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The problems and limitations of the control of diseases caused by phytopathogens through the use of fungicides, make the biological control present as an alternative method in the production of tomato plants in greenhouse, which is limited by the incidence of Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtend.:Fr., being the most worldwide destructive disease. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the effect of three Mexican strains of the genus Trichoderma against F. oxysporum on the production of tomato seedlings under greenhouse conditions, as well as to determine the antagonistic effect of the strains used. The Trichoderma harzianum strain had the highest antagonistic activity (81.50%) and the highest growth rate (1.25 cm/day), proving to be the most aggressive strain to control F. oxysporum. in addition the results of the interaction of the dual cultures paired, presented a visible overgrowth zone with hyphae of Trichoderma spp. Seeds inoculated with T. harzianum showed a survival of 84% and a mortality of 16%, lower than the control group, which present a mortality of 58%; however, the treatment inoculated with F. oxysporum had the highest incidence of “disease” with 83%, the lowest survival (17%) and a decrease of the green biomass with respect to the control.
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STEPHEN DOWNING SMILES AS HE LEAVES THE COURT OF APPEAL IN LONDON.
Stephen Downing smiles as he leaves the Court of Appeal in central
London, January 15, 2002. Downing, who has been in jail for 27 years
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Part-time silence: children with selective mutism
Livia, aged 7, was in class four. She loved to chat and was good at reading aloud. At least, at home. At school she never read aloud and she hadn't spoken a single word. What was going on? Selective mutism was the subject of the inaugural lecture by Maretha de Jonge, Professor by Special Appointment in Education and Child Studies on 14 September 2018.
Selective mutism and autism spectrum disorders are two of Maretha de Jonge's special areas of interest. 'They have something in common,' she explained in her lecture.' Both restrict children's social communication, which means that these children have a difficult time, particularly because this very skill is so important in present-day society.'
How do they manage?
De Jonge: ‘My students often ask me how children manage, in many cases for years, without forgetting themselves and speaking. The rough estimate is that over seven out of every one thousand children are selectively mute. On that basis, there are around 240,000 childen who have or have suffered from this condition. The figure is based on international studies and it needs to be verified more precisely for the Netherlands.’
Livia suffered from selective mutism. As did Amine, a young boy who kept silent outside his home for two years. Amine spoke - including Dutch - with his brothers at home, but his teacher had never heard his voice. De Jonge: 'Very little is known about this problem. We want to find out what drives children to refuse to speak.'
Before coming to Leiden, De Jonge talked to her fellow researchers in Utrecht, where she will continue to work part-time, and with young people and adults who at some point in their lives have had selective mutism. Some of them coped well, although they suffered a lot of anxiety. But a quarter spoke so little that they were unable to function at school or in their social lives. This condition causes particular problems for adolescents.
A world obsessed
De Jonge stresses the importance of working together with other disciplines, for example, with psychology and medicine. She expressed some concerns in her inaugural lecture. She quoted her great-grandfather Johan Huizinga: 'We live in an obsessed world. And we know it.' She continued: ‘With these sombre words, written in 1935, he was referring not only to the tense time that Europe was undergoing, in the crisis period between two world wars, but also, even at that time, to the multitude of mechanical stimuli that the human mind has to process.' That multitude has since grown exponentially.
The two aspects of efficiency
‘Efficiency in healthcare is important,' De Jonge believes. ‘People needing healthcare benefit when the care is well organised and knowledge is shared effectively. But efficiency also means that healthcare becomes subject to the facts and figures that dominate the world of business. There is less and less time for multidisciplinary partnerships and for really listening to what carers and children have to say. And because the demand for healthcare is too high, we increasingly hear the term "normalisation" being used.' De Jonge is convinced this is not the solution.
‘We have defined the norms and margins around what we consider normal more and more strictly, which means that many children fall outside these margins. Normalisation means greater uniformity, while there should be more opportunity for diversity. The issue that occupies every child and education specialist is that we need to make sure we have an educational environment in which children, adolescents and adults with a broad range of skills can take part: at home, at school, in internships and at work.'
Livia and Amine
Livia and Amine both now speak, Livia following specialist treatment, and Amine started to whisper softly of his own accord. De Jonge: ‘What environmental factors and what factors related to the child itself made the difference for these children? That's what we are going to be studying.'
Maretha de Jonge has an appointment as Professor of Education and Child Studies. This chair was established by the PDBO Randstad Foundation for the Education and Child Studies-Generalist post-master's programme. Her remit is to promote Education and Child Studies, in particular for the post-doctoral professional training as Education and Child Specialist-Generalist.
Besides her part-time professorship at Leiden University, De Jonge also works at the Department of Psychiatry at the UMC Utrecht as Education and Child Specialist-Generalist/General Healthcare psychologist and cognitive behavioural therapist.

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What Do You Need to Know About Virtual Production?
As evidenced at InfoComm 2022, virtual production is quickly becoming a popular topic for AV professionals. On July 19 at 2 p.m. ET, Megan A. Dutta will be joined by virtual production experts Akintayo Adewole, creative technologist at DRKR PXLS, and Anji Corley, Vū’s head of academic and workforce development, to discuss the fundamentals of this emerging market.
“While virtual production has become a hot topic for some spaces, it’s still being defined for others,” said Adewole. “It’s been a game-changer for broadcast, film, and animation workflows—but not as evidently for corporate AV applications. I think the benefits for corporate start with a conversation around creating and facilitating multi-dimensional content in a context that gets us closer to more intuitive engagements with our communications. I believe the virtual production toolset can help us do that.”
“I’m incredibly excited to be a part of LAVNCH & LEARN to discuss all of the great work Vū is doing to invest back in the communities near our studios,” said Corley. “Training and educating are at the forefront of our mission and look forward to sharing Vū’s technology, future, and mission w the audience.”
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Five Elements for Applying Emotional Intelligence for Career Success
There are five elements for applying emotional intelligence for career success: Self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. All five of these dimensions can be developed and make life and work a little more enjoyable.
Self-Awareness: If you are like me, you have taken many assessments. It is valuable information that can be put to good use. Self-awareness is the first component of emotional intelligence. People who have a high degree of self-awareness recognize how their feelings affect them, other people, and their job performance.
Self-awareness extends to a person’s understanding of his or her goals. People with high self-awareness know where they are headed. People with high self-awareness are able to speak accurately and openly about their feelings and the impact these emotions have on their work. Self-aware people know, and are comfortable talking about their limitations and strengths, and they often demonstrate comfort with receiving constructive criticism.
Self-aware people can also be recognized by their self-confidence. They have a realistic understanding of their capabilities and are less likely to set themselves up for failure. They also know when to ask for help. People who possess self-awareness often have a self-deprecating sense of humor; which is socially comfortable for all. People with a strong sense of self-awareness have a deep understanding of their own emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs, and drives. People with strong self-awareness are neither overly critical nor unrealistically hopeful. Rather, they are honest with themselves and with others.
Self-Regulation: Self-regulation is that little voice inside. It is the component of emotional intelligence that frees us from being a victim of our feelings. People that possess emotional intelligence feel bad moods and emotional impulses just as everyone else does, but they find ways to control and channel those feelings in useful ways.
