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The 2014 Bench/Bar kicks off tomorrow morning in Sherman with the renaming of the Sherman courthouse for former U.S. District Judge Paul Brown at 10 am.
The activities (well, aside from golf) continue with CLE at the hotel in Plano at 2pm with panels on not lying to judges (more or less), the past, present and future of the ED Tex, a high Octane panel on patent issues and the Fifth Circuit's new hyperlink program.
Tomorrow evening continues with a reception, opening remarks by Chief Judge Davis, and dinner, which features Dallas law school deans from UNT and SMU, presentation of the Hannah award, and remarks on professionalism by Baylor President Kenneth Starr. After that we have a keynote presentation by Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Carl Stewart, also on professionalism (but less likely to involve discussion of Baylor football), followed by dessert and dancing with ED Tex veteran (in both the courthouse and the dance floor, as we now know) Emerald City (President & Mrs. Bush are not expected to accompany the band).
Thursday morning has panels on patent litigation statistics, practice in the ED Tex, yet more practice on the ED Tex, how to screw up (or not) at trial, and the Mark Cuban trial. That brings us to lunch.
Thursday afternoon is a presentation on legal writing in the cell phone age, and a panel on legal writing in a paperless world. Following a break, we get into how to invalidate patents, and a panel with Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly Moore and some of her former law clerks on practice in the Federal Circuit.
Thursday afternoon is also the panel I have been working on Circuit Judges and District Judges: What Can They Learn From One Another? What Can Lawyers Learn From Listening? with Chief Circuit Judge Sharon Prost and Judge Timothy Dyk from the Federal Circuit, Chief Judge Leonard Davis and Judge Rodney Gilstrap from the ED Tex, Judge Barbara Lynn from the ND Tex (not the legendary blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Beaumont, just in case you were wondering), and Judge Sue Robinson from the District of Delaware, with Jennifer Ainsworth, Glenn Thames and I as interactive facilitators. Not often you get six judges like this on the same panel, so I look forward to that one.
Thursday evening has another reception, dinner on your own, and then Reflections of ED Texas/ND Texas 2014 Patent Mock Trial Presented at China University, Beijing with Comparative Ethics. And After Dinner Drinks by the ND and ED Texas lawyers and judges who participated in the Presidential Suite. Discussions are set to conclude at 10:30. Drinking is expected to continue after then.
Friday morning, if we can stagger out of our respective hotel rooms after two nights of conversing about the latest trends in federal court litigation till all hours, we will be greeted with a panel on Hatch-Waxman Behind the Pine Curtain (which had damn well better be accompanied by some choice pharmaceuticals if they want anyone awake), in-house counsel wish lists, patent case management, and patent litigation management (again). Again, the first is an academic presentation, then the second has four judges who might know something about managing a patent docket: Judges Davis and Gilstrap from the Eastern District and Judges Leonard Stark and Sue Robinson from Delaware.
After a buffet lunch, attendees with be treated to a panel on current proceedings at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Jurors Gone Wild (that's the next panel which is about juries, not the name of the BPAI panel), and then a panel of actual ED Tex patent case jurors. Whether they will, too, go wild is anyone's guess.
It's going to be an enjoyable few days in Plano - hope to see many of you there.
Posted by Michael C. Smith on October 21, 2014 at 05:15 PM in Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
My recent post about the new ED Tex bar website, reminded me that I wanted to call to readers' attention the page concerning the new Association for Former Law Clerks of the Eastern District of Texas. If you are a former law clerk of the Eastern District of Texas (like the exemplars shown at left) and would like to join the Association, please click here.
Posted by Michael C. Smith on September 22, 2014 at 05:24 PM in Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
I have neglected to note that this year the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association (have I mentioned its fancy new website?) is partnering with not just the Federal Circuit Bar Association, but also the Center for American and International Law, from Plano, Texas, in putting on the bench/bar. We've had highly successful conferences in the past with the FCBA, and are looking forwarding to working with the CAIL as well. They have been involved in recent years, as attendees know.
Speaking of the Federal Circuit, the agenda includes four members of that court this year - Chief Judge Sharon Prost and Judges Timothy Dyk, Kathleen O'Malley and Kimberly Moore.
A current (as of September 18) brochure is attached - Download 9-18-14 Bench Bar 2014 Brochure. You also may register online at https://www.cailaw.org/eventRegistration.html?e=1215 Again, for other information, contact Conference Chairman Clyde Siebman at firstname.lastname@example.com or Executive Director Elizabeth Black Berry at email@example.com.
Posted by Michael C. Smith on September 22, 2014 at 04:31 PM in Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
The opening event of this year's bench/bar will be a ceremony recognizing the late U.S. District Judge Paul Brown as the United States Courthouse in Sherman, Texas, is named in his honor. The event will be held Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 10:00 AM at the courthouse, which is located at 101 East Pecan St. in Sherman.
Posted by Michael C. Smith on September 22, 2014 at 12:46 PM in Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Traci L. Kenner and Matt Quinn of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Texas were two of 243 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney
General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director's Awards Ceremony on Sep. 10, in Washington D.C.
The Eastern District of Texas was one of 44 districts represented at the ceremony which was held in the Great Hall at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building.
