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Some constitutional myths about the Supreme Court
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One in a series of articles. You can read the whole series here.
The framers constructed (so it is said) an exquisite balance of branches, separate and co-equal. There's quite a bit of mythic (rather than actual black-and-white) Constitution around those concepts, especially the fairly ludicrous suggestion that the Framers intended the judicial branch to be equal to the other two.
Nonetheless, when we have survived a political crisis (the Watergate crisis, in which President Richard Nixon obeyed a court order to hand over the tapes, the Bush v. Gore crisis, in which someone had to decide who had won the election and Al Gore agreed, as Nixon had done, that the Supreme Court had the final word) we go through a ritual of declaring that the Framers' system still works.
Over the years, I've grown leery of "the system works" triumphalism. (Would it have worked in the Watergate case if a security guard hadn't come upon the Watergate burglars? Would it have worked if the case had been assigned to a less brave and honest judge than the late John Sirica? And what would have happened if Nixon had refused to abide by the ruling? He was, after all, the sitting commander in chief at the time.)
The-system-works triumphalism is less common nowadays, with many Americans losing trust in elements of the system and frustrated that it doesn't seem to be working to address (or to address correctly) whichever national social and economic problems they think most urgently need addressing.
Today's installment of Imperfect Union focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court, one of many major institutions whose approval, respect and standing with the public is at record lows. (At least that's true since the dawn of approval rating polling. We don't know much about the percentage of Americans who thought the Supremes did a good job on the hideous Dred Scott decision of 1857 or willfully blind Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, which ruled that requiring blacks to sit on a separate rail car could be reconciled with a constitutional requirement of "equal protection.")
Is the Supreme Court working the way we want it to? If not, what has changed? Is it fulfilling the role assigned to it by the Framers of the Constitution? Has it become too powerful, too political, too what?
In a modern democratic system, is it OK to have the least democratic branch overrule the elected branches? Can nine judges, unelected but chosen through an increasingly politicized and ideological process, really divine the one true meaning of words and phrases in the Constitution that the long-dead framers and ratifiers never discussed or contemplated?
Majority rule?
We consider our system (much more than the Framers did) to be a democracy, fundamentally committed to the idea of majority rule.
But the power of our elected branches to pass laws is also, in some hard to define way, balanced against a commitment to protect the fundamental rights of minorities, even against the democratic legitimacy of the majority. In our mythic system at least, those rights are embedded in the Constitution, in which the most fundamental of those rights are sheltered from majority rule unless the majority can amass the colossal supermajority necessary to amend the Constitution.
A June New York Times/CBS poll found that just 13 percent of respondents said that Supreme Court justices decide their cases based purely on legal analysis, while 76 percent said they let their personal political views influence their decisions. That seems very bad and dangerous to the myth that binds us. But you wouldn't want to overreact to a question taken on a poll when we, the people, are in such a deeply cruddy mood. . And, on the other hand, how many of you reading this article disagree that politics influences the Supreme court's rulings?
The 5-4 ruling to uphold the constitutionality of most aspects of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) was a big blow against the court's reputation – and especially the reputation of Chief Justice John Roberts – among Republicans, who had previously held a more favorable view (than Democrats did) of the court.
Of course, it's easy to assume that this reaction was mostly just understandable Republican disappointment that they did not get the result they wanted and expected – especially given the perception that the court has become more partisan and ideological over recent years (exactly how many years is open to partisan and ideological disagreement.) And, of course, it's pretty likely that if Roberts had voted with the other four conservative Republican appointees to overturn – on what would have been a novel theory of the limits of Congress' powers under the interstate commerce clause – the signature achievement of a liberal Democratic president and which passed all other hurdles our system requires for a new law, some of the underlying myths/problems/vulnerabilities/grey areas of our constitutional system of government would have been laid open on the table for fresh discussion.
Let's start over with a few very blunt statements:
There's no way the Framers set up three "coequal branches" of government. Article I, setting up the Congress, is 10 times longer than Article III, setting up the judiciary. The Supreme Court is not given any powers other than to decide cases. The Framers did not bother to pick a number of justices for the Supreme Court. They did not establish even a minimum age for justices, as they did for the president (35), senators (30) or House members (25). The Framers left it up to Congress to fill in the rest of the federal judiciary, but the Framers did think it was important federal judges not be susceptible to political intimidation, so they established that judges – unlike any other office-holders – would have lifetime appointments, removable only by impeachment for bad behavior.
No explicit power to strike down laws
Even more to the point, the Constitution does not give the Supreme Court the power to strike down laws. Read the very short Article III. It doesn't come close. You could, if you were of a mind to, infer that such a power is implicit, but you have to squint pretty hard. (The argument suggests that when Article III says "The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court," the power to strike down laws was understood to be part of the "judicial power." You can find statements at the time implying that the Framers had something like that in mind. Alexander Hamilton said it pretty bluntly in Federalist Paper #78. Many historians believe that knowledgeable participants assumed that something like the power of judicial review – including the power of the judiciary to nullify statutes that violated the Constitution – existed.)
Madison's notes on the constitutional convention quote only a few of the Framers expressing an opinion on the idea giving the judiciary such a power. More of them favored it than opposed it, but the majority said nothing about it and apparently no one suggested that such a power ought to be expressly granted. There is no record of any vote at the convention on such a matter.
Americans in general are fairly sentimental about the judicial supremacy, although most of them were taught in a junior high civics class that such a power is clearly based in the Constitution. And you could make a case that, whether intended or not, the power has done more good than harm over the centuries, although the preponderance of evidence is hardly clear on that point.
But just to be quite clear, especially for those who believe that the power of the federal government is limited to those powers explicitly granted and enumerated in the Constitution: The Constitution contains no statement that a statute passed by Congress and signed by the president can be invalidated, abolished or modified by the Supreme Court. If the Framers had such a power clearly in mind, those who believe in "enumerated powers" must dearly wish they had said so in the document. Except they don't bother dearly wishing it. They just go ahead and pretend it's there, when it isn't.
This supreme judicial power, which most Americans assume is in the Constitution, was first used – one might say it was established or discovered by the Supreme Court -- in the landmark case of Marbury vs. Madison in 1803. There is something surreal about the court "discovering" in the Constitution an unwritten power that made itself the supreme decider on all matters constitutional.
It becomes even more surreal – one might even say creepy – once you learn the facts of that case, which I would say was a stinkpot of hardball politics, partisanship, questionable logic and conflicts of interest.
I realize that I just maligned one of the most beloved of all court rulings in the history of the world. But I'm prepared to back it up, if you come back to this space tomorrow.
