the home. What will happen when they have to dispose of the body of their dead baby? Will they flush it? Bury it? Does the box of RU486 pills come with a handy baggie? Hopefully it will be traumatic enough to wake people up to the reality that abortion is murder.
The most poignant post on the thread.
Most of them are so damned cold and hardened any more it wouldn't make any difference. Take a pill, quat over the toilet, and dump out another kid. If it doesn't flush, call rotorooter. That's as much as you can expect.
Sad, but she'll have grounds for a lawsuit against the hospital. (Merely for viewing the consequences of her act.)
I am glad she will be haunted for life but sorry, its her own damn fault for being so ignorant and selfish. Her own children will also suffer as they will always be missing a brother or sister.
For what it's worth, she knows now. Maybe she'll become pro-life as a result. We can pray. May her experience be publicized far and wide.
Some people have to learn the hard way. It is not coincidence or hypocrisy that many now working fervently in the pro-life movement have had abortions when they were young. They know all too well, firsthand, what abortion really does to women.
Not that such has ever happened. But if it does, I will encourage them to bankrupt everybody involved.
It is the truth though.
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by Howard Simon
posted Aug 29 2012 12:00AM
Another new face at starting quarterback, a running back who knocked James Starks out of the school record books and an improving defense are the main storylines for the 2012 University at Buffalo Bulls.
Head Coach Jeff Quinn enters his third season in charge of the program and while there were some signs of progress last season, Quinn's record to this point is just 5-19 overall, 3-13 in the Mid American Conference. Quinn's teams have yet to win a road game, going 0-13 away from UB Stadium the last two years.
Lack of continuity at quarterback is a big reason why the Bulls have had their struggles in recent years. Since Drew Willy graduated following a MAC Championship in 2008, UB hasn't had the same starter at that critical position in back to back seasons.
In fact, when junior Alex Zordich takes the field at Georgia on Saturday, he will be the fifth different opening game starting qb in as many seasons.
Zordich beat out Williamsville South product Joe Licata for the top job and does have some experience in that spot. The 6-3, 222 pounder started four games in 2010 before being injured. He backed up Chazz Anderson last season and has just 1 touchdown pass to his credit to go along with 6 interceptions. Quinn likes his decision making and leadership skills and feels he gives the Bulls their best chance at this point.
Zordich should benefit greatly from the presence of Branden Oliver right behind him. The running back had an eye popping sophomore season taking the place of current Green Bay Packer James Starks in the UB record book for most rushing yards in a single season. Oliver rolled up 1,395 yards while also recording 13 touchdowns. At 5-8, 200 pounds, Oliver is a combination of power and explosiveness. Watching him run is worth the price of admission. The junior made the pre-season watch lists for the Walter Camp, Maxwell and Doak Walker awards.
Opponents will likely stack the box in an effort to keep Oliver in check so it will fall on Zordich and the passing offense to make teams pay. How they will fare is one of the unknowns when you couple Zordich's relative inexperience with the heavy graduation losses at wide receiver.
Marcus Rivers, Terrell Jackson and Ed Young are all gone so other players will have to step up. The top receiver without question is Alex Neutz. The former Grand Island Viking exhibited tremendous hands and big play ability as a sophomore last season, averaging just under 15 yards a catch. Fred Lee and Devon Hughes are next up on the depth chart but combined for just 38 catches last season.
Alex Dennison and Jimmy Gordon are the leading returnees at tight end but both recorded only 5 catches in 2011.
The Bulls will lean on the running game because of Oliver's ability and an experienced offensive line which made tremendous strides in run blocking last season. 4 of the 5 starters are back and the lone new starter, center Trevor Sales, was probably the best center on the team last season but had to sit out after transferring from Delaware State.
Defensively, Buffalo will have to improve in a number of areas and Quinn is hoping new Defensive Coordinator Lou Tepper will make a big difference. The former Head Coach at Illinois inherits a unit that gave up an average of 29 points a game (83
in the 120 team FBS), and 181 rushing yards a game(86
). The Bulls allowed teams to convert on 3
down 41% of the time and their 13 takeaways were the 6
lowest total in the FBS.
