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Poetry: Lord Byron - Hours of idleness - Part 7 - Links to more Byron

Of J. M. B. Pigot, Esq., on the cruelty of his mistress.

Why, Pigot, complain of this damsel's disdain,
 Why thus in despair do you fret?
For months you may try, yet, believe me, a sigh
 Will never obtain a coquette.

Would you teach her to love? for a time seem to rove:
 At first she may frown in a pet;
But leave her awhile, she shortly will smile,
 And then you may kiss your coquette.

For such are the airs of these fanciful fairs,
 They think all our homage a debt:
Yet a partial neglect soon takes an effect,
 And humbles the proudest coquette.

Dissemble your pain, and lengthen your chain,
 And seem her hauteur to regret;
If again you shall sigh, she no more will deny
 That yours is the rosy coquette.

If still, from false pride, your pangs she deride,
 This whimsical virgin forget;
Some other admire, who will melt with your fire,
 And laugh at the little coquette.

For me, I adore some twenty or more,
 And love them most dearly; but yet,
Though my heart they enthrall, I'd abandon them all,
 Did they act like your blooming coquette.

No longer repine, adopt this design,
 And break through her slight-woven net;
Away with despair, no longer forbear
 To fly from the captious coquette.

Then quit her, my friend! your bosom defend,
 Ere quite with her snares you're beset:
Lest your deep-wounded heart, when incensed by the smart,
 Should lead you to curse the coquette.

                               October 27, 1806.

Your pardon, my friend, if my rhymes did offend,
 Your pardon, a thousand times o'er:
From friendship I strove to your pangs to remove,
 But I swear I will do so no more.

Since your beautiful maid your flame has repaid,
 No more I your folly regret;
She's now most divine, and I bow at the shrine
 Of this quickly reformed coquette.

Yet still, I must own, I should never have known
 From your verses, what else she deserved;
Your pain seem'd so great, I pitied your fate,
 As your fair was so devilish reserved.

Since the balm-breathing kiss of this magical miss
 Can such wonderful transports produce;
Since the "world you forget, when your lips once have met,"
 My counsel will get but abuse.

You say, when "I rove, I know nothing of love;"
 'Tis true, I am given to range:
If I rightly remember, I've loved a good number,
 Yet there's pleasure, at least, in a change.

I will not advance, by the rules of romance,
 To humour a whimsical fair;
Though a smile may delight, yet a frown won't affright,
 Or drive me to dreadful despair.

While my blood is thus warm, I ne'er shall reform,
 To mix in the Platonists' school;
Of this I am sure, was my passion so pure,
 Thy mistress would think me a fool.

And if I should thus shun every woman for one,
 Whose image must fill my whole breast --
Whom I must prefer, and sigh but for her --
 What an insult 'twould be to the rest!

Now, Strephon, good-bye; I cannot deny
 Your passion appears most absurd;
Such love as you plead is pure love indeed,
 For it only consists in the word.

              TO ELIZA.

Eliza, what fools are the Mussulman sect,
 Who to woman deny the soul's existence;
Could they see thee, Eliza, they'd own their defect,
 And this doctrine would meet with a general resistance.

Had their prophet possess'd half an atom of sense,
 He ne'er would have women from paradise driven;
Instead of houris, a flimsy pretence,
 With women alone he had peopled his heaven.

Yet still, to increase your calamities more,
 Not content with depriving your bodies of spirit,
He allots one poor husband to share amongst four! --
 With souls you'd dispense; but this last who could bear it?

His religion to please neither party is made;
 On husbands 'tis hard, to the wives most uncivil;
Still I can't contradict, what so oft has been said,
 "Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil."

            LACHIN Y GAIR.*

Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses!
 In you let the minions of luxury rove;
Restore me the rocks, where the snow-flake reposes,
 Though still they are sacred to freedom and love:
Yet, Caledonia, beloved are thy mountains,
 Round their white summits though elements war;
Though cataracts foam 'stead of smooth-flowing fountains,
 I sigh for the valley of dark Loch na Garr.

Ah! there my young footsteps in infancy wander'd:
 My cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid;**
On chieftains long perish'd my memory ponder'd,
 As daily I strode through the pine-cover'd glade.
I sought not my home till the day's dying glory
 Gave place to the rays of the bright polar star;
For fancy was cheer'd by traditional story,
 Disclosed by the natives of dark Loch na Garr.

"Shades of the dead! have I not heard your voices
 Rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale?"
Surely the soul of the hero rejoices,
 And rides on the wind, o'er his own Highland vale.
Round Loch na Garr while the stormy mist gathers,
 Winter presides in his cold icy car:
Clouds there encircle the forms of his fathers;
 They dwell in tempests of dark Loch na Garr.

"Ill-starr'd, though brave, did no visions foreboding
 Tell you that fate had forsaken your cause?"
Ah! were you destined to die at Culloden,***
 Victory crown'd not your fall with applause:
Still were you happy in death's earthy slumber,
 You rest with your clan in the caves of Braemar;****
The pibroch resounds, to the piper's loud number,
 Your deeds on the echoes of dark Loch na Garr.

Years have roll'd on, Loch na Garr, since I left you,
 Years must elapse ere I tread you again;
Nature of verdure and flowers has bereft you,
 Yet still are you dearer than Albion's plain.
England! thy beauties are tame and domestic
 To one who has roved o'er the mountains afar:
Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic,
 The steep frowning glories of dark Loch na Garr!

* /Lachin y Gair,/  or, as it is pronounced in the Erse, /Loch na Garr,/ towers proudly pre-eminent in the Northern Highlands, near Invercauld.  One of our modern tourists mentions it as the highest mountain, perhaps, in Great Britain.  Be this as it may, it is certainly one of the most sublime and picturesque among our "Caledonian Alps."  Its appearance is of a dusky hue, but the summit is the seat of eternal snows.  Near Lachin y Gair I spent some of the early part of my life, the recollection of which has given birth to these stanzas.

** This word is erroneously pronounced /plad:/ the proper pronunciation (according the Scotch) is shewn by the orthography.

*** I allude here to my maternal ancestors, "the /Gordons,"/ many of whom fought for the unfortunate Prince Charles, better known by the name of the Pretender.  This branch was nearly allied by blood, as well as attachment, to the Stuarts.  George, the second Earl of Huntly, married the Princess Annabella Stuart, daughter of James the First of Scotland.  By her he left four sons: the third, Sir William Gordon, I have the honor to claim as one of my progenitors.

Whether any perished in the battle of Culloden, I am not certain; but, as many fell in the insurrection, I have used the name of the principle action, /"pars pro toto."/

**** A tract of the Highlands so called.  There is also a Castle of Braemar.

              TO ROMANCE.

