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One of the many reasons I love Summer: You can show off your favorite sandals. Whether in flats or platforms, letting your feet breathe and toes shine is healthy and happy. Don't get me wrong, I love a pair of boots too, but let's continue to revel in Fab celebrity shoes, shall we?
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Who wore stunning white Louboutins and matched her crimson toes with the red carpet?
America Ferrera
Eva Longoria
Anne Hathaway
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Which star on the rise wore a pair of purple patent pumps?
Blake Lively
Vanessa Hudgens
Emma Stone
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Who wore a pair of knotted Joie flat sandals in the streets of NYC?
Kirsten Dunst
Leighton Meester
Michelle Williams
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Who wore some killer gray suede platforms promoting her new movie?
Selma Blair
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Who dazzled in these sweet Jimmy Choos?
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Errors Help Whits Drop Two Ballgames
News Release Date:
Saturday, March 27
WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- A handful of costly errors helped George Fox score a total of 12 unearned runs as the Bruins swept a pair of Northwest Conference games, 21-3 and 23-2, from Whitman College Saturday afternoon in Newberg, Ore.
George Fox finished the day in third place, improving to 7-4 in the NWC and 14-9 overall.
Whitman slid to 3-8 in conference and 3-19 on the season.
George Fox 21,
Whitman 3
Game 1, Box Score
George Fox 23,
Whitman 2
Game 2, Box Score
The Missionaries took short-lived 1-0 leads by scoring a run in the top of the first inning in both games.
In the opener, Brian Kitamura led off with a base on balls, moved to second on a Jay Richards sacrifice bunt and scored when Eric Tolleson singled up the middle.
|Jay Richards
George Fox took control with a six-run second inning that included four hits, two walks and a Whitman fielding error. The Bruins added two unearned runs in the third and then broke the game open with nine runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
Whitman plated its second run in the seventh when Jason Sease tripled and scored when Blaine Mercado rapped an RBI-groundout to first base.
The Missionaries added a third run in the ninth. Eric Korso singled, advanced a base when Mercado walked and came home on a Joe Rodhouse single through the right side.
Whitman misfired on scoring opportunities in the sixth, when freshman Tyler Grisdale lined into an inning-ending doubleplay after singles by Kitamura and Richards, and in the eighth, when Kitamura (single) and Richards (double) were left stranded.
|Brian Kitamura
Meanwhile, the Bruins slugged 21 hits and took advantage of seven walks and six hit-batters. Mark Putney tossed eight innings for victors, scattering six hits while striking out 11, to get his third pitching victory.
Whitman's Patrick Stauffer led off game two with a single, adanced to second base on a Richards sacrifice bunt and later scored when Korsmo reached on an infield single.
George Fox used four hits to tally two runs in the bottom of the first and then erupted for eight runs on five hits and two Whitman errors in the bottom of the second frame.
Whitman tacked on its second game-two run in the top of the third. After Tolleson reached on a Bruins fielding error and Korsmo was hit by a pitch, Sease smacked an RBI-double down the left-field line.
George Fox kicked its offense into high gear with 26 hits in the nightcap. Shortstop Sam Stahl knocked in six runs with four hits, three of them doubles.
The two teams complete their weekend series with a single game on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. at Newberg.
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You know what I think? I think someone should start a hobo adoption program. Create a big hobo shelter with individual rooms and shit, run some of those freaky PsyOps commercials like they do for shelter dog adoption or feeding the children in third world countries, and guilt people into coming down and and picking out a hobo to take home.
I think this would do much more to help them than Daniel Tosh's "Febreezing the Homeless" program.
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Farmers Being Moved Aside By China's Real Estate Boom
By JIM YARDLEY
Published: December 8, 2004
For five months, Gao Lading and other angry farmers had occupied the walled compound of the Communist Party's village office. They had pitched tents, eaten rice and sweet potatoes, and waited.
It was a sit-in born of desperation. Officials from the nearby city of Yulin had seized land that had been part of the village since imperial times. The farmers had protested for nearly two years before finally seizing the village government's seat of power.
Early on Oct. 4, the government struck back. Witnesses say truckloads of paramilitary police surrounded the sleeping village. Hundreds of people inside the office compound were injured as the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Women were attacked with cattle prods. Farmers sleeping nearby were beaten in their beds.
''They pinned them to the bed, put handcuffs on them and dragged them away,'' said a woman whose husband was among the 29 people arrested.
In real estate terms, the crackdown amounted to closing day. Like other land transactions in rural China, negotiations had been one-sided: Yulin officials, citing an obscure legal clause, ordered farmers to leave and offered them $60 per parcel of land. The farmers had screamed robbery.
But farmers in China cannot be robbed of land because they are not allowed to own it. The same economic reforms that have made China the world's fastest growing economy have created a two-tiered property system that favors city dwellers while handicapping the farmers once at the core of this society.
One result is that a booming, private real estate market has emerged in cities, where residents can now buy and sell apartments or suburban villas as investments toward joining the fledgling urban middle class. Farmers still fall under a village collective system that forbids them to own, buy or sell the land they till -- and that often leaves them powerless to keep it.
The Sanchawan case is one example among thousands in which city officials pushing lucrative development projects have confiscated rural land by guile, fiat or force. Experts estimate that as many as 70 million farmers have lost their land in the past decade -- a number expected to rise above 100 million.
''If the government wants to take land, it can take it more or less at will,'' said Qin Hui, a history professor at Qinghua University in Beijing and a leading authority on rural China. He added, ''Farmers often not only haven't benefited from the process of urbanization, they are losing out because of it.''
Urban residents have not been immune to land seizures. Older sections of Shanghai, Beijing and other cities have fallen to wrecking balls to make way for new development. Residents are often poorly compensated and relocated to less convenient apartments.
But displaced farmers often lose their very livelihood. They have little chance of finding other land and face daunting obstacles to creating a stable new life in cities. Losing their land also deprives them of a social safety net in a country without one. A farmer with land can at least eat.
Riots and protests over land seizures and inadequate compensation have erupted across China for much of this year. Land seizures became so rampant that central government officials became alarmed that the loss of arable land threatened China's ability to feed itself. They ordered a temporary freeze on the economic development zones chewing up farmland and promised to reform the land system.
Here in the badlands of northern Shaanxi Province, the arid, desolate landscape holds a mythic place in Communist Party lore and has long been fertile ground for peasant anger and revolt. This is the bleak terrain where Mao Zedong found refuge from pursuing Nationalist troops in the 1930's, rebuilt his Red Army for eventual victory, and instituted a crucial political promise of his revolution -- redistributing land from landlords to peasants.
