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Marist Dominates Colgate In Sweep
The Marist men defeated Colgate by a lopsided 209-74, while the women won in a similar fashion: 190-92. Current photo via Marist Athletics
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Marist v. Colgate
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Courtesy: Marist Athletics
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist men's swimming and diving toppled the Colgate Raiders on Friday evening, by a score of 209-74. The 209 points were the highest point total for the men's team in a regular dual meet since back in 2017. Marist took the lead early, placing in first in the first three events, and never looked back.
With the win, Marist improves to 3-1 on the season, and remains 1-1 in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference meets. Colgate falls to 0-3 on the season with the loss.
The men opened the competition with a first-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Ahmed Sallam, Brendan Rice, Murray Coueslant, and Zachary Arber clocked in with a time of 1:37.04
The men went on to win the next two events, setting the tone for the rest of the meet. Rice took first place in the 1000-yard free with a time of 9:54.70, and then Sallam secured first in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:43.42.
Ante Dany led the swimmers with 18 points in the meet. He won both the 200-yard fly and the 500-yard free, with times of 2:01.85 and 4:47.63, respectively.
Rice also put up 18 points in the meet, also winning the 200-yard breast with a time of 2:17.51, other then the events already mentioned.
Raislan Aiken had a stellar day for the divers, as he was the third Red Fox to total 18 points. He put up a monstrous 309 points in the 1-meter dive, taking first place by nearly 40 points. Then, he also won the 3-meter dive with a score of 271.95.
The Red Foxes return to the pool on Saturday, November 23, when they will host MAAC rival Fairfield at McCann Natatorium. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m.
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist women's swimming and diving toppled the Colgate Raiders by a score of 190-92 on Friday evening. Just like the men, the women got off to a torrid start, winning the first six events. Colgate made a little bit of a late run to make it interesting, but Marist was able to hold on for the win.
With the win, the Red Foxes improve to 2-2 on the season. Meanwhile, the Raiders drop to 0-3 with the loss.
The women opened the event taking first place in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Juliet Nowak, Georgeanne Zimmerman, Leigh-Anne Zanella, and Jordyn Deubel clocked in with a time of 1:50.67, securing first place.
The Red Foxes set the tone early, winning the first six events, and taking a gigantic lead to start the met. The 100-yard free, 200-yard free, 100-yard back, 100-yard breast, and 200-yard fly were won by Zanella, Deubel, Nowak, Zimmerman, and Zanella again, respectively.
Zanella had the best meet of any swimmer on either men's or womebn's team. She won all three of the previously mentioned events, and then came in second in the 100-yard fly, totaling a massive 22 total points.
Nowak was the second leading scorer for Marist, totaling 12 points. Besides the 100-yard back and 200-yard medley as previously mentiones, she also took first place in the 200-yard back with a time of 2:10.18. She then placed third in the 100-yard fly.
Esabelle Gervasio, the 2x MAAC Diver of the Week, dominated once again, leading all divers in points. She totaled nine, placing first in both the 3-meter dive and the 1-meter dive. Her scores were 284.40 and 247.13, respectively.
The team of Zimmerman, Jessica Freund, Megan Lasto, and Molly Hewett finished strong with a solid performance in the 200-yard free relay, clocking in with a time of 1:41.33.
The Red Foxes return to the pool on Saturday, November 23, when they will host MAAC rival Fairfield at McCann Natatorium. The Stags are the defending MAAC Champions, so the Red Foxes will be looking for a bit of revenge. The meet is set to begin at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: Colgate Athletics
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Colgate men entered the Marist pool on Friday night looking to put last weekend in the rearview mirror. Though the results didn't favor them in the end, the Raiders have some positives to take into the Rutgers Invitational.
Andrew Budge and Camden Koch took first and second in the 100 Yard Backstroke.
Ehran Hodes and Zach Duthie did the same in the 400 Yard Individual Medley.
A team of Koch, Jack Van Meter, Segundo Rienhardt, and Justin Song won the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay with another Colgate squad taking second.
In the end, Marist took down Colgate by a score of 209-74.
Colgate travels to Piscataway, N.J. for the much anticipated Rutgers invitational, starting Dec. 4.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Colgate women looked to move past last weekend's loss to Loyola when they traveled to Poughkeepsie to compete against Marist. Several Raiders found individual success despite the team's loss on Friday evening.
Madison Sullivan won the 50 Yard Freestyle to earn nine points for Colgate.
Beth Caruana took first in the 100 Yard Butterfly.
Katie Hand claimed a victory in the 400 Yard Individual Medley over three Marist opponents. Hand also played a role in winning the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay.
Along with Hand, that group featured Lucy Bischof, Sam Adams, and Lauren deTorres.
The final score of Friday's meet totaled 190-92.
The Raiders hit the road on Dec. 4 to take part in the Rutgers Invitational.
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Shey Sims and Wanda Linnell from Faith Baptist in Bartlett, TN brings us this VBS set design.
This year for VBS, they went to Everest. The mountains were made out of 2″ and 1/2″ styrofoam that they burned with a hot knife and then painted with different shades of blue. They thought that the stage and lobby needed more color, so they painted different characters on styrofoam and set up 2 tents and lots of white sheets and batting. They also used a plane that they made for VBS "Sky" several years ago. It was also made out of styrofoam.