In his prepared remarks to awardees, Attorney General Holder said, "Locally, nationally, and internationally, you represent the very best that this Department has to offer. Your work embodies our ongoing commitment – not merely to win cases, but to do justice; to protect our fellow citizens from crime, violence, and terrorism; to empower the most vulnerable among us; and to uphold the rule of law."
EOUSA Director Monty Wilkinson echoed those sentiments, saying to the recipients, "You have persevered, and remained focused and motivated – achieving remarkable results in work that makes a difference in the lives of citizens across our great country. The vast scope of your collective accomplishments is nothing short of exceptional."
Traci Kenner, of the Tyler office, was recognized for her outstanding performance as an Appellate AUSA and the Eastern District of Texas's Appellate Chief. During her tenure, AUSA Kenner has made significant improvements to the district appellate program. In particular, AUSA Kenner's exemplary handling of the appeal of United States v. Ebron, a capital murder trial originating in a Bureau of Prisons facility in the Eastern District of Texas, preserved a conviction and death sentence in a case with unusual appellate issues that could have -- but for AUSA Kenner -- resulted in a reversal and retrial. Instead, the final outcome was an affirmance in the Court of Appeals and denial of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court.
Posted by Michael C. Smith on September 19, 2014 at 05:32 PM in Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
As readers know, the annual Bench Bar Conference for the Eastern District Federal Courts is scheduled for October 22 - 24, 2014 at the Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center in Plano, Texas. A highlight of the annual conference will be the award of the 2014 John Hannah, Jr. Award for Public Service in memory of the former chief judge of the Eastern District of Texas. The award recognizes a Texas attorney admitted to practice in the Eastern District of Texas who has demonstrated a superior commitment to public service. Nominees should have a record of public service that is marked by high standards of personal integrity and dedication.
To download a copy of the announcement letter from E.D. Bar association President Kirk Mathis requesting submission of nominations which contains more details about the award and nomination deadline, please click the link below:
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Posted by Michael C. Smith on September 11, 2014 at 03:26 PM in Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, Eastern District of Texas news & events | Permalink | Comments (0)
Former Texas Governor Mark White will be the speaker at the annual fall meeting of the Davidson Foundation held at the Josephine Davidson Memorial Chapel situated on Davidson Road at the center of the Foundation's 3000 acres near Harleton in northwestern Harrison County.
This fall's program begins at 11a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and following Governor White's appearance, all those in attendance are invited to remain and enjoy a complimentary catered lunch on the chapel grounds.
Governor Mark White is a native East Texan, born in Henderson, Rusk County. He served as the 43rd Governor of Texas from January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987. Before being elected Governor, he was elected and served as Texas Attorney General from 1979 to 1983. He also served as Texas Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977. He is a graduate of Baylor University and later earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Baylor University School of Law. After graduating from Baylor Law School, he practiced law in Houston before becoming Secretary of State. Governor White brings a broad and thoughtful perspective to many of the most pressing of our state's current legal and political issues. His comments on our constitutional system within this context promise to be memorable.
Situated on a country road between Harleton and Gilmer, the Josephine Davidson Memorial Chapel was constructed to honor the mother of one of Harrison County's most outstanding jurists and political figures. Judge T. Whitfield Davidson, being largely self-educated "read the law," and then passed the Texas Bar Exam. He served as City Attorney in Marshall, Texas; State Senator; Lt. Governor and subsequently ran for Governor of Texas in 1924 on a platform opposing the Ku Klux Klan, which was then attempting to influence and control many state offices. Though he failed to win the governor's race, he was appointed United States District Judge by President Franklin D. Roosevelt where continued his battle against vigilante justice until he was in his 90s.
Having no children of his own, in 1955 Davidson decided to use his wealth to honor his mother by building a stone chapel in her name on the farm where he was born. He intended it to last forever, he said, and was buried there himself in 1974, just two years shy of his 100th birthday.
When he established the Davidson Foundation he gave its Trustees two mandatory tasks: maintaining the chapel and holding two gatherings there each year. One was to be in the fall where someone "learned in the Constitution and laws of the land" would speak and one in the spring as a celebration of "the faith of our fathers." Reflecting, perhaps, on his own memories of arduous trips to the county seat from the country, he made sure the guests at each gathering would be fed before they left the chapel grounds.
To reach the Davidson Chapel from Marshall, travel north on S.H. 154 to Harleton, then turn onto FM 450 North and follow it until it meets the Davidson Road (a TxDOT sign marks the turn) then turn left from FM 450 onto Davidson Road and follow it until it intersects the entrance to the Chapel property, which is marked with a sign for the entrance. From Gilmer take S.H. 154 southeast to Harleton and follow the same directions. From Longview, take Alpine Road (FM 2208) north to Harleton and then follow the same instructions. From Jefferson, take FM 2208 west to Harleton and then follow the same instructions
The Foundation's Trustees invite the public to enjoy this unique East Texas tradition with a truly impressive jurist and speaker in one of our area's most picturesque settings.
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"To some of my fellow Catholics, Senator Obama's answers on abortion make him categorically unacceptable. I understand that view, respect it, but find it prudentially the second-best answer in 2008."
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MALIBU, CA (Catholic Online) - In the last few weeks, I have been repeatedly asked if my endorsement of Senator Obama stands.
To some of my fellow Catholics, Senator Obama's answers on abortion make him categorically unacceptable.I understand that view, respect it, but find it prudentially the second-best answer in 2008.
