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Two new lows from the ARDC and Review Board–Banning Mr. Amu and Lying about case law
Posted on May 29, 2015 by jmdenison
First, my decision from the Review Board today:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FbJzwtHocwbEhhNnNfVUN1aFE/view?usp=sharing
Next, the comments of Ken Ditkowsky
From: kenneth ditkowsky
Sent: May 28, 2015 10:46 PM
To: "JoAnne M. Denison" , Probate Sharks , Tim NASGA , Nasga Us , Matt Senator Kirk , Eric Holder , "J. Ditkowsky" , "FBI- ( (" , KRISTI HOOD , Chicago FBI , BILL DITKOWSKY , Bev Cooper , "newseditors@wsj.com" , ISBA Main Discussion Group , "information@iardc.org" , "postmaster@iardc.org" , Federal Bureau of Investigation , Jay Goldman
Subject: Re: Banning Mr. Amu from the ARDC — questions?
Given the state of the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission filing anything with the IARDC is a waste of time and effort. I read the opinion of Larkin's kangaroo committee and was shocked that the lawyers on the committee intentionally and deliberately misrepresented the Alvarez case.
What occurred was not just intellectual dishonesty – it was actual prevarication as to the ruling of the Court.
Ignorance of the Law is said to be no excuse, and lawyers are presumed to know the law. In the opinion of the Review Board of the Illinois Disciplinary Board it appears that the Administrator and his kangaroo panel intentionally misrepresented the ruling in the recent Supreme Court cases that Ms. Denison cites including but not limited to United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2537, 2544-2545, 183 L. Ed. 2d 574, 587-588, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4879, *16-18, 80 U.S.L.W. 4634, 40 Media L. Rep. 1953, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 468, 2012 WL 2427808 (U.S. 2012)
In the most dishonest, disreputable, and wrongful manner the panel takes the following words are an exact quote from the Alvarez decision that the Administrator and his stooges misrepresent:
The Government disagrees with this proposition. It cites language from some of this Court's precedents to support its contention that false statements have no value and hence no First Amendment protection. See also Brief for Eugene Volokh et al. as Amici Curiae 2-11. HN6 LEdHN[6] [6] These isolated statements in some earlier decisions do not support the Government's submission that false statements, as a general rule, [2545] are beyond constitutional protection. That conclusion would take the quoted language far from its proper context. For instance, the Court has stated "[f]alse statements of fact are particularly valueless [because] they interfere with the truth-seeking function of the marketplace of ideas," Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, 52, 108 S. Ct. 876, 99 L. Ed. 2d 41 (1988), and that false statements "are not protected by the First Amendment in the same manner as truthful statements," Brown v. Hartlage, 456 U.S. 45, 60-61, 102 S. Ct. 1523, 71 L. Ed. 2d 732 (1982). See also, e.g., Virginia Bd. of Pharmacy, supra, at 771, 96 S. Ct. 1817, 48 L. Ed. 2d 346 ("Untruthful speech, commercial or otherwise, has never been protected for its own sake"); Herbert v.Lando, 441 U.S. 153, 171, 99 S. Ct. 1635, 60 L. Ed. 2d 115 (1979) ("Spreading false information in and of itself carries no First Amendment credentials"); Gertz,supra, at 340, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 41 L. Ed. 2d 789 ("[T]here is no constitutional value in false statements of fact"); Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64, 75, 85 S. Ct. 209, 13 L. Ed. 2d 125 (1964) ("[T]he knowingly false statement and the false statement made with reckless disregard of the truth, do not enjoy constitutional protection").
These quotations all derive from cases discussing defamation, fraud, or some other legally cognizable harm associated with a false statement, such as an invasion of privacy or the costs of vexatious litigation. See Brief for United States 18-19. In those decisions the falsity of the speech at issue was not irrelevant to our analysis, but neither was it determinative. The Court has never endorsed the categorical rule the Government advances: that false statements receive no First Amendment protection. Our prior decisions have not confronted a measure, like the Stolen Valor Act, that targets falsity and nothing more.
HN7 LEdHN[7] [7] Even when considering some instances of defamation and fraud, moreover, the Court has been careful to instruct that falsity alone may not suffice to bring the speech outside theFirst Amendment. The statement must be a knowing or reckless falsehood. See Sullivan, supra, at 280, 84 S. Ct. 710, 11 L. Ed. 2d 686 (prohibiting recovery of damages for a defamatory falsehood made about a public official unless the statement was made "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not"); see also Garrison, supra, at 73, 85 S. Ct. 209, 13 L. Ed. 2d 125 ("[E]ven when the utterance is false, the great principles of the Constitution which secure freedom of expression . . . preclude attaching adverse consequences to any except the knowing or reckless false-hood"); Illinois ex rel. Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc., 538 U.S. 600, 620, 123 S. Ct. 1829, 155 L. Ed. 2d 793 (2003) ("False statement alone does not subject a fundraiser to fraud liability").
United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2537, 2544-2545, 183 L. Ed. 2d 574, 587-588, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4879, *16-18, 80 U.S.L.W. 4634, 40 Media L. Rep. 1953, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 468, 2012 WL 2427808 (U.S. 2012)
This section is a discussion of the government's arguments – not the Court's decision. Thus to claim that the Alvarez Court carved out an exception to content related speech is clearly dishonesty on the part of the Administrator, his attorneys, and his rubber stamp panels. Let me make the allegation perfectly clear, to wit: The Hearing panel, the Administrator and the Review panel openly and notoriously misrepresented in their opinion the Law. Such is intolerable and is totally unprofessional and unethical. Certainly whomever wrote the opinion in the Denison opinion was aware that he/she was acting fraudulently, The Supreme Court of the United States has clearly made political and content related speech to be protected by the First Amendment. It did not single out untruthful statements and it is fair to say that the Supreme in Alvarez rebuked the statement that the Disciplinary Board advances with the words:
The First Amendment itself ensures the right to respond to speech we do not like, and for good reason. Freedom of speech and thought flows not from the beneficence of the state but from the inalienable rights of the person. And suppression of speech by the government can make exposure of falsity more difficult, not less so. Society has the right and civic duty to engage in open, dynamic, rational discourse. These ends are not well served when the government seeks to orchestrate public discussion through content-based mandates.
United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2537, 2550, 183 L. Ed. 2d 574, 593, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4879, *32, 80 U.S.L.W. 4634, 40 Media L. Rep. 1953, 23 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 468, 2012 WL 2427808 (U.S. 2012)
For the Record the Court ruled:
The Nation well knows that one of the costs of the First Amendment is that it protects the speech we detest as well as the speech we embrace. Though few might find respondent's statements anything but contemptible, his right to make those statements is protected by the Constitution's guarantee of freedom of speech and expression. The Stolen Valor Act infringes upon speech protected by the First Amendment.
The disgraceful act of Mr. Larkin's kangaroo committee has reached new lows of dishonesty and corruption.
Unfortunately, the Illinois Attorney Registration of Disciplinary Commission, Mr. Larkin, and those who act in concert with them are mostly lawyers and mostly paid by the public. As public employees they commit their crimes in the course of their employment and very often are able to get away with serious criminal acts by claiming immunity etc. The mantel of legitimacy hides many felonies; however, this opinion in the Denison case is so wrong and ethically challenged as to mandate not only an HONEST investigation, but the forfeiture of the licenses of every attorney involved in the prosecution. Rule 8.3 requires lawyers to complaint of this type of unconscionable acts by lawyers to Disciplinary authorities. 8.3. is thwarted as the ethically challenged lawyers are the Disciplinary authorities!. 18 USCA 4 requires felonies to be reported to law enforcement. This particular criminal act committed in derogation of the Civil Rights of JoAnne Denison is being reported herewith to law enforcement.
It is proper to the challenge the law, custom, usage, and even habits. However, if Mr. Larkin and those he acts in concert with want to challenge a law it is respectfully suggested that the judicial authority of the Supreme Court of the United States should not be challengeable by blatant misrepresentation of the cases and the law! Indeed, some honesty should be demanded of agents of the Supreme Court of Illinois!
Next, we have Mr. Lane Amu, an unfairly prosecuted HONEST attorney who was suspended for three years for making honest statements about corruption in three of his cases–statements which were never denied by the judges involved, and all three judges reversed their decisions. Most notably, one of the judges Lynn Egan, had to resign from her position on the Board of Directors of a corporate entity whom her brother-lawyer represented and appeared before her on behalf of that same corporate entity. It is most interesting she resigned from that Board, but not as a Judge for her ethical violation. Mr. Amu's assertions are showing effects–but the effects are ignored by the Judiciary and the ARDC, but not the corporation involved.
So, what does the ARDC do? Reverse his decision. Write an apology to him? Of course not! They ban him from filing motions with the Clerk of Court of the ARDC.
See the letter:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6FbJzwtHocwbzg3THJZVmVmalk/view?usp=sharing
From: JoAnne M Denison[SMTP:JDENISON@SURFREE.COM]
Sent: May 28, 2015 4:08:12 PM
To: loamu@aol.com; Kenneth Ditkowsky [Ditkowsky Law]; Atty Barbara Stone;
Atty Candice Schwager
Auto forwarded by a Rule
This is interesting. So many questions.
1) Why is Lanre Amu being denied access to a Government State of Illinois office?
2) Was there a court order issued? If so, why was he not served? Who received a copy of the court order, if anyone?
3) What happened to Mr. Lanre Amu is Fraud on the Court. All orders issued during a Fraud on the Court tained case are void ab initio. Has there been a ruling on the Fraud on the Court issues he suggests?
4) Did Mr. Jerome Larkin ban Mr. Lanre Amu from the premises, if not, who did this? What were the grounds?
5) Does not Mr. Amu have a constitutional right to gain admittance to the ARDC to file motions?
let me know if you have further questions. I would like to publish.
And I have to add, this smacks of the underhanded tactics used in corrupt cases. I can't tell you the number of cases I have seen where a probate victim, for whatever reason, loses an attorney, then all victim's pleadings are struck on oral motion, or they are ignored or lost and forgotten (Sykes, Jones, et alia). This is not supposed to happen. It is a constitutional right to be pro se and have one's pleadings respected.
Orders to ban the filing of further pleadings are simply unconsitutional. They should never be entered, and they never are, by HONEST judges. And HONEST attorneys don't move to strike them simply because the litigant is now pro se. An honest judge is supposed to protect pro se litigants and not summarily strike and ignore pleadings.
And Mr. Tim Lahrman, a probate victim himself, I wish to direct this new article to Mr. Larkin today:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2015/05/28/sad-costly-picture-elder-financial-abuse/
The fight for freedom, democracy, civil and human rights and liberties for senior citizens and the disabled in the US is NOT over. We will fight. We will be vociferous. We will ask those who lie, cheat and steal, take kickbacks, supress Democracy, supress the First Amendment to step down and resign. We will ask the States Attorneys to do their jobs — or resign. We will ask the FBI and federal monitors to step into the State Court system and do their job until we achieve justice and dignity for the elderly and disabled persons in Illinois and across the nation.
Justice is Truth in action.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged court corruption, first amendment violations, iardc corruption, Illinois court corruption, jerome larkin atty administrator, melissa smart atty, sharon opryszek atty, suppression of human and civil rights	| 1 Reply
From Ken Ditkowsky–We must stand up for our rights if we want to preserve our Democracy
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Subject: Re: Amu's Supplement to Motion to Reverse Suspension of Law License
Subject: Racism
Unlike the racism of the 1950's today's bigots are much more subtle but just a venal. Some of these miscreants have found their way into the political closet and occupy positions of important and public protection. Today's racist does not refer to his victim in a pejorative manner, and in fact he open donates money to organizations that ostentatiously claim to be monitoring and protecting the rights, privileges and immunities of the minority targeted. The big lie that today the 'show' is more important than the substance and thus there are huge numbers of ordinary people who feel that they have been sold out or at not considered important by their leaders and their government.
The Judicial process is the 'escape value' of American society. It is in this forum that the founders of America decreed that individuals, corporations, and mighty and the powerless would all be equal, receive due process of law and adjudicate fairly and appropriately their disputes. Thus, it is reasoned that while citizens had the right to protest and exercise their FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS it would be unnecessary. Of course the naivety was obvious as humanity has and will always have an element of corruption and avarice that cannot be filtered out.
This does not mean that Americans have to live with corruption. We of course have to be diligent and we have to 'stand up' for our rights if we wish to retain them.
The Lanre Amu case is particularly interesting in that it was the Administrator of the IARDC's duty to prove by clear and convincing evidence whatever facts that he alleged constituted Mr. Amu's misbehavior. In particular the Illinois Court has stated:
it is a rule well recognized, that where the evidence to prove a fact is chiefly, if not entirely, in control of the adverse party and such evidence is not produced, his failure [395] to produce the evidence tends to strengthen the probative force of the evidence given to establish such claimed fact. [Citation.] The burden of producing evidence, chiefly, if not entirely, within the control of an adverse party, rests upon such party if he would deny the existence of claimed facts. [Citation.] Where a party alone possesses information concerning a disputed issue of fact and fails to bring forward that information, and it is shown that it can be produced by him alone, a presumption arises in favor of his adversary's claim of fact. [Citation.]"
In the cause at hand, the Administrator failed to show that the means of proving the proportionality of the fees was in the exclusive possession of respondent such that the burden-shifting rule of Beldingapplies. HN7 SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT It is essential that the Administrator prove each allegation by clear and convincing evidence. In re Enstrom, 104 Ill. 2d 410, 416, 84 Ill. Dec. 486, 472 N.E.2d 446 (1984). The complaint alleges that respondent participated in a division of legal fees that was not in proportion to the services performed and the responsibility assumed by each lawyer . Thus, it was the Administrator's burden to prove that the fee division was disproportionate to the services performed and the responsibility assumed by both respondent and Rosenblum.
In re Storment, 203 Ill. 2d 378, 394-395, 786 N.E.2d 963, 972, 2002 Ill. LEXIS 958, *21-23, 272 Ill. Dec. 129, 138 (Ill. 2002)
It has been Mr. Amu's contention that the Judge's that he was complaining concerning were corrupt. One of the Judges' (Judge Egan) was the subject of a Crain's Chicago Business article that ironically made the very same assertion that Mr. Amu made. This fact is hardly a coincidence as the hearing panels of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission have very 'sorry' reputations. "Wired" is a polite way of referring to them as it is not unusual for them to make findings in favor of the Commission without any evidence being presented to them [1] . Amu has complained vigorously of being 'railroaded' and wrongfully suspended to deaf ears.
The publication of the Crain's Chicago Business article making the exact averments that Attorney Amu has made highlights the disconnect between the Illinois commission doing its job of protecting the public and having a private agenda contrary to the Constitutional mandate of both the Federal and State Constitutions. The public certainly would give much more credence to Crain's than Jerome Larkin! Indeed, it is a matter of public record whether Judge Egan is on the board of plaintiff, her brother is the attorney for the plaintiff, and whether the judge is presiding at the trial. Such is an up or down situation. If the commission found by clear and convincing evidence that the public record, Amu, and Crain's were all lying and the Administrator was the only 'truth teller' such would and should be suspect. That apparently is what they did and the Supreme Court of Illinois not only affirmed but found by the interim suspension of Amu that reciting the public record by an attorney is inherently dangerous to the public safety.
Forgetting that a reading of the decision of the hearing board, review board et al gives the impression of a racial nexus for the proceeding and forgetting the history of Mr. Larkin – i.e. the barring of Diane Nash from the kangaroo proceedings involving JoAnne Denison, and his refusal to apologize or even disingenuously try to offer an excuse for the racist act, this latest act by Larkin individually and as the alter=ego of the Illinois Supreme Court is so outrageous as to call for an investigation by the Justice Department of yet another act of racism, and Larkin's corruption.
When lawyers cannot count on fair play and honesty in their own personal dealing with the Supreme Court of Illinois it is no wonder that the public in general holds the Court system of the 2nd oldest profession is such low repute. In point of fact the justice system if the 'elder cleansing cases' and these disciplinary cases are examples the public is correct that the Illinois Justice System is terribly corrupt and unreliable.
Let is backtrack for a moment. Assume for the purpose of argument only that Mr. Larkin was misled and acted in objective good faith. The Crain's article is now called to his attention! What does he do?