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Rosemary Counter Writer ∙ Author ∙ Journalist
Killing the exit interview
Canadian Business / June 2015
You want constructive feedback, but a departing manager is the last person to give it to you straight
Would 30-year-old Megan Vickell ever return to the PR firm she just quit? "Only when all the bad apples here are made into applesauce," she said in her exit interview. With a pile of job options in front of her, Vickell felt she "had nothing to lose—and suddenly some power." And it's no wonder. Exit interviews have long been a one-way street where desperate managers try to extract info from a departing employee to improve their business: Why are they leaving? What could the company do differently to keep them? Is this interview useful in the slightest?
Not at all, says Twitter CEO Dick Costolo. During a keynote talk at Fortune's Great Place to Work conference last month, Costolo said he had a "bone to pick" with the management procedure. "The reasons people are leaving sound the exact same as when I break up with someone I'm dating," he explained. Managers can mostly expect some tactful variety of, "it's not you; it's me," he says.
In other words, expect a very polite lie. "The truth is, everyone quits their manager," says Costolo. The details—managers don't communicate, give ownership or take accountability—are the meaningful feedback they need to hear, but many employees will never give them. "It's a small world," says Costolo, and since the relationship is already over, clever quitters know not to "throw themselves under the bus on the way out the door."
Then there are the not-so-calculating quitters, like Vickell, who are too angry and emotional to offer constructive criticism. It's the catch-22 that makes most exit interviews useless: Departing employees are either so mad there's no way they'll help a former boss, or they're not mad enough to offer criticism and burn a bridge.
Still, because interviews promise a wealth of insider truth, many companies insist on them out of habit. "Like anything, if you're just doing exit interviews because you think you have to, skip them," says Cissy Pau, principal consultant at Vancouver's Clear HR. "Only do them if you really want feedback, really want to know what other companies offer that you don't. Managers have to want it."
If managers are on good enough terms with employees for a casual conversation over beers, by all means informalize the process. For those who are not chummy anymore, technology is a manager's new best friend. Clear HR works with companies to customize anonymous surveys, ques- tionnaires and written interviews that let employees speak freely and think through their responses. "A written interview offers little check boxes, but the employee can take it home and go slow," says Pau. "You'll get more thoughtful, constructive feedback—not an emotional reaction."
If (and only if ) the employee is receptive, use the written portion as structure for an in-person followup. This may be with the manager, but not necessarily. "If the manager is angry or defensive, they shouldn't be the interviewer. Use judgment to figure out who might solicit the best feed- back, or outsource it to HR or externally," says Pau. When companies outsource interviews, even the bitterest of quitters become more receptive. "When employees talk to us, more often than not, they're very willing to give constructive feedback," she says. "They're hoping to effect some change."
Which was Megan Vickell's plan exactly. "I had a lot I needed to unload," she says, and HR was a safe place to do so. "I started with my boss—how poorly he treated me—then I snow-balled into an epic speech about issues and politics at the agency. I even cried a little." The HR woman said she'd never seen an exit interview with such conviction, and Vickell left riding high. "It felt really good for me," she says. "I don't know if they got what they wanted out of it."
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Microsoft is looking to add dark mode to OneNote. The company is reportedly developing the new feature, and screenshots of the work-in-progress feature have surfaced online. As the name suggests, the entire interface covers into shades of grey, keeping it light on the eyes. There's not much information about the intricacies of dark mode as of yet, but OneNote VP Laura Butler has confirmed that the feature is a work-in-progress, and hints that the app is also set to 'get a new majorly improved navigation' system.
Italian blog Aggiornamenti Lumia has published few screenshots of OneNote app on the desktop with the dark mode enabled. Everything including the titlebar, side panel, options, and the ribbon will turn dark, but the screenshots suggest that the actual note you work will still sport the white background. Of course, this is early stages of development, and that may change too when dark mode rolls out officially.
The blog says that the dark mode settings sync with your Microsoft Account so if you change the settings on your desktop, it will also reflect on the OneNote app on your phone. There's no clarity on whether Microsoft plans to roll out dark mode on all platforms simultaneously, or make it available in a phased manner.
Butler, in her tweet, says that the feature isn't even fully available for internal testing yet, which means it may be a while before we see a commercial rollout. She also hints at a new majorly improved navigation system in the works.


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Looking for the Best Word? Tip #01
On 25/08/2016 25/08/2016 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Grammar, Word Choice
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English is a startling language, as those who use it know. Amongst many claims about language, most of which are difficult to prove, English is recognised as one of the top 3 most widely spoken languages. It's also a second language in many countries. Whilst 'Chinese' is spoken by more people, this gives a slightly false impression as Chinese isn't a language but a collection of languages, 13 in total. Spanish is spoken by more people than English, but lacks the distinction of English, which is used internationally by most organisations. It's estimated English comprises a total of over 1,000,000 words. But, again, this claim is subject to qualification. See this link for further information.