Parent of golden dreams, Romance!
 Auspicious queen of childish joys,
Who lead'st along, in airy dance,
 Thy votive train of girls and boys;
At length, in spells no longer bound,
 I break the fetters of my youth;
No more I tread thy mystic round,
 But leave thy realms for those of Truth.

And yet 'tis hard to quit the dreams
 Which haunt the unsuspicious soul,
Where every nymph a goddess seems,
 Whose eyes through rays immortal roll;
While Fancy holds her boundless reign,
 And all assume a varied hue;
When virgins seem no longer vain,
 And even woman's smiles are true.

And must we own thee but a name,
 And from thy hall of clouds descend?
Nor find a sylph in every dame,
 A Pylades in every friend?*
But leave at once thy realms of air
 To mingling bands of fairy elves;
Confess that woman's false as fair,
 And friends have feeling for -- themselves!

With shame I own I've felt thy sway;
 Repentant, now thy reign is o'er:
No more thy precepts I obey,
 No more on fancied pinions sore.
Fond fool! to love a sparkling eye,
 And think that eye to truth was dear;
To trust a passing wanton's sigh,
 And melt beneath a wanton's tear!

Romance! disgusted with deceit,
 Far from thy motley court I fly,
Where Affectation holds her seat,
 And sickly Sensibility:
Whose silly tears can never flow
 For any pangs excepting thine;
Who turns aside from real woe,
 To steep in dew thy gawdy shrine.

Now join with sable Sympathy,
 With cypress crown'd, array'd in weeds,
Who heaves with thee her simple sigh,
 Whose breast for every bosom bleeds;
And call thy sylvan female choir,
 To mourn a swain for ever gone,
Who once could glow with equal fire,
 But bents not now before thy throne.

Ye genial nymphs, whose ready tears
 On all occasions swiftly flow;
Whose bosoms heave with fancied fears,
 With fancied flames and frenzy glow;
Say, will you mourn my absent name,
 Apostate from your gentle train?
An infant bard at least may claim
 From you a sympathetic strain.

Adieu, fond race! a long adieu!
 The hour of fate is hovering nigh;
E'en now the gulph appears in view,
 Where unlamented you must lie:
Oblivion's blackening lake is seen,
 Convulsed by gales you cannot weather;
Where you, and eke your gentle queen,
 Alas! must perish altogether.

* It is hardly necessary to add, that Pylades was the companion of Orestes, and a partner in one of those friendships which, with those of Achilles and Patroclus, Nisus and Euryalus, Damon and Pythias, have been handed down to posterity as remarkable instances of attachments, which in all probability never existed beyond the imagination of the poet, or the page of an historian or modern novelist.

Sent by a friend to the author, complaining that
one of his descriptions was rather too warmly drawn.

   "But if any old lady, knight, priest, or physician,
   Should condemn me for printing a second edition;
   If good Madame Squintum my mark should abuse,
   May I venture to give her a smack of my muse!"

                                  /New Bath Guide./

Candour compels me, Becher! to commend
The verse which blends the censor with the friend.
Your strong yet just reproof extorts applause
From me, the heedless and imprudent cause.
For this wild error, which pervades my strain,
I sue for pardon -- must I sue in vain?
The wise sometimes from Wisdom's ways depart;
Can youth then hush the dictates of the heart?
Precepts of prudence curb, but can't control,
The fierce emotions of the flowing soul,
When Love's delirium haunts the glowing mind,
Limping Decorum lingers far behind:
Vainly the dotard mends her prudish pace,
Outstript and vanquish'd in the mental chase.
The young, the old, have worn the chains of love:
Let those they ne'er confined my lay reprove:
Let those whose souls contemn the pleasing power
Their censures on the hapless victim shower.

 Oh! how I hate the nerveless, frigid song,
The ceaseless echo of the rhyming throng,
Whose labour'd lines in chilling numbers flow,
To paint a pang the author ne'er can know!
The artless Helicon I boast is youth; --
My lyre, the heart; my muse, the simple truth.
Far be 't from me the "virgin's mind" to "taint:"
Seduction's dread is here no slight restraint.
The maid whose virgin breast is void of guile,
Whose wishes dimple in a modest smile,
Whose downcast eye disdains the wanton leer,
Firm in her virtue's strength, yet not severe.
She whom a conscious grace shall thus refine,
Will ne'er be "tainted" by a strain of mine.
But for the nymph whose premature desires
Torment her bosom with unholy fires,
No net to snare her willing heart is spread;
She would have fallen, though she ne'er read.
For me, I fain would please the chosen few,
Whose souls, to feeling and to nature true,
Will spare the childish verse, and not destroy
The light effusions of a heedless boy.
I seek not glory from the senseless crowd;
Of fancied laurels I shall ne'er be proud:
Their warmest plaudits I would scarcely prize,
Their sneers or censures I alike despise.

                           /November/ 26, 1806.

"It is the voice of years that are gone! they roll
before me with all their deeds." -- Ossian.

Newstead! fast-falling, once-resplendent dome!
 Religion's shrine! repentant Henry's pride! [2]
Of warriors, monks and dames the cloister'd tomb,
 Whose pensive shades around thy ruins glide,

Hail to thy pile! more honour'd in thy fall,
 Than modern mansions in their pillar'd state;
Proudly majestic frowns thy vaulted hall,
 Scowling defiance at the blast of fate.

No mail-clad serfs, [3] obedient to their lord,
 In grim array the crimson cross demand; [4]
Or gay assemble round the festive board
 Then chief's retainers, an immortal band:

Else might inspiring Fancy's magic eye
 Retrace their progress through the lapse of time,
Marking each ardent youth, ordain'd to die,
 A votive pilgrim in Judea's clime.

But not from thee, dark pile! departs the chief;
 His feudal realm in other regions lay:
In thee the wounded conscience courts relief,
 Retiring from the garish blaze of day.

Yes! in thy gloomy cells and shades profound,
 The monk abjured a world he ne'er could view;
Or blood-stain'd guilt repenting solace found,
 Or innocence from stern oppression flew.

A monarch bade thee from that wild arise,
 Where Sherwood's outlaws once were wont to prowl;
And Superstition's crimes, of various dyes,
 Sought shelter in the priest's protecting cowl.

Where now the grass exhales a murky dew,
 The humid pall of life-extinguish'd clay,
In sainted fame the sacred fathers grew,
 Nor raised their pious voices but to pray,

Where the bats their wavering wings extend,
 Soon as the gloaming [5] spreads her waning shade,
The choir did oft their mingling vespers blend,
 Or matin orisons to Mary paid. [6]

Years roll on years; to ages, ages yield;
 Abbots to abbots, in a line, succeed;
Religion's charter their protecting shield,
 Till royal sacrilege their doom decreed.