The fact is Mr. Larkin has not apologized to Mr. Amu and now that he knows that Amu's statements were in point of fact truthful he is not in the forefront of seeking Mr. Amu's license to be returned to him. Certainly, Larkin is not offering restitution to Amu for the defamation, insult, and personal wrongful conduct! Basic decency would have required Larkin to come forth immediately upon finding out about a "mistake" and tendering an apology. He did not I expect he will not. The fact remains that Amu has been punished because he, as man having a dark hue to his skin, complained about a fair skinned judge and accused her of corruption. To Larkin it is intolerable that a respected publication made the same averment!
By my definition Larkin's conduct is unacceptable, racist and so ethically challenged that he has forfeited any respect that he might have had and should be instanter investigated and removed from public office. There is no place for 'racists' in government. The principle of equality before the law for all is too important to be shoved under the rug no matter what political mentor sponsors Mr. Larkin.
[1] In my proceeding a panel solved a jurisdictional problem by inventing without any testimony or even an assertion by the Administrator that required notice to family members of a hearing was obviated by the family members having knowledge of a hearing to determine Mary Sykes incompetent. The panel was so anxious to please the administrator that they found that the undisclosed family members had knowledge. The knowledge was not specified to be prior, but, as the result was predetermined that fact or the fact that the Court record in the Mary Sykes case revealed that no such hearing ever was held. The finding of Mary Sykes' incompetency was based upon an order being handed to a judge and she rubber=stamping the same. The Court file was kept out of the proceeding as it would have disclosed that the Administrator once again was not truthful.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged attorney corruption, court corruption, elder abuse and financial exploitation, Jerome larkin, leah guiterrez, melissa smart, sharon opryszek	| 1 Reply
Copy of Petition to SCOI for a Supervisory Order
Posted on February 26, 2013 by jmdenison
Dear Ms. Farenga, Mr.Stern, Mr. Schmiedel,
Attached hereto is the Motion of attorney JoAnne Denison that was electronically filed by Ms. Denison (via my office) with the Illinois Supreme Court.
Petition to SCOI for a Supervisory Order
This Motion seeks in part that the Illinois Supreme Court order an investigation of the Elder Abuse/Financial Exploitation cases – such as the case of Mary Sykes in which sans jurisdiction a plenary guardian was appointed who is reported to not have inventoried a large number of gold coins and other valuables.
By the United States Postal Service mail a copy of the document is being mailed to the ARDC as it is an interested party.
In the interests of justice and the interest of Mary Sykes and the other persons similarly affected, we invite you to join with us in requesting an HONEST complete and comprehensive investigation of the Sykes matter and in particular, the admitted lack of the service of the 14 day notices required by 755 ILCS 5/11a – 10.
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged ARDC, Atty Adam Stern, atty haspel, atty opryczek, "probate court corruption", corruption, court corruption, cynthia farenga, first amendment, first amendment rights, guardianship, iardc, iardc.org, Illinois ardc, jerome larkin atty administrator, mary g sykes, presiding judge timoty evans, probate, probate court	| Leave a reply
From Ken Ditkowsky, as it was in 1961
Sent: Feb 25, 2013 10:26 AM
To: JoAnne Denison , NASGA , probate sharks , yjd
Cc: states attorney , Cook Sheriff
Subject: Fw: Firing bad judges – NEWS: (Cook County) How clout keeps court cases secret
On November 28, 1961 I took the same oath that every lawyer in the State of Illinois is mandated to take. A few days later I tried my first case in the Superior Court of Cook County and a couple of days later tried a case in the Circuit Court of Cook County. In 1970 by the 'blue ballot' Constitutional convention the Superior Court merged with the Circuit Court.
The practice of law in 1961 -62 was quite different from what exists today. Lawyers belonged to the same fraternity. 95% of us were friends and we had an interest in solving our client's problems rather than churning their files and bankrupting them. When a case came into the office, the lawyers discussed the case and determined what, if anything, could be agreed upon. We then submitted the matters that were in issue to the Judge. Most of the time the 'Judge' would cut to the heart of the issue and the matter would be further reduced in complexity. The net result that except of very few cases trial and expense was avoided. Oh, there were clients who would not settle for love or money, but, most of the lawyers could be said to have had an agreement to agree. What we did not have was the 'take no prisoners' approach that exists today.
Yes, in 1961 were had corruption and some of it was blatant. The perniciousness of the corruption was as bad as it is today; however, the big difference was that we did not have as many pious public officials and organizations fostering it. When a court file was not open to the public, the lawyers, the judge, and everyone else knew that there was hanky/panky going on. Most miscreants were not anxious to broadcast their "motion to fix." Most judges wanted no part in the 'game' and they acted accordingly. There of course were a few who played the 'game' but the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Tribune reporters made them very nervous. A Sykes case as an example would have been addressed on day one – the guardian ad litem, assuming that they were innocent would have covered themselves with detailed reports to the Court. As an example, Mr. Stern upon observing the extensive remodeling going on at the plenary guardian's home would have reported this to the Judge and would have reported Ms. Gloria Sykes statement concerning that event. The pending Motion for a Protective order filed by Mary Sykes would have disqualified the plenary guardian on day one, and 755 ILCS 5/11a – 10 would have been carefully observed.
Ms. Gloria Sykes reported the disappearance of the Court file in Sykes. It has now reappeared – so there is hope that it is in the same condition that it was prior to its disappearance!
Mr. Mayor – thank you for forwarding the article. Chicago is not ready for reform – we cannot even obtain an honest, complete and comprehensive investigation. The two Chicago newspapers are apparently disinterested in the fact that senior citizens are being deprived of their liberty, their property, their civil rights and human rights right now in Chicago. Mary Sykes has suffered for more than 3.5 years!
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged Atty Adam Stern, atty haspel, atty opryczek, "probate court corruption", corruption, court corruption, cynthia farenga, first amendment rights, guardianship, iardc.org, Illinois ardc, jerome larkin atty administrator, mary g sykes, presiding judge timoty evans, probate	| Leave a reply
The First Amendment and Attys JoAnne Denison and Kenneth Ditkowsky
From: JoAnne M Denison <jdenison@surfree.com>
To: kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: The First Amendment and Attorney JoAnne Denison.
okay to publish?and many of these stories act as if these cases are MY grievances that I'm airing and they're not. (Some of the news stories did get this wrong and said that I was petitioning for guardianship, when I was not, but many corrected that and said I only filed an appearance and then was disqualified because I notarized a document, and then a couple years later started the blog when the Sykes case drug on and was clearly without jurisdiction and then via the probate victims' blogs I was finding a similar disturbing pattern of cases not following the Illinois Probate Act with large amounts of funds uninventoried, no jurisdiciton, etc.).
I am REPORTING these stories, I am calling for an INVESTIGATION by the authorities and by the ARDC because courts are acting without jurisdiction and the authorities are not investigating and they should. The probate victims come to me AND you Ken and they wonder why they are not getting the basic forms of justice–due process, notice to all relatives so the court can be fully informed and appoint the best guardian, inventory of all assets and possible assets belonging to the estate. Millions in about half a dozen cases reported directly to me are uninventoried and missing. The family and legatees/heirs want to know why.
I am REPORTING on corruption in the Illinois courts so that it can be brought to light and eliminated. The regular news does much of this. Why not me? Why not you?
Subject: The First Amendment and Attorney JoAnne Denison.
Ms. G___ S____ in an e-mail furnished me with a list of some of the blogs that are carrying the JoAnne Denison story. The attack unconstitutional attack on Ms. Denison's First Amendment Rights by the Illinois ARDC is not unprecedented. The First Amendment is often not held in high regard by government when it decides not to be transparent or decides to obviate the rights of a particular group of people. Government with something to 'hide' or that is embarrassed by its own conduct is usually behind the miscreant conduct. A review of the Mary Sykes case 09 P ____, pending in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County is clear in disclosing a quagmire of bad behavior by 'judicial officials.' In Sykes and in all of these situations, the victims are senior citizens, the disabled (with money) and their families.
It is our belief that the ARDC did not receive a mandate to suppress Attorney speech and therefore lacks jurisdiction. The ARDC's mandate comes from the Illinois Supreme Court and that Court is bound by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. The Alvarez, NY Times, et al decisions are clear in pointing out that 'content' based speech cannot be suppressed. That is not to say that the same speech might under the right circumstances be subject to defamation suit, but government (including the ARDC) does not have standing to prevent the publication. l
In light of the history of Illinois and the 15+ judges who went to jail in the Greylord scandal and the number of Illinois high ranking political types that are in jail the ban on suppression of free speech is vital and a core basis of America. The blogs who are reported to have carried the story are:
http://www.sofloridaestateplanning.com/2013/02/articles/probate-1/attorney-charged-with-ethics-complaint-over-probate-blog/
http://lberezin.com/2013/02/04/lawyer-faces-ethics-charges-for-blogging-about-corruption-in-illinois-probate-system/
http://www.ctlawtribune.com/PubArticleCT.jsp?id=1202586530125&Attorneys_blogging_prompts_ethics_complaint_&slreturn=20130124210350
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_blog_posts_about_sleazy_world_of_probate_bring_ethics_complaint/
http://lawandmore.typepad.com/law_and_more/2013/02/joanne-denison-hit-with-ethics-violation-now-that-blogging-is-mature-medium.html
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202586530125&Attorneys_blogging_prompts_ethics_complaint_
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2013/02/attorney-faces-possible-disciplinary-action-for-her-blog.html
http://thedailyrecord.com/ontherecord/2013/02/07/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/
http://lawyerswithtroubles.wordpress.com/category/rules-of-court/
http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/estate-elderlaw/blogs/estateplanningandprobateblog/archive/2013/02/06/attorney-charged-with-ethics-complaint-over-probate-blog.aspx
http://www.globallegalpost.com/global-view/patent-lawyer-in-hot-water-over-blog-64101574/#.USrJQ4WxpZ0
http://themedicalmalpracticecases.com/attorneys-blogging-prompts-ethics-complaint/
http://blog.martindale.com/chicago-attorney-faces-ethics-violation-for-airing-grievances-on-blog
http://quest.law.com/Search/Search.do?Ntt=Illinois+Attorney+Registration+and+Disciplinary+Commission&x=0&y=0&Nty=1&site=nlj&N=8357&Ntk=SI_All&cx=1&sortVar=1
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The Stated Policy of the ARDC–DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION!
Yep, that's it. After Greylord and 2 Illinois governors sitting in club fed med, the ARDC is following along party lines and is telling both myself and Ken, go ahead, do what you want but never call for an investigation! Senior are robbed, deprived of life, liberty, property, forced to enter the worst and most dangerous nursing homes in the nation, BUT NEVER CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION!
I don't know about you, but that's the lamest thing I have ever heard in my life.
That's what it is all boiling down to. Apparently the ARDC is nothing but part of the official CYA Illinois civil servant club. They must have a lot of CYA in their computers and copiers, that's all I'm saying.
So my 10 page complaint about censoring me and this blog, ignoring the relatives of Gore, Tyler, Bedin, Sykes, Wyman who are furious with the courts for probate abuse of their grandmas, are supposed to do just what?
In any case, Atty Ditkowsky and my ARDC cases march along.
See below:
Sent: Feb 22, 2013 8:06 PM
To: Tim NASGA , NASGA , GL– , Steven D Schwartz
Subject: You are invited to join with us in our petition to the Illinois Supreme Court
On Tuesday I intend to file on behalf JoAnne Denison the Motion to the Illinois Supreme Court for an HONEST, complete and comprehensive examination of the "judicial officials" who the Illinois ARDC is protecting. In Cook County the rogues gallery is believed to have at the top of the list such illuminaries as: Miriam Solo, Peter Schmiedel, Adam Stern, Cynthia Farenga et al.
If you have been allegedly injured by any of the "judicial officials" you are invited to request that the Court give you leave to join with us, incorporate by reference and make part of your petition the JoAnne Denison motion so that you can request the Supreme Court of Illinois to require the Illinois ARDC to actually do its duty and protect the public from miscreants who are reported to have engaged (and are engaging) in a pattern of conduct designed and reasonably calculated to deprive senior citizens of their liberty and property.
As Gore has 1.5 million, Tyler approximately 8 million, and each of the other estates large sums of money there is a real incentive for at least the taxing authorities to be interested. A breach of fiduciary relationship is a 'taxable event.' This generates 'ordinary income.' The failure to report the income is tax fraud. A civil tax penalty of 50% plus interest at 5% can go a long way to provide the revenue that the president has been seeking. In the Sykes case the United States of America should after all more than 3.5 years should have income taxes due it of at least a million dollars. Aiding and abetting tax fraud is a criminal offense and accessories during the commission of the tax fraud bear the same responsibility as the person responsible.
I do not believe that the Supreme Court delegation to the IARDC was intended to include helping them fend off the victims, the families of victims and a few assorted attorneys (JoAnne and yours truly) who keep raising this point! JoAnne and I both are under the impression that everyone is equal under the eyes of the law and therefore, law enforcement ought to conduct an investigation of Solo, Schmiedel, Stern, Farenga et al and determine who is correct in their assertions. In Sykes as an example it is very clear that Farenga, and Stern were appointed by a Court that lacked jurisdiction – that is most troubling! Mary Sykes therefore has been denied her rights and property for 3.5 years by a court that lacked jurisdiction. If your loved senior is in a similar situation – the time is now to join with us.
Illinois does not need another Greylord or Son of Greylord. Two governors, and a bunch of legislators in jail is enough. If the Illinois ARDC does its job maybe we can have our judges in black robes and sitting on benches deciding disputes rather than in orange jumpsuits in prison cells. Just a thought
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What is the standard of the ARDC in free speech? Or, Where is my refrigerator for my Chilled Speech?
That is what I found in Ken's case. It was clear the ARDC panel thought that for a lawyer, the burden was on the lawyer to prove the statements were true by clear and convincing evidence and not the other way around.
The the ARDC brought in two miscreant, nefarious lawyers (according to NASGA's "most wanted list") who obviously lied through their teeth and said there was "nothing wrong" with the Sykes case. Well, Sykes is on appeal. I doubt that the appeals court would even come close to saying the appeal was frivolous, so are we lawyers all supposed to stand by and say nothing because that's a safe position? The ARDC won't slam some time wasting 10 page complaint on our desks at the whim of the lawyers involved.
Think of the unfairness to the families. They don't want that. They like my blog I have heard.
I think the ARDC is dragging everything out on Ken's case and they might be doing that on mine too because if GJS wins on appeal, (which should happen hands down if the Ill. Ct. of Appeals does its job), we will both be vindicated we were in fact telling the truth about jurisdiction and the ARDC panel had bricks for brains. I have the Wyman case too up on appeal, and that should be another case clearly lacking jurisdiction.
I believe therefore it will be up to the LAWYERS and the PUBLIC to demand that lawyers have the right to free speech and the ARDC will just have to DEAL WITH blogging.
I maintain a lawyer cannot blog and watch every word. Further, what words are we prohibited from using? What words should be "chilled" in put in the refrigerator? What words and phrases must be frozen, never used and put in my freezer until hell obtains exactly the same temperature? What do they want us to say? And if the warm and cozy words and phrases they will accept and can be put by the fire are outrageous lies but it makes the ARDC attys feel warm, cooey and safe, what then? Must we say them so we have something to say?
Monitoring speech and thought is not only near impossible, it is actually impossible. SCOTUS knows that. It's clearly the slippery slope, the wedge with the edge, a falling star in a black hole.
What words, what phrases, what inferences?
The ARDC has not said. In Ken's trial, they seemed to not like the fact he was incessantly calling out for an investigation by the authorities. Well, probably GJS was responsible for most of that, but still they never knew who was pounding Officer Pecks with 500 emails one weekend. Ken clearly wanted to take the credit for that one, but I'm not sure.
Again, exactly how is the ARDC using its $450 annual lawyer fees and tax dollars to investigate and control. SCOTUS says "there must be a problem to solve" if the state wants to control speech. And, there must be a "clear solution." And finally both must be subject to "strict scrutiny" (which is actually saying "fat chance.") I see none of that here. Just a whole lot of vague, unsolvable territory. Sham proceedings. Reverse standards of what Congress and SCOTUS has promulgated.
What solution can there possibly be in putting this blog into my freezer?
I can't make ice cubes out of it, you know!
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IS THERE ANY ENERGETIC CAUSE RELATED TO CONSTIPATION?
Sometimes constipation can be related to difficulty in releasing emotions, including anger. Also it can be related to difficulty in letting go of control.
Hoping everything comes out okay. Ha ha.


