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Metabolites 2013, 3(1), 24-32; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo3010024
Absolute Configuration of the New 3-epi-cladocroic Acid from the Mediterranean Sponge Haliclona fulva
Nice Institute of Chemistry UMR 7272 CNRS-PCRE, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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Received: 26 November 2012; in revised form: 16 December 2012 / Accepted: 31 December 2012 / Published: 14 January 2013
The marine sponge Haliclona fulva (previously described as Reniera fulva) is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. The chemical study of the sponge led to the isolation and identification of a new compound: 3-epi-cladocroic acid (1) alongside the previously reported cladocroic acid (2) and some other known compounds previously isolated. The structure was fully determined on the basis of extensive analysis by 1D and 2D NMR, as well as GC-MS/MS. The absolute configuration was determined by comparison of the experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra with theoretically calculated spectra; these results may be extended to other asymetric cyclopropane carboxylic acids.
Keywords:natural products; electronic circular dichroism; mass spectroscopy; cladocroic acid; sponge
1. Introduction
Haliclona (Halichoclona) fulva (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Chalinidae), previously described as Reniera fulva, is an orange encrusting sponge, very common in the Mediterranean Sea [1]. The first chemical study of this sponge was performed by Cimino et al. and resulted in the isolation of six acetylenic compounds belonging to the renierin family [2]. Some years later, fulvinol, a more complex acetylenic compound, was characterized [3]. Surprisingly, terpenes usually found in Haliclona mucosa, have also been found in H. fulva samples [4]. During the past three decades, numerous alkaloids, such as sarains, haliclamines or manzamines, have been isolated from sponges of the genus Haliclona [5,6,7,8]. Even if alkaloids represent the largest chemical family of compounds isolated from this genus, almost all the families of natural products, including terpenoids, steroids, polyketides, fatty acids and peptides, have been found in species of this genus [9,10,11,12]. The huge chemodiversity found in Halicona's specimens, and the change in genus of this sponge dramatically increased the interest in it. The most recent study reported the isolation of fulvynes, polyoxygenated acetylenic compounds related to osirisynes isolated from Haliclona osiris [13,14].
In our ongoing research on the chemodiversity present in Mediterranean sponges within the ECIMAR program (www.ecimar.org), we decided to undertake an additional chemical study of the sponge H. fulva. Our efforts were rewarded by the characterization of the 3-epi-cladocroic acid (1), a novel epimer of the cladocroic acid (2) (Figure 1), previously isolated from the sponge Cladocroce incurvata [15]. Unfortunately, during the first isolation of 2, the determination of the absolute configuration suffered from the lack of experimental data, as only the specific optical rotation was reported. This usual pitfall in natural product chemistry has been overcome during the last years with the increasing use of chiroptical data such as electronic or vibrational circular dichroism (ECD and VCD) and theoretical calculations [16,17,18]. During the isolation process, renierin 1 , renierin 2, 18-dihydroreinirin 1 [2], fulvinol [3] and fulvynes A-I [13] were also identified.
Herein we report the complete structural characterization of 1 and 2 on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR and GC-MS/MS spectra. The absolute configurations of both compounds were determined by comparison of experimentally with theoretically calculated ECD spectra. Absolute configuration of the previously reported cladocroic acid was then addressed using the sign of the specific optical rotation of compound 2a [15].
2. Experimental Section
2.1. General
Optical rotations were measured on a Jasco P-2000 polarimeter. UV and CD spectra were measured using a JASCO J-810 spectropolarimeter. NMR spectra were recorded at 25 °C on a Bruker Avance 500 spectrometer at 500/125 MHz (1H/13C). Chemical shifts were reported in ppm using residual CDCl3 (δ 7.26 for 1H and 77.2 for 13C) as internal reference. Coupling constants (J) are given in Hertz. HPLC purification was carried out on a Waters 600 system equipped with a Waters 717 plus autosampler, a Waters 996 photodiode array detector, and a Sedex 55 evaporative light-scattering detector (Sedere, France). GC-MS was performed on an Agilent technologies series 6890 GC coupled with the Agilent Technologies 5973 MSD. High resolution mass spectra (HRESIMS) were conducted on a LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometer (Thermo Finnigan).
2.2. Animal Material
One specimen of Haliclona fulva was collected by scuba diving along the coast of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (43° 41' 29.9646", 7° 19' 11.8668"), at a depth of ca. 25 m.
2.3. Extraction and Purification
After extraction of the freeze-dried sponge (50g) by a mixture of methanol and dichloromethane at a ratio of 1:1, the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure yielding to 13.8g of crude extract. This extract was then fractionated by RP-C18 Vacuum Liquid Chromatography (elution with a decreasing polarity gradient of H2O/MeOH from 1:0 to 0:1, then MeOH/CH2Cl2 from 1:0 to 0:1). After an HPLC analysis of the five fractions previously obtained, we realized a further fractionation by Flash chromatography on a diol phase using a gradient of cyclohexane/EtOAc/MeOH (from 100% cyclohexane to 100% MeOH). Asubsequent HPLC purification of the cyclohexane/EtOAc/MeOH 3:1:0 fraction was realized usinga Symmetry C18 (7.8 × 300 mm;7 µm) Waters™ column with a gradient of H2O/MeOH (from H2O/MeOH 50:50 to 0:100 in 16 min, flow rate = 3.0 mL.min−1) and afforded compounds 1 and 2 (1 mg). Separation of both compounds 1 and 2 was performed after methyl esterification using the same HPLC conditions.
3-epi-cladocroic acid (1): 1H NMR (500 MHz) and 13C (125 MHz) NMR (CDCl3), see Table 1;
cladocroic acid (2): 1H NMR (500 MHz) and 13C (125 MHz) NMR (CDCl3), see Table 1;
|δH (m, J Hz)
|δH (m, J Hz)
|1.35 (m, 1H)
|1.69 (ddd, J = 8.8, 7.9, 5.4 Hz, 1H)
|1.42 (m, 1H)
|1.30 (m, 1H)
|1.30 (m, 1H)
|1.54 (m, 1H)
|1.26 (m, 2H)
|1.26 (m, 2H)
|1.41 (m, 2H)
|1.41 (m, 2H)
|2.32 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H)
|2.32 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H)
|6.00 (dt, J = 10.4, 7.3 Hz, 1H)
|6.00 (dt, J = 10.4, 7.3 Hz, 1H)
|5.44 (ddd, J = 10.9, 3.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H)
|5.44 (ddd, J = 10.9, 3.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H)
|3.07 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H)
|3.07 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H)
|0.78 (ddd, J = 8.0, 6.5, 4.1 Hz, 1H)
|0.96 (dt, J = 10.2, 7.1, 5.2 Hz, 1H)
|1.22 (m, 1H)
|1.08 (ddd, J = 8.5, 8.0, 4.6 Hz, 1H)
a based on the HMBC spectrum.
2.4. Methyl Esterification of 1 and 2
The mixture of 1 and 2 (3 µmol) was taken in a micro reaction vessel. Freshly distilled chlorotrimethylsilane (6 µmol) was added slowly and stirred with a magnetic stirrer. Methanol (2 mL) was added to the reaction, and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature until completion (reaction was monitored by TLC). The mixture was then evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain the products methyl ester 1a and 2a.
