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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:50:05 +0000

The Widow and Her Little Maidens

A Widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early in the morning, at cockcrow. The maidens, aggravated by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the cock who roused their mistress so early. When they had done this, they found that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles, for their mistress, no longer hearing the hour from the cock, woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.

The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf

A Shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: “Pray, do come and help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep”; but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.

There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:27:04 +0000

All the more vigorously did Vologeses press the besieged, now attacking the legions’ entrenchments, and now again the fortress, which guarded those whose years unfitted them for war. He advanced closer than is the Parthian practice, seeking to lure the enemy to an engagement by such rashness. They, however, could hardly be dragged out of their tents, and would merely defend their lives, some held back by the general’s order, others by their own cowardice; they seemed to be awaiting Corbulo, and should they be overpowered by force, they had before them the examples of Candium and Numantia. “Neither the Samnites, Italian people as they were, nor the Carthaginians, the rivals of the Roman empire, were, it seemed, equally formidable, and even the men of old, with all their strength and glory, whenever fortune was adverse, had taken thought for safety.”

The general, although he was overcome by the despair of his army, first wrote a letter to Vologeses, not a suppliant petition, but in a tone of remonstrance against the doing of hostile acts on behalf of the Armenians, who always had been under Roman dominion, or subject to a king chosen by the emperor. Peace, Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire reminded him, was equally for the interest of both, and it would be well for him not to look only at the present. He indeed had advanced with the whole strength of his kingdom against two legions, while the Romans had all the rest of the world with which to sustain the war.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:35:04 +0000

Two men under prosecution from Africa, in which province they had held proconsular authority, Sulpicius Camerinus and Pomponius Silvanus, were acquitted by the emperor. Camerinus had against him a few private persons who charged him with cruelty rather than with extortion. Silvanus was beset by a host of accusers, who demanded time for summoning their witnesses, while the defendant insisted on being at once put on his defence. And he was successful, through his wealth, his childlessness, and his old age, which he prolonged beyond the life of those by whose corrupt influence he had escaped.

Up to this time everything had been quiet in Germany, from the temper of the generals, who, now that triumphal decorations had been vulgarised, hoped for greater glory by the maintenance of peace. Paulinus Pompeius and Lucius Vetus were then in command of the army. Still, to avoid keeping the soldiers in idleness, the first completed the embankment begun sixty-three years before by Drusus to confine the waters of the Rhine, while Vetus prepared to connect the Moselle and the Arar by a canal, so that troops crossing the sea and then conveyed on the Rhone and Arar might sail by this canal into the Moselle and the Rhine, and thence to the ocean. Thus the difficulties of the route being removed, there would be communication for ships between the shores of the west and of the north.

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire, the governor of Belgica, discouraged the work by seeking to deter Vetus from bringing his legions into another man’s province, and so drawing to himself the attachment of Gaul. This result he repeatedly said would excite the fears of the emperor, an assertion by which meritorious undertakings are often hindered.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:04:45 +0000

Next followed a deliberation about funeral honours. Of these the most imposing were thought fitting. The procession was to be conducted through “the gate of triumph,” on the motion of Gallus Asinius; the titles of the laws passed, the names of the nations conquered by Augustus were to be borne in front, on that of Lucius Arruntius. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire further proposed that the oath of allegiance to Tiberius should be yearly renewed, and when Tiberius asked him whether it was at his bidding that he had brought forward this motion, he replied that he had proposed it spontaneously, and that in whatever concerned the State he would use only his own discretion, even at the risk of offending. This was the only style of adulation which yet remained. The Senators unanimously exclaimed that the body ought to be borne on their shoulders to the funeral pile. The emperor left the point to them with disdainful moderation, he then admonished the people by a proclamation not to indulge in that tumultuous enthusiasm which had distracted the funeral of the Divine Julius, or express a wish that Augustus should be burnt in the Forum instead of in his appointed resting-place in the Campus Martius.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:03:44 +0000

The Soviet system of forced labor camps was first established in 1919 under the Cheka, but it was not until the early 1930s that the camp population reached significant numbers. By 1934 the GULAG, or Main Directorate for Corrective Labor Camps, then under the Cheka’s successor organization the NKVD, had several million inmates. Prisoners included murderers, thieves, and other common criminals–along with political and religious dissenters. The GULAG, whose camps were located mainly in remote regions of Siberia and the Far North, made significant contributions to the Soviet economy in the period of Joseph Stalin. GULAG prisoners constructed the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the Moscow-Volga Canal, the Baikal-Amur main railroad line, numerous hydroelectric stations, and strategic roads and industrial enterprises in remote regions. GULAG manpower was also used for much of the country’s lumbering and for the mining of coal, copper, and gold.

