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Days the Roman Calendar sees as the end of October to the beginning of November were sacred days for the ancient celts. As part of the holiday of Samhainn, celts would celebrate the last harvest and the beginning of the darker season. They would also honor ancestors and other spirits, as Samhainn was a time in which boundaries were less distinct and spirits moved freely between worlds. Some still celebrate and Samhainn is the basis for Hollowmas and Halloween.
Though originally taking place in summer months, an Aztec festival honoring ancestors has survived for thousands of years as the Days of the Dead/ Dias de los Muertos in its partially colonized consolidation into the same days as All Saints and All Souls Day.
The Industrial Workers of the World, a historic and visionary industrial union, have a tradition called, "In November We Remember," which is about remembering the fallen comrades and social ancestors of the IWW, including Joe Hill, killed Nov. 19, 1915, as well as many others.
Lost celt and long-lapsed wobbly that I am, I am reflecting on ancestors and spirits. My grandparents, my uncle, a friend of my family, two of my teachers. Political acquaintances who died serving the movements. Named and unnamed queer and "gender-non-conforming" people whose bravery has allowed me to live a little louder and dream a little bigger than I otherwise could have lived and dreamed. Thank you.
Through I didn't know him personally, I am also still thinking of Herman Wallace who just passed in early October. I have long believed that supporting and including people imprisoned for their involvement in liberatory political movements is essential for building any kind of meaningful change.
As was recently brought up by the North American Anarchist Black Cross Medical Justice Committee, "Herman was just one of many, ageing political prisoners (and prisoners of war) in the United States who are currently being denied adequate medical care and the compassionate release for which they qualify . . . "
I am thinking of all of them. Herman Wallace and his tireless supporters have shown us that a political prisoner falsely accused of murder can be released through the court system, at least when they are nearing the end. The partial victory suggests that its possible to make this happen sooner and faster for others. I think we have to try to do our parts and show our own social descendants, the youth of tomorrow, that resisting the status quo doesn't mean living out one's days alone and neglected.
- Herman Wallace Finally Free (2:29)by Mumia Abu-Jamal via Prison Radio 10/4/13
- FAREWELL HERMAN by Albert Woodfox via moorbey
"Well, the old man has decided to leave us! I am sure it was a very hard choice for him, who will I serve, the ancestors who have called me home, or humanity whom I love so much?"
Herman Wallace… We Speak Your Name & Those of the Ancestors by Prison Culture
Read this very important statement below for perspective on going forward. . .
North American Anarchist Black Cross Medical Justice Committee statement on the state of health care of Political Prisoners in the U.S.
"Forty years ago to the day, Assata Shakur (birth name JoAnne Deborah Chesimard) was involved in a shootout at the New Jersey Turnpike, which left a state trooper dead. Shakur, then a Black Liberation Army and Black Panther Party member, was convicted of his murder in 1973. In 1979, with the help of allies in the black radical movement, Shakur escaped from prison, eventually emerging in Cuba, where she has lived since 1984.Asof Thursday – the reward on her capture and return doubled to $2 million — the 66-year-old fugitive was named the first woman on the FBI's most wanted list." (Read the rest at Salon.com)
Read her book if you haven't . . .
Yes, I should have blogged this on Monday but I didn't.
The day has passed but the relevance of the message has not . . .
"Greetings my relatives and friends, supporters!
I know I say this same line all the time but in reality you all are my relatives and I appreciate you. I cannot say that enough. Some of our people, as well as ourselves have decided to call today Indigenous Day instead of Columbus Day and it makes me really think about how many People who still celebrate Columbus, a cruel, mass murderer who on his last trip to the Americas, as I have read, was arrested by his own people for being too cruel. When you consider those kinds of cruelty against our People and his status, it makes you wonder to what level he had taken his cruelty. In all of this historical knowledge that is available people still want to celebrate and hold in high esteem this murderer.
If we were to celebrate Hitler Day, or Mussolini Day, or some other murderer and initiator of violence and genocide, there would be widespread condemnation. It would be like celebrating Bush Day in Iraq. It's kind of sad to say that even mentioning Columbus in my comments gives him more recognition that he should have. So I agree wholeheartedly with all of you out there that have chosen to call this Indigenous Day. If I weren't Native American or as some of have come to say – Indigenous, I would still love our ways and cling to our ways and cherish our ways. I see our ways as the way to the future, for the world. Where as I and others have said over and over, and our People before us, this earth is our Mother. This earth is life. And anything you take from the earth creates a debt that is to be paid back at some time in the future by someone . . . " (Leonard Peltier)
"Sacco and Vanzetti were two anarchist militants, framed in an unfair trial at a time of anti-radical repression and executed as enemies of the state. Their names still strike sparks of controversy, illuminating the limits of democratic state 'justice', what the powerful will do to their enemies, and the strength of human resistance. "
"Both men died bravely, just after midnight on 23 August 1927. Sacco proclaimed 'Viva l'anarchia!' (Long live anarchy!), Vanzetti declared his innocence and that he forgave some people for what they were doing. Five days later the Boston police paid them the compliment of violently attacking their funeral procession. "
"Black August originated in the concentration camps of California to honor fallen Freedom Fighters, Jonathan Jackson, George Jackson, William Christmas, James McClain and Khatari Gaulden. Jonathan Jackson was gunned down outside the Marin County California courthouse on August 7, 1970 as he attempted to liberate three imprisoned Black Liberation Fighters: James McClain, William Christmas and Ruchell Magee. "
So apparently one of the next things that happens in the u.s. after pride is the 4th of july?? No good. Pride and strength in queerness and difference can be beautiful but pride in a nation state, particularly one built on stolen and occupied indigenous land, one that is a current flagship of globalized imperialism? Well, that's just gross.
And need I mention, it's too hot for this shit. Honestly. It's hard to concentrate on anything and there are prisoners to write and things to do and now there is also this 4th of july holiday.
Hello, global warming. Already this heat wave has taken out power in many places and now in new york city, Con Edison didn't feel like negotiating a union contract with their workers so they locked them out and are letting their managers juggle this giant city's electric grid while it's already stretched thin powering millions of air conditioners.
So please, be prepared for black out and other heat related emergencies, drink water, support your fellow workers and your fellow humans and other beings. By all means, take your day off from work if you have it, celebrate people, community, and benign things like that, but don't let the fireworks bedazzle you into feeling anything for the stars and stripes or the state they represent.
Consider how they must have looked to the Afrikan captives and sweatshop laborers who stitched them, to the many places occupied by the u.s. military, the many places torn apart by the u.s. military, the many people imprisoned by the u.s. at home and abroad. And how sad it must look to anyone who happens to visit that colonized spot on the earth's moon, which unfortunately had no ewoks to defend it.