3-epi-cladocroic methyl ester (1a): colorless solid; = + 21.5 (MeOH, c 0.1); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 210 (0.34); CD (MeOH, c 3.15× 10−4 M) ∆ε (λmax nm) 0.81 (212); 1H NMR (500 MHz) NMR (CDCl3), see Table 2; EIMS m/z 318 M+•; HRESIMS m/z 341.24362 [M+Na]+; calcd for C21H34O2Na, 341.24510, ∆ -4.33618 ppm).
cladocroic methyl ester (2a): colorless solid; = + 12.1 (MeOH, c 0.1); UV (MeOH) λmax (log ε) 210 (0.54); CD (MeOH, c 3.15× 10−4 M) ∆ε (λmax nm) 0.32 (212); 1H NMR (500 MHz) NMR (CDCl3), see Table 2; EIMS m/z 318 M+•; HRESIMS m/z 341.24353 [M+Na]+; calcd for C21H34O2Na, 341.24510, ∆ -4.60447 ppm).
|δH (m, J Hz)
|δH (m, J Hz)
|1.35 (m, 1H)
|1.68 (m, 1H)
|1.39 (m, 1H)
|1.30 (m, 1H)
|1.30 (m, 1H)
|1.66 (m, 1H)
|1.25 (m, 2H)
|1.25 (m, 2H)
|1.31 (m, 2H)
|1.30 (m, 2H)
|2.32 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H)
|2.32 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H)
|6.00 (dt, J = 10.4, 7.3 Hz, 1H)
|6.00 (dt, J = 10.4, 7.3 Hz, 1H)
|5.44 (ddd, J = 10.9, 3.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H)
|5.44 (ddd, J = 10.9, 3.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H)
|3.07 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H)
|3.07 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H)
|0.69 (ddd, J = 7.5, 6.7, 4.0 Hz, 1H)
|0.96 (dt, J = 9.9, 7.1, 4.7 Hz, 1H)
|1.14 (ddd, J = 8.1, 5.0, 4.2 Hz, 1H)
|1.01 (ddd, J = 11.8, 8.0, 4.5 Hz, 1H)
|3.67 (s, 3H)
|3.67 (s, 3H)
2.5. Gas Chromatography Analysis
GC-MS analysis was conducted using an Agilent technologies series 6890 GC coupled with the Agilent Technologies 5973 MSD by injecting 0.5 µL with a 1/80 split on a Varian VF1-MS column (60 m × 0.25 mm × 0.25 µm). The temperature of the injector was set to 270 °C. A temperature gradient of 5 °C.min−1 was applied to the column, starting from 60 °C to 270 °C. Helium was used as carrier gas (flow rate = 1 mL.min−1). The mass spectral detection was achieved using the quadrupole detector with an electronic ionization at 70 eV.
2.6. Computational Details
Conformational analysis was performed using the conformer research algorithm implemented in the Conflex-Barista software [19,20,21,22]. All the Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations were performed using the Gaussian 03 program package [23] at the B3LYP/6-311+G* level [24] using the integral equation formalism variant (IEFPCM) [25]. TD-DFT was employed to calculate excitation energy (in eV) and rotatory strength R in dipole velocity (Rvel) and dipole length (Rlen) forms on the most stable conformers (∆E < 2 kcal.mol−1). The calculated rotatory strengths were simulated in ECD curve by using the corrected Gaussian function [26]:where ∆ is half the bandwidth at peak height and ∆E and R are the excitation energies and the rotatory strengths for transition i , respectively. For the Figure 2, Rvel was used.
Figure 2. Experimental ECD spectra of compounds 1a and 2a with the theoretical TD-DFT calculated spectra of both enantiomers of compounds 1a and 2a without the alkyl enyne terminus chain.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure Elucidation
Compounds 1 and 2 were obtained as a colorless mixture, and determination of the planar structures was realized without any further purification step. 1H NMR signal at δ 1.26 ppm indicated that compounds 1 and 2 share a long alkyl chain (see Table 1). The signal at δ 81.3 (C, C-18) ppm on the 13C NMR spectrum, together with a thin doublet at δ 3.07 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H, H-19) ppm on the 1H NMR spectrum, were attributed to an acetylenic proton. COSY correlations between this acetylenic proton and ethylenic protons at δ 5.44 (ddd, J = 10.9, 3.5, 1.4 Hz, 1H, H-17) and δ 6.00 (dt, J = 10.4, 7.3 Hz, 1H, H-16) ppm evidenced a Z enyne terminus substituted by three spin-coupled methylenes at δ 2.32 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H, H-15), 1.41 (m, 2H, H-14) and 1.26 (m, 2H, H-13) ppm. The Z configuration of the C=C double bond was confirmed by the shielding of the the adjacent vinylic methylene at δ 30.4 (CH2, C-15) ppm. Downfield shifted signals (> 35 ppm) are usually observed for an E configuration [27].
Inspection of the 1H NMR spectrum also evidenced characteristic cyclopropane signals at δ 0.78 (ddd, J = 8.0, 6.5, 4.1 Hz, 1H, H-20a), 0.96 (dt, J = 10.2, 7.1, 5.2Hz, 1H, H-20a) and 1.08 (ddd, J = 8.5, 8.0, 4.6 Hz, 1H, H-20b) and 1.22 (m, 1H, H-20b) ppm. Indeed an important delocalisation of the σ electrons in a cyclopropane can exert a considerable influence on the chemical shifts of neighbouring protons. The resulting 1H chemical shifts are lower than those observed for usual methylenes [28].
Analysis of the HMBC spectrum gave supplementary information on the structure. HMBC correlations H-16/C-18, H-16/C-17 and H-16/C-15 confirmed the position of the enyne terminus. Another HMBC correlation was observed between the non equivalent protons of the cyclopropane ring H-20a and H-20b with the C-4 connecting the ring with the rest of the molecules. Although two carboxylic acid were identified on the HMBC spectrum, the absence at 2.2 ppm in the 1H NMR spectrum of the characteristic triplet signal of a methylene adjacent to a carbonyl, suggested that the cyclopropane ring was alpha connected to the carboxylic acid function. This conclusion was supported by the HMBC correlations H-20a/C-1 and H-20b/C-1. After anlysis of the HMBC and COSY spectra, two sets of correlations were identified for two distinct cyclopropane rings, but no correlations where observed to link them together. We came to the conclusion that two diastereoisomers of the cyclopropane ring (cis and trans) were present in the mixture. A comparison with 1H and 13C NMR data obtained by dAuria et al. for cladocroic acid (1) was consistent with this conclusion [15]. Indeed, in the previously published paper, only two signals for the cyclopropane ring were reported at δ 0.96 and 1.08 ppm while four signals were observed on the 1H NMR spectrum at δ 0.78, 0.96, 1.08 and 1.22 ppm in our case.
To separate both compounds 1 and 2, a methyl esterification was realized in order to increase the hydrophobic interactions of the compounds with the reverse phase column [29]. A mixture of the two methyl ester derivatives was obtained and subsequently purified using the same conditions than those previously described. 1H NMR spectra of collected peaks were recorded to confirm that both compounds were successfully separated (Table 2).
