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A 1964 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, William J. (“Bill”) Baxley II has made important contributions to public service in Alabama.

William-BaxleyBill Baxley was elected Alabama Attorney General at age 28. He served as Attorney General from 1971 to 1979, and Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987. As Attorney General, Mr. Baxley appointed the state’s first African-American assistant attorney general, who later became a federal judge. His successful prosecution of Ku Klux Klansman Robert Chambliss for the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is featured in the Spike Lee documentary, 4 Little Girls. His legal accomplishments are also documented in Lay Down with Dogs, Until Justice Rolls Down, and numerous other publications.

Throughout his career, Mr. Baxley has served in the Alabama Army National Guard, beginning as an enlisted clerk and rising through the ranks to retire as a Colonel in the JAG Corps. In 1979, he founded the firm known today as Baxley, Dillard, McKnight & James.  Mr. Baxley has successfully represented clients in the United States Supreme Court, the Alabama Supreme Court, and in appellate and trial courts over which they exercise jurisdiction. He has been selected as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, as well as being recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer.

Mr. Baxley has spoken to groups around the country about his role in prosecuting the Sixteenth Street church bombing case, and has been particularly active in re-telling this important story during 2013, the 50th anniversary of the bombing.  Earlier this year, Mr. Baxley was awarded the Order of the Samaritan by the University of Alabama School of Law, the highest public service honor bestowed by the law school.

We are proud to count Bill Baxley among our distinguished graduates.

Judge Bill Bostick, a Circuit Court Judge for the 18th Judicial Circuit of Alabama (Shelby County), has spent his entire professional life in public service. After earning an undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern College and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992, Judge Bostick spent the next 18 years as a prosecutor. Fifteen of those years were with the Shelby County District Attorney’s office, where he was promoted to chief assistant district attorney in 2002. When Circuit Judge Michael Joiner was selected to serve on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals in 2011, Judge Bostick was appointed to fill the vacant seat by Governor Robert Bentley.

Judge Bostick was instrumental in starting the University of Alabama School of Law’s externship program, and has served as an adjunct instructor and co-director of the program since 1996. Through the externship program, law students are able to work full-time during the summer or part-time during the school year with public interest, government or judicial offices in exchange for course credit.

According to Professor Pam Pierson, his involvement with the externship program has been invaluable. “Bill has taught the externship course, recruited public interest offices throughout Alabama to serve as placement opportunities for students, interviewed and placed generations of law students in these offices, and supervised students in their placements.” She notes that supervising students “sometimes requires putting out fires,” which he has done “with discretion and diplomacy.”

Judge Bostick has also been a regular visitor and guest speaker at the Law School, often sharing his experiences with students in criminal law and procedure courses. In addition, he has encouraged and welcomed student involvement in the Veterans Court initiative he helped to pilot in Alabama courts.

“In all of these ways and more,” says Pierson, “Bill has shared his time, talent and vision of the law with students. He has touched the future by his guidance and teaching. He has made the world a better place.”

DCroslandThe University of Alabama School of Law is pleased to announce Judge David Crosland is the 2014 Profile in Service.

Each year during Pro Bono Celebration Month, which is recognized nationally in October, the
Law School honors outstanding alumni who have made significant contributions to public service.

Crosland, a 1966 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, has led a distinguished career in public service — beginning with his time as a law student.

While in law school, Judge Crosland conducted research on election procedures in Greene County, Alabama, to assist the national Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He also served as president of the University’s Young Democrats, and in that capacity, invited the first African American speaker ever to address a student organization.

In his early career in the 1960s, Judge Crosland served with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was part of a team of lawyers that investigated and tried cases involving the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi, including one case against Klansmen accused of killing three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi. During that time, Judge Crosland also monitored voting discrimination and desegregation in schools, and observed civil rights demonstrations where there was a heightened threat of Klan violence. He was sent to Detroit during two major riots in 1967 and 1968, and was involved in the prosecution of a white Detroit policeman and National Guardsman for killing three people. Judge Crosland went on to direct the Atlanta Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, organizing lawyers from Atlanta’s biggest firms to take on pro bono cases involving discrimination.

He later served as General Counsel and Acting Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and created the Special Litigation Unit, which prosecuted Nazi war criminals. He headed the agency during the Iranian hostage crisis, and created a special program to assist members of religious minorities fleeing Iran after the revolution. In addition, he directed the INS during the Cuban boat lift in 1980, when more than 125,000 Cubans landed in Florida over the course of just six weeks, and supervised the opening of camps to assist in processing the newly-arrived immigrants.

Today, Judge Crosland sits as an immigration judge with the U.S. Department of Justice and hears cases in Baltimore, Maryland. He has previously served as a judge in San Diego, California; Miami, Florida; and Arlington, Virginia. Through his exemplary career in public service, Judge Crosland has worked to ensure that justice and the rule of law prevail in turbulent times, and that equality is upheld as an ideal for all Americans.

The School of Law is proud to count Judge David Crosland among its distinguished graduates.

A 1960 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Morris Seligman Dees Jr., was honored in 2012 with the highest award from the American Bar Association, the ABA Medal.

Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, was recognized for his efforts to ensure that all people, including the most vulnerable members of society, receive access to justice. SPLC is known for, among other things, its successful lawsuits against white supremacist groups.

The ABA Medal recognizes exceptionally distinguished service by a lawyer or lawyers to the cause of American jurisprudence. The award is given only in years when the ABA Board of Governors determines that a nominee has provided exceptional and distinguished service to the law and the legal profession.
Morris Dees has received numerous other national awards, including Trial Lawyer of the Year from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award from the National Education Association, and the Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice. He was also named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal in 2006.

The University of Alabama School of Law is proud to count Morris Dees among its distinguished graduates.

Millard Fuller

Millard Dean Fuller, a 1960 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, co-founded one of the most well-known and successful nonprofit Christian organizations in the world, Habitat for Humanity International.

Fuller, who received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University, began his legal and business career in pursuit of monetary success – but after becoming a millionaire at the age of 29, he drastically changed directions and set out down a different path.  Fuller and his wife, Linda, gave their possessions away to charity and began working with Dr. Clarence Jordan at Koinonia Farm, a Christian community near Americus, Georgia.  The Fullers helped to initiate projects to aid the poor.  One focused on affordable housing.  Modest homes were built primarily by volunteers on a nonprofit basis and sold to low-income families, who paid no interest on the mortgages.  The families were expected to invest their own “sweat equity” by helping to build their own homes and the homes of other families.  This model became the basis for the Fullers’ founding of Habitat for Humanity in 1976.  By 2005, 200,000 homes had been built for a million people in 90 countries.  That same year, Fuller founded a similar housing ministry, The Fuller Center for Housing.

Fuller earned dozens of prestigious awards during his lifetime, including the Martin Luther King, Jr., Humanitarian Award, Professional Builder magazine’s Builder of the Year Award, the Bronze Medallion from the Points of Light Foundation, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.  In bestowing this award, former President Bill Clinton called Habitat “…the most successful continuous community service project in the history of the United States.”