Not because Senator Obama's position on abortion is mine; it is not. Not because I don't believe Senator Obama could improve the articulation of his position; he could, but because I believe that my faith calls upon me at this time to focus on new efforts and untried paths to reduce abortion practice in America.
Senator Obama�s emphasis on personal responsibility, rather than legal bickering over potential Supreme Court nominations in my judgment, best moves this issue forward.
The Republican Party has had a better claim to be pro-life because of words in its platform supporting the overruling of Roe v. Wade. Roe is bad constitutional law, because it's not based on the Constitution or any tradition or custom implicit within its terms.
Yet overturning the decision does little other than return the issue to the states. Conservative justice and fellow Catholic Antonin Scalia has pointed out that following Roe�s hypothetical demise, if the states want abortion thereafter all they have to do is pass a law in favor of it.
As a matter of constitutional legal theory, I believe Justice Scalia is entirely wrong and that Roe is flawed not just for its displacement of state authority, but more fundamentally, for its disregard of the natural law presuppositions in the Declaration of Independence.
As I see it, the �self-evident truths� of the Declaration have interpretative significance for the meaning of �life� and �person� in the constitutional text -- and that meaning makes life unalienable, which means each life from conception is unique and worthy of constitutional protection.
Were Senator McCain to be of the same mind, he would be pro-life. As it is, he and the GOP are pro-federalism, which is not a bad thing, but frankly, at this late date, insufficient.
Thus, as I see it, it is a choice between two less than sufficient courses:
(a) the continuation of an effort to appoint men and women to the Court who are thought willing to overturn Roe through divisive confirmation proceedings that undermine respect for law and understate the significance of non-abortion issues in a judicial candidate�s evaluation; or
(b) working with a new president who honestly concedes the abortion decision poses serious moral issues which he argues can only be fully and successfully resolved by the mother facing it with the primary obligation of the community seeing to it that she is as well informed as possible in the making of it.
It is a prudential judgment which course is more protective of life. Had three Republican presidents over 20 years in office not tried course (a), it might be a close question. As it is, we know that following course (a) has met with little success, and again, even if fully successful will do little more than bolster the possibility that some number of states will make abortion legally less available
I do not understand Senator Obama to be pro-abortion, though if we had an extended conversation on this topic, I would ask him to more carefully parse the topic. Asked at the recent faith forum at Messiah College whether he believed life began at conception, Obama said he has not "come to a firm resolution" on the question.
That's a mistake that any geneticist could clear up for him. Openly, he posited that he thought it is �very hard to know . . . when life begins. Is it when a cell separates? Is it when the soul stirs? So I don't presume to know the answer to that question.�
There�s some humility in this answer, but it also mixes science and theology and tangles up life and personhood to boot. In fairness, however, it typifies the larger public confusion. Most importantly, it is an answer free of guile or political calculation. �What I [do] know,� said the Senator, �is that there is something extraordinarily powerful about potential life and that has a moral weight to it . . . .�
Indeed, it does, and he accompanied his candid observation with a critique of himself and his party. It is a �mistake,� Obama said �to try to tamp down the moral dimension to abortion,� for do to so understates that it is �a wrenching choice for anybody to think about." On Meet the Press some time ago, he stressed the importance of involving the clergy in the counsel of a mother.
Obama briefly mentioned adoption as a means of reducing abortions at the faith forum, and I encourage him to speak more at length about that sound, practical affirmation of life. But where he looks for the greatest agreement and greatest opportunity to reduce the number of abortions �is on the idea of reducing unwanted pregnancies because, he reasons, �if we can reduce unwanted pregnancies, then it�s much less likely that people resort to abortion.
The way to do that is to encourage young people and older people, people of child-bearing years, to act responsibly. Part of acting responsibly � I�ve got two daughters,� Obama proudly points out � �part of my job as a parent is to communicate to them that sex isn�t casual and that it�s something that �should be treated with reverence.�
As a Catholic my instruction to my daughters will likely be different than my Jewish or Protestant or Islamic or non-believing friends. Like Senator Obama, �I�m all for education for our young people, encouraging abstinence until marriage.�
Unlike Senator Obama, as a matter of faith, artificial contraception is off my list, and I have carefully discussed with my daughters why a contraceptive practice that the larger culture accepts subtly undermines that which ought not be divided; namely, the unitive and procreative aspects of human love within marriage.
Senator Obama supports a wider range of age-appropriate contraceptive information to prevent unmarried, teen pregnancies, and since he would be proposing legislation for the entire community and not merely my household or people of my faith, certainly one can understand that perspective even if one might argue with it or insist upon appropriate religious exemption in a public school setting.
The so-called �95-10� legislative proposal (proposing to reduce abortion by 95% over 10 years largely by educative means) seems well-suited to the Senator�s perspective, and I have encouraged him to embrace it in principle. I hope he does, but it�s not an endorsement breaker so long as he is true to himself and encouraging of personal responsibility, rather than the codification of the abortion mentality which some in the extreme wing of his party advocate.
This much I know:
If it�s a choice between giving a boost to the work of my fellow parishioners who week after week in thinly-funded, crisis pregnancy centers, open their minds and their hearts and often their homes to pregnant women (and Obama has spoken approvingly of faith-based efforts) and a Supreme Court Justice to be named later who may or may not toss the issue back to the states, I think I know which course is more effectively choosing life.