Self-regulation enhances integrity, which not only good for the person, but also good for their profession. Many of the bad things that happen in organizations are a function of impulsive behavior, such as exaggerating profits, padding expense accounts, or abusing power. The signs of emotional self-regulation include the patience for reflection and thoughtfulness, comfort with ambiguity and change, and an ability to say no to impulsive urges.
People who are in control of their feelings and impulses are reasonable and are able to create an environment of trust and fairness. In such an environment, politics and infighting are sharply reduced and productivity is high. Biological impulses drive our emotions. People who have mastered their emotions are able to roll with the punches and the changes. People that possess emotional intelligence are able to suspend judgment, seek information, and listen to coworkers as they explain new ideas and initiatives.
Motivation: People with motivation are driven to achieve. They are motivated by a deep desire to achieve, simply for the sake of achievement. They have a passion for the work itself. They seek creative challenges, like to learn, and take great pride in a job well done.
People with achievement motivation display interest and energy to do things better. They are rarely satisfied with the status quo. They ask questions about why things are done the way they are. They are eager to explore new approaches to their work. Motivated people like to keep score. They like to track their own progress as well as their teams and their organizations.
People with high motivation remain optimistic even when things aren’t going their way. Self-regulation combines with achievement motivation, to overcome the frustration and depression that come after a setback or failure. People with high levels of achievement motivation tend to be committed to their organizations. When people love their jobs for the work itself, they often feel committed to the organizations that make that professional opportunity possible. Committed employees are likely to stay with an organization, even when pursued by headhunters or competitors.
Empathy: Empathy means thoughtfully considering others’ feelings, along with other factors, in the process of making intelligent decisions. Empathetic people listen and learn what coworkers are feeling and acknowledge their fears and frustrations. Team members must be able to sense and understand the viewpoints of everyone around the table. It is important to create a supportive environment where team members can speak openly and raise concerns. Empathy can be heightened collaboration.
Globalization is another reason to demonstrate empathy. People that lead with empathy are alert to what is said, and what is not said, and they notice minor changes in nonverbal messages. People who have empathy have a deep understanding of both the existence and the importance of cultural and ethnic differences.
Empathy plays a key role in the retention of talent. Empathy plays a critical role in attracting, developing, and keeping good people. When good people leave they take the organization’s knowledge with them. Empathy, combined with coaching and mentoring, provides better performance, increased job satisfaction, and decreased turnover.
Social Skill: Social skill is more than having a few Facebook friends. Social skill is the outcome of the other dimensions of emotional intelligence. Social skill is friendliness with a purpose; moving people in the desired direction, whether that’s agreement on a new strategy or enthusiasm about a new product. Socially skilled people have many acquaintances, and they have developed a talent for building rapport and finding common ground. They are excellent collaborators and they are driven to find a solution.
Socially skilled people are adept at managing teams. They are upbeat and energetic. They know when to make an emotional appeal and when to make a logical appeal. Socially skilled people build relationships with people throughout the organization because they know they may need help someday, from people they are just getting to know today. They have a network in place when the time for action comes.
Career success is based upon getting work done through people and social skill makes that possible. Empathy and motivation are useless if a person cannot communicate effectively with their coworkers. Social skill allows people to put their emotional intelligence to work.
Kit Welchlin, M.A., CSP, is a professional motivational speaker and author and can be found at www.welchlin.com.


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On April 7, artist/fashion designer Augustus Lymon posted a video on his rareclothapparel Instagram account of his conversation with O.J. Simpson. In the clip, he asked O.J. about Jay-Z’s infamous lyric on “Story of O.J.”: “O.J. like, ‘I’m not Black, I’m O.J. …okay.” The NFL Hall of Famer was quick to clarify that Hov was incorrect with his verse and that he wasn’t talking about race when he made that statement.
“Well, first of all, [Jay-Z] didn’t say it right,” he explained. “When Johnnie [Cochran] was talking to me about it, and all that was going on was ‘Black, Black, Black,’ I said man, f**k being Black, this is me. This is about O.J. You know?”
“It wasn’t about Black or White. It was about, ‘These guys were after me,'” he continued. “So that’s how that was expressed. It wasn’t about, you know, ‘I’m not Black.’ It was about, this ain’t about being Black, this is about me.”
O.J.’s conversation with Johnnie may be in reference to his 1995 murder trial, in which he was accused of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. During the trial, O.J. was represented by his “Dream Team” of attorneys, which included Johnnie, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian, F. Lee Bailey, Carl Douglas and others.
O.J. was eventually acquitted by a jury. The trial was watched by millions of viewers on the television and his acquittal drew polarizing reactions from both Black and White people who watched the trial intently.

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How Can We Study Integrated Philanthropy in Complex Multi‐Generational Families?
Posted on July 2, 2019 by Wendy R. Ulaszek, Ph.D., Neus Feliu, Ph.D., Kelin E. Gersick, Ph.D., Don Carlson, J.D.
Much has changed in the world of family philanthropy over the intervening decade. Many third- and later-generation families have evolved multifaceted philanthropic structures with complex governance systems. Their legacy family foundations are often only one part of the machinery through which families express their philanthropic and social responsibility vision… Read More

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Words by Helen Parton
BDGworkfutures’ fit out for the new Grey Advertising HQ in Clerkenwell is a subtle, wood- and glass-filled space with theatrical touches. Helen Parton went to take a look
Ever wanted to punch Kate Thornton? Beat up Anna Friel? Thought Fay Ripley had it coming? The (fictional) results of these and other celebrities taking a good beating, blown up to near billboard size is the first thing that hits you when entering the interiors of Grey Advertising’s new Clerkenwell HQ, designed by BDG Workfutures and located within the Johnson Building.
They’re part of a campaign by Grey on behalf of charity Women’s Aid to raise awareness of domestic violence. Their impact is not diminished one iota by the brand spanking new interior, which is just how the client wanted it, explains BDG Workfutures senior designer Scott Compton. “One of the things we were asked was not to make it anything that overwhelming, as it was more to do with making a gallery space,” he says. Some of the materials on the ground floor are of a distinctly industrial bent – the pillars for instance have been stripped back to their original building render so they resemble concrete and the flooring is a simple European oak. “We went through a process of considering concrete and stone for the floor,” Compton says, “but in the end we went for wood as the underfloor air-conditioning required a material that we could easily access.” Otherwise, the other main material in this part of the project is glass, which provides that shop window effect on the front of the building so beloved of the advertising industry, and indeed how Grey’s previous home of 30 years on Great Portland Street looked. “What we did was keep the floorplate of Great Portland Street, but continue it on a bigger scale with the double height space so what you’ve got is just one step up,” explains Compton.
Glass is also used on the balustrading at the entrance and on the new staircase to the mezzanine level – great thick slabs of it, the foie gras of the glazing world. Understandably, this glass was one of the last elements to be added to the scheme, which was on site for a total of four months. Combined with the brushed stainless steel of the handrails and the oak underfoot, it feels understated yet with a quality of finish. “Often when you bring clients though to the lift areas, it almost feels like you’re taking them round the back, so with the staircase we wanted to make the experience a bit more theatrical,” Compton adds. This set up replaces the staircase that was previously located on the other side of the floor, and during the project BDG also stripped back the balustrading on the mezzanine level.
