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Paul A. Simmons
United States District Court for the
Western District of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Paul A. Simmons
was born and raised in Monogahela, Pennsylvania. His father, Perry C.
Simmons, was originally a barber who learned the building trades and
became a small house and cement contractor. His mother, Lilly P.
Simmons, was an elementary school teacher. Judge Simmons is the second
eldest child of four. His siblings all pursued careers in education.
After high school
graduation, Judge Simmons worked in the housing construction industry
until 1941, when he went to work in the freight car repair shop of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He first became exposed to the law in 1942, as
the result of an industrial accident which necessitated the
above-the-knee amputation of his right leg. A lawyer informed Simmons
that since he was not at his work station at the time of the accident,
the railroad would assert contributory negligence, and that the Federal
Employers' Liability Act would not apply to his case.
Simmons' mother told him not to give up and sent him to the Allegheny
County Law Library in Pittsburgh to find a similar railroad case in
which the claimant recovered damages. For the next three weeks, with
the help of the Allegheny County Law Librarian, Judge Simmons read
dozens of cases until he found a Texas case in which the facts were
almost identical to his own. After sending a copy of the case and a
letter to the railroad's claim agent, he received an appropriate
settlement. In addition, the railroad agreed to purchase an artificial
limb for Judge Simmons and to continue his employment.
Shortly after his
accident, the Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational
Rehabilitation offered Simmons a four year scholarship to the
University of Pittsburgh because of his high score on a vocational
aptitude test. The railroad agreed to let Simmons work three days a
week during the school year and full-time during the summer while he
was attending college. During his time in college, Simmons decided to
become a lawyer. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh
with high honors, Judge Simmons attended and graduated from Harvard Law
Judge Simmons
began his professional career as a law professor at the School of Law
at South Carolina College and later, the North Carolina Central
University Law School. Notably, while he was teaching, Simmons advised
his students on tactics necessary to strike down the "separate but
equal" doctrine established by Plessy vs. Ferguson. For example, Judge
Simmons suggested that such a public school desegregation case be
brought in an impoverished school district where the tax base could not
simultaneously support both adequate white schools and adequate black
schools that were separate but equal. This tactic was brought to the
attention of the NAACP attorneys and eventually used in Briggs v.
Elliott, a companion case to Brown v. Board of Education.
Beginning in
1956, and over a period of seventeen years, Judge Simmons was a very
active trial and appellate lawyer in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Judge
Simmons was primarily a civil litigator and was involved in personal
injury, commercial law, anti trust, administrative law, and other civil
law litigation. Moreover, he represented criminal defendants in over
twenty-five homicide cases, in addition to defending persons accused of
other serious crimes.
In 1973, Judge
Simmons was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington
County, Pennsylvania and sat as the Presiding Judge of the Orphans
Court Division. In November 1975, he was elected to a full ten year
term on that court and became the Presiding Judge of the Orphans Court
Division. On April 17, 1978, Judge Simmons was appointed to the
district court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, becoming the
first federal judge in Pennsylvania to go through the merit selection
Judge Simmons
writes: "The sum total of all of my life experiences plus some
God-given 'mother-wit' and the continuing blessing of the Almighty
prepared me to be a judge." To all aspiring lawyers and judges, Judge
Simmons recommends reading "the complete works of William Shakespeare
to learn the complexities of human nature."
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was recommended by my integrated doctor.
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very good for immune system
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I have tried this products and run out: my white cells (neutrophils) had been below range for years. I took this product and they went in the range. I run out, got the organic coriolus in Iherb: I went back to outside lower range for neutrophils. Back with this product, back in the range. I forgot to have the cells tested with the Bell's brand products, since we cannot get this product from Mushroom science in Iherd. I wonder if they work. In other words: this products DOES INCREASE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, on fact, and I am so disappointed that Iherb does not get it anymore
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A Study Comparing the Effects and Safety of Dulaglutide With Insulin Glargine in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
This study has been completed.
Eli Lilly and Company
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Eli Lilly and Company
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First received: July 16, 2012
Last updated: December 19, 2014
Last verified: December 2014
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|July 16, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|December 19, 2014
|Start Date ICMJE
|July 2012
|Primary Completion Date
|May 2014 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Change from Baseline in Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) at 26 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline, 26 Weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01648582 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|A Study Comparing the Effects and Safety of Dulaglutide With Insulin Glargine in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
|Official Title ICMJE
|The Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly, Subcutaneous Dulaglutide Compared to Once-Daily Insulin Glargine in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Metformin and/or a Sulfonylurea
|Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine if once-weekly dulaglutide is efficient and safe compared to once-daily insulin glargine in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have inadequate glycemic control with one or two oral antihyperglycemic medications (OAM) (metformin and/or a sulfonylurea) in addition to any healthy lifestyle changes recommended by their healthcare providers.
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Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Advent Verona
SpecificationsNotebook: Advent Verona
Processor: Intel Celeron M 743
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
Display: 13.3 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.6kg
Price: 400 euro
Sold in: UK
Average of 6 scores (from 7 reviews)
Reviews for the Advent Verona
Source: Techradar
A disappointing machine flawed by poor usability and a bad battery life. The Verona is Advent's latest attempt at a CULV laptop and, while it is suitably cheap, it falls short in most categories. The Advent Verona is a flawed system in that it doesn't tick the portability and usability boxes we would expect of a CULV laptop, and while it is cheap, there are far better options around for only a little more money.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/27/2010
Rating: Total score: 40%
Source: IT Reviews
Advent's latest notebook, the slim-line, ultraportable Verona, is a bit of a curate's egg. While it has styling which catches the eye, a largish screen and an admirably low price tag, the use of a single core ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) low powered processor gives it little more power than a netbook. If you look at the Verona as a stylish, large-screened netbook you won't go far wrong. It is definitely worth a second look if you are on a limited budget and need something that has a large screen and is highly portable, but that small battery doesn't do it any favours at all.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/21/2010
Rating: price: 80% performance: 70% mobility: 40%
Source: V3.co.uk
The latest laptop computer to come out under PC World's Advent brand is the Verona, a stylish small model with a 13.3in widescreen display. It may well be ideal for people on a limited budget who are looking for something a bit more powerful than a netbook but who still need it to be easily carried around. A well-designed and well-priced computer but it cries out for a bigger battery.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/31/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Channel Web
Given all the impressive features it was a shame that the Verona's battery life was so disappointing. With the screen at half-brightness and the wireless networking turned off the battery lasted for just two hours when watching a movie or two-and-a-half in everyday use. Although the slim battery keeps the laptop svelte, we expect that most people would put up with the extra bulk if a larger battery was as an option. A well-designed and well-priced computer but it cries out for a bigger battery.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/31/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Computer Active
A well-designed and well-priced computer but it cries out for a bigger battery.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/31/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Mobile Computer
The first wave of ULV laptops may have been overpriced for what was on offer, but now models are getting increasingly cheaper as the technology filters down through the manufacturer ranks. Its performance makes it more of a big-screen netbook than a ULV laptop, but that doesn't mean that the Advent Verona bad value at this price. Battery life is the big let down, but the laptop is still worth a look if you're on a tight budget, want a big screen and are happy to sacrifice performance for portability.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/18/2009
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: CNet
We're not completely sure what the thinking is behind the names of Advent's new budget laptops. Although the specification suggests otherwise, the Advent Verona isn't capable of much more than an Atom-powered netbook, but, if you just need a lightweight laptop with a big screen, it's not a bad deal. Better battery life and an improved keyboard would make it more tempting, but neither is a deal-breaker at this price.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/16/2009
Rating: Total score: 65%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on Mobile Intel 915GM chipset. It is the predecessor of Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The performance can be compared with the Mobile Radeon 9000 (with a 64 bit memory bus).