Before the devil went down to Georgia, he made a pit stop at Impasto, home of Executive Chef Michele Forgione, raising the hot-as-heck recipe that is his Devil's Style Chicken. Set ablaze with the seasonings of McCormick Culinary® Ground Oregano and Italian Seasoning, all five senses will be saying ten hail Mary's as they pray for more of this piquant peppered chicken.
In a small jar, combine the white wine vinegar with ground oregano. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Strain the oregano-infused vinegar into a small bowl and stir in the olive oil.
Set the chicken on a large rimmed baking sheet, drizzle all but 2 tbsp of the vinegar-oil mixture over both sides of the chicken and rub the mixture into the meat.
In a sous vide bag, combine Italian seasoning with the kosher salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper, and add the chicken. Rub the seasoning all over the chicken thighs. Let the seasoned chicken thighs refrigerate overnight.
Cook the chicken sous vide to 155°F for 2 hours then remove from bag and pat dry.
Transfer to a lined baking sheet and refrigerate. Before service, drizzle canola oil on plancha grill and sear chicken.
Lay parchment paper over the chicken and weigh it down with a heavy pan to ensure crispness. Flip and repeat.
Sprinkle chicken with Italian seasoning and crushed red pepper and plate with roasted root vegetables.
Before service, drizzle canola oil on plancha grill and sear chicken. Lay parchment paper over the chicken and weigh it down with a heavy pan to ensure crispness. Flip and repeat for extra crispy chicken.