We are joined at our chunky wooden table by facilities manager Lorraine Waller in the meeting area on the ground floor. Compton continues, “The main brief was how the staff use the canteen and the reception.” The constant flow of advertising types meeting and greeting clients, or maybe just lured by the breakfast pastries that are on display in the kitchen area, demonstrates the significance of this part of the project. While the Wagamama-style seating lends itself to several informal gatherings at one time, it also performs another important function. “There isn’t anywhere that can hold 60 to 80 people and they really wanted a space that can hold that many for a talk or presentation,” explains Compton, to which Waller interjects, “The space is really uplifting, really bright and clean, and for a big presentation we simply move the tables and the benches neatly fit away underneath them.” A large black curtain can be drawn across to close the space off and Waller explains that this can happen as often as a couple of times a week. If need be, the whole floor can be locked to external visitors, who can use the Johnson Building’s main reception instead. The plasma screens, which as we speak beam out satellite TV, along with the serious-looking sound equipment station means they have the audio-visual expertise to underpin the space’s formal meeting capability.
We walk across the ground floor, past the subtle orange lettering on the outside of the building, which unless you were looking out for it you might miss when strolling past. “They didn’t want to have a lot of graphics in the window,” explains Compton. The orange accent colour is continued in the oversize planter near to the cluster of designer chairs in the small waiting area. It is also visible in a strip of perspex along the length of the bar counter, which is made from Durat so you can’t see any of the joins as well as being one of the most sustainable materials around. There’s an identical orange strip along the reception desk. “We found this supplier who constructs boats out of fibreglass and he made us this desk that has completely moulded curves,” enthuses Compton. “The lights underneath the desk are made of special LEDs. They’re in one long strip, kind of like fairy lights, but more modern to give a more consistent look.”
Ascending that custom-built staircase to the mezzanine, there is a curved wall where more of Grey’s work will eventually be displayed on a large scale. Moving along the corridor, there’s a series of black-and-white photographs from other campaigns, and here some of the lighting is recessed under the half-a-metre-thick wall instead of the ceiling, which again emphasises that sense of theatre. Leading off the corridor is a series of colour-themed meeting rooms, which look out over the reception area. These range from formal meeting space through to totally relaxing lounge areas and all the shades in between. There is the white room with its Paul Smith striped task chairs, which splits into two, the blue room with high tables and bar-stool style seating for short impromptu catch ups, and the green room – the most used according to Waller – which has moodily lit low seating.
In common with many areas of the building, Compton is keen to emphasise what has been tackled here in terms of the air-conditioning. “The Johnson Building’s main air-conditioning system is tailored for an open-plan environment. Therefore building enclosed rooms presented a challenge to the design scheme. We overcame this by introducing bespoke air grills to the doors and ceilings.”
Grey occupies half of the ground, first and fourth floors, plus the whole of the fifth and the sixth, the latter of which consists of larger meeting rooms. The finance team takes up half of the lower ground floor. The building’s construction – a 1930s building that has been reconstructed and extended by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, with a glazed, full-height atrium – means that you can easily see other firms working there and it can’t have been easy to stamp a sense of continuing and dramatic statement into the scheme. Instead BDG has introduced subtle features such as the coloured sphere manifestations on the 14 offices of the creative team on the fifth floor, which are meant to resemble a ball bouncing along the floor. They are in keeping with the spherical grids found elsewhere in the building, and as Waller quite rightly points out, “work especially well given that everywhere else is so neutral in colour.”
For this area, explains Compton, “The creatives are two to a room and they wanted a place where they can say the most ridiculous things to each other and not be embarrassed, somewhere to concentrate and where they can still see out.” This is, after all, a client who lives by the maxim “Ideas are everything. Didactism doesn’t work.
Conversations do” and is responsible for such quirky gems as the Lenor advert where the girl deliberately stashes some stray knickers in her boyfriend’s car to get the duvet to herself. Waller also explains how eventually the space outside the individual offices on this floor will be used for breaking out and brainstorming. “This kind of space is not about hierarchy, as you can see with the manager’s offices, which although bigger than the creatives’ double up as six person meeting rooms.”
Below, on the fourth floor, is home to the firm’s knowledge library and also a series of perspex working spaces by Beyon, custom designed by BDG. This is where the account teams sits and houses a mixture of workstation space with plenty of room for inspirational objets trouvés and reference material. The moveable office system is designed to balance both teamworking and the need for privacy. Elsewhere the workstations’ generously proportioned pedestals and provision of locker space mean some serious thought has also been given to storage. Adding some more colour to proceedings, the partitions between the desks are either black, silver or orange depending on department.
There’s a refreshing lack of pretension in this scheme given that the client is an advertising agency – there are no superfluous gimmicks or over-the-top statement pieces. It almost seems – whisper it – like a normal office full of normal working people. Albeit one with some very scary-looking ladies in the window.


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I keep my large assortment of yarn in an under-the-bed shoe organizer! I was using a large basket, but I had SO MUCH yarn and needles that they were overflowing and getting messy, so I saw this baby on sale and made a new use for it! I also glued a pencil case to the plastic cover to keep my needles and etc in.
I don't like to keep the glue gun laying all over the place because I tend to use [too much of] it a lot. This little charging station was a kit left over from a kids workshop.
*A Helpful Hint* At Home Depot, every first Saturday of the month they have a FREE DIY kids workshop where they get to build something using tools and wood, it's a fun experience for them and something for you and your kids to do together!
I used mine to store my glue gun in the bottom and glue sticks in the top. They fit perfectly and I put note cards in the bottom to catch the glue drips so they don't get on anything important!
This used to be a cereal box! I diagonally cut the top off and mod podged scrapbook paper on the outsides. I use it mainly to hold paper scraps, little stickers, and things like that. It really keeps my drawers neater because there's not piles of scrapes in them! And it's pretty!
I also have quite a bit of left over ribbon. I keep them in a small plastic bin, but to keep them from unraveling and coming apart all in the box, I simply put a rubber band around them. I know, so simple, but that ribbon not staying on there just gets on my nerves so much! lol
If you have any simple organization tips, let me know! I love a simple fix! :)
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👒 2 Set includes a matching Regular (7") Wide Brim Hat and Hoop Earrings
🔸This Statement set brings with it a ray of beautiful patterns and colors to compliment your outfit.
- Handmade using Batik Fabric.
- Brim of the hat is 7" to provide ample shade
- Circumference is 23 inches to comfortably and firmly fit on your head
- Handmade in Ghana by a local Artisan.
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June 9, 2013
Joining because I'm moving back to North Georgia near Lakes Nottely, Blue Ridge, Carter, Hiawassee, et al.
Somewhere between expert beginner and moderate intermediate.
Flatwater on Lakes and ponds.
Now that I'm moving back to North Georgia, I expect once or twice a week or more. Even in the winter.
Social Events - depends on the weather and how far I have to drive and if it's daylight when I drive home. [Deer on the road in the mountains.]
"Born in the Heart of Dixie at a very early age." Lived in MD, DE, AL, GA, TN, now permanent move back to North GA. Bought my Pungo Classic 1998. Have kayaked all of Lake Nottely near Blairsville, GA.

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Are you looking for some really great food in London?
If you’re planning a visit to London any time soon, make dinner reservations! Dining in London is one of my favorite things to do there!
And not just for the Fish & Chips, but mostly for the Fish & Chips!
London has great food options in all parts of the city. The great food of London is found in the famous restaurants, the not so famous, and is family and gluten free friendly.