The Oct. 4 clash here, which Chinese news media have been banned from reporting, clearly terrified villagers. During three visits in October and November, the village remained under tight watch by officials and undercover police officers. Most of the more than 30 villagers interviewed for this article were willing to be identified only by their surnames.
It was a stark change for a village that had been defiant, even brazen, in confronting the government. Interviews, government documents and petitions from the jailed protesters show that a core group of farmers repeatedly protested and staged sit-ins. Some, like Gao Lading, a hot-tempered leader, traveled to Beijing seeking help.
They were fighting for 1,670 acres of sandy, desolate soil.
''For thousands of years, the relationship between farmers and their land has been a thick as blood,'' villagers wrote in one petition to Beijing officials, ''as close fitting as lips and teeth.''
A Seduction of Riches
For years, Sanchawan prospered from its position on the banks of the Yuxi River, less than 10 miles from the produce markets in Yulin. But then discoveries of natural gas, coal and oil prompted local boosters to begin describing Yulin as ''China's Kuwait.'' Yulin became a hub in a major pipeline project moving natural gas from western China to Shanghai. In March 2002, former President Jiang Zemin visited to urge faster development. City officials were already ahead of him.


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We Americans have never figured out whether we are children of the French or the British Enlightenment. Was our founding a radical departure or an act of preservation? This was a bone of contention between Jefferson and Hamilton, and it's a bone of contention today, both between parties and within each one.
Today, if you look around American politics you see self-described conservative radicals who seek to sweep away 100 years of history and return government to its preindustrial role. You see self-confident Democratic technocrats who have tremendous faith in the power of government officials to use reason to control and reorganize complex systems. You see polemicists of the left and right practicing a highly abstract and ideological Jacobin style of politics.
The children of the British Enlightenment are in retreat. Yet there is the stubborn fact of human nature. The Scots were right, and the French were wrong. And out of that truth grows a style of change, a style that emphasizes modesty, gradualism and balance.
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1. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
The difference is, the conservatives have a historic record to look at what worked and what didn't and why, while the liberals don't seem to grasp the implications of their philosophy with regard to the Katrina response, the lack of market oversight leading to the Great Recession, or the most recent BP Gulf Disaster response. Government has proven inept at these huge and important responsibilities…so how is their "tremendous faith in the power of government officials to use reason to control and reorganize complex systems" justified? (BTW, I am not picking on the Left alone for inept government - both the Rs and Ds are inept in a truly bi-partisan way.)May 26, 7:55 am | [comment link]
2. MarkP wrote:
"liberals don't seem to grasp the implications of their philosophy with regard to the Katrina response, the lack of market oversight leading to the Great Recession, or the most recent BP Gulf Disaster response. Government has proven inept…."
Hang on, you yourself say the Great Recession was prompted by "lack of market oversight." Maybe government did a lousy job of oversight because it had its hands tied in most of those examples by conservatives (who were in power at the time) who believe in the ineptitude of government. I think both sides would say they're responding to the "historic record," though coming to different conclusions.May 26, 9:16 am | [comment link]
3. Sarah wrote:
It's interesting. Brooks attributes to the "conservative radicals" the Paine-style "sweeping away" rather than Burke's philosophy.
But one might *just* as easily do the exact opposite and compare the conservative desire for reform to Burke's approval of the American Revolution. Here's what Brooks says about Burke: "Burke also supported the American Revolution, but saw it in a different light than Paine. He believed the British Parliament had recklessly trampled upon the ancient liberties the colonists had come to enjoy. The Americans were seeking to preserve what they had."
The fact that Brooks did not go with *that* description of the so-called "conservative radicals" tells us where Brooks is concerning the conservatives. Myself, I believe that the Congress and Presidency has "recklessly trampled upon the ancient liberties the citizens had come to enjoy and that conservatives are seeking to preserve what they had."
May 26, 9:42 am | [comment link]
4. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
I did say that both the Rs and the Ds were inept. However, your attempt to hang it all on the conservatives leaves out the important roles that Chris Dodd and Barney Frank played in creating the Great Recession and also fails to take into account that the Democrats held both houses of Congress when the economy crashed and burned. That seems a bit disingenuous at the least.May 26, 9:51 am | [comment link]
5. MarkP wrote:
#4—You said the difference is that conservatives look at the historic record and liberals don't. I was simply trying to add a little nuance to your unbalanced account.May 26, 9:57 am | [comment link]
6. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
I fail to see how distorting history improved the alleged "imbalance" of my account. The Katrina fiasco, I think, falls fairly on the Bush administration. The Great Recession should be attributed to both the left and the right. The BP Disaster fiasco rests fairly with the Obama administration.
My comment was on the philosophical natures of the conservatives (that tend to want to hold onto the way things currently are or to restore things to their past order because they perceive that things worked better in the past) and the liberals (that tend to want to try new things that by definition have not been tried before because they view the current and past order of things to be intolerable).
Personally, I think that a mixture of the two is healthy. conservatives need to be more willing to try new things while liberals need to identify the things that they have tried that end up not working and return things to the way they were when they actually worked - the Department of Education being a prime example).May 26, 12:16 pm | [comment link]
7. Militaris Artifex wrote:
First of all, the Democrats are not liberals in any meaningful sense of the word. They are progressives, who appropriated the "liberal" name to their own use at the end of the first third of the twentieth century, when progressivism had proven hollow with the electorate, i.e., had fallen out of favor at the polls.
Second, Sick & Tired of Nuance, as to what has not worked in practice, I would challenge you to name one major federal program that that what you call liberals have tried that does work. Just off of the top of my head, I can't find a single one. [By major, I refer to any program that is either a principal responsibility of a Cabinet Department, or that has its own Federal 'czar.'] Mind you, I am not particularly pleased with a fairly large number of self-identified 'conservatives' amongst the elected officials either. But, with few exceptions, they haven't really launched very many major federal programs.
Pax et bonum,
8. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
One Federal program initiated by the liberals that has been a success (and to the best of my knowledge, the only one from the Dept. of Ed.) is the Head Start program. But it isn't cricket to make me struggle so, to try to find successes in the ash heap of history. However, the Rs have been busy bees themselves, especially during the Bush administration. They tried to buy votes from democrats by being democrats-lite, with all that "compassionate conservativism" which was just more of the socialist agenda in Republican clothing.
Item: President Richard Nixon proposed the EPA and with the approval of congress it began operation on December 2, 1970.
Item: President George Bush Jr. proposed the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and it was co-authored and shepherded in the Senate by Senator Ted Kennedy and voted into law by the Republican controlled majority of both houses.