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.
743: Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) processor for small and light subnotebooks. Does not support Speedstep (more power consumption in idle mode), 64 Bit, and Virtualization (VT-x).» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.3": This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Netbooks, UMPC and some subnotebooks have tinier displays. Nevertheless, the majority of standard laptops has a higher format. The advantage of a small display is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.6 kg: This sub-notebook weighs less than the average of all notebooks and represents a medium class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 11 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
Advent: This is the laptop brand of the hardware magazine PC World. The marketing focusses UK. Reviews of Advent-Laptops are relatively frequent and not only by PC World.
55.83%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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by one of its subscribers.
begin Ryan <email@example.com>
> On Friday 21 June 2002 07:03 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > begin Ryan <firstname.lastname@example.com>
> >
> > > On Thursday 20 June 2002 11:36 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > > without checking, i've used 2 perl modules that might help:
> > > >
> > > > term which implements the advanced features that termcap provides like
> > > > underlining and boldfacing text
> > > >
> > > > ncurses which basically implements the C style ncurses library.
> > > >
> > > > i would imagine both modules allow you to do this. in fact, i _know_
> > > > that C/ncurses has a function to block echo in raw mode. i'm guessing
> > > > that perl/ncurses can do this too.
> > >
> > > I prefer a solution that is platform independant
> >
> > ryan, this is perl code. what makes you think these modules aren't
> > platform independent?
> >
> > don't you think DOS has it's own terminal handling capabilities?
> I didn't think DOS had curses, and for some reason Term doesn't seem to want
> to work. (I tried the bit of code from `perldoc -q password`, but perl
> complains about the module not being in @INC, even though it is as far as I
> can tell.)
> Can't locate loadable object for module Term::ReadKey in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at ./passtest.pl line 3
> even though I installed it with CPAN, and it seems to be in the right place;
> $ locate ReadKey.pm
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i386-linux/Term/ReadKey.pm
> Term::ReadKey sounds to be what I'm looking for, for perl, but it's not
> working :(
i found exactly the same thing.
i don't have a windows machine to test it on conveniently, but according
to the docs, term:readkey works perfectly under windows.
the trick is that you want to set your terminal to "raw mode". by
setting under raw mode, you have the option of printing what the person
types or not.
you can go back and forth between raw and cooked mode. just remember to
flush the buffer before going back to cooked mode.
> > ps- for bash, look at tput.
> Mark's sugguestion of stty helped (it works fine), however, I couldn't find
> the needed option for tput in the manpage.
tput queries the termcap database and give you the control sequence to
do terminal handling stuff.
tput is a "platform independent" way of getting at terminal
functionality like bold, highlight, mode, etc. but not "platform
independent" the way you want it. here, platform independence means
"this will make text bold no matter what kind of terminal you're on".
of course, i don't think that windows and powerpc's have an
/etc/termcap. although maybe cygwin provides such a thing (i've never
used cygwin). at this point, you have one foot in "platform
> A bit of searching also turned up the escape sequeace '^]]&dS' which works,
> and seems to turn back off after '^]&' but I have no idea where this will and
> will not work. :/
it's unique for a given terminal type.
ryan, there are two things going on here:
* platform independence with respect to terminal type
* platform independence with respect to operating system
by using a perl interface, you kill both animals with one stone. you
can use your magic string, but just realize that it won't work for
someone on, say, a wyse terminal. you can most likely get away with
vt100 emulation since most things understand vt100 these days.
on the other hand, you can use bash's tput utility, but now you're
limiting yourself to platforms that have bash.
since perl is pretty standard on loads of platforms, it's your best bet.
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Dear Shama,
It seems like every time I've just figured out Facebook, it changes again. Why do they keep doing this? I've heard Facebook is rolling out a new design, and would like to be prepared for it this time. I'd like to know how can I be better prepared this time?
Dear Raul,
I've often said that attracting a billion users was the easy part for Facebook. Keeping their users constantly engaged and coming back is going to be the more challenging aspect for them. Everything Facebook does is keeping in line with this mission—they have to keep their users engaged and advertisers happy.
The roll out for web has already begun and mobile will follow in a few weeks. Here is what you can expect with the new roll out of design changes.
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Interesting MC Reading
For those of you needing some reading here is a very interesting site on motorcycle design. I have seen this site before but it has been a while and I just ran across it again so if nothing else I will put it here where I can hopefully find it again. The article on "funny handlebars" is really entertaining.
And if you want some HP sidecar fun try this one. The articles are definitly interesting.
Good friend Bill Ballou began the HP Sidecar site a few years back. Great guys there. Everyone here may be interested in the download of how Bill does an antiswaybar. As far as I know Bill, Hannigan and us are the only ones doing them in this country today. Gary Haynes did quite a few but he has backed off from mounting sidecars very often any more. All of us do them differently.