One holy Henry rear'd the gothic walls,
 And bade the pious inmates rest in peace;
Another Henry the kind gift recalls, [7]
 And bids devotion's hallow'd echoes cease.

Vain is each threat or supplicating prayer;
 He drives them exiles from the blest abode,
To roam a dreary world in deep despair --
 No friend, no home, no refuge but their God.

Hark how the hall, resounding to the strain,
 Shakes with the martial music's novel din!
The heralds of a warrior's haughty reign,
 High crested banners wave thy walls within.

Of changing sentinels the distant hum,
 The mirth of feasts, the clang of burnish'd arms,
The braying trumpet and the hoarser drum,
 Unite in concert with increased alarms.

An abbey once, a regal fortress now,
 Encircled by insulting rebel powers,
War's dread machines o'erhang thy threatening brow,
 And dart destruction in sulphureous showers.

Ah, vain defense! the hostile traitor's siege,
 Though oft repulsed, by guile o'ercomes the brave;
His thronging foes oppress the faithful liege,
 Rebellion's reeking standards o'er him wave.

Not unavenged the raging baron yields:
 The blood of traitors smears the purple plain;
Unconquer'd still, his falchion there he wields,
 And days of glory yet for him remain.

Still in that hour the warrior wish'd to strew
 Self-gather'd laurels on a self-sought grave:
But Charles' protecting genius hither flew,
 The monarch's friend, the monarch's hope, to save.

Trembling, she snatch'd him from the unequal strife, [8]
 In other fields the torrent to repel;
For nobler combats, here, reserved his life,
 To lead the band where godlike Falkland fell. [9]

From thee, poor pile! to lawless plunder given,
 While dying groans their painful requiem sound,
Far different incense now ascends to heaven,
 Such victims wallow on the gory ground.

There many a pale and ruthless robber's corse,
 Noisome and ghast, defiles thy sacred sod;
O'er mingling man, and horse commix'd with horse,
 Corruption's heap, the savage spoilers trod.

Graves, long with rank and sighing weeds o'erspread,
 Ransack'd, resign perforce their mortal mould;
From ruffian fangs escape not e'en the dead,
 Raked from repose in search from buried gold.

Hush'd is the harp, unstrung the warlike lyre,
 The minstrel's palsied hand reclines in death:
No more he strikes the quivering chords with fire,
 Or sings the glories of the martial wreath.

At length the sated murderers, gorged with prey,
 Retire; the clamour of the fight is o'er;
Silence again resumes her awful sway,
 And sable Horror guards the massy door.

Here Desolation holds her dreary court:
 What satellites declare her dismal reign!
Shrieking their dirge, ill-omen'd birds resort,
 To flit their vigils in the hoary fane.

Soon a new morn's restoring beams dispel
 The clouds of anarchy from Britain's skies;
The fierce usurper seeks his native hell,
 And Native triumphs as the tyrant dies.

With storms she welcomes his expiring groans;
 Whirlwinds, responsive, greet his labouring breath;
Earth shudders as her caves receive his bones,
 Loathing the offering of so dark a death. [10]

The legal ruler now resumes the helm, [11]
 He guides through gentle seas the prow of state;
Hope cheers, with wonted smiles, the peaceful realm,
 And heals the bleeding wounds of wearied hate.

The gloomy tenants, Newstead! of thy cells,
 Howling, resign their violated nest;
Again the master on his tenure dwells,
 Enjoy'd, from absence, with enraptured zest.

Vassals, within thy hospitable pale,
 Loudly carousing, bless their lord's return;
Culture again adorns the gladdening vale,
 And matrons, once lamenting, cease to mourn.

A thousand songs on tuneful echo float,
 Unwonted foliage mantles o'er the trees:
And hark! the horns proclaim a mellow note,
 The hunter's cry hangs lengthening on the breeze.

Beneath their coursers' hoofs the valleys shake:
 What fears, what anxious hopes, attend the chase!
The dying stag seeks refuge in the Lake;
 Exulting shouts announce the finish'd race.

Ah happy days! too happy to endure!
 Such simple sports our plain forefathers knew:
No splendid vices glitter'd to allure:
 Their joys were many, as their cares were few.

From these descending, sons to sires succeed;
 Time steals along, and Death uprears his dart;
Another chief impels the foaming steed,
 Another crowd pursue the panting hart.

Newstead! what saddening change of scene is thine!
 Thy yawning arch betokens slow decay!
The last and youngest of a noble line
 Now holds thy mouldering turrets in his sway.

Deserted now, he scans thy gray worn towers;
 Thy vaults, where dead of feudal ages sleep;
Thy cloisters, pervious to the wintry showers;
 These, these he views, and views them but to weep.

Yet are his tears no emblem of regret:
 Cherish'd affection only bids them flow.
Pride, hope, and love forbid him to forget,
 But warm his bosom with impassion'd glow.

Yet he prefers thee to the gilded domes
 Or gewgaw grottoes of the vainly great;
Yet lingers 'mid thy damp and mossy tombs,
 Nor breathes a murmur 'gainst the will of fate.

Haply thy sun, emerging, yet may shine,
 Thee to irradiate with meridian ray;
Hours splendid as the past may still be thine,
 And bless thy future as thy former day.

1.  As one poem on this subject is already printed, the author had, originally, no intention of inserting this piece.  It is now added at this particular request of some friends.

2.  Henry II. founded Newstead soon after the murder of Thomas à Becket.

3.  This word is used by Walter Scott, in his poem, "The Wild Huntsman;" synonymous with vassal.

4.  The red cross was the badge of the crusaders.

5.  As "gloaming," the Scottish word for twilight, is far more poetical, and has been recommended by many eminent literary men, particularly by Dr Moore in his Letters to Burns, I have ventured to use it on account of its harmony.

6.  The priory was dedicated to the Virgin.

7.  At the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII. bestowed Newstead Abbey on Sir John Byron.

8.  Lord Byron, and his brother Sir William, held high commands in the royal army.  The former was general in chief in Ireland, lieutenant of the Tower, and governor to James, Duke of York, afterwards the unhappy James II.; the latter had a principal share in many actions.

9.  Lucius Cary, Lord Viscount Falkland, the most accomplished man of his age, was killed at the battle of Newbury, charging in the ranks of Lord Byron's regiment of cavalry.

10.  This is an historical fact.  A violent tempest occurred immediately subsequent to the death or interment of Cromwell, which occasioned many disputes between his partisans and the cavaliers: both interpreted the circumstance into divine interposition; but whether as approbation or condemnation, we leave for the casuists of that age to decide.  I have made such use of the recurrence as suited the subject of my poem.

11.  Charles II.

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By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Soul Train" is finally pulling into the DVD station.

The new owners of the venerable television property have teamed with Time Life to release a three-disc package featuring performances by the likes of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, the Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder.

