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�"I Am a Tariff Man": The Power of Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric under President Trump
Boucher, J. C. & Thies, C., Jan 1 2019, In: Journal of Politics.
基于点云模型的桥梁构件形态变化趋势识别与分析
Xiong, W., Shi, Y., Ding, X. D., Tang, P. & Ye, J. S., Dec 28 2018, In: Bridge Construction. 48, 6, p. 35-40 6 p.
Bridge piers
Beams and girders
基于上部结构振动响应的杭州湾大桥桥塔冲刷状态分析
Xiong, W., Zhang, X., Tang, P., Wang, B. & Ye, J., Sep 20 2018, In: Dongnan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science Edition). 48, 5, p. 871-877 7 p.
Scour
Natural frequencies
再论可持续性科学: 新形势与新机遇
Zhou, B. B., Ma, Q., Wu, J. G., Hu, G. H., Mao, D. H., Zeng, X. J., Guo, J., Fang, X. N., Liu, Y. P. & Lyu, L. G., Jan 1 2019, In: Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology. 30, 1, p. 325-336 12 p.
sustainability science and engineering
中国农业文化遗产旅游研究回顾与展望
Sun, Y., Timothy, D., Wang, Y., Min, Q. & Su, Y., Jan 1 2019, In: Journal of China Tourism Research.
ℓ0-sparse subspace clustering
Yang, Y., Feng, J., Jojic, N., Yang, J. & Huang, T. S., 2016, Computer Vision - 14th European Conference, ECCV 2016, Proceedings. Leibe, B., Sebe, N., Welling, M. & Matas, J. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 731-747 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 9906 LNCS).
Subspace Clustering
Clustering Methods
Subspace
Subspace Methods
ℋ Optimal Estimation for Linear Coupled PDE Systems
Das, A., Shivakumar, S., Weiland, S. & Peet, M. M., Dec 2019, 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 262-267 6 p. 9029595. (Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control; vol. 2019-December).
Optimal Estimation
Partial differential equation
… Damned if you don't
Guston, D., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Responsible Innovation.
"You trying to make me feel stupid or something?": Countering dehumanization of Latin@ youth through a liberating pedagogy of praxis
Casanova, C. R. & Cammarota, J., Oct 2 2019, In: Journal of Latinos and Education. 18, 4, p. 363-375 13 p.
"You got to love rosin: Solventless dabs, pure, clean, natural medicine." Exploring Twitter data on emerging trends in Rosin Tech marijuana concentrates
Lamy, F. R., Daniulaityte, R., Zatreh, M., Nahhas, R. W., Sheth, A., Martins, S. S., Boyer, E. W. & Carlson, R. G., Feb 1 2018, In: Drug and alcohol dependence. 183, p. 248-252 5 p.
"You excluded us for so long and now you want us to be patriotic?": African American Women Teachers Navigating the Quandary of Citizenship
Vickery, A., Feb 16 2017, (Accepted/In press) In: Theory and Research in Social Education. p. 1-31 31 p.
experiential knowledge
"You Can't Dance to It": Jazz Music and Its Choreographies of Listening
Wells, C., Apr 1 2019, In: Daedalus. 148, 2, p. 36-51 16 p.
Dance Studies
"What is a European hospital but a pagan shrine?" Missionaries, progress, and the problem of materiality in colonial Uganda
Bruner, J., Jul 3 2018, In: Material Religion. 14, 3, p. 314-338 25 p.
Missionary Medicine
"We Were on the Same Level": Young Engineering Researchers Taking Up Agentive Positions in a Diverse Learning Community
Wakefield, W., Jordan, M. & Delarosa, M., Jan 1 2018, In: Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS. 2, 2018-June, p. 887-894 8 p.
Engineering research
"We speak English in here and English only!": Teacher and ELL youth perspectives on restrictive language education
Fredricks, D. E. & Warriner, D., Dec 6 2016, In: Bilingual Research Journal. 39, 3-4, p. 309-323 15 p.
"We see a real opportunity around food waste": exploring the relationship between on-farm food waste and farm characteristics
Janousek, A., Markey, S. & Roseland, M., Sep 14 2018, In: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 42, 8, p. 933-960 28 p.
agricultural wastes
"We're Trying to Take Action": Transformative Agency, Role Re-mediation, and the Complexities of Youth Participatory Action Research
Bertrand, M., Durand, E. & Gonzalez, T., Apr 3 2017, In: Equity and Excellence in Education. 50, 2, p. 142-154 13 p.
"We ought to have … gumption …": A cra analysis of an excerpt from the videotape corporation: After Mr. Sam
McPhee, R. D., Corman, S. & Iverson, J., Jan 1 2013, Interacting and Organizing: Analyses of a Management Meeting. Taylor and Francis, Vol. 9780203810736. p. 131-162 32 p.
"They go away and hook up on campus": A qualitative analysis of school social workers' needs in supporting adolescents with disabilities
Adams, H. L., Bean, K. F. & Williams, L. R., Jan 2013.
"The State Pulled a Fast One on Us": A Critical Policy Analysis of State-Level Policies Affecting English Learners From District-Level Perspectives
Sampson, C., Jan 1 2019, In: Educational Policy. 33, 1, p. 158-180 23 p.
educational policy
"Theorizing teacher mobility": a critical review of literature
Vagi, R. & Pivovarova, M., Oct 3 2017, In: Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. 23, 7, p. 781-793 13 p.
"The FEMEN body can do everything": Generating the agentic bodies of social movement through internal and external rhetorics
Chevrette, R. & Hess, A., Jan 1 2019, In: Communication Monographs.
"That's scary. But it's not hopeless": Critical pedagogy and redemptive narratives of hope
Fischman, G., Jan 1 2013, Discerning Critical Hope in Educational Practices. Taylor and Francis, p. 57-68 12 p.
"Teaching Jane Austen in Emerging Contexts" (Roundtable Presider)
Looser, D. K., Jan 6 2013.
"Street gangs across the Caribbean
Katz, C. M., Nuno, L. & Harriott, A., 2013.
"Still I Rise": a Black feminist teacher's journey to (re)member her journey to teach
Vickery, A., Jan 1 2019, In: Race Ethnicity and Education.
collective memory
"Some explanation here": a case study of learning opportunities and tensions in an informal science learning environment
Stewart, O. G. & Jordan, M., Apr 1 2017, In: Instructional Science. 45, 2, p. 137-156 20 p.
"Siguiendo adelante": Inscribing home below, at, and above sea level
Cuadraz, G., Jan 1 2017, Claiming Home, Shaping Community: Testimonios de los Valles. University of Arizona Press, p. 100-120 21 p.
"See you in Iran" On facebook assessing user-generated authenticity
Wise, N. & Farzin, F., 2018, Tourism Social Science Series. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., p. 33-52 20 p. (Tourism Social Science Series; vol. 24).
"School Shouldn't Be Something You Have to Survive": Queer Women's Experiences with Microaggressions at a Canadian University
Dimberg, S. K., Clark, D. A., Spanierman, L. B. & VanDaalen, R. A., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Homosexuality.
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexual Behavior
"Retweet to Pass the Blunt": Analyzing Geographic and Content Features of Cannabis-Related Tweeting Across the United States
Daniulaityte, R., Lamy, F. R., Smith, G. A., Nahhas, R. W., Carlson, R. G., Thirunarayan, K., Martins, S. S., Boyer, E. W. & Sheth, A., 2017, In: Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 78, 6, p. 910-915 6 p.
"People first": Factors that promote or inhibit community transformation
Brown, M. & Baker, B. L., Jan 1 2019, In: Community Development.
"Participant" Perceptions of Twitter Research Ethics
Fiesler, C. & Proferes, N., Jan 1 2018, In: Social Media and Society. 4, 1
social system
"Pacifica" at Forty: Restraint on Satire in America, Its Impact on Broadcast Journalism, and Justice Brennan's Prophetic Dissent
Punnett, I. C. & Russomanno, J., Jul 3 2018, In: Journal of Radio and Audio Media. 25, 2, p. 321-336 16 p.
"Mi'jita, What for?" Exploring Bicultural Identity of Latina/Chicana Faculty and Implications for Supporting Latinx Students in Social Work
Mendoza, N., Pena, S., Lopez, K. & Jackson, K., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work.
"Men Doing Life Together": Black Christian Fraternity Men's Embodiments of Brotherhood
McGuire, K., McTier, T. S., Ikegwuonu, E., Sweet, J. D. & Bryant-Scott, K., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Men and Masculinities.
