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Patchell not getting carried away
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December 15, 2012
Cardiff Blues playmaker Rhys Patchell has been tipped to make his international debut in the near future © Getty Images
Cardiff Blues fly-half Rhys Patchell has played down reports tipping him to claim a place in Wales' Six Nations plans.
The 19-year-old playmaker has earned rave reviews this season, most recently on his first Heineken Cup start last weekend, and despite having only played 10 games for the region he has been mentioned alongside the likes of the Ospreys' Dan Bigger, Perpignan's James Hook and London Welsh's Gavin Henson as a contender for the Wales No.10 shirt following an Achilles injury to Rhys Priestland.
"It's quite humbling that people have said some nice things about me, but if I'd have had a shocker last weekend against Montpellier everyone would be saying 'is this Rhys Patchell good enough for Heineken Cup rugby?'" he told the Western Mail.
"Look, it is what it is. I've seen the headlines but didn't really think anything of it. Not because I felt they were justified, but because if you are a fly-half and you play well you get the plaudits and if you play badly you get slated by pretty much everyone. You have to take the rough with the smooth."
Patchell, who will spearhead the Blues' attack once again this weekend in their return clash with Montpellier in France, is relishing the prospect of Test match rugby but is not expecting to get the nod in the near future.
"If, in two or three years, a Welsh call-up comes along then that would be fantastic but for the time being I'm enjoying myself at the Blues," he said. "I'm getting a bit of mickey taking for being noticed, but, like I said, you take the rough with the smooth and you throw a bit back!
"It is very disappointing for Rhys Priestland. For any sportsman to be injured for that period of time is hugely frustrating and six months is a long time. But there are loads of quality outside-halves in Wales.
"Not so long ago everyone was saying Matthew Morgan was going to be the next big thing and I think he has slipped under the radar. Matthew is a really good player and his attacking game is outstanding. Then there is obviously Dan Biggar and James Hook, there's Jason Tovey, Ceri Sweeney and Gareth Davies at the Blues too who are all pushing for the place."
Henson's chances of reclaiming a place in Wales' plans look a little better and London Welsh boss Lyn Jones is confident he will be up to the task with the 30-year-old set to make a return from back and calf injuries next weekend.
"Things were on course for Gavin as regards catching the eyes of Warren Gatland and Six Nations selection, but his lack of game-time over the past few weeks could count against him," Jones told the newspaper. "Can he come back and challenge James and Dan for the Wales No. 10 jersey against Ireland? I would say yes, he can.
"...Provided he is fit, it's going to be a big sequence of games for us and Gavin. He has got a lot of work to do between today and the end of January to impress the Welsh selectors. He's been excellent for us, a class act. What he has done is embrace his best position, which is No. 10.
"Everybody knows how much talent Gavin possesses. He's certainly worth a look at by the Welsh selectors. It's up to them to determine whether his form is good enough for the Six Nations, but he knows how to control a game, has vision, skill and a prodigious boot."
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- Pilot program authorizes 3,500 electric vehicle chargers at 350 sites
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There's also the fact that NEM 2.0 will not significantly affect net metering, but I'll pick up that discussion in the SDG&E, Solar, Net Metering, and Time of Use 2 (TOU2) thread.

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By Megan Hussong
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There is something about hearing holiday songs that brings out the Christmas spirit in everyone. Suddenly, the snow that blankets the ground is pretty instead of dull; strands of lights seem to twinkle brighter; even wrapping presents is fun.
Unfortunately, stress may also accompany these feelings as we rush to finish shopping or prepare for a house full of company. We become so wrapped up in things to do, we forget about the meaning of the actual holiday. I was reminded of this last Thursday night when five National Honor Society members and I lent a hand at the annual Kinship Christmas banquet at the Comfort Inn. For those unfamiliar with the program, Kinship pairs a child in need with an adult mentor. These "big friends" mingled with kids all evening as they ate pizza, made snowflake ornaments, swam, and decorated sugar cookies.
I should explain that each member of NHS is expected to record hours of various community services throughout the year. Although I thought it would be fun to help at the banquet, I must admit I was a little more concerned about receiving the hours to meet the quota. That all changed, however, with a visit from Santa. The room quickly echoed with excited voices and squeals as kids tore open their presents and sat on Santa's lap for a picture.
I was humbled as I looked around the room at the adults kneeling by the kids, cameras in hand. I realized that they weren't getting paid for this or doing it because they feel they have to. Each was not only giving up their own time for this banquet, but volunteering a few hours every week amidst busy schedules because they truly care about the life of a child. The meaning of the night can be summed up by a little girl receiving a CD player. "I dreamed of getting this last night - I dreamed of it, and my dream really came true!" The smile on her face was priceless.
This time of year is bound to be hectic, and it always will be. Even so, the meaning of Christmas cannot be found through counting service hours or having the perfect decorations. It is found in the people willing to give time to help others like the adults in the Kinship program.
Whether it is volunteering a few hours or something as simple as being patient in the infinite holiday shopping lines, my encouragement to you is to stop and remember the spirit of the season. Merry Christmas from NHS!
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She writes, "Unfortunately with all the negativity people choose to send on twitter as well as threats to there (sic) own well being. I'm sad to say twitter is … no longer for me. I have enjoyed all the kindness and love that came my way, as well as support. But this break is needed.
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The new support for a more heterogeneous model of protein folding comes in a paper published today on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"The traditional view has been that a protein passes through a series of fixed reactions to reach its folded state," said senior author Feng Gai, a Penn chemist. "Our work suggests quite strongly that folding is a far richer phenomenon. Like skiers, some proteins rocket down an energy gradient to their destination while others take their time, meandering indiscriminately."