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Supreme power or part of the process
I'm glad I was told about MINNPOST and have found the political- history nutcases I enjoy reading but I believe you're missing an element inherent in the process of judgement. In your article you said, " The Constitution contains no statement that a statute passed by Congress and signed by the president can be invalidated, abolished or modified by the Supreme Court." It needs no statement.However, if a new law is passed by the president and congress and brought before the Court, must they not decide whether the new law is in violation of the constitution or not? If found to be in violation, is not one of the few duties of the Court to then invalidate,abolish, or modify the law? "No legislative act, contrary to the constitution, is valid." is what Hamilton wrote. Is not adjudicating these arguments to lead to, in some cases, an invalidation, abolishing or modification? Or have I missed or oversimplified things?
Nothing in the Constitution
requires or even allows the Supreme Court to pass judgment on the validity or "constitutionality" of any law brought before it. Judicial review exists only because of Marbury v. Madison, which is Chief Justice Marshall's explanation of your observation. It seems sort of self-evident, or common sensical today, though, doesn't it? But it's not, which is why Marshall had to write this incredibly well reasoned, persuasive opinion. But Marshall's opinion belies the fact that judicial review of legislation is not actually provided for in the Constitution.
It's not like the Court picks up a law and examines it on its own. Laws come before the Court when they are challenged and work their way up through appeals. They must decide whether or not the law applies in those cases. And because laws must apply equally (within the boundaries of their intended reach, anyway), the decisions the Court makes must therefore be precedential. While it wasn't laid out in the Constitution, it was a natural result of the law of the land: the Constitution cannot be trumped, and courts must interpret the law. If the Supreme Court must interpret the law in light of the Constitution, then it must have the power to identify laws that overstep the bounds of the Constitution. Even if the Justices don't technically have the power to "declare" anything constitutional or unconstitutional, by declaring that a law doesn't apply to one person (or a few), the Court can essentially render a law moot because 14th Amendment provides equal protection.
Arguing against originalism
Jon, I think the observation that judicial review is not specifically granted in the constitution is supposed to be polemic. I don't think Eric is trying to say that the Supreme Court shouldn't have judicial review, I think he's trying to make the point that the framers deliberately left that question unsettled since there was not consensus at the constitutional convention. I interpret that point as a shot at originalists who exercise judicial review with an eye to strictly interpreting the meaning and intent of the framers. I expect the argument to follow that originalism contains the inherent contradiction that the framers left portions of the constitution deliberately vague (including the cornerstone of originalism as a practice, i.e. judicial review) and hence could never have intended the court to practice judicial review so conservatively.
That's my point. . .
Most of us today take judicial review for granted and assume that it must be in the Constitution. That includes the "originalist" judges like Scalia and Thomas who have no problem in the same breadth trying to declare the Affordable Care Act "unconstitutional." As you say, the framers left the point unsettled. But if a Marshall had not been Chief Justice in 1803, things might have been decided differently.
I'm not an originalist. But on the other hand, look at what activism in the hands of statist, reactionaries with lifetime appointments can do: we have "Citizen's United", and a bunch of decisions holding that corporations have equal constitutional rights to individuals and "money equals speech."
Square hole, round peg
"Statist" doesn't really fit the Citizens United case. If it applies at all, the majority opinion would likely be considered the anti-statist opinion while the minority would be upholding a more statist position, since the question before the court was whether the government can restrict individuals or associations from spending on disseminating political messages on the basis of equality. In fact, the majority opinion has a specifically libertarian flavor to it. They talk about the injustice of the government interfering with the "marketplace of ideas." As you say, they are granting rights, which are protections against government interference, NOT entitlements. But it's really only at this superficial level that the concept of statism even applies.
The questions raised by Citizens United and related rulings on campaign finances constitute an example of where either the Legislature or the Judiciary are compelled to take an activist role on either side of the issue. Whether Congress passes a law controlling corporate campaign spending or allowing it, or the Court strikes down or upholds such a law, either is taking an explicit stance in favor of one or the other class in society. Issues such as this, I think, are exactly the kind that demonstrate that the "Political Compass" way of perceiving political positions is myopic, at best. Not everything can be perceived in terms of more or less government.
"A Visual History of the
"A Visual History of the Supreme Court of the United States" pretty clearly shows the oscillations of the court:
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Fascinating subject.
I wonder to what extent judicial review under the American system derives from review under the English system in use in the 18th century. Specifically, I'm thinking about the application of the surviving elements of the Magna Carta to laws promulgated by Parliament. In a brief on-line search I've found no direct discussion of the issue, but have found enough to suggest that the terms of England's "unwritten constitution" might have been used by English courts to invalidate an act of Parliament, without express authority to do so. Anyone?
The supreme court has zero authority until a law is broken, plain and simple. Now such as it is with ObamaCare, they can state that in their opinions, on that day , that they would support the bill should a case be brought before them. This however does not make it "legal" or Constitutional. The real fact is that I am sure that they, just lile congress, has not read it in it's entirety. I have found several flaws with the constitutionality claim.
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As Democrats in the US celebrate the passage of the historic bill on healthcare, let me wrap up the story. An exporter from Bangladesh, operated three years ago for an abdominal mass, sent this fax to my friend, "I was fortunate that I discovered the re-growth in time. Please let me know when you would like to 'meat' me again … Sincerely, Bakrid-ud-din." Don't remember what happened. Hopefully all is well.
In Motown Detroit, I was examining an 80-year-old Pole. He suddenly broke loose. Went to a corner and flexed into a boxing pose. "I challenged 'Hoffa' once," he proclaimed. "Polka, come here, I give you a pasting." I must confess, that night I was completely "totalled". You use that word with insurance when you claim full recovery for your damaged car.
Scotland keeps a different identity from England, and different habits. At one of the vivas at the Royal Colleges, the candidate was told, "Give me the genetic name for Mongolism." The answer is Trisomy 21, meaning that there are three chrosomes at "21", instead of two. The candidate was confused. Reluctantly he said, 'Here in Scotland, they call it Trisodomy 21. He cleared.
Within months of my joining in New Delhi, in came a Mr Dhingra and a Mr Chawla in my clinic. They were "co-brothers". Mr. Chawla was the one who was the better read. He had heard how expensive we were, and he was talking about an infective "leyion" (lesion) in his co-brother's head. He therefore expected that we treat it with medication alone. He would not allow an "autopsy" (biopsy), as that was very painful. Mr Dhingra smiled with gratitude.
Mr Jain from Najafgarh checked in as an emergency case on a Sunday morning. Though conscious, he had bled. Only about 30% of brain hemorrhages may actually be treated, or are treatable. Private hospitals often collect a reputation for overdoing. To put the fact beyond controversy, I addressed the whole family: wife, four sons and daughters-in-law. I made it clear that I was aware which bleeds need to be operated, and where nature was the best healer. This particular one did require a surgical intervention. They took time to comprehend and judge my sincerity. Then the youngest of the daughters-in-law, perhaps the only one fresh from an English background, spoke with great maturity. "So, doctor, you mean to say that a caesarean will have to be done." I got it. Either nature delivers on its own, or you do a surgery – which is a caesarian.