Fuller passed away suddenly in February 2009 at 74. The University of Alabama School of Law is proud to count Millard Fuller among our most distinguished alumni.

Anne HornsbyUniversity of Alabama School of Law Associate Dean Anne Hornsby headed the Tornado Relief Assistance Project through the law school’s Clinical Programs in the spring of 2011. A team effort of dedicated Clinic attorneys, law students, and local attorneys, the project reached out within days of the April 2011 storms to hold public clinics at Red Cross shelters and disaster centers.

“Making legal services available after devastating tornados struck our community has been so rewarding. The commitment of our clinic staff and students in undertaking this work was inspiring,” said Hornsby, a 1996 graduate of the law school.

The Project was recognized by the Clinical Legal Education Association as Outstanding Pro Bono Project in 2012, and was selected for the 2012 Alabama State Bar Pro Bono Award. Today, the law clinics continue to assist survivors as the rebuilding continues.

The University of Alabama School of Law is proud to have Anne Hornsby as both an outstanding alumna and faculty member.

Liz-HuntleyElizabeth “Liz” Huntley has become a well-known child advocate in Alabama. A 1997 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Liz serves on several boards, including Leadership Alabama Board of Directors, Children’s First Foundation Board of Directors, Children’s Village Board of Directors, Alabama School Readiness Alliance and Project Gear (President and Co-Founder).

In 1994, while beginning her first year in law school, Mrs. Huntley co-founded Project GEAR in Chilton County. Project GEAR is a non-profit organization which works to remove barriers to learning from at-risk youth. Mrs. Huntley has received statewide recognition for her work with the youth in Chilton County. After being featured in articles in the Alabama Lawyer and the Addendum, the Alabama State Bar adopted a resolution honoring her efforts.

Mrs. Huntley’s drive for creating a program for the youth in her county came from her pre-law school internship with A+, The Coalition for Better Education. While at A+, Mrs. Huntley worked at the grassroots level and traveled the state to promote a better quality of education for the children of Alabama. She also served as the Education Liaison to the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus.

Following law school, Liz served as Law Clerk to both the Honorable U.W. Clemon, United States District Court Northern District of Alabama, and the Honorable John Bush, 19th Judicial Circuit, State of Alabama. When Liz was a solo practitioner in Chilton County, she served as one of the County’s Guardian Ad Litem attorneys representing abused and neglected children.  She currently practices at Lightfoot, Franklin and White in Birmingham and participates in the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program and the Volunteer Lawyers Program for the Alabama State Bar.

An active alumnus of the University of Alabama School of Law, Liz now serves as Vice-Chair of the law school’s Board of Trustees for Farrah Law Society. She was also recently appointed to the Board of Trustees for Auburn University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree.

We are proud to count Liz Huntley among our distinguished graduates.

A 1966 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Joseph J. Levin, Jr. is co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. From 1971 until 2004, he served the Center in various capacities, including Legal Director, Chair of the Board, President & CEO, and General Counsel, retiring in 2016. He continues to serve the Center as an emeritus member of the board.

In 1976, as a member of the Carter Presidential Transition Team, Mr. Levin supervised the Department of Justice transition and oversaw preparation of briefing books identifying critical issues for the incoming Attorney General. He had special responsibility for analysis of Department of Justice national security oversight of the CIA, FBI, NSA, and Military Intelligence functions. As Special Assistant to the Attorney General, he superintended final wrap-up of Department of Justice transition affairs and advised the Associate Attorney General on the Department of Justice reorganization efforts.

In 1977, Mr. Levin was appointed Chief Counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In that capacity, he represented and advised NHTSA in dealings with the Department of Transportation, Congress, the courts, federal and state agencies, and the private sector. He had principal responsibility for the massive recalls of defective Firestone “500” steel-belted radial tires and for the Ford Pinto due to defective fuel tanks.

Mr. Levin’s extensive litigation experience includes numerous jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts and proceedings before federal administrative panels. His better-known cases include the landmark sex discrimination case of Frontiero v. Richardson (1973), and the private segregated school case of Gilmore v. City of Montgomery (1974).

Mr. Levin served in the U.S. Army, Military Intelligence branch, from 1967 to 1969, and from 1979 until 1996, Mr. Levin engaged in the private practice of law in Washington D.C. The University of Alabama is proud to count him among our most distinguished alumni.

During her career as an attorney, Susan Bevill Livingston made a positive impact on countless law students and young lawyers in Alabama through her commitment to mentorship.

A partner with Balch & Bingham in Birmingham, Ms. Livingston chaired the firm’s Diversity Committee. In this role, she started the Boot Camp for Success program, which helps to promote diversity in the legal profession by supporting future attorneys from diverse and under-represented backgrounds starting from the beginning of their careers. The annual seminar, led by attorneys and corporate leaders, helps incoming law students learn how to succeed academically and professionally. Attendees experience a mock law school class, receive tips on how to study during the first year of law school, and get advice on the legal job search process. Ms. Livingston also helped to start the firm’s first mentoring program for young lawyers just beginning their legal careers.

Ms. Livingston was an active member of her profession, serving on the boards of the Alabama Law School Foundation, the Alabama Law Institute, and the Women’s Section of the Birmingham Bar Association. She was also a dedicated community leader, and served on the boards for the YWCA of Central Alabama, the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama and the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham. A former Girl Scout troop leader, she was the recipient of the Girl Scouts’ Women of Distinction award in 2004 and the prestigious Mildred Bell Johnson Award in 2012.

Ms. Livingston graduated from Ithaca College and received her J.D. from the University of Alabama in 1977. She began her career in the Alabama Attorney General’s office and later worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Alabama. She joined Balch & Bingham in 1985.

Her unexpected death in 2014 saddened many in the legal community, who have remembered her as a generous, energetic, devoted and funny colleague. Her work lives on through the many lawyers she mentored during her career, and the University of Alabama School of Law is proud to count her among our graduates.

Elizabeth Ann (“Liz”) Whipple was a 2007 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, and during her 10-year legal career, she made an enormous impact on the lives of those around her.

Liz graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in English before attending law school in Tuscaloosa. After finishing law school, Liz went to work as a staff attorney at the Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, where she advocated for people experiencing homelessness. From 2010 to 2015, she served as Director of the Domestic Violence and Guardian Ad Litem Programs for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. In this capacity, she trained and supervised dozens of pro bono attorneys who volunteered their time through the AVLF in order to help domestic violence victims and children in need of advocates.

In 2015, Liz accepted a two-year appointment as Interim Director of the Domestic Violence Clinic at her alma mater, the University of Alabama School of Law. Liz had been among the first students to participate in the DV Clinic when it began, so it was fitting that she would return to lead the clinic and educate future advocates. During her time in Tuscaloosa, she chaired the Tuscaloosa Domestic Violence Task Force, served on the board of the local women’s shelter, and assisted in training law enforcement on issues of domestic violence.