Though a fleeting phenomenon, the folding of gangly proteins into tight three-dimensional shapes has broad implications for the growing group of human diseases believed to result from misfolded proteins, most notably neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The characteristic plaques that cripple the brains of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients are believed to be the dumping grounds for aberrant proteins.
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Protein folding is fiendishly intricate, yet crucial to the chemistry of life - so much so that a small army of biologists and chemists has devoted itself to better understanding the process. Each of the body's 20 amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, is habitually attracted or repulsed by water; it's largely these affinities that drive the as-yet-unpredictable contorting of proteins into three-dimensional shapes within the aqueous environment of a cell.
Gai and his colleagues traced protein folding by zapping samples of 20-amino-acid proteins with a one-nanosecond laser, momentarily heating them enough to unfold the proteins completely. Using infrared spectroscopy, they then observed, nanosecond by nanosecond, how quickly the cohort of proteins refolded into biochemically stable, three-dimensional shapes. It turned out that the time to refold varied tremendously, offering powerful if indirect evidence that the proteins weren't following a single, prescribed pathway from unfolded to folded after all.
Gai was joined on the PNAS paper by Cheng-Yen Huang, Yongjin Zhu and Jason W. Klemke of Penn's Department of Chemistry and Zelleka Getahun and William F. DeGrado of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Penn's School of Medicine. Their work was supported by Research Corporation, the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation and the National Science Foundation.


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The renowned Russian conductor Fuat Mansurov worked 37 years in Moscow Bolshoi Theatre and had many operatic and ballet premiers. He had a total of 40 performances in his wide-ranging repertoire as a conductor, including classics of the 20th century - Sergei Prokofiev's "Semyon Kotko", Rodion Shedrin's "Dead Souls", Aram Khachaturian's "Spartak", Valeri Gavrilin's "Anuta" and Boris Asafiev's "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai", as well as 19-century foreign masterpieces, like Rossini's "The Barber of Seville", Gounod's "Faust", Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades" and Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tsar's Bride".
Fuat Mansurov who is now above 70, is a man of curious destiny and wonderful personal attractiveness. He is high, stately, with gray hair offhandedly shoved back. Maestro Mansurov can get into contact with any audience without embarrassment, demonstrating his extensive knowledge and brilliant intellect.
Fuat Mansurov says he speaks English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Tatarian, Kirghiz and Russian languages. His native language is Kazakh, he studied in a Kazakh school and later graduated from Kazakh University in Alma-Ata. He has been studying foreign languages all his lifetime, trying to read at least a page on each, otherwise he feels "empty".
Mr. Mansurov still continues to train his memory as he used to train his muscles - he has master degrees in alpinism and skating sports. He participated in rescue expeditions heading for tops of Tien Shan and Pamirs and hardening his character. For many years Fuat Mansurov played chess and kept in mind all his games. He believes his sportive toughness taught him how to be staunch and concentrate in difficult life and creative situations. Being a young man he studied painting. Ever since he has accurately defined considerable art things as a man who visited many countries and knows rules of fine arts.
One of his passions is love of literature and, first and the foremost, Russia's prominent Russian classic poet Alexander Pushkin whose poems Mansurov declaims by heart.
Having fundamental capabilities, Fuat Mansurov mastered not only music, but also mathematics. He studied in Kazakh conservatoire and the physical and math department of Alma-Ata University, where afterwards he taught during several years. At the age of 21 Mansurov became the conductor of the Kazakh folk instruments orchestra and then the leading conductor of the Kazakh Opera and Ballet Theatre. Being a well-known musician at home, he entered Moscow Conservatoire where continued to advance his mastery in the class of symphonic conducting headed by Professor Leo Ginzburg. Undoubtedly, the musical life of Moscow in early 60-s largely impacted his artistic growing up. He heard the world's best orchestras, including those conducted by Gerbert Von Karaian, Leonard Berstein, Lorin Maase and other "stars" who toured Moscow at the time. A meeting with Paris Conservatoire's Professor Igor Markevich who held a six-month conducting seminar in Russia left a particular imprint on his career. At the time Fuat Mansurov made a final choice between math and music by preferring the latter. He recollects how he met with Professor Markevich who immediately perplexed him by a question - "Do you really want to be a conductor?" Fuat Mansurov responded: "Of course". And the Professor told him: "I beseech you - learn your work by heart!" This became Fuat Mansuriov's rule. He studies operatic and symphonic scores by heart. All these huge volumes full of notes! What separates a professional conductor from an amateur is a capability to repeat precisely an original version. All composers demand this. If one has a capability to look "under veil" of notes, he or she is a grand master, Conductor Mansurov believes.
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Checking in on… the WACPosted by Brian Goodman on November 25th, 2010
Sam Wasson, Co-Founder and Editor of bleedCrimson.net covering New Mexico State athletics, and Kevin McCarthy, Founder of Parsing The WAC, are the RTC correspondents for the WAC.
A Look Back
- Fast Starts: Louisiana Tech, Hawaii and San Jose State all got off to hot starts as Hawaii posted a 4-0 record to open the season and is off to their best start in six seasons winning the 2010 Rainbow Classic. San Jose State picked up wins on Eastern Washington and Oregon and is off to a 3-0 start to the season. Louisiana Tech won the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Irvine Subregional and is 5-1 on the season.
- New Coaches, New Results: Both Hawaii and Boise State hired new coaches and both are seeing immediate dividends as the two teams are a combined 7-0 to start the season. Leon Rice has the Broncos rolling with a 3-0 start, including road wins at UC Davis and San Diego. Gib Arnold and his Warriors are undefeated start the season including a solid 65-62 win over Central Washington, which was televised on ESPN as part of the network's 24-hour tipoff marathon.