So do humanity a favor and collect any flags in your vicinity, turn them upside-down, and grill 'em up.
For those of you with an appetite for further reading on resisting imperialism, check out Crimethinc's Designed to Kill: Border Policy and How to Change it.
"Pride month" commemorates the anti-police stonewall riots of late June 1969, when gays, drag queens, trans people, and other ancestors of today's queer, trans, and otherwise gender-varient and/or non-straight-sexual people literally fought to free themselves from police repression and societal marginalization. There are more than a few groups and individuals carrying that torch forward but you wouldn't know it, looking at all the corporate floats and mainstream flag-waving that went on today and throughout the month. Some gayness has found its way to normalcy, assimilation, and co-optation and some of its constituency and profiteers want to sit back, cash in, and celebrate a previous generation's struggle and a present generations triumph over bygone wicked times. Celebration is fantastic but without continued resistance, it makes no sense.
Think about it: the stonewall rioters of 69 fought to expel the police and deny them their routine of raiding, arresting, jailing, beating, and assaulting their people and their scene. While it is now a lot more legal for queer and gender-variant people to congregate in bars etc, police invasion and control has reached new heights with "stop and frisk" tactics and operation clean halls which brings harassment and ID checks into NYC apartments– just like people were lined up and ID'd in places like the Stonewall Inn and arrested for not conforming to their assigned sex as read by police. And how much has changed there?- as trans people are still discriminated against in terms of IDs, access to healthcare, and access to social services. There's also the proliferation of the various prison systems in which "Trans women are up to 15 times more likely to be incarcerated than the general population, " and once in, they tend to be housed in male prisons and put at risk for rape, assault, and abuse. Many trans women of color were killed this year in the united states, hundreds of trans people are killed globally each year, and as the story often goes, CeCe McDonald, a trans woman of color who defended herself from a bigoted transphobic racist attack was recently convicted of manslaughter and put in a male prison. These are just a few examples.
Stonewall veterans and revolutionaries like Sylvia Rivera founded groups like the Gay Liberation Front and STAR (Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries) and worked with the Black Panthers and Young Lords. She didn't restrict herself to gay rights nor did she take opportunities to become an assimilated victor, not that she had them.
Don't get me wrong. I don't have any problem with pride, celebration, and festivities. In fact, I love them. I just take issue with the mainstream delusion that the fight is over and that queerness can be divorced from other social struggles. It was wonderful marching with the Trans Day of Action in NYC as well as the Drag March. When pride and celebration of who and what we are comes from a rich and broad spectrum of light– when the rainbow comes from the rain as well as the sunshine, when we know there is more struggling to do but we celebrate anyway, that is a truly beautiful thing. And that's why I love June. There really is a lot to be proud of.
This was a quick rant. For further reading, of a more thoughtful variety, check out. . .
Reclaiming Our Lineage: Organized Queer, Gender-Nonconforming, and Transgender Resistance to Police Violence
By Che Gossett, Reina Gossett, and AJ Lewis
Sometimes I wander through days and they are just days—the earth continues to be pulled in a spin around the sun and I get no useful organization or meaning through counting.
Other times, the history is so tangible, thick, and sticky that I can barely wade through it.
This year, my certain days calendar told me Mother's Day coincided with the anniversary of the Philadelphia police dropping a bomb on the MOVE family's home in 1985. Honoring and celebrating mothers is very important and this anniversary just highlighted for me how bittersweet it is when so many mothers are being torn apart from their children, and their grown children, by occupation, war, police, and prisons. I saw this today . . .
"Mother's Day began in [u.s. occupied] America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation. Written in response to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, her proclamation called on women to use their position as mothers to influence society in fighting for an end to all wars. She called for women to stand up against the unjust violence of war through their roles as wife and mother, to protest the futility of their sons killing other mothers' sons." (more here)
And once my thoughts started unfolding in this way I couldn't stop thinking about early May. . .
For the celtic pagans, and for others, Beltane and similar holidays brought/brings in the spring/summer season with fires, feasts, and celebration. The tradition still has literal adherents but it also resonates in indirect ways. With or without the practices, traditions, spiritual belief, relationship to land and season, many people can't help but be affected by the shift toward spring and summer. Many can't help but celebrate in some way.
In 1886 May 1st emerged as a day when workers would coordinate strikes and take to the streets, ideally in a general strike—the ideal of all workers going out on strike at the same time for better conditions, wages, and ultimately freedom from having to trade work to wealth-horders in order to survive. I don't know if there's any straight-forward relationship between Beltane and May Day but this somewhat lyrical essay that I found through political prisoner Mandy Hiscock's blog brings them together nicely.
May 1st 2012 brought with it a culmination of activity around a call for a May Day General Strike. It didn't shut down many workplaces through formal union activity but some of it spoke to a May 1st historic trajectory—an element of opposition to wealth and power that is outside of their control.
On May 4th 1886, a May Day bomb thrown in retaliation for the murder of workers caused deaths and injuries to police. Rather than accusing anyone of throwing the bomb, the city of Chicago took the opportunity to criminalize speeches and ideology, eventually executing four anarchists for speech. – On May 1st 2012, the FBI finished up an entrapment plot. They allegedly identified a group of "self-proclaimed anarchists," allegedly talked them into bombing a bridge, allegedly supplied the fake bomb, and had them arrested for their alleged intentions on May Day so as to vilify anarchists to the media. Of course, anarchism comes from a humanistic tradition and would never intentionally put innocent civillians in harm's way– unlike the FBI. It's extremely likely that this May Day plot is a product of the FBI agents' imaginations. They got to play the bad guys and the good guys and use people as props and at the heart of it, various agents of state are still attacking speech and ideology.
On May 4th, 1981, Provisional IRA prisoner of war, Bobby Sands died in prison on hunger strike. He refused food to the point of death just to protest his criminalization, just to assert that he was a prisoner of war, and extend legitimacy to the cause for a united sovereign Ireland free from Brittish occupation and intervention. As I write this, over 2000 Palestinian political prisoners are on hunger strike. The leadership released a statement on May 13th, refusing a compromise with Israel and affirming a willingness to die on strike.
On May 5th, 1862, within years of the Mother's Day statement and May Day 1865, the people of Puebla drove a French occupying army out of Mexico and thwarted the last attempt of a foreign colonial power to take Mexico for themselves. Of course, imperialist interests have continued plunder the region, and must be driven out, but Mexico, as a regional home to many indigenous north american nations, has never been fully conquered and that is worth celebrating– though the united states' cultural appropriation of Cinco de Mayo leaves something to be desired.