The dance show aired from 1970 to 2006, making it the longest running U.S. series in first run syndication.

It was the brainchild of Don Cornelius, an ambitious Chicago DJ who decided in the late '60s to launch an "American Bandstand"-style show featuring young black people dancing to recorded music. Few shared his view, and he self-funded a pilot in 1969. It aired on a Chicago TV station the following year, and eventually was picked up TV stations nationwide.

Plenty of bootleg footage exists, but Cornelius was never inclined to release an official DVD package, telling Reuters in 2008 that it was acceptable to leave money on the table.

But he sold the "Soul Train" franchise two months later for an undisclosed sum to multimedia firm Madvision Entertainment. Its three principals promptly declared it to be an undervalued franchise.

The DVD package follows the release of a documentary that aired earlier this year on VH1. Plans are also underway to revive the annual Soul Train Music Awards, which ended their 22-year run in 2006 after being increasingly ignored by the African-American stars the event aimed to honor.

Cornelius, now 73, had little involvement with the DVD release, apart from sitting down for an interview that appears in the extras and fact-checking a press release.   Continued...

Singer Little Richard performs a musical tribute to producer Don Cornelius creator and producer of the television music show "Soul Train" at the 3rd annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California March 13, 2005. REUTERS/Fred Prouser


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OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian chain of Arctic islands is seeking to turn numbing cold and total winter darkness into a draw for visitors who usually only venture north for the midnight sun during fleeting summers.

The new focus on winter in the Svalbard archipelago, 1,200 kms (750 miles) from the North Pole, is part of a drive to attract tourism and environmental research to diversify the economy after a century of dependence on now-failing coal mines.

"We're advertising the exotic side of being in the dark," said Arild Olsen, mayor of Longyearbyen, the main settlement with 2,200 inhabitants. Its winter temperatures are around -10C (14 Fahrenheit).

Winter tourism can include night-time dogsled rides, visits to ice caves or cross-country skiing, with guns to protect against polar bears. And the northern lights – flickering colors in the sky generated by charged particles from the sun - are only visible in the dark.

Norway mothballed the main coalmine on Svalbard last year, which had been due to produce 1.9 million tonnes a year until 2019, after mounting losses. The right-wing government will issue a plan to parliament this spring about the long-term future of the islands.

"Research is definitely part of the solution" for Svalbard, said Unni Steinsmo, head of the board of Kings Bay AS, which runs Ny-Alesund, the world's most northerly permanent non-military settlement.

Ice has been receding fast in the Arctic because of climate change. In Ny-Alesund, scientists from 11 nations including China, India, South Korea, Norway, Germany, France, Britain and Norway have research stations.

Steinsmo told Reuters scientists were carrying out more winter research, such as into how plants and fish adapt to the polar darkness. The fjord by Ny-Alesund has been ice-free in recent winters, making marine research easier, she said.   Continued...

Warehouses and the old part of the Ny-Alesund, Norway settlement from the coal mining period which closed in 1963, are seen October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Anna Filipova


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By Girish Gupta

SCHOONORD, Guyana (Reuters) - As the sun rises over the Demerara River, a half dozen men gather on its west bank, tightly gripping small wooden cages.

Complementing the scenic beauty of the nearby palms and sugar cane fields, male finches chirp melodiously from within their coops, affixed two-to-a-post hammered into the marshy ground.

"Everybody be out here to exercise the bird, and sometimes we have a race," said fisherman Eric Takchand, a participant in the centuries-old Guyanese tradition.

"We feed them, walk them, exercise them. They love that," said Takchand, 54, who has been caring for chestnut-bellied seed finches, locally known as "towa towa", since he was a boy.

In competitions called "races", the winner is the first bird to chirp 50 times. This takes just a few minutes, with bets ranging from token amounts to thousands of dollars.

    The men-only custom transcends social and racial divides in the former British colony on the shoulder of South America between Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname.

    For more than a half century, the country has been held back by ethnic and political tensions, primarily between descendants of African slaves and those of indentured Indian servants, in a hangover from European colonial rule.

   "All backgrounds and religions come together, all because of one bird," said naturalist Gajendra Nauth Narine, a local celebrity known as "Andy" at his home across the river in Georgetown.   Continued...

Bird owners watch their finches chirping in Schoonord November 16, 2014. REUTERS/Girish Gupta


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Calvin's Local Zoo contains quite a few different animals. Calvin and his family went there once, and he got lost. He was seperated by following a lady around who looked like his mom. Calvin learns his mistake after he asks "Hey mom, can I get some peanuts to feed the animals?", to which the lady replies "I'm not your mom". After his parents discover Hobbes(in stuffed animal form, of course) alone, they begin to worry. After wondering where Calvin is, considers Calvin at the Tiger Pit. Then he says that maybe Calvin was in the Tiger Pit. Calvin is then seen asking the tigers if they had seen Hobbes. Calvin is then reunited with his family, and they leave, he criticizes Hobbes about Tiger's lack of knowladge

Calvin's Mom also considered taking Calvin and Hobbes there another time, but Calvin said no to it after Hobbes compared it to a prison.
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Roadrunner, from Lonely Stray to Long Distance Running Cat

By Julia Williams

It’s not uncommon to see runners out getting their daily endorphin fix with a four-legged friend by their side. In fact, lots of dogs love to run…but a long distance running cat? Now that’s a different “tail” altogether! Oh sure, there are plenty of sprinting cats including my own, who make a mad dash from the couch to the kitchen every time I get out the FELIDAE cat food or TidNips treats. Heck, my nom-obsessed kitties sprint into the kitchen when it merely looks like I might be heading in that direction. Take away the incentive of food, and I’m pretty sure they’d stay in their semi-comatose position on the couch.

Roadrunner is a long-distance running cat who not only enjoys going for a daily run with her owner, she also has her own personal trainer who is helping her become the fittest feline athlete in the country! That’s because Roadrunner’s owner is Michael Greenblatt, a fitness instructor from West Long Branch, New Jersey. Greenblatt has worked with celebrities and Olympians, but never a cat—that is, until a stray black kitten decided to join him on his run one day, back in 2008.

At first, the kitten cautiously watched from afar as Greenblatt took off for his morning run. About a month later, the kitten approached him and rubbed up against his leg while he stretched. Incredibly, the kitten began running alongside him and kept pace with him as he ran through the neighborhood. Greenblatt was astonished by the running kitten, and even more so when she began waiting on his doorstep every morning at 5:30, ready and willing to run with him.

Growing up, Greenblatt had two beloved black cats, so although he felt a natural attraction to this amazing cat who shared his passion for running, he wasn’t really looking for a pet. The cat, however, had other ideas. It wasn’t long before Greenblatt adopted her and named her Roadrunner, a fitting moniker for a long distance running cat.