Player of the Week
Louisiana Tech's DeAndre Brown earns the Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of November 15-21 as he led the Bulldogs in four wins last week, scoring double-digits in all four games. He scored ten points in a 60-54 win over Houston, 18 in an 85-72 win over Seattle, 15 points with a career-high five three-pointers in an 80-65 win against Navy and a career-high 26 points in a 76-72 win over UC Irvine. He was also was named MVP of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer Irvine subregional. Over the four games, Brown averaged a team-high 17.3 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.5 APG and 1.5 SPG per game. He also shot 42.6 percent (26-of-61) from the field, including nine makes from three-point range.
Power Rankings
1. San Jose State (4-0)
Up Next: 11/24 at CS-Bakersfield, 11/28 vs. UC-Riverside, 11/30 at UT-San Antonio
Taking down Eastern Washington 67-60 on the road and San Francisco at home, 74-64, produced positive feelings for Spartan fans. Oregon was next on the schedule and, although the Ducks are down (this is no attempt to equate the Oregon basketball team members to comforter filling), any game on venerable McArthur Court is an experience for opponents due to both the rabidity (yes, Ducks with rabies is our next national nightmare) and the closeness of the vociferous UO fans. A three-point play (the traditional kind) by Justin Graham with 2.8 seconds to play allowed San Jose State to depart Eugene with a 75-72 victory. Like Hawaii, the Spartans remain undefeated. Adrian Oliver opened the season with 34 points, then tallied 25 versus San Francisco and put 19 on the scoreboard against Oregon.
2. Louisiana Tech (5-1)
Up Next: 11/26 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 12/01 at Southern Methodist
After losing 89-58 to Texas to start the season, the Bulldogs have rattled off five straight victories including wins over Houston (60-54), Seattle (85-72) and UC-Irvine (76-72). Forward Olu Ashaolu has picked up where he left off last season and leads the team in rebounding averaging just over 10 rebounds per game. Point guard DeAndre Brown has picked up his scoring pace and is averaging 16 points per game after averaging 10.6 PPG last season. Thus far the Bulldogs have answered the question of how they would respond to losing their top three scorers and top three rebounders.
3. Hawaii (3-0)
Up Next: 11/24 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 12/01 at Cal Poly
UH basketball fans are giddy over Gib. Here's a prime example: on one of the message boards, someone has posted a query asking how UH can keep coach Gib Arnold from moving on up elsewhere? This after just four games have been played! In the Rainbow Classic, Montana State fell first (77-59), then Fullerton (84-70) and finally Central Michigan succumbed to the 'Bows (65-62). The latest to fall short? Central Arkansas 83-69, thus making Hawaii undefeated so far. The squad is a band of newcomers anchored by experienced seniors Hiram Thompson (14.0 PPG/22 assists) and Bill Amis (15.8 PPG/6.8 RPG). So, who among the newbies has contributed? Freshman Bo Barnes, once thought of as a redshirt candidate, for one. he's shooting 54% on 26 three-point attempts, Josten Thomas, a 6'7 junior college transfer sophomore, is currently checking in at 12.5 PPG and 6.3 RPG.
4. Boise State (3-0)
Up Next: 11/24 vs. Eastern Washington, 11/27 vs. Denver, 11/29 at Northern Illinois
Like their football brethren, the Boise State Broncos have yet to lose a game. While they're only three games into the season, former top Gonzaga assistant Leon Rice has injected new life into the men's basketball program. The Broncos opened up with an easy win over Western State (78-52) and then picked up a strong 65-60 road win at WCC foe San Diego and then followed that up with a second road win at UC-Davis winning handily 67-47. La'Shard Anderson and Robert Arnold lead the way for the Broncos in scoring, as Anderson is averaging 18.3 PPG and Arnold is averaging 18.0 PPG.
5. Utah State (2-1)
Up Next: 11/24 vs. Utah, 11/27 vs. Northeastern, 12/01 at Denver
The defending regular season champions and preseason favorites are off to a 2-1 start after picking up a pair of in-state wins over Weber State (77-65) and Southern Utah (66-53) while falling at BYU, 78-72. Tai Wesley is leading the way once again for Utah State averaging 16.7 PPG and 6.7 RPG. Newcomer Brockieth Pane has been solid thus far for the Aggies averaging 11.7 PPG. Brian Green scored a career-high 19 points off the bench in the Ags' win over Southern Utah. The Ags will be tested as three of their next four games come against NCAA-caliber teams in Utah, Northeastern and Georgetown.
6. Nevada (1-4)
Up Next: 11/30 at South Dakota State
It's been a struggle early for the Wolf Pack as they set out to replace 84% of their lost scoring from last season. The Pack won their season opener against Montana, 81-66, but have since dropped four straight games in the Preseason NIT Tip-Off losing to Pacific (64-53), Pepperdine (76-75), George Washington (58-56) and Boston (66-57). Dario Hunt leads the way for Nevada averaging 14.6 PPG and 8.0 RPG. Malik Story is averaging 11.2 PPG but no other Nevada players are in double-digits in point production.