As anyone who's ever had a conversation with a pregnant woman thinking about abortion knows, good, evenhanded information and genuine empathy and love save more children than hypothetical legal limits � which, as best as I can tell, have saved: well, zero.
Of course, there are many more reasons to affirm my original endorsement of the Senator, including his willingness to:
�Transcend the politics of division � so well illustrated on any given day by the unfortunately base tactics of the Clinton or McCain campaigns (see the recent GOP ad in North Carolina once again dredging up Reverend Wright)
�Commit us toward a course of environmental stewardship that will not be dependent upon fossil fuel
�Focus tax and health policy reform in favor of the average working family and the poor
�Reaffirm an American foreign policy respectful of international standard
�And end an unjust, preemptive war � another obvious life issue -- that deprives families of some of our most self-sacrificing yet often least advantaged young men and women and drains our economy in a 3 trillion dollar fashion, crippling our practical ability to be the force for human good that Americans want their country to be.
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Christmas Trees
And everything that goes with them …
Buchanan's has been transformed into a Christmas Wonderland.
The nursery looks like a fir forest. Our Christmas Trees (Frazier and Noble Fir) are fresh and beautiful. (Read all about Christmas tree legends on our blog.)
Fresh fir boughs, garland and wreaths abound. New greenery: Magnolia, boxwood and Carolina Sapphire.
Poinsettias have arrived! Decorate with living trees, rosemary cones, cyclamen, paperwhites, amaryllis and so many more!
The Bungalow is filled with decorations, gifts, candles and fragrances, and so much more!
Santas in the Bungalow
Are you a collector?
Christmas Cactus
A Holiday Classic!
A Christmas Cactus is a plant your grandmother loved! The wonderful showy blooms come in an array of colors from red, to dazzling pink, purple, orange, yellow and white. It is an easy plant to care for. For more information: Christmas Cactus Care.
Lots of fabulous plants for decorating including Rosemary trees, cyclamen, lavender, paperwhites, pansies and many more!
Thymes Frasier Fir
A classic holiday scent
Thymes Frasier Fir, the Christmas classic returns, combining the deep scent of Siberian fir needles, heartening cedarwood, and relaxing sandalwood to create a mountain-fresh fragrance. This evocative, comforting scent will bring feelings of crisp and cozy winter mornings. Thymes Frasier Fir is available in a variety of candles, diffusers and aerosol sprays.
Check out more of What's New in the Bungalow here.
Christmas Trees are here!
The freshest Fraser & Noble firs…
New: Exotic Orchids
A Beautiful Selection
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Crabtree & Evelyn products are 20% OFF for Gardener Reward Members. Stock up on some wonderful fragrances, lotions & creams.
Great gifts & stocking stuffers!
In the Bungalow.
Do Something Good!
Recycle every day!
Make a difference. Each year Americans create about 240 million tons of solid waste. Much of this waste ends up in landfills or is incinerated, but most of it can be recycled. Recycling is taking a product or material that is no longer being used and turning it into a raw material that can be used for something else. It is an easy but important way of helping to protect our environment from the pollution that our wastes can cause. Buchanan's recycles!
Check out how our staff recycles!
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For you and the birds!
We all love berries! Blueberries, strawberries, and berries for wildlife. Birds love possumhaw, yaupon, coralberry, beautyberry and many more.
Great blueberry selection! (Remember that you need two different varieties for cross-pollination.) Blueberries prefer a more acidic soil, like azaleas and gardenias. We can help you add the soils and amendments such as soil sulfur, acidified cotton burr compost, aluminum sulfate, pine straw bales and specialized azalea fertilizers.
Personal Shopper
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Trees and Shrubs
Evergreen trees and shrubs are an important component of your landscape. Ideal as foundation plants and landscape accents, or for creating barriers and adding habitat for the birds. Choose from blooming camellias to berry producing hollies.
Check out our evergreen selection here.
Celebrate Native Plants
All year long!
Natives are our roots. And fall is a great time to get native plants into the ground, particularly native trees & shrubs. These are the plants that make a difference, they support our native pollinators, butterflies, birds and so much more. Of course, they also look great, adding to the biodiversity of the landscape. Choose from a wonderful selection of bird favorites including the Yaupon holly, Coralberry, American beautyberry & many more. Check out our complete native plant availability list here.
Our staff selected some of their favorite natives: John loves the Possumhaw Holly, Jamie chose the Pink Muhly grass for its graceful movement, Diane loves the beautiful foliage of the Parsley Hawthorne and the Red Bay (host of the Palameades swallowtail caterpillar) and butterfly favorite. Come pick out your own favorite!
Learn more from the Native Plant Society of Texas at this video link.
NEW! Native Milkweed Seed
Help monarch butterflies – plant milkweed
Fall Bulbs
Amaryllis, Paperwhites and more!
Bulbs are here! Ready for forcing gorgeous holiday blooms and for planting in the landscape. A great selection is available & more arriving next week! Choose from amaryllis, anemone mixes, crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, narcissus, lycoris and tulips. The 'Ziva' paperwhites are ready to "force" for holiday blooms! Check out our current bulb availability here.
Read our latest blog About Bulbs
Climbing vines, roses & more…
Go vertical! Vines & climbing roses are wonderful to create vertical, multi-dimensional garden features. Plant vines on an existing fence or use arbors, trellises & obelisks to create unique spaces, provide privacy,divide garden areas and make a statement. Choose from our great selection of trellises. We also have your favorite vines including passionflower (pictured), mandevilla, Carolina jessamine, honeysuckle, star jasmine, wisteria and more. Many in bloom right now.
