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So many types of decisions are made in a calendar year in the NFL: coaching decisions, personnel decisions, league decisions, play call decisions; the list goes on and on. Usually, the bad decisions are the ones that get remembered the most, but let's reflect on some of the five best decisions made during the 2011 NFL year:5. Sean Payton Letting Drew Brees Break the Single Season Passing Record on Monday night: Sean Payton and the Saints received some heat around the league for this decision. In a game that was already a blowout, Payton chose to continue passing and score again to let Brees break a record. Typically, I'm not a records guy; what the team does is far more important and if New Orleans meets Atlanta again, Atlanta could be fired up to get back at them, but this was a great decision. It not only let the home crowd witness history but allowed for the entire country to witness Brees take down a record that stood tall for over two and a half decades. Sure, it was at the exp...
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STONY CREEK - For many decades, Stony Creek hosted a festive summer event that showcased the culture, handiwork, music and skills of people born and raised in the lower Adirondacks.
Although axe-throwing and loggers' contests once offered at "Stony Creek Mountain Days" are now relegated to history, other aspects of the local celebration endure.
In recent years, this event has been revived through the Stony Creek Mountain Festival, which is planned for Friday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 8, centered in the town park.
The Mountain Festival is billed as providing "Music, Food and Fun for the Entire Family," as the Stony Creek Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a lineup of musicians, vendors, exhibits and children's games for the three-day event in this charming mountain town.
Also, a town-wide garage sale is to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7 and 8, and it's likely to include some interesting antiques and collectibles local folks have discovered in their barns or attics.
Festivities kick off Friday night at 7 p.m. with the mountain music of Adirondack Gold presented at the town center.
The exhibits, vendor offerings, and children's games open their weekend stint Saturday, at 11 a.m. for two days, centered in the town park, just north of the town center crossroads on Harrisburg Road.
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Also, naturalist Dean Moore will be introducing children to "creepy crawlies," which runs through the town park.
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Author of dark fantasy, horror & sci-fi. Kung Fu instructor. Personal Trainer. Motorcyclist. Dog lover. Gamer. Heavy metal fan. Britstralian. Zetetic.
Alan Baxter is a British-Australian author who writes dark fantasy, horror and sci-fi, rides a motorcycle and loves his dog. He also teaches Kung Fu. He lives among dairy paddocks on the beautiful south coast of NSW, Australia, with his wife, son, dog and cat. Read extracts from his novels, a novella and short stories at his website – www.warriorscribe.com – or find him on Twitter @AlanBaxter and Facebook, and feel free to tell him what you think. About anything.
He is the author of the dark urban fantasy thrillers, Bound, Obsidian and Abduction (The Alex Caine Series, HarperVoyager), and the dark urban fantasy duology, RealmShift and MageSign (The Balance 1 and 2, Gryphonwood Press). He co-authored the short horror novel, Dark Rite, with David Wood. Alan also writes short fiction with around 60 stories published in a variety of journals and anthologies in Australia, the US, the UK and France. His short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily Science Fiction, Postscripts, and Midnight Echo, among many others, and more than twenty anthologies, including the Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror (2010 and 2012). Alan also writes narrative arcs and dialogue for videogames and wrote the popular writer's resource, Write The Fight Right, a short ebook about writing convincing fight scenes.
He has been a finalist in the Aurealis Awards, a two-time finalist in the Australian Shadows Awards and a four-time finalist in the Ditmar Awards. He won the 2014 Australian Shadows Award for Best Short Story ("Shadows of the Lonely Dead") and is a past winner of the AHWA Short Story Competition ("It's Always the Children Who Suffer").
Alan is represented by literary agent, Alex Adsett, of Alex Adsett Publishing Services.
As well as fiction, Alan is a freelance writer penning reviews, feature articles and opinion. He's a contributing editor and co-founder (with Andrew McKiernan and Felicity Dowker) at Thirteen O'Clock – Australian Dark Fiction News & Reviews, and co-hosts AuthorCast with David Wood, a thriller and genre fiction podcast. He's a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, International Thriller Writers, The Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and a full Active Member of the Horror Writers' Association.
Alan is an International Master (Inner Chamber Disciple) of Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu and runs the Illawarra Kung Fu Academy.
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Siddikur overcomes nerves to win
Mohammad Siddikur of Bangladesh survived a bout of nerves Sunday before clinching his second Asian Tour title by one stroke at the Indian Open.
PGA TOUR WIN LEADERSCollecting trophies is a habit of Tiger Woods.
Siddikur, who led on all four days and took a four-stroke lead going into the final day, bogeyed four out of six holes starting at the sixth and continued a forgettable last round in which he returned a three-over 75 to finish with a 14-under 274.
