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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Born in Chicago - Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield (10/12/79.V)
Paul Butterfield - Harmonica, Vocals
Rick Danko - Bass, Vocals
Blondie Chaplin - Guitar, Vocals
Rick Belke - Guitar
Tom Stevenson - Piano
Ron McRory - Drums
NCAA Brackets Update
NCAA Brackets Update - opening round picks
1) 7/8 East region. Harvard loses to Vandy. Frank Friedman, Esq., Harvard & Vandy Law, messes me up here, as does a fine Vanderbilt squad. Maybe his wife is happy.
2) 5/8 Midwest region - Creighton upsets Alabama. Ohio beats Michigan. Temple, in one of the worst losses ever by a Temple team, has USF down by more than ten, goes into the locker room with a half-time lead, and proceeds to fall apart in the 2d half and lose going away to USF, a #12 seed that was tired from a play-in game. If Temple wins, they have an easy game v. Ohio and they're into the Sweet Sixteen. At this point, with Temple having exited in the first game of the NCAA for the fourth or fifth time in five or six tries, you really have to question whether Fran Dunphy understands what it takes to advance past the first round of the NCAA. No one is saying he's a bad coach, but he is no where close to John Chaney in terms of advancing in the NCAA, and this is a team that is about to go over to the Big East.
3) 5/8 South region - Iowa State upsets Connecticut. This could have been foreseen in light of Coach Calhoun's health problems all year long, but still a bracket buster. Colorado over UNLV. Doesn't matter because Baylor will obliterate Colorado. Lehigh over Duke. I love how little mattress-rolling-down-the-hill Lehigh got past big bad Duke. The Patriot League over the ACC? Are you kidding me? Seriously, this just may show how weak Duke was this year, and therefore that Temple's upset of Duke didn't prove as much as we thought. The funny thing is, Lehigh actually matches up with Xavier better than they do with Duke.
4) 6/8 West region - St. Louis bumps Memphis. I always liked that St. Louis has a fine History dept and especially that they have a fine Byzantine Studies department. But they will be destroyed by the Spartans of Michigan State. Norfolk State upsets the Tigers of Missouri. WHATTTT???. Perhaps the biggest bracket buster. While you want to say Florida will win next, you really want to root for little Norfolk State....
OVERALL, FIRST ROUND - 23/32. NOT SHABBY.
will re-evaluate after the rest of the weekend is over. Obviously Harvard & Temple will not be making it to the Final Four.....but Vandy suddenly looks very serious and has the same road Harvard had. The Midwest looks like Kansas and North Carolina will re-assert their traditional dominance, and I will stay with Kentucky in the South and Louisville in the West, though of course Michigan State & Florida are both excellent.
--art kyriazis
1) 7/8 East region. Harvard loses to Vandy. Frank Friedman, Esq., Harvard & Vandy Law, messes me up here, as does a fine Vanderbilt squad. Maybe his wife is happy.
2) 5/8 Midwest region - Creighton upsets Alabama. Ohio beats Michigan. Temple, in one of the worst losses ever by a Temple team, has USF down by more than ten, goes into the locker room with a half-time lead, and proceeds to fall apart in the 2d half and lose going away to USF, a #12 seed that was tired from a play-in game. If Temple wins, they have an easy game v. Ohio and they're into the Sweet Sixteen. At this point, with Temple having exited in the first game of the NCAA for the fourth or fifth time in five or six tries, you really have to question whether Fran Dunphy understands what it takes to advance past the first round of the NCAA. No one is saying he's a bad coach, but he is no where close to John Chaney in terms of advancing in the NCAA, and this is a team that is about to go over to the Big East.
3) 5/8 South region - Iowa State upsets Connecticut. This could have been foreseen in light of Coach Calhoun's health problems all year long, but still a bracket buster. Colorado over UNLV. Doesn't matter because Baylor will obliterate Colorado. Lehigh over Duke. I love how little mattress-rolling-down-the-hill Lehigh got past big bad Duke. The Patriot League over the ACC? Are you kidding me? Seriously, this just may show how weak Duke was this year, and therefore that Temple's upset of Duke didn't prove as much as we thought. The funny thing is, Lehigh actually matches up with Xavier better than they do with Duke.
4) 6/8 West region - St. Louis bumps Memphis. I always liked that St. Louis has a fine History dept and especially that they have a fine Byzantine Studies department. But they will be destroyed by the Spartans of Michigan State. Norfolk State upsets the Tigers of Missouri. WHATTTT???. Perhaps the biggest bracket buster. While you want to say Florida will win next, you really want to root for little Norfolk State....
