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January 2014 Vol. 7, issue 6
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a student-centered and diverse learning community that engages in critical inquiry extending knowledge to enrich and enliven individual and public life.
"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
~Nelson Mandela
Here in Michigan when we make a new start in a new year the metaphor of our progress can be almost literal. If you get up early enough on a snowy day, yours can be the first footprints other than those of wild creatures. Over your shoulder you can see where you have been and if that path was straight or wavered. Ahead of you is unbordered possibility. We ended 2013 well. It was great to see many of you at the holiday open house, the last of the fall concerts, the exhibits of the work of our art and photography students, this year's Opera Theatre production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, and the open meetings to hear our Associate Dean candidates. I hope you felt as proud of your colleagues as I did. It is no small thing to stand up and perform before discerning audiences. It is no small thing to put your name forward for such thorough consideration, and it has been no small thing for all of the candidates in this search to become leaders in such a company (in the Shakespearian, not the corporate, sense) as our faculty now is. Our students, too, have distinguished themselves in many ways. Three of GVSU's five Gilman Scholars are students in CLAS: Michael Dykstra (PHY), Anna Harris (BIO), and Mary Hoejke (MLL, Spanish). This prestigious award will enable them to have rich international experiences. The graduate awards have also been announced and these fine students in CLAS were among them.
Academic Excellence in the Major
• Jared J. Homola, biology • Shawna M. Tanner, biostatistics • Marian J. Testori, cell and molecular biology • Skyler S. Latshaw, English Outstanding Master's Thesis
• Jared J. Homola, biology • Marian J. Testori, cell and molecular biology Outstanding Master's Final Project
• Angela K. Peavey, communications Excellence in Service to the Community or Profession
• Stephanie L. Celano, cell and molecular biology Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Nominee for Outstanding Thesis 2013
• April D. Best, Master of Arts in English (graduated April 2013)
On the more operational side of things, at the end of the year we accomplished some of the steps toward our goals. For instance, CLAS established the Principles of Equity in Allocation Taskforce (PEAT) that will help us to improve the way we distribute our resources. This group of faculty and staff (chosen for their wide experience of the many kinds of entities that make up CLAS) will help us to affirm the principles and data upon which we make our distribution of funding and other resources. Also, the vast majority of grades were in on time which lessened the burden on support staff in the closing days of the term-but we can't call this our 'best ever' effort and can do better in the future in support of our students who have much riding on their grades, from secondary admissions to the continuation of scholarships to academic standing. In January we have some engaging events for you to check out: January 23 CLAS Research Colloquium January 27 Creating a Labor Movement in China: From Peasant to Precariat? January 28 Faculty reading by Professors Amorak Huey and Caitlin Horrocks January 28 My Year in Vietnam: With the Cav Please do add to your list of resolutions to support events which your colleagues work so hard to bring to our campus. I wish you a happy, healthy and productive New Year. Remember Mandela's injunction, which MLK phrased this way: "The time is always right to do the right thing." Let's make our mark on 2014, and leave a better University than the one with which we start-and as you make your mark on 2014 I recommend to you some words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, "Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Selection of New Associate Dean--Message from Dean Antczak
It's my pleasure to announce to you the selection of the new CLAS Associate Dean for Faculty Resources and Scheduling, Gretchen Galbraith. Many of you know Gretchen from her roles as Chair of the Department of History from 2007 to 2011 and Interim Director of the Honors College (August 2005 to December 2006) or from her packed session at the 2013 FTLC conference or her participation as a table speaker at the CLAS Teaching Roundtables ("Game-playing across the Disciplines: how roles and victory objectives can deepen students' ability to explore complexity"). Some of you will know of her commitment to equity that is finding expression on the Faculty Salary and Budget Committee, as Co-Chair of the Ombuds Taskforce, and on the Ad Hoc Committee on Family & Maternity Policy. Her work has been recognized in many ways including the Barbara Jordan Award (2011). In her scholarly interest areas of European, British, Gender and Family History, Comparative Women's and Social History, she is the author of many articles, encyclopedia entries, presentations, reviews, and the book Reading Lives: Reconstructing British Childhoods, 1860 -1914 (St. Martin's Press, 1997). Gretchen is a member of Allies & Advocates and is an Inclusion Champion. I understand that she is currently helping to raise a puppy, so she is very likely exactly the glutton for punishment we are seeking. As you know, the position announcement called for a convergence of important traits: The ideal candidate will demonstrate a deep respect for the work of faculty and staff; a track record of tact, integrity and transparency; personal qualities of optimism, persistence, innovation and communication; familiarity with the Faculty Handbook; and abilities to apply and explicate it; skills/experience relevant to personnel processes and course scheduling to foster an environment for student success. This role is both a great support to the CLAS faculty at times of great opportunity and of personal tragedy, and is also instrumental in making sure we use our precious human capacity to the best of our abilities and in the interest of our students. I'm deeply grateful to an extraordinarily thoughtful and committed search committee who recruited a pool of wonderful applicants, made some very difficult choices to bring us three extremely well qualified and distinguished candidates, communicated with all of the faculty and staff of CLAS about their opportunities to hear from and comment on talks by these candidates, and provided their views of to me for my clearly difficult decision. Because of their excellent work, I was never in danger of going wrong with such talented leaders as my choices. My thanks to Chuck and Ed for giving us their time and impressing upon us the enviable depth of our bench. We put the three candidates through a very thorough process and emerged even more deeply impressed by the leaders among us. Thanks again to all who applied, and to the many people who participated in the events of the search. Thanks to Gary Stark who for ten years has kept his sense of humor, been an acknowledged key resource person for faculty, and made a hard job remain attractive to our emerging leaders. As he moves out of the position in May, we are all grateful that he will be around half-time while Gretchen works to gain encyclopedic knowledge of the Faculty Handbook, addresses whatever challenges that scheduling produces, learns the dean's office quirks, and adjusts to the scale of our enterprise. She will have the support of our office, and I know that all of you will join us in supporting her success. Please join me in providing her with a warm welcome now and a booster shot in May when the actual transition will take place. ~Fred [N.B. This announcement was made by e-mail to CLAS faculty and staff on December 18, 2013 and reprinted here for your convenience]
Note: In the April 2009 issue of CLAS Acts, I wrote about a collaboration between Diane Rayor (CLA) and Karen Libman (COM) to produce Diane's translation of Antigone as part of her process to create a supremely playable translation for publication by Cambridge University Press. The book appeared in April 2011 and has had several productions. What follows is the continuing tale of the additional benefits of that collaboration. ~Monica Johnstone
The Sacred Stage-International Flowering and Fruition
Intrepid traveller Karen Libman, while attending a conference in Orissa, India two years ago, met a theatre director. She made him a gift of the newly published Antigone translated by her colleague Diane Rayor and described how it had come about and how she had become involved in writing some of the ancillary material published in that volume. A seed had been planted. This year Niranjan Bhuyan (Director of the theatre company Asom Ranga Katha) invited Karen to attend a conference in the state of Asom (AKA Assam, which is nestled in the northeastern part of India near Bangladesh and Bhutan). So Karen made a whirlwind trip to India and Bangladesh over a slightly extended Thanksgiving break to be an international guest speaker (alongside another from Australia) at the Asia Regional Theatre Network Conference 2013. "In one of the newspapers," Karen says, "they referred to me in a way I really liked-as a 'theatre worker'." She was able to see several visually stunning theatre productions in several languages and participated in a theatre education roundtable discussion. She visited colleges and scouted out locations that would be excellent candidates for trips by our peripatetic Shakespeare troupe, Bard to Go. The very full program proved quite rewarding and the cherry-on-top was the announcement that Bhuyan had decided to produce Antigone, using Diane's English translation as the basis for his own translation into Assamese. Theatre in his region has a tradition to addressing social issues which makes the themes of Antigone quite relevant for them, too. Karen loves that this production will be treated to the highly developed local sense of occasion. "They start the process of their production with the ritual breaking of a coconut from which everyone in the production partakes," Karen explains. "I want to bring that sense of occasion to productions here at GVSU and have started to introduce adaptations of that practice into productions I'm involved in." Karen was also able to squeeze in some travel in Bangladesh. The experience has opened Karen to possibilities for additional international collaboration. She is considering a Fulbright application to fund an opportunity to direct in Bangladesh. She'd like to see this become a true exchange with theatre professionals coming from India and Bangladesh to GVSU -something that has already started with a visit to our Shakespeare Festival this fall by Prof. Mohammad Israfil Shaheen from the Theatre Department at the University of Dhaka. Inspired by the extremely high level of hospitality she experienced that ranged from being decked in the vibrantly colored local dress to being served wonderful food, Karen returned more excited than exhausted to her own work. She sees that her own work on productions such as Kindertransport has already been infused by a stronger sense of the sacred. "There the stage is a sacred place," Karen explains. "You take your shoes off; you kiss the stage before a performance. The theatre space is in a sense 'consecrated'. We sometimes forget that aspect here. It doesn't surprise me that Peter Brook [English theatre and film director and theorist] and others ran off to India. Art matters, it's essential. We need to remind ourselves of that." Another benefit of this international experience was several opportunities to talk about culture. She was asked about her religion, how she goes about doing what she does, and greatly enjoyed the opportunity to compare and contrast with colleagues whose love of theatre is very like her own. "So many future projects!" Karen muses.


