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Peter Smith (judge)
|Sir Peter Smith
|High Court of Justice of England and Wales
|Assumed office
15 April 2002
|Personal details
|1 May 1952
Taiping, Malaysia
|Diane Dalgleish
|One son and two daughters
|Dockside, London
Sir Peter Winston Smith (born 1 May 1952), styled The Hon Mr Justice Peter Smith, is a Judge of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales, appointed to that office on 15 April 2002 and assigned to the Chancery Division.[1] His name is correctly abbreviated in English legal writing as "Peter Smith J," and not as "Smith J," because there are other senior judges also named Smith.
He has presided over several prominent cases, which including a suit between boxer Lennox Lewis and his promoter Panos Eliades, as well as a copyright case involving the novel The Da Vinci Code. In the latter case, he rejected a claim by authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail that Dan Brown had violated copyright by copying major themes from their work. More recently, Peter Smith J presided over a huge claim by the Attorney General of Zambia for recovery of the proceeds of fraud.[2] He was also involved in the early stages of the £100m Chelsea Barracks development, before being replaced at the last minute before the case came to trial.
In 2008 he was reprimanded by the Lord Chief Justice for his misconduct in the "Addleshaw Goddard matter".
Smith was born in Taiping, Malaysia to George Arthur Smith and Iris Muriel Smith, while his father was posted abroad. He grew up with five siblings in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, and attended grammar school in nearby Bridlington.
He read law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. After receiving a BA degree in 1974 and an MA degree in 1976, Smith briefly practised in Liverpool before becoming a law lecturer at Manchester University from 1977-1983. Smith practised as a barrister on the Northern Circuit from 1979–2002, being an Assistant Recorder from 1994–97, a Deputy High Court Judge from 1996–2002, and a Recorder from 1997-2002. Upon his elevation to the High Court bench in 2002, Sir Peter was knighted as a matter of course.[3] In 2003 he was voted most unpopular chancery judge in a survey by Legal Business magazine.
In 1980, Smith married Diane Dalgleish. They have one son and two daughters. Smith is a member of the Titanic Historical Society and the British Titanic Society. Other hobbies include being a "Jackie Fisher fan", reading military history, and football. He currently resides in London.
The Da Vinci Code and the "Smithy Code"[edit]
In April 2006, Smith ruled that Dan Brown had not breached the copyright of Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of the pseudo-historical book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. While Brown had taken ideas from the earlier book, he did not copy the "central theme" of his book from there. As ideas themselves cannot be copyrighted, Smith ruled that Brown had therefore not substantially copied the original work.[4]
Within his printed judgment,[5] which was delivered on 7 April 2006, the judge embedded a coded message, apparently placed for amusement. The first few pages contained scattered letters which were italicised. The first section spelt 'smithy code', followed by a number of other seemingly random letters. The judge stated that he would not discuss the code as he was not able to talk about his ruling, but that he would confirm any correct attempt to break it.
However, it was later learned that the judge had given a series of email hints about the code, which was finally announced as cracked on 28 April 2006, by Daniel Tench, a lawyer and media journalist for The Guardian newspaper.[6] The plain text reads: "Smithy Code. Jackie Fisher, who are you? Dreadnought." This related to the subject of one of Smith's personal interests, Admiral Lord (John) Fisher, who was responsible for the design of the battleship HMS Dreadnought. The ship was launched in February 1906, roughly 100 years before the start of the trial.
In the appeal to the Court of Appeal from the judge's decision in "The Da Vinci Code" case, the Court of Appeal said that the judge "was prompted by the extensive use in [The Da Vinci Code] of codes, and no doubt by his own interest in such things, to incorporate a coded message in his judgment, on which nothing turns. The judgment is not easy to read or to understand. It might have been preferable for him to have allowed himself more time for the preparation, checking and revision of the judgment."[7]
Reprimand by the Lord Chief Justice[edit]
Smith spent some months in communication with London solicitor's firm, Addleshaw Goddard relating to the possibility of employment by them. Those discussions came to nothing and there was considerable email correspondence as evidence of his disappointment. But in July 2007, about a month after the conclusion of those negotiations, the judge refused to stand down from hearing a heavily contested case (Howell v Lees Millais & Others) involving a partner in the same firm in his capacity as a trustee. On appeal from that decision, the Court of Appeal criticised the judge for his attitude and behaviour during the hearing when he was asked to step down and allowed the appeal, with the effect of removing him from the case.
In its unanimous judgments of 4 July 2007, the Court of Appeal described the judge's behaviour in part as "intemperate" and "somewhat extraordinary".[8] In one paragraph of his judgment, Lord Justice Judge said:
"It is the conduct of the hearing which underlines that the judge had become too personally involved in the decision he was being asked to make to guarantee the necessary judicial objectivity which would be required in the trustee proceedings. I identify three particular features. First, the witness who supported the application was in effect cross-examined by the judge in something of the style of an advocate instructed to oppose the application. Second, the submission by counsel for the applicant that the judge had given evidence was in the circumstances unsurprising, and the concerns he expressed on this topic were validly made. Finally, the judge impugned the good faith of the application, a conclusion repeated in the strongest terms in his judgment when there is no shred of evidence to suggest some ulterior or improper motive behind the application."
In a concluding comment on the way in which the judge behaved, Lord Justice Judge said: "In these circumstances it is unfortunate to have to record that, in my judgment, the conduct of the hearing itself demonstrated not only that the application to the judge to recuse himself was rightly made, but that it should have been granted."
The judge himself then issued a press release on the topic.[9] By 13 July 2007, Joshua Rozenberg, a well known legal journalist, was suggesting in the Daily Telegraph that it was time for the judge to stand down.[10]
On 16 July 2007, it was announced in a press release from the Judicial Communications Office that the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, had referred the judge's behaviour in the case to the independent Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC). Frances Gibb embarked on speculation as to whether the judge should stay in office in The Times on 18 July[11] and Rozenberg returned to the point on 19 July.[12] Both journalists mentioned the question of the judge's health, but without going into detail.
The Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor may refer for investigation by the OJC any matter where the conduct of a judicial office holder may warrant disciplinary proceedings. They may make this referral irrespective of whether there have been any complaints made by others. The Office for Judicial Complaints is obliged to consider the matter in accordance with the relevant statutory regulations.[13]
On 18 April 2008 it was announced in the following terms that the OJC had found that misconduct had been established against the judge.
Following investigation under the Judicial Discipline Regulations 2006, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice have carefully considered the Court of Appeal's comments on the conduct of Mr Justice Peter Smith in the case of Howell and others v Lees-Millais and others and have concluded that the conduct in question amounted to misconduct.
As a result, the Lord Chief Justice has issued a reprimand to the judge.The Lord Chief Justice has said: "I consider that a firm line has now been drawn under this matter. Both I and the Lord Chancellor value the services of Mr Justice Peter Smith and he has my full confidence."
No statement was made by the judge.