"Mantengan sus palabras": Juventud indígena, política local, y el trabajo de fortalecimiento de idiomas
Sumida Huaman, E., Martin, N. & Chosa, C. T., May 2 2016, In: Education Policy Analysis Archives. 24, 52.
"Making the world more open and connected": Mark Zuckerberg and the discursive construction of Facebook and its users
Hoffmann, A. L., Proferes, N. & Zimmer, M., Jan 1 2018, In: New Media and Society. 20, 1, p. 199-218 20 p.
Electric sparks
"I'm speaking English instead of my culture" portraits of language use and change among native American youth
McCarty, T. L., Romero-Little, M. & Warhol, L., Jan 1 2011, Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education: Language, Literacy, and Culture. Taylor and Francis, p. 69-98 30 p.
"I wish I could do more": A qualitative meta-analysis of early career engineers' perceptions of agency in their workplaces
Lutz, B. D., Canney, N. E. & Brunhaver, S. R., Jun 15 2019, In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
Power (Psychology)
"I Was Very Impressed": Responses of Surprise to Students of Color Engaged in Youth Participatory Action Research
Bertrand, M., Nov 1 2019, In: Urban Education. 54, 9, p. 1370-1397 28 p.
"I Used to Be Wild": Adolescent Perspectives on the Influence of Family, Peers, School, and Neighborhood on Positive Behavioral Transition
Animosa, L. H., Lindstrom Johnson, S. & Cheng, T. L., Jan 1 2018, In: Youth and Society. 50, 1, p. 49-74 26 p.
risk behavior
"It's More than Just Needing money": The Value of Supporting Networks of Care
Peckham, A., Williams, P., Denton, M., Berta, W. & Kuluski, K., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Aging and Social Policy.
"It's Called a Hustle, Sweetheart": Black Lives Matter, the Police State, and the Politics of Colonizing Anger in Zootopia
Sandlin, J. & Snaza, N., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Popular Culture.
"I Question America…. Is This America?" Learning to View the Civil Rights Movement through an Intersectional Lens
Vickery, A. & Salinas, C. S., Jan 1 2019, In: Curriculum Inquiry.
"I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I'm something that you'll never understand": On navigating and resisting social and educational strictures
Sandlin, J. A. & Letts, W., May 3 2016, In: Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. 13, 2, p. 99-103 5 p.
"I Love You, Not Your Friends": Links between partners' early disapproval of friends and divorce across 16 years
Fiori, K. L., Rauer, A. J., Birditt, K. S., Marini, C. M., Jager, J., Brown, E. & Orbuch, T. L., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 35, 9, p. 1230-1250 21 p.
"I Have the Government in My Pocket…": Social Media Users in Turkey, Transmit-Trap Dynamics, and Struggles Over Internet Freedom
Parks, L., Goodwin, H. & Han, L., Dec 2017, In: Communication, Culture and Critique. 10, 4, p. 574-592 19 p.
qualitative interview
"I Don't Take My Tuba to Work at Microsoft": Arts Graduates and the Portability of Creative Identity
Lindemann, D. J., Tepper, S. & Talley, H. L., Nov 1 2017, In: American Behavioral Scientist. 61, 12, p. 1555-1578 24 p.
"I didn't know that was racist": Costs of racial microaggressions to white people
Clark, D. A. & Spanierman, L., Jan 1 2018, Microaggression Theory: Influence and Implications. Wiley, p. 138-155 18 p.
European Continental Ancestry Group
Costs and Cost Analysis


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Kelsie is excited to return for her fifth season coaching with Vital. Throughout her time at Vital she has coached at the 13s, 14s, and 16s age groups. Kelsie comes from a small town in Wisconsin – Sheboygan Falls where she began playing volleyball in 6th grade. She went on to play varsity all the way through high school as a captain her Junior and Senior year as a setter. Kelsie played Junior Olympic Volleyball during her high school career until departing for college with Milwaukee Sting. Kelsie went on to study at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities pursuing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish and continued on to receive her Masters in Education for Second Language Acquisition. During her time at the U of M she played club volleyball at the college level and travelled home during summers to help out with local sand leagues. Kelsie began her high school coaching at Bloomington Kennedy where she coached JV and taught Spanish for three years. Currently Kelsie is in her second year of teaching Spanish and English as a Second Language at Andover High School. She is also in her second season of coaching JV and assisting on the Varsity team for the Andover Huskies. Go Vital!

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My husband (the adorable and long-suffering Cap'n Coupon) has had to travel a lot for his job recently. Since New Years, it feels like he's been gone as much as he's been home. It's been here a week, gone a week. Adjusting to this has been a challenge that I have not loved. The kids love it even less.
He's gone because he has a job and it's one that he really likes (super lucky and grateful for both of those things).
He's only gone a week (or so) at a time (more than 2 weeks and I might need medication. Or a nanny).
This is every day for single moms (So hats off to you, ladies. I understand the perfectly natural urge to punch me in the face right now for complaining).
He's not deployed or in harm's way (awkwardly long hug of gratitude to all military families. Ditto on the face punching).
Some things (dinner) are easier when he's not home (hello mac 'n' cheese movie night).
Leg shaving? (That's adorable. It's winter and he's gone).
That's pretty much the end of my list. I keep needing to look at it because today is kicking my britches. Right now I have 2 sick kids and I'm coming off a three day weekend. The weekends are the worst. They are sooooo long. And I got no work done for work so now there's that. Another area of my life where I'm behind and playing ineffective catch up.
The truth is, when he's here - it's great. When he's gone - it's meh. We miss him so much, but it's becoming manageable.
The hard part for me is about to happen. It's the transitions. My kids don't do transitions well. I don't like them so much myself. The day before he leaves and the two days after he gets back are pretty rough. So his coming back tonight is awesome! But ironically it also adds more stress, even though we are all so happy and excited. Here are five reasons why.
Everything should be perfect when he walks in the door.
When he gets home, I want everything to be just right. I want him to walk in and see that everything was managed beautifully in his absence and give me a big high five for my awesomeness. However, I'm usually close to a nervous breakdown by the time he pulls in the driveway. Largely this is due to making myself crazy trying to live up to this ridiculous notion. And I let things go slack when he's gone. Then I go batsh*t trying to get it all back together in the four hours before he gets home. It's so stupid, because when he's here - things are always chaos. If he walked into my version of the ideal, I'm pretty sure he'd think he had the wrong house.
The reunion with his kids should be a beautiful moment.
Ideally, the kids would be happy, clean, calm and waiting by the door to great their dad. Maybe they'd each have a card or picture for him, too. Instead, he will be greeted by two of his three offspring trying to kiss him with viscous, green snail trails and hacking coughs. One of them will probably fall asleep two minutes before he arrives and if I can wake her up, there will be scream-crying. One of them will say hi and go back to playing DS. One will probably attack him with love before he sets foot in the house, but then may not leave his side again, even to let him pee. At least one kid will be passive-aggressively angry/cold/withdrawn from their dad because they have trouble dealing with his travel schedule. That part is the worst.
I want him to be thrilled to see me.
I would love to wrap my arms around his neck and get a smooch so big that it embarrasses our kids. But... I usually have child-related crud smeared on me and I'm gross from all the last minute cleaning, the dog will wiggle in between us and the kids will probably be screaming. I also have this idea that I should be thinner/prettier/kinder/better than he remembered me before he left. However, I'm exactly the same person (except for possibly being more tired and less patient than usual).
I want the house to be clean.
It's a disaster. If I started cleaning, de-cluttering and wiping right now it might be done by 9pm when he walks in the door. But that's never going to happen (sick kids, work deadlines, the need to feed hungry humans, etc). I also really wanted the laundry done so our bedroom would be a comfortable, relaxing space. Instead it's covered in piles of dirty towels and baskets of clean stuff I still need to fold.
I want to push the restart button. Badly.
I'm exhausted and desperate for a break. I need someone to manage things for me for one day so I can catch up on sleep, get my schmidt together and start over with a good attitude. My husband will arrive home exhausted and desperate for a break. He will need someone to manage things for him for one day so he can catch up on sleep, get his schmidt together and start over with a good attitude. It's time for some Alanis Moist Towelette-style irony because neither of us are going to get what we want.
I think I'm just going to accept that the next few days will be an enormous cluster. When he gets home tonight, I'm going to make sure he has a hot meal and a cold beer waiting for him. I'm going to tell him how much I love him and how much we all missed him. I'm going to kiss him and hug him and then... I'm going to bed.


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Music of evil: For psychopaths, it's not classical. No matter how hard Hollywood tries
By Amy Ellis Nutt The Washington Post
Published Nov. 13, 2017
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Despite the film industry's depiction of psychopaths, classical music is not their go-to soundtrack in the real world.