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Talk:All in one Garmin Map
- 1 The Europe Links does not work
- 2 Europe map broken ?
- 3 No updates anymore?
- 4 Dark background colors
- 5 Cooperate with geofabrik to exchange data
- 6 Error 550
- 7 Individual country downloads does not cover the whole country
- 8 Maxspeed style doesn't highlight missing maxspeed tag?
- 9 Background mixed forests
- 10 Leider veraltet -
The Europe Links does not work
The Link to the Download of the European Map (Europe (gmapsupp.img.gz)) does not work. Could someone fix it, please? thanks, C-we 14:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
I found Europe (gmapsupp.img.gz)). Can someone confirm that it is the right file?
The structure has changed. It's something along /aio/gmapsupp/gps_ready/ which is browsable (filename for Europe is gmapsupp_europe.img.zip, correct) --Steve8x8 14:08, 13 August 2010 (BST)
Europe map broken ?
It looks like that the All_Europe map is broken (build of 17-Dec-2010). Neither the .img nor the "Mapsource" version get loaded. I tried to rebuild the .tdb and had to remove about 10 tiles before it compiled correctly (I remember for instance 7005333). It was late last night and I didn't write down the exact error message from cpreview.exe (Read beyond data limit ?). Tiles too big ? --Capitaine Igloo 09:59, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
No updates anymore?
dev.openstreetmap.org, and its mirrors, ceased to host AIO maps about a week ago. Will they be back soon? --Steve8x8 14:09, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
Starting with Nov 2, almost all files seemed to be generated again (checked on dev.openstreetmap.de/aio), but only for 2 days. Now canary_islands is the only map to be built each day, and germany is missing completely. --Steve8x8 17:53, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
There are fresh files now on dev.openstreetmap.de, including Germany, only a few minutes old. Watching... --Steve8x8 17:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Dark background colors
On my Oregon 300, landuse=farm results in a very intense color, making other items (including tertiary roads and power lines) invisible. Also I have found a similar effect in "national reserve" areas: it's almost impossible to see footpaths when there's a dark-green pattern all over the screen.
I'd like to ask for a little less saturation for areas in general, thus improving the visibility of linear objects. --Steve8x8 20:28, 3 September 2010 (BST)
Cooperate with geofabrik to exchange data
The OSM Inspector by (and at) geofabrik.de (http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/) allows to review certain inconsistencies of the OSM database - but there's currently no exchange of information between them and OSB (at least I haven't found any hints for that). It would be great if there was an additional layer in AIO showing their findings, and the other way round, if they could include OSB entries (currently the common denominator are "fixme" strings). --Steve8x8 13:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Error 550
My be my fault, but every time I click on map download for Europe, I get "550 Failed to change directory". The link to Germany map doesn't work at all (Error 404). Does somebody know what to do? --Gypakk 07:01, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Individual country downloads does not cover the whole country
If that's how it's suppose to be, it should be indicated somewhere
- ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/download.openstreetmap.de/aio/regions/norway/gmapsupp/
- ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/download.openstreetmap.de/aio/regions/norway/basemap/
Maxspeed seem to cover more/other areas. (looking at the tile map http://dev.openstreetmap.de/aio/tiles/ explains that I guess)
Maxspeed style doesn't highlight missing maxspeed tag?
Background mixed forests
I use the AIO Garmin maps on my Dakota 20 mostly on a mountainbike. The backgound (with the two kind of trees) used for mixed forests makes it very difficult to see tracks on the GPS especially when contourlines are "on". See these examples: http://ubuntuone.com/6z1KMHrJvhwwdImhBISiMi and http://ubuntuone.com/0ZM1VeHCeEkdPEOFR3knM4 Would it be possible to change this background or make the little trees much less contrasting? Thanks Alphons
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Is the decision retroactive? What I mean is, does it affect the living, or only the future-born?
Specifically, what I'm getting at is this. If something horrible should happen to Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry (I mean besides being related to the Duchess of Cornwall), will the next monarch be Prince Andrew or Princess Anne? Has the Princess Royal, Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor-Mountbatten Phillips Laurence, vaulted from tenth in line to fourth? If so, would that mean her children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips, have also leapfrogged ahead of not only Andrew but also the Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice? Or was all this trouble gone to for the sole benefit of the offspring, if and when there are any, of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the recently wed William and Kate? Most importantly, should Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, produce a documentary film about it? And if he does, would anyone except his wife, the former Sophie Rhys-Jones, care?
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Daphne, Elizabeth, Ian, other Ian, Y.P. et al, I'm counting on you to clear up the mystery.


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I'm a Mom but I'm not a mompreneur… I'm so much more
Can I tell you a secret? Shhhhh…. Come a little closer….
I'm not the perfect mother. I try really hard everyday to be the best mother for my son but there are often days (too many that I can count…) that I don't live up to the perfect mother figure we all see and even some shame other women for. (Not cool btw.)
Whenever I think about this shaming that happens as mothers in entrepreneurship I'm reminded of a day last month… Friday, Aug. 25 to be exact. This day will forever live in my memory as a day that I realized no matter what life throws at me… I'm doing the best I can and I just need to remember my reasoning for everything I do. This account is not only for mothers in the creative business world, but ANY woman or man who feels like they are constantly falling short and asking yourself is it worth it?
It's Friday Night and here is the situation:
- My husband is out of town
- I had literally just returned home from holiday 2 days prior
- I had launch deadlines not only for my business but for a client's as well.
- And a sick little boy
Many many things happened that night including:
- screaming and crying (from both of us)
- we ate crappy food (ice cream and pizza were in the mix)
- I screamed in the shower from a spider scare…( turns out it wasn't a spider #longhairproblems)
- my toilet training son decided he needed to pee during a business call I had and proceeded to run around naked in the background. (I kid you not… you can't make this stuff up)
- we watched way too much tv
- and I didn't get the bed to myself that night. (king size bed mind you, about 80% toddler, 20% me)
So I stood there in the shower at 1 am (I finally got a shower…) feeling exhausted and I suddenly realized, I'M NOT CRYING! What? Why am I not crying? Today was definitely one for the books but why wasn't a reacting the way I normally do?
Because I am a BOSS! (not a mompreneur, not a layboss, or girl boss… a real BOSS)
I survived!
I was able to roll with the punches and not fall apart because I knew WHY I was doing it all.
That same day also came with:
- successful bath time for the little man
- I didn't run out of diapers or food
- My son put himself down for nap (THAT NEVER HAPPENS! Still to this day I wonder if he'll ever do it again)
- I had a lot of snuggle time
- I miraculously finished all my launch deadlines in between naps, eating, baths, and tears.
- I completed my business calls with my dignity still intact
- and I still took the time to be a friend.
When I stood there in the shower puzzled as to why I wasn't crying, I realized I have achieved my creative "why."
Why do I go through life with days like this and still smile at the end of the day? Because I have autonomy. I am able to CHOOSE into the moments I need to be present in and show my son the value of hard work and building something from your dreams! Yes, not every day is going to be sunshine and lollipops or should I say, white space, speckled yarn, and the perfect cup of tea… but it's MY crazy chaos and it's MY choice to live it or not. This is what I call creative freedom and thinking outside the box… because let me give you a little secret… there really is no box!