Finally, the length of the methyl ester derivatives alkyl chain was reliably determined by GC-MS. A fairly similar fragmentation pattern and the same molecular ion at m/z 318 were observed for compounds 1a and 2b. Identification of the fragments led to the conclusion that the alkyl chain contained 12 methylenes (Figure S11).
Comparing NMR data and the signs of the optical rotation, we concluded that compound 2a was cladocroic acid previously isolated from C. invurvata. Since the authors were unable to assign the absolute configuration [15], compound 2 can be first described as (2S*, 3R*)-cladocroic acid while compound 1 can be identified as (2S*,3S*)-cladocroic acid. To determine the absolute configuration of both compounds, we then decided to use ECD, a nondestructive and very sensitive method that has been increasingly employed in the last few years in natural product chemistry [16,17,18].
3.2. Determination of the Absolute Configuration
To take advantage of the presence of the ester function chromophore close to the chiral centers of the two compounds 1a and 2a, a study of the absolute configuration was performed by ECD. The double bond of the ester implied two possible electronic transitions, the allowed π → π* transition that gives a high ε value, and the forbidden n → π* transition which has a far less important ε value [30]. Since the π → π* transition has a λmax = 185 nm that falls below the measurement window (> 200 nm), the study was realized on the n → π* forbidden transition whereby the energy level is lower (λmax = 205 nm). The linear methylenes induced a high degree of free rotation during the conformational analysis; the theoretical calculations were performed on a simplified analog (i.e., the cyclopropane substituted by the ester and an ethyl chain). This approximation was considered to be realistic as the effects of the enyne terminus were considered negligible.
Only one Cotton effect (CE) was observed on the ECD spectrum at λ = 210 nm, and the difference of 5 nm between the value and the experimental observation was explained by a slight bathochrome effect of the aliphatic chain (Woodward-Fieser rules). TD-DFT calculations using the integral equation formalism variant (IEFPCM) have been performed on the most stable conformer to simulate the ECD spectrum of both compounds 1a and 2a (Figure 2).
A simple comparison of the sign of the CE at ca. 210 nm indicated that both compounds shared the same absolute configuration on C-2 and could be describe as (2S,3S)-epi-cladocroic methyl ester (1a) and (2S,3R)-cladocroic methyl ester (2a). Since the methyl esterification did not change the absolute configuration of 1 and 2, these results also provided information on the absolute configuration of the previously isolated cladocroic acid (2), which also had the same S configuration at C-2.
4. Conclusions
We report here the isolation of 3-epi-cladocroic acid (1) from the Mediterranean sponge Haliclona fulva, a new epimer of the known cladocroic acid (2) previously isolated from the marine sponge Cladocroce incurvata. The structural elucidation was conducted using extensive 1D and 2D NMR data analysis, in addition to GC-MS/MS. The absolute configuration of both compounds 1 and 2 was addressed by comparison of the sign of the Cotton effect observed on the experimentally and theoretically calculated ECD spectra acquired on their methyl ester derivatives 1a and 2a.
Financial support was provided by the French ANR Biodiversité 2006 (ECIMAR program, ANR-06BDIV-001) and the Conseil Régional PACA. The authors thank M. Gaysinski for recording the NMR spectra and J-M Guigonis for recording the HRESIMS spectra. J. Will Allwood is deeply acknowledged for correcting the manuscript.
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Would some of the rejected works been more exciting? The judges apparently make their selections over a two day period. Assuming they work a seven hour day, each entry submitted must have had about 20 seconds to make an impact. So possibly not; these would have been the portraits that stood out and begged to be noticed. Yet judges are human too and maybe also noticed paintings who reminded them of someone. For instance I liked Geoffrey Beasley's work Eddy in the Morning because he looked a bit like my own son.
While all the works showed an extraordinary level of technical skill and there were none I thought dreadful, there were surprisingly few that I thought really interesting.There were the inevitable portraits of topless women, one actually doing her hair for heaven's sake, there were the usual successful men – Fergus Henderson of Nose to Tail Eating fame, he was holding a roast pig; there was Edward Lucie Smith, Simon Armitage and Timothy Spall and assorted people in armchairs. It has been said that big heads don't generally do well in the BP portrait prize but this year there were several, notably Tony by Jelena Bulajic, massive at 2.7m x 2m and Yunsun Jang's Mother, nearly as large at 2.4 x 2.1m.
I really liked Bulajoiv's work; a small screen simply cannot do it justice, Yunsun Jang's mother looked a tad on the moany side; that might be accurate and I do accept that it is a good portrait but could be hard to live with. I don't want to live with Yunsun Jang's moany mother.
The competition is open internationally and is anonymous so one cannot accuse the selectors of choosing their mates, but given the international provenance the subjects were surprisingly non diverse. Though the striking portrait of Engels by Patrick Graham was a notable exception, among the 55 there were just 6 non-white faces, whereas around 40% of Londoners, 13% for the UK as whole are black and minority ethnic.
As subjects, men out numbed women, excluding those in groups there were 30 to 19. There were only about 14 female artists. I think the reason for these figures was possibly the emphasis on classical technique which possibly favours Western educated artists and it can reasonably be argued that that is what the portrait prize is for. Yet surely the prize should also go to great paintings and not just be about technical skill. It would have been interesting to see some more entries from artists from the South.
The winner, Man with a Plaid Blanket by Thomas Ganter was a hugely skillful piece of work. Inspired by the classical paintings in the Stadel Museum, it was of a homeless man whom the artist noticed outside. It is about the contrast between wealth and poverty, all of which is splendidly worthy, but actually in practice somewhat clichéd compounded by the little rose in a paper cup at his feet. It was a brilliant picture of the rug; you could see every fibre, but the face, to my mind, played second fiddle.
On the other hand I did like the second prize winner Richard Twose's portrait of Jean Woods, who has a splendidly dramatic face. Here in contrast to Ganter's work, the painting draws one in to look her in the eye.
Also excellent was Mama by Ingracio Estudillo Perez, which won the Young Artist Award This mum looked tired rather than moany; I could live with that.
But my own personal favourite was a small painting by Gauthier Hubert of Jean Yves, a man looking like Vincent Van Gogh. I am not sure who Jean Yves is, possibly the pianist Jean Yves Thibaudet, I don't think the portrait makes him look especially like Van Gogh. But as a painting I think it works exceptionally well; I like the way that the blue of the background and the blue of the man's shirt are so close in colour and yet subtly differentiated. I like the way that the blue is also picked out in his eyes. It is possibly not the most technically accomplished painting in the exhibition, but it is a face and a picture you are not going to forget. Unlike many of the portraits in the exhibition, it looks as though it has been painted in this century not at any time over the last hundred years.
The 2014 BP Portrait Award is running at the National Portrait Gallery till 21 September.


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One of the reasons for the film's success is that it didn't attempt to go one step further and tackle a bigger, grander problem like, say, a casino on the moon that threatens to put Vegas out of business, so Danny Ocean and his right-hand man Rusty gather up a crew to blast off into space and set the evil alien owner straight by stealing all his spacebucks. Nope, it's just another jerk (this time it's Al Pacino) who think he's really awesome and who is basically acting for his hubris to have its ears boxed. He's also made the mistake of screwing over one of the 11 personally, which, luckily for us, seems to enrage the dashing thieves into incorporating more fake mustaches than usual. Ellen Barkin, David Paymer, and Eddie Izzard make for some excellent fresh characters, and Pacino, of course, plays an obnoxious, self-obsessed, greedy snake to a tee.