"In the movies, if you want to establish in one shot that a monster has a human side," said Pascal Wallisch, a psychology professor at New York University, filmmakers play a certain kind of music. There's Beethoven in "A Clockwork Orange" or Mozart in "The Silence of the Lambs." Wallisch and Nicole Leal, a recent graduate of NYU, wanted to find out if a preference for certain musical genres is correlated with psychopathy, a personality disorder characterized by manipulativeness and a lack of empathy.
The researchers gave a questionnaire to more than 190 NYU psychology students that rated their level of psychopathy. It includes questions such as, "For me what's right is whatever I can get away with" and "Love is overrated."
"The cliche is they (psychopaths) are all in prison, but they're all over," Wallisch said.
The students listened to a songs from a wide range of musical selections, from classical to recent Billboard 100 songs, and rated them on a seven-point scale. Most of the songs were unfamiliar to the students. Wallisch and Leal looked for correlations between preferences for certain songs and the students' scores on the psychopathy scale. They identified about 20 songs that seemed to be particularly popular or unpopular depending on the listener's level of psychopathy.
The researchers then ran the numbers in the opposite direction. They had other students listen to those songs with the highest correlations to the psychopathy scale and rate the songs. The students' reactions to the songs predicted to some extent their own scores on the psychopathy scale. The study hasn't been published in a peer-reviewed journal, and like all early studies may not hold up, but it was presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting that is being held in Washington, D.C., this week with about 30,000 attendees.
Among the songs with the highest correlation were Eminem's "Lose Yourself," the Academy and Grammy award-winning rap song popularized in the 2002 movie "8 mile," and Blackstreet's "No Diggity," which ousted "Macarena" for Billboard's top spot in 1996. Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean" was also popular with those students who scored high on the psychopathy scale. On the low end were Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing," the much-covered country tune "Wayward Wind" and The Knack's 1979 pop-rock hit, "My Sharona."
Leal said they hadn't found a pattern yet, if there is any, in what the songs popular or unpopular with people who score high on the psychopathy scale have in common. She originally hypothesized that people high in psychopathy might prefer songs without lyrics - since most lyrics are about something psychopaths don't care about, namely the singer's feelings - but that didn't seem to be the case.
Asked what artists or songs he liked best, Wallisch had the perfect answer: "I'm really not interested in music at all."
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Wide Bay MP Llew O'Brien fears jobs could be lost due to Labor's emissions reduction target.
Carlie Walker Journalist Coming from Newcastle in New South Wales, Carlie completed an arts degree before moving to the Fraser Coast. She has been with the Chronicle since 2007.
ACHIEVING Labor's 45 per cent emissions reduction target could come at the cost of industries and hundreds of jobs in Maryborough, according to Wide Bay MP Llew O'Brien.
But Labor's Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Mark Butler accused the LNP member of running a "scare campaign".
The ALP has proposed a target of 45 per cent below 2005 emission levels by 2030.
Mr O'Brien said the policy would see electricity prices soar by more than 58 per cent, which would devastate the heavy manufacturing industry, including Maryborough's Downer factory and sawmills.
"I'm worried if local industry and agriculture feels Labor's pinch, the first thing to go will be local jobs," Mr O'Brien said.
Mr O'Brien said families and small businesses would suffer if electricity prices increased.
"I want electricity to be cheaper and reliable," he said.
Mr Butler said the Morrison government's inaction on climate change was what would devastate Maryborough.
"The fact is Llew O'Brien's LNP are not serious about taking action on climate change which will have a long-term impact on a coastal region like the Fraser Coast," he said.
"Federal Labor has a plan that not only takes action on climate change but supports new local jobs and industries.
Labor candidate for Wide Bay Jason Scanes said reducing pollution was central to a good energy policy and industries should be assisted in accessing alternate energy sources to lower operational costs.
He denied the target would lead to higher electricity prices.
"The fact is that investing in renewable energy will place lower demand on big power companies. A lower demand on centralised power will see cheaper prices and a more competitive market," he said.
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Ever wondered what a Worldtimer designed in one hour looks like?
Whilst I was writing my article about the history of the worldtimer complication, I emailed Lee aka OneHourWatch (whom you may remember from when I talked to him about watch design a few months ago) with a challenge. I wanted to see if he could design a worldtimer in his usual sixty minute time constraint. The picture above is what he came up with.
What he designed is a great alternative design to the usual Cottier worldtimer. Instead of two crowns, one controlling the hands and the other the city dial, Lee imagined a worldtimer controlled by a pusher. Instead of a normal 12 hour dial, Lee imagined a full twenty hour dial in the vein of a Glycine Airman.
What I love about Lee's designs is that they aren't limited to what movement exists in the world or not. The purity of the design remains without being limited by any horological limitations. A giant moonphase that takes up nearly a quarter of the dial? No Problem. A spherical case made from crystal? Why Not. Everything is possible, except when that timer hits sixty minutes.
To see more of Lee's designs, make sure to check out his Instagram, One Hour Watch, or his column at Theo & Harris.
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This is not a proper book review, it's an ode to a wonderful handbook about sewing Stuffed Animals! Although I don't sew stuffed animals on a regular basis, as soon as I heard about Abby Glassenberg's book Stuffed Animals From Concept to Construction I (pre)ordered it immediately and I'm glad I did! This is a hugely informative hand book, a reference guide that will teach you everything you need to know to make the adorable projects in the book as well as tips on how to design your own stuffed animal (if you wish to).
From stuffed animals I made from other books and patterns in the past (including a rather wonky turtle years ago and a sweet hedgehog more recently that I will show on the blog soon) I had already noticed that sewing soft toys requires a whole different set of skills than for example sewing quilts or clothing. Luckily for us, Abby covers all the specifics of sewing and designing stuffed animals in her book. The projects come with several lessons each to teach you different things: from sewing gussets to making cupped ears, to putting a 'growler' or music box in your stuffed creature (have a peek here to see all the projects and lessons!) The projects range in difficulty from a simple fish to a classic Teddy Bear which involves using more advanced techniques. Another thing I really like about all the projects is that they are appealing to children. Which may sound obvious but sometimes it's the little things that make a stuffed animal a success (or not): the zipper-mouth of the dinosaur, the lion's lovely manes, the tiny baby Kangaroo in it's mothers pouch etc. The patterns in the back of the book are all, save one, full sized and can be downloaded from the publishers site as well (yay!).
This book is a great manual to add to your crafty library if you are interested in developing your own stuffed animal designs but also if you want to impress your family and (young) friends with some cleverly sewn stuffed animals with lots of character.
Stuffed Animals. From Concept to Construction by Abby Glassenberg was published by Lark Crafts.
p.s. I couldn't help but thinking while I was reading Abby's book that I would really love to see more 'in depth' quality craft books like these published on other subjects as well. Not merely projects and a quick 'basics' chapter but teaching news skills and techniques in great detail!
I haven't actually attempted to make a stuffed animal but its something I would love to sit down and do at some point especially since I have a little baby!. Your comment about having more in-depth craft books is something I completely agree with. I kinda feel that a lot of new craft books are aimed at a very beginners basics level and there is very little out there for anyone who has a bit of experience already. Maybe it will happen in the future since most folk can now pick up templates for quick projects on places like pinterest now and don't really need to purchase a book for it.
I think there a may be a market for both. :) Years ago as a newbie to sewing and embroidery I learned lots from books with basics/simple projects that made sewing and embroidery accessible rather than 'scary'. But now years later with some sewing experience and a fair amount of embroidery experience under my belt, I feel like there is a lack of appealing and inspiring books that go beyond the basics and have lots of detailed info.


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YouTube Video Clip of the Driving Scene from Babylon Central
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With Babylon Central coming out today, I decided to post the final clip that has been placed on-line prior to it's release. I look forward to receiving my copy.
WAR SIGNS IN THE STARS : Our Country's Horoscope Says There Will Be Peace – The Washington Times, April 10, 1898
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One interesting tangent I've gone on lately is traversing Chronicling America for historic astrological predictions to see if they came true or not. I chose this article because it included an "Astrological War Map of the United States" (below) related to the Spanish-American War. On February 15, 1898, less than two months before this article was originally published, the U.S.S. Maine mysteriously blew up in the Havana harbor. Most historians consider it to be the beginning of the hostilities, while many others contend that the U.S.S. Maine blew up on its own and was not the result of Spanish sabotage. Regardless, the ten week "clash of arms" known as the Spanish-American War began less than two weeks after this article was published. Only the final couple paragraphs of the article actually make predictions and reading them over a hundred years later provides an interesting perspective. I'm preferential to the notion that the U.S.S. Maine was probably not the result of Spanish sabotage, but it gave fodder to the American public to support the impending war. By blaming the "enemy" for something that was probably not their fault provides a possible glimpse of America's governing powers "decidedly bellicose attitude." Another reading into the prediction was that the author uses "clash of arms" and says that there will be no war. While on it's face this seems to be an incorrect prediction, however, in the context of historical wars like the Civil War or the 100 Years War, a ten week "war" is closer to a "clash of arms" than a full-scale war like the one that would take place 16 years later. Therefore, I contend that this prediction was somewhat accurate. But I'll let you decide for yourself.
