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The short, rocky history of First Vietnamese American Bank helps Nguyen explain the contrast between the U.S. and Vietnamese banking systems. "We were very proud of that bank," he recalled.
Established in the bubbly economy of 2005, First Vietnamese American excited investors but later failed to attract many depositors and borrowers. Early on, state and federal regulators questioned the bank's practices, and the FDIC issued a cease-and-desist order. Nguyen was replaced as president but remained on the board despite a division over his attitude toward Hanoi.
First Vietnamese American never turned a profit, but Nguyen contends the bank would have succeeded if not for the global financial crisis in 2008. In the depths of the Great Recession, First Vietnamese American became the 143rd bank seized and shuttered by regulators nationwide in 2010, adding to the 140 closed the year before. Grandpoint Bank in Los Angeles bought its assets.
All considered, Nguyen said, it's healthy that weak banks be allowed to fail. While U.S. taxpayers bailed out institutions deemed "too big to fail," he said, Vietnam's "patriarchal" system shields even small, weak banks.
"The State Bank is like the father and all the other banks are like its children," he explained. "There are good kids and bad kids – but you never kill the kids." Vietnam's banking authorities have been encouraging mergers between weak and strong banks, while also encouraging strategic partnerships with foreign banks to bolster the system.
Work in progress
Nguyen said the pace of reform remains frustratingly slow. His recommendations include rules against cross-ownership in banks, considered a source of corruption, and greater autonomy for the State Bank to control monetary policy, making it more akin to the U.S. Federal Reserve, and less susceptible to political pressure.
Vietnam's economy is a work in progress, much of which Nguyen has witnessed. In the mid-1990s, bicycles and three-wheel cyclo taxies dominated the streets, which are now flooded with motorbikes and a growing number of autos.
The banking sector, then much smaller, was burdened with debts from state-owned conglomerates that are a legacy of central planning. As Vietnam's economy grew nearly as fast as China's, the number of banks "grew exponentially," Nguyen says, with about 100 banks now in operation. Now bad debts also are tied to a property boom that went bust.
Yet much remains the same. Millions of Vietnamese still hoard gold as a hedge against political and economic instability. For all of Vietnam's economic growth, only about 20 percent of its nearly 90 million people use banks, which to Nguyen suggests a great opportunity for a bank like Commercial.
Vietnam, with its current borders and flag, dates only to 1975. It is a young nation, Nguyen points out, yet built on a 4,000-year heritage. Today, post-war baby boomers greatly outnumber those who have personal memories of what people here call "the American War."
This youthful demographic profile is one reason why Nguyen, like many foreign investors, remains bullish on Vietnam's long-term prospects.
"The older people are tired of fighting," he said. "And the younger people just want to have enough to have a good life."
Contact the writer: Scott Duke Harris is a Southern California journalist now based in Vietnam.


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There have been various proto-ideas floated for more intra-regional rail in Pennsylvania, but I am unclear where any of those plans stand at the moment.
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Looking at the prices in the plan, I can't figure out why someone would want to take a train for only slightly less then a plane, yet at three times the travel time. I think the projected passengers are way out of whack.
America's air service may be overtaxed, but it's really no wonder why Amtrak is struggling so much, especially on long haul transportation.
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|HIGH VOLUME SERIALIZED POSTAGE AT AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE OR OTHER KIOSK - A system and method for retrieving a plurality of indicia are described. The method includes receiving, by a computer system associated with a postage provider a request from a user, the request including a number of the plurality of indicia, and a monetary value of each of the plurality of indicia; and authenticating the request. The method further includes verifying whether sufficient funds exist in an account of the user for the number and monetary value of the plurality of requested indicia. If the request is found authentic and the computer system determines that sufficient funds exist in the account of the user for the number and monetary value of the requested indicia, extracting the plurality of indicia. The method further includes assembling in a return message the plurality of indicia as at least one binary data message; and transmitting the message to a computer associated with the user.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPARING COST OF SHIPPING OPTIONS - A method and system for comparing cost of shipping options are provided. The method includes determining, with a computer system, based on shipping data input into the computer system, a first shipping cost for shipping the package using a first mail carrier; determining, with the computer system, based on the shipping data, a second shipping cost for shipping the package using a second mail carrier; calculating, with the computer system, a cost difference between the first shipping cost and the second shipping cost; outputting by the computer system the cost difference; and periodically sending the cost difference for shipping the package or a plurality of packages to an individual or organization monitoring shipping costs.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY DISSEMINATING AND MANAGING POSTAL RATES - The system and method described herein may securely disseminate and manage postal rate information, including discount or custom postal rates established in contractual agreements negotiated between a postal service and certain mailers, among other postal rate types. For example, the postal service may upload postal rates to a server associated with a postage vendor and optionally associate the postal rates with particular mailers. The postal service and/or postage vendor may then validate whether the postal rates were correctly uploaded, and the postage vendor may then enable applicable mailers to utilize the postal rates in response to validating that the postal rates were correctly uploaded. Additionally, the postage vendor may maintain records relating to postage transactions, which a mailer can use to support a request to negotiate the custom postal rates with the postal service and subsequently prove compliance with any terms and conditions associated therewith.
|SHIPPING LABEL KIOSK - A method and system for generating a mailing label includes inputting data relating to an item to be mailed into a first computer system; printing, by the first computer system, an information-bearing mark onto a base material, the information-bearing mark associated with the data relating to the item; reading, by a second computer system, the information-bearing mark on the base material; and printing, by the second computer system, the mailing label for mailing the item based on the read information-bearing mark.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING DATA - A system and method are provided for securing data. The method includes generating a first public encryption key by a cryptographic processor associated with a first computer subsystem; sending the first public encryption key to a second computer subsystem; and receiving first encrypted data at the first computer subsystem, the first encrypted data having been encrypted by the second computer subsystem using the first public encryption key. The method further includes generating a first private encryption key by the cryptographic processor; decrypting the first encrypted data using the first private encryption key generated by the cryptographic processor to obtain a first decrypted data; and storing the first decrypted data in a memory associated with the cryptographic processor.
|Integrated shipping label and customs form - The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs and other information for international shipping. In one embodiment, a method for generating an international shipping a package comprises the steps of providing shipping information associated with the package, the information comprising address information of the origin, address information of the destination, postage information including a postage amount due to a post service and a customs form number unique within the post service; processing a shipping label having the shipping information displayed thereon; and affixing the shipping label to the package.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN INTELLIGENT MAIL BARCODE - A system and method for creating an intelligent mail barcode artwork. The method includes inputting parameters including inputting a delivery point ZIP code; verifying the input parameters are within specified ranges; computing an intelligent mail barcode using the input parameters; and generating the intelligent mail barcode, the intelligent mail barcode containing and ascender bar, a descender bar, a tracker bar and a full bar.
