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A new industry-driven consortium led by UMass Lowell is one of 19 partnerships from across the country that have recently been awarded advanced manufacturing technology planning grants by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The grants, which are part of NIST's new Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) Program, will support efforts by universities and nonprofit organizations in developing technology road maps aimed at strengthening the nation's manufacturing and innovation performance across a wide range of industries and processes.
For its part, the UMass Lowell-led initiative — called Facilitating Industry By Engineering, Roadmapping and Science (FIBERS) Consortium — will receive $496,000 over a period of 24 months to help advance the manufacturing of polymer-matrix composite materials in the United States.
Composite materials, such as fiber-reinforced polymers, can be found everywhere — from cars, airplanes, boats, appliances and sports equipment to roads, bridges, wind turbine blades, swimming pools and body armor. They are strong, durable and lightweight, and can be easily molded into various shapes. Now a $20 billion global industry, composites manufacturing is expected to continue to grow over the next decade.
With commitments from 44 companies, five universities and eight other organizations, FIBERS will develop a detailed technology road map that identifies shared technical obstacles and defines pathways toward manufacturing advances that will enable scale-up of cost-effective, high-volume production processes.
"The NIST AMTech award is recognition of the impact that composites research being conducted here at UMass Lowell along with our partner universities is having on the advancement of the industry," says mechanical engineering Prof. James Sherwood, associate dean of graduate studies in the Francis College of Engineering and co-director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textile Research Laboratory.
"UMass Lowell has an international reputation in the characterization of textile reinforcements and for the simulation of composites manufacturing using these textile reinforcements," says Sherwood, who also directs UMass Lowell's Baseball Research Center.
This research builds upon the rich textile history of the university, which was best known for educating engineers for the local textile industry, notes Sherwood.
"The next generation of cars and trucks will need to take advantage of composites to give the weight reductions needed to reduce fuel consumption, and our research team has expertise that can assist in meeting that goal through the design of cost-effective composites manufacturing," he says.
The NIST funds will be used to support consortium activities, including conducting workshops at national, regional and local levels, personnel exchanges (graduate students/postdoctoral fellows interning in industry and industrial researchers embedding in universities), industry site visits and surveys and the benchmarking of international competitors.
"Our faculty and students will benefit from this project through increased networking with members of the composites manufacturing industry and from the opportunity to help define future research topics associated with composites manufacturing," says Sherwood. "These interactions will lead to increased university/industry research collaborations."
NSF WindSTAR Award
The NIST project will intersect very well with the recent National Science Foundation (NSF) I/UCRC WindSTAR award, adds Sherwood.
"The philosophy of an I/UCRC is to have good interactions between industry partners and universities such that the research efforts pursued be the I/UCRC sites are industry relevant," explains Sherwood. "WindSTAR has a strong composite wind-turbine blade component wherein research on that award will study the life of the blade from manufacturing through installation and its durability in the field."
The FIBERS and WindSTAR projects will include contributions from across the Francis College of Engineering. Sherwood will be joined by Profs. Christopher Hansen, Emmanuelle Reynaud, Alireza Amirkhizi, Julie Chen, Christopher Niezrecki and Peter Avitabile for composites manufacturing and structural analysis and by Patrick Drane for the organization of the consortium activities.


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Rural Children Start Kindergarten With Lower Reading, Math Skills
Rural children entering kindergarten have less advanced reading and math skills than children living in suburbs and small cities.
The same was true of children who live in large urban areas, according to a new study that soon will be published in the Early Childhood Research Quarterly. The study is available for purchase online.
The study's authors, Portia Miller and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, both of the University of Pittsburgh, used a nationally representative sample of about 6,050 children to look at how children's geographic upbringing relates to their academic skill development.
Their findings show that urbanicity, or the degree to which an area is urban, affects children's development because of its relationship to their home and early-childhood education environments.
Rural children are further behind because they experience "less positive parenting, fewer educational materials and activities, and their parents have less knowledge about how children develop and lower expectations regarding their children's future academic attainment," according to the study, titled "Early academic skills and childhood experiences across the urban-rural continuum."
Rural children also have lower enrollment rates at pre-school centers, which also may be a factor in their less advanced early reading skills, according to the study.
Given that, the study suggests research, policies, and programs on early academic development need to be more targeted to rural areas, rather than being traditionally focused on urban children.
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On a recent trip to Sicily, Mount Etna had again erupted and lava was flowing with bellows of lava dust. Back at Sparkle Dental Boutique, Hanwell a patient came in with an erupted and impacted wisdom tooth.
Wisdom teeth actually begin forming before the age of 10 and if they erupt it is usually between the ages of 17 – 21, which coincides with passage into adulthood, hence the name `wisdom teeth'. Most people do not experience pain with their wisdom teeth, but sometimes problems are progressing slowly and often silent. The most common problems are:
You may have soreness or pain in the back part of your jaw, ear ache, sore throat or pain in the side of the face. The pain may be caused by an impacted wisdom tooth or there may be an infection associated it.
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This generally happens because these partly erupted wisdom teeth are difficult to keep clean, and the accumulated food particles cause the gums around your tooth to get infected. If left untreated, the infection may cause loss of bone surrounding the wisdom tooth. This may also affect the neighbouring tooth.
Sometimes the wisdom tooth becomes an incubation and re-inoculation source. This happens when bacteria surrounding the wisdom tooth spreads to other teeth. The resulting chronic infection is now recognized to have an impact beyond merely oral health, and also has an impact on our general health and organ systems.
When there is not enough space in the mouth for wisdom teeth to erupt, they then erupt in an abnormal direction or may get locked into the jaw.
The same types of bacteria that are responsible for infections can also cause tooth decay or cavities in the impacted wisdom tooth and/or the root of the adjacent tooth. A wisdom tooth may decay unnoticed, as they are the most difficult teeth to keep clean, being so far back into the mouth.
An impacted or erupting wisdom tooth can push on adjacent teeth, causing them to become more crooked.
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PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) - A drunken driver who killed three people in a crash in southwestern Michigan expressed remorse as he was sentenced to at least 19 1/2 years in prison.
A Van Buren County judge followed the plea deal worked out by a prosecutor and David Johnson, whose blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit in the crash last fall.