Just past midnight, as I was putting the note of the patient I had seen, the neurosurgeon had just seen his case, and the MRI technician had come to ask Mr Singh, the patient, to remove all metal objects as his bracelet, kripaan, a metal comb, and said he would soon call him for the MRI. A few minutes later, his reluctant middle-aged son patted my back. I turned round to see a burly 70-plus Mr Singh, hair all aflair, in the process of pushing down his underwear. Before I could figure out, the devout son said that he was not complaining, but shouldn's the technician also have asked his father to remove the underwear? I was left beyond any expression, but I always keep this one to tell my prosperous uncles settled abroad, whenever they try an upper hand.
Three years ago, I was examining a gentleman from Ranchi. In those parts, they normally come with four or five members, and while the patient sits as an object of sympathy, it is the wife who gives all the history. The essence of the complaint was that he was just not well, had lost considerable weight, but they could not describe a single feature as fever, vomiting, headaches, etc. She finally summarized it for me: "The fact is, Doctor sahib, that between February and May, he has 'depreciated' close to 30%." I believe, had he been patient enough till September, they could have applied for a tax return. This composite ascribed to loss of general health, is one for me to retain.
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I wonder if anyone can survive this running commentary. In comes Mr G K Das (Gokardas, to be precise), from Malihabad, and so he begins, "Doctor sahib, I am G K Das. I am MA, in fact dabul MA, even LLB I have done with the grace of yaar kindself. My humbul submission to yaar kindself is. (you can put a full stop wherever you want). That, may such aarders be passed, in such a way, that the necessary investigations are carried out, so that, I may see an early end to this unbearubul misery aaf mine, aar to myself, as yaar kindself may think it praaper!" Inspite of my NCC commando training, I barely managed not to slip under the desk!
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A deadly barn fire ripped through a dairy barn on a Minnesota farm last week, killing 55 of the 70-head dairy herd.
According to the Mille Lacs County (Minn.) Times, the fire erupted at a dairy in Bogus Brook Township, Minn., on Tuesday. Curt Hanenburg, the dairy's owner, reports that the fire destroyed the barn and killed all but 15 of the 70 Holstein cows inside.
Hanenburg says a neighbor initially alerted him to the blaze, but despite their best efforts, many of the animals were killed.
"We ran out to the barn to try to let the cows out, but it was too full of smoke," Hanenburg said. The milk cows were in tie stalls, and there were 10 dry cows in a barn portion in back that Hanenburg said he was able to get out to safety. As firefighters worked on the fire, he was able to get a small number of the milk cows out.
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Irish, Farmington will be represented at state next week
It wasn't so much a question of whether Rosemount would win the Section 3AA girls swimming and diving championship. First, the Irish were heavily favored, and second, the section meet format emphasizes getting teams and individuals through to the state meet.
On that second matter, the Irish succeeded spectacularly. They have 11 individual qualifiers and three relays in next week's state meet, which coach Tami Carlson said she believes is a school record. Rosemount has state qualifiers in all but one event.
"Some of our girls didn't have to taper for the section meet, but the ones who did taper did a great job there," Carlson said. "We thought our eighth-grader, Cassandra Hutchins, would taper well, and she qualified for state in the 100 free(style)."
Rosemount sophomore Megan Wenman is a state medal contender in the 200- and 100-yard freestyle races. She won the 200 freestyle at the Section 3AA meet Nov. 8 in Richfield in 1 minute, 51.12 seconds and has the fourth-fastest seed time in that event at state. Wenman is the No. 5 seed in the 100 freestyle after winning the Section 3AA race in 51.12. But she might have more in the tank, particularly in the 100 freestyle, where she was second in the 2012 Class AA meet.
The Irish also are medal contenders in the 400 freestyle relay, where they're seeded fifth after Grace Herron, Katie Garrity, Olivia Johnston and Wenman won the section championship in 3:32.38.
Michelle Simms, Johnston, Abby Tesch and Hutchins took second in the 200 medley relay in 1:49.36, a time that was about 2.5 seconds below the state cutoff.
Tesch was second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:54.35 as Rosemount swimmers swept the top two places at the section meet. Tesch also advanced in the 100 butterfly by taking third in 58.61 and beating the state qualifying standard.
Johnston is section champion in the 200 individual medley in 2:06.52 and is the No. 5 seed at state. Garrity was third in 2:09.08, a time that beat the state cutoff.
Johnston also placed second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.19.
Herron won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly at the Section 3AA meet. She is the No. 8 seed in the 50 freestyle at 24.26 seconds and the seventh seed in the butterfly at 57.16.
Senior Sawyer Murray was third in diving with 338.15 points and will move on to state. Hutchins advanced in the 100 freestyle by taking second to Wenman in 54.13.
Garrity was Section 3AA champion in the 500 freestyle at 5:04.34 and is the No. 4 seed in the event at state.
Rosemount is the No. 8 seed in the 200 freestyle relay. Herron, Garrity, Hutchins and Wenman won the event at the section meet in 1:38.29.
The Irish breezed to the Section 3AA championship with 478.5 points, almost 150 ahead of Woodbury, the runner-up. They will try to improve on last year's 13th-place finish at state.
The state meet will begin Monday with diving preliminaries at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Swimming preliminaries are Tuesday, with swimming and diving finals scheduled Wednesday. All Class AA competition begins at 6 p.m.
This year's schedule puts a few more days between the section and state meets. Carlson said she didn't think that would be a problem for her top swimmers, who were not going to taper until after the section meet anyway. The bigger question would be how it affects swimmers who needed to taper for their section meets and then have to prepare for a state meet almost two weeks later.
Farmington swimmers qualified for the state meet in seven events after the Tigers finished third at the Section 1AA meet last week in Rochester.
Among the qualifiers was senior Kaitlyn O'Reilly, who won the 200 individual medley in a section-record 2:05.03 and is the No. 2 seed at state in that event, behind only Lakeville South's Brianna Alexander.
O'Reilly also advanced in the 100 backstroke, taking third in the section finals in 57.56. She's the seventh seed in that event at state.
Farmington junior Kristen Kracke made it through in the 50 freestyle, taking second in 24.51. She also reached state in the 100 freestyle with a third-place time of 53.38 at sections. Chelsea Gehrke finished third in the 100 butterfly in 58.54 but beat the state qualifying standard by more than one second.
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There have been times this season when the Milwaukee Brewers' effort has been questioned and when you're not scoring runs it can give the false impression that you're not trying.
In a game in which it would have been easy to surrender Sunday the Brewers exhibited some fight. Yes they caught some breaks as well but this was a day in which a beleaguered team deserved to feel proud.
Erasing a three-run deficit with a five-run rally in the sixth inning the Brewers pulled out an 8-5 victory over Washington at Miller Park to salvage the finale of the three-game series and brief home stand. In losing their previous three games the Brewers scored only two runs.
"The guys are battling" said starting pitcher Kyle Lohse who had his own personal battle with five difficult innings and a tight strike zone. "We could have rolled over and we didn't do that. We beat a pretty good team. We've got to keep grinding them out.