|TRACKING RECORDATION SYSTEM FOR PACKAGES - The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the electronic recordation of the transfer of a package from a shipper to a responsible postal carrier. In one embodiment, a method of recording the acceptance of a package from a package shipper shipped via a post service includes the steps of: generating a unique header number to preface a record of package transactions made over a time period for a specific shipper, the header number being unique within the post service, wherein each package transaction is made with a centralized computer system and has an associated delivery confirmation number unique within the post service; transmitting the unique header number and transaction record to the post service; generating a scannable indicia representative of the unique header number; and scanning the indicia to confirm acceptance of the package by the post service, wherein the indicia is scanned by a post service representative.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE CUSTOMS HARMONIZATION, TARIFF COMPUTATIONS, AND CENTRALIZED TARIFF COLLECTION FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPERS - The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs, and other information for international shipping, and in particular, to managing landed cost and harmonization for international packages. In one embodiment, managing the landed cost and harmonization may comprise generating a unique self-validating postage indicium or mark in response to a request that includes a description of contents for a package onto which an international shipping label is to be placed and a destination country where the package is to be delivered. As such, the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark may indicate that landed costs for delivering the package to the destination country have been pre-paid, wherein the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark and a customs declaration form may be printed on the international shipping label.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MAILING LABEL - A system and method of processing a mailing label through a postal service that requires an account that can be charged for generating the mailing label are described. The method includes charging or deducting a fictitiously fundable or chargeable account to enable generation of a mailing label for a mail piece. The mailing label includes a tracking indicium associated with the fictitiously fundable or chargeable account. The method further includes receiving the tracking indicium scanned from the mailing label on the mail piece when the mail piece is inducted in the mail stream or during transit of the mail piece in the mail stream, and charging or deducting funds from an actually fundable or chargeable account based upon the received scanned tracking indicium.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POSTAGE FRAUD USING AN INDEXED LOOKUP PROCEDURE - A method and system for using an indexing identifier (such as, e.g., a tracking identifier or the combination of a postage vendor ID, user account, and piece count) to decrease the size of the postage indicium transmitted to an end user computer, or eliminate transmission of the postage indicium altogether, is provided. When the postage indicium for the end user computer is generated, it is stored, and the indexing identifier, rather than the postage indicium, is transmitted to the end user computer. The indexing identifier is applied to a mail piece, which is then scanned by the postal authority. The postal authority can obtain the stored postage indicium by reference to the indexing identifier. In this manner, the postal authority has access to the postage indicium without having to apply it to the mail piece. The indexing identifiers can optionally be used to index sender identification information for verifying that the sender of a mail piece is a trusted individual or entity.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FUNDS PROCESSING IN POSTAGE DISTRIBUTION ENVIRONMENTS - Provided herein are systems and methods for processing funds in distribution environments such as internet-based postage distribution environments. In exemplary embodiments, incentive programs are administered and managed within the system. These incentive programs can include discount programs, rebate programs and revenue sharing programs.
|System and method for providing postage indicia - A method and system of providing postage indicia to a user. The method includes receiving an account number of the user at a computer server associated with a postage provider and receiving a request to print one or more postage indicia from the user at the computer server. The method further includes selectively prompting the user to enter an activation code associated with a plurality of postage labels by the computer server, wherein the prompting is waived if a predetermined parameter is satisfied; and sending, by the computer server, an authorization to print one or more postage indicia on at least one of the plurality of postage labels to the user if the activation code is valid.
|POSTAGE SHEET PRODUCT - A printable postage sheet includes a plurality of substantially equally sized preprinted postage labels arranged in a matrix of n rows by m columns, where n and m are integers. The plurality of preprinted postage labels are symmetrically arranged in the printable postage sheet with respect to a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. Preprinted indicia on each of the preprinted postage labels are preprinted on generally the same location on all of the preprinted postage labels. The preprinted indicia are all oriented in a same orientation relative to the sheet. A printable area of each preprinted postage label is positioned on the label such that when indicia are printed on one or more of the preprinted postage labels, the indicia are positioned within the printable area irrespective of a right side up or upside down feeding orientation of the printable postage sheet into a printer.
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Many unionised workers at Toyota's two plants near Bangalore, capital of the southern Karnataka state, had refused to return to work despite the ending of a lockout last month over a pay dispute.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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- 5 Notable cases
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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is the United States district court that hears cases originating in the District of Columbia with jurisdiction in the federal courts. Cases dealing with the laws of the District of Columbia are heard by this court only under the same circumstances that would cause a case under state law to come before a federal court. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The court sits in the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse located on Constitution Avenue NW. The District has no local district attorney or equivalent, and so local prosecutorial matters also fall into the jurisdiction of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Assistant United States Attorneys are tasked with the prosecution of not only federal crimes, but also crimes that would normally be left to the state prosecutor's discretion. Because of this, the District has the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation.
The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current district attorney is Vincent Cohen, Jr..[1]
Vacancy warning level
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacancy warning level is green. The court currently has no vacancies out of its 16 posts. However, one post is temporary.
Pending nominations
There are no pending nominations for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Active judges
Article III judges
|Appointed by
|Judge Emmet Sullivan
|Washington, DC
|06/16/1994 - Present
|Louis Oberdorfer
|Howard University, '68
|Howard University, '71
|Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
|New York, NY
|Harold Greene
|Catholic U. of America, 1965
|Catholic U. of America, 1968
|Chief judge Richard Roberts (District of Columbia)
|New York City, NY
|6/23/1998 - Present
|2013 - Present
|Charles Richey
|Vassar College, 1974
|Columbia Law, 1978
|Judge Rosemary Collyer
|Port Chester, MD
|Thomas Jackson
|Trinity College, 1968
|University of Denver College of Law, 1977
|Presiding judge Reggie Walton
|North Charleroi, PA
|Stanley Sporkin
|West Virginia State College, 1971
|American University Law, 1974
|Judge John Bates
|Elizabeth, NJ
|W. Bush
|12/14/2001 - Present
|Stanley Harris
|Wesleyan University, 1968
|U. Maryland School of Law, 1976
|Judge Richard Leon
|South Natick, MA
|Norma Johnson
|Holy Cross, 1971
|Suffolk Law School, 1974
|Judge James E. Boasberg
|San Francisco, CA
|03/14/2011 - Present'
|Thomas Hogan
|Yale, 1985
|Yale Law, 1990
|Judge Amy B. Jackson
|Baltimore, MD
|Gladys Kessler
|Harvard '76
|Harvard Law '79
|Judge Beryl A. Howell
|Fort Benning, GA
|Paul Friedman
|Bryn Mawr College, 1978
|Columbia University, 1983
|Judge Rudolph Contreras
|Staten Island, NY
|03/22/2012 - Present
|Ricardo Urbina
|Florida State U., 1984
|University of Pennsylvania Law, 1991
|Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
|Washington, DC
|3/23/2013 - Present
|Henry Kennedy
|Harvard, B.A., 1992
|Harvard Law, J.D., 1996
|Judge Christopher Reid Cooper
|Washington, D.C.
