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The Washington and Lee University School of Law is pleased to welcome three professors as new faculty members. In addition to Rodney Smolla, who was named Dean and Professor of Law in February (view press release), Robin Fretwell Wilson and Lawton Cummings will join the permanent faculty this fall.
Professor Robin Wilson
Robin F. Wilson, associate professor of law, is no stranger to the Washington and Lee community, having served as a visiting professor at the School of Law during the 2006-07 academic year. A specialist in Family Law and Health Law, her research and teaching interests also include Insurance and Biomedical Ethics.
Professor Wilson received recently a Citizen Lawmaker Award for her research and work that led the Virginia General Assembly this year to pass House Bill 2969, which prohibits the little-known but common practice at teaching hospitals of allowing medical students to perform pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without explicit consent.
Professor Wilson is the editor of two volumes: Reconceiving the Family: Critical Reflections on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and the Handbook of Children, Culture & Violence (Sage Publications, 2006) (with Nancy Dowd & Dorothy G. Singer).
More information about Professor Wilson is available on her faculty web page.
Professor Lawton Cummings
Prior to entering academic life, Lawton Cummings, assistant professor of law, was a litigator at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, Slade & Associates in New York, and Wheeler Trigg Kennedy in Denver. She also was a judicial law clerk to Federal District Court Judge Peter K. Leisure in the Southern District of New York.
Professor Cummings teaches courses on legal ethics and criminal law, and her scholarship focuses on the application of moral philosophy to problems of legal ethics that arise in the practice of white collar criminal law and for corporate in-house counsel.
Professor Cummings is a frequent guest on the national Fox News Channel providing legal analysis on a variety of issues. Most recently, she appeared on Fox News Live with Jane Skinner discussing the likelihood that the prosecution will receive a first-degree murder conviction in the case of Eric Hainstock, a 16-year old boy who killed his principal after the school refused to protect him from being bullied.
More information about Professor Cummings is available on her faculty web page.


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DETROIT (AP) - Clint Hurdle knows his team can give almost every pitcher in baseball a good challenge.
Max Scherzer doesn't happen to be one of them, at least the way he was throwing the ball Thursday afternoon.
Scherzer struck out 14 batters in eight shutout innings, leading the Tigers to a 5-2 victory over Hurdle's Pirates.
'He pitched like a Cy Young winner,' Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. 'The volume of pitches that he can throw and command is impressive. I think there's 29 teams in this league that could find a spot for him at the top of their rotation.'
Hurdle's counterpart in the Detroit dugout was just as impressed, especially when Scherzer struck out eight batters in the first three innings.
'I've been the victim of two 20-strikeout games, and when he started out that fast, I was starting to wonder if he could put up a huge total,' said Ausmus, who faced Roger Clemens in his 1996 20-K game and Kerry Wood two years later. 'He was making pitches that looked like the ones Kerry was throwing that day.'
Scherzer also knew a big number was possible, but he didn't care about records.
'I was thinking about it, but not for the reason you probably think,' he said. 'When I'm getting that many strikeouts early, it means I'm throwing all four of my pitches, I'm getting hitters into the kill-zone counts and I'm putting them away. When that's happening, I know I'm probably going to have a good day.'
Scherzer (14-4) took another step toward a second straight American League Cy Young Award, holding Pittsburgh to three hits and two walks. Since June 22, Scherzer is 6-1 in 10 starts with a 1.78 ERA and 85 strikeouts. He's allowed 52 hits.
'I had everything working today,' he said. 'I was able throw everything to both sides of the plate, and I could put my curve down and in, which makes me a lot more effective. Right now, I've got things going really well.'
Scherzer's performance and a homer from J.D. Martinez gave the Tigers a much-needed sweep of the short two-game series and a split of the four games in the home-and-home series that started Monday in Pittsburgh.
Nelson Liriano (3-9) took a tough loss for Pittsburgh, allowing two runs on three hits and four walks in six innings. He struck out nine, but wasn't able to match Scherzer's brilliance.
The Tigers broke the game open in the eighth, scoring one run on a throwing error by Michael Martinez before Nick Castellanos added a two-run single. That became important when Gaby Sanchez hit a 2-run homer off Phil Coke in the ninth.
Detroit: The Tigers had to make another roster move Thursday, thanks to the injuries sustained by Justin Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Joakim Soria. Buck Farmer, who started Wednesday's game, was sent to Triple-A Toledo, while RHP Melvin Mercedes was recalled from the Mud Hens.
Pittsburgh: Neil Walker has missed 11 of the last 12 games with back tightness, but Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said he isn't heading for the DL. Walker was on the on-deck circle as a pinch hitter when Thursday's game ended. SS Jordy Mercer left the game with tightness in his right forearm, and Hurdle didn't know if he would miss any time.
Detroit: The Tigers welcome back recently traded Austin Jackson on Friday in the first of a three-game series with the Mariners. Jackson, who left in the deadline deal for David Price, will face Rick Porcello (13-7, 3.11), while James Paxton (2-0, 2.38) starts for Seattle.
Pittsburgh: The Pirates head for the nation's capital for a three-game weekend series against the Nationals. Charlie Morton (5-11, 3.62) starts for Pittsburgh in Friday's opener, while the Nationals will have Tanner Roark (11-7, 2.86) on the mound.
Travis Snider was Pittsburgh's biggest weapon in the home-and-home series with Detroit. He hit .467 (7-for-15) in the four games, with six of the seven hits going for extra bases. His leadoff double in the fourth provided one of the few scoring chances against Scherzer.

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At Vermont Woods Studios, our wood furniture business is built on a foundation of sustainable forestry and we are particularly interested in rainforest conservation. Through the Eco Preservation Society in Costa Rica we were able to partner with Guillermo and Carlos Piedra in support of their work at Portasol an eco-resort within the local community of Potalon, Costa Rica.
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Both Portasol management (The Piedras) and the property owners at Portasol are committed to forest stewardship and sustainability. They also support the surrounding community of Portalon.
We were introduced to a group of Portasol homeowners who were at the local school, donating text books to the children. This was the first time the children were ever given textbooks and they were ecstatic!
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What was deemed a win-win for all involved in the changed layout of the Downtown Campbell Farmers Market four months ago turned out not to be so favorable for the county fire department.
Earlier this month, Santa Clara County Fire Department chief Ken Kehmna addressed a letter to Campbell city manager Amy Brown stating that the newly modified layout poses a risk to public safety and that it would have to possibly revert to the original layout, with the booths facing toward the street and against retailers and restaurants, by the end of the year.