Johnson broke down in court Friday after telling the judge 'there's no way I can pay it back.' He says he's truly sorry. The victims were 24-year-old Brittney King of Bangor and two young sisters, Kandice and Cassadi Berryhill of South Haven.
The girls' father, Justin Berryhill, says he won't forgive Johnson because that might suggest an acceptance of what happened. Berryhill survived the crash.


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Get an overview of this hotel 3-star hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
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Situated in Novato, this hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Pacheco Ranch Winery, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Space Station Museum. Marin County Civic Center and Marin County Civic Center Farmers' Market are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 108 rooms offer conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, along with free WiFi, free wired Internet, and flat-screen TVs. Room service, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Best Western Plus Novato Oaks Inn provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. Event facilities measuring 3000 square feet (279 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a library, tour/ticket assistance, and barbecue grills. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Best Western Plus Novato Oaks Inn is a smoke-free property.
- Library
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- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
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- Year Built - 1987
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Outdoor pool
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 279
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
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- Conference space size (feet) - 3000
- Conference center
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- Total number of rooms - 108
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 5
- Multilingual staff
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM.
Wildfox Restaurant/Bar - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Start your day with a free continental breakfast, available daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. You can order up room service during limited hours.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at 2 AM
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- Children are welcome.
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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As a producer/director at the University of California, Santa Barbara, I have had some personal experience with this scenario in our unique working environment. Not that I'm keeping track (although someone is), but we have more Nobel laureates than all the Ivy League schools combined. As a result we have the double-edged pleasure of shooting a lot of very important people. It is amazing how non camera-friendly these VIP offices can be!
We could spend a lot of time taling about all of the different shooting scenarios and the various tools needed to achieve a great look, but we'll defer that wild tangent to another day and focus on the "traditional-style" interview that is set up in an office location. This column will focus on lighting options in less-than-ideal situations.
I'm not sure to whom its invention is attributed, but we should all hail the founder of professional flourescent lighting. Mind you, we are not speaking of what you might find in a doctor's office or grocery store, but gear made for, and designed by, lighting demi-gods.
This is a serious call to action: if you haven't assembled a pro-grade fluorescent lighting kit, you should bump it up towards the top of your to-do list. As technology has marched forward, more manufacturers have thrown their hats into the ring, which means there are lots of options to choose from. Even so, the price and quality can fluctuate as much as the NYSE, so it'e best to gert some reliable third-party feedback before making a purchase.
Fluorescent lighting is an invaluable tool for our quick-setup, "traditional" interview. For starters, fluorescents give off great light for a key and yet they're soft, providing a good wrap (in some situations you may not even need a bounce/fill). Additionally, the fluorescents give off perfect 3200k color, without fail. They can make a complicated lighting setup simple, even for the beginner. They are also incredibly easy to use, which helps take some stress away from a quick lighting setup.
Fluorescents emit very low heat and are slimmer than most conventional lights. Their efficient use of space can be very important when filming in a cramped office. Fluorescent lights are not the answer for all illumination challenges, but they can be a lifesaver when time and resources are limited.
Another lighting solution that sometimes gets overlooked is the colored backlight. It, too, can be a valuable tool when time and resources are in short supply. To some, this may seem like a foolish overindulgence, but no one can dispute the fact that if well-placed, a backlight can change a plain office into a colorful atmosphere. This means using gels. Without getting into various light types or styles, they can be used with just about any light.
Throwing some color in the background of your shoot can really help the look of it. If you're not sure what gels to buy, start off with some reds and blues and work your way out from there. I like to pre-cut all my gels for specific lights. This allows me to experiment with different colors and looks without spending a lot of time onsite. I've gone so far as to categorize and print out a list of all the gel colors/types we have, so I can quickly look to see if I have the color I'm thinking of. But be warned: using too much color can quickly replicate a '70s game show set.
Beyond the lighting recommendations mentioned here, if you find yourself in a recurring VIP nightmare, it's probably time to speak up for the sake of quality and explore ways to improve the situation. Continuing to churn out mediocre footage only perpetuates the problem. Make the client aware that the end product will be vastly improved with a more flexible timeframe and/or change in location. While it may geel like an uphill battle to convince an academic to give an extra hour for a shoot, it will yield a better overall production.


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Donald Trump is suing an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino company, trying to force it to drop his name from its two gambling halls.
Trump tells The Associated Press he wants his name stripped from the Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal because their owner, Trump Entertainment Resorts, has failed to maintain them properly.
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Trump says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday the poor condition of the casinos is hurting his personal brand.
Trump Entertainment Resorts has declined to comment.
Trump doesn't run or control the entertainment resorts company but retains a 10 percent stake, which enables the company to use his name for licensing purposes. Trump tells the AP he hasn't considered whether to divest his remaining ownership stake.
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Funding for US-German airborne observatory cut
PALMDALE, California (AP) — NASA plans to mothball its infrared airborne observatory unless it can get some financial help from international partners.
President Barack Obama's proposed budget for fiscal 2015 released Tuesday slashes funding for the U.S.-German project from $84 million to $12 million.
"Budgets are about making choices," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.
NASA is the main backer of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA for short, which scans the skies for celestial objects that give off radiation in infrared wavelengths that are not visible to the human eye.
The high-flying observatory, which cost about $1.25 billion to develop, has a history of delays and cost overruns. It made its first observations in 2010 and reached full operational capability last month.
The two NASA centers in charge of the project, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Southern California and Ames Research Center in Northern California, learned about the proposed cut last week.
"It was a surprise to all of us," said David McBride, head of NASA Armstrong, formerly known as the Dryden Flight Research Center.
SOFIA consists of a 40,000-pound (18,000-kilogram) telescope that's mounted in the rear of a modified jumbo jet. During flight, a hatch opens to allow the 100-inch (2,540-millimeter) diameter telescope to see its targets.
Flying between 39,000 feet (12,000 meters) and 45,000 feet (13,700 meters), SOFIA has an advantage over ground-based telescopes because it doesn't have to peer through the water vapor in the atmosphere.
NASA previously said SOFIA was expected to last at least 20 years. The observatory will continue flying through September. If there's no extra funding, then the space agency will have to put it in storage.
If it comes to that, "we lose a lot of momentum," McBride said.
