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More Photos from Caid Crown Tournament
Submitted by Justin on Tue, 2004-04-20 13:51
Kolfinna kottr, from the Barony of Dun Or, has posted her photos from Caid's recent Crown Tournament on her web site.
Caid Crown Tournament Results and Photos
Submitted by Kottr on Tue, 2004-04-20 13:49
Sir Brand Armond of Lancaster defeated Duke Dietrich von Vogelsang in the finals of Crown Tournament to become Caid's new Crown Prince.
Great Western War VIII Approaching
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2004-04-19 18:32
The Event Stewards for Great Western War VIII have announced that this year's war will take place October 6-11 2004 in the Kingdom of Caid.
Bagpipes Skirl in Iraq
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2004-04-19 14:18
AP: Marine 1st Sgt. Dwayne Farr has a unique way of keeping up morale in Iraq: he plays his bagpipes!
Medieval Mary Kay
Submitted by Aoife on Mon, 2004-04-19 14:17
This week Dame Aoife makes the medieval world a more glamorous place with a list of links pertaining to medieval cosmetics and perfume.
Australian Legislators Continue to Debate Sword Issue
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2004-04-18 12:45
Master Delbert von Strassburg, Seneschal of the Kingdom of Lochac, has addressed the continuing issue of the legality of carrying swords in Lochac in a recent post to the Lochac list.
Will Jousting No Longer Be State Sport of Maryland?
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2004-04-18 10:25
Maryland Newsline: The State Legislature of Maryland is considering changing the state sport from jousting to lacrosse.
Christening Spoon Found in Grave of Saxon King
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2004-04-18 07:55
News.telegraph: A christening spoon was among the artifacts discovered recently in the burial chamber of an early Christian Saxon king near Southend-on-Sea, England.
Fairy Tale Castle on Display in Chicago
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2004-04-17 10:10
A miniature castle created by Colleen Moore is on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
Elizabeth I - Ruler and Legend
Submitted by Catriona on Sat, 2004-04-17 08:15
The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, has created an online exhibit which explores the life and reign of Elizabeth I of England.
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Submitted by Catriona on Sat, 2004-04-17 03:50
So, what sound does a Cornamuse make? And is a Lizard a musical instrument? Find out the answers to these questions, and see more examples of Medieval and Renaissance musical instruments, on this web site offered by Musica Antiqua.
Shakespeare's Will Included in Million Online
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2004-04-16 15:10
London Times: The British National Archives has announced that it will place one million wills from the last thousand years online, including Shakespeare's famous "second-best bed" bequest.
Great Quest for Drachenwald (A&S details)
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2004-04-16 12:01
Her Majesty announced the creation of an Arts & Sciences and Martial Great Quest for Drachenwald at Coronation.
Scots Take Issue with Depiction of Edward I
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2004-04-16 11:55
Some Scots are irate about the depiction of Edward I, known as the Hammer of the Scots, as "a king of Scotland whose achievements were many and his legend great."
Shroud of Turin Doppelganger
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2004-04-16 10:20
A second ghostly image of a face has been discovered on the back of the famous Shroud of Turin
"The Dictionary of the Scots Language" Now Online
Submitted by Catriona on Fri, 2004-04-16 05:16
Information about Scotland and its language from 1200 CE to the present is now available online with the publishing of the "Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue" (1931-2002) and the "The Scottish National Dictionary" (1931-1976).
Everything You Wanted to Know About Maps
Submitted by Catriona on Thu, 2004-04-15 16:40
Map History / History of Cartography is a gateway that offers over 3,000 annotated links on the subject of old and early maps.
Four Drachenwald Groups to Become Full Status
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2004-04-14 22:10
Sovany Barcsi Janos, Chatelain and New Groups Coordinator for the Kingdom of Drachenwald, has announced that four shires will advance to full status.
The Palace Kitchen Boys
Submitted by Karen on Wed, 2004-04-14 18:45
Winston-Salem Journal: For the last decade or so, Marc Meltonville and Richard Fish, the coordinators of the Historic Kitchens Project, have been restoring historic English royal kitchens in all their former functionality.
Fork Lifting, A History of the Fork
Submitted by Catriona on Wed, 2004-04-14 16:11
Ganoskin: In an article originally published in "Metalsmith Magazine," Fall 2000, the history of the use and development of the fork is examined.
A Slice of Elizabethan England
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2004-04-13 22:52
A collection of documents from Tudor and Elizabethan England is currently touring the United States.
Metalworking Symposium to be Held in Cooperstown, NY
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2004-04-13 19:41
A "pre-industrial iron symposium" will be held October 9-11, 2004 at the Farmer's Museum of Cooperstown, NY with lectures and activities relating to the production of bloomery iron.
Award Scrolls to be Displayed at Midrealm Coronation
Submitted by Justin on Tue, 2004-04-13 13:12
Have you ever wished you could have gotten a better look at some of the scrolls being awarded in court? Here is your chance! An Award Scroll Display will be featured all day for Midrealm's Coronation!
Photos from Ice Dragon A&S Online
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2004-04-12 22:07
Mistress Rhiannon y Bwa chronicled the recent A&S competition at AEthelmearc's Ice Dragon event. Her photos are available online.
The Physician's Handbook
Submitted by Catriona on Mon, 2004-04-12 22:06
The Wellcome Library of London, England, has created a digital version of one of its manuscripts, "The Physicians Handbook," an English 15th century medical and astrological compendium.
Children's Crusade -- Fact or Fiction?
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2004-04-12 17:09
The Straight Dope: Cecil Adams, longtime writer of the facts & legends column "The Straight Dope," takes a look at whether the Children's Crusade really happened.
Knights and Ladies Come Out to Play
Submitted by Karen on Sun, 2004-04-11 22:59
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star: Yet another article written about the SCA, written at Sudentor's "Defending The Gate" event.
More Gulf Wars Photos Online
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2004-04-11 14:21
Tarl and Ailsa, from the Kingdom of Calontir, share photos from the recent Gulf Wars XIII on their website.
Cantar de mio Cid
Submitted by Catriona on Sun, 2004-04-11 09:58
The 14th Century manuscript featuring the exploits of El Cid, the historical Rodrigo D
Archaeologists Battle Over Bannockburn Stakes
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2004-04-10 16:24
Three wooden stakes, long thought to have been the only surviving artifacts from Scotland's Battle of Bannockburn, have recently been dated and proven to be much older than the 13th century battle.
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solar energy apps
solar energy applications... now and then .. from segue to solar online store
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
solar roads and streets
Roadways are typically considered to be the place where cars consume energy. Now, engineers and inventors are thinking up ways to make "smart roads" (see photos below).
This above photo is of a 2.8-megawatt (MW) solar array constructed on the roof of a 2.7 km long noise-barrier tunnel on the A3 highway near Aschaffenburg, Germany. This was in conjunction with German Unity Motorway Planning and Construction Company. Photo source at www.ralos.de
Reported on the Dept. of Transportation website at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/real_estate/publications/alternative_uses_of_highway_right-of-way/rep03.cfm.
And here in the USA: the photo below is a protoype design for the Solar Roadways company based in Idaho. Here is renewable energy at it's finest.
According to Wikipedia, "Solar Roadways Inc is working to develop and commercially produced road panels which are made from recycled materials and incorporate photovoltaic cells." Not a bad idea...
(Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Roadways)
How road safety would be improved when the divider lines light up automatically to clearly illuminate your way.....