|Royce Lamberth
|Yale, B.A., 1988
|Stanford Law, J.D., 1993
|Judge Tanya S. Chutkan
|Kingston, Jamaica
|George Washington U., B.A., 1983
|University of Pennsylvania School of Law, J.D., 1987
|Judge Randolph D. Moss
|Springfield, Ohio
|Hamilton College, 1983
|Yale Law, 1986
|Judge Amit Priyavadan Mehta
|Patan, Gujarat, India
|Ellen Huvelle
|Georgetown University, 1993
|University of Virginia School of Law, 1997
Active Article III judges by appointing political party
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Senior judges
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|Senior Judge Royce Lamberth
|11/13/1987 - 7/15/2013
|5/1/2008 - 7/15/2013
|U. Texas, Austin '65
|U. Texas, Austin '67
|Senior Judge Thomas Hogan
|Georgetown University, 1960
|Georgetown Law School, 1966
|Senior Judge Gladys Kessler
|Cornell University, 1959
|Harvard Law School, 1962
|Senior Judge Ellen Huvelle
|Wellsley College, 1970
|Boston College, 1975
|Senior Judge Paul Friedman
|6/16/1994 - 12/31/2009
|12/31/2009 - Present
|Cornell '65
|SUNY Buffalo Law '68
|Senior Judge Joyce Green
|5/11/1979 - 7/1/1995
|7/1/1995 - Present
|University of Maryland '49
|George Washington University '51
|Senior Judge Patricia A. Wynn
|H.W. Bush
|Radcliffe College
|Yale University
Senior judges by appointing political party
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Magistrate judges
|Magistrate Judge Alan Kay
|9/1991 - Present
|George Washington U., B.A., 1957
|George Washington U. Law, J.D., 1959
|Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson
|07/18/1988 - Present
|Morgan State U.
|Emory U. Law, J.D.
The District Court for the District of Columbia has original jurisdiction over cases filed in the District of Columbia. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The D.C. District Court hears federal cases within the District of Columbia. Its appellate court is the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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|Total cases:
|Cases terminated:
|Remaining cases:
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|Median time (Civil)**:
|Three-year civil cases#:
|Vacant posts:##
|381 (17.2%)
|448 (17.9%)
|490 (18.2%)
|*All statistics are taken from the Official Federal Courts' Website and reflect the calendar year through September.
**Time in months from filing to completion.
Notable cases
For a searchable list of decisions from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, please see: D.C. District Court Searchable Opinions
|• Socialist political candidate's suit against FEC fails in court (2014)
|Click for summary→
|In July 2014, Judge Rudolph Contreras found that Dan La Botz, an Ohio Socialist who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010, lacked standing to file suit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC). In the underlying case, La Botz filed a complaint with the FEC, alleging that he hadn't be notified about televised debates between candidates, and was thus excluded from them. The FEC dismissed La Botz's complaint, and La Botz brought suit twice in the D.C. Circuit in response. By the time La Botz filed his second suit, he had moved to New York, which led the FEC to claim he no longer had standing. Judge Contreras agreed, noting:
| • Dept. of Justice challenges US Airways-American Airline merger (2013-2014)
Judge(s):Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
|Click for summary→
|Judge Kollar-Kotelly presided over the Justice Department's (DOJ) challenge of the merger between US Airways and AMR, the company that owned American Airlines. The DOJ attempted to block the merger through antitrust laws, alleging that it would create price increases and cause "substantial harm" to consumers. The companies fought the lawsuit in court, insisting that the merger would give customers more choices in flights.[3][4]
In recent years, the Department of Justice allowed for the mergers of Delta and Northwest Airlines, and United and Continental.[3]
Request for stay denied
Settlement reached
Settlement approved
|• Government won't face charges in fishing regulations case (2014)
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|On February 20, 2014, Judge James E. Boasberg found that the federal government was immune to claims concerning groundfish overfishing laws, noting that the National Marine Fisheries Service's and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's amended procedures to monitor commercial fishing were neither arbitrary nor capricious. In his opinion, Judge Boasberg further remarked that the plaintiffs failed to show that the government's new system was more concerned with costs than accountability.
| • AARP trademark infringement ruling (2014)
Judge(s):Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (AARP v. Sycle, 13-0608)
|Click for summary→
|On January 17, 2014, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that insurance broker Michael Sycle infringed upon AARP's trademark -- one which is associated with insurance -- imposing more than $600,000 in damages, attorneys' fees, and costs. In the underlying case, AARP filed suit under the Lanham Act and requested $2,000,000 in statutory damages, alleging that Sycle appropriated the non-profit organization's mark to advertise his business, falsely claiming to sell life insurance affiliated with AARP. Under the Lanham Act, statutory damages can rise to $200,000 per counterfeit mark, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs are granted to deter a defendant's further willful misconduct. Sycle continued to infringe upon AARP's mark despite a cease and desist letter being issued, and never responded to AARP's complaint. Accordingly, a default judgment in the organization's favor was entered on the record. Due to the presence of limited evidence, AARP's default judgment with respect to statutory damages and attorneys' fees was not immediately granted by Kollar-Kotelly, and she asked that a supplemental memorandum be provided in support of the non-profit's total amount of damages and associated legal fees. In that memo, AARP later revised its calculated damages to $583,200, and requested attorneys' fees of approximately $17,740 (a 40 percent discount of the actual fees incurred). After receiving the evidence that was needed, Kollar-Kotelly granted the rest of AARP's motion, entering a default judgment against Sycle in the amount of $600,940.40.[9]
|• U.S. Peace Corps need not comply with FOIA request (2013)
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|On September 19, 2013, Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the U.S. Peace Corps did not need to release information concerning its annual program-by-program volunteer survey under the Freedom of Information Act, noting that the plaintiff, Charles Ludlam, "failed to demonstrate a substantial public interest in program-by-program results." Judge Sullivan originally denied the request in March 2013.