So when someone says I'm a mompreneur… that's not true… I'm so much MORE than that and my why proves that to myself and those who matter most everyday… I choose that. What are you choosing into every day?
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Andrea @ This Knitted Life on October 5, 2017 at 7:51 pm
Love this one, my dear!
Mandy Bee on October 6, 2017 at 9:37 am
Love this, Chelsea! Rockin' it like a boss!
I also love the autonomy of entrepreneurship. I never thought I'd be someone to run my own business. Through high school up until just a few years ago, I always told myself, "I'm happy working for others, let them deal with the money and business side of things and I'll just do my job and get paid." And I don't know if I was lying to myself that whole time (I was a rebel at heart but didn't want the world to know) or if I changed, but I could no longer live my life under someone else's rules and schedules.
Whenever it gets hard to be my own marketing department, tech support, admin, accountant, and actual maker of the things, I just think of the reality of a 9-5 (which was actually a 7-5:30, sometimes 6… sometimes bring it home and keep working). To quote The Sound of Music, and then I don't feel so bad!
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Moonlight Immersion HAED update
She is a beautiful thing, I do love her. Someone said they were thinking of buying a HAED under my last post...I thought I would let you know that these designs can seem very overwhelming. I do only Quick Stitches myself. I am excited that they are now offering mini's of some of the larger designs, and that you can request the design of your choice be turned into a mini for a fee. These designs, no matter how big or small or very slow going. I am stitching this one on 25ct over one. Usually I use 22ct, over one. Some use 18 or 16 count as well. It all looks great, but gets bigger and bigger. So if you do try one, hang in there!! As you can see, they are well worth it.
Speaking of that, I saw on the Carriage House Sampling's Blog where someone had stitched one of those big designs over one on silk gauze. I thought, DUH! Why didn't I think of that? All this time, my holdup on stitching one of those was the big huge piece of fabric I would need. If I did it on 25st, problem solved. :))) It looks very good too, actually I think it looks better. So I am mulling that over now..maybe I need to get one and go for it. :))
Have a happy weekend! I will be continuing to work ob my sweet girl above, I am in a groove with her. Her kimono is gorgeous, I can't wait to get into the rest of it.
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- Unknown said...
She's beautiful! I too stitch mostly quickstitches and on 22 count, although I have an SK and a BAP on the go too!). They are so worth it and incidently one of my current peices is a Kuik too (I'm doing QS Waiting). I love Moonlight Immersion and intend on stitching her myself at some point in the future, you're stitchingon her is fantastic! xx
- October 9, 2011 at 5:49 AM
- Melissa said...
Thank you!! I love to follow your stitching progress too, its such fun to see HAED's take shape. :) I saw you waiting and I love her! I ordered Simply Rose (with the white hair) and am all excited to start her tomorrow, thats when the chart should be in. I guess if it doesn't make it I will keep on with Moonlight. :))
- October 9, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- Jan Gartlan said...
It is me who is thinking of doing a HAED. Great advice. Thank you for sharing your experience.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:39 PM
- The Crafty Pixie said...
I can't believe how beautiful she is!!! She looks like a painting! ^_^
- January 6, 2012 at 6:58 AM
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In many city neighborhoods, it's tough to find a head of lettuce or fresh summer corn, and even when they can be found, they might not always be affordable. A program of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has been doing its best to counteract the unhealthful problem for 15 years, with new stands cropping up every year.
There are 12 weekly community farm stands around the city, set up in neighborhoods with low-income or elderly populations that are underserved by grocery stores. The stands place an emphasis on locally grown produce, and take food stamps and the nutrition vouchers that elderly residents qualify for. Of course, they take plain old greenbacks, too.
"When I'm looking to start a farm stand in a new community, I look at demographics -- the poverty level, people on WIC, seniors," says Vicki Lish, farm-stand specialist with the food bank. "We look at if there's a grocery store in the community, if there's already a farmers' market -- we're not looking to undercut the farmers' market, we want to work with them. We look at all these factors to see if a community deserves a farm stand."
The markets run 23 weeks beginning in mid-June, on either Wednesdays or Thursdays. Community nonprofits sponsor and run the stands on behalf of the food bank. The produce comes mostly from three local farms -- Harvest Valley, Soergel Orchards and Greenawalt Farms. Lish says the stock is occasionally supplemented with non-local produce when there's a gap in the supply, but that's the exception, not the rule.
"We feel it's important to have sources for local foods," she explains. It's important both for the communities served by the farms, she says, which may be battling obesity or malnourishment from lacking fresh produce, and the small, local farms who depend on markets like these to sell their wares.
The farms, Lish says, believe in the project and sell the produce to the food bank at nearly wholesale. The farm stands add a tiny mark-up to cover operating costs, but the prices compare favorably to those at grocery stores.
On a recent afternoon full of the threat of rain, the Lawrenceville farm stand in the parking lot of the Stephen Foster building on Main Street offers bell peppers for 50 cents, big glossy cucumbers for 75 cents and tousled heads of cabbage for $1.75.
Cheryl White lives just across the parking lot, and has stopped by each week since the stand opened. Three green peppers and a watermelon go home with her.
"It's so close and fresh," she says. "I like it, and you can't beat the price. I got asparagus last time. At Giant Eagle it's like up to $5.99. It was cheaper here, like $3."
Bob Ruhloff's also a local, but it's his first time at the stand, and he takes a cantaloupe and some cukes. "I like getting fresh fruits and vegetables, supporting some local stuff."
Like most customers, they pay with cash. How much people take advantage of being able to pay with food stamps varies by location, says Gretchen Steihl, who runs the stand along with volunteers Margaret Coles, Faye Jones and Eileen Pietrusinski.
"People can pay with the [food-stamp] cards, people with WIC can come as well," she says. Next week, after the Farmers Market Nutrition Program Vouchers come out, more senior citizens will come out, she says, to take advantage of the $20 vouchers for fresh produce. "It's nice for the seniors; they don't have to go too far."
The stands try to accommodate special orders, too.
"We have a gentleman who likes hot peppers," she says. "We may try to order some for him. We have a variety of fruits and vegetables -- something for everyone. It's just kind of a neighborhood thing. We're trying to build community."
Indeed, a woman and her great-granddaughter stop by for fruit and to swing on the swings, and a neighbor brings his days-old daughter over to say hello on his way to the library.
"In different neighborhoods, people eat differently," says Pietrusinksi. "In some neighborhoods, we sell a lot of greens and kale."
"One year, my brother and his wife came and bought all the greens," says Coles. "They asked him not to come back!" she adds with a laugh.
Mary Ann Heneroty, the CEO of the Catholic Youth Association, the neighborhood nonprofit sponsor for this particular stand, stops by for a head of cabbage
"It's really great for this neighborhood," Heneroty says. "There's not really a grocery store that's close to walk to." The CYA, which runs programming out of the Stephen Foster Center, has a focus on wellness for the elderly, she says, with fitness and dance classes. "This fits right in. We're trying to instill healthy nutrition habits."
She says that the farm stand brings people to the center who otherwise wouldn't avail themselves of the programming, but find out about it from being in the parking lot.
Never underestimate the power of fresh corn and a cool watermelon in summer time.


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Smoking cessation resources
Smoking is the number one cause of preventable cancer incidence in the country. It is linked to at least 15 different cancers and accounts for some 30 percent of all cancer deaths.
Quitting smoking is both a mental and a physical undertaking.
A person trying to quit must overcome two obstacles: a physical addiction to nicotine and a habit. The experts at VCU Massey Cancer Center offer the following tips to help users quit using tobacco products.
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I run a Spanish conversation group and one of the questions I routinely get from beginners is "What's the best way to learn to conjugate verbs?". Good question right?
Verb conjugation is one of the most brutal parts of learning Spanish because there are no shortcuts, you have to put in a lot of hard work. In this post I'm going to share the resources I used with the hope that the path I followed will work for you as well, or at the very least provide a starting point for you to make your own path.
Let's get to it.