Imagine the snow control that would be possible with heat under a road melted by solar. What about crosswalks lighting up as you approach on a dark night? The ideas surrounding solar roadways just keep coming...
Above rendition by Solar Roadways - Graphic design by Sam Cornett
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
5. Sun Powered Powers Farm Pump
Old windmill stands by as solar pulls in power from the sun...
In photo top left, a solar panel powers the well pump.
The times are changing.
Below left, the water pump relies entirely on solar.
Here's the info from Wikipedia:
"A solar-powered pump is a pump running on electricity generated by photovoltaic panels or the thermal energy available from collected sunlight as opposed to grid electricity or diesel run water pumps.
The operation of solar powered pumps is more economical mainly due to the lower operation and maintenance costs and has less environmental impact than pumps powered by an internal commpustion engine.
Solar pumps are useful where grid electricity is unavailable and alternative sources (in particular wind) do not provide sufficient energy." (Quote from Wikipedia) Click here for more info Solar Wells - Wikipedia. Photos from Wikipedia page noted.
Top photo by NJR ZA; lower photo by Asksharenter2
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
4. Solar Powers Our Satellites
Among NASA's thousands (maybe millions) of images is Jason-1 the Ocean Satellite cruising around the earth powered by eight solar panels. Satellites warn of storms, and other weather conditions.
|This "NASA/CNES Ocean Satellite" orbited the earth for more than 10 years, and was retired in 2013. According to Alan Buis, Writer for the JET Propulsion Laboratory, "Jason-1 flew in carefully coordinated orbits with both its predecessor Topex/Poseidon and its successor, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2, launched in 2008. These coordinated orbit periods, which lasted about three years each, cross-calibrated the satellites, making possible a 20-plus-year unbroken climate record of sea level change. These coordination periods also doubled data coverage."
Thanks to Jason-1, the first full 406-day marine gravity mission was completed on June 17. The resulting data have already led to the discovery of numerous small seamounts, which are underwater mountains that rise above the deep-sea floor. The data also have significantly increased the resolution of Earth's gravity field over the ocean, while increasing our knowledge of ocean bathymetry, which is the underwater depth of the ocean floor.
Photo by NASA - for more info: Jason-1 Ocean Satellite
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
3. Now.... Solar Golf Carts -
Now you can spin around your neighborhood in a cart powered by the sun...
A controller converts the sun's energy to charge the golf cart's 36-volt or 48-volt battery bank. Not only does the solar power take the cart off the electric grid, it also increases the driving distance and extends the life of the batteries. Segue to Solar is seeing more and more of them around town...
(Like the realtor cart!)
Just a few more solar applications that help reduce the electric grid, and lessen our dependence on oil...
But be extra careful, and put one of those flags up so that the faster moving cars can see you!
(Photo uploaded to Wikipedia by Dougal Crismond of Frugal Dougal's Golf Cart Accessories)
Sunday, March 10, 2013
solar apps blog
2. solar app... the solar airplane
Solar airplanes rock (and fly) - this one built by Aeroenvironment in California and NASA
AeroVironment / NASA's Pathfinder Plus solar aircraft in flight over Hawaii in 2002.
See wikipedia for more...solar concentrator app on wikipedia
AeroVironment is also famous for its Gossamer Albatross Aircraft. It won the prestiious
Kremer Prize in the 80s. Click here for more info: AeroVironment Website
Photo by NASA/Nick Galante 2002
our home link: click here Segue to Solar Online Store
... exploring the world of applications of solar energy ...
- home link: click here Segue to Solar Online Store
> - questions, suggestions, topics to admin-at-seguetosolar.com
solar applications... 1. the solar concentrator
this is just one type of solar energy concentrators renewable energy companies are building at a steady rate...
Solucar PS10 (Spain) generates electricity in a commercial way. Basically the sun hits the many individual mirrors on the ground and sunlight is focused on small area at top of tower. The concentrated light is then used as heat or as a heat source for a conventional power plant (see solar thermoelectricity). The power generated is then used to provide energy in the forms of heating or cooling, such as in solar air-conditioning. See wikipedia for more...solar concentrator app on wikipedia
Photo by afloresm - see http://www.flickr.com/people/74424373@N00 for more info on afloresm
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... exploring the world of applications of solar energy ...
- home link: click here Segue to Solar Online Store
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Failure. A seemingly powerful word that seems like when you have it you still have everything.
I have no idea what that meant, But I thought it might be a good way to start this off.
I know I haven't failed. I changed my life in more ways than even I can imagine and now I'm trying to change your life too. Who the hell do I think I am to think that I could say, or do anything about any of what's going on. But I suppose I could say that I do have something to do with it. I started ireporting back in..... hmmm I can't remember, maybe in 2007. Back at that time I barely knew one one millionth of what I know now, but I do know that I have said the dyes are bad and eventually came to saying that 100% of everyone is allergic to all the additives, not just one, but all and the worst most devastating one (EDTA) who's symptoms and the reaction you would normally have are hidden away by the existing allergic reactions occurring in your body as you read this.
It didn't take a scientist, or a doctor to tell me those chemicals are bad. But people actually argue and say I am wrong. I know that they mean that I am wrong about saying what I think is caused by the horribly toxic chemicals used as artificial additives in everything we use as consumers.
We drink it, we eat it, we wash in it, we color our hair with it and we take that one tablet four times a day.
People argue and say they don't eat any additives. Do you take pharmaceuticals? pills? vitamins? do you brush your teeth? Do you put that stuff in your washer to make your clothes soft? Or do you wash your clothes in a creek between two rocks?
Exposure to the dyes alone covers a very large number of products, your car is painted with that colorant, it's mixed in with your food, your drinks, if it has color in it, unless it's certified organic and is made 100% from vegetables it's going to be something bad.
Cochineal, or Carmine is a red coloring that back in the days of Montezuma was traded with the sea faring British who came to south America long ago. It's the crushed bodies of the female parasites known as the cochineal bug, They reside mostly on the prickly pear cacti in the southwest.
I really am reciting everything I have written in these pages from my memory. Verbatim!
You are exposed to it when you read the sunday funnies and this one other thing that I have mulling over in my head involves the dyes used as pigments in tattoos.
It seems.... every time I am exposed to dye in a pharmaceutical that I am forced to take because I need the other ingredients in that toxic pill. Each of the tattoos that I have feel like they are reacting to allergic reaction as well becoming slightly raised as if they were suffering from a sudden allergy of their own. I get it, to each his own and all of that, but when you got that tatt, was it based on an informed decision to utilize some sort of substance that could potentially cause a painful cancer, or some other disorder? It you have tatts and have a migraine problem.... I'm not saying it is, but it could be the cause of those headaches, you have a never ending supply of toxic dyes to mess with your bodies chemistry for the rest of your life!
I think about all of these things and it bothers me that not one of was able to make an informed decision about almost everything we have ever had put before us.
Our doctors and those professors and anybody who has a basic knowledge of chemistry knows what those chemicals used to make the additives are all known carcinogens. They say it's safe and okay to consume and use. And the media recently said that cancer will be the #1 killer of people in the U.S.
What do you think about that bag of M&Ms now? Those Doritos? That Crystal lite you just shook up in your bottled water?
I say again, I can not take Excedrin because the blue dyes used it gives me a migraine headache.
Back to this failure thing....
Carcinogenic chemicals, used in all the wonderfully fun colored and fabulously flavored products mostly aimed at our children. A Obesity and diabetes epidemic like no other in the world.