| • D.C. school closures case (2013)
Judge(s):James Boasberg (Smith, et al. v. Henderson, Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, et al., 13-420)
|Click for summary→
|In May 2013, Judge James Boasberg ruled against a group of activists, holding that the District of Columbia Public School system could move forward with plans to close 15 schools in the District. The group, including parents and advisory neighborhood commissioners, was seeking an injunction to prevent "irreparable harm" to the students. Judge Boasberg acknowledged, as the plaintiffs had alleged, that the closures would disproportionately affect students of color and disabled students, but held that there was no evidence the officials intended any discrimination. According to city officials, the closures were sought in order to use resources more efficiently, as many of the schools targeted were in areas of the city where charter schools were prevalent, and enrollment had dropped markedly. The closures would displace over 2,700 students, all but two of whom were black or Hispanic. Ultimately, Judge Boasberg found the city had given reasonable justification for the closures as well as the disparate impact on minority students. On the day the opinion was released, the Chicago Teachers Union filed two complaints in federal court to stop that city from closing 53 schools, citing the same racially discriminatory effects as the basis of their claim.[10][11]
| • Roger Clemens perjury trial (2010-2012)
Judge(s):Reggie Walton (US v. Clemens)
|Click for summary→
|Baseball legend Roger Clemens was found not guilty by a jury in his federal perjury trial on June 18, 2012. The jury found him not guilty of all six charges, including all 13 acts of obstruction that were alleged by the government.[12] The trial was referred to as a witch-hunt by Clemens's defense team.[13]
The verdict was handed down after approximately 10 hours of jury deliberation. Tried in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in front of Judge Reggie Walton, the federal trial lasted nine weeks and featured heated testimony from all sides.[14]
Guantanamo detainee cases
The D.C. District Court took an important role in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases.
The first federal district court for the District of Columbia was originally established in 1801 as the U.S. District Court for the District of Potomac. This court had federal district court style jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, parts of Maryland and parts of Virginia. The court's existence was brief, however, as it was abolished the following year and instead the chief judge of the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court was instructed, by the Judiciary Act of 1802, to hold two sessions a year as a district court. This ad hoc court exercised the same jurisdiction as a federal district court during these sessions.[15]
The court existed in this form up until 1863, during which the courts for the District of Columbia underwent massive reorganization. That year, Congress, partly concerned about the loyalty of one of the circuit court's judges, passed Act 12 Stat. 762, which abolished both the federal circuit and district court. They were replaced, by the same act that abolished them, with the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, which possessed the same powers of jurisdiction as a federal circuit court. This court was created with four justices, one of them being designated the chief judge, and any of which could convene a U.S. district court or a local criminal court.[15]
The court, as it was, handled matters primarily of local jurisdiction, but its mix of federal and local jurisdiction made the court's status and relationship to other federal courts unclear. The Supreme Court of the United States, in decisions made in 1927 and 1933, declared that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia was comparable to U.S. district courts. In 1936, the U.S. Supreme Court changed the name of the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia to the District Court for the District of Columbia, and again in 1948, to the name it carries today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Following that transition, justices of the court were to be called judges.[15]
Even with these decisions, the court still utilized a combination of federal and local jurisdiction until 1971. At that time, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals were created to handle local matters.[15]
Judicial posts
The following table highlights the development of judicial posts for the District Court for the District of Columbia:[15]
|Total Seats
|March 3, 1863
|12 Stat. 762
|June 21, 1870
|16 Stat. 160
|February 25, 1879
|20 Stat. 320
|December 20, 1928
|45 Stat. 1056
|June 19, 1930
|46 Stat. 785
|May 31, 1938
|52 Stat. 584
|August 3, 1949
|63 Stat. 493
|Temporary Post
Former chief judges
In order to qualify for the office of chief judge in one of the federal courts, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy in the office of chief judge is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position. Unlike the Chief Justice of the United States, a chief judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion.[16][17]
Former judges
For more information about the judges of the District of Columbia, see former federal judges of the District of Columbia.
Federal courthouse
The court is accessible through the Judiciary Square or Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Metro stations.[18]
Historical significance
The land for the courthouse was originally obtained by the federal government for the creation of the District of Columbia. It was originally assigned to hold the U.S. Mint, but was later changed when the Mint remained in Philadelphia. The site was sold by the U.S. government on May 7, 1822, and developed as a commercial and residential district. The current court building was commissioned in 1949 to local architect Louis Justement for his original building.[19] Building commenced in August 1949, and the building was finally opened in 1952. In March 1977, the courthouse was renamed the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse. Prettyman was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1945 to 1971.[20]
See also
External links
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Official Website"
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Opinions"
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Judges"
- Federal Judicial Center, "History of the District of Columbia Federal Courts"
- The Blog of Legal Times, "Judge's new job opens seat on D.C. Federal Circuit," June 13, 2013
- Courthouse News Service, "DC's chief judge apologizes to press," May 30, 2013
- Courthouse News Service, "No injunction for Guantanamo detainee," May 23, 2013
- The Blog of Legal Times, "Judge says filing errors may prompt review of hundreds of cases," May 22, 2013
- Courthouse News Service, "Employers don't have to publicize union rights," May 14, 2013
- ↑ Offices of the United States Attorneys, "U.S. Attorneys Listing," accessed on September 27, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York Daily News, "Justice Department challenges proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways," August 13, 2013
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Airline Judge a Familiar Face in Antitrust," August 14, 2013
- ↑ Third Branch News, "Shutdown, Holdup for the Courts," October 7, 2013
- ↑ CNN Money, "US Air and American Airlines reach deal with Justice to allow merger," November 12, 2013
- ↑ Dallas Morning News, "Federal Judge gives final approval to settlement between DOJ, American Airlines and US Airways," April 25, 2014
- ↑ Star-Telegram Sky Talk Blog, "Federal judge approves American-DOJ settlement agreement," April 25, 2014
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "AARP Trademark," January 17, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "Judge declines to block D.C. school closures," May 15, 2013
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, "Judge won't stop public school shuttering in D.C.," May 20, 2013