Liz’s life ended too early when she was killed in a tragic accident, along with her co-worker Shelly Darling, in 2017. Her colleagues, friends, and the law school community miss her tremendously. To honor her memory, the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation has started a
Liz Whipple Memorial Fund to benefit its work on behalf of abuse victims who have no other access to legal help. Liz’s infectious smile could light up a room, and her passion for her clients was obvious to those who had the good fortune to work with her. “Her impact on her students, the law school, and the community will be lasting,” said Associate Dean for Clinical Programs Anne Hornsby during a memorial honoring Liz and Shelly. “We will strive to honor their lives by following the examples of service they set for us.”


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LED Light Bar Market Value to Reach US$ 1,248.2 Mn by 2027 - FMI

Over 1.5 million LED light bars were sold in 2018, equaling a market value worth US$ 825 Mn. A new FMI study finds that the LED light bar market is projected to grow at 3.7% y-o-y in 2019. Key factors responsible for the projected growth of the market include:
• Higher adoption of LED lighting as a potential substitute for traditional light sources
• Automakers and construction engineers seeking innovations in the LED light system
• Huge advantages of energy efficiency associated with LED lighting
• Consistent R&D investments to improve performance with better phosphors and other materials

“LED lighting has emerged as an affordable alternative to traditional fluorescent lighting with application ranging from residences to different commercial places to automobiles. Design flexibility, better illumination and cost-efficiency are trending phenomena in LED lighting landscape that are highly embraced by customers. Continued adoption of LED lighting for aesthetic appeal combined with energy efficiency will continue LED light bar adoption and generate revenues worth US$ 861 Mn in 2019,” says FMI.

Single Row LED Light Bars Accounted for Half the Sales in 2018
The FMI study finds that nearly 5 in 10 LED light bar purchased in 2018 were single row LED light bars. Greater preference for single luminaire augurs well for the single row LED light bar sales. While single row LED light bars are expected to grow at 4.1% in 2019, LED light bars with two rows or dual row will register the second highest sales in the market.
Preference for single and dual-LED light bar remains limited to application with small to mid-sized areas such as residential and commercial spaces whereas application of triple row or quad row can be found at larger public places or private event areas.

Combo Beam Pattern Top Selling, Accounting for Over 6 in 10 LED Light Bars
The study finds that sales of LED light bars with combo beam pattern registered over one-third of the global LED light bar market revenues in 2018. With that over 6 in 10 LED light bars to be sold in 2019 will be with combo beam pattern. Demand for LED light bars with combo beam pattern remains highly consolidated in off-road heavy-duty automobiles and some specialized applications.

Flood and spot beam patterns collectively accounted for nearly one third of the market revenue in 2018. However, demand for flood beam pattern in LED light bar remains higher as compared to LED light bars with spot beam pattern.
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FMI opines that 4 in 10 LED light bars were sold for the application in events and shows in 2018. Use of LED light bars remains higher in events and shows as stakeholders seek cost-saving and energy-efficient ways to optimize the overall cost structure. The demand trend in events and shows application is likely to continue in the future wherein growth of 4% is projected in 2019.

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Hinton: non-compliance penalties are already flying through offenders' letterboxes

The introduction of the new SRA Handbook on 6 October 2011, and the creation of compliance officers for legal practice and finance and administration (COLPs/COFAs), was the first tangible wave of a further tightening of audit and control procedures among law firms. The regime seeks to create a framework for solicitors to adopt risk management and control processes that should, frankly, already be well established for the majority.

It’s pleasing no doubt that the vast majority therefore complied and registered nominated solicitors and finance directors to pick up the COLP and COFA chalice respectively. Yet, a staggering 800 had not registered on expiry of the deadline at the end of July and 600 still haven't – do these really believe that the regime will not flex its muscles and that by ignoring this, they will remain hidden? It can only lead to questions being asked about their approach and practices with other matters.

The simple truth is that there is no place to hide and indeed non-compliance penalties are already flying through offenders' letterboxes. In 2012, the proportion of interventions that cite breaches of the code of conduct has accelerated from 32 to 55%.

So, where do you start? Well, aside from registering appropriate people, it’s essential that the firm embraces honesty about what is and what isn’t working with their team and processes right now. This isn’t a simple tick-box exercise – this is a root-and-branch review of the cultural, strategic and structural elements to the law firm that is needed to ensure the right mindset is adopted.

Have the partners and fee-earners set the necessary rigorous standards – the checks and balances, the control gates? Do they know the bottlenecks? Can they provide detailed audit trails? Could they in all honesty, when questioned, know whether their client-care letters are compliant, with the right wording rules, that fees and disbursements are quoted in the correct manner and that more rigorous ID and anti-money laundering checks have been made, even on well-known clients?

For some, the shorthand may be, “It’s been fine for 40 years, therefore…”, but that doesn’t wash anymore. The new regime may feel intimidating, but the new standards and requirements ensure that for the great many, it serves to reinforce the quality they already demonstrate with their clients, with the operation of their practice and the calibre of their staff.

So, if the SRA come a-knocking, you have four weeks to comply with an investigation – and it’s all about evidence of processes being demonstrably in place and followed by all. Could you be ready? There are also far more rigorous reporting requirements that must be implemented by January 2013.

In my next blog next week, we’ll look at some of the elements in practice and the implications of non-compliance – in case you need any more convincing.

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Attorney General urges barristers to think again over QASA boycott and returning legal aid briefs

Grieve: bar has symbiotic relationship with the bench

The Attorney General has urged barristers not to boycott the controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA), and warned that if they refuse instructions they have already accepted in protest at the new legal aid rates, the government may “look elsewhere”.

Speaking at Saturday’s annual Bar conference, Dominic Grieve – who as Attorney General is head of the bar – also said that there are too many criminal barristers.

Mr Grieve told a session organised by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) – which is strongly opposed to QASA, arguing that it promotes basic competence rather than excellence – that it is “impossible for any profession to avoid the level of scrutiny which regulators now provide”.

He said: “I support any process which promotes and bolsters high standards of which the criminal bar is rightly proud, and identifies those who are not able to achieve them.”

Recognising that the creation of ‘plea-only advocates’ is a particular bone of contention, he continued: “I am sure that to refuse to be assessed is not going to strengthen the bar’s case. It will be much better for the bar to demonstrate its ability in this area and leave the issue of plea-only advocates for a debate which I realise is going to continue for some time to come…

“For the bar not to engage constructively with whatever scheme is eventually pursued would I think be counterproductive. Good advocates have nothing to fear from this process.”

During questions, Mr Grieve said he was not convinced by the argument that judicial assessment of barristers represented a fundamental flaw of QASA. Barristers have always had a “symbiotic relationship with the bench”, he said, and judges’ views of counsel have always carried weight.

Fellow panellist Paul Mendelle QC, a former chairman of the CBA, criticised QASA as a “bad idea badly executed” and said it represented a “fundamental rebalancing of the relationship between bench and bar” that was “constitutionally unsound”.