One of the first resources I started with was the Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Verb Tenses book, from the Practice Makes Perfect Series. It's packed full of examples and exercises to not only help you learn the conjugations, but also to help you learn to use them in context.
I still remember the late night and weekend study sessions, ah the good old days.
While we're on the topic of books, here's another one that everyone but me seems to own, 501 Spanish Verbs. I've never looked at it for more then 5 minutes and I normally only recommend resources I've successfully used and benefited from, but everyone I know that owns this book loves it, so I'd feel irresponsible if I didn't mention it here.
Here are some great online resources that became an indispensable part of my studies.
A teacher by the name of Fred F Jehle has an amazing website that has a huge collection of verb charts, great explanations and even printable worksheets for you to practice with. I really suggest you take a look. I think I still have printouts of the material he has on his site laying around the house.
Fred F Jehle Spanish Verb Forms
Another great web site that I used religiously for quite a while is the Spaleon Verb Conjugation Tool.
Spaleon is a great tool that allows you customize your practice sessions by selecting the tense and verbs that you want to practice. It's truly an amazing site. Another one you don't want to miss.
Spaleon is a great tool for the internet, but the Verbarrator brings that same flexibility and more to your computer. It goes far beyond teaching verb conjugations by adding vocabulary and putting everything in context with real sentences that you can hear as well as see.
I could go on and on about the Verbarrator, but I've already covered the Verbarrator in detail and you can read my review here. In all honesty I wish it had been available when I first started learning Spanish. This is how everyone should be learning to conjugate verbs in the 21st century if you ask me.
And lastly I come to Learning Spanish Like Crazy. It's one of the many courses designed to teach you Spanish, but the one thing it does an excellent job of is teaching you verb conjugations. Not through boring exercises, written drills and old-fashioned memorization, but through spoken Spanish using the listen and repeat approach to learning.
Every dialog that introduces a new verb walks you through every single conjugation of the verb (except vosotros) while adding in a ton of vocabulary as well. This is how I really learned verb conjugations, through listen and repeat. There's also level 2 and level 3 which combined walk you through all of the Spanish verb tenses.
When all is said and done, I used a number of different resources, but I've yet to mention the resource that helped me the most. And best of all, it's free. And if you ask me, it's the most effective tool out there. What is this magical resource you ask?
Yep, hit the streets and start flapping those gums. No other method is as fun or effective as talking to a real person. Using everything you've studied in real life conversations is what puts it all together, burning it into your memory and making you a Spanish speaker. If you don't actually use what you learn there's nothing out there that can help you.
That's it for today. ¡Ojala que les sirva!


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450 g/1 lb
Puff Pastry
175 g/6 oz Mascarpone cheese
50 g/2 oz caster (superfine) sugar
30 ml/2 tbsp apricot jam (conserve)
3 egg yolks
50 g/2 oz/0.5 cup walnuts, chopped
100 g/4 oz chopped mixed (candied) peel
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
Icing (confectioners') sugar, sifted,
for dusting
Roll out the pastry and use half to line
a greased 23 cm/9 in flan tin (pan). Beat the Mascarpone with the
sugar, jam and 2 egg yolks. Reserve 15 ml/1 tbsp of the nuts for
decoration, then fold the remainder into the mixture with the mixed
peel and lemon rind. Spoon into the pastry case (pie shell). Cover the
filling with the remaining pastry (paste), then dampen and seal the
edges together. Beat the remaining egg yolk and brush over the top.
Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for 35 minutes
until risen and golden brown. Sprinkle with the reserved walnuts and
dust with icing sugar.
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I am in love with this chandelier shade.
It looks like an outfit Wilma Flintstone would wear out on the town.
It looks like it belongs in my house. (Hmm... It's a chandelier shade. It's tiny. I would need two at the very minimum. Let's ignore reality and money and budgets for just a moment, okay?)
Other color choices here-- all adorable.


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Here is a list of the majority of names I've purchased clothing from and have a problem pronouncing properly. See how close you can pronounce the following names based on the websites I found for these links. Some of these words do not have links but will as time permits.
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In searching for some of these, it was quite amusing to see the suggested word or phrase the programs provided in place of the original request. Here are a few that may amuse you as well:
Barney's of New York – line of work
Bill Blass – roll bars
Brooks Brothers – Super Mario Brothers
Giani Bernini – ministering
Jamaica Jaxx – waxy
J.P. Tipford – tiptoed
Jhane Barnes – whalebones
Jos. A Bank – world bank
Martin Dingham – marinading
Oxxford Press – wordpress
Perry Ellis – very well
Roundtree & Yorke – round-the-clock
Ted Baker – studebaker
Tommy Bahama – tummy ache


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The Icicles of Misotsuchi (Misotsuchi no Tsurara) is located in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, which is 2 hours far from Tokyo. This place is known as the winter of Okuchichibu (the interior of Chichibu) because of its beautiful art of ice created by nature in the Okuchichibu Mountains Region.
The spring fresh water trickled on the rock surface gets frozen by the cold weather and creates these huge icicles in process of time. You can only see the icicles from the middle of January to the middle of February. During this season, the icicles are lighted up between 17:00 to 21:00 everyday, which attract many visitors to this small village every year in spite of its coldest season here and bring them into a fantasy world. A wood deck is installed.
The theme of this illumination has been remodeled from 2015. There are four main colors, pink, green, red, and white. Each color is inspired by Japanese four seasons, splendid cherry blossoms in the spring, beautiful fresh nature in the summer, red and yellow leaves in the autumn, and gorgeous icicles in the winter. These colors create 36 patterns of sceneries and the combination of these patterns demonstrate the transitions of seasons. There are short pauses of blackout in the illumination, and it is the time to enjoy the night sky with many twinkling stars. Each time the lights alter the colors, it shows different mystical sceneries because of its small creek dividing the valley floor. There is a small restaurant close by, which offers local delicious foods, such as amazake(sweet Japanese sake) , and miso potatoes(potetoes with miso paste).
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We got a lovely handmade quilt from one of my husband's aunts for our wedding. It, of course, is too beautiful to use, so like many of my treasures it stays in storage. I know I should change that and enjoy my lovely things; it is a terrible ingrained habit to want to preserve things. You would think that having gone through breast cancer I would realize that the time for enjoying things, people and occasions is now. Something I read about recently has renewed my desire to use and display my items, my treasures.
The drive from Detroit to Baltimore is about 10 hours. My husband has been a good sport, doing all of the driving for my pre-op appointment 2 weeks ago, and then for the surgery last week. It is actually a great drive; the toll highway is an easy drive, and a good portion of the route is through the mountains and hills of Pennsylvania. We, of course, have to stop for rest breaks and coffee, and when anything looks interesting. To my husband's chagrin, that adds about an hour or more to the drive. When we stopped at one of the welcome centers in Pennsylvania, I picked up a little country newspaper that had some great articles on crafts. I was thrilled to read about yet another breast cancer event to raise money and awareness to fight the disease, and reminded me that precious treasures are to be shared.
QUILT PINK is an event that was held last fall at quilt shops across America and attracted thousands of quilters and their friends. It resulted in the creation of thousands of quilts. These quilts are now being auctioned on eBay (ebay.com/quiltpink). The auctions began in April and will continue out to the middle of October. Proceeds from the sales of the quilts will go to Susan G. Komen for the cure. Initially, 1,000 participating quilt shops were to contribute one quilt each, in fact, there are closer to 4,000 quilts being auctioned for this cause. As of May 1, you can go to www.allpeoplequilt.com and www.quiltpink.com to view a gallery of the quilts. You can also check in at a local quilt shop if there is one your area.
I am encouraged to find a special spot to display our quilt, and maybe even take out my china teacups and use them. If you do not have a special quilt or craft to display, here is an opportunity to get one. It may not be an heirloom, but for us breast cancer survivors, it will have special meaning.


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Keller Williams Realty Anna Maria Island – Jen Bowman is a Broker with Keller Williams on the Water on Anna Maria Island and in business since 2004. She has been featured on HGTV's My First Place, HGTV's Buying and Selling 20 Best Kept Secrets and acted as a consultant for HGTV's Property Virgins. In the summer of 2017, a couple of their listings will be featured on HGTV's Beach Front Bargains. Inman News featured her for her advanced use of technology in real estate.