Clooney and Pitt, as one might expect, provide most of the really great lines and cap off the movie's humor quota in one brilliantly random scene that slows down the film's trademark quick and snappy directing for just enough time to turn the joke from funny to hilarious while also allowing us some space to collect our wits while the complicated world of casino heists whirls around us. Matt Damon tends to consistently steal the Ocean's show, so that's no surprise, while Casey Affleck got more than his usual share of laughs. Both Eddie Izzard and Bernie Mac (no, seriously!) were substantially underused, but it doesn't really matter. There's enough stuff going on so that you're sufficiently entertained, down to Rusty's ridiculous ringtone and Andy Garcia's cravat. Leave it to Clooney to step up to the plate when Depp lets us down. Oh my gosh! Perfect Ocean's 14 idea!! I'm going to write that email after all.
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Interviewer: Do many clients say, "Oh, they didn't read me my rights. They violated my Miranda rights. You should get the whole case thrown out."?
Basic Information: Some Answers to Police Questions Are Not Protected by Miranda
Miley Law Firm: Unfortunately, 99% of our clients will call up and say, "The police officer did not read me Miranda." Now, in some cases, in a very small minority of cases actually, that becomes very important. But in the vast majority of the cases, the questions that the police officer asks do not require Miranda. These include asking your name, your address, where you're coming from.
This is basic information that they don't need to Mirandize you for. Many times when a driver is stopped, they will volunteer information, and of course, that would not be a Miranda violation either. It really depends on the particular situation.
Once you are placed under arrest and the police officer is asks you additional questions, that's the point at which Miranda kicks in. Then they advise you that you have the right to remain silent. Most people have said enough things and done enough damage to their case that the Miranda issue really doesn't become relevant.
Prior to Hearing the Miranda Rights: Is It Possible to Say Too Much to the Officer?
Interviewer: Would you say talking too much to the police is one of the biggest mistakes people make and it hurts their case?
Miley Law Firm: Absolutely because the police are trained to trap you into answers that are only harmful to you. Your best bet when dealing with the police is to be polite and politely decline to answer any questions. Here are some samples and the best ways in which to answer them:
"Where are you coming from?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't wish to answer any questions."
"Where are you going?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't wish to answer any questions."
"Have you had anything to drink tonight?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't wish to answer any questions."
"You know, I noticed that you were weaving down the road, and I just want to see what's going on, so I can determine if you're safe to drive home, or I need to do some additional testing."
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't wish to answer any questions."
Your Rights: You May Politely Decline to Answer Police Questions
The minute you start answering questions, they start locking you into those answers, and sometimes because you're on the spot, while you're telling the truth, it may not be a completely accurate answer.
Let me give you an example. I had a gentleman who had gone out for his birthday with his family, and he had two glasses of champagne at the dinner table. He was driving home, the police officer stopped him for weaving within his own lane, and the police officer said, "Where are you coming from?" He said, "Well, we were just out celebrating my birthday." The officer said, "Did you have anything to drink?" My client said, "Yes, I had two glasses of champagne."
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Now the police officer has established that there was a traffic violation, there is an admission to drinking, and he is lawful to get my client out of the car to start taking some field sobriety tests. After my client gets out of the car, he says to him, "Where are you going?" He says, "I'm going home." My client participates in the field sobriety tests and is ultimately arrested for DUI.
The biggest problem my client said was when he was asked the question "Where are you going?" and he said he was going home. The police officer wrote in the report that my client reported that he was going home, but was heading in the opposite direction of home. That established that he was clearly disoriented and confused.
What my client meant to say was that he was going two blocks out of his way to the 7-11 to pick up a gallon of milk and his ultimate destination was to go home. What he said and what he meant were two different things. That became a big issue in my client's case.
I was able to get the police officer on the stand to cross-examine him. I asked him, "Officer, did you ask my client where he was going or did you ask my client what his itinerary was up to his ultimate destination?"
Of course, he said he asked my client where he was going, he said home, and I indicated in my report that he was going in the wrong direction. But he never asked him if he had any stops between where he was being stopped and where he was ultimately going.
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In answer to your question, it's always best to be polite and not answer questions.
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Daniel Glazman writes: > Alberto Pacheco wrote: > > > Does CSS support the following class descriptors functionality? > > > > 1) Adding classes > > Let be > > .a { p1; } > > .b { p2; } > > How do I get ".c {.a + .b}" or "" > > Where class c combines a & b classes properties, ie equivalent to > > ".c { p1; p2; }" > > > Just write . > > > 2) Parametrized classes > > How do I get something like: > > .c(X,Y) { width:X; color:Y; } > > To be refered in HTML later as: > >  > > Where class c becomes equivalent to ".c { width:50%; color:red;)" > > > > I know it sounds crazy.. > > > Oh ! That one is interesting and not so crazy. We already have > pseudo-classes accepting parameters, so why not classes (theoretical > question only)... > Unfortunately it's not only on the CSS side and would imply a > modification of the class attribute's model. > Anyway, I think it deserves to be added to the CSS Suggestions List, if > it is still active. Bert, what do you think ? With respect to the list of suggestions: yes, I am still adding things to it, but since there are no current plans for publication of another draft, that document is only visible to W3C members for now. As for the idea of parametrized classes: it is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it is the direction we should go. Normally, when you have a flexible syntax for expressing document structure, such as SGML/XML, it is a good idea to try to stay within the syntax as much as possible. In this case, it seems that parameters should be expressed as attributes in XML, unless it is clear that that would look too ugly. Also, there already is a "style" attribute in several formats, which is the place to put stylistic information. In general, it is better to keep stylistic info out of the document, but when it is needed, it is better to put it in one, dedicated attribute, and not mix it with other mark-up. There is a reason HTML doesn't have attributes for width and color: they already have their place in the style sheet. Conversely, if you find that you need them in the document, then maybe HTML is not the format you are looking for. Finally, there is the issue of usability. For some people, parameters are easy to understand, because they use them in other contexts, but many others are not so mathematically minded and will not understand the concept of variables that become instantiated. Even for more advanced users, it will be hard to work out exactly what the role is of a class's arity and the types of its parameters in matching a selector and in applying the cascading rules. We have the attr() functional notation, which could in principle be generalized to copy the value of any attribute to the right hand side of style rules. But I'm not a big fan of that either. I like a much cleaner separation: everything that appears in a document, including element names, attribute names, attribute values and element content, should only ever appear in the selector part of a style rule. The selectors are the glue, or the interface, between the document and the style sheet. The properties live in a different world, where the document has been abstracted away, and we are only dealing with an abstract, more or less tree-structured rendering structure that has nothing to do with SGML or XML. So, to take your example, my first question would be: are you really sure that this is the best possible expression of your intentions? Do you really want this element to be 50% wide and red in all circumstances, or is that style just a particular way of expressing the abstract meaning of the element, that could also be expressed differently. Can you really not come up with a keyword to express the meaning of the element ("topic," "important," "sidenote," "teaser," "counterexample," "ironic"...)? If you find that the style is indeed a fundamental aspect of the element, then maybe HTML is not the language you are looking for. In the TEI format, e.g., you can express that a certain word or phrase appears in a certain style. This may be important, e.g., if you are comparing two prints of an old book. (Literature study is one of the applications of TEI.) If you just want to fix the style of an element from within the document for reasons of experimentation or because you are in the midst of rearranging your documents and style sheets, then there is the "style" attribute of HTML. It is hardly less powerful than your parameters. Bert -- Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ http://www.w3.org/people/bos/ W3C/INRIA email@example.com 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FranceReceived on Thursday, 16 May 2002 12:24:22 UTC
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As You Like It Part II at Heidi Cho Gallery
Photos by G.