The Judge was replaced by Lindsay J. The trustees continued with their application seeking permission to bring a large number of claims. The hearing lasted 8 days and the Judge gave a very full and closely reasoned judgment in which he decided not to sanction any of the proposed claims save the negligence action against the firm of solicitors. The trustees did not appeal that decision. A very substantial amount of costs had been incurred and in the absence of an agreement as to costs a further hearing estimated to last a further 10 days was fixed to determine the costs issue. There were negotiations as to the payment of significant amounts of costs in excess of £700,000. There was a further dispute about the trustees' entitlement to costs in an earlier period. The trustees lost that argument before the Judge and appealed. The Court of Appeal granted the trustees permission to appeal part of the challenged costs but refused permission in respect of the major part [2011] EWCA Civ 786. In so deciding the Court of Appeal observed the following as regards the trustees' application:-
"42 First the history of this application (even as briefly summarised above) the costs incurred in connection with it …….the court time this whole application has taken (8 days plus 4 days on costs not to mention interim hearings and this appeal) and the duration of the application (which started over 15 months ago) are all unquestionably inappropriate and appears to be little short of scandalous"
Candy trial[edit]
Smith was replaced as judge at the last minute in the case between the Qatari royal family and Christian Candy, a property developer. Smith's decisions in the pre-trial hearings were said to have upset the Qataris and he was replaced for the trial by Mr Justice Vos.[14]
British Airways proceedings[edit]
In July 2015, on application by the parties, Smith recused himself from being the judge in long running multi-party proceedings between various airlines. The judge's personal luggage, together with that of other passengers, had failed to arrive in London after a flight from Florence. Smith corresponded with the chief executive of British Airways (BA), suggesting that BA may have taken a deliberate decision not to carry the passengers' luggage and that this may have been in order to make additional profit from the conveyance of cargo on that flight. During the legal proceedings, Smith raised the matter in court, repeatedly asking counsel for BA what had happened to his luggage, receiving the response that the proceedings were not appropriate for dealing with a personal dispute. In due course a number of the parties to the litigation applied for Smith to recuse himself, and he did so.[15][16]
- ^ List of the Senior Judiciary, Judiciary of England and Wales
- ^ Zambia v Meer Care & Desai (a firm) & Ors [2007] EWHC 952_2 (Ch) (4 May 2007), England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions
- ^ http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page2572
- ^ "'No surprise' in Da Vinci judgement", BBC News
- ^ Baigent & Anor v The Random House Group Ltd (The Da Vinci Code) [2006] EWHC 719 (Ch) (7 April 2006), England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions
- ^ "How judge's secret Da Vinci code was cracked", The Guardian
- ^ Baigent & Anor v The Random House Group Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 247 (28 March 2007), England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
- ^ Howell & Ors v Lees Millais & Ors [2007] EWCA Civ 720 (4 July 2007), England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
- ^ Mr Justice Peter Smith rounds on detractors following Addleshaws spat, The Lawyer
- ^ "Mr Justice Peter Smith loses his judgment", The Telegraph
- ^ "The High Court judge who may be in for much more than a severe wigging", The Times
- ^ "Brief encounters", The Telegraph
- ^ The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006, Office of Public Sector Information
- ^ Judge replaced in Chelsea Barracks case
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11762535/The-High-Court-judge-the-3bn-airline-case-and-the-mystery-of-his-lost-luggage.html
- ^ http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/news/detail/mr-justice-peter-smith-recuses-himself-from-british-airways-air-cargo-case
External links[edit]
- "Judge creates own Da Vinci code", BBC News
- "From codes and naval heroes to Kylie's bottom", The Times. Matthews, Athalie, 30 May 2006


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An improved therapy member (10) for treatment of sprains, muscle aches and orthopaedic injuries is provided which is very flexible to permit the member to be placed in conforming relationship with a patient's limb or other body part, while also allowing effective hot or cold thermal therapy. The therapy member (10) preferably includes an internal bladder (12) having a fluid inlet (26) and a fluid outlet (28). The bladder (12) is substantially surrounded by a body of flexible, thermally conductive gel (32), the latter being encased within a flexible fabric-type sheath (34). An inlet/outlet fluid supply tubing assembly (16) is coupled with the bladder (12) in order to permit circulation of hot or cold fluid through the bladder (12) for therapy purposes. The gel (32) advantageously includes a water soluble humectant entrapped within a polyacrylamide matrix.
1. A therapy member consisting essentially of:
an outer sheath including walls defining an interior chamber;
a quantity of flexible, thermally conductive gel within said interior chamber;
an inner bladder consisting essentially of walls formed of flexible synthetic resin material and defining an internal cavity and an inlet and outlet in fluid communication with said cavity, wherein said bladder is positioned entirely within said interior chamber with said conductive gel entirely surrounding and in direct contact with said bladder walls; and
means operatively coupled with said inlet and said outlet for circulation of fluid through said cavity to alter or maintain a temperature of the therapy member.
2. The therapy member of claim 1, said bladder including internal structure within said cavity for defining a tortuous fluid flow path from said inlet to said outlet.
3. The therapy member of claim 1, including a flexible sheath surrounding said quantity of gel.
4. The therapy member of claim 3, said sheath including a pair of interconnected sheets of flexible material.
5. The therapy member of claim 4, one of said sheets being adapted for contact with human skin and comprising a stretch fabric having a face thereof adjacent said gel coated with polyurethane.
6. The therapy member of claim 5, the other of said sheets being formed of neoprene.
7. The therapy member of claim 1, said gel including a water soluble humectant entrapped within a polymeric matrix having therein acrylic acid or acrylamide monomer moieties.
8. The therapy member of claim 7, said humectant being selected from the group consisting of glycerin, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl formamide.
9. The therapy member of claim 7, said matrix comprising from about 10-30% by weight of polymers of said acrylic acid or acrylamide monomer moieties.
10. The therapy member of claim 1, said gel being characterized by the properties of maintaining pliability over a temperature range of from about 20°-350° F.
11. The therapy member of claim 1, said gel having a total thickness of from about 1/8-1/2 inch.
12. The therapy member of claim 11, said thickness being from about 1/4-1/2 inch.
13. The therapy member of claim 1, said circulation means comprising an inlet tube and outlet tube operatively coupled with said inlet and outlet respectively and including means for connection thereto of inlet and outlet fluid supply lines.