There's a lot more I can do with historic dates and current events but I need to get this out while it's still timely. Of course, early May is just a change in season. Looking at date-specific snapshots across time is a gimmick but hopefully also a tool to look at the present in some kind of context. Whether or not it's useful, I can't help but do it this time. Some people here, at this point in space-time, early May 2012, are inspired and moving forward. To them, all I can say is go go go.
For me, I'm excited to bring the May Day traditions forward another year, I'm excited about opportunities to make gains in all of these areas and I want to be moving faster. Supporting the political prisoners is equally crucial. The constant crisis and opportunity inspires me but also seems to wear me down almost before I begin. Positive energy seems to hit snags, turn inwards, and create black holes into useless sub-universes. I feel lost and I doubt myself when I move forward. This leads to increased trouble trying to keep up commitments already on my shoulders. How are you feeling?
Of course blogging doesn't necessarily help lost people find their way. This is going to be one of several tools I'm trying out as part of Through the Walls. I'm going to try to harness inspiration other emotions and thoughts toward keeping up the work and finding new paths. I think for as many people as are pushing towards freer societies, there are more people having trouble keeping it up or getting started or plugging in.
All shared writing happens out of the arrogant assumption that one's own words might be useful to others. I'm hoping this blog can help me and others get started or restarted on contributing to a better world. My pledge is to not recommend anything I don't think is useful, and not advocate doing anything that I'm not doing myself. Hopefully I'll be able to delve into issues more in the future, rather than just blurbing and linking. I'm not planning to make a habit of constantly comparing historic events to present ones but, for now. . .
.. . if you're looking for a change, happy new beginning of a new old season to you.


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quote:have we not established we are buying around $50b in debt a month?
quote:It hasn't happened. I have no idea what you are talking about.
quote:The government goes broke every year.
quote:dear god semantics run amok
quote: not being able to afford the interest on debt.
quote:lets be honest, we really havent been able to afford the interest for a while. we are just kicking a can down the road
quote:There's a difference in a completely artificial "debt ceiling" and not being able to afford the interest on debt
quote:And yet you still chastise China for being the largest currency manipulator.
quote:Really? The debt ceiling is real. When you borrow more money past your credit limit, do you think you can get it at the same interest rate? Hell no.
quote:i chastise them for having the audacity to tell the US what to do, when they have been doing it for years.

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I feel fat. I get full fast. I had unprotected sex 2 days in a row. My stomach hurt.
Hi Anon
Thanks for your post!
Obviously we cannot tell you whether you are pregnant or not but weight gain is a sign (but generally comes a couple of months into the pregnancy). Since you have been having unprotected sex, then pregnancy is always a possibility.
If you are late for your period then take a test, if not, and your period doesn't come, then take a test. If you get your period you are not pregnant.
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U.S. military aircraft will not change how they conduct operations in the East China Sea despite China's announcement that it has established an air defense zone over those waters, Pentagon officials said today.
U.S. officials have said they are "deeply concerned" about China's move and labeled it destabilizing for the region.
China's Defense Ministry announced on Saturday the establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the waters of the East China Sea to protect against "potential air threats." The zone stretches from South Korea to Taiwan and includes the disputed Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Japan, but which China claims as its territory and calls the Diaoyu Islands.
The ministry said in a statement that it would require aircraft entering the zone to provide flight plans to Chinese authorities, display logos clearly, maintain radio contact with them and keep its transponders on while transiting the area.
"China's armed forces will adopt defensive emergency measures to respond to aircraft that do not cooperate in the identification or refuse to follow the instructions, " according to the statement. The ministry clarified later that civilian aircraft would not be affected by the rules established for the ADIZ.
Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said today that China's announcement will not change how the U.S. military operates over what is considered international waters and airspace.
"The U.S. military will continue conducting flight operations in the region, including with our allies and partners, and will not in any way change how we conduct our operations as a result of this new policy," Warren told reporters.
"When we fly into this ADIZ we will not register a flight plan, we will not identify our transponder, our radio frequency and logo," Warren said.
Warren did not have details about the last time U.S. military aircraft flew through the outlined area or when they will again.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel both issued statements on Saturday expressing American concerns about China's action.
Both Kerry and Hagel said they were "deeply concerned" by the announcement, which they said would disrupt the status quo with China's neighbors.
Hagel labeled it "destabilizing" and Kerry said it could create "risks of an incident."
"This unilateral action constitutes an attempt to change the status quo in the East China Sea," Kerry said.
In his statement Hagel reaffirmed the United States' commitment to the mutual defense treaty with Japan and said it considered the Senkaku Islands to fall under that treaty.
At a press briefing today in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin said the Chinese Foreign and Defense Ministries had "respectively lodged solemn representations with the U.S., calling on the U.S. to immediately correct mistakes and stop making irresponsible accusations against China."
Japan operates its own ADIZ that extends 200 miles from its territory. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today that China's establishment of an ADIZ was "very dangerous" and could lead to unintended consequences.
Qin said the Chinese Foreign Ministry had summoned Japanese ambassador Masato Kitera to lodge a "solemn protest against Japan's groundless accusation against China's establishment of the East China Sea ADIZ." He criticized Japan for making what he called " irresponsible remarks" about the zone and urged it to "immediately correct its mistakes."
Japan also called in China's ambassador to Japan to lodge a protest of their own.


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Cable TV in Kirkwood, IL
Ever wonder how many people still watch broadcast television? Or how popular TV content has become online? You can learn so much about cable TV in Kirkwood, IL by looking at larger trends. Approximately 97% of people watch regularly scheduled programming, even though 48% also stream some TV online and 7% watch some of their shows later, from their DVRs. And, 72% of Americans bundle their cable subscriptions with high-speed Internet, and one-third of Americans own four or more televisions.
So in Kirkwood there are::
- 661 people who watch broadcast TV
- 327 people who stream TV online
- 48 people who regularly use DVRs
- 490 people with bundled services
- 225 people with a plethora of plasma-screens


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In keeping with the theme of my last post, you may enjoy learning about some of my favorite independent textile designers who sell afforable handmade fabric (often by the yard) on Etsy. If you have any to add to this list, please email or comment below so I can edit this post to include them. :) I don't want to leave anyone out!
Everyone loves Aunty Cookie, including me, so I have to include her in the mix. I adore her work, fabrics and trims alike. She's amazing.
A Stitch in Dye creates hand-dyed and patterned fabric that you can either purchase by the yard or as quilts, coasters, pillows, table runners, even custom projects. If you are attending the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY this month, you will have a chance to meet the maker and view these gorgeous fabrics up close and personal.
Creature Comforts wrote about Kalla today and so I have to include her in this round up (Ez always finds the best!). Hitomi Kimura is Kalla, a Japanese textile designer based in Japan who designs and hand prints her fabric using water-based ink. I really adore this work.