At the Heidi Cho Gallery in New York, they are presenting an interesting exhibit called "As You Like It Part II." Nine different artists, each with a unique vision, have participated in this exhibit due to their love affair with process and materials. My favorite work in the exhibit was by Ula Einstein, who describes her creative process as "drawing with fire, blades and hot glue." The above image of "PULSE: Change and Uncertainty Chapter II" is a mixed media piece derived from traces of Ula's past paintings and sculpture, as well as human hair that she collected daily from hair salons. As the title suggests, this work is being added to as the exhibit goes on. Pretty cool stuff, according2g. The Heidi Cho Gallery is located at 522 West 23rd Street and "As You Like It Part II" runs though August 15, 2010.


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Sunday, September 08, 2013
COWBOYS ...pulled it out of their ass..
Posted by JACKIESUE at 9/08/2013 10:49:00 PM
4 comments:
- MarkD60 said...
Yes. Ugly but a W.
- Mon Sep 09, 06:57:00 AM CDT
- Debra She Who Seeks said...
Yay! I see you've got a new Cowboys cheerleader there.
- Mon Sep 09, 08:02:00 AM CDT
I recycled a post from the 49er green bay playoff game and just changed the score for yesterday's gane. I didn't know i was also recycling comments. Yous said you picked the 49ers and felt weird about it.
- Mon Sep 09, 01:14:00 PM CDT
- JACKIESUE said...
I bet them last night too Jan..and it still feels weird..my next door neighbor Michael gave up on the cowboys years ago and now he's a 49 fan..so if I don't see the game all I have to do is talk to Michael and he will give me a play by play run down..ha..
I'm teaching her to pump her fist and yell go cowboys..she's got the handpump down and sorta says go..but we're working on it.
- Mon Sep 09, 03:31:00 PM CDT
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Hope you enjoyed these journals. Happy crafting!
Some quick journal making
I made 2 mini journals for my sister in law. I made them out of scraps and homemade flowers. They were super easy and quick to make.
The next two journals I made really quick on the fly for a birthday party. My son was invited to a birthday party for one of his friends who is a triplet. He has 2 sisters. Well my son didn't want to go to the party empty handed for his friend's sisters, so...MOM TO THE RESCUE.
Aren't they so cute?! I had a lot of fun making girly stuff. I don't get to do that very often. I made these so quickly but really like how they turned out. I added a ribbon closure and a ribbon for a book mark.
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Author: Paulo De Jesus
Bio Note: Paulo De Jesus is a PhD student in the Computing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has an MPhil in philosophy of cognitive science from King's College London and a BA in philosophy from Birkbeck, University of London. His main research interests are in the areas of enactive cognitive science and biosemiotics. Homepage: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/PauloDeJesus
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Wand of Illusory Sound:
This wand is a small, thin, white branch of birch wood covered in red arcane runes. Tied at the tip of the wand is a string, the string is tied to a bell that will not create any audible sound.
When the proper command word is spoken (usually some word for "distract" or "entertain" in a language such as Elven) and the wand is pointed at its intended target the bell will chime softy once. That is when the magic happens…
The original Wand of Illusory Sound was created by a magical musician named Malon. She was brilliant with the harp and could charm any man. She was also a thief, and with her partner and lover, Devis, who was also a talented musician, she would steal from her audiences. Eventually, after Devis was caught stealing, and had his right hand removed for it, they were no longer trusted by their audiences. So.. Malon devised this item as a way of distracting potential victims.
Magical Properties:
This wand can produce a few illusion effects related to sound. It can alter a sound to sound like something else (such as footsteps to sound like thunder or a spellcaster's voice to sound like a pig snorting). This effect lasts for one minute or dismissed.
The wand can also cause a victim to hear a sound (such as his name being said or a child crying) that cannot be located. The sound cannot be located simply because it is an illusion and is entirely in the person's head. Part of the mild insanity caused by such an unnerving sound can cause the target to think he has an idea as to the direction of the sound, only to prove him incorrect (which can be unnerving).This effect last for one hour.
And the third, and final, effect of this wand is to create a buzzing sound in the victims ears meant to distract him. This distraction can manifest in game terms as a penalty on simple things like combat or climbing. This effect also lasts for one hour.
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Color(s): Pink, purple, blue
Sun Exposure: Sun or partial shade
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Average Height: 1 ft. - 5 ft.
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Six to Celebrate Neighborhood Talks
The Historic Districts Council Presents
Six to Celebrate Neighborhood Talks
Location:The Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street in Manhattan.
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Thursday, September 15th, 6:00pm
Defining an Historic District: Inwood, Manhattan
Presenters: Pat Courtney and Cole Thompson, Volunteers for Isham Park
Inwood, at the very northern tip of Manhattan, combines striking geography of hills and views with notable architecture that includes significant Art-Deco apartment buildings, Tudor Revival houses and unique features such as the 215th Street Steps, the Seaman-Drake Arch and the historic Isham Park. However very little of the neighborhood's historic buildings are protected or even officially acknowledged. Pat Courtney and Cole Thompson will discuss the development of Inwood and the neighborhood's efforts to preserve its unique geology, history and architecture.
Monday, October 17, 6:00pm
Jackson Heights, Queens
Presenter: Daniel Karatzas, Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Jackson Heights is New York City's first planned neighborhood of "garden apartments" and "garden homes". These airy, light-filled residences, combined with commercial and institutional buildings, provided an attractive environment for middle-class families to live in when it was developed in the early 20th century, and it still does today. Hidden from public view, many of the original interior courtyards remain treasured gardens ordinarily accessible only to residents. Daniel Karatzas, author of Jackson Heights: A Garden in the City, will present the development history and JHBG's campaign to extend the historic district.
"Presented in association with Archtober, Architecture and Design Month New York City." (Link to www.archtober.org.)
Monday, November 7, 6:00pm
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Presenters: Suzanne Spellen and Morgan Munsey, Brownstoner.com columnists
The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood contains an astonishing number of architecturally, historically and culturally significant structures, including rowhouses, mansions, religious buildings, and schools dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Although there are currently two designated historic districts in the area, the vast majority of Bedford Stuyvesant's architectural splendor is unprotected. The recently-formed Bedford Stuyvesant Society for Historic Preservation, a coalition of concerned neighborhood block associations, and the landmarks committee of Brooklyn Community Board 3 are working to correct that and will be on hand to answer questions about their campaign.
Tuesday, November 15, 6:30pm
The Bowery, Manhattan
Presenter: David Mulkins, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors
The Bowery is one of Manhattan's oldest thoroughfares, stretching from Cooper Square to Chatham Square. The area has a fascinatingly rich history, ranging from a fashionable shopping and residential neighborhood at the end of the 18th century, to a bustling center of dry goods, hardware and other specialty stores, to an entertainment mecca and later the notorious "skid row" in the 20th century. In recent years, the mix of historic structures along the street has been threatened by high-rise development.