We LOVE the food in London! Here are two great food of London spots in Chelsea and Westminster. We enjoyed these spots during a December visit to London and can’t wait to go back again.
St. Stephen’s Tavern
10 Bridge St. Westminster
This Great Food Of London spot is a very iconic London institution near the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. It’s the spot where Prime Ministers (yes, Churchill and others) grab a bite and a drink in between voting!
Opened in 1875, the pub continues to serve tourists and politicians. You order your food and drink at the bar and the servers deliver it to your table. Of course, try the beer battered fish and chips. Honestly, eat fish and chips as often as you can in London! The meal is so far superior to what we consider fish and chips in the states, it is embarrassing!
St. Stephen’s Tavern had gluten free options, vegan options, and in spite of the crowded atmosphere, we were comfortable at a cozy table downstairs with great service!
The Ivy Chelsea
195-197 King’s Rd. London
I saved the best for last. This Great Food of London choice is part of The Ivy Restaurants chain of over 30 establishments in London and beyond. They boast a sophisticated, yet approachable, casual, yet polished atmosphere at each.
The Ivy Chelsea Garden is not only affordable, but we were able to get a reservation the day before, during the holiday week! The venue is filled with elegant garden furniture upholstered with velvet cushions. Plants and trees decorate the terrace and garden seating areas. Honestly, we were transplanted (pun intended) from the cold winter air on the busy street into a delightful garden party. The menu includes vegan and vegetarian options.
We had beautiful cocktails, and roast pumpkin soup poured over a scoop of truffle ricotta and pine nuts to start. Then a salmon and smoked haddock fish cake with the traditional crushed peas, a sirloin steak, wild mushroom risotto with Vicenza cheese and sage.
The dessert, … Chocolate Bombe. Melting chocolate with a vanilla ice cream and honeycomb centre with hot salted caramel. You have to see it and taste it to believe it. It arrives looking like a chocolate covered scoop of ice cream, but when the waiter pours the caramel on top, the chocolate melts away as if in a slow-motion dream and reveals a pool of caramel, chocolate, and ice cream begging you to use your spoon!
Now you are ready to have some of the great food in London
In a nutshell…
With all the amazing sites to see in London, you may forget that great food should be a part of every vacation.
So, while in London, be sure to eat Fish & Chips, Bangers & Mash, Afternoon Tea, Trifle, Toffee Pudding, Indian Food, and did I mention Fish & Chips? Enjoy!

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The M1A has an impressive lineage. Based on a design dating back to the 1930s and born from the prodigious mind of John C. Garand, the M1A has many of the hallmarks of his M1 Garand rifle. However, it is even more closely tied to the M14, the rifle developed as the successor to Garand’s classic military rifle.
And while the M14’s reign as the U.S. military service rifle may have technically been short, its influence and capabilities have carried on well beyond its official role as a front-line military rifle. In fact, the spirit of this select-fire combat rifle carried on in the semi-automatic-only M1A rifle from Geneseo, Illinois’ Springfield Armory, which has continuously produced the rifle since 1974.
But how does the M1A stand up to the original M14 rifle? Does it have the capabilities and — possibly even more important — the durability of its military sibling? As the M14 came from an era of rugged strength and durability, as well as the use of wood and steel, the M1A has a lot to live up to.
A Fascinating Find
Recently, I had a chance to chat with Jason Chambless of the Research & Development Department at Springfield Amory. Jason (or “JC” as he is known), has been with the company for nearly 30 years and has worked with practically every gun the company produces, as well as some interesting ones from Springfield Armory’s past.
He worked with the M1A for many years, as well as the company’s SAR-8 (a G3-based semi-auto rifle) and the SAR-4800 (a FAL-based semi-auto rifle). He also worked on the S.A.S.S. (a fascinating 1911-based single-shot pistol that chambered rounds such as the .44 Mag. as well as the 7mm-08), the popular M6 Scout and M1 Garand rifles. It was his transition over to 1911 pistols that led him to Springfield Armory Custom, and he later was inducted into the American Pistolsmiths Guild. He has been with the R&D department for the last several years.
While I was chatting with him, I noticed an M1A sitting on a table that looked like it had been put through the wringer. The gun appeared to be fully functional, but it had clearly had some rounds put through it. And it did not look like it had been babied during the process. I asked Jason what the story was with that gun, and he smiled.
“We’ve put a lot of rounds through that gun,” he told me. I noticed a certain emphasis on the words “a lot.”
As I asked questions about the gun — and the process — I learned that they regularly put Springfield Armory firearms through endurance tests to check for irregularities or malfunctions. Sure, spot-checking here and there can be effective, as can be shooting for groups to ensure performance. But nothing tests the mettle of a firearm like round-intensive endurance test. And this tells me that Springfield cares about the quality of its products.
“So how many rounds are we talking about, here?”, I asked him. When he told me the number, I was impressed. Very impressed. What was that number? 15,000 rounds. Through a single gun. Fired over the course of five days. And I was holding the result of that test in my hands as we talked.
“Two other members of the R&D team and I have been running that gun as part of the test in our climate-controlled indoor ready range here,” JC told me. With that kind of volume of fire, it is simply too much for just one shooter to handle on their own. He explained that they do it to test the gun for function, as well as check the mechanics of the rifle and also the durability of its parts. Basically, it’s a stress test for the rifle to find out what most shooters would never see during regular shooting sessions.
The Nuts & Bolts
Obviously, I was interested in how the testing went. The gun was still in one piece, so it clearly had survived. The rifle was an M1A Standard Issue with a synthetic stock. No special models here, no special treatment. Just a basic, stock model of the classic M1A design. In fact, it was a random rifle pulled from inventory, that just happened to be a synthetic stocked model rather than a walnut one.
As I rolled the rifle over in my hands, noting the brass impact marks on the operating rod, I could tell it had been run hard. But what exactly had happened during the test? As I dug deeper with JC on it, I learned that the testing was broken up into strings of fire of 200 rounds each, fed by ten 20-round magazines. The ammo used was Federal/American Eagle 150-gr. FMJ loads.
Interestingly, he told me they removed the handguard for the testing. This was done to help the cool more easily and not retain any more heat than necessary. This obviously required some care on their part when handling the gun during the test, as the barrel got very, very hot. Also, the rifle was purposely run semi-dry with minimal lubrication to the bolt and operating rod to monitor any premature mechanical issues. The only cleaning of the M1A done was to run a bore snake through the barrel every 1,000 rounds.
As they ran these 200-round strings, they would monitor the feeding, ejection, last-round lock back, potential parts failures, headspace deviation, and more. After each string of these 200 rounds, the rifle was positioned in a fixed support and force cooled to allow them to be able to check headspacing and critical inspections including the fitment of the operating rod in the receiver, any irregular wear on bolt and firing pin/camming areas, hammer/sear wear, etc. and parts.
String after string of 200 rounds was run through the rifle, with the above process held to rigidly. As they reached 1,000 rounds, there were no problems. At 2,000 rounds? Still running fine. At 3,000? Same story. That carried through 4,000, 5,000, and more. It was at 9,000 rounds that the first hiccup appeared.
The Fly in the Ointment
What was it that happened just over the 9,000-round mark? JC explained that they noticed a few short strokes of the action. They were sporadic, but they were happening. They stopped the test, cooled the rifle and did a close inspection of the rifle.