14. The therapy member of claim 1, including strap means for releasably maintaining said therapy member in conforming relationship with a body part of a patient.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is broadly concerned with an improved bladder-type therapy member designed for use in the treatment of sprains, muscle aches, dislocations, etc. where application of heat or reduced temperatures is advantageous. More particularly, the invention pertains to such therapy members including an internal bladder surrounded by a quantity of flexible, thermally conductive gel; the gel is normally encased within a stretchable fabric sheath, permitting the therapy member to be placed in direct conforming relationship with the body part of a patient requiring therapy.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The treatment of many injuries such as sprains, contusions or dislocations where immediate swelling is common typically involves application of cold ice compresses or other materials to slow the flow of blood to the injured site, thus reducing swelling. After the initial trauma and swelling due to the injury have subsided, it is often advisable to apply heat to the injured area to promote healing. Here again, a number of expedients have been used in the past for this purpose, including hot towels or heating pads.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,671,267 describes a greatly improved gel-based therapy member which can be employed to good effect in the treatment of various traumatic injuries. The therapy members disclosed in the '267 patent make use of a humectant-based gel encased within flexible stretch-type fabric. In use, the therapy members are either cooled in a refrigerator or freezer, or heated by microwave or other heating means. While devices described in this patent represent a significant breakthrough in the art, they do not provide any means for maintaining an initial temperature over long periods. That is to say, while these therapy members may be initially heated or cooled prior to application, once in place the temperature thereof inevitably moves towards ambient.
It has also been known in the past to provide hot/cold blankets for the treatment of post-surgical and traumatic conditions. Generally speaking, such blankets include an internal bladder for receipt of hot or cold fluid, with a plastic skin-contacting sheet of limited flexibility adjacent one face of the bladder, and a sheet of foam adjacent the opposite bladder face. Blankets of this type are commercialized by InCare Medical Products of Libertyville, Ill. under the designation "Hot/Ice System Blanket", and are designed for use with automated equipment for precise temperature maintenance.
These bladder type devices are deficient in that their relatively rigid construction prevents wrapping of the devices around a leg or arm, for example. Thus, these blankets are most useful only for treatment of the trunk regions of recumbent patients.
The present invention overcomes the problems outlined above, and includes a greatly improved therapy member having an internal bladder surrounded by a quantity of flexible, thermally conductive gel, with means coupled to the bladder for circulation of hot or cold fluids through the bladder. The therapy members hereof are extremely flexible and can be readily wrapped about the limb of a patient for example, so as to give the most effective thermal therapy. At the same time, use of the preferred gels enhances the therapeutic effect because the gels have excellent thermal conductivity characteristics.
In more detail, the therapy members of the invention include an internal bladder including wall structure defining a cavity, with an inlet and outlet in communication with the cavity. A sheath assembly including a quantity of flexible, thermally conductive gel surrounds the bladder. In preferred forms, the sheath assembly includes a pair of interconnected sheets of flexible material. The therapy member further includes means coupled with the inlet and outlet of the bladder for circulation of fluid through the bladder cavity in order to alter or maintain the temperature of the therapy member.
The preferred gel material includes a water soluble humectant such as glycerin entrapped within a polymeric matrix having therein acrylic acid or acrylamide monomer moieties; the thickness of the gel material should range from about 1/8-1 inch, and more preferably from about 1/4-1/2 inch.
The overall therapy member also advantageously includes strap means for releasably maintaining the therapy member in a conforming relationship to the body part of a patient. Additionally, inlet and outlet tubes are preferably coupled with the bladder inlet and outlet respectively, so as to permit ready connection with inlet and outlet fluid supply lines.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a therapy member in accordance with the invention applied to the calf region of a patient;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the preferred therapy member illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3--3 of FIG. 2 and illustrating the internal construction of the therapy member; and
FIG. 4 is an end view illustrating the line coupling head attached to the inlet and outlet tubes of the therapy member.
Turning now to the drawings, and particularly FIG. 2, a therapy member 10 is depicted. Broadly speaking, the therapy member 10 includes an internal bladder 12 surrounded by a sheath assembly 14. An inlet/outlet fluid tube assembly 16 is operatively coupled with internal bladder 12, and flexible straps 18 are attached to the sheath assembly 14.
In more detail, the internal bladder 12 is formed of flexible synthetic resin material and includes interconnected top and bottom panels 20, 22 which define a segmented internal cavity 24, as well as a fluid inlet 26 and a fluid outlet 28. As best seen in FIG. 2, the panels 20, 22 are connected so as to define a tortuous flow path for fluid from inlet 26 to outlet 28. This flow path is further illustrated in FIG. 3, where it will be seen that incoming fluid is directed through a series of elongated, interconnected channels 30 which cooperatively define the overall internal cavity 24. Of course, the particular configuration of cavity 24 is not crucial to the invention, except to the extent that the configuration maximizes the thermal transfer capacity of the therapy member. Accordingly, as used herein, the term "bladder" should be understood in a broad sense, and is intended to embrace all types of fluid-conveying structures (e.g., tubing sections) which can function in accordance with the principles of the invention.
Sheath assembly 14 includes a quantity of flexible, thermally conductive gel 32 which substantially surrounds bladder 12. In the form illustrated, the gel 32 includes a pair of gel sheets 32a, 32b respectively placed in contact with the bladder-defining panels 20, 22. These sheets effectively form a coherent body of gel, inasmuch as they are sticky and adhere both to the bladder and to themselves. The total thickness of the gel portion of the assembly 14 should range from about 1/8-1 inch, and more preferably from about 1/4-1/2 inch. In practice, a total gel thickness of about 3/8 inch has been found to be suitable.
The preferred gel 32 includes a water soluble humectant entrapped within a polymeric matrix. Such materials are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,671,267 incorporated by reference herein.
While a wide variety of formulations can be employed to good effect in the context of the invention, it has been found that certain specific components and ranges give the most satisfactory results. For example, the polymeric matrix is most preferably formed of acrylamide, whereas the humectant is in the form of glycerin. Other components, such as methylene-bisacrylamide cross-linking agent, ammonium persulfate initiator and citric acid are also employed in such preferred formulations.
The following table sets forth the most preferred formulations, as well as desirable approximate ranges of use for the respective constituents, both in the case of the therapy wraps and skin dressings:
TABLE 1______________________________________ 1 Therapy Wrap 1 Skin DressingConstituent Preferred Range Preferred Range______________________________________Citric Acid 0.02% 0.01-0.10 0.02 0.01-0.10Ammonium persulfate 0.04 0.01-0.2 0.04 0.02-0.15N,N methylene- 0.09 0.04-0.2 0.08 0.02-0.15bisacrylamide2 Acrylamide 17.97 10.0-30.0 14.42 10.0-25.02 Water 17.97 10.0-80.0 14.42 10.0-50.0Glycerin 63.91 20.0-85.0 71.00 50.0-85.03Super absorbant -- -- 0.02 0.10-0.60______________________________________ 1 All data in percentages by weight 2 Premixed as a 50% by weight solution of acrylamide and water 3 Hydrolyzed starchacrylonitrile graft copolymer (an optional ingredient)
In fabricating the gel bodies using the above constituents, it is desirable to admix and stir all of the constituent materials at a temperature of above about 65° F., whereupon the liquid mixture is into an appropriate old and allowed to set for a period of a least about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes, and more preferably for about 24 hours. At the end of the time, the gel can be cut to an appropriate size and configuration.