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Additional support for the Six to Celebrate Tours is provided by New York City Councilmembers Inez Dickens, Daniel Garodnick, Stephen Levin and Rosie Mendez.


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National oil flushing and remediation service provider strengthens and expands Company's capabilities in lubrication services markets
FULTON, Md., Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX), a global leader in fluid-handling solutions for critical applications, today announced the acquisition of COT-PURITECH, headquartered in Canton, Ohio, for a purchase price of $34 million with potential additional contingent payments, subject to the achievement of certain performance goals.
A national supplier of oil flushing and remediation services to refinery and petrochemical operators, power generation plants and other industrial manufacturing sites, COT-PURITECH expands Colfax's Total Lubrication Management services offering, particularly for the global oil & gas market. In 2010, COT-PURITECH realized approximately $20 million in revenues.
In making the announcement, Clay H. Kiefaber, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are excited to welcome COT-PURITECH to the Colfax family. This is an important acquisition for Colfax as the addition of COT-PURITECH's oil flushing capabilities and remediation services is extremely complementary to our existing lubrication services business. We intend to expand these services through our global oil & gas and power generation channels."
COT-PURITECH's 80 associates will be integrated into the Colfax Fluid-Handling business.
ABOUT COLFAX CORPORATION—Colfax Corporation is a global leader in critical fluid-handling products and technologies. Through its global operating subsidiaries, Colfax manufactures positive displacement industrial pumps and valves used in oil & gas, power generation, commercial marine, defense and general industrial markets. Colfax's operating subsidiaries supply products under the well-known brands Allweiler, Baric, Fairmount Automation, Houttuin, Imo, LSC, Portland Valve, Tushaco, Warren and Zenith. Colfax is traded on the NYSE under the ticker "CFX." Additional information about Colfax is available at www.colfaxcorp.com.
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The room was rolling with contractions to send her out to the next world. It made her dizzy, reality rolling in and out with the unknown. She knew her spirit was to leave her body soon. One second she was in her bed in a land without His portraits on the walls then she saw Chol Tae flashing his grin at her and Appa trying to tell them so many things. It never would be until she couldn't ask Appa then she wondered what he had to say. Decades had passed since she was the girl that was one half of a whole but the memories were as clear as day, and it didn't make them any less true than the present. This morning Esther arrived with spicy tofu stew to check in with her, she knew she was in Seoul; she could see the familiar buildings from her window. An hour later she was at the farm the way she always remembered her home, the yellow stalks of corn swaying in the wind before the floods destroyed everything. She and Chol Tae were carrying a heavy bucket of water back to the animals. The buckets were so heavy it took both of them to carry one. Then Esther's face would come back in focus. Seoul came back in focus, and she yearned to be back to where she really was.
The film of her life was being extinguished before her eyes before nothing else would hold her back from moving on. The small bedroom she lived in for sixty years was what set her free but now the walls were simply holding her back from those she loved. It had been a long wait. She was sure they would not recognize her but then, spirits too had a way of recognizing each other when they were free. That was what Umma taught her children, and she never forgot. Only now as a withered woman she began to see the truth in her mother's words.


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This year we were proud to organize and host the EUROCITIES conference, on which we were actively sharing our good practices and alongside this learn from your work and experiences. Thank you for being in Ljubljana, the most beautiful city in the world, where we live together and respect the differences.
The reorientation from linear to circular in the future will have a significant impact not only in individual business models, but will change our way of thinking, our economic and social system. If we learn to use and consume less, and also implement the principles of sharing economy, we and our environment will both be the winners.


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Celebrating a year of Motown!
Today marks the first anniversary of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL arriving at the Shaftesbury Theatre – Happy Anniversary to us!
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A stay amidst calm and natural surroundings of VIVEKANANDAPURAM integrates these experiences and you go back home full of sublime thoughts and happiness.
VIVEKANANDAPURAM is the headquarters of Vivekananda Kendra.It is spread over 100 acres and is a spiritual retreat for those who love nature.The campus stretches from the main road upto the beach.
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"The Ugly Truth" an interview with David Goerlitz
The Ugly Truth
Mark Evans Interview with David Goerlitz,
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"Ninety three percent of kids start smoking cigarettes under the age of seventeen. While I was an employee for R. J. Reynolds during the years of 1981 to 1988, I did not know that we were losing twelve hundred smokers a day. Companies like R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris and Lorillard Tobacco needed to replace these aged and doomed smokers with people that can keep using their products for a long time, like kids and teenagers."
The Industry spent millions of dollars a day making sure that cigarette ads were visible almost everywhere you turn. David started smoking cigarettes when he was only fourteen, the legal age to smoke Cigarettes was eighteen years old. He, like many other kids and teens did not know the effects that cigarettes could have on their lives, because no one told them.
"When I modeled for Winston, I was clearly told that young people were the market that we were going after." When you look back at some of the advertising that David Goerlitz participated in you will notice the style of marketing. "At the Winston ad shoots we were told to epitomize the robust and virile man, it was made clear to me that this image was important because kids like to role play and we were to provide the attractive role models for them to follow." Well this worked and brought Winston from the number four to the number two top selling brands, Unfortunately they used child marketing to get to these numbers. "I was the Winston man for about seven and a half years and I enjoyed modeling and the comfy salary but I learned first hand the marketing tactics of the nation's number one leading cause of premature deaths and disease."
1988 came along and David's brother was diagnosed with Cancer,
" I looked into the eyes of my children, who knew that their uncle was dying from smoking and my son told me, dad you need to quit"
During David's generation sixty to seventy five percent smoked cigarettes in the 60's and 70's. It was marketed all over television with relatable quotes to connect to , Winston tastes good like a cigarette should. Winston even sponsored television shows like The Flintstones and even had commercials of the cartoons using their product.
"In 1981 R. J. Reynolds and I, standing at the top of Mt. Evans in Colorado, I am the only one wearing an oxygen mask at 12,000 feet because I am a smoker. Not one of the CEO's COO"s from the tobacco industry smoked, It was such a hypocritical thing and a blatant sign but I did not get it. I was modeling, playing a role and making money."
Winston Man quits smoking publicly in 1988 when he realizes what R. J. Reynolds was doing and how this company was using his face to lure children and teenagers to get addicted to smoking cigarettes. "Over the years youngsters have come up to me for an autograph because they have seen me on billboards and magazines. I have had children tell me they started to smoke Winstons because of me.
"For that I will always feel fear, anger and guilt, I will have to deal with this for the rest of my life and that is the ugly truth."
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Well here we are Webbies our first post of 2012. Sorry we have been so quiet this year but our Development team are hard at work creating some great new features.
As you may know HTML5 is becoming a more prominent feature in Web Development as of late and we here at Webeden always like to move with the times. With Apple making it very public that it does not and will not support flash on it's iOS devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod) we felt the need to act, and act we have.
Already we have put in place HTML mobile version of all our sites, so any users that visit our sites using a device that does not support flash will be directed to the correct version. We feel we need to go even further with this, so have locked away the Development team until they have completed the task in hand.