A detailed inspection of the piston revealed fouling inside the gas cylinder. It was quickly determined that this was the source of the short strokes with the rifle. The piston was removed, cleaned and reinstalled, and the test began again.
The rifle at 10,000 rounds? Running smoothly. At 11,000? Still running. In fact, the rifle ran without a hitch all the way up to its pre-determined stopping point of 15,000 rounds. When I asked JC why 15,000 rounds were chosen for the text, he explained that this amount provides a good “window” for them to observe any irregularities in any of the products. Sounds like a pretty successful test, doesn’t it?
Obviously, this was a very severe test to put the M1A through, far beyond what most if not all normal shooters would ever subject their rifle to. Clearly, it had made it through the test with flying colors. Heck, the fact it was still in one piece — no rattle, no looseness, etc. — was impressive enough.
JC explained to me that at the end of the test, they cooled the rifle and gave it a thorough cleaning, followed by a detailed inspection and headspace check. Apart from some wear and tear to the stock as well as the phosphate finish on the steel, the rifle came through it in quite good shape. They found no parts failures, and the headspacing held strong (at 1.633).
Yep, a pretty successful test. I was already a fan of the M1A (and have been since my teenage years when I got my first one), but I was blown away by its endurance. When I asked JC his thoughts on it, he simply said “I would expect nothing less of these rifles.” Works for me!
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Food deserts are areas that lack fresh fruit and vegetables. They are often located in urban areas due to limited access to farmers’ markets and grocery stores that provide affordable, healthy food.
Fresh Future Farm is aiming to change that.
This urban farm in North Charleston is growing a variety of produce, including collard greens, bananas, blackberries, onions and cilantro on 5 acres. It also raises chickens for egg production and poultry. Bees are kept for pollination and garden waste is composted. Everything harvested is available to the public through an on-site grocery store.
It started with Germaine Jenkins.
Jenkins moved to the Lowcountry in 2000 to enroll in the culinary program at Johnson & Wales, which has since moved to Charlotte. She eventually worked for the Lowcountry Food Bank and the Cannon Street YMCA as a cafe cook, where she challenged kids to eat healthy through creative recipes or Fear Factor games.
But Jenkins always wanted a garden.
She enrolled in the Clemson Master Gardener program to learn how to grow. Having access to fresh produce in her garden was empowering and she wanted to pass that along to others. In 2014, North Charleston leased her 5 acres of undeveloped land to start Fresh Future Farm.
The nonprofit business grows chemical-free produce. Not only does it provide local access to food, money spent in the community stays in the community. Jenkins hopes this business venture can become a model for other food deserts to follow.
What’s the hardest part about running an urban farm? Jenkins said growing the food was the easiest. Finding land and donations to get the farm started and keep it running has been the most challenging.
Limehouse Produce donated topsoil to start raised beds for the row crops. Enterprise Rental Car donated a mobile building for the grocery store. The rest of the land is a diverse garden of row crops and fruit trees that is harvested and sold inside the store.
But Jenkins believes this operation is much more than a garden. She sees it as an educational model that can provide training to the public as well as fresh produce. Farm tours will be organized for families and schools as well as tourists.
At the time of my visit, they were using discarded Christmas trees to start hugelkultur gardening. Hugelkultur is the process of burying logs and sticks beneath a raised bed of topsoil to provide long-term benefits as they decompose, boosting soil moisture retention and micro-organism activity.
The chicken coop is a good example of permaculture. Children helped decorate the walls that house 15 to 20 chickens to provide eggs. At the end of the year, the chickens are sold as a source of poultry. A berm surrounds the facility to prevent runoff from reaching the garden and rainwater is captured from the roof and made available as a drinking source to the chickens.
Bee hives also are on site to improve pollination of crops and raise awareness of bee populations.
Compost is practiced regularly with several compost tumblers. They will begin vermicomposting, a type of composting that utilizes redworms to decompose garden waste and provide nutrient-rich castings.
These are examples of educational opportunities. Jenkins envisions instructional videos made from gardening practices and hopes to one day have a pavilion where demonstrations can be given to schools and the public. And not just about gardening. With Jenkins’s culinary background, there are ample opportunities to learn how to use the food in the garden with an incubator kitchen.
Fresh Future Farm now employs five staff members to manage the store and the field. Employees are paid through store revenue and donations. The farm also relies on volunteers for field preparation, planting and harvesting. Volunteer days are 9 a.m.-noon every third Saturday.
To donate or volunteer, go to http://freshfuturefarm.org/ for more information.
Tony Bertauski is a horticulture instructor at Trident Technical College. To give feedback, e-mail him at email@example.com.

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BelSentiero Food & Wine Experience
Imagine this: An unforgettable week in southern Tuscany, tasting some exceptional wines, learning how to cook like an Italian from an Italian, visiting some spectacular medieval towns and enjoying sumptuous gourmet meals. All of this while staying in luxurious accommodation in the beautiful Val d'Orcia World Heritage area while in the company of other like minded people. Sounds interesting?
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* 7 nights accommodation at the luxurious BelSentiero
* All ground transportation including collection and drop-off at Rome Fiumicino airport
* Two days for visiting some famous Montepulciano and Brunello wine estates
* Two days to learn how to cook like an Italian
* One day to visit a producer of local products (including pecorino cheese)
* A BBQ on the last day on the veranda at BelSentiero
* Visits to some great local restaurants including a Michelin starred restaurant
* Stops at the beautiful medieval hill-towns of Montepulciano, Montalcino and Pienza
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The following is our detailed Food & Wine Experience itinerary:
We will collect you in the afternoon at Rome Fiumicino airport between 14h00 and 15h00 and take you to the luxurious BelSentiero where you will be based for the week. On arrival a traditional dinner of dishes from the area will be served at BelSentiero.
This is the day to explore the famous noble wines of Montepulciano! First up after breakfast, we will visit a top wine estate near Montepulciano (such as Avignonesi or Boscarelli) for a tour and tasting. Thereafter, lunch will be at a café in the beautiful hilltop town of Montepulciano with its views over the Val d'Chiana and onto Lake Trasimeno. Following lunch we will visit another top Montepulciano wine estate (such as Poliziano or Montemercurio) for another tasting. In the evening dinner will be at one of the great restaurants in the vicinity of BelSenterio.
Today will be spent with Raffaella, a food blogger and cooking instructor, for a class in Italian pasta making. Lunch will consist of the food prepared together with wine. Later, in the evening, aperitivo (pre-dinner drinks) and a light dinner will be at the café, Le Notti di Campiglia, in the local village.
This day will be used to visit the famous Brunello wine region. First up will be a Brunello tasting at Enoteca la Fortezza in Montalcino. The tasting will focus on some of the top wines to provide a broad appreciation of the wines from the area. This will be followed by lunch in Montalcino. Thereafter, we will visit a wine estate in the Brunello (such as Fattoria Barbi or Castello Banfi). In the evening, dinner will be at a local pizzeria.
Today we have a second cooking class with Raffaella. This time the focus will be on local, seasonal dishes using fresh vegetables, local herbs and food from the region. Again, lunch will consist of the meal prepared together with wine. Later, in the evening, aperitivo and a light dinner will be at the local village café.