The "racetrack" arrangement, which went into effect July 15, has the booths facing toward the businesses, and while allowing for a better flow of foot traffic and exposure to merchants, obstructs access for fire apparatus in the event of an emergency, said Kehmna. When the booths were set against the curb along each side of Campbell Avenue, the center of the roadway was left open for emergency vehicle access.
"We've determined that allowing obstructions to emergency fire apparatus access down the center of the street in any location in the downtown area is not in the best interest of public fire and life safety," Kehmna stated in the Nov 15 letter. "Therefore, this is not a practice we can continue to approve."
Nearly a dozen speakers, many of them downtown merchants, turned up at the Nov. 20 city council meeting to address the council about the matter, although the issue before the council that evening was the renewal of a contract with the Urban Village Farmers Market Association, the operator of the downtown farmers market.
The council unanimously approved the extension of the contract for an additional two years, but prior to the council's vote, speakers such as Sonya Paz, president of the Downtown Campbell Business Association and owner of a downtown art gallery, expressed dismay about the turn of events. Speaking on behalf of downtown merchants, she requested that the council delay taking action on the contract until a solution satisfactory to all parties involved could be reached.
"We have a voice and we want to be heard," said Paz, adding that she prefers an amendment to the contract that addresses the configuration of the booths. "Having an opportunity to review the contract is important to us."
Paz was backed by several others, including Campbell Chamber of Commerce executive director Neil Collins and Simply Smashing owner Deb Rohzen.
"I can guarantee most of our businesses will be hurt if our storefronts are blocked again," Rohzen said.
Some speakers expressed confusion about whether the county's order to change the layout would mean the end of the farmers market.
"We don't want to lose the farmers market," said one resident. "It's a good market and I suggest either way is good with us."
Councilman Rich Waterman inquired about how going forward the Boogie on the Bayou and Oktoberfest festivals would be impacted. Kehmna said that the fire department has not had issues with the racetrack arrangement for the festivals because they occur only a few days out of the year, whereas the market takes place for seven hours every Sunday.
"It has to be a sustainable approach," Kehmna told the council.
The next step is for all the stakeholders–the merchants, Urban Village and its vendors, the city and the county–to sit down and figure out yet another win-win layout.
Urban Village executive director Ron Pardini said that market would stand with the city and county in their decision, but suggested a plan C that involves removing backdrops and creating pathways.
"We're going to try to design a layout that works for everyone," said Pardini. "It's going to be a great farmers market as it has been for 14 years."
Still, Paz feels that of all the stakeholders involved, the downtown merchants were given last priority by the city. Prior to Kehmna's letter, Paz said she and other business owners met three times with Kehmna and city officials to discuss the impact of the modified layout on public safety.
"We were specifically told that the municipalities would go away, review what we talked about, review the layout and come back and have a meeting so we would be on the same page and that clearly did not happen," Paz said. "The DCBA is not taken seriously by the city at all and it's pretty disenchanting."
The sentiment is shared by other members of the Campbell Chamber of Commerce and the DCBA, but the city manager disagrees, stating that ultimately, public safety is the city's highest priority.
"The only reason we tried this different layout in the first place was that it would increase their visibility," said Brown. "There was no other reason to change the layout of an incredibly successful farmers market other than that the DCBA wanted to give it a try. I feel like we've got a record of being very responsive to their concerns."
Whatever changes take place will have to be made by the beginning of the new year. Until then, Kehmna said he would be committing extra fire personnel to ensure that the market is safe during the holidays.


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Griff Odgers [left], vice-president, safety and risk at Andrews Logistics Inc, was presented with a plaque recognizing him as the 2009 Tank Truck Safety Director of the Year. The plaque was presented by Mark Harvey, Heil Trailer International. Odgers was recognized for directing the safety operations that led to Andrews Logistics winning the NTTC 2009 Outstanding Performance Trophy sponsored by Heil Trailer International.
David R Purvis [left], Ergon Trucking Inc, presents a plaque to Neil Voorhees, Trimac Transportation Inc, in appreciation of Voorhees' service as the National Tank Truck Carriers Safety & Security Council chairman for the past year. Purvis assumed the chairmanship at the council's annual meeting April 6-8 in Nashville TN. Other Safety & Security Council officers elected during the meeting include Dan Athmer, Commercial Transport Inc, vice-chairman and Region III; Becky Perlaky, Kenan Advantage Group, Region I; Ray Riley, Miller Transporters, Region II; and Andrew Woods, Bulk Transportation, Region IV.
During the annual Safety Banquet, four safety executives representing more than 120 years of combined tank fleet safety management experience described what makes the Safety & Security Council a special group through mentoring, networking, and shared resources. All four have retired or will retire in the next year. They are from left Jim Bucko, Rogers Cartage; Barry Davy, Trimac Transportation Inc; Tom Hosty, Transport Service Co; and Roy Acton, Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc.
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Tank fleets that participated in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's tank truck rollover training video were recognized during the 2010 NTTC Safety & Security Council Seminar. They were praised for being part of a great joint government/industry effort, and the video was screened during the meeting. The training video will be sent to 21,000 carriers and will be available for download from the FMCSA and PHMSA web sites. Organizations involved in the video project were represented by [from left] Carla Vagnini, FMCSA; John Conley, NTTC; Tom Hosty, Transport Service Co; Jim Anderson, Florida Rock & Tank Lines Inc; Bob Heinisch, Eagle Transport Corp; Becky Perlaky, Kenan Advantage Group; and William Quade, FMCSA.
A number of past NTTC Safety Directors of the Year attended the 2010 Safety & Security Council Seminar. Among them are [seated from left] Roy Acton, Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc; Tom Hosty, Transport Service Co; Griff Odgers, Andrews Logistics Inc; Mike Tallaksen, (won with A&R Transport) Hoffman Transportation; Chuck Cramer, (won with Roeder Cartage Co) M C Tank Transport Inc; and Neil Voorhees, Trimac Transportation Inc. Standing from left are Steve Niswander, Groendyke Transport Inc; Randy Vaughn, (won with DisTech Inc) Superior Bulk Logistics Inc; Marcel Pouliot, Trimac Transportation Inc; and Lee Drury, Jack B Kelley Inc.
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Gollum and Smeagol Ready For Release...
NECA has release new photos of their first two deluxe 1/4 scale Lord of the Rings action figures: Gollum and Smeagol. Shipping later this month, both Smeagol and Gollum feature detailed sculpts and star over 20 points of well-hidden articulation. Each figure is priced at $49.99 and limited to 7500 pieces.
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Moonsville Collective treats everyone like family. After handshakes and warm hugs, we found a quiet corner of the outdoor patio at the Observatory in Santa Ana for our interview last Tuesday, shortly before the band took the stage on the fourth night of the ongoing OC Music Awards Showcase Series.