- ↑ MLB.com, "Clemens acquitted on all counts in perjury trial," June 18, 2012
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Chicago Tribune, "Roger Clemens not guilty on all counts in perjury trial," June 18, 2012
- ↑ SportingNews MLB, "Roger Clemens verdict: Not guilty on all six counts in perjury trial," June 18, 2012
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary," accessed on September 27, 2014
- ↑ United States Courts, "Frequently Asked Questions"
- ↑ United States Courts, "On Being Chief Judge," February 2009
- ↑ Google Maps, "United States District Court for the District of Columbia," accessed on January 27, 2011
- ↑ United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Courthouse Design," accessed on September 27, 2014
- ↑ United States District Court for the District of Columbia, "Courthouse History," accessed on September 27, 2014
|Active judges
Chief Judge: Richard Roberts (District of Columbia) • Emmet Sullivan • Colleen Kollar-Kotelly • Rosemary Collyer • Reggie Walton • John Bates • Richard Leon • James E. Boasberg • Amy B. Jackson • Beryl A. Howell • Rudolph Contreras • Ketanji Brown Jackson • Christopher Reid Cooper • Tanya S. Chutkan • Randolph D. Moss • Amit Priyavadan Mehta
|Senior judges
Royce Lamberth • Thomas Hogan • Gladys Kessler • Ellen Huvelle • Paul Friedman • Joyce Green • Patricia A. Wynn •
|Magistrate judges
|Alan Kay • Deborah Robinson •
|Former Article III judges
Michael Boudin • Thomas Anderson (District of Columbia) • William Matthew Merrick • David Kellogg Cartter • George Purnell Fisher • Abram Baldwin Olin • Andrew Wylie • David Campbell Humphreys • Arthur MacArthur • Walter Smith Cox • Alexander Burton Hagner • Charles Pinckney James • Edward Franklin Bingham • Martin Montgomery • Andrew Coyle Bradley • Charles Cleaves Cole • Louis Emory McComas • Thomas H. Anderson • Job Barnard • Harry Clabaugh • Ashley Mulgrave Gould • Jeter Connelly Pritchard • Wendell Phillips Stafford • Daniel Thew Wright • Thomas Jennings Bailey • James Harry Covington • William Hitz • Walter Irving McCoy • Frederick Lincoln Siddons • Adolph Hoehling • Peyton Gordon • Louis Oberdorfer • James Robertson • Ricardo Urbina • Henry Kennedy • Harold Leventhal • Alfred Adams Wheat • Jesse Corcoran Adkins • Joseph Winston Cox • Oscar Raymond Luhring • Fred Dickinson Letts • Daniel William O'Donoghue • James McPherson Proctor • Bolitha Laws • Thomas Goldsborough • James W. Morris • Thomas Penfield Jackson • Walter Bastian • Edward Tamm • William Bryant • Howard Corcoran • Edward Curran • Edward Eicher • Thomas Flannery • Oliver Gasch • Gerhard Gesell • June Green • Harold Greene • Stanley Harris • George Hart • Norma Johnson • Alexander Holtzoff • William Jones (District of Columbia) • Richmond Keech • James Kirkland • Burnita Matthews • Joseph McGarraghy • Matthew McGuire • Charles McLaughlin • John Penn • David Pine • John Pratt • George Revercomb • Charles Richey • Aubrey Robinson • Spottswood Robinson • Henry Schweinhaut • John Sirica • John Lewis Smith • Stanley Sporkin • Joseph Waddy • Leonard Walsh • Luther Youngdahl • Barrington Daniels Parker, Sr. • Robert Leon Wilkins •
|Former Chief judges
David Kellogg Cartter • Edward Franklin Bingham • Harry Clabaugh • James Harry Covington • Walter Irving McCoy • Royce Lamberth • Thomas Hogan • Alfred Adams Wheat • Fred Dickinson Letts • Bolitha Laws • William Bryant • Edward Curran • Edward Eicher • George Hart • Norma Johnson • William Jones (District of Columbia) • Richmond Keech • Matthew McGuire • John Penn • David Pine • Aubrey Robinson • John Sirica • John Lewis Smith •


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But Rumsfeld said that era would not return.
"Today, the dictatorships of previous decades have given
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"Drug traffickers, smugglers, hostage-takers, terrorists,
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countries are combating them and, together, I believe we can
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Security concerns over the past year have included U.S.
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into "terrorists"' hands and a dispute over navigation rights
in a river separating Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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Submitted by AlfieConnFanClub (not verified) on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 18:15.
How sad - grow up!.
It's the result that matters and supporting your team not who is playing for the other side.
TRUE Spurs supporters will be supporting the team - drunks will be abusing Sol.
Lets hope the Police have a field day.....


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Demon!2p!America x Reader Lemon
Warning: This is really smutty. Don't like, don't read. This is possibly the most smut-tastic thing I have ever written, and I am embarrassed to post this.
We're all perverts, aren't we, though?
You entered Al's house, and headed up to his room, feeling a bit happy about the fact that you were early. "Hey Al!" You said cheerily as he glared at you.
"Why are you so fucking happy all the damn time?" He asked, and you shrugged.
"Force of habit." You answered with a silly little giggle, "So, Aaaaaaaaaal, what was the thing you wanted to tell me?" You asked, looking him in the eye with your (e/c) eyes, smiling lightly.
"O-oh, right. Well, you know how a while ago, before we met, there was that volcanic eruption?" He asked, and you shuddered. The eruption spit out a couple of demons who were extremely powerful, and almost looked like Slenderman, but less white. And they had faces.
"Yeah." You said, and he sighed.
"I'm a demon." He said, and you laughed nervously.
"Haha, funny, Al.." You said, and he sighed again.
"It's true."
"Oh my god. I... I need a moment to think about this. Could you give me a sec?" You asked, sitting down, almost falling, and he nodded, concern showing in his eyes.
"Y-you're not gonna kill me?" You asked, and he shook his head.
"No... I don't think I could. I was going to. I mean, when I first met you, but... I kinda... Uh..." He scratched the back of his head, nervously laughing.
"You what?" You asked, and he sighed.
"I wasn't just going to say that, I uh, I wanted to say something else... Too." He said, and you laughed.
"Well then, say it! It's not like it's going to change anything. I mean, I still lo- I'm still your friend even after you told me you're some demon who was spit out of a volcano." You said, and he chuckled, nervously. He seemed out of character.
"Al, I am sti- Mmmph!" You were cut off by the lips of a certain American who was now straddling you.
"I love you." He mumbled, and you went bright red under his grip.
"Do you love me too, ______?" He asked, and you nodded slightly, blown away by what he said.
"Why?" He asked, suddenly, eyes growing red, "How could you love a monster, _______? I'm just going to end up hurting you." He said. Yeah, Al was really out of character.
"Al. Shut the fuck up. You're acting really strangely. I mean, really. Do you want me to love you, or not? Get your shit together." You said, frowning. All of a sudden, Al sat up a little straighter.
"Yeah. You're right, doll." He said, smirking, and leaning down to kiss you again, hard. He pulled away, and looked down at you.
"I'm about to show you my true form." He said, and you nodded, ready for what was to come. After his quick transformation, he still looked like Al.
He had tanned skin, red eyes, and red hair. The only real difference were the six extra limbs snaking out from behind his back. They were beautiful. They were sunset red, and moved around in the air almost nervously. You reached up to feel one. It felt like human skin, except a bit softer. You looked into Al's confident eyes, then back at the tendrils swishing through the air, betraying his emotions.
"You're... Beautiful." You said, smiling slightly, and earning a huff from him. "Not manly, _____? Not handsome? Beautiful?" He asked, smirking, and leaning down slightly, touching his nose to yours. He shook his head.