Pippijoe is an independent designer with background in interior and landscape architecture based in Australia. She makes hand screen printed designs using using environmentally friendly inks on 100% hemp or hemp/cotton mixes that feel like linen. Stunning!
Of Paper and Thread is another favorite of mine. Danielle is a textile designer who freely shares the entire process on her blog. I really like that she sells her fabrics by the meter, you can make whatever you want from roman shades to a bench cushion.
If you love ethnic prints and patterns from India, Saffron Marigold is your shop. They stock everything from shower curtains to duvet covers, pillow shams, sheer curtains, and beyond. They design their own fabric and their artisans hand block print it in small lots. These tab curtains are so pretty for $23!
Bianca van Meeuwen of Hollabee is based in Australia but a native of the Netherlands, her Dutch heritage evident in her design aesthetic. Her clean modern designs are fresh and cheerful. Bianca designs the fabrics herself and has them hand screen printed by a professional screen printer in Melbourne.
Have you heard of Maramiki? She's new to Etsy and based out of Chicago. I really like her screen printed floral designs, they look great! Welcome to Etsy Maramiki!
Here's a few more textile designers who sell their own fabrics on Etsy. Just think of the projects you can work on with these lovely goods!
Out of the Box
Crazy Coconut
Skinny LaMinx (love her!)
Fisk & Fern
Jezze – I hope she stocks her store again soon!
- Cicada Studio (Thanks, Dr. Andy!)
- Lara Cameron, though she just moved her shop I still want to include her since Etsy is where I purchased fabric from her last year. (Thank you for the reminder Bolt and Frolic!)
- Jan DiCintio just told me about her store called Daisy Janie, along with the work of textile designer PataPri, whom I love and forget to include in this list so thanks Jan for emailing me!
- Miko Design in the Netherlands, thank you Erika for sharing your company with us, love your nesting dolls!
I'll gladly add to this list if you'd like to email or comment below with your favorites.
(images linked above to source)
I am so pleased that Domino magazine talks about the new revolution of fabrics and wallpapers in their current issue — I love that they term this fresh idea in design as 'So Right Now' (Domino, Democratic Decorating, pages 39-40, June/July issue) and that they highlight the work of independent designers Erica Wakerly, Twenty2, Of the Young and the Restless, and Rubie Green referring to them as the new revolutionaries. Yay!
With a voice as influential as Domino giving this new design revolution their stamp of approval, perhaps things will continue in this direction and designers will consider producing collections that aren't to the trade only, something I've been hoping would occur for many years now. It's one of the key reasons why I started writing this blog, I was frustrated with interior design because it was quite inaccessible a few years back, most felt so shut out by their local Design Center and had to work only with professionals for quality materials. This bothered me because I knew that there existed more and I wanted to showcase that, but how? I figured talking about it here would help and so did many other bloggers. I think it was around '05 that Domino premiered its first issue. Etsy opened its doors. Craft fairs grew in America quite rapidly. More blogs popped up with strong, encouraging voices written by passionate authors. And together, only a few years later, we have all made a difference. Independent designers are challenging the traditional approach to the buying of designer goods, including the availability of quality products like fabric.
I guess you can say that when I opened Domino this weekend and read Democratic Decorating, I felt amazingly proud of us all. Bloggers and designers, book publishers like Chronicle who push so many lesser-known talents into the world, Domino who came in and changed the face of American design magazines (at least in my opinion), Etsy and other indie shopping sites, we should all partake in a global group hug for a moment because our work, our voices, are making a difference. One design blogger or a single magazine would not have brought about this change. We need our global community currently in place to launch our ideas and watch our seeds take root and grow into change. What a great feeling. Can I get an Amen!?
The very thing many of us want are beautiful products not intended only for the pros. This want creates a constant need for a new design mentality resulting in products that meet our needs. And though to-the-trade has its place in design and may stay on the scene for years to come, at least we have more alternatives. Many indie designers and artists are finally able to make a difference, turn a profit, support themselves, and do what they love in the process. Now that we are here, and continuing to make advancement in this area, would you ever go back? Never!
(photograph: holly becker for decor8, fabric from of the young and the restless)
Psst… In case you're visiting decor8 this weekend I have a little treat for you. It's the fab work that Laura Su sent over featuring her fashion illustration styled prints. She just threw open her shop doors at Etsy a few days ago. I'm loving goldenrod yellow paired with black right now. I also like the splattering of ink against white paper, it adds movement and dimension to her lovely ladies. Full lips, whispy strands, perfect brows, really nice work.
Congrats, Laura. You just wait and see how people respond to your talent, I see good things for you Ms. Su! Everyone blog about Laura! :)
Edit: I just found out that Laura is the designer behind the lovely Prismera jewelry recently featured in the Boston Globe. Eep! I feel like I'm before a celeb. I adore Laura's jewelry and didn't make the connection until a few minutes ago that this is the same lady.
(images from laura su)


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Teaching Activities
These teaching activities have been submitted via a number of projects including On the Cutting Edge and may be useful in teaching Environmental Geology.
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How Does Surface Deformation at an Active Volcano Relate to Pressure and Volume Change in the Magma Chamber?
Module by Peter LaFemina, Penn State, State College, PA. This cover page by Ali Furmall, University of South Florida, now at University of Oregon.
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to examine and apply the Mogi model for horizontal and vertical surface displacement vs. depth and pressure conditions in the magma chamber.
Learn more about this review process.
Mass Balance Model
Activity and Starting Point page by R.M. MacKay. Clark College, Physics and Meteorology.
Students are introduced to the concept of mass balance, flow rates, and equilibrium using an online interactive water bucket model. -
Using Learning Assistants to Support Peer Instruction with Classroom Response Systems ("Clickers")
Stephanie Chasteen
Learning Assistants are used to facilitate student discussion in peer instruction during clicker questions (i.e., classroom response systems), by asking Socratic questions, emphasizing reasoning, and probing student thinking.
Making Sustainable Business Decisions In Four Different Industries and Their Effect on People (Social), Planet (Environment), and Profit (Economics)
Walt White
The student will gain a better understanding of "Global Warming" and the "Triple Bottom Line" by viewing the first two videos. Further the CEO2 game will introduce many new ideas/options that specific industries have to select from in achieving their desired corporate/company goals.
Modeling: (1) Revenue Neutral Carbon Taxes; (2) Accelerated atmospheric C02 concentrations
Martin Walter
Design a revenue neutral carbon tax and a plan for implementation; together with a model for what happens if we do not institute such a tax-system.


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My husband would probably join this thread if he did message boards. We have some interesting arguments . . . um . . . I mean discussions . . . about this case.
I think it's good to have all views put forth. Thanks for starting this thread.
