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The Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM again gives very good results on full frame, producing remarkably consistent results from F2.8 through to F11. Central sharpness is very impressive, and although the corners never quite catch up, they're still more than respectable. Distortion and chromatic aberration are both very low, and vignetting only really visible at F2.8. Once again, the 40mm pretty closely matches the results from the EF 50mm f/1.8 II or the EF 35mm f/2.0, and even the much more expensive EF 50mm f/1.4 USM.
|Sharpness is very high, and impressively even across the frame even at F2.8. It stays remarkably consistent at all apertures to F11, beyond which diffraction starts to soften the image. But even F22 is still entirely usable if extreme depth of field is required.
|Chromatic Aberration
|Chromatic aberration is very low - indeed recorrection towards the corners means that if anything it's less visible on full frame compared to APS-C. There's really nothing to worry about here.
|The 40mm shows about 1.7 stops vignetting at F2.8, which is more than you'll get from faster lenses stopped down to the same aperture. However it has a relatively broad falloff profile, which means it's not as visually objectionable as lenses which show abrupt vignetting in the corners of the frame.
|Distortion is still very low on full frame. There's a tiny amount of barrel distortion (0.7%), but this will rarely be visible in real-world use.
Macro Focus
As you'd expect, it's a similar story on full frame to what we saw on APS-C when shooting at the lens's minimum focus distance. The centre of the image is pretty sharp at F2.8, but the corners are distinctly soft and only fully sharpen up at F16 in this flat-field chart test, suggesting some curvature of field. There's slight, but visible barrel distortion, and a little fringing from lateral chromatic aberration.
Specific image quality issues
As always, our studio tests are backed up by taking hundreds of photographs with the lens across a range of subjects, and examining them in detail. This allows us to confirm our studio observations, and identify any other issues which don't show up in the tests. The EF 40mm f/2.8 STM generally performs very well, producing high quality images in a wide range of situations.
The 40mm's compact design and exposed front element means there's very little shielding of the optics from peripheral light sources. In general it's reasonably well-behaved with the sun in the frame, but can be somewhat prone to flare when shooting into the light, and in bright conditions it's advisable to use a hood (as usual). Disappointingly Canon doesn't provide one with the lens, but instead offers the optional slimline ES-52 hood for around $29 / £20 / €20 (which has of course been industriously cloned by Chinese companies such as JJC). Alternatively you can use a generic 52mm screw-in hood.
The first example here is a deliberate torture-test, and pretty much the worst-case scenario (the sun is just slightly outside the frame). Generally in such situations you can see what's happening in the viewfinder, and either adjust your composition, or provide a bit of extra shading to the front element to reduce the effect. The second example illustrates what happens which you shoot directly into the sun on APS-C at a more usual working aperture - here contrast has held up very well.
|Canon EOS 6D, F22, sun just outside frame
|Canon EOS 650D, F8
Chromatic aberration
The studio tests show that the 40mm exhibits very little colour fringing from lateral chromatic aberration on full frame, and this is borne out in real world use. You have to look really, really hard at your image files to see any, and you've have to make enormous prints for it to be a problem. Canon's most recent SLRs will correct it in their JPEG processing too.
For the record, here's an example that illustrates the 40mm's characteristics, taking 100% crops from RAW conversions with and without CA correction applied. There's a tiny amount of fringing visible in the uncorrected example - really nothing you'd normally worry about - which can be removed almost completely if necessary.
Canon EOS 6D, F8, 1/100sec ISO 200
|RAW + ACR, no correction
|RAW + ACR, CA correction applied
|100% crop, top right corner
|100% crop, fringing removed
The tests show that the 40mm f/2.8 exhibits about 1.7 stops vignetting at maximum aperture - this isn't unusual from a full frame lens shot wide open, but it does mean you get more vignetting compared to shooting a faster lens stopped down to F2.8. But the fairly gentle falloff pattern means it's not especially intrusive - in many real-world images it will disappear into the natural variations of brightness across the frame.
All of Canon's full frame SLRs made in the past 5 years or so (back as far as the EOS 5D Mark II) can correct vignetting in JPEG processing if necessary, and the rollover below compares an image shot at F2.8 using the Canon EOS 6D with a version that's had the vignetting corrected using the in-camera raw converter. There's no inherently right or wrong answer here - which you prefer is very much a personal choice.
|Canon EOS 6D, 40mm F2.8, uncorrected
|40mm F2.8, corrected
Background blur ('bokeh')
One genuinely desirable, but difficult to measure aspect of a lens's performance is the ability to deliver smoothly blurred out-of-focus regions when trying to isolate a subject from the background, generally when using a long focal length and/or a large aperture. The 40mm F2.8 is perhaps not the ideal choice for blurring away backgrounds - if this is what you're after, a longer or faster lens will work better - but its rendition of out-of-focus backgrounds is generally very attractive, with a smooth, natural look.
This is in marked contrast to the pentagonal highlights produced by the EF 50mm f/1.8 II at similar apertures (see here for examples).
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Just this morning I did some casual tests with this gem and my 50mm 1.4 USM on my Sony A7 and it blows the 50 out of the water in all areas: contact, punch, definition... 150 bucks for this powerhouse is a steal. Highly recommended!
Why doesn't Canon make an "L" version of this lens? I like the sample images, but there's no way its got the same quality as the professional lenses. And the focal length is perfect for street photography...