Pete Worden, NASA Ames director, said he will fly to Germany in several weeks and plans to find a way to continue the mission.


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Carousel lets you display a rotating set of images anywhere on your site with customizable content and effects. Multiple groups of images may be created for use anywhere on your site. Each group can be fully customized.
Carousel has the ability to save multiple groups that can each have different images and settings. The only information required to create a group is a group name.
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In order to add images you will need to select a group then adjust the "Slide Image Dimensions" width and height so that the Carousel plugin will know what dimensions it will need to resize the images to. After saving the desired image dimensions then you can add an image by clicking the "+Add image" button. Carousel uses WordPress's built in media up-loader. This will allow you to either upload new images or select images that you have already added to the media library. In order to select an image to add from the list of images click the "show" link for that image and then click the "select this image" button as shown in the image below.
Here is a list of all of the Carousel settings and a description of what each setting controls.
Group Title - This setting will allow you to change the title of the group at any time.
Carousel orientation and direction - This will change which direction the images slide.
Horizontal Alignment - This controls the horizontal alignment of Carousel on a page.
Entity width - This option is used to set the width of the entire Carousel container.
Images to show at once - This sets the amount of images to display at one time. If the entity isn't wide enough to show all of the images then it will hide any images that extend outside that width.
Scroll duration - This determines how long the scroll transition will last in milliseconds.
Pause duration - This is the amount of time that Carousel will pause in between each automatic transition.
Start delay - The amount of time after the page loads before a transition will happen.
Pause on hover - Option to pause transitions if a visitor hovers their mouse over Carousel.
Randomize image order each page load - Option to randomize the order that the images are displayed in each time the page loads.
Circular loop - When the carousel transitions to the end of the images it automatically transitions back to the beginning image.
Inifinite - Set whether carousel infinitely loops through the images continuously transitioning through them.
Display navigation - Option to display buttons that allow visitors to manually control the transitions.
Display pagination - Option to display pagination for each of the transitions below the Carousel.
How can I move the arrows from overlapping the Carousel?
The CSS styling below can be added to your theme's style.css. Adjust the -60 and -70 pixel values as needed.
To apply the change to all Carousels:
a.pb_carousel_default_prev { left: -60px !important; } a.pb_carousel_default_next { right: -70px !important; }
To apply the change to an individual Carousel (replace the 1 with the specific entity you want to style):
#pb_carousel_prev-1 { left: -60px !important; } #pb_carousel_next-1 { right: -70px !important; }
The Carousel container is too large until the page finishes loading. How do I fix this?
The CSS styling below will cap the height of the Carousel so that overflowing content will not show before the page is done loading. Change the 75 to your desired height:
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Is it possible to open linked full sized images in a lightbox?
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I know better than to cut into a warm pie. I did it anyway.
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I cut into the pie basically the second 30 minutes was up. It was a bit runny but I didn't care in the least. Easily one of my most favorite pies I've ever had, or ever made! Absolutely adore this recipe and I found myself craving another pie a day or two after the first one [yes, a day or two after ;) ].
It was really a delicious combination of flavors – may be my new favorite blueberry pie recipe! Though I didn't make their crust – couldn't bring myself to use Crisco – though I know lard is great for flaky pie crust.
me too!! it was delish. i waited as long as i could…and it was still steamy!
Mine is patiently waiting to be baked. It's the boyfriend's birthday and I'm taking the pie as dessert tonight to his parents', so will be baking it this afternoon so it has time to cool. *hops from foot to foot impatiently* Looking at everyone's pictures, I really want to try this pie already!!!
I had to miss out on this pie because I've been suffering from some terrible morning sickness! And the place I feel the most ill? The kitchen! I'm hoping this goes away soon because I would really like to be able to bake again! All of your pies look so beautiful, I'm so sorry that I missed out!
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Very best pie. The crust is outstanding and will be my go to crust from now on!
30 minutes definitely was not long enough for the pie to set! Runniness aside, we loved it. Great combo of fruit. I was amazed how much the lemon zest and juice accentuated the fruit flavors (tasted it before and after adding lemon). Next time I will add another tablespoon of flour in the hopes of helping the filling thicken up some. It was the perfect texture after being refrigerated, but we like our pie warm!
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Having Kids Could Cut Risk of Death for Type 1s
Parenthood might have surprisingly beneficial effects for people with type 1 diabetes, according to a new Finnish study. Its analysis of data over four decades shows that people both with and without diabetes who had children died at half the rate of those who didn't have kids over that span of time.
The study itself had some sobering overall findings. Out of an initial group of some 5,200 people with diabetes, 1,025 had died by the end of 2010.
This study group was made up of 5,200 people who had been diagnosed with the disease from 1965 to 1979, and were under the age of 18 at the time. The year 2010 was chosen as the endpoint to the study.
Out of the control group used, which included twice as many people over the same time period, only 500 had died by that date. (It's important to note that those rates include deaths from all causes, so they don't necessarily only reflect complications or problems with diabetes itself.) Of people with diabetes overall, women had a fivefold greater chance of dying and men had a threefold greater chance.
Given this information, the changes that parenthood made are all the more striking. For women, in particular, children were associated with a lower risk of death in both diabetics and non-diabetics. The risk was lower the more children a person had, too.
For men, there was a divergence in the findings. Non-diabetic men had a lower chance of death with kids, but the difference for them was far less pronounced than with women.
Dr. Lena Sjoberg, of the University of Helsinki and National Institute for Health and Welfare, in Finland, was behind the study. She said the difference in sexes may be attributable to the fact that diabetic women who choose to have children generally undergo rigorous counseling and education to keep their blood glucose levels in check.
There may be a self-selection effect at work too, given that the study only looked at an association between these factors, not necessarily direct causes.
Said Sjoberg in a news release about the work: ""One of the limitations of a register study is that you don't know who has chosen to remain childless or to have fewer children than desired, and whether those with diabetes have done so specifically because of their disease. Partly, the differences in mortality between childless persons and persons with children are probably due to the fact that those with serious health problems choose not to have children."
The study was presented at the recent annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Barcelona, Spain.
And for those unsettled by the death rates cited above, it's important to note that tight glucose control, which has reduced complications and overall increased the health of type 1s, was not commonly used until years after the diagnosis of the patients included in this study.