Item: Dennis Hastert, Republican Speaker of the House introduced the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act into the House of Representatives in 2003. It was voted into law, with the vocal support of President Bush, and signed into law by him.
Furthermore, the Republicrats have lied time after time to the American people about eliminating Democrat programs…like the Department of Education. When they held the Presidency, the House, and the Senate - for 6 YEARS - not one Democrat program was repealed or reigned in. There was no reversal of course at all!
So, again, I see both the Rs and the Ds at fault in this.
I'll concede the point about the semantics of "liberals" and "progressives", but I ask your indulgence because the terms I use are the result of long custom. What I mean when I use them is socialists/communists, a.k.a. the Left (or radical Left if that suits you better).May 26, 8:58 pm | [comment link]
9. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
Oh yeah, and wasn't it President Bush the supported that turn-coat in PA, Arlen Specter?!?
Wasn't it GOP Presidential Candidate John McCain that worked with Feingold to squash our 1st Amendment Rights? And wasn't it John McCain that championed amnesty for the illegal aliens? And didn't the Bush administration do NOTHING about illegal immigration?May 26, 9:06 pm | [comment link]
10. Militaris Artifex wrote:
8. & 9. Sick & Tired of Nuance,
As I thought I had made perfectly clear, I hold no brief in favor of the Republicans. My only observation is that their errors have tended, but only tended, to be somewhat less dismal than the Democrat's. I am neither Dem nor Rep, but rather an Old Whig, in the mold of those to whom Edmund Burke appealed in his An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs, which, if you are well-read in Economics, you will recognize as the stance to which F. A. Hayek adhered in his Why I Am Not A Conservative.
Further, I would argue that wrong is wrong and right is right, although that runs against the grain for most people who are politically active, who, consequently, tend to think in terms of what is "achievable," rather than thinking in terms of right and wrong.
Pax et bonum,
11. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:
#10 Martial Artist
Thank you for your reply. I wish I were more educated when it comes to economics, so I thank you for your mentioning the authors that have helped shape your thoughts. There are so many books and subjects of interest that it is difficult to carve out the time to become conversant with them all…yet your posts have intrigued me and I hope to delve the mine of knowledge in the near future.
I agree with your assertion about wrong and right and long for political leadership that actually has a moral compass and scruples. I suspect we are fairly close in many of our views. Thank you again for your insights.May 27, 4:23 pm | [comment link]
12. Militaris Artifex wrote:
11. Sick & Tired of Nuance,
Thank you for the kind words. If you are going to read Hayek, I would suggest either (or better, both) of the two books which are most accessible to the (economically) lay reader: The Road to Serfdom (1944) and The Fatal Conceit (1988). These give, respectively, a synopsis of his ideas on "central planning" in general, and an overview of his views on the free price system and spontaneous order, which is also referred to as "that which is the result of human action but not of human design." Most other of his works require some familiarity with the arguments and historical view presented in those books. Neither book is large and both are written for non-economists. If you read some of Hayek, and desire to discuss his ideas, or want further recommendations, feel free to send me a Private Message through this site. Same with Edmund Burke or Adam Smith.
The essay Why I Am Not A Conservative can be found on the web at the Institut Hayek. One of his colleagues is the subject of a book that I am currently reading, Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966), a German émigré to Switzerland during WWII, and later an advisor to German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard in the early 1960s.
Pax et bonum,
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Why did he treat me so bad? What was he trying to do?
I'm 30 and I dated my x-bff younger brother-in-law. I was very close to my BFF, her husband, and her mother in-law. Well I was coming out of a divorce and he begged to be with me. I wasn't interested but, he was very persistent on dating me. We broke up several times because of his cheating. He gave me an engagement ring Feb. 2011, but added some girl in the military/Japan as his Facebook girlfriend. His family knew he was with me and her at the same time. I heard they talked about me behind my back really bad. They pretended that they it was only me he was dating.
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Well, I wouldn't know why anyone would do this. But I do know this, if you want to regain your self-respect, cut these people off completely. They are very sh**** people.
You could always not take his calls, and block his phone number, and block him on Facebook and all other emails and social media.In fact, do yourself the favor.
He tells me I'm stuck up, to high class, and crazy/mental. I guess he says that because I confront him about his cheating. I just don't get it... Why does he keep contacting me? I am not pregnant any more. If he wants the other gilr why is he bothering me? I'm 13 hours away from him and headed around the world to work.
Either he thinks it's the right thing to do, or he really believes that. You should tell him about the actions that don't line up with the words he says.
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Shikha Dalmia looks at Australia's recently abandoned carbon tax scheme:
Environmentalists had a global meltdown last week after Australia scrapped its carbon tax. They denounced the move as "retrograde" and "environmental vandalism."
They can fume all they want, but Australia's action, combined with Europe's floundering cap-and-trade program, signals that "mitigation" strategies — curbing greenhouse gases by putting economies on an energy diet — are not winning or workable.
Australia leapfrogged from being an environmental laggard (initially refusing to even sign the Kyoto Protocol) to a leader when its Green Party-backed Labor prime minister imposed a tax two years ago. It required Australia's utilities and industries to pay $23 per ton of greenhouse gas emissions.
But the tax was an instant debacle.
Australia has the highest per capita carbon dioxide emission in the world and the main reason is that it's even more coal-dependent than America. Coal supplies 75 percent of its energy needs (compared to 42 percent in America). But contrary to green expectations, the tax didn't prompt companies to rush toward renewable sources, because they are far costlier.
Rather, utilities passed their costs to households — whose energy bills soared by 20 percent in the first year. Other industries that face hyper-competitive environment such as airlines suffered massive losses. (Virgin Australia alone reported $27 million in losses in just six months.) The tax also made Australian exports globally uncompetitive, deepening the country's recession.
This spawned a backlash that brought down the Labor government and catapulted into office the Liberal Party's Tony Abbott, who made a "blood promise" to ditch the tax, which he did promptly once elected, despite warnings that Aussie lowlands are more vulnerable to rising sea levels and other dire consequences of global warming than other countries.


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What limits do you, as a home-owner, have to protect your family and property? under Mississippi's so-called "Castle Doctrine", you are protected if you shoot and kill an intruder. But there are limits and the question lingers, has the law helped to reduce crime?
Florida was the first state to adopt such a law and Mississippi followed in 2006.
The so-called "Castle Doctrine" is based on Old English common law, which says a person is free to defend their homes and property without criminal or civil consequences.
