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William O. Douglas
Title: William O. Douglas
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
April 15, 1939 – November 12, 1975[1]
Nominated by
Louis Brandeis
3rd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
James M. Landis
Jerome Frank
William Orville Douglas
Maine Township, Minnesota, U.S.
January 19, 1980(1980-01-19) (aged 81)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Mildred Riddle (m. 1923; div. 1953)
Mercedes Hester Davidson (m. 1954; div. 1963)
Joan Martin (m. 1963; div. 1966)
Cathleen Douglas Stone (née Heffernan) (m. 1966; his death 1980)[2]
William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court. His term, lasting 36 years and 209 days (1939–75), is the longest term in the history of the Supreme Court.
Douglas holds a number of records as a Supreme Court Justice, including the most opinions. He was the 79th person appointed and confirmed to the bench of that court. In 1975 Time magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court".[3]
Early life and education 1
Yale and the SEC 2
Politics and government 2.1
Supreme Court 3
Relationships with others at Supreme Court 3.1
Judicial philosophy 3.2
Rosenberg Case 4
"Trees have standing" 5
Environmentalism 6
Honors 6.1
Presidential politics 7
Impeachment attempts 8
Rosenberg case 8.1
Parvin Foundation 8.2
Judicial record-setter 9
Retirement 10
Nicknames 11
Personal life 12
Legacy and honors 14
Theater 15
Douglas was born in 1898 in Maine Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, the son of Julia Bickford (Fisk) and William Douglas, an itinerant Scottish Presbyterian minister from Pictou County, Nova Scotia.[4][5] His family moved to California, and then to Cleveland, Washington.
His father died in Portland, Oregon, in 1904, when Douglas was six years old. After moving the family from town to town in the West, his mother, with three young children, settled with them in Yakima, Washington. William, like the rest of the Douglas family, worked at odd jobs to earn extra money, and a college education appeared to be unaffordable. He was the valedictorian at Yakima High School and did well enough in school to earn a scholarship to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.[6]
While at Whitman, Douglas became a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He worked at various jobs while attending school, including as a waiter and janitor during the school year, and at a cherry orchard in the summer. Picking cherries, Douglas would say later, inspired him to a legal career. He once said of his early interest in the law:
I worked among the very, very poor, the migrant laborers, the Chicanos and the I.W.W's who I saw being shot at by the police. I saw cruelty and hardness, and my impulse was to be a force in other developments in the law.[7]
Douglas was elected Phi Beta Kappa,[8] participated on the debate team, and was elected as student body president in his final year. After graduating in 1920 with a B.A. in English and economics, he taught English and Latin at Yakima high schools for the next two years, hoping to earn enough to attend law school. "Finally," he said, "I decided it was impossible to save enough money by teaching and I said to hell with it."[6]
He traveled to New York (taking a job tending sheep on a Chicago-bound train, in return for free passage), with hopes to attend the Columbia Law School.[6] Douglas drew on his Beta Theta Pi membership to help him survive in New York, as he stayed at one of its houses and was able to borrow $75 from a fraternity brother from Washington, enough to enroll at Columbia.[9]
Six months later, Douglas' funds were running out. The appointments office at the law school told him that a New York firm wanted a student to help prepare a correspondence course for law. Douglas earned $600 for his work, enabling him to stay in school. Hired for similar projects, he saved $1,000 by semester's end.[9] He graduated fifth in his class in 1925, although he later claimed to have been second.
Douglas traveled to La Grande, Oregon, to marry Mildred Riddle, whom he had known in Yakima. After their return to New York, he started work at the firm of Cravath, DeGersdorff, Swaine and Wood (later Cravath, Swaine & Moore).
Yale and the SEC
Douglas quit the Cravath firm after four months. After one year, he moved back to Yakima, but soon regretted the move and never practiced law in the state. After a time of unemployment and another months-long stint at Cravath, he started teaching at Columbia Law School.
Douglas later joined the faculty of Yale Law School. There he became an expert on commercial litigation and bankruptcy, and was identified with the legal realist movement. This pushed for an understanding of law based less on formalistic legal doctrines and more on the real-world effects of the law. While teaching at Yale, he and fellow professor Thurman Arnold were riding the New Haven Railroad and were inspired to set the sign Passengers will please refrain... to Antonín Dvořák's Humoresque #7.[10]
In 1934, Douglas left Yale to join the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a political appointee position, having been nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[11] By 1937, he had become an adviser and friend to the President and the SEC chairman.
During this time, Douglas became friends with a group of young New Dealers, including Tommy "The Cork" Corcoran and Abe Fortas. This social/political group befriended Lyndon Baines Johnson, a freshman Congressman from the 10th District of Texas. In his book The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, Robert Caro writes that in 1937, Douglas helped persuade President Roosevelt to authorize the Marshall Ford Dam, a controversial project whose approval enabled Johnson to consolidate his power as a congressman. (461)
Justice William O. Douglas
Douglas's Supreme Court nomination
In 1939, Justice Louis D. Brandeis resigned from the Supreme Court, and Roosevelt nominated Douglas as his replacement on March 20.[11] Douglas later revealed that this had been a great surprise to him—Roosevelt had summoned him to an "important meeting," and Douglas feared that he was to be named as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4 by a vote of 62 to 4. The four negative votes were cast by four Republicans: Lynn J. Frazier, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Gerald P. Nye, and Clyde M. Reed. Douglas was sworn into office on April 17, 1939. At the age of forty, Douglas was one of the youngest justices to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.[12]
Relationships with others at Supreme Court
Douglas was often at odds with fellow Justice Felix Frankfurter, who believed in judicial restraint and thought the court should stay out of politics.[11] Douglas did not highly value judicial consistency or stare decisis when deciding cases.[11]
Judge Richard A. Posner, who was a law clerk at the Court during the latter part of Douglas's tenure, characterized him as "a bored, distracted, uncollegial, irresponsible" Supreme Court justice, as well as "rude, ice-cold, hot-tempered, ungrateful, foul-mouthed, self-absorbed" and so abusive in "treatment of his staff to the point where his law clerks—whom he described as 'the lowest form of human life'—took to calling him "shithead" behind his back." Posner asserts also that "Douglas's judicial oeuvre is slipshod and slapdash." Yet, says Posner, Douglas's "intelligence, his energy, his academic and government experience, his flair for writing, the leadership skills that he had displayed at the SEC, and his ability to charm when he bothered to try" could have let him "become the greatest justice in history."[13]
Judicial philosophy
In general, legal scholars have noted that Douglas' judicial style was unusual in that he did not attempt to elaborate justifications for his judicial positions on the basis of text, history, or precedent. Douglas was known for writing short, pithy opinions which relied on philosophical insights, observations about current politics, and literature, as much as more conventional "judicial" sources. Ultimately, he believed that a judge's role was "not neutral." "The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people...."[14]
On the bench Douglas became known as a strong advocate of First Amendment rights. With fellow Justice Hugo Black, Douglas argued for a "literalist" interpretation of the First Amendment, insisting that the First Amendment's command that "no law" shall restrict freedom of speech should be interpreted literally. He wrote the opinion in Terminiello v. City of Chicago (1949), overturning the conviction of a Catholic priest who allegedly caused a "breach of the peace" by making anti-Semitic comments during a raucous public speech. Douglas, joined by Black, furthered his advocacy of a broad reading of First Amendment rights by dissenting from the Supreme Court's decision in Dennis v. United States (1952), affirming the conviction of the leader of the U.S. Communist Party.
In 1944 Douglas voted with the majority to uphold Japanese wartime internment, in Korematsu v. United States but, over the course of his career, he grew to become a leading advocate of individual rights. Suspicious of majority rule as it related to social and moral questions, he frequently expressed concern in his opinions at forced conformity with "the Establishment". For example, Douglas wrote the lead opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut, finding a "right to privacy" in the "penumbras" of the first eight amendments of the Bill of Rights.[11] This went too far for his old ally Black, who dissented in Griswold.
Douglas and Black also disagreed in Fortson v. Morris (1967), which cleared the path for the County Unit System, a kind of electoral college formerly used to choose the governor.
Rosenberg Case
On June 17, 1953, Douglas granted a temporary stay of execution to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted of selling the plans for the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The basis for the stay was that the Rosenbergs had been sentenced to die by Judge Irving Kaufman without the consent of the jury. While this was permissible under the Espionage Act of 1917, under which the Rosenbergs were tried, a later law, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, held that only the jury could pronounce the death penalty. Since at the time the stay was granted the Supreme Court was out of session, this stay meant that the Rosenbergs could expect to wait at least six months before the case was heard.
When Attorney General Herbert Brownell heard about the stay, however, he immediately took his objection to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, who reconvened the Court before the appointed date and set aside the stay. Douglas had departed for vacation, but on learning of the special session of the Court, he returned to Washington.[15] Because of widespread opposition to his decision, Douglas briefly faced impeachment proceedings in Congress, but attempts to remove him from the Court went nowhere.[16]
"Trees have standing"
In his dissenting opinion in the landmark environmental law case, Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727 (1972), Justice Douglas argued that "inanimate objects" should have standing to sue in court:
The critical question of "standing" would be simplified and also put neatly in focus if we fashioned a federal rule that allowed environmental issues to be litigated before federal agencies or federal courts in the name of the inanimate object about to be despoiled, defaced, or invaded by roads and bulldozers and where injury is the subject of public outrage. Contemporary public concern for protecting nature's ecological equilibrium should lead to the conferral of standing upon environmental objects to sue for their own preservation. This suit would therefore be more properly labeled as Mineral King v. Morton.[17]