Click here: http://www.hpsidecar.com/sidecararti...ar/Page31.html
I thought the article Bill Ballou did on the sway bar was really good. It explains the way they work really well. The videos don't hurt either.
OK, it's Sunday night and I'm pretty deep in the rye :freakyafter the Seahawks 3rd big win in a row :clap, so forgive me for my ignorance, but I thought I'd weigh in for the 1st time on the swaybar question.
I know there's lots of guys here who are high on swaybars, but I never saw what's the fuss. Now, I'm not a suspension guy. Not by any means. Suspensions I find to be pretty confusing. But Dirty's recommendation to read this article by Bill Ballou and to watch the vids (here) sounded reasonable to me. So I did.
I do think that I understand the swaybar thing better now. And that's not saying I didn't look into it before. I've read about them before, seen many of Claude's posts, and even examined up close a swaybar sidecar setup that Claude had done--
Anyway, I guess now I can see how on hard sweepers the swaybar would help to distribute the downward pressure between the rear bike wheel and the sidecar wheel and give me better control and maybe let me take those sweepers a little faster than I already do. (Of course, according to my monkee, I already take sweepers too fast, and my standard response is still the same--"Ride monkee with Boxertwin, Queen Bee, then tell me how fast I'm going!") . :eek1
But for the nasty, rocky, rutty, potholed, washboarded dirt and gravel roads that attract me like blowflies to a salmon carcass, I don't want those bumps and knocks transferred from one wheel to the other. The way I ride, I try to straddle the worst of the stuff, but that's often impossible, so I let the sidecar wheel take the abuse, while I try to find a line that will leave the bike suspension remains relatively unperturbed.
After watching those two little vids (which are really gif's but only a nerd would care about the difference), it seems like when I hit a big hole or rock with the sidecar wheel, a swaybar would transfer part of that suspension action to the bike, which is not desirable. At least to me. Am I missing something, or is a swaybar essentially a good thing on paved roads and a negative for us guys who like to get out into the backcountry and explore dirt roads?
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Hey Drone,
For what it is worth I am not now and never have been much for sway bars or electric trim on sidecars but the article is very well done and is a great explanation of the functionality of the sway bars. I am 200 miles short of 100,000 on my GS and I still run the factory shocks it came with and they still seem fine to me so I am not one to discuss the finer attributes of motorcycle suspensions.
As far as the .gif I am an IT guy also but it is much easier just to say video.
I have the electric trim on my rig,its ok.But after talking to Peter(aka Boondox) about his new rig that Claude built.He had nothing but praise for the swaybar setup on his rig....Has made me a believer.. And replacing my suspenion on my rig that made a hell of a difference.And to Drone I feel your pain this morning way to much Bourbon:freaky...
I am not saying anything bad about electric trim or swaybars only that they are not for me. I do not want to lose the ground clearance that a sway bar takes up since I need all I can get. I know that Claude has made them easily removable but I do not want to mess with it and if it has to be removable to get where I go I do not want it.
As far as the electric trim it would have come in handy a few times but it is one more thing to fail when I am a hundred miles from nowhere and it is not something I feel is neccesary on my current rigs.
My next rig will be a high performance rig with center hub steering and all of the bells and whistles but this will be a dedicated road rig and that will be a whole other animal. I am still trying to talk myself in to buying this one.
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>>But for the nasty, rocky, rutty, potholed, washboarded dirt and gravel roads that attract me like blowflies to a salmon carcass, I don't want those bumps and knocks transferred from one wheel to the other. The way I ride, I try to straddle the worst of the stuff, but that's often impossible, so I let the sidecar wheel take the abuse, while I try to find a line that will leave the bike suspension remains relatively unperturbed.<<
Yes under conditions that are really Gnarly a swaybar is not the best idea.
However, on most roads, dirt or paved as well as many places most folks go they can still make a world of difference. How much they transfer suspension movement is directly related to how much effective spring rate is stored within the swaybar and how it is transmited side to side. A bar that is so stiff that it would not twist would be awful. A bar that is too light will do little.
If th egouing is really rough and one wants to regain ALL of the indep[endant qualities suspension wiseit is easy to deactivate the swaybar. in our system itrequires the removal of one bolt in most cases. Hannigan has a quick disconnect in which you pull a pin. Not a big deal. In fact we and Hannigan feel that on the high center of gravity type adventure bikes a swaybar is actually a good safety device. They come into their own on turns away from th esidecar if you are an agressive rider.
Yes, you can flip the bike over the sidecar. Been there done that and it really isn't good for th eol fun meter. The use of a swaybar helps the stability a ton in most cases when turning away from the sidecar.
Those who know me know that I love to ride on dirt roads and such. I do a fair amount of true off road riding but not all that much. In most cases the swaybar is still okay hooked up. Short of mini rock crawling it does fine and is a huge asset.
We have had a few of our outfits out doing world tours with I think three are out there now. All have swaybars. All have been shown how to disconnect them and as far as I know none have so far.
I would love to ride with some of you guys who post here a lot some day and see how things go.
Everything is a compromise. Where that compromise, suspension wise, is met will means different things to different people.
I seem to recognize that yellow & red rig with the sway bar. :D
I haven't had any issues on the dirt roads we have around here - at least the ones I've been on. I really like the way it performs on the street.
I've been drooling over that K1200S rig too - but my back would not deal well with the riding position. I seriously considered buying it but couldn't figure out how to modify the handlebars and footpegs and such. Now if it were a K13GT or K16GT set-up . . .
I would love the sway bar for the highway miles and twisty mountain roads I do but I drag the skid plates on rocks regularly on the sidecar and the bike so I really do not think it would last very long under my rig. I had two reasons for putting the steel plate on the sidecar frame one was ballast and the other was to protect the passenger tub because I hept scraping the fiberglass on rocks while off roading.
You can get bar backs and foot peg relocation kits for the K1200S and I keep looking at the ad thinking about it but I really want a K1200GT. There was a K1200RS rig a year or so ago that was on ebay that I was bidding on but it got to be more than I was willing to spend. Too bad because I guess it was one of three that a guy named Sheldon built in Canada as I recall. Claude was telling me about it at the time.
Loss of ground clearance could be an issue. As far as off-road and long travel with swaybars, some of the longest travel off road racer use swaybars:
The swaybars we use on Trophy Trucks are mounted upside down from what I've seen on most sidecars. The rear swaybar on the the #49 Herbst truck is mounted almost at the top of the "bed". It could be done the same on a sidecar too, but the bar would need to go through the trunk.