There are some good players though with the best of the bunch being junior linebacker Khalil Mack. A first team ALL MAC honoree last season, Mack is a disruptive force who must be accounted for by opposing offenses on every play. Mack finished in the top ten nationally in both tackles for loss and forced fumbles last season. He added 5.5 sacks.
Add in defensive end Steven Means(Grover Cleveland H.S.) who enters the season 10
in career sacks at UB and fellow end Colby Way who had a breakthrough 2011 campaign and the Bulls have some strong components in the front seven.
The secondary, completely turned over due to graduation after the 2010 season got some valuable playing experience and is led by junior cornerback Najja Johnson who led the MAC in pass break ups in 2011.
Special teams is a mixed bag on paper. Buffalo has upgraded at place kicker with sophomore Patrick Clarke who took over the job midway through last season and was a perfect 6-6 on field goals(including 3 from 40 plus yards) and 10-10 on extra points(nothing to sneeze at when you remember what happened with Peter Fardon in the Northern Illinois game).
True Freshman Tyler Grassman will handle the punting job.
The kick return game should be in good hands with Brandon Murie. The junior from Iroquois High School averaged 28 yards a return last season and had a 93 yarder against Akron.
There are no proven punt returners on the roster but it still has to be better than last year when Quinn literally worried about every return since he couldn't find players who could at the very least catch the ball, let alone put together a return. Sophomore Cordero Dixon and Freshman Devin Campbell are the returners to start the season.
As far as the schedule, the non conference portion isn't pretty so the Bulls best make some serious headway in MAC play. Buffalo opens at 6
ranked Georgia on Saturday.
They'll be favored to beat Morgan State in the home opener on September 8
but will be underdogs when playing at Connecticut on September 29
and when Pittsburgh comes to Amherst on October 20
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Buffalo was picked to finish 5
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. But UB travels to Ohio(pre-season pick to win the East) and Northern Illinois(defending West champ) in their first 2 conference road tilts. Don't forget the stat from earlier, UB hasn't won a road game since the 2009 season.
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Stever Hill Vineyards, a Keuka Lake winery that has undergone an extensive renovation under new ownership, is now open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The operation will extend its summer hours to 6 p.m. in June.
The Tones family bought the winery in 2012 and reopened it last August. From their own vineyards and a small quantity of purchased fruit, they produce wine from native, hybrid and vinifera grapes.
Three releases slated for this spring include a dry Riesling, a dry Traminette and a dry St. Croix, which was made from a 10-acre block of the red grape variety the family owns.
Revamping the 1850s barn that houses the winery's tasting room involved exposing the structure's original ceiling beams and harvesting wood from the property to frame a new covered patio.
Starting in July, the winery plans to program live music on every first and third Saturday.
"We like the blues kind of music…but we'll see what else is out there," says tasting room manager Liz Sprague.
The winery is at 3962 Stever Hill Road in Branchport, Yates County, and charges $3 for six samples and the wineglass. For more information, call (315) 595-2230 or go to steverhillvineyards.com.


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The Lady Pirates were hosting the team from Whitehorse, looking for revenge for an earlier 6-point loss on the road, on Jan. 28, but instead of a win and a share of the region lead, they suffered a14-point loss at home.
After leading at the half by a score of 24-21 and by a score of 38-37 after three periods, the Pirates were shut down in the final period as Whitehorse outscored the home team by 15 in the fourth quarter.
Leading scorer for the season with a 16.64 average Adriana Cordova was held to only 9 points. Leading scorer in the game was Heidi Vetere with 17 points. Heidi averages 12.43 points for the season.
Also scoring were Ciji Vetere and Whitney Bigelow with 8 points each and Charley Vetere with 2 points.
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Barack Obama Issues First Non-Turkey Pardons
Barack Obama got so sick of everyone bitching about him that he issued his first presidential pardons today, to nine world-famous murderers who'll eat the guts of every web commenter who types "GROW A PAIR, OBAMA" from now on. Seriously.
No, they appear to be just a bunch of people caught fucking around with drugs, booze, amateur counterfeiting, etc., in the last half-century or so. Presumably they were wrongfully convicted — news organizations are still trying to figure out the deal here — or maybe Obama just needs some new friends who won't be so judgmental.
Are you, the reader, one of these people? Wait, seriously? You are? Wow! That's pretty cool that the president pardoned you.