I've been surprised by the way it has quickly become almost impossible to say on any forum that you still think Caylee may be alive and/or that Casey may be innocent. Also, I've been surprised at the way the catch phrase "pathological liar" and "narcissistic personality" has been used so widely on TV in describing Casey, without any medical or psychiatric testing having been performed, just ascribing these terms to Casey and it becoming accepted as fact. I think there could be lots of possible reasons for the strange lack of cooperation and the strange misinformation provided by Casey to authorities. I think she could be in shock, could have had a trauma, could be recovering from drug usage or could even have been drugged, could have a seizure disorder or dissociative disorder, or it could be an innocent but out of control compulsive lying problem, or it could be for some other reason and none of these. But does not have necessarily to be "pathological lying/narcissistic personality". If it were that, wouldn't she make the lies make more sense, if you know what I mean?
So that's what I'm starting this thread for, for anyone who is still considering all the possibilities in this case equally.
So far, there's just the sniff tests and hair linked to Caylee, right? And the stain (in the trunk), still unidentified basically? But hair can get in a trunk on any blanket, toy, jacket, brush or whatever, that gets put there. And then it decomposes. Just ordinary hair that got there innocently, it decomposes just like a body would or any organic matter would. The same with various biological stains.
As far as the dog sniff tests go, I love dogs, and I know they have amazing senses, including their sense of smell, and they are very perceptive animals. I would love to believe like the media and popular culture that dogs are some kind of litmus test to tell us where a human corpse has been. But the two dogs signalled somewhat differently in the grandparents' backyard, right? So, what does that say in itself? They both were interested in the backseat area and trunk of the car. But what if Caylee and Casey had slept or lived in the car at some point in between friends returning from out of town, what if they'd spent a lot of time eating and being in the car, including diapers or whatever, sleeping in the car, hair brushing in the car, food in the car, whatever. What if dog sniff tests are really not that scientific, despite dogs' many wonderful qualities and the fact they do have pretty decent noses? Is any "sniff test" really that reliable? I'm not sure that all experts would say they are (whether dog or machine "sniff test".) I'd love to hear if anyone here knows, I know a lot of you all do know a lot!
For one thing, I know that dogs find the scent of different living people to be extremely different, we don't all smell the same to them at all, that's precisely how dogs can "track" where an individual has gone. We don't have one "human" smell. So how would the smell of humans be all one category when decomposing, you know? This so-called "human decomposition" smell that they love to keep repeating in the media. To dogs' noses, wouldn't we be more likely to smell different? Would body fluids or hair innocently deposited in a car which are then decomposing in the heat for some time smell different to a dog than a dead body having been there? To the human nose, I understand that decomposition (whether animal or human) has more or less the same characteristic scent, doesn't it? I know I've smelled it in the case of animals and it's an unmistakable smell, and I can't say that it was different between a squirrel or bird or raccoon or hermit crab. I've even known of an animal with a kind of gangrenous injury that had quite a bit of the decomposition smell even though it was alive. Could a dog's nose be misled by rotting pizza or other food deposits or other innocent decomposing stains or substances, decomposing sausage or chicken or cheese or whatever else might be on a pizza (all of those decomposing animal proteins)? Where is the actual proof of the scientific reliability and validity of cadaver dogs. Is it admissable as evidence in other developed countries?
In short, I'm still hopeful this little girl may be alive. I know her mother may or may not be troubled, immature, or disorganized (or it may only look that way knowing what we know so far), but I have not seen any motive for her mother to harm her, she didn't have a history of doing so and if Casey had actually wanted free of the child she could easily have left the child with her parents and just taken off. In the police interviews, all of the friends/acquaintances interviewed, even the one she'd stolen money from, said they could not imagine Casey harming Caylee and that her behavior toward Caylee had always been affectionate and normal and that there had always been a normal degree of caring about the child.
While I consider it possible that the child has died, I think there are still lots of possibilities in this case, and I think the authorities should be investigating everyone in Casey's social and on-off work circle, from anyone at the club to friends or acquaintances she stayed with and friends of those friends, because someone may hold the key to finding Caylee. I've followed a good part of the research done by websleuthers here on some of these avenues, and it's always so interesting and impressive. Anyway, here's a fence-sitter's thread, the one for the people who think the authorities should still be investigating EVERY avenue.... I didn't see another fence-sitters thread or one along these lines, if there is, please clue me in and I'll remove this one! Everyone's input very welcome here.
My husband would probably join this thread if he did message boards. We have some interesting arguments . . . um . . . I mean discussions . . . about this case.
I think it's good to have all views put forth. Thanks for starting this thread.
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For the sake of accuracy....
Dr. Michael Baden explained that after death, a "band" forms around the hair that is not found in the hair of a living person. This is how they can tell if a hair came from a living or deceased person. The hair found in the trunk was tested & did have that 'band' present.
Anjali Swienton of scilawforensics talks about false positive results on Nancy Grace which Dr. Baden does not bring up.
"What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are." - C.S. Lewis
I really hope Caylee is alive and that she will be found very soon. I haven't abandoned the "left Caylee with Zani the nanny" possibility, to be honest. Despite Casey being unable to give a coherent story regarding where the nanny lived, etc, maybe she really did leave Caylee with this person. Maybe Casey was trying to lead investigators in the right direction but is afraid to tell the whole truth, or is confused, for whatever unknown reason. Or maybe Casey has had someone hide the child from her parents. Who knows at this point? I honestly haven't ruled anything out completely yet.
How can they even tell if that is Caylee's hair?
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thanks for this, is this a coloration band within the shaft of the hair or something to do with the follicle around the root of the hair? Was this part of the leak from the University of Tennessee that did some of the forensics? thanks for any link to this information. I heard one expert on TV saying that you can't tell the difference, that hair that the person lost while alive would appear the same as hair that decomposed with the body and then became detached. But I don't know who that expert was.
If Casey is charged with murder I imagine we'll be hearing experts on both sides.
I am sorry Seagull, didn't you see today's headlines?
Investigator: Tests Indicate Body In Trunk Caylee
I still haven't heard for sure if they can, if it was whole hair or very degraded hair. If it was very degraded then they have to use the mitochondrial DNA that they can take from smaller bits, instead of long sequences right? But the mitochondrial DNA will be identical to her mother's DNA?
When I hear of any body evidence in the car so far, it just sounds like it could be anybody's body basically, if a deceased body at all.
(Hopefully no one's.)
The FBI states that the DNA is Caylee's. I don't really see what this post is about, since we do not have any information on exactly what the FBI tested. You are speculating about scientific tests being done on evidence that you have no information about. There has been no reporting of exactly what was tested.
Sgt. John Allen with the Orange County Sheriffs Department confirmed . . . [t]here was a dead body in the trunk of Casey Anthonys car, and that body was Caylee.