Inanimate objects are sometimes parties in litigation. A ship has a legal personality, a fiction found useful for maritime purposes. The corporation sole—a creature of ecclesiastical law—is an acceptable adversary and large fortunes ride on its cases.... So it should be as respects valleys, alpine meadows, rivers, lakes, estuaries, beaches, ridges, groves of trees, swampland, or even air that feels the destructive pressures of modern technology and modern life. The river, for example, is the living symbol of all the life it sustains or nourishes—fish, aquatic insects, water ouzels, otter, fisher, deer, elk, bear, and all other animals, including man, who are dependent on it or who enjoy it for its sight, its sound, or its life. The river as plaintiff speaks for the ecological unit of life that is part of it.[17]
In the early 1970s, Douglas and his wife Cathleen were invited by Neil Compton and the Ozark Society to visit and canoe down part of the free-flowing
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William O. Douglas Prize
Go East, Young Man: The Early Years; The Autobiography of William O. Douglas ISBN 0-394-71165-3
The Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas ISBN 0-394-49240-4
"Mr. Lincoln & the Negroes: The Long Road to Equality", 1963, Atheneum Press, New York. LoC card catalog number 63-17851
Democracy and finance: The addresses and public statements of William O. Douglas as member and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ISBN 0-8046-0556-4
Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas ISBN 0-87071-482-1
Strange Lands and Friendly People, by William O. Douglas ISBN 1-4067-7204-6
West of the Indus, by William O. Douglas, 1958, ASIN B0007DMD1O
Beyond the High Himalayas, by William O. Douglas, 1952, ISBN 112112979X
North From Malaya, by William O. Douglas ASIN B000UCP8IW
Points of Rebellion, by William O. Douglas ISBN 0-394-44068-4
An Interview with William O. Douglas by William O. Douglas (sound recording) ASIN B000S592XI
An Interview with William O. Douglas, Folkway Records FW 07350
The Mike Wallace Interview, with Mike Wallace May 11, 1958 (video)
The Mike Wallace Interview, May 11, 1958 (transcript)
The papers of William O. Douglas from his career as professor of law, Securities and Exchange commissioner, and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court were bequeathed by him to the Library of Congress.[55]
Mountain-The Journey of Justice Douglas is a play written by Douglass Scott which explores the life of William O. Douglas.[54]
In 1977, a bust of Douglas was erected along the C & O Canal National Historical Park was officially dedicated to Douglas in honor of his exhaustive efforts dating from the 1950s in support of preserving the historic canal.[52]
A statue of Douglas was installed at A.C. Davis High School, in Yakima, Washington. It was dedicated in 1978 to Douglas when the new school was opened.
1978, in Yakima, the William O. Douglas Federal Building was named for him.
William O. Douglas Hall was named in his honor at his alma mater, Whitman College.
Douglas Hall, apartments for continuing students at Earl Warren College, at the University of California, San Diego, is named for him as well.
In 1998, the C&O Canal National Historical Park commemorated the 100th Anniversary of Douglas' birth by unveiling a portrait of Justice Douglas hiking along the towpath by artist Tom Kozar. The portrait, commissioned by the C&O Canal Association, now hangs in the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center in the National Historical Park, which was officially dedicated to Douglas in 1977.[53]
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Lock 20
Since 1972, the William O. Douglas Committee, a select group of law students at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington has sponsored a series of lectures on the First Amendment in Douglas's honor.[51] Douglas was the first speaker for the annual series.[51]
The honors college at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington was named for Douglas.
Legacy and honors
Douglas is interred in Section 5 of Arlington National Cemetery, near the graves of eight other former Supreme Court Justices: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Warren E. Burger, William Rehnquist, Hugo Black, Potter Stewart, William J. Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, and Harry Blackmun.[49][50]
Four years after retiring from the Supreme Court, William O. Douglas died at age 81 on January 19, 1980, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. He was survived by his fourth wife, Cathleen "Cathy" Douglas, and two children, Mildred and William Jr., from his first wife.
For much of his life, Douglas was dogged by various rumors and allegations about his private life, originating from political rivals and other detractors of his liberal legal opinions on the Court—often a matter of controversy. In one such instance in 1966, Republican Senator Robert Dole of Kansas compared his court decisions to his "bad judgment from a matrimonial standpoint",[46] and several other Republican Members of Congress introduced resolutions in the House of Representatives, though none ever passed, that called for investigation of Douglas' moral character.[46]
On July 15, 1966, Douglas married Cathleen Heffernan, then a 22-year-old student at Marylhurst College.[45] They met when he was vacationing at Mount St. Helens Lodge, a mountain wilderness lodge in Washington state at Spirit Lake, where she was working for the summer as a waitress,[46] and remained together until his death in 1980.[47] Their age difference was a subject of national controversy at the time of their marriage.[48]
At the age of nearly 65, Douglas married for the third time, to Joan Martin, then a 23-year-old law student, on August 5, 1963.[44] They divorced in 1966.
On December 14, 1954, he married his second wife, Mercedes Davidson (née Hester), the divorced wife of a former Assistant Secretary of the Interior.[43] They divorced nine years later in 1963.
On October 2, 1949, Douglas had thirteen of his ribs broken after he was thrown from a horse and tumbled down a rocky hillside.[39] Due to his injuries, Douglas did not return to the court until March 1950,[40] or take part in many of that term's cases.[41] Four months after his return to the court, Douglas had to be hospitalized again due to his being kicked by a horse.[42]
Douglas' first wife was Mildred Riddle, a teacher at North Yakima High School, whom he married on August 16, 1923. They had two children, Mildred and William Jr.[38] They were divorced on July 20, 1953. William Douglas Jr. became an actor, playing Gerald Zinser in PT 109.
Grave of William O. Douglas at Arlington National Cemetery.
During his time on the Supreme Court, Douglas picked up a number of nicknames from both admirers and detractors. The most common epithet was "Wild Bill", which was in reference to his independent and often unpredictable stances and cowboy-style mannerisms—although many of the latter were considered by some to be affectations for the consumption of the press.
[37], a neuropsychological presentation which leads an affected person to be unaware and unable to acknowledge disease in himself. It often results in defects in reasoning, decision making, emotions, and feeling.anosognosia One commentator has attributed some of his behavior after his stroke to [36] Douglas maintained that he could assume
Ford also hosted Justice Douglas and his wife Cathleen as honored guests at a White House state dinner later that same month, writing of the occasion later: "We had had differences in the past, but I wanted to stress that bygones were bygones."[34]
"May I express on behalf of all our countrymen this nation's great gratitude for your more than thirty-six years as a member of the Supreme Court. Your distinguished years of service are unequaled in all the history of the Court."[33]
Douglas' formal resignation was submitted, as required by Federal protocols, to his long-time political nemesis, and then President, Gerald Ford. In his response, Ford put aside previous differences, and paid tribute to the retiring justice, writing:
At age 76 on December 31, 1974, while on vacation with his wife Cathleen in the Bahamas, Douglas suffered a debilitating stroke in the right hemisphere of his brain. It paralyzed his left leg and forced him to use a wheelchair. Douglas, severely disabled, insisted on continuing to participate in Supreme Court affairs despite his obvious incapacity. Seven of his fellow justices voted to postpone until the next term any argued case in which Douglas' vote might make a difference.[32] At the urging of Fortas, Douglas finally retired on November 12, 1975, after 36 years of service.
Since the 1970 impeachment hearings, Douglas had wanted to retire from the court. He wrote to his friend and former student Abe Fortas: "My ideas are way out of line with current trends, and I see no particular point in staying around and being obnoxious".[26]
During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Douglas set a number of records, all of which stand. He sat on the U.S. Supreme Court for more than thirty-six years (1939–75), longer than any other Justice. During those years, he wrote some thirty books in addition to his opinions and dissenting opinions. He gave more speeches than any other Justice, and his record for sidebar productivity is unlikely ever to be topped. Douglas also holds the record among Justices for having had the most wives (four) and the most divorces (three) while on the bench.
Judicial record-setter
As it became clear that the impeachment proceedings would be unsuccessful, they were brought to a close and no public vote on the matter was taken.[31] The effort to impeach Douglas and the struggles over the Fortas, Haynesworth, and Carswell nominations marked the beginning of a more partisan climate during the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominees.
The hearings began in late April 1970. Congressman Ford was the main witness, and attacked Douglas' "liberal opinions"; his "defense of the 'filthy' film," the controversial Swedish film I Am Curious (Yellow) (1970); and his ties with the aforementioned Parvin. Douglas was also criticized for accepting $350 for an article he wrote on folk music in the magazine Avant Garde. The magazine's publisher had served a prison sentence for the distribution of another magazine in 1966 that had been deemed pornographic by some critics. Describing Douglas' article, Ford stated, "The article itself is not pornographic, although it praises the lusty, lurid, and risqué along with the social protest of left-wing folk singers." Ford also attacked Douglas for publishing an article in Evergreen Review, which he claimed was known to publish photographs of naked women. The Republican congressmen, however, refused to give the majority Democrats copies of the magazines described, prompting Congressman Wayne Hays to remark "Has anybody read the article – or is everybody over there who has a magazine just looking at the pictures?"[30]
Some scholars[27][28] have argued that Ford's impeachment attempt was politically motivated. Those who support this contention note Ford's well-known disappointment with the Senate over the failed nominations of Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell to succeed Fortas. In April 1970, Congressman Ford moved to impeach Douglas in an attempt to hit back at the Senate. House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler handled the case carefully and there did not appear to be evidence of any criminal conduct on the part of Douglas. (Attorney General John N. Mitchell and the Nixon administration worked to gather evidence to the contrary.)[29] Congressman Ford moved forward in the first major attempt to impeach a Supreme Court Justice in the modern era.
Douglas became president of the Parvin Foundation. His ties with the foundation (which was financed by the sale of the infamous Flamingo Hotel by casino financier and foundation founder Albert Parvin) became a prime target for then-House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford. Besides being personally disgusted by Douglas' lifestyle, Representative Ford was also mindful that Douglas protégé Abe Fortas was forced to resign because of ties to a similar foundation.[26] Fortas would later say that he "resigned to save Douglas," thinking that the dual investigations of himself and Douglas would stop with his resignation.[26]