"We've got a lot of season left and we can learn some stuff learn a lot about ourselves and how we can battle when things aren't going our way."
It certainly didn't look good early as the Brewers fell behind 4-1 with some careless play. They gift-wrapped three runs in the second inning when Lohse — who hadn't hit a batter all season — plunked two. Catcher Jonathan Lucroy muffed a bunt in front of the plate that instead of leading to an easy out gave the Nationals their third run.
"We were sloppy coming out those first few innings a little frustrated I think" said manager Ron Roenicke. "Kyle did a nice job of holding it down and letting us have a chance to catch up."
The Brewers' injury-riddled lineup hasn't caught many breaks lately but that changed in a dramatic way in the sixth inning. After a sacrifice fly by Carlos Gomez left runners on the corners with one out Washington starter Taylor Jordan was replaced by veteran lefty Fernando Abad a move that quickly backfired.
Khris Davis batted for Caleb Gindl and chopped an infield hit over third baseman Ryan Zimmerman to make it a one-run game. Juan Francisco batting .111 for the season against lefties tied it by yanking a double down the first-base line that barely ticked the bag to stay fair.
With Washington playing its infield in to try to cut off the go-ahead run Jeff Bianchi blooped a base hit to shallow center to score two more runs Francisco eluding catcher Kurt Suzuki's tag with a nice swipe of his left hand on the plate.
"That was a big inning for us" said Bianchi. "You're supposed to hit it where they're not right? It's always good to put up a crooked number like that a five-spot. Good things happen when you battle.
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MIDDLETOWN -- Mustang May Madness, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament fundraiser for Middletown High School's basketball teams, takes place May 16-17 at the Middletown High School gym.
Divisions include youth boys (ages 12-15), youth girls (ages 12-15), youth boys (ages 15-16), youth girls (ages 15-16), adult male (age 18 and older), and adult female (age 18 and older). The sign-up fee is $75 per team.
Players on school-aged teams are bracketed by grade based on the current school year. Where possible, all games will be played indoors. Outdoor courts will be used for younger age divisions and for loser's bracket games in other divisions if necessary.
Division champions receive team trophies and players on first- and second-place teams receive T-shirts.
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How Did The Tesla Model S Ace Safety Tests, But Catch on Fire?
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(SEATTLE) — Tesla's better-than-perfect safety rating was called into question based on a technicality. But a Model S owner in Seattle might have a bit more reason to question Tesla's safety record.
The car owner saw his high-performance electric vehicle catch fire on Tuesday.
Kyle Ohashi, a captain with the Kent Fire Department that responded to the fire, said an unidentified metal object hit the bottom of the vehicle. "The car gave the driver a warning to stop and pull over," he told ABC News. "He got out and smoke started coming out of the car, followed by the fire."
The Model S battery's 16 modules are located underneath the car, protected by a steel plate. "Each module within the battery pack is, by design, isolated by fire barriers to limit any potential damage," said Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, a spokeswoman for Tesla Motors. "The fire in the battery pack was contained to a small section in the front of the vehicle."
The exact cause of the Model S fire is not yet known.
The Model S's steel plate keeps its battery protected during everyday driving. But it also made the fire department's job trickier, Ohashi said. "Typically when you have a car fire, it's relatively easy to access the battery," he said. "This battery was buried deeply in the front portion of the car, so gaining access to the fire was an issue."
This is the first known fire caused by a Model S battery, said Jarvis-Shean.
"Tesla has delivered more than 13,000 vehicles since June 2012," she said. "Those cars have driven over 83 million miles, and this is the first fire."
There were no fires observed during the crash tests performed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), she noted.
"The Tesla Model S performed well in standard crash tests, yet what sounds like a relatively minor impact resulted in a fire that proved difficult to extinguish," said Karl Brauer, a senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book. "This points to the wide variety of crash results that can't be tested in a lab."
Jeff Chamberlain, deputy director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne National Lab in Illinois, said that like in any other battery fire, it comes down to a short circuit.
"If you puncture any battery, whether it's lead-acid, alkaline or lithium-ion, you'll create a short circuit and make connections across interfaces that you should not be making." he said. "When that short occurs, it creates heat and energy, which causes the fire."
Tesla's battery differs from other electric and hybrid cars, Chamberlain noted, and its design actually lowers the risk of fire propagating. "The Chevy Volt has 288 battery cells that are about the size of your hand," he said. "The Model S uses a different set of cells and has between 8,000 to 11,000 of them. When you divide those cells up the way Tesla did, the [risk] of fire spreading goes down."
According to a report by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an estimated 194,000 highway vehicle fires occur each year, across all types of vehicles.
ABC News reached out to NHTSA for comment about the Model S. "During the federal government shutdown, some key agency functions have been discontinued until funding is restored," the agency said in a statement. "Functions funded by annual appropriations are suspended, including safety defect investigations, field crash investigations, review of consumer complaints and notification of new vehicle and equipment recalls."
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Known for their vintage and heritage-inspired designs, Aoyama's Archive & Style have linked up with Daisuke Kawaguchi and METAPHORE for a special edition version of the Japanese brand's Hunter Tote Bag from the Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Retaining the overall shape, Italian leather and signature cotton netting of the original, Archive & Style's Masahiko Sakata has finished off the blue canvas piece by applying deadstock 1930s British linen to the bottom of the tote, giving each a unique and one-of-a-kind look. The limited collaboration will be available at Archive & Style beginning February 18 for ¥31,500 JPY (approximately $410 USD).
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) - The St. Cloud YMCA picked up two large donations to move them another step closer to building a new 93-thousand square foot aquatics and community center in St. Cloud.
1.5 million came from Scheels while another 1 million came from the Morgan Family Foundation. The donation from the Morgan Family Foundation represents the largest ever donated by the group in this area.
The two landmark donations bring the total raised to 13 million dollars. YMCA Executive Director Greg Gack says they hope that pace of donations continues The City of St. Cloud had already chipped in 10 million while Boser Contruction and Marco also made large contributions.
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Hi guys. I have 2000 .45 ACP cases that have been cleaned/tumbled in walnut shell media. Mixed headstamp range pickup, large primer only. I have handled each one and weeded out the small primer and also threw out any cases I didn't like. I will sell 2000 cases for $98 + $12 shipping, so $110 total to your door. That fills up a medium flat rate box. I can also fit 300 into a small flat rate box for $20 shipped to your door.
I also have 1000 38 special cases that have been tumbled in ground walnut shells. Mixed headstamp range pickup, I will sell these for about 4 cents each plus shipping. I can fit all 1000 into a medium box for $50 including shipping. If no one wants that quantity, I can instead fit 350 38 specials into a small box for $20 shipped.
I tried to price all this brass at the lowest price I have seen this stuff typically selling for (not asked for) on the forums, including shipping. Plus, this brass is all tumbled and inspected.