There have been only a few cases in the tri-county area that are covered under the Justifiable Homicide Amendment that is commonly known as the Castle Doctrine, but it's not as prevalent as you might think.
Former State Senator Charlie Ross authored the amendment. He says it is designed to protect law abiding citizens and give them a way to protect themselves from criminals.
"It's not a law that allows you to go out and be like the wild west in the streets" said Ross. "This is a law that allow you to protect your personal space, your home, your car, if you're staying at a friend's house, to protect your family against people who are trying to do you harm. And it simply says, that when somebody is coming through your window and you feel like you need to shoot to protect yourself, the law's not going to come back later and say was it really dangerous? it says yes, he was dangerous and we're going to back you up."
Ross says the law extends to your place of business and place of employment.
"They are operating a business" Ross added. "They are providing jobs to people or the owners of that convenience store, so why shouldn't the law give them the benefit of the doubt as opposed to the bad guy whose breaking the law. That's the underlying purpose of the castle doctrine is, to say if you are law abiding, we're on your side."
When somebody is breaking into someone's house or someone's business they now have the right to presume that that person means them harm and they have the right to use deadly force, if necessary, to protect themselves. They don't have to wait and see what is this guy up to.
Retired Mississippi Highway Patrol Captain Philip Hemphill is an 11-time national pistol champion. He is considered one of, if not the best, handgun shootist in the world.
He says if you choose to have a weapon in your home, car or business, it is of paramount importance to familiarize yourself with the weapon and practice with it often.
"Because when you get into a stressful situation, whether it be a break-in or a confrontation with a bad guy or whatever, it needs to be automatic in what you need to do and not sit there and figure out, well I got to knock the thumb piece off, I got to do this" said Hemphill. "So it becomes an automatic reaction rather than having to search for how the weapon operates."
Law enforcement agencies don't keep definitive statistics on Justifiable Homicide. However, since the law was passed there has been an over-all 5-percent reduction in crime in Mississippi.
One point that must be made, convicted felons can not legally possess a firearm. The castle doctrine does not re-instate a felon's right to own a gun, even if he or she is trying to protect their property.
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Sonia Nazario, a Los Angeles Times reporter who won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and the Polk Award for International Reporting for the six-part series entitled "Enrique's Journey" discussed various ethical dimensions and challenges in reporting and writing these articles at an event sponsored in 2003 by the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In reflecting on the two years she spent researching and writing this series, Nazario discussed how she dealt with Enrique and other boys who traveled from Central America and crossed the Mexican border in search of their mothers in the United States. What follows are excerpts from Nazario's remarks.
The story was about the 48,000 or so children who come to the United States from Central America and Mexico by themselves, unaccompanied by a parent. Usually, they are following a parent, often a single mother who came here previously. These women, mostly from Central America, came to the United States thinking that the separation would last one or two years and that they would reunify with their kids and that by coming here they would be able to send money home, their children would be able to study, eat better, and that all around it would be a better situation.
My article became the story of one boy — Enrique — whose mother left Central America for the United States when he was five years old. He went on a journey to try to reunify with her and finally reunited with her in North Carolina when he was 17 years old.
Enrique's Journey
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He, like thousands of these children, traveled on top of freight trains in Mexico. It is a very dangerous journey. I spent some time with Enrique in Mexico while he was making his journey north. I also reconstructed parts of his journey. I followed in his footsteps and reconstructed his story through interviews and observations. I also traveled on top of freight trains with other immigrant children.
My attempt was to try to give an unflinching look at what this journey is like for these children and what these separations are like through one thread, through one child. I wanted to take the audience into this world, which I assume most readers would never see otherwise. I tried to bring it to them as vividly as possible so they could smell what it's like to be on top of the train. They could feel it. They could see it. They literally would feel like they were alongside him. That was my goal, to follow in his every footstep.
The one thing about doing this kind of fly-on-the-wall reporting is that you're on the frontlines. That means you are going to encounter a lot more ethical dilemmas than you would while sitting at your desk or on the phone. You're with people, and in particular children, who are at-risk and so you have to deal with these issues directly.
During the process, I constantly asked myself, 'Could something that's happening cause irreparable harm to a child?'
One thing I would recommend in doing these kinds of stories is to really front-load the process by asking yourself: What are the worst-case scenarios that could happen along the journey, and how would you react to them? What's the worst thing that could happen to these kids that might cause you to intervene? You have to think these things out ahead of time, because things can happen so quickly that it's too late to react in an appropriate way if you're not prepared.
During the process, I constantly asked myself, "Could something that's happening cause irreparable harm to a child?" In trying to go through all these worst-case scenarios, I researched them by spending time in INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] jails and in shelters along the border. I interviewed children who had done the whole journey and so I had a basic idea of where I would be going, what the most important scenes would be in the story, and what I would be looking for along the way. I also learned about the main dangers I would face and where those dangers would be. With that in mind, I came up with my worst-case scenarios and the steps I might take to deal with them.
Sometimes ethical dilemmas are intertwined with legal dilemmas. One of the main things that came up before even leaving on the journey was that I had planned to cross the Rio Grande with whichever child I found on the Mexican side of the border and continue on with them to their destination in the United States. I didn't end up doing that, but that was my intention. I thought, "Okay, this child will probably not have an inner tube, this child will probably not have a snakebite kit, this child will probably not have an emergency blanket to keep warm so they don't freeze out in the desert in Texas."
Crossing the Rio Grande is a very dangerous challenge. Hundreds of people drown there, sucked under by whirlpools. And even after successfully making it across the river, many people don't make the next leg of the journey, which requires walking through the desert for basically four days.
I knew that I wouldn't do that unless I carried certain equipment with me — I just wasn't willing to take that risk. I was going to have a cell phone, an emergency blanket, a snakebite kit, and I was going to have an inner tube, even though I'm a former lifeguard.
So the questions came up, in terms of not only the ethical issues of extending some of those things for Enrique's use, but also in terms of the legality of entering the country. If I did not enter at a sanctioned point, then that would be a misdemeanor. And if I was with a child and I would be viewed as helping him across, then that would be aiding and abetting, which is a felony.
I did a lot of research to try to figure out what were the legal lines, aside from the moral and ethical lines. It can get kind of tricky. What I determined was that if the kid's in trouble in the water I was obviously going to help him, but short of that I was not going to help him. He would not use my inner tube because that would be altering reality, and I didn't want to do that, if at all possible. Overall, what was really important to me was to not intervene in any way. I think it's really important to try to convey reality as accurately as you can. I'm already changing things just by my presence.