"I'll have to do better, babe. I wonder if I'll still look beautiful when you're screaming my name so loud everyone can hear you." He said, and you blushed bright red. Wait, did he say 'When'? Oh... Oh my...
He connected his lips to yours, forcing his tongue into your mouth. It was kinda like a cat's, you realized as it rubbed against your own tongue, and explored your mouth. He tasted metallic. It wasn't unpleasant, it just had a tang.
"Hhhnn~" you moaned out as his rough tongue traveled down your neck, stopping to bite and suck at certain spots. You gasped aloud when one of the red tendrils slipped under your shirt, and began to massage your breast, before ripping your shirt and bra open, exposing your chest to Al's hungry eyes. He smirked as another one of the tendrils connecting to his back wrapped itself around your other breast, squeezing it so tightly it hurt.
"Ah!" You called out at the pain. Al's own shirt had been removed, and you let out a sight of relief as the tendril abusing your breast got bored, an began to pull and tease at your nipple, making you moan softly. A third tendril entered your pants, and it played with your clit slowly, circling it, then flicking it, moving to the melodious sound of your moans. A fourth tendril forced its way into your mouth, silencing you, and exploring the area greedily as Al's own mouth moved down your body, sucking on your nipples. You noticed the fifth tendril enter Al's pants, ripping them off, showing a tentacle-like limb, eager to be pleasured. You couldn't see the sixth tendril, and that worried you, but you were soon distracted by the tendril that slipped easily to the back of your throat. You felt something enter you swiftly stopping abruptly, the sixth tendril you realized, blushing madly. You heard a ripping sound, and you vaguely realized that it was the sound of your shorts being ripped off of your body, along with your panties. Al continued to suck on your nipple, biting down somewhat when the sixth tendril moved again. Did he get pleasure from this? It moved quickly, exploring every single nook and cranny of you, making you moan around the tendril that abused your mouth, and when it found your sweet spot it abused it to no end, poking it softly before viciously pounding against it, making you cry out and come, your inner walls squeezing the tendril tightly. Al smirked, and removed all of the tendrils, including the sixth that had embedded itself deeply into you. He removed it slowly, making sure it hit your sweet spot once more on the way out. You lay there panting, looking like a goddess to Al.
"You ready?" He asked, positioning himself at your entrance.
"Didn't... Didn't ask the first time." You said, and he chuckled, before swiftly entering you, his throbbing tentacle searching for the sweet spot he found so easily the first time. When he found it, he began to pound into you roughly, making you call out his name loudly. When you came the second time, he came too, coming inside of you, his hot seed spilling out of you.
"Al... I love you." You said, and he smiled a bit, not pulling out, simply resting there inside of you. You leaned up and kissed him, feeling his bulge twitch inside of you.
"Don't you start." He warned, pulling out of you, the friction making you both moan. He reached over you, grabbing a convenient blanket and covering both of you, and you fell asleep quickly.
"Love you too, _____. Always will."
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Demon!2p!America x Reader Lemon by MyArmyOfPeeps
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What did I just write...
I don't own Al.
I realize that Al is kinda a mix between Homestuck trolls, Slenderman, and 2p!Murica....
What did I just write...
I don't own Al.
I realize that Al is kinda a mix between Homestuck trolls, Slenderman, and 2p!Murica....
2p demon Al kinda reminds Monte of the pink haired main girl from Elfin Leid but less bloody lol. Very interesting story
kinky as all hell mademoiselle.
D i love it (omg im such a pervert.. XD)
Im 18. This fanfic is awesome
Too bad I'm still 17 ;~;
(Not to be mean) but everyone asking for a note is underaged and can't wait till thierb18 to experience this in reality (again I'm not saying this to be mean or rude.sorry if I was harsh 😞 )
Note plz?
Omg this was so good
Note plz!?
Note prease!? =;^;=
Why dies it have to be blocked? Damnit! I'm 16 for crying out loud.
Can you please note this to me? Im17
Ifkvhefnnejjrjtrnvcnmytjeyiyfhrykjerhdrjrjrngrjrtjrehrykj. I'm don-huhsfyfhweiuewhfiuwehfiuewhfuirhfuihiywefnuiwefuirwfbgrwhb- ok now I'm done.
*nose bleed overload* •//////• love it! There is no end to the love I feel for this!
*has explosive nosebleed of epic proportions* that was...quite sexy...and alluring...*passes out*
OMG FLIPPIN CREEPYPASTA AND 2p! HETALIA AMAZINGNESS ~Darkangel
Fawkin yesh!
Note pls?
N-note.. please?
Please note this to me
Can you note this to me?
HOLY SHIT! Al is half troll and half creepy pasta!? IM GOING TO DROWN IN MY BLOOD!
Queen of demons,angels,and gods
Luna her last wish note this to her
Queen of demons,angels,and gods
Luna her last wish note this to her
N-Note please...?
It's Slenderman and America in one! XD
That's actually a really cool thought.
That's actually a really cool thought.
Would you note this to me
Note if possible
Could you note it to me, please?
Al has a bulge...
Makes you wonder if he's got a nook too......
Makes you wonder if he's got a nook too......
That icon just made my day
Ehehe of course I do
(Working on my Nepeta cosplay for Halloween this year and a lot o conventions forever :3)
(Working on my Nepeta cosplay for Halloween this year and a lot o conventions forever :3)
Would you please note this~?
What diiiiiid you write???


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Inside Germantown Business
Millstone Market & Nursery
6993 Poplar Avenue
(901) 730-1183
Located on eight acres and boasting a 4,000-square-foot greenhouse,
Millstone Market & Nursery offers a huge selection of plants — in fact, according to its website, the largest in the Memphis area year-round.
"We started out with the market that sold cast-stone products and gardening gifts," says Tricia S. Hunt, who bought Millstone with her brother, Skip Shropshire, seven years ago. Then they expanded into the nursery and landscaping business, and today Millstone provides design and planting services, irrigation work, mulching and trimming services, and retaining-wall installation.
Naturally, it also sells a host of landscape and hardscape materials: pavers and natural stone materials from Tennessee and Arkansas quarries and decorative products such as benches and fountains. Moreover, two full-time floral designers prepare custom arrangements during any season.
Hunt says Millstone's Germantown location is ideal for many reasons. "Germantown is accessible," she says. "Poplar Avenue out here is different from Poplar Avenue in East Memphis because we have more greenspace; that's why we can stock such a big plant selection. Also, Germantown offers most every commodity. If you want it, you can find it here." Beyond those assets she cites the town's history, its attractive homes, and even such touches as the painted horses around town that reflect its involvement with the Germantown Charity Horse Show.
The Germantown Area Chamber, too, gets high marks from Hunt. "Events like Business After Hours allow members to get to know each other. Germantown businesses really support each other. That's a big plus."