Jen is a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist and a member of Keller Williams Realty Luxury Home Division. She has extensive training in catering to luxury home buyers and sellers. She serves as the technology chairperson for Keller Williams on the Water, an office with over 100 agents. In addition to that, she serves as an Ambassador for Keller Williams Realty International agent technology systems.
See the snippet below to see Jen on HGTV's My First Place.
Jen's husband Mark Bowman joined the Anna Maria Island homes team in 2013 after 20+ years in the marketing and advertising sales business. The award-winning team serves Anna Maria Island, Longboat Key, Cortez and Northwest Bradenton home buyers and sellers. In 2016, they were in the top 2% for sales volume in all of Manatee County.
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In addition to work, Mark and Jen are active in the community.
In the News and the Community –
See the news coverage of the Bowman's giving back to the community and supporting Anna Maria Island Law Enforcement. August 2016
Jen and Mark are active members of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce and premium sponsors of the Chamber. They sponsor and volunteer at the 2 big Chamber events on the island, the Beach N' Food Truck Festival and Bayfest. You're also likely to see them at the 3 business networking events every month.
Networking at the after hours Business Card Exchange
Volunteering at the Beer Tent for Bayfest 2016 – All tip money is for the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce scholarship fund.
Jen and Mark are also members of the Anna Maria Island Moose Lodge, the only lodge in the country with beach views! They volunteer for the Beach Clean up days with the lodge. They're always recruiting volunteers to join in on the fun!
Shamrock Shiver
Since 2013, the Bowman's have been participating in Clancy's Shamrock Shiver, a Florida style Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day. The latest event in 2017 helped to raised $24,000 for children's charities.
Give Where you Live – Keller Williams Red Day
Keller Williams Red Day is a day of volunteerism every year in May. RED – Renew, Energize and Donate. All Keller Williams Realty offices around the globe close for a day of giving back to our communities.
The Bowman's believe that owning a real estate business is more than selling homes. It's about giving back to the community. If you're ready for a new and innovative way to sell your home, contact Jen and Mark. Real Estate is constantly changing and new ways of marketing are here. Real Estate is not about putting a sign in the yard, posting on the MLS and hoping it sells. We are Keller Williams Realty on Anna Maria Island bringing you local knowledge with an international exposure. If you want to see a new approach to Anna Maria Island real estate Call 941-840-0117.


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In Flower from Castile Trilogy, Isabella Obrigon lives a life of privilege in Seville and about to be married to her fiancée Juan Escobar de Santilla. Her parents who adore her grant every one of her wishes. From this life of luxury and want for nothing she is kidnapped and forced to flee for her life. When a secret is revealed to her she becomes torn between her previous life and the new one imposed upon her.
Meanwhile, a group of Converso and Jewish dissenters led by Joao Treves meet to plan an escape from the arm of the Inquisition hounding them. They decide to kidnap Isabella Obrigon and hold her as hostage to facilitate their quest for freedom. They hear that in the near future, a voyage is to take place by an obscure Genoan by the name of Christopher Columbus, to search for a western route to Cathay, Cipangu, and the Indies–the land of spices.
At the court of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, Columbus begs their support for the expenses of this voyage. He asks for a reward and a title of Admiral of the Ocean Seas to restore him to riches from the poverty and in the pecuniary state he had been living since the death of his noble wife Felipa Perestrello y Moniz. A widower at the age of 40 and with two sons, Columbus is desperate to find a safe route to the Orient.
The Spanish Monarchs are interested in Columbus plans for the voyage, but instruct him to wait until the war with Granada is ended. Tired of waiting for seven years, and having been rejected so far from the court of King John II in Portugal, Columbus decides to leave Spain for the French court where he hopes to find support.
Book Themes:
Hope – The freedom to choose a better life is the eternal quest for men and women to become masters of their own destiny.
Loss of Innocence – Isabella Obrigon wakes up from a life of luxury to one where her faith and allegiance are tested. She must decide which world she will live in.
God and Spirituality – Queen Isabella of Spain wants to unite her land and kingdom under one faith: The Catholic Faith. To accomplish this goal she is pressured by Thomas de Torquemada, her childhood confessor. He reminds her that, she swore as a child that if she became queen she would rid Spain of corruption in the court, especially the court of her reigning brother Henry IV. This act would earn her the label of Catholic Queen by the Pope. In order to unite the kingdom of Spain under one flag and one religion, Spain must rid itself of all heretics. To accomplish this goal, an entire people must suffer and lose their land.
Discovery – Columbus's daring dream of discovery and conquering the unknown is fueled by his ambition for fame and riches.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
We joined the Crandall's Accelerated Baseball team, the Warriors. The boys learned a lot about baseball. It was a crazy 6 weeks. Practice twice a week, and double header games each Saturday.
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Cub Scouts
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Washington beach
Was fun to meet up with our old college friends the Haffners. Eric kept saying who would have thought ten years a go we we meet back up with 9 kids between us. It was fun cause everyone had a counterpart about the same age. Now just have to keep kids in touch too and maybe some match making might happen.
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Hoogle Zoo
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
County Fair Pig Wrestling
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Tournament time
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Dash for Donations
Went up to the annual Dash For Donations. The Liver Clinic was doing a party later so we hung out in SLC went to Scheels for the first time, so had to ride the Ferris Wheel.
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|Stay Lodges at Bhawan, Katra and Jammu
Yatris (Pilgrims) can stay at Katra to take rest before starting their journey (Chadhaai).
Private Hotels are available at Katra ranging from Rs. 400 to Rs. 5000 per day. Rooms with Air Cooler can be hired in INR 400 - INR 600. AC Rooms range higher around or above INR 1000 at Katra. All these rooms are given to the yatris with all facilities (TV, Double Bed, Telephone and Water).
Middle Class Families generally hire a room in around Rs. 400 - 600. Getting such rooms are not difficult in Katra. When pilgirms reach Katra Bus Stand, a number of Agents are available there to help the yatris in getting the economical rooms.


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I'm a poor predictor of my own behavior.
Twenty years ago I was watching Doogie Howser and predicted I would be going to Johns Hopkins University and eventually become a successful doctor. That never happened. Fifteen years ago, I was just about done with university and was watching re-runs of Ally McBeal. I considered heading to London to pursue my legal education. I predicted that I would become a highly reputable Barrister who would ultimately change the course of Pakistan's history. That didn't quite work out either. Now I've stopped watching television altogether.
That's right.
I don't watch Modern Family or Games of Thrones or Episodes. I'm also definitely not into CNBC (since Erin Burnett left, sigh) and I don't religiously follow a popular sports team either. I'm weird that way. I honestly don't know how to download and I really try to spend most of my waking life reading and thinking anyway. Plus I'm lucky that I've got my family around. During those really slow days, there are also enough voices in my head to keep me busy and entertained…
I've also stopped making any more plans for the future given my pathetic track record.
That's unlike me. Most of my young adult life was spent making extensive predictions about my life and plans for the future. I was obsessive in that regard and my close friends can vouch on that. I saw myself on the cover of magazines and addressing world forums. I imagined I'd make billions and help cure the world of all its problems. It was not until I received a uniquely appropriate gift from my best friend that I began to change. She gave me a plain looking art piece with a quote sketched on it. I have since forgotten the writer but I will always remember the message: "We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."
Today, I find myself no longer thinking or concerned about my destination as I have slowly discovered the joy of surprising myself instead. I surrendered the reins to my life once I realized that I was never in control in the first place. I'm happy to let the universe move about. I'm now living in a comfortable space that exists between the past and the future and I quite like it there. Here, it's all about the journey and I trust the path I'm on. I know that the thorns along the way are only there to draw corrupt blood.
Three years ago, I didn't plan or even imagine that I'd start a newsletter. But here I am. It took me time to understand what Goethe once wrote: "Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him."
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I knew going into surgery that according to my doctor I had 5 years of being #fibroidfree. So when I decided to have the procedure, I didn't have a boyfriend, prospect or anything. Matter of fact I was celibate, but I knew that I wanted to have kids in the next 5 years. Didn't know how God was going to do it, but that was my plan and God had to figure out the rest.