7. Fresno State (1-2)
Up Next: 11/26 vs. Washington State, 11/30 at Utah
Returning to his home away from home in a road opener, coach Steve Cleveland was treated rudely by BYU to the tune of a 83-56 rout. Then, the Vanguard Mutual Funders (for the ultra literal, we're kidding about the nickname) came to town and the Bulldogs routed the Lions (shouldn't it have been the Bears?) 74-42. A visit to Santa Barbara followed and it wasn't what the Bulldogs desired — a 69-54 loss. The Bulldogs were down 35-24 at the half with the Gauchos opening the game by scoring the first 13 points. Coach Cleveland's squad pulled within four opening the second half but the momentum didn't hold. Sophomore Greg Smith put up 15 points and grabbed eight boards. The Bulldogs shot 40% for the game and 22% from long distance. Santa Barbara shot 51% overall. But for a team losing Paul George, at least one if not two seasons early, plus Sylvester Seay, any consistency, especially at the offensive end, will take time. Someone has to step up from the outside and be a threat. Interestingly enough, in the first three games of the season, the Bulldogs' leading scorer has also been the top rebounder in each game but it has been a different player each game. Nedeljko Golubovic had 12 points and eight rebounds in the Bulldogs' first game, Bennie Rhodes scored 17 points and grabbed eight boards in the second game and Greg Smith had 15 points and eight rebounds in Fresno State's third game.
8. Idaho (1-3)
Up Next: 11/27 at Eastern Washington
The Vandals have lost three straight since an 86-74 opening season victory against Eastern Oregon. The Vandals were blown out, 88-71, by Washington State in the cross-border rivalry game then fell, 66-53, Portland but nothing compared to the Vandals' abysmal performance against Montana earlier this week. Idaho went into Missoula and was throttled, 75-33. The 42-point loss was one of the worst in the program's history. Luiz Toledo scored nearly half of the team's points (16) in the loss. UI put up statistics that one will likely never again see in a collegiate basketball game. The Vandals hit just six shots from the floor and were 3-22 in the first half (13.6 percent) and 3-28 (10.7 percent) in the second half. If not for 20 free throw makes in the game, Idaho would not have even reached 20 points.
9. New Mexico State (2-4)
Up Next: 11/30 vs. UTEP
The New Mexico State Aggies have thus far been the league's most disappointing team. After opening up the season with a 92-76 win over the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and a 95-62 win over Division-II Western New Mexico, the Aggies have been pounded in four straight games and have been called out by their head coach for quitting in the second half against Arizona. To make matters worse, their top returner, Troy Gillenwater was benched for the second half of a loss against USC in the Hall of Fame Tip-off. Meanwhile, the Aggies have lost by 26, 14, 19 and 17 points to Arizona, UMass, Southern Cal and UTEP, respectively. The road does not get any easier for the Aggies as their next three games are against rivals UTEP and then a home-and-home against New Mexico. Gillenwater is averaging 18.2 PPG while point guard Hernst Laroche is averaging 11 points and 4.83 RPG. Freshman Christian Kabongo is averaging 8.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
A Look Ahead
Non-Con Rivalries: New Mexico State gets a return trip from UTEP before an in-season home-and-home against New Mexico. Utah State will face their out-of-conference nemesis Utah. The rest of the league will look to continue their solid play in non-conference, though the big opportunities to make some noise will come in December.


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Jayson Aquino, the 19-year-old left-hander who's putting up amazing numbers for the Rockies' Dominican Summer League, will be promoted to the Grand Junction rookie league team sometime soon.
That's the word I get from Rolando Fernandez, the Rockies' senior director of international scouting.
"He's a very talented kid, but we just want to make sure he's really ready to come over to Grand Junction," Fernandez said. "It can be a big transition for kids, coming from the Dominican to the states. For the good of the player, you have to have patience and make sure it's the right time."


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In this new series, we are profiling legal professionals and J.D.s and asking them the hard questions that don't always get answered in law school. For example, how did they find their job? What do they do on a day-to-day basis? And, was law school a worthwhile investment?
Richard Delgado, JD, and Jean Stefancic, MA, teach courses on race and the American legal system at Seattle University School of Law. Two of the leading scholars on critical race theory, they have written books, law review articles, and appeared on national news. Their recent book How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Profession Fails Its Creative Minds addresses unhappiness in the legal profession. They talk with us about the importance of storytelling, creativity, and collaboration. And they tell us their tips for staying happy in their careers.
RecruiterEsq: Thank you for speaking to us today! As a disclaimer, I had the two of you when you were at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law as Derrick Bell scholars. I took your class on Race, Racism, and American Law where I was introduced to critical race theory. For those unfamiliar with this area of scholarship, can you give us a little background?
As a professor, I'm tempted to ask you the usual Socratic question–What do you think? I believe you know the answer. Critical race theory is a modern version of civil rights theory and scholarship that developed in the mid-1980s when some bright professors and lawyers around the country realized, more or less simultaneously, that the heady gains of the civil rights era had stalled and, in some cases, were being rolled back. New approaches were needed to counter the forms of institutional, subtle, or unconscious discrimination that were developing and an American public that was increasingly tired of hearing about race.
How did you two become involved with critical race theory?
We've been in it since the beginning. Richard attended the small founding workshop, held in a convent outside Madison, Wisconsin, in 1989. Shortly afterward, we published the first collection of critical race theory writing, Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge (Temple University Press), now in its second edition. Since then, we've participated in most of the meetings and workshops and written some of the foundational literature. We also co-edited a book series, Critical America, for NYU Press, that lasted for 14 years and published over 70 books on race, equality, and social critique.
In critical race theory, storytelling plays a big role. How does storytelling relate to good lawyering?
Creating a persuasive story or narrative of the client's case is an essential part of winning the jury over to your side. It's also a creative and fulfilling task that can make you happy–much more so than reviewing ten cartons full of documents or writing a 50-page brief with 300 citations.
Richard, you graduated from University of California at Berkeley with your JD. Your undergraduate degree is in mathematics and philosophy. How did you decide to go to law school? Do you ever regret your choice?
I wanted to learn to think and write about social theory, particularly in the area of race and civil rights. I've never regretted my decision.
Did you move into academia directly after law school? Did you enter law school with a game plan or an end goal for your career?