WAR SIGNS IN THE STARS
Our Country's Horoscope Says There Will Be Peace
The oldest of sciences is probably astrology. No other can boast such an illustrious list of names among its believers and exponents. It was the favorite study among the Egyptian priests in the days of Pharaoh and Rameses; we are told that Moses taught and professed it, independently of the gift of prophecy.
Solomon did not consider himself too wise to learn from the astrologers, and David owed his escape from Saul, at the time when the latter was coming to besieger him in Keilal, to their advice. The Magi, or wise men, of the Persians were astrologers, and the remarkable future which the science foretold for the youthful Mohammed (which was fully realized) made it a religious institution among the followers of the prophet of Mecca.
So much for the past of astrology. Most persons, no doubt, believe that is to-day an obsolete science. Such is not the case. There are at present in New York City nearly a dozen astrologers, soothsayers, star readers of horoscope casters, as they variously elect to call themselves. There are others scattered about in various parts of the country, and altogether the profession seems to be in a flourishing and prosperous condition.
It certainly is not without its devotees. The headquarters of the best-known New York astrologer is located in one of the Park row skyscrapers. This seer occupies a suite of offices equipped with desks, typewriters, telephone and all the paraphernalia of the modern business establishment. A procession of clients keeps this astrologer busy all day long.
Astor, for this is the astrologer's name, does not look like an exponent of ancient occultism. He has a business-like manner and might easily be mistaken for a broker or a lawyer. There is no suggestion of hidden mysteries about his workshop; everything is plain, modern, and commonplace.
The spectacle afforded by the seer dictating the mystic lore of 5000 years ago to a modern graphophone may seem trifle incongruous, but it merely goes to show that astrology, as practiced at the present time, is strictly up to date.
One of the business uses to which his skill is put was shown by the recent city election in Philadelphia. One of the candidates for the City Council was a Mr. Byram. On looking over the ground, after his nomination, Bryam made up his mind that the chances were against his election. He decided to work a new wrinkle. So he called in the services of astrology, and during the remainder of the campaign his actions were under the constant direction of the planets favorable to his cause. Bryam was elected. The politicians of the Quaker city were willing to fight such ordinary evices as jobs, deals and combinations, but when it came to bucking against the stars in their courses they gave up the battle.
With this imposing array of precedents, from Moses of Palestine to Byram of Philadelphia, it is interesting to know what answer astrology gives to the absorbing question of the day: Will there be war between Spain and the United States? This problem was present for consideration of Astor a few days ago.
After carefully studying the existing astrological situation the prophet constructed the accompanying "war map," which clearly proves to the initiated that, while there is considerable vexatious trouble in store for Spain and the United States, which may lead even to a "clash of arms," there will be no war.
To those who are not familiar with the symbols of astrology the diagram may seem a trifle obscure, and a word or two of explanation is necessary.
Briefly, the astrologer bases his predictions on the positions which the different planets occupy at a given time in the belt of the Zodiac. Each of the planets indicates a certain tendency which may be favorable or otherwise. Likewise each of the twelve signs of the Zodiac relates to certain subjects. When the relations and influences of the different members of the two groups are known the prediction becomes a comparatively simple matter.
The reckoning is made from the sign Aries, which stands, in the present instance, for the United States. Spain is represented by Gemini, which, in spite of some disturbance, is governed by distinctly peaceful influences. This indicates that Spain, however she may bluster, is really anxious to preserve peace, and will endeavor to do so. The governing powers of the United States on the the other hand, are symbolized by Capricornus, which has at present a decidedly bellicose attitude, with Mars in the ascendant.
Enrolled Text of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative Amendment Act of 2010
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With Congress about to finish up their 30 legislative day review of the District's medical cannabis law, I decided to post the updated text of the law. I had previously posted an earlier draft of the law and I feel its important to have the most up-to-date version for others to use a resource.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To amend the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to define key terms, to clarify who is permitted to cultivate, possess, dispense, or use medical marijuana, to require a written recommendation from one's physician, to restrict the use of medical marijuana, to protect physicians from sanctions for recommending medical marijuana, to establish a medical marijuana program, to establish requirements for dispensaries and cultivation centers, to authorize the Board of Medicine to audit physician recommendations and to discipline physicians who act outside of the law, to set out penalties for violating this act, to prohibit the public use of medical marijuana, to establish a Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, to require fees collected to be applied toward administering this act, to establish liability provisions, to clarify that this act does not require any public or private insurance to cover medical marijuana, and to authorize the Mayor to issue rules; and to amend the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, the Health Clarifications Act of 2001, the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981, and the Drug Paraphernalia Act of 1982 to make conforming amendments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Amendment Act of 2010".
Sec. 2. The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999, effective February 25, 2010 (D.C. Law 13-315; 57 DCR 3360), is amended to read as follows:
EARLY SECESSION DAYS – The Washington Times, August 12, 1900
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The Sentiment Had No Bearing on the National Union.
Efforts of Alexandria and Georgetown to Be Release From Their Association With the City of Washington- Appeals to the Maryland and Virginia Legislatures.
The exclusive jurisdiction of the United States was extended over the District of Columbia on the 27th of February, 1801, and almost immediately plans were proposed for a change in the District bounds, or for its entire abolition. The act of March 3, 1791, which provided that nothing therein should authorize the erection of public buildings on the Virginia side of the river had created dissatisfaction there before the United States took control, and at the third session which Congress held in Washington Mr. Bacon, of New York [actually Massachusetts], introduced a bill to cede back to Maryland and Virginia the land and jurisdiction which made the District of Columbia. On the 9th of February, 1803, the vote was taken on this proposal, and it was found to have only twenty-two supporters in the House of Representatives. In 1804 the attempt to disestablish the District of Columbia was again made by Mr. Bacon [actually it was made by John Dawson, of Virginia]. This time his proposal to re-cede to Maryland and Virginia all the territory except the city of Washington. These attempts seem, from the records, to have been abandoned after 1806 for many years. On both these occasions Mr. G. W. P. Custis of Arlington was an active opponent of retrocession.
However, talk on the subject did not cease. It was claimed on the one hand that the constitution of Maryland had been violated by the cession without a vote upon the act having been taken at two successive sessions of the Maryland Legislature. In Virginia some talkers alleged that the prohibition on the Virginia side of the river was a violation of the terms of cession, and made it void. Mr. Bacon and those of his opinion asserted that Congress was authorized to be "the seat of government," and that, inasmuch as Georgetown, Alexandria, and the other territory outside the city of Washington were not the seat of government, the retention of that territory was unconstitutional.
In 1818 another proposal for the disintegration of the District of Columbia came to the front, and a town meeting in Alexandria was called by the mayor. Dr. E. C. Dick presided and Jacob Hoffman was secretary. At this meeting a protest against retrocession was adopted. It was not, however, until 1834 that a general movement outside of Washington was made for retrocession. It had been proposed in Congress to establish a Legislature for the District of Columbia. The two little cities, Georgetown and Alexandria, feared the overwhelming influence of the continually growing city of Washington, which might deprive them of the home rule which existed in their municipalities. Georgetown this time took the lead, and made a strong appeal to the State of Maryland for help, while Alexandria made an appeal to the Congressional delegation from Virginia.
In the House of Representatives, on the 19th of February [1838], Mr. Wise of Virginia introduced a resolution that the committee on the District of Columbia be instructed to inquire into the expediency of receding, under proper restrictions and reservations, and with the consent of the people this District and the States of Maryland and Virginia, the said District to the said States.