Justice Douglas maintained a busy speaking and publishing schedule to supplement his income. He became severely burdened financially due to a bitter divorce and settlement with his first wife. He gained additional financial difficulties after divorces and settlements with his second and third wives.
Parvin Foundation
On June 17, 1953, Representative Rosenberg case, introduced a resolution to impeach the Justice. The resolution was referred the next day to the Judiciary Committee to investigate the charges. On July 7, 1953 the committee voted to end the investigation.
Political opponents made two attempts to remove Douglas from the Supreme Court, both unsuccessful.
Impeachment attempts
In the end, Eisenhower refused to be drafted, and Truman won nomination easily. Although Truman approached Douglas about the vice presidential nomination, the Justice turned him down. Douglas' close associate Tommy Corcoran was later heard to ask, "Why be a number two man to a number two man?"[25] Truman selected Senator Alben W. Barkley and the two won the election.
By 1948, Douglas' presidential aspirations were rekindled by Truman's low popularity, after he had succeeded Roosevelt in 1945. Many Democrats, believing that Truman could not be elected in November, began trying to find a replacement candidate. Attempts were made to draft popular retired war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower for the nomination. A "Draft Douglas" campaign, complete with souvenir buttons and hats, sprang up in New Hampshire and several other primary states. Douglas campaigned for the nomination for a short time, but he soon withdrew his name from consideration.
After the convention, Douglas' supporters spread the rumor that the note sent to Hannegan had read "Bill Douglas or Harry Truman," not the other way around.[24] These supporters claimed that Hannegan, a Truman supporter, feared that Douglas' nomination would drive southern white voters away from the ticket (Douglas had a strong anti-segregation record on the Supreme Court) and had switched the names to suggest that Truman was Roosevelt's real choice.[24]
Five days before the vice presidential nominee was to be chosen at the convention, on July 15, Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan received a letter from Roosevelt stating that his choice for the nominee would be either "Harry Truman or Bill Douglas." After Hannegan released the letter to the convention on July 20, the nomination went without incident, and Truman was nominated on the second ballot. Douglas received two votes on the second ballot and none on the first.
When, in early 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided not to support the renomination of Vice President Henry A. Wallace at the party's national convention, a shortlist of possible replacements was drafted. The names on the list included former Senator and Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, former Senator (and future Supreme Court justice) Sherman Minton, former Governor and High Commissioner to the Philippines Paul McNutt of Indiana, House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, and Douglas.
The William O. Douglas Federal Building, an historic post office, courthouse, and federal office building in Yakima, Washington, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, was renamed in his honor in 1978.
The William O Douglas Honors College at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington is named for him.
He was elected to the Ecology Hall of Fame for his dedication to conservation.
The William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom in Beverly Hills, California is named for him.
Douglas Falls in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina is named for him.
Douglas Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
The 1984 Washington Wilderness Act designated the Cougar Lake Roadless area as the William O. Douglas Wilderness. This wilderness, which adjoins Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State, is named in his honor.[23]
William O. Douglas Wilderness in Washington State
Due to Douglas' active role in advocating the preservation and protection of wilderness across the United States, he was nicknamed "Wild Bill." Douglas was a friend and frequent guest of Harry Randall Truman, owner of the Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake in Washington.
In 1962, Douglas wrote a glowing review of Evergreen magazine. Two years later, Justice Douglas helped launch the nation's first law review dedicated solely to environmental issues by publishing a paper in Lewis & Clark Law School's new law review, Environmental Law.
He served on the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club from 1960 to 1962 and wrote prolifically on his love of the outdoors. He is credited with saving the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and inspiring the effort to establish the right-of-way as a national park. As it was being discussed, he challenged the editorial board of The Washington Post to go with him for a walk on the canal after the newspaper had published opinions supporting Congress's plan to fill and pave the canal into a road.[22] His efforts convinced the editorial board to change its stance and helped save the park.[22]
Douglas' review contributed to the success of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book which marked an important turning point for the environmental movement.
In his autobiographical Of Men and Mountains (1950), Douglas discusses his close childhood connections with nature.[21]
His love for the environment carried through to his judicial reasoning. [20], a guide published by the The Thru-Hiker's Companion Douglas was a self-professed outdoorsman. According to
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Today I decided to be an Adventurous Cat and try something new and exciting.
I click on the "Stats" button next to my blog for the first time ever. At first I thought it was super-cool! I could see where all of my readers (and would-be Evil Spammers) are from, and how people are finding me, and how many pageviews I'm getting. Really exciting stuff, right?
NOT a Potato! I am NOT a Potato!
I thought I cleared this up ages ago! I even wrote a very polite letter to Microsoft explaining that they needed to update their spell-checker.
So does this mean that people are Googling potatoes and finding me? Are that many people Googling potatoes? Wow. I'm not sure what to think of all this. . .
I will have to sleep on it.
There were many good guesses about the New Thing's purpose!
First of all, I did not get a bazillion pictures of the New Thing getting finished because Mr. Spear came at 8:00am and AAB Sleepyhead Photographer doesn't come in until 9:00am. So she was all like "Darn, I missed my chance for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography" when she straggled in to work at 9:01. I have changed her work day to begin at 6:30am effective immediately so she doesn't miss any more important goings-on in the future. Oh, and she works 7 days a week now.
Drum roll. . . but a quiet one, because we're in a Library. . .
It IS a display case. It is NOT a display case for special books, hermit crabs, butterflies (!), or a sculpture of me (although those are all worthy reasons to have a beautiful display case built).
I am relieved to report that it is a box for the red-tailed hawk! Now it can't get at me, being in a class case and all, and the customers who are brave enough to approach it (shudder) can get a better look at its menacing talons, ginormous wings, and potentially cat-eating hooked bill.
In the last picture he kind of looks like he's smiling. Like he knows there's a tasty Cat sleeping in the next room.
Everyone is very excited to have the hawk in its new special home. Especially AAB Ritchie, who read his email wrong and took it down Thursday (a day early), wandered around looking for another place to hang it, then had to get the ladder out and hang it way up by the ceiling again. Poor Ritchie.
Okay, enough about all that--it's Mancat Monday, too!
On Friday I had a movie made. As you can see, I'm being quite ferocious. That hawk had better stay in his glass case if he knows what's good for him!
I'm one Tough Cat, and I strike fear into the hearts of camera-straps everywhere!
My library has acquired a New Thing. This New Thing is sitting atop an old desk in the Carnegie section of my library, and it's very big. The Staff seems very curious and excited about it. Does anyone want to venture a guess as to what this New Thing is and what it is for? Put your best guesses in a comment!
I have learned that Mike Spear, the creator of the Thing, will be stopping by tomorrow to finish it. I'll try to post pictures if AAB Slacker Photograper manages to get the camera out while all of the excitement is going on.
I am also super-Thankful for all of my readers, Human and furry, and my special beautiful girlcat-friend Ali Zophia, and my blogging friends who don't get visits from me nearly as often as they should.
PS--Visit Miss Huffle Mawson's blog and read her 1,000th post! Someday maybe I, too, will have a 1,000th post. *ahem* If folks around here would stop hogging the computers, that is.
It doesn't take much to get the staff here excited.
The newspaper ending up in a weird place one morning or a new flavor of coffee creamer making its way into the building really stir things up around here. . .
I'm not a huge fan of change, like when people start switching my favorite chairs from desk to desk, or worse, when whole FURNITURES move places (bracing for September Mayhem).
This is NOT my usual Toilet. This is a "new" and "improved" toilet box, thoughtfully ordered for me by AB Karen. This is an Omega Paw Roll 'n Clean Litter Box.
I glared at it for a while, but when a guy's gotta go, a guy's gotta go. So I used it.
I don't see what's the big deal. It's not like I have an extra spring in my step when I'm done doing my business. I guess I should be glad AB Karen didn't do anything earth-shattering, like change my brand of litter.
But you should see the staff swoon over this new Toilet!!! They had to put it together and watched the Amazon video on how to work it and then some people wanted demonstrations so they could someday empty my Toilet, too. Poor AAB Cathie has competition now when it comes time to make my nightly deposit! Sometimes people beat her to it, poor thing! Hopefully the excitement will die down soon and I'll be able to use the bathroom in peace.
I hope everyone has happy happy weekends, free from Big Changes!
Many of you were shocked and appalled when you found out that I did NOT get to try any of the Wonderful Foods at the International Food Tasting a few weeks ago.
I was shocked and appalled, too, and I let the Staff know that I felt left out and sad.
So to rectify this grievous error, my coworkers arranged for me to have a Food Tasting of my Very Own.
Here I have Posty-Notes, two kinds of Temptations, Pounces, Stinky Fish Flakes, Party Mix, Catnip, and a Gum Wrapper! I love love love all of these things!
Now, the Staff doesn't actually feed me Posty-Notes. What happens is, they use Posty-Notes to leave each other Super-Important Library Business Messages, and I eat them when they go home at night. I especially love the tiny ones.
I love the special Stinky Fish Flakes, too. AAB Cathie feeds me these special. Nobody else has any in their desk drawers.
I also love Gum Wrappers, especially Orbit Sweet Mint flavor. When AAB Christine gets out a piece of gum, I come running to see if I can have the wrapper. Usually she hides them in her desk drawer, because she discovered that if she puts them in the trash I find them and eat them.
I didn't get the Gum Wrapper in the picture because I'd already stolen one this week.
My Food Tasting was delicious and exhausting.
Now, furry blogging friends, I highly suggest that you demand a special food tasting of your own! What are your favorite treats? Do any of you have strange things you like to nom on?