I went directly from law school at Berkeley to teaching, skipping the usual period of practice or clerking. By the time I graduated, I was fairly sure I wanted a career in teaching and scholarship, and when the opportunity came my way, I seized it. My first position was at Arizona State University College of Law, then the University of Washington. My game plan, as you put it, was to obtain tenure, which I did, in my third year at Washington, and then look around for a good position at a school that valued scholarship and was located near my roots and family. When UCLA came calling, I was ready.
Is that a usual career path in legal academia? Or, was it harder for you because of you never practiced?
Yes, particularly at first. I was only slightly older than many of my students. That is no longer a problem, but I do try to keep in touch with the profession by taking lawyers to lunch periodically, keeping in touch wtih ex-students, and, of course, doing a lot of reading.
Jean, your background is in liberal arts. How did you get involved with the law? How does your background affect your perspective?
Early in life, I became a librarian, worked first at Harvard, and afterward at a number of places while married to a Unitarian minister and being a mom. Our lives were social justice oriented. In 1980 we moved to San Francisco where, with my son now in school, I found a position at the University of San Francisco law school. The school was then an early center of critical thought, with scholars such as Charles Lawrence, Trino Grillo (pdf), John Powell, Stephanie Wildman, and John Denvir beginning to write foundational texts. Because my interests lay in social theory and activism, they invited me to join their reading group. I met Richard, who was friends with the USF critical theory group, at a law conference; we found much to talk about and began writing together soon afterward. During that time I also earned an M.A. in creative writing. I've been writing law review articles and books, and fiction and poetry, ever since.
Have you always collaborated in your careers?
Yes, although it hasn't been easy. For example, it wasn't until 2003 that we were able to secure teaching positions for both of us at the University of Pittsburgh. Before then, at the University of Colorado, Jean worked as a senior research associate, a position that did not enable her to teach in the classroom.
What a shame! I was lucky to have both of you!! In your class, you also invited Derrick Bell to speak to us as a visiting scholar. How do you think collaboration benefits the legal profession?
Bell is a good storyteller and spellbinding speaker. We were lucky to be able to get him. Although most serious writers are lone wolves when it comes to their creative process, collaboration on many other tasks–including teaching–can be a rewarding activity. It brings you in touch with another mind and enables you to expand your perspective, which is inherently enjoyable and rewarding.
Your book, How Lawyers Lose Their Way: A Profession Fails Its Creative Minds, addresses the unhappiness of people in the legal profession. I downloaded the book on my Kindle but I have not read it. How did you two come up with the idea for researching this subject?
In addition to critical theory, the legal profession has been a strong second interest of ours. In recent years, our concern for the wellbeing of lawyers increased when we would see our own students, particularly our former research assistants, a few years after graduation. During law school, when we knew them, they would be full of life, at the top of their game. A few years later, we might run into them at an alumni gathering or bar event, and they would seem prematurely tired and shopworn. Their hair might be thinning or falling out; they might have gained or lost weight. They might have developed facial tics. Many of them seemed distinctly unhappy. Earlier, we had done some research on a prominent lawyer-poet (Archibald MacLeish), who seemed unhappy, as well, although for different reasons. So, we decided to study happiness and unhappiness in the legal profession today. We read every single study and survey of lawyers' happiness that we could lay our hands on and were shocked at what we found.
Is your book written specifically with practicing lawyers in mind? Or, do you see the same lack of/need for creativity and enjoyment in the academic world of law?
Teaching law remains one of the few jobs where it is possible to be a lawyer and relatively fulfilled and happy at the same time. Even there, however, you see some of the same forces–regimentation, accountability, pressure to produce–beginning to set in that make legal practitioners so unhappy. Although we wrote the book with lawyers in mind, professors are starting to feel the heat, too. This is true not just in law, but across the board. Professors in every discipline complain of a new corporate or business model, with detailed reporting requirements and oversight. One university system has even begun requiring professors to file lesson plans ahead of time!
Without asking for too many spoilers, do you provide recommendations as for how lawyers can use their creative minds?
Within the existing system, one can opt for a smaller firm or agency that offers work-life balance. The work will still be mundane, highly fragmented and specialized, regimented, and carried out under a system of billable hours and competition for partnerships. Not very appealing for persons with creative minds and high ideals. It would be better, in our opinion, if we spent less attention trying to incorporate a few cosmetic changes in a fairly dismal landscape and tried to change that landscape itself. Not too many years ago, law was a much more rewarding profession than it is now. Every older practitioner with whom we spoke told us so.
One review mentioned that the book is a catalyst for discussion. Do you think this discussion should happen on a national level? A local level? Perhaps we should start a Google group or wiki to broaden the discussion!
Since we wrote the book, others have written other books. And now everyone is talking about misery, over-regimentation, and how we have gone astray. Law students at Stanford and other elite schools are clamoring for better terms from legal employers and threatening to withhold their services unless they get them. Just last month, two sections of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) at the annual meeting of law professors in San Francisco co-sponsored a panel session on just this topic. The two of us, along with Deborah Rhode and Nancy Levit, who are also authors of books on the legal profession's troubles, spoke to an overflow audience of over 300. The latest issue of American Bar Association Journal (ABAJ) addresses unhappiness in the bar. The topic is front burner news.
I'm glad to see the topic in the news. What responsibility do you think law schools have to their students?
The law schools need to do a better job of countering the excesses of formalism and regimentation that make legal thinking so arid and unappealing, and the practice of law so deadly. Critical theory and interdisciplinary courses try to combat these trends, but a powerful counter-movement that emphasizes skills and narrow professional values is taking the life out of law–and of students.