In Georgetown a series of popular movements in favor of a return to Maryland were initiated, and, after some preliminary proceedings, a mass meeting of the voters of Georgetown was called. The meeting was held on the 12th of February at the North Lancasterian school room, and the "Potomac Advocate" states that it was "one of the largest and most respectable ever held within our town." Mr. John Kuntz occupied the chair and Thomas Turner was the secretary. Mr. S. McKenney introduced a resolution that "without reference to the political advantages to accrue to that portion of the county of Washington which lies west of Rock Creek, including Georgetown, from a retrocession thereof to Maryland, provided that it can be effected on such terms as shall secure from Congress the reimbursement from Congress of the debt created in the improvement of the harbor and the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, will, in the opinion of the his meeting, promote the pecuniary interests and general prosperity of the citizens." The meeting requested the mayor to order a vote of the citizens of the territory affected on the 14th of February, and if such vote was favorable to retrocession to unite with the common council of Georgetown in bringing the subject before the Maryland Legislature.
The Georgetown committee went to Annapolis to seek help from the Legislature of Maryland, and action on the subject was begun in April, just before the time fixed for adjournment. A committee reported a series of resolutions on the subject, the most important being this one:
"Resolved, That the General Assembly of Maryland do assent to the recession of Georgetown and that portion of the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, lying west of Rock Creek formerly included within the limits of Montgomery County; provided the Congress of the United States do agree to yield its exclusive jurisdiction over the same; and in such event the said territory shall thereupon be held and deemed a portion of the domain of Maryland, and that the citizens thereof be entitled to all the immunities and privileges of citizens of the State, and the corporate powers which may have been granted by the Congress of the United States."
On that occasion Mr. Cottman, of Somerset, submitted an additional resolution, as follows:
"And whereas the Constitution of the United States has provided that Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases over such district as may by the cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress become the seat of the United States; and
"Whereas the territory north of the Potomac, a portion of the domain of Maryland, has been apparently and ostensibly ceded to the United States by an act of the Legislature of Maryland which was not ratified and confirmed by a succeeding Legislature, and this ostensible cession of the domain being such a modification of the Constitution as requires the action of two successive Legislatures in the mode provided by the constitution of Maryland; therefore
"Resolved, That the territory aforesaid was not ceded in conformity with the constitution of this State, and now is, and of right ought to be, part of the territory of Maryland."
The Legislature of Maryland, however, adjourned too soon for final action on the subject, and the recession of Georgetown never again assumed formidable proportions.
The assistance given by Congress in securing the release of the Holland loan when it was said that the District cities "were sold to the Dutch" quieted for a while the popular unrest at the "want of a vote" that long galled the young men of the District; but the entente cordiale between the District cities was at an end forever when the corporation of Georgetown passed resolutions protesting against Congress giving aid in the construction of the Aqueduct and the Alexandria Canal, which continued to Alexandria the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. And although Congress gave Alexandria $300,000 for that work, yet the desire to be with Virginia was not allayed, and when a Democratic Congress refused to re-charter the Alexandria banks the moneyed interests fell in with and even led the people, and then began an agitation which finally severed the District which Washington had made. Then, too, the Van Buren Administration was Democratic, or "loco-foco," as was the Alexandrian term, and the town of Alexandria was intensely Whig. The Harrison banner of 1840 bore on its reverse the picture of the "Sic semper" woman bending over a shackled maiden in tears, and the legend read: "Our Revolutionary fathers intended us to be free. Sons of Virginia, will you see us slaves?"
At first as the retrocession was so vehemently championed by the Whigs, the "loco-focos" opposed it. The partisans of Van Buren were few in town, but very numerous in the county, and during Tyler's Administration the Democratic leaders began to see that if Alexandria was turned over to Democratic Virginia it would give the Democrats a more extensive influence; and so, when Polk came in, the Congress which completed the annexation of Texas divided the District of Columbia, and Congress passed a law, which President Polk approved, declaring that "all that portion of the District of Columbia ceded to the United States by Virginia, and all right and jurisdiction, be hereby ceded and forever relinquished to the State of Virginia, in full and absolute right and jurisdiction, as well of soil as of persons residing or to reside therein." So by this act of July 9, 1846, the District of Columbia, which came into being February 27, 1801, ceased to exist south of the river Potomac.
This newspaper article was transcribed from a scan of the original newspaper article on Chronicling America. It is being republished here in order to continue my advocacy for full representation for the American citizens of the District of Columbia.
President John Adams 4th Message to Congress – November 11th, 1800
Below is the first part of President John Adams 4th State of the Union message to Congress. In the message he welcomes Congress to the new, permanent seat of government in the District of Columbia and warns them of their duty to provide for the citizens.
Lithograph of president John Adams from the Library of Congress
Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
Immediately after the adjournment of Congress at their last session in Philadelphia I gave directions, in compliance with the laws, for the removal of the public offices, records, and property. These directions have been executed, and the public officers have since resided and conducted the ordinary business of the Government in this place.
I congratulate the people of the United States on the assembling of Congress at the permanent seat of their Government, and I congratulate you, gentlemen, on the prospect of a residence not to be changed. Although there is cause to apprehend that accommodations are not now so complete as might be wished, yet there is great reason to believe that this inconvenience will cease with the present session.
It would be unbecoming the representatives of this nation to assemble for the first time in this solemn temple without looking up to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and imploring His blessing.
May this territory be the residence of virtue and happiness! In this city may that piety and virtue, that wisdom and magnanimity, that constancy and self-government, which adorned the great character whose name it bears be forever held in veneration! Here and throughout our country may simple manners, pure morals, and true religion flourish forever!
It is with you, gentlemen, to consider whether the local powers over the District of Columbia vested by the Constitution in the Congress of the United States shall be immediately exercised. If in your opinion this important trust ought now to be executed, you can not fail while performing it to take into view the future probable situation of the territory for the happiness of which you are about to provide. You will consider it as the capital of a great nation advancing with unexampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth, and in population, and possessing within itself those energies and resources which, if not thrown away or lamentably misdirected, will secure to it a long course of prosperity and self-government.
Source: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29442
TONIGHT: An Evening of Education and Entertainment in Support of DC Statehood at the U.S. Capitol
THE STATE OF COLUMBIA by Frank Sprigg Perry – Georgetown Law Journal, Vol 9, No. 3, April, 1921, p. 13-27
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This article was originally published in the Georgetown Law Journal and outlines the case that the District of Columbia can be made into a state without a constitutional amendment. I find it interesting that nearly 60 years later residents of the District of Columbia chose to add "New" to the name of their future state.
Map originally published in the Washington Herald on 1/18/1910
THE STATE OF COLUMBIA
Can A State Be Erected Out Of The District Of Columbia Without A Constitutional Amendment?
Frank Sprigg Perry
Associate Justice of Constitutional Laws
Georgetown Law Journal, Vol 9, No. 3, April, 1921, p. 13-27
In the great tide of Statehood which has flowed westward over continental United States there has been left on the Atlantic seaboard a small area which may be called a "back water" of American political life. From Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, all are sovereign States with the single exception of the District of Columbia. The City of Washington bears the proud title of the Capital of the greatest Democracy on earth. And yet how hollow is the sound of political liberty to the disfranchised inhabitants living in the very shadow of the dome of the Capitol!
This article will discuss the power of Congress without a Constitutional Amendment to erect a State out of the District of Colombia—THE STATE OF COLUMBIA.
The permanent seat of the Federal Government was authorized by Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution;
"Congress shall have power:
17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings."
The land for this purpose was ceded by the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia became vested in the United States for this purpose in December, 1800. The land ceded by the State of Virginia comprised the county of Alexandria and was retroceded to that State by an Act of Congress of July 9, 1846. (9 Stats. 35, 1000) The political organization of the District of Columbia embraces the City of Washington and covers at the present time the land ceded by the State of Maryland.
The people of the District of Columbia are totally disfranchised. The government is in the hands of Congress which acts as a national as well as a local legislature. A Board of Commissioners appointed by the President is the executive head. The people have no representative or delegate in the Senate or House of Representatives, nor can they vote for the President or Vice-President of the United States, nor have they a voice or vote in the selection of their Board of Commissioners.
The District of Columbia has a population of 437,571 by the census of 1920, a number in excess of each of the seven States of Vermont, Idaho, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, Delaware, and Nevada, and it possesses all of the other qualifications of Statehood. It is conceded that a Constitutional Amendment could give Statehood or any modified form of government to the District. On the other hand, it has been questioned whether Congress can by a legislative act and without such amendment create the State of Columbia, even with the consent of the State of Maryland. An amendment to the Constitution would require a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress and a subsequent ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States. An act of Congress creating a State government would require a majority vote of both Houses of Congress and the signature of the President.
