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Next Wonders of the World exhibition announced!
Our Wonders of the World exhibition is returning next school holidays! And after the recent Oscars's stuff ups we couldn't resist having a bit of fun with the reveal of our next location. Tickets go on sale this Friday 3rd March. Watch the reveal here:
Wonders of the World Launched!
I'm so excited to be able to finally share the news about the show we've been building towards for over a year! The world premiere of Wonders of the World will be in Brisbane from 23rd November. We will be there until the 14th Dec, after which we move onto our Australian tour heading to Sydney, […]
LEGO TARDIS timelapse
Check out the timelapse video of the life-size LEGO® TARDIS we built last year that appeared on Bondi Beach in Sydney! 75,000 bricks, 400 kilos and 300 hours!
Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas!
Easily the tallest model I have ever made standing 10m tall. 450,000 bricks and weighing in at 3,500 kilograms.
Everything about this tree and its surrounding models is epic, featured int he Pitt Street mall in Sydney until Dec 27th.
The light and sound show is at 8pm, 8.15pm, 8.30pm and 8.45pm every night.
If you are really keen you can see the behind the scenes timelapse of how we build it
And for more great pictures of the tree don't forget to check out my Flickr page.
May the 4th be with you
Last year saw us complete a 3m tall Yoda for May the 4th, this year we went a little bit further, a world record 4.6m tall Darth Vader!
One of my colleagues from the USA Dan Steininger came down under and together we managed to pull off the worlds largest LEGO darth vader.
Thanks to everyone who came out to help out we had a blast.
Some stop motion
I've had a few LEGO stop motion jobs of late, here's one I did some work on.
Click on the picture to head over to YouTube.
ABC Time lapse Video!
Another Time lapse Mosaic, this time a proof of concept for the ABC. Thier Kids logo done in medium scale, some of the details are not correct but i wanted to show how it would and could look when done, it does of course need correct lighting and some colour adjustement, but none the less […]
Welcome a new client: Sapience
I would like to welcome aboard a new client, Sapience Financial Services. Sapience have engaged with me a project that involves several different mini projects: Desktop Custom set (4WD ute and trailer) with Sapience printed branding. including custom developed instructions and packaging. Sapience Man – A series of custom printed minifigs with thier logo and […]


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Sunday, August 26, 2012
U is for: Umami Burger {Restaurant Review}
So when someone on Twitter recently asked me about my favorite place to get a burger in San Francisco, I couldn't pick just one. I suggested Marlowe, NOPA, and Mission Bowling Club. Not quite cracking the top 3, but definitely my new addition to the list: Umami Burger on Union Street in San Francisco.
If you're thinking to yourself, "I thought that was an L.A. thing?" You're kind of right. They have a ton of locations in the Los Angeles area, but this is the first in Northern California.
Before we get to the burgers, let's talk sides. We got the beet salad just so we could feel somewhat healthy. And actually, as far as salads go, I really liked it. It was a truffled beet salad with truffled ricotta, smoked almonds, roasted beets, wild baby arugula and truffle dressing. But c'mon, you don't care about the beet salad.
You care about the TRUFFLE CHEESY FRIES. These were not on the menu, but offered as a special on the "secret menu." Ummmmmm. I'm not joking when I say these were....
The. Best. Fries. Of. My. Life.
And honestly, they sort of stole the show a little. And you should probably go get some...like, now. They make the truffle cheese in-house, and it was creamy and melty and adequately blanketing the crispy french fries, making them the most delicious and decadent fries ever. I even liked them better than the PT Fries at Park Tavern, and that's saying a lot.
We also got the sweet potato fries. They were almost like having dessert because they were sprinkled with sweet salt...whatever that is. Sounds like an oxymoron if you ask me. (Guessing some combo of sugar and salt). Regardless, they were also tasty and I enjoyed dunking them in the spicy house-made diablo sauce. Also, just for the record, I've heard amazing things about the cheesy tator tots, but we did not order them.
Before we get to the burgers, let me take this opportunity to apologize for the hazy "halo" photos. I recently had to swap out my iPhone for a new one and guess who forgot to take the protective coating off of the back of the phone? Yup. This girl. Not my finest photography moment. It's OK, I'm dealing with it.
Instead of focusing on the photo...let's focus on what was IN the photo. DELICIOUSNESS. In fact, "Umami" in Japanese means "savory" and that's what their menu is built around. The burger on the left was mine, and it's the Greenbird. It's Diestel Farms turkey, crushed avocado, green cheese (again, what is that?), butter lettuce and sprouts. It kinda sorta makes you feel like you're eating healthy, even though you're probably not. Despite me ordering a turkey burger at a burger joint, I was really happy with my selection. I also really adored the buttery bun that was toasted with perfection and I even loved the "U" stamped on top.
Devon, our gluten free friend, got the Hatch burger minus the buttery bun. It came with roasted hatch chiles and housemade American cheese. Devon's selections were a little limited with the sauces, sides, etc. I'm actually surprised a place like this wouldn't offer a gluten-free bun of some sort or use Tamari instead of soy sauce when possible.
Our favorite burger, and the one special to the Union Street location is the bacon wrapped scallop burger. I was half-expecting to see some sort of giant sea scallop of some sort, but it's actually scallops mixed with scallions, wrapped in bacon and topped with pork belly, sweet chili sauce, and yuzu garlic aioli. OK...whoever decided it was a good idea to slap pork belly on top of a scallop should be given a prize of some sort. It was so good, I almost forgot the photos turned out all weird and hazy. (OK, so I'm not over it).
Anyways, I will be going back, and two things that will be on the repeat-order list: the bacon wrapped scallop burger and the truffle cheese fries. I would also like to check out the Truffle Burger, which also uses the truffle cheese, along with a truffle glaze. (They apparently like their truffles here). Oh, and the cheesy tots. See what I mean?!? Decisions are the worst.
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I think of a burger being plain as in just the standard basics. Never thought of it being dressed up with "chef like" care. Don't get me wrong standard basics are fine as is but I see a SF trip being formed to try out this place. Don't worry the photos get the message across of how good the food looks.ReplyDelete
- @22DavidSilvaAugust 24, 2012 at 3:38 AM
Your conversational writing and sense of humor cracks me up. I have a feeling you could make a trip to 7-Eleven for hotdogs worth while. Thanks for all the 94123 love. Glad not everyone hates my 'hood.ReplyDelete
Yesterday I had the Hatch Burger at Umami-catessen in downtown LA for lunch and then the Truffle and Umami Burger from the SF location for dinner ;) I haven't had the fries or tots yet. I will have to check those out next time for sure!ReplyDelete
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I know what I want to name my daughter! Amrita! It's the perfect name for a girl… or a Cambodian wife 😉 Haha.
For those of you not familiar, Amrita is also a word for female ejaculation or squirting. It comes from the tantric tradition but I am betting that most people would not put that together and just think, "Amrita, that's a beautiful name." And it is. Squirting is the most beautiful thing ever. And naming my girl after a squirting orgasm is just about the best name that ever existed.
Besides, I don't think I'd be legally allowed to call her "Cumshot" and that just doesn't sound as pretty. 😉
Hmmm, I might be able to get away with Shejaculate but that sounds more like a vampire name to me. :/ I could make that her middle name…
Oh, I think I published a post on Amrita…yes, "Amrita: Sacred Female Ejaculation" explaining Amrita in detail. (It is kind of odd…that post got barely any hits…1019 only! So weird how that works. Other posts have 100-200k views and that one…left out in the cold :'( ) Tantric energy is soooo cool and more people should know about it…but you can lead a whore-ta-culture but you can't make her think. (That was the best answer ever to: "Use horticulture in a sentence"). B-)