In the morning, we will visit the ancient monastery at Abbadia founded in the 700s. Thereafter lunch will be in the picturesque village of Pienza where we will also stop for some of the best gelato in Italy at a local artisanal producer! Afterwards, we will visit a local pecorino cheese producer to taste the cheeses that have made Pienza famous. Later in the evening, dinner will be at one of the two amazing Michelin starred restaurants in the vicinity of BelSentiero.
This will be the last full day of your Tuscan Food & Wine Experience. As such the pace will be a bit slower. Around midday there will be a tasting of some of the wines from one of the local producers near BelSentiero. Thereafter, we will have an extended BBQ on the verandah with its magnificent views over the Val d'Orcia valley. All while enjoying some of the great wines of Tuscany!
After breakfast we will return you to Rome Fiumicino airport. We will aim to arrive at the airport by 12h00 so flights should only be booked from 15h00 onwards.
The price of our Tuscan Food & Wine Experience includes all of the following:
- 7 nights accommodation at BelSentiero;
- Ground transportation;
- Services of English speaking driver/ guide;
- Cooking lessons with Raffaella;
- Wine Tastings;
- All meals at BelSentiero and village café.
Not included are the following:
- Flights to/ from Rome Fiumicino/ Italy;
- Insurance (recommended);
- Meals at restaurants outside of BelSentiero;
- Alcohol/ beverages outside of tastings/ lessons;
- Tips/ gratuities (not normally required).
The 2019 price for the above is €1,650 per person on the basis of two people sharing a room (2020 pricing is €1,750 per person sharing). A single supplement of €500 applies. All tours are limited to a maximum of 8 people per tour.
Itineraries can also be tailored so ask us about this if you want to bring your own group.
The next available Food & Wine Experiences are as follows:
* 26 May - 2 June 2019 (7 nights) at €1,650 pps
* 18 June - 26 June 2019 (8 nights) at €1,800 pps
* 26 June - 3 July 2019 (7 nights) at €1,650 pps
* 8 September - 15 September 2019 (7 nights) at €1,650 pps
JUST RELEASED - 2020 DATES
We have just released our dates for our planned 2020 Food & Wine Experiences. These are as follows:
* 17 May - 26 May 2020 (7 nights) at €1,750 pps
* 31 May - 7 June 2020 (7 nights) at €1,750 pps
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Gearotic 2.0 is now online and has replaced GearoticMotion. Gearotic has grown a great deal over the past few years. It is now not only a gear template generator, but can create objects for 3d printing, design clock escapements, tabbed boxing, circular and non circular gears and even Celtic Knots. We hope you enjoy the new and added functions of Gearotic. It continues to grow and have features added and upgraded at users request. Its demo is free and showcases the programs capabilites. We consider it an adjunct to CAD programs of all types and hope it helps you in your design work..
It is our hope that G2 will allow what in the past could be done by dedicated hobbiests to be done by the more casual hobbiest. Gearotic is written by Art Fenerty, the original creator of the Mach series of machine controllers. It is supported by Art , and by Bob Landry, a fellow Gearhead. Our forum is meant for anyone interested in making gears easily, and we hope it becomes a gathering spot for users to share their ideas or results. So whether your interest is in clockworks, window openers, whirlygigs or rube-goldberg machines, we hope you find a comfortable spot to meet and discuss such things.
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JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Bank Indonesia decided to kept its seven days repo (BI-7DRR) rate to guard the economy from the global pressures and COVID-19 impact. The governor, Perry Warjiyo sees there are a window to lowering the benchmark rate in the future.
Last month, the central bank has cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent, the deposit facility interest rate and lending facility rate to 3.75 percent and 5.25 percent.
Fitch Solutions forecast the central bank will cut its BI-7DRR by 50 basis points to 4.5 percent in this year to support the Southeast Asia’ biggest economy gross domestic products (GDP) and credit growth.
“We forecast BI to undertake two 25 bps rate cuts over the course of 2020 in order to support economic activity and credit growth,” said the agency, adding it in line with the inflation expectation, external stability and the effort to maintain domestic economic growth amid the slowdown of global economic growth
Nevertheless, the Rupiah is also predicted to be more vulnerable in 2020, due to external constraints and Indonesia is still dependent on foreign funds to finance fiscal deficits and the current account where 39 percent of government bonds are controlled by foreign investors. Therefore, Fitch suggested the central bank be more careful in deciding the policy.
“In 2020 we expect the country to record a current account deficit (CAD) of 2.8 percent of GDP,” it said.
Warjiyo sees the CAD will be lower than 1.5 percent of gross domestic products in in the first quarter of 2020. The flow of foreign money is also expected to enter. It is estimated that Indonesia’ balance of payments will also increase amid the pandemic.
He also reported, the foreign exchange reserves stood at $121 billion or equivalent to 7.2 months of imports and payment of Indonesia’ foreign debt and will increase in April and is sufficient to fund imports and stabilize the Rupiah exchange rate.
“We expect that the Rupiah exchange rate will tend to strengthen towards 15,000 by the end of this year,” he noted.
Indonesian Rupiah closed down to 15,660 this noon from the opening level 15,550 over the American Dollar.
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Kevin Williamson on the declining trust in government, not just in Ferguson, but across the United States:
The mathematics of civil disobedience has always been pretty straightforward: As Mohandas Gandhi pointed out to the raj, 100,000 government officials cannot control 350 million citizens if the citizens do not cooperate. There are not enough police in St. Louis County to control the people who do not wish to be controlled by the police in St. Louis County, as least as currently constituted. There are two ways to govern: By consent or by terror. In the United States, we govern by consent.
We spend altogether too much time talking about sentiment, e.g., polling Americans about whether they feel that the laws of economics apply in any given situation, as though their feelings were relevant to it. But there are occasions upon which sentiment must be considered, and considered seriously. One is the matter of public confidence in institutions, and the other is in the very serious business of consent.
On the matter of confidence, it is difficult to fault the critics of the Ferguson and St. Louis County police authorities. They do not give a very strong impression of competence, and the relationship between police and community appears to be adversarial on both sides. The police have been less than forthcoming, and their release of information has been self-serving. Ferguson already was a relatively high-crime area and economically depressed, meaning, almost by definition, that local institutions were failing to do their jobs. There are looters, adventurers, and opportunists, of course, but the fact is that people in the town of Ferguson, Mo., could be at home watching television or updating their Facebook pages but instead are protesting the performance of their local government. That is not an insignificant fact.
We have seen withdrawals of consent before, and we will see more in the future. From cracked Texas secessionists and Cliven Bundy to the people throwing rocks at police in Ferguson, such gestures are rarely altogether admirable, but that does not make them necessarily illegitimate. (I must confess that I’d have more sympathy with the protesters in Ferguson if they were setting fire to tax offices rather than convenience stores.) (Not that I’m endorsing setting fire to tax offices.) (At this time.) And there are real reasons to consider the question of consent: From local politicians legally looting their communities to federal government that uses the IRS as a weapon of politics, there are real objections to be made. In practical terms, we have a government that interferes with our lives and livelihoods far more than did the one our Founders threw off.
Which is not a call for revolution — it’s a call for rebalancing, for reestablishing exactly who works for whom.