The pair now run through their neighborhood or at the nearby beach. Roadrunner runs without a leash but sticks close to Greenblatt. The three-year-old cat with sleek black fur is an eager running partner, insists Greenblatt. “She wants to run every day,” he says. Morever, Roadrunner is quite displeased if he decides to skip the run because he’s too tired or busy.

Roadrunner’s affinity for running led to Greenblatt’s decision to train her, much like he does with his two-legged clients – with allowances for her petite feline frame of course. He gives her water before her run, has her stretch and do a little “pre-run” warm-up. He times her with a stopwatch, and she’s shaved more than a minute off her 150-yard run to the end of the block and back; now it only takes her 54 seconds! “Roadrunner is certainly the fittest cat on our block,” says Greenblatt.

Like any famous kitty worth her salt, Roadrunner has her own Facebook page. The long distance running cat apparently has plans for a website too, but it is still “under construction” as yet. Roadrunner may even be featured in a children's book, but her newfound fame hasn't affected her running routine or her sweet disposition.

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  1. Does Greenblatt take clients? I have a lazy tubby tabby that needs a little firming up!

  2. That is an amazing story. Thanks for sharing it. Hugs

  3. That is amazing that Roadrunner actually runs the whole way with his owner. That is amazing. Good story.

  4. What a cool story about Roadrunner! Thanks for sharing!

  5. I have never in my life heard of a cat doing this! OMC! I sooo loved this story!! This is truly amazing!

  6. What a wonderful story! Thanks or sharing about Roadrunner and Bob (and giving us a smile to start the weekend). :)

  7. That's a wonderful story! It's amazing!

  8. This is so neat! I would love a morning running partner...unfortunately, I don't think Link would be up to it. What an amazing cat!

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Carbon Clear Wins International Environmental Certification

Carbon Clear announced today that it is the first full-service carbon management firm to achieve ISO 14001:2004 compliance*. The internationally recognised Environmental Management System Standard was awarded to Carbon Clear by Certification International, a UK–based assessment body.

Carbon Clear helps other companies operate in a more responsible way, so it was essential that its own processes and environmental standards met the strict criteria of ISO 14001:2004. In improving its already effective environmental management systems, Carbon Clear has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to environmental progress, and increased its scope of potential customers to include the growing number of businesses requesting ISO certification.

As part of its environmental management system, Carbon Clear works to ensure that its staff, contractors and suppliers meet or exceed legal environmental requirements, whilst minimising the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to overall environmental improvement.

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- Instituting a carbon-minimising travel policy for staff and consultants

- Developing a "green referral system" for clients seeking lower-carbon suppliers of business products and services

Commenting on the certification, Mark Chadwick, CEO, Carbon Clear, said: “Our customers expect environmental protection to be an integral part of how we do business. ISO 14001 certification shows that Carbon Clear ‘walks the talk’. As a company, we choose to lead by example as we help customers make the transition to a low-carbon economy.”

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2017 might be the year you advance into a higher paid position; move companies; expand select skill sets; get let go; branch off on your own, or change careers completely.

Regardless if you are actively job searching or not, it would be wise to be prepared for any possibility.

I recommend establishing a career management plan that can be executed on demand, taking into consideration a number of potential options.  By putting yourself in the driver’s seat of your career you have more control over where you go, how you get there, and the ROI that you receive.

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1. Five Signs that Your Executive Resume is Behind the Times

If it has been some time since you’ve had to use a resume (some executives go years without ever needing one) there is a good chance your resume needs some modernizing.  How can you tell if your resume is ‘behind the times’?  This article will walk you through an analysis.

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This article stresses a strategy that many executive job seekers overlook: communication.  Yes, stellar career tools are paramount… but the execution of these tools requires a solid communications plan to support their success.

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Job searching today is a lot different than it was several years ago.  Don’t put yourself at a disadvantage; modernize your approach to increase your success while lowering frustration and wasted resources.  This post outlines processes and plans that work best for the savvy job seeker of 2017.

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Open House coming Up

Boy have I been a busy beaver. I have been preparing projects for my upcoming Open House. I have three make and takes planned, two or three techniques if you don't count the techniques used in the cards. I still have to plan the prizes and get my prize wheel up with the prizes. I will also have retired stamps for sale.

If you are in the Saguenay area, please stop by.

Check the projects I have already created. Most of these are cased from other Stampin' Up! demos, but recreated by me. Some are replicas and some I've changed up some things. Hope you like these. Leave me a comment and become a follower. You will be notified when I post.

These projects were all made with Stampin' Up! products from the Sale-a-bration pamphlet or the spring catty. If you would like to order and have your treasures delivered to you doorstep just drop me an email at

Don’t forget that it is Sale-a-bration time. That means free product for YOU! For every 60$ you spend, you may pick one product from the Sale-a-bration pamphlet.
You want everything but just can’t decide? I have put together a few bundle samples. Here is one.
Love that vintage look? Here is a bundle that will help you with your vintage projects.

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Embossing folder Vintage Wallper
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Organza Ribbon 5/8"
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Order this bundle and pick any SAB item for FREE! May I suggest "Vintage Verses" - Item # 129633 (w) or #129636 (c)?
These are just suggestions to get the vintage look - any items can be substituted. Already have the Wallpaper Folder? How about the 5/8" Flower Trim instead? (Item #126869 - $9.50). Already have 5/8" Organza Ribbon or don't want the Spritzer Tool? Substitute for the Delicate Details Lace Tape! (Item 130966 - $11.95).
Contact me  to order your bundle ... and pick a Sale-a-bration item for FREE!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Check the freebies you can receive.

It’s here! Sale-A-Bration 2013 has begun. How will you party during Stampin’ Up!’s premiere event? There are three ways—choose all that apply!
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Have your friends over for a party and earn fantastic Sale-A-Bration freebies with a qualifying order! For a minimum $150 US/$200 CAN party, you’ll get a FREE pack of Silver Glimmer Paper (silver paper for Stampin’ Up!’s silver anniversary!). Host a $400 US/$525 CAN party, and you’ll get the free Glimmer Paper PLUS a FREE product bundle—and that’s in addition to the normal hostess benefits (including $65 US/$90 CAN in FREE products of your choice)!
Contact me today to schedule your Sale-A-Bration party.
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Dress up Card

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Just thought I'd share my Stampin' Up! Spring haul and an card. Hope you enjoy

I just love the new Dress up framelits. Don't you?

Here are the materials used to make this card. If you would like to have Stampin' Up! products delivered to your door, email me at CarteriePlus with your order. Credit Cards accepted or I can send you a PayPal invoice.