However, Mr Mendelle said that in targeting plea-only advocates, “the bar has been tilting at the wrong windmill for some time”. The role simply recognises work that solicitors have long been doing, he argued.

CBA chairman Nigel Lithman countered that “plea-only advocates will be the death of the bar” because junior counsel will “simply not see any more work”.

On legal aid, Mr Grieve said that while barristers are entitled to turn down new instructions if they view the new fees as unacceptable – as many have pledged to do – he had concerns about them returning instructions that have already been accepted, particularly where a trial date has been set.

He explained: “The disruption caused to the courts may bring about the changes you desire, but equally it also carries with it the very serious risk that within government there will simply be a view that people should look elsewhere for the services we [barristers] provided, and I think that is something the bar has got to bear in mind.”

It was not clear what alternatives the government would look to, however.

Mr Grieve told delegates that “engagement with the process of change is the most likely to lead to satisfactory outcomes for the future of the profession”.

He continued that even if legal aid rates had been going up, the bar would be facing a “very considerable crisis” because a reduction in prosecutions and court use indicated that there was “clearly an oversupply of barristers”.

Mr Grieve noted that despite all the problems facing barristers, their ranks have continued to grow; typically a third of private practice barristers do criminal work.

“This combination of increasing supply and decreasing demand is not sustainable. The criminal bar needs to be at a size where it can thrive with sufficient barristers to allow for competition but with enough work to provide for an acceptable living,” he said.

One solution, he suggested, was to replicate the Crown Prosecution Service’s advocate panel – introduced last year – for defence barristers. This “time-limited list of quality approved advocates” meant those on the panel had enough work to build a practice.

At the same time, in answer to a question from the floor about whether he expected “people of brilliance” to enter criminal law in the future in the way they have in the past – passing on their experience to junior counsel – Mr Grieve said he did not.

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No larger firm can ignore the demands of innovation – that was the clear message from our most recent roundtable: “The law firm of the future”, sponsored by LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions. It comes in many forms, predominantly but not just technology, and is not simply a case of automating process. Expertise and process are not mutually exclusive.

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Good company – general counsel’s difficult balancing act

Company behaviour and the ethical responsibility of general counsel is a sensitive subject, because the status and influence of the role can vary considerably from one entity to another, and the issue can be complicated.

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Nine Leighton-Linslade residents are needed to play a major role in local celebrations for The Queen’s 90th birthday – could you be one of them?

The town council is collaborating with the Rotary Club of Leighton-Linslade to organise the lighting of a birthday beacon at Parson’s Close Recreation Ground.

The birthday beacon to be used in Leighton Buzzard

The birthday beacon to be used in Leighton Buzzard

The LBO is joining forces with Leighton-Linslade Town Council in the search for the lucky locals willing to take part in the event which will feature music in the park (including several bands) and a free firework display.

Town mayor Ray Berry explained: “Plans are coming together to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. Not dissimilar to an Olympic torch relay, we are hoping for a parish style activity where runners converge on the market cross bearing a lighted torch.

“They will then process down to Parson’s Close where the beacon will be.

“What we are looking for is nine residents born in each decade of her majesty’s life to meet these runners and help with the lighting of the beacon.”

The event will take place on The Queen’s birthday (Thursday, April 21) and Buckingham Palace has been keen to promote the landmark as a focus for national celebration.

The council has already bought a beacon in the shape of a rose. The time it will be lit will be confirmed nearer the day, but is likely to be around 8pm.

The last major beacon commemoration was for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on June 4, 2012 – although Leighton Buzzard did not participate on that occasion.

A town council report on funding for this April’s event states: “There is a long unbroken tradition in our country of celebrating Royal jubilees, weddings, coronations and special birthdays with the lighting of beacons – on top of mountains, churches and castle battlements, on town and village greens, farms and country parks and estates, and along the beaches surrounding our shores.

“There will be a further opportunity to celebate on April 21. By the town council lighting a beacon, we will be joining in on uniting the nation in common celebration of this important milestone in The Queen’s life.”

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Spectacular Sardine Run!

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine run
“Ok, on the count of 3: 1, 2, 3!!” shouts our skipper, Grant. We hit the surface, grab our cameras and prepare to descend as fast as possible. My heart is pounding; I’m nervous, anxious with anticipation. I’ve read a lot about the run and this is my first time in the middle of the feeding frenzy. The surface of the water is boiling with activity, everywhere common dolphins are breaking the surface, and then disappearing again, gannets are popping up from the depths while others are plunging at a phenomenal speed into the ocean like kamikaze pilots. I look overhead, it’s raining birds.

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine run with Dolphins
Beneath the surface the viz is poor, 4 metres max, which doesn’t help calm the adrenaline rushing through my heart. I follow the dive guide, Franseau Le Roux’s yellow fins to the small bait ball. It’s manic down here, the silence I’m familiar with underwater is filled with the high pitch sounds of the dolphins, and overhead countless explosions are going off, it’s the gannets breaking the surface, defying Nature as they fly through the water down to 8 metres to snatch up a sardine before heading back up again. Dolphins are speeding past me from all directions; they corral the sardines, driving them to the surface. I’m surrounded by predators who are ignoring each other, focused solely on the helpless little sardines that are instinctively glued to each other in a defensive baitball formation, which is shattered repeatedly by predators feeding on them. They sway and flow, forming and reforming, like visual music. I’m feeling somewhat like a sardine myself, vulnerable, especially when the sharks suddenly appear out of the poor viz, coming way too close for comfort causing me to squeal through my DV despite knowing they’ve only one thing on their minds, sardines! I fire a few shots but there’s just too much to take in for a first timer. I’m privileged to be part of one of Nature’s most magnificent phenomena, a dramatic underwater performance, the great dance of the sardine run.  And then all too soon the ball is gone and so have all the predators. Everything is quiet and still, as though it was all an illusion.

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine run with Sharks
This was my introduction to the sardine run, and the squealing through my DV, which was heard by dive buddies, reason for my Shark Warrior nickname to be humorously questioned. But that brief experience was all I needed, I was hooked and wanting more of the same, much more. It was my third attempt of the sardine run. The previous two, spaced by 5 years, were totally uneventful due to timing and conditions – I never saw a single sardine. This third time lucky I had joined Walter Bernardis of African Watersports, who has been leading sardine run expeditions for over 10 years and definitely runs one of the most professional operations around. I also joined good friend and famous underwater photographer, Michael Aw, who has been diving the run for six years in a row with Walter.

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine run with Dolphins
That the run is referred to as the Greatest Shoal and Show on Earth, rivaling the wildebeest migration, is for good reason, it is the greatest gathering of predators known. Over 20 000 common dolphins, 2000 bottlenose dolphins, thousands of sharks: bronze whaler sharks, dusky sharks, blacktip sharks, spinner sharks, zambezi sharks, even the odd raggie; various game fish, seals and birds such as the Cape gannet, cormorants, terns, including the Brydes whale who can swallow 10 000 fish in a single mouthful, all feast on the sardines. The run occurs during May to late July each year when a current of cold water heads north from the Agulhas Bank up to Mozambique, and still further east into the Indian Ocean bringing with it the sardines.