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Timebound is an entertaining, fairly clean read for teens about a girl who discovers she has the ability to travel through time. Kate is 16 when she meets her grandmother and discovers that time travel is possible. At first, Kate is skeptical but a series of events and a murder changes that and she decides to help her grandmother save the past and the future. It means a travel back in time to the Chicago Exposition of 1893. In her prep for time travel, she meets Trey and falls in love with him. The only problem is that if her plans succeed, Trey will have no memory of her. What will she do?
I liked Timebound (which is the first book in what will be a series called the Chronos Files), despite the somewhat complicated plot at times. Time travel always seems a lot easier than it is to pull off and as with a lot of time travel stories, the details get a little boring at times. But Kate is a strong character, as are the secondary characters in the book and they pull you into the story. The romance with Trey is sweet and interesting, though there’s another romance lurking from the very first page, making you wonder what will happen in the sequel. Timebound was well received, it won the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for young adult fiction in 2013.
The plot contains some religious undertones, as Kate has to prevent a cult from gaining power. Unlike some other young adult reads (like the House of Night series for instance) they did not seem un-Christian. The language is clean, there is some kissing and some sexual undertones but nothing explicit. I’m not sure what the next books in the series will bring though.
As for content, I didn’t really see any conversation starters here. The book is more entertaining than anything else and doesn’t really contain a moral theme or message – at least, not that I could discover.

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Have you ever paid attention to what kinds of foods you’re eating while enjoying your favorite TV shows? Chances are, the more time you spend watching, TV the greater the likelihood you have unhealthy eating habits.
TV watching encourages snacking
According to a study by the University of Houston, excessive amounts
of TV watching correlated with the consumption of unhealthy foods and
misunderstandings about a healthy diet. The primary researcher of the
study, professor Temple Northup, wanted to discover what causation might
explain this beyond the fact that TV watching is a sedentary activity
that encourages snack-eating.
upon a similar research model for looking at cancer prevention, Northup
developed measurements like ‘nutritional knowledge,’ ‘a fatalistic view
toward eating well,’ ‘nutritional intake,’ and ‘television and news
media usage,’ which he used in his cross-sectional survey of 591
subjects. These ‘fatalistic views’ involved feelings of helplessness and
being unable to understand the cause of something or prevent it.
It could be a mindset
In his review of the cancer prevention studies, Northup discovered
that when people develop a fatalistic view about cancer, they believe it
is too hard to understand how to prevent cancer and have less tendency
to avoid risky potential cancer-causing behaviors. Similarly, Northup
believes some people develop a fatalistic view about nutritional eating
and start to gravitate towards more snack foods. These people may think
that eating well is too hard to understand and just give up on it
According to Northup, “I found people who watch more TV had both a
poorer understanding of proper nutrition and a more fatalistic view
toward eating well compared to those who watched less TV. In turn, those
two items predicted snacking behaviors. It is important to understand
how people develop knowledge about nutrition, including examining
nutritional messages found within the media.”
Mixed messages in the media
The findings would suggest that consumers are being inundated with
mixed messages about eating from unhealthy food advertisements, poor
nutritional messages in entertainment programming, and conflicting
nutritional messages in news shows.
Northup stated in his report, “after all, on the one hand, heavy users
are told to eat a lot of sugary drinks and snacks, while on the other,
they are told to avoid those snacks in favor of a variety of other
foods. If all messages being presented conflict, it becomes hard to
decipher exactly what should be followed.”
While we know that everyone can benefit from healthy diets and
exercise, it is particularly important for people with lifestyle-related
and diet-related chronic conditions like diabetes, cancer, and
cardiovascular disease to get their health under control stat.
We all need to understand that a nutritious diet and healthy
lifestyle can prevent illness and improve our quality of life, and TV
certainly isn’t doing us any favors.
-The Alternative Daily
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Skip to comments.High court to give 'gays' their own 'Roe'?
Posted on 02/24/2003 11:48:21 PM PST by scripter
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon grant homosexual activists their own "Roe v. Wade" decision, a constitutional guarantee that would undermine scores of laws that protect the traditional family, according to some opponents.
At issue is a challenge to a Texas law barring "homosexual conduct," or sodomy, but some legal minds involved in the case believe the stakes are much higher.
Tyron Garner and John Lawrence were arrested for violating Texas sodomy law.
Attorneys for two men convicted of sodomy want the high court to expand the "right of privacy" used as the foundation of the controversial 1973 abortion decision, establishing a constitutional right to practice homosexual sex.
This would be a "huge trump card" for homosexual activists, asserts Texas attorney Kelly Shackleford, an "atomic bomb that they could carry around to attack any law that does not treat homosexuality on an equal basis with heterosexuality."
The case is scheduled to be heard on March 26.
Lawrence v. Texas challenges a 1986 Supreme Court decision, Bowers v. Hardwick, which said individuals have no federal constitutional right to engage in homosexual acts. Until the 1960s, every state prohibited sodomy, but Texas is now one of just 13 states in which a law exists. The rarely enforced laws carry penalties ranging from fines to 10 years in prison.
Shackleford contends that a high court establishment of such a right would have "massive implications," jeopardizing, if not overturning, thousands of laws that have a definition of marriage embedded in them, from tax laws to custody laws.
"If you don't have a law that says a man and woman can do something and a man and man can't, then every marriage law is unconstitutional," said Shackleford, who wrote a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of about 70 Texas state lawmakers.
Jordan Lorence, a senior attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund of Scottsdale, Ariz., which also filed a brief in defense of Texas, said it is not certain that a decision against the state would result in striking down marriage laws, but believes there is a "good likelihood."
"I think that the true objective of the Lawrence v. Texas case is laws that act as legal obstacles to homosexuals right now, such as the Defense of Marriage Act, 'Don't ask, don't tell' and laws that prevent adoption of children."
Right to privacy
However, Michael Adams, an attorney and spokesman for the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, which brought the case, insists that opponents are overstating the implications.
"We don't think in those terms," he told WND. "For us, the case asks a germane, basic question, which is whether the government has the right to invade the privacy of any citizen in this country."
Issues such as same-sex marriage are separate from this case, Adams contends, but "it would certainly be a major breakthrough for the court to rule that states should not be in the business of making people criminals because of whom they chose to love."
"Nonetheless, winning this case will not open the door for same-sex marriage," he added. "I think that that's an exaggeration and overstatement. There are 13 states that still have sodomy laws, but no state that allows gay and lesbians to marry."
Lorence said it is possible that even if Lambda prevails in this case, courts could decide in future cases that marriage is a legally recognized relationship with definable characteristics a man can't marry his sister, for example and thus preserve traditional marriage, "but they might not."
Lambda, he insists, is not being straightforward about its agenda, if it insists this has nothing to do with marriage, noting that the sodomy law is rarely enforced.
"The jailhouses are not going to be emptied from all the people convicted by the Texas sodomy law," he said. "That isn't the legal thing going on."
Along with its "right to privacy" argument, Lambda cites the 14th Amendment's equal-protection clause, contending that same-sex behavior is entitled to the same legal rights as heterosexual behavior.
Texas is one of four states that applies its sodomy law only to homosexuals.