Due to its peculiar history, English has a number of ways of stating the same thing (or at least things that have similarities). So, in this series of posts, I'm going to look at some similar, and dissimilar, words in an effort to suggest ways writers might make their work more varied, accessible, interesting, accurate or effective.
I'm aiming this series at fiction writers, but the material should interest nonfiction writers, too. I'll illustrate words by using them in sentences to show how they can be used effectively.
A good thesaurus provides alternatives for the idea of a word you may be seeking, but not all those suggestions are true synonyms. Context is important. Placing alternative words in the same sentence to see whether they actually make sense is one way of determining whether they're suitable synonyms. However, it's not a foolproof method, so a good dictionary is vital.
I prefer to use the 1987 edition of Roget's Thesaurus. It sits on the windowsill within easy reach of my desk. However, I always try to dig the optimum word out of my overburdened memory first: good mental exercise. Other books of word choices, which I sometimes consult when the apposite word evades me, reside on my reference shelf, behind me.
So, to the first example:
Abandon – listed in Roget's extensive index are the following headers: exclude, depart, disregard, tergiversate, relinquish, resign, not retain, excitable state, merriment, rejoicing, intemperance and sensualism. These are all words associated with the idea of abandon, rather than necessarily being direct synonyms. Under 'exclude' alone are a further 100 suggestions, so you can imagine the wealth of variations available. How to decide which to choose?
Sample sentences.
'Rusting machinery lay abandoned where it had been left.'
This suggests the machinery has been discarded, and that word is a suitable synonym. But some writers are attracted by unusual vocabulary and might decide on 'tergiversate' as an alternative. 'Rusting machinery lay tergiversated where it had been left.' To the innocent, this might seem an impressive sentence. However, 'tergiversate' means to change allegiance, to change your mind, and is therefore not at all suitable. The resulting sentence would identify the writer as careless with language. And language is as much a tool of our trade as the scalpel is that of the surgeon.
'It was caught only lightly on a couple of barbs, for all the world as if it had been tossed there in careless abandon.'
Here we have something that has been tossed aside as the result of a lack of temperance. We might imagine an article of clothing caught on barbed wire, perhaps stripped off in a moment of exuberance, celebrating freedom of movement. Again, if we simply selected an alternative from the list given, we might be tempted to use 'relinquish' here: 'It was caught only lightly on a couple of barbs, for all the world as if it had been tossed there in careless relinquishment' Awful, but the sentence could be restructured to make it better. However, relinquishing something suggests the abandonment may not have been entirely voluntary. The original sentence indicates a purely voluntary action and, in the context of the novel from which this comes, is appropriate to the free-spirited character it relates to.
The original sentences are from Breaking Faith, a romantic thriller.
This has been a fairly lengthy introductory post. Following pieces will lack the introduction and concentrate on the selected words. They'll be a lot shorter! Also, as these posts take time to prepare, I'll be doing just one a week and, in future, they'll appear on a Friday. Hope that's not a problem for anyone.
I welcome comments, questions and observations. Please feel free to have your say below.
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This was indeed helpful. Big words do not always indicate a good command over the craft. Thank you for writing and sharing this, Sir!
stuartaken
Sorry for the late reply: I've been away from home. Thank you for your comment, Wandering Soul. I intend to continue this series for a few weeks more with the intention of helping writers.


One only has to read two or three of Umberto Eco's books to discover that he has made the study of lies and forgeries central to his work in both fiction and nonfiction. Eco is one of the most influential and popular public intellectuals in Europe. His thinking covers everything from semiotics to narrative structure, from Kant to popular culture. Eco is also a serious academic scholar whose work has influenced a generation of young scholars. And then, of course, there are his novels.
The Book of Legendary Lands is the fourth book in an ongoing series Eco is publishing with Rizzoli. Putting the merit of the text aside for the moment, these books, and The Book of Legendary Lands in particular, are beautiful artworks in themselves. The books are printed on high-quality paper and feature a number of spectacular photographs and illustrations. This collection is at home equally in research libraries as well as on coffee tables. Quite simply, they are centerpieces of thought and artistic expression. And although the books are fairly expensive (they cost just under $50 for a hardback), they are worth the investment by any self-respecting bibliophile.
The Book of Legendary Lands contains fifteen chapters, bookended by an introduction and comprehensive appendixes. Like the other volumes in the series, each chapter contains an introduction written by Eco and several textual and visual examples of the subject matter. This volume explores those lands that entwine the make-believe with the real. Whether it is the apartment of Sherlock Holmes, the house of Madame Bovary, the lands of Prester John, the ruins of Glastonbury, or the Dublin of Leopold Bloom, the relationship between the imaginary and the real has historically provided us with a sort of forged, altered map of the real as it emerged from the human imagination. As Eco states in his introduction: "In short, legendary lands and places are of various kinds and have only one characteristic in common: whether they depend on ancient legends whose origins are lost in the mists of time or whether they are an effect of a modern invention, they have created flows of belief." These imaginary lands simultaneously inform and feed off of the "reality" from which they spring.