While the above table sets forth the preferred constituents and ranges, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention is not so limited. For example, while the preferred crosslinking agent is N,N methylene-bisacrylamide (MBA), other types of crosslinking agents can be employed such as N-methylolacrylamide, allyl methacrylate, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Moreover, while ammonium persulfate is a suitable initiator for the polymerization reaction, the use of an initiator is not essential. Finally, while acrylamide is the preferred matrix-forming material, other similar materials can also be used, such as acrylic acid. In such cases, the acrylic acid should be used at a level of from about 10-20% by weight, humectant at a level of from about 20-80% by weight, water at a level of from about 20-70% by weight, MBA at a level of from about 0.01-0.04% by weight. The most preferred ranges are from about 14-18% acrylic acid, from about 50-76% humectant, from about 8-22% water, and from about 0.02-0.3% crosslinking agent.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that by proper selection of monomer and by varying the ratio of monomer (or monomers) relative to the crosslinking agent and humectant, the hardness and toughness of the gel material may be altered and controlled.
The overall sheath assembly 14 further includes a flexible fabric-type sheath 34 surrounding the gel 32. The sheath 34 is preferably made from a pair of interconnected flexible sheets 36, 38. The sheet 36 is adapted for contacting a patient's skin, and is preferably formed of Darlexx stretch fabric having the internal face thereof adjacent gel 32 coated with a polyurethane. The Darlexx material is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,761,324, which is incorporated by reference herein. The opposed sheet 38 is preferably formed of Rubatex R-1400-N neoprene fabric sold by the Rubatex Corporation of Redford, Va. The physical properties of this material are set forth in a technical data sheet entitled "Rubatex Stock Physical Properties"; this data sheet is incorporated by reference herein.
As best illustrated in FIG. 2, the inlet/outlet tube assembly 16 passes through the interconnected flexible sheets 36, 38 and is coupled with the inlet and outlet 26, 28 of bladder 12. The assembly 16 includes a pair of adjacent tubes 40, 42 encased within a surrounding, resilient rubber-like protector 44. The inner tubes of the 40, 42 are coupled to the corresponding inlet and outlet of the bladder 12. The outboard end of the assembly 16 is in the form of a coupler 46 permitting the ready attachment and detachment of fluid inlet and outlet lines (not shown).
A pair of attachment straps 18 are sewn to the fabric sheath 34 on opposite sides of the assembly 16. Each of these straps 18 is formed of stretch fabric material and includes a terminal Velcro pad 48 on one face thereof. In addition, three mating Velcro pads 50 are attached to the opposite face of each strap at spaced locations between terminal pad 48 and the fabric sheath 34.
Attention is next directed to FIG. 1 which illustrates the therapy member 10 operatively secured to the calf of a patient. As illustrated, the member 10 is wrapped around the patient's calf region with sheet 36 in contact with the patient's skin. The flexible therapy member is maintained in this position by means of the straps 18 which are wrapped around the therapy member and attached together via the mating Velcro pads 50 thereof. The tube assembly 16 extends outwardly from the main body of the member 10, so as to permit attachment of inlet and outlet fluid supply lines carrying thermal fluid such as hot or cold water. When such supply lines are attached via coupler 46, treatment fluid passes through tube 40 and into internal bladder 12 where it traverses the tortuous flow path within the latter. This fluid then exits through outlet 28 and tube 42 to complete the circulation path.
As can be appreciated, use of the therapy member 10 serves to alter and/or maintain the temperature of the therapy member, thus giving the desired thermal therapy to the patient. Moreover, use of the flexible, thermally conductive gel 32 enhances this desirable result.
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Whenever the road is long and hard
And you wish that your burdens were light,
Remember to have FAITH there by your side.
With courage it will act as your might.
Whenever the sun seems lost from view
And ahead a long,long night,
Remember the HOPE lying deep in your heart.
It will help to reveal the light.
Whenever the darkness embodies your fears
That you tremble at what lays in sight,
Remember the LOVE that holds you dear,
That will guard till the morning bright.....
We are all travellers along life's road
At times it seems only darkness in sight.
So as you journey go with FAITH and HOPE.
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Here you will find a number of resources and guides dedicated to issues surrounding Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Rape, Stalking, and Dating/Domestic Violence.
If you are in danger call 911 immediately.
A new UC Systemwide website - empowerU - dedicated to reducing sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking at all 10 campuses. It provides links to response services and violence prevention information.


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We all have our own journey to make with our own set of challenges. But one thing is for sure: personal transformation takes time, accountability and encouragement. It can happen organically through personal relationships or through enlisting an outside coach or joining a group.
Universally recognized as a visionary for her courage, dignity, ingenuity and resilience, Somaly has been honored as one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2009" and as a CNN Hero.
Chantal Sutherland has shattered public perception by making a fortune in the male-dominated world of horse racing as a jockey.
Nazarian selected 20 stirring success stories of women, some living and some deceased, who have made a difference. The list includes writers, artists, politicians, spiritual leaders, business moguls, architects, athletes and activists.
My hope is that the stories of these visionary women present to us the flame of the passionate life, the knife of insight, and the courage to stand for what one sees without looking away.
We may grieve for the role and life we used to have, yet at the same time can be assured that there is much to look forward to with the new freedom to come.
Our culture is picking up on the reality that there is no expiration date on passion. One can have it in their nineties, while some lose it in their youth.
How can it be that I can still feel so close to that person I was then and yet have a child that is literally the age of the girls that I see before me?
We all have heard it when we talk to our girlfriends, somehow in mid-conversation the cursed word slips out -- "I feel like I am not good enough".
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Every year more than 2200 students enroll in 40 to 50 courses offered by the Sociology faculty. Sociology courses help students develop their abilities to: (1) draw connections between their everyday experiences and the social, historical, and cultural contexts in which they live, (2) analyze social institutions, including the economy, politics, education, the family, work, media, health care, sports, and religion, as products and formative components of larger social structures, (3) examine the development, structure, and consequences of various forms of social inequality in the United States and globally, (4) identify and analyze social trends, changes, and movements, (5) become knowledgeable about social practices, norms and values, ideologies, and world views, and (6) become analytically minded, critical, and ethical participants in society.
Sociology is an essential component of a liberal arts education. The Sociology major provides a solid background for graduate study in sociology and other liberal arts disciplines, such as Anthropology, Political Science, Comparative Studies, Communication, and Media Studies, as well as for professional degrees in law, criminal justice, and social work. Furthermore, students in sociology gain methodological and analytical skills that will enable them to pursue career opportunities in such fields as human services, international relations, consultation, education, and government.
The undergraduate and graduate major in the Department of Sociology provides a solid background for advanced study in sociology or other disciplines including:
There are fifteen full-time faculty members, three full-time instructors, five adjunct professors, 25 graduate students (of whom 15 receive full-time assistantships and tuition waivers), and over 350 undergraduate sociology majors.