Legal disclaimer: I MAKE NO CLAIMS AS TO THE SAFETY OF THIS BRASS. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Please send me a PM (Personal Message) if interested. I will answer promptly. I prefer PayPal gift for payment, but will also take postal money order. Thanks!
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A San Ysidro man was arrested Thursday after Border Patrol agents uncovered 15 pounds of methamphetamine stuffed behind the driver's seat of his pickup on Interstate 5 in San Clemente, just north of San Diego County, authorities said.
Agents stopped the driver of the Dodge Durango going north on the freeway near the Avenida Magdelena exit about 11:15 a.m. and asked if they could search his truck, the Border Patrol said.
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The Baby Pregnancy Tracker enables you to follow the development of your baby in the first phase of your pregnancy. In this free version you'll find detailed pictures of the first 10 weeks of your baby's development. You can also read about what happens to your body, and get advice on the best and safest nutrition for you and your baby.
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Tax The Rich Now
The Economist has produced the clearest explanation of the necessity of raising taxes on the rich that I have seen. It starts with the increasing deficits run by the governments of the big economies, those in the OECD. Both households and businesses have increased their savings rates dramatically over the past two years. In the US, the household savings rate has risen to more than 6% of household income from about 2.7% in the years before the Great Crash. The OECD predicts that in the aggregate, the expenditures of households and businesses across the economies of the OECD this year will be $2.6 trillion less than incomes.
In developed countries, people don't put that money in a mattress. They accumulate financial claims against other people, in the form of bonds, stocks, bank accounts and so on. With all this saving going on, who is going to borrow that money? On a net basis, businesses and households won't borrow. Foreign countries could be on the other side. China, and maybe other Asian economies could borrow from the US by running a trade deficit, but that isn't going to happen.
Who else is there? The Economist tells us:
The only other possibility is governments. That is why the rich world's private surpluses have been mirrored by equally vast public deficits. Last year the OECD's governments ran a combined deficit of 7.9% of GDP, and this year it is likely to be only marginally less. Among the big economies, Britain's deficit will be the largest, at 11.5%, with America not far behind. In an accounting sense, these eye-popping deficits are simply the counterpart of private surpluses. In an economic sense, their remarkable increase is less the outcome of government profligacy than private thrift.
This is pure Keynesian economics, as I explained in detail here. When savings increase and are not used for productive enterprises, they go to other countries, or wealthy people gamble them away on financial markets, enriching the partners at Goldman Sachs and the traders at JPMorgan Chase, but no one else.
Having explained the problem, the Economist then examines each solution offered by conventional thinkers, quantitative easing, more stimulus, and even the possibility of increasing taxes. Each fails. Misery is the new normal: high unemployment and a steadily worsening quality of life.
Rich people refuse to pay taxes. They hire compliant economists who support their greed, exactly the same way tobacco companies hired compliant scientists to deny the dangers of their product,. The hired goons pollute political discourse with lies and nonsense. The rich buy off politicians, and their media produce a small compliant majority of populace to vote for those craven politicians. Even today, in the face of monumental deficits and massive national debt, we are told that taxing the rich will wreck the economy, and the University of Chicago economists who infest our policy apparatus nod their bobbleheads approvingly.
The plain fact is that if taxes had not been cut by a combination of soulless Republicans and spineless Democrats led by foolish presidents, we would not have seen the real estate bubble and the Great Crash. If there had been a balance between government investments in public goods and private investments in productive businesses on one hand, and savings and taxes on the other, there would not have been enough cash washing around to get the bubble going.
The result of our absurd public policy is that we have gobs of money available for unwanted private investment, and a no money for investment in desperately needed public goods. US infrastructure is suffering from decades of neglect, from roads and bridges and subways to water mains and electrical transmission systems to water treatment facilities. Practically every child in America either gets a crappy education or graduates with corrosive debt. The list of necessities is long and painful.
There is a solution. We increase taxes on a very small segment of the population, say the top .5% of incomes and wealth, at a high enough level to provide meaningful revenues, and invest the money solely in US public goods.
The benefits are obvious. We can fix our infrastructure and increase the quantity of public goods, reducing unemployment and improving the conditions for economic productivity. The less money the rich have, the less they can spend buying democracy and gambling.
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The Menlo College Athletics Department is proud to announce William Mitchell as the next head coach of the women's wrestling program. Mitchell brings a wealth of experience on both the collegiate level and on the national stage into the position, as well as an energetic outlook that should pay dividends in elevating the program to national prominence.
"Many things went through my mind on learning I would be the next women's wrestling head coach at Menlo, but for the most part it was excitement to work with some great young women to reach their goals," said Mitchell on the prospects of joining the Oaks. "Obviously our goal is to win a national championship, but my true goal is to give students an opportunity for success. We as coaches or as I like to be called a facilitator, are here to give those around us a platform for success."
Mitchell enters his Menlo tenure after most recently serving as the Director of Operations for the wrestling program at Lindenwood University in Bellville, IL, along with his role as Team Leader and Head Coach of Team Missouri Select (club team), and a coach on a variety of USA national wrestling teams. Mitchell was at the helm of the Southern Plains Team in Freestyle and Greco from 2008-09, spent time as an assistant coach for the Fargo National Tournament in Freestyle and Greco from 2009-10, and was most recently the Missouri Regional Greco Coach.
"We couldn't be happier in welcoming Bill to the Menlo Athletics family," said Director of Athletics Keith Spataro. "His track record speaks for itself, and between his experience, attitude, and vision for the program, I believe he will advance Menlo women's wrestling to that next level."
Mitchell inherits a young, but promising Lady Oaks squad, which is seemingly just the right fit for his intended plan for the program. "I will work on creating a 3-5 year plan which will have many goals embedded in it such as community outreach programs, fundraising, and a sound schedule that will help each and every girl become successful," remarked Mitchell. "I am excited to be part of a sound academic institution where we can help develop great leaders in our community and in student life."
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Giuliana Rancic won't prep for red carpet chats
US TV presenter Giuliana Rancic thinks some people prepare too much for interviews.
US TV presenter Giuliana Rancic never prepares for A-list interviews because thinking quickly makes them more interesting.
The 41-year-old star has spoken to some of the biggest names in the business and is renowned for her tongue-in-cheek style - such as telling George Clooney she'd always wanted to "lei him" after placing a lei garland of flowers around his neck at an awards show.
She's now gearing up to interview at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (10Jan16), and she's promised to make things fun.
"I often say that the less prepared I am for an interview, the better," she laughed to Britain's Hello! magazine. "When you prepare too much, you're more likely to miss something, like a celebrity wearing two different shoes because they're fashion forward. It's important to stay in the moment."
Also vital is that Giuliana is properly nourished beforehand. While it looks like her job is all fun and frolics, it can be very hard work too.
"I think it was the Emmys where we took the temperature on our platform and it was 104 degrees," she said. "That's five hours in five-inch heels, a fitted gown and hair and make-up. So I need energy. I always have a good meal beforehand, plus snacks.
"I'm a little nervous right before the red light goes on, but once that happens and we're live in front of millions, I just have fun."