In his 1973 film, F for Fake, Orson Welles explores, among other things, the life of art forger Elmyr de Hory. At one point in the film, de Hory declares that, "If you hang a forged painting in a museum long enough it becomes real." Our attachment to literature and its imaginary places can form our lives in fundamental ways. For some, places like Agartha, Atlantis, Uqbar, or even the Hundred Acre Wood are more real than a local supermarket. Eco's book is a celebration of those imaginary lands of legend that have become essential to our lives.
Umberto Eco. Alastair McEwen, tr.


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For the more than 2.5 million prisoners and detainees in America, maintaining strong family connections is vital to their successful reentry into society. And when prisoners are incarcerated at great distances from their homes, phone calls are the only way for them to maintain relationships with family members. But predatory phone rates have made it hard for prisoners to do just that.
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Cave Painting are a fantastic music making ensemble from Brighton. I had to illustrate them with no reference images as they like to keep themselves kind of anonymous. It was a good challenge. This "blurb" above appears on their website and I worked from that. Also incorporating a re-working of their logo. You can hear Cave Painting here, their music is really lovely, I liked it alot.


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Among other things you'll discover the secrets of the Louvre's great glass pyramid, the deluxe of the Champs-Elysées, and marvel at the Eiffel Tower's illuminations as it twinkles at night. Then boarding the boat you'll cruise under many enchanting bridges such as the gilded Pont Alexandre III and have an outstanding view of Notre Dame Cathedral and her flying buttress' will your guide shares stories about the monuments you can spot from the boat.
FYI: During certain months the sun does not set until quite late, so this tour can end up taking place partially in the daylight.
On our Evening Bike and Boat tour we focus on showing you the best lit monuments in Paris and giving you a great night out in our city. We'll show you the heart of the city and all of the amazing museums and monuments when the crowds have abandoned them and their facades are glowing with light.
Cycle to the Musée d'Orsay and learn about the great impressionist artists Monet and Van Gogh, then coasting down to the banks of the Seine River you'll see the young Parisians enjoying their "Apero" snacks and drinks with their feet dangling over the river.There you'll be able to have an ice cream or crêpe and take a moment to enjoy the view of the golden beams and bolts that make up the Eiffel Tower.
Board the boat with your guide and taking a seat you'll start the 1 hour cruise up and then down the calm Seine River. The magic of the twinkling lights, combined with your guides fun stories, are sure to make the cruise a highlight of this tour.
You'll cruise under the gilded Pont Alexandre III bridge and then have a view of the French Parliament building with its Greek columns lit up. You'll pass under a bridge built with the recycled stones of the famous Bastille Prison and then see the Academie Francaise building illuminating the lovers on the Pont des Arts bridge.
Under the hundreds of stone faces which King Henry had carved into the Pont Neuf you'll search but not find two alike. Then, you'll enjoy a magnificent view of Notre Dame Cathedral. Sailing alongside the Cathedral you'll see her intricate rose windows and delicate arched flying buttresses awash in light.
Continuing on you'll see Parisians dancing on the Quai Saint Bernard and picnicking at the foot of the twinkling Hotel de Ville building. You'll pass under many more beautiful bridges and alongside many other stunning facades such as the Conciergerie with its impressive castle towers where Marie-Antoinette was imprisoned.
Once the boat cruise is finished, on your Blue Bike™ you'll cycle along the famous Champs Elysées Avenue and have a fabulous view of the Arc de Triomphe at the top of the tree lined avenue. The final awe inspiring experience of this tour happens when you arrive in the vast courtyard of the majestic Louvre and cycle around the giant glass pyramid of Pei shining with white light like a beacon in the night.
If you'd like to join this tour and another bike tour of Paris we suggest joining our Latin Quarter + Le Marais Bike Tour so that you will experience a more local side of Paris. Discounts are offered if you book multiple tours with us (see Special Offers).
- The tour finishes at 10pm and the Metro of Paris runs until 1am on weekdays and 2am on weekends. There is also a taxi station nearby.
- The tour finishes next to where it started at the Fountain of Saint Michel where there is a great night life atmosphere to explore.
- Gratuities aka "tips" are never obligatory but always appreciated by our guides.
Nicholas was just simply amazing! We can feel his passion about what he do. He loves entertaining visitors, is warm and accommodating in our requests. He is prompt and does an extra mile to delight his customers. The bike tour was a breeze and not tiring at all. It's also safe! I highly recommend this tour especially those who are travelling solo. You won't feel alone ☺ Thank you Nicholas!
We loved our bike trip with Robin. She was fun, knowledgeable, patient and just plain nice when I fell off my bike. Great value for the money.
Julie was a fantastic guide!
What an incredible way to see Paris' major monuments and have a lot of fun in the process. The route is very easy and minimal time spent on roads so we felt very safe. Our guide was very knowledgeable and she made sure we had a chance to stop at as many places as possible. The highlight for me was riding through the Louvre grounds at night as it was beautifully lit. Highly recommend as a fun way to see Paris.
Robin was our guide. With her, their were five of us. She is very , very knowlegable and entertaining and funny. I loved this Paris at night bike tour. She also recommended a place to eat and it was fantastic! Thank you, Robin. It was a great experience and my daughter and I will never forget it.