REASON FOR EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY
There were several reasons which induced the framers of the Constitution to provide for the power in Congress to exercise exclusive legislation over the seat of the Federal Government. During the Revolutionary period the Federal authority was feeble and, as there was no standing army, the Continental Congress had been forced to depend for protection upon the militia of certain of the States. On June 21, 1783, some armed and mutinous soldiers appeared before Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and insultingly demanded their overdue pay. The authorities of the state were appealed to but they made no sufficient attempt to afford protection. Congress moved its seat to Princeton, New Jersey, a few days after this incident occurred. In addition to the necessity for protection, the "Federalist," No. 38, also urged in support of this clause, that the establishment of this federal district would free Congress from any imputation of awe or undue influence on the part of the State authorities. (Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe, 114 U.S. 529)
Needless to say, neither of these reasons has any force at the present time. The Federal government has grown sufficiently strong to protect its property wherever located. There can be no imputation of awe or undue influence on the part of a State today, as the United States through the concentration of federal powers in Congress and in the Executive branches of the government has reached a position of almost supreme authority. The transfer of jurisdiction to the State of Columbia would not prevent the Federal Government from protecting its property, nor could the State of Columbia of such limited area exercise a predominant influence over the affairs of the Nation by reason of its locality.
In Revolutionary days the danger was that the Federal authority would be too weak to coordinate and control the necessary functions of national life. The danger today is that this Federal authority has become so powerful that it threatens to smother the separate existence of the several States. In Story's Constitutional Law, Section 1220, reference is made to a criticism urged in 1803 against the exclusive control by Congress over the District of Columbia as tending to foster an oligarchy and diffuse important changes through our democratic government. The growth of the Federal authority may be attributed in no small degree to its separate and independent existence in the District of Columbia. The creation of the State of Columbia would check further Federal growth along these lines and would add another Commonwealth to jealously guard State life.
POWER TO CREATE NEW STATES
The admission of new states into the Union is provided by Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, of the Constitution:
"l. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress."
No limitations are placed upon the powers of Congress to admit new States except as provided in this clause. No other clause of the Constitution limits those powers. Nowhere is it stated that Congress can admit a new State only after it has fulfilled certain requirements. Nowhere is it stated that Congress can admit only States to be carved out of the then existing "Northwest Territory." New States can be carved out of any territory or other property over which the United States exercises jurisdiction or control. An independent nation can be admitted in the Union as a new State by an Act of Congress alone, as was done in the case of Texas. (Acts of March 1, and December 29, 1845, 5 Stats. 797, 9 Stats. 108.)
There is no clause in the Constitution which expressly authorizes Congress to erect a State out of the land upon which the Federal city is located. There is, however, no clause which prohibits Congress from erecting the State of Columbia out of this area.
It may be considered that the grant of jurisdiction over the District is so absolute and unconditional as to empower Congress to erect out of the District any form of government, even a State government. The insertion of qualifying words in this sweeping clause would destroy the power of exclusive legislation.
It has been held by some that Congress is invested with a peculiar and high authority over the District and that this power is inalienable. This argument was unsuccessfully used before Congress in opposition to the retrocession of Alexandria County to the State of Virginia. If this authority is inalienable, no State can be erected out of the District without an amendment to the Constitution. If, however, Congress exercises political powers over the District similar to those which it exercises over the territory or other property of the United States, then a legislative act can create the State of Columbia.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARTIES
The construction which the parties place upon a contract by their acts and deeds at the time that they entered into it, is always considered of vital force in determining the meaning of the contract. The territory of the District was ceded to the United States by the States of Maryland and Virginia in accordance with the terms of the Constitution and contemporaneously with its adoption.
The State of Maryland under date of December 23, 1788, offered to cede territory for the seat of the Federal government. In the act of the general assembly of that State of December 19, 1791, ratifying the cession and fixing the boundaries of the ceded area, it was provided in clause 2:
"That all that part of the said territory called Columbia which lies within the limits of this State shall be, and the same is hereby, acknowledged to be forever ceded and relinquished to the Congress and Government of the United States, and full and absolute right and exclusive jurisdiction, as well of soil as of persons residing or to reside thereon, pursuant to the tenor and effect of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of Government of the United States."
The State of Virginia on December 3, 1789, in the act of its general assembly ceding this territory to the United States enacted:
"That a tract of country, not exceeding ten miles square, or any lesser quantity, to be located within the limits of this State, and in any part thereof as Congress may by law direct, shall be, and the same is, forever ceded and relinquished to the Congress and Government of the United States, in full and absolute right and exclusive jurisdiction, as well of soil as of persons residing or to reside thereon, pursuant to the tenor and effect of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the Government of the United States."
The territory so conveyed was accepted by the United States in the spirit in which it was ceded. (Act of Congress, July 16, 1790, I Stats. 130.) No limitations were attached to the cession, certainly so long as it remained the permanent seat of the Federal Government. These States severally yielded all the political jurisdiction they possessed over this territory to the United States and the United States accepted this unconditional grant of sovereignty without qualification. One of the political powers so yielded and accepted was the right to erect a separate State out of this area.
The representatives of both the States of Maryland and Virginia had been most active in framing the Constitution!and these several grants show the interpretation all parties placed Clause 17, Section 8, Article 1. So far, as the original contemporaneous interpretation of this clause by the parties themselves affords a guide, there is no prohibition upon Congress to erect a State out of this area— particularly if the consent of the State of Maryland be secured.
COMPARISON OF CLAUSES
Comparison has sometimes been made between the clause conferring power on Congress of exclusive legislation over the District, and the clause giving Congress the power to govern the territory and other property of the United States. This latter clause is Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2:
"The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States."
The power of Congress to erect a new State out of such territory is unquestioned. It has been argued that if these two clauses were intended to convey similar powers, they would have been framed in similar terms. This argument loses sight of the conditions under which each clause was inserted in the Constitution.
At the time of the adoption of the Constitution Congress had received by cession from all but two of the original thirteen States the unsettled lands which lay beyond their territorial limits. This was termed the "Northwest Territory" and Congress exercised the absolute right to and the exclusive legislative authority over the territory. Hence there was no need to insert in the Constitution a clause conferring such exclusive authority over the territory, as Congress was at the time actually exercising this exclusive authority. In fact the Ordinance for the Government of the Northwest Territory was passed by the Continental Congress in 1787 prior to the adoption of the Constitution. This celebrated ordinance is regarded, after the Declaration of Independence, as the most important act of the Continental Congress and furnished for a long period the model after which other territories were organized under the Constitution. The clause in the Constitution dealing with the territory of the United States simply confirmed in Congress the power "to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations" respecting this and other territory.
In the case of the territory to be occupied as the seat of the Federal Government, just as in the case of the forts, magazines, arsenals and dock yards, it was necessary for the Constitution to go further than in the case of lands actually under the exclusive authority of Congress. The seat of the Federal Government was to be formed out of land limited to 10 miles square to be ceded in the future by the States and which at the time was actually a part of those States and under their exclusive authority. It was necessary to provide that this exclusive authority should be taken out of the States ceding such lands and that it should become vested in the United States. A like necessity existed with reference to the land upon which should be erected forts, magazines, arsenals, and dock yards. The sweeping provisions of Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 17, were adopted for these purposes.
In each of these two clauses apt and appropriate words were used to carry into effect the intention of the framers of the Constitution. In the one case it was deemed proper to confirm in Congress the right to make needful rules and regulations over territory and other property owned by Congress. In the case of the district for the seat of the Federal Government, it was necessary to provide for exclusive legislative authority over land which would be ceded by certain States and which had, up to that time, been exclusively under State jurisdiction. In each case the effect is the same and Congress exercises exclusive jurisdiction over all such areas.
NO DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
The case of Stoutenburgh v. Hennick; (1888) 129 U. S. 141, is sometimes cited as an authority which would prevent the delegation of legislative authority over the District by Congress. The erection of the State of Columbia would involve a surrender of jurisdiction and would not be a delegation of legislative authority. Moreover an examination of the opinion shows that the court went no further than to hold that Congress could not delegate the power to regulate interstate commerce of the Legislative Assembly of the District (10 Fed. Stats. Ann. 2d. ed. 469.)
Even if this transfer of jurisdiction to the State of Columbia could be considered a delegation of authority, the United States Supreme Court in 1878, in Welch v. Cook, 97 U. S., 542, decided that Congress could invest the District Legislature with that power. This case was decided only ten years before the case of Stoutenberg v. Hennick and was not overruled in this later case. The court said:
"It is not open to reasonable doubt that Congress had power to invest and did invest, the District (of Columbia) government with legislative authority, or that the act of the legislative assembly of June 26, 1873, was within that authority."
JURISDICTION OVER FORTS
The clause empowering Congress to exercise exclusive legislative authority over the seat of the Federal Government, also confers a like authority over forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings. The jurisdiction which the United States must exercise over its military and naval reservations is of necessity an exclusive one. The fact that the same clause confers a like authority in Congress over the District is strong evidence that no limitation upon this power was intended.