Materials used for this dress up card

  • Very Vanilla (101650)
  • Primrose Petals (126841)
  • Designer Series Specialty paper: More Amore (129309)

  • Create a Cupcake (121915 Wood: 121982 clear)

  • Primrose Petals (126858)

Tools and accessories:

  • Stampin' Paper trimmer (126889)
  • Big Shot framelits - All Dressed Up (130101)
  • Big Shot Framelits - Ovals collection (129381)
  • Paper Piercing Pack - Occasions (129387)
  • Textured Impressions Embossing folders - Needlepoint Borders (129383)
  • Textured Impressions Embossing folders - Honeycomb (129378)
  • Stampin' Dimensionals  (104430)
  • Stampin' Snail Adhesif (104332)
  • Flower Trim (126869
  • Ribbon - Stitched Satin Ribbon 3/8" Primrose Petals (12844)

If you would like to purchase any of these products please send me an email with the Item  number, description, quantity and unit price. I will send you a PayPal invoice. I do appreciate your business.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Last Call

I must share with you all - the fab Valentine promotion. But you must hurry. It ends Monday, but I will be placing my order tomorrow -Sunday the 20th of January.

Take a look at the flyer. E-mail me today and don't miss this deal.

Hi There

Welcome to my English Blog. I am Jeannette Gauthier. My passion is Scrapbooking, cardmaking and any type of crafting. I have been a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for since November 2011. Here I will share ideas and crafts showing off the fabulous Stampin Up! products. I do have a French blog already on the go so please be patient with my while I make the transition. I have been doing a bilingual blog, but this has proven to be confusing to my viewers and customers. Please drop by often.

Here is a sneak peak of what I have shared on my French Site.

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Let's Hit the Road!

                          "Road Rovers" development art from the last century!
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  1. Still have my Road Rovers t-shirt.

  2. Hey, if your still checking this out, I just wanted to say that I'm writing scripts and storyboards for a revamp of Road Rovers, as well as a CGI movie. I was hoping, when I finish the first episode script, if you would like to look at it. I discovered Road Rovers 2 weeks ago and loved it so. I believe that the show didn't get as much love as it deserved and I want to bring the series back somehow. There are many fans out there who want this series back, or at least re-aired or have a DVD release. I have a few episode ideas that I want to work with and I'm really determined about this. If you're reading this, PLEASE tell me what you think. It would be really nice to hear from a great show creator such as yourself.

    1. Road Rovers is being released to DVD on the 10th February 2015.

  3. I found out Road Rovers is being released on DVD next Tuesday. I hope it's going to be sold on


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[285 U.S. 95, 96]   The Attorney General and Mr. Thomas D. Thacher, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

[285 U.S. 95, 97]   Messrs. H. H. Russell and William C. Dufour, both of Monroe, La., for respondent.

[285 U.S. 95, 99]

Mr. Justice BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

On June 15, 1929, Kincaid brought this suit in the federal court for Western Louisiana against the United States, the Secretary of War, the Chief of Engineers, the Mississippi River Commission and its members, to enjoin the carrying out of any work in the Boeuf floodway under the Mississippi River Flood Control Act, May 15, 1928, c. 569, 45 Stat. 534 ( 33 USCA 702a et seq.), and specifically to enjoin the receiving of bids and awarding of contracts for the construction of certain guide levees bounding the floodway.

The Mississippi River Flood Control Act adopted the Jadwin Plan for protection against floods. The act provides for raising the levees generally 3 feet; for improving the carrying capacity of the main channel of the river by revetment work; and for limiting the flood waters in this channel to its safe capacity through the provision of specified diversion channels. Among these is the Boeuf floodway, which will carry excess flood waters from a point below the mouth of the Arkansas through the Boeuf basin west of the Mississippi into the backwater area at the mouth of the Red river. Such diversion has taken place to some extent in the past, when flood waters have passed over, or through crevasses in, the 20-mile section of the levee at the head of the basin, known as the Cypress Creek levee. Before [285 U.S. 95, 100]   this section was completed, in 1921, the Boeuf basin and the parallel Tensas basin, lying between it and the main channel, served as natural overflow areas of the Mississippi in flood periods. The plan leaves the Cypress Creek section at its present height. But, as the levees elsewhere are to be raised 3 feet and materially strengthened, preventing overflow at other points, the volume of water passing into the diversion channel may be greatly increased. Moreover, guide, or protection, levees running in a southerly direction are to be built on either side of the floodway, which will direct the waters into a specified channel of a width varying from ten to 20 miles; and new levees are to be constructed which will cause this floodway to carry waters formerly overflowing into the Tensas basin. The maximum previous flow of water into the Boeuf basin occurred in 1927, and is estimated at 450,000 cubic feet per second. Under the new plan, the flow may reach 1,250,000 feet per second in times of extraordinary flood. The War Department advertised for bids for the construction of guide levees for the Boeuf floodway, to be received June 17, 1929. To complete the project will probably require ten years.

Kincaid owns a 160-acre farm in the Boeuf basin at a point 125 miles below the point of diversion. No part of the guide levees is to be built on his land; but the land lies within the proposed channel of the floodway. He alleges that the project will expose his property to additional destructive floods, and thus subject it to a new servitude; that the mere 'setting apart (of) this property as a flood way and diversion channel and ... advertising for and receiving bids for ... construction of the guide levees' casts a cloud upon his title; 1 and that the government is proposing to com- [285 U.S. 95, 101]   mence the work without having instituted condemnation proceedings. He charges that the acts of the defendants in advertising for bids for the construction of the guide levees, to be followed by the letting of contracts, without having taken proceedings to condemn his land, 'will mean the taking by the United States Government of complainant's lands and properties without due process of law and without just compensation.'

All the defendants moved to dismiss the bill on the grounds, among others, that the United States had not consented to be sued, and that the bill disclosed no ground for equitable relief. The District Court held that the United States could not to made a party, since it had not consented to be sued; but overruled the motion to dismiss the suit on the ground that the United States was not an indispensable party; that section 4 of the act (33 USCA 702d) declares that 'the United States shall provide flowage rights for additional destructive flood waters that will [285 U.S. 95, 102]   pass by reason of diversions from the main channel of the Mississippi River';2 that, on the allegations of the bill, the creation of the Boeuf floodway would subject Kincaid's land to additional destructive flood waters; that the act required the government to condemn, or otherwise to acquire flowage rights over, the property before proceeding with the flood control project in the Boeuf basin; and that, by starting work before acquiring such rights, the defendants were proceeding in violation of both the act and the Constitution. 35 F.(2d) 235.