This isn't the America I want to see.
Sick and dying does not represent us. Unfortunately for many, that's exactly what it represents.
You, I, them... everyone is a victim. I don't know if those corporate type consume their own products, but if they do.... this is about them, their children, their future on this planet for years to come.
Ask a question on the internet.... see how many gall bladders have been removed in the past 20 years.
Dyes inactivate enzymes produced by the body, Bile is an enzyme produced by the gall bladder. just like they did to my pancreas which I reversed my type II diabetes with proper diet. I think the dyes turned off my pancreas and when they were gone, it turned back on and did what it's supposed to do.
I believe that autism can't be reversed, But once you get that person away from the additives and keep them away from them... the brain is its infinite ability to adapt to things will do as it was meant to do and develop, or redevelop in a way to bring your child back to you.
My wife was talking to my mom after they had worked on some thing that they were working on. I went there and then came back home. My wife tells me that my mom said it's nice to have the son that I have always wanted.
It brought me to tears. And that made me feel soooo good!
Before, I was emotionally inept.....
It's a beautiful thing to be able to feel.
Who owns this failure? Who does this property belong to? Intelligent people who know based on their learned knowledge. Or the doctors who also know these things because they had to take chemistry as a part of their chosen field. People have this knowledge and apply it to their own lives, or they are as oblivious as the rest of America that we are all being made sick from these chemical additives and everyday that you continue consuming and using them in everything you use every single day...... everyday you take X amount of days from the Y amount of days that God gave you to live.
If you die sooner... they win and take your money.... if you live, you can watch them die and know that you stood up for something that very simply and absolutely MUST STOP NOW!!!
Who's reading this? Who can see this? Do you plan on telling your friends and family about this stuff?
Will you send it to your doctor to let them know that you don't want anymore dyes.
When you go to the pharmacy, tell them you want DYE FREE pills.
Fight about it when they tell you that you MUST have multiple injections of some vaccine that contains enough formaldehyde and mercury in it to send you to a rubber room for the rest of your life!
I'm talking to YOU! :)


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This sweet sterling baby fork has an adorable pug or bulldog sitting outside of their doghouse. It is marked Sterling and has the mark of the Webster Sterling Co. that is not often seen dating to the early 1900's. This fork measures 4 1/4" long and just has normal light scratches from use mostly on tines. It should shine up nicely but I prefer patina so will leave that to the new owner. I am selling two other pieces that match this and have included a photo of all three but note that is listing is for the "fork" only.
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Goldman Sachs, Banks Dismissed From GE Securities Lawsuit
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and other banks involved in General Electric Co. (GE)'s October 2008, $12 billion secondary offering won dismissal from a securities lawsuit brought by investors who claim they were misled.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan yesterday threw out the claims the investors had brought under the 1933 U.S. Securities Act, saying that her previous decision in January, denying the defendants' request to dismiss the claims, had improperly relied on statements that weren't incorporated in the offering documents for the shares.
The relevant statements, "demand remains strong for GE Capital's commercial paper debt" and "GE's funding position is strong and GE has performed well during the recent market volatility," were made in a Sept. 25, 2008, press release and weren't incorporated in the prospectus supplement for the secondary offering, the judge said.
"This ruling disposes of all remaining claims against 42 defendants," Cote said.
The judge denied a request by Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE and Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin to dismiss the investors' claims under the 1934 U.S. Securities Exchange Act, saying the plaintiffs had made plausible allegations based on Sherin's statements about the quality of GE's loan portfolio.
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The investors, led by State Universities Retirement System of Illinois, provided sufficient support for their claims that Sherin knew his statements weren't true, she said.
"The second amended complaint has described a plethora of reports which tracked on a regular and detailed basis the quality of the assets to which Sherin's remarks were directed," Cote said. "It is highly implausible that GE's CFO would be ignorant of basic facts contained in these reports about the quality of roughly one-third of GE Capital's assets."
GE spokesman Andrew Williams and Joseph Tabacco Jr., a lawyer for the plaintiffs, didn't immediately return calls to their offices for comment on the ruling after regular business hours.
The case is In re General Electric Co. Securities Litigation, 09-1951, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan.)
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OSCON 2003 Day 4
by chromatic
Related link: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/23/oscon_grid.html#thursday
Thursday was a long time ago. The keynotes have been covered in detail
elsewhere, so I'll just give a general impression. It was really nice to hear
Mitch Kapor's enthusiasm for Linux on the Desktop. He also mentioned that his
first brush with free software was in the mid 80s, when Richard Stallman was
protesting outside the Lotus offices. Kapor took a strong stand against
software patents, which endeared him to the audience.
Mark-Jason Dominus is well-known as an entertaining speaker as well as the
capable host of the Perl Lightning Talks. He's so good at what he does, he was
able to give the conference committee only the title of a talk and
receive 45 minutes to do whatever he wanted. The result was "Nine Views of
Mark-Jason Dominus", nine lightning talks about cool hacks and good ideas.
One of the most useful talks was "How to Progress". Dominus gave some of
his secrets of being smart — read the books no one else is reading, take
good notes, and read one sentence and really think about it before you read the
next sentence. The final talk explored a message to aliens, encoded in a radio
signal. It's really interesting to think about how you would explain human
concepts and science starting from the number system and working up to ideas
such as gravity and pressure.
Andy Lester then presented "Automated Testing of Large Projects with Perl".
The big secret is how his company handles their smoke tests. In short, they
run the complete smoke test suite automatically every hour. Any failures are
e-mailed to all developers. (There aren't many failures.) Andy's learned
quite a few things and most of his experiences and conclusions match mine. It
was nice to see forty or fifty people picking up good habits. Andy suggested
daily, weekly, and monthly goals to improve testing. (Good suggestion one:
read our testing materials! Good suggestion two: everyone writes at least one
test every day! Good suggestion three: keep records on how much testing helps
Microsoft provided lunch again. Version 2.0 was better than version 1.0.
It's unfortunate that they won't have the chance to impress us with version
During lunch, I helped James Duncan man the
href="http://perl-foundation.org/">Perl Foundation booth. We explained the
goals and principles of the foundation to a few hardy souls wandering the
exhibition booth during lunchtime. If you're looking for a way to support your
favorite language and community in a volunteer fashion (and possibly a non-code
fashion), there are foundations for other languages.
Next up was an O'Reilly Network meeting, with Daniel Steinberg, Derrick
Story, and Nancy Abila. We discussed href="http://today.java.net/">Java.net and href="http://www.onjava.com/">ONJava, how they complement each other and
how our editorial strategy needs to evolve. Since both sites address different
audiences in different ways, we're just looking for the right way to handle
things editorially. Enough work, though, there are still talks to attend!
Just about everything Perrin Harkins says impresses me. I rushed to his
"Object-Relational Mapping Tools for Perl" talk. I'll admit that I don't ever
want to write a serialization layer again, so I was interested to see his
survey. His conclusion was about what I expected — I really need to look
into Class::DBI. Fair enough.
The next talk was a little disappointing. While David Fetter's "How
Database Projects Fail" had some good content (it's always amusing to hear
horror stories of when things went wrong, and it's usually easy to learn a
lesson or two), he spent a lot of time bad-mouthing MySQL. I understand that
PostgreSQL fans are disappointed that MySQL gets a lot of press for adding
important features that Postgres has had for years, but they're both fine
projects. Fetter's information about MySQL features and flaws was a couple of
years out of date in places and just plain wrong in others. Hopefully he'll
revisit his research and improve his comparisons for next time.