The term "preventative care" is mentioned frequently in the health care debate. What measures of preventative care would you recommend for the lawlorn?
Notice when those around you are getting sick, and leave before you do, too. Make a close study of workplaces and types of practice that appeal to you and that you know, instinctively, will make you happy, challenged, and fulfilled. Then, go there, even if it entails a pay cut.
Speaking of the lawlorn, you, Richard, used to contribute to blackprof.com with an advice column to the lawlorn. How did you get involved with blogging? What are some of the lessons you learned from your involvement with that site?
I learned to write fast and succinctly, in short sentences, and with wit and humor.
Great skills, says the blogging advocate! Unfortunately, blackprof is no longer live. Is there any way for the lawlorn to access the archives to Dear Mom?
I (Richard) went looking for one of my postings the other day and couldn't find it. The site seems to be down and out for the count. If one of your technologically adept readers has any clues about how to find the site's old content, I'd love to hear them. I didn't keep copies.
Ah, that's unfortunate! Well, what websites do you two visit on a daily or weekly basis?
Brian Leiter's law school reports. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Arts & Letters Daily. And a few left-wing sites I don't care to list here.
A few to add to my own blogroll/Google reader! Onto the elephant in the room: student loans. It's hard to avoid the issue of student loans and money when talking about happiness in the legal industry. Many people I know may have liked to use creativity in their jobs but they need to work as hourly, document review attorneys in order to pay bills. Many public interest attorneys work long hours and get paid very little whereas many large firm associates work long hours and get paid a lot. While it seems the grass is always greener, both types suffer from burn out or depression. What are your thoughts on how money affects happiness?
Beyond a point, perhaps $70,000 a year, income does not correlate with happiness. Student debt, however, is an extremely corrosive force that makes people work in ways that do not appeal to them, simply to be able to pay the lenders back. Fortunately, some law schools and the federal government are taking small steps toward loan forgiveness for graduates wishing to practice public interest law.
How have you two found happiness in your own careers?
By speaking our minds, as we are doing now. By helping as many students as we can. By helping our kids. By writing as many hours a day or week as we can squeeze in, in line with our other commitments.
Wonderful tips from awesome, inspiring people. Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us!
Keep up the good work.
Richard Delgado is university professor of law, Seattle University, and distinguished professor of law emeritus at University of Pittsburgh, where he was also the Derrick Bell Fellow. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jean Stefancic is research professor of law, Seattle University, and research professor of law emeritus at University of Pittsburgh, where she was also the Derrick Bell Scholar. Contact her at email@example.com.


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Paris Fashion Week: The Best Beauty Looks Up Close
Paris Fashion Week Fall 2013 has come and gone, and while the Parisian runways are usually full of avant-garde beauty, this year there were also plenty of low-key hair and makeup looks to inspire. Full brows, bare faces, and low ponytails took over the runways, but bright pops of color made their mark as well. Caged masks, fuzzy helmet hats, and zombie-like face paint even took their turns on the catwalks. See all the looks in today's Beauty Beat. On Kirbie: Zara dress.


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The "blank space" here acts as a canvas of endless possibility for local musicians and creatives to lay down a palette of sights and sounds on. From concerts and film screenings to readings and parties, the calendar varies drastically from day to day. A small bar offers limited but satisfying selection. Grab a cold beer or warm tea here while browsing the upstairs collection of records, books and art. See everything from live hip hop and DJ spins to hardcore punk, experimental noise and indie rock. Communities can't thrive without stomping grounds to build upon, and Blank Space happily provides.


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Dissing Darwin
THE INVITATION was straightforward enough: "The Director of the National Museum of Natural History and Discovery Institute are happy to announce the national premiere and private evening reception for The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe," on June 23. But for the museum's directors, the decision to allow this film to be shown in one of their auditoriums turned out not to be straightforward at all. The Museum of Natural History is known, among other things, for its collection of fossils and its displays describing Darwin's theory of evolution. The Seattle-based Discovery Institute, by contrast, is known for its efforts to undermine the teaching of Darwinism in schools and to promote the theory of "intelligent design" -- life is so complicated it must have been designed by an intelligent creator.
For these reasons, the Smithsonian and its Museum of Natural History should have been wary of this project. But the film itself also should have given them pause. The museum's policy, according to its spokesman, is to allow private groups to use its auditorium for a fee -- in this case, $16,000 -- so long as the material shown is not religious or political in content. While "The Privileged Planet" is an extremely sophisticated religious film, it is a religious film nevertheless. It uses scientific information -- the apparently "perfect" position of Earth in its orbit and in its galaxy, the uniqueness of its atmosphere -- to answer, affirmatively, the philosophical question of whether life on Earth was part of a grand design, and not just the result of chance and chemistry. Neither God nor evolution is mentioned. Nevertheless, the film is consistent with the Discovery Institute's general aim, which is to drive a wedge into the scientific consensus about the origins of life and the universe and to give a patina of scientific credibility to the idea of an intelligent creator.
The museum was naive or negligent not to recognize this, and more naive not to anticipate the backlash. When news of the film showing recently began circulating, one Web site that supports intelligent design asked enthusiastically whether this meant the Smithsonian was "warming up" to the theory of an intelligent creator. In a newspaper interview, Bruce Chapman, president of the Discovery Institute, also said how delighted he was that the Museum of Natural History would "co-sponsor" the event despite the fact that the evening was intended to be a private affair. This is precisely how the intelligent design movement has gotten as far as it has: by advocating outwardly inoffensive ideas in ever-more prestigious places, thereby giving the movement scientific validity. This week, after protests from within and outside the museum, the directors returned the $16,000 auditorium rental fee and issued a statement declaring that "the content of the film is not consistent with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution's scientific research." It's an embarrassing about-face, but not as embarrassing as the original decision.