Siddikur also triple-bogeyed the par-four 15th and added another bogey on the 16th before making it through with a birdie and a par hole as the Indian pair of Anirban Lahiri and Shiv Chowrasia came within one stroke of forcing a playoff.
Baek Seuk-Hyun of South Korea, Angelo Que of the Philippines and Indians Chiragh Kumar and Rashid Khan finished joint-fourth at 276.
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She was found with her head in a hotel toilet
A US marine has been detained in the murder of a Philippine transgender woman.
Jennifer Laude, 26, was found dead on Saturday night with her head in a hotel toilet in Olongapo city.
Media reports say she checked into the hotel at 11pm with a 'male, white foreigner' and her body was discovered by a cleaner at 11.45pm.
Police said there were signs of strangulation.
The Philippines Supreme Court has ruled that the government can provide condoms and other forms of contraception to the public for free following years of opposition by the Catholic Church
The fight against HIV and overpopulation in the Philippines has just been given an important new weapon as the country's Supreme Court has ruled the government can provide free condoms and other kinds of contraception after a tooth-and-nail battle with the Catholic Church.
Progressive Organization of Gays says one person gets infected every two hours yet govt spends more money on corrupt deals than on healthcare
As protests against the misuse of millions of dollars by lawmakers erupted in the Philippines and even outside the islands, a leading gay rights group flayed the government of President Benigno Aquino for neglecting healthcare despite the HIV crisis.
"The Philippines has a rising HIV crisis where one person gets infected every two hours," said Clyde Pumihic, spokesperson of the Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (ProGay).
"Yet the allocation for prevention and treatment is paltry, a mere 120 million pesos ($2.7 million) in the national budget.
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George Strait Scores 59th Number One; Stream New Justin Townes Earle Record; Free Music From Bhi Bhiman
- "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" is George Strait's 59th Number One single.
- Stream the new Justin Townes Earle record, Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, here.
- NoiseTrade is offering a free album download from folksinger Bhi Bhiman.
- Vandaveer's version of "Banks of the Ohio" is the newest entry in The 78 Project, a project which gives contemporary artists the opportunity to record an old song of their choice with "one microphone, one authentic 1930′s PRESTO direct-to-disc recorder, and one blank lacquer disk."
- Toby Keith and Brantley Gilbert will tour together this summer.
- Lady Antebellum will open for Bruce Springsteen this summer in London when the Boss headlines the Hard Rock Calling Festival.
- A tornado-damaged high school in Henryville, Indiana won a Lady Antebellum concert.
- Gretchen Peters performed "Hello Cruel World" in Tammy Wynette's trailer for the "slacker's alternative" to SXSW, Couch by Couchwest. Check it out.
- Jonny Corndawg took some photos of his SXSW experience, which included a trip to Willie Nelson's ranch.
- Ty Stone lists his Five Favorite Country Stars of the Late 70s for American Songwriter. How does his list stack up against your own?
- Holly Gleason caught a Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis show.
- If you like The Drive-By Truckers, check out Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires.
- John Anderson comes in at #59 on Country Universe's 100 Greatest Men of Country Music Countdown.
- "Pop-bluegrass" duo Madison Violet announced several tour dates.
- Mark Schatz and Bryan McDowell of Claire Lynch's band performed for their breakfast at the Cowboy Café in Bozeman, Montana.
- Here's video of Darrell Scott playing "Still Got a Ways to Go" in the WAMU Bluegrass Country studios last week.
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So the Canadian cutie Madison Violet gals are coming to LA huh? Just might have to mosey on down to the Hotel Cafe to catch their short set (each act get about 50 minutes execpt for the closer).
I sooooooo don't grasp the appeal of Darrell Scott! Must be a liberal mindwarp thing…
No online Music City Roots shows for this and next week as they are sponsoring some location events around Nashville instead (like the East Nashville Beer Festival?). Shouldn't an East Nashville alcohol festival be celebrating cheap wine and malt liquor instead? I'm confused?
Gosh, I saw Ty Stone perform live and there was absolutely nothing even remotely "country" about his act. I'd take his list with a grain of salt the size of the great salt lake in Utah. Crikey!
It's nice to see an old timer like George Strait remain relevant in Top 40 AirHead Country Radio. It seems that in comparison Alan Jackson is losing his luster, or maybe he just doesn't care enough any more to put in the effort needed. Oh well…
Amazing to see George Strait have yet another #1!
What's so incredible about it is that even back in the days when mainstream country was more of a middle-aged environment, with artists having long careers, you didn't have artists near Strait's current age topping the charts.