I ducked in for the tail end of the "Perl Certification Panel". There are
few subjects more contentious in the Perl world. Things were winding down, but
I heard two good points that really changed my mind on the issue. First, Andy
Lester, who manages more than he codes these days, asked the question, "Why
would I need to look at a certification if I'm going to interview prospective
hires from a technical perspective, anyway?" Brian Aker responded that just
having a certification for Perl allows Human Resources people to filter CVs
before dumping a huge pile on a developer or a technical manager.
Andy's right, in that a company that wants to write good code would be
crazy not to interview people in detail. (Of course, there are good
arguments that the software industry is crazy, and you don't
have to look very hard to see why I think that.) Brian's also right, in that
it would be useful to be able to say "Hey, this guy knows a few things while
this guy doesn't seem to."
I wonder if there's a certification that could be built that doesn't imply
that one person is a great developer, only that she demonstrates a basic
proficiency with the language. You wouldn't hire her based on just having a
certification, but you could consider her for a more detailed interview.
It's a thought, and there's a Perl
Certification Wiki in place now to discuss these ideas. Perhaps we'll see
more progress along these lines in the near future.
Fotango's James Duncan (yes, the guy
from lunch) next gave his "One Year, 93,210 Lines of Code, Ten Staff and Some
Lessons Learned" talk. He gave this at YAPC to good reviews. Fotango grew
from a startup with a website thrown together by consultants into an effective
development group with a large product written in Perl that's spawning
generically usable open source libraries.
The real secret of Fotango's success is good teamwork. Part of that is
their strict hiring process. Another part is their agility. It's possible to
build really good, really useful, really elegant large applications in Perl (or
just about any other language). They don't talk a lot about doing Extreme
Programming, but their development process is definitely agile. Good talk.
The Testing Cabal had a BOF partway through the talk, but as Schwern was
listening to the ever-clever Dave Thomas and I was entranced by the wacky
antics of orange-loving Londoners, I showed up late. Unbeknownst to me, Dale
Dougherty and Steve Mallett were meeting in the same room so we discussed some
of our upcoming publishing plans. There are lots of interesting ways to start
conversations, and we'll be exploring those in the future.
The DynDNS/
href="http://www.onyxneon.com/">Onyx Neon open bar party came next, so I
was a good little citizen in my free Onyx Neon shirt. My sometime co-worker
Curtis Poe had come up with an interesting idea for training that we might
explore; see the Onyx Neon site for further details.
The rest of the party is a little fuzzy. The TPF auction had the usual
assortment of ridiculous items, including Andy Lester eating pages from his
book, Karen Pauley donating Dominus' boxer shorts (clean) and then buying them
back (and you should have seen Marty Pauley's face), and the right to determine
the color of CPAN Search for the next
year (and you really should have seen Leon Brocard's face when
London.pm LOST!). I wish I had one of those nice wizard hats, though....
As I started fading, I was in a heated discussion with Curtis Poe and Piers
Cawley about the best way to test to make sure that your individual code units,
well tested with programmer tests, fit together. I think we finally convinced
him, but I really wanted my bed at that point.
Then it was midnight and we missed the last train home and my brother and
sister-in-law are absolute saints for driving downtown to pick us up. Maybe
next year they'll build a hotel within walking distance of my house so I can
cut the commute from an hour to about two minutes. Ah, a man can dream. See
you tomorrow!


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Brooke LeStrange, daughter of Bellatrix.
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May the double life continue.
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[Summary of previous mails: we are discussing how/when to move openmotif to motif]. On 23-05-13 08:43, Luca Falavigna wrote: > 2013/5/22 Paul Gevers <firstname.lastname@example.com>: >> Ok. Then we just have to wait until the RT grants us a transition slot. >> Will keep you updated. > > I don't think we need it for openmotif -> motif, as long as motif is > ABI-compatible with openmotf. I kindly disagree except if we do it in non-free (although I might be wrong, but I like a statement from the RT on this). RT: isn't the move for (open)motif from non-free to main starting the transition of lesstif2 (libMrm.so.2.0.1 / libXm.so.2.0.1) to motif (libMrm.so.4.0.3 / libXm.so.4.0.3) automatically from your point of view. Paul
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Insurance 101: Considerations for Declaratory Judgment ActionsBy Shanda K. Pearson* – August 1, 2012
Declaratory judgment actions are one of the most common procedural mechanisms by which policyholders and insurers can proactively seek a determination regarding their respective rights and obligations under an insurance policy. In the words of the Georgia Court of Appeals, a declaratory judgment action "permit[s] one who is walking in the dark to ascertain where he is and where he is going, to turn on the light before he steps rather than after he has stepped in a hole."[1]
Although declaratory judgment actions are commonplace in insurance coverage litigation, there are a number of threshold issues and strategy concerns that should be considered before commencing such an action.
History, Applicable Statutes, and Rules
Declaratory judgments were recognized as remedies in the United States in the early 1900s. In 1922, the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws first adopted the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (UDJA). The UDJA states:
Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.[2]
The majority of states have adopted some version of the UDJA, providing for some level of national standardization of the declaratory judgment process. Most, but not all, states that have declined to adopt the UDJA have statutes that provide for declaratory judgments.[3] In states in which some form of the UDJA has been adopted, state rules of civil procedure generally govern declaratory judgment actions brought under state statute.[4]
In 1934, Congress enacted a federal statute, similar to the UDJA, which authorized federal courts to grant declaratory judgment relief,[5] although the Federal Declaratory Judgments Act does not provide an independent basis for federal jurisdiction.[6] The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure generally govern the procedure for obtaining a declaratory judgment in federal court.[7]
The Purpose of a Declaratory Judgment Action
Declaratory judgments are actions designed to resolve disputes "before the commission of wrongs"[8] and to "settle uncertainties prior to full-blown development."[9] Black's Law Dictionary defines "declaratory judgment" as follows:
[A] [s]tatutory remedy for the determination of a justiciable controversy where [a party] is in doubt as to his legal rights. A binding adjudication of the rights and status of litigants even though no consequential relief is awarded.[10]
In short, the purpose of a declaratory judgment action is to "settle important questions of law before the controversy has reached a more critical stage."[11] One commentator has observed that the declaratory judgment action recognizes that "[c]ourts should operate as preventive clinics as well as hospitals for the injured."[12]
Relevant to insurance coverage actions, the UDJA expressly provides that declaratory judgment actions are an appropriate mechanism for construing and interpreting contracts:
Any person interested under a . . . written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a . . . contract . . . may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the . . . contract . . . and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.[13]
The UDJA further provides that "[a] contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof."[14]
Thus, declaratory judgment actions can be used to resolve a variety of insurance coverage issues. Among such issues are whether an insurer has a duty to defend,[15] the existence of coverage for a particular claim,[16] whether a policy exclusion is applicable,[17] or the priority of coverage between two or more insurers.[18] In some jurisdictions, however, a declaratory judgment action is not an acceptable mechanism for seeking reformation of a policy.[19] In addition, some jurisdictionsdespite the above provision in the UDJAhave held that a declaratory judgment action is not appropriately brought by an insurer where the insurer has already denied coverage under an insurance policy.[20]
Declaratory Relief
A threshold issue that must be addressed prior to the commencement of a declaratory judgment action is whether a justiciable controversy exists.[21] While states may differ on what facts are required to determine that a justiciable controversy exists, all states require that a "justiciable controversy" exist before a party is entitled to commence a declaratory judgment action. To establish a justiciable controversy, a litigant must generally establish there is a present, substantial controversy between adverse parties with "legal interests susceptible to immediate resolution and capable of present judicial enforcement."[22] The UDJA "does not give a court the power to render advisory opinions or determine questions not essential to the decision of an actual controversy."[23]
When the policyholder has been sued and has tendered the claim to its insurer for a defense, the presence of a justiciable controversy is usually apparent. A more difficult issue arises, for example, when an insurer is aware of an accident that will likely give rise to a claim and wants to resolve the coverage question early, even before a claim is formally brought.