We have decided to make your ENTIRE site into HTML5, this means that you will have the ability to show the user the Flash version of your site or the HTML5 version. The Development team are working on making the HTML5 version as similar as possible to the Flash version.
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What does this mean for Flash and Webeden?
We still see Flash as a huge part of Web Development and the Web as a whole and will keep the Editor itself in Flash as we feel it still provides the best drag and drop features of any other language.
So just to round up in Q3 (july-sep) 2012, Webeden users will have the option of publishing their site in Flash or HTML5 by default. Any new sites made after this launch will auto publish in HTML5.
The reason for all this is that HTML5 is the future and we here at Webeden love the future and look forward to it and sharing it with you.


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Part of the excitement of September 1, the start of the school year, is the feeling of getting a fresh start: new class, new teacher, new friends, and new school supplies.
But women who've been rescued from Arab villages most often don't have the financial wherewithal to buy their children new book bags. That's why Yad L'Achim launched an annual program to distribute hundreds of book bags to families throughout the country.
Thanks to the program, needy children marched proudly into class on the first day of school with brand new book bags on their backs, just like all of the other children.
May they, and all the children of Israel, have a successful year of growth - academically, spiritually and socially.


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Take the Floor is Monday Club's Scratch Night at Chelsea Theatre.
The night promotes new work within all forms of the arts and forges connections for collaboration between these varying mediums. Past Take the Floors have hosted theatre, dance, clown, spoken word, short film, live music, visual art and more. All of our pieces are handpicked from a variety of promising new artists with fresh and dynamic ideas.
At June's event, doors will open at 6pm, at which time visual artists will be exhibiting their work. Performances will commence in the auditorium at 7pm, followed swiftly by live music in the bar.
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Noon — Hillsboro Chamber board meeting, Hillsboro State Bank board room, Hillsboro.
5 p.m. — Adult yoga, Hillsboro City building.
5:30 p.m. — Second annual Hillsboro Young Professionals bowling night, Bluejay Lanes, Hillsboro.
Noon — Old Settler's day golf tournament, Marion Country Club.
5 p.m. — Marion County Club public gathering, come out for cash bar, darts, games, cards and snacks to visit with Marion Alumni.
All day — Old Settler's Day events, parade, food and games in Central Park, Marion.
1:30 p.m. — Goessel Area Harvest Giving walk, funds raised benefit Mennonite Central Committee water program and Tabor Mennonite Church food pantry.
6 p.m. — Whitley Casey, Texan worship leader and songwriter concert, free to the public, Christian Church, Florence.
5 p.m. — Arts and Crafts Association meeting, Hillsboro Chamber office.
From the archives
History of Old Settlers' Day
Old Settlers' Day is as rich in tradition and as filled with constant change and progress as the years past which it honors. Indeed, it is the careful blending of tradition with innovation that makes Old Settlers' Day one of the best annual celebrations in Central Kansas.
Always county-oriented, Old Settlers' Day began Jan. 7, 1881, with a reunion for all people who settled in Marion County in the 1860s. The old settlers gathered for a basket dinner and reminiscing in Marion.
Other "pioneer picnics" and old-fashioned Independence Day celebrations were conducted both before and after this affair, but Jan. 7, 1881, is generally cited as the birthday of Old Settlers' Day
In 1912, at the suggestion of the Marion Record, Old Settlers' Day was revived and made an annual affair. The Marion County Old Settlers' Association was formed to supervise the event. Thomas Potter of Peabody was the association's first president, and Alex Case of Marion was its original secretary.
Prominent speakers from among early settlers of Marion County gathered Oct. 16, 1912, in Marion's Central Park and delivered speeches. Incidents and reminiscences of early days were told. Old settlers from all parts of the county, state and nation swarmed to Marion for the gala.
Similar celebrations followed in 1913 and 1914. In 1915, the affair's date was changed to late September, and several new additions were added. Band concerts, parades, and free sporting events all were included for the first time.
The annual festival continued thereafter, sometimes in early summer and occasionally in late autumn. Late September seemed to be the most desirable time of the year.
For many years, Old Settlers' Day was on a Thursday or a Friday. In 1965, the celebration's date was finalized. Because most people could attend Saturday celebrations and weather conditions in late-September were most favorable, Old Settlers' Day was scheduled for the last Saturday in September each year.
Around that time, the tradition of honoring original settlers, who by then would have been more than 100 years old, was altered, and the event was made to coincide with high school class reunions, which previously had been scheduled at various other times throughout the year.
Marion Record, Sept. 28, 1883
'Mid a perfect bower of beauty, of towering trees and shapely shrubbery, near meandering streams and 'midst charming landscapes, nestles the lovely town bearing the beautiful name of Marion. Here twelve hundred prosperous people find happy homes, and to their number are rapidly receiving additions. Twenty-three years ago the first white settlers entered into fierce controversy upon this soil with wild boast and wilder men. That controversy was a practical one, but as in all its subsequent contests, Marion came out ahead. Yet not until the advent of the cars, four years ago, did the town really begin to grow.
Marion is situated near the center of Marion county, at the confluence of Cottonwood river and Muddy creek, the business portion of the town being located in the valley on the west of the last named stream and the larger part of the residences on the high land east of the same.
Marion is the county seat of the county, and though its claim to this distinction was long disputed, yet it was finally settled in favor of this place by 416 majority at a popular election held in 1881, and this decision was immediately followed by a similar vote in favor of completing the court house at a cost of $5,000. This fortunate settlement of a vexed question gave an impetus to the growth of the town, as may well be imagined.
Marion is a live town. The trade center of a large tributary territory. it enjoys a healthy business, and as its vast surrounding county is even yet sparsely settled, comparatively, though yet in advance of the town, its prospects for future growth rest upon no doubtful basis. The town is bound to grow.
We have here a partial supply, at least, of most of the "necessaries" of town life. Excellent schools educate our children; three newspapers give tone and respectability to the place and three regular pastors look after the spiritual needs of their flocks. Five physicians "settle" our stomachs and eight lawyers settle our disputes. Two bakeries furnish us bread and two fine mills (the third will soon be added) furnish the flour. Then we have two grain firms, one photographer, two blacksmith shops, three millinery stores, two meat markets, one jewelry store, four restaurants, two livery stables, one exclusive boot and shoe store, one exclusive dry goods and furnishing store, two harness shops, three banks, three shoemaker shops, one steam sash and door factory, three hotels, one marble yard, three drug stores, two hardware store, two billiard halls, three grocery and provision stores, six general merchandise establishments, two furniture and undertaking houses, two lumber yards, one gasoline stove and oil dealer, one sewing machine agent, one book store, two confectionery stores, two dental rooms, two paint shops, three coal dealers, two dray lines, one flour and feed store, two barber shops, three boarding houses, one hay dealer, three ice dealers, three firms of real estate agents, and contractors and mechanics in great profusion.
We have two of the prettiest natural parks in the State, one right in the heart of the town and the other just outside the limits. We have an excellent system of sidewalks and generally good dry streets.
Marion has the handsomest array of masculine beauty, the prettiest women, and the sweetest girls in the county.
And it has no dudes nor dudesses.
This, in brief, is Marion. Eastern reader, come and see it for yourself, and when you come make headquarters at the Record office.