Hank Snow and Kenny Rogers had #1 hits around age 60, but those were basically one-shots that came out of the blue. All the country legends–Eddy Arnold, Pride, Conway, Jones, Haggard, Cash, Waylon, Willie etc.–were pretty much done for (in terms of having hits) by their early-mid 50s.
Yes, what a huge gap in age there is between mid- and late-50s. Why, it's incredibly amazing! Or maybe amazingly incredible.
I was wrong for suggesting that there's anything unique, unprecedented, out-of-the-ordinary, incredible or amazing about George Strait getting his 59th #1 hit at age 60. Or was it 60th #1 at age 59? Whatever. I was wrong. And you are right. Thank you.
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Giants "moving toward" deal with Ryan Vogelsong
Nov 28, 2013, 10:25 AM EDT
San Francisco continues to work on solidifying its rotation even after re-signing Tim Lincecum and adding Tim Hudson, with Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting that the Giants are "working toward" a deal to bring back right-hander Ryan Vogelsong.
Vogelsong became a free agent after the Giants declined his $6.5 million option for 2014 following a rough year in which he posted a 5.73 ERA in 19 starts at age 35. His strikeout rate took a nosedive, his average fastball velocity fell below 90 miles per hour, and Vogelsong's secondary numbers weren't a whole lot more promising than his ugly ERA.
Still, as a potential fifth starter in a rotation led by Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Hudson, and Lincecum he'd be a reasonable enough re-sign on a modest one-year contract.
- georgewashingtonsghost - Nov 28, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Happy thanksgiving. Keep up the good work!
- proudlycanadian - Nov 28, 2013 at 10:50 AM
With that sort of production, they should be able to get him for a song.
- arrooo - Nov 28, 2013 at 12:13 PM
He was close to being the World Series MVP. I'd sign him for a year with no worries
- paxnov - Nov 28, 2013 at 1:27 PM
The important thing is to nail down the core performers who helped the Giants reach their goals last year. Vogelsong & Lincecum were obviously key to the Giants run in 2013. Great move in my mind.
- missingdiz - Nov 28, 2013 at 3:16 PM
That wasn't much of a goal, to finish 16 games behind the Dodgers and way below .500. But for sure Vogelsong & Lincecum were key elements in the "run" (as in "run aground"?). If Vogelsong doesn't improve–at age 36!–the Giants will need to score 7 runs a game on average. With that offense?
- temporarilyexiled - Nov 29, 2013 at 10:17 AM
This is obviously brilliant trolling. Well done! You're right. They NEED to sign Arroyo AND a left-field stud. Of course, that'll cost money, which they've already spent on Lincecum, Pence, and now Hudson. Really, Bumgarner is the only starter most likely to still pitch like an ace. The other current four could be anything from ace…to deuce. But many of the Giants' brass are claiming on camera that they're not done adding to the team, so we'll see how it all turns out.
- rap49er - Nov 28, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Left field please! Repeat after me, Left Field!!
- sjtorpitt - Nov 28, 2013 at 3:33 PM
rap49er knows what's up lol. SF should suck it up and throw some cash a a big name OF.
- DanM - Nov 28, 2013 at 3:39 PM
I'm thrilled with this move. Then again, I'm a Padres fan.
- joecool16280 - Nov 29, 2013 at 1:37 PM
haha. Vintage Sabean move. Bochy gets credit from most Giant fans (me) for their WS wins. Seems weird but I wish they'd get some new blood in there. Sabean's time is done.
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THANJAVUR: Youth should shoulder the responsibility of building a prosperous India by backing the alternative economic policy offered by Left parties, said Sitaram Yechury, CPI (M) leader and former all India president of the Students Federation of India here on Friday.
Addressing the 21st State conference of the SFI at Thilakar Thidal, Mr. Yechury said 54 per cent of the population in India was aged below 25 years and 70 per cent below 40 years.
The youth should choose between the economic policies followed by the United Progressive Alliance and National Democratic Alliance and the alternative policy offered by the Left parties.
The policies of the UPA and the NDA would help only multinationals and corporate giants earn huge profits. On the other hand, the alternative economic policy offered by the Left would improve the welfare of the 78 per cent of the people, who were earning just Rs.20 a day.
Mr. Yechury said the nuclear deal, according to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, would augment India's energy. But, the cost involved would be enormous. For producing one MW of power using imported nuclear fuel, the cost would be Rs.11 crore. According to Dr. Singh, we require 20,000 MW of nuclear power and the cost would come to Rs.2.20 lakh crore.
On the other hand for producing one MW of power using water, coal and natural gas would cost only Rs.3 crore.
For producing 20,000 MW, the cost would be Rs.60,000 crore, a difference of Rs.1.5 lakh crore.