Welcome to the WordPress blog for my writing, including this year's NaNoWriMo effort, titled A Flash of Cochineal.
Seeing Through Time is a series of novels focusing on the adventures of Charlotte Dexter Cranford, familiarly known as Dex, and her newly-enriched friend Claire, set in the beautiful (and haunted) countryside of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Dex can see through the eyes of inhabitants from long ago, linking past and present, resolving centuries old issues that are affecting today.
Each book uses a phrase from an Emily Dickinson poem, just because ED was a big influence on my poetry phase way back in college.


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Q: How to POST JSON data to an API using VBscript I am currently working on a signup form and I want users to be pushed to my hubspot account upon sign up. The form is built in a .asp file format using HTML, CSS, and VBscript. I want the user to fill out all of the required fields and then send their responses to Hubspot using their Create Contact API endpoint.
The form itself is built out and working, now all I need to do is link up the API POST request. I am not familiar with VBscript or how one could go about sending JSON data to an API using VB. I started out by just trying to send dummy data that would be easily searchable figuring I can work on making the values dynamic later, but even this won't work. This is the code that I have written directly in the markup. Any help is appreciated!
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Dim objXmlHttpMain, URL, strJSONToSend

strJSONToSend = "{'properties': [{'property': 'email','value': 'testingapis@hubspot.com'},{'property': 'firstname','value': 'Adrian'},{'property': 'lastname','value': 'Mott'},{'property': 'website','value': 'http://hubspot.com'},{'property': 'company','value': 'HubSpot'},{'property': 'phone','value': '555-122-2323'},{'property': 'address',},{'property': 'city','value': 'Cambridge'},'property': 'state','value': 'MA'},{'property': 'zip','value': '02139'}]}"

URL="https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/contact/?hapikey=df670ac6-cc2d-452d-a571-11d0374e515e"
Set objXmlHttpMain = CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
On Error Resume Next
objXmlHttpMain.open "POST",URL, False
If Err Then
  WScript.Echo Err.Description & " [0x" & Hex(Err.Number) & "]"
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End If
On Error Goto 0
objXmlHttpMain.open "POST",URL, False
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objXmlHttpMain.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/json"

objXmlHttpMain.send strJSONToSend

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sunrise | musings at random.
So if you're reading this, then it's a good sign…it means that you woke up today. How awesome is that? And how many people did not open their eyes this morning? Think about it. Let's try to cast aside as many of the earthly troubles that we can today (jobs, finances, gossip, etc.), and take just a tiny moment to be thankful. For the air that we're breathing. For the heart that is still beating. For another crack at life…which is gifted, not guaranteed. Let's live today. Best of days to you all!