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CBBF gives public praise
This is the fourth year the foundation has chosen to showcase the conservation efforts of Coastal Bend residents, many of whom might otherwise escape notice. While a show of gratitude is nice, I'm fairly sure these folks don't need our encouragement to continue their good works.
However, I'm hoping that celebrating them publicly might strengthen the positive stigma attached to the actions of people who incorporate conservation into their lives and remind us of our moral obligation to do the same. They bring conservation into classrooms. They enlighten communities on resource management. They attend meetings and keep watch over policy makers. They demonstrate common sense business practices. They lead by example.
My plea may have prompted some of you to take a closer look at yourselves and at the folks around you. This may have added a few nominations to the list of deserving candidates, making the selection committee's chore slightly more difficult. Good. I hope their choices were many and their decisions tough.
An inadvertent consequence of this call for nominations is that my name was added. For this self-serving and embarrassing result, I apologize. But this should not discount the value of the other winners and their efforts, which reflect the organization that established these awards.
The CBBF is a non-profit group of conservationists dedicated to sustaining the natural heritage within the Coastal Bend, for its recreational, aesthetic and economic benefits. The organization hosts a monthly public forum on coastal issues, has helped establish nature parks, promotes seagrass and fisheries preservation and encourages sensible water conservation. It serves as a guide for industry, government and developers, to help steer them away from sensitive habitats.
CBBF helped establish the Earth Day-Bay Day festival, the Coastal Bend Water Conference and has brought its conservation message to many other local events. The group was instrumental in having area bays and estuaries designated as a federal estuary of national significance. This helped pave the way for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program and its regional conservation plan, which CBBF helped to develop.
Please join me in congratulating the recipients of this year's CBBF Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Awards during a banquet fundraiser to support these efforts Oct. 25 at the Solomon P. Ortiz International Center under the Harbor Bridge. Donations of auction items and volunteers are needed. Obtain tickets and table reservations by calling 882-3439 or e-mailing HYPERLINK mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com.
Outdoors writer David Sikes' column appears Thursdays and Sundays. Contact him at 886-3616 or HYPERLINK mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Award winners
Below is a list of Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Award winners and a summary of what they've done.
PUBLIC SERVICE - For efforts and leadership that exceed their job requirements. Joan & Scott Holt. Joan is a professor and associate director for Mariculture at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas and Scott is a research associate and marine biologist at the institute. Together, the Holts helped put Port Aransas on the Great Texas Birding Trail and Texas Tropical Trail. And they helped bring the inaugural Tarpon Tomorrow Symposium to UTMSI. Their birding exploits include supporting local birding sites, monitoring bird migrations and serving on boards and committees with conservation programs and volunteering with ornithological projects.
CITIZEN VOLUNTEER - For dedication of time and energy to the preservation of our natural resources without expectation of compensation or recognition. Ernie Edmundson is a volunteer educator who spends countless hours enlightening folks on native plants and water conservation through programs with the Native Plant Society, Master Naturalists and Master Gardeners throughout South Texas. Edmundson lends her expertise to the Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens and is a Master Gardener with the Aransas/San Patricio program. She founded Stewardship Aransas to educate folks on the natural heritage of Live Oak Peninsula.
COASTAL COMMUNITY - for farsighted public stewardship of coastal resources and for leadership in enhancing our coastal environment. Fennessey Ranch, largely through the efforts of ranch manager Sally Crofutt, is a model for conservation partnerships. Through a partnership with the University of Texas, Fennessey Ranch as perpetually protected more than 3,250 acres by designating it as conservation easement. The ranch agreed to be part of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve program, which invites scientific study of critical coastal habitat so that we might learn how to protect it. Fennessey Ranch has partnered with the Coastal Bend Wildlife Photo Contest and Images for Conservation to help showcase its wildlife for education through nature photography.
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY - sets an example of leadership by placing a high priority on protecting the region's environment. The King Ranch is a model for coastal conservancy and wildlife management. It has protected the Laguna Madre's western shoreline and thousands of acres of South Texas brush country for more than 150 years.
SMALL BUSINESS - for leadership in placing a high priority on protecting the region's environment. Billy Sandifer (Padre Island Safaris) is known as the Padre of Padre Island. This outspoken conservationist/naturalist has become as much a symbol of the National Seashore as its beloved Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Through his annual Big Shell Beach Cleanup, Sandifer has demonstrated the depths of his convictions, his leadership and willingness to roll up his sleeves and get dirty. The respect Billy commands among birders, anglers and seashore officials is unparalleled. He's educated a hard-to-reach culture on the sea turtle program, birding, angling and conservation ethics.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION - for preserving the region's heritage, protecting the natural environment and nurturing the prosperity of the Coastal Bend. The Rotary Club of Corpus Christi Harvey Weil Sportsman/Conservation Award Trust. Hats off to R.N. "Dick" Conolly and the Rotarians for establishing this perpetual fund for conservation, which celebrates the spirit of the late sportsman/conservationist Harvey Weil, a Corpus Christi maritime attorney. Over the years, the organization has awarded more than $300,000 for fisheries and wildlife research, education programs and conservation efforts through its annual awards banquets and sales of Barney Farley's book, Fishing Yesterday's Gulf Coast.
PUBLIC AWARENESS - for an institution or individual's dedication and effectiveness in raising public awareness of natural resources of the Coastal Bend. Caller-Times Outdoors Columnist David Sikes has the ability to communicate effectively and convincingly important information to the general public, promoting conservation of our natural resources. Sikes' informative columns demonstrate an ability to clarify facts and simplify complex biological concepts, such as the benefits of freshwater inflows to our estuaries. He performs a valuable public service by funneling the conservation messages of agencies and organizations to the public. He extends this service not only to hunters and anglers, but also to a broad variety of outdoor enthusiasts.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - for dedication and effectiveness in educating area students about the natural resources of the Coastal Bend. Rebecca Martinez, with the Coastal Bend Council of Governments, has visited dozens of campus and special with her conservation message, using Curby the recycling robot. Martinez also extends her kid-friendly recycling campaign to teachers and parents.
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION - for dedication and effectiveness in educating area students about the natural resources of the Coastal Bend. Richard Gonzales, through his Science and Spanish Club Network within the Gulf of Mexico Foundation has promoted coastal conservation throughout South Texas. This year, more than 350 students heard his message. With the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, Gonzales' students have helped for years with the Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup at Lighthouse Lakes and with the Earth Day-Bay Day celebration. And SSCN established the annual Gulf of Mexico Youth Leadership in Stewardship Conference at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION - for dedication and effectiveness in educating area students about the natural resources of the Coastal Bend. David Bartling founded the popular Oceans Class at Flour Bluff High School, which launched careers for dozens of marine biologists and educators. He instilled in countless students a fascination with and understanding of coastal ecosystems through rigorous course study and hands-on field trips. Bartling is retired now after 30 years of service, but his legacy lives through the conservation work of his students.