If power was generated using imported nuclear fuel, the difference amount would go to multinational companies. The same amount could be used for starting 2.5 lakh navodhaya schools to educate 2.5 lakh students.
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Less than three weeks after showing off the 10,000 square foot space at 533 Hennepin Ave. S., which at the time was messy with renovation debris, Pham's management company, the Phamous Group, says the restaurateur is ready to open for business. The first day of operation for Wondrous Azian Kitchen will be Thurs., Aug. 12.
That's right, the new restaurant has a shortened name. According to Chris Kallal of Twincy, the agency handling Pham's marketing, the word "Wanderers" has been dropped from the title. The sign out front, though, will read "Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen." The retaurant will be known casually as simply "Wondrous."
"We're gonna do a closing party at Azia" — Pham's Eat Street restaurant—"on Sunday, August 8. Then on the 12th, we'll do an opening party at Wondrous," Kallal said. "We're gonna open it up, sample a bunch of food — and obviously some of the new cocktails."
Wondrous will offer happy hour specials all evening, he added, and a plan for musical entertainment is in the works.
As for the Azia location, at 2550 Nicollet Ave., "we're in communication with a potential buyer," says Elizabeth Grzechowiak, executive director of the Phamous Group.
According to Pham's landlord, three years remain on the Azia lease. No official details are available yet on the transition.


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Until World War II scientific interest in human anthrax cases was relatively minor compared to the focus on animal disease. Bacillus anthracis was discovered in 1850 by the French parasitologist Casimir-Joseph Davaine, who examined the blood of infected sheep under the microscope. Subsequent work, especially by Robert Koch, the famous German biologist, and the legendary Louis Pasteur in France, proved beyond doubt that this bacterium caused anthrax. It was with anthrax, in fact, that the germ theory of disease was firmly established. In 1876, Koch employed his pure culture techniques to discover the life cycle of anthrax (from the bacterium, with its bamboo-like rods, to its hardy spore form and back to bacterium again). At the time, though, he was much less concerned with the victims of "ragpicker's disease" (the colloquial German term for anthrax) than with the hundreds of thousands of grazing animals his native country was losing each year to anthrax. These repeated epizootics, common also in France and other European countries, damaged the food, textile, and leather industries dependent on animal products. In 1881 Pasteur followed up his successful development of a vaccine against chicken cholera with one for animal anthrax. In May of that year, he was pressured into an early public demonstration of the vaccine at a farm in Pouilly-le-Fort, forty kilometers outside Paris. The risk paid off. On June 2, with twenty-five vaccinated sheep alive and twenty-five unvaccinated ones dead, Pasteur was proclaimed a hero in the press and by his scientific colleagues.
Since World War II, the potential of anthrax as a biological weapon has focused national and international attention on its lethality for humans. Anthrax spores, tough enough to withstand bomb detonation and small enough to aerosolize, have been a preferred agent for every nation that has sought to develop and produce biological weapons. But the primary attribute of biological weapons, including anthrax, is that they have been experimented with but almost never deployed. Some restraints are a matter of international norms. Born of a repugnance for chemical weapons used in World War I, the Geneva Protocol of 1925, for example, prohibits the use in war of both chemical and biological weapons. Although several nations, including the United States and the USSR, formally reserved the right to use such weapons in reprisal if first used against them — and thus implicitly maintained the right to develop and stockpile them — only very rarely do the norms against using biological or chemical weapons break down. In modern times, the only significant use of biological weapons, including anthrax and plague, was in the late 1930s and early 1940s, when the Japanese Imperial Army undertook covert experiments on humans (which included vivisection) and deployed biological weapons against Chinese troops and civilians in Manchuria. The details of this historical anomaly have only recently been revealed.


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Imagine Grandma thrown into the slammer (or maybe merely fined) for selling her wicked good home-made chowder at her garage sale. Give her one warning and, if she does not repent and mend her ways, then it's off to Shakopee? Most of us would find this to be grotesque, over-reaching, state intervention into a relatively innocuous interaction. Such informal human interaction should be entirely free from government intrusion.
Some garage sale participants might look at the crock-pot and wonder how long since the contents were refrigerated and at what temperature the chowder is kept at. (And where is sweet old Mormor Linnea getting her "fresh" shellfish?) They might decide to take a pass.
Others might buy a cup and enjoy some wonderful home-cooking.