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Browse: Home / 2014 / October / The best of the best?
A few years ago, the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) – Alaska's sovereign wealth fund with assets of USD 50+ bn (website) – introduced an interesting element into their portfolio. After an exhaustive search, they appointed five asset management firms as external CIOs. They gave each about USD 500 million in a largely unconstrained mandate (the only constraints being no real estate and no lockups longer than two years). The winners were AQR, Bridgewater, GMO, Goldman Sachs AM and PIMCO – no surprises there. The winners were expected to provide access to their senior investment professionals and report regularly in person – this is the CIO element. Their return target is five per cent above the US CPI.
At the time, I found the exercise very interesting and innovative. I also hoped that it would succeed. Failure would be very discouraging for anybody who believes that active management makes sense for some well-informed investors. If a very large fund, assisted by a well-known consultant, cannot reliably identify the best of the best among asset managers, then who can? And if the best of the best cannot beat a benchmark that they had accepted at the outset with an unconstrained mandate, then who can we expect to consistently beat their benchmark?
But the results have been mixed, at best. For the three years to the end of June, 2013 (the fund's fiscal year end), the annualised returns ranged from 5.1 per cent (GMO) to 12.9 per cent (Bridgewater) with the benchmark return at 7.3 per cent. PIMCO was the other manager lagging the benchmark.
It is, of course, not unusual to review managers after three years. But I must admit that I was surprised that the APF subsequently fired GMO and PIMCO, officially for reasons other than just performance. It does not speak well for their confidence in their manager selection capabilities (or in their consultant, for that matter) if they fire managers at the first opportunity. For the three years ending in June 2013, one would have expected to have gotten worse performance from PIMCO, who will have had a bond bias, and GMO, with their profound quality-value bias, than from the others.
The APF will have been pleased with the performance of their remaining external CIOs in fiscal 2014. All three outperformed the CPI+5 benchmark by at least six per cent. But nevertheless, being left with just three survivors out of five after only three years is not very impressive. Another nail in the coffin of active management?
merci Rolf – very interesting! Alascans are not different – despite our short visit – a long time ago!!!


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The Confederation of Thai Electrical Appliances, Electronic Automobile & Metalworkers (TEAM) is a trade union federation of workers in metalworking and the electronics and automotive industries based in Thailand. The trade union federation is a founding member of the Confederation of Industrial Labour of Thailand and affiliated with the IndustriALL Global Union.

Organisation
TEAM comprises three member unions: the Federation of Thailand Automobile Workers Union, the Electronic Appliance Workers' Federation of Thailand and the Metalworks Workers' Federation of Thailand.

The trade union federation is organised as a loose coordination center formed on the basis of mutual trust among union leaders. It is not formally registered with any government agency.

History
In September 2012, negotiations started between a TEAM-affiliated trade union and management at a NXP Semiconductors plant in Bangkok over a new work schedule that included regular 12-hour shifts. After negotiations stalled, NXP locked out workers on March 1, 2013. Management called in small groups of workers, asked them if they agreed with the union's demands, and told them to leave if they did. They were not able to enter the factory the next day. In response, the union staged protests outside the factory and on March 13 outside the Dutch embassy and also filed a complaint with the National Human Right Commission. On April 29, mediation by the Ministry of Labour led to the signing of a memorandum that passed the decision over the work schedule to the Labor Relations Committee. The committee decided on June 20 that the new work schedule did not violate Thai labour law; however, the National Human Rights Committee decided otherwise and recommended the factory should revert to the old schedule. NXP continues to demand regular 12-hour shifts.

TEAM was a founding member of the Confederation of Industrial Labour of Thailand in 2013.

In December 2016, workers formed a TEAM-affiliated trade union at a factory owned by Japanese firm Yamashita Rubber. The company immediately isolated union members in the night shift and, after they refused to resign, firing 32 of them. The company also offered bribes to the union president to dissolve the union and set up cameras to conduct surveillance on union members. Though the Labor Relations Committee ruled in favour of the workers, the company did not reinstate them. The company filed a defamation charge against the union's president for social media posts and then fired him because there were active criminal charges against him. IndustriALL Global Union condemned the crackdown.

In December 2017, Mitsubishi Electric, partner of the 2020 Olympic games, locked 1,800 TEAM members out of a Thailand plant. The company also forced workers to attend eleven days of humiliating training at a military camp and cleaning old people's homes, among others, and forced them to publicly apologise to the company on social media. Most of the workers were reinstated in January 2018. IndustriALL Global Union condemned the harassment and filed a complaint with the Olympic's Organising Committee.

References

Trade unions in Thailand
Metal trade unions

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PSYOP Regimental Blog: Are we ready for a PSYOP App?
The concept of a PSYOP app intrigues me. While I don't consider myself a 'techie' per se, I do have a lot of electronic gadgets: iPad, iPhone, laptops, desktops, digital cameras (with their own wi-fi capabilities), etc. Today's MISO practitioner, whether military or contractor, will also likely have the latest and greatest technology as well.
As a practical matter it would make sense to take full advantage of COTS products as much as possible.
The range of potential capabilities is almost endless. In addition to verbal and non-verbal translators, some of the other functions would include access to all the current manuals (without a CAC card), perhaps the CIA Factbook, media data by country for print, broadcast and on-line media, briefings that I could use with my 'customers', video reachback for streaming content in the field, a currency converter, etc.
The timing for such an app appears to be right and would ride the crest of the "Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend that is engulfing the commercial sector. It would also serve to help take advantage of the innate creative of our younger MISO practitioners who are far more in tune with younger audiences and who are in the best position to reach these difficult to influence audiences.
Such an app would have to be suited for Apple, Android and even Windows as potential users might include allied forces as well. Conceptually the app could be a creation platform whose output would be influence products designed to operate on the smartphones, tablets and computing wearables such as the next generation of Internet capable watches.
A little high tech imagination never hurt anyone. Reader comments welcome.
Photo Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/samsung-unveils-galaxy-gear-smartwatch/?_r=0 and the author.