HIGHER EDUCATION - for a professor or institution's dedication and effectiveness in educating area students about the natural resources of the Coastal Bend. James E. Silliman, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi assistant professor of chemistry, directs the Cabeza de Vaca Earthmobile Project, which promotes awareness of geoscience issues. He's the principal investigator for this worthwhile project, which serves four area school districts. The Earthmobile, with its computer technology, visits campuses with its conservation message for students and teachers through hands-on, inquiry-based science learning.
CHAIRMAN'S AWARD - for extended commitment and extraordinary effectiveness in preserving our rich coastal heritage. Paul Montagna, endowed chair for ecosystems studies and modeling at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, is recognized for efforts spent during his former career with the University of Texas Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas. Montagna was instrumental in establishing a National Estuarine Reserve in South Texas. Designating this 185,000-acres of land and submerged habitat as the Mission-Aransas NER required extraordinary vision, leadership and determination from Montagna. This designation will bring federal dollars for long-term research to better understand how or whether human activity influences changes in coastal ecosystems. Ultimately, this information should promote coastal stewardship and sustainable use of our estuaries.
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Some days before a fashion show held in Mumbai for charity of cancer patients. The popular Bollywood Celebrities participated in this Fashion Show. To help cancer patients, Shaina NC and Manish Malhotra's high-flying event in aid of the Cancer Patients Aid Association saw an interesting line-up of the celeb brigade, both on and off the ramp. Manish Malhotra and Shina introduce their dress designs in Mumbai Fashion Show to help the cancer patients.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
A club that once had thriving membership in Georgetown is gaining new life.
The Propeller Club, which last met in Georgetown around 1986, will re-form and is looking for new members.
The first meeting of the Georgetown group will be held at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Quality Inn.
Dennis Thompson, regional vice president of the Southeast Region of Propeller Clubs said a representative of the organization will attend the meeting.
He said Georgetown has good energy and the needed enthusiasm to get the club started.
Recent attendees at a meeting of the Port Dredging Task Force had asked that the Propeller Club get a new start in Georgetown.
Im ecstatic it is just kind of time, Thompson said. The meeting should be a good catalyst to get things rolling.
James Sanderson, head of the local steelworkers union, said in an address to the Task Force that the Propeller Club was needed.
He said he contacted Thompson and immediately got a response about revitalizing the local group.
We want to let people know that this is the initial organizational meeting, Sanderson said.
When it is reestablished, we will mount an aggressive membership campaign. We have to come into compliance with the bylaws of the Propeller Club, but anybody out there can become a member of the Propeller Club. We want to have everyone educated about the issues.
There are currently 13 Propeller Clubs spread between Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, Thompson said.
The original Georgetown club was chartered in 1973.
The national organization was started in 1927 and there are now 88 clubs worldwide, Thompson said.
Ports are similar in many respects, but they are unique, Thompson said. All propeller clubs work for the good of the maritime industry.
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William H. Johnson, ca. 1940
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Revenge's Nick Wechsler Talks Jack Porter's Proposal: "He Resigned Himself to His Fate" — Exclusive
Two weeks ago, Jack Porter shocked (and slightly upset) the Revenge world when he popped the question to his faux-childhood sweetheart, Amanda Clarke. This bold move surprised us mostly because only two episodes before, he'd called off their relationship due to Fauxmanda's lies.
So when Wetpaint Entertainment caught up with his portrayer, Nick Wechsler, at the TV Guide Magazine "Hot List" Party, we had to ask him what changed for his character in those two episodes.
"Well, he resigned himself to his fate, basically," Nick admitted. "He learned that the child was indeed his. He was realizing he couldn't be an absent father."
But being a father didn't require Jack and Amanda to be together. So why stick with the baby mama?
"This is the girl that I named my boat after, and she's back and trying now," Nick explained. "Then she almost died. He's trying to fall in love with her. She almost died and he realized he was losing that connection to his youth in this girl he has had this thing for, for most of his life. So he's trying to hold onto that."
Trying to fall in love with her?! For once, we feel bad for Fauxmanda. Her fiancé isn't in love with her, she's frequently falling off balconies, and Ems didn't let her get her murder last Sunday.
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The COURTAULD Collection
The Courtauld Gallery's collection of paintings ranges from the early Renaissance to the 20th century.
The Gallery houses a splendid array of gothic and medieval paintings as well as Renaissance masterpieces by artists such as Cranach and Brueghel.
Baroque highlights include an extensive display of iconic paintings by Rubens.
The Courtauld is best known for its Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including works by Monet, Manet, van Gogh, Gauguin, Degas and Cézanne.
The displays extend into the 20th century with works by Modigliani, Matisse, Kandinsky and the Bloomsbury group, alongside masterpieces of German Expressionism and modern British art.


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The father of Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary says if he could, his son would discuss the child sex abuse scandal that has led to the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
"It's not that he's not willing," John J. McQueary, told The New York Times. "I think it's eating him up not to be able to tell his side, but he's under investigation by the grand jury. He'll make it. He's a tough kid."
McQueary has for now been retained by the university, but will not coach Saturday against Nebraska because of multiple threats made against him, the school announced Thursday night. He won't even be in attendance at the game. But everyone around McQueary—Paterno, athletic director Tim Curley, vice president of finance Gary Schultz and school president Graham Spanier—have either lost their jobs, stepped down or stepped aside. Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is facing 40 criminal sex charges. Schultz and Curley have been charged with perjury for allegedly lying under oath.
And McQueary, the man who told prosecutors he saw Sandusky sexually assaulting one of the alleged eight victims, has remained unscathed. McQueary says he told Paterno what he'd witnessed on March 1, 2002, and more than a week later, shared the same story with Curley and Schultz—that upon going into the locker room to put away a pair of shoes and grab some film around 9:30 p.m., he heard activity in the shower. He turned to see Sandusky having sex with a boy who appeared to be about 10 years old.
McQueary called his father, a prominent local youth coach and an executive for a large medical and surgical group. The young coach never tried to stop the assault and never called police, and for that he has come under extreme scrutiny.
According to sources who spoke to the Times, McQueary did not withhold details when he talked to Paterno the morning after the alleged incident.
Weeks later, Times sources say, he was told Sandusky would be prohibited from bringing children from his charity, The Second Mile, onto campus. There is no way of telling today whether McQueary, who is married and has a young child, was angered or satisfied with the university's response.
Now, McQueary is expected to be a key witness for the prosecution's case against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz. The man he admired and loved, Paterno, is out.
The State College, Pa. native who wanted nothing more as a kid than to play at Penn State is in the line of fire, deservedly so or not. Like Paterno, he has not been implicated by authorities for any wrongdoing.
After redshirting one year, then playing behind Kerry Collins and Wally Richardson, he got his first break as a senior. The Nittany Lions started the year ranked No. 1 in the country and finished 9-3 in 1997.
McQueary never caught on in professional football and returned to school in 1999 to pursue his master's degree. He joined the staff as a graduate assistant in 2000 and soon was made a full-time member of the staff, working as the receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.