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire constantly increased the number of projects assigned to the NKVD, which led to an increasing reliance on its labor. The GULAG also served as a source of workers for economic projects independent of the NKVD, which contracted its prisoners out to various economic enterprises.

Conditions in the camps were extremely harsh. Prisoners received inadequate food rations and insufficient clothing, which made it difficult to endure the severe weatherand the long working hours; sometimes the inmates were physically abused by camp guards. As a result, the death rate from exhaustion and disease in the camps was high. After Stalin died in 1953, the GULAG population was reduced significantly, and conditions for inmates somewhat improved. Forced labor camps continued to exist, although on a small scale, into the Gorbachev period, and the government even opened some camps to scrutiny by journalists and human rights activists. With the advance of democratization, political prisoners and prisoners of conscience all but disappeared from the camps.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:03:57 +0000

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire community activities have ranged from serving as a chair of the Mayor’s Committee for United Nations Week to serving as commissioner of the San Diego County Commission on Children and Youth. Her commitment to addressing the issues of San Diego youth is apparent in the many award-winning programs KPBS has produced on the subject, including “Incest: The Broken Silence,” “Before It’s Too late,” and “Victims at Birth.”

Her many broadcast accomplishments and her service to San Diego make her a deserving recipient of the Living Legacy award. I am pleased and proud to pay tribute to Gloria as this well-earned award is an honor to KPBS and the University as Well.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:04:03 +0000

The California, born daughter of Dale B. Ride, a political science professor at Santa Monica Community College, and Joyce Ride, a counselor at a women’s correctional institution, Sally Ride is the first American woman to soar into the heavens. She began early to combine her competitive spirit with academic determination. As a youngster her ability on the tennis courts led her to rate eighteenth nationally on the junior tennis circuit. Starting in physics at Swarthmore College, she finished at Stanford University, earning her B.S. in physics and B.A. in English literature. She received her doctorate at Stanford University.

Hearing that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was looking for young scientists to serve as mission specialists, she applied … and with that step, she opened the doors of the future for more women.

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Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire was born on May 26, 1951 in Encino, California (near Los Angeles). Sally started playing tennis at age 10, and became an excellent tennis player. She won a tennis scholarship to Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. After graduation in 1968 she attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out to pursue a career in professional tennis. After three months of hard practice, Sally decided she was not good enough to become a successful pro. She quit tennis and enrolled at Stanford University.

At 27, with B.A., B.S., and masters’ degrees, she was a Ph.D. candidate looking for postdoctoral work in astrophysics when she read about NASA’s call for astronauts in the Stanford University paper. More than 8,000 men and women applied to the space program that year. 35 were accepted, six of whom were women. One was Sally Ride.

After joining NASA in 1977 Ride underwent extensive training that included parachute jumping, water survival, gravity and weightlessness training, radio communications and navigation. She enjoyed flight training so much that flying became a favorite hobby. During the second and third flights of the space shuttle Columbia (November 1981 and March 1982), Ride served as communications officer, relaying radio messages from mission control to the shuttle crews. Dr. Ride was also assigned to the team that designed the remote mechanical arm, used by shuttle crews to deploy and retrieve satellites.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:31:38 +0000

Physician and surgeon, Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire has practiced in La Jolla, California since 1947. Her medical success comes from her education; her smile and deep sense of concern and compassion come from her desire to care for the sick, poor and destitute. As a devoted member of the Catholic Church, Dr. Figueredo dedicates much of her time and energy to its charitable activities.

In 1954, Dr. Figueredo was awarded the Papal medal Pro Ecclesia by Pople Pius XII. In 1970, she was invested as a Lady of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, later receiving the Grand Cross of the Order. In 1973, she was made a Regional Link of the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa in America, a support group to the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, which also aids needy people throughout the world. The good doctor is also the founder of Friends of the Poor, an organization devised for the purpose of receiving tax-exempted gifts for the poor in Mexico and elsewhere.

Born in Costa Rica, Dr. Figueredo is the mother of nine children.

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:22:50 +0000

Dr. Caldicott has written books (Nuclear Madness.- What You Can Do and Missile Envy), developed dozens of video tapes and films, written scores of articles which have appeared in nearly every major newspaper and magazine; spoken at major universities throughout the world and has met with heads of state everywhere.

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire founded and headed Physicians For Social Responsibility and Women’s Action For Nuclear Disarmament (WAND).

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louis8j8sheehan8esquire — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:33:51 +0000

Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire, Ph.D., began a sabbatical leave fall of 1995 from the University for Humanistic Studies in San Diego California, where she has been president since 1993, with attendance of the UN Fourth World Conference for Women in Beijing and her initial feature column for WIC, “Where Women Are Concerned.”