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine ball with sharks
That small little bait ball I first experienced was my initiation for greater things to come which they certainly did with a 10m x 10m bait ball, which we hopped on early morning, and which was still going off till after sunset. Having sucked my air dry till literally the last breath, I was snorkeling and photographing at the surface when suddenly I heard someone yell “WHALE!!” I spun around to see a mammoth Brydes whale skimming past me, its tail propelling it, moving toward me: “This is tickets Lesley, you’re about to be whacked to oblivion by a whale’s tail!” were my thoughts as I continued to hold my trigger down, determined to go out in style with photos to prove it. The Sea Gods were with me and I live to tell the tale, fortunately not the whale tail version! And my photos? Well even with my lens set at 14mm the whale is so close, the shots reveal sections of its body and markings in detail. My only regret was that my boat took me back to shore early and I missed the opportunity to photograph the whale going through the bait ball repeatedly. Next time…

Lesley Rochat Photography - Sardine run
Photographically the run is a massive challenge in many respects and many of the awesome photos one sees have been a touch of luck and loads of skill and planning. Having gone with inferior strobes and arms which have since gone to the dustbin, and having no idea what to expect, I am happy with what I achieved, but hankering after the shots I missed, and the ones I never thought of focusing on at the time. But again, next time…(I will be sharing more of images next week in a slide show.)

Apart from Walters’s great sense of humor, invaluable sardine run experience, great boats, skippers, dive guides, and supporting microlight spotter, he runs his trips from the picturesque Mbotyi River Lodge, a beautiful lodge overlooking the river and bay, with great food even for vegetarians like myself.  Overall my two weeks spent on the run are filled with truly special places and moments, some a little hair-raising like when Walter and I were the last in the water on a very small ball consisting of a handful of fish, which had attracted little interest until the common dolphins arrived, along with some sharks. At that point the fish decided the best place to hide was right next to us, and though the sharks had no interest in us they had a great deal of interest in these little stragglers hanging around us. “It’s like having bits of biltong hanging off you while in a game park!” Walter exclaimed after we flew out the water to the safety of the boat, leaving the fish to their fate. Fond memories include the special moments with great people who travelled from all corners of the world to experience this magnificent spectacle, sharing stories, photos and videos in the Mbotyi pub, a good laugh and a feeling of being passionately alive. That’s what the sardine run does for one.

Lesley Rochat Photography - Beautiful Dolphins
The sardine run is a must, but it’s not for the faint hearted nor the unfit – it’s hard work, early mornings, long days at sea on small boats, mostly rubber ducks, and in and out the water countless time. It’s also only for the experienced diver with a thirst for adventure, which it is sure to quench. As Franseau said: “ I measure my life in sardine run increments!” I relate and already planning my next trip in 2011. A big thanks to Mbotyi River Lodge and a very special thanks to Walter and Sandy Bernardis who I can’t thank enough for giving me one of the greatest gifts ever, the sardine run experience. To find out more about Walter’s trips go to African Watersports (the site is heading for a revamp soon) and book early as space is limited. Walter also does the tiger sharks and blacktips at Aliwal Shoal, which I have shared on my blog previously. Those
who would like to join me next year and share the boat I am on, email me directly at lrochat@iafrica.com

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  1. Kevin AndersonKevin Anderson08-20-2010

    Totally awesome article and impressive shots! Your photography is world class and gives certain SA based underwater photographers some serious competition. look forward to seeing the slide show. I am keen to do the sardine run trip. I have a Ikelite set up and ok nikon – would you be prepared to share photo tips to help get shots like yours or closeish?

  2. TerryTerry08-21-2010

    Les, Not only do your stunning images accompanied by wonderful writing capture this awesome adventure; they show us how everything is in balance and intricately connected and what we all stand to lose if we do not change our ways. Without these images we would never know what lies below the oceans surface. We are priviledged to be able to share Sardine Run 2010 with you.

  3. Lesley RochatLesley Rochat08-22-2010

    Thanks guys, appreciate! It is wonderful to share the run through the images, to show people the beauty and in so doing an understanding of what it is we must preserve and why. And yes, of course I would love to help other underwater photographers get the best they can. In fact, for the group that comes with me, that will be part of the boat sharing, sharing what I have learnt, the do's and don't I learnt, plus tips I picked up which really help, so please feel free to contact me should you wish to join me for the 2011 trip. I will advertise closer to the time too.

  4. A supporterA supporter08-23-2010

    I have long since admired your skills, dedication and commitment to the cause. I have had business to do with the organisation you were once associated with. I wondered how long it would take you to break away as any direct association with them was tarnishing your excellent reputation. I have been away out of contact with the world for a while and recently heard what they did to you. It must have been hard but I could have told you it would have come to that – they like to own and control and anyone who does not fit the mold, a strong, successful, talented individual such as you, with strong values, would never fit in with those who lack all these qualities – they are not a nice bunch and certainly have little care for the cause you believe in. I watched them hold you back and claim glory for all your successes, but now you are free! Wishing you well as I watch you fly from a distance. With great respect, one of your many supporters.

  5. Lesley RochatLesley Rochat08-24-2010

    Hello Supporter, thank you for your kind words and support, which I have read with interest. I invite you to contact me directly on lrochat@iafrica.com. I hope to hear from you… Kind regards, Lesley

  6. Adam CarnegieAdam Carnegie09-04-2010

    Scheesh! What a breath taking article and imagery! Truly spectacular! Your photographs are inspirational and I yearn to be out there. This trap, behind the computer! Thanks for getting out there and showing me what I am missing! Thrilling energy packed adventure.

  7. AlexAlex09-22-2010

    Hey Lesley,
    Awesome pix! Send me your address so that I can send you a copy of 'Man & Shark'…

  8. Lesley RochatLesley Rochat10-12-2010

    My blog is posted on the divesite.co.za website, here are some other comments:
    Chris Fraser on 20 August 2010
    wow what an epic story. been thinking of doing the run for some time and this article has inspired me to plan and book for next year! awesome!!
    Brian on 27 August 2010
    What stunning photogaphy !!!……World class. Brilliant Lesley look forward to seeing more.
    Lesley Rochat on 29 August 2010
    Thanks Brian, that's kind of you 🙂 I've held a few of my favorites back and look forward to sharing soon. Underwater/conservation photography is a powerful tool in raising awareness about our oceans. It is my hope that these images promote awe and appreciation.
    Colleen Neth on 9 September 2010
    Blown out of my mind and SO very excited to try the sardine run again. We went a few years ago and didn't see a single sardine – we had fun though. The comaraderie even during a sardineless sardine run is good fun. Keep up the great work. I wish you lot & lots more spectacular sardine run and at least 1 for me 🙂
    yvette on 17 September 2010
    im blown away. your writing style and pics….. wow!! speechless

  9. Katrien VandeveldeKatrien Vandevelde06-23-2011

    These breathtaking pictures and and the well described story almost make me feel like I experienced it for myself. What an incredible spectacle. Like the greatest show on earth!