Minutes into our chat, I had already been welcomed into the inner circle and offered a position as kazoo player at the next backyard barbeque.
The sextet, with members from all over O.C. and into La Mirada, formed during summer 2011 after participating in numerous just-for-fun sessions at the Costa Mesa home of upright bassist Seth Richardson. The folk-geared string group, which also incorporates elements of blues, country and straight-up Dixie rock, was inspired by Richardson's father, Dan, who plays guitar, banjo and mandolin in the band.
The rest of the crew – drummer Drew Martin, guitarist Corey Adams, fiddle player Bill Bell and vocalist/guitarist Ryan Welch – recall joining in by picking up whatever instruments were within arm's reach, be it old washboards, ceramic jugs or one of the stringed items in the elder Richardson's vast and varied collection.
"It was the music my grandfather was into and the music my uncle had taught my dad to play," Seth Richardson says. "I had played in different rock-type bands with these guys and knew them growing up, and I'd invite them over and they'd all just grab banjos, mandolins or guitars. And basically the first year of this band was just that, us messing around at backyard gatherings and family barbeques."
Later that summer, Adams says, the group lucked into a small tour that landed in Salt Lake City and served as the catalyst to write a couple new tunes. Moonsville Collective, as it had been dubbed, also hurried to cut a five-song EP before the jaunt.
They find the rushed recording comical now: "I think you could only hear it out of one speaker – it wasn't even in stereo," Welch adds with a laugh.
The Collective stepped up with its next release, boasting six original tunes and four covers. "Live in the Studio" was written and tracked the following November at Ear Witness Studios in Whittier. The album was a mix of songs each member had brought to the table from previous projects and was completed in a day.
Meanwhile, Moonsville began to build local buzz by picking up random gigs, anything from birthday parties and tequila tastings to spots on local producer Sean Rosenthal's Kings Inn showcases Tuesday nights at Memphis in Costa Mesa.
On Jan. 19, the band issued its first proper album, Cradle to the Grave. This time all the material is fresh, Adams says, and more closely reflects the ensemble's true nature. Much like the laid-back, everyone-join-in vibe the group has become so well known for live, the studio performances capture that same toe-tapping, sing-along effect.
"That's just what we do," Martin says. "I think it's the kind of music that people just didn't know they liked.
"You go to a lot of shows in Orange County and there are people our age that are standing there with their arms crossed in the back of the room. I think you have to be some strange breed to look up onto a stage and see people having fun and not want to participate or at least put a smile on your face when you see a lot of good energy coming from something.
"Most of the people that come to our shows or that we surround ourselves with would at least take some part, move around and maybe take their hands out of their armpits. When we play, we drop everything in our lives and we have fun."
Moonsville Collective is up for best country/Americana category at March's OC Music Awards, alongside newcomers Alabaster Stones, last year's best new artist winners Jeramiah Red and local staples Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys and Billy Kernkamp and the Brides. As for competing in the showcase series, they say the evening was much less about coming out on top and more about supporting and bringing attention to the local scene.
"We've developed so many friendships this year with other bands and promoters that are in this industry that believe in the same things that we do," Martin says. "The competition part – it really doesn't mean that much to us. It's not about winning. It's just about having a good time."
Moonsville Collective opens for the White Buffalo on March 1 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd. Tickets: $15.


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2 words- Donnie, Walsh
Unless West demands a trade (or declares he doesn't want to be here at all) he just needs to tell Donnie how much he'd like the check made out for.
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Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Trading Danny is ridiculous because he has more value for our team than others. We aren't getting a fair deal there. Trading West is not ridiculous because he is in a shorter contract, peaking, is older, and would have just as much value for other teams as ours. The West-Granger window is small. However, the Hil-Hibbert-George window is large and getting some assets from a West deal would help moving us in that direction. If the Granger injury lasts more than 3 months or we struggle without him, we might have to consider this season a lost cause. Then, we have to start thinking about the future more carefully. West is doing anything wrong but he might b our only chance to improve this team moving forward via trade. And, since we just lost this year of the Granger-Weat window ( hypothetically), we are in a different position than we were during the offseason.


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Gee shrugs off walks, feels good in latest start
LAKELAND, Fla. -- You can believe the pitching line, which shows that right-hander Dillon Gee walked three batters in his four-inning start against the Tigers on Friday at Joker Marchant Stadium.
Or you can believe Gee.
"Obviously, I never want to walk that many guys. [But] I felt like I'm really close. I felt pretty good," he said.
"It's just the way I feel. I can kind of tell. I'm real close to clicking. Obviously, the fastball was up again today. I don't know if it's a sixth sense, but I can feel that I'm pretty close. I know I've been doing this long enough to know that I'm on the right track. I can feel that I'm really close to figuring it out right now."
Gee's progress will be watched closely because he didn't pitch after July 7 after a blood clot was discovered in his shoulder. He said that, as far as he's concerned, that's completely behind him and that he's on a normal spring schedule and that, even though he didn't locate his fastball, he was pleased with the way he was able to effectively throw his secondary pitches while behind in the count.
"Now I just start building up more innings. Next time out, probably five or six. It's probably based on a pitch count, but I don't know what that is right now. And continue to refine everything I'm working on," he said.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Our HessiansNews Abroad
In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson penned a blistering attack against King George III, condemning him for deploying Hessian mercenaries to "complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny" begun the year before by the British army on Lexington Green. Jefferson calculated this sensational passage of the Declaration of Independence for effect. He knew that it would inflame the passions of patriots immersed in a republican political tradition that stretched back to England's own mid-seventeenth century revolution. At a critical point in this Old World struggle, soldiers in the "New Model Army" issued their own declaration, disclaiming that they were a "mere mercenary army" while proclaiming to the world that they fought for republican principles and not for plunder. Indeed, the democratic spirit of the New Model lived on in popular memory during the American Revolution, when colonial liberty mobs elected "Cornet Joyce, Junior" as their fictional commander. As both patriots and imperial officials knew, the real Cornet Joyce, without orders and at the head of a troop of New Model volunteers, had captured King Charles I in the name of the people in 1647.
The declarations of both Jefferson and the New Model Army rejected the long-standing policies of European monarchs. Rightly suspicious of their people's loyalties, royal heads of state traditionally hired foreign mercenaries to fight wars abroad and to suppress dissent at home. Funding their mercenaries through crippling taxes, monarchs and their courts grew wealthy through wars of conquest that kept their people politically and financially powerless. Fighting against Hessian soldiers of fortune, colonial patriots envisioned a state free from this tyranny and corruption. Private armies would have no place in the free Republic.