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Office of the Prosecutor
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia,
Judge Theodor Meron, President of the ICTY
John Hocking, Registrar of the ICTY
Judges of ICTY: Carmel Agius, Koffi Kumelio Afande, Jean Claude Antonetti, Guy Delvoie, Christoph Flugge, Mehmet Guney, Burton Hall, Khalida Rachid Khan, O-Gon Kwon, Liu Daqun, Bakone Justice Moloto, Howard Morrison, Mandiaye Niang, Alphons M.M. Orie, Fausto Pocar, Arlette Ramaroson, Patrick Lipton Robinson, William Hussein Sekule, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Melville Baird, Flavia Latanzi, Kesia-Mbe Mindua
Dear Prosecutor Brammertz,
On behalf of the victims of the international conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and genocide of her citizens; on behalf of Americans and Canadians and their organisations, friends of truth and justice; on behalf of the call for the necessity to return the practices of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upon the path of justice and fairness, the Institute for the Research of Genocide, Canada would like to express its resolute support for the motion filed by your office on February 3, 2014 before the ICTY Appeals Chamber requesting that it reconsider its acquittal of the former Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Army Momcilo Perisic for aiding and abetting crimes committed in Sarajevo and Srebrenica between 1993 and 1995. We could not agree more with the assertion in your motion that "the erroneous reversal of Mr. Perisic's lawful convictions and 27 year sentence must be corrected to redress the grave injustice caused to the tens of thousands of men, women and children killed or injured in Sarajevo and Srebrenica and to their families."
We agree that the revision of the Judgment in the case of the former Chief of Staff of the Army of Yugoslavia, a certain Perisic, is necessary due to the following considerations:
1. In a separate opinion with respect to the Judgment to exonerate Perisic, Justice Liu warns that the criteria of "a specific direction" which was the basis for the majority to annul the Judgment at the first instance, has not been applied in a principled or judicial fashion in court practices and does not represent the necessary condition of proving the individual criminal responsibility for aiding and abetting crime.
2. Insistence upon "a specific direction" substantially raises the onus of proof and enables those who consciously aid and abet the gravest crimes to evade responsibility. The various standards of proof within international law during the ascertaining of the individual criminal responsibility in given cases are in conflict with the universal legal principle of equality and, as such, ought to be disallowed. Introducing the legal standard of "a test of specific direction" brings about a conscious and deliberate narrowing of the criminal responsibility of the commanders, and fosters the culture of non-punishment for the gravest crimes against humanity and violations of international law, and is condemned by the civilized world.
3. The court practices of the ICTY point out that culpability for aiding and abetting can be ascertained even without conditions that actions of the indicted be necessarily oriented to crimes. Perisic's actions are examples of behaviour which qualifies as aiding and abetting crime. Even if the "specific direction" were a necessary condition for proving aiding and abetting, the exonerating Judgement would not have been adequate given the continuous nature of aid which Perisic used to give to the Army of the Republic of Srpska. In the cases of Tadic and Celebic of the Appellate Council, the direct involvement of the military forces of SR Yugoslavia was confirmed (Judgement of the Appellate Council in the Tadic case, 1999, paragraph 162, Judgement of the Appellate Council in the case of Celebic 2001, paragraph 50). It is necessary to take into account details of the Judgement of the Appellate Council in the case of Tadic, para. 150, 151, 152-addendum 189, 155, 160.
4. The Perisic Judgement is a negative turn in the court practices of the ICTY which substantially raises the onus for ascertaining the culpability for aiding and abetting. That, in and of itself, erodes the purpose of such culpability and enables those who directly or indirectly aid and abet gravest of crimes to be exonerated from individual criminal responsibility.
5. In reacting to the Judgement of the Appellate Council, experts in international criminal law find that such and exonerating Judgement for Perisic brings into question earlier findings of the ICTY with respect to the liaison between the Yugoslav Army and the Army of the Republic of Srpska, as well as that it could lead to requests for revisions of some earlier convictions which would have a negative effect upon truth and justice in the world.
6. We remind your Office about your earlier statement that the exonerating Judgement for Perisic violates international law and does not reflect the court practices of the ICTY.
8. In its final Judgement in the case of former Serbian political, military and police officials Nebojsa Pavkovic et al, the ICTY found that the Judgement exonerating Perisic from culpability for crimes committed was based upon a false legal standard. The Conclusion, delivered by the Head of the Council, Justice Theodor Meron, with respect to the Judgement of Perisic about "a specific direction" being the necessary condition for conviction of aiding and abetting crimes, had been tossed out. The Appellate Council was of opinion that that Conclusion within the final Judgement with which Meron exonerated Perisic from culpability for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina was not in harmony with the court practices of the ICTY, and further, is not in harmony with Judgements for Sljuivancaninc and Mrksic for crimes in Vukovar,as well as for Milan and Sredoje Lukic for monstrous murders in Visegrad. "The test of specific direction" does not accumulate to the prescribed legal element which is essential in ascertaining the existence of individual criminal responsibility.
9. The exonerating Judgement for Perisic is in direct and essential conflict with the prevailing court practices and international customary law. The exonerating Judgement represents a dangerous precedent which would enable the uniform rules of process to be changed during process and that could result in appeals against previous convictions and would also have negative effect upon other, future, judgements, which in its totality would take away from the materiality of the crimes committed. That would put into question the very raison d'être of the ICTY as well as the existence of law and uniform application of same.
10. Judgement for Perisic substantially narrows the individual criminal culpability of the commanders and ignores the participation of the ranking military, police and political officials in carrying out crimes, which officials have a de iure and de facto culpability crimes being perpetrated in the meaning of preventing crimes and punishing the perpetrators after the fact.
Based on the above considerations we have agreed with your concern since the Perisic Appeal Judgement was announced in February 2013 "that the 'specific direction' requirement was incorrect and should be overturned." We concur now as well when you relate "that the Perisic Appeal Judgement is in 'direct and material conflict' with the prevailing jurisprudence and with customary international law," and we share your hope that "reconsidering the Perisic Appeal Judgement will help secure justice for the victims."
In the name of victims of, and witnesses to, the international conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institute for Research of Genocide, Canada would like to express its support for the motion filed by your office on February 3, 2014 before the ICTY Appeals Chamber requesting that it reconsider its acquittal of the former Chief of Staff of the Yugoslav Army Momcilo Perisic for aiding and abetting crimes committed in Sarajevo and Srebrenica between 1993 and 1995. We ask the President and Justices of the ICTY to exercise their prerogatives so as to keep the ICTY upon the path of truth and justice by revising the exonerating Judgement for said Perisic.
We stand prepared to be of whatever further assistance you may deem appropriate.
Emir Ramic, Professor
Director of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada
Smail Cekic, PhD
Professor of History at the Sarajevo University
Director of the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo
Hamdija Custovic, MBA
President of the Congress of North American Bosniaks
David Pettigrew, PhD
Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University,
Steering Committee, Yale University Genocide Studies Program,
Board Member, Bosnian American Genocide Institute and Education Center, Chicago
Marko Attila Hoare, PhD
Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University
Florence Hartmann
French journalist and author
Former spokesperson for Judge Carla Del Ponte at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Steven Leonard Jacobs, PhD
Historian, Professor of the University of Alabama
Carole Hodge, PhD
Post Genocide Education Foundation
Anatoly Isaenko, PhD
Professor of History, Appalachian State University
Professor Erhard Busek
Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
Senadin Lavic, PhD
Professor at the Sarajevo University
President of the Bosniac Cultural Association, Preporod, Sarajevo
Esad Durakovic, PhD
Professor at the Sarajevo University
Member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mustafa Ceric, PhD
President of World Bosniak Congress
Professor Ferid Muhic, PhD
Professor at the Skopje University
The president of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts
Emir Suljagic, PhD
Coordinator of the March First Coalition
Omer Ibrahimagic, PhD
Member of the Bosniac Academy of Sciences and Arts
Sanja Drnovsek Seferovic, J.D., M.Ed.,
Director of the Institute for Genocide and Education
Zeljko Milicevic
President of the Justice for Bosnia Task Force, Ottawa, Canada