  10. Sandro LonardiSandro Lonardi05-05-2013

    Great pictures Lesley!

    We enjoyed the Sardine Run in 2010 and we will go again this year.

    Really looking forward!

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“When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side.’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.'”

~ Adolf Hitler

Each day I am reminded that the collectivist agenda behind public ‘schooling’ is not a myth, and that it has accomplished more of its goals than we would want to believe. We must remember that the ‘project’ began around 1840 and realize that my generation — my nearing-retirement generation — may be the last adult citizens with a real understanding of the Original Intent for this nation, and any comprehension of the deceptiveness and evil that drives this global plot to ensnare and enslave our children for mindless service in the global vision for a Brave New World.

If we hold any hopes for a return to the America of our Founding Fathers, and to accurate interpretations of the US Constitution, we must act now, each of us teaching and leading as Elders, as in The Giver, and take back our educational decision-making roles. If we fail in the mission to force the federal STATE to release its unconstitutional strings and control over our local educational decisions — and, rest assured, we will fail in such an attempt — then we must opt for euthanasia and assist the school monolith in dying as quickly, and as painlessly, as possible. We might name our mission, “Hospice for Government Schooling.”

If we have thoughtfully prepared for, then succeed in bringing about THE END of public education, we can request cremation, hold a quick funeral, then build or support, in each community, schools that educate our children for free lives in a free America, rather than for mental and physical enslavement in a world of global, national, state and local Hitler-types.

We really have no other choice, if we care about the futures for our children and grandchildren. We must act, even if it means giving up our luxuries; our second properties; our false reassurances that “I don’t see it affecting my life because my standard of living has only gone up during my lifetime.” We must discipline ourselves to look further than the noses on our faces; our social security; our ease in retirement. Our heirs will not have good things in life if we allow the collectivist remaking of our values to continue.

Just yesterday, with reading and math scores plummeting across the nation; with both student and teacher motivation and effectiveness at embarrassing lows, I was invited to a workshop — “Shaping Character: Creating a Culture of Virtues in Our Schools.” This title seems to me incongruent in light of their claim that “You have been entrusted with the future. We know how important that is to you. That is why our seminars offer only the best classroom-tested teaching methods — not trendy, theory-based fads.” Maybe I am just getting too old, for I interpret “shaping character” and “creating a culture of virtues” as fads; I interpret “teaching methods” as ways to teach the Three R’s; to teach them effectively; and to teach them NOW. I believe that the teaching of character and values belongs in the homes and in the churches, not in schools, and certainly not with the goal of ‘reshaping’ any of our children.

The brochure promises “100% Satisfaction Guaranteed!” and notes that this institute “offers dozens of seminar topics in hundreds of locations all over the United States.” (I wonder if they offer any seminars on how to actually teach reading, or on how to choose and implement, math curriculum and instruction, which can raise the test scores that have been lowered by the Chicago Everyday Math; the University of Chicago math books; and/or all of their clones? I may inquire…) It crossed my mind than I could attend this seminar, as a representative of those self-proclaimed curmudgeons among us. It might be rather fun to be the person with the questions, who already knows the real answers — those answers which, in all likelihood, will be avoided in such a workshop as this.

This workshop caught my attention, not because of any direction towards educational and academic goals, but because of its offer to train teachers in how to remold your and my children. The flyer promises that attendees “will learn:

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    (Bold print is theirs from the flyer.)

Certainly I want, as we all do, for children to have spiritual values that assist them in self-control, and motivate them to learn. However, I believe that these outcomes can usually be brought about by simply teaching every capable child to read, spell, speak, and write accurately, prior to their entry into third grade, then by offering them the libraries, the wisdom of the ages, and productive careers available to knowledgeable, competent, well-read persons. My radar for ‘collectivist goals’ begins to hum when I read that two of the five strategies of “Shaping Character” are: — “Honor the spirit — how to help students find purpose and meaning. — Practice the art of Spiritual Companioning to really listen and encourage moral choices.” (Again, bold lettering is from the advertisement flyer.)

My fear is that, with all of the learning, materials and products being promised and guaranteed, attendees will decide to implement the information in their classrooms, in place of remediating delayed reading and math skills. Attendees are promised “a wealth of ideas you can implement immediately” but it appears that all of the ideas will be on how to ‘reshape’ students, rather than how to educate them according to academic standards and goals.

The workshops will be offered in Wichita, Kansas; Cleveland, Ohio; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Take a moment to wonder how many of your children’s teachers will attend this workshop, or one of the many others offered by this organization, or other seminars offered by any of the numerous organizations with similar agendas. “Staff development and in-service” offerings are big business, and although many appear to offer solutions to the corruption, and seem to offer assistance in a realignment of American educational misdirection, many, in fact, use the fortunate (for them) state of miseducation to earn speaking fees and sell books, rather than to present and champion true corrective measures.

After looking at examples of the training offered to public school teachers, you may well decide to again refigure your family budget; to further assess and define your educational priorities for your children. You may decide, this time, to actually begin checking out the private and parochial schools in your area, or the materials and support available for homeschooling.

If each of us withdraws our children and our grandchildren from the public schools, the repercussions will bring about the death of these unhealthy centers for ‘childhood indoctrination.’ In certain medical cases, if one continues to feed a terminal patient, death and suffering are only prolonged. We are facing such a quandary in regards to the disease that has taken over government schooling. However, if we, family-by-family, pull our children out of the public schools, the state and federal dollars to those schools, based as they are on ‘head count,’ will be reduced accordingly, allowing the institutions to atrophy and eventually close their doors due to loss of interest and their lifeblood — taxpayer money.

It appears to be the kindest decision we can make, not only for our children who bear the burden for the future of America, but also for our teachers who are frustrated and saddened by the level to which schooling has sunk in this nation. In addition, the economic benefit will be great, for our tax burden will be lessened, bringing much-needed financial relief in this era of a constricting economy.

The Departments of Education in all fifty states and at the national level can be closed, lifting even greater tax burdens from the shoulders of present and future taxpayers. Individuals will be able to freely decide which types of schooling they choose to support with their newly available monies.

We can save America, and the Original Intent for this nation, by returning total control of education for our future generations; our future leaders; to those closest to them — their families, their churches, their neighborhoods. All of these decisions can, in turn, reestablish states’ rights to their lawful position in the power structure of the United States of America, as detailed and specified in the United States Constitution. That document and its guiding principles were created for free Individualists; certainly not for totalitarian collectivists. We must stop, then reverse, the process that Hitler so clearly recognized, applauded, and in which he placed his faith for the future of the world.


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At Cherrybrook Physiotherapy, we provide allied health services to help you get better, feel better and stay better. Our dedicated and experienced team help keep the residents of Cherrybrook, Glenhaven and Castle Hill healthy and pain free.