It is actually as sharp if not sharper than the old 35mm L.
I was quite surprised by the picture quality this ridiculously small and unimpressive piece of plastic actually delivers.
Most certainly, it is not for whale watching or deep space astronomy but a very decent replacement for a 24-70 zoom that you just sent for repairs.
This lens delivers pro IQ and easily competes with L glass. For 150dlls I doubt there is a better lens out there.
PLUS: That its such a stunning little lens with STM motor. CONS: That Canon have totally FAILED to follow it up with any other decent PRIME STM lenses - SHAME ON YOU CANON.
Reviewer overlooked the 1969 GN-45mm f/2.8 Nikkor in recounting the history of these pancake normal primes. GN stands for 'guide number' which references the output of a flash unit or flash bulb -- important in the days of manual flash calculations. On this lens, the user would set the guide number, and the lens then adjusted the aperture from 2.8 to 32 according to the focused distance. Pretty cool, eh?
Too bad this review was written before the new 35mm f/2 IS USM was released. It seems pretty obvious that the decades-old 35mm f/2 design didn't stand a chance against this new 40mm with all its bells and whistles.
It sounds like the new 35mm has all the benefits of the 40mm as well as IS and USM instead of STM. Of course it's also much more expensive, but so was the old 35mm despite it not being any better. The new 35mm gives a full extra stop of light gathering as well as 3-4 stops of shake correction, and for APS-C sensors it's the ultimate normal lens. It also got the same diaphragm upgrade IIRC, and the bokeh looks great in shots I've seen.
Would love to hear the reviewer's perspective on this 40mm versus the 35mm IS USM.
I own both the 35IS and the 40STM. In IQ they are neck-to-neck. The 40 is smaller, lighter and cheaper. The 35 has IS and f2. Pick your poison. I chose to keep both.
I'm in U.S & just ordered this lens directly from Canon due to an existing firmware advisory.
Now, instead of standard red-n-white colored box, mine arrived in black-n-gray and was made in Malaysia instead of expected Made in Japan.
[Everything I own by Canon is in red/white boxes, including batteries, lens caps and straps. The lens received also had a scratch on the glass.]
Canon told me "they ONLY make them in black/gray" boxes and "red and white" is for refurbished stuff (????), but mine was still assembled in Malaysia with Japanese glass".)
However, I found on the net lenses 4sale clearly photographed with red/white boxes and presumably made in Japan.
I returned the lens back to Canon and don't know which way to go: to try to locate a Japanese copy on my own or go with the Malaysian?
Also, can someone confirm their copy is actually Japanese-made and in a red/white box?
The re-sale value of Japanese glass is MUCH higher than, (no offense), Malaysian/Chinese.
Alfanso, i bought this same lens in japan and they were made in malaysia too....
I think that maybe the cheap price of this lens is because of that, maybe they dont made this model in japan.
I bought this lens and then sold it immediately. My copy was poor perhaps, however tested methodically on a tripod against all my other lenses the results showed me that it was soft and not up to standard for professional use.
I love this lens, its scary sharp as onlooker say.
Make my 5Ds suitable in almost any situation.
Bokeh is ok, bag for buck its a must lens...
Its the ultimate street lens from canon...dont be fooled by the price. Love my L lenses but they are pretty heavy and some not as sharp as this one.
Mine is razor sharp @2.8. LOVE it!
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Appeal, No. 19, April T., 1959, by claimant, from decision of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. B-48816, in re claim of Frank Stewart. Decision affirmed.
Frank Stewart, appellant, in propria persona, submitted a brief.
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The Bureau of Employment Security, the Referee and the Board of Review decided that the claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits under the provisions of section 402(e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.
The claimant was last employed by the Rubber Products Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His duties were that of a tire changer; and his last day of employment was March 28, 1958.
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- "How long have they taken, Smithers?"
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"Mountain of Madness" is the twelfth episode of Season 8 and aired on February 2, 1997. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Mark Kirkland.
After the plant fails miserably at a routine fire drill, Mr. Burns organizes a retreat to promote teamwork. Homer misunderstands and brings his family, having to leave them to roam the park looking for things to do. The employees are paired up and race for a cabin at the top of the mountain. Last one there is fired!
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Mr. Burns plans to hold a good old-fashioned fire drill in order to excite things up around the Plant. Upon hearing the bells ring, the employees (save Homer) panic and fail to clear the plant within 15 minutes, when recommended clearance time should be 45 seconds. Outraged, Burns declares that everyone will be subjected to a teamwork competition at Mt. Useful. Homer ends up being partnered with Burns while Smithers has to journey on his own, fuming that he was not paired with his employer. The object of this competition is to reach a cabin at the top of the mountain; the last team to arrive will be fired.Along the way, Burns talks Homer into cheating and they use a snowmobile to reach the cabin. Arriving several hours early, they settle down in the comfortable surroundings. Burns and Homer quickly become friends. However, while clinking their champagne glasses, they inadvertently cause an avalanche that buries the entire cabin. Despite Burns's attempt to operate a telegraph machine or Homer's attempt to dig through the snow, the pair remain trapped. The pair attempt further tunneling escapes, but each time they speak, they cause more avalanches that place even more snow between them and freedom. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa meet Smithers and agree to help him proceed to the cabin, though they cause more stalling than helping.