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United States v. A & P Trucking Company
PETITIONER:United States
RESPONDENT:A & P Trucking Company
LOCATION:Fargo, North Dakota
DOCKET NO.: 32
DECIDED BY: Warren Court (1958-1962)
LOWER COURT:
CITATION: 358 US 121 (1958)
ARGUED: Oct 20, 1958
DECIDED: Dec 08, 1958
Facts of the case
Audio Transcription for Oral Argument – October 20, 1958 (Part 2) in United States v. A & P Trucking Company
Oral Argument – October 20, 1958 (Part 1)
Earl Warren:
Mr. Spritzer, you may proceed.
Ralph S. Spritzer:
If the Court, please.
In elaboration of my answer to Mr. Justice Black's question earlier I'm able to confirm that there has been no legislation offered on the subject as covered by this Court's American Freightways decision since that day.
Turning to the implications that flow from the fact that these statutes require proof of scienter or knowledge, the suggestion that the inclusion of the word "knowing" should lead the Court to conclude that a partnership entity is not liable.
It seems to us, to begin with, proved too much because appellees apparently don't questions as indeed they hardly could in the light of the numerous decisions, including decisions of this Court that a corporation may be held criminally liable under 18 U.S.C. 835.
Therefore, it must be, we think, that this is a statute in which the word "knowing or willful" requires the Government to prove that the violation was conscious, but not a case in which the Government is required to prove criminal intent or evil or corrupt purpose in the sense that one must prove mens rea in a common-law crime.
We think, in other words, that "knowing" and "willful" in this statute means simply that it is a defense that the violation was wholly inadvertent.
We don't think it's a defense for the proprietors of the business to say, "We're not liable because we didn't bother with this.
We delegated all responsibility to our underlings."
To take such a view of the statute would indeed hamper enforcement if not largely cripple it and I say that for these reasons.
If one looks at the explosives regulations that are involved in part in this case, one finds some 700 pages of detailed regulation dealing with all types of chemical compounds, all types of containers which should be used and the like, regulations which make it almost the job of industrial engineering to comply.
Now we think it's obvious that these regulations are intended to impose a responsibility upon management.
Management can employ the expertise required to know and understand and implement these regulations.
It alone can engage in the supervision, the discipline, the training which is necessary if this type of enterprise is to be carried on with a high degree of faith and we think it would defeat the congressional purpose in adopting commercial regulation of this type.
If it were a defense for the business entity to say as I've mentioned a moment ago, we don't know whether these explosive regulations were complied with.
We leave that to the assistant dispatcher or the driver.
Felix Frankfurter:
Of course one way of dealing with that problem, is not dealing with these words that give rise to these argument of purposeful desire?
Well we — we do argue them and when we think with considerable basis that these words are adequate and clear in their purport.
Certainly we don't see how Congress could do better than it has in 222 (a) which in the very, I'm sorry in Section 203.
Now that that Section, which is in the very same part of the statute as the misdemeanor Section, defines "person" to include every type of business organization and we think insofar as 18 U.S.C. 835 is concerned that the emphasis upon the regulations being binding upon all common carriers is highly persuasive of the thesis that liability should go where responsibility is placed.
I don't think it adds social policy or even judicial policy to exact care brought us upon this in training fee to legislation and the lax of the interpretation by Court, the lax the responsibility exercised by the Congress.
We —
And the opposite way to paraphrase it in hearing (Inaudible)
Well it was sufficiently clear Your Honor so the — dozens and dozens of district courts have enforced this statute against partnership entities and until 1956, the question had never even been raised.
Of course if one goes so far as to say language isn't clear because there's been litigation that — I suppose one couldn't argue plain language in any case.
We think this is sufficiently plain to leave Your Honors to conclude that this is what Congress proposed and we think the whole purpose, the whole thrust of the regulations that are embodied in these statutes eloquently support that view.
These after all are — are classic-type business offenses.
What Congress is doing here is attempting to see to it that the people who run the business live up to prescribed standards.
But the same — but the same requirement applies to an individual.
Yes, and I think it —
So that — so that — the stiffness of the construction has to be judged in the light of all those on whom the construction falls.
Well we certainly recognize that where one is dealing with imputed liability they're – there is a problem in the criminal law and that — then it has to be kept within bounds.
And we have no quarrel certainly with decisions which indicate that a man may not suffer any deprivation of liberty, any imprisonment, without a showing of direct personal fault or causation on his part.
We do not suggest that the principal, where the principal is an individual, sued as an individual, can go to jail where there has been neither knowledge nor acquiescence on his part nor a showing of something like gross recklessness on his part.
You — you didn't cover more than you have given me up to this point.
If you think that the — the content of liability would be different in the case of an individual from that of a party.
I think under 18 U.S.C. 835 where we pursue an individual, where we pursue an individual partner in this case, quo individual, that we would then have to establish his personal fault.
And I think certainly the Court would not readily hold that an individual sued as such even for an offense arising in the course of — of the operation of the business could be imprisoned without a showing of personal fault.
Could it be by — and you would make a distinction between the imposition of a money that was here and the term imprison which is under the —
— same statute — under the same statute?