The other thing about intervening is that you really don't want to be viewed as anything other than what you are. You don't want to be viewed as an arm of law enforcement in Mexico, for example, because a lot of people will stop talking to you. And when they view you as a journalist, they're still suspicious, but you have a fighting chance there. But if you start to intervene, it can raise the suspicion level.
For me, the dividing line was whether or not I felt the child was in imminent danger. Not discomfort, not "things are going really badly," not "I haven't eaten for 24 hours." I knew that once I intervened in a significant way, I could not use that kid in the story. I would have to start over totally. Luckily, I worked for an employer who abided by those principles and had already put a lot of money and a lot of time into doing the story. But that was clearly in my mind, the dividing line: If a kid is in imminent danger, you act.
As a reporter, you have to accept that you're going to see a lot of misery and, with children in particular, that's really hard. You're going to see them go through really, really difficult things, especially with this kind of fly-on-the-wall reporting. But I think that brings an immediacy and a power to the story of being there, witnessing it, showing it in a present tense that you don't otherwise get. You might see a kid struggle for a couple of weeks to come up with the money to call Honduras to obtain a telephone number he needs to finally talk to his mother. Sometimes you have to watch that play out to be able to write a really powerful story. Those aren't often things the public understands very well. I got some e-mails that basically said, "Aren't you a human being? How could you do this?"
The bottom line on all this is that I try not to do anything I can't live with. I try not to do anything that keeps me up at night. And I try to think about some of these decisions before I start my reporting and continue during my investigation.
Naming Sources vs. Granting Anonymity
To me, using a last name is an essential component of credibility in a story. I had never written a story where the main character was not fully identified. Originally, Enrique's full name was in the story. However, through the [editing] process, it was obvious that that wouldn't be possible in the end.
Also by Sonia Nazario
"Preparing for the Journey"
"On the Narrative Approach"
"On the Ways of the Road"
When I deal with kids, I always get written permission from a parent. I carry forms with me in English and Spanish saying that it's okay to interview my child, it's okay to photograph them, and it's okay to use this all in a newspaper story. The first time I met Enrique's mother, Lourdes, she signed that paper. She was fine with it. She gave one stipulation when she signed — that we would not divulge the specific town where she lived in North Carolina. She, like many immigrants in North Carolina, had heard that a Raleigh paper had done a profile of an immigrant, identified him fully, identified his workplace and, not long after that, the INS showed up and arrested him and all his colleagues at the grocery store where they worked. So she — and every immigrant in North Carolina — was aware of this case. She asked if I wouldn't name her hometown. So I actually wrote that into the form, that I would not do so. But that was the only stipulation she or Enrique gave.
I was very concerned about their safety and protecting their anonymity. First, I tried to do something kind of half way. I thought about using only one last name — often Latinos have two last names. With Enrique and his mother, I was going to use the last name that was harder to track, because they hadn't used it in the United States. But that was summarily rejected by the top editor as not being direct and honest.
We had a computer researcher do an extensive search to see how easy it would be to find Enrique or his mother. At one point they had applied for something that made it even easier to track them. Based on that, I requested to the two editors I was working with that we withhold both last names of anyone who might be in danger of being traced by the authorities. The editors agreed with that. We included an explanation when the piece ran in the Times. It said, "The Times' decision in this instance is intended to allow Enrique and his family to live their lives as they would have had they not provided information for this story." In essence, the name was withheld so they would not be penalized for working with us throughout two years to try to illuminate this issue.
One thing that made me feel better about that decision was that there were all sorts of relatives in the footnotes and story who were fully identified. And in retracing Enrique's footsteps, I tried to find anyone and everyone who he could remember had interacted with him along the way. There were people who had helped him after he'd been beaten on top of the trains and the like. Those people were identified fully. His family could vouch for his story in Honduras, and I included as many people as I could find who could vouch for his journey. I felt this really bolstered the credibility of the story.
I was still a little worried about not using his full name. It was uncomfortable but necessary. The readership reaction confirmed that we made the right decision. I didn't get any response from the readers asking why we hadn't put his last name in. I did get messages saying: "Thank you for not listing his last name. That was the right thing to do."
In February 2006, "Enrique's Journey" was published as a book by Random House and is available in English and, in Spanish, as a trade paperback.
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A fine blend of family trails and rough & tough for for the more experienced rider. Includes a competition downhill course, featuring the infamous "Coffin Jump"!
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Probably the best biking centre in Britain. Everything from beginners' trails to extreme downhill. Café, bike shop & hire at Glentress.
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Close to the Scotland/England border Newcastleton serves up a brilliant Blue Route and a riotous Red Route. Village based trailhead with great facilities and bike hire close by.
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Distance: 23Km
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Estimated Time To Ride The Route: 1.5 - 3.5 hrs
The Purple Trail - Lochbank Loop at Mabie is both public and forest road and takes in most of Mabie forest. There is no singletrack on this route, so is ideal for riders with less technical ability but with a reasonable level of fitness. The trail is exactly what you want to make it: a race round as quick as you can, or a chance to take your time and enjoy the views.
Making the most of the hills, the route does have its fair share of climbing, but just like the Big Views Loop the rewards are there. Enjoy the peaceful roads through the forest and revel in the views that you come across!
Leave the trail centre and head towards the skills area before starting the climb up to Marthrown. Take time to catch your breath before heading down the hill to Stan's pond. Follow the road up round past Hillhead quarry, perhaps pausing to take in the view of Dumfries town on your right when you emerge from the trees.
You can rest your legs again on the road as it follows the side of Hillhead Hill before dropping down towards Woodhead. At the bottom of the hill the forest reveals a view down the valley towards Carswadda Farm.
The road will then take you down towards Lochaber loch and Troston. Following the edge of the loch, the trail comes out of the forest and onto a b-class road. This will take you along through the twisty steading at Troston Farm before going up and over some small hills then dropping down to Glensone.
Another hill meets you as you re-enter the forest at Lochbank. Climb through the trees and enjoy the views over Loch Arthur before you carry on up the hill, winding your way to the top. On the descent, take time to make the most of the views, firstly Lotus Hill and then Criffel.
Follow on down the road past The Darkside on your left, perhaps being lucky enough to catch a glimpse of some more "extreme" mountain bikers. Take in your second view of Lochaber Loch as the trail rejoins the road on the edge of Woodhead Hill.
The last big climb of the trail makes its way up the hillside before dropping steadily down towards the trailhead, and a well-deserved rest!
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Grilled Cheese and Crab Cake Company 'beefs up' menu
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SOMERS POINT – With the introduction of a smaller but more versatile menu for the winter, Steve Novak aims to give fans of The Grilled Cheese and Crab Cake Company the staples they have come to love – and more.