Back in the cabin, Burns and Homer are besieged by cabin fever. They build snowmen to pass the time (though Burns insists they build real men out of snow) and clothe them at the expense of their own warmth. The other employees reach what appears to be their destination—however, it is actually a ranger station and they begin to realize that something bad has happened to their colleagues. In the cabin, Homer and Burns stare at each other's eyes, filling their minds with paranoia. They are both driven mad and attempt to kill each other. After a vicious struggle, Burns ignites the cabin's propane tank, launching the building out of the snow and propelling it toward the horrified onlookers. Once it comes to a halt, Mr. Burns reminds everyone of the contest, and all the workers hurry inside.
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December 7, 2005.
In re: G-I HOLDINGS, INC. f/k/a GAF CORPORATION, Debtor. G-I HOLDINGS, INC. f/k/a GAF CORPORATION and BUILDING MATERIALS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Plaintiffs,
RUDDLES A. BENNET, JR. et al., Defendants.
Plaintiffs, G-I Holding Inc. ("G-I"), a debtor in bankruptcy
proceedings, and its nonbankrupt subsidiaries filed an adversary
proceeding seeking a declaration that the subsidiaries could not
be held liable for asbestos-related claims under successor
liability or alter ego theories. On July 6, 2005, this Court dismissed the Legal Representative of Present and Future Holders
of Asbestos-Related Demands ("Legal Representative")from the
action finding that his involuntary participation in the matter
is not statutorily authorized and would be an abuse of his role.
Plaintiffs bring the current motion requesting the Court to
direct entry of that order ("July 6 Order") as final or, in the
alternative, certify the order for interlocutory appeal.
The Court properly exercises jurisdiction over this matter
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(b) and (e). Venue is proper in this
district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1409(a).
For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Plaintiffs'
I. Background
Plaintiff G-I, the successor to GAF Corporation, is a holding
company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 5,
2001. (First Amended Complaint ("First Am. Compl.") ¶¶ 2,5). GAF
was a building materials company that produced asbestos products.
GAF has been named in 500,000 asbestos lawsuits and G-I remains
liable for approximately 150,000 claims that have been filed and
for unknown numbers of asbestos claims that will be filed in the
future. Due to the massive liability it faced, G-I claims that it
was forced to file for bankruptcy. (Id. ¶ 4).
G-I is the parent company of Plaintiffs Building Materials
Corporation of America, Building Materials Investment Corporation and Building Materials Manufacturing Corporation (collectively
"BMCA"). BMCA is a leading manufacturer of roofing and building
products. Established in 1994, BMCA received substantially all
assets of GAF's products business and expressly assumed $204
million of asbestos liability with G-I indemnifying BMCA against
additional asbestos liability. In re G-I Holdings, Inc.,
323 B.R. 583, 588 (Bankr D.N.J. 2005) (citing In re G-I Holdings,
Inc., 313 B.R. 612, 621 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2004)). Approximately
2,500 state law actions were filed pre-petition against BMCA
alleging asbestos-related claims under theories of "successor
liability" and/or "alter ego" between G-I and BMCA (First Am.
Compl. ¶ 3).
Shortly after G-I filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,
the United States trustee appointed the Official Committee of
Asbestos Claimants (the "Committee") to represent present
asbestos claimants or individuals exposed to G-I's asbestos
products pre-petition who had manifested an asbestos related
injury prior to plan confirmation. The Bankruptcy Court later
appointed C. Judson Hamlin as the Legal Representative to protect
the interests of those individuals currently unknown to the
parties that have not yet manifested an asbestos-related injury
but may hold future claims.
On February 7, 2001, Plaintiffs filed an action seeking a
declaration that BMCA was not liable for asbestos claims under successor liability and/or alter ego theories. Plaintiffs
initiated the suit against six individual asbestos claimants
("Individual Defendants")*fn1 on behalf of themselves and
all others similarly situated, including all future asbestos
claimants. (Id. at 1). The Bankruptcy Court granted the
Committee's request to intervene in November 2001. In October
2002, Plaintiffs amended their complaint to drop the class action
allegations and to add the Legal Representative as a defendant.
The Legal Representative then moved for a judgment on the
pleadings, claiming that Plaintiffs were not entitled to relief
because: "1) BMCA may not use the Declaratory Judgment Act to
obtain a preemptive declaration of non-liability based on state
law defenses; 2) the action does not involve a controversy of
sufficient immediacy; and 3) Plaintiffs may not seek relief under
the Declaratory Judgment Act because Congress has enacted a
statute that provides for the specific relief requested." In re
G-I Holdings, Inc., 328 B.R. 691, 694 (D.N.J. 2004).
In the meantime, the Committee commenced an avoidance action in
the Southern District of New York alleging that G-I's predecessor effected a fraudulent transfer of assets to its
shareholders, including Samuel Heyman. In May 2003, over G-I's
strenuous objection, the Bankruptcy Court granted the Legal
Representative's motion to intervene in the Committee's avoidance
action against Mr. Heyman. In re G-I Holdings, Inc.,
292 B.R. 804, 815 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2003).
In its July 6 Order, this Court ruled in favor of the Legal
Representative solely on ground three, finding that the forced
participation of the Legal Representative is not statutorily
authorized and will distort the statutory function of the Legal
Representative provided under 11 U.S.C. § 524(g).