Recent events involving Blackwater, USA have brought the issue of private armies back to the forefront of American politics and have raised important questions about their current place within the American military. Are these forces "private contractors" as the Bush administration insists, or even "patriots" and "heroes" in the war on terror? Conversely, are they "mercenaries," soldiers of fortune who fight for pay first and principles second, if at all? And as one Republican recently claimed in Congress, is Blackwater on "our team" in a war that the administration has defined as a cosmic battle of good vs. evil?
While they do employ retired U.S. soldiers, it is clear that Blackwater and other corporate purveyors of military labor are not on "our team." They are on the side of profits, which they have made in abundance in no-bid and competitive contracts during the Iraqi war. Furthermore, rejecting the term mercenary to avoid politicizing the Blackwater scandal assumes that choosing the administration's terminology lacks a politics of its own.
By following the Bush team's lead here, we become unwitting allies in their war against the American military, a war where administration policy-makers wield language like a lethal weapon against evidence and clear thinking. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war against the Pentagon in September 2001, the day before it was attacked by Al Queda. In this speech, Rumsfeld vowed not to destroy the Department of Defense, but to recreate it in the image of corporate America. But as few fully understood, Rumsfeld aimed at more than infusing private sector savvy into an "outmoded bureaucracy."
Rumsfeld's ultimate goal, shared by others within elite neoconservative circles, lay in making corporate America an official part of the military establishment. Rumsfeld achieved this goal. Now incorporated within the military's "total force," private contractors provide a wide range of combat and non-combat services for the United States government. With this victory, de-regulating traditional military restrictions to allow these private contractors more operational flexibility, so the neocons thought, would enable the state to better meet the new challenges of a post Cold War world.
In truth, private sector "flexibility" in the military has failed to meet the nation's biggest post-Cold War challenge, the Iraqi insurgency. As many of our generals in Iraq have repeatedly stated, the war can only be won politically, with force of arms as one important means to this end. Blackwater and its corporate ilk, operating under military de-regulation and with callous disregard for the lives of Iraqi civilians, have become a political liability. Fueling anti-Americanism and hampering the war effort, these mercenaries have also placed the lives of our traditional soldiers in even greater jeopardy. As one military official has said, the Iraqi backlash to the September Blackwater shootings "may be worse than Abu Ghraib."
Customarily undeterred by evidence, President Bush seeks to expand the amount of privatized troops within the military's total force. Why? Perhaps because using "private contractors" keeps boots on the ground during a war when the military continually falls short of recruiting goals.
Although it's losing the war, the administration realizes that "support the troops" sloganeering can still mobilize the conservative base for the 2008 elections, as long as it can avoid calling a draft. Committing political suicide through the draft would diminish the support the administration still enjoys from heroic hawks who continue to sacrifice for the cause by sopping up unprecedented wartime tax cuts. Moreover, the draft might have the unfortunate effect of inspiring Young Republicans to desert en masse to the forces of cut-and-run. This would liquidate the critical voting mass of conservative campus warriors, who instead of enlisting to become troops themselves, "support" the troops by fiercely waving flags in epic engagements with America's enemies, as we all observed during Islamo-Fascism Awareness week.
Like despots of old, President Bush and neoconservative policy-makers understand that an increasingly privatized army allows them to pursue unpopular ventures overseas while avoiding political fallout at home. Perhaps the expansion of America's mercenary brigades will allow this administration or its successor to wage war in Iran without drafting troops into the traditional forces. But what the administration can reap by advancing its own ideological agenda, the American people lose in the way of a military designed to serve the public good.
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R. R. Hamilton - 12/22/2007
Prof. Donoghue must regard FDR as the worst-of-the-worst. FDR literally pulled military personnel out of the U.S. armed forces and put them into mercenary "volunteer" units such as The Flying Tigers, or even directly into foreign military service like The Eagle Squadron. In fact, The Eagle Squadron (which is featured in the movie, "Pearl Harbor") is the closest thing to Hessians Prof. Donoghue could hope to find.
However, I suspect that Bush Derangement Syndrome will prevent Prof. Donoghue from drawing the appropriate conclusions.
mark safranski - 12/13/2007
Hi Oscar,
No, I'm using the term "private" quite correctly here as in "privately organized irregulars", which covers a wide array of fighters including colonial era militias.That militiamen frequently accepted (or demanded) cash bounties for temporary state or Federal service maskes the practice akin to modern military contracting.
"Hessians" are an even worse analogy with Blackwater as they were professional soldiers and conscripts despatched by their sovereigns. Perfect analogies really do not exist here but the idea that military force in American history was predominantly state-centric (ex. in Prussia)as the author contends, is ahistorical.
Oscar Chamberlain - 12/12/2007
You are using "private" incorrectly here.
The colonial and revolutionary era forces you refer to as examples were not governmentally sanctioned. However, they were seen by many as expressions of the local popular will responding to local threats and conditions.
As such they were not at all private in the sense that a modern company such as Blackwater is private. On the contrary, many Founders prefered such militia precisely because they were bound to the local will and not to that of a national government far away.
Whatever one thinks of the Blackwater or the Administration's use of them, such organizations are entirely different. In fact, they are useful precisely because there is little or no connection between them and any portion of the American public.
mark safranski - 12/9/2007
There are many things in this article that are, in my view, highly questionable but I will limit myself to pointing out that the author's underlying premise is factually incorrect.
The United States has a very long tradition of private armies, usually sanctioned after the fact by the issuance of government commissions that integrated these paramilitary volunteers under the command of the U.S. Army (or at times, the Governor of a State). At other times, with Indian and Range Wars, these militia forces remained entirely private and extra-legal/illegal.
As Professor Donoghue has invoked the Founders, perhaps he has heard of, say, the Green Mountain Boys ? The North Carolina Regulators ? These kinds of private and semi-private militias were actually preferred to the existence of a standing army by the Founders who had been Antifederalists or Democratic-Republican opponents of Hamiltonian High Federalists.
The end point for the raising of private forces, even with the imprimatur of the Federal or a state government, was 1918, when President Wilson forbade the traditional incorporation of private volunteer regiments into the U.S. armed forces ( there would be no "Rough Riders" on the Western Front).
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British heartthrobs come in all kinds of Styles.
On Sunday, David Beckham and Harry Styles attended the world premiere of The Class of 92 at Odeon West End in London – and stopped to pose together on the red carpet.
With Beckham, 38, in a suit and tie, and Styles, 19, sporting a sweater, the pair appeared happy to be photographed side by side.