See our complete list of available vines here.
Fall & Winter Blooms!
Camellias are a favorite classic shrub for Houston gardens. Evergreen, they bloom from fall into early spring, depending on the variety. Camellias are available in a variety of sizes and colors, ranging in size from dwarf shrubs to small trees. Planted in the right location – well drained, acidic soil and a part sun area (they like afternoon shade), they will reward you with an abundance of blooms.
Our fall shipment has arrived and includes both long-time favorites such as the scented 'AckScent' (pictured), the gorgeous 'White by the Gate', and the Christmas time blooming, red 'Yuletide', and stunning new varieties including the stunning Southern Living 'October Magic' series.
Check our complete Camellia selection here.
Fall in Love with Trees!
This is the perfect time to plant
Plant now and they will be established by Spring! Fall is a great time to plant shrubs & trees as the plant is able to begin establishing its root system & be ready to go in the spring. We have a great selection that includes oaks, a wonderful selection of maples (native & Japanese), redbuds, & more.
Check out our current tree selection here and the Buchanan's Tree Planting Guide.
Natives for Birds
Plant Natives for Wildlife Habitat
Houston is right along the path of the Central Flyway, a prime route for migratory birds. That means we have a front row seat to the excitement of fall migration.
As a Certified Wildlife Habitat, Buchanan's attracts all manner of winged visitors. You can, too! Native trees and shrubs provide excellent havens for birds needing to make stopovers along their migration route.
Be on the lookout for Ruby-throated Hummingbirds flocking to plants and nectar feeders. Other birds will appreciate a suet feeder for some high energy dining to help them bulk up for the journey. Don't forget to add water, and your backyard migration pit stop will be complete.
See our Native Plants for Birds availability here.
Black and Blue Salvia
Hummingbird favorite!
Black and Blue Salvia (Salvia guaranitica) offers a brilliant cobalt blue color that is simply stunning. It is sometimes called anise sage due to its scented leaves. Blooms summer through fall. A favorite of hummingbirds, this is an important plant to add to a butterfly and hummingbird garden.
Bee Friendly Plants!
Help bees & other pollinators!
Bees & pollinators are a critical part of the ecosystem. Bees, birds, butterflies, wasps, hummingbirds & even bats are pollinators — that is they are really good at spreading pollen around to help plants produce fruit. If you have fruit trees or a vegetable garden, then you need bees & pollinators to harvest a crop. You can help by creating a bee & pollinator friendly landscape.
Planting pollen, nectar & host plants will attract a variety of butterfly species. Combining nectar & host plants is important to provide both food for adults & young. The caterpillars will munch a bit on the leaves, but it's OK, the leaves will grow back. Look for specially marked butterfly plants in the nursery.
We have lots of bee friendly plants, including citrus, Texas kidneywood, almond verbena, basil, salvia, zinnia & more.


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Effects of alopecia on body image and quality of life of Turkish cancer women with or without headscarf.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to find out the effects of chemotherapy-related alopecia on body image and quality of life of Turkish women who have cancer with or without headscarves and factors affecting them.
This descriptive study was conducted with 204 women who received chemotherapy at the Istanbul University Institute of Oncology, Turkey. The Patient Description Form, Body Image Scale and Nightingale Symptom Assessment Scale were used in data collection. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests. Logistic regression analysis was done to predict the factors affecting body image and quality of life of the patients.
No difference was found between women wearing headscarves and those who did not in respect of their body image. However, women who wore headscarves who had no alopecia felt less dissatisfied with their scars, and women not wearing headscarves who had no alopecia have been feeling less self-conscious, less dissatisfied with their appearance. There was difference in terms of quality of life: women wearing headscarves had worse physical, psychological and general well-being than others.
Although there were many important factors, multivariate analysis showed that for body image, having alopecia and wearing headscarves; and for quality of life, having alopecia were the variables that had considerable effects.
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ABSTRACT: This article describes the experience of chemotherapy-induced alopecia. Data resulted from an ongoing study, which sought to explore the experience of Australian women with a primary diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Phenomenological analysis of written accounts or interviews with 15 Australian women resulted in 13 of these 15 women giving priority to describing their experience of alopecia. The women described alopecia as the most distressing corporeal feature of the ovarian cancer experience. Factors which contributed to women's distress included: loss of sense of self and altered body image; reminder of their illness and potential for an early death; public statement about their private life, practical issues and re-growth. No literature was located, worldwide, which specifically explores the experience of alopecia for women with ovarian cancer. This article presents the first in-depth exploration of the experience of alopecia for Australian women with ovarian cancer. Insight gained from this study will inform understanding of the issues associated with alopecia for women with ovarian cancer and may facilitate the provision of optimal supportive care provided by health care professionals for female cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced alopecia.European Journal of Cancer Care 03/2013; · 1.31 Impact Factor


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FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 107 the Bio-Rad FCPA Enforcement
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An FCPA Review: A Look Back at 2013 and Trends for 2014
Anti Kickback and Stark Law Enforcement and Compliance Issues
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How Can You Better Protect Yourself with the Escalating Trend of FCPA Enforcement?