328 B.R. at 691. The Court rejected the argument that the Bankruptcy Court's
decision allowing the Legal Representative to intervene in the
New York avoidance case "confer[s] upon Plaintiffs the power to
conscript the Legal Representative as an unwilling defendant in
this action." 328 B.R. at 696. The Court reasoned that, because
the Legal Representative is a creation of 11 U.S.C. § 524(g), he
has no role in this "essentially . . . nonbankruptcy action to
determine whether BMCA, a non-debtor, carries successor liability
from G-I and is therefore liable to asbestos claimants." Id. It
further held that Plaintiffs' attempt to bypass the safeguards
provided under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 by dismissing
its class action claims and § 524(g), which each protect the
rights of future claimants, was a violation of due process. Plaintiffs now ask the Court to certify as a final judgment or
certify for interlocutory appeal its ruling that the Legal
Representative is an inappropriate party in this matter so that
Plaintiffs may immediately obtain appellate review of the Court's
II. Discussion
A. Rule 54(b)
The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review only "final
decisions" of the district court under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. In re
Diet Drugs Products Liability Litigation, 401 F.3d 143 (3d Cir.
2005). Although an order that disposes of fewer than all claims
or the rights and liability of fewer than all parties is normally
not appealable, an exception to the general rule exists when an
order is certified as appealable by a district court pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 54(b). Id. at 162. Rule
54(b) permits the district court to separate final decisions from
non-final decisions in multiple party or multiple claim
litigation to allow for immediate appeal. Id. (citing
Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.,
521 F.2d 360, 363 (3d Cir. 1975)). Rule 54(b) provides in part:
When more than one claim for relief is presented in
an action, whether as a claim, counterclaim,
cross-claim or third-party claim, or when multiple
parties are involved, the court may direct the entry
of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than
all of the claims or parties only upon an express
determination that there is no just reason for delay
and upon an express direction for the entry of
judgment. In deciding whether to certify judgment on fewer than all
claims presented in a multiclaim or multi-party action, a
district court must address two distinct issues: first, whether
it is dealing with a final judgment in the sense that it is an
ultimate disposition of a specific claim in a multi-claim action
or a specific party in a multi-party action and if so, the court
then must exercise its discretion to determine that the matter is
ready for appeal. Sussex v. Kanasco, Ltd., 920 F.2d 1150 (3d
Cir. 1990) (citing Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. General Electric
Co., 446 U.S. 2, 7 (1980)). Since neither party disputes that
the July 6 Order dismissing the Legal Representative was final
for the purposes of Rule 54(b) analysis, the Court must analyze
only the second issue, whether the judgment is ready for appeal.
See Legal Representative's Memorandum ("Legal Rep. Mem.") at n.
6; Plaintiffs' Memorandum ("Pls. Mem.") at 12-13.
Once finality is established, a district court then must
determine whether the judgment is ready for appeal, or put
differently, whether there is any just reason for delay. In
deciding whether there is no just reason to delay appeal a
district court must balance considerations of judicial
administrative interests as well as the equities involved.
Curtiss-Wright Corp., 446 U.S. at 8. To make this
determination, the Third Circuit in Allis Chalmers Corp.,
521 F.2d at 360, identified several factors that the district court
should consider: 1) the relationship between the adjudicated and
non-adjudicated claims; 2) the possibility that the need for
review might be mooted by future developments; 3) the possibility
that the reviewing court might be obliged to consider the same
issue a second time; 4) the presence or absence of a claim or
counterclaim that could result in set-off against the judgment
sought to be made final; and 5) miscellaneous factors such as
delay, economic and solvency considerations, shortening the time
of the trial, frivolity of competing claims, expense and the
like. Depending on the facts of the particular case, all or some
of the above may impact the district court's discretion to
certify a judgment as final under Rule 54(b). Waldorf v. Shuta,
142 F.3d 601, 609 (3d Cir. 1998). Plaintiffs argue that the
potential for duplicative trials and inconsistent verdicts along
with the wasted resources that would be expended on a retrial
weigh in favor of granting Plaintiffs' motion. The Court finds,
however, that the potential need for a second trial is outweighed
by other relevant judicial administrative interests and the
equities involved.
First, certifying the July 6 Order as final will serve only to
delay the trial as discovery has been completed, the pretrial
order is close to finalization and the trial has been scheduled
to begin April 3, 2006. In Panichella v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Co., 252 F.2d 452, 455 (3d Cir. 1958), the Third Circuit ruled that certifying a third-party claim as final was inappropriate at
the stage of the case where certification would delay the trial
of the principal claim without in any way either simplifying or
facilitating its future litigation.*fn2 See also
Emerson v. Wetherill, No. CIV. A. 92-4082, 1995 WL 94793, at *1
(E.D. Pa. 1995) (denying 54(b) certification where discovery was
closed, the case was ready to go to trial and a stay of
proceedings would delay final disposition of the remaining claims
for many months). As Plaintiffs correctly point out, the July 6
Order "does not relate to any of the theories of successor
liability or alter ego at issue in this case" (Pls. Mem. at
13-14), thus, granting Rule 54(b) certification now would only
delay the declaratory judgment action without simplifying it or
facilitating its progress.