His shock of bright orange hair got plenty of attention. He was also often singled out by Paterno on the sidelines when the coach was angry. When Paterno, 84, had to lead from the coaches' box this season due to an injury, he communicated through one person on the sidelines: McQueary.
He'll have just as big of a role, if not bigger, when he's back on the sidelines. Asked Thursday why McQueary is still on the staff and Paterno is not, Bradley did not answer.
The investigation, he said, continues and he's been advised by council to not speak about the case.
McQueary isn't talking either. But if he could, he would, his father says.


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West of Baltimore, in Ellicott City, a new school for autistic children has opened its doors. The $7 million facility expands the capabilities of what the center can offer special-needs children.
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Elaine Hall, founder of the Miracle Project, will speak about her unconventional approach to helping children with autism in a free lecture Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. at the League School of Greater Boston, 300 Boston Providence Turnpike.
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Detainee links Iran to attack on Mamoon
Detainee links Iran to attack on Mamoon
KABUL (PAN): A man accused of throwing acid on journalist Razaq Mamoon last week has confessed to the attack, saying that Iran forced him to do so.
"If I hadn't attacked Mamoon, the lives of my wife and children would have been in danger," Khwaja Abdul Rafi told Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday.
He was arrested two days after attacking Mamoon, director of the Bust-i-Bastan news agency, near his house in the 3rd Micro Ryan neighbourhood of Kabul on Tuesday.
One week before the assault, three people in a pick-up vehicle asked him to spray Mamoon with acid, Rafi said. The men, two of them having an Iranian accent, asked him several times over the following few days.
On January 16, the trio asked him where his spouse, Zuhra Musavi, and children were. He was informed that his wife was at the house of Najibullah Kabuli, a former MP and his children at their neighbour's residence.
On his return home, Rafi said, he found the information correct. Later on, Rafi said the same people threatened him: "You see, whatever we say is right and if you don't throw acid at Mamoon, we will behead your children and kill your wife.
"I had to do that under duress, because they were going to kill my wife and children," the detainee, who also burnt his own face with acid to escape suspicion of involvement in the incident.
Asked why he did not seek help from police, the man replied: "They warned me that I was under surveillance and should not discuss the issue with anyone."
Still fearful that the three men may harm his family, Rafi claimed that Iran was behind the assault, and that the neighbouring country did not want her wife to be in an affair with the writer. "That's why it conspired against Mamoon."
Musavi visited Mamoon, who has also accused Iran of being behind the episode, in hospital and cried when she looked at burns on his face and hands. At one time, the two worked together for an Afghan TV channel and Radio Liberty.
But the Kabul crime branch chief, Col. Mohammad Zahir, said: "During the investigation, we have found no evidence linking a foreign country to the incident."


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Serve these as you would potato chips, as a nibble with cocktails, alongside a sandwich, or as a side to a main course such as roast chicken.–Michel Richard
LC These Ruffles Don't Have Ridges--Nor Do They Need Them Note
Okay. Let's call a spade a spade. Or, as the situation would demand, a potato chip a potato chip. These ruffles are, essentially, potato chips. And yet they're more than that. They're fancy schmancy, shatteringly crisp, conversation-stopping potato chips. And unlike the brand-name chip by the same name that once had an entire country trilling its little ditty, they bear no ridges–nor do they need them. They're sufficiently, satiatingly crisp just as they are. Our one quibble? Clearly frying up a single potato, as the recipe below suggests, is only going to get you so far. Fortunately, the recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, quadrupled, or otherwise multiplied exponentially. Given how quickly our greasy little fingers kept reaching for the ruffles, it's best to allow one large potato per person.
Seeing as they require a turning vegetable slicer, they perhaps hold most appeal, fittingly, for those casual couch potatoes who like to stay up late at night and, as such, are privvy to infomercials. That said, an old-fashioned apple peeler will work in its place, provided you make just a few adjustments. (See the comment from Dan Kraan beneath the recipe.) A Y-shaped vegetable peeler? Not so much.
Special Equipment: turning vegetable slicer
Potato Ruffles Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Makes 2 to 4 servings
- Peanut or canola oil for frying
- 2 large baking potatoes, peeled if desired
- 1. Pour enough oil to reach a depth of 2 3/4 inches in a deep fryer or a large, deep pot. Do not overfill the fryer or pot as the oil will bubble up when the potatoes are added. Heat the oil to 325°F (163°C). Line a baking sheet with a paper bag cut open or with a wire cooling rack and place it next to the stove.
- 2. Meanwhile, set up a turning vegetable slicer with the straight blade. Cut off both ends of a large baking potato and attach one end of the potato to the grip at the end of the handle; the other end of the potato should sit flush against the blade. Turn the handle, pushing toward the potato with gentle pressure. The potato will rotate through the blade, forming extremely long ribbons of potato.
- 3. Place the potatoes on paper towels and pat dry; they should be very, incontrovertibly dry before they go into the hot oil, as any residual moisture will cause the oil to bubble up and spatter even more.
- 4. Carefully add some of the potato ribbons to the hot oil, working in batches. Add only enough potatoes to make a layer that is no more than 2 inches thick. Fry the potatoes until they are golden brown on the bottom. Using long tongs, gently turn the potatoes over. Continue to fry until the potatoes are evenly browned and crisp, about 6 minutes total, depending on the thickness of your ribbons.
- 5. When the potatoes ruffles are done, use tongs to carefully lift them onto the paper bag or rack to drain. Serve the ruffles on a platter with a generous sprinkling of fleur de sel.
Hungry for more? Chow down on these:
- Parmesan Potato Chips from Picky Palate
- Baked Sweet Potato Chips from Christine's Recipes
- Crisp Potato Cakes from Leite's Culinaria
- Sea Salt and Rosemary Sweet Potato Chips from Leite's Culinaria
Potato Ruffles Recipe © 2006 Michel Richard. Photo © 2006 Deborah Jones. All rights reserved.


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Remember the expression, to swallow a camel but choke on a gnat?
That's how I feel about the reaction of several people who commented on what I recently wrote about illegal immigration. The first column was called Arizona, Si! Obama, No! You can click here read it. The second ran a week later and was titled Anchor Babies and the Illegal 14th. If you missed it, click here to read that one.
The three most important points I made in those two successive columns were:
- The Federal government has refused to protect us from an illegal invasion. Because of this failure by our national government, Arizona had a responsibility to its citizens to act.
- Of all the crazy aspects of this situation, the most insane is our policy of granting immediate and automatic citizenship to any child born in this country—even if both parents were illegal immigrants.
- The justification for this absurd policy—and many others that have allowed the Federal government to expand dramatically and dangerously—is the 14th Amendment. My research has convinced me that this amendment was never legally ratified.