Well I would say under 18 U.S.C. 835 where imprisonment is a possible penalty, if we were to sue an individual as an individual we would have to prove personal fault or, and personal causation, a direct involvement or participation by the individual so sued.
But no different involvement or relationship between the deed and the consequence than would be the case of an agent for the partnership.
And that all that we're arguing here is that where we sue a business entity that response that a case is made out as in the criminal prosecution of a corporation by showing the required conscious violation on the part of an agent or employee who committed it in the course of his — his business action.
Is that like applicable to this?
I mean the — the requirement, the extent of the requirement of the nexus between the agents doing and the responsibility of the principal.
Is that correct on that point?
Yes, and on that point certainly.
Mr. Cioffi?
Anthony J. Cioffi:
Mr. Chief Justice and Mr. Associate Justices.
In order to properly go into the background as to what law was in effect when Congress enacted the statutes in question, it was — it is first necessary for me to give a very brief resume of what happened in the U.S. District Court.
I appeared on behalf of the appellee in this matter and I appeared before Judge Smith of the United State District Court and the partnership were indicted as entities and the individual partners were named if the entity affirmed a — and that our contention was, in view of the American Freightways case and in the view of the Boyce Motor Lines case which just came down shortly before that that a partnership is not an entity separate and distinct from the partners for the purposes of criminal liability.
And I substantiated the arguments with the various cases which had interpreted US — 18 U.S.C. 835 and the other statutes thereto.
And Judge Smith in his decision, in the record on page 19, the official record next to the — at the semicolon at the Commerce Commission stated, "The Court having decided that defendant partnership as an entity is not subject to a criminal liability under the Section set forth and therefore the informations were dismissed.
Now, in order to properly decide whether or not a partnership is an entity, it is necessary to go into the history of partnership and I will try to be very brief.
There are two theories of partnership.
There is a mercantile theory which was the entity theory and after that we had our common law or aggregate theory and at that time that the Section was enacted by the court, the original Section, we were operating on the common law theory.
In 1900, the Dean Ames at the request of the commercial institution submitted through drafts, which drafts were based on the entity theory of partnership similar to a corporation of partnership is separate and distinct from the members who composed a partnership.
This was objected too because of the various state constitutions and in Dean Ames' definition, he stated that a partnership was a legal person composed of two or more individuals to conduct a business for a profit, and that was objected to by the persons who were there in its Uniform Partnership Act.
On Dean Ames' death, the drafting of the Uniform Partnership Act evolved to (Inaudible).
Now, this same question, "is a partnership an entity?"
came up in 1911 at the time that these drafts were being submitted and they were fairly discussed as to whether we should had the aggregate theory of partnership, the theory which we have today or whether or not we should have the entity theory of partnership and Dean Lewis submitted two drafts of the Uniform Partnership Act for approval.
One draft was a Legal Entity Theories we have which the governors intending to proceed on now and the other draft which he submitted was the aggregate theory draft.
There was considerable discussion of attorneys, businessmen, teachers attended these conferences and the conferences lasted for two days and they decided that in view of the long history of common law as to the fact that a partnership was an association of two or more persons who carry on a business as co-owners to the profit that they would accept the aggregate theory and the partners would be — not distinguished from the partnership themselves, they would be more or less joint principles as co-owners of property.
Now, there are various reasons why it would be very detrimental if the existing law as to the aggregate theory of partnership were to be disturbed.
Many persons engaged in business going to business as a partner.
They lent to each other their skills and they donate their moneys into this partnership effort and persons who deal with these partners, know that they cannot own — they can look to their partnership for payment of their obligations and they also can look to the individual partners for payment of any obligations arising out of the conduct of the business.
Mr. Cioffi.
The question before us isn't this abstract question whether you should adopt the mercantile theory of Madison or the old common law theory of an aggregate because long before that the discussion was ripe for the — through this whole commission the Congress of the United States in what is now 1 U.S. 1 it simply goes back to define the statute to define person to include the partnership not as an abstract juristic problem, but as a legislative definition which is preceded theories to the constitutional acceptance.
Well at that time that Congress enacted that in 1866 that we were operating under the common law theory of partnerships which –-
Well, I'm talking about the definition of partnership that which is now 1 U.S. as the model.
That the theory of entity must begin to begin with your — someone accepts as legislative device for reading statutes Congress demanded this Court and all of the courts when appropriate to leave persons away when you of partnership.
So the question is to get such questions with the common law concept (Inaudible)
Well —
Well in the first place, that definitory Section is applicable to 835 and secondly, whether (Inaudible) to the fact that he fixed it all come in carriers he tried the carrier was it all commentary to the matter what commercial — do we mean you're carrying on what the commercial enterprise is or partnership, corporation of the New York State Association itself?
Aren't you going to get — come to grips with that specific thing rather than that which everybody can see I suppose that the common law didn't take the continental commercial view?
Mr. Frankfurter –- Mr. Justice Frankfurter, as to the word partnership which was adopted at that time it was adopted as to what it meant at that time and at that time it meant that the partners were not an entity.
They were not separate and distinct from the partnership in itself when they used the term partnership.