OVERALL, FIRST ROUND - 23/32. NOT SHABBY.
will re-evaluate after the rest of the weekend is over. Obviously Harvard & Temple will not be making it to the Final Four.....but Vandy suddenly looks very serious and has the same road Harvard had. The Midwest looks like Kansas and North Carolina will re-assert their traditional dominance, and I will stay with Kentucky in the South and Louisville in the West, though of course Michigan State & Florida are both excellent.
--art kyriazis
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Perry Mason (2014) - IMDb
Perry Mason (2014) - IMDb
via PAUL MOTT. Perry Mason franchise to be re-booted and in development for film in 2014. The original Erle Stanley Gardner novels were A+++, and so was the original TV Series, which ran from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Some notable points about both the books and the show:
1) in the books, Perry Mason runs around a lot--he's not such a courtroom attorney at all. He's more of an action guy.
2) in the books, he and Della Street are clearly and more explicitly in a relationship. This is something that can clearly be developed in a 2014 film. In the books, Della is more or less an equal to Perry, and in a remake, she could be made into an attorney who is a partner to perry rather than just a "confidential secretary", though they would of course still have to have all those steak dinners.
3) Perry & Della are never married in either the books or the TV show, but they have a relationship.
4) The forensic science in the books and in the TV show was way, way ahead of its time--CSI ahead of its time.
5) Lt. Tragg was aces up in the TV show and in the books.
6) Perry never lost a case on the TV show (with a notable exception or two).
7) Paul Drake was famous for his sportcoat collection.
8) Perry drove a collection of terrific fifties convertibles on the TV show.
9) Perry & Della favored steaks and martinis in the books and on the show.
10) like modern lawyers, Perry & Della worked nights, mornings and weekends, and loved doing it. They had no life outside of work, and even when they were on vacation, they would stumble into a homicide or two and Perry would be back on the job.
11) Perry won all those cases without any Warren Court decisions. He never used the exclusionary rule, or any other procedural tricks. Instead, he relied on careful cross-examination, a thorough knowledge of forensic science, rigous private investigation to get to the real facts, and accurate assessment of the witnesses as they told their stories. He was F Lee Bailey before there was F Lee Bailey.
12) the original books were written as early as the 1930s.
13) The books in hardcover first edition are now out of print and can get as much as forty to fifty dollars a copy on line. I had a complete set at one time. They are worth it just for the covers alone. The paperbacks are not as good as the hardcover versions of the books. I used to keep them in my old law office when I was practicing. Clients loved seeing those.
14) Perry Mason never took a client meeting without having Della Street present. A very good piece of advice for current attorneys--never meet with a client alone. Always have a witness and a transcript.
15) The original TV Show was supplemented by a number of TV movies which came back in the 1980s, all of which were two hours long, and all of which were hugely popular.
16) Prior to playing Perry Mason, Raymond Burr was somewhat of a "bad guy" or "villain" in a number of film noirs, as well as famously being in the original GODZILLA film.
17) Many famous actors appeared in Perry Mason TV show in the 50s and 60s before they were famous.
18) Many of the defendants in the Perry Mason TV show disproportionately appeared to be extremely attractive, but virtuous looking, young women, who didn't seem capable of hurting a fly.
19) Many of the Perry Mason books actually dealt with complex issues of law, which were capably explained by the author in layperson's terms. They make excellent reading for modern law students.
20) Perry Mason is still the Platinum/Gold standard for legal fiction, in writing, film and TV. Hopefully the franchise reboot will adhere to these high standards.
--art kyriazis
via PAUL MOTT. Perry Mason franchise to be re-booted and in development for film in 2014. The original Erle Stanley Gardner novels were A+++, and so was the original TV Series, which ran from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Some notable points about both the books and the show:
1) in the books, Perry Mason runs around a lot--he's not such a courtroom attorney at all. He's more of an action guy.
2) in the books, he and Della Street are clearly and more explicitly in a relationship. This is something that can clearly be developed in a 2014 film. In the books, Della is more or less an equal to Perry, and in a remake, she could be made into an attorney who is a partner to perry rather than just a "confidential secretary", though they would of course still have to have all those steak dinners.
3) Perry & Della are never married in either the books or the TV show, but they have a relationship.
Perry Mason & Della Street
5) Lt. Tragg was aces up in the TV show and in the books.