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Market Brief: Demand for Katherine Bradford's Luminous Paintings Builds
Kaylie Felsberg
Katherine Bradford
NightTime Swimmers, 2018
Dio Horia
Revered for her luminous canvases populated by ambiguous swimmers, superheroes, and UFOs in space or in oceanic scenes, this past August, the Maine- and New York–based artist Katherine Bradford received the 2021 Rappaport Prize from deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Massachusetts. The annual $35,000 prize recognizes contemporary artists with a connection to New England; prior recipients include Titus Kaphar, Sam Durant, and Ursula von Rydingsvard. Bradford winning the Rappaport Prize adds to an already long list of accomplishments—largely achieved in the last two decades—that includes institutional support, grants, and fellowships, as well as an increasing demand for her otherworldly works on the primary and secondary markets.
Born in 1942, Bradford didn't begin receiving solo exhibitions until 1991, four years after she earned her MFA from SUNY Purchase in New York. These first shows were at New York's Victoria Munroe Fine Art and Ohio State University and were succeeded by three more solo presentations of the artist's work in 1992, '93, and '94 at Chicago's Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Boston's Bernard Toale Gallery, and New York's David Beitzel Gallery, respectively. This string of solo shows in the early 1990s helped lay the foundation for further institutional recognition and acclaim. In 2000, she was the recipient of the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; a year later, Bradford participated in her first biennial at Maine's Portland Museum of Art.
In 2011, Bradford's work made its first secondary-market appearance when an oil-on-canvas work depicting two sails billowing in a sea of blue and green waves, Winds from the East, sold for $1,320—a little over its low estimate of $1,200—at the Maine auction house Barridoff Galleries. This debut on the auction circuit coincided with Bradford's receipt of the Guggenheim Fellowship. In the last decade, Bradford has also been awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and received her first solo museum show at Maine's Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
While Bradford's work first appeared at auction 10 years ago, all of the artist's top 10 auction records have been achieved in the last two years. The artist's top auction record was set this past March when her dreamlike acrylic-on-canvas work Couples Swimming (2015) sold for $50,400—surpassing its high estimate of $45,000—at a Phillips sale in New York.
This recent result falls in line with Bradford's primary market. At the 2019 edition of Art Basel in Miami Beach, the New York–based gallery Canada sold the artist's large-scale figurative work Queen Mary for $50,000.
On Artsy, after steadily increasing for four years, the demand for Bradford's whimsical works peaked in 2018, when the number of collectors inquiring on the artist's paintings nearly doubled from the year before. The number of inquiries on her work have since plateaued, but have remained consistent year over year since that peak.
Diver, 2013
Bidding closed
Two on Grass, 2013
Following Bradford's first two solo shows in 1991, the artist has since exhibited her work nearly every year in solo and group shows throughout the U.S. This growing demand is paralleled on Artsy where, thus far in 2021, the number of users following the artist on the platform has already increased by nearly 50 percent since 2020. Bradford's exhibition cadence has kicked into high gear this year: Her work is currently being presented at a solo show, "lifeguards," at kaufmann repetto in Milan, which is on view through October 9th. The artist's work is also being shown in another solo exhibition, "Philosophers' Clambake," at Vermont's Hall Art Foundation until November 28th. Next summer, Bradford will be the subject of a touring retrospective that will open at the Portland Museum of Art before traveling to three additional U.S. venues, which will likely further solidify Bradford's increasingly steady market growth.
Explore more works by Katherine Bradford.
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Category: temples
Wonders of Sri Lanka
Mihinthale
The treacherous climb to the top of Sigiriya, Lion Rock, is a tourist must. We had told Nimal, our first-rate Sri Lankan driver and mentor, that we were reasonably fit and up for moderate hiking. That was before I viewed this massive monolith of stone with steep vertiginous metal staircases attached to its walls: definitely more than moderate. I wanted to wimp out. My courage and determination dissolved. It was hot, very hot. There were no trees to provide shade en route to the top. It was crowded, a single file of slowly moving bodies inching upwards on those dreadful stairs. This did not look like fun. Was it worth it? Could I make it? After the Chinese disaster (See previous post: "China II: The Fall") I could not risk another crash.
Nimal
"You can do it," Nimal assured us. He arranged a local guide. I let him carry my camera and water and concentrated carefully on every step. Fortunately a landing with a gallery of remarkable frescoes provided a welcome break en route up. The reward, stunning vistas atop, was well deserved. It is generally believed that Sigiriya was a royal citadel during the fifth century, although another theory maintains that it was a monastery and religious site. Our guide adhered to the citadel theory and told us that King Kassapa had 500 concubines, for whom he built swimming pools with diving boards.
Superb views atop Sigiriya
There are many more astonishing sights in Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India. Although not much bigger than Wales, Sri Lanka packs a lot into a small area: glorious beaches, ancient temples, hillside tea plantations, wildlife sanctuaries, rain forested peaks, more challenging climbs.
The country's 30-year civil war, which ended in 2009, kept visitors away. That has changed dramatically. At Sigiriya, and just about everywhere we went during our two week tour of the country in late February, we encountered lots of tourists.
We visited many other sites, temples and ruins. The city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka's ancient capital, is a complex of archaeological and architectural treasures. We followed a parade of worshipers walking along a giant piece of orange cloth, 300 meters long according to Nimal. It symbolizes Buddha's skin, he told us, and was to be wrapped around Ruvanvelisaya, a magnificent white dagoba or shrine for sacred relics.
Devotees help carry the orange cloth which will be wrapped around Ruvanvelisaya (below).
The climb at Mihinthale, another temple complex, was beyond us: 1,843 granite slab steps with the sun blazing down on them. No shoes allowed –you had to ascend barefoot. No way.
Tough feet, as well as stamina, required for this climb.
Polonnaruwa was Sri Lanka's medieval capital from the 11th to the 13th centuries before it was abandoned to invaders from South India. We – and many others — toured the area by bike with stops to admire and photograph. The major attraction is the site with colossal Buddhas carved out of rock.
Reclining Buddha at Polonnaruwa
At Dambulla Royal Rock Temple, some 150 different Buddhas are enshrined in five caves. The Disney-like entrance to the site, with a monstrous Golden Temple and
Cave Buddhas
mammoth concrete Buddha, seems out of place, but the gentle climb along a wooded path to this hilltop temple complex is easy and pleasant. Entrance to the caves is controlled with a certain number admitted for each visit. It is well worth the wait to see these remarkable statues in this dimly lit, mystical ambience.
Both tourists and worshipers flock to Kandy, a lovely hill town whose magnet is the Sacred Tooth Temple where one of Buddha's teeth is said to be hidden inside a golden shrine or casket which in turn contains six more caskets, much like a Russian box. We joined a large crowd and patiently waited in line for a night time opening of the heavily guarded room containing the tooth shrine, and our turn to file by the relic casket. Although there was little to see, the holy ritual and huge temple complex are intriguing. According to Lonely Planet, Sri Lankan Buddhists believe they must complete at least one pilgrimage to the tooth temple.
Worshiping at the Sacred Tooth Temple
Nimal De Silva, (ndsilva67@yahoo.com and dsltours.com) chauffeured us around his country, made hotel arrangements, arranged local guides at many places — and taught us much about this fabulous country. He is a delight, very patient and accommodating. We were happy with all.
Gaudy entrance to Dambulla complex
More on Sri Lanka in coming posts: flora and fauna; food, markets and produce, beaches and hilltop retreats. Don't miss it. If not already a Tales and Travel follower, sign up (upper right). Your address is kept private and never shared.
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Ruins at Polonnaruwa
Cave Buddha at Dambulla
The concrete Buddha surveys the landscape
Author leahlarkinPosted on April 30, 2017 April 26, 2019 Categories Buddha, Sri Lanka, temples, travel., UncategorizedTags Buddhism, Religion, Sri Lanka, travel20 Comments on Wonders of Sri Lanka