The Class of 92 details the global superstardom of Manchester United athletes Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Phil and Gary Neville between 1992 and 1999. While the film is a documentary, Beckham recently told the U.K.'s talkSPORT who he'd like to see play him in a movie.
"Brad [Pitt] would be the obvious choice," he joked. "I'd like Brad to be playing me. Him or Leonardo [DiCaprio]. One of the two … or Bradley Cooper. They're not bad-looking guys."


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Last week we published a comparison of FedEx, UPS, and the U.S. Postal Service, based on the wear and tear experienced by a test package we rigged with a clandestine data logger. Among other things, our findings proved that expedited shipping is a technological marvel. A number of times, in fact, our package arrived at its destination earlier than expected. Also, the box really got pounded.
We would be tempted to chalk those dings and dents up to the "industrial" nature of the shipping industry, as one carrier's spokesman described it to us—if not for the strangely mesmerizing videos popping up on the Internet that show handlers flat abusing the parcels in their care. Granted, those three companies employ approximately 1.3 million people combined—so it's hardly a surprise that a few workers might not always adhere to company standards. Nonetheless, one never knows if the person handling your mail is poised to become a viral video star. So in advance of the gift-giving season, here's a packaging primer to make sure your shipments arrive in one piece.
UPS credits the engineers at its Package Design and Test Lab with creating extensive "Box Strength Guidelines" to "ensure your package is of adequate strength to provide sufficient protection." The basic rule of thumb: Add the length, width and depth of your box, in inches. If that number is 75 inches or less, it should hold no more than 30 pounds. Heavy-duty double-walled boxes can handle twice the load. (UPS's complete chart can be found here.)
All three companies recommend using fresh boxes whenever possible. "The more times a box is used, the more it loses its original protective qualities," according to UPS, "so a previously used box may not adequately protect your shipment." Especially if it's being kicked.
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Any ideas on who we could trade him for?
Rush for Larry Sanders?
Rush for Jason Thompson?
Rush for Speights?
Rush and filler for JJ Hickson?
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Any ideas on who we could trade him for?
Rush for Larry Sanders?
Rush for Jason Thompson?
Rush for Speights?
Rush and filler for JJ Hickson?
Bucks would do Rush for Ersan Ilyasova, I think.
Robin Lopez?
I think they would, and i'd be all over that.
Feels like Jordan Hill should be up for grabs, Houston has a ton of bigs. Can he play the 4 and the 5 or just the 4?
I think the skills of a 5 size of a 4... but I wouldn't mind the trade at all.. still has potential... I think he really has to work on his foul situation per 36 min he averages like 5 fouls...
I would swap Rush for Speights any day of the week, Philly would want more though.
Marreese Speights!
I'd give them AJ too if they want.
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
I doubt the other teams would make any of those deals... really, trading young bigs for our 4th or 5th guard?
Would PHO do a Rush + Price + McRoberts (S&T) for Lopez and Gani Lawal
I'd be ok with a Rush + 2nd rounder for Thompson or Speights.
I want to see Speights in a Pacers uni so badly. He can play both 4 & 5.
Collins doesn't seem to want Speights, and Philly just drafted 2 bigs. Speights should be available.
Thompson not gonna happen unless a 3rd team is involved for them to receive a center. Sac has plenty of guards and if dalembert leaves sac would not have a center.
Speights plays absolutely no defense after 3 yrs.. But is a good offensive player. I'd have to pass.
Sanders plenty of energy, just has no skills. I'd have to pass.
Hickson is my choice of these 4. I think Pacers would have to give Rush and 2012 2nd rnd pick atleast.


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Tritective is the three letter mystery word game, from Educational Insights, that gives you the chance to become detectives and mysterious spies. Players can start by choosing the difficulty level of words you'd like to play on the cards: yellow for easy, blue for medium, and red for difficult. Decide who will be the game's first spy and have the spy draw a card from the deck. Whichever difficulty level you chose will be the game's starting spy word.
It's up to the rest of the players, the game's detectives, to solve the case—the spy word. These players are dealt five cards face down and the rest of the deck is placed in the center of the gaming area. Each detective will take a turn choosing one of their cards to place face up on the table. The spy will then share out loud how many letters the spy word and the detectives word have in common. Detectives can then choose whether or not they want to guess what the spy word is. Play continues until one of the detectives guesses the spy word.
While the length of game play will vary depending on how many people are playing, the directions are very straightforward and game play is easy enough to just take out of the package and jump right in.
With 100 spy cards and varying levels of difficulty it offers a lot of repeat play value.
The tin packaging is also small enough to throw in your bag and take with you to play on a road trip or at a friend's house.
Tritective is for two to four players, ages 10 and up.
If a player (detective) chooses not to guess the spy word, he/she must draw another card from the deck. If a player's guess is incorrect, he/she can't draw a new card.
Whoever guesses the spy word gets to be the new spy for the next round.
Although it's for two to four players, gameplay is a lot more exciting when played with more than two players.
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Family Film FestivalTrivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
October 31st is a special day for the Adams family, because it is the birthday of both daughter Danielle and her mother Nicole.
This year Danielle turns 18, and her father, Doug Adams, has organized a week-long film festival as a special birthday gift for her, and his wife. (We won't mention how old Nicole is, but she certainly doesn't look old enough to have an 18 year old daughter!) Each night will feature a pair of movies with a special theme.
The festival will begin, aptly enough, with the movies Psycho and Halloween.
The other 12 movies in the festival are listed below. Can you determine the theme and correctly match the pairs of movies that will be shown?
Almost Famous
The Birds
Man, Woman and Child
Private Benjamin
Shakespeare in Love
Star Wars
The Wizard of Oz
Working Girl
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Note: It isn't necessary to determine on which nights the movies play.
HintIt will help to be star-struck on this one.
AnswerThe theme of the film festival is that the stars of the two movies are mother and daughter.
Janet Leigh starred in the 1960 Hitchcock classic Psycho, and her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis starred in 1978's horror classic Halloween.
The other mother/daughter pairings are:
Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
Liza Minnelli in Cabaret
Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
Isabella Rossellini in Fearless
Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin
Kate Hudson in Almost Famous
Blythe Danner in Man, Woman and Child
Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
Tippi Hedren in The Birds
Melanie Griffith in Working Girl
Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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Ontario's Jason Bowles has a tough journey ahead of him if he's to make the field for today's Mudsummer Classic, the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on dirt.
Bowles will drive the No. 5 Valvoline Premium Blue Chevrolet Silverado for Wauters Motorsports on the track owned by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.