6) Perry never lost a case on the TV show (with a notable exception or two).
7) Paul Drake was famous for his sportcoat collection.
8) Perry drove a collection of terrific fifties convertibles on the TV show.
9) Perry & Della favored steaks and martinis in the books and on the show.
10) like modern lawyers, Perry & Della worked nights, mornings and weekends, and loved doing it. They had no life outside of work, and even when they were on vacation, they would stumble into a homicide or two and Perry would be back on the job.
11) Perry won all those cases without any Warren Court decisions. He never used the exclusionary rule, or any other procedural tricks. Instead, he relied on careful cross-examination, a thorough knowledge of forensic science, rigous private investigation to get to the real facts, and accurate assessment of the witnesses as they told their stories. He was F Lee Bailey before there was F Lee Bailey.
12) the original books were written as early as the 1930s.
13) The books in hardcover first edition are now out of print and can get as much as forty to fifty dollars a copy on line. I had a complete set at one time. They are worth it just for the covers alone. The paperbacks are not as good as the hardcover versions of the books. I used to keep them in my old law office when I was practicing. Clients loved seeing those.
14) Perry Mason never took a client meeting without having Della Street present. A very good piece of advice for current attorneys--never meet with a client alone. Always have a witness and a transcript.
15) The original TV Show was supplemented by a number of TV movies which came back in the 1980s, all of which were two hours long, and all of which were hugely popular.
16) Prior to playing Perry Mason, Raymond Burr was somewhat of a "bad guy" or "villain" in a number of film noirs, as well as famously being in the original GODZILLA film.
17) Many famous actors appeared in Perry Mason TV show in the 50s and 60s before they were famous.
18) Many of the defendants in the Perry Mason TV show disproportionately appeared to be extremely attractive, but virtuous looking, young women, who didn't seem capable of hurting a fly.
19) Many of the Perry Mason books actually dealt with complex issues of law, which were capably explained by the author in layperson's terms. They make excellent reading for modern law students.
20) Perry Mason is still the Platinum/Gold standard for legal fiction, in writing, film and TV. Hopefully the franchise reboot will adhere to these high standards.
--art kyriazis
NCAA BRACKETOLOGY 2012
MY FINAL FOUR:
KENTUCKY WILDCATS#1 SEED SOUTH
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS #1 SEED WEST
HARVARD CRIMSON #12 SEED EAST
TEMPLE OWLS #5 SEED MIDWEST
KENTUCKY BEATS MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (THE REAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
(ALL 300 SPARTANS DIE HEROICALLY)
HARVARD BEATS TEMPLE (in quintuple overtime)
KENTUCKY BEATS HARVARD IN THE NCAA FINAL
(i got this straight off ASHLEY JUDD'S pick sheet) (famous Harvard & Kentucky Alum)
Ashley Judd goes nuts on the sidelines because she doesn't know who to root for!
SOUTH REGION
First round:
Kentucky
Connecticut
VCU
Indiana
UNLV
Baylor
Xavier
Duke
South Next Round:
Kentucky beats CT (GOOD GAME)
Ind beats VCU
Baylor beats UNLV
Duke beats Xavier (GOOD GAME)
South Sweet Sixteen:
Kentucky beats Indiana (GREAT GAME)
Duke beats Baylor (GREAT GAME)
South Regional/Elite Eight:
Kentucky beats Duke (CLASSIC GAME)
Yes, the Christian Laettner Duke v. Kentucky 1992 Game. Let's upgrade any DUKE V. KENTUCKY matchup to IMMORTALS status. And add Phaedra and Theseus to the mix. Not to mention Coach K!
EAST REGION:
First Round:
Syracuse
Kansas
Harvard
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Florida State
Gonzaga
Ohio State
East Next Round:
Syracuse beats Kansas (Great Game)
Harvard beats Wisconsin (only SATS of 600 & higher with liberal views allowed)
Cincinnati beats Florida State
Ohio State beats the Zags of Gonzaga
East Sweet Sixteen:
Harvard beats Syracuse (CLASSIC GAME) (Lots of NYC Wagers made on this)
Ohio State beats Cincinnati (tons of Cleveland and Cincy money bet on this)
Eastern Regional/Elite Eight
Harvard beats Ohio State and reaches the Final Four! Linsanity!