UPDATED: 8:50 pm EDT August 31, 2008: http://www.wftv.com/news/17340180/detail.html
Hi yes, I had seen that. So the machine sniff test also thinks something was decomposing in the trunk, and there was decomposing hair in the trunk. But one expert on (I think) Headline News said that there's no difference between hair that was in the trunk innocently and proceeded to decompose in the trunk, or hair from a corpse. I imagine we'll be seeing lots of discussion by experts on both sides on this if this ever goes to court.
I have wondered this through out this case... so animal decomp smells different than human decomp? We had a rat/mouse die under our deck and omg the smell was horrible. Very particular, and disgusting. Kind of "beachy" or fishy smell - but not. Is human decomp different?
Science doesn't lie. You can't fake science. I don't believe in a lot of things, but I do believe in science.I imagine we'll be seeing lots of discussion by experts on both sides on this if this ever goes to court.
Seagull, I am a scientific girl myself. You show me dna from hair with a ring that indicates a deceased person and I believe the person is dead. dna doesn't lie. Tonite LE is saying dna says it's caylee's hair and it is from a deceased Caylee. I wish it was different but my intelligence and scientific mind say it isn't so. DNA isn't hocus pocus to me.


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At the moment I'm playing with D3.js trying to recreate some of the polymetric diagrams pioneered in CodeCrawler. (You can see my progress on that over here.) In the process it occurred to me that it should be relatively trivial, using the same tools, to recreate the Toxicity charts we did years ago. Having an HTML5 version would be quite welcome, too, because the original implementation uses Excel features that only work on Windows.
Well, turns out it wasn't too difficult and the result is available in this Github repository. I like the fact that with HTML we can have much richer tooltips compared to the Excel version. What's even better, though, is that because it is an HTML solution I can inline the fully interactive chart in this post:
At this point I should mention that only "modern" version of Internet Explorer support the required tech, which means that this will not work in IE8 and below. Firefox and WebKit/Blink-based browsers should be fine.
Last but not least, the chart embedded in this page uses the same data file as the chart in the original post. I've even approximated the Excel colour palette we used.
Now what's needed is a tool that produces Toxicity scores for Scala, JavaScript, Ruby, etc.


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Southern Poverty Law Center, this group would just rather the constitution be written in pencil so they could edit the text to fit their liberal leftist ideals....
This is a discussion on US Militia Movement within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Southern Poverty Law Center, this group would just rather the constitution be written in pencil so they could edit the text to fit their liberal ...
Southern Poverty Law Center, this group would just rather the constitution be written in pencil so they could edit the text to fit their liberal leftist ideals....
Judicial review in itself is not really in the constitution but since the constitution was silent on who decided what was and wasn't constitutional the courts took it upon themselves and it is the best solution we have available to us.
To state that the process is constitutional makes anything that comes out of it constitutional is not really much of an argument. If an anti-free speech party controlled the Senate and the White House, and a meteor dropped on the supreme court killing all 9 justices. Any law that was passed to eliminate free speech would still be unconstitutional even if reviewed by the supreme court and upheld. This is a very unlikely scenario but an illustration of how following process does not mean the laws that come out are constitutional.
This is exactly how I feel our founding fathers would react to our allowing the Constitution to be trampled on...
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I am just a simple man. Not overly educated. Certainly no lawyer. I go about my days tending to my business, making a living, and living within the law.
I love my country, would fight and die for it. But even I, a simple man, can tell when my government is kicking me in the groin. And fellas, I'm hurting now.
I do believe there is a great distrust for the government at all levels as they have been screwing us at all levels for years! Just watch the national news,I don't care what channel you watch.We all watched the guy in Pennsylvania give Arlene Specter more than he wanted.He was part of the great cover up of Warren Commission that's for another discussion.It seems no one wants what the President selling, especially if you are a doctor.I don't want my fees set and frozen after all time spent training for low wages with huge student loans waiting to be paid ! Remember,physicians start practices and hire people to assist and run the office.The good one pay above average wages.Last point,everything our government touches it screws up !Even though our President says he isn't a socialist maybe he should read Karl Marx teachings and he said it wouldn't work.
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At one point in the 90s there was a militia forming in my county. Because of negative press, it was disbanded.
I would like to see it reformed.
Since I know what the people are like who live in my area, it would not be a terrorist group, or white supremist but would be composed of law abiding, patriotic, country loving citizens.
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This just deflection. MSM referencing the Southern Poverty Law Center is like referencing Moveon.org. Neither has any credibility with people who understand the source.
Here's how it works for real, not in folks imaginations.
Every bill is looked at for constitutionality. There can of course be legitimate disagreements as to whether or not something is constitutional, but Congress gets the first shot at deciding with their vote. Before they vote, bills go through a judiciary committee (precisely to check for constitutionality) and many other committees and staff members check for constitutionality as well.
When a bill gets to the president's desk, it is also examined by presidential staff, for constitutionality. The president also gets to use his judgment in deciding whether or not a veto is necessary.
Again, there may be disagreements over whether or not something is constitutional, but the first two checks are Congress and the president.
The third check is the judiciary.
We have constitutional government. We may have differences of opinion with our critters or with a president, but laws passed and signed are constitutional until a court rules otherwise.
It is very easy to get worked up on one issue or another, to feel really strongly about one's own position, but that is the way things work.
You can't disobey a law because you as an individual think it is unconstitutional. That is breaking the law. It is very very rare indeed that anyone can go to court and use as a defense their own opinion that the law is unconstitutional. That one works about as well as the insanity defense.
You can if you are someone with what the courts call standing, challenge the law, ask for an injunction against its implementation or against implementation of some of its provisions.
No one should delude themselves into thinking that we don't have constitutional governance and that this is so grave a threat that the formation of private militias (terrorists usually) is appropriate.
Of course it happens after the fact. The primary responsibility for determining if a bill is constitutional lies with the appropriate committees in Congress and with the critters.
Next, the president and his staff get to look at the bill and if there is a constitutionality question, veto it.
Those are the first and second lines of defense against unconstitutional laws.
The last line of defense is the courts.
Laws passed by a legislative body, whether Congress or a State legislature, and signed into law by the executive, whether a president or a governor, are presumed to be constitutional until there is a successful challenge.
There are few successful challenges.
During the last legislative session one particular Republican Senator through quite a fit (and with justification) when someone suggested that the courts would overturn a particular piece of legislation he favored. He responded in righteous indignity that they (the courts) weren't the only people who could read the constitution and that congress had the power to determine if a law was constitutional as part of the process of passing the law.