"This is a really exciting opportunity," said Bowles of the first dirt race in a premier touring series in more than 40 years. "I'm grateful for Valvoline partnering with us. I can't thank all the guys at Wauters Motorsports enough for their hard work in putting this together."
Bowles, a former NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion, is no stranger to trucks. He finished 13th in the points standings last year and was signed by Michael Waltrip Racing as a test driver this season. Last month, Bowles practiced and qualified the MWR Toyota at Sonoma Raceway before giving up the seat race day to Brian Vickers.
"We are really excited to have Jason driving for us at Eldora," said team owner Richie Wauters. "We look forward to an exciting event and hope to put on a show for Valvoline and our associate partners."
The Wauters entry does not have a guaranteed spot in the race. As a result, Bowles must qualify in a qualifying format foreign to NASCAR's premier divisions. In addition to a traditional two-lap qualifying session, there will be five qualifying races, one last-chance race and a champion's provisional to determine the 30-truck starting field.


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Another Apple Crop Outlook & Marketing Conference has come and gone, and though the annual production of the Vienna, Va.-based U.S. Apple Association is a mere 24 hours long (Thursday afternoon and evening, Friday morning), it still manages to pack in plenty of good stuff.
One of the big changes at this year's Chicago conference was a new approach to making the annual estimate.
Thanks to federal budget cuts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn't produce its annual apple crop estimate this year.
The USDA numbers have always been the starting point for the estimate U.S. Apple hashes out the first day of the convention and presents at the end of the second.
This year, U.S. Apple was on its own. Mark Seetin, the association's director of regulatory and industry affairs, led the effort to gather intel from state-level associations in Washington, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania and the other top-producing states.
It seems to have worked just fine.
The pre-conference U.S. Apple forecasts for Michigan, Pennsylvania and industry No. 5 Virginia stood pat for the official Day 2 estimate.
Washington's estimate went down about 4 million bushels, thanks to some August hail, and New York's went up 1.5 million bushels, thanks to near-perfect late-season growing conditions.
"It's the first time we've done it without USDA numbers, and I think we're off to a good start," Mark Nicholson, U.S. Apple's secretary and executive vice president of Red Jacket Orchards, Geneva, N.Y., told attendees. "We had to build it from scratch."
The apple industry's varietal landscape continues to change, Seetin told attendees.
In 2001, gala production was the fourth-biggest variety in the country, behind (in order) red delicious, golden delicious and fujis.
By this year, galas had shot up to No. 2, Seetin said, and goldens plunged four spots to No. 5. Since 1997, gala production has increased an astounding 400%, Seetin said.
Reds and fujis held their positions at one and three, respectively, and granny smiths moved up a spot.
It will be interesting to see how long the venerable red can hold off the seemingly unstoppable rise of the gala.
One grower I talked to recently in Michigan said that for the first time, he expects to ship more galas than reds this year. My guess is that's true of many growers throughout the country and world.
But with increased production nationwide, growers will need to rely more and more on export markets to move all this new fruit, and reds continue to be a top draw down south and overseas, grower-shippers and officials say.
U.S. exports rose 17% in 2012-13, generating a record $1.16 billion in sales.
At the U.S. apple meeting, Seetin broke down the percentages: about 30% of those exports went to Mexico, 18% to Canada, 9% to Taiwan, 7% to India and 5% to Indonesia. The balance was divided among several other countries.
There are still plenty of U.S. growers banking on growing a better red instead of getting on the gala or Honeycrisp bandwagon.
For all the good news in the apple industry, there are a few clouds on the horizon.
Per-capita consumption has remained fairly stagnant, Seetin said, which provides marketers with opportunities but also with challenges, particularly with a crop expected to be 13% bigger than last season.
"This year presents a unique challenge to the industry," Seetin told attendees. "The challenge is to develop orderly marketing programs."
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Allowing gay people to marry will "make our society stronger", Prime Minister David Cameron said.
Mr Cameron's comments came in a last-minute televised statement recorded in 10 Downing Street less than two hours before MPs vote on a Bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
With dozens of Conservative MPs expected to oppose the measure in a free vote, Mr Cameron had to face some criticism for keeping a low profile on the issue.
But he insisted he had always been "vocal" in his support for the move.
"Today is an important day. I am a strong believer in marriage. It helps people commit to each other and I think it is right that gay people should be able to get married too," he said.
"This is, yes, about equality. But it is also about making our society stronger.
"I know there are strong views on both sides of the argument - I accept that. But I think this is an important step forward for our country."
Mr Cameron was speaking as a stormy debate on the second reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill drew to its conclusion in the House of Commons.
Introducing the Bill, Culture Secretary Maria Miller insisted that it would make Britain "a fairer place to live".
But she faced opposition from numerous Tory MPs, including the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee Graham Brady, who said he had "serious misgivings" over ministers' assurances that religious freedom will not be compromised.


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Concepto Tambor returns to Albuquerque with vaudeville in tow
In March, it will be a year since "Afro-Latino" percussion ensemble Concepto Tambor bid farewell to Albuquerque, seeking the sunny shores of Long Beach, Calif.
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"We love Albuquerque, but California does have a lot more industry to work with—one of the strongest reasons for moving," says Christian Orellana, drummer, vocalist and founder of Concepto Tambor. Over the phone we spoke with Orellana, who was in Colorado near the beginning of his band's Western tour. Orellana says that since moving, the band is staying busy and tours are getting bigger.
This week Concepto Tambor returns to New Mexico, making stops in Taos and Albuquerque for the Alleykat Cabaret Tour, which, in addition to an eclectic selection of music, includes performances by La Flamilia, an El Paso-based fire dancing troupe. The show is the third installment in a series of vaudevillian Concepto Tambor tours—the first was Big Top Southwest and the second was known as Poor Man's Circus.
"We're capturing the cabaret atmosphere," Orellana says. "What is cabaret? It's a show that delivers music, delivers dance and delivers comedy as well in an atmosphere where people are socializing—dudes are cool cats and ladies are sassy," he explains. "We're encouraging people to dress for the occasion."
A flame-laden samba-cumbia-salsa-festejo-Afrobeat-rock 'n' roll-steeped cabaret at the very least will be interesting, but with Concepto Tambor at the helm, expect this weekend's events to be electrifying fun.
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No. 100: Sammy Hagar, 'I Can't Drive 55′ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs
Who better to get our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list off to a fast start than Sammy Hagar and his anti-speed limit anthem 'I Can't Drive 55?'
Nearly a decade of constant touring and increasing record sales — remember 'Your Love is Driving Me Crazy?' — had already established Hagar as a rock star prior to the release of his 1984 'VOA' album.