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(This is very loosely based on the Writing Excuses podcast Season 1, episode 16, with a lot of additional rambling and ad lib).
How to overcome writer's block, you ask… Stop reading this and go do some writing. (I'm almost serious, but I've put some effort into this post…so why not take a few minutes to read it and then get writing 🙂 ).
There are two schools of thought around curing writer's block and they are helpfully contradictory. It's as simple as just forcing yourself to write or, you can go the other way and just don't try to write.
Step 1: Accept Reality
You want to be a professional writer, right? So that means that you have to produce. Just the same as a farmer, a cubical monkey or a factory-line worker you don't get paid for staying in bed. Nor would a baker make any dough without being up early (ouch, bad pun). The early bird feasts on the juicy worm; the sluggard bird gets nothing.
The reality is that you do have to produce. Just because you don't feel like it (emotion) or you don't feel you can do it (also emotion) doesn't mean you can be successful not doing it. Publisher's want authors they can rely on to regularly churn out product, not one-hit wonders. You must produce.
Step 2: What's the Problem, doc?
Be your own doctor. No, that doesn't mean to self-medicate; that's not going to help anyone.
You need to diagnose the cause of this malaise which is preventing you from writing. In order to fix or work-around the issue, you need to know what it is. From my own experience I have encountered the following:
- a plot problem which essentially "breaks" the story, or I don't know where it is going.
- feelings of discouragement in overall ability, or the quality of the current work.
- exhaustion
- preoccupation with other things
Step 3: Cure
A Plot problem. The first stage of AA, and Writer's Block is to admit the problem. It can be painful to admit that this baby you have been gestating for months has some serious flaws. Diagnose the problems fully. Write them down, be specific and pull no punches. Thinking it through in your head is not enough; write it down.
Then brain storm possible solutions. Throw up a dozen ideas, even if you instantly discard ten. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each solution. Normally I'll have to throw up about fifteen options before I hit upon the right one. Most often it is the right combination of solutions which comes out the strongest.
Discouragement. Discouragement, friend of mine. Discouragement is nothing unusual to the writer. Like your own personal Flanders (aka annoying neighbour) it will come a round. Even seasoned, acclaimed writer's continually struggle with feelings of inadequacy and foreboding failure.
When this enemy comes knocking on my door the best fortification is to go bolster the defences. I do this by reading some of my past "success" stories (published, or not), and the positive feedback which I hang onto (for moment such as this). I am a decent writer, and any setback I have is temporary and does not define me.
It also helps to remember:
- a literary masterpiece doesn't come out of a first draft. A gem is honed and cut, not pulled jewellery-ready from the ground.
- writing well isn't easy; don't expect it to be.
Exhaustion. Who would have thought that sitting at a keyboard for hours at a time can be truly exhausting? Especially when trying to meet deadlines it doesn't take long to completely drain the batteries of more than just your laptop.
Allow yourself a break, between ten minutes and an hour. Go get some sunshine, people watch, call a friend or drop around for a coffee. It's about changing your setting, giving yourself a small break from the requirement to write.
I'd advise not checking email, youtube, news websites or playing computer games. You want to refresh your mind, not put it to sleep.
Pre-occupation. Humans are complex beings. Sometimes we have pesky things like relationships, occupations or responsibilities that fall outside of the realms of our latest novel.
Sometimes we have to deal with other things, and there is no way to put them off. It is better to focus on those other tasks, get them done efficiently and go back to writing than to try doing both things inefficiently.
Step 4: Prime (as required)
If you're still not ready to write then start doing things that will prime your writing engine.
- Read what you wrote yesterday
- Just write – even if what you write isn't any good, at least you are writing (which is better than not). Write yourself into a scene or character.
- If you absolutely cannot write, are there other tasks you can do that are still productive? (It is better to be productive in research or editing than to give up and play a computer game!)
Prevention, better than a cure
Learn your rhythm. Understand when you are most productive and what things impede your effectiveness. As I wrote in Writing-Life Balance, I am most productive in the mornings, so where possible I need to set aside the morning for writing and leave other tasks until later in the day.
Understand your motivation. This is a big one. Why do you write? A good motivation will keep your literary engine running. Are you writing so that others can experience the adventures that you must write about?
Schedule pressure. Some people are hard-wired to respond better under pressure. Set yourself deadlines. And if you miss a deadline, adjust the following deadlines – don't just say "well I missed that, so whenever is good enough." Make yourself a goal, and plan a reward that you will only receive if you meet the goal (and/or punishment).