Thereupon an answer was filed and the case was heard on evidence on final hearing. The defendants showed [285 U.S. 95, 103]   that, in the opinion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, it was unnecessary to acquire any flowage rights over complainant's lands; insisted that these lands would be better protected under the plan than heretofore; and claimed that section 4 of the act was not applicable, because the plan would not subject the property to 'additional destructive flood waters.' The District Court found on these issues against the government; held that upon the evidence the plan involved a taking of rights in respect to Kincaid's land; and that, although the physical occupancy of it would not occur until the land had been overflowed in time of flood, 'the process of subjecting it to that service and the taking possession, in so far as is either necessary or contemplated by the act, will begin with the construction of the first levee or works which are intended to direct the water upon the land.' It enjoined the defendants, other than the United States, 'from proceeding with the construction authorized by or carrying out the plan adopted by ... the Mississippi River flood-control act in the Boeuf Basin flood way, ... until the property of the said complainant has been acquired by the United States government or the flowage rights over the same acquired either by purchase or condemnation for such purpose.' 37 F.(2d) 602. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the District Court. 49 F. (2d) 768. This Court granted a writ of certiorari. 284 U.S. 610 , 52 S. Ct. 127, 76 L. Ed . -.

We have no occasion to determine any of the controverted issues of fact or any of the propositions of substantive law which have been argued. Kincaid concedes that the act is valid, and that it authorizes those intrusted with its execution to take his lands or an easement therein. We may assume that, as charged, the mere adoption by Congress of a plan of flood control which involves an intentional, additional, occasional flooding of complainant's land constitutes a taking of it-as soon as the government [285 U.S. 95, 104]   begins to carry out the project authorized. Compare United States v. Lynah, 188 U.S. 445, 469 , 23 S. Ct. 349; United States v. Cress, 243 U.S. 316, 328 , 37 S. Ct. 380; Peabody v. United States, 231 U.S. 530, 538 , 34 S. Ct. 159; Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States, 250 U.S. 1 , 39 S. Ct. 399; Id., 260 U.S. 327, 329 , 43 S. Ct. 135. If that which has been done, or is contemplated, does constitute such a taking, the complainant can recover just compensation under the Tucker Act (24 Stat. 505) in an action at law as upon an implied contract, since the validity of the act and the authority of the defendants are conceded. United States v. Great Falls Manufacturing Co., 112 U.S. 645, 658 , 5 S. Ct. 306; Great Falls Mamufacturing Co. v. Attorney General, 124 U.S. 581, 600 , 8 S. Ct. 631; Tempel v. United States, 248 U.S. 121, 129 , 39 S. Ct. 56; Marion & Rye Valley Ry. Co. v. United States, 270 U.S. 280, 283 , 46 S. Ct. 253. The compensation which he may obtain in such a proceeding will be the same as that which he might have been awarded had the defendants instituted the condemnation proceedings which it is contended the statute requires. Nor is it material to inquire now whether the statute does so require. For even if the defendants are acting illegally, under the act, in threatening to proceed without first acquiring flowage rights over the complainant's lands, the illegality, on complainant's own contention, is confined to the failure to compensate him for the taking, and affords no basis for an injunction if such compensation may be procured in an action at law. 3 The Fifth Amendment does not entitle him to be paid in advance of the taking. Crozier v. Fried Krupp Aktiengesellschaft, 224 U.S. 290, 306 , 32 S. Ct. 488. Compare Backus v. Fort Street Union Depot Co., 169 U.S. 557, 568 , 18 S. Ct. 445; Bragg [285 U.S. 95, 105]   v. Weaver, 251 U.S. 57, 62 , 40 S. Ct. 62; Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of Providence, 262 U.S. 668, 677 , 43 S. Ct. 684; Dohany v. Rogers, 281 U.S. 362, 366 , 50 S. Ct. 299, 68 A. L. R. 434.4

As the complainant has a plain, adequate, and complete remedy at law, the judgment is reversed, with direction to dismiss the bill without prejudice.

[ Footnote 1 ] The allegation is: 'That the acts of the defendants in setting apart this property as a floodway and diversion channel and in advertising for and receiving bids for the doing of the proposed work, to wit, the construction of the guide levees and the contemplated acts of the defendants in the awarding of contracts therefore (sic), has (sic) already had the effect of casting a cloud upon the title of complainant to his said lands and properties and have materially affected his use and enjoyment of the same and have materially affected and impaired the value thereof. That, the result of setting apart this area as a floodway or diversion channel and the publication by defendants of said advertisements for bids for the construction of the guide levees, this property has not only deteriorated in value but complainant's title to same has been seriously clouded, his use of same has been seriously affected, and complainant would be unable to borrow money on said lands, sell or dispose of same, or interest persons in operating said lands for farms or for any other purposes, owing to the fact that the Government has indicated that it has taken possession or intends to take immediate possession of this property for a diversion channel or a floodway. That, as a result of making this area, in which complainant's lands and those of others are situated, a floodway or diversion channel, these lands will be rendered unfit for agricultural or any other purpose. That the title to complainant's lands is seriously clouded by said acts, and his ability to use said properties or obtain credit thereon is seriously affected, and, as stated above, this property is well worth the sum of $9,000.00.'

[ Footnote 2 ] The following are the provisions of the act relevant to the payment of damages and of compensation for the taking of land.

    'Sec. 3. ... No liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the United States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any place: Provided, however, That if in carrying out the purposes of this Act it shall be found that upon any stretch of the banks of the Mississippi River it is impracticable to construct levees, either because such construction is not economically justified or because such construction would unreasonably restrict the flood channel, and lands in such stretch of the river are subjected to overflow and damage which are not now overflowed or damaged by reason of the construction of levees on the opposite banks of the river it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers to institute proceedings on behalf of the United States Government to acquire either the absolute ownership of the lands so subjected to overflow and damage or floodage rights over such lands.
    'Sec. 4. The United States shall provide flowage rights for additional destructive flood waters that will pass by reason of diversions from the main channel of the Mississippi River. ...
    'The Secretary of War may cause proceedings to be instituted for the acquirement by condemnation of any lands, easements, or rights of way which, in the opinion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers, are needed in carrying out this project, the said proceedings to be instituted in the United States district court for the district in which the land, easement, or right of way is located. ... The provisions of section 5 and 6 of the River and Harbor Act of July 18, 1918, are hereby made applicable to the acquisition of lands, easements, or rights of way needed for works of flood control. ...' 33 USCA 702c, 702d.

[ Footnote 3 ] Even where the remedy at law is less clear and adequate, where large public interests are concerned, and the issuance of an injunction may seriously embarrass the accomplishment of important governmental ends, a court of equity acts with caution, and only upon clear showing that its intervention is necessary in order to prevent an irreparable injury. Compare Osborne & Co. v. Missouri Pacific Ry. Co., 147 U.S. 248, 258 , 259 S., 13 S. Ct. 299; New York City v. Pine, 185 U.S. 93, 97 , 22 S. Ct. 592. No such showing was made here.