Source: http://consumer.healthday.com/diabetes-information-10/misc-diabetes-news-181/parenthood-reduces-death-risk-related-to-diabetes-study-says-680469.html


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Peter Blumsom
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 9:05 am
Post subject: Beyond the chattering mind.
Listening to the carols from King's College Chapel last night I was reminded of something an architect friend told me many years ago: that above the fan vaulting beyond the vision of the upward looking worshippers far below was a special chamber filled with sculptures of angels, themselves looking upwards in dedication to God. Whether this is true or not it did make me wonder what it meant to dedicate an action or even part of an action, to something the world will never know about. This is particularly difficult in our modern age when access to self publication is so easy and so encouraged - although many have found that making known to the world what is hopping around on the surface of the mind often leads to embarrassment, even occasionally landing us in trouble. But this is not a new problem, it is merely amplified by contemporary technology. Here is an old Zen story that deals with the inability to dedicate to the inner life.
The pupils of the Tendai school used to study meditation before Zen entered Japan. Four of them who were intimate friends promised one another to observe seven days of silence. On the first day all were silent. Their meditation had begun auspiciously, but when night came and the oil lamps were growing dim one of the pupils could not help exclaiming to a servant: "Fix those lamps." The second pupil was surprised to hear the first one talk. "We are not supposed to say a word" he remarked. "You two are stupid. Why did you talk?" asked the third. "I am the only one who has not talked." concluded the fourth.
This is, at one level, an amusing homily which we can all identify with, but there is a philosophical significance hidden in its kernel. Socrates, in
tells us that Justice for the individual is 'minding one"s own business" - no easy task, yet how can the ideal society work when we are trying to advise everyone else what to do, yet taking no heed of what is given to us to look after.
Plato, himself, in his
Seventh Letter
takes this to another level entirely:
Every existing object has three things by which we can come to know it. First is its name, secondly its definition and thirdly its image. This arising knowledge then becomes the fourth. But then, above all these, is the object itself.
Plato declares that the thing itself is above all its aspects, and that includes knowledge. Yet if it is above knowledge it cannot be explained, and being self-substantial, it needs no explanation - no web of words can ever do it justice for it 'minds its own business', and this, I suspect, is, to the Christian mind, that to which the sculptors at Cambridge dedicated their work, God Himself.
(The Zen story is no. 71 from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. The Plato quote os seriously simplified yet contains, I believe, the essence of its meaning. Socrates definition of Justice is from Republic, Book Four, 441d - but you have to read on a bit to get the full import of this.)
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Tim Addey
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:57 pm
Post subject: Proclus on the approach to the Ineffable
There is a rather beautiful passage in Proclus'
Theology of Plato
(Book 2, ch. 11) in which he looks to our affinity with the highest principle (beyond the first order of Gods who establish pure being as the basis for the intelligible world) and who is to be approached in silence:
"Let us now therefore, if ever, abandon multiform knowledge, exterminate from ourselves all the variety of life, and in perfect quiet approach near to the cause of all things. For this purpose, let not only opinion and phantasy be at rest, nor the passions alone which impede our anagogic impulse to the First, be at peace; but let the air be still, and the universe itself be still. And let all things extend us with a tranquil power to communion with the ineffable. Let us also, standing there, having transcended the intelligible (if we contain any thing of this kind,) and with nearly closed eyes adoring as it were the rising sun, since it is not lawful for any being whatever intently to behold him - let us survey the sun whence the light of the intelligible Gods proceeds, emerging, as the poets say, from the bosom of the ocean; and again from this divine tranquillity descending into intellect, and from intellect, employing the reasonings of the soul, let us relate to ourselves what the natures are from which, in this progression, we shall consider the first God as exempt. And let us as it were celebrate him, not as establishing the earth and the heavens, nor as giving subsistence to souls, and the generations of all animals; for he produced these indeed, but among the last of things; but, prior to these, let us celebrate him as unfolding into light the whole intelligible and intellectual genus of Gods, together with all the supermundane and mundane divinities - as the God of all Gods, the unity of all unities, and beyond the first adyta, - as more ineffable than all silence, and more unknown than all essence, - as holy among the holies, and concealed in the intelligible Gods."
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Peter Blumsom
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It is a passage worth savouring, to be sure. I believe, Tim, you once explained, on this forum, the difference, for Proclus, between intellectual and intelligible. It might be worth rehearsing that again, when you get a chance.
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Tim Addey
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:36 am
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Briefly, the intelligible is that order of things which are knowable, while the intellectual is that order of things that know. Following Parmenides' doctrine of Being (his poem On Natures affirms, "It needs must be that what can be thought and spoken of
.") The Intelligible order is the order of Being as not only underlying the existence of things, but also their knowability: in the Platonic tradition this order arises first after the divine which transcends all conditions of being - including pure being itself.
The intellectual order follows after the intelligible order - it is reality considered as reflecting upon the intelligible: but everything that knows must
before it knows - therefore it is secondary where the intelligible is primary.
In the theology of the Platonic tradition, as outlined by Proclus in his masterwork
The Theology of Plato
, every order of reality (there are six in total from one point of view, or four from another) is brought into existence and ruled over by its own Gods. These Gods spring from the Ineffable One (see book six of the
where the Good is said to be beyond essence, being and intelligibility). All the Gods share in themselves the ineffable and occult nature of The One (or The Good), but because they bring into being all the orders of existence their nature is implied by the nature of their productions - and from that point of view they are knowable.
In terms of their productive powers, the Gods which are closest to the One are the Intelligible Gods and hence as Proclus urges us towards the ineffable and absolutely transcendent One, we must understand it as a Sun shedding light through these, its closest natures. For in the sixth book, Plato has used the analogy of the Sun as the best (if inadequate) means for understanding that first Principle. Hence Proclus says, "let us survey the sun whence the light of the intelligible Gods proceeds"
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Yuri Leonardas
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:06 am
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angels, themselves looking upwards in dedication to God. Whether this is true or not it did make me wonder what it meant to dedicate an action or even part of an action
If at all it was so that the innermost circle could enjoy a physical enactment of the occultation of the ministry of angels then that is whats called dedication. Along those sort of lines it is a very poignant way to symbolise core teaching if so if considered as a powerful statement that way. More extreme perhaps are the seemingly pointless shafts on Pyramids for example - they really baffle as very painstaking and difficult features that cost much extra time and labour and are so unlike a known design feature that even today nobody has a decent weak hypothesis on them. But there seems to be an element of going to great trouble to encapsulate belief by them being hidden within religious structures - maybe there is even a tenuous link to why very ancient people made impossible to decipher cave paintings should these have made them feel closer to something immense even without having yet evolved human skills to build - & being unable to speak or make much yet other than minor weapons of destruction.