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Esterline Corporation (NYSE: ESL) (www.esterline.com), a leading specialty manufacturer serving global aerospace and defense markets, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Chemring Group to sell certain assets of its UK-based subsidiary, Wallop Defence Systems (Wallop). Wallop products are a part of the Esterline Defense Technologies group and the assets involved in the transaction include infrared decoy flare countermeasure products used by military forces in the protection of aircraft from air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles.
The transaction continues Esterline's recent efforts to streamline operations and align the business to a strategic set of core capabilities. Esterline announced in September 2014 that it had targeted several non-core operations as candidates for sale, including Wallop, and placed financial results for those subsidiaries into discontinued operations. Esterline has completed all other divestitures identified at that time and expects to close the Wallop transaction in early 2016.
Esterline was assisted in the transaction by Edwards Advisory Partners Limited.
About Esterline:
Esterline Corporation is a leading world-wide supplier to the aerospace and defense industry specializing in three core areas: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems, and Advanced Materials. Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on high-technology electronics products for military and commercial aircraft and land- and sea-based military vehicles, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other industrial applications. The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, harsh-environment connection solutions, electrical power distribution equipment, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers. Operations within the Advanced Materials segment focus on technologies including high-temperature resistant materials and components used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes and combustible ordnance and countermeasure products.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should" or "will," or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are only predictions based on the current intent and expectations of the management of Esterline, are not guarantees of future performance or actions, and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and may cause Esterline's or its industry's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Esterline's actual results and the timing and outcome of events may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements due to risks detailed in Esterline's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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Best app to switch between all open windows (alternatives to Witch)
I would like to see all the windows, including from the same app, when I switch between them (command+tab). See an example from Ubuntu (image attached).
I know this may raise an issue of distinguishing between the same app windows. For that, there is a solution - a preview and the title of the window - see Ubuntu's static switcher (image attached).
I know the preview feature (F3 or fn+F3) but I can't continue choosing the right app using the keyboard and it's way slower than command+tab.


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Anders Koppel – "Everything Is Subject to Change"By Dave Sumner. Posted in Jazz | No Comments »
Marking Anders Koppel's first solo Hammond organ release, Everything Is Subject to Change is an intriguing mix of atmospherics and organics. Pianist Kenny Werner and saxophonist Benjamin Koppel imbue the music with an austere elegance, whereas Anders Koppel's organ and Jacob Andersen's percussion brings an earthy element to the music. The balance between the two makes for an album that equally engages head and heart.
Your album personnel: Anders Koppel (organ), Benjamin Koppel (saxophones), Kenny Werner (piano & Fender Rhodes), and Jacob Andersen (drums & percussion).
The danger here would've been two-albums-in-one: Half the songs maintaining a groove and bop, and the other half a jazz-classical fusion. Instead, the organ provides a wintery ambiance when sax is out front, and a gospel warmth when organ takes center stage.
The lightness of the sax is grounded by organ and percussion, and Werner's piano sometimes gives a subtle lift to the sound and sometimes acts to keep it tethered to the Earth, making for a nifty harmonic pairing. And though very different sounds, Koppel's organ and Werner's piano display a conversant ease that is the glue to the music's success.
The album opens with a sense of mystery that pulls at the ears, and which would've been right at home on any of the recordings of classic world jazz ensemble, Oregon. There's some scattered percussion, some welcoming piano phrases, some haunting organ that drifts in and out, followed by the pensive wails of Koppel's sax.
At times, it sounds like a poetry reading has broken out at a church gospel revival. Anders Koppel's declarations on organ trading shouts with his son's lyrical cadence on sax, while Werner's piano indulges in clever word play as Andersen repeatedly builds tension with gradually rising tempos to get 'em up out of their pews.
Werner's presence doesn't change much throughout the album, never breaking out ahead of the pack, but also never trailing behind. This provides a steadying presence that is a big contributor to the album's surprising cohesion. Even when he switches to Fender Rhodes, he brings the same elegance as with piano, the primary contrast being the brightness of the Rhodes against the piano's stark beauty.
Benjamin Koppel has a signature sound on sax. He is active in both Jazz and Classical fields, and he seems to have found the ideal ratio of those two genres to reflect in his playing. His music possesses a meticulous precision and an emotional impact, a pairing that he brings successfully to any project he's involved with.
Strongest track on the album is "What Seas, What Shores," which has the quartet's instruments fused at the hip and results in some dramatic moments of spooky groove and jazz avant-drone. Anders provides a bass harmony to Benjamin's sax as it drifts searchingly into the heart of the composition. Anderson begins with nighttime percussion of sudden bursts of sticks and chimes, then, like the rise of of the sun, uses drums to build a simmering heat just below the surface of the music. Werner's piano lines dart between the notes of the other three, his presence only sometimes heard, but always felt.
Everything Is Subject to Change is a potent mix of elements that fuse together successfully into an album that bursts with life as it drifts from one moment of serenity to the next.
Released on the Cowbell Music label.
Jazz from Denmark.
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Loyalty, Gratitude, and the Federal Judiciary
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Rules of social interaction ordinarily prescribe that one who receives a significant benefit from another should hold loyalty and gratitude towards the benefactor. This norm of social exchange can be problematic in the context of appointments to the federal judiciary, due to the requirement that federal judges be impartial adjudicators. In this article, Professor Little explores the role of loyalty and gratitude in society, and the tension that could be experienced by federal judges due to conflicting obligations. Professor Little begins with a survey of theories of loyalty and gratitude presented by philosophers and sociologists. With this background, Professor Little addresses how loyalty and gratitude present special challenges for federal judges, given the duty of impartiality imposed upon them by the Constitution. Since a federal judgeship is a significant benefit, one would expect that judges will feel loyalty and gratitude towards the individuals responsible for their appointment. A conflict arises because loyalty and gratitude require an individual to be partial - threatening federal judges' abilities to act without bias. Although Professor Little presents possible ways for judges to resolve this tension in practice, she argues that it is not as easy to dismiss the psychological and emotional effects that nomination and confirmation may inflict upon a federal judge. Fear of disappointing a benefactor (often a Senator or the President) will influence adjudication. Professor Little also considers how the benefactor's position, motivation, and perceived level of contribution towards an individual's nomination and appointment can affect the level of obligation the judicial nominee holds toward the benefactor. In conclusion, Professor Little argues that recent dissatisfaction with the process of appointing federal judges suggests taking seriously the role the selection process can have in causing federal judges to experience tension between their duty of impartiality and social duty to express loyalty and gratitude toward their benefactors. This will not only contribute to a greater understanding of judicial decisionmaking, but will also provide important insight into potential ways to improve the selection and appointment process of federal judges.
Keywords: judicial appointment, judicial selection, nomination, confirmation, federal judges, federal judiciary, law and emotion, societal norms, judicial duty, constitutional law, Article III, conflict of interest, adjudication, impartiality, loyalty, gratitude, decisionmaking, judicial bias
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Welcome to the iPad ideas page. I have included the iPad training modules on this page which you can just click on and work your way through the videos and text. There is around 7 hours of training and its all free for now so get it whilst its here. If you don't want to do this on the computer these training modules work even better on a mobile phone or tablet!
If you can't see the video below then 'Vimeo' is blocked by your 'clever' technical people as a safeguard and there is nothing we can do. If you can see it then thats brilliant… you will be able to trial the video and text training for free. No charge, cost or commitment from you.
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For those of you wanting ideas for apps, here is a big list that we compiled a little while ago. It's split into four parts to make the download easier. Just click on the buttons to download each section.