School of Rock
9309 Poplar Avenue
(901) 209-4170
Ken Hall is living his dream. With a lifelong passion for music and
teaching, he sought a career that combined both: one that not only sparked excitement but also delivered a valuable product. He got all that and more when he and his wife, Sallie Hall, opened School of Rock in Germantown.
While waiting in an airport, the former Pepsico executive saw an ad in a guitar magazine and learned about School of Rock, the Chicago-based company with franchises around the U.S. Taking a "leap of faith," he and his wife signed the franchise agreement in April 2012 and opened the school that August.
Now, with the help of trained instructors, students ages 7 to 18 can learn guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals. "What makes the school unique," says Hall, a guitarist, "is that kids learn not only how to play their instruments but how to actually make music in a group."
Students at the Performance level are booked at such rock venues as the Hard Rock Cafe and B.B. King's. In addition, the school has a house band made up of Performance students who have passed an audition; this band performs 15 to 20 times a year at local and national festivals.
The school also has programs for children — Little Rocker and Little Wing — that teach rhythmic patterns, song structure, and exposure to instruments. "And it's all set to awesome music by the Beatles, Queen, and Rolling Stone," says Hall.
He's not only excited about the school but about "bringing a unique approach to music education to this area of the city," he explains. "Being on the border of Germantown and Collierville has made it convenient for those residents to get to us."
He praises the City of Germantown for helping with the school's grand opening. And the Germantown Area Chamber, he adds, has been "special friend," helping to secure radio spots and other opportunities to "build brand awareness."
The whole experience, says Hall — especially the opportunity to have an impact on kids — "makes for an awesome day at the office every day."
The Solana Germantown — Brookdale Senior Living
8199 Poplar Avenue
(855) 308-6429
Take a tour through The Solana Germantown and you can't miss its
many luxurious amenities — an indoor salt-water pool, courtyard, movie theater, wine bar, and restaurant with a professional chef, to name just a few. But ask Autumn Coughlin-Pope, The Solana's sales and marketing director, what really makes this facility stand out, and she will tell you, "We offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, and physical therapy all on one campus and without a buy-in requirement." At this writing, the facility is at approximately 90 percent capacity and has close to 200 residents.
In addition to an array of special features, The Solana maintains a varied social schedule. Residents enjoy Ai Chi water aerobics, continuing education classes at The Solana University, a woodworking shop, and an art studio.
They also take advantage of Daniel Shay Salon's spa services as well as concierge services such as personal shopping. Each day residents can choose from various activities, from a book club and an iPhone class to fitness lessons.
Location in Germantown provides numerous benefits, says Coughlin-Pope, including easy access to local hospitals and to venues for shopping, banking, and dining. "The fact that we are located in the most desirable area of Shelby County is certainly a plus."
Looking back to The Solana's opening, Coughlin-Pope recalls the support of the Germantown Area Chamber. "They assisted us when we hosted a Business After Hours. That has helped us establish solid business relationships within the community." Ultimately, she concludes, Chamber networking has helped spread the word about The Solana. "It has really encouraged more people to visit and see what we have to offer."
The Shops of Saddle Creek
7509 Poplar Avenue
(901) 753-4264
When Saddle Creek opened in 1987, it was the first shopping center
developed as a lifestyle center in the Memphis region. Once its sister locations — Saddle Creek South and Saddle Creek West — opened in 1989 and 1995, respectively, The Shops of Saddle Creek collectively has become the highest performing shopping center on a sales-per-square-foot basis in all of greater Memphis.
Kenneth Taylor, who has been general manager since 2002, cites several reasons for its success: The 38139 Germantown zip code is ranked the wealthiest in Tennessee based on median household income;
the 38138 Germantown zip code is ranked sixth in the state; 44 percent of Saddle Creek shoppers' household income is more than $100,000, and 25 percent of shoppers recently surveyed have incomes greater than $150,000.
Nearly half the shops are unique to the Memphis-area market. Among these are Anthropologie, Apple, and J. Crew. Taylor is especially excited about such high-end clothiers as Brooks Brothers, Free People, and Madewell, which were all recently added to the mix of shops.
Just as the City of Germantown has partnered with the lifestyle center on past projects, Taylor says he anticipates more joint involvement in 2014 and 2015, as Saddle Creek kicks off an expansion and renovation.
He adds that he and the merchants "are thankful for the Germantown Area Chamber as it strives for the growth of the city, including Saddle Creek."
A version of this story originally appeared in the 2014 edition of Germantown magazine.


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Teaspoon - Metal, circa 1880 Reg. No: LL 071942
- Summary:
- This large metal teaspoon was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.
Food and eating.
Kitchen facilities in the homes of Little Lon were rudimentary. Few people had ovens or ice chests, so perishable foods were bought fresh daily. Most meals were fried or boiled over an open fire. Families with limited facilities would take their Sunday roasts to a nearby bakery for cooking. Even the poorest residents of Little Lon seem to have eaten a considerable amount of meat. Mutton, beef, rabbit and pork came from the Eastern Market in Bourke Street. Oysters and fish were sold from barrows in Flinders Street. Fresh fruit and vegetables were hawked on the streets by Chinese and Italian vendors.
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- Large teaspoon, with piece of oxidised metal adhering to it. Length 140mm.
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- Transfer from Heritage Victoria, 2005
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Geographic Range
Aegithalos caudatus, or the long-tailed tit, is found over a wide range. It is native to all of Europe, including Great Britain, with the exception of the northernmost areas. The range extends from Europe across Asia as far east as China and Japan. Across its range, this species is known by 2 other common names: European tit and alpine tit. ("RSPB", 2008; Akatsuka, 2006)
- Biogeographic Regions
- palearctic
Found mostly in deciduous forests, hedges, scrub, and increasingly in gardens, Aegithalos caudatus is uncommon to rare in coniferous or mixed forests. Elevational limits and the northern extent of the range are limited by availability of preferred habitat and severity of winter. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; "RSPB", 2008; Jannson and Angelstam, 1999)
- Habitat Regions
- temperate
- terrestrial
- Terrestrial Biomes
- forest
- scrub forest
- Other Habitat Features
- suburban
Physical Description
Long-tailed tits are small and delicate looking. They are mostly easily distinguished from other tits by their long tail, which doubles the length of the body. They have rounded bodies and heads with black and white plumage tinged with dusky pink. The beak is tiny and triangular. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; "RSPB", 2008; Akatsuka, 2006)
- Other Physical Features
- endothermic
- homoiothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- Sexual Dimorphism
- sexes alike
- Range mass
- 7 to 9 g
- 0.25 to 0.32 oz
- Average length
- 14 cm
- 5.51 in
- Range wingspan
- 16 to 19 cm
- 6.30 to 7.48 in
Groups of long-tailed tits split into pairs and begin building nests in early spring. As the nesting season continues, parents are often joined in provisioning their young by close relatives that have lost their broods to predation. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; Hatchwell, et al., 1999a)
- Mating System
- monogamous
- cooperative breeder
Long-tailed tits begin nest building in late February or early March. Nests are elaborate spheres constructed with moss, hair, lichens, spiderwebs, and feathers. From 6 to 15 unpatterned eggs with reddish spots are laid, with an average of 8 to 12. Young hatch in 13 to 17 days and fledge from 14 to 18 days after that. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; McGowan, et al., 2004)
- Key Reproductive Features
- iteroparous
- seasonal breeding
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- fertilization
- oviparous
- Breeding interval
- One brood is raised each year.