"They're still going to be able to get their grilled cheese and crab cake fix just like they always have, but now we've just added some classic American sandwiches," he said.
Novak, 27, of Somers Point, who co-owns the restaurant with his parents, Mary and Gary Novak of Bethlehem, Pa., bought the Laurel Drive business four years ago in April. He said he liked what the restaurant had to offer.
"I liked it so much because it's a unique concept," he said. "We were able to pick it up and run with it."
Pretty much everything was changed, except the name and a few of the staple items –mainly the grilled cheese and the crab cake.
"We put our own personal touch on everything," Novak said.
Prior to this winter, the menu consisted of several pages of items including various types of grilled cheese sandwiches, appetizers and fish dishes.
"It's gigantic, and it's really hard to serve as fresh as items as we want to with a menu this big," Novak said.
He and his partners decided to focus on freshness, he said.
"You get an overall better product at the end of the day when you have a smaller menu," he said.
Novak said the new menu is a work in progress, and he is eager to hear what customers think so he can make adjustments.
"We can take direct feedback from the customer," Novak said.
New items on the menu include burgers and cheesesteaks, and some specialty sandwiches, too.
"It's winter. People want more hearty options," he said. "Come Lent, we're going to re-expand the seafood menu."
He said he will expand the seafood menu again for the summer, too.
Novak said the new items fill a void in the market.
"We kind of looked around the area and we thought one of the things that was missing was a really good burger," he said.
Novak uses fresh brioche rolls from Formica Bros. Bakery, toasted slightly, and never-frozen ground beef molded into 1/3-pound patties.
He offers a classic cheeseburger, a Texas BBQ burger, and a mushroom, onion and Swiss option.
The Texas burger is made with tangy Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce, melted cheddar cheese and sweet, thinly sliced, caramelized onions.
Novak recreates a classic Philly-style cheesesteak with chipped, grilled rib-eye. It can be ordered "angry," which means it's made spicy with pepper jack cheese, grilled jalapeños and spicy red chili sauce. There is also a chicken or buffalo chicken cheesesteak.
"Especially around this area, it's the classic sandwich," Novak said.
He said he is proud to offer some interesting, different sandwiches on the menu, too, including a Vietnamese chicken sandwich.
"It's a type of sandwich that I bought from a street vendor in New York City and was able to recreate it," he said.
Novak marinates chicken breast with lime and garlic and serves it on a grilled long roll with pickled carrots and radishes, cilantro, cucumber, red onion and spicy mayonnaise.
There are also new vegetarian options including a veggie quesadilla.
"We go to the produce market every morning," Novak said, and the ingredients in the quesadilla are likely to change depending on what is available.
It, too, is available "angry."
Another vegetarian dish is the black and blued portabella mushroom burger, which is served on a brioche bun.
"Every sandwich comes with a side of pickles," Novak said.
Fans of the original menu need not worry, he said.
"We still sell our famous crab cakes and cream of crab soup."
The crab cakes come grilled or ultimate (breaded and deep fried), and are served either as a sandwich or in a basket with fries and slaw.
Then there is the crab melt, a combo crab cake grilled cheese, served on Texas toast with melted Monterey jack.
"The angry crab melt kind of gives the crab melt a run for its money," Novak said.
The rich cream of crab soup, made with plenty of lump crabmeat, can be ordered angry, too.
"I call that my bill-payer," Novak said. "I could just sell that, and we can stay open."
Seven types of soup are made fresh daily.
Desserts are made by Sweet Treats, owned by Mary Lynn Mystrysak, and change often.
Novak offers dine-in, delivery and pickup. The Grilled Cheese and Crab Cake Company is open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and closed Sunday.
To learn more, see www.grilledcheeseandcrabcakeco.com.


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When Tyler turns up at the Salvatore house with the news that Markos' plan to break the witches' curse puts Stefan and Elena in imminent danger, Damon suggests they hide out in the remote cabin once owned by Caroline's father. Once there, it becomes obvious to Caroline that Stefan and Elena are keeping a secret, so Damon comes up with a parlor game designed to expose the truth. A ghostly presence at the cabin uses violence and fire to make itself known. Meanwhile, Matt takes charge of Tyler's plan to get information from one of the Travelers, and Bonnie continues to keep the truth about the Other Side from Jeremy, despite warnings from Grams.
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FLASHBACKS TO THE 1960s — Stefan (Paul Wesley) tries to distract Elena (Nina Dobrev) from obsessing about the state of her relationship with Damon (Ian Somerhalder), while Bonnie (Kat Graham) does her best to be realistic about how the changes happening on the Other Side will affect her existence as the Anchor. Damon demands the Traveler knife, forcing Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and Matt (Zach Roerig) to admit it has gone missing. Through flashbacks to election night, 1960, Enzo (guest star Michael Malarkey) reveals to Elena, Stefan and Bonnie that he has learned what happened to his long-lost love, Maggie (guest star Heather Hemmens), and then, with the unwilling help of Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell) and Luke (guest star Chris Brochu), things take an ugly turn. Trying to calm Enzo down, Damon intervenes, but his words cause Enzo to make a desperate and dangerous decision that leads to a violent confrontation with Stefan. Finally, Markos (guest star Raffi Barsoumian) enlists Sloan's (guest star Caitlin McHugh) help in a ritual designed to break an ancient curse against the Travelers. Tyler (Michael Trevino) is forced to play a dangerous part in the ritual, while witnessing the incredible power the Travelers now possess. Michael Allowitz directed the episode written by Melinda Hsu Taylor & Matthew D'Ambrosio (#519).
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PAUL WESLEY MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT — Both Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) are suddenly having unsettling dreams of an alternate version of the life they might have had together. Bonnie (Kat Graham) has a disturbing encounter with Grams (guest star Jasmine Guy), who warns her about frightening changes on the Other Side. Enzo (guest star Michael Malarkey) gives Damon (Ian Somerhalder) unwanted relationship advice, then admits he is searching for a woman he loved decades before while he was held captive by the Augustines. Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell) enlists Matt (Zach Roerig), Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and Tyler (Michael Trevino) to help track the Travelers and keep them from taking control of Mystic Falls. Bonnie is hurt and angry when she learns that Jeremy is working with Liv behind her back. Luke (guest star Chris Brochu) shows up at the Salvatore house and explains what he knows about Markos (guest star Raffi Barsoumian) and the Travelers to Damon, Elena and Enzo. Matt has a terrifying encounter with inhabitants of the Other Side. Finally, when Damon finds Markos, he is both relieved and disturbed by what Markos has to tell him.