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|Lomita Pines - A perfect place to be!
Lomita, CA 90717
It's been a quiet year in the Pines... We call our city SLOWMITA for a reason. We're happy that not much really happens here. That's true for Lomita but especially true in the Pines. We do have Pine trees growing and birds chirping and the occasional skunk, possum or raccoon wreaking some havoc...but that's about it. Sometimes we have neighbor wars (OK not wars but more skirmishes) over whose gardening destroyed whose tree or whose needs to improve to avoid ruining one's view or whose car is parked directly in front of someones house...that's about as bad as it gets. A couple of years ago someone ran over the fresh blacktop on Monte Vista but I digress... For the most part, we're neighborly and conservative and quiet.
On the other side of Pacific Coast Highway (where a large portion of the rest of Lomita resides) there were a few important stories last year. Seems a local restaurateur killed his wife and disposed of the body parts in the grease pit of his store. I hated to see that restaurant close. He did have the best food in town. Don't know why he and the wife had such a go at it but that's marriage for you. I took dozens of friends and clients to that place for dinner. Now I suppose I'm as infamous as he to my friends (at least to those I introduced to his cuisine.) We are absolutely certain that none of us ate there during the six months the Sheriff's Dept. spent looking for the body. (Not that it brings any solace to those who may have eaten there prior to the attempt to locate the body.)
Prior to that we were nationally famous for the story of the Black Widow, an unusually notorious female, said to have killed two husbands prior to being murdered herself by a nephew trying to collect the insurance money she received from her two husband's unfortunate demise. Now, she was a hair dresser, and I'm glad I never had my locks trimmed in her shop. I couldn't afford being affiliated with two such notables in such a small town.
Lomita is tiny really - a tad over 20,000 mostly quiet and not murderous people. We tend to have a goodly portion of aerospace and Long Shore (harbor) workers here. Their kids try not to move very far from Mom and Pop and a lot of the homes stay in the families for decades. That doesn't help my business very much but I respect the tradition. The WHOLE blasted city is less than 5 square miles (as far as I know.) We used to be agriculturally based, but now we're famous for our news media coverage.
Had a run in once with the Tree Committee. Thank heavens those people have been replaced by a commission. One thing you DON'T do in the Pines is to plant anything that doesn't drip sap all over your car, your house or your recreational vehicle (which you are not allowed to park on the street for more than 2 days or until your neighbor calls and rats you out.) I believe you would do better to run around naked as a jaybird in broad daylight than plant some deciduous trees in your parkway. I don't believe the neighbors would turn you in for your naked romp - they would call the Tree Commission if you dare to break the Sap Dripping Tree rule.
If you're interested in visiting or moving to our little haven South of Pacific Coast Highway or even the larger portion of our 5 square miles of depravity, call me. I can help you figure out a few things. I could definately sell you a house, condominium or income property! I'm your helpful neighborhood real estate professional! Just take a look at some of our pics and you'll get the picture.
If you're not ready, just keep reading my blog until you are. I know we'll get you convinced sooner or later. Till then, have a warm, sunny, blessed life and call me if you need a Pine fix. We're always here to help.
Team South Bay Realty
p.s. I receive numerous requests for information about Lomita Pines housing. I have an actual brochure about the Pines and the different neighborhoods and home types. If you are interested in receiving information about Lomita Pines, send an email with your address and whether you'd like to be on our mailing list, email updates, newsletter or twitter accounts and we will include you (but only if you asked to be included.)