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Not a day goes by that I don't think of them, and every little thing reminds me of the boys. It's the little things that always get me, and that is the hardest part. I can't even flip through Netflix without seeing the movie Top Gun and shedding a tear (it was my brother's favorite movie). Every time I am cold, I usually just mentally shut down and get so upset thinking that they were so cold and scared. There are a lot of vivid upsetting details that haunt me about their last day on Earth. It's the way they died that is the most upsetting. I can't think about it without getting a lump in my throat. Every time I hear a Beatles song, I cry. Guitars, harmonicas, trumpets all remind me of him- I stare at my guitar and remember that he was such an amazing self-taught musician. He was an amazing Father who did everything he could for his children.
Seeing brothers around the age of Dom and Grant kills me. I just imagine it is them, and I am watching them play. I miss those funny, witty, charismatic boys so much. Dom (my Godson) was a witty and smart boy, and he was incredibly handsome. I always said he was going to be a catch when he got older. Little Grant, he just melted my heart every time I saw him. His smile alone made you melt. He wanted to get to know everyone he met. He was incredibly sweet and loved animals. We shared that love, and it was our favorite subject to talk about.
I couldn't get through this without my signs from Heaven. On occasion, our boys will send us signs and appear in our dreams. The most common sign is the pennies from Heaven, which I love getting (On many occasions, I have found 3 pennies in the heads-up position located next to each other). These moments are not entirely uplifting since I just want them to be back here on Earth, but I live for them and I feel better knowing they are always with me. Whenever I am alone, I talk to them, and ask them to show me a sign. I look forward to the day I join them in Heaven.
I want to say, thank you. Thank you to everyone who has continually prayed and supported me and my family. One of the hardest things about death is living with it after it is all over. The continued prayers and positive thoughts are what has gotten my family through this awful tragedy. I am extremely thankful for the people who continually follow up and check on my well being. Social media is deceiving and even though we share happy photos quite often, that is not what our life looks like all the time. No one knows what we go through each and every day and how the tears have never really stopped. We have tried to get through this year as best as we could, but it barely feels like a year. Rather it feels like just a month or two ago. The feelings are so fresh. I know it is going to take A LOT of time to heal, and I have faith that we will, but we are far from that.


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The Service Unit Celebration Planning Resource will take you through setting up a planning team, a timeline with checklist resource, a budgeting worksheet and many other resources.
Every celebration should include recognizing the efforts of your volunteers. Including adult recognitions as part of your celebration will give Girl Scout volunteers the recognition they deserve for their achievements and dedication to youth. It comes complete with ideas of who to recognize and even a sample script.
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In the Service Unit Celebration Planning Resource, you'll find ideas about other reasons to celebrate your girls and volunteers, too. Be creative and think about all of the achievements of individuals in your service unit. You may want to even recognize girls who have achieved excellence in the Girl Scout Cookie Sale Program by selling over 500 packages of cookies.
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The thing about being married to a nine-year-old-boy who's trapped in the body of a 34-year-old man is this: you are the only one that really knows him.
See, he's done a pretty good job concealing the fact that, at heart, he's still nine-years-old. He's been hiding it from everyone for the past (counts on fingers …) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. There are people who he sees, each and every day, who have no clue. To them, he's Rand FancyPants-Does-Something-With-Computers-Maybe (?? note to self: find out what husband does for work).


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It is a pay and play 9 hole (18 tees) par 70 course set in the grounds of Himley Hall Park located near Dudley in the West Midlands.
The course was designed and opened in 1980 by Alan Baker the current owner.
It is a fine mature course that would test even the finest of golfers but at the same time allowing the not so proficient golfer to enjoy their golf, with the rough and the semi-rough being a little lenient.
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Big Business! How big is Big? How big is too big? This is one of those topics that is difficult to pin down. I believe that it is important for the people of this country to weigh in on the topic of big business and the politics involved.
A common plot of Drama seen on TV or in a Movie is the Big Evil Corporation or the Big Bad Government? I guess that these creative writers subscribe to Lord Acton's quote, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
I suspect that some business enterprises have gotten too big. I also suspect that Political influences by the Federal Government has encouraged and facilitated the excessive growth of some Corporations. If you want to be a Hero to the people, you need a Villain! The federal government wants to be the people's hero, hence a villain is required.
How big is too big? When politicians in congress defines a corporation as "Too Big to Fail", I suspect that it is Too Big!
Business has an ever present inclination to improve the bottom line. This is a natural tendency for free enterprise. Business Enhancing All Conceivable Efficiencies linked with the Federal Government's Political Complicity has propelled this country into something I have named "America's Economic Paradox".
America's Economic Paradox - Improvements in Automation and Productivity linked with excessive foreign import trade has contributed to an obvious manpower surplus in America which in turn has manifests itself as the American Business Shrinking Customer Base!
In short, with a little help from the Federal Government, we have shot ourselves in the foot! I suspect that this scenario that I have described is being played out deliberately by the Political Powers at large designed to move this country from a free enterprise based country to a socialized condition. The concentration of power at the federal level is now a major player in most problems in America.