Turns out I had a great doctor who actually informed me that fibroids will indeed come back and regrow in the uterus post surgery. There have been several people who have reached out to me on IG who were surprised that their fibroids came back. They thought it was a one shot and done. If there is still a uterus – there is still a good chance that a fibroid could grow somewhere off/inside that bad boy. Read about the conclusions raised in this Ncbi.nlm.nih Nigerian Study here.
That's why it's really important to make life and dietary changes.
1. Reduce Stress = easier said than done, but maybe find 15min a day for you and God, and make sure you get your angels working on you behalf.
2. Eliminate Dairy / SOY / Red Meat – Read more from one of my fab blogs Garlic & Lemons
3. Lose a little of that body fat. Yes even skinny girls. If you aren't fit but just skinny, your insides can't tell and need a little relief.
So luckily for me God placed the love of my life into my life – but from day 1 I told him, 'Hey I'm trying to have kids in the next 3-5 years. Either you are with it or you're not. And if you aint with it, we can't do this. Yes, I really said that. Look, I don't have time to waste.The hell I'm going to have a c-section type surgery AGAIN with no baby.
That's my story, but if you too have a goal is to do and learn as much as you can about where fibroids come from/ how to prevent them – so those suckers don't come back.
And you and God need more time than the doctor has given you to work with, then I suggest need you do your part.


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You stay in Hotel Neptuno, Calella, a familiar 3* Hotel in the center of the little village with a secured bicycle storage, tools and pump or in Hotel Volga, our 4* offer in Calella. The meals are served in buffet form and well-chosen for athletes in both hotels.
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Calella, Barcelona
Just 50 km north of Barcelona and 40km south of Girona, Calella is now a first-class tourist destination with three magnificent beaches.
The town itself is a treasure-trove of culture and traditions. The charm of its old town, with its straight and narrow streets is centered on the Neoclassical Church of Santa Maria. Enjoy the views from its spectacular lighthouse, which was built in 1859 and the peace and quiet of a stroll through the Dalmau Park, or the Art Nouveau Passeig Manuel Puigvert, with its ancient plane trees, – all features that make this town, a must-see destination.
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- early morning 25m pool lane in indoor pool Can Xaubet including transfer (1 lane for 5 athletes – 1 hour)
- Downloadable GPS-files and laminated maps at the reception
- Emergency phone number (English & German) including pick-up service 9.00–19.00h (0,40€/km)
- 5 liter of water
- bars and bananas
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Vaccine maker's '91 memo suggests mercury-level risk
A memo from Merck & Co. shows that, nearly a decade before the first public disclosure, senior executives were concerned that infants were getting an elevated dose of mercury in vaccinations containing a widely used sterilizing agent.
The March 1991 memo, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, said 6-month-old children who received their shots on schedule would get a mercury dose as much as 87 times higher than guidelines for the maximum daily consumption of mercury from fish.
"When viewed in this way, the mercury load appears rather large," Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, an internationally renowned vaccinologist, wrote in a memo to the president of Merck's vaccine division.
The memo was prepared as U.S. health authorities aggressively were expanding their immunization schedule by adding five new shots for children in their first six months. Many of these shots, as well as some previously included on the schedule, contained thimerosal, an anti-bacterial compound that is nearly 50 percent ethyl mercury, a neurotoxin.
Federal health officials disclosed for the first time in 1999 that many infants were being exposed to mercury above health guidelines through routine vaccinations. The announcement followed a review by the Food and Drug Administration that was described at the time as a first effort to assess the cumulative mercury dose.
But the memo shows that at least one major manufacturer was aware of the concern much earlier.
"The key issue is whether thimerosal, in the amount given with the vaccine, does or does not constitute a safety hazard," the memo said. "However, perception of hazard may be equally important."
Merck officials would not discuss the memo, citing litigation.
Separately, the drug giant is trying to fend off a legal onslaught over Vioxx, the popular painkiller it introduced in 1999. The Whitehouse Station, N. J., company faces lawsuits claiming the drug caused heart problems and that Merck concealed the risks.
The legacy of thimerosal, meanwhile, also is causing problems for Merck and other drug companies. More than 4,200 claims have been filed in a special federal tribunal, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, by parents asserting that their children suffered autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders from mercury in vaccines. A handful of similar claims are awaiting trial in civil courts.
Thimerosal has been largely removed from pediatric vaccines in recent years in what officials have described as a precautionary measure.
In September, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation prohibiting vaccines with more than trace amounts of thimerosal from being given to babies and pregnant women in California.
For their part, Merck and other vaccine makers, along with many health officials and scientists, say there is no credible evidence of harm from the amounts of mercury once widely present in kids' shots. They cite a report in May by a committee of the national Institute of Medicine concluding that the evidence "favors rejection of a causal relationship" between vaccines and autism.
The seven-page memo was provided to the Times by James A. Moody, a lawyer who works with parent groups on vaccine safety issues. He said he obtained it from a whistle-blower whom he would not name.
The memo provides the "first hard evidence that the companies knew -- or at least Merck knew -- that the children were getting significantly more mercury (than the generally accepted dose)," the lawyer said.
He also provided a copy to attorneys for Vera Easter, a Texas woman who blames thimerosal for the condition of her 7-year-old son, Jordan, who is autistic and mentally retarded. The Easter lawsuit is pending in U.S. District Court for the eastern district of Texas. The defendants include Merck, thimerosal developer Eli Lilly & Co., and other vaccine makers.
Easter's attorney, Andy Waters, described the memo as "incredibly damning and incredibly significant." After receiving it in the fall, he confronted Merck lawyers about why he hadn't seen it earlier.
In a letter to Waters in October, Merck attorneys said that they had in fact made available 32 boxes of records but that the copying service hired by the plaintiffs for some reason had failed to copy several of the boxes -- including the one with the Hilleman memo.
"The memo," said company spokeswoman Mary Elizabeth Blake, "was produced voluntarily by Merck in the ordinary course of discovery proceedings."
Hilleman is a former senior vice president of Merck who developed numerous vaccines for the company. A 1999 profile in the Philadelphia Inquirer said, "it is no exaggeration to assert, as many scientists do, that Maurice Hilleman has saved more lives than any other living scientist."
Hilleman, 85, currently director of the Merck Institute for Vaccinology, had officially retired and was a consultant to Merck when he wrote the '91 memo. He declined to be interviewed.
The memo was sent to Dr. Gordon Douglas, then head of Merck's vaccine division and now a consultant for the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health. Douglas also declined to comment.


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Monday, September 23, 2019
Campos on Bartholomew on Electronic Notice in Class Actions
Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Sergio Campos's essay, E-Notice and Comment on Due Process. Sergio reviews Christine Bartholomew's recent article, E-Notice, 68 Duke L.J. 217 (2018).
September 23, 2019 in Class Actions, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Recent Scholarship, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Schmitz on E-Courts and Access to Remedies
Amy Schmitz has published Expanding Access to Remedies through E-Court Initiatives, 67 Buff. L. Rev. 89 (2019). Here's the abstract:
Virtual courthouses, artificial intelligence (AI) for determining cases, and algorithmic analysis for all types of legal issues have captured the interest of judges, lawyers, educators, commentators, business leaders, and policymakers. Technology has become the "fourth party" in dispute resolution through the growing field of online dispute resolution (ODR), which includes the use of a broad spectrum of technologies in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and other dispute resolution processes. Indeed, ODR shows great promise for expanding access to remedies, or justice. In the United States and abroad, however, ODR has mainly thrived within e-commerce companies like eBay and Alibaba, while most public courts have continued to insist on traditional face-to-face procedures. Nonetheless, e-courts and public ODR pilots are developing throughout the world in particular contexts such as small claims and property tax disputes, and are demonstrating how technology can be used to further efficiency and expand access to the courts. Accordingly, this Article explores these e-court initiatives with a critical eye for ensuring fairness, due process, and transparency, as well as efficiency, in public dispute resolution.