Humans are one of the few creatures on this planet who have the capability of ignoring our basic survival instinct. We jump out of perfectly good airplanes — something that still sets off alarms in the most veteran skydivers — and we push ourselves to the edge of death and back with physical demands on our bodies that defy reason with activities like ultra-marathons in the desert, living in microgravity, and setting the world record for holding one's breath under water.
Yet as contradictory as it sounds, testing these limits is probably what makes us feel the most human or the most attuned to nature and our own potential — particularly when it comes to soaring above the skies, jumping eight feet in the air… and eating the most bizarre, even dangerous, dishes set in front of us on the dinner table.
What are some of the deadliest foods the world has ever seen? Poisonous or harmful by design, not accident, and something that has us questioning our sanity when we choose to take a bite?
Like apples, cherry pits contain a type of hydrogen cyanide called prussic acid. Don't go eating a cup of ground pits, or peach and apricot pits for that matter.
Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid, which causes kidney stones. It'll take 11 pounds of leaves to be fatal, but much less to make you seriously ill.
Nutmeg is actually a hallucinogenic. Yes, you can trip on it, but it's said that eating just 0.2 oz of nutmeg could lead to convulsions, and 0.3 oz could lead to seizures. Eating one whole will supposedly lead to a type of "nutmeg psychosis," which includes a sense of impending doom.
There are two variations of almonds, sweet almonds and bitter almonds. The bitter ones supposedly contain relatively large amounts of hydrogen cyanide. It's said that even eating just 7 – 10 raw bitter almonds can cause problems for adults, and could be fatal for children.
The stems and leaves of tomatoes contain alkali poisons that can cause stomach agitation. Unripe green tomatoes have been said to have the same effect. You would need to consume vast quantities for it to be fatal. Not exactly high-risk, but you might avoid eating tomato leaves.
The danger in tuna is the mercury that the fish absorbs. Once in your body, mercury will either pass through your kidneys, or travel to your brain and supposedly drive you insane. The FDA recommends children and pregnant women do not consume tuna at all. While it's unlikely that eating a massive amount of tuna in one sitting will kill you, it's a good idea to monitor your weekly intake.
Raw cashews you might find in a supermarket are not actually raw, as they've been steamed to remove the urushiol, a chemical also found in poison ivy. This chemical can cause the same effect as poison ivy, or poison oak. High levels of urushiol can supposedly prove fatal. People who are allergic to poison ivy are likely to have a fatal allergic reaction to eating actual raw cashews.


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Vancouver, BC -- Orex Minerals Inc. -- (TSX-V: REX) ("Orex"), has awarded a 5,000 metres diamond drilling contract to Dorado Drilling Ltd. ("DDL") for the Jumping Josephine Gold Project, west of Castlegar in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
DDL is an experienced diamond drilling company, with a service and supply office in Lumby, BC. A Hydracore #2000 skid drill will be used for HQ and NQ sized wireline core diamond drilling, with a depth penetration of up to 1,250 metres.
Orex's President, Gary Cope says, "We are looking forward to drill results adding to the existing NI 43-101 resource estimate at Jumping Josephine. In addition, the program will test other targets which have not previously been drilled. This phase of drilling is the next step toward our target of a minimum of 200,000 ounces gold resource."
Jumping Josephine Gold-Silver Project, British Columbia, Canada
The Jumping Josephine Project totals approximately 11,667 hectares and is located in Southern British Columbia, 20 km west of Castlegar and 25 km north of the historic Rossland Gold Camp. The project, originally assembled in 2004 by Kootenay Silver Inc. ("Kootenay"), was optioned to Astral Mining Corp. ("Astral") in 2005. In 2013, Astral merged with Orex (news release February 3rd 2013) and in 2014 the remaining interest in Jumping Josephine was acquired from Kootenay by Orex (news release February 5th 2014).
Exploration between 2006 and 2011 included surface mapping, geochemistry, geophysics, and the completion of 140 diamond drill-holes. Work on the JJ Main showing culminated in the estimation of a 43-101 compliant resource calculated by Apex Geoscience Ltd. ("Apex").
Apex estimates an Indicated mineral resource of 363,000 tonnes averaging 2.95 g/t Au for 34,000 oz and Inferred mineral resource of 448,000 tonnes averaging 2.08 g/t Au for 30,000 oz. The effective date of the resource is March 24th, 2011. The 43-101 Technical Report authored by A.J. Turner P.Geol, M. Dufresne, P.Geol and S. Nicholls, M.AIG. has been filed by Orex and is available on SEDAR and the Orex website.
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Over the weekend we decided to go in a slightly different direction for the next release. For the last few months I've been focused on adding new essential features and "test" versions of objects and all that pre-Alpha foundation building you need before you can get to the main game building part. Content-wise, the very first release was essentially a newer, heavily modified version of Ben Anderson's Cave Boy code nestled inside an original menu system I had originally been working on in Game Maker Studio 1.4. The last few releases after that were fixing bugs, adding new things not in Cave Boy, fixing bugs, adding bits from the Make Your First Game Quickly class, and fixing bugs.
But now we're changing direction. Game Blocks was always supposed to be a collection of example games that could stand on their own as well as a platform for making your own games. I want to do more "under the hood" work: there's still no moving camera, there's no tiles yet, hardly anything uses the new features of GMS2, there's a whole bunch of "undocumented features" that need to be implemented as actual menu options, the shmup objects and features are still half-baked, and so on. But there is enough substance here that we can finally put together a complete example game of our own and not just a testing sandbox.
So we're taking a break from adding new general features to working on the first game-within-a-game. It will be 100% compatible with the editor on release, because that's how we're making it ourselves. There will be a whole new category of objects and some new general features to support making your own versions of the game.
When this part is done, we'll go back to adding general features and support for future game types. If Steam Direct isn't ready yet, we'll most likely be doing a Greenlight campaign. Also, we're going to need to start work on the Kickstarter campaign and pitch to publishers and all the annoying business-things we need to do to continue having rent, rice, and ramen.
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Website of biometric 'homeless management system' provider hacked
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The website of Odin Intelligence, a provider of technology that includes face biometrics to law enforcement and emergency services, has been defaced by unidentified hackers on Sunday.
The hack, reported by TechCrunch, follows a Wired report last week suggesting that an app developed by the company, SweepWizard, had a critical security vulnerability that enabled attackers to access the personal information of police suspects and sensitive details of upcoming police operations.
The data breach comes almost a year after reports first detailed the company's 'Homeless Management Information System' that provides face biometrics to enable law enforcement to identify homeless people.
"It appears that previous controversy and the current dismissive attitude toward a reported vulnerability was the catalyst to drive this defacement," Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, tells Biometric Update in an email.
"In addition, it appears that significant amounts of data were also exfiltrated, a common tactic in both the general cybercriminal and ransomware actors playbook."
In fact, according to TechCrunch, more than 16GB of data was stolen from Odin's organization, including sex offenders' data and information related to the SweepWizard app.
"Organizations that deal in sensitive information, whether it's law enforcement-related or more typical data, need to take cybersecurity very seriously," Kron adds. "This is especially true when a potentially significant vulnerability is reported to the organization."
The Odin Intelligence website was taken offline following the hack and remains inactive at the time of writing. The website of Odin Intelligence, a provider of technology that includes face biometrics to law enforcement and emergency services, has been defaced by unidentified hackers on Sunday.
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Born in Westport, Co Mayo, MacBride travelled to America in 1896 to further the aims of the IRB, thereafter travelling to South Africa where he raised the Irish Transvaal Brigade, which became known as MacBride's Brigade, to fight against the English during the Second Boer War where, as happened far too often in history, Irish fought against Irish. A larger number of Irish (whose sympathies led to them being labelled West British) fought for the British against the Boers.
When MacBride became a citizen of the Transvaal, the British considered that, as an Irishman and citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, he had given aid to the enemy. After the war he travelled to Paris and married Maud Gonne on the 21st February 1903. Maud Gonne became a prominent Irish revolutionary. John MacBride and Maude Gonne had one child, Sean who was born in Janurary 1904.
Because he was so well-known to the British, the leaders thought it wise to keep him outside their secret military group planning a Rising. As a result he happened to find himself in the midst of the Rising without notice. He was in Dublin early on Easter Monday morning to meet his brother. The Major walked up Grafton St and saw Thomas MacDonagh in uniform and leading his troops. He offered his services and was appointed second-in-command at the Jacob's factory.
Speech from the Dock (Court martial, 4 May 1916): "On the morning of Easter Monday I left my home at Glenageary with the intention of going to meet my brother who was coming to Dublin to get married. In waiting around town, I went up as far as Stephen's Green and there saw a band of Irish Volunteers. I knew some of the members personally and the commander told me that an Irish Republic was virtually proclaimed. As he knew my rather advanced opinions and although I had no previous connection with the Irish Volunteers, I considered it my duty to join them. I knew there was no chance of success and I never advised nor influenced any other person to join. I did not even know the positions they were about to take up – I marched with them to Jacob's Factory. After being a few hours there I was appointed second-in-command – I felt it my duty to occupy that position. I could have escaped from Jacob's Factory before the surrender had I desired, but I considered it a dishonourable thing to do. I do not say this with the idea of mitigating any penalty they may impose but in order to make clear my position in the matter." –Major John MacBride
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I'd also need something like that to be DXF and maybe DWG compatible. I'd also like to see the code be real Self contained and lean so the app could be moved drag and drop on a USB Stick from machine to machine. and not cost more than ~$100-$200. There are a lot of guys out there like me that use Autocad to Draw Paths for CNC Machines, and to simple layout work. Lately I've been opening my self up to the idea of getting a EEEPC to use at the Coffee House to do drawings on, and an app like this would be so kick @$$. I'm convinced teh more "features" you add to something the slower it's going to run and the more Bloated it will become!
Amen to That, plotter guy!!
This thread is too old to be answered. There are a lot more updated version of softwares for usage.
This thread is too old to be answered.
So why did you answer it then?
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Well, I've "transferred" my blog couple of times.
And "it has" some links from other static web hosting. But one day I got an email that told me the service has expired because my adsl account has expired long time ago.
"I've tried to" replace in English and Traditional Chinese.
"It worked", so "it should" support multi language.
but I found that maybe I need "to" modify article manually, because it "looks" like that "uploading" image to Picasa is much better?