Among the groups backing Lawrence are Log Cabin Republicans, Republican Unity Coalition, the Cato Institute, Institute for Justice, American Bar Association, National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, American Civil Liberties Union and the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Backing Texas are the state attorneys general of Alabama, South Carolina and Utah. Supporting groups include the American Center for Law and Justice, American Family Association, Center for Arizona Policy, Center for Law and Justice International, Center for the Original Intent of the Constitution, Concerned Women for America, Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, Texas legislators, Liberty Counsel, Pro Family Law Center, Texas Eagle Forum; Daughters of Liberty Republican Women of Houston, Texas; Spirit of Freedom Republican Women's Club, Texas Physicians Resource Council, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Catholic Medical Association and United Families International.
Lambda represents John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, who were arrested in Lawrence's Houston home Sept. 17, 1998, and jailed overnight after officers responding to a false "weapon's disturbance" report found the men engaged in private, consensual sex. The men were fined $200 and now are considered sex offenders in several states, Lambda notes.
"This is a tremendously important case for gay people and for everyone who believes in basic freedoms," said Ruth Harlow, Lambda's legal director and the lead attorney in the case. "These laws are an affront to equality, invade the most private sphere of adult life and harm gay people in many ways."
Harlow asserts that the state's power to regulate what happens in a private bedroom is "only the beginning of the damage done by this law and others like it around the country."
"These laws are widely used to justify discrimination against gay people in everyday life," she said. "They're invoked in denying employment to gay people, in refusing custody or visitation for gay parents, and even in intimidating gay people out of exercising their free-speech rights."
Adams points out, for example, that his group defended a Virginia woman who was prevented from adopting a child when it was discovered that she was a lesbian. The argument used against her was that she must be violating the state's sodomy law.
The homosexual advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, or HRC, notes that since the Supreme Court upheld sodomy laws in the Bowers decision, much has changed. Only three justices from that ruling remain on the high court and, since then, 15 states removed their sodomy laws "in large part because of the persistent court efforts of Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as state organizations fighting to overturn these laws."
Also, HRC points out, the current court struck down an amendment to Colorado's constitution in 1996 that would have prevented expansion of homosexual rights.
Shackleford argues, however, that the high court could cause great harm to itself by taking this deeply contentious issue away from the states, where it has been decided for more than 200 years.
"If you asked people, is there a right to engage in sodomy in the U.S. Constitution, 100 out of 100 would probably start laughing," he said. "So this would be seen as extreme judicial activism. Five people would be ruling our country rather than the elected people in our state legislatures."
Shackleford's brief on behalf of Texas state lawmakers asserts "this case is about the right of the people and their duly elected representatives to determine state policy regarding marriage, the family and sexual conduct outside of marriage."
The lawmakers said the petitioners "seek a new 'right of privacy' in sexual behavior, not the traditional right grounded in rights of marriage and procreation. There is no natural limitation to the new expansive right sought by petitioners. It is not deeply rooted in the nation's traditions and history and should be rejected."
Shackleford argues that the court essentially could elevate sexual activity to a right equal to free speech, thus undermining laws against incest and prostitution.
The libertarian Institute for Justice, which sides with Lawrence, argues that prostitution is not private, but "public" because it is "commercial." It maintains that incest is an act that can never be properly viewed as consensual, even if between two adults.
But the Alliance Defense Fund's Lorence contends the argument has no "principled stopping point."
"With their argument, they are asking for constitutional protection for all private sex," he told WND. "They are trying to say, if it's commercial, that's different. But why does money changing hands make it any different? I think that is arbitrary line-drawing."
Shackleford believes that although the facts of the case are not as important as the principle, the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Garner and Lawrence are suspicious.
"This was a setup to do what they want to do," he said, arguing that the sodomy law is almost never enforced.
An anonymous caller falsely told police that a crazy man with a gun was in the apartment.
"He leads police into apartment," Shackleford recounted, "and they find two men engaged in anal sodomy."
The Texas attorney insists there is virtually no way to enforce the law because the Fourth Amendment "doesn't allow the government to come into people's homes."
"This case is not about privacy," he said. "They could have made a Fourth Amendment claim, but they didn't; they made a privacy claim, to establish that I can do whatever I want."
Shackleford said he has watched homosexual activists bring "lawsuit after lawsuit here in Texas to overturn the law" and the courts have said "it's a problem of standing; if it's not being applied against you, you can't tell us it's unconstitutional."
"What they are arguing for here is sexual freedom, to make every act an elevated right," he contended.
Lambda's Adams insisted that the case was not a setup. The man who alerted police had no association with homsexual-rights groups and was prosecuted for making a false report, he argued.
"He was somebody in the building who had some kind of an axe to grind, not a friend of theirs, not somebody trying to do him a favor," he said. "Nobody opened the door and let the police in the door was unlocked and rather than leaving when they didn't find a criminal, they arrested these gentlemen."
Lawrence and Garner are very private people," he said, "They aren't out in front of any gay pride parade."
I just have to wonder how many people were getting murdered and raped while they were arresting and booking these dudes for poking each other in the butt. Seems like theres a better for law enforcement officers time than going after homosexuals.
Also, did they bust down the door or something? Or did they think it was the pizza guy and just told him to come in while they were going at it. I think its dumb to have laws like this that pertain to adult on adult action, but how on earth did they get caught anyway.
I can see your point. My issues are the immorality, the health aspects and the health care costs that are passed on to everybody else.
>>>"He leads police into apartment," Shackleford recounted, "and they find two men engaged in anal sodomy." <<<
Texas Physicians Resource Council, Christian Medical and Dental Association, Catholic Medical Association II. THE PROHIBITION OF SAME-SEX SODOMY IS RATION-ALLY RELATED TO THE STATE'S INTEREST IN PUBLIC HEALTH A. The State Has a Legitimate Interest in Regulating Public Health
II. THE PROHIBITION OF SAME-SEX SODOMY IS RATION-ALLY RELATED TO THE STATE'S INTEREST IN PUBLIC HEALTH A.
The State Has a Legitimate Interest in Regulating Public Health
This Court has long recognized the validity of state regulation of public health and morality. 6 Railroad Co. v. Husen, 95 U. S. 465, 470-71 (1877) (state's police power "is generally said to extend to making regulations promotive of domestic order, morals, health and safety"). Soon after ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, this Court held that it did not affect a state's police power:
But neither the [Fourteenth] amendment broad and comprehensive as it is nor any other amendment, was designed to interfere with the power of the state, some-times termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education, and good order of the people . . . .
7 Barbier v. Connolly, 113 U. S. 27, 31 (1884); see also L'Hote v. City of New Orleans, 177 U. S. 587, 596 (1900) (" It has been often said that the police power was not by the Federal Constitution transferred to the nation, but was reserved to the states, and that upon them rests the duty of so exercising it as to protect the public health and morals"). The Court has continued to recognize the valid exercise of police powers promoting public health and morality in recent years. City of Erie v. Pap's A. M., 529 U. S. 277, 298 (2000) (" Erie's efforts to protect public health and safety are clearly within the city's police powers"); Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U. S. 560, 569 (1991) (" The traditional police power of the States is defined as the authority to provide for the public health, safety, and morals, and we have upheld such a basis for legislation").
What about the health care cost passed on by smokers, people who drive without seatbelts and people who eat too much fatty food. Should the state of Texas pass a law to protect the tax payers against these people?
Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas may be the best we can do in the present political climate, or indeed may be better than we can get now given the Democrats' current hard line against conservative judicial appointees. as we see in the Miguel Estrada nomination.
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