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I actually made this months and months ago, but I couldn't find it in myself to post. But I promised myself that this week I would post a new recipe if it killed me, and now that I'm doing it I have a very good feeling it will indeed, not kill me.
Since I was taking care of our foster son at the time, you can imagine that one of the big reasons I loved this recipe from FatFreeVegan is because of course, it's easy as pie. She uses a slow cooker to cook the black-eyed peas, but I don't have one of those, and won't until after we move in a couple of years.
For the purpose of this recipe, however, I used canned black-eyed peas, which I suspect do not have the same kind of lovely flavor as dried ones do. So if you feel so inclined to cooking your own, please do so. In the meantime, have at this:
In a frying pan or soup pan, saute
1-2 ribs celery, sliced
1 green and 1 red bell pepper (red is optional but tasty and pretty), roughly chopped
1 large onion, diced*
When the vegetables start to get slightly tender, briefly saute
3-5 cloves garlic, minced
Then add
2 cans black-eyed peas, drained
1 can petite diced tomatoes, with liquid
1 tsp dried oregano'
And to taste, add about:
1/8 tsp cayenne
1 Tbsp hot sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp kosher salt
Simmer the mixture for about 15 or so minutes, then add
1/2 tsp Liquid Smoke
and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
Serve with rice.
* It always amuses me when recipes call for 1 large onion, or 2 small onions, or half a large onion… why not a small one? In any event use the equivalent to approximately one large onion. However you wanna do it.


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How Greece's euro-crisis could affect your holiday
There are getting on for two million UK citizens for whom Greece's deepening political and economic crisis is becoming a personal, nagging worry.
The country is high on the list of favourite holiday destinations.
The Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) says around 5% of the 36 million holidays taken by the British abroad are to Greece and its many islands.
All holidays have an element of - to misquote a well-known US statesman - predictable unpredictability - simple ponderables such as what lies behind that twist in the coastline - how good will tonight's restaurant be.
But Greece's quota of unpredictable unpredictability is getting to the level beyond which some people can bear.
Rising fears
Helena Taylor, a care worker from Birmingham, said: "I can't be the only person to be worried about this. We have two holidays booked this year - as we usually do - and the first is in just a few weeks' time. If Greece exits the euro I've read that an 'emergency drachma' will be worth only about 10% of the euro's value. What currency do we take?"
The anxiety felt by some holiday-makers is summed up by a comment made on the travel website, TripAdvisor, by Delly from Manchester: "Just wondering if anyone knows what would happen if we were on holiday in Greece/Greek Islands and they a) went bust or b) left the euro? I guess potentially our euros would be worth nothing! Would our insurance cover us if we had to leave?"
The rise of such worries has coincided with a steady fall in the number of people visiting the country.
Abta's latest figures show UK visitor numbers dropped from 2.4 million in 2006, to an expected 1.7 million in 2010 with the same number estimated for last year.
There are no figures yet compiled for this year.
But Sean Tipton, from Abta said this was not all down to political worries: "To give you a bit of context, virtually everywhere in the world saw a fall in UK visitors in 2009 and 2010 due to the credit crunch and fall in value of sterling.
"Greece has also been affected by the competition of other Eastern Mediterranean destinations, plus it has an image problem of being relatively expensive - even though the Office for National Statistics says the average daily spend in 2010 was £53 compared with Turkey - perceived as better value - where the spend was a very similar £47."
Tourism is very important to Greece's economy, with the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (Sete) saying it accounts for 17% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) and gives employment to a similar percentage of people.
But it admits political unrest is making it hard for it to maintain those numbers.
A Sete spokesman said: "Unfortunately, due to the continuing European economic crisis, the recent negative media images of riots in the centre of Athens... and the recovery of the North Africa countries, we are forecasting a small drop from our targets.
"We are working towards developing, by 2020, Greece as one of the top 10 destinations in the world."
And it is attracting new groups of tourists. It says that although euro-area numbers have fallen, those from the Balkan countries and Russia have risen.
There are signs that one of Greek tourism's other image problems - high prices - is in the process of correction.
In those areas where demand has fallen, TripAdvisor reported hotel prices in a number of popular Greek holiday resorts dropped substantially over the past year, with Corfu seeing the biggest drop of up to 20% for room rates.
Specialist traditional tour operators Olympic Holidays has discounted some of its holiday packages by far more - up to 60%.
Commercial director Fortis Lambrianides said this was partly a simple seasonal discount: "This is nothing unusual. Traditionally the charter operators do not want to be left with a stock of seats - so it's like selling fruit and veg when it's getting past its sell-by date."
But he said this year had seen something different in that hoteliers had been "more forthcoming with price cuts - particularly for early season bookings - which has helped us to come up with good discounts like that".
Should travellers worry about going to Greece?
Its government is likely to be at best a precarious coalition - at worst no government at all.
On top of that, strikes and serious social disorder have hit key services including travel.
And the parlous state of the Greek economy means the prospect of businesses going under is also a serious threat.
In most cases, travellers can be compensated for these problems through insurance schemes and other consumer protections - although not the nuisance caused by disruption.
Abta says it is not giving any particular advice in terms of Greece and potential company failures, other than its usual message that booking a package holiday or, a flight plus accommodation and or car hire through a travel agent, will mean that your money is protected.
Private hirers can take comfort too.
Specialist villa agents Pure Crete, one of any number of such companies, is confident it can minimise disruption.
The company's Louise Killner says: "The suppliers we use for our flying are UK-based and these are covered under the CAA's regulatory Atol scheme. So in the event of any serious problems we can repatriate customers who are already in Crete (with a flight organised by Atol to return them to the UK) or to provide a refund to customers who have a forward booking with us."