Alternatively, consider a situation in which a policyholder who is being provided a defense by one carrier indicates an intent to claim coverage against a second carrier. Under such circumstances, whether a justiciable controversy exists with respect to the second carrier is a close question. With respect to a declaratory judgment action brought by a policyholder against its excess insurer, the court's decision will likely turn on whether it is reasonably likely that the claims against the excess carrier will mature. For example, in In re Pettibone Corp.,[24] the court held there was no justiciable controversy with respect to a duty to defend where it was improbable, based on the facts of the case, that the excess insurer would be called upon to undertake the defense.[25] Where the declaratory judgment action is between two insurers, courts have reached different conclusions.[26]
Commencing a Declaratory Judgment Action
Assuming there is a justiciable controversy, a party commencing a declaratory judgment action should consider the forum in which the action should be commenced and what state's law will apply. If, for example, a Minnesota resident is involved in an accident in Wisconsin potentially governed by a policy issued in Arizona, forum and choice of law become critical concerns, particularly where state law differs on an outcome-determinative issue.
Choice of Law
Assuming the insurance contract itself does not designate what state's substantive law will be applied in the event of a dispute between the parties, the first step in any choice of law analysis is to determine whether a conflict exists between the potentially applicable insurance coverage laws of different states. A choice of law analysis is necessary only when the "choice of one state's law over another's creates an actual conflict"[27] or when the law of one state is uncertain and there is a potential for conflict. In addition, a choice of law analysis is necessary only if the law of both states is capable of being constitutionally applied.[28]
The choice of forum, further discussed below, may have a major impact on what state's law will be applied to a controversy because of the possibility that a court may be inclined to apply the law of its own forum. In addition, different states use different tests to determine what state's law will govern where there is a conflict of law. Among these tests are the lex loci contractus doctrine, the "choice influencing" test, and the test from the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws.
Under the lex loci contractus doctrine, the court would apply the law of the state where the insurance contract had been entered into. While the doctrine has been criticized as being outdated and inflexible,[29] at least 10 states still apply itAlabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.[30]
Since 1973, a few courts, including Minnesota, have adopted Professor Robert Leflar's five-factor choice-of-law test in contract cases. This test, sometimes referred to as the "choice influencing consideration" test or the "better-law" approach, requires a court to consider five factors to determine which state's law to apply: (1) predictability of results, (2) maintenance of interstate and international order, (3) simplification of the judicial task, (4) advancement of the forum's governmental interests, and (5) application of the better rule of law.[31]
The first two factors are generally the most significant. The first factor, predictability of results, is intended to fulfill the parties' "justified expectations" about what law they believed would be applied to a controversy.[32] Under this factor the residency of the insured and the place where the insurance policy was entered into are seen as factors that would have affected the parties' expectations about what law would be applied. This first factor often weighs heavily toward applying the law of the insured's domicile in a coverage declaratory judgment action.[33] As to the second factor, courts frequently look to what state has the most significant contacts with the facts of the case and analyze the issue of forum shopping.[34]
The majority of jurisdictions, however, have adopted the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws test in contract actions.[35] Some of the states that have adopted at least some portion of the Second Restatement test are Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Utah, and Washington. Although the framework for a choice of law analysis is set forth in section 6 of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws,[36] when applied to insurance contracts, the principles from section 6 are of secondary importance to Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws sections 188 and 193.[37] Section 193 provides that the validity of rights created under a fire, surety, or casualty insurance policy
are determined by the local law of the state which the parties understood was to be the principal location of the insured risk during the term of the policy, unless with respect to the particular issue, some other state has a more significant relationship . . . to the transaction and the parties. . . .
In the absence of a principal location of the insured risk, section 188 sets forth the following factors to consider: the place of contracting; the place of negotiation of the contract; the place of performance; the location of the subject matter of the contract; and the domicile, residence, nationality, place of incorporation, and place of business of the parties. In some situations, the section 188 factors may even outweigh the principal location of the insured risk.[38] Of note, under the Second Restatement test, a choice of law provision in an insurance contract may not necessarily govern.[39]
States not adopting one of the aforementioned tests generally use combinations and variations of the lex loci and choice-influencing rules or rely on a "significant contacts" test similar to the minimum contacts analysis used in determining personal jurisdiction.[40]
Regardless of the test actually used, however, courts' decisions on choice of law issues are sometimes hard to predict. Frequently, the substantive law of the policyholder's domicile, which is normally where the insurance contract was entered into, will apply to an insurance coverage declaratory judgment action. It is also important to remember that procedural matters, such as the applicable statute of limitations, will be governed by the law of the forum state irrespective of the outcome of any choice of law questions.
Choice of Forum
After determining which state is most likely to apply the law that is favorable to a party's position, it is also necessary to consider whether that forum state has the requisite personal jurisdiction over the parties. Personal jurisdiction and choice of law inquiries are not the same.[41] Personal jurisdiction is the power of the tribunal to subject and bind a particular entity to its decisions.[42] If the party against whom the action is brought is domiciled within the state, the court will have jurisdiction. When the party is a nonresident, courts will look to the state's long-arm statute to determine whether personal jurisdiction exists.
In addition to whether the forum has personal jurisdiction over the parties, consideration should be given to whether the opposing party will be able to successfully move for dismissal or a change of venue on forum non conveniens grounds. A party moving to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds must show two things: (1) the existence of an adequate alternative forum and (2) that the balance of private and public interest factors favor dismissal.[43] Whether or not there is an alternative forum will depend on whether the defendant is "amenable to process in the other jurisdiction."[44] When balancing the private and public interest factors, the private factors that may be considered include the residence of the witnesses and parties; costs of bringing witnesses and parties to the place of trial; access to sources of proof; and "other practical issues that make trial of a case, easy, expeditious and inexpensive."[45] The public interest factors include local interest in resolving the controversy, administrative difficulties for local courts, and preference for having a forum apply law with which it is familiar.[46]
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1406, a federal case may be transferred to a more convenient forum, rather than dismissed, if the transfer is in the interest of justice. Transfer is limited to districts in which the case could have originally been brought.
Naming Parties in a Declaratory Judgment Action
Most declaratory judgment statutes provide that all persons having an interest in the outcome of a declaratory action should be included in the action. What constitutes "having an interest" in the outcome, and whether a party is a necessary party or just a proper party, is often unclear.
Section 11 of the UDJA provides, in pertinent part:
When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding.