Still others might get food poisoning and die. Tough quahog. Caveat emptor, am I right? (Mormor Linnea wouldn't hurt a fly. She can be a little forgetful about the details of good food hygiene. But she's not evil…)
What if Mormor Linnea were making chowder by the 100-gallon vat and selling it in mason jars out of the back of her truck year-round? Do you think at some point it is appropriate that she might be regulated by the state, that she might be required to get a license from the state to sell the her
death potion chowder, that she might have to put up with food inspectors checking out her operation, making sure she carries appropriate insurance, and so forth? At what point do we all welcome and embrace government involvement in our day-to-day interactions?
How about when Mormor Linnea is making more than $5,000/year selling her foodstuffs or when she sells "outside of community events or farmers' markets"?
Update (May 21, 2015): Almost a year ago to the day, I predicted that Graffiti Entertainment v. Navarre was going to be a long hard slog (see below) and it may very well be. It is clearly on-going but how much longer can this warfare go on? Desertion seems to be a problem in Plaintiff's army. In one of the stranger sanctions memos I have seen in some time, Defendant Navarre notes that Plaintiff cannot seem to hire a lawyer to prosecute its lawsuit. Plaintiff appears to have identified a convicted felon in Illinois as its lawyer except that the convicted felon is not a member of the Minnesota bar, is not admitted to the United States District Court, and he denies that he intends to appear in the lawsuit. "Defendants now respectfully move this Court to stop this nonsense."
Original post (May 23, 2014): Too often, particularly early in litigation, lawyers paint their clients a rosy picture of shock and awe swift resolution. I have found in my nearly twenty years of practice of civil litigation in Minnesota that I have been quite good at predicting how most cases resolve (dismissal, summary judgment, settlement, trial) and, roughly, for how much money (with an exception here or there, obviously). But I have been far less successful in predicting lawsuits' durations.
Generally, most cases that I have followed have gone on far longer than necessary. Some cases, however, give every indication from the get-go that they will be grueling and protracted battles. I get that sense from the fairly recently filed lawsuit of Graffiti Entertainment, Inc. v. Navarre Distributions Services, Inc. and Speed Commerce, Inc.
Hopkins buys Lot 3, which has an easement across Apitz's property, Lot 2, so Hopkins can access the "ROAD."
Hopkins fences off the easement over Apitz's property and, essentially, bars Apitz's access to part of Apitz's own property (the part over which Hopkins has an easement). (The diagram above is illustrational. I have no idea where the easement goes on the Apitz's property but presumably it goes along an outside edge and does not split the Apitz property down the middle.)
In my view, that seems not very neighborly of Hopkins but what do I know?
Cases of claimed egregious mismatches between proposed expert testimony, the appropriate subjects to be argued and decided in a lawsuit, and proposed intended expert witnesses are endemic in our legal system.
Of course, you've got your quacks — the pretend experts. Excluding them is relatively uncontroversial (although we will not all agree about certain disciplines and whether experts in the disciplines have evidentiary value or are quacks across the board (homeopathy, acupuncturists, hand-writing analysts, say)).
Then you have your "expert judge" or "expert jury" experts — that is, purported experts offered to testify as to the law (that would be the "expert judge") or, without any truly specialized knowledge, training, or expertise, an expert offered to testify as a fact-finder (the "expert jury"). These are a subtler variant of "quack experts" because they are offered to simply tell the judge or jury what to do.
These are easy cases to exclude proposed experts. But how about, say, a proposed expert in "the conduct of executives in the U.S. medical device or healthcare business vis-à-vis confidential job searching"?
"Can it box pasta or not?" I asked nearly five years ago. "There has to be a better way," I suggested about resolving a different commercial dispute back in 2013. More recently, Minnesota Litigator has covered (or maybe I should say "coated"?) "Sugar v. Sugar," which appeared to be a commercial dispute that boiled down to the simple syrup of defendant regretting and re-negging on its commitment to buy sugar from the Plaintiff at a very high price. (Note to clients: Regret = OK. Re-neg ≠ Ok.)
Apparently when commercial transactions of a certain magnitude — a large magnitude — go wrong, there just is no better way in this day and age: businesses have to call in lawyers to settle up.
Minnesota Litigator receives increasingly positive feedback and its readership has grown slowly but steadily over the past six years. But will yet another esoteric post on civil procedure rules cause Minnesota Litigator visits to plummet???
Update (May 14, 2015): The battling Hogenson brothers, as noted below in the original post, have treated Minnesota litigators with legal decisions for some years now. Yet another decision this week reflects their inadvertently generous fraternal strife.
Minnesota Litigator has discussed the mushy Minnesota law of unjust enrichment before.
In the latest Hogenson kerfuffle the Hennepin County District Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals again are out of sync as to what the doctrine really stands for. It is not enough when someone stumbles on a windfall benefit and the benefit came at the expense of someone else. This does not state a claim for unjust enrichment because stumbling upon something is not "illegal" or "unlawful."