Giuliana also appears on TV show Fashion Police, and she was mired in controversy after she made some ill-judges jokes about actress Zendaya - commenting the young star looked like she smelt of "weed" when she rocked dreadlocks. The remark caused outrage and prompted Kelly Osbourne to leave the panel, but Giuliana has now put it behind her.
When she began on the programme the late Joan Rivers was involved, and Giuliana can't speak highly enough of her.
"I learnt a lot from Joan," she said. "She was very kind. She taught me that no matter how busy you are, how crazy this business is, you shouldn't believe your own hype."
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U.S. stocks rallied, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14.000 for the first time in five years, as investors` confidence surged on manufacturing and labor market data.
Stock equities soared after the U.S. Labor Department data showed payrolls rise by 157,000 following a revised 196,000 increase in the prior month and a 247,000 surge in November. The unemployment rate increased to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent.
Additionally, the Institute for Supply Management reported manufacturing in the U.S. expanded more than expected in January, where its manufacturing index reached a nine-month high.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached above 14,000 for the first time since 2007, after having opened at 13.869, It advanced 1.08%.
The S&P 500 climbed 1% to a five-year high, after all 10 industry groups within the index advanced. The index closed at 1.513, after it opened at 1.498.
The NASDAQ composite closed 1.18% or 36.97 higher to 3.179.
On the other hand, oil prices rose on optimism over the U.S and European countries and China, as to the data that showed manufacturing activity expanding in January.
Also, tension across the Middle East, the world`s biggest oil producing region, has put Brent crude on track to its biggest weekly gain since mid-November, while U.S. crude is set to rise for an eighth straight week.
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Crunchy Honey Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
- Cream butter with honey, peanut butter, sugar and salt till smooth and creamy.
- Mix in flour and oats and mix till well combined. Roll out dough to 4mm thickness and cut with a floured fluted cutter.
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The US Dollar, Euro & Gold
In the past three decades, once the Dollar became oversold (or conversely the Euro became overbought) the chance of a rebound to the twenty or fifty week moving averages increased dramatically. We are there now. The Dollar produced a weekly downside capitulation alert the week of March 28th. The Euro staged weekly upside exhaustion alerts March 28th through April 11th. Couple this with a weekly sequential sell setup in the Euro as of April 11th and we are in a position to undergo a tradable dollar rally.
An offshoot of such a correction in currencies is a related decline in the gold price and related equities.
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Sew: blingy sequined pouch
I amped up the bling by sewing multiple sized sequins and beads onto a single letter in a coverall fashion and then making it into a zippered pouch:
The exterior is drop cloth canvas with a coordinating gingham lining:
I probably could've placed the letter a tiny bit higher on the pouch - next time:
Here's how to make the blingy sequined pouch:
1. Supplies (for one pouch):
1 - drop cloth exterior 11" x 14"
1 - gingham cotton lining 11" x 14"
1 - med. weight fusible interfacing 11" x 14"
1 - 10" zipper
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- Racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between the use of health care services and functional disability: the health and retirement study (1992-2004)Mary Elizabeth Bowen
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
Gerontologist 48:659-67. 2008....
- Childhood socioeconomic status and racial differences in disability: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (1998-2006)Mary Elizabeth Bowen
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E Ferry Street, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Soc Sci Med 69:433-41. 2009..In support of a life course approach, these findings suggest that socioeconomic conditions in early life may have implications for racial differences in disability between older Black and older White adults...
- Childhood socioeconomic position and disability in later life: results of the health and retirement studyMary Elizabeth Bowen
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, 87 E Ferry St, 226 Knapp Building, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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How long has this been going on?
Just so I understand: When you look out a the world, with your best glasses in place, with both eyes open, the top half of your visual field is cloudy. Is this correct?
Do you have any medical problems or take any medicines?
About 2 weeks off and on, do not wear glasses, have had laser surgery 5 yrs ago. I would sya just the very top of the field of vision. I do tke anit inflamitories although not for a week or so
is this visual problem present all the time or does it change from moment to moment/last a short time.
I have at mo 10mg beta blockers only been on for 3 days
When it occurs, how long does it last.
Are you on the beta blockers for this condition?
not always there, jsut sometimes notice it, couple of hours. No for anxiety, regulation of pulse and muscle relaxent
Ok. Do you ever feel queezy (not sure how to spell that :), sensitive to light or sound or get a headache after these visual events?
Feel queasy quite alot at the moent, dont get headaches as such, being treated for pinched nerve - hence anti inflams - which cause headaches when I do get them
It sounds like you are suffering from ocular migraines.
A typical migraine headache starts with shimmering lights, often times they surround a blurry area or have dots or jaggedly lines associated with them. They tend to progressively increase in intensity and sometimes march across the visual field causing difficulty with reading. Many times this is then accompanied by nausea, irritability, sensitivity to bright lights and/or loud noises. After the onset of the lights (called scintillating scotomas), the headache typically starts and the light show tends to progressively go away.
Many people can have this migraine phenomenon without the headache; it is called an acephalgic migraine. Some people even start having these late in life, or may have had a few much earlier in life that behaved differently and haven't had any for decades and then begin to have them; this is not uncommon. A family history of migraines is often present as well.
This is nothing to worry about. It is not a sign of a more serious underlying condition, brain tumor or anything like that. If the episodes become so frequent that they are bothersome there are medicines that can be used to decrease their frequency or stop an episode once it has started.
This is something that I personally have been dealing with for many years.....you really don't have anything to worry about.
Does this make sense to you?
Still there?
yes sorry jusy reading
Are you saying the cloudy vision is another way it can present itsself as I do not have the senseitivity to light or noise? Is it worth seeing an optician?
yes. The cloudy vision is a very common way that it presents itself....that is how I get it. I, also, only rarely get the headaches.
Ah, the headaches are usually at the temples or up the back of my head. I used to get migranes when I was little - which is when I started to wear glasses. Who would provided the best treatment optitician then doc or just optician
An ophthalmologist (MD) or even a internal medicine MD
right. We dont have those over here I dont think - uk- just optician where get eyes tested. will have to speak to them then. many thanks for your help.
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An Alphabet Book
C Is for City
An Alphabet Book
You should know from the start, that Mister Doodle is quite smart.
C is for City, this much is true. But can you see another clue?
What else is there that starts with C? A car of course--you must agree!
Keep this in mind, open your eyes, for on every page there's another surprise!
A is for Art. B is for Bone.
C is for City, like New York or Rome.
D is for Dump Truck. E is for Envelope.
F is for Food, like French toast or cantaloupe.
Mister Doodle's C Is for City features a unique art style: a mixture of black line art and photography for an adorable look that's fresh and creative! Children will be entertained and amused while learning their ABCs with the stick-figured Mister Doodle!