Where a State cedes certain land to the United States and reserves a reversionary interest in the property in case it is not used as a fort, the exclusive authority of the United States ceases when the property is leased for other purposes. The cession of such territory has been held to be of necessity temporary and to be exercised only so long as the place continues to be used for public purposes. When it ceases to be used the jurisdiction reverts to the State. The right reserved by a State to tax certain property in the reservation or to serve civil or criminal process has not been considered in violation of the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress.
These illustrations make it clear that this power of "exclusive legislation" is not of such a peculiar character nor of such high authority as to create separate and independent political areas forever under the jurisdiction of the Federal government. Territory or other property acquired by the United States, whether by conquest, purchase, or by cession of the legislature of a State, is subject to the exclusive legislative authority of Congress. This exclusive legislative authority can be surrendered and the property returned to the state which ceded it, or a new State can be erected out of such territory. The creation of a new State is subject to this limitation, that if erected out of land within the jurisdiction of any other State, it must be with the consent of the legislature of that State.
Story Constitution Law, Sec. 1127; Palmer v. Barrett, 162 U. S. 399; Fort Leavenworth Railroad Company, v. Lowe, 114 U. S. 525; 10 Federal Statutes, Ann. (ad. ed.) 841 – 845.
The power granted Congress to "exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over the District, does not confer any greater political authority than Congress can exercise over "the territory or other property belonging to the United States" or over places purchased with the consent of the State legislatures for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals and dock-yards. In each case there exists under the Constitution that jurisdiction, absolute, exclusive, unqualified, which is the sovereign authority to make, decide on and execute laws. (*1) Wedding v. Meyler, (192 U. S. 573).
There is no express provision of the Constitution which authorizes Congress to enlarge the national domain or acquire new territory by annexation, cession, conquest, or in any other manner. This power, has, however, always been considered as one of the attributes of sovereignty and as such has been continuously exercised by Congress. As an inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory, there follows the power to govern the territory. (*2) Rassmussen v. U.S. (197 U.S. 516). The power to pass laws for the government so acquired has sometimes been asserted on the strength of Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2, (supra.) On whatever ground this authority to govern rests, there can be no doubt of its existence and of the fact that under it Congress has the right of exclusive legislation over such territory and can dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting it. This sovereign right of exclusive legislation is similar to that exercised by Congress over the District.
As has been said, if the title to property be absolute, the mode of its acquisition is unimportant. (*3.) Petition to Congress from Committee from town of Alexandria, Va., accompanying House Report 325, 29th Congress, 1st. Session. Whether it be by gift, purchase, conquest, or cession from a State, Congress possesses but a complete title to the area.
It might have been argued that because the Constitution authorized Congress to make "all needful rules and regulations" respecting the territory of the United States, Congress could never divest itself of that power. In other words, that Congress could never carve States out of such territory because by so doing it would surrender the power to make the "needful rules and regulations." It is a sufficient answer to say that the Constitution has not been so construed. The admission of thirty-four States in the Union from such territory is ample proof of this fact.
The fact that the Constitution expressly confers upon Congress powers of exclusive legislation over the District does not thereby carry with it the implication that all other powers are denied, if there are any such other powers. A striking example of this rule of construction of the Constitution is found in the Legal Tender Cases, 12 Wall. 457. In this case the constitutionality of an act of Congress making paper money legal tender for the payment of debts was attacked because there was no express authority for such law.
It was contended that the clause of the Constitution which conferred upon Congress power "to coin money, regulates the value thereof and of foreign coin," contained an implication that nothing but that which is the subject of coinage, namely, precious metals, could ever be declared by law to be money or legal tender. This argument was specious and persuasive. The fallacy of the contention, as the court observed, was that the Constitution has never been construed that way. The court held that the enumeration of certain governmental powers, did not thereby exclude the existence of other governmental powers not enumerated. The Court said:,
"XXXX[544]. It is not claimed that any express prohibition exists, but it is insisted that the spirit of the Constitution was violated by the enactment. Here those who assert the unconstitutionality of the acts mainly rest their argument. They claim that the clause which conferred upon Congress power "to coin money; regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin," contains an implication that nothing but that which is the subject of coinage, nothing but the precious metals can ever be declared by law to be money, or to have the uses of money. If by this is meant that because certain powers over the currency are expressly given to Congress, all other powers relating to the same subject are impliedly forbidden, we need only remark that such is not the manner in which the Constitution has always been construed."
"XXXX[546]. In most cases, if not in all, when it was intended that governmental powers, commonly acknowledged as such, should cease to exist, both in the States and in the Federal Government, it was expressly denied to both, as well to the United States as to the individual states. And generally when one of such powers was expressly denied to the States only, it was for the purpose of rendering the Federal power more complete and exclusive."
In like manner, the enumeration in the Constitution of certain powers conferred on Congress with reference to the District of Columbia, does not by implication take away other governmental powers. One of the governmental powers which Congress exercises over all territory or land of the United States is the right to admit such area in the Union as a State. This power not having been expressly or by implication taken away with reference to the District of Columbia still exists in Congress.
In the case of the First National Bank v. Yankton County, 101 U.S. 129, the Court discussed the power of Congress to legislate for the territories. It was said:
"In other words it (i. e. Congress) has full and complete legislative authority over the people of the territories and all the departments of the territorial governments.
In discussing the relationship which Congress bears to the Territory of Alaska and to the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals of the District in U. S. ex. rel. Humboldt S. S. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission 37 App. D. C. 274, held:
"Congress in the government of the territories, has plenary power, except as limited by the Constitution. The particular form of government it shall establish is not prescribed. It has for example, prescribed one form of government for New Mexico, another for the District of Columbia, and still another for Alaska. * * * While Congress in the government of the District of Columbia is limited by the provisions of the Constitution not applicable to other territory of the United States, the same power exists of establishing local government."
In the case of the Corporation of Latter Day Saints v. U. S. 136 U. S. 32, 42, it was held:
"The power of Congress over the territories of the United States is general and plenary."
While there may be some fundamental guarantees of life, liberty and property under the Constitution which are applicable to the District of Columbia and not to the territories nevertheless in political matters Congress exercises "plenary" power over both. (Employers, Liability Cases 207; U. S. 500.)
In the case of Callan v. Wilson, 127 U.S. 540, the Court held with reference to a trial by jury:
"We cannot think that the people of this District (of Columbia) have in that regard, less rights than those accorded to the people of the territories of the United States."
The extent of the authority which Congress exercises of the District and over the Territories was clearly discussed in the case of Binns v. U.S., 194 U. S. 486. The Court held that Congress exercised plenary power, and Mr. Justice Brewer, in writing the opinion of the court, said:
"XXXX[491] It must be remembered that Congress, in the government of the territories as well as of the District of Columbia, has plenary power, save as controlled by the provisions of the Constitution; that the form of government it shall establish is not prescribed and may not necessarily be the same in all the territories. We are accustomed to that generally adopted for the territories, of a quasi state government, with executive, legislative, and judicial officers, and a legislative endowed with the power of local taxation and local expenditures; but Congress is not limited to this form. In the District of Columbia it has adopted a different mode of government, and in Alaska still another. It may legislate directly in respect to the local affairs of a territory, or transfer the power of such legislation to a legislature elected by the citizens of the territory. It has provided in the District of Columbia for a board of three Commissioners, who are the controlling officers of the District. It may entrust to them a large volume of legislative power, or it may, by direct legislation create the whole statutory law applicable thereto. For Alaska, Congress has established a government of a different form. It has provided no legislative body, but only executive and judicial officers."
In the Insular Tariff Cases after the Spanish War, Mr. Justice Brown, in writing the opinion of the Court in the case of De Lima v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 196, said:
"Under this power (to govern and control the Territories) Congress may deal with territory acquired by treaty; may administer its government as it does that of the District of Columbia; it may organize a local territorial government; it may admit it as a State upon an equality with other States; it may sell its public lands to individual citizens or may donate them as homesteads to actual settlers. In short, when once acquired by treaty, it belongs to the United States, and is subject to the disposition of Congress."
Compare also Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U. S. 244.