Second, a ruling on the declaratory judgment action could moot
the need to review the Court's July 6 Order. If it is determined
that Plaintiffs are not entitled to a declaration that BMCA is
not liable under the successor liability or alter ego theories,
then there will be no need for the Court of Appeals to determine
whether the Legal Representative can be a defendant in this action so that a decision granting relief to G-I would be
binding on future claimants. Gerardi v. Pellulo, 16 F.3d 1363
(3d Cir. 1994) (reversing 54(b) certification where outcome of
actions remaining before trial court might moot the need to
review substantive issues on appeal); see also Sussex,
920 F.2d at 1156 (same); Panichella, 252 F.2d at 455 (potential for
mootness was in itself "a distinct argument of substantial weight
supporting the normal postponement of review until the entire
case shall be decided").
Plaintiffs argue that in Bogosian v. Gulf Oil Corp.,
561 F.2d 434 (3d Cir. 1977) and Carter v. City of Philadelphia,
181 F.3d 339 (3d Cir. 1999), the Third Circuit affirmed entry of judgment
under Rule 54(b) to avoid the risk of duplicative trials, even
though the appeals in those cases could have been mooted by
outcomes at trial. Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum ("Pls. Reply
Mem.") at 5-9. In Bogosian, however, the Third Circuit reasoned
that although a decision on the claim pending at trial could moot
the question presented on appeal, a decision on the pending claim
might take a number of years to reach. 561 F.2d at 443. In
Carter, the Third Circuit was concerned primarily with whether
the district court's failure to expressly state its reasons for
entering judgment under Rule 54(b) required the Third Circuit to
remand the action back to the district court, even though the
propriety of the appeal was clearly discernable from the record. 181 F.3d at 346-47. The Court ruled that there was no
just reason for delay because 1) the issue presented was plainly
separable from the others remaining to be adjudicated, 2) there
was no real risk of duplicative appeals and 3) a denial of an
immediate appeal could pose a substantial risk of duplicative
trials. The Third Circuit discussed only those three factors and
did not address the mootness issue.
The facts of those two cases are distinguishable from the
present case. In the first place, the declaratory judgment action
is scheduled for trial for April 3, 2006, not in "a number of
years" as in the Bogosian case. Moreover, based on the
particular situation of this case, the Court finds that, as in
the Panichella case, mootness is a distinct argument of
substantial weight because the declaratory judgment action will
be tried in less than four months, and a judgment adverse to G-I
would relieve the Court of Appeals of spending strained judicial
resources on an issue that it need not have considered.
252 F.2d at 455.
Plaintiffs' additional contention that entering the July 6
Order as final "implicates important questions that not only
impact this Adversary Proceeding but also the Chapter 11 Case and
other adversary proceedings" actually cuts against granting Rule
54(b) certification. Pls. Mem. at 17. Certifying the July 6 Order
as final could stay other proceedings and potentially halt the progress of other litigation in which Plaintiffs are
involved. See e.g., Committee Memorandum ("Comm. Mem.") at
21-22 ("the Committee's ability to prosecute the Securitization
Claims is being held hostage to a final resolution of the instant
case on the merits").
In addition, Plaintiffs' argument that the July 6 Order impacts
other proceedings to the "extent it concludes that the Legal
Representative's role is limited to matters involving section
524(g)" is misleading. Pls. Mem. at 15-16. Contrary to
Plaintiffs' assertion, the July 6 Order did not "limit[] the role
of the legal representative," much less do so in a way that
"directly impacts the extent to which the legal representative
[can protect] the due process rights and interests of future
claimants." Id. at 17. This Court's narrow ruling was that "the
forced participation of the Legal Representative in the Successor
Liability Action is not statutorily authorized and would be an
abuse of his role." 328 B.R. at 698. Even if an immediate appeal
of that ruling were authorized, the Third Circuit would not have
jurisdiction to opine broadly about its potential implications on
hypothetical "future claimants' recoveries and the contour of
G-I's chapter 11 plan" as Plaintiffs suggest. Pls. Mem. at 17.
Finally, the circumstances of this case do not justify the
discretionary departure from the normal policy of avoiding piecemeal appeals. The disfavoring of piecemeal appeals is a
longstanding policy of the federal courts. Sussex,
920 F.2d at 1153. The Legal Representative appropriately notes that this
Court dismissed Plaintiffs' claims against the Legal
Representative on only one of three grounds. Legal Rep. Mem. at
15. Even if the Court of Appeals reversed the Court's decision on
that ground, the Legal Representative likely would pursue the
other two grounds for dismissal, requiring the court to visit the
role of the Legal Representative a second time. See Gerardi,
16 F.3d at 1372 ("A district court should be conservative in
invoking Rule 54(b) to certify a judgment as final because if an
aggrieved party appeals following the certification, the district
court effectively will be electing to control the docket of a
court of appeals.")
Rule 54(b) was designed to remedy the harsh effects that could
result from a delayed appeal in litigation presenting multiple
parties or multiple claims. Sussex, 920 F.2d at 1153. It
attempts to strike a balance between the undesirability of
piecemeal appeals and the need for making review available at a
time that best serves the needs of the parties. Cemar, Inc. v.
Nissan Motor Corp., 897 F.2d 120 (3d Cir. 1990) (citing
Allis-Chalmers, 521 F.2d at 363)). The Court is not convinced
that Plaintiffs will suffer any hardship or injustice if an
appeal of the Court's dismissal of the Legal Representative is
delayed until the declaratory judgment action is complete.