Hmmmmm !
I would love to ride with some of you guys who post here a lot some day and see how things go.
Everything is a compromise. Where that compromise, suspension wise, is met will means different things to different people.[/QUOTE]
I have the least sidecar miles of you guys, have tried one of each unfaired Gl1100/Ural without, 1150gsa CSM with give me a sway bar every time its not voodoo just another handy suspension option , preload for stiffer suspension set loose for very uneven surfaces.
I did get a ride with Claude it was very educational and fun he loves horrible roads and PA has plenty and sliding his rig in circles and doing figure 8's in very uneven parking areas made up of coal mine tailings is pretty standard behavior.Beware he has a picture of himself upside down flying through the air in a sprint car in his office.
That Triumph Tiger atv sidecar that Side Effects created looked like a moonrover and they sent it down to PA for a swaybar.
Claude uses tubular bars with spline ends and very nice stuff , race car stuff.
These rigs all weigh over 850 pounds most of us pilots are 55 to well past 60 y/o I'm more concerned about safety and staying out of trouble than ground clearance, If I wanted a mud bogger I'd consult Mr Cobb and his much tweaked Ural.
Sway bars try them you'll like them ! No one sidecar outfit has a monopoly on good ideas but Hannigan whose probably the most successful of them all sells them.DB
You guys using sway bars are crazy. Daredevils I say! :rofl
I wouldn't dare run a sway bar but I do use an anti-sway bar in the V Strom Thingmobile and it's the cat's pajamas. The rig corners much flatter with the anti sway system compared to when it is disconnected. I have found on washboard gravel and dirt roads it works best to keep the linkage connected and intact. If the road gets really rough I disconnect it and let the two sides articulate independently. Claude gave me quite a bit of inspiration in building my anti-sway system. I'm really glad I heeded his advice. Claude, as always thank you four your counsel!
Dana, Mine does not do anything to limit ground clearance as my bar travels through the main frame and is isolated with flange bushings.
I am not saying they do not work and they do serve a definite purpose. In order to put one on mine that did not interfere with my ground clearance I would have to scrap the current frame and build a new one and it is not worth it on the rig I have. I have less than $2,000.00 in the whole sidecar including the subframe from Dauntless and it is just not worth it to me to rebuild the whole thing just to add something that I do not need. My GS rig is like my Ural it is akin to putting makeup and a prom dress on a pig, it may look pretty but in the end it is still a pig.
Now that nice HP rig is another story.....
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Cardamom Applesauce Bread with Granola Streusel
Mr. Big Flavors and I just recently went on a spice shopping spree. And, I'm not talking about restocking the pantry with some staples that we were running low on. I'm talking $60 dollars in a whole new plethora of spices. We went to this great little shop called Penzeys spices. Maybe you've heard of it? We sniffed our way through the store, smelling almost every seasoning and herb in the place. We discussed the many uses for each spice with the enthusiastic saleswomen, and made a pile of potential candidates at the checkout stand. When all was said and done, we left with a pretty vast assortment of spices. For baking, I bought a bag of cinnamon chips, some pure vanilla extract, and real cocoa powder. And, we also picked up some savory spices, too, like turmeric, fennel, and coriander seeds (just to name a few).
One of my very favorite picks from this shopping trip was the jar of cardamom seeds. These tiny black seeds have a very distinct aroma and predominant taste. One whiff and you're blown away by an intense smoky and peppery smell. Cardamom can be used in all sorts of different cuisines, from Indian to Vietnamese and in both cooking and baking. After this spice shopping binge, I began searching for new ideas and inspirations to highlight all of our new, unique spices. I came across this quick bread on Pinterest (where else!?) and quickly added it to my list of must-makes. I love having an easy baked good on standby for my morning breakfast, especially if that means not having to dirty any dishes before work. I also love having a sweet and savory treat that perfectly accompanies my morning cup of dark roast coffee.
This bread is a great balance of savory and sweet. The cardamom is definitely the star flavor and lends that bold and smoky taste. But, the honey and brown sugar keep the cardamom from being too overpowering or spicy. The addition of applesauce is more for texture than for flavor. It keeps the bread very light and moist but the bread still has more of a savory spice than apple flavor.
While the bread has a great texture on it's own, I really wanted to add some sort of extra crunch factor. Since I practically fell in love with the granola bars I made last week, I thought it might work to add a granola-like mixture right to the top of this bread. This half-granola-half-streusel idea turned out great! (And, you know how much I love a streusel topping!) The chunks of walnuts, oats and pepitas bake up into an extra crunchy crust for each slice, creating a textural contrast to the bread's moist and tender crumb. Plus, I'm a firm believer that streusel makes the world a better place (and this granola version makes this bread look much more rustic). So really, what are you waiting for? All it takes is a little cardamom to create a savory and sweet quick bread that's perfect for breakfast or dessert!
Cardamom Applesauce Bread with Granola Streusel
|Prep time
|30 minutes
|Cook time
|50 minutes
|Total time
|1 hours, 20 minutes
|Meal type
|Bread, Breakfast
|Traditional Foods
- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup softened butter (1 stick)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup applesauce
Granola Streusel
- 3/4 cups oatmeal
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup pepitas
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold butter (cut into small pieces)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
|Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom. Set aside.
|In the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter. Mix on medium speed until butter is fluffy. Add sugar, honey, egg, and applesauce mixing well on medium speed between each addition.
|Remove bowl from the mixer. Pour in half of the flour mixture. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Then, add rest of the flour mixture, continue folding until all dry ingredients are incorporated.
|Pour into a 9" bread pan that has been greased with coconut oil or butter. Spread and smooth out batter.
|Granola Streusel
|In another mixing bowl, combine oats, walnuts, pepitas, brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix to combine. Add in the pieces of cold butter. Use your hands to thoroughly combine butter into the dry ingredients. Mixture should look like moist clumps of sand.
|Generously top the bread batter with streusel, gently patting the streusel into the batter.
|Bake for 45 - 50 minutes until toothpick stuck into center of the bread comes out clean. Streusel should also be golden brown. Let cool completely. To store - wrap with plastic wrap and eat within 3 days.