MIDWEST REGION
First Round:
North Carolina
Alabama
Temple
Michigan
NC State
Georgetown
Purdue
Kansas
Midwest Next Round:
North Carolina beats Alabama (lots of southerners bet on this)
Temple beats Michigan (Philly's fab five is better than Michigan's Fab Five)
Georgetown beats NC State
Kansas beats Purdue
Midwest Sweet Sixteen
Temple beats North Carolina (shocking upset but Temple is #21 and plays good D!)
Kansas beats Georgetown (Bill Clinton is crying)
Midwest Regional Final/Elite Eight:
Temple beats Kansas and reaches the final four! Philly goes nuts!!!!
KENTUCKY WILDCATS#1 SEED SOUTH
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS #1 SEED WEST
HARVARD CRIMSON #12 SEED EAST
TEMPLE OWLS #5 SEED MIDWEST
KENTUCKY BEATS MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (THE REAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
(ALL 300 SPARTANS DIE HEROICALLY)
Typical Heroic Spartan Warrior King Leonidas
Michigan State Class of 552 BC
HARVARD BEATS TEMPLE (in quintuple overtime)
KENTUCKY BEATS HARVARD IN THE NCAA FINAL
(i got this straight off ASHLEY JUDD'S pick sheet) (famous Harvard & Kentucky Alum)
Ashley Judd goes nuts on the sidelines because she doesn't know who to root for!
Asley Judd is a Huge Kentucky Fan, But Also has a Harvard Kennedy School Degree!
Who will she root for when Kentucky plays Harvard in the NCAA finals????
Actress & Human Rights Spokesperson Ashley Judd is a very serious
Kentucky Hoops fan--and also a Harvard K-School grad.
First round:
Kentucky
Connecticut
VCU
Indiana
UNLV
Baylor
Xavier
Duke
Kenneth Starr, Esq. President of Baylor, formerly Dean of Pepperdine Law School.
Since he became President, Baylor Football & Baylor Basketball
have taken off and Baylor Briefs are still terrific. The Redskins just traded
ten picks for Baylor's Heisman-winning QB.
South Next Round:
Kentucky beats CT (GOOD GAME)
Ind beats VCU
Baylor beats UNLV
Duke beats Xavier (GOOD GAME)
South Sweet Sixteen:
Kentucky beats Indiana (GREAT GAME)
Duke beats Baylor (GREAT GAME)
South Regional/Elite Eight:
Kentucky beats Duke (CLASSIC GAME)
Theseus kills the Minotaur, Honors the Gods, Kils the Minotaur,
Gets the Bow of Epirus, Defeats the Heracleans, & Gets beautiful Phaedra
The Olympic Gods defeat the Titans as well.
EAST REGION:
First Round:
Syracuse
Kansas
Harvard
Wisconsin
Cincinnati
Florida State
Gonzaga
Ohio State
Ancient Syracuse, the Richest and Most Powerful of Greek Cities
Situated on Sikilia or Sicily, in Magna Graecia, the Greek part of Italy
Above is pictured Archimedes' Screw. Archimedes of Syracuse was
the greatest Mathematician of Antiquity. He invented virtually everything.
East Next Round:
Syracuse beats Kansas (Great Game)
Harvard beats Wisconsin (only SATS of 600 & higher with liberal views allowed)
Cincinnati beats Florida State
Ohio State beats the Zags of Gonzaga
East Sweet Sixteen:
Harvard beats Syracuse (CLASSIC GAME) (Lots of NYC Wagers made on this)
Ohio State beats Cincinnati (tons of Cleveland and Cincy money bet on this)
Eastern Regional/Elite Eight
Harvard beats Ohio State and reaches the Final Four! Linsanity!
Jeremy Lin, God of Point Guards, playing for Harvard a couple years back.
MIDWEST REGION
First Round:
North Carolina
Alabama
Temple
Michigan
NC State
Georgetown
Purdue
Kansas
Midwest Next Round:
North Carolina beats Alabama (lots of southerners bet on this)
Temple beats Michigan (Philly's fab five is better than Michigan's Fab Five)
Georgetown beats NC State
Kansas beats Purdue
Midwest Sweet Sixteen
Temple beats North Carolina (shocking upset but Temple is #21 and plays good D!)
Kansas beats Georgetown (Bill Clinton is crying)
Midwest Regional Final/Elite Eight:
Temple beats Kansas and reaches the final four! Philly goes nuts!!!!
Temple Stuns Duke 78-73 at the Wells Fargo Center on Jan 4 2012
Temple (and former Penn) Hoops Coach Fran Dunphy Shaves to Honor a Bet
Former Owls Coach & BB HOFamer JOHN CHANEY The Greatest Owl of All.