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A few days ago—at the European Raw Materials Conference—China's Zhang Lirong reiterated his nation's position that despite WTO actions, restrictions, which his country has been placing on rare earth-related exports, are largely the result of concerns about the environmental effects of mining and refining these materials. According to a report from EurActiv.com, Zhang, China's deputy ambassador to the European Union, asserted that the conflict over rare earths pits the European Union and the United States against "environmental standards we have adopted. …The measures we have taken are a part of the growing awareness of the need for environmental protection and sustainable production."
As part of its reporting on this story, EurActiv.com noted
Chinese officials have argued that better controls over mining and production of minerals and metals was essential to address worsening environmental and health conditions that have fueled public anger. Recently, Beijing announced it would take steps to tackle urban air pollution that has choked the capital and other cities this winter.
Zhang apparently made his comments as a reflection upon a WTO ruling jointly brought by the EU and the US against China for creating blocks to supplying the two groups with needed strategic materials, such as bauxite, coke, magnesium, manganese, and zinc. While the complaint and the subsequent ruling didn't explicitly address rare earths, the WTO action was seen as a proxy for a full battle over access to Chinese elements and ores.
While the Great Recession temporarily has turned down the heated dialogue about Chinese rare earths exports (and demand for exports actually was well below the nation's export ceiling for 2012), it is worth noting that Zhang pledged at the meeting, "China will continue to supply the world market."
But Zhang, I think correctly, also said China, "calls on other suppliers of raw materials to share their materials." I take that to mean that, in the long run, countries with domestic rare earth deposits—but not the gumption to deal with the mess that comes with processing the ores—ought to rethink their position.
It's not exactly parallel, but I have to admit that I have some sympathy and see some similarities between China's position and the situation faced in my home state, Ohio, that is constantly being told that it legally cannot block companies in other states that want to dump their trash, fracking fluids, and other environmentally risky wastes here.
Further, I have seen nothing that disputes China's assertions, viz., that the negative effects of rare earth mining are far from being contained. On the contrary, the situation may be growing worse because China's regulatory structure, so far, is apparently losing the battle to stop bootleg mines and rare earth smuggling.
For example, a 2012 China Daily news report, headlined "Smuggling blights rare earths industry," revealed that significantly more rare earth products are being smuggled than the amount being legally traded:
The smuggling of mineral resources out of China, especially rare earths, continues to increase, a senior official from the General Administration of Customs said. The minerals are mainly smuggled to neighboring countries such as Japan and the Republic of Korea, Chen Jianxin, deputy director of the administration's anti-smuggling bureau, recently told China Daily. Chen says the huge demand from foreign markets and China's high customs duties for rare earths are the main reasons behind the rise in smuggling. He declined to disclose the latest statistics on the smuggling, but China's first white paper on the rare earths industry, released by the State Council in June, paints a grim picture.
The report said that in 2011, the amount of rare earths smuggled out of China was 20 percent higher than the amount of products that legally left the country. According to customs, China exported about 18,600 tons of rare earths products in 2011, accounting for 61 percent of the rare earths export quota of 30,184 metric tons released by the Ministry of Commerce for 2011. At the same time, more than 21,000 tons were smuggled out, according to the report.
Of the estimated 21,000 tons, only eight cases involving 769 tons of the minerals were detected as part of a campaign to crack down on rare earths smuggling, according to customs.
So, China has some real problems that cannot be overlooked by the rest of the world. One would hope that the US and Europe will stick with initiatives to develop domestic rare earth production capabilities, increase recycling and reuse, and spur research to find substitutes and alternatives, such as the new Critical Materials Hub and the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials.


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Council Term: 2016-2020
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Vice Mayor Scott Moore is serving his first term as a member of Town Council.
Vice Mayor Moore was elected in 2016 to serve on the Town of Paradise Valley Council. He was appointed by the Mayor and his fellow Council Members to serve as a voting member on the Experience Scottsdale Board of Directors and as Council liaison for the Paradise Valley Veterans Appreciation Vintage Car Show Committee. Vice Mayor Moore has served for several years on various boards and commissions with the Town, including as a member of the Board of Adjustments and later appointed to the Planning Commission and as a serving member on the Hillside Building Committee. He is the former Council liaison for the Arts Advisory Committee.
Vice Mayor Moore is Executive Vice President for a large real estate investment and development company that has a portfolio of real estate throughout the United States. Vice Mayor Moore has over 32 years of experience in acquisitions, zoning entitlements, private and municipal infrastructure development, including commercial, industrial and residential building. He is currently licensed as a General Commercial and General Residential contractor and holds an Arizona Department of Real Estate license.
Vice MayorMoore is a member of the American Planning Association and formally a member of the Urban Land Institute and Arizona Homebuilders Association. His community service also includes over a decade of donating his time and resources towards private and charitable organizations that council and help troubled teens.
As a second generation native Arizonian, Vice Mayor Moore has three children who were raised in Scottsdale and called Paradise Valley home.


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The Hill Center began construction in May 2012 and opened its doors in winter 2014.
The 40,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility located on Vanderbilt Ave. is the first new building on the Brooklyn Campus since McEntegart Hall Library opened in 1965.
The building is fittingly named after S. Elizabeth Hill, SJC's sixth president who retired in June 2014 was the driving force behind the development of this amazing facility and the growth of the athletic program on the Brooklyn Campus.
The Hill Center contains a number of outstanding amenities for the entire SJC community such as:
- A 270-spectator arena with NCAA-regulation basketball and volleyball courts with a premier sound system, scoreboard and full-color message board
- Eight full-service locker rooms
- Two exclusive SJC team locker rooms with wooden lockers, padded seats and custom broadloom carpets
- A team room/SJC athletes' lounge
- Aerobic/dance studio with state-of-the-art audio system
- VIP/Presidential Suite overlooking the arena
- An outdoor terrace overlooking Vanderbilt Avenue
- Multipurpose classroom with audio/video capabilities
- State-of-the-art fitness center with the latest Schwinn, Cybex, True, and Precor machines
- Our cardiovascular equipment includes treadmills, recumbent and spin-bikes, ellipticals, rowers, rope pulls, and stair master machines.
- 4 x 20' inflatable batting cages
- Fully equipped sports medicine office with laser and electrical stimulation treatment machines, hot and cold whirlpools, and custom treatment and taping tables
- Ping pong tables and indoor tennis nets
- Underground parking garage with a capacity for up to 90 vehicles


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You may enjoy this fun little video from DigitalRev. Altanta's photographer extraordinaire Zack Arias takes on the Pro Photographer/Cheap Camera challenge. He walks the streets of Hong Kong with a little red point-and-shoot Kodak. He's also got an external flash to work with, if he can figure out how to sync it! You'll see his results at the end. How do you think he did?
Via: Strobist
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Christopher Hoffmann - July 24, 2012
MxmDmchnk - July 24, 2012
Great video, thanks guys
★✰★P.S. 32★✰★ - July 24, 2012
one of my favorite youtube channels.
Nicholas - July 24, 2012
Now if he can do this with the kodak camera, which of course he could, I can't wait till I own my future Canon EOS M!