In very early cases of cave art the beginning of the emergence of language has been considered but negated. Perhaps though this needs to be reconsidered if early humans were actually quite self aware beings or had begun to be driven by the perceptual. It should not be impossible for instance that their could have been a pre-language period where the evolving mind having begun to leave behind pure hunter gathering. Maybe could reason quite well with divine matters even - but had not organised sufficiently in order to vocally communicate. It is not unreasonable that vocal chords may have been held up by nature until the more full conscious human mind was ready to be evocative with them. But really - that is how adaptations occur in any case.
If so - this would actually be consistent with many of these artworks as they can show crude mathematics along with scenes of beasts and hunting, and perhaps this is someone saying 'i am more than this' ?. ( and i was minding my own business deep this cave ).
Socrates, in Republic tells us that Justice for the individual is minding ones own business no easy task, yet how can the ideal society work when we are trying to advise everyone else what to do, yet taking no heed of what is given to us to look after.
I feel that modern society is moving more and more away by violating thresholds. Sometimes we use very useful dissonance in order to say how surveillance will help make us safe. But that is also an establishment nosey state narrative along with its intentions to sell the copyrights to the snooping to private companies ( modern penological enterprise ). All very well - perhaps at the great human cost of incursion into Liberty.
Socrates always seems like a man who extrapolated his human morals over a very long term philosophical plan. He would calculated necessity - cause - effect then reasonably predict the cost to ideal society. His persecutors disliked this faculty greatly for they wish to appear wise through very much shorter term policy for social enterprise & simply Socratic ideals were rarely lucrative - just ethical.
Socrates might calculate what X = Affect in 300 years time, and reasonably for this kind of faculty to have flourished within socrates, it greatly suggests that he like Plotinus perhaps was talented at understanding immortality. He could 'care' about the state of the race long after he would be dead.
In fact arguably this impulse is not only a great obstacle to most it defies reason in most. For socrates though - it would defy reason in even attempting to be fluid in philosophy should the ideal be lacking.
Without attempting absolute demarcation and differentiation then, it can appear that socrates would habitually attach to the conscience in a great many of his morally & ethical linked expressions. These tend to thus occult themselves somewhat. If this is then aded to the time scale upon which he might have expected maters to descend into decadence - then again we see how the opposite end of his reasoning method is itself shrouded in mists.
As far as his initiates are concerned - The State now just as it did then always maintains a substantial body of its own scholars who will quietly advise on what it might consider sedition or dangerous sub culture ( OFC ).
He seems to have tended to use a clever bifurcation whereby he might proceed to amplify his meanings on one hand, - always making his best attempts to be understood. But simultaneously he would note who found the concepts challenging - thus supplying himself with sophisticated ladders of philosophical intelligence with regard to the mapping of his pupils He would then go off and think deeply again on how to re-aaproach the pupil - and i feel that this among other qualities made socrates special.
If so it harbingers the question as to whether quality of conscience can be learned given that socrates seems to imply that 'minding ones own business' can in instances means refrain from judging tendencies of mind. While in a state context performing actions which impugn matters of personal conscience. Possibly it can be highly influenced, and also perhaps judgement of conscience has a place in modern penology should we consider the need to realise why the psychopath committed murder so that a categorisation can be made. Socrates though would deplore the ingress of such judgement without excellent reasons like those, whilst states tend to feel such appropriate as it pleases. For he this inner sanctum had to be allowed to remain pristine otherwise corruption by the corporeal world would multiply within the conscience.
State - teaching society to venture into our most preciousnesses in order to divide and rule the inner being.
Thus within the humblest of opinions - a very great obstacles exists for all in coming to reasonable conclusions regarding the greeks should we find this type of fair in the mind irrelevant whilst it could also be true to say that should it be ( relevant ) - then there could be a large strata of inner wealth by which socrates intended the gates of reason to be protected.
nor the passions alone which impede our anagogic impulse
Precisely - it seems socrates felt that such impulses could minimise the neuropathy into quintessential thinking compared to incorrigible ways which might simply Maximise them. In other words - where precision with philosophical logic could have facilitated good situations more like 1 strong consistent conscientious process by virtues which would enhance ones ability to make reasonable conclusion in all things. Corruption of the mind - ( as socrates would calculate it ) - instead avails too many branches and grand detours based upon non virtuous human purpose. This form of social conscience lacked respect for innate privacy - and he saw it the responsibility of the state to refrain from this - & OFC - once the state believed socrates was being too effective they arrested him. The State today is using all kinds of intrusive politics in order to divide and rule - they will even use unauthentic versions of Plato's words to this purpose, but will rarely mention Socrates.
Intellectual & Intelligible
Virtuous comment pre-exists in most innate ways among both your previous remarks. Though i'd add that a version in the abstract broken contexts of state. For socrates may have turned it on its head for occasions where he could consider the state unintelligible by failing to adhere to the true interlectual by having little respect of societies inner substances & thought its policing of Conscience.
affinity with the highest principle
Again precisely
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Yuri Leonardas
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:51 am
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It is ur conscience Peter
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Yuri Leonardas
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:56 am
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Jettison the entire inquiry just because you had decided what it meant in advance POINTLESS !!
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Peter Blumsom
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Dear Yuri
I'm listening! Can you expand on your last two posts?
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Madison, Wisconsin - January 30, 2013
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept five new cases. The Court also acted to deny review in a number of cases. The case numbers, issues, and counties of origin are listed below. The Court of Appeals' opinion for the newly accepted cases are hyperlinked.
2010AP2363-64-CR State v. Deadwiller
The issue raised in this sexual assault case is whether the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Williams v. Illinois, 567 U.S.___, 132 S. Ct. 2221 (2012) is binding upon Wisconsin courts. The Supreme Court is asked to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming two convictions against Richard Deadwiller for second-degree sexual assault with the use of force.