"Temple Men's Basketball' program is ranked 6th in All-Time NCAA wins with 1766, (at the end of the 2010/2011 season). They are in good company, with only Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, and Syracuse having a higher total." (source: Wikipedia Temple Owls Mens' Basketball http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Owls_men%27s_basketball).
Guy Rodgers who helped guide Temple to Final Four in 1956 & 1958.
He later played with Wilt Chamberlain for the Philadelphia Warriors.
WEST REGION
First Round:
Michigan State Spartans
Memphis
New Mexico
Louisville
Murray State
Marquette
Florida
Missouri
West Next Round:
Michigan State Spartans beat Memphis (great game)
Louisville beats New Mexico
Marquette beats Murray State
Florida beats Missouri
West Sweet Sixteen:
Michigan State Spartans defeat Louisville.
Florida beats Marquette (ghost of Al McGwire gets upset)
The original 300 SPARTANS (1962)
Required viewing at Michigan State
Leonidas one of Michigan State's Greatest Spartans
"TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!!!!"
Typical Spartan Women. The Olympia Snowe you don't know.
"Come home Victorious or on your Shield dead". Nikites h nekros.
West Regional Final/Elite Eight:
Michigan State Spartans beat Florida (Classic Game).
FINAL FOUR
SEE ABOVE.....
Thirty Years of Biotechnology: Another Observer's Perspective | Abstract
Thirty Years of Biotechnology: Another Observer's Perspective | Abstract
My article has been published in BIOTECH LAW REPORT. Many thanks to GERRY ELMAN ESQ. my editor for his contributions, his suggestions, his editorial corrections, his putting up with my quiddities and quirks, and for encouraging me to write these past few years. He is a brilliant and gifted mentor. Also many thanks to my wife and family, and many thanks to all of you who have helped me with my writing and with my life the past few years, and all my life. The glory is God's, but we can share a few brief moments here on this earth.
My article has been published in BIOTECH LAW REPORT. Many thanks to GERRY ELMAN ESQ. my editor for his contributions, his suggestions, his editorial corrections, his putting up with my quiddities and quirks, and for encouraging me to write these past few years. He is a brilliant and gifted mentor. Also many thanks to my wife and family, and many thanks to all of you who have helped me with my writing and with my life the past few years, and all my life. The glory is God's, but we can share a few brief moments here on this earth.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
BISSEXTILE
The day which is added every fourth year to the month of February in order to make the year agree with the course of the sun, commonly known as the "Leap Day", is actually formally known as the BISSEXTILE.
By Ancient English Law, statute 21 Henry II, the 28th and 29th days of February counted together as one single day for all legal purposes, and this law was still good and on the books in many states of the US, including Indiana and Pennsylvania, until very recently.
It should be noted that England was still on the Julian Calendar until 1750; and that many countries, such as Greece and Russia, were still on the Julian Calender until well into the 20th Century, so that while they were adding the Leap Day, they were in no way following Gregorian Calendar time. In addition, the year would start either on March 1 or September 1, depending. Time and Calendars are a very artificial concept indeed.
So celebrate your BISSEXTILE-IALITY on Leap Day this year.
By Ancient English Law, statute 21 Henry II, the 28th and 29th days of February counted together as one single day for all legal purposes, and this law was still good and on the books in many states of the US, including Indiana and Pennsylvania, until very recently.
It should be noted that England was still on the Julian Calendar until 1750; and that many countries, such as Greece and Russia, were still on the Julian Calender until well into the 20th Century, so that while they were adding the Leap Day, they were in no way following Gregorian Calendar time. In addition, the year would start either on March 1 or September 1, depending. Time and Calendars are a very artificial concept indeed.
So celebrate your BISSEXTILE-IALITY on Leap Day this year.
Bis Idem
Bis Idem exigi bona fides non patitur; et in satisfactionibus non permittur amplius fieri quam semel factum est.
Friday, February 24, 2012
From the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama - 8:15 AM - Public
Education and knowledge by themselves do not bring inner peace to individuals, families or the society in which they live. But education combined with warmheartedness, a sense of concern for the well-being of others, has much more positive results. If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in negative ways. Therefore, while you are learning, don't forget the importance of warmheartedness.
Rule of Sales
Ea quae comendandi causa, in venditionibus dicuntur, si palam appareant, venditorem non obligant.
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