Tailoring Your Anti Corruption Program to a Risk Assessment
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FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 64-Managing the Third Party Relationship Under the FCPA, Part II
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Polsinelli Podcast - Keep the Government out of Your Transaction: Practical Antitrust Tips for Mergers
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 31-the FCPA Year in Review, Corporate Enforcement Actions
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Fine Tuning Your Anti Corruption Compliance Program
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 14 with the FCPA Professor
Bill on Bankruptcy: US Airways Need a Merger More than AMR
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The Commission filed another settled FCPA action this week. The proceeding named two U.S. citizens living abroad as Respondents. The DOJ issued an Opinion discussing successor liability....more
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Howard Pilott (letter, 26 February) claims that British expatriates contribute nothing to the UK Exchequer. Really? When visiting their home country on leave they pay VAT on most of the goods and services, as would any overseas tourists, on top of supporting businesses and jobs.
Far from being freeloaders, they have always had to pay overseas tuition fees for their children at universities, despite having paid more British income tax in the past than the parents of students from other EU countries.
We are often told of how migrant workers from poorer countries contribute to this country and to their own by sending back remittances to their families, yet we denigrate British ones as tax dodgers. Charming.
Ken Westmoreland
Why does Mr Pilott think that the only requisite for a British citizen to be rescued for an increasingly violent and bloody revolution is whether they pay tax?
My father is among those stuck in a remote camp, stranded and vulnerable, where he and his colleagues have been subjected to looting and opportunists with AK47s and knives. Thanks to Thatcher destroying our industry, the only place my father, as a trained engineer, could find a job was abroad, where he has worked for 23 years, my entire life, to support his family and three children.
He can enjoy only three months a year wih his family. Every penny he earns is spent in this country. My family and I pay VAT, we pay our taxes, we all rely on oil from Libya and elsewhere, whether we like it or not, whether we support Middle Eastern regimes or not, and it disgusts me when I hear people say we should leave them to rot.
This is a frightening and uncertain time for the Libyans and for those who have been rescued and are still waiting. Perhaps Mr Pilott can provide nice tax-paying jobs in this wonderful land of opportunity of ours for the expats who live and work abroad out of necessity, and they will no longer be such a burden to him.
Jennifer Hall
Brighton, East Sussex
Now that the UN has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate events in Libya, we should recall two pertinent aspects of the Rome Statute which established the Court.
First, "The Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity" (Article 27). Second, that criminal responsibility and liability for punishment may arise if a person, "For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission" (Article 25).
So those investigated should include the weapons company employees, civil servants and politicians who contributed to providing the Libyan military with the arms used against civilians.
Professor Richard Bowen
Al-Qa'ida started in Saudi Arabia, with Osama bin Laden protesting against the rigid and repressive Saudi royal family with the intention to bring in change. Two decades later, the "Jasmine Revolution" began in Tunisia, moved to Egypt and now Libya as well as other parts of the Arab world, initiating the change Bin Laden had wanted.
It is all fine for the average citizen in these countries going through the heady feeling of the revolution which brings them the aroma of freedom for now, but in the long term they may fall into the hands of the Islamic fundamentalists and the de facto Al-Qa'ida. So essentially these citizens are caught between the devil, Osama bin Laden, and the deep sea, being the existing repressive regimes.
But the US State Department continued dealing with the repressive regimes until in desperation they pulled the plug, which speaks volumes for the pursuit of democracy by the US around the world.
S Kamat
Alto Betim, Bardez Goa
When the people of Libya need our best wishes and help to free themselves of tyranny, and all the moral and reasonable material support we can give them, what do they receive from the West? America imposes unilateral sanctions and the British Prime Minister speaks of investigations into suspected war crimes?
I appreciate the need to threaten and scare the weaker members of the Libyan regime to switch allegiances, but I wouldn't consider either to be key to lifting the burden of repression off the people of Libya; more likely such statements might inflame an already delicate situation. I suppose this is what we've come to expect from our administrations nowadays.
Michael Bond
Stockport, Cheshire
So far in Libya, more than 1,000 people have been killed by forces acting on orders from Gaddafi. This has resulted in general condemnation by the West. President Obama said "The world has to speak with one voice" and that the US was drawing up a "list of options for action in consultation with its allies".
But when Israel attacked crowded Gaza with heavy weapons, including white phosphorus tank rounds made in the US, that also resulted in more than 1,000 deaths there was no general condemnation. The British "Friends of Israel" are still so friendly to those responsible for this atrocity that it is now scarcely mentioned.
William Garrett
Harrow, Middlesex
To protect the Libyan people from Colonel Gaddafi's air force, a no-fly zone should be established immediately. But Britain's ability to help with this has been made impossible by the scrapping of Ark Royal and the Harrier fleet.
If they hadn't been retired, this ship and its helicopters and Harriers could have been off Libya for days, ready to send warplanes to police a no-fly zone, and providing a platform for Special Forces to extract the oil workers trapped in the desert. If things don't work out, the ministers responsible must be held to account.
George D Lewis
Brackley, Northamptonshire
I found rather co-incidental that HMS Cumberland rescued people from Benghazi. In 1958, while attached to The Royal Sussex Regiment, we were dispatched, at 48 hours' notice, to Benghazi to help protect King Idris from an attempt by Gaddafi to overthrow him. The ship we were on was HMS Cumberland, a three-funnelled, guided-missile cruiser.