After studying Mandarin for several years I have been invited to go to Chongqing (China) to study Mandarin, practise with local people and learn about this awesome culture, through tea and martial arts classes; and cultural visits.
The university is paying for my accommodation and food there, although I have to pay the flights, the insurance and the visas. I have been thinking for weeks about asking for help here and finally I have decided to be brave and ask for help to achieve my goals (I have been dreaming with travelling to China since I was a teenager)!
life or even to get a job. For example, after one month living in Italy and learning their language I was hired in an Italian restaurant in my country and I worked as a translator.
After the travel to China I think that the most clear thing that is going to enhance my employability is the language, I'm studying a computer science degree and China is one very important country in this field, speaking their language I would be able to work in this emerging economy.
I've seen many examples of artists (Van Gogh, El Greco,...) that demonstrate us that new places and new experiences could inspire us much more than the places where we usually live. As a web design student, inspiration is an important part of my life and work. I know it is not the same to draw a painting than to build a website, but they involve a big creative process that depends on colours, shapes,… Through these new experiences and the new sights lived in China, new ideas can come to my mind and they could be captured in a logo, a web theme, a banner or even an application.
But the most important thing, and the thing that motivates me to go, is that I'm going to explore a new culture, that I have always wanted to explore; I'm going to make new friends and I'm going to experiment a new language. I am excited to explore this country and return home as a new person!
I will send you a postcard from China!
I will write for you a personalised China guide travel with my own pictures, places and Mandarin sentences.