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St. Paul Ins. Co. v. Hayes Download as PDF Back to the Opinions page MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Reporter of Decisions Decision: 2001 ME 71 Docket: Ken-00-618 Submitted on Briefs: April 24, 2001 Decided: May 4, 2001 Panel:WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, and CALKINS, JJ.
ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. JAMES P. HAYES
RUDMAN, J. [¶1] St. Paul Insurance Company, Holly Gerlaugh, David Shinstrom, and the Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program appeal from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Atwood, J.), dismissing their claim against James P. Hayes. We conclude that the trial court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion, and therefore, we affirm the judgment. [¶2] The pending action, brought in 1993 by the St. Paul Insurance Company and its insureds-Holly Gerlaugh, David Shinstrom, and the Maine- Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Program-seeks contribution and/or indemnification for the amounts paid by St. Paul Insurance Company on behalf of its insureds in settlement of a medical malpractice claim brought by Sharon Pratt. Although dismissed by the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.), the case was reinstated in 1996. See St. Paul Ins. Co. v. Hayes, 676 A.2d 510 (Me. 1996). After the case was remanded to the Superior Court, Dr. Hayes filed a motion for a summary judgment, which the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Alexander, J.) denied. It is from the denial of his motion for a summary judgment that Dr. Hayes cross-appeals.{1} [¶3] The case was assigned to a prelitigation screening panel pursuant to 24 M.R.S.A. § 2851 et seq. (1985), and the plaintiffs were required to make their experts available for deposition by June 30, 1998 and a discovery deadline of August 15, 1998, was established. On November 7, 1998, citing "delays in completing discovery," the panel chair amended the earlier scheduling order and extended the date for completion of discovery to March 5, 1999. The case was originally scheduled for hearing before the panel on May 10, 1999, but the hearing was subsequently rescheduled for August 5, 1999. During a telephone conference involving counsel for the parties and the panel chair on August 2, 1999, plaintiffs acknowledged that neither Dr. Shinstrom nor Nurse Gerlaugh would be present to testify at the August 5, 1999 hearing. Because the key witnesses were unavailable to testify, the panel concluded that the plaintiffs could not move forward with their case. The panel subsequently issued an order dismissing the notice of claim with prejudice, stating that "this dismissal shall be deemed to be equivalent to a finding for [Dr. Hayes] in all issues before the panel." [¶4] After the panel's action, Dr. Hayes's counsel repeatedly contacted plaintiffs' counsel requesting dates to depose Nurse Gerlaugh and Dr. Shinstrom. Notices were served on at least two occasions upon the plaintiffs, clearly indicating that a deposition of Dr. Shinstrom was desired. Dr. Shinstrom failed to appear both times. The plaintiffs did not object to the notice of depositions, did not request a discovery conference, did not request a leave to file a motion for a protective order; Dr. Shinstrom simply failed to appear for the depositions. After the first two failed attempts to take Dr. Shinstrom's deposition, the court issued an order stating in relevant part:
The plaintiff is ordered to produce Dr. David Shinstrom for deposition in Maine on July 25, 2000, the plaintiff is ordered to produce Holly Gerlaugh, N.P., for deposition in Maine within 60 days of this order.
The plaintiffs did not object to the order, nor did they produce Dr. Shinstrom for deposition on the appointed day. Dr. Hayes subsequently filed a motion to dismiss. The trial court granted Dr. Hayes's motion, and dismissed the plaintiffs' action. This appeal followed. [¶5] The plaintiffs argue that the trial court exceeded the bounds of its discretion by imposing the "ultimate sanction" when it dismissed their case. They argue that the trial court erred in not addressing "the substantial prejudice to St. Paul Insurance Company by having all its claims against Dr. Hayes dismissed." Dr. Hayes argues that, since he had tried on four different occasions to depose Dr. Shinstrom and since Dr. Shinstrom violated the Superior Court's order mandating that he appear at the deposition, the trial court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion in dismissing the claims. [¶6] Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b) provides for sanctions in the event that a party fails to obey an order to provide discovery. The discovery sanctions may include:
(A) An order that the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order; (B) An order refusing to allow the disobedient party to support or oppose designated claims or defenses, or prohibiting that party from introducing designated matters in evidence; (C) An order striking out pleadings or parts thereof, or staying further proceedings until the order is obeyed, or dismissing the action or proceeding or any part thereof, or rendering a judgment by default against the disobedient party; (D) In lieu of any of the forgoing orders or in addition thereto, an order treating as a contempt of court the failure to obey any orders except an order to submit to a physical or mental examination; (E) Where a party has failed to comply with an order under Rule 26(g) or Rule 35(a) requiring that party to produce another for examination, such orders as are listed in paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this subdivision, unless the party failing to comply shows that that party is unable to produce such person for examination. . . . .