That's — that's when the word — when the word partnership is good and I think that argument would prevail, but when they said — when we say the word person, when we say persons do we mean to include by a — as a collective conception — two or three people running a business — a partnership was never left to be deemed as one.
The way I read 1 U.S.C. 1, don't you?
I do read that way.
You don't question the right the power of Congress to — to hold a partnership with those who wants to do it, do you, in the circumstances?
In these circumstances, I do.
I — I feel that Congress never intended partnership in the sense of being an entity in the statutes involved that when they said partnership they didn't mean it as an entity.
They meant it as the individual partners —
Under the power is it?
The Congress has the power —
The Congress does have the power but Congress has not done it clearly.
That's the difference.
But Congress does have the power.
There is no question as to that.
Potter Stewart:
You pointed (Inaudible)
It meant the members of the partnership and the partnership not as an entity.
It meant that a partnership actually was accepted in that — during that period and that it was adopted by the aggregate theory of partnership and that — that it was the very discussion — that was the very discussion which came up at the time that it was being enacted as to what effect would it have on this whole theory of common law of the relationship of partners if they would declare a partnership as an entity.
And — and then it was decided that we should accept the aggregate theory and not the entity theory and that's what our state operates under and I believe 37 other states and their territories under the aggregate theory of partnership.
We could have run into very serious problems.
There were two cases if the Court would bear with me, in California, one case was in California, People versus Malgene, 167 Pacific 597 and its referred to in my brief on page 13 — 13 and 14.
In that case, Peter Malgene was indicted for embezzlement and he was a partner in the Malgene Freight.
They agreed to ship grapes for delivery and Peter Malegene charged and went off with the proceeds.
He embezzled the proceeds.
At the conviction the plaintiff appealed on the grounds that the indictment charge he was an agent of Homsy and thereby such agency the money came through his hands which was property of this — this individual and he embezzled it and the court said, "The District Attorney could not have charged a partnership as an entity with having embezzled these funds.
The party charged with embezzlement in such cases must be the individual partner, who convert the funds" and there aren't any cases at all that I — I have read the cases in the Government's brief and in my brief, I tried to do as best as I could, where a partnership has been convicted as an entity.
That our law is such that guilt is personal, we haven't accepted to respondi act court theory in criminal law and in order to convict the man you cannot impute guilt on him he must be tried.
Now, a — a partnership is no more than an extension of a proprietorship.
You have a proprietorship which is one individual.
He has employees working for him.
Still it is necessary to indict him or to present him with information and prove — prove the case against him beyond reasonable doubt or with the criminal law that we have.
A proprietorship is just two or more individuals and the same rule applies to proprietorship as applies to an individual.
Now Congress has expressed its intent in the statutes involved 18 U.S.C. 835 and in 222 (a) of the Motor Carrier Act that knowledge and willfulness is a part that must be considered in finding a person guilty.
And the 18 U.S.C. 835 has been decided and most of all our cases in this Court and in the Circuit Courts hold that they must prove — the court must prove willfulness and it is respectfully requested that the motion of — of the District Court be affirmed as to the dismissal.
Mr. Spitzer, do you (Inaudible)
Green v. United States
Jackson v. Taylor
Brown v. United States – Oral Reargument – October 22, 1957
Harris v. United States – Oral Argument – October 12, 1965
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From Neeti - Sonal J. Shah Event Consultants, LLC.
Working in the wedding planning business has its ups and downs. Things can get really stressful one moment and plain old silly the next. Here are a coupe of silly moments that we've encountered through he months.
We were in Virginia for a pre wedding event and Sonal mentioned that the location was easy to miss for our guests. She suggested that we go to Party City and get balloons to tie onto the stop sign at the end of the street. Sonal, Ellen, Katherine and I set off for what I call our adventure. We ended up getting lost on our way to the store. And when we finally got there we purchased two dozen orange and pink balloons. Although Sonal owns an SUV, having four people in it with two dozen balloons was not the sanest moment of the night.
The picture below shows Ellen and me in the back seat trying to hold down the balloons because Sonal, who was driving, couldn't see behind the car. I was sitting with my face flush against the side window the whole time.
Eventually we made it back to the event in one piece. But I don't think we will be purchasing this many balloons at once again.
At another wedding also in Virginia we stayed at the Westin hotel (Sonal's Favorite Hotel). They have a signature bed that they sell called the Heavenly Bed. Apparently this bed is the most comfortable bed you will ever sleep on. The picture below shows our attempt to test this theory…. Sonal was so silly probably because she just had driven 5 hours and we got to our hotel at 12:30am!
So as you can see we have had some silly and crazy moments when traveling to our events. I wonder what is in store for next year.


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A 76-year-old man who was allegedly linked by DNA evidence to the cold-case killings of a 15-year-old girl and three young women in Los Angeles and Inglewood dating back as far as 1980 made his first appearance Wednesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on four murder charges.
Billy Ray Richardson — who appeared in court on a hospital gurney — was ordered to remain jailed without bail while awaiting arraignment Dec. 8.
Richardson was extradited Tuesday from Texas, where he was arrested July 13 after being charged with the killings.