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Former England star Owen finishes second on horse racing debut
He burst onto the scene with a wonder goal at the 1998 World Cup, but Michael Owen also had "the time of his life" on his racing debut.
25 November, 2017 01:02 IST
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Michael Owen was thrilled with his second-place finish after making his horse racing debut in a charity event at Ascot on Friday.
The former England, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United striker retired from football in 2013 and has long held an interest in racing, breeding and owning horses out of his stables in Cheshire.
But this time it was his turn to take to the saddle on Calder Prince, in an event staged to raise funds for the Prince's Countryside Trust.
Owen was one of 10 amateur riders to take part and led towards the end of the seven-furlong race but was eventually overhauled by Golden Wedding.
"The horse was great and I'm really pleased with how it's gone. I can't keep the smile off my face, I loved it," Owen said.
"They seemed to go really quick, it was the fastest I've ever been on a horse, but the horse slowed into the back and whipped up on the inside and all of a sudden I was in front - I was thinking 'come on now'.
"But that was a long way [out] and I got very tired in the last furlong. It was such good fun and I'm really pleased with the whole outcome. My horse ran a cracking race and I'm delighted to be second.
"I'd like to think plenty of good will come out of it, lots of money raised for charity. We're all home in one piece and I had the time of my life."
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Rick Ross Gets Dumped by Reebok Over Rape Lyric on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." (UPDATE with Apology)
Matt Preira April 12, 2013 5:35PM
After almost a decade of ribald gangsta rhymes spun from controversial trap lord fan fiction, Rick Ross has finally penned the couplet that critics and fans alike are declaring to be his most offensive ever.
"Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it," The Bawse recounts on his lone verse on Rocko's now-notorious single, "U.O.E.N.O." The punchline? "I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it."
Ross has formally apologized -- or at least formally minced words, but from the looks of the public outcry surrounding the rhyme, and, now, the loss of major corporate endorsements -- it would appear Ricky Rozay's atonement epitomizes the concept of "too little, too late."
Continue on for the apology.
In a statement released to MTV News, Reebok declared that the rapper had "failed" to uphold the brand's "high standard" and "values."
The letter went on to describe the brand's moral-ethical obligation to release the Teflon Don from his contract due to his exceptional poor taste, particularly with regard to his flippant response to the controversy.
"While we do not believe that Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse," the statement read. "At this time, it is in everyone's best interest for Reebok to end its partnership with Mr. Ross."
Thus far, The Bawse has survived feuds with actual drug dealers, beef with cultish gangsta Jews, and the scandalous revelation that he was previously employed as a corrections officer. But Ross may have finally met his match in the form of the P.C. police. And, rightfully so!
Rick Ross issued this apology today:
"Before I am an artist, I am a father, a son, and a brother to some of the most cherished women in the world. So for me to suggest in any way that harm and violation be brought to a woman is one of my biggest mistakes and regrets. As an artist, one of the most liberating things is being able to paint pictures with my words. But with that comes a great responsibility. And most recently, my choice of words was not only offensive, it does not reflect my true heart. And for this, I apologize. To every woman that has felt the sting of abuse, I apologize. I recognize that as an artist I have a voice and with that, the power of influence. To the young men who listen to my music, please know that using a substance to rob a woman of her right to make a choice is not only a crime, it's wrong and I do not encourage it. To my fans, I also apologize if I have disappointed you. I can only hope that this sparks a healthy dialogue and that I can contribute to it."
--William Roberts (a.k.a "Rick Ross")
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Adin knew that he was the one who must fill the medallions in the belt.
Riverside is in need of more information! Riverside is lacking history from The Third Door. Also mention that Riverside became the Diggings in the alternative future.
Roughly halfway between the sea and Fell End, by a broad river, where Fleet was a thousand years ago
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Riverside is a small city built where Fleet once was, roughly halfway between the sea and Fell End. Riverside stands by a broad river in which was once a stream which was widened by the citizens. It was also where Chieftain Farr began his attack on the Fellan, attempting to destroy them. In the alternative future, following Farr's clearing of the Fell Zone, Riverside became the Diggings, until that timeline was prevented by Rye, Sonia, Dirk and Sholto's actions in the present time.
Riverside is home to a species of hog that in the alternative future became the work animals used at the Diggings.[1][2]
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I love rhubarb something fierce. I am big on tangy, sour flavors especially when they are paired with something creamy or rich. Rhubarb is perfect for recipes like cobblers, pies, and streusels for just that reason. But baked desserts take numerous ingredients and time. I wanted rhubarb goodness NOW! The first thing I did with my rhubarb stash was to make it into delicious tangy rhubarb sauce, just like my mom would make when I was little.
So get your paws on some stalks and get saucin'!
Add all ingredients to a medium saucepan over high heat. Watch pot carefully to avoid burning the sauce. When bubbles first begin to appear in the water, turn the heat down to medium-low. Cover and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Break the big chunks of rhubarb down with a potato masher or the back of a large spoon. Add sugar to taste. Cool and refrigerate.
Is this recipe ok for canning?
I have never canned it before, so I would do some research first. Sorry I can't give you more information!
I never have, but I imagine you would be able to.