It probably did not hurt Diversified Water Diversion's appeal that Brother Arthur Hogenson (who was the beneficiary of the lower court's unjust enrichment decision) had apparently fraudulently created promissory notes to reflect his loan to Diversified and submitted "not legitimate" evidence at trial.
"Equity does not comfort those who come to it with unclean hands" is one way of saying it. "A dirty dog will not have justice by the court" is another.
Update (May 13, 2015): In the case covered below, Plaintiff has steered clear of sanctions but his lawsuit brought in U.S. District Court (D. Minn.) for alleged witness tampering relating to an expert witness in a case pending in Ramsey County has now crashed and burned shortly after take-off.
Update (April 13, 2015): When you move for sanctions in civil litigation, there is a risk of blow-back. That is, you might think that you are calling the court's attention to unacceptable conduct but the court might conclude that your own conduct, in bringing the motion, was improper, unacceptable, and sanctionable.
In the case described below, I don't think the sanctions movant, Lycoming, has very much to worry about. I feel less certain about plaintiff, his allegations of "witness tampering," Lycoming's alleged role, and whether the allegations meet the relatively low bar set by Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Here are Lycoming's reply brief in support of its motion for sanctions and Plaintiff's "last word" on the subject.)
Update (February 24, 2015): In the tussle described below, a defensive tactic by Plaintiff to Defendants' motions to dismiss failed this past week.
Original post (February 6, 2015): The litigation of Kedrowski v. Valters Aviation, Lycoming Engines, et al. involves a plane crash in which Plaintiff Mark Kedrowski suffered severe injuries when his Glasair Super IIS RG mdel aircraft crashed in September, 2010 near Lake Elmo Airport.
Plaintiff brought his lawsuit in Ramsey County District Court and it is before Ramsey County District Court Judge John H. Guthmann. The fight has been intense, it seems, with motions for sanctions, motions to compel, and several allegations of improper conduct in this case and in other cases involving the same defendants elsewhere.
Plaintiff's view is that there was something defective about a fuel pump that caused his terrible accident. I have not reviewed the case file in detail but I would speculate that the defense is that the plane performed fine and the crash was due to pilot error. This would be a standard small plane crash legal battle. (Normally in these cases, I get the sense that a great deal rides on the findings of the NTSB, which appear to support the defense in this case.)
Regular readers of Minnesota Litigator know that I write about a wide variety of state and federal civil litigation in Minnesota but certain cases seem to catch my attention for longer periods of time. I cover some cases repeatedly over the lives of the lawsuits. Some might call it perseveration (highly repetitive idiosyncratic behavior usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder). Other, more charitable readers (thanks again, MOM!), might counter-argue that I am simply homing in on particularly interesting Minnesota cases and following them. They're dry to many but intense drama to a few thousand law nerds.
I recently stumbled across the caption of Bubble Pony v. Facepunch. I saw that the case includes a 108-page first amended complaint. I got that "here-we-go-back-down-the rabbit-hole again" feeling…
Whether this oddly-captioned dispute over rights to money generated by an on-line "internet survival game called RUST" becomes another valuable resource for Minnesota Litigator commentary on Minnesota civil litigation remains to be seen but it looks like it could be promising.


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Adria Morales
The Lady Techsters finish the season at 9-21 with a 1-15 mark in C-USA play
LA Tech now travels to Miami to face FIU in the season finale
Friday night's match is set to begin at 6 p.m CT in Boca Raton, Florida
LA Tech now travels to Boca Raton, Florida to face FAU at 6 p.m. on Friday
The Lady Techsters will honor three seniors following the match versus Middle Tennessee
2013 (Lee College)
Earned first team all-conference honors as a sophomore ... Helped the Lady Rebels be named a 2014 NJCAA All-Academic Team ... Played in 25 matches and averaged 8.59 assists per set ... Notched 3.38 digs per set and 0.44 blocks/set ... Hit .216 with an average of 1.03 kills/set.
2012 (Lee College)
Named all-conference and all-region as a freshman ... Totaled 600 assists and led the team with 40 service aces ... Recorded 3.20 digs per set, which ranked second among her teammates ... Received the Class Act Award for her academic achievements off the court.
High School
Prepped at Colegio Adianez in Puerto Rico ... Played both volleyball and basketball in high school ... Received MVP honors and named to the Puerto Rico High School All-Star Team ... Helped lead the 18-under Rags Volleyball Club to the championships in the COPUVO, Jeep Volleyball and West Coast tournaments ... Named the MVP for each of those three tournaments ... Helped the Rags Volleyball Club become the top-ranked club team in Puerto Rico ... Coached by Miguel Bermudez and Eduardo Morales.