"Investigative and forensic work over decades connected these murders through DNA and linked them to suspect Billy Ray Richardson," according to a statement released by the Los Angeles Police Department after his arrest.
The murder charges include the special-circumstance allegations of multiple murders, murder during the commission of a rape and murder during the commission of a burglary, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Each of the victims had been raped, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Richardson is charged with the March 6, 1980, killings of 25-year-old Beverly Cruse and 22-year-old Debra Cruse, two sisters who were each shot in the head three times in an apartment in the 3200 block of Overland Avenue in Palms, along with the July 26, 1980, killing of the 15-year-old Kari Lenander, who was strangled in the 3700 block of Victoria Avenue, according to the District Attorney's Office.
He is also facing a murder charge for the Dec. 31, 1995, slaying of Wilson, 28, whose throat had been slashed in North Park in Inglewood, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Richardson's identification as the suspect in the killings and his subsequent arrest was the result of a collaborative investigation involving the LAPD, Inglewood Police Department, FBI, Fort Worth Police Department and investigators from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, according to the LAPD.
In a statement announcing the charges in July, District Attorney George Gascón said he wanted to commend "the tenacious and dedicated work of those who helped solve these crimes."
"I cannot imagine the pain that these families have endured. Their loss is immeasurable," the county's top prosecutor added. "We hope that together we can bring justice to the families who have endured so much and have waited years for this moment."
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A fantasy so important it has plagued Aslan for her entire married life. It's the simplest thing she's never had the courage to ask for…until now.
Fantasies. Some are elaborate, taking months to research and plan. Others are so basic they somehow become unattainable.
Marrying Zeke was one of the happiest days of Aslan's life. She felt beautiful in her white dress and crystal heels. Then something perfect happened on the way to the honeymoon.
In the limo, her husband tore off her dress to get to her. He was undeterred, animalistic in his need to possess her.
Now it's her turn to ask for a fantasy. What she craves is a simple request away, but only if she's brave enough to share one of her biggest desires along with her biggest fear.
Jake wandered away and Zeke's eyes never left hers. "Saved by the bell," he whispered and then relaxed his arms.
She shivered again as he brushed the backs of his knuckles over the pulse point at her throat.
"Your heart's beating so fast. Like the wings of a butterfly." Closing his fist around her throat, he didn't clamp his fingers down, didn't tighten his grip at all. He simply reminded her of his strength. Their fledgling dynamic. "I wonder what has you so preoccupied?" Tipping up her chin, he gave her a chaste kiss on the mouth.
Before it had even begun, it was over and Aslan wanted to sigh and scream at the same time.
Opening her eyes as he turned to go, she tried to focus on the files she haphazardly rifled through.
Worried you don't find me as attractive as you did when we got married. Worried that you'll find someone else. Worried that I'm not getting any younger.
She wanted to tell him more than anything, but worrying about his answer had kept her silent for years.
Saying the words in her head had happened countless times before.
But it was her turn to pick another fantasy. Her chance to ask for something, anything. Nothing was a no between them and yet she just couldn't seem to get the words out of her mouth.
"Worried that what?" Zeke prompted again.
Feeling the ease in which they'd always existed together settle along her flesh, she turned back and was finally able to pull the right lighting folder from the open drawer. She closed the drawer and grabbed a pen off her desk before walking up to her husband. Up on her tip-toes, she lifted her chin to get a kiss, which he immediately provided.
Damn his lips felt good.
She smiled and clutched the folder tighter to her chest. If only you would, she thought to herself as they walked past several more employees finishing the deck enclosure on the spa.


I question if I should invest the time to get used to it.
Also sample content is loaded via packages, so you can keep it lean if you want to… most things keyboard mappable as well… don't know much about Reaper but Bitwig is slick.
Is it possible for me as OP to edit the thread title, changing it into "Bitwig discussion"?
do they added support for high dpi ?? i think i see someone commenting on facebook ?
GPU acceleration will be added with 3.0, people say. 2.5 contains some speed improvements. High DPI always was supported.
Computer get faster, software gets slower (esp. big company's software), pixel amounts extremely increased, apple made even basic graphics in macos slow and deprecated commonsense graphics standards. That's why every DAW vendor currently works on improved GUI performance, except those who already did. If the DAW GUI already takes 30-40% of your whole CPU only to draw the GUI (Bitwig 2.4, btw also on Windows), then not much is left for audio generation and processing, Then the DAW pretty much becomes obsolete.
Exactly. I do not understand why 3d GPU is needed to draw buttons and such things. I think desktops were pretty much 'done and finished' in late 2000s - now they are just reinventing the bicycle with more bells and wistles. Actually reminds me of bicycles - 90ies mountain bikes - more and more gears, more suspension - eventually just to upkeep the bike costs so much - that one just switches to single speed road bike.
The GPU sits closer to video ram (electrically) so generally less wait states. CPU's don't like reading/writing to video ram. Example: Why do you think Jay Miner designed a block copier 'blitter' in the Amiga? To help free up the 7-8Mhz 68000 from doing long loops to redraw graphic data (buttons, lines, filling windows) to the screen (on a 320x256(or 200) bitplane sized video buffer).
that one just switches to single speed road bike.


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