M.R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A-E) (emphasis added). [¶7] We "review the imposition of sanctions for discovery violations for an abuse of discretion, but will more closely scrutinize sanctions such as dismissal or default." Harris v. Soley, 2000 ME 150, ¶ 9, 756 A.2d 499, 504 (citing Saucier v. State Tax Assessor, 1998 ME 61, ¶ 6, 708 A.2d 281, 283). The narrower discretion of the trial court in imposing a sanction of dismissal "reflects the constitutional implications in dismissing an action without affording a party the opportunity to be heard on the merits of his case." Fallon v. Casco-Northern Corp., 462 A.2d 53, 56 (Me. 1983) (citing Ireland v. Galen, 401 A.2d 1002, 1004 (Me. 1979)). Although we closely scrutinize discovery sanctions such as dismissals, generally, we "'will not lightly overrule the trial court's decision.'" Harris, 2000 ME 150, ¶ 9, 756 A.2d at 504 (quoting Orlandella v. O'Brien, 637 A.2d 105, 106 (Me. 1994)). [¶8] In determining whether a dismissal was an appropriate sanction, the trial court should consider the following factors: (1) the specific purpose of the discovery rules; (2) the party's conduct throughout the proceedings; (3) the party's bona fides in its failure to comply with the discovery rules; (4) prejudice to the other parties; and (5) the need for the orderly administration of justice. Baker's Table, Inc. v. City of Portland, 2000 ME 7, ¶ 17, 743 A.2d 237, 243 (citations omitted). Our Rules of Civil Procedure are to "be construed to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action." M.R. Civ. P. 1. Liberal discovery is one way to achieve the purposes of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. Employee Staffing of Am., Inc. v. Travelers Ins. Co., 674 A.2d 506, 508 (Me. 1996) (citation omitted). The purpose of the discovery rules is to "'eliminate the sporting theory of justice and to enforce full disclosure'" between the parties. Id. (quoting Shaw v. Bolduc, 658 A.2d 229, 235 (Me. 1995)). [¶9] Dr. Hayes attempted to depose Dr. Shinstrom for nearly 28 months. Because the complaint alleges that, "[a]s a result of Defendant, Dr. Hayes' [sic] negligence, the instant Plaintiffs relied upon his pathology report, to their ultimate detriment . . . [,]" it is likely that Dr. Shinstrom's deposition testimony was critical to Dr. Hayes's defense. Indeed, the trial court could have considered that the failure to produce Dr. Shinstrom for a deposition had "seriously and irreparably affected [Dr. Hayes's] ability to proceed to a fair resolution of the claims against him." Pelletier v. Pathiraja, 519 A.2d 187, 190 (Me. 1986).{2} Finally, the conduct of one party to a suit causing the other party to spend two and one-half years trying to obtain a deposition does not lead to the "just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action" envisioned by our Rules of Civil Procedure. [¶10] We next consider plaintiffs' conduct throughout the proceedings and the plaintiffs' bona fides in failing to comply with the discovery rules. Baker's Table, Inc., 2000 ME 7, ¶ 17, 743 A.2d at 243. Other than the assertion that Dr. Hayes could have deposed Dr. Shinstrom in Washington State, the record is devoid of any evidence regarding the conduct of the parties over the years. The trial court could have concluded that plaintiffs' conduct throughout this litigation has been contemptuous of the discovery rules. Dr. Shinstrom is a named plaintiff in this case. He never sought a protective order from the trial court,{3} nor did he seek other related relief to relieve him from the duty to appear at his scheduled depositions. Given Dr. Hayes's persistence in seeking the deposition of Dr. Shinstrom, the trial court could have concluded that the plaintiffs were not engaged in a good faith effort to move the discovery process along. [¶11] The plaintiffs argue that "[t]he trial court in its Order of Dismissal did not address the substantial prejudice to St. Paul Insurance Company by having all its claims against Dr. Hayes dismissed." In support of this argument, they assert that the discovery dispute "involved only Dr. Shinstrom[,]" suggesting that the plaintiffs have been unfairly sanctioned for the behavior of its insured. Dr. Hayes argues that "Dr. Shinstrom and the other Plaintiffs chose to invoke the jurisdiction of the Maine courts in their effort to recover money from Dr. Hayes. In so doing, they must be presumed to have understood that it was very likely that each Plaintiff would be called upon to testify in Maine, both at deposition and at trial." [¶12] There is no dispute that the plaintiffs were prejudiced when the Superior Court dismissed all of their claims against Dr. Hayes. They have, however, only themselves to blame for the dismissal of their case; they blatantly violated a court order when they failed to produce Dr. Shinstrom to be deposed. [¶13] This case, including the underlying action, has been pending for nearly 17 years. The plaintiffs knew in April 1998 that it would need to produce Dr. Shinstrom, a plaintiff in this case, for hearings and depositions. Despite the notices and court order, Dr. Shinstrom did not make himself available. We have noted that "'[c]onduct of counsel or his clients that frustrates the beneficent purposes of . . . discovery orders must be appropriately penalized.'" Employee Staffing of Am., Inc., 674 A.2d at 508 (Me. 1996) (quoting Spickler v. York, 566 A.2d 1385, 1388 (Me. 1989) (ellipsis in the original)). The plaintiffs contend that in other cases, "where a sanction of dismissal or default has been upheld by the appellate court, the sanctioned party had numerous opportunities to comply with the Court orders, and in many cases, had been specifically warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal or default." (citing Employee Staffing of Am., Inc., 674 A.2d at 508 (Me. 1996); Hatch v. Maine Tank Co., 666 A.2d 90, 93 (Me. 1995); Colony Cadillac and Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Yerdon, 558 A.2d 364, 365-67 (Me. 1989); Pelletier v. Pathiraja, 519 A.2d 187, 188-89 (Me. 1986)). The plaintiffs' arguments are unpersuasive. [¶14] The plaintiffs were not entitled to a "warning" that their blatant violations of the discovery rules could result in the dismissal of their action. We have never said that the trial court must "warn" a party before sanctioning that party with dismissal or default. See Harris, 2000 ME 150, ¶ 16, 756 A.2d at 506, ("[a] party to a lawsuit has a duty to comply with the rules regarding discovery throughout the litigation."). As we have noted, "a party's failure to cooperate in discovery prior to the entry of a court order compelling compliance constitutes 'conduct throughout the proceeding' that may be considered by a court in determining an appropriate sanction for purposes of M.R. Civ. P. 37(b)." Harris, 2000 ME 150, ¶ 17, 756 A.2d at 506 (citing Baker's Table, Inc., 2000 ME 7, ¶ 17, 743 A.2d at 234). [¶15] There is no question that the plaintiffs failed to comply with both the rules of discovery and the trial court's order compelling them to produce Dr. Shinstrom. The plaintiffs' behavior has caused needless additional expense to the litigants and further delayed an already contentious and lengthy litigation between these parties. [¶16] Given the plaintiffs' actions, the trial court acted well within the bounds of its discretion when it entered a judgment in favor of Dr. Hayes as a discovery sanction. The entry is: Judgment affirmed.FOOTNOTES******************************** {1} . Since we affirm this dismissal, we do not reach Dr. Hayes's cross-appeal from the court's denial of his motion for a summary judgment. {2} . Considering that the plaintiffs concede that the original slide Dr. Hayes made in 1983 had been misplaced, Dr. Shinstrom's absence at the scheduled depositions does, in all likelihood, seriously and irreparably affect Dr. Hayes's ability to defend himself against the claims asserted in the complaint. See Pelletier v. Pathiraja, 519 A.2d 187, 190 (Me. 1986). {3} . M.R. Civ. P. 26(c) states in pertinent part: (c) Protective Orders. Upon motion by a party or by the person from whom discovery is sought, and for good cause shown, any justice or judge of the court in which the action is pending may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, including. . . . M.R. Civ. P. 26(c) (emphasis added).
Attorneys for plaintiffs: Robert O. Newton, Esq. Christopher D. Nyhan, Esq. Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC P O Box 9546 Portland, ME 04112-9546 Attorneys for defendant: Wendell G. Large, Esq. Anne H. Cressey, Esq Richardson, Whitman, Large & Badger, P.C. P O Box 9545 Portland, ME 04112-9545


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