It's an interesting co-incidence that a ship of the same name should be involved in both events, both involving Gaddafi.
KF Gracie
As Scotland freed and returned the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset Mohamed al-Megrahi, to Libya, could not Scotland now grant Colonel Gaddafi political asylum, also on "humanitarian grounds"? He would make an energetic CEO for North Sea oil when Scotland goes independent.
Robin Spencer
St Andrews, Fife
Don't blame the young, or the old
Howard Jacobson's rant against the young is surprising in a reputedly liberal newspaper ("Save us from the opinions of the young", 26 February). He quotes the Romanian, EM Cioran who wrote, "Evil is the doing of young people". Mr Jacobson goes on to tell us, "We don't want old men calling the shots, neither do we want the young".
Who does that leave? Well, it leaves the middle-aged politicians and their middle-aged backers who have started and are waging unjust, immoral and illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, are peddling arms in the Middle East and round the world, are spending billions on replacing our Armageddon machines and are dismantling the welfare state to pay for it.
Jim McCluskey
Twickenham, Middlesex
Cameron hits small charities
David Cameron exhorts us all to "deal with that devastation" in response to an expression of "devastation and loss due to medium-term cuts". He clearly does not understand the immediate likelihood of implosion amongst a large number of small charities.
At present, the big 10 per cent of charities get 89 per cent of available income. That means that approximately 147,000 charities, such as my own, Learning Through Action Trust, are living hand to mouth with little reserves to give best value-for-money service. Most with a turnover less than £100,000pa did not even qualify for the highly publicised government Transition Fund.
Local authorities and schools are in shock due to cuts and have ceased all but their own life-preserving activities. It's fine at macro-economic level to say that charities will be able to pitch for the delivery of community services in future. The reality is that little expenditure on contracting-out will be made this year while authorities struggle to achieve front-loaded savings. There is then likely to be a drawn-out tender process.
The bottom line is that when the time is right to involve charities in service delivery the majority – such as my own which delivers interactive non-curricular workshops into schools on subjects such as drug and alcohol misuse – may no longer exist. Each charity by itself makes a relatively small contribution but the loss of perhaps 100,000 will leave a huge shortfall in the charity sector capacity to respond to the Big Society challenge.
Chris Uden
Wokingham, Wiltshire
Language that smears Assange
At the close of your typically well-reported article on Julian Assange ("Nations braced for 'hacklash'", 24 February), readers find a tawdry paragraph smearing a man in the fight of his life against imperial power.
"Cash in," "branded," and "usually have Assange's face" should read "fund Assange's defence", "Wikileaks logo", and "free speech quotes from Thomas Jefferson, George Orwell, and the United States Supreme Court". Assange's mug does appear on five shirts, but these are outnumbered exactly three to one by other designs.
Though a single paragraph in the blizzard of coverage, it was sloppy and slanted. Reporters should remember that details matter, should they ever face state power trying to silence them.
David Patten
Everett, Washington, USA
Council chiefs' pay, and the PM
Nottingham City Council pays our chief executive £160,000. She took a £20,000-a-year voluntary pay cut when she started the job three years ago. Ask any council leader to justify what any council chief executive is paid but please stop asking anyone to justify what a council chief executive or anyone else in the public sector is paid compared to the Prime Minister; it's a misleading comparison.
The Prime Minister, in addition to his £142,000 salary, enjoys free housing, free transport and a range of other living-cost benefits. Then there's his pension. Now that he's been in office for more than just three months he's entitled to half his salary, index-linked, every year for the rest of his life.
It's all part of the package even though, like Gordon Brown before him, David Cameron has decided to turn it down. Then, of course, he can afford that kind of grand gesture since, like 17 of the 22 others in his cabinet, he's already a millionaire.
I doubt there's anyone working in the public sector entitled to as good a deal as our Prime Minister.
Jon Collins
Leader, Nottingham City Council
In general, that wasn't him
I am sure I will be among many to point out that the picture ("How Darwin's friend gave West its first view of Mount Everest", 25 February) used to depict the botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, is that of General Joseph Hooker, the leader of the Federal forces of the Army of the Potomac in the US Civil War, defeated by Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville, Virginia in 1863.
He also gave his name (on account of the camp followers attending his forces) to the term "hooker" for prostitute, probably not so great an achievement as producing the earliest western sketch of Mount Everest.
Professor Richard Beacham
King's College London
Thank goodness for advertising
For years I've read The Independent for its analytical balance and for its fine-tuning of fact and assessment. For some incomprehensible reason, the paper has risked its well-earned reputation by bringing on board Julie Burchill.
Her predictable spitting, fact-slaughtering and offending is redeemed only by The Independent's decision to face her full-page "column" with a full page of advertising.
This means I can simply skip those two pages and get on with reading what makes The Independent worth buying.
Glenn Bowman
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Kent
So that's clear
Found in a reference book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes (1979) for "timothy grass": "The ligules are rather long on the upper leaves, up to 6mm. The panicle is dense, cylindrical, 6-15cm long and 6-10mm wide. The spikelets are flattened. The needle-sharp glumes are awned and keeled, the keels bearing stiff hairs. The lemma is mebranous and has no awn". A modern Jabberwocky? A Scrabble treasure-trove?