The UDJA does not distinguish between persons who are necessary parties and persons who are merely proper parties. The cases applying section 11 to varying factual situations, however, do make that distinction and have raised some confusion as to whether section 11 is mandatory in jurisdictions that have adopted it.[47] Regardless, some courts in jurisdictions that have adopted section 11 view a failure to name as parties all persons whose interests would be affected as a non-waivable jurisdictional flaw.[48] Others have held that that a court may not enter judgment in a declaratory judgment action until all persons who have an interest in the controversy are named as parties.[49]
In the typical case, the policyholder who would be affected by the relief sought would have to be named as a defendant in a declaratory judgment action. More difficult is determining whether to name other partiesincluding but not limited to the plaintiff or other defendants in the underlying lawsuit, and other primary or excess insurersin the declaratory judgment action.
Whether the plaintiff in the underlying action is a necessary party in an insurance coverage declaratory judgment action is the subject of much debate. Some argue that because the plaintiff's ability to recover from the defendant insured may be dependent on whether there is insurance available, the plaintiff has an "interest" in the outcome and so is a necessary party in an insurance coverage declaratory judgment action.[50] Pennsylvania courts, and many other jurisdictions, routinely dismiss declaratory judgment actions if the plaintiff in the underlying action is not a named party in the declaratory action.[51]
There are arguments in support of the opposite conclusion. Most declaratory judgment statutes require the joinder of all persons with "any interest that would be affected by the declaration," but because the declaratory judgment action is a contract action and because the plaintiff in the underlying action is not a party to the contract, one could argue that the plaintiff has no interest in the declaratory judgment action. In addition, because the plaintiff's interest in finding coverage is adequately protected by the presence of the policyholder, who is equally interested in establishing coverage, it could be argued that naming the plaintiff is unnecessary.
Failure to name the plaintiff, however, could result in two separate declaratory judgment actions or otherwise relitigating identical coverage issues. In Krohn v. Gardner,[52] the Nebraska court held that the claimant was not bound by a previous finding of no coverage in a declaratory action between the insurance company and the policyholder. The court reasoned that although the policyholder and the claimant had similar goals (establishing coverage), this did not make them "privies" and so the claimant was not bound.[53]
In addition to satisfying concerns stemming from section 11 of the UDJA, there are other factors that should be considered when deciding whether to name additional parties in a declaratory judgment action. The preferred forum for the declaratory judgment action may lack jurisdiction over the plaintiff or defendants in the underlying action. But if the preferred forum is federal court, a greater number of parties increases the possibility of destroying diversity jurisdiction. Finally, litigating a case with fewer parties can be easier and less costly.
In short, the decision of what parties to name in a declaratory judgment action should involve a careful legal and costs-benefit analysis.
Timing and Coordination of Actions
Additional issues that may need to be considered when deciding whether to bring a declaratory judgment action involve the timing of and coordination between the declaratory judgment action and the underlying liability action. One question that frequently arises is whether issues raised in the underlying action may be resolved first in the declaratory judgment action. Consider a situation in which an insurer has accepted defense under a reservation of rights in a claim that alleges both negligence and intentional conduct against the insured. The insurer may want to initiate a declaratory judgment action and proceed quickly to a determination that the conduct of the insured was intentional and thus not covered under the policy, thereby ending its defense obligation. May the issue of intent be resolved in the declaratory judgment action before the underlying action is concluded?
The majority of jurisdictions hold that where the question to be resolved in the declaratory judgment action between the insurer and the insured will be decided in the main, underlying action, the trial court may not resolve that issue in the declaratory judgment action; it must be left for resolution in the underlying action.[54] Thus, a declaratory judgment action can proceed before the insured's liability is determined in the underlying action when the issues in the two actions are independent and separable.[55] For example, if an individual is sued for injuring someone, and a coverage dispute arises over whether the defendant is a resident of the named insured's household and so qualifies as an insured, the residency issue could be resolved in the declaratory action before the underlying case is complete because the issue of residency is unrelated to the issue of liability in the underlying lawsuit.[56] If the issues in the two cases are not exactly the same, though closely related, the parties are entitled to a declaratory judgment establishing coverage or the lack thereof.
Courts cite several reasons for the rule that the declaratory judgment action may not resolve issues that will be decided in the main action. The majority rule "prevents duplicative proceedings, may allow the insured his choice of forum, and avoids the danger of inconsistent judgments."[57]
Additional reasons for the majority rule arise from fundamental notions of fairness. First, courts have prohibited the insurer from proceeding in a declaratory judgment action while the underlying action is unresolved because, by proceeding, the insurer defeats its insured's expectation of protection for which it paid a premium.[58]
Second, courts are concerned about the possible collateral estoppel or prejudicial effect that a judgment or finding in the declaratory judgment action might have on the underlying action. In effect, if the insurer was permitted to establish the insured's liability in the declaratory action, the insurer would be providing the plaintiff in the underlying action the tools to seek a directed verdict against the insured in the underlying action.[59] General notions of fairness are of particular concern when the insurer is representing an insured in the underlying matter at the same time it is attempting to establish facts that may lead to the insured's liability. This frequently comes into play in situations in which an insurer argues that an intentional acts exclusion bars coverage for a claim. One commentator explains this concern as follows:
In a nutshell, the problem is that if the insurer is permitted to pursue the declaratory action prior to the disposition of the underlying claim, then the insurer will be seeking to prove in the declaratory action that the insured committed an intentional tort, which is contrary to the insured's interests in the tort action.[60]
In fact, in some jurisdictions, an insurer that raises coverage defenses in a declaratory judgment action may lose its right to control the defense and any settlement of the underlying claim.[61] This is because of an apparent conflict between the policyholder and the insurer.
Third, courts are concerned about the possible prejudice to the insured by being placed in the position having to fight a two-front warone against the plaintiff in the underlying action and one against the insurer in the declaratory judgment action.[62]
There is, however, contrary authority. In some jurisdictions, courts will allow a declaratory judgment action to proceed first even though it involves resolution of the same issues involved in the underlying action.[63] In Metro Property & Liability Insurance v. Kirkwood, an insurer brought a declaratory judgment action against an insured's widow and estate seeking a determination that the insured acted intentionally, not negligently, in shooting his stepson and wife. The First Circuit allowed the declaratory judgment action to proceed, despite a pending tort suit brought by the insured's wife against his estate, because resolving the coverage matter first would avoid any conflict of interest between the insurer and the insured at the underlying trial.[64]
In sum, it is important to determine how a potentially applicable jurisdiction resolves this issue to avoid a potential stay or dismissal of, and incurring unnecessary costs related to, a declaratory judgment action.
Declaratory judgment actions are a commonly used vehicle for policyholders and insurers to seek important legal determinations regarding their rights and obligations under insurance policies. Rather than falling into routine practices in commencing such actions, however, insurance coverage litigants must remember to give significant consideration to the above issues, prior to commencing suit, to improve their chances of success and decrease the possibility ofor at least be able to anticipatemotion practice seeking dismissal of the action or other remedies with respect to the action.
Keywords: insurance coverage, litigation, Declaratory judgment actions, declaratory judgment relief, Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, choice of forum
Shanda Pearson is a shareholder with the Minneapolis litigation firm of Bassford Remele.
* Shanda Pearson is a shareholder with the Minneapolis litigation firm of Bassford Remele, concentrating a substantial portion of her practice in insurance coverage. Ms. Pearson graduated magna cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law. She has been selected to the Minnesota Rising Stars list and was named an Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer.
[1] Farm & Home Life Ins. Co. v. Skelton, 510 S.E.2d 76, 77 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998) (citation and quotation omitted).