Some background: Deadwiller was charged with forcibly assaulting two women, both of whom testified at trial that the he had raped them. Deadwiller testified at trial that he had consensual sex with the women. He did not dispute that semen recovered from both women's bodies was his.
A jury found Deadwiller guilty of both sexual assaults. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of 15 years of initial confinement and five years of extended supervision. Deadwiller appealed, arguing that he may not have testified had the trial court not allowed a state crime lab technician to rely on DNA analysis and reports by Orchid Cellmark, a company that runs a DNA testing lab in Texas. Deadwiller argued reliance on Orchid Cellmark's DNA reports violated his constitutional right to confrontation.
A state Crime Lab analyst testified at trial that Orchid Cellmark analyzed semen samples taken from the two victims and produced DNA profile reports. The Orchid Cellmark profiles matched Deadwiller's profile stored in a DNA databank. This initial match prompted the state Crime Lab to obtain a fresh DNA sample from Deadwiller. The state Crime Lab analyst testified that he compared the fresh sample to the semen DNA taken from the victims and in his opinion Deadwiller was the source of the semen found in both victims.
The Court of Appeals held Deadwiller's appeal in abeyance pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Williams. The Court of Appeals noted that Williams determined that reports like the one issued by Orchid Cellmark are not testimonial and may be relied on by a testifying expert without violating a defendant's right to confrontation, even though the person who prepared the report does not testify at trial. Consequently, the Court of Appeals affirmed.
The Court of Appeals said the confrontation right applies to statements that are "testimonial." See Davis v. Washington, 547 U.S. 813, 821 (2006); Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 68–69 (2004).
Deadwiller argued that Orchid Cellmark's report was testimonial and that the trial court should not have allowed the state Crime Lab technician to rely on it in giving his opinion that the defendant was the source of the DNA taken from the women.
The Court of Appeals said the conclusion that the outside laboratory's report was not testimonial governed this appeal, and there was no need to analyze whether the outside laboratory's report was or was not relied on for its truth or whether the Williams court's analysis might have been different if the trial had been to a jury rather than to a judge.
Deadwiller argues that Orchid Cellmark's DNA profile results were clearly testimonial because the state needed those results in order to prove or establish the identity of the perpetrator. He argues the Court of Appeals erred in finding Williams controlling.
He argues that this case is materially different because Williams dealt with the applicability of an Illinois state rule of evidence; Illinois did not request substantive admissibility of the Texas lab results and material; and the Williams Court deemed it important that the trial was to a judge rather than a jury because a judge is less likely to be confused as to legal matters.
The state says the Court of Appeals correctly decided that the narrow holding in Williams – that the outside laboratory DNA profile is not "testimonial" – is binding on Wisconsin courts and, as a result, that the defendant's confrontation clause rights were not violated. From Milwaukee County.
2012AP805/840 Waller v. American Transmission Co.
This bypass involves two prior Court of Appeals' decisions and three circuit court decisions arising from a dispute over the condemnation of property for the location of an electrical transmission line project in Walworth County. The Supreme Court examines Wis. Stat. § 32.06(3m), the uneconomic remnant statute.
Some background: Under section 32.06(3m), "uneconomic remnant" means the property remaining after a partial taking of property, if the property remaining is of such size, shape or condition as to be of little value or of substantially impaired economic viability. If acquisition of only part of a property would leave its owner with an uneconomic remnant, the condemnor shall offer to acquire the remnant concurrently and may acquire it by purchase or by condemnation if the owner consents. Scott N. Waller and Lynnea S. Waller owned property along the path of a power transmission line that was being upgraded near the crossing of Interstate 43 over Mound Road just outside the city of Delavan.
The transmission line project began with administrative proceedings before the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), both of which must review and approve all aspects of certain high-voltage projects.
The PSC considered the safety and public health implications of the proposed transmission line, including its distance from houses and other buildings and the associated electromagnetic fields at various distances from the line. Scott Waller testified before the PSC about his concerns that the proposed line would be too close to his house, might create a health hazard, and could impair his property value.
The PSC issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN). The PSC found that the transmission line would promote the reliability of the electrical grid and would not have an undue adverse impact on public health and welfare.
ATC then set out to acquire the real estate interest needed to proceed with the line, including an easement along Wallers property. When negotiations to purchase the easement and the whole property failed, ATC made a jurisdictional offer of $99,500 on March 20, 2008, to acquire a 45-foot wide easement along two sides of the Wallers' 1.5-acre property. The Wallers rejected the offer.
Three lawsuits resulted from ATC's jurisdictional offer:
- A right-to-take action (Case No. 08-CV-520—the "right-to-take case") under Wis. Stat. § 32.06(5), asserting the taking would leave an uneconomic remnant;
- An action commenced by ATC to determine just compensation under Wis. Stat. § 32.06(7) (Case No. 08-CV-955--the "valuation case"); and
- A relocation benefits case under Wis. Stat. § 32.20 (Case No. 10-CV-691--the "relocation case"), claiming that ATC's taking of the easement forced the Wallers to move and required compensation.
The bypass petition filed by ATC arises out of final judgments and orders entered in the right-to-take case and the relocation case. The appeals also implicate the valuation case, though neither party appealed the jury verdict in Walworth County Circuit Court Case No. 08-CV-955, assigning $38,000 in value to the property after the taking of the easement.
The petition raises the following issues:
- How must a landowner raise a claim that a condemnor has taken too little property, leaving the landowner with an uneconomic remnant: In a valuation proceeding, in an inverse condemnation action, or in a right-to-take action?
- Did the circuit court properly interpret and apply the uneconomic remnant statute, Wis. Stat. § 32.06(3m)?
- May a landowner recover litigation expenses for obtaining a judicial ruling that the property that remains after a taking in an uneconomic remnant?
- Is a landowner who voluntarily moves from a property because of personal preferences nonetheless "displaced," entitling the landowner to relocation benefits under Wis. Stat. § 32.19?
From Walworth County.
2011AP1451 Tufail v. Midwest Hospitality
This case involves a question of contract interpretation. The Supreme Court reviews a Court of Appeals' decision regarding a lease dispute between a property owner and restaurant franchisee owner in Milwaukee.