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7 Responses to Cardamom Applesauce Bread with Granola Streusel
Great bread recipe! I love it!! I love the topping!! I was planning on making bread this weekend and now I am kicking myself for not making any!! I wish I could call in sick from work and just bake!! Have a great week!
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Michelle says:
Visiting from Mealtime Monday. This bread sounds wonderful! Pinned!
Thank you for stopping by! I love this bread, I hope you'll give it a try sometime!
Ruthie says:
WOW… this loaf looks amazing! I hope you'll come share it at my Show & Tell party http://www.whatscookingwithruthie.com/2013/01/19/super-saturday-show-tell-1/
Thank you! I'll bring it on by!
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Following the Civil War California's Democratic Party regained control of the state legislature and the governorship through emotional appeals to the voters' racial and economic fears. The party's return to power shattered the fragile Union Republican coalition, composed of Republicans and loyal Democrats, which governed California during the war. As a result, in 1870 the legislature overwhelmingly rejected the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the measure designed to give African Americans the vote. This stand against black suffrage echoed the "whites only"voters clause in the state's 1849 constitution and repudiated the Radical Republican plan to require black suffrage in Union as well as in former Confederate states.
California's rebuff of the Fifteenth Amendment mirrored opposition to black suffrage in the North, the West, and along the Pacific Coast. In 1860 only Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York permitted blacks to vote. At that time New York required additional property and tax qualifications for blacks. Northern anti-black feelings were located across the southern two-thirds of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, most of Pennsylvania, the southern half of New York, most of New Jersey, and in Connecticut. In 1867 and 1868 state legislatures including Maryland and New Jersey turned down bills that called for putting black suffrage to a vote while Kansas, Ohio, and Minnesota voters also rejected impartial suffrage referenda. Although Nevada was the first state to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, its legislature had repeatedly denied attempts to end discriminatory legislation in the state.
Despite this widespread aversion to expanding suffrage, Radical Republicans knew blacks needed protection in the South. At the same time, they acknowledged that imposing black suffrage only on southern states left the party open to accusations of insincerity or worse. Republicans also recognized their party would gain needed voters when suffrage was given to African Americans in the North. In this case morality and political advantage coincided.
California's 4,272 blacks, with only 1,731 males over the age of 21, were not the primary objects of prejudice or the main reason for the Democracy's success in recapturing the legislature. Instead, the 49,310 Chinese immigrants in the state, among whom were 36,890 potential voters, provided the racial target that enabled the Democrats, heavily composed of Irish and German naturalized citizens, to overcome the stigma of disloyalty to the Union. Using the out-party's classic backlash tactic, in 1869 the Democrats retook control of both houses of the legislature and put California's emphatic "seal of condemnation" on the Fifteenth Amendment. Not until 1962—ninety-two years after rejecting it—did the legislature belatedly ratify the amendment.
Between 1865 and 1869 Congress had enacted a series of amendments to the Constitution to free, confer citizenship on, and enfranchise blacks. Loyal to the Union cause throughout the Civil War, the California legislature approved the Thirteenth Amendment, which freed the slaves, but allowed the Fourteenth, which dealt with citizenship, to die in committee.
In February 1869, after weeks of strenuous debate, Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment, which, in its brief two sections, tried to guarantee impartial suffrage for all male citizens:
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
As worded the amendment provided no safeguards against poll taxes or literacy and property qualifications later used in Southern states to deny blacks the vote. The amendment was the most conservative of several versions the Congress considered. Yet California not only rejected the measure, but her Congressional representatives, and those from other far West states, successfully resisted the Radical Republicans' attempts to enact a more effective proposal. Western senators and congressmen reflected the fears of their constituents—fears intensified by Democratic rhetoric—that if Congress changed the naturalization laws, which allowed citizenship only to white immigrants, the Fifteenth Amendment would give Asians the vote. But for the Pacific Coast Republicans' fear of Chinese suffrage and the moderate Republicans' well-founded doubts about the popularity of black suffrage in the North, the Fifteenth Amendment might have been a stronger measure, with safeguards against the voting restrictions that disenfranchised Southern blacks in the ensuing century.
The Chinese and African Americans in California faced similar difficulties. Both groups were subjected to social disdain and to criticism from the Democratic press. In 1850 the California legislature passed a bill denying the right of testimony to blacks, mulattoes, and Indians in criminal cases involving whites. The legislature extended that ban to civil cases in 1851. Although strident Democratic opposition to blacks existed in the state both before and after the Civil War, by 1867 the main emphasis had shifted to Chinese labor and immigration. In contrast to the Chinese, blacks were Christians and natives of the country; the "spirit of the times" called for a less hostile, less Southern-tainted attitude toward them. Nevertheless, California's Democratic press continued to raise the specter of black social and political equality as a sub-theme to the Chinese "menace."
White opposition failed to intimidate California's African Americans, however, and upon arriving in the state they agitated for freedom, full privileges as court witnesses and later, for suffrage and other civil rights. In 1856 delegates to a convention of blacks resolved "to use all lawful means' in their power to secure the vote. Democrats dominated the legislature during the ten years before the Civil War, and they persistently rebuffed these black efforts. Despite the legislature's attitude, blacks continued to fight, through the means of conventions, newspapers, and petitions to the legislature, for equality regarding testimony in court. Their struggle ended successfully in 1863 during Republican Governor Leland Stanford's term in office. Blacks avoided making common cause with the Chinese on this issue and urged that they, being Christians and knowledgeable about oaths, should be able to testify, not the Chinese or Native Americans. The legislature agreed, continuing the restriction against the other two minorities.
Having achieved one victory, African Americans moved to gain the vote in California. Those attending the Colored Convention of October 1865 agreed to present a petition to the legislature urging an amendment to the state constitution that would give blacks the franchise. The petitioners declared "we are an industrious, moral and law abiding class of citizens professing an average of education and general intelligence; born upon American soil, and paying taxes yearly upon several MILLION [
] of dollars. . ." Compared to other American cities, in San Francisco blacks, although limited in job opportunities, did well economically during the 1850s and 1860s when labor was scarce. Nevertheless, when Republican Senator John E. Benton presented the petition and amendment to the legislature, its members never discussed them; they were sent to the Judiciary Committee and not seen again.