- Breeding season
- Breeding begins in late February and early March.
- Range eggs per season
- 6 to 15
- Average eggs per season
- 8-12
- Range time to hatching
- 13 to 17 days
- Range fledging age
- 14 to 18 days
Long-tailed tits have relatively large broods which are raised by both parents often with the help of other members of the family group. Only the female parent incubates the eggs while the male provisions her with food. Before laying the eggs, an elaborate nest is built of moss, held together with spiderwebs and hair, disguised with lichens, and lined with up to 1500 feathers. Parents and relatives all help to feed hatchlings. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; Hatchwell, et al., 1999a; Hatchwell, et al., 1999b; McGowan, et al., 2004)
- Parental Investment
- altricial
- provisioning
- female
- female
- male
- female
- provisioning
- male
- female
- male
- female
- provisioning
- male
- female
- provisioning
- post-independence association with parents
Long-tailed tits live short lives of only 2 to 3 years. Immature birds begin molting into adult plumage very soon after fledging.
- Typical lifespan
Status: wild
- 2 to 3 years
- Typical lifespan
Long-tailed tits travel and forage in flocks of around 20, they travel quickly through the trees and hedges acrobatically gleaning tiny insects from twigs. They are highly active and noisy. During the winter they roost communally to conserve heat, though they still have a high winter mortality rate. Dominance relationships in the flock influence whether birds get interior spots in communal roosts, thus saving more energy. Flocks initially split into breeding pairs in the spring to raise young, but failed pairs often join others to help provide for young. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; "RSPB", 2008; Hatchwell, et al., 1999a)
Home Range
Home range size in long-tailed tits is not known.
Communication and Perception
Loose groups of long-tailed tits are constantly making contact calls as they move through the woods. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004)
Food Habits
Long-tailed tits are insectivores. They move through the scrubs and trees gleaning tiny insects from the foliage. They have been increasingly seen visiting seed feeders in the fall and winter. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004; "RSPB", 2008; Tomas, 2002)
- Primary Diet
- carnivore
- Animal Foods
- insects
- Plant Foods
- seeds, grains, and nuts
Nests suffer high predation rates from jays and crows (Corvidae). Nests not subject to predation have a 97% survival rate. Adults suffer predation from small hawks. They are cryptically colored and maintain a high level of vigilance by living in small flocks. (Hatchwell, et al., 1999b; McGowan, et al., 2004)
- Anti-predator Adaptations
- cryptic
- Known Predators
- crows and jays (Corvidae)
- small raptors (Falconiformes)
Ecosystem Roles
Long-tailed tits are important predators of small spiders, aphids, and other small insects. They are prey for predatory birds, such as crows and jays and small raptors. They are hosts to a number of common bird parasites, such as bird lice.
- bird lice (Siphonaptera)
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Long-tailed tits are acrobatic birds that are occasionally enjoyed at feeders. ("Garden BirdWatch", 2004)
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
There are no known adverse effects of long-tailed tits on humans.
Conservation Status
Although populations fluctuate and are rare in some areas, long-tailed tits have a large global range and are considered stable.
- IUCN Red List
Least Concern
More information
- US Migratory Bird Act
- No special status
- US Federal List
- No special status
- No special status
- State of Michigan List
- No special status
Tanya Dewey (editor), Animal Diversity Web.
Kyle Waite (author), Northern Michigan University, Alec R. Lindsay (editor, instructor), Northern Michigan University.
- Palearctic
living in the northern part of the Old World. In otherwords, Europe and Asia and northern Africa.
- acoustic
uses sound to communicate
- altricial
young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- carnivore
an animal that mainly eats meat
- chemical
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
- cooperative breeder
helpers provide assistance in raising young that are not their own
- cryptic
having markings, coloration, shapes, or other features that cause an animal to be camouflaged in its natural environment; being difficult to see or otherwise detect.
- diurnal
- active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
- endothermic
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
- fertilization
union of egg and spermatozoan
- forest
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
- insectivore
An animal that eats mainly insects or spiders.
- iteroparous
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
- monogamous
Having one mate at a time.
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- oviparous
reproduction in which eggs are released by the female; development of offspring occurs outside the mother's body.
- scrub forest
scrub forests develop in areas that experience dry seasons.
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sedentary
remains in the same area
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- social
associates with others of its species; forms social groups.
- suburban
living in residential areas on the outskirts of large cities or towns.
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- temperate
that region of the Earth between 23.5 degrees North and 60 degrees North (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle) and between 23.5 degrees South and 60 degrees South (between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
- terrestrial
Living on the ground.
- visual
uses sight to communicate
2004. "Garden BirdWatch" (On-line). Accessed April 16, 2008 at http://www.bto.org/gbw/Species/BIRDS_LOTTI.htm.
2008. "RSPB" (On-line). Accessed April 16, 2008 at http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/l/longtailedtit/index.asp.
Akatsuka, T. 2006. Morphological development in young long-tailed tits. Ornithol Sci, 5: 231-235.
Hatchwell, B., M. Fowlie, D. Ross, A. Russel. 1999. Incubation Behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why do Males Provision Incubating Females?. The Condor, 101: 681-686.
Hatchwell, B., A. Russel, M. Fowlie, D. Ross. 1999. Reproductive Success and Nest-Site Selection in a Cooperative Breeder: Effect of Experience and a Direct Benefit of Helping. The Auk, 116(2): 355-363.
Jannson, G., P. Angelstam. 1999. Threshold levels of habitat composition for the presence of the long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) in a boreal landscape. Landscape Ecology, 14: 283-290.
Maccoll, A., B. Hatchwell. 2004. Determinants of lifetime fitness in a cooperative breeder, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73: 1137-1148.
McGowan, A., S. Sharp, B. Hatchwell. 2004. The structure and function of nests of Long-Tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus. Functional Ecology, 18: 578-583.
Tomas, D. 2002. "The Birds of Europe" (On-line). Accessed April 16, 2008 at http://sunny1446.free.fr/affiche_en.php?lettre=L&index=17.