But the Red Rocker really hit a nerve with the message of this track, the record's first single, which quickly made him a household name and bona-fide arena headliner, aided by a truly entertaining video.
We're not saying Hagar was directly responsible for the late '80s national law changes that allowed states to once again set speed limits higher than 55, but it certainly couldn't have hurt. This new level of fame also paved the way for him to join Van Halen in 1985.
'I Can't Drive 55,' as Hagar has explained many times, was inspired by a real-life incident that found him pulled over for doing 62 late at night on an empty highway in upstate New York. We're guessing record sales from this song have paid for that ticket many times over by now.
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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Residents and Citizens
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
July 28, 2005
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Residents and
Staff, Issue a Proclamation and Adopt Resolutions
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, Aug. 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m., will recognize the following residents and staff for their accomplishments, issue a proclamation and adopt resolutions as listed below. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
Giving Muscular Dystrophy the Boot
Fairfax County firefighters work for the cause
The Board of Supervisors will adopt a resolution to thank Fairfax County firefighters for sponsoring the Fill the Boot campaign to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. For more than 50 years, firefighters across the nation and Canada have supported the Muscular Dystrophy Association in its fight against neuromuscular diseases. In 2004, Fairfax County firefighters led the nation in contributions, raising $340,000 through the Fill the Boot campaign.
Fort Hunt Little League Brings Home State
Setting the standard
The Fort Hunt Little League 11-year-old All-Star team will be recognized for winning the Virginia state championship in Lynchburg on July 22.
Keys to Success
J.E.B. Stuart High School principal solves puzzle
Mel Riddile, principal of J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, will be recognized for his selection by the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals as the 2005 Principal of the Year. Through Riddile's effort and initiative, pupils and staff found the keys
to success for ensuring the education process in a school of great cultural diversity. He has served as principal at the school since 1997.
Send In the Clowns
Juggling the act for one week in August
The Board of Supervisors will designate Aug. 1-6, 2005, as Clown Week in Fairfax County, commending the charitable activities of clowns and the wholesome entertainment they provide. The United States Congress, by Joint Resolution 26, approved Public Law 91-433 on Oct. 8, 1970, designating the first week of August as National Clown Week.
Springfield American Legion Post #176 is as
Good as Gold
Celebrating 50 years of service in the community
The Board of Supervisors will adopt a resolution to commend and congratulate Springfield American Legion Post #176 on the occasion of its 50th anniversary of serving veterans, their families and the community. Post #176 was established in 1955 with the principal mission to see to the needs of the area's veterans, their widows and orphans. Members of the post practice its maxim of "Serving Our Community" by volunteering more than 30,000 hours each year. Support is given to youth in the community through Boys State, an oratorical contest for high school students, American Legion Baseball and Boy Scout troops.
Best in Class
Reston Homeowners Association wins in a walk
The Island Walk Partnership of Reston homeowners association will be recognized for excelling in all facets of operation resulting in its selection by the Community Associations Institute Washington Metropolitan Chapter to receive a Community Association of the Year Award for 2005. Categories used by the institute to evaluate homeowners associations include building community spirit, developing a sound budget and creating crime prevention programs.
Northern Virginia Swim
50 years of competing, one stroke at a time
The Board of Supervisors will adopt a resolution to commend the Northern Virginia Swim League on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The league has grown to 103 teams involving 14,000 swimmers, making it one of the largest swimming leagues in the country.
Indicators Show High
HUD rates county housing
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Department of Housing and Community Development and the Redevelopment and Housing Authority for receiving a "High Performer" rating from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Evaluation for the rating was based on performance in operating the public housing programs and fulfilling necessary housing needs in Fairfax County.


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Parents threaten to pull kids out of school over transgender law
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) Angry over a new state law that requires public schools to allow transgender students access to whichever restroom or locker room they want to use, parents in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District threatened to pull their children out of school.
"I have some major concerns with this, because this is opening up a can of worms," said parent David Mongold as he addressed the district's board of trustees.
California is the first state to enshrine these rights for transgender K-12 students. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that gives transgender students the right "to participate in sex-segregated programs, activities and facilities" based on their self-perception and regardless of their birth gender.
"I urge this board to flub your nose at Jerry Brown and tell him we will not be told how, when and where to raise our children," said another parent named Chase Baker.
Others demanded to know from individual school board members if they supported the new law. Timi Ann Mongold asked how schools plan on implementing the law.
"Are they going to have an assembly to let our children know, to let our daughters know that if a boy feels like he identifies as a girl, can he be in her restroom?" asked Mongold.
The law is set to go into practice on Jan. 1. School districts are put in a position of having to follow the law and addressing concerns from parents who feel it is wrong. Panama Buena-Vista Superintendent Kevin Silberberg said schools are obligated to serve all students, including transgender.
"The board has different options to send a message to Sacramento ... it can pass a resolution. The board can say that this will be very difficult to implement in our community," said Silberberg.


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Egyptian CASE Announces New Investment Incentives
The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE), in conjunction with both the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the Financial Times, developed a new index entitled 'FT-CASE', Business Today of Egypt reported. The new index will track 40 of the most active stocks, with the intent of providing a more accurate assessment of trading behavior and patterns. FT-CASE will afford investors a fourth index option for following CASE's behavior. Existing tracking methods include: International Financial Corporation (IFC) Index, the Hermes Financial Index and the EFG Index.
The new index falls under the umbrella of CASE'S strategic plan aimed at attracting investors. Other planned measures included: a $1.7 million investment in a new trading network (summer release predicted); the creation of an advisory board with members such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney to re-develop CASE's rules of governance; lobbying for modernization of laws affecting such things as shareholder rights, insider trading, acquisitions and mergers.
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Pewsey's Country Market celebrated its 30th birthday on Tuesday, although the organising committee warned that if some new and younger blood does not join it the future of the market looks bleak.
The market was originally launched as WI Market in November 1982 at the Methodist Hall and the name was changed to Pewsey Country Market in 1997, said its manager for 28 years Betty Mulcock.
Later the market moved into the larger Bouverie Hall where it is held every Tuesday.
It is a traditional pannier market where local producers take along their goods to sell.
However for technical reasons the goods have to be handed over to the market committee at the door and while the producers run the stalls all the money goes initially to the committee but is then paid out to the producers at the end of the market after a small percentage has been deducted for the hire of the hall, insurances etc.
"Everything that comes in in the morning is signed in and then belongs to the market," said treasurer Val Swindale. "At the end of the day all the goods that are left are handed back to the producers, that is the way this market is run."
Mr Swindale, who has been the treasurer and book keeper for more than 15 years, said the way the market trades makes his job vital but at the age of 84 he would like to stand down and let someone else take over.