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re EUREKA SOUTHERN RAILROAD No. 1-86-01976 COMPANY, Debtor. ___________________________/ In re NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC ACQUIRING CORPORATION, No. 1-86-01977 Debtor. ___________________________/
Memorandum of Decision re Confirmation of Plan
Brian Whipple is the sole shareholder of the consolidated debtors. He is the sole objecting party to a railroad reorganization plan proposed by the Trustee and supported by all creditors, the counties of Mendocino and Humboldt, and the State of California. The plan meets all of the requirements for confirmation with the possible exception of its treatment of Whipple's rights. Thus, the sole issue before the court is whether the plan may be confirmed over Whipple's objections. Whipple purchased the railroad in 1984, in an entirely leveraged transaction, for about $5 million. In late 1986, having completely failed to operate the railroad profitably or keep it properly maintained, Whipple dumped the railroad into the hands of this court. For the last five years, the railroad has been successfully operated by the court-appointed trustee, Jerry Gregg. Gregg has proposed the plan of reorganization now before the court. Under the plan, the railroad will be sold as a going concern to an entity committed to maintain its operations. The purchase price will be approximately $5 million, which will be enough to pay all creditors in full thanks to Southern Pacific Transportation Company, which has agreed to accept only $1 million on account of its $3.8 million claim and subordinate the balance. It is undisputed that the profitability of the railroad is marginal and that the purchaser will need to expend more than the purchase price on repairs and renovations just to keep the railroad operational. Thus, the railroad is worth no more than the proposed $5 million as an operating line. However, the railroad is worth more for scrap; if the tracks were torn out and sold, the real estate sold to developers, and the equipment liquidated, about $7 million and possibly more would be realized. This is the heart of Whipple's objection. Whipple's objection has both a factual component and a legal component. Factually, he argues that the railroad is worth so much as scrap that there would be enough money realized to pay all creditors in full, with interest, and return a substantial dividend to him. Legally, he argues that the court cannot confirm a plan which returns to him any less than he would receive if the line were sold for scrap. The court does not find either argument persuasive. Factually, there is no scenario which would truly result in Whipple seeing a dime. The plan is only feasible because Southern Pacific is subordinating all of its claim in excess of $1 million. In a Chapter 7 liquidation, Whipple could receive a dividend only after all claims, including late claims, were paid in full together with interest at the legal rate from the filing of the petition. See section 726(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. There are already some $7.6 million in claims in this case, with the possibility of more if late claims surface, as they have a habit of doing when a significant dividend is available. The average time for a liquidating trustee in this district to close even a modest asset case is two to three years; it is inconceivable that a trustee could liquidate and distribute the debtor's estate in this case in less than five years, especially considering the significant environmental problems which would have to be addressed. The trustee, fearing personal liability, would not dare close the estate until all environmental problems were addressed and the results inspected by the appropriate authorities. Because of the necessary delays, it would take at least $14 million, and probably more, to satisfy all the claims. In addition, there would be at least $250,000.00 in environmental costs and $500,000.00 in additional administrative expenses involved in liquidating the estate. Moreover, it is a well-established fact of bankruptcy life that liquidations always take longer, are more expensive, and result in smaller dividends than originally estimated. On the asset side, the Trustee has testified with substantial justification that the liquidation value of the assets is $7 million or so. This figure is corroborated by a report introduced by Whipple himself. The only contrary evidence is the testimony of a purported buyer that he is willing to pay $8.2 million for the tracks, making the overall value of the assets about $10.7 million. However, the tracks are not in fact for sale today, and could not in fact be sold over the objections of the parties without many years of litigation. Thus, the court disregards the testimony of the purported buyer and fixes the liquidation value of the assets at $7 million. The court notes that even at the inflated figures there would be nothing left for Whipple. Even if the court had found that Whipple would get something on liquidation, it would nonetheless disregard his objections. In a railroad case, where the plan proposes the continuing operation of the line, a creditor or shareholder need not be paid a dividend equal to what he would receive if there was a piecemeal liquidation. In normal reorganization cases, the requirement that all parties receive as much through a reorganization plan as they would under a liquidation is set forth in section 1129(a)(7) of the Code. However, in railroad cases section 1129(a)(7) is expressly inapplicable pursuant to section 1161. Instead, section 1173(a)(2) provides that each party must receive as much as he would receive if all of the
operating railroad lines
of the debtor were sold and the proceeds distributed under Chapter 7. Thus, the test in a raiload case is the value of the
operating lines
, not the value of the rails as scrap. Whipple has significantly misread the commentary at 5
Collier on Bankruptcy
(15th Ed.), paragraph 1173.02, as supporting his position. That commentary notes that
any time
there is a potential buyer for the entire business as a going concern, the proper liquidation value for the "best interests" test is the sale price for the entire operation and not the separate value of the individual assets. Collier notes that the scrap value should only be considered when there is no potential buyer for the operating rail line. In this case there are in fact two potential buyers who desire to operate the line. The court may properly use the bids of potential purchasers to establish the value of a railroad line as a going concern.
In re Dakota Rail, Inc.
, -- F.2d -- (8th Cir.1991). Since section 1129(a)(7) is not applicable in this case and the requirements of section 1173 have been met, and since there are no interests junior to Whipple, the court may confirm the plan over the objections of Whipple pursuant to section 1129(b)(2)(C) if the plan does not discriminate unfairly and is fair and equitable as to Whipple. The court has no problem so finding. Indeed, it would be patently unfair to allow Whipple, as the low man on the totem pole, to thwart a reorganization desired by all other parties as well as the counties of Mendocino and Humboldt and the State of California. Whipple purchased the railroad for no money down, infused little or no new capital, and in short order unloaded the railroad on the bankruptcy court on the brink of extinction. The idea of Whipple making a profit on his purchase and inept operation of the railroad at the expense of all of the communities served by the rail line is repugnant to every quitable instinct of the court. In light of the court's factual findings, it is not necessary to address Whipple's constitutional claims. However, the court notes that any infringement of Whipple's rights result not from confirmation of the plan, but rather from the limitations placed on abandonment of a railroad line by both bankruptcy and nonbankruptcy law. Since such restrictions have a valid public interest purpose and do not reduce the value of the railroad to nothing, they do not violate the Fifth Amendment. See
Keystone Coal Assn.
, 447 U.S. 255, 260-61 (1980). The Fifth Amendment prohibition against taking without compensation does not guarantee the most profitable use of property.
Town of Hempstead
, 369 U.S. 590, 592 (1962). Diminution in value, standing alone, does not establish a taking.
Penn Central Transportation Co.
City of New York
, 438 U.S. 104, 131 (1978). A fundamental principle of reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code is that properties are valued under present conditions, not past markets or future hopes. Under present conditions, the rails are not saleable as scrap. Therefore, Whipple has no right to have them valued as scrap any more than the owner of real property zoned for agricultural use would have a right to have his property valued as if zoned for development. Moreover, Whipple is an experienced railroad man and had been an employee of Southern Pacific during prior abandonment proceedings. He knew full well the many legal impediments to piecemeal liquidation of a railroad line at the time he purchased the railroad; those impediments, and the relevant provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, are the same today. Valuation of the railroad as a going concern does not infringe on Whipple's rights, but merely denies him a windfall at the expense of the communities served by the railroad. For the foregoing reasons, Whipple's objections will be overruled and the plan will be confirmed. Counsel for the Trustee shall submit an appropriate form of order forthwith.
Dated: November 9, 1991 _______________________ Alan Jaroslovsky U.S. Bankruptcy
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Founded | Reston, Virginia (May 22, 2002) |
Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, USA |
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Industry | Internet |
Founded | Reston, Virginia (May 22, 2002) |
Headquarters | Reston, Virginia, USA |
Key people | Tim McLaughlin, CEO Ken Quaglio, President &COO Patricia Mejia, CMO |
Revenue | 7.2 Million USD (2006)[1] |
Website | siteworx.com |
Siteworx, LLC (pronounced Siteworks) is an American digital experience agency headquartered in Reston, Virginia with full-services offices in Atlanta, Cary, NC, Chicago, Rochester, NY and New York.
Siteworx maintains deep roots in experience design, web content management (WCM), eCommerce solutions and system integration and has helped digital leaders such as Time Warner Cable, Citrix Online and Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group deploy multi-channel experiences.
Siteworx was founded in 2002 by Tim McLaughlin and former VP of Creative, Rand Kramer.[2] McLaughlin serves as Chief Executive Officer.
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