Some background: Amjad T. Tufail operated a "New York Chicken" restaurant under a special use permit granted by the city of Milwaukee Board of Zoning Appeals in November 2000. Tufail was permitted to operate his business in compliance with a submitted plan of operation which included a drive-through and being open until 4 a.m., seven days a week. The special use was granted for 10 years.
In March 2008, Midwest Hospitality leased the restaurant building from Tufail for five years, beginning on April 1, 2008 to operate a Church's Chicken franchise. The Lease required Midwest Hospitality to pay rent of $35,000 for the first year to be paid in equal monthly installments.
The lease included the following warranty: "Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant that: (g) no existing restrictions, building and zoning ordinances, or other laws or requirements of any governmental authority prevent the use of the Premises for the purposes set forth in Paragraph 5."
Paragraph 5 reads as follows:
"Tenant may use and occupy the Premises for any lawful purposes, including, but not limited to, the retail sales, consumption, and delivery of food and beverages which shall include, but not be limited to, Chicken products, Fish products, bread products, salads, sandwiches, dessert items, promotional items, and any other items sold by any Church's Chicken store."
After Midwest Hospitality began occupying the premises, in May 2008 they learned that they had to obtain a special-use permit to operate the restaurant with a drive-through. The special-use permit was eventually granted with restrictions, including closing of the restaurant by 9 p.m.
Midwest Hospitality stopped paying rent, stating that it was not responsible for the lease payments because Tufail failed to inform it that a special-use permit would be required and that the lease was, as a result, terminated. The circuit court determined that Tufail had not breached the warranty.
The trial court found that the special use permit was required because of the drive-thru request. The trial court focused on the drive-thru as the reason requiring the special use permit and that the lease did not warrant an unrestricted ability to operate a drive-thru. It did not address whether a special-use permit was required for any other reason.
The Court of Appeals reversed, concluding that the warranty was breached.
Midwest Hospitality argued to the Court of Appeals that its desire to have a drive-thru has no bearing on whether a special-use permit was required or Tufail's representation that there were no zoning restrictions for use of the building as a Church's Chicken. It argues that the trial court ignored undisputed evidence that a free standing, fast-food restaurant was not permitted under the existing zoning regulation, regardless of a drive-thru.
Tufail contends the Court of Appeals' decision is inconsistent with standard principles of contract interpretation because it "greatly expands the scope of the warranty beyond the language in the Lease."
Tufail says that a special-use permit was only required to operate the property as a fast-food/carryout restaurant with a drive through, which was not the use specifically written into the lease. He contends Midwest Hospitality was free to operate a sit-down restaurant at the premises without a special-use permit.
Tufail says he was left without any Lease payments and was left with a property in a state of complete disrepair. From Milwaukee County.
2011AP2916-CR State v. Edler
This certification from the District II Court of Appeals examines an arson suspect's right to counsel and whether Wisconsin law affords a different level of protection under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) warnings than has developed under federal case law.
More specifically, the Court of Appeals asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court:
- Should Wisconsin follow Maryland v. Shatzer, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S. Ct. 1213 (2010), which held that the Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981) prohibition against seeking a waiver of the Miranda warnings and reinitiating police interrogation no longer applies when there has been a 14-day break in custody, or does the Wisconsin Constitution provide a greater level of protection to individuals suspected of committing a crime?
- When the defendant asked, in the squad car on the way to the second interrogation, "Can my attorney be present for this?", did he unambiguously invoke his right to counsel?
- If the statement set forth in the second issue is declared to be ambiguous, does it make a difference whether the ambiguous statement was made before or after Miranda warnings were given?
Some background: In early 2011, the defendant, Andrew Edler, was 17 years old and one of the newest firefighters in the Waldo Fire Department. In January and March 2011, two small arson fires occurred in the area, and Edler fell under suspicion because he arrived so quickly at the scene of those two fires. On March 30, while interrogating Edler about an unrelated burglary case, Detective Gerald Urban began asking Edler about the arsons and his possible involvement. Shortly after the subject of the arsons came up, Edler said, "From this point on, I'd like a lawyer here."
Urban immediately ceased questioning. Edler was booked and jailed pending appearance on criminal charges in the burglary case. Soon after his initial appearance in that case on April 1, 2011, Edler was released on bond, and a public defender was appointed as his lawyer on April 4, 2011.
Later in April, an acquaintance of Edler agreed to Urban's request to secretly record a conversation with Edler about the arsons. That conversation was recorded on April 18, 2011. On April 20, Edler was arrested on the arson charges at his family home. Edler's father asked what Edler was being accused of, and Urban told him about the arson charges, emphasizing that Edler's cooperation in the investigation was important.
As Edler sat in the squad car, Edler's father admonished him to cooperate with the investigators and tell the truth. On the ride to the station, Urban sat beside Edler in the back seat of the squad and advised him continually that he should take his father's advice, cooperate, tell the truth, and help himself out. At some point during the ride, Edler asked Urban, "can my attorney be present for this?" and Urban answered, "yes he can."
Upon arrival at the sheriff's department, Edler was placed in an interview room to wait for questioning. He was crying and having some difficulty breathing as Urban entered and began telling him about the strong case the sheriff's department had developed against him. Urban emphasized that the evidence already was sufficient for convictions.
Urban then began to read Edler the Miranda warnings. When he read, "you have the right to consult with a lawyer before questioning and to have a lawyer present with you during questioning," Edler asked "…if I request a lawyer does that mean you still have to bring me into custody and I have to go sit in the jail?" Urban explained that the presence of a lawyer would have no effect on the fact that Edler was now in custody. Urban then reread all of the Miranda rights from the beginning. At the end, when Urban asked, "realizing that you have these rights, are you now willing to answer questions?" Edler answered affirmatively. In the subsequent interrogation, Edler admitted involvement in the arsons.
Edler moved for suppression of the admissions made during the April 20 interrogation at the sheriff's department, arguing that his Fifth Amendment right to counsel had been violated. The circuit court held that Edler's statement in the car ("Can my lawyer be present for this?") was an unequivocal invocation of his right to counsel and suppressed statements that Edler made thereafter.