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We welcome two new members to our dynamic team:

1) Meet UN Environment’s new Life Cycle Thinking Programme Officer, Kristina Bowers

Kristina Bowers is the new Programme Officer at United Nations Environment in Paris, who will also facilitate activities for the Life Cycle Initiative. Before joining UN Environment’s Economy Division, Kristina worked in both inter-governmental organizations and the private sector. In 2013, Kristina joined the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada, as Junior Professional Officer, where she was leading the portfolio on business engagement. Before joining the UN, Kristina worked for a waste management company in Berlin, Germany in a public affairs role. Kristina holds a Master’s Degree in Public and Private Environmental Management from the Freie University of Berlin, Germany.

2) Meet the Life Cycle Initiative’s new Communications Consultant, Mathieu Carey

Mathieu Carey is the new Communications Consultant to United Nations Environment in Paris. Among other activities, he will be also be supporting communications for the Life Cycle Initiative. Prior to joining UN Environment, Mathieu worked in the energy sector as a Brussels-based journalist, editor at the OECD in Paris, and communications analyst for state-owned energy companies. His career has also taken him to the United States, Italy and Saudi Arabia. Mathieu graduated from the University of Glasgow and holds Masters in International Relations from the IEP Toulouse, and in International Energy from Sciences Po Paris. During the latter, Mathieu undertook research on desalination systems and the water-energy-food nexus in the Middle East.


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Innovation, passion, hard work and fun are at the heart of our company, and we’re always on the look out for brilliant and talented people to get on board and join the Lifecycle family.

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Who knew that the humble todger could be so interesting?

1. The average human penis size is 5.1 inches when erect, and 4.6 inches around.

2. The world’s largest penis, belonging to New Yorker Jonah Falcon, is 13.5 inches!

3. Although, if the North Korean equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records is to be believed,  the country’s late leader, Kim Jong-il’s pecker was a whopping 3ft 4in long! Hmm.

4. Willy piercing is called a Prince Albert after rumours that Queen Victoria’s hubby had a similar ring on his crown jewels. Although, there is no historical proof of this.

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5. The word penis comes from the Latin ‘pesnis’ meaning tail.

6. Fear of the penis is known as phallophobia. It’s diagnosed when the sight of a willy causes severe terror.

7. About 100 men around the world have a condition called diphallus. It means they’ve got two willies.

8. One study showed the smell of donuts increased penile blood flow by 32%.

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9. Japan holds an annual penis parade, known as The Festival of the Steel Phallus.

10. On average, men have three to five erections while asleep, each lasting around 30 minutes

11. There are no bones in a human penis so it can’t be broken. But it can be fractured if the blood-filled tubes inside an erection burst. A third of all cases happen during sex, when the lady is on top. Ouch!

12. Despite their huge size, gorillas only have 2-inch penises

13. Blue Whales are the most well-endowed animals, with willies that can be as long as 10ft.

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14. As well as causing impotence, smoking is said to make your todger shrink by up to a centimetre in a lifetime.

15. Penis Panic, also known as Koro, is the irrational delusion that the penis is shrinking into the body.

16. Penises are twice as long as they look, with the ‘root’ of the organ being hidden inside the man’s pelvis.

17. Icelandic Phallological Museum houses a collection of more than 215 penises and penile parts.

18. The average speed of ejaculation is around 30mph.

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‘Epic news!’: Pro-life leaders ecstatic over closure of clinic, site of first-ever 40 Days for Life

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BRYAN, TX, July 18, 2013 ( – Before 40 Days for Life became an international phenomenon operating in hundreds of cities around the globe, it was a humble prayer campaign organized by local Texas pro-life activists who were disgusted at the presence of an abortion-providing Planned Parenthood clinic in their community.

Now leaders with 40 Days for Life are hailing the pending closure of that clinic – located in Bryan, Texas – as a sign of the power of prayer, as well as the fact that the momentum is now firmly on the side of pro-life.

Planned Parenthood announced this morning that the abortion-providing facility would be closing, along with two other clinics, thanks to funding cuts pushed through by Republicans. The news came on the same day that Governor Rick Perry signed the state’s new late-term abortion ban into law.

"This is epic news, 15 years in the making!” said David Bereit, the national director of 40 Days for Life. “Thousands of dedicated community members have faithfully prayed and held peaceful vigils outside this abortion center, offered hope and alternatives to turn away prospective Planned Parenthood customers, and educated the community about the harm of Planned Parenthood.

“These efforts, combined with the decisive action of the Texas legislature, have finally brought about this closure that is an answer to prayer," Bereit said.

Even more than the site of the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign, the Bryan, Texas, Planned Parenthood office may be most famous as the clinic where pro-life activist Abby Johnson worked for eight years as clinic director.

"This is what grace truly looks like,” said Johnson today after hearing about the clinic’s closure. “Knowing that the former abortion clinic I once ran is now closing is the biggest personal victory of my life."

“From running that facility, to then advocating  for its closure, and now celebrating that dream," she wrote, "shows that my life has indeed come full circle. I am honored to have worked with so many who helped with my conversion and the closure of this facility. We will continue to fight until every abortion clinic in this country has shut its doors."

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Since leaving the abortion industry Johnson has gone on to found And Then There Were None, a new ministry which has since helped 60 other workers to leave the abortion industry over the last year.

"I was surprised when Abby Johnson walked through our doors back in 2009,” said Bobby Reynoso, executive director of the Coalition for Life, “but today I am not.”

“Victories like these should be expected when a community of faith stands up against the greatest injustice of the day," Bobby said. "How little was my faith then, but today I'm reminded once again of how great a God we serve."

That first 40 Days for Life prayer campaign took place outside the Bryan clinic in 2004, and has since grown to involve 575,000 volunteers in 501 cities around the globe. The campaign has been partly or directly responsible for saving at least 7,536 babies from abortion, closing 37 abortion centers, and helping 83 workers to quit their jobs in the abortion industry

"As the birthplace of 40 Days for Life and the place where Abby Johnson resigned after eight years working for America's largest abortion chain, this is a huge victory for the entire pro life movement!” said Shawn Carney, 40 Days for Life campaign director.

“Peaceful and prayerful local opposition to abortion is ending abortion from the grassroots up," he said.

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Dark and Disorderly by B. Harris

I’ve never thought of myself as a big Urban Fantasy or Paranormal book fan.  I’ve read a handful of vampire books (The Vampire Dairies, Twilight saga, and a few others), but despite my fascination with vampires and ghosts, it’s not a genre I have gravitated towards.  In light of this, I was a little unsure when I read the description for Dark and Disorderly by Bernita Harris. None-the-less I found myself wanting to give something new a try and I’m glad I did!  Dark and Disorderly is the first book in Harris’ new series entitled The Adventures of Lillie St. Clair and it without a doubt left me wanting more!

I was standing there naked when my dead husband walked into my bathroom…”

Lillie St. Claire is a Talent, one of the rare few who can permanently dispatch the spirits of the dead that walk the earth. Her skills are in demand in a haunted country, where a plague of ghosts is becoming a civic nuisance.