"For the market to continue we have to find somebody to replace me as treasurer but so far there has been no-one prepared to do this," said Mr Swindale, whose wife Anne was one of the market founders.
All the organisers are getting older and the committee is desperately in need of new blood, he added.
Although committee members give their services, the position of treasurer does attract an honorarium of £150 a year. "We can't afford to pay anybody more than that because after we pay for the hire of the hall we barely break even," said Mr Swindale.
He said he was prepared to continue for a little longer until a successor could be found and meanwhile the market is open every Tuesday, 9.30-11am selling home made cakes, pies and savouries; jams and preserves; vegetables and plants and craft goods including woodwork, paintings and knitted items.


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The bad news is that the opening gap has been sold aggressively, and that Apple (AAPL) continues to trade poorly. The good news is that the dip-buyers jumped in and have the major indices well off the lows. Breadth has improved again, particularly on NYSE, and we have some positive action in chips, banks and steel. There is some hesitance among buyers to chase at this point, but the fear of being left out is keeping bids in place.
Although the overall action still looks OK, I've taken some stops in Thursday's session and pared back a number of things, as small-caps shares are undergoing some profit-taking. I have my eye on a couple of potential late buys, but I'm not feeling as confident about near-term follow-through.
There is still nothing wrong with this market, but the way stocks dipped this morning suggests many market players are looking for excuses to sell. They have good gains to protect, and while they don't want to be left out of upside once again, they also want to make sure they are quick to unload should cracks appear.


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MICHAEL Duff always knew Jay Rodriguez was destined to hit the highs in football, even if his vocals hit a few bum notes.
It was on a pre-season tour of Austria in 2007 – Rodriguez's first trip abroad with the team after earning a professional contract – that the shy young striker made his mark on his new peers.
It wasn't always for the right reasons. Should Rodriguez ever give up the day job it won't be for a career in music.
But it was through his initiation solo as a squad newcomer that Duff knew the then teenager would be able to tackle anything in football.
"I remember it vividly. He said, 'I'm going to do Lighthouse Family – 'Igh,' in his Burnley accent," said Duff, who after 10 years as a Claret has got the local twang off to tee, complete with the silent 'H'.
"That's how bad it was, I actually still remember it.
"The lads clapped him off after 30 seconds because he was terrible!
"But that's why we make them do it, the singing, as it's not an easy thing to do and Jay said, 'No, I'm going to finish it.' "He got through it all, which told me something about him and his character."
On the pitch, Rodriguez had already made an impression on defender Duff even before he was handed a senior contract by former boss Steve Cotterill.
"He came up from the youth team to train with us a few times," said the Northern Ireland international, who rather than teach the youngster a few tough lessons said: "Jay was the one trying to break you.
"It happens a lot with young lads. You want training to be intense but you don't want to be smashing people.
"They want to lay a marker down, they don't want to be sheepish, and him and Alex MacDonald used to be a nightmare for smashing people.
"I used to take them to one side and tell them, but it was good he backed himself to do that."
Such determined spirit has stood the Burnley-born forward in good stead during his progression through the Turf Moor ranks, to a record £7million sale to promoted Southampton in the summer of 2012 and on to a full England cap in November last year, with the chance to push for a place in the World Cup 2014 squad.
Duff believes he can make it.
"If his progression curve keeps going the way it is, he's got every chance and I don't see how he can't be in with a shout for the World Cup," said the 36-year-old, who says Rodriguez will learn and benefit from coming into the Three Lions camp at a tough time, and a 2-0 defeat by Chile at Wembley.
"To judge him on a poor performance by England – when he virtually played left-back for the first half because they had that much defending to do against Chile – would be harsh.
"Not everyone can have a Rickie Lambert debut.
"But he's the third highest English goalscorer in the Premier League this season behind (Wayne) Rooney and (Daniel) Sturridge so I don't see how he wouldn't have a chance.
"From the outside looking in I think he's got as good a chance as maybe three or four others going for a couple of spots that are up grabs."
But the FA Cup is first up for Rodriguez, and a reunion with his beloved Clarets in the third round.
Duff knows what to expect if the striker is granted his wish to play against his old club.
"He'll be desperate to play and he'll be desperate to score," he said.
"I used to enjoy my little battles with Jay in training. You can see in his little movements that he would be a good player.
"Jay would be aggressive on the pitch and selfish as centre forwards need to be but you couldn't find a quieter lad off the field.
"That comes from a good family background and they won't let him change.
"You see players go for big money and earn a lot of money then they're back where they were two or three years later as they've taken their eye off the ball.
"That won't happen with Jay. I spoke to him about six weeks ago when he got me a signed Southampton shirt for my neighbour, who was 40.
"Again, that tells you something about him. He could have just not answered my calls."
But Duff says the 24-year-old is not the type to grow too big for his goalscoring boots.
"Jay's not going to start rocking around in Ferrari and start revving it at 20,000 revs just so people can hear him. He might have a Ferrari but I'm sure he wouldn't drive it like that."
But Duff feels the striker can shift through a few more gears in his career.
"The England cap tops off what a good move it's been and with Jay. I don't think he's finished at that level, I think he can go higher and higher in the Premier League.
"With all due respect to Southampton, I think he can go to a bigger club than them again.
"If his progression curve keeps going the way it is he's got every chance."
But Duff and the rest of the Clarets are out to stop the Saints' chances of FA Cup progress and secure a Premier League scalp.
"It's a free hit for us and a good chance to test ourselves against a Premier League team that are doing very well," added Duff.
"They've spent a lot of money and it shows how well they've been doing in the last few months in the fact they've got three or four England players now.
"It will be a tough game but we'll go there with nothing to lose.
"We've had teams coming to our place in the last few weeks who have had that mentality and they've been hard to beat so hopefully we can go there and give a good account of ourselves.
"No-one's expecting us to win, but that's the way it's sort of been all season really."


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It appears that the much loved enthusiast component market Corsair could possibly be for sale! The word on the street is that Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Corsair Components. CNN reported on the matter after finding a regulatory filing today. Francisco, was part of the Blackstone Group-led consortium that was interesting in purchasing Dell, but backed out due to the PC industry's sharp decline in recent months. Then again, Francisco Partners might just be working on something besides a buyout (VC, loan, partial investment.) In 2011, Corsair reported around $19 million in net income on $455 million of revenue. Its Q1 2012 earnings were $3 million on $132 million in revenue. It looks like Corsair might have given up on the IPO idea and are looking to sell the company? Corsair declined to comment and Francisco Partners has not responded to our attempts to reach them.
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