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A study of the cleaning and sanitizing of milk pipe lines
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The primary purpose of this investigation was to attempt to determine whether or not the stainless steel pipe line installation of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute creamery, composed of ordinary stainless steel, could be satisfactorily cleaned by circulation cleaning procedures as opposed to daily disassembly of the entire pipe line. To facilitate such a determination, two experimental periods of approximately thirty days each in duration were set up. In the first period the experimental pipe line was subjected to complete daily disassembly cleaning procedures. That is, each section of the line was disassembled, cleaned individually, and reassembled. In the second period the experimental line was subjected to in-place cleaning procedures. That is, the line was left completely intact and cleaning was accomplished by means of forced circulation of cleaning solutions in a manner comparable to the way the milk is forced through the line. The cleaning methods used in the second period necessitated the use or an acid cleaning solution twice weekly. Sanitizing in the first period was accomplished by the use of a chlorine rinse before use and in the second period both chlorine and hot water at 180 â F were used. The experimental installations consisted of fifty-six feet of raw milk line and twelve and one-half feet of pasteurized milk line.
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Exclusive Balloon Events is the events arm of aerial marketing specialist Exclusive Ballooning.
Exclusive Ballooning is famed for taking hot air balloons for a variety of high profile clients to the most iconic locations around the world, including Buckingham Palace in London, Rockefeller Park in New York, Salt Flats in Utah, Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, The Coliseum in Rome, and most notable UNDER Tower Bridge for Disney.
After becoming established as the world leader in aerial marketing, Exclusive Ballooning began organising dedicated hot air balloon events. These events grew so rapidly and were quickly established as annual fixtures, that Exclusive Balloon Events was born.
Now the proud organisers of some of the most prominent annual balloon events, including:
- The RICOH Lord Mayor's Hot Air Balloon Regatta®; which sees up to fifty hot air balloons fly over central London each year to raise money for The Lord Mayor's Appeal charities and has raised over £175,000 to date.
- The Exclusive Cup Sky Safari; a hot air balloon festival held at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire. In 2017, only the event's second year, this became the largest annual hot air balloon event in the UK. 2018 saw the event break a UK record, with 169 different hot air balloons launching in a single mass ascent.
- Balloon Cross Channel; in April 2017 82 hot air balloons took off from Lydden Hill Race Circuit and flew across the English Channel, landing in Calais and breaking the existing Guinness World Record.
- Balloons On The Beach; brand new events at Weston-super-Mare beach. A mass ascent is set to take place in the evenings of the Weston Air Festival on June 22nd and 23rd and Weston-super-Glow 2019 will be a spectacular night glow, with balloons lined up on the beach, lighting up to a dedicated and fully choreographed musical soundtrack.
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Andy Murray has endorsed the decision to stage Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against France between 17-19 July at Queen's Club in London.
The decision made by the host nation and submitted by the Lawn Tennis Association was officially confirmed on 21 April, with Queen's thought to have been chosen ahead of other viable venues such as Eastbourne's Devonshire Park.
Wimbledon was not considered due to a potential scheduling conflict, while London's O2 Arena and SSE Hydro in Glasgow were also not in the running.
"Queen's will be a perfect venue for our quarter-final match against France," world number three Murray said.
"I've been playing at Queen's for 10 years now so I feel very at home there as do the rest of the British team, so it's a great choice. Fingers crossed it's a memorable summer for British tennis."
Great Britain captain Leon Smith was also pleased to secure Queen's as a venue, pointing to the strong record of the current British team on the pristine grass courts that traditionally play host to the annual Aegon Championships in June.
"Queen's will be a unique and special venue for this quarter-final tie against a very strong French team," he said. "Our British team have all had very good results as individuals at Queen's Club, in particular Andy Murray having won the event on three occasions.
"The grass courts at Queen's are some of the best in the world and our team will look to use the courts and the passionate home crowd to full advantage. The atmosphere and crowd support will be vital."
Smith's team head into the last-eight tie full of confidence after registering their second successive win over the USA in March.
Murray was pivotal to that 3-2 victory with wins over Donald Young and John Isner, while James Ward also contributed with a surprise success over the latter on day one.
France, meanwhile, beat Germany in Frankfurt to advance to the latter stages of the competition and count the likes of Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils among their current contingent.


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The New Hampshire House has killed a bill to decriminalize possession of up to an ounce of marijuana, one year after a similar measure died in the state Senate.
Democratic Rep. Steven Lindsey's bill would have imposed a maximum fine of $100 on those caught with an ounce of marijuana or less. Minors would have had to complete a drug treatment program and community service, or face an additional fine of $1,000. Possession of that amount is currently a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.
The House passed a bill to decriminalize one quarter of an ounce last year. Gov. John Lynch threatened to veto it and the Senate killed it.


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About the Minnesota 100 Club
Our History and Who We Are
In 1972, a group of local Minneapolis businessmen and a labor leader organized the first Minnesota 100 Club, based out of Northeast Minneapolis. This group of people took the lead from other 100 Clubs that had been formed around the country. The sole purpose at the time was to provide instant relief and aid to family members of First Responders who were killed in the line of duty.
After the state and federal government began the death benefit program, the Minnesota 100 Club decided to continue the 100 Club, to show support to their local First Responders. The Club is nearly 50 years old, and the group of supporters has spread throughout the State of Minnesota and is still going strong today.
The dangers of First Responders duties are increasing each year and with this increase, the need for a program such as the Minnesota 100 Club also increases. This requires additional membership and support for this worthy cause. The Club attempts only to provide modest relief and hope to those in need at a time when there is little else to hold on to. The organization receives no public funding. All donations must come from private individuals or organizations. Yearly membership is a $100 donation. During the Club's nearly 50 years of existence, it has paid out more than $610,000 in benefits.
In recent years, The Club has increased their benefit allotment to $15,000, and monetary gifts are now given during Christmas time to families of the fallen with dependent children.
If you are interested in joining the Minnesota 100 Club and wish to help "Protect the Protectors", please contact any of the Board of Directors or submit the membership application. This is truly a tremendous organization and worthwhile cause!
The Purpose of the Minnesota 100 Club is as Follows:
To receive funds and property, to invest and reinvest the same, and to disburse and distribute the same, as voluntary, gratuitous and charitable gifts and contributions solely to or for the benefit of:
A. Spouses, parents and/or significant others living in a family relationship, and surviving minor dependents of police officers, firefighters, highway patrol officers, sheriffs, sheriff's deputies, paramedics, corrections officers, and any other emergency service personnel (while in the line of duty performing the emergency service duties of a similar nature to the duties of a police officer or firefighter) who have lost their lives in the employ of the State of Minnesota, or a political subdivision thereof:
B. Spouses, significant others and/or minor dependents of persons, enumerated in A above, who have become physically disabled or incapacitated during the performance of the duties described in A above:
C. Spouses, significant others and/or minor dependents of members of the Minnesota National Guard who have lost their lives or become physically disabled in the line of duty while officially activated for police, disaster or other civil duty;
D. Individuals while serving under a Mutual Aid Compact within the boundaries of Minnesota who lose their lives or become disabled while performing the duties specified in A or above.
Provided, however, that the selection, from the classes above mentioned, of the recipients of such gifts and contributions, and the determination of the amount thereof, shall rest in the absolute discretion of the Board of Directors of the corporation, and nothing contained herein shall vest any person or persons with a right to benefits without the approval of the Board of Directors.