August 22, 2019 in Recent Scholarship, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
McPeak on Disappearing Data and the Implications for Discovery
Agnieszka McPeak (Toledo Law) has published an article entitled Disappearing Data at 2018 Wis. L.R. 17, which considers the discovery implications of ephemeral social media platforms like Snapchat. Here's the abstract:
"Ephemeral" applications like Snapchat facilitate social interaction in a format that mimics the impermanence of face-to-face conversations. In the age of "big data" and the growing privacy concerns it raises, platforms offering ephemeral social media tools are meeting a market demand for smaller digital footprints. Additionally, these platforms are responding to regulatory pressure to embrace "privacy by design," the idea that new technology should be built with privacy as a goal from the ground up. Indeed, ephemeral platforms, though imperfect in their impermanence, mark a positive shift in the direction of data minimization.
But the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for broad discovery of electronically stored information. And they mandate, along with other rules, preservation of potentially relevant data in anticipation of litigation. Preservation duties for this new brand of ephemeral data, however, have not been clearly defined.
This article urges for a fair and balanced approach to defining preservation duties for disappearing data. While ephemeral content may be discoverable, onerous preservation duties are unwarranted and will negatively impact both corporate and individual litigants alike. For corporate interests, overly broad preservation duties lead to risk-averse companies stockpiling all things digital, often at great cost. For individuals, the law should recognize that mobile technology has become ubiquitous and social media is a key tool for personal expression, free speech, and social interaction. But individuals also have become the unwitting stewards of vast amounts of data, some of which is dynamic and ever-changing. Deletion or revision of personal information is a normal occurrence on social media platforms — indeed, some are a product of privacy by design. Overly broad preservation duties for individual litigants thus impose unwarranted burdens and are out of step with technological change.
April 17, 2018 in Current Affairs, Discovery, Federal Courts, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Recent Scholarship, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, March 6, 2017
Professor Thomas Creates a TED-Ed Video on the Vanishing Jury
Professor Suja Thomas (Illinois) has produced an entertaining TED-Ed video called "What Happened to Trial by Jury?" Ten online review questions follow the video.
In my opinion, the video is suitable for law students and also the general public. I think there is a great need for clear, brief videos on various aspects of the U.S. government. There appears to be a dearth of knowledge on that score. For example, the Annenberg Public Policy Center recently found that only 27% of Americans could name all three branches of government, and 31% could not name any of the three branches.
March 6, 2017 in Current Affairs, Federal Courts, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, October 14, 2016
Volokh & Levy on suspicious court cases seeking to get web pages taken down
Eugene Volokh and Paul Levy have an interesting post over at the Washington Post/Volokh Conspiracy. It begins:
There are about 25 court cases throughout the country that have a suspicious profile:
- All involve allegedly self-represented plaintiffs, yet they have similar snippets of legalese that suggest a common organization behind them. (A few others, having a slightly different profile, involve actual lawyers.)
- All the ostensible defendants ostensibly agreed to injunctions being issued against them, which often leads to a very quick court order (in some cases, less than a week).
- Of these 25-odd cases, 15 give the addresses of the defendants — but a private investigator (Giles Miller of Lynx Insights & Investigations) couldn't find a single one of the ostensible defendants at the ostensible address.
Now, you might ask, what's the point of suing a fake defendant (to the extent that some of these defendants are indeed fake)? How can anyone get any real money from a fake defendant? How can anyone order a fake defendant to obey a real injunction?
Check it out to find the answers.
October 14, 2016 in Current Affairs, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, October 3, 2016
Federal Judge Authorizes Service of Process via Twitter Under FRCP 4(f)(3)
Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California invoked Rule 4(f)(3) to order that a plaintiff be allowed to use Twitter to serve process on a Kuwaiti national. The case is St. Francis Assisi v. Kuwait Financial House, and the opinion begins:
The plaintiff, St. Francis Assisi (a non-profit corporation), sued the defendants, Kuwait Finance House, Kuveyt-Turk Participation Bank Inc., and Hajjaj al-Ajmi (an individual) for damages and equitable relief arising from the defendants' financing of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which resulted in the targeted murder of Assyrian Christians in Iraq and Syria. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.)
St. Francis has not been successful in serving process on al-Ajmi. (See ECF No. 10.) Al-Ajmi is a Kuwaiti national and efforts to locate him have been unsuccessful. (Id.) St. Francis now asks to serve al-Ajmi by alternative means under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) via the social-media platform, Twitter. (Id.) The court grants St. Francis's request because service via Twitter is reasonably calculated to give notice and is not prohibited by international agreement.
Download St Francis Assisi v Kuwait Financial House (ND Cal)
Eric Goldman has coverage here.
October 3, 2016 in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Recent Decisions, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, August 29, 2016
Second Circuit Decision in Nicosia v. Amazon
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision in Nicosia v. Amazon.com, Inc., holding that the plaintiff's suit against Amazon should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim based on the mandatory arbitration provision in Amazon's Conditions of Use.
Of course there's considerable discussion of the Federal Arbitration Act and substantive contract law, but the court also addresses pleading standards, the relationship between Rule 12(b)(6) motions and motions to compel arbitration, and standing (the latter with respect to the plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction).
Download Nicosia v Amazon (2d)
August 29, 2016 in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Recent Decisions, Standing, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Civil Procedure Bar Exam Refreshers on YouTube
Just in time for the July bar exam . . . Professor Ira Nathenson has posted seven new YouTube videos reviewing various aspects of Civil Procedure. Enjoy!
June 15, 2016 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, March 18, 2016
Seiner on Class Actions in the Technology Sector
Joe Seiner has posted on SSRN a draft of his essay, Tailoring Class Actions to the On-Demand Economy, which will be published in the Ohio State Law Journal. Here's the abstract:
In O'Connor v. Uber, 2015 WL 5138097 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 1, 2015), a federal district court permitted a class-action case to proceed on the question of whether 160,000 drivers were misclassified by their employer as independent contractors rather than employees. The case has garnered widespread interest, making headlines across the country. Yet it represents only one of many class-action cases currently pending against technology companies in the modern economy. Indeed, similar systemic claims have already been brought against Yelp, GrubHub, Handy, Crowdflower, Amazon, and many others.
The courts have largely floundered in their efforts to address the proper scope of class cases brought against corporations in the on-demand economy. This is likely the result of a lack of clarity in this area as well as the unique fact patterns that often arise with technology-sector claims. Nothing has been written on this issue in the academic literature to date, and this paper seeks to fill that void in the scholarship.
Navigating the statutes, case law, and procedural rules, this Essay proposes a workable five-part framework for analyzing systemic claims brought in the technology sector. This paper sets forth a model for the courts and litigants to follow when evaluating the proper scope of these cases. The Essay seeks to spark a dialogue on this important — yet unexplored — area of the law.
March 18, 2016 in Class Actions, Recent Scholarship, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Professor Nathenson Posts New Civil Procedure Resources For the Bar Exam
Know anyone studying for the bar exam who needs help in Civil Procedure? My esteemed colleague, Professor Ira Nathenson (a member of the Executive Committee of the AALS Section of Civil Procedure, as well as its webmaster and co-manager of the CivProMentor listserv), has recently posted some fine resources on his website.
Professor Nathenson's site includes a Resources page for Civil Procedure on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE). The resources include numerous Civil Procedure YouTube videos as well as problem sets, explanations, flowcharts, and handouts. (If you thought that the Erie doctrine could not be reduced to a flow chart, check out his Coggle flowchart here.)
The substantive materials are grouped by topic (such as subject-matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, joinder, and much more), allowing you to zero in on Civ Pro issues of interest. Many of the YouTube videos are annotated, pointing you to related resources. The site also includes an overview of which Civ Pro topics topics are more likely to be tested.
As most people in the US legal world know by now, federal Civil Procedure was added to the Multistate Bar Examination only recently. It was first tested on the MBE during the February 2015 administration. Professor Nathenson's excellent materials should help to ease the panic for some new graduates preparing for the bar.
June 4, 2015 in Web/Tech, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
California Bar Publishes Ethical Opinion on ESI for Public Comment
The State Bar of California has published a proposed formal opinion for public comment on the question, "What are an attorney's ethical duties in the handling of discovery of electronically stored information?"