In the great case of Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat, 265, there was involved the validity of a lottery law enacted by Congress with reference to the District. Daniel Webster was one of the counsel and argued, page 435, that the clause of the Constitution relative to the District conveyed powers so peculiar and specific that no other city in the Union could be given such a charter by Congress and if every Federal power granted in the Constitution were destroyed, this power over the District of Columbia would remain. But Chief Justice Marshall held that the power of exclusive legislation over the District was conferred on Congress as the legislature of the Union and that such powers could be exercised in no other way:
"In the enumeration of the powers of Congress which is made in the eighth section of the first article, we find that of exercising exclusive legislation over such district as shall become the seat of government. This power, like all others which are specified, is conferred on Congress as the legislature of the Union; for, strip them of that character, and they would not possess it. In no other character can it be exercised in legislating for the district, they necessarily preserve the character of the legislature of the Union; for it is in that character alone that the constitution confers on them this power of exclusive legislation."
These decisions of our highest Court plainly show that the political power which Congress exercises over the District is plenary, that it is full and absolute, and is similar to that exercised over the territory or other property of the United States. Congress may in each case create a State out of such area.
RETROCESSION OF ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The land secured from the State of Virginia was retroceded to that State by the Act of Congress of July 9, 1846. If Congress had the right to divest itself of the power of exclusive legislation over a portion of the District by this retrocession, Congress can erect the State of Columbia out of the remaining area. It was argued that this act was unconstitutional and that the exclusive jurisdiction over the seat of the Federal government could not be surrendered. The act was passed in spite of this objection and the retrocession has stood without successful challenge for a period of seventy-five years. As this is essentially a political question, it is very doubtful whether this act of retrocession can ever be considered by the courts. In the case of Phillips v. Payne, (1875) 92 S. U. 130, an attempt to raise this question was refused. (Wilson v. Shaw, 204 U.S. 24; Luther v. Borden, 7 How 1, 42).
In like manner the erection by Congress, with the consent of the State of Maryland, of the State of Columbia, would be a purely political question and the courts would have no jurisdiction to consider it.
From a study of the wording of the Constitution and of the original grants of this territory from the States of Maryland and Virginia; from an examination of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States; and from the action of the political branch of the Government in retroceding a portion of this area to the State of Virginia; it must be conceded that the weight of precedent and authority is in favor of the proposition that Congress has authority, with the consent of the State of Maryland, and without a Constitutional Amendment to erect out of the District of Columbia a Sovereign State—THE STATE OF COLUMBIA.
FRANK SPRIGGS PERRY
Associate Professor of Constitutional Law
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A New Strategy For Full Representation in Congress: Have the District of Columbia Government Sue State Legislatures
Last night I received an e-mail from Timothy Cooper, executive director of World Rights, about his recent appearance on NewsChannel 8 and decided to save the video to publish here. The thrust of the new strategy is to have the District government sue the State legislatures around the United States for denying District residents full representation in Congress using international law as the basis for this lawsuit. The strategy is quite novel and I'm curious to see how this turns out.
Act of Cession from the State of Virginia – December 3, 1789
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In this act, passed December 3rd, 1789, the State of Virginia "forever ceded and relinquished to the Congress and Government of the United States," a tract of land no larger than 10 miles square to be used for the seat of government of the United States. However, 57 years after the passage of this act, the Legislature of State of Virginia would pass a subsequent act requesting the land back with the assent of Congress and the people of Alexandria.
One constitutional question I have, and the reason why I am posting the legislation below, is, if in the spring of 1846, did the State of Virginia violate Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution? This section says it is illegal for States to pass laws impairing the obligation of contracts. Therefore, if the State of Virginia entered into a Contract with the Federal Government with the passage of the act below (and others), was the passage of the 1846 act requesting the land back a form contractual impairment?
ACT OF CESSION FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
AN ACT for the cession of ten miles square, or any lesser quantity of territory within this State, to the United States, in Congress assembled, for the permanent seat of the General Government. [Passed the 3d December. 1789.]
I. Whereas the equal and common benefits resulting from the administration of the General Government will be best diffused, and its operations become more prompt and certain, by establishing such a situation for the seat of the said Government as will be most central and convenient to the citizens of the United States at large ; having regard as well to population, extent of territory, and a free navigation to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Chesapeake Bay, as to the most direct and ready communication with our fellow-citizens on the western frontier; and whereas it appears to this assembly that a situation combining all the considerations and advantages before recited may be had on the banks of the river Potomac, above tidewater, in a country rich and fertile in soil, healthy and salubrious in climate, and abounding in all the necessaries and conveniences of life, where, in a location of ten miles square, if the wisdom of Congress shall so direet, the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, may participate in such location :
II. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly, That a tract of country, not exceeding ten miles square, or any lesser quantity, to be located within the limits of the State, and in any part thereof, as Congress may by law direct, shall be, and the same is hereby forever ceded and relinquished to the Congress and Government of the United States, in full and absolute right, and exclusive jurisdiction, as well of soil as of persons residing or to reside thereon, pursuant to the tenor and effect of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the Government of the United States.
III. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to vest in the United States any right of property in the soil, or to affect the rights of individuals therein, otherwise than the same shall or may be transferred by such individuals to the United States.
IV. And provided also, That the jurisdiction of the laws of this commonwealth over the persons and property of individuals residing within the limits of the cession aforesaid, shall not cease or determine until Congress, having accepted the said cession, shall, by law, provide for the government thereof, under their jurisdiction, in manner provided by the article of the Constitution before recited.
SOURCE: Page 651. The Compiled Statutes in Force in the District of Columbia, Including the Acts of the Second Session of the Fiftieth Congress, 1887-'89
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Corby Spirit and Wine Announces Full Year Results and Quarterly Dividend
Corby Spirit and Wine Limited
TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2020 /CNW/ - Corby Spirit and Wine Limited ("Corby" or the "Company") (TSX: CSW.A) (TSX: CSW.B) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2020. The Corby Board of Directors today also declared a dividend of $0.20 per share payable on September 30, 2020 on the Voting Class A Common Shares and Non-Voting Class B Common Shares of the Company to shareholders of record as at the close of business on September 16, 2020.
Net earnings of $26.7 million (or $0.94 per share) reflect an increase of 4%, or $1.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2020, when compared to the same period last year. Revenue for the year grew 2% due to the strong performance of key Corby-owned brands in both domestic and certain export markets, as well as improved commissions from represented brands. Our brands and those that we represent remained resilient during the months of COVID-19 social distancing, though certain portfolio challenges arose from COVID-19 pandemic related closures of certain on-premise channels.
Net earnings of $7.2 million (or $0.25 per share) were reported for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020, reflecting a decrease of 8%, $0.6 million (or $0.02 per share) when compared to the same quarter in the prior year. Revenue for the fourth quarter decreased 3%, following strong third quarter sales resulting from shifts in pandemic-related consumer purchasing trends.
"The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on Canadians, our communities and our business partners. Our teams have proven their agility and resilience and commitment to our brands, values and purpose by delivering strong financial growth during a time of crisis. We managed costs tightly in some areas during the pandemic but also continued to invest in our strategic brands; doubling down on short-term opportunities with a vision of building long-term value. As we start emerging from our social bubbles, we will see that the world is no longer the same as it was six months ago. It is at times like these that we need to work smartly to identify and capitalize on opportunities," noted Nicolas Krantz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corby.
For further details, please refer to Corby's management's discussion and analysis and consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the three-months and year ended June 30, 2020, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
About Corby
Corby Spirit and Wine Limited is a leading Canadian manufacturer, marketer and distributor of spirits and imported wines. Corby's portfolio of owned-brands includes some of the most renowned brands in Canada, including J.P. Wiser's®, Lot 40®, and Pike Creek® Canadian whiskies, Lamb's® rum, Polar Ice® vodka and McGuinness® liqueurs, as well as the Ungava® gin, Cabot Trail® maple-based liqueurs and Chic Choc® spiced rum and Foreign Affair® wines. Through its affiliation with Pernod Ricard S.A., a global leader in the spirits and wine industry, Corby also represents leading international brands such as ABSOLUT® vodka, Chivas Regal®, The Glenlivet® and Ballantine's® Scotch whiskies, Jameson® Irish whiskey, Beefeater® gin, Malibu® rum, Kahlúa® liqueur, Mumm® champagne, and Jacob's Creek®, Wyndham Estate®, Stoneleigh®, Campo Viejo®, and Kenwood® wines. Corby is a publicly traded company based in Toronto, Ontario, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbols CSW.A and CSW.B. For further information, please visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning possible or assumed future results of Corby's operations. Forward-looking statements typically are preceded by, followed by or include the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "estimates", "intends", "plans" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions and, as such, actual results or expectations could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All financial results are reported in Canadian dollars.
SOURCE Corby Spirit and Wine Limited
For further information: CORBY SPIRIT AND WINE LIMITED, Edward Mayle, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Tel.: 416-479-2400, [email protected], www.Corby.ca
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