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This article lists the election results and representation of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) with respect to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Scottish Parliament, Senedd (Welsh Parliament), Northern Ireland Assembly, London Assembly, European Parliament and local authorities.

For results of elections contested by the Anti-Federalist League, UKIP's predecessor, see Anti-Federalist League election results.

House of Commons elections
UKIP has no Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The party first had representation for a period in 2008 when Dr Bob Spink, the MP for Castle Point, resigned from the Conservative Party and joined UKIP on 21 April 2008. However, by November 2008, Spink had left UKIP, and in any case subsequently lost his seat to the Conservatives in the 2010 general election.

Douglas Carswell, the MP for Clacton, and Mark Reckless, the MP for Rochester and Strood, resigned from the Conservative Party to join UKIP on 28 August and 27 September 2014, respectively, and resigned their seats shortly thereafter. Carswell and Reckless won subsequent by-elections held on 9 October and 20 November 2014. Carswell was re-elected at the 2015 general election, but Reckless was not, the seat being re-taken by the Conservatives. Carswell thus became the only person so far to win a seat for UKIP in a general election, but left UKIP to sit as an independent MP on 25 March 2017. On 6 April 2017, Reckless—by now sitting in the Welsh Assembly, having been elected there in 2016—also left UKIP to sit with the Conservative group in the Assembly, although he had not yet officially rejoined his old party.

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UKIP had seven members elected to the Welsh Assembly at the 2016 election. Following multiple defections, there was only one UKIP Assembly member (now Member of the Senedd, MS) by the time of the 2021 Senedd election:
 Neil Hamilton

Nathan Gill was elected in 2016, but left the Assembly group later that year to sit as an Independent. Mark Reckless was elected in 2016, but defected to the Welsh Conservative Party in 2017. Caroline Jones resigned from the party in 2018. Several former UKIP Assembly members moved to the Brexit Party in 2019. On 7 Nov 19 Gareth Bennett became an independent member, until 24 June 2020, as he later joined the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, a single-issue anti-Welsh Devolution party.

No UKIP MSs were elected in the 2021 Senedd election, with the party's sole surviving MS, Neil Hamilton failing to be re-elected.

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London Assembly elections
The London Assembly is elected using both first-past-the-post constituencies and a London-wide list using the D'Hondt method of proportional representation. At the 2004 election (held on the same day as elections to the European Parliament), UKIP won two of the London-wide seats, although both members subsequently defected to Veritas and contested the 2008 election as the One London party. UKIP did not have representation in the assembly again until the 2016 election in which it won two seats. Both their Assembly members, Peter Whittle and David Kurten, left the party in December 2018. UKIP lost both their seats at the 2021 election after finishing ninth on the London-wide list.