[3] But see, e.g., Sumrall v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 339 So. 2d 568 (Miss. 1976) (dismissing claim because jurisdiction did not specifically authorize declaratory judgment).
[4] See, e.g., Minn. R. Civ. P. 57.
[6] See Wilton v. Seven Falls Co., 515 U.S. 277, 288 (1995) ("By the [Federal] Declaratory Judgments Act, Congress sought to place a remedial arrow in the district court's quiver; it created an opportunity, rather than a duty, to grant a new form of relief to qualifying litigants."); Brillhart v. Excess Ins. Co. of Am., 316 U.S. 491, 494 (1942) ("Although the District Court had jurisdiction of the suit under the Federal Declaratory Judgments Act, . . . it was under no compulsion to exercise that jurisdiction.").
[8] Midwest Motor Express, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters, 512 N.W.2d 881, 884 (Minn. 1994).
[9] Holiday Acres No. 3 v. Midwest Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Minneapolis, 271 N.W.2d 445, 447 (Minn. 1978).
[10] Black's Law Dictionary 846 (7th ed. 1999); see also Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Morgan, 263 S.W.3d 827, 836 (Tenn. 2008) (citing 26 C.J.S. Declaratory Judgments § 1 (2001)) ( "'Declaratory judgments' are so named because they proclaim the rights of the litigants without ordering execution or performance.").
[11] Colonial Pipeline, 263 S.W.3d at 836 (citing 26 C.J.S. Declaratory Judgments § 3 (2001)).
[12] Colonial Pipeline, 263 S.W.3d at 836 (quoting Henry R. Gibson, Gibson's Suits in Chancery § 545 (6th ed. 1982)).
[15] St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Seagate Tech., Inc., 570 N.W.2d 503 (Minn. Ct. App. 1997).
[16] Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 691 S.E.2d 487 (S.C. Ct. App. 2010).
[17] Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Moore, 912 S.W.2d 531 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995).
[18] West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 776 N.W.2d 693 (Minn. 2009).
[19] Compare U.S. Guarantee Co. v. Harrison & Owen Produce Co., 198 So. 240 (Ala. 1940) (holding action for reformation of policy on basis of mutual mistake presents justiciable controversy under UDJA), with Danson v. George Washington Life Ins. Co., 237 So. 2d 774 (Fla. Ct. App. 1970) (holding claim for reformation of policy not within purview of the declaratory judgment statute).
[20] Builders Ins. Group, Inc. v. Ker–Wil Enters., Inc., 618 S.E.2d 160 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005) (upholding dismissal of declaratory judgment action when insurance company had already denied coverage).
[21] Lavely v. Heafner, 976 S.W.2d 896 (Tex. Ct. App. 1998); Winter v. Gnaizda, 152 Cal. Rptr. 700 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979); Watson v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 675 N.Y.S.2d 367 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998); see also Rice Lake Contracting Corp. v. Rust Env't & Infrastructure, Inc., 549 N.W.2d 96, 99 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996) ("The only prerequisite for a court's exercise of jurisdiction in declaratory judgment actions is the presence of a 'justiciable controversy.'").
[22] Prof'l Firefighters Ass'n of Omaha v. City of Omaha, 803 N.W.2d 17, 26 (Neb. 2011).
[23] Brandvold v. Lewis & Clark Pub. Sch. Dist. No. 161, 803 N.W.2d 827, 830 (N.D. 2011).
[24] 121 B.R. 801, 805806 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1990).
[25] See also, e.g., Bankers Trust Co. v. Old Republic Ins. Co., 959 F.2d 677 (7th Cir. 1992); E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. v. Accident & Cas. Ins. Co., 853 F. Supp. 98 (S.D.N.Y. 1994) (considering whether excess coverage would likely be implicated).
[26] See, e.g., Provident Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Transamerica-Occidental Life Ins. Co., 850 F.2d 1489 (11th Cir. 1988) (determining no case or controversy existed for action between consecutive insurers in which insured was not named as a party); Fremont Indem. Co. v. Cal. Nat'l Physician's Ins. Co., 954 F. Supp. 1399 (C.D. Cal. 1997) (holding declaratory relief appropriate in declaratory judgment action between consecutive insurers).
[27] Jepson v. Gen. Cas. Co. of Wis., 513 N.W.2d 467, 469 (Minn. 1994).
[28] Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague, 449 U.S. 302, 312–13 (1981) (requiring sufficient contact with the parties and the occurrence or transaction such that the choice of law is neither arbitrary nor capricious).
[29] Randy Maniloff & Jeffrey Stempel, General Liability Insurance Coverage, Key Issues in Every State 19 (Oxford Univ. Press 2011).
[30] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 19.
[31] Milkovich v. Saari, 203 N.W.2d 408, 412 (Minn. 1973).
[32] Lommen v. City of E. Grand Forks, 522 N.W.2d 148, 150 (Minn. Ct. App. 1994).
[33] See Jepson v. Gen. Cas. Co. of Wis., 513 N.W.2d 467, 470–71 (Minn. 1994).
[34] Jepson, 513 N.W.2d at 470–71.
[35] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 19.
[36] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 19–20.
[37] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 20 (citations omitted).
[38] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 20 (citations omitted).
[39] Maniloff & Stempel, supra note 29, at 21 (citing Restatement (Second) of Conflicts of Law § 193 cmt. e ("Effect will frequently not be given to a choice-of-law provision in a contract of fire, surety, or casualty insurance which designates a state whose local law gives the insured less protection than he would receive under the otherwise applicable law."); Industrial Indem. Ins. Co. v. United States, 757 F.3d 982 (9th Cir. 1985) (declining to apply Illinois choice-of-law clause to policy having no relationship to Illinois).
[40] See Sec. Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Kevin Tucker & Assocs., 64 F.3d 1001, 1005 (6th Cir. 1995).
[41] Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hague, 449 U.S. 302, 320 n.3 (1981) ("The two questions presented by the choice-of-law issue arise only after it is assumed or established that the defendant's contacts with the forum State are sufficient to support personal jurisdiction.").
[42] Concordia Teachers Coll. v. Neb. Dep't of Labor, 563 N.W.2d 345, 348 (Neb. 1997).
[43] Lockman Found. v. Evangelical Alliance Mission, 930 F.2d 764, 767 (9th Cir. 1991).
[44] Lockman Foundation, 930 F.2d at 768.
[45] Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 508 (1947), superseded by statute on other grounds.
[46] Lockman, 930 F.2d at 771.
[47] See H. H. Henry, Annotation, "Construction, Application, and Effect of § 11 of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act That All Persons Who Have or Claim Any Interest Which Would Be Affected By the Declaration Shall Be Made Parties," 71 A.L.R.2d 723 § 2 (1960 & Supp.).
[48] Henry, supra note 47.
[49] Henry, supra note 47.
[50] See Fire Ins. Exch. v. Basten, 549 N.W.2d 690, 698–99 (Wis. 1996) (requiring the plaintiff and anyone else with a claim against the insured in the underlying action to be named as a party in the declaratory judgment action); see also Soc'y of Mt. Carmel v. Nat'l Ben Franklin Ins. Co., 643 N.E.2d 1280, 1284–85 (Ill. Ct. App. 1994) (the tort claimant in an underlying action is a necessary party to a declaratory judgment action brought to determine insurance coverage for that claim); Royal Indem. Co. v Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 155 A.2d 270, 272 (N.J. 1959) (holding judgment in a declaratory judgment action involving two potential insurers should not have been entered without the joinder as parties of persons who had been riding in the vehicle and were injured in the accident).