[ Footnote 4 ] See, also, Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Ry. Co., 135 U.S. 641, 659 , 10 S. Ct. 965; Sweet v. Rechel, 159 U.S. 380, 400 , 407 S., 16 S. Ct. 43; Adirondack R. Co. v. New York State, 176 U.S. 335, 349 , 20 S. Ct. 460; Williams v. Parker, 188 U.S. 491, 502 , 503 S., 23 S. Ct. 440; Manigault v. Springs, 199 U.S. 473, 485 , 486 S., 26 S. Ct. 127; Hays v. Port of Seattle, 251 U.S. 233, 238 , 40 S. Ct. 125.

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Katy Party not only celebrated her 29th birthday by giving a private concert, but she performed for the winners of the Roar with Katy Perry contest.

The video became a viral frenzy after 2,000 students and staff at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Colorado lip-synced Perry’s lyrics group by group from student athletes to cheerleaders to members of the pep band and more, for its school spirit. The video was shot in a single take.

Katy selected the winning video. She told Good Morning America, “It was thousands of kids coming together to ‘Roar’ and that’s what this competition means to me.” She added, “So many different high schools came together and I was truly touched. Emotionally, I laughed, I cried. I was blown away by some of the creativity. There were so many different variations and I appreciated all of them. There were a lot of finalists and I really loved that everybody just had that school spirit still. We live in a time where I think where we are really distracted. … We can be someone else, on our phones …Everyone came together and just made fantastic videos. School spirit still lives.”

The students transformed their gym into a concert venue, complete with banners and signs reading “One World, One Roar”, preparing for the big concert!

Even though she turned 29, Perry says she feels like a teen. n “I’m 29. I feel great. I still feel like I’m 13 sometimes. Obviously you can tell by my music and my spirit. I’m so excited about this record and I just love all the participation and the unification …of all of you guys coming together and roaring.”

At the concert, Perry sang “Roar” (complete with a jump rope routine), along with her new single “Walking on Air” and “Firework.”

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Miranda Kerr leaves a photoshoot at a private Rose Bay house — son Flynn Christopher, 7 months, in hand — on Tuesday in Sydney, Australia.

The model mama, 28, recently wowed the crowd at the David Jones runway show.

“When I am at work I am pumping, I feel like a milk maid, but it is worth it,” she told the Herald Sun after the show.

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After years of litigation and acrimony between the combatants, the Ohio Supreme Court on Sept. 18 released a split decision on the intellectual property dispute American Chemical Society v. Leadscope Inc. The high court partially affirmed and partially reversed rulings by Ohio’s 10th District Court of Appeals that had affirmed a trial court’s award to software start-up firm Leadscope Inc. and its three founders of $26.5 million in civil damages against ACS for alleged unfair business practices and defamation.

The court’s decision to vacate the lower court’s finding of defamation—by far the largest portion of the total award—means that the amount of damages ACS must now pay will be reduced by at least $15 million. The exact amount that ACS will be liable for will be worked out in later hearings at the trial court level. Unless ACS pursues further relief on the unfair competition ruling, this week’s ruling may well mark the end of a decadelong legal battle between ACS and three of its former employees. The three founders of Leadscope had worked for the society’s Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) division in Columbus.

Attorneys from Squire Sanders, the law firm that has represented Leadscope in the dispute, declined to comment on the decision, and Leadscope corporate officials in Columbus, could not be reached for comment. The Leadscope website did not carry any statement or other news about the decision at the time of C&EN’s deadline. ACS is the publisher of C&EN.

The original ACS suit against Leadscope was filed first in a federal court, withdrawn, and then refiled in an Ohio common pleas court in 2002. The suit alleged that the Leadscope principals, as former ACS employees, had misappropriated ACS intellectual property in order to develop a software product that would compete with CAS products. Leadscope filed counterclaims seeking damages from ACS for unfair competition, tortious interference with business relations, and defamation. An eight-week jury trial in 2008 found in favor of Leadscope on substantially all of its claims, and the jury’s findings were subsequently upheld by the appeals court in 2010.

For ACS, the highlight of the Ohio Supreme Court’s 5-2 decision is a reversal of Leadscope’s defamation charges. Paying all of their damages plus interest and attorneys’ fees—which, at times, were estimated to reach as high as $40 million to $50 million—would have exacted a huge financial toll on the nonprofit professional society. The society has not paid any monetary damages in the case, ACS officials point out.

“We are pleased that the court reversed [the defamation] part of the decision,” says Ryan Augsburger, a managing director at the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, which filed an amicus brief in the case. The association was joined in support of ACS by the Ohio attorney general, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants.

Still, “it’s a complex decision and ACS needs to carefully review and assess the decision over the next several days,” said ACS Board Chair William F. Carroll Jr. when the decision was announced. “Today’s ruling will not impact ACS member dues; ACS products, programs, or services; ACS staffing levels; or the ability of ACS to achieve its mission.” What’s more, ACS officials say, any monetary damages that ultimately must be paid will be taken from cash reserves and investment accounts and possible insurance coverage. Damages have not had nor will they have any effect on ACS core operations and services, including journal prices and CAS products, or other products and services it offers to members and other customers, ACS officials maintain.

In a 4-3 vote, the Ohio Supreme Court did uphold a finding that ACS had engaged in unfair competition by filing a “malicious lawsuit” against Leadscope claiming misappropriation of intellectual property. In her majority opinion, Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor wrote that, in order to prove the claim, “the claimant must show that the lawsuit was objectively baseless, and that the competitor filed the suit with a subjective intent to injure the claimant’s ability to be competitive.”

O’Connor continued that, even though a jury in the original 2008 trial was given improper instructions about how to decide the unfair competition claim—the instructions focused on intent and not the legitimacy of ACS’s claim—“the jury could not reasonably have made any other determination. We therefore affirm the judgment of the court of appeals regarding Leadscope’s unfair competition claim.”

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Interesting headline. So in summary, despite the best that has been done by everyone, the case has developed not necessarily to the ACS's advantage.
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Integration of various audio/visual gadgets, televisions, networks and other technologies into one all-inclusive system is big business these days, and I’m guessing it really picks up this time of year. Now that the holiday season is winding down, people are probably beginning to think about how to seamlessly combine all of the electronic gifts they got into their current arrangement at home. Or maybe they don’t even have such a system yet but are seriously considering one.

“Smart” appliances that can automate traditionally manual tasks as well increased compatibility between devices due to interface technologies like USB have exponentially increased the possibilities for home systems. Creative IT pros—often working in tandem with engineers and architects—have come up with some truly astounding, almost science-fiction-like ideas for houses of clients who were willing to pay top dollar. (For example, visitors to Bill Gates’ house are issued a microchip that adjusts the temperature of some of the rooms they enter to their own personal preferences.)

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