Both politicians and voters faulted the Chinese on the grounds of race, religion, morals, and especially on their alleged threat to white workers. Many Californians erroneously thought that Chinese workers were a form of slave or coolie labor. This misconception arose because the Chinese, like many Europeans, often borrowed their fare for the trip to the United States on what was called the credit-ticket system. From time to time individual ranchers or manufacturers also hired groups of Chinese through a contractor for short-term work. The Chinese were not a migrating people as a whole, and most of the Chinese who immigrated to California came from only one province, yet many Californians persisted in believing and fearing that all of China's 400,000,000 people would migrate to the state.
The Democracy never failed to exploit the dread inspired by the thought of the "pagan hordes." State Senator Philip A. Roach, who was active in the anti-Chinese movement for thirty years, said:
I do not want to see Chinese or Kanaka [Hawaiian] carpenters, masons, or blacksmiths, brought here in swarms under contracts, to compete with our own mechanics, whose labor is as honorable, and as well entitled to social and political rights as the pursuits of designated 'learned professions.'
From their first appearance in California in 1848, the Chinese were helpless to defend themselves against white animosity, which sporadically erupted in physical violence. Quiet, clannish, isolated by race and language, the Chinese lacked consuls to represent them, and their civil rights were non-existent. With the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, which extended to "all persons" certain safeguards, and the Burlingame Treaty in 1870, they gained some protections and privileges. At the same time, these measures also increased white hostility. Despite the prevailing sentiments against them among the working classes, the Chinese possessed powerful friends in the farmers, manufacturers, and railroad builders who needed their cheap and reliable labor. Missionaries, ministers, and those impressed with the possibilities of trade with Asia also backed the Chinese.
In 1870, however, the Chinese were not the largest foreign-born group in California. The Irish, with a population of 54,421, held that distinction. Among the poorest of the state's immigrants, the lower class Chinese and Irish both initially lacked skills and capital. In the late 1860s, the Chinese laborer offered the Irish worker his sharpest competition, and they vied for employment in a number of unskilled fields.
Among the early Irish arrivals in California, all of them born in Ireland, were some well-educated young men from eastern states. They included lawyer William E. Shannon who introduced the successful proposal to ban slavery in California at the 1849 Constitutional Convention; Spanish-speaking Philip A. Roach who acted as an interpreter at that gathering and later served in the state senate; and J. Ross Browne, journalist, who recorded the Convention's proceedings. Three Irish-born Californians served in the United States Senate in the 1860s: David Broderick, whose brief term was cut short by a duel; John Conness; and classics scholar Eugene Casserly, who was also a lawyer. Lieutenant-Governor John G. Downey, another native of Ireland, became the first Irish Catholic to govern any American state when he took office after Milton S. Latham was elected to the United States Senate in 1860.
Germans formed the third largest foreign-born group in the state in 1870, with a population of 29,701. Generally more skilled and prosperous than either the Chinese or the Irish, some Germans nevertheless competed with the Chinese in various occupations. The Irish-German voting bloc was a tempting prize for politicians and proved susceptible to the Democracy's racist appeals. Before long, the Republicans, too, had to cater to the prejudices of the urban workers.
The elections of 1867 and 1869 brought triumph to the Democrats under the leadership of politically safe former Union-Republican Henry H. Haight. A shrewd choice, Haight was not tainted with secession and thus attracted other Unionists like himself who refused to accept radical or even moderate Republicanism. Haight's Union-Republican Party opponent in 1867, George C. Gorham, suffered from an affiliation with the Central Pacific Railroad and from the political manipulations that led to his nomination. He might have survived those handicaps if he had not been foolhardy or honest enough to say that he sympathized with the Chinese workers and favored dropping the word "white" from the naturalization laws. A split between Republicans and former Democrats in the Union Party sealed the Democracy's return to power in 1869.
In 1868 and 1869, widespread unemployment in the cities, especially during the winter, aroused white anxiety and increased resentment of the Chinese. A decline in mining, growing urban concentration, and increased white and Chinese immigration all contributed to the social and economic tensions afflicting Californians. As a result of the transcontinental railroad's completion in May 1869, California no longer was an isolated frontier area, and an economic boom was expected. Instead the railroad's completion marked the start of keen competition with manufacturers in the East and a decade of general depression. Not only did immigrants from eastern and southern states arrive
in greater numbers than before, but the release of approximately 4,000 skilled Chinese railroad builders swelled the labor force as well. In addition, the opening of the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys to agriculture stimulated a larger than normal immigration from China. Although Central Pacific president Leland Stanford claimed that the railroad had helped to break monopolies of several companies, the merchants and farmers who depended on train transportation found that the railroad charged rates as high as it could short of bankrupting the shipper. The railroad quoted different rates for the same service for different shippers and sometimes examined their books to see how much the shipper was able to pay. For years Californians blamed the Chinese and the railroads for the state's economic troubles.
Like African Americans, the Chinese at first had been prevented from competing in many of the skilled trades in San Francisco, and early on the majority of the skilled white workers did not actually compete with the Chinese; their fear was based on an anticipation of Chinese competition. The Chinese worker's adaptability, quickness to learn, and willingness to work hard marked him as a powerful competitor. These very characteristics, his racial and ethnic differences, and especially his acceptance of lower wages than whites received—the despised "cheap labor"--all made the Chinese laborer unacceptable to California's white trade unionists. This animosity increased as the Chinese moved from menial occupations into more demanding work. When some of the Chinese became manufacturers themselves they also alienated portions of that class.
Thus Governor Haight transmitted the Fifteenth Amendment to the California legislature during a period of economic depression, unemployment, racial hatred, and fear of Chinese suffrage. Shortly after the legislative session opened, news came of China's ratification of the Burlingame Treaty with its new privileges (and by implication, status) for the Chinese in the United States. Overwhelmingly Democratic, few legislators favored the Fifteenth Amendment, and the governor indicated his disapproval of the measure in a lengthy special message to the legislature.
The debates on the amendment in the California legislature revealed the significance of place of origin and family background in determining prejudice or its lack in a legislator. The majority of the California legislators who spoke against the Fifteenth Amendment came either from northern and border states known to be anti-black or they shared a Southern or Irish family background. Political ambition also obviously influenced the speeches of a number of the legislators. Of the few men who spoke for the amendment, three were New Yorkers, and one a native of Massachusetts, the birthplace of abolitionism.