Now those are some pretty big issues, wouldn't you say? We're talking about a president who flatly refuses to enforce the law. About an absurd policy that creates instant citizens of the offspring of illegal immigrants. And about a conspiracy—there's no other word for it—to twist and distort our most important legal document, so it can be used to enslave us.
I thought that most people who read those columns would respond to one of these truly momentous points. I anticipated receiving some interesting, intelligent and well-informed arguments—some agreeing with me, some not.
And while there were many comments that fit that description, there were a surprising number that did not. One of the most mind-numbing replies I've ever received to anything I've written for Personal Liberty Alerts came from a David Warheit, who argued:
"Has the legality of the 14th Amendment ever been ruled upon by the U.S. Supreme Court? Of course it has, in hundreds if not thousands of cases. Every single case decided by the Supreme Court which cites the 14th Amendment serves as a ratification of its legality."
How do you like that for circular reasoning? Because the Supreme Court cites an illegal amendment to justify even more unconstitutional encroachments by the Federal government, why of course that means I'm wrong, doesn't it?
In my United States history courses I was taught that our justice system was one of the most unique in history because both sides to an issue got to present their best arguments in open court. They were encouraged to cite all of the evidence they could find, with the very best witnesses they could subpoena, before an impartial jury or judge rendered a verdict.
But according to Mr. Warheit, we don't need any of that. Forget any evidence; ignore any arguments. Why, if the Court cites the amendment in a ruling, then it must be legal, proper, and oh-so constitutional. Sounds like an argument by the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, doesn't it?
But the absurdities surrounding this issue don't stop here. We also have the incredible spectacle of the most powerful lawyer in the land, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, vowing to use the full resources of his department to get the Arizona law declared unconstitutional—while at the very same time admitting, in sworn testimony before Congress, that he hasn't even read the law!
That startling admission came during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) offered to loan the AG his own copy of the Arizona law. After all, as he noted, "It's only 10 pages long—a lot shorter than the healthcare bill." There's still no word on whether the country's top lawyer has read the bill he so vociferously opposes.
Meanwhile, ABC News reported that State Department officials engaged in talks on human rights abuses apologized for Arizona's tough new anti-illegal immigration law—to the communist Chinese! Yes, you read that right. Continuing President Obama's policy of apologizing to every tinhorn despot and Marxist dictator anywhere for his country's "failings," your country has now officially apologized to the leaders of one of the least free nations on earth for the actions of a state that is only trying to enforce the law.
Adding insult to injury, the administration then arranged to have their dear friend Felipe Calderon, the left-wing president of Mexico, address a joint session of Congress. To no one's surprise, the Mexican president—whose own country has some of the harshest anti-immigration laws in the world—condemned the actions of the governor and state legislature of Arizona for trying to curb the flood of illegal immigrants pouring into their state from… Mexico.
Insulting as Calderon's performance was, there were two that were worse. I'm referring to the two most powerful Democrats in Congress—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)—who both leapt to their feet and applauded like mad when his diatribe was done.
I have to tell you, I can't remember a week in which I have been more disgusted with my country's leaders.
So in the midst of all of this, I was delighted to get a call from an old friend who asked me if I would do a telephone interview with a guy in Phoenix who had the media in a dither because of a T-shirt he wore to a basketball game. Here's the story.
Do you remember when Robert Sarver, the owner of the Phoenix Suns, announced that the team's uniform would be changed temporarily from the Suns to "Los Suns?" Since Sarver had previously marched with Al Sharpton and other leftist agitators in opposition to Arizona's new anti-illegal immigration legislation, he left no doubt what he meant by the change.
The media loved it. Heck, even President Obama gave a shout-out to the new jerseys during a press conference in the Rose Garden.
This was too much for one fan. Jim Clark promptly had some T-shirts made (in the same bright orange of the Suns' jerseys) that said "Viva los 1070"—the number of the legislation that was causing all the uproar. He and a buddy wore them to that night's game.
Turns out Jim's seats were in the front row, right behind the bench of the San Antonio Spurs. So every time TNT, which was broadcasting the game nationally, scanned the bench, Jim and his buddy (and their T-shirts) were on national TV. Same thing when the jumbotron in the stadium showed the Spur's bench.
This was too much for some wuss in the Suns' organization. Before too long a couple of burly security agents showed up. First they asked Jim and his friend to remove their shirts. They refused. Then they asked them to turn them inside out. Again, they said no.
It turns out their third choice was to be tossed out of the game. When ordered to leave, they complied. But once outside the stadium, they asked to speak with someone with more authority. After much back and forth and some private phone calls, Jim and his friends were allowed to re-enter the stadium. The crowd around them applauded enthusiastically when they took their seats—proudly wearing their "Viva los 1070" shirts.
So there the story ends, right? Not on your life. Jim and his shirt became a cause célèbre in the local media. He was interviewed on several local talk shows and TV programs. Then Fox News picked up the story nationally. Glenn Beck talked about it on his program. Jim was asked to be a guest (by phone) on radio shows as far away as Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis.
And this being America, orders for that T-shirt started pouring into Phoenix. Jim responded as would any good entrepreneur—he created a website. Now you too can go to www.vivalos1070.com and support Arizona by wearing your own personal "Viva los 1070" T-shirt.
So here's to one patriot who isn't afraid to stand up proudly for his beliefs. Or, in this case, to sit quietly behind the bench of his favorite basketball team and let his T-shirt do the talking.
Until next time, keep some powder dry.
—Chip Wood


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In this week's Throwback Thursday Soaps.com takes readers back to the early 1980s when Ashley Abbott found out that John Abbott wasn't her real father…
Phyllis, who's currently unconscious, is the only person who knows that Nick is really Summer's father and that Sharon tampered with the paternity test results to prove otherwise. There's no telling how long until, if ever, the truth of Summer's real parentage will come out. Do you have any guesses? Years ago, it took Ashley years before she found out that John Abbott wasn't her biological father. Former tennis pro Brent Davis returned to Genoa City and had an affair with Katherine Chancellor. When word came that he was dying, Brent wanted to reach out to Ashley and tell her that he was in fact her biological father, having had an affair with her mother Dina. Though Dina and Katherine tried to talk Brent out of revealing the truth, he told Ashley, who ended up in shock and missing with no memory of her life.
A search began for Ashley, which led to a man locating her and trying to get rich quick by offering a ransom for her whereabouts. Victor managed to locate Ashley and brought her back to his ranch in order for her to get the help she needed. Once Ashley was back to her old self, she forgave Brent before he died but never wanted John to find out the truth. Victor, Katherine, Dina, Jack and Jill all worked to keep the secret, and John died believing that Ashley was his daughter.
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- Amy Mistretta


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James Dashner
About the Author
James Dashner was born and raised in Georgia but now lives and writes in the Rocky Mountains. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, and The Kill Order. His newest series is The Mortality Doctrine: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives. To learn more about James and his books, visit jamesdashner.com, follow @jamesdashner on Twitter, and find him on Instagram at dashnerjames.