- Little Simon |
- 40 pages |
- July 2011 |
- Grades P - K


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Merlin Moncure wrote: > Is there any relatively easy way to, uh, prevent your users from seeing > some/all of your pl/pgsql code in pgAdmin? :) A by schema solution > would be ideal. I could think of an additional option for schema names that should be treated as system schema (like the Slony-I and pgAgent schema), but there's no solution to prevent reengineering that's not done on the server side. And coding sophisticated algorithms in plpgsql is for masochists only anyway ;-) Regards, Andreas
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Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Bobby L. Rush, John D. Dingell, and Mike Doyle sent a letter to Russell Girling, President and CEO of TransCanada Corporation, requesting that the company immediately disclose where the steel to be used in Keystone XL is manufactured. TransCanada has told congressional offices that the steel to be used in the pipeline would be produced in North America, not India. Members of Congress have relied on this information. New information however reveals that the steel may have been produced in India. The members request that TransCanada disclose where the steel for the pipeline is from before the House of Representatives considers legislation to approve Keystone XL next week as part of the transportation bill.
February 10, 2012
Russell K. Girling
President & CEO
TransCanada Corporation
450 - 1 Street SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dear Mr. Girling:
We are writing to request that TransCanada disclose where the materials to construct the Keystone XL pipeline will be manufactured.
TransCanada has made repeated representations to congressional offices regarding the domestic manufacturing opportunities presented by the Keystone XL pipeline project. On December 2, 2011, Alex Pourbaix of TransCanada Corporation testified before the Energy and Commerce Committee that "[w]e are using the latest technologies and the strongest steel pipe from American mills to build the pipeline."[1] On February 2, 2012, TransCanada informed Committee staff that "[a]pproximately 74% of the pipe required for the Project in the United States was sourced from North American based mills -- Evraz Regina Canada and Welspun Little Rock, U.S."[2] TransCanada also stated, "We have not sourced any steel from India."[3]
These claims have been relied upon by members. During the February 6, 2012, markup of legislation to approve the Keystone project, Rep. Tim Murphy stated that the project would create jobs in the "local steel mills" in Pennsylvania.[4] Rep. Cassidy stated that if Keystone were to be approved, there would be job creation in the U.S. because of the need for "manufacturing steel." [5] Rep. Shimkus stated the information he was provided asserted "that 50 percent of Keystone XL steel originated from the United States and the second largest source was from Canada."[6]
New information obtained by Rep. Doyle indicates that these statements may not be accurate. On February 6, 2012, Welspun Tubular LLC in Little Rock informed Rep. Doyle's office that some of the steel pipe to be used in the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline was produced in India. Mr. Doyle explained:
Let's understand something. The steel is not being manufactured in Little Rock, Arkansas. There is no steel being manufactured there. They are taking steel that has already been manufactured in a foreign country, heating it up and bending it and welding the seams. That is what is going on in Little Rock, Arkansas. There are approximately 200 to 300 jobs at that plant.
As this is a privately funded project, TransCanada is entitled to decide where to purchase its materials. However, providing misleading information to Congress in order to obtain a legislative earmark for the approval of its pipeline would be clearly improper.
The House is expected to vote on legislation regarding the Keystone XL pipeline next week. We believe this issue should be clarified before that vote. We therefore request that TransCanada immediately disclose where the materials to be used in Keystone XL are produced and the quantity of those materials. Specifically, we request answers to the following questions:
1. TransCanada has stated that 800,000 tons of steel will be used in the Keystone XL pipeline. Is this an accurate estimate of the amount of steel that would be used?
2. TransCanada has stated that 660,000 tons of steel will be used for the U.S. portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. Is this an accurate estimate of the amount of steel that would be used?
3. Has TransCanada entered into contracts for the production of steel pipe and other steel products for the Keystone XL pipeline? If any amount of steel product has not yet been contracted for, please provide the amount of steel product that has not yet been contracted for.
4. Would the Keystone XL pipeline, in whole or in part, be constructed with steel that was poured and melted in the United States? If so, how many tons would meet this description?
5. Would the Keystone XL pipeline, in whole or in part, be constructed with steel that was poured and melted in India, Russia, China, or another country? If so, please explain how many tons would be used from each country.
The questions that have been raised about TransCanada's steel claims put into doubt other assertions by TransCanada. In particular, we have questions about TransCanada's assertion that the Keystone XL pipeline would create 7,000 manufacturing jobs. Please identify the specific geographic location of these jobs and the specific products to be manufactured at each location.
We hope you will respond to these questions without delay. Members should have the facts about this pipeline before voting on this legislation. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Henry A. Waxman
Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Bobby L. Rush
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on Energy and Power
John D. Dingell
Mike Doyle
Source: http://democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?q=news/committee-democrats-to-transcanada-immediately-disclose-origin-of-steel-to-be-used-on-keystone-


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J*Fest to Launch First Annual Jewish Theater Festival, 5/12
On May 12, 2014 the Jewish Theater Festival will launch the first of it's eight shows, "The Rigano Songbook" at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford, Connecticut. The J*Fest is the first Festival of contemporary Jewish theater and entertainment that is hosted and supported by local community organizations.
There are eight plays and musicals in the festival. The shows will be welcomed by carefully selected Jewish Community Centers in Manhattan, West Hartford, Ct., and Wayne, N.J. The shows will be performed on a rotating basis over six weeks in May and June 2014. The eight productions will have one performance each in all three venues.
Executive Director of J*Fest, Nancy Holson, a well respected writer and producer said, "This kind of community based celebration is exciting and long overdue. We received a wealth of notable submissions because prospective and well known producers and writers who were excited by the possibilities this type of festival presents. The shows are all entertaining original works, with a wide range of audience appeal. They were selected, not only on merit, but on how they complemented one The productions were selected to complement one another and the venues in which they will be performed."
The productions include:
"Aquatic Information" a multimedia performance art piece; "David Michael Finklesteins Bar Mitzvah," which welcomes a young man to an adult community whose priorities are questionable; "Three Challahs," which encourages children to enjoy the mitzvah of the Shabbat; "What Next," a black comedy where two friends, who died together, recount their final days and observe their families in mourning; "Uncle Philip's Coat" shares the joys and frustrations of a colorful immigrant, through the memories of his nephew; "The Rigano Songbook, Jew-ish Edition," The world premiere of this musical comedy piece whose writers have performed at famed New York cabarets; "Gefilte Fish Chronicles, the Musica,l" inspired by an award winning documentary, this musical which celebrates the power of family, was recently invited to perform at the White House; and "The Second Sun," an unexpected story of hope and love, written by celebrated writer-performer James Patrick Nelson.
Along with Executive Director Nancy Holson, the Management team also includes:
Amy Holson-Schwartz is an award-winning playwright and producer and aspiring academic. Her play, Can I Really Date a Guy Who Wears a Yarmulke? won the Producers Award at the 2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival and has since been performed in Brooklyn, NY, Newark, DE, and Fairfax, VA, as well as in Toronto, Canada and Jerusalem, Israel. She currently resides in London, UK, where she is entering the second year of a PhD at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her research is on the transatlantic transfer of the commercial musical. As a producer, she has been responsible for multiple productions of The News in Revue, Parenting 101, and Ludwig Live! and is currently an Associate Producer with Peaceful Lion Productions. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Festival Arts and served as the General Manager of the Mekka Collective.