Dr Caroline Dowson
Wells, Somerset
Thanks a lot
On the radio news, I heard a chief executive saying how hard his staff were "working for the taxpayer in swirling, changing and difficult times". Was this the head of hard-hit Liverpool Council? No, it was the head of RBS justifying their £1bn in bonuses. Strange times.
Jeremy Braund
Perspectives on climate change
A dialogue of the deaf
Steve Connor's e-mail correspondence with Professor Freeman Dyson (Viewspaper, 25 February) was a classic example of the dialogue of the deaf. Comparison with Einstein was hardly apt. Einstein, I think, had much more humility, as well as humanity.
Dyson came across as arrogant and utterly contemptuous of anyone else's opinions, facts, or most of the rest of the scientific community. And yet he himself presented little in the way of a solid scientific argument to support his scepticism towards global warming. Indeed, one could ask which participant presented the more rational, factual, scientific argument, especially as the correspondence seemed to end with Dyson, rather like a small, sulky schoolboy, saying in effect, "It's my ball and I'm not going to play anymore, so there".
My recollection of Dyson is from the 1960s when he presented his equally controversial solution to the prospect of a growing human population ("Malthusian pressures" was how he put it in a 1959 paper), by suggesting that perhaps we should "dismantle" the large planets such as Jupiter, and construct what became known as the "Dyson Sphere", massive artificial habitats that would eventually circle the sun rather like the rings of Saturn, but on an infinitely broader, grander scale, each presumably housing millions of humans.
He and his Russian astronomer colleague, Nicolai Kardashev, believed such "Phase 2 civilisations" would exist in the universe, the inevitable next stage of any technological civilisation, but perhaps proof that being "clever" is not always the same as being "intelligent".
A more appropriate comparison to Dyson should be the die-hard Big Bang sceptic, Fred Hoyle, who continued to advocate his alternative "steady state" universe against the majority consensus, and who also thought in terms of "hard" technology rather then common sense or the constraints of reality, witness Hoyle's rather scary scientific utopia in his book, Ossian's Ride.
Garth Groombridge
Any schoolboy would know this
Professor Dyson appeared to be very proud that he is a "sceptic" and that he can condemn the "party line". That's all well and good but there is a point when scepticism is no longer scepticism but simply denial. Professor Dyson seems to have seriously crossed this line.
For me, the science of climate change is infinitely simple: a) The Earth is a sealed vessel; b) Humans consume oxygen and produce CO2; c) Plants consume CO2 and produce oxygen; d) We humans have cut down vast swaths of forest and are busy pumping CO2 out into the atmosphere.
Yes, one way or another (whether it is global warming or some other consequence of our destructive action) we are heading for big trouble.
This is schoolboy chemistry which any 14-year-old can understand, so why are we discussing this? There is no scope for scepticism. And denial is the last thing we need.
Alan Mitcham
Cologne, Germany
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NRL Tipping Champion 2014
Over 0.2: Putland to Nevill, OUT, no run, full ball swings in late to crash into his pads. Nevill is almost falling over trying to get bat on it but can't. Huge shout for LBW and Umpire Martell eventually raises the finger! P.Nevill - lbw b:Putland 0 (1 ball, 1 minute).
"What is this what is this who is this guy shouting what is this going on in here?" - CP. (re: psxpro)
R.I.P Craigos, you were a champion bloke. One of the best
R.I.P Fardin 'Bob' Qayyumi
Member of the Church of the Holy Glenn McGrath
"How about you do something contstructive in this forum for once and not fill the forum with ****. You offer nothing." - theegyptian.
Good Ol Harmy!
WWCC - Loyaulte Mi Lie
"People make me happy.. not places.. people"
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." - Samuel Johnson
"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
Giving Harmison the new ball is easily the best decision that England have made today, irrespective of that delivery.
EDIT: Pack the leg side field with some close in fielders for Katich IMO
Tendulkar = the most overated player EVER!!
Beckham = the most overated footballer EVER!!
Vassell = the biggest disgrace since rikki clarke!!
It's like Harmy has never been away
Was just going to type "Hope we get the Harmy of 2006' but had to watch that ball...4 byes
Hopefully he doesn't take 5 now.
Edit: Dammit!
Last edited by Son Of Coco; 07-08-2009 at 08:42 AM.
Was some prodigious late movement there for Anderson in that first over.
And now Kat goes to Harmy. Hello.
Stephen Harmison .
Only another 9 to take.
England to be batting again by the close of play
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Update: Kendall Gill is suspended from Comcast SportsNet the entire Chicago Bulls season due to his scuffle with Tim Doyle Gill versus Doyle, CSN vs. BTN round one went down last night. In one corner, you have Kendall Gill: a former 1989 Flyin' Illini Final Four team star and #5 pick in the NBA Draft. The 15-year NBA veteran led the NBA in steals in 1997-98 with the New Jersey Nets. Gill also had a short stint as a boxer after his playing career. Today, he does pre and post coverage for the Bulls on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. However, Gill will be suspended from the CSN airwaves for awhile. And in this corner, you have Tim Doyle, a mediocre former Northwestern basketball player (2004-2007) who still has a prominent place in the NU record book for multiple statistical categories. Doyle both calls games and analyzes them in the studio for Big Ten Network. He also does 'Cats radio broadcasts for WGN. Doyle ends up quoted in almost every single Chicago Tribune article on Northwestern ho...
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