Allis-Chalmers, 521 F.2d at 366 ("in the absence of unusual or
harsh circumstances, presence of a counterclaim, which would have
resulted in a set off . . . weighed heavily against granting
certification"); see also Anthuis v. Colt Indus. Operating
Corp., 971 F.2d 999 (3d Cir. 1992) (party seeking final
certification has burden to convince the district court that the
case is an "infrequent harsh case" meriting a favorable exercise
of discretion);*fn3 Cf. Bogosian, 561 F.2d 434
(certifying judgment as final where Defendants would bear
uncertainty arising from fact that they may be forced to defend massive litigation years in the
future). Instead, granting Rule 54(b) certification could result
in a delay of the declaratory judgment action for many months or
possibly years, which also could delay other litigation in which
Plaintiffs are involved, elicit additional piecemeal appeals and
waste the Court of Appeal's time on an issue that may become moot
thereby causing needless expenses. Judicial administrative
interests and the equities involved weigh in favor of denying the
motion to direct entry of final judgment of the Court's July 6
B. § 1292 (b)
In the alternative, Plaintiffs request that the Court certify
its order for interlocutory appeal. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).
Certification under § 1292(b) is proper if the Court's order
1)involves a controlling question of law, 2)offers substantial
ground for difference of opinion as to its correctness and 3) if
appealed immediately, would materially advance the ultimate
termination of the litigation. Forsyth v. Kleindiest,
599 F.2d 1203, 1208 (3d Cir. 1979) (citing Milbert v. Bison Lab., Inc.,
260 F.2d 431,433 (3d Cir. 1958)). Like Rule 54(b), "§ 1292(b) is
meant to be applied in relatively few situations and should not
be read as a significant incursion on the traditional federal
policy against piecemeal appeals." Automated Data Sys., Inc. v.
Omron Bus. Sys. Inc., 760 F.Supp. 541 (W.D.N.C. 1991). As the Third Circuit noted, however, Rule
54(b) and § 1292(b) are meant for two very different situations
and must be "carefully distinguished in application." Ford Motor
Credit Co. v. S.E. Barnhart, 664 F.2d 377, 380 (3d Cir. 1981)
("If an order can be made appealable by a Rule 54(b) certificate,
it, and not a § 1292(b) certificate, should be sought."). Section
1292(b) applies only to orders that would be considered
interlocutory. See 10 Wright, Miller and Kane, Federal Practice
and Procedure, Civil 2d § 2654 at 80 (1983). Rule 54(b) applies
only to adjudications that would be final under Section 1291 if
they occurred in an action having the same limited dimensions.
Id. Therefore, as a general matter, if an order is inherently
final, "[s]ection 1292(b) cannot apply and resort must be had to
Rule 54(b) in the multiple party . . . situation." Automated
Data Sys., Inc., 760 F.Supp. at 544 (quotations omitted).
Arguably, § 1292(b) is inapplicable to this case because the July
6 Order is final. See Legal Rep. Mem. at n. 6; Pls. Mem. at
Even if § 1292(b) does apply, the Court finds that certifying
its July 6 Order for interlocutory appeal would not materially
advance the ultimate termination of the litigation. As discussed
above, appellate review of the July 6 Order will serve only to
delay the trial. See supra at 9-10. Discovery has concluded,
the pretrial order is close to finalization and the trial is scheduled to begin in less than four months. All three
elements must be satisfied, before a court may properly certify a
question for interlocutory appeal under § 1292(b). Ahrenholz v.
Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Ill., 219 F.3d 674, 676 (7th Cir.
2000). Plaintiffs cannot meet all three requirements, therefore,
certification under § 1292(b)is denied.
For the reasons stated in this Opinion, this Court denies the
motion to direct entry of the Court's July 6 Order as final or,
in the alternative, certify the Order for interlocutory appeal.
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Yesterday we witnessed an amazing upset on center court where six time champion Roger Federer lost in five sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.3-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4.
This was the first time Roger Federer has been up two sets to love and lost the match.
I know you have probably already read some amazing roundups of the match, so Im not going to run through it all again. I just wanted to say Congrats to Tsonga! Jo-Wilfried you probably played the match of your life today!


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Modern-day technology allows us to create homemade ice cream with less effort than ever. No more hand-cranking on the front porch with rock salt, y'all. Just pour ingredients into a machine, push play and walk away.
But sometimes the reward is in the effort.
Enter Homemade S'mores Ice Cream. It starts with homemade burnt-marshmallow ice cream custard. Then homemade s'mores. All the while you keep the delicious ingredients away from hungry hands while they're prepped for the final product, and THEN it goes in the ice cream machine.
This is definitely a weekend project. Maybe by Sunday night you'll have homemade s'mores ice cream for dinner. Maybe. No matter what you do, it's fun to fantasize about a 12-step, ice cream-making process. And the author's story is entertaining.
Mama. Just so you know. You have a chocolate mustache. And marshmallow on your butt.
Bella, please turn up the music and hand me my gin and tonic.
It's day three of developing a s'mores ice cream recipe. I'm standing on the back porch table, camera dangling around my neck, listening to Prince, straddling a cutting board covered with graham cracker crumbs and chocolate shavings. I squat down and start talking to what looks like a burnt rug of mini marshmallows, trying to coax it off the greased parchment with come on baby, you can do it, come on, please. The sticky mass flies apart, a chunk of it swinging onto the lens of my camera, the rest sticking to my forearm.