The anti-Chinese movement in the 1860s in California is by no means completely explained by theories based on economic exploitation or economic envy of the Chinese. White immigrant groups have been exploited as cheap labor and discriminated against, but in the end they found a place in American society and were not excluded from the country. The foundation of the anti-Chinese movement was racial, with psychological overtones, and thus closely resembled white America's feelings toward African Americans. Both groups were discriminated against and denied a place in the white social structure. Socially and psychologically their position was lower than that of the poorest whites. In the 1860s most Americans found it easier to blame race for differences in behavior, customs, and values than to examine the complex web of social, cultural, and economic causes for these differences. Most of the men who came to California in its early days and who, many of them, were still there in the 1860s and 1870s, seldom questioned their profound beliefs in the ideology of white supremacy and the inferiority of colored races.
Following President Ulysses S. Grant's announcement that the Fifteenth Amendment had received the necessary state ratifications, blacks in California joyfully celebrated the event with speeches, fireworks, and parades. They immediately tried to register so they could vote in upcoming elections. Initially they found resistance to this registration from clerks in several different counties, resistance aided by the state attorney general, Jo Hamilton. Hamilton challenged the validity of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Federal government's right to impose black suffrage on the country, especially as the amendment lacked any legislation to enforce it. He also questioned whether African Americans in California legally possessed the right to vote because the state constitution limited registration to white adult male citizens. Responding to this kind of opposition in a number of other states, Congress passed an enforcement act on May 31, 1870, designed in its Sections 3 and 4 to compel registration through fines and penalties on those who tried to deny any male citizen the right to vote. Faced with such punishment, Democratic opposition to black suffrage withered, and African Americans in California at last attained the right to vote.
Notes: Introduction
Thomas E. Malone, "The Democratic Party in California, 1865-68," (M.A. thesis, Stanford University, 1949), 111-112; Eugene H. Berwanger,
The West and Reconstruction
(Urbana, Il.: University of Illinois Press, 1981), 180, 202; William F. Swindler, ed.
Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions
(Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, Inc., 1973), Vol. I: 448-449; California Constitution (1849), art. 2, sec. 1.
Lawanda and John Cox, "Negro Suffrage and Republican Politics: The Problem of Motivation in Reconstruction Historiography,"
Journal of Southern History
, 33 (August 1967), 303; Alexander Saxton,
The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971) 26-27; Forrest G. Wood,
Black Scare: The Racist Response to Emancipation and Reconstruction
(Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1970)
13, 82, 85-87; William Gillette,
The Right to Vote; Politics and the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
(Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1965), 25-27, 80; Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction
, 179-80; Phyllis F. Field,
The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era
(Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1982), 29, 96-97.
James M. McPherson,
The Struggle for Equality
(Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964), 333; Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction
, 53-54, 127, 130, 173-176, 181-183; McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), 545-546; William Gillette,
Retreat from Reconstruction 1869-1879
(Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1979), 7, 19; Gillette,
Right to Vote,
West and Reconstruction
, 175-176; U.S., Census
, Ninth Census
, Vol. I,
The Statistics of the
Population of the United States, embracing the tables of race, nationality, sex, selected ages, and occupations, 1870
(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872), I: 15; Hubert H. Bancroft,
History of California
(Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebbard, 1970), Vol. VI, 694; California. Senate.
Senate Joint
Resolution No. 9
, April 5, 1962. According to the 1870 U.S.
, 1:14, 15, the total white population in California was 499,424 and the aggregate population was 560,247.
West and Reconstruction
, 120-121; U.S. Constitution, amend
secs. 1 and 2; and amend.
sec. 1.
U.S. Constitution, amend
15, secs. 1 and 2; McPherson,
Ordeal by Fire,
Ordeal by Fire
, 545-546; Gillette,
Retreat from Reconstruction
, 18-19; Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction
, 173-74; Gillette,
Right to Vote
, 70-72;
Congressional Globe,
Cong., 3d Sess., Dec. 7, 1868-March 3, 1869, 1030-35; Cornelius Cole,
Memoirs of Cornelius Cole, Ex-Senator of the United States from California
(New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1908), 285-287; Federal Naturalization Act of January 29, 1795. With this act Congress modified the Naturalization Act of 1790, which also restricted citizenship to free white persons, and increased the residence period from two years to five years before application could be made for naturalization.
Statutes of California,
275; Ibid
Stanford M. Lyman, "Strangers in the Cities,"
in Charles Wollenberg, ed.,
Ethnic Conflict in California History
(Los Angeles: Timon-Brown, Inc. Book Publishers, 1970), 91;
San Francisco
Daily Examiner
, June 14, 1865, p. 2, col. 1; June 20, 1865, p. 2, col. 1; Sept. 5, 1865, p. 2, col. 1; Mary Roberts Coolidge,
Chinese Immigration
(New York: Arno Press, 1969), 179. California contained a number of Southerners with strong Southern views, and they dominated state politics between 1850 and 1860. See J.W. Ellison,
California and the Nation, 1850-1869
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1927), 179 and Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction,
Proceedings of the California State Convention of Colored Citizens
, held in Sacramento on the 25
, 26
, 27
and 28
of October, 1865, (San Francisco: R & E Research Associates, 1969), 51;Coolidge,
Chinese Immigration
, 76; James A. Fisher, "A Social History of California Negroes, 1850-1900" (M.A. thesis, Sacramento State College, 1966), 29-30; Charles J. McClain,
In Search of Equality; the Chinese Struggle against Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century America
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994), 42;
San Francisco
Pacific Appeal
, May 17, 1862, p. 2, col. 1; Norman E. Tutorow,
Leland Stanford: Man of Many Careers
(Menlo Park, Calif: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1971), 55.
Proceedings of the California State Convention of Colored Citizens
, 87; Douglas Henry Daniels,
Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco
(Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1980), 16-17, 26-29, 107, 120-121; Fisher, "California Negroes," 87-88; Quintard Taylor,
In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1998), 94; A. Odell Thurman, "The Negro in California Before 1890" (M.A. thesis, College of the Pacific, 1945), 54-55.
Sucheng Chan,
This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910
(Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986), 16-18, 25-26, 30-31; California, Legislature,
Report of the Joint Select Committee Relative to the Chinese Population of the State of California, Appendix to Journals of the Senate and Assembly, Part I
, 13
Sess. 1862, 1-12; McClain,
In Search of Equality
, 289, note 8.; Elmer C. Sandmeyer,
The Anti-Chinese Movement in California
(Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 1939), 25.