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For the third straight year, we've tabulated and taken a look at all the votes cast in our Western States 100 prediction contest. In the past, these "group think" predictions have generally been better than individual pickers. For instance, if scored the same way as our prediction contest, last year's group think responses fared better than five out of six entrants… and if you had removed the publicly-known-in-advance non-starters out of that mix, the group think predictions beat all but 14 of 200+ entrants. So, if you're looking for a solid relative ranking of this year's Western States 100 competitors, look no further. Actually, look a little further, as we'll share a few more thoughts before diving into the analysis.
slow, all bets are off.
Speaking of off, there will be a few top competitors who won't head off with the others when the gun goes off. In the men's race, neither Anton Krupicka or Gary Robbins will be lining up. We've also heard rumors this evening that neither Jason Loutitt nor Bill Fanselow will be running. On the women's side, the biggest no shows will be past winner Annette Bednosky and Liza Howard. While less known in ultra circles, mountain runner and 2010 Mountain Masochist 50 mile champ Alison Bryant won't be running either. If you know of other elite who won't be running, please drop a comment letting everyone know.
Back to the predictions. Below, we attempt to apply a hive-mentality approach to see how the men's and women's fields play out when the collective thoughts of nearly 350 contest participants are accumulated. In addition to showing how many picks the top runners received for each place, we ranked the runners by MVP-style voting (i.e., 8 points for first, 7 points for second, and so on). Both the men's and women's tables show all WS runners who accumulated 10 or more points. Read on to see how the masses predicted the outcome for the big dance this weekend as well as some iRunFar analysis of those predictions and commentary on the race.
Thanks again to all who participated in the contest! We hope you run away from it with a pair of Montrail trail shoes and some Mountain Hardwear apparel. Oh, and best of luck to all the runners the weekend. Remember to follow us on Twitter to receive updates on the leaders throughout the day.
iRunFar readers clearly think this will be a two man race between Geoff Roes and Kilian Jornet. Together they received 86% of the first place votes, with Jornet having a 156-145 advantage in the voting. However, Roes had the slightest advantage in the point-based scoring due to significantly more second place votes than Jornet. In fact, Roes had more second place votes than anyone else.
Despite being having roughly an order of magnitude lower number of first place votes and between a third and about half as many total points, there were three men seen as the top challengers for a podium spot: Nick Clark, Hal Koerner, and Dave Mackey, in that order. Clark had the most third place votes.
A bit behind these four, are Dave Mackey and Jez Bragg, in a tight voting battle for fifth and sixth. They have a large point lead over the remainder of the field.
Dave Mackey, aside from receiving by far the most points for a master in the open voting, was voted more often than anyone else to finish sixth, seventh, or eighth.
An incredible 461 ballots were cast with 435 ballots fully completed. Only two men made it onto more than 400 ballots, suggesting that these individuals are both unquestionable favorites and, possible, held in high esteem with regard to their likelihood of finishing. The are Mike Wolfe (439 ballots) and Nick Clark (402).
As with last year, Koerner was the only man to lead the voting for two separate places. Last year, it was second and third. This year, it's fourth and fifth.
Mackey was the only top five contender who didn't lead the voting for any particular placing. He was most frequently chosen for third or fourth. His point total was hurt by receiving fewer votes than those above him. That trend of point-total-based position being tied to ranking by number of votes holds true through the top dozen positions. It's temping to suggest that correlation is tied to expectations of a runner not finishing or due to name recognition, but a (non-statistics-based) broad view of the table shows a strong upper-left to lower-right trend for number of votes. That suggests that those running in, say, seventh to 12th position based on points would have received a predictable number of picks for finish tenth through 15th if the picking went that deep. Such is the beauty of a large pool of data.
For the third year in a row, Andy Jones-Wilkins was selected more than anyone else to finish eighth. This is a great reflection of the fact that he's finished in the top 10 at Western States six-straight times!
With the exception of Roes and Jornet in the top two spots, there was excellent point separation between all of the runners in the top 10. The next tight ranking was between 11th (Ryan Burch – 106 pts) and 12th (Todd Braje – 103 pts).
It appears that the voting pool is becoming even better educated or at least more focused in making their picks. Last year, 111 different men were chosen at least once to finish in the top eight. This year, there were only 79 different runners chosen to finish in the top eight.
Further confirming that increase in awareness is the fact that last year, the group think ranked two runners known to not be running the race fifth (Jez Bragg) and ninth (Tsuyoshi Kaburaki). This year, the top such not-gonna-run pick was last year's WS runner-up Anton Krupicka in 13th. Even that doesn't do all of you justice as only 14 out of 346 folks cast of vote for Mr. Krupicka. Similarly, last year's sixth place runner Gary Robbins was ranked 22nd with only 17 votes.
The picks in the top ten are all solid choices. Seven of my eight picks are included among them. Of those ranked in the top ten, I feel Mike Wolfe has the best upside potential.
Ryan Burch and Mike Foote are my picks for dark horses.
While the voters generally did a great job, they did give James "Jim" Skaggs as many points as Graham Cooper and Dan Olmstead as well as me as many points as Michael Arnstein. Contemporary name recognition can skew the tail end of the tabulation.
Graham Cooper may be the most overlooked past champion in the history of Western States. He won the race just five years ago and now he sits in 26th. While he's unlikely to win this go around, he knows how to train for and run this race.
Another field and, again, the top point scorer did not receive the most first place votes. While Ellie Greenwood was far and away the top vote getter for first place finishes, last year's Western States champ Tracy Garneau had a significant overall point lead.
Garneau and Kami Semick tied for the most second place votes, while Semick was clearly the third choice.
Fourth and fifth positions were tight between Meghan Arbogast (second last year) and Nikki Kimball (three-time champ). They were separated by only 30 points – 1181 to 1151. Arbogast was the leading vote getter to finish third, while Kimball had the same honors for fourth.
Despite winning the race two years ago, Anita Ortiz was ranked sixth and was the leading vote getter to finish fifth. There was a large gap down to seventh, suggesting that Garneau, Greenwood, Semick, Arbogast, Kimball, and Ortiz will be duking it out for the highest places.
As with the men, there's some great upper-left to bottom-right distribution symmetry (or something like that) for the first 13 point-based rankings. The green highlighted boxes denoting the highest vote getter per place also show this well for the top five.
However, in an iRunFar prediction contest first, Joelle Vaught was the leading vote getter for three different places: sixth through eighth!
Also, it seems like for the top ten men, each individual's votes were more tightly centered on one place while third through eight for the ladies included a much wider spread of places. For example, Nikki Kimball had between 27 and 44 votes for each position except for second, where she had only 17, which still isn't far removed from her otherwise tight vote spread.
Neither Rory Bosio nor Caren Spore, who finished fourth and fifth in last year's race made the top ten. Bosio was ranked 11th while Spore was ranked 13th.
Spore and Amy Sproston were the closest ranked runners in either field who had more than a 100 total points. Sproston edged out Spore by one point for 12th, 185 to 184.
A whopping 90%+ – 73 out of the 81 – women's entrants in this year's Western States received at least one vote.
Ellie Greenwood has the highest upside potential in the field. With experience, she might only be racing the memories of legends. Experience, however, is what she lacks. She's never run 100 miles and, therefore, has never run Western States. Still, she's my pick for the win.
Overall, I'd agree with the group and would be shocked if the winner didn't come out of the top six ladies above. 19 hours and change will not win the race this year. There are enough top ladies that someone is going to knock one out of the ballpark. I think sub-18:30 is in play.
That said, Joelle Vaught, Pam Smith, or Aliza Lapierre could all make a run at a podium spot.
The most underranked woman in the field is, without a doubt, Jill Perry. Her performance last year is in no way indicative of her capability. A flatland specialist, she now knows what it take to run Western States and is surely better prepared.
Dave Mackey (119 votes) easily lead the masters voting ahead of Andy Jones-Wilkins (78 votes) and Tsuyoshi Kaburaki (62 votes). There was then a large gap back to Glen Redpath (21 votes), Dan Barger (11 votes), and Scott Jaime (8 votes). Past champion Graham Cooper again got little love with a mere four votes.
Last year's runner up Meghan Arbogast (107 votes) was picked significantly ahead of Tracy Garneau (72 votes) despite Garneau's much higher ranking in the open category. The same goes for Arbogast with regards to Kami Semick (54 votes). Anita Ortiz (42 votes) was fourth in the masters ranking before a big drop off to three-time champ Nikki Kimball (17 votes). Of all the fields in this year's race, I might be most fascinated with this one. I wonder if there has ever been so many ultrarunning allstars in a single women's master's field. Of note, Arbogast is now 50 and has a great shot to break Diana Fitzpatrick's year old 50+ record of 21:58:37.
I'll never understand why so many folks don't take their top master's pick from the open category and then use that as their masters choice. This year, that happened with amazing frequency for those who picked Mackey over Jones-Wilkins in the open category, but picked Jones-Wilkins for the master's win. It also happened countless times with those who picked Arbogast for the masters win, but who had picked Garneau, Semick, Ortiz, or Kimball ahead of her in the open field.
I watched Jez Bragg blow away a very strong field and set a new course record in the 62 mile Fellsman about a month ago. He's in awesome form, has Western States pedigree and could be a stronger contender than the poll suggests. Roll on Saturday!
I don't even remember many of my picks, but I'm sure my women's picks would have been different if I just waited to enter instead of getting excited and making my picks right away.
And AJW is always a safe pick in the top ten, because he never DNF's.
I agree with the under-ranking of Jill Perry. She raced the Sehgahunda Trail Marathon a few weeks ago under difficult conditions (about 17 miles of the 26 was ankle-deep or worse thick sticky mud) as a warmup taking 1st for the women by over 16 minutes, and 7th overall. She seems in top form. I think she may surprise if she has a good day. I also know we got plenty of snow training this winter here in western NY so the miles of snow on the course may be an advantage for her. I'm calling a top 10 finish.
I made the mistake of not remembering (or maybe realizing) Tracy Garneau is over 40, so I obviously would have her for the masters win over ortiz, since I have her finishing higher up.
I would also place Sandi Nypaver in the top 5 for the ladies.
I, too, forgot Garneau was a Master, despite the drop-down list. By the time I had picked 8 men, 1 mens master, and 8 women, the last thing to pick was the women's master's category and the names were all a blur to me by then.
I too blew through my picks with about as much research as I do before an NCAA bracket…so I no doubt had no idea much of anybody's age.
It might be interesting to ask for people's vote on a sentimental favorite. If you could pick one person to win the race, who would it be and why? Sort of a "Rudy" or "David" (David vs. Goliath) pick.
Who would you pick, Patrick?
Knew that was coming Bryon! A few come to mind, but I'll have to gather my thoughts and report back here tonight!!! Last year I would have picked Amy Palmiero.
AJW. How can it be anyone else!
I like your dark horse picks on the men's side. Surprised Tim Olson didn't get more love. Never met the guy but I like his style and his results indicate he'll be competitive.
I am betting against a lot of fast times. The snow and melting snow is going to be a big pain, the canyons have been heating up all week, no crew access until 55.
Those things can't help times, but for the fast guys, they might save a minute and a half with crews by not having to fill water bottles at three aid stations. As for the snow, there was snow last year and that didn't stop the guys from running a bunch of sick times.
last year times seemed to be about 20 minutes faster to Robinson Flat than expected. I'm predicting addtional 15 faster with this years route. The wild card may be the river crossing with no safety rope for the rafts.
Gotta say. I think that Becky Wheeler is signifcantly underated this year. We're talking about a top 7 finish last year and no worse than 2nd-3rd at all of her runs since than. 2nd-3rd behind the likes of Oritz and Africa. She excells in snow and climbing! Look for her to suprise many with a top 5 finish.
Caren Spore, who finished fifth last year, is not running. She's injured.
My second pick would be for John Trent out of Reno. John is closing in on his 10th WS finish. He is a great supporter of the sport, a true gentleman, and always make himself available for advice when local newbie back of the packers like myself have questions. John's college aged daughters are getting into ultrarunning as well, and will trade off pacing duties for their Dad this weekend. P.S. John finished his 1st WS in 24:01.
Since I'm ranked so high in the standings, I want to know why you didn't interview me. I'm miffed;-). Have a good race, we'll see you in the morning.