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Skip to comments.Dem Tries to Bully Bishop Into Shutting Up
Posted on 10/25/2012 1:45:31 PM PDT by NYer
This is rich. A Catholic Democrat state Senator decides the Church is wrong on issues such as abortion, euthanasia, same-sex "marriage" and embryonic stem cell research.
Then, not only does the "Catholic" politician say the Church is wrong, but he puts it out there that it may be illegal for the Church to talk about those issues precisely because they disagree with his political stances.
The San Francisco Gate:
A Democratic state senator says a letter meant for reading at North Dakota Roman Catholic church services is intended to support Republicans.So to be clear, this punk dissents from Church teaching and now says the Church can't talk about those teachings because he dissents from them.
Fargo Sen. Tim Mathern says the letter could jeopardize the church's nonprofit status.
Mathern is Catholic. He says he's asked Bismarck Bishop David Kagan to withdraw the letter. Kagan oversees North Dakota's Catholic churches.
The letter says abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage and embryonic stem cell research is "never acceptable."
It doesn't name any candidate or political party. But it says "the positions of the two political parties and the positions of their candidates are well known" on those issues.
Yep. He's the state senator from my district and I know him personally. Amazing that so many Catholics do not understand or even want their own religion. They'd like to negotiate and turn the Church into some sort of democracy.
[cue the theme from Peter Gunn]
Sad but true, the draft dodging, social justice commie inspired homosexual misfits infiltrated the Church in the 50-60's and corrupted our youth.
We need to put this radical prohibition of the church saying anything that might disagree with the government to bed once and for all. I believe it to be TOTALLY ILLEGAL.
LOL!! Classic.
Isn't this where he's yelling, "Facebooooooood!"?
After Representative Kennedy of Rhode Island questioned why the church is vowing to fight any health care bill that does not explicitly ban the use of public money for abortions, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence fired back. Tobin called Kennedys support of abortion rights a deliberate and obstinate act of will that was unacceptable to the church and scandalous to many of our members.
In a radio interview, Tobin went on to say, If you freely choose to be a Catholic, it means you believe certain things, you do certain things. If you cannot do all of that in conscience, then you should perhaps feel free to go somewhere else.
That's awesome! I'm going to appropriate that photo for my own use!
I hate fascist pigs.
According to Catholic Culture, he's also a former seminarian.
"Mathern is catholic."
That's like saying a person who bathes and doesn't want to murder me is Muslim.
Can we say excommunication is in this guys near future.
In general today this would be an oxymoron. Specifically, with this guy, there's no 'oxy', just 'moron'.
Appropriate away. :) Now I must go to YouTube to watch it! Always brings a smile to my face.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
Strauss and Howe claim it cycles roughly every 75-80 years, plus-or-minus a decade or so.
Point yourself back 75-100 years and ask yourself if you're looking forward to repeating that.
That's the part I always liked.
The amendment to the US Tax Code to prohibit political speech from within a church was done by none other than then Senator LBJ. People mistakenly believe it's in the Constitution. No it was simply a morally bankrupt corrupt parinoid U.S. Senator who's bill made it law.
Thank God he did not become a priest. Would that Luther had become as lawyer as his father wished.
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I am going to try to hand quilt a quilt I just finished. I have some of the blocks just plain white and I would like to hand quilt a design in the center of these plain squares. when I hand quilt the design is it okay of the stitches go through all layers and show up on the backing material? Just where do you suggest I go for some help ? Thank you for any help anyone can give me.
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Organizational Health
Educational institutions generally approach organizational improvement by addressing the performance standards to which students, educators, and administrators are held. The standards movement has been a dominant theme in educational policy arenas and in the public eye. With roots in the 1950s Cold War mentality, the thrust of educational improvement has been prodded by perceptions of international industrial and scientific competition. If the rigor of educational standards in the nation -- according to the logic of this argument -- falls below that of other countries, our economy will falter and the balance of trade will be compromised, perhaps beyond the point of recovery.
Fears for the future of the country and our citizens run deep; these fears propel a course of action that is not particularly based on rational thinking and lacks a base of evidence. The course of action adopted by educational policy makers and educational leaders in the country is this: Advanced mathematics and science are necessary if students are to be disciplined learners with refined capacity for scientific analysis and application of their learning once they enter the world of work. In this paper, I discuss this premise, its effect on the establishment of curricula, and the ramifications for students. An exploration of other educational models that take a different tack with regard to requirements for advanced math and science follows. The paper is articulated within a frame that assumes alignment between organizational goals and organizational practice is a strong indicator of organizational health. Specifically, instruction in advanced mathematics -- with an emphasis on algebra -- is the unit of analysis by which the argument is advanced.
Section I: Instructional Problem Description
Advanced mathematics is requirement for students enrolled in secondary education and post-secondary educational programs. According to a minority of experts, this is completely wrong-headed. One of the opponents of the broadly applied requirements for advanced mathematics is Andrew Hacker, a professor emeritus of political science at Queens College, City University of New York, and the co-author of Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids -- and What We Can Do About It? According to Hacker, the defenses for requiring advanced mathematics -- from geometry through calculus -- are "largely or wholly wrong -- unsupported by research or evidence, or based on wishful logic" (Hacker, 2012, p. SR1).