[51] See Vale Chem. Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 516 A.2d 684 (Pa. 1986) (dismissing lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the injured party was not joined); see also Davis J. Howard, "Declaratory Judgment Coverage Actions: A Multistate Survey and Analysis and State Versus Federal Law Comparison," 21 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 13 (1994).
[52] 471 N.W.2d 391 (Neb. 1991), appeal after remand, 533 N.W.2d 95 (Neb. 1995).
[53] Krohn, 471 N.W.2d 391; see also Howard, supra note 51, at 33 (discussing Krohn).
[54] See State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Finney, 770 P.2d 460, 464 (Kan. 1989); Fid. & Cas. Co. of N.Y. v. Envirodyne Eng'rs, Inc., 461 N.E.2d 471 (Ill. App. Ct. 1983); Hartford Ins. Grp. v. District Court, 625 P.2d 1013 (Colo. 1981); Thornton v. Paul, 384 N.E.2d 335 (Ill. 1978), overruled on other grounds, Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Savickas, 739 N.E.2d 445 (Ill. 2000); Brohawn v. Transamerica Ins. Co., 347 A.2d 842 (Md. 1975).
[55] See, e.g., State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Pfiel, 710 N.E.2d 100, 103–104 (Ill. Ct. App. 1999) (declaratory action could proceed before underlying claim resolved where issue in declaratory action required determination of whether insured's use of automobile to confine and kill an occupant involved the "ownership, maintenance or use" of an automobile, an issue not crucial in the determination of liability in the underlying case).
[56] See Haskel, Inc. v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. Rptr. 2d 520, 529 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). ("It is only where there is no potential conflict between the trial of the coverage dispute and the underlying action that an insurer can obtain an early trial date on resolution of its claim that coverage does not exist.").
[57] Metro. Prop. & Liab. Ins. Co. v. Kirkwood, 729 F.2d 61, 63–64 (1st Cir. 1984).
[58] See, e.g., Hartford, 625 P.2d at 1016 ; Terra Nova Ins. Co. v. 900 Bar, Inc., 887 F.2d 1213, 1225 (3d Cir. 1989) ("The insured could not possibly have anticipated that the very resources for which he bargained would be turned against him and used to establish his liability whenever [an] intentional tort was alleged.").
[59] See, e.g., Thornton, 384 N.E.2d at 346.
[60] 16 Lee R. Russ & Thomas F. Segalla, Couch on Insurance § 227:37 (3d ed. 2005) (citing A.M. Posner, "Prematurity of Declaratory Judgment Actions; Does State or Federal Law Apply?," 25 Brief 15 (Fall 1995)).
[61] See Burd v. Sussex Mut. Ins. Co., 267 A.2d 7 (N.J. 1970).
[62] See Haskel, Inc. v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. Rptr. 2d 520 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995).
[63] See Metro. Prop. & Liab. Ins. Co. v. Kirkwood, 729 F.2d 61 (1st Cir. 1984); Stout v. Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co., 307 F.2d 521 (4th Cir. 1962); Alan Posner, "Prematurity of Declaratory Judgment Actions, Does State or Federal Law Apply?," 25 Brief 15 (Fall 1995).
[64] Kirkwood, 729 F.2d at 63–64 (citing Stout v. Grain Dealers Mut. Ins. Co., 307 F.2d 521 (4th Cir. 1962) (upholding district court's decision not to dismiss a declaratory judgment action when a conflict of interest existed that would have prevented the insurance company from managing the insured's defense in an underlying tort suit)).


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Cesc Fabregas has set his sights on concluding Arsenal's three-year trophy drought after helping Spain end almost half-a-century of waiting for international success.
Spain lifted their first piece of silverware since the 1964 European Championship as they defeated Germany 1-0 in the final of Euro 2008 on Sunday.
Fabregas started the match at Ernst Happel Stadium and the midfielder is now keen for glory at club level after admitting his delight at Spain's European victory.
The 21-year-old was part of the Arsenal side which defeated Manchester United on penalties in the 2005 FA Cup final, the Gunners' last trophy, and he admits it is time Arsene Wenger's men had their hands on more silverware.
"Now, next year, I want to win trophies with Arsenal, this is my target," said Fabregas
"I finally made something at a young age, I never expected it to be with Spain. Now I want to do it with Arsenal."
The Gunners have been criticised for favouring aesthetic style over success in recent years, but Fabregas believes Spain's free-flowing victory proves the pair can be combined.
"At Arsenal we have more or less the same quality of game (as Spain) so hopefully the football will also get better and better for Arsenal," added Fabregas.
Meanwhile, Arsenal boss Wenger expects his young team to demonstrate a winning attitude after promising to deliver in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League last season, before falling in way in the latter stages.
"In life you need to be patient to get to the very top, and don't forget some players do not start to win until they are 28 or 29 and we have many players who are still under 25," Wenger told the official Arsenal magazine.
"I still believe we have created something special here, through the vision we have for the game, through the vision we have for the club and through the togetherness we have in the dressing room.
"Maybe we have the feeling that we deserve something this season and we did not get reward for our work, but when you are a winner you come back."


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Sidney Austin Pernot Papers, 1873-1955 UALR.MS.0234
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Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence to and from Sidney A. Pernot (1857-1938), a family man and an active member in the Episcopal Church in Van Buren, and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Pernot (1890-1987), concerning their family and church life in Van Buren (1873-1955). Also included are legal documents related to the Pernots' land and property.
The collection mentions changes in Van Buren toward the turn of the century, such as building a road from Van Buren to Fort Smith in 1878, and constructing a bridge and railroad. The collection also reflects Pernot's active life in the Trinity Episcopal Church in Van Buren, including correspondence from the Right Reverend Henry N. Pierce, the first diocesan bishop of Arkansas.
Biographical Note
Sidney Austin Pernot was born in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, 1857 December, the last of four children born to Dr. Henri Charles Etienne Pernot and Emily Annie Sargeant Pernot. His father hailed from France, while his mother was from Illinois.
Dr. Henri Pernot received his education from the Royal University of Poitiers and the Ecole de Medicine in Paris, France, and graduated in 1847. Afterward, he arrived in America where he continued his education at the Saint Louis Medical College and graduated from this institution in 1851. In this same year, he married Emily Annie Sargeant, daughter of Dr. Ichabod Sargeant and descendant of Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The couple moved to Van Buren, Arkansas in 1852 and Dr. Pernot established a medical practice for which he was acknowledged as a good physician. He served as one of the presidents of Crawford County Medical Association and was Senior Warden of Trinity Episcopal Church. In 1861, Dr. Pernot was appointed chief surgeon of the Confederate hospital in Van Buren and served as Assistant Surgeon of the Confederate States Army at Van Buren General Hospital until 1863 May 2. Dr. Pernot and his wife Emily A. S. Pernot lived in Van Buren and died in 1881 and 1905, respectively.
Sidney A. Pernot married Mary Henry Lacy on 1883 October 3 in his hometown of Van Buren. The couple had two children, Mary Elizabeth Pernot in 1885 and Henri Charles Stephen Pernot in 1893. Pernot worked as an assistant cashier at the First National Bank in Van Buren.
In 1919, Pernot was named chairman of the Finance Committee for Crawford County to help plan the celebration of the Arkansas Territorial Centennial.
Sidney Austin Pernot died in 1938 at the age of 81. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren.
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