Iris Burnett, co-author and producer of "Gefilte Fish Chronicles, the Musical," is a highly accomplished writer and communication strategist. Her credits include Senior VP Corporate Communications and Public Affairs for the Sci-Fi Channel and USA Networks. Creation of the award winning "Erase the Hate" campaign, Chief of Staff at The United States Information Agency, and Founder of Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence. Burnett has been political advisor to two Presidents and many elected officials. While in government, she co- created the White House Women's Office, and the Interagency Council for Women. Among other achievements she was the Director of Security for a National Political Convention, she remains the first and only woman to serve in this position. Burnett co- produced the acclaimed documentary "The Gefilte Fish Chronicles", which has been seen on over 70 PBS stations. She is the author of three books; "So You Think You Can Be President," "Schlepper, a Mostly True Tale of Presidential Politics," and "The Gefilte Fish Chronicles Companion Cookbook." "Gefilte Fish Chronicles the Musical," recently had a Command performance at the White House. Other theater projects include, "Slow Dance with a Hot Pick-Up," "Hurricane," a musical adaptation of the devastating 1938 New England storm, and "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", the Lloyd Price story.


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Tom Lane wrote: > Seems like a more appropriate solution would be to make it easier to do > that subtraction, ie, make it easier to capture the values at a given > time point and then get deltas from there. It's more general (you could > have multiple saved sets of values), and doesn't require superuser > permissions to do, and doesn't have the same potential for > damn-I-wish-I-hadn't-done-that moments. > You can make the same argument about the existing pg_stat_reset mechanism. I would love to completely rework the stats infrastructure so that it's easier to capture values with timestamps, compute diffs, and do trending. However, I'm not sure the database itself is necessarily the best place to do that at anyway. People who know what they're doing are already handling this exact job using external tools that grab regular snapshots for that purpose, so why try to duplicate that work? I'm trying to triage here, to scrub off the worst of the common problems. I would never claim this is the perfect direction to follow forever. There are a number of people who consider the inability to reset the pg_stat_bgwriter stats in any way a bug that's gone unfixed for two versions now. Your larger point that this style of implementation is not ideal as a long-term way to manage statistics I would completely agree with, I just don't have the time to spend on a major rewrite to improve that. What I can offer is a fix for the most common issue I get complaints about, in the form of a tool much more likely to be used correctly by people who go looking for it than misused IMHO. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.com
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Israeli sources reported today that Syrian forces were about to capture a road function leading to the Lebanese port of Sidon, some 20 kilometers from the Israeli border. But the Syrians apparently have no intention of moving further south, the sources said. They also said that there has been no increase in the size of the Syrian force in Lebanon since the beginning of the month and no changes in its basic deployment. The sources dismissed reports that the Syrians entered "Fatahland" as PLO propaganda.


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Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals
Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals is a thorough examination of genomics in the livestock industry, encompassing genome sciences, genome biotechnology, and reproduction. Recent developments in molecular genetics and genomics have enabled scientists to identify and characterize genes contributing to the complexity of reproduction in domestic animals, allowing scientists to improve reproductive traits. Providing the livestock industry with essential tools for enhancing reproductive efficiency, Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals surveys the current status of reproductive genomes and.
Description based upon print version of record. Reproductive Genomics in Domestic Animals; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Quantitative Genomics of Reproduction; 1: Reproductive Genomics: Genome, Transcriptome, and Proteome Resources; 2: Quantitative Genomics of Female Reproduction; 3: Quantitative Genomics of Male Reproduction; 4: Genetics and Genomics of Reproductive Disorders; 5: Genomics of Reproductive Diseases in Cattle and Swine; 6: Comparative Genomics of the Y Chromosome and Male Fertility; 7: Mitochondriomics of Reproduction and Fertility; Part II: Physiological Genomics of Reproduction. 8: Functional Genomics Studies of Ovarian Function in Livestock: Physiological Insight Gained and Perspective for the Future9: Physiological Genomics of Preimplantation Embryo Development in Production Animals; 10: Physiological Genomics of Conceptus Endometrial Interactions Mediating Corpus Luteum Rescue; 11: Physiological Genomics of Placental Growth and Development; 12: Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic Mechanisms Regulating Testis Function in Livestock; Part III: Genomics and Reproductive Biotechnology. 13: The Epigenome and Its Relevance to Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer and Nuclear Reprogramming14: Biotechnology and Fertility Regulation; 15: Proteomics of Male Seminal Plasma; 16: Evolutionary Genomics of Sex Determination in Domestic Animals; 17: Toxicogenomics of Reproductive Endocrine Disruption; 18: Nutrigenomics for Improved Reproduction; Index;
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Senate Passes Legislation to Ensure Children with Autism Receive the Medical Care They Deserve
Syracuse, NY - Landmark legislation (S7000B), co-sponsored by Senator David J. Valesky (D- Oneida), which will end the discriminatory practices by insurance companies against children with autism disorders passed the New York State Senate today.
"Often, families affected by autism are forced to pay for medical treatment on their own without the support of insurance agencies," said Senator Valesky. "This legislation gives families the ability to rely on their insurance to help alleviate some of that financial impact."
The bill will require insurance companies to provide early intervention screening, diagnosis and treatments for autism spectrum disorders, saving families facing autism thousands of dollars a year.
"The unanimous passage of this landmark legislation will at long last provide New York families dealing with the challenges of autism the access to care that will truly impact their quality of life," Judit Ursitti, of AutismSpeaks, said. "We thank Senator Valesky and Senator Breslin for working with the autism community to see this through."
Despite research that has shown early intervention and intensive behavioral therapies can result in significant improvement in the quality of life for those with autism, diagnosis and treatment have been excluded from coverage by health insurance carriers in New York.
The prior insurance law did not provide clarity to consumers or insurers as to the scope of the required coverage. This bill includes an updated definition of autism spectrum disorder, and tells insurers what must be covered. The Commissioner of Health would be responsible for publicizing regulations identifying treatment and therapy options for autism coverage.
Twenty states previously spoke up for those affected by autism by passing legislation to provide them with insurance coverage. The passage of this much needed legislation would make New York the 21st state to require such coverage. This bill is one of the strongest in the nation, not only requiring policies to cover autism, but does so without a financial cap. Furthermore, the coverage is extended for the entire life span of the individual.
The Centers for Disease Control have now estimated that the number of children with autism is 1 in 110 nationwide, up from previous estimates of 1 in 150. The numbers are even more stark in New York, with the autism rate for children increasing by about 15% per year. Recent studies have shown that close to 1 in 90 children are affected by autism. Currently, there are 17,000 students ages 4 to 21 classified by New York schools as having autism.