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The Oregon Trail
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I loved this book for stories that involved Rinker and his brother and all the people they met on the trail. For me it was a bit too much history, and could have been 75-100 pages shorter.
While this is not the normal kind of book I read to learn more on the history of our country, it was a pleasant departure. Much of this book is about the personal experiences of Rinker and his brother, he sprinkled enough information on the endeavors of actual pioneers to retain my yearning for history. Also, nice to see the way that people who encountered them in their journey were kind and helpful. Good to hear that there are really still good people around!
As somehow who grew up and went to school in Oregon, the Oregon Trail loomed large. I also am old enough to remember and play the classic, green-tinged video game ("You have died of dysentery."). So I was eager to read jounralist Rinker Buck's book in which he and his brother recreate the journey, even down to taking a mule-driven covered wagon. It's a curious and not entirely successful mishmash of travelogue, history, memoir, and road trip. Buck's style is discursive and he takes frequent detours into his personal history (His father took them on trips in a covered wagons), the virtues of mules, and the minutiae of 19th century wagons. More often than not, I was bored, something exacerbated by the length of the book (over 400 pages). It's too bad because it's a good premise, and there is some interesting history interspersed thoughout. You might also like Terry Tempest Williams's trip through the National Parks, "The Hour of Land."
A hilarious, thoughtful, fact-filled, and sweary account of a man and his brother crossing the Oregon Trail. Dad approved!
A quirky travelogue, Buck and his brother made the wagon journey on a hard board seat over 2000 miles of bumps pulled by a mule team. The part about cholera on the Platte River was an interesting bit of local history. Especially liked his descriptions of the mules: purchasing, personalities, training, harnessing, catching, driving, feeding, caring for, etc.
An interesting history lesson well told. It did drag a bit at times, so don't expect to stay up all night reading it.
It was slow going for me but worthwhile to hang on. I enjoyed the balance he struck between his journey and that of the historic trail travelers. His grumpy old man perspective on RVs, religion and politics (historical and modern) was entertaining and balanced by his thorough research and self-deprecation. I was, however, thrown by his use of "brave" and "squaw" to refer to Native American men and women. He presents a fair, if brief, appraisal of the treatment native people received from settlers and the U.S. government which made the use of these arcane terms confusing. Perhaps he was going for irony and I missed it. In any case, do not let that stop you from reading this terrific book.
I loved reading this book. Although some parts were tedious at times they were easy to skim and get to the good "on the trail" parts. His research of pioneer diaries and graves along the trail and the history of why all these people would make this death defying journey would be the basis for a college level class that I would love to take.
Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, decide to get through their mid-life crises by taking a team of mules and a covered wagon across the Oregon Trail. When they are joined by friends, who happen to be women, about halfway through this journey, they have surrendered to outdoor living, lack of cleaning facilities and time to the extent that the women feel it's in their best interests to shoo them out of the camp, so the women can clean it up enough that they won't feel their health is at risk. However, the amount of research Rinker Buck undertakes in preparation for the trip as well as while writing the book afterward, gives us details we would not have had the energy to find out ourselves. It is also an emotional and spiritual journey for both the brothers and strengthens them physically as well. The combination of history and personal experience makes a winning combination.
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These are my best friends. I really love them, but I guess I don't show it much. We don't have as much time to just hang out anymore, ever since school started, and the only time to talk is during school... And at school, I'm focused on getting things done and not thinking about anything else, so it's hard. MAIS JE VOUS AIME, D'ACCORD!
these days, i stay in my house and never rly come out. during the week, the only thing that keeps me going is the idea of the weekend coming in 4 days... 3 days... 2... 1...
and now it's sunday and i haven't done any of my hw or practiced piano at all and i'm blogging! = =
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Double Jeopardy: Not just a bad Ashley Judd movie.
There's been a lot of discussion on whether these hearings should even be held, and by what authority Congress has to hold hearings regarding baseball -- the authority comes by way of a couple of Supreme Court opinions so stupid they make Bush v. Gore look well-reasoned.
For a reason that I couldn't understand, Rusty Hardin's defense strategy appeared to be focused on attacking the legitimacy of the Congressional hearings. What I couldn't understand about this strategy was that it totally ignored why Clemens was on trial, which was for lying under oath. It didn't matter if the hearings were legitimate. What mattered was that Clemens, in a hearing he demanded, in a hearing he was given a chance to get out of but refused, potentially lied under oath. And Hardin's strategy didn't appear to be addressing that fact.
But for now, none of that matters. The prosecution committed an act so stupid that a mistrial was granted. And because a jury was seated, double jeopardy attached, leaving the possibility, though slim, that Clemens may never face another trial for perjury.
Two weeks ago, right before jury selection started, the attorneys met before Judge Reggie Walton to discussion courtroom procedures and go over evidentiary motions. In other words, the standard pretrial stuff. And during that time, Judge Walton made it very clear to the prosecution that they would not be allowed to mention Laura Pettitte, the wife of Andy Pettitte, or even reference her testimony. So on the second day of the trial, what does the prosecution do? They mention Laura Pettitte.
One of the things we're taught in law school is that if the judge tells you something, then you do what the judge tells you to do. If you don't like what the judge says, you make sure to get his order on the record for appellate purposes, then you do what he tells you to do. The punishment for ignoring a judge's order can be a fine for contempt of court, or much worse, a mistrial.
The Rocket did take an oath to tell the truth.
The Clemens prosecutors didn't have this problem. They claimed to have physical evidence that Clemens took PEDs. Brian McNamee, Clemens's trainer, was willing to testify that he injected Clemens with the PEDs, and Andy Pettitte, the most truthful and honest man in the world -- NEVER MIND THAT HE LIED FOR YEARS ABOUT HIS OWN PED USE -- was going to testify that Clemens admitted to using HGH.
But one thing the Feds couldn't do was to reference Laura Pettitte, because her testimony would amount to hearsay, and hearsay testimony is not allowed in court, despite what you might believe from David E. Kelley TV shows. So what do the Feds do on day two? They show a video from the Congressional hearings. And during this video Rep. Elijah Cummings is talking about Andy Pettitte. And while he talks about Pettitte, he starts to talk about Laura Pettitte. And keeps talking while the judge seethes on the bench.
The Rocket still has time to pose for family photos.
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This brings us to the topic of double jeopardy, which is part of the Fifth Amendment and not just a bad Ashley Judd movie. Double jeopardy states that a person cannot be tried twice for the same criminal action. Most people think this only comes into account after a verdict. But in reality, it attaches once a jury is seated and testimony begins, as it had with the Clemens case.
There is some question as to whether double jeopardy will be applied, though there has been much Internet talk on the topic. Generally, as long as there's no verdict, a court will allow for a retrial, but in circumstances of extreme judicial misconduct, courts will declare double jeopardy and not allow a retrial.
My first thought on this last week, based on the angry language of the judge, was that double jeopardy would be declared due to the mistrial and Clemens would not be retried. Then again, I'm not a criminal attorney, so I did some reading and consulted with some criminal attorneys, and my belief now is that the prosecution will be allowed to retry Clemens -- a decision we should know come September 2.
But no matter what happens, nothing matters if the prosecutors keep making stupid mistakes and ignoring the judge's orders. And no matter what happens, the reputation of Roger Clemens will probably never be cleared, verdict or no verdict.