The digest of the opinion states:
An attorney's obligations under the ethical duty of competence evolve as new technologies develop and then become integrated with the practice of law. Attorney competence related to litigation generally requires, at a minimum, a basic understanding of, and facility with, issues relating to e-discovery, i.e., the discovery of electronically stored information ("ESI"). On a case-by-case basis, the duty of competence may require a higher level of technical knowledge and ability, depending on the e-discovery issues involved in a given matter and the nature of the ESI involved. Such competency requirements may render an otherwise highly experienced attorney not competent to handle certain litigation matters involving ESI. An attorney lacking the required competence for the e-discovery issues in the case at issue has three options: (1) acquire sufficient learning and skill before performance is required; (2) associate with or consult technical consultants or competent counsel; or (3) decline the client representation. Lack of competence in e-discovery issues can also result, in certain circumstances, in ethical violations of an attorney's duty of confidentiality, the duty of candor, and/or the ethical duty not to suppress evidence.
The deadline for public comments is 5 p.m., June 24, 2014.
May 7, 2014 in Discovery, State Courts, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Extended Deadline for Submitting Comments on the Proposed FRCP Amendments
Today was, originally, the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday, Feb. 18. The following announcement appears on the U.S. Courts website:
NOTE: To accommodate scheduled website maintenance, the deadline for submitting public comments has been extended. Comments must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on February 18, 2014.
February 15, 2014 in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, December 9, 2013
Federal Courts Celebrate 25 Years of PACER and CM/ECF
The Third Branch News reports "25 Years Later, PACER, Electronic Filing Continue to Change Courts."
Apparently without irony, Third Branch notes, "Lawyers speak of reduced stress at a workday's end, knowing they can electronically file a document until midnight, without fear that the courthouse doors will close on them."
December 9, 2013 in Federal Courts, In the News, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, December 6, 2013
Court Implicitly Upholds Document Request Seeking Bitcoin Transaction Information
Okay, I've succombed to bitcoin madness. A search today of the ALLCASES library in the Westlaw database yielded three cases with the word "Bitcoin" in them. The only one of any recency was the following.
In Entrepreneur Media, Inc. v. Smith, No. 2:10–mc–55–JAM–EFB (E.D. Cal. Nov. 26, 2013), a judgment creditor/plaintiff moved to compel the production of documents sought in aid of enforcement of its judgment against the judgment debtor/defendant. The document request included, "Any and all books, letters, papers, files, or documents . . . which show any wire transfer, electronic distribution and/or transmission of funds, purchase of debit cards, acquisition and use of any online digital banking services, such as Bitcoin, and/or any and all other papers which show any account in YOUR name, and moreover, any account by any entity, including any digital entity, for the TIME PERIOD." Without addressing any issue that might have been presented by the inclusion of Bitcoin transactions in the document request, the court granted the motion to compel this particular request (although it denied the motion as to other requests).
December 6, 2013 in In the News, Recent Decisions, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, November 14, 2013
More Federal Courts' Opinions Available on Federal Digital System
A project providing free online access to federal court opinions has expanded to include 64 courts. The federal Judiciary and the Government Printing Office partner through the GPO's Federal Digital System, FDsys, to provide public access to more than 750,000 opinions, many dating back to 2004.
The Judicial Conference approved national implementation of the project in September 2012, expanding participation from the original 29 courts. FDsys currently contains opinions from 8 appellate courts, 20 district courts, and 35 bankruptcy courts.
Federal court opinions are one of the most heavily used collections on FDsys, with millions of retrievals each month. Opinions are pulled nightly from the courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) systems and sent to the GPO, where they are posted on the FDsys website. Collections on FDsys are divided into appellate, district or bankruptcy court opinions and are text-searchable across courts. FDsys also allows embedded animation and audio – an innovation previously only available with opinions posted on a court's own website or on the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER).
November 14, 2013 in Federal Courts, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, September 22, 2013
International Court of Justice Conference: The ICJ in the Service of Peace and Justice
On Monday, September 23, 2013, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will celebrate the Centenary of the Peace Palace with a conference that will consider the following four topics:
1. A Century of International Justice and Prospects for the Future;
2. The International Court of Justice and the International Legal System;
3. The Role of the International Court of Justice for Enhancing the Rule of Law; and
4. The International Court of Justice and the United Nations: Relationship of the ICJ with other UN Organs.
A detailed conference agenda can be found here: http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/files/4/17524.pdf.
And, information about how to view the conference either by live streaming or on-demand can be found here: http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/files/4/17534.pdf.
September 22, 2013 in Conferences/Symposia, International Courts, International/Comparative Law, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
CFP: Social Justice and Social Media Symposium
Here is a Call For Papers for a symposium on Social Justice and Social Media to be held at Pace Law School on March 28, 2014:
Pace Law Review will host a one-day symposium entitled Social Justice and Social Media, on March 28, 2014 on the Pace Law School campus in White Plains, NY. The Symposium will address themes concerning the interplay between social media and the administration of justice, both civil and criminal. The Pace Law Review invites (10+) page papers for inclusion in its Summer 2014 Symposium Edition. The committee will consider a broad range of topics. Selected participants will be invited to present their papers at the symposium. Travel expenses to White Plains (30 minutes outside NYC), including hotel, transportation and meals will be provided.
Submission information and key dates:
Interested persons should submit an abstract of between 250 and 300 words suitable for a 15 minute presentation and to serve as the basis of a 10+ page paper (including footnotes). Longer papers are welcomed. Submissions should be made electronically to Prof. Leslie Y. Garfield, firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include name, affiliation and contact details in the body of the email. Submissions should be emailed no later than October 1, 2013. Final papers submission will be due June 1, 2014.
September 17, 2013 in Conferences/Symposia, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, September 16, 2013
SCOTUS Maps in the Classroom
September 16, 2013 in Supreme Court Cases, Twombly/Iqbal, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, September 6, 2013
Maybe We Should Try to Be More Interesting? Just a Thought
The National Law Journal reports on a recent article by Jeff Sovern (St. John's University School of Law) entitled "Law Student Laptop Use During Class for Non-Class Purposes: Temptation v. Incentives," 51 U. Louisville L. Rev. 483 (2013). The article concludes that first-year students have more incentives to pay attention during class and therefore are less distracted by laptop use than second- and third-year law students.
My own classroom policy seems somehow misguided in light of this conclusion. I don't allow laptops in first-year Civil Procedure, but allow them in upper-class courses. My reasoning is that 1Ls need to be weaned from their slacker college ways, that it is almost impossible for them to multitask Civil Procedure, and that they have no choice in being assigned to my section, so they can't transfer out. After they survive the first year, I treat them like the adult graduate students they are and try (not always successfully) to make the class valuable enough to pay attention to.
By now, most professors have fairly strong views on their laptop-in-class policy, but the article may provide some food for thought.
September 6, 2013 in Recent Scholarship, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)
Monday, July 1, 2013
Second Circuit Vacates Class Certification in the Google Books Case
Here is the opinion in The Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc. The opinion begins:
We consider in this appeal whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation) erred in certifying the plaintiff class—authors claiming that defendant-appellant Google Inc. committed copyright infringement by copying and displaying "snippets" of millions of books in the Library Project of its Google Books search tool. On the particular facts of this case, we conclude that class certification was premature in the absence of a determination by the District Court of the merits of Google's "fair use" defense. Accordingly, we vacate the June 11, 2012 order certifying the class and remand the cause to the District Court, for consideration of the fair use issues, without prejudice to any future motion for class certification.
July 1, 2013 in Class Actions, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Recent Decisions, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)


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However, it seems systemd-fsck passes the wrong arguments to fsck.f2fs, so it can't be run on boot.
The following is from the syslog immediately after startup:
The problem is that systemd-fsck sends -y to fsck.f2fs, but fsck.f2fs does not accept this as a parameter.
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systemd-fsck[114]: fsck.f2fs: invalid option -- 'y'
systemd-fsck[114]: Error: Unknown option ?
systemd-fsck[114]: Usage: fsck.f2fs [options] device
systemd-fsck[114]: [options]:
systemd-fsck[114]: -a check/fix potential corruption, reported by f2fs
systemd-fsck[114]: -d debug level [default:0]
systemd-fsck[114]: -f check/fix entire partition
systemd-fsck[114]: -t show directory tree [-d -1]
Other distributions seems to have fixed this, can anyone suggest me a fix? I've already tried f2fs-tools-git and there's no -y, so it has to be fixed from systemd-fsck.