My kids have two pairs of school uniform. I'm supposed to order two new pairs from our dressmaker to replace the ones that do not fit anymore. My son seems to be taking hgh, because he grows like a sprout. No wonder his school pants appear shorter when he wears them. I hope the dressmaker can do something about it so we can save money. The dressmaker will have to add extra fabric or trim to make the pants longer. My daughter's skirts only need adjustment on the waist area. It's been tough lately, so we have to do whatever is necessary to make ends meet.
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Thieves steal, completely destroy paralyzed student's wheelchair-accessible truck
Posted 12:42 pm, November 13, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 12:58PM, November 13, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A University of Missouri-Kansas City student is looking for help after his wheelchair-accessible truck was stolen.
The truck was found, but only after the expensive modifications that allow him to drive it were trashed.
"I'm still just kind of shaken-up," second year business student Ryan Kempker told WDAF. "It doesn't seem like this is really happening. I don't see why anyone would target something like that. It's really no use to most people."
Ever since a car crash in 2006 left Kempker paralyzed from the waist down, he's depended on his customized truck, a four-door GMC Duramax Diesel truck to get him around.
It was a pricey project he estimates costs more than $20,000.
"It has a custom-built seat in it that comes down and picks me up and puts me back in the truck," Kempker said. "It's got a hand-control for the fuel and braking system. It`s got a lift on the back that comes around picks the chair up and sets it on the back."
Kempker said he was on his way to a physical therapy class Tuesday morning when he noticed his truck was missing from the fourth floor of UMKC parking garage on Cherry Street.
He said he immediately contacted campus police, who were able to confirm through surveillance video that his truck was stolen Sunday morning around 6 a.m.
Late Tuesday evening KCPD officers found the truck abandoned and took it to the city tow lot.
The amount of damage left Kempker stunned.
"It is completely destroyed," he said. "They ripped my wheelchair lift off of it. They broke two windows, blew a tire out, ripped the navigation system out of it, ripped the system completely out of it, tore the seats up and completely trashed the vehicle within two days."
His truck wasn't the only thing stolen. The thieves took his arm cycle, located in the back of the truck, that he was using to train for a Spartan race next summer.
Kempker said, without his truck, he doesn't know what to do next.
"It gets me around and does everything I need to do, so I'm kind of lost without it right now," Kempker said.
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One Moment from Lahaina
11th December, 2018 · Rob McColley
Wanting some clicks, I waited a while to write about Maui. Now that Illinois has the week off, and you're feeling happy about Samba Kane, I'm going to share a funny story about referees. It's the story of a very bad missed call.
But first, some Samba porn.
Iowa State doesn't spring to mind when Illini fans think about rivals. Maybe they should. The very first memorable Maui moment came 30 seconds after I walked into the Lahaina Civic Center gym, right into George Conditt and Talen Horton-Tucker.
Brad Underwood wanted those guys. Steve Prohm got them.
Speaking of Prohm. I've always wondered what head coaches do before tip-off. You never see them. The assistants drill the players in warm-ups, but the heads are always hidden behind closed doors, presumably Thinking Big Thoughts. It's one of the nearly religious traditions of college basketball.
An hour before the Iowa State game, at the Sheraton Ka'anapali Resort, Steve Prohm perched on the edge of his deck chair, looking at his phone. Assistant Daniyal Robinson sat two chairs away. Neither seemed anxious. They weren't reviewing game plans. Just chillin'.
Ed Corbett explains an out-of-bounds call to a thoroughly perplexed Ayo Dosunmo
Anyway, the bad call.
Ed Corbett is and/or was a college basketball referee. I have no particular opinions and/or grudge toward Ed Corbett.
The Koch Brothers are notorious industrialists. Everyone has opinions about them.
The Koch Brothers are not known to be Iowa State Cyclones fans, so I assume the guys in these photos are merely Koch cousins. But the one on the left looks a lot like David and Charles.
These two angry loudmouths must have contributed tall dollars to the Cyclones program. Regular tickets to the Maui Invitational cost something like $700 apiece. Courtside seats are, one suspects, available only to people who've already invested at least a hundred times that amount in a given program. Illinois' million dollar donor John Giuliani had a seat behind me, with the Chancellor Joneses.
With money comes privilege. These two knew they could get away with whatever they wanted. They were warned by referee Ed Corbett against doing what they wanted, but they persisted.
Ed Corbett warns the Koch Brothers they'll get the heave-ho if they don't shaddap
Their ire was not misplaced. The officiating crew, and Corbett in particular, were the only three people in the building who didn't see Andres Feliz, a good four feet out-of-bounds, bat a loose ball back into play. The entire Cyclones fan base went ballistic, but the Koch cousins were close enough that the refs could hear the insults verbatim.
Honolulu photographer Michael Sullivan caught these images of the moment, and emailed them to me — thanks Michael!
Corbett is looking right at Feliz's feet. How did he miss it? It's really remarkable.
November 17, 2018 – during a game between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Iowa State Cyclones at the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Maui, HI – Michael Sullivan/CSM
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In the second photo, you see Feliz gets a toe inside the baseline after batting the ball, then quickly lands on his heel — still out-of-bounds.
Every single one of Iowa State's 1,300 fans jumped up and yelled. The Koch Cousins must have laid it on thick, because Corbett warned them they'd be thrown out.
They didn't shut up.
Ed Corbett calls to an usher/security dude
Referee Paul Szelc, ostensibly the crew chief, took over from there.
Specifically, Szelc told tournament chief Dave Odom "they don't have to leave the building but they can't stay there."
They stayed there.
Paul Szelc said: "They don't have to leave the building, but they can't stay there."
Odom, the one who coached Tim Duncan, visited with the pair and doled some southern charm upon them. His top security guy, an ex-New York cop type named George, also sweet-talked the pair.
Whatever they talked about, Odom seemed to enjoy it.
Odom was sitting immediately behind Michael Sullivan, just to my right. So he almost certainly saw the play, too.
In his decades of coaching, one can assume he's seen some bad calls. Perhaps none as egregious as that one. And maybe that's why he sided with the blowhards, and overruled the officiating crew.
After considerable Georgesplaining, the privileged white men were allowed to remain in their million dollar seats.
George also splained to Szelc, who immediately folded, and amenably. No one likes to be shown up, publicly. On the other hand, an expenses paid trip to paradise is a good gig. One assumes the stripes would like to return. These guys fly nearly every day during the season, so staying put for three days straight, with a view of the beach, is worth a certain amount of indignation.
Odom is not insensitive to the needs of his hired whistles. He mentioned to his wife that a couple of them had tight deadlines for travel back to the frozen mainland. He wanted to do the best for them. But he couldn't uphold their ultimate ruling. He'd seen the play.
I witnessed those tight deadlines myself. Earl Walton, who called the Xavier game, was on my return flight. It departed at 10:10 pm that evening. Eric Curry, who called the UNLV game in Champaign this Saturday, was on a flight that left slightly earlier, with the entire Cyclones team aboard.
I asked both of them how they would feel about being overruled in such a situation. "Well, not good" admitted Curry. (He was wearing Golden Gophers gear, so he's obviously not afraid to share his preferences when off-the-clock.)
Ed Corbett's top Google hits include a story about a blown out-of-bounds call, and the story of his retirement (perhaps he should have).
JUST IN TIME FOR GIFTSMAS
Are you frustrated by holiday shopping? Out of gift ideas for the Illini fan who has everything? Here's my recommendation: The Friendly Orange Glow, by Brian Dear.
Out in the middle of that fruited Illinois plain there's a place where a lot of the future we take for granted today got started, long ago. The town is Urbana, and the place is one of the largest universities in theUnited States: the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. On UI's campus there's one particular building that is at the very heart of our story. Most of the events chronicled in the pages that follow took place in this particular building, or if they took place elsewhere (sometimes clear across the world), they did so only because of prior things that had taken place in this building. What went on in this building changed lives. It may have changed yours and you don't even realize it
Brian Dear, The Friendly Orange Glow, Penguin Random House
If you lived in Champaign-Urbana in the 70s or 80s, you probably know someone in this book. Don Cohen and Jerry Glynn, from The Math Project, are in it. Erstwhile Champaign County Board member Brendan McGinty appears as a computers-obsessed teenager. My Trademarks professor Peter Maggs and his son Bruce are there.
A funny vignette features Leonard Nimoy visiting and being perplexed by the technology (and having regular-sized ears). There's a history of the Boneyard Creek, and lots of juicy university politics (spoiler alert: administrators were idiots back then, too.)
If you have no relationship to technology, it's still an engaging history of Champaign-Urbana. Reader friendly.
My favorite moment occurs in the upstairs spare bedroom at the house next door to my own.
Access was so important, sometimes PLATO users would go to extreme lengths to get it. Bob Rader, one of CERL's senior systems staffers, had a PLATO terminal at home. "One time," says Rader, "I came home, and found not my son, but a friend of his," using the terminal. "And he was the only person in the house!"
I'm four and seven years younger than the Rader kids, Alison and Stephen respectively, but they let me play on that PLATO terminal. The modem looked like this:
That's all for today. If I get bored tomorrow, I'll write about the most recent out-of-bounds mystery.
How did Aaron Jordan persuade Lewis Garrison to award this call to Illinois?
There's no way he knocked the ball backward, right?
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