Those skills bring her into conflict with frightened citizens who view Talents as near-demons. Her husband comes to see her as a Freak; so when Nathan dies after a car crash, she is relieved to be free of his increasingly vicious presence. Lillie expects to be haunted by Nathan’s ghost, but not to become Suspect #1 for her husband’s murder and reanimation.

But what’s most surprising of all is the growing attraction between her and psi-crime detective John Thresher. He thinks that Lillie killed Nathan–and Nathan must agree, because his zombie is seeking revenge. Now she and Thresher must work together to solve her husband’s murder–before his corpse kills her…

From the very first page of Dark and Disorderly, Bernita Harris had me intrigued and a little creped out.  This was a bit of a surprise to me because I hadn’t been scared by a book since I read Stephen King’s Pet Sematary in the 7th grade.   It was because of this I knew from page one I was going to LOVE this book…there is nothing better than a story that pulls you in from the opening sentences and doesn’t let go until the very last word.

Dark and Disorderly is about Lillie St. Claire, a Talent, who is able to help/force ghosts (depending on the type of ghost) cross over to the other side.  Having a Talent’s trademark silver hair, Lillie sticks out amongst the townspeople and is looked down upon for her abilities, even as they ask her for help getting rid of the ever growing epidemic of ghosts.  Not to mention she’s being haunted by her late husband who was not only abusive to her when he was living, but is now terrorizing her in his death…with the help of someone alive that obviously wants Lillie dead.  However, despite all that Lillie is facing (I haven’t even scratched the surface), she remains a strong character throughout the story.  No matter what happens to her she picks herself up and keeps on going, which is something I really liked and respected.

One of Lillie’s few friends is a man named Ted Dempster,  who shares an office with her at the Municipal Building.  I really loved Lillie’s relationship with Ted.  He doesn’t look down upon her like most of the town and is actually there for her and sticks up for her when she needs him. I found it nice to see someone accept Lillie for who she is – it was heartwarming to see just how much Ted cares for her.

Now on the other hand Lillie’s relationship with detective John Thresher is anything but heartwarming.  They are raw animal magnetism, anger and sexual tension…well at least in the beginning.  Torn between whether or not Lillie is really in trouble or if she murdered her husband, Thresher struggles to understand his feelings for Lillie.  As for Lillie she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Thresher, but does everything in her power to keep him at bay.  The slow simmering build between these two was absolutely fascinating.  I can’t wait to see what happens with them next.

Overall, I can honestly say that Dark and Disorderly was near impossible for me to put down.  Its plot moved very quickly and had numerous twists and turns.  I found it refreshing to read a story that wasn’t extremely predictable and managed to keep me on my toes. I can’t wait for the next installment in the series as the first book is without a doubt a must read!

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  1. I’ve got this queued up on my iPhone waiting to be read. I got hooked when I read an excerpt at the Carina Press blog when they were doing pre-release publicity. I’ve heard nothing but good reviews. Maybe I need to push it higher up in the TBR pile.

  2. Fiction Vixon: Thank you! I too can’t wait to read more from Harris!

    JenM: I would definitely move it up your TBR list! Please come back and let me know what you think! :)

  3. Hey LE ,
    I was originally looking for a book that I had reviewed on my site and then I thought I could post my thoughts on it but We either have books on our lists that you have reviewed that I have yet too or none of the same reviewed as of yet.

    So I thought I would comment on Dark and Disorderly , I have this book on my TBR Pile via Amazon Kindle of course. After hearing your thoughts I’ll have to bump it up .
    It sounds a mixture between the Academy type books with a hint of Ghost Whisperer ( my two favourite catergories).

    I’d be grateful if you check my site out

  4. Paula – I can’t wait to read your thoughts on Dark and Disorderly. I’ll be looking for your review! I took a look at your site and really like it! I made sure to bookmark it so I can keep up with your reviews. :)

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Future Bookish Escape Dicussions

Bookish EscapeLarissa from Larissa’s Bookish Life and I have had to do some scheduling adjustments to the upcoming Bookish Escape discussions. Daylight Savings has totally screwed us over in that Larissa has sprung ahead an hour and we’ll be jumping back on November 6th.  Which means there will be a 3 hour time difference beginning with our next discussion, the Cassie Palmer series by Karen chance on November 14th.  So the Bookish Escape discussion will be starting an hour earlier and hopefully this will work out better for many. Here’s the upcoming schedule:

November 14, 2011 at 8pm – Cassandra Palmer (Panelists: Larissa’s Bookish Life and Calliope’s Domain)
December 5, 2011 at 8pm – Morgan Kingsley by Jenna Black (Panelists: Larissa’s Bookish Life and ??)
January 9, 2012 at 8pm – Sabina Kane by Jaye Wells (Panelists: Larissa’s Bookish Life and ??)
January 23, 2012 at 8pm – Dark Swan by Richelle Mead (Panelists: Larissa’s Bookish Life and ??)
March 5, 2012 at 8pm – Parasol Protectorate/Alexia Tarabotti (Panelists: Larissa’s Bookish Life and ??)

Speaking of schedules, Larissa and I have been talking about which series/novels we want to do in 2012 and we’re thinking we want some help.  We’ve been picking series we’re currently reading, but we’re beginning to feel like we’re overlooking a few superb series.  So we want to know – which books do you want to discuss?

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I am a 30-something SAHM with two adorable boys and a supportive husband who is very tolerant of my reading addiction. I love to read and easily go through about a dozen books a month – well I did before I had kids. Now, not so much. After my first son was born, I began to take my hobby of reviewing a little more serious and started Literary Escapism to help with my sanity. I love to discuss the fabulous novels I’ve read and meeting all the wonderful people in the book blogging community has been amazing.


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Award winning personal injury specialist chooses Proclaim

Anna Theodorides, Principal of AMV Law

AMV Law, a prize winner at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2013, has implemented the Proclaim Practice Management Software solution from Eclipse Legal Systems.

Established in 2006, AMV Law is a niche London-based practice specialising solely in Personal Injury cases. The firm caters for the full range of injury and claimant types, ranging from straightforward RTA cases through to catastrophic injury cases.

AMV Law is taking the full Proclaim Practice Management solution, integrating firm-wide accounting toolsets with the Personal Injury Case Management desktop. In addition, AMV Law is taking advantage of Proclaim’s A2A (Application-to-Application) functionality to process low-value RTA (Road Traffic Accident) claims through the Government’s Portal system.

Prior to implementation, Eclipse carried out a migration of data from AMV Law’s existing case management solution.

Anna Theodorides, Principal of AMV Law (and winner of the Highly Commended prize in the Legal Business Woman of the Year category at the Law Society Awards 2013), comments:

“In an ever changing landscape it was essential that we found a way to ensure we were able to compete and survive the new costs regime. It was imperative that the system we invested in would allow us to carry out work as efficiently and cost effectively as possible within  the Portal and outside, whilst maintaining excellent client care.”

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