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Meet Martha Maria!
I am a 17 year old homeschooler from Kansas. I am currently a senior in high school. I enjoy reading, writing, creating stories, and watching movies and T.V. shows. Some of my favorite authors include: G.K. Chesterton, Regina Doman, and Jane Austen. I am a huge nerd and love finding truth and beauty in all sorts of stories. Some of my favorite saints are: St. Maria Gorretti, St. Therese of Lisieux, St Faustina, Mother Teresa, and St. Pope John Paul II. I am especially inspired by this quote. "The men of the East may spell the stars and times and triumphs mark, but the men signed with the cross of Christ go gaily in the dark." -G.K. Chesterton.


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January 9, 2009
The Minnesota Court of Appeals found that the Saint Paul Port Authority lacked authority to enter private property to conduct environmental testing without a specific finding that the Port Authority may be required to acquire the site located in St. Paul's Arlington Jackson Development District in an eminent domain proceeding. The Port Authority relied on past environmental studies in the area as the basis for a resolution seeking a court order requiring an inspection and invasive environmental testing on a private landowners property. The Port Authority obtained the order from Ramsey County District Court and a landowner challenged the Port Authority's order.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals determined that the order was invalid because the Port Authority did not identify a "public use" or "public purpose." Specifically the Court of Appeals found that the Port Authority did not demonstrate that it had reason to believe it would use eminent domain proceedings to acquire the landowner's property. The Court of Appeals held that under Minn. Stat. Section 117.025, subd. 8 (2006) the Port Authority was required to: "show that more than 50% of the parcels contain an identified substance and that (a) the estimated costs of investigation, monitoring, testing, and remedial action or removal of the substances exceeds the assessor's market value of the property or, (b) a court has ordered that clean up or remediation of the property occur and the property owner failed to comply with the order within a reasonable time." The Court of Appeals reversed the District Court's decision upholding the Port Authority's order. A copy of the decision is found at:http://www.mncourts.gov/opinions/coa/current/opa072206-1223.pdf
Joseph Maternowski is an environmental attorney who litigates disputes involving contaminated property. Mr. Maternowski chairs the Environmental Law Attorney Practice Group at Hessian & McKasy. Hessian & McKasy is a full service law firm serving businesses and individuals from its offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Tuesday's vote in the House of Representatives to launch civil suits against Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn moves the battle between congressional Democrats and President Trump into an important new phase.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has embraced a quintessentially American form of dispute resolution: lawsuits. The Democrats' message to the White House was clear: We'll see you in court.
From now on, every Democratic chairman in the House can seek court orders against every recalcitrant witness in Trumpworld—a list that extends from current Cabinet members, such as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, to former campaign officials like onetime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
The vote was a victory for the steely speaker of the House that serves her purposes in several ways.
First, it gave fractious Democrats, from those who want to impeach Trump immediately to those who aren't sure they want impeachment at all, a common strategy, at least temporarily.
Their focus in coming months will be to stage attention-grabbing hearings and dramatize their claims that the president has abused his power and obstructed justice, especially by highlighting the evidence collected by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Other hearings will scrutinize Trump's byzantine financial dealings, his still-hidden tax returns, and his unusual dalliances with Russian officials. The goal is to expose wrongdoing, if any, and keep the misconduct in the public eye.
Second, by taking Trump and his aides to court, the Pelosi strategy pulls the president onto a battleground where he often fares badly.
Most voters think of Congress as a useless swamp of squabbling pols, but still view federal courts as credible, impartial tribunals. If the courts begin handing down judgments against the president, that may move public opinion against him.
Trump could face a series of lose-lose dilemmas. If his aides are forced to turn over documents and testify, it will look like a defeat.
But if the president refuses to comply with court orders, that could serve as new grounds for a potential impeachment.
Pelosi and her aides are gambling that they will win most of their lawsuits, of course. But her aides note they already have won two court cases with rulings that affirmed that Congress has broad power to seek testimony and evidence—even without formal impeachment proceedings.
"Courts must presume Congress is acting in furtherance of its constitutional responsibility to legislate and must defer to congressional judgments about what Congress needs," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in an opinion last month.
Both the lawsuits and hearings serve Pelosi's underlying strategy: to delay formal consideration of impeachment unless and until there's more public support.
For now, the pro-impeachment camp remains a distinct if vocal minority, about 60 House members in all. That's about a fourth of the 235-member Democratic majority—enough to be troublesome for the speaker but not a full-blown insurgency.
Most of the would-be impeachers represent solidly progressive Democratic districts, members like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York and Maxine Waters of Los Angeles.
Pelosi and her lieutenants warn that a rush to impeachment could endanger Democrats from more conservative areas, including 31 who represent districts Trump won in the 2016 presidential election.
Even some House members who favor impeachment have surrendered, at least for now, to the speaker's political logic.
Rep. Brad Sherman of Northridge was one of the first Democrats to call for Trump's impeachment. He even introduced a resolution to that effect shortly after Trump was inaugurated in 2017. But he now says moving slowly is a better idea.
Others have struggled to find a middle ground between formal impeachment proceedings and investigations that point toward impeachment without using the label.
"The press has framed this as impeachment or no impeachment," Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland complained last week. "The real question is: Should we have an inquiry that looks into whether there have been high crimes and misdemeanors?"
Pelosi hasn't won entirely. She initially hoped to avoid being swept up in endless debate over impeachment, and to focus on passing legislation that would show voters how Democrats would govern.
That turned out to be unrealistic. Senate Republicans are in no mood to pass bills that Democrats could support on healthcare, immigration or education, and vice versa. And Trump's tariff battles may have spoiled chances for a revised trade pact with Canada and Mexico.
So that leaves the investigations into Trump as the most dramatic actions the House is likely to tackle this year. They'll avoid the I-word, most of the time—but there'll still be inquiries into high crimes and misdemeanors: impeachment in slow motion.


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