Full name is Adria Morales ... Born Feb. 7, 1994 in Humacao, Puerto Rico ... Daughter of Limary Reyes and Miguel Morales.


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Behind the scenes banter, local filmmakers and some wildly inventive programming stand out as the Santa Cruz Film Festival enters brand new territory
Under a newly created Leadership Team of longtime board members and Festival veterans, the ninth annual Santa Cruz Film Festival begins Thursday, May 6, and runs through Sunday, May 15. Expect 133 fiction—and non-fiction features and shorts—from 33 countries (40 of them locally produced), which will unspool at three venues in Downtown Santa Cruz: the Del Mar Theatre, the Regal Riverfront Stadium Twin, and Community TV. The festival also offers a full slate of panels, workshops, parties, live music and gala receptions.
SCFF IX continues its longstanding commitment to green politics, partnering once again with the EarthVision Film Festival to present nine features and 18 short films dedicated to environmental activism. Other local, national, and international features are organized into thematic categories: World Cinema, Documentaries, and "Keep Santa Cruz Weird"—local films by local artists. Five documentaries and five fiction features are in competition for Jury prizes. SCFF IX will also see the inauguration of a new prize: the Morton Marcus Audience Award for Best Feature. Several film-related panels and workshops will also be offered free to the public.
The festival kicks off May 6, the day this issue publishes, at the Del Mar, with the music documentary Soundtrack For A Revolution, followed by a gala reception at the Museum of Art & History on Front Street. The festival concludes May 15 with a closing night gala and awards ceremony at the Del Mar and a screening of the locally made feature, Etienne, followed by a closing night party at the Cypress Lounge.
In our ongoing coverage of the Santa Cruz Film Festival, GT interviewed several locally affiliated filmmakers whose work will be showcased this year. Dive in … | Lisa Jensen
Festival passes are available for $175 (general admission), $150 (senior) and $100 (student). Tickets can also be purchased on a per-program basis, $7-$9 for regular programs, $18-$20 for the opening night, and $10-$12 for the closing night galas. For a complete lineup of films, events, schedules, and ticket info, visit the festival website at scfilmfest.org. Film Schedule & Tickets


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David Allan Coe Hospitalized Following Car Crash; Jason Molina Passes Away; Album Releases
- Jason Molina passed away Saturday at the age of 39.
- David Allan Coe ran a red light in Ocala, Florida, and was T-boned by a semi early this morning. Coe and the two people in the truck have been hospitalized with "non-life-threatening conditions."
- On Saturday in Chicago, the Museum of Broadcast Communications will pay tribute to the WLS National Barn Dance.
- Michelle Shocked went on an anti-gay rant at a San Francisco show, which she ended by saying "You can go on Twitter and say 'Michelle Shocked says 'God hates fags.'"
- Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer's new album, Child Ballads, can be streamed on USA Today's site.
- Texas State Rep. Doug Miller recently authored House Resolution 634, which honors Merle Haggard. You can read HR 634 here.
- Kacey Musgraves' "Blowin' Smoke" is the iTunes Free Single of the Week.
- Here's another free song: Hot Club of Cowtown's recording of "Slow Boat to China" from their forthcoming album, Rendezvous in Rhythm (out May 28).
- Adam Steffey's next solo record, New Primitive, will be released in June.
- Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, and Little Big Town have been added to the lineup of ACM Awards performers.
- Vince Gill, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Jimmy Fortune (Statler Brothers), and Joanne Cash Yates will perform at the Johnny Cash Music Festival at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro this August.
- Here's a video of My Morning Jacket covering "It Makes No Difference" in their rehearsal for last fall's Love for Levon memorial concert.
- The McCrary Sisters will release their next album, All the Way, on April 30. (via press release)
- So Kenny Chesney has his own rum now.
- Billy Bragg talks about his new record with Eric R. Danton of Rolling Stone.
- Tim Nichols, Brett James, and The Warren Brothers are a few of the acts slated to perform at the April 10 benefit show "Songs & Stories for St. Jude" at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville.
- Exile taped their Nashville show last Saturday for an upcoming live album and DVD.
- Check out Laura Cantrell singing "I Know You're Gonna Break My Heart" with The Sharp Things.
- Country California posted video of Brandy Clark's visit to the Marty Stuart Show.
- Tara Seetharam wrote a fine review of George Strait's final Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo concert.
- Here's a video of Rodney Hayden playing Roger Miller's "Walking in the Sunshine." (h/t C.M. Wilcox)
- Wynonna Judd and Kellie Pickler made their Dancing with the Stars debut last night.