Senate Journal
, 3rd Session, March 20, 1852,
, "Minority Report of the Select Committee on Senate Bill No. 63, for an Act to Enforce Contracts and Obligations to Perform Work and
672; Lyman, "Strangers in the Cities," 90.
California, Legislature,
Report of the Joint Select Committee Relative to the Chinese Population of the State of California, Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly, Part I,
Sess., 1862, 7; Chan,
Bittersweet Soil
, 39-40; Sandmeyer,
Anti-Chinese Movement
, 79-80; Lyman, "Strangers in the
Cities," 88- 89; U.S., Congress, Senate,
Treaties, Conventions, International Acts, Protocols and Agreements between the United States of America and Other Powers, 1776-1909, Sen. Doc. 357,
Cong. 2d Sess., 1910 (2 Vols. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910), 1:234-236; McClain,
In Search of Equality,
30-31; Bancroft,
History of California
, VII:343; James J. Rawls and Walton Bean,
California: An Interpretive History,
(New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 177-178.
U.S., Census,
Ninth Census
, 1870, I: 340; Saxton,
Indispensable Enemy
27-30; Rawls and Bean,
Thomas F. Prendergast,
Forgotten Pioneers in Early California
(San Francisco: The Trade Pressroom, 1942), 155-160; Patrick J. Dowling,
California, The Irish Dream
(San Francisco: Golden Gate Publishers, 1988), 26-28, 51, 58; Patrick J. Dowling,
Irish Californians: Historic, Benevolent, Romantic
(San Francisco: Scottwall Associates, 1998), 203-204, 212-213; James P. Walsh, ed.,
The San Francisco Irish, 1850-1876
(San Francisco: The Irish Literary and Historical Society, 1978), 5-6; Bancroft,
, VI:287; See also
; and
U.S., Census,
Ninth Census
, 1870, Compendium of the
Ninth Census
, Vol. IV, compiled pursuant to a concurrent resolution of Congress and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872), 394; Saxton,
Indispensable Enemy,
West and Reconstruction
, 107-108, 175-176, 203-205; George C. Gorham, speech delivered Aug. 13, 1867, contained in a broadside at the California State Library, Sacramento.
Ira B. Cross,
A History of the Labor Movement in California
(Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1935), 60-64; Dr. Ping Chiu, personal interview by Sheila Skjeie, Sacramento, California, Dec. 9, 1971; William Deverell,
Railroad Crossing
Californians and the Railroad
(Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1994), 4-6, 18-19, 29-31, 35-36, 38; Eaves,
California Labor Legislation
, 135; Rawls and Bean,
165-166, 169-170; Tutorow,
Leland Stanford
, 130.
Pioneer Urbanites,
17, 30-35; Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction
, 176; Lyman, "Strangers in the Cities," 90-92; Rawls and Bean,
, 177-179; Cross,
Labor Movement in California
, 73-77, 78-81, 83-85.
Assembly Journal
, 18
Sess., 1869-70, "Special Message of Governor Henry H. Haight on the Fifteenth Amendment," Jan. 5, 1870, 168.
Indispensable Enemy
, 2; McPherson,
Struggle for Equality
, 134, Wood,
Black Scare
, 2-5.
Fisher, "California Negroes," 97-100; Berwanger,
West and Reconstruction
, 180-182; Alfred H. Kelley and Winfred A. Harbison,
The American Constitution: Its Origin and Development
(New York: W.W. Norton: 3d ed., 1963), 483.


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There are not many racing opportunities in non-claiming races for horses such as Make Music for Me, the 5-year-old horse who was fourth in the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
That's why Make Music for Me will start in a tough running of the $250,000 Native Diver Stakes at Hollywood Park on Saturday in his first race since a win in mid-May.
"There is no other choice, unless I wait for Santa Anita," trainer Alexis Barba said.
Unfortunately for Barba and her clients, Peter and Ellen Johnson, the competition is as tough in the Native Diver as any race in the older horse division.
The Grade 3 Native Diver, run over 1 1/8 miles, has drawn Richard's Kid, Nonios and Game On Dude, who were fifth through seventh in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 3. Game On Dude was beaten 15 lengths as the 6-5 favorite.
"It's pretty spicy for a horse coming off a layoff," Barba said. "That's the only downside. I hate to run in that spot. Hopefully, we'll run into a bunch of tired horses."
A winner of 4 of 26 starts and $529,100, Make Music for Me suffered a splint bone injury after winning an allowance race on turf here in May.
"It was not horrible, but it was enough to give him a little time," Barba said.
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One of the best angles this time of year, bet against the Breeders Cup players. They all pointed for that race, and now its let down and regroup time ! Even the extraordinary filly Groupie Doll got beat by an inferior, but FRESH horse, so far if my figures are right, Breeders Cup horses, o-6, and that doesnt include the Twilight Derby winner on the under card. Think fresh, these animals are not machines !
No offense, move Music to another trainer. Barba has done a horrible job placing this horse in the right spots. This horse has more ability then show but this trainer can't get the job done.


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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -- Lance Berkman is set to make his spring training debut for the Texas Rangers on Thursday. Berkman has been bothered by a mild right calf strain, and the Rangers have been cautious with the 37-year-old switch-hitter. He played only 32 games with St. Louis last season because of two operations on his right knee and a left calf strain. While being held out of the first six spring games, Berkman has still been going through workouts and some base-running drills. He is scheduled to be the designated hitter Thursday against Cleveland. Berkman said Wednesday that he feels good and is looking forward to getting into games. The Rangers say Adrian Beltre is "still progressing well" from his calf strain, though they haven't said yet when he will play.
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SHOULD we trust geneticists? Visiting Edinburgh in late March, I go along to the City Chambers to find out. On offer is an "open debate" on "the public image of the new human genetics"part of the city's annual International Science Festival.
Goodness me, I certainly hope we can trust geneticists, I think to myself as I arrive, not least because this place is seething with them. Scores of the top names in molecular biology and clinical genetics are packed into the elegant meeting room.
So I am not entirely surprised, once the question is posed by the chair, to hear a big round of applause for Alistair Kent, director of the Genetics Interest Groupan umbrella body for organisations that support people with genetic conditions say "yes, why shouldn't we?" Well, so much for that debate, I think.
But things really get going as Anne Kerr, a sociologist at the University ...
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