The state appealed. It argued that because there had been more than a 14-day break in custody from Edler's initial request for counsel on March 30, the detective was free, pursuant to Shatzer, to approach Edler, read him his Miranda rights, and ask if he was now willing to talk with the detective about the arsons. The state further argued that Edler's utterance in the car on the way to the sheriff's department ("Can my lawyer be present for this?") was a question and not an unequivocal invocation of his right to counsel.
Edler argued in response that the interrogation on April 20 was barred by both his March 30 and April 20 requests for counsel. He claimed that Shatzer did not apply to the facts of his case and that, in any event, the Wisconsin constitution should provide broader protections for accused individuals in line with Justice Stevens' dissent in Shatzer. He also argued that his statement in the squad car was a legally sufficient invocation of his right to counsel, such that the detective was obligated to cease any further interrogation in the absence of Edler's attorney. From Sheboygan County.
2012AP500 Dane County v. Sheila W.
This case involves review of a circuit court order appointing a temporary guardian for a teenage minor to consent to certain medical treatment over the objections of the minor and the minor's parents. Because the temporary guardianship order expired while the case was pending before the Court of Appeals, that court dismissed the appeal as moot. The issues presented to the Supreme Court are as follows:
- Does Wisconsin recognize the "mature minor doctrine," a common law rule providing that a minor may consent or refuse consent to medical treatment upon a showing of maturity, intelligence and sufficient understanding of the medical condition and treatment alternatives?
- Does Wisconsin recognize a mature adolescent's due process right to refuse unwanted medical treatment?
- Did the circuit court violate an adolescent's common law and constitutional right to refuse medical treatment when it appointed a temporary guardian to consent to treatment over the adolescent's objection?
- Should the exceptions to the mootness doctrine be utilized to address the above issues despite the expiration of the temporary guardianship?
From Dane County.
Review denied: The Supreme Court denied review in the following cases. As the state's law-developing court, the Supreme Court exercises its discretion to select for review only those cases that fit certain statutory criteria (see Wis. Stat. § 809.62). Except where indicated, these cases came to the Court via petition for review by the party who lost in the lower court:
2011AP466 McCarthy v. McCarthy
2011AP1220 McCarthy v. McCarthy
2011AP1402-CR State v. Sero
2012AP259-CR State v. Moss
2012AP1847 State v. Casteel - Justice N. Patrick Crooks did not participate.
2012AP2264-W Grayson v. Wis. DOC
2012AP1562-64 Buffalo Co. DHHS v. Jennifer C.
2011AP97-CR State v. Szaflarski
2010AP3122-CR State v. Bohanan
2011AP542-43-CRNM State v. Boulden
2012AP1652 Milw. Branch of NAACP v. Walker
2012AP2174-W Hagberg v. Cir. Ct. Dane Co.
2011AP1479/2693 Beaver Dam Comm. Hosp. v. City of Beaver Dam
Eau Claire
2011AP104-CR State v. Nicolai
Fond du Lac
2011AP1760-CR State v. Gibson - Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson dissents.
Green Lake
2012AP742-CR State v. Fredlund
2011AP1129-CR State v. Fredrick
2011AP1368-CR State v. Cameron
2011AP1593-CR State v. Harper
2012AP77-W Maus v. Habeck
2011AP635-CR State v. Weathers
2011AP1042 State v. Austin
2011AP1550-CR State v. Lesueur
2011AP2019-CR State v. Lor
2011AP2259-CR State v. Thornton
2011AP2322-24-CR State v. Simmons
2011AP2344-CR State v. Burkes
2011AP2364-CR State v. Saffold
2011AP2412-CR State v. Brown
2011AP2591 State v. Gray
2011AP3012-W Castaneda v. Haines
2011AP1694-CR State v. Callan
2011AP1903-CR State v. Schmidt
2012AP1299 Wieseler v. Diggs
2010AP2991-CR State v. Burnside
2011AP2211 Ernst v. Narlock - Justice David T. Prosser, Jr. did not participate.
2010AP3097 Weber v. Handeland
2012AP2407-08-W Hess v. Dittmann
2011AP453 Wisconsin & Southern RR v. City of Waukesha - Justice David T. Prosser, Jr. did not participate.
2011AP2154 Daniel K. Anderson, Ltd. V. Good to Go Quick Mart
2011AP2307-CR State v. Arentz/ 2012AP243-CR State v. Hendricks - Justice David T. Prosser, Jr. did not participate.
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My plan to sneak fruit into food has been detected by my oh-so-clever son, Jon. Last night after I was done cleaning up dinner from Hannah and I, Jon comes home and announces that he is hungry. I told him that I would make him some GF Pancakes; that way I could make and freeze extras for the rest of the week while I was at it. As I was getting ready to mix up the pancakes, I saw a banana that needed to be used and decided to add some applesauce to the mixture as well. To try to distract from the healthy things I added, I balanced it out with a few chocolate chips per pancake. I was hoping that since he wasn't going to be having any veggies with dinner, the added fruit to the pancakes would make a somewhat healthy meal. I also made him a bowl of homemade applesauce to have on the side. I put his plate down in front of him and go back to making the other pancakes to freeze for the week. He calls me over to the table to show me that he doesn't think that the pancakes are cooked all the way through. I told him that yes, it was cooked all the way through, what he was seeing was a small chunk of banana. He was not pleased with me at all. LOL! He asked me why I had to ruin his pancakes. I reminded him that he loves, not just likes, my banana bread that I make that not only has banana, but chocolate chips in it. There really isn't much difference with the pancakes, and he can put syrup on these, what is better than that?!?! Aaron pointed out to him that I was right and he should just suck it up and eat the pancakes. He grumbled about them the whole time he was eating, but he finished them. Oh, he had them for breakfast today too. I think he may have forgotten all about that added fruit today. 🙂 I win. Oh, and BTW, I tasted the pancakes and they were awesome!
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2 cup of Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
2 eggs
1 TBSP Oil
1 TBSP Applesauce (I used sweetened, homemade)
1 mushed up banana
1 1/2 cups milk or water (I used water, but usually use milk)
Chocolate Chips to sprinkle on each pancake as they cook
1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Heat griddle or pan.
3. Pour batter into pan. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips onto each pancake as they cook, before you flip.
Makes approximately 12 4-inch pancakes. These freeze very well.
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