- Billboard's Chuck Dauphin wrote a feature on Steven Curtis Chapman and his new album, Deep Roots.
- Carrie Underwood announced her next single on Twitter. "See You Again" will be coming to a radio near you soon.
- This week's album releases:
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – Roads Well Traveled
Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park
Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt – Night
Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band – White Swan
Josh Rouse – The Happiness Waltz
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer – Child Ballads
Phosphorescent – Muchacho
Billy Bragg – Tooth & Nail
Kelly Richey – Sweet Spirit
Kyle Park – Beggin' for More
Bobby Bare – The Real Thing / I Hate Goodbyes / Ride Me Down Easy
Davidson Hart Kingsbery – 2 Horses
Merle Haggard – Live from Austin, TX
Jerry Lee Lewis – Live from Austin, TX
Kris Kristofferson – Live from Austin, TX
- And a DVD:
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According to Wikipedia, Ms. Shocked is an ex-lesbian, for whatever it's worth.
Seems she's trying to live up to the name that she created.
What's an ex-lesbian? That's like being an ex-Puerto Rican, or saying 'I used to have long feet'. Makes no sense to me.
Darn Carrie Underwood. "Do You Think About Me" should've been the new single. "See You Again" is great, but it's pure power pop and has no place on COUNTRY radio. At least we're not having to suffer through "Cupid," "One Way Ticket," or "Nobody Ever Told You."
Kenny Chesney rum: It starts off strong but gets watered down the more you drink it.
I remember going to a Michelle Shocked concert at George Mason University about 20 years ago. She was touring in support of the Arkansas Traveler CD. Uncle Tupelo, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm were on tour with her, but had dropped out. She spent a great amount of the show babbling about how unprofessional everyone else was. Of the 60 minute show, at least half was taken up with nonseniscal monologues about people who weren't there to defend themselves. It was by far the worst concert I had ever been to, and she came off as a serious head case. Sounds like not much has changed.
Michelle Shocked just said those things for attention. Maybe she believes them, whatever, but people tend to only make remarks like that when they are desperately seeking attention, be it positive or negative.
We should judge Michelle no harsher than we would for someone saying they are for gay marriage. Free speech works both ways. There are plenty of artists that have used the stage to comment on their acceptance of gay marriage. No different.
Western Swing continues to do fine with the upcoming album from Hot Club of Cowtown. On a related note The Western Swing Authority is up for an Americana song Award in the Independent Music Awards against Austin based trio The Carper Family and Anna Egge
@Bruce: I, for one, don't judge Michelle Shocked for her stand on gay marriage. I object to the her hostility toward her audience and the inflammatory language (the F-word). Using that word is inappropriate in general, and even moreso given the setting (San Francisco) and audience demographic. One can articulate one's opinion on gay marriage without using that word. I think Mike W. is right — Shocked wants to shock her audience. Which is fine, I guess, as long as she gives them what they paid for (entertainment). Based on my experience 20 years ago, I doubt entertaining her audience was an objective.
"We should judge Michelle no harsher than we would for someone saying they are for gay marriage. Free speech works both ways. There are plenty of artists that have used the stage to comment on their acceptance of gay marriage. No different."
Well, of course it's different. It's not that Shocked made her comments on stage that's the subject of judgment (a/k/a opinion), it's the content of those comments. You might as well say that because free speech gave David Duke the same right to preach race hatred that Martin Luther King Jr. had to preach equality, there was no difference between the two. Which there pretty clearly is.
As for what her motives were, I'm pretty sure that I don't care, and even more sure that no one posting on Engine145.com knows the first thing about them.
TIMEO – I agree with your statements. I as well do not agree with the language used.
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Gilbert Talbot
3 of 3 portraits of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Gilbert Talbot
published by William Richardson
line engraving, published 1803
5 3/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. (135 mm x 182 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford, 1931
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- Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury (1552-1616), Lord High Steward of Ireland and Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire; patron of the arts. Sitter in 3 portraits.
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Information Systems Showcase
|Schedule information
|April 18, 2013 10am-9pm
|Chan Shun Hall
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Come enjoy this free, come-and-go event hosted by the Information Systems department of the School of Busines Administration. Activities will from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 in Chan Shun Hall.
Attendees can participate in micro car racing over an obstacle course, help judge Information Systems students' computers based on performance, reliability, and affordability, play clean computer games, and enter a drawing for door prizes. In addition to enjoying the Information System students' computers that they built themselves in a class, you can watch them race robotic cars (which they also built) over the obstacle course in a race for the top grade.
View the event poster with activity times here: http://www.au-sba.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/INFS-Showcase-Day.pdf
|Laura Johnston
|Information Systems Department, School of Business Administration
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