President Obama Grants Nine Pardons
Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following nine individuals:
James Bernard Banks - Liberty, Utah
Offense: Illegal possession of government property; 18 U.S.C. § 641.
Sentence: Oct. 31, 1972; District of Utah; two years of probation.
Russell James Dixon - Clayton, Ga.
Offense: Felony liquor law violation; 26 U.S.C. § 5604(a)(1).
Sentence: June 23, 1960; Northern District of Georgia; two years of probation.
Laurens Dorsey - Syracuse, N.Y.
Offense: Conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001.
Sentence: Aug. 31, 1998; District of New Jersey; five years of probation and $71,000 restitution.
Ronald Lee Foster - Beaver Falls, Penn.
Offense: Mutilation of coins; 18 U.S.C. § 331.
Sentence: Oct. 4, 1963; Eastern District of North Carolina; one year of probation and $20 fine.
Timothy James Gallagher - Navasota, Texas
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. § 846.
Sentence: Oct. 18, 1982; District of Arizona; three years of probation.
Roxane Kay Hettinger - Powder Springs, Ga.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute cocaine; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846.
Sentence: March 31, 1986; Northern District of Iowa; 30 days in jail followed by three years of probation.
Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr. - Minot, N.D.
Offense: Wrongful use of cocaine, adultery and writing three insufficient fund checks; Articles 112a and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sentence: Sept. 14, 1994, as approved Nov. 4, 1994; General court-martial convened at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; bad conduct discharge (suspended), 24 months of confinement and reduction to pay grade E-1.
Floretta Leavy - Rockford, Ill.
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Sentence: Oct. 19, 1984; District of Kansas; one year and one day in prison and three years of special parole.
Scoey Lathaniel Morris - Crosby, Texas
Offense: Passing counterfeit obligations or securities; 18 U.S.C. §§ 472 and 2.
Sentence: May 21, 1999; Western District of Texas; three years of probation and $1,200 restitution, jointly and severally.
That sucks for the one who was tried under military law. Adultery? Bouncing a couple of checks? And this is the same military you gay people want to join?


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Helen Wang, curator, British Museum
'There are Viking ships on Chinese banknotes' I said to Gareth Williams, curator of the BP exhibition Vikings: life and legend, thinking that I could easily research them before the exhibition. After all, these notes were issued in the 1920s by the Sino-Scandinavian Bank, one of the many foreign and joint-venture banks in China at the time. But it has turned out to be more demanding than I expected, thrown up a number of interesting questions along the way, and what follows is by no means the full story.
The Sino-Scandinavian Bank was given its charter by the Chinese government on 21 July 1921, and began operating on 7 January 1922. It was actually a Chinese-Norwegian joint venture, with the larger part of the funding coming from Chinese sources, and a smaller part from Norwegian investors. The Bank's first notes are dated 1922, but the majority that have survived (about 30 different types) were probably issued after 1924. The bank appears to have gone bankrupt sometime in 1926 or 1927. Most of the information we know about the Sino-Scandinavian Bank comes from Bjørn R. Rønning's unpublished master's thesis 'Sino-Scandinavian Bank (1921-ca.1927) En norsk bank i Kina?' (Hovedoppgave i historie ved Universitetet i Oslo, våren 1979). Unfortunately, my Norwegian's not up to reading it in its entirety in the original, and for the time being I'm indebted to Jan Eriks Frantsvåg's English summary and images on his website.
Like most of the paper money issued by foreign and joint-venture banks in China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, this note aims to serve both Chinese and foreign users. At first glance, the Chinese and English sides look bilingual. But a closer look reveals lots of things that don't quite add up.
Let's start with the name of the bank. In Chinese this reads Hua Wei yinhang 華威銀行. This translates as the Sino-Norwegian Bank (or Chinese-Norwegian Bank). The first character hua 華 (magnificent) is often used when referring to China. The second character wei 威 (power) is from the Chinese term Nuowei 挪威 (i.e. Norway). The last two characters yinhang 銀行 are the usual term for 'bank'. It's interesting that the Chinese and English names aren't an exact match. I wonder who decided the two names? The Chinese name is a more accurate reflection of the nationality of the investors. On the other hand, wei is much more meaningful (and auspicious) than any of the other characters in Sikandinaweiya 斯堪的納維亞, which is a bit of a mouthful in Chinese. But in English, the Sino-Scandinavian Bank sounds better than the Sino-Norwegian Bank, even if it is more ambitious in meaning.