She says its customers do not seem concerned, and that bookings have risen recently.
The scariest unpredictable unpredictable for many though is the spectre of a forced exit from the euro - something that is technically impossible, but nonetheless discussed incessantly.
No-one knows how this could happen or what it would mean on the ground.
But again, there are reassuring words from holiday firms operating in Greece.
Abta says: "If the worst were to happen and Greece were to leave the euro there would be a transition period in adopting a new currency. If customers are still concerned there is a very wide range of all-inclusive package holiday options available."
Pure Crete's Louise Killner is also relaxed about the prospect: "If Greece exits the euro this won't affect their bookings - our contracts in Crete are with local villa owners who are paid in sterling, they usually own the villa outright and have other jobs.
"People understand that whatever happens to the Greek currency their euro or pound will buy more on holiday than before."
Olympic Holidays' Fortis Lambrianides says his company is prepared, and neither his business nor his customers should be worried: "Of course we have plans in place [for a euro exit]. Should the drachma be introduced we have everything ready for conversion - the consumer would not notice at one level as it is purely a transaction between us and the hoteliers - although personally I don't think it will happen."
Louise Killner says if anything, holiday budgets should stretch further: "It is highly likely that customers holidaying on the island will find eating out at local tavernas for example more affordable!"
The Independent's veteran traveller Simon Calder says Greece is getting his vote again this year, but he is going prepared: "I'm looking forward to my annual trip to Greece - exploring another corner of this beautiful, historic and welcoming nation.
"But, I'm taking cash, in the form of low-denomination euro notes, just in case Greece abandons the euro, or the euro abandons Greece, while I'm there. Apart from the traditional Greek preference for cash, there's the likelihood that electronic banking would freeze during any abrupt change of currency."
For those who say they are waiting for a Greek exit from the euro to take advantage of a collapse in the currency, there is this thought from Simon: "I've been in other parts of the world where the currency has gone through meltdown, leaving the population feeling poorer and aggrieved: Ukraine, as the USSR broke up in 1991, for example."
But he says it tends to lead to a warm welcome: "There is a lot of anger, but it is directed mostly at politicians and foreign agencies such as the IMF - not the visitor, who is correctly regarded as part of the solution to pressing economic woes. "


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Acting on an appeal by Microsoft, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the ITC erred in its reasoning when it found that the Google unit Motorola Mobility did not infringe a Microsoft graphical interface patent.
After a critical discussion of the ITC judge's reasoning, the appeals court said: "This conclusion requires reversal of the 133 patent non-infringement judgment."
But it also said it agreed with the ITC that Motorola Mobility had successfully changed its smartphones so they no longer infringed the patent.
It also found the ITC was correct in ruling that Motorola Mobility, which was acquired by Google during the legal fight, did not infringe three other patents.
The dispute is one of dozens globally between various smartphone makers. Google's Android system has become the top-selling smartphone operating system, ahead of mobile systems by Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry Ltd and others.
In the original case, the ITC found in May 2012 that Motorola Mobility infringed a patent for meeting-scheduling technology but did not infringe several other Microsoft patents. An order was issued banning infringing mobile phones from the marketplace.
Motorola Mobility says it removed the infringing software from its phones. Microsoft disagrees, and has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, accusing the agency of failing to properly enforce the ITC order.
Microsoft said it was happy with the appeals court decision.
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A Motorola Mobility spokesman also saw good news in the appeals court decision. "Today's favorable opinion confirms our position that our products don't infringe the Microsoft patents," said spokesman Matt Kallman.
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In particular, he loves to talk about "seasoning" his vehicles -- something the long-too-bland Toyota brand desperately needs.
The race-driver CEO, who as recently as a three years ago said he test drives hundreds of cars a year, peppers conversations with culinary parlance about the "foretaste," "middle-taste," and "aftertaste" of a specific vehicle.
So when the latest Lexus IS sedan went on sale this summer, it's no surprise he dipped back in the kitchen for commentary.
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In the mid 1970s, interest in accommodating the educational needs of gifted and talented children began its climb to higher levels with greater public awareness. Federal statements, definitions, funds, and professional staff were created, and state legislation formalized the existence and needs of gifted children. Now, as we head into a new millennium, this movement has taken a step backward due to a rise in a recommitment to equity in education, growing cooperative teaching, and the economics of funding a program. This book, however, continues to outline the best ideas that have come from leaders in gifted education. This up-to-date and well- organized best-seller begins with an overview of current issues and proceeds to characteristics of gifted students, program planning, and identification issues and methods. The problem of underachievement is covered as well as the challenges of parenting, understanding, and counseling gifted children. Designed for teachers and administrators who are seeking to teach gifted children, or to develop or enhance a program for gifted children.
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When Steven Spielberg first heard Steve Ross tell his life story, it was such a dramatic rags-to-riches narrative that he thought it was a movie. In a career that started in Brooklyn and spanned Wall Street, Hollywood, and the Mafia, Steve Ross took his father-in-law's funeral business and a parking lot company and grew them into the largest media and entertainment company in the world, Time Warner. In the upper strata of American business that Ross reached before his death, he was an anomaly. Outrageous, glamorous, charismatic, he presided over an enterprise that was more medieval fiefdom than corporate bureaucracy. Here, the author presents us you life and carrer.
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So we booked a number of rooms ($159) at the Holiday Inn, Gillette, WY last July and then this winter found out that they re-booked our rooms to someone else. They offered to reimburse us the $20 (didn't really care about that though...) for the $179 rooms at the new Fairfield if we would go there. Much emailing over the spring with the Fairfield and we got this from the Fairfield management...
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