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Gaia Repossi est née en 1986 à Turin en Italie. Elle est la directrice artistique de la maison de joaillerie Repossi, à la suite de son père Alberto Repossi.

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Gaia Repossi est née en 1986 à Turin.

Petite fille de Costantino Repossi qui a fondé l'entreprise Repossi en 1957, et fille d'Alberto Repossi qui a permis le développement à l'international,

Elle poursuit des études aux Beaux-Arts de Paris entre 2005 et 2007 et termine son parcours avec un master d'archéologie de la Sorbonne.

En 2007, elle commence à travailler à l'entreprise de son père avant d'être nommée directrice artistique à l'âge de 21 ans.

Elle commence sa carrière de créatrice avec la collection Czarina.

Elle est élue designer de l'année 2013 par le ELLE UK Fashion Award.

En 2017, elle présente la collection Two Works au Musée Picasso.

En 2020, Gaia Repossi invite Flavin Judd, fils de Donald Judd (1928-1994) et directeur artistique de la Judd Foundation, à concevoir le design de la boutique Repossi à Monaco.

En 2021, invitée par la Fondation Robert Mapplethorpe, elle lance pour Repossi la collection Repossi/ Robert Mapplethorpe, une collection inspirée de l'œuvre et des bijoux qu'assemblait l'artiste de son vivant. Dévoilée en deux temps, elle est présentée pour son deuxième lancement chez Gagosian, pendant la FRIEZE de New York.

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Naissance en 1986
Naissance à Turin
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For those that have bad eyesight, or just have trouble telling if a pixel on their screen is broken, there was a utility on that news site, and I have attached DeadPixelBuddy v1.1 here, it paints your whole screen a certain color so dead/broken/partially broken pixels will show up easily.
This is a program for testing LCD screens for dead pixels.
Before trying to grasp the meaning of a dead pixel, first you need to understand the technology behind LCD displays. An LCD display is essentially made up of pixels. Each pixel is made up of red, blue and green valves. The valves in each colour either block or pass the light source. By manipulating the amount of light passed through, each pixel displays a distinctive colour on screen. Pixels consisting of these valves are what make up the image that is ultimately displayed on the screen. A typical monitor has millions of pixels. A dead pixel refers to a pixel with a defect in its ability to display the correct colour output. It may look like a tiny black spot on your screen, or any other colour that does not correspond to what the actual image should look like.
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If you've scoured every inch of your screen but can't find a single dead pixel, you are in luck. Because of the complexity of the design, it is generally regarded dead pixels appearing in some products are inevitable. If you need to absolutely make sure whether you have purchased a defective display, you can use this program. It simply paints your entire screen with one of the colours that make up a pixel to make the dead pixel more conspicuous to the naked eye. Run through the red, green and blue colours in turn and check for pixels that do not match.
Looks like this thread that I kinda came up with (with Rene's help) was actually a good idea.
Anybody got any stories to tell about dead pixels?
Returned any screes successfully, or got any killer screens with no defects?
I am thinking of trying to get my hands on this thing right here, the end all of all LCD monitors that I have ever seen.
The thing has even had a price drop already!
:) welcome to the club.
Well,no dead pixels here either..I do have a couple(where the rubber eraserhead thing rubbed the screen)that are kinda flaky though.
Mine has never touched my screen, you should remove that if its causing damage.
I already pulled it and trimmed the head down a bit. I was gonna just leave it off, but I really dont like the way it looks without the rubber cap.
Being off-lease-I'm sure it wasn't always treated the best,and probably got crammed into a laptop bag with God knows what else.
This is the kind of online version of a dead pixel checking tool.
It helped me remove a dead pixel my notebook display developed some time ago (I applied it immediately after noticing the dead pixel). ymmv of course.
:) salzrat, thanks for sharing.
While this video will not fix dead pixels, it will fix any stuck pixels you may have.
If your LCD screen has a stuck or dead pixel , it's usually malfunctioning because the liquid in the liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) has not covered the whole screen. This can be easily fixed.
Get yourself a damp cloth, so that you don't scratch your screen.
Apply pressure to the area where the stuck pixel is. Do not put pressure anywhere else, as this may make more stuck pixels.
While applying pressure, turn on your computer and screen.
Remove pressure and the stuck pixel should be gone. This works as the liquid in the liquid crystal has not spread into each little pixel. This liquid is used with the backlight on your monitor, allowing different amounts of light through, which creates the different colours.
Many people report success with this technique but these instructions won't work in every case.
These instructions will fix "stuck" pixels, not "dead" ones. Dead pixels appear black while stuck pixels can be one constant color like red, green or blue.
An alternative, but similar technique involves gently massaging the stuck pixel on your screen. Another method involves playing a video (available for download in external links below) which changes colors 30 times per second.
If these instructions don't work, you can hopefully get the monitor fixed through your manufacturer. If your monitor falls under the specifications of replacement, get in contact with the manufacturer to set up replacement plans.
®®® posted a better tool since the one salzrat posted is a MP4 file and nothing other than Nero Showtime can play it as RealPlayer, Windows Media Player 10 all failed to play it and even NS doesn't have the repeat function.
That one plays fine in my QT and Winblows media player.
Of course I don't know why they choose that format, could atleast make it regular MPEG1 or 2 or straight windows media format or something.
Tell me a format and I can convert and upload new one here.
I used MPC plus ddshow filters for the MP4 file.
UDPixel is a great tool as someone actually can continue to work with the LCD, while the pixel is stimulated. No full screen here, just the pixel(s) which are stuck/dead.
Dunno why but I know mines defaults to RealMedia Player and the Open Using list only has Windows Media Player 6 as well as Nero Showtime but Nero Showtime doesn't have a repeat option and what's strange is Quicktime and WMP10 didn't show up on the Open using list since I thought they played MP4 without problems. Maybe the best format is just DiVX or AVI. MPEG1 is actually a audio format as even MP3 is MPEG 1 Layer 3.0 so it has to be a MPEG 2.0 format.
UDPixel is cool as it's just the pixels or a small 5 pixel block times how ever many you need. After 14 hours, it didn't fix my glowing blue and glowing red pixel on my SGI 1600SW though.
The LCD was just delivered, so not even in use for 2 days, so chances hopefully should be high, that they get fixed. I'm running UDP since Friday evening and will see the result tommorrow when back at work.
4 months ago i successfully resurrected three dead/inactive pixels in a brand new Samsung panel by gently massaging it with my finger nail for a second or two. They are still working to this day.
Didn't work for me either Rene, ran it for 1 week and the 2 stuck pixels, one red and one bright blue is still visible.


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The ORA deal is expected to help Aurizon diversify from coal and add bulk capacity, aiding its transition to greener energy. More than a third of Aurizon's core earnings came from coal in fiscal 2021.
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(Reporting by Navya Mittal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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Liverpool will take on Hull City on the New Years' Day at Anfield in the Premier League, looking to keep their title hopes alive with a victory.
The Reds suffered back to back league defeats for the first time under Brendan Rodgers, as they slipped back 5th in the Premier League table. However, they're only six points behind league leaders Arsenal while Rodgers has insisted today his side can mount a serious challenge for the title.
Team News: Liverpool will miss the services of midfielder Joe Allen and centre-back Mamadou Sakho for this tie through injuries. However, Steven Gerrard has returned to full training and is expected to take some part in the match. Jordan Henderson took a knock against Chelsea, but the Englishman should be ready to play on Wednesday.
Defence: In absence of Sakho, vice-captain Daniel Agger will partner Martin Skrtel at the back. Aly Cissokho, who missed the tie against Chelsea, could take the left-back role while Glen Johnson should retain his place on right-back despite his poor performance against the Blues.
Midfield: Rodgers has two options here. Either to go 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3. In a 3-man midfield, Luis Alberto could come as a direct change for Allen, else, Rodgers will go with Lucas and Henderson in middle.
Forward: Victor Moses could come into the side and take the left side of the midfield role allowing Coutinho to work his magic behind Suarez.
Prediction: 2-0; Liverpool have won their last 6 home matches in the Premier League and expect them to bounce back in style.
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