Hacker argues that the requirements for advanced mathematic in secondary schools takes an unnecessary and unwarranted toll on students, as well as an ancillary toll on society and the national welfare. In the United States, the average failure rate for ninth graders is one in four. Consider that national dropout rate is an average and certain areas of the country have substantively higher failure rates (Hacker, 2012). For instance, during the 2008-2009 academic year in South Caroline, 34% of the students enrolled in high school failed, and in Nevada for that same period, the failure rate reached 45% (Hacker, 2012). When close to half of the high school students in America are failing, something is very wrong with the system (Hacker, 2012). A corpus of secondary educators, parents, and students argue that the high failure rates are predominantly a result of the requirements for passing algebra in order to graduate (Hacker, 2012).
As a subject, algebra is found to be a difficult area of study for students from all backgrounds and from all types of schools. In most states, students are required to at least achieve the rank of "proficient" in algebra -- 43% of the white students in New Mexico and 39% of the white students in Tennessee fell below a proficient rank (Hacker, 2012). The problem is compounded by the entrance requirements of colleges and universities across the country (Hacker, 2012). The two university systems in California only consider applications from students who have three years of mathematics to their credit (Hacker, 2012). Given that these two university systems do not offer exclusively science and technology curricula, an artificial barrier has been erected that prevents students who are unlikely to successfully complete all of the required advanced mathematics courses -- but who certainly could complete liberal arts programs -- from effectively applying to these institutions of higher education (Hacker, 2012). Students who are enrolled in community colleges face the same apparently non-scalable wall imposed by the requirement for algebra (Hacker, 2012). Less than 25% of the students enrolled in two-year schools were able to pass the required algebra classes (Hacker, 2012). In addition, the bar is often set very high for mathematics scores. Colleges and universities -- and not just Ivy League colleges -- may require SAT math scores of 700 or better for admission (Hacker, 2012). With only about 9% of the men and only 4% of the women who take the SAT's achieving a math score of 700 or better, the selection process is heavily skewed to accept students who are naturally inclined to perform well in mathematics (Hacker, 2012). How this meets the needs of students whose talents lie in other legitimate areas of academic study is never clearly explained.
Colleges and universities frequently set up a system of pre-requisites that permit students to take difficult courses two, three, four, and five times in order to pass (Hacker, 2012). Repeating courses is common for mathematics classes that are required for a major, as well (Hacker, 2012). The outcome of imposing advanced mathematics coursework indiscriminately on all majors offered in an institution of higher education is three-fold: 1) Many students drop out of secondary education and post-secondary education when they are unsuccessful in the mathematics courses they take; 2) some students are so daunted at the prospect of taking advanced mathematics that they never attempt coursework that can lead to college entrance; and 3) the limited resources available to colleges and universities brings about a focus on coursework that community partners clamor for, even when that focus is ill-advised (Hacker, 2012).
Section II: Reflective Assessment Solution
An assessment approach to this problem and potential solutions will need to assist educational policy makers, educational leaders, and community leaders to discriminate and define the differences between the mathematical reasoning required in various workplace venues from the study of classic mathematics taught in academic settings (Hacker, 2012). Consider that the Summary Report for Industrial Engineering Technicians (17-3026.00 of the O*Net Online, a partner of the American Job Center Network) states under the Knowledge category that the following mathematical skills are needed for the position: Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications (Workplace System Support," 2010). The job preparation guidelines are general and considerably more inclusive than they are detailed. The natural response of a curriculum planning team to this level of information is to require that students planning to major in engineering take course in each and every one of these advanced mathematics courses -- in fact, this is precisely the institutional response that is currently evoked.
Fundamental to this assessment is the development of a deep understanding of jobs and careers that are based on what are commonly referred to as STEM credentials -- degrees obtained from majors in science, technology, engineering, and math (Hacker, 2012). Research conducted over the past several decades indicates that considerable training occurs after employees are hired for STEM-based positions; this on-the-job training is designed to bring employees up to speed with regard to the types of computations needed for the work they have been hired to do (Hacker, 2012). A notable example can be found in Toyota's initiative in a manufacturing plant located in remote Mississippi county: here -- despite the fact that outcomes from the local public school system leave much to be desired -- Toyota has developed a community outreach program that works with the community college to provide instruction in machine tool mathematics that is customized to the work that takes place in the Toyota plant (Hacker, 2012). International models of this type of community-enterprise collaboration have a long history (Hacker, 2012). In Germany, for instance, apprenticeship programs provide high-tech knowledge to workers entering an industry through the in-house apprenticeship experience and associated coursework in community-based institutions (Bosch, 2000; Hacker, 2012). One aspect of the problem that needs to be accurately assessed is how well non-academic resources can provide the knowledge and skills needed by America workers to contribute innovations to and sustain an advanced industrial economy" (Hacker, 2012, SR6).
Section III: A Critical Review of the Research
The idea that a uniform curricula might not be desirable for all students is not new. Importantly, because of the association of differentiated curricula with tracking students or "dumbing down" education in response to high numbers of failing students, standards-based education has gained in popularity (Barth, 1997; Hacker, 2012; Halliman, 2002). The Leave No Child Behind Act is a strong testimony to the widespread acceptance of the yoked tenets of standardized testing and high performance standards.
Proponents of the extant educational systems argue that mathematics are critical to the development of conceptual understanding and use of the quantitative tools that are regularly…[continue]
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