The images are different too: a scene of Beihai Park in Beijing on the Chinese side, and the Viking ship on the English side. Beihai Park was once an imperial garden, but opened to the public in 1925 (according to the park's website), three years after the date printed on the notes. The Viking ship was chosen to represent Norway/Scandinavia, an iconic symbol that works very well here (much better than a polar bear, which, according to Jan Eriks Frantsvåg, was one of the motifs originally planned for these notes.
The denomination is also interesting. The Chinese side has 'five yuan in national currency' printed in brown below the image, and the English side simply 'five yuan'. The five black rosettes overstamped just below the denomination obscure the letters PEKING, and the black overstamps on the images inform us that there was a change in use to 'Yungchi currency' (in Chinese: 'for circulation in Yungchi'). Yungchi (pinyin: Yongqi) literally means 'Yong 7' and refers to an administrative region encompassing Yongping and six other counties in Hebei province in north China. The name of Changli, one of those counties, is overstamped in black above the image, but only on the Chinese side. Yungchi and 'Yungchi currency' are not familiar terms, and it's interesting to see such local references on a joint-venture banknote.
As we might expect, given the different cultural traditions, the English side has personal signatures in black, and the Chinese side has red seal impressions of authority. However, while it was standard practice to put seal impressions on notes issued by Chinese banks, it was not consistently the practice to do so on notes issued by joint-venture banks.
The signatories were J.W.N. Munthe and Fartsan T. Sung, who were very well connected with the Chinese military and government. Johan Wilhelm Normann Munthe (1864-1935) was Norwegian. Born in Bergen in 1864, he moved to China in 1886 and spent the rest of his life there. He worked for the customs service, and eventually became a general in the Chinese army. He participated in the Sino-Japanese War (1894) and the Siege of Peking (Boxer Rebellion) in 1900. He also collected Chinese art and antiquities, many of which he donated to the Vestlandske Kunstindustriemuseum in Bergen.
Fartsan T. Sung (pinyin: Song Faxiang宋發祥 (1883-?) was Chinese. Born in Fujian, he went to the USA in 1900, and studied science at Ohio Wesleyan College and Chicago. After returning to China in 1907, he held a number of important government positions before the 1920s. He was Technical Expert of the Ministry of Finance, Co-Director of the Ministry's Assaying Office, Director of the Soochow (pinyin: Suzhou) Mine, Co-Director of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Inspector General of Mints, Director-General of the Nanking (pinyin: Nanjing) Mint, private English secretary to President Feng Kuo-chang (pinyin: Feng Guozhang 馮國璋, 1859-1919) and political advisor to the President's Office. He was a 'councillor-at-large' of the Ministry of Finance in 1920, and again from 1922-1924, during which time he was elected a Member of the Commission for the Consolidation of Domestic and Foreign Debts (1923). He co-founded the Sino-Scandinavian Bank in the spring of 1921 and became manager of its Peking office in 1924. From 1928 he was serving in Chinese consular offices overseas: in Southeast Asia between 1928 and 1937, and in Vienna between 1938 and 1940. I haven't been able to trace him beyond this.
There are a lot of interesting things about this banknote that don't quite add up at the moment, not least why we have the signatures of two extremely well-connected men on notes being used in a very local area. It's curious that the Sino-Scandinavian Bank does not appear in the beautifully illustrated bilingual catalogue Currencies in Old Shanghai (老上海貨幣, Shanghai, 1998). And even more curious that the great expert on Chinese banking, Eduard Kann (1880-1962) did not include the Sino-Scandinavian Bank in his list of foreign and joint-venture banks in China. Kann started his career in a British bank in China in 1901, moved to the Russo-Asiatic Bank, the French Banque Industrielle de Chine and the Chinese-American Bank of Commerce before becoming an independent bullion-broker in Shanghai in the 1930s (the British Museum acquired his superb collection of almost 200 silver ingots in 1978), so we might expect him to have heard of it.
Perhaps there